Aug08 nail by Allegro Media Group

NEW RELEASES AUGUST 2008 STREET DATES 8-12-08 & 8-26-08 A DIVISION OF ALLEGRO MEDIA GROUP

WILLIAM PARKER

Double Sunrise Over Neptune

INSIDE The Pack A.D. • The Manhattan Love Suicides • Girls Rock! The Soundtrack (feat. Sonic Youth, The Gossip, Sleater-Kinney) No Band Is An Island (feat. Kimya Dawson, Mt Eerie, Mirah) • Lake of Dracula • Rudresh Mahanthappa • Roadsaw Dengue Fever • Alec Empire • Duchess Says • Merzbow • Kawabata Makoto & Michishita Shinsuke

WILLIAM PARKER

DOUBLE SUNRISE OVER NEPTUNE

Press Quotes “Noteworthy solos featured Lewis Barnes on trumpet, Dave Sewelson on baritone saxophone, Shiau-Shu Yu on cello, and Brahim Fribgane on oud. Joe Morris started on banjo and moved to guitar, where his interaction with violinist Jason Kao Hwang was electrifying. However, the beauty of this piece was not defined so much by the individual soloists but rather by the collective sound of the group. Credit writer and leader William Parker for bringing together this eclectic mix of musicians and constructing the musical canvas for them to create this masterpiece.” — Jazz Review

William Parker Double Sunrise Over Neptune Genre: Alt World Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 47 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Selling Points • An orchestral work featuring immensely gifted individual and collective voices from around the world, meshing as one to manifest a pair of deep bass groove driven mantras. • Specially commissioned by Arts for Art, Inc., Double Sunrise Over Neptune had its world premiere at Vision Festival XII in 2007. The entire piece was then performed and recorded again the following afternoon; that performance is presented here in its entirety, followed by the second half of the premiere performance. • Service/promotion to national press/e-media, targeted regional press, and college/non-commercial radio by Improvised Communications. • Ads with All About Jazz, Signal To Noise, Stop Smiling, and more.

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Featured Artists Lewis Barnes: trumpet Rob Brown: alto sax Bill Cole: double reeds Sabir Mateen: tenor sax, clarinet Dave Sewelson: baritone sax Jason Kao Hwang: violin Mazz Swift: violin Jessica Pavone: viola Shiau-Shu Yu: cello Joe Morris: guitar, banjo Brahim Frigbane: oud Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay: voice Shayna Dulberger: bass Gerald Cleaver: drums Hamid Drake: drums William Parker: double reeds, doson’ngoni Track Listing • Morning Mantra • Lights of Lake George • O’Neal’s Bridge • Neptune’s Mirror Key Markets Hometown: New York Also: Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Austin, Philadelphia

Overview An orchestral work featuring immensely gifted individual and collective voices from around the world, meshing as one. Features Hamid Drake and Gerald Cleaver on drums, a full string section, young Shayna Dulberger on bass, and renowned Indian Classical vocal master Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (flown in from India for this auspicious occasion) singing William Parker’s lyrics on one piece. This is some serious (other)worldly teleportation music that achieves psychedelic proportions of sonic interplay. The specially commissioned world premiere of Double Sunrise Over Neptune took place in June 2007 at the opening night of Vision Festival XII. As there were technical difficulties that affected the recording, the musicians reconvened the following afternoon to perform and record the piece a second time. That entire performance is presented here, followed by the second half of the premiere performance.

“As with so many of Parker’s largeensemble works, it was the entrancing ebb and flow—and the sparkle of silence after a crescendo—that made a lasting impression.” — Village Voice ALSO AVAILABLE

Bill Dixon

Roy Campbell Ensemble

CD: AUM 46 Price Code: P

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17 Musicians in Search of a Sound

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Akhenaten Suite

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THE PACK A.D.

FUNERAL MIX TAPE

Press Quotes “Tintype’s gutbucket guitar/drums blues ultimately swaggers to its own, rugged groove. The grime and aggression are offset by lonesome saloon ballads and stretches of mournful classical piano that suggest that, unlike the Stripes’ Jack White, Black isn’t joking about being down and angry.” — Toronto Star

“Take the sonic minimalism of Young Marble Giants, add Andre Ethier’s countrified lamenting and a dash of Sleater Kinney’s anger, and you’ll have a fairly accurate notion of what these Vancouver-based gals sound like.” — Chart Attack “Exceptional.” — TV Guide (HHHH) “Hit me hard with a girl who can whine. Vancouver two-piece The Pack A.D.’s first disc delivers solid blues-inspired songs from first riff to last. Becky Black has the essential rock ‘n’ roll voice: she spits, she moans, she agonizingly teeters between feelings and then pushes herself over the edge.” — NOW Toronto Selling Points • Sophomore effort on Mint Records, recorded by Jesse Gander at The Hive Studios (Pride Tiger, Tranzmittors, The Doers). • Voted Best Local Band 2007 by Nerve Magazine, Vancouver BC. • Digital promotion by Toolshed Media. • Publicity and college radio service by Pirate Promotions. • Ads with Magnet, Big Takeover, and Under the Radar.

The Pack A.D. Funeral Mix Tape Genre: Rock/Blues Label: Mint Records CD: MRI 121 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Overview Funeral Mixtape arrives hot on the heels of The Pack A.D.’s Mint Records debut Tintype. Recorded live off the floor to analog tape at The Hive Studios, Funeral Mixtape encapsulates the intensity and warmth of The Pack A.D.’s musical relationship. This studio production captures the power of Becky Black’s vocals at their best (especially on tracks such as the New Orleans death march “Oh Be Joyful”). How can a duo generate such a massive sound? Becky Black’s vocals have been compared to Janis Joplin, and the combined duo’s live show to long established acts like The Black Keys. All comparisons aside, though, The Pack A.D. exhibits an ability to present the sound and vision of the blues in their own way: brooding, explosive, and unrestrained.

“Genuine and heartfelt, taking strength in the tiny flaws that align the album with classic blues records of yesteryear.” — All Music Guide ALSO AVAILABLE

The Pack A.D.

CD: MRI 111 Price Code: Q

LP: MRI 111 Price Code: U

Tintype

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Tintype

LP: MRI 121 Price Code: Z (SRP $20.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25

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Featured Artists Becky Black: vocals, guitar Maya Miller: drums Track Listing • Blackout • Don’t Have To Like You • Making Gestures • Shiny Things • Oh Be Joyful • Underground • June • Dannemora Blues • Build • Wolves and Werewolves • Worried Key Markets Portland, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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Press Quotes “This Leeds foursome’s fuzzed-out dream-pop recalls not only JAMC, but also the willowy female vocals of C86 alumni the Shop Assistants. However, rather than revive the sexualized gore of the ‘80s movie underground—or the black-leather tropes of recent retro noise-poppers like the Raveonettes—the Manhattan Love Suicides’ self-titled debut throbs with the giddy vulnerability of the scene that the NME’s C86 compilation helped spawn.” — Pitchfork

Selling Points • Follow up to well-received debut album. • Has been featured as Song of the Day on KEXP. • Full print/new media mailing in-house. • College radio by Vitriol Promotion. • Ads with Magnet, Pitchfork, blogs, and more.

The Manhattan Love Suicides Burnt Out Landscapes Genre: Alt Rock Label: Magic Marker CD: MMK 47 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Featured Artists Darren: guitar Caroline: vocals Adam: bass Rob: guitar Rachel: drums

Key Markets New York, San Francisco

Overview The Manhattan Love Suicides have a mission. They want to write, record, and release songs on their own accord. The DIY ethic is in their blood. The band wears its influences on its sleeve, and never has Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound met so cohesively with the Jesus & Mary Chain’s. This collection of songs is taken from the four singles the band has released over the last year, and contains additional unreleased songs as well as some live recordings.

Track Listing • Jonny Boy • Clusterfuck • Cracked Open • Sycamore Peripheral • Detroit Diesel • Keep It Coming • You’ll Never Get That Guy (Live) • Extra Medication • Head Over Heels • Kick It Back (7” version) • Autumn Fades In • Orphans • Never Far From You • Suzy Jones (Live) • Way Out Of Reach • Heat and Panic • Last Stand • (The Guy On the) 14th Floor (Live) • Burning Wire • Dazzle the Blind • You’ll Never Get That Guy • Thinking Is Killing Me (7” version) • Things You’ve Never Done (Live) • Wolves • Sitting Target • Finding the End of the Line • Life In Vain

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press quotes “Bounce Around is rather glorious. Kaye Woodward’s songs are pretty, delicate pop numbers that, for the most part, float over chiming guitars.” — London Times “This is a gorgeous collection of pop songs, so bright and fresh you can practically see them sparkle … dizzying layers of guitars, keyboards, and even a charango, this is simply a joy to listen to … Pure, pretty pop with passion.” — The Press [HHHH1/2] “Charming, melodic, and upbeat pop that will bring sunshine to your ears.” — NZmusic.com “These songs fly on delicate wings … from ‘New Broom’s’ skiffley melodies [and] ‘Wintersweet’s’ minor key confection to the soaring ‘Big Blue Sky,’ Woodward’s voice and the assured playing are highly infectious.” — Real Groove “Catchy riff after catchy riff—Paul’s bass blasted out across the packed room and Kaye’s vocals inspired punters to dance … as catchy as any of the Bats’ singles and a real crowd pleaser.” — The Package

Selling Points • First release of a new group that includes members of The Bats, who have a huge following as part of the New Zealand/Flying Nun sound. • Minisnap have shared the stage with Salmonella Dub and Greg Malcolm, and have toured with Fur Patrol. • Print/new media mailing in-house. • College radio by Vitriol Promotion.

Overview Minisnap’s Bounce Around is the first release by members of The Bats without lead singer/songwriter Robert Scott. Kaye Woodward takes the lead with her strong yet delicate vocals, and takes a turn at songwriting. The same rhythm section is there, so the comparisons are hard not to make: a folky Velvet Underground sound, chugging along with Woodward’s vocals leading the way.

Minisnap Bounce Around Genre: Alt Rock Label: Magic Marker CD: MMK 48 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Featured Artists Kaye Woodward: vocals, guitar, keyboard Paul Kean: bass, guitars, keyboard Marcus Winstanley: guitar, e-bow Malcolm Grant: drums Andy Scott: charango

Track Listing • New Broom • Leave It To You • Innocent • Wintersweet • In the Morning • Rehash • Crooked Mile • Big Blue Sky • In a Dream • Coppice • Fred’s Song • A Walk in the Dark

Key Markets New York, San Francisco

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The Bats

At the National Grid CD: MMK 34 Price Code: O

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Press Quotes “Revolutionary, heartbreaking, and laugh-out-loud funny. Absolutely not to be missed.” — Seattle Magazine Selling Points • Contributions from Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, and The Gossip. • Coincides with the release of the DVD of the film. • Will be marketed to Girls Rock camps around the country. The camp websites, and the film’s website, will promote the CD.

Various Artists Girls Rock! The Soundtrack Genre: Alt Rock Label: Cherchez La Femme CD: CFE 9 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Slimline; Box Lot 30

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Various Artists

Voices from the Siren Nation CD: CFE 6 Price Code: N

Overview The Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls has revolutionized the way that girls and young women encounter and participate in music. Captured on a widely-released documentary film called Girls Rock!, this experience has lit the fires of creativity for thousands of girls across the nation. This CD showcases innovators in the field together with pathfinders, a document of innovation and creativity. It is an inspirational and moving record of third-wave feminism in action! Track Listing Portland Camp Theme Song • Palace: San Francisco Sucks • Shemo: America • Blübird: Global Warming • The Blow: Hey Boy • Wind Up Birds: Spaceships & Fame • Sonic Youth: Kool Thing • Sleater-Kinney: Modern Girl • King: We Will Destroy Our Destination • Low: Tonight • The Gossip: Standing in the Way of Control (Live) • Rainer Maria: Artificial Light • Marisa Anderson: Rider • Pom Pom Meltdown: Tender Friends • Viva Voce: When Planets Collide Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: San Francisco, New York, Austin, Chicago, Philadelphia

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Selling Points • All tracks are exclusive with the exception of two that are previews of upcoming releases from Knw-Yr-Own and K Records. • Doublescoop PR hired to promote the compilation and festival to national and independent media. Ads with Arthur, What’s Up Magazine, and Yeti. Overview In conjunction with the annual What the Heck Fest, Knw-Yr-Own asks performers to submit exclusive or unreleased tracks for an album that represents the spirit of the weekend celebration. With all the musicians having strong connections to our small town, No Band Is An Island truly soundtracks the Fidalgo island lifestyle. Track Listing Mirah: Lion Tamer • The Gift Machine: Best Duress • Photosynthesis: Support Your Local Bandidos MC • O Paon: Le retour • Kaisle Feeled: My Wave’s Your Wave • Nate Ashley: Mysterious Ways • Sandman: Barack Obama (Will Rock Your Mama) • Karl Blau: You Can Use Your Words • Bryce Panic: Masterpiece • Kimya Dawson: We’re All Animals • Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death: Big Bed • Graves: Dang You Dang You • Mt Eerie: Wind Summons • Bryan Elliott Band: She’s Not You • Coconut Coolouts: Do The Dolphin • …WORMS: Abide • Khaela Maricich: Cowboy Lull Abye • Caulfield (and his magical violin): It’s what’s inside of me_you • Calvin Johnson: Sitting Alone at the Movies • Angelo Spencer et l’Orchidee d’Hawaii: My Music Is My Sweat (Dub) • D+: “Certainty” • Love Tan: Brush Your Teeth Key Markets Hometown: Anacortes. Also: Seattle, Portland, Olympia, San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago

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Various Artists No Band Is An Island Genre: Alt Rock Label: Knw-Yr-Own CD: KNW 83 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Arigato Pak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Mark Morriss is best known as frontman for The Bluetones. • Recorded with Gordon Mills and Grammy Award-winning composer David Arnold. • Includes cover versions of Teenage Fanclub’s raucous “Alcoholiday” and Lee Hazelwood’s “My Autumn’s Done Come.” OvervieW Best known as the frontman for The Bluetones, Mark Morriss now releases his debut solo album Memory Muscle. Getting his hands dirty with his own set of songs has been an inspiring experience for Morriss, who started trying them out acoustically at open-mic nights in London way back in 2004: “I’d just turn up with my guitar [and] play five or six songs … I didn’t want any special favors, and just enjoyed the experience of stripping things right back down.” Track Listing How Maggie Got Her Bounce Back • I’m Sick • So It Goes • Buckle Up Baby Doll • Alcoholiday • Digging a Hole • Lemon & Lime • Unwanted Friend • Bienvenido • Lay Low • My Autumn’s Done Come Key Markets Portland, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Mark Morriss Memory Muscle Genre: Folk Label: Fulfill CD: FCD 110 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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FULFILL

Press Quotes “Fortunately in this day and age we have bands like The Emeralds. The Emeralds like to rock. The Emeralds like to roll. More importantly, the Emeralds like to rock and roll without a lot of punk filler.” — Keikaku.net

The Emeralds Love Is Rolling Genre: Rock Label: Australian Cattle God CD: ACG 21 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Selling Points • Highly anticipated full-length mastered by Andrew Heermans at Polywog Co. • Has already sold over 500 copies at SXSW and the Hawaii Anime Convention. • Upcoming performance at CMJ in October 2008. • College radio promotion by Apples and Cats Promotion. • 200 copies will be mailed out for review in print and web zines. • Ads with Verbicide, Razorcake, MRR, Wonka Vision, Magnet, and more. Overview The Emeralds capture the true spirit of rock and roll. They dress for the show and pour every last bit of energy into putting on a great performance that you will never forget. They are a self-proclaimed “samurai rock and roll trio.” Their music is catchy and upbeat, and their raw energy is captured accurately on this debut full-length disc. Track Listing All My Love for You • Love is Rolling • Talk About Love • Time Traveling Rock ‘n’ Roller • Kiss Me Baby • Can’t Say I Love You Baby • Never Change • Shimokita Dream • Hey Everybody Let’s Dance Tonight • Sakura Key Markets Austin, New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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press quotes “Pure, ’90s-flavored stoner rock in all its pristine, untainted glory.” — All Music Guide Selling Points • First time available outside of Iceland. • Limited edition reissue (1000 copies). • Brain Police have been getting rave reviews this year as a result of their album Beyond the Wasteland, released last winter.

Brain Police Brain Police Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone Records CD: SSO 83 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Brain Police

Beyond the Wasteland CD: SSO 77 Price Code: O

Overview Based in Reykjavik, the men of Brain Police are Icelandic citizens with the souls of American rock gods. Fueled by a desire to play dirty, kick-ass rock ‘n’ roll, BP rose like a comet from relative obscurity to become one of Iceland’s biggest rock acts. It’s hard to find higher praise about Brain Police than this quote from fellow Icelandic musician Jónsi Birgisson (Sigur Rós) “Brain Police is definitely one of Iceland’s greatest bands—one of my favorite.” Track Listing One Blow • Return to the Lovechopper of Destiny • Rocket Fuel • Free Lovin’ Temptress • Love Mutha • Dust Volver • Johnny Babas • El Duderino • Iron Fist • The Journey is the Destination • Womble Dust • Taste the Flower • Jacuzzi Suzy Key Markets Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Detroit

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Selling Points • First time available outside of Iceland. • Limited edition reissue (1000 copies). • Brain Police have been getting rave reviews this year as a result of their album Beyond the Wasteland, released last winter. Overview BP’s music is driven by magnificent force and great personal charisma. It all began, like most bands do, back in 1998 when Jón Björn Ríkarsson, Gunnlaugur Lárusson, and Hörur Stefánsson got together and started jamming some seriously heavy tunes. Very quickly the boys realized they had something special going on. They snagged a name from the Frank Zappa catalog and began honing their skills by assaulting the local touring circuit. Track Listing Stay Rock • Coed Fever • Black Tulip • 2113 (Sea Weed) • Undercover Through Your Mother • El Capitán (Raspberry Jam) • Beefheart • Mushcream Caravan • Mr. Dolly • Acid Machine Revisited Key Markets Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Detroit

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Brain Police Electric Fungus Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone Records CD: SSO 84 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Selling Points • Produced by Sufjan Stevens/Dirty Projectors collaborator and I Heart Lung member Chris Schlarb. • Potential album release show with Mike Watt, I Heart Lung, and AWOL One. • The Widow Babies are veterans of Sean Carnage’s “Monday Night Music Series,” where HEALTH, Dan Deacon, Abe Vigoda, and others regularly perform. • Blog and press campaign. Interview/feature with LA Record. • Ads with Arthur and Tiny Mix Tapes. Overview The debut release from upstart Los Angeles band The Widow Babies could have been alternately titled The Lamb Lies Down In San Pedro. This six-song, 13-minute concept album features a brilliantly conceived story that pits Minutemen bassist and erstwhile folk hero Mike Watt against a world domination-minded vampire who looks like Abraham Lincoln. Produced and recorded by Asthmatic Kitty recording artist Chris Schlarb, the album features tightly focused songs that expand into Brazilian and West African rhythms while the raw energy hints at early influences of The Urinals, Die Monitr Batss, and yes, the Minutemen. Track Listing Mike Watt Created the Universe with a Bass Solo • Vanity Thy Name Is Lincoln • Whatchu Thinkin’ Vampire Lincoln??? • Evil Triumphs Over the Awesome Powers of Kayak • In Which Watt Wins Back His Hands and Basses a River Into Existence • Epilogue

The Widow Babies The Mike Watt EP Genre: Alt Rock/Punk Label: Sounds Are Active CD: SAC 1147 Price Code: E (SRP $7.99) CD Jacket; Box Lot 30

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Key Markets Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: Denton, Rochester, Portland, Eureka

Selling Points • Features excellent remixes by Xotox, Modulate, Noisuf-X, XP8, and SAM. • Licensed from German cult label InFacted. • Major MySpace campaign with 50,000 contacts. • Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print media. • Banner ads with Vampire Freaks.

Soman Re:Up Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 114 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Overview After the success of second album Mask, Kolja Trelle is back with his next club smash Re:Up, a massive 14-track EP with a run time of 70 minutes! New songs and new mixes by the band itself combine with remixes by well-known acts like Xotox, Noisuf-X, Modulate, XP8, and SAM. Another set of high quality club tunes by one of Germany’s finest, most unique club acts! Prepare for another alternative chart attack! Track Listing Absolution • Noise Anthem • Hear the Noise • Innocence V.2 (SAM Remix) • Divine (Clean Remix) • Divine (Noisuf-X Remix) • Tears (2008 Remix) • Hear the Noise (Remix) • Divine (Modulate Remix) • Divine (Acylum Remix) • Tears (Xotox Remix) • Divine (XP8 Remix) • Mask (Pt. 1 MS Mix) • Divine (Original Mix) Key Markets Austin, New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Soman Mask

CD: COP 102 Price Code: M NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Press quotes “With her shaved head and seven-octave range, Sainkho Namtchylak would stand out on any stage. Add her particular mix of Tuvan throat-singing and avant-garde improvisation, and she becomes an unforgettable figure.” — All Music Guide Selling points • Shot on location at a performance at the Banlieues Bleues Festival near Paris, this film is part of La Huit’s Freedom Now collection. • Weaves together music and interviews seamlessly, helping the viewer to concentrate on each musician’s performance. • Region Code: 0. • Approx run time: 52 min.

Sainko Namtchylak Feat. William Parker & Hamid Drake Genre: Jazz Director: Guy Girard Studio: La Huit DVD: LAH DVD 6 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Amaray; Box Lot 25 AN ALLEGRO DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

overview Sainkho Namtchylak is an exceptional singer from the desert of Tuva, a small country lying on the border of Mongolia and Siberia. She has created a style combining the traditions of her nomadic past, folklore, guttural singing, and shamanism with influences from the current world of drum ‘n’ bass, hip-hop, and contemporary jazz. Includes acclaimed American musicians William Parker (bass) and Hamid Drake (drums, percussion). Shot on location at a performance at the Banlieues Bleues Festival near Paris, this film is part of La Huit’s Freedom Now collection. Total freedom was given to the directors, whose films challenge the conservative codes of shooting musical performances. Live close-up footage shot with exquisite taste and care makes the viewer feel as though he were sitting right on stage with the bands. Key Markets Austin, New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Press quotes “Transglobal Underground remain masters of what is often called something like ‘tribal house-world fusion-ambient dub.’” — BBC.co.uk Selling points • First ever DVD on Transglobal Underground, one of the true legendary bands of the world music and global fusion genres. • Winner of the 2008 BBC Club Global Award. • Region Code: 0. • Approx run time: 50 min. • Great media exposure via Allegro Media, in coordination with the artists. overview First ever DVD on Transglobal Underground, one of the true legendary bands of the world music and global fusion genres! The film brings us a wonderful view of the stellar UK band that introduced Natacha Atlas to the world, revealing it as a multicultural group with dazzling stage presence. TGU operates as a music collective with two producers at its core: Tim Whelan and Hamid Man Tu. Each new concert and recording is an opportunity to work with musicians from different backgrounds. Fusing Indian tonalities, Arabic vocals, Eastern European chants, and electro rhythms, the group’s music is a reflection of its ethnic diversity. Key Markets Austin, New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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Transglobal Underground Genre: Worldbeat Director: Guillaume Dero Studio: La Huit DVD: LAH DVD 5 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Amaray; Box Lot 25 AN ALLEGRO DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Limited edition of 300 copies. • 16 bonus tracks: the entire LOD studio album (!), produced by Jim O’Rourke. Overview Presenting on CD: the Lake of Dracula four-song bootleg 7” recorded live at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago! Uncovered at customs in Norway, this bootleg CD has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution worldwide. Track Listing Lake of Dracula • Plague of Frogs • Biographers of the Flaming Druglords • Cherries and Socks • Blues Fantastique • The Servo-Motor • Green-Glassed Moves • Violators • Dracula Killed Frankenstein • Coconut Wine • The Carpet (Old Ghost) • Henry Clay • The Arctic Cats • Memories of Me • Piss II • Lake of Dracula • Blues Fantastique (Live) • Plague of Frogs (Live) • Biographers of the Flaming Druglords (Live) • Henry Clay (Live)

Lake of Dracula Fireside Four: Sinraft Live 1996 (Bootleg) Genre: Alt Rock Label: Sinraft Records CD: GRA SIN 1 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% preorder discount

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Selling Points • Packaged in a full-color eight-page calendar of compromising band photos.

PRE/AIDS Wolf Live Dates (Bootleg) Genre: Alt Rock Label: Sinraft Records 7”: GRA SIN 3 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Calendar Sleeve; Box Lot 30

Overview Uncovered at Austrian customs, this bootleg 7” single has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution worldwide. Originating in Russia by the rogue record label SINRAFT Records, this vinyl record includes unauthorized live recordings of Montreal’s AIDS Wolf and London’s PRE, packaged in a full color eight-page calendar of compromising band photos. Track Listing AIDS Wolf Live! (2 songs) • PRE Live! (2 songs)

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Selling Points • A unique soundtrack project by this acclaimed experimental sound artist. • Beautifully packaged in a full-color digipak. Overview Continuing what he has called “the exploration of the universe of broad-band noise from the real world,” Francisco López delivers his latest tour de force, an original soundtrack to the film TechnoCalyps by Frank Theys. Track Listing Intro • Brain Research • Genetic Engineering • Robots and Cyborgs • Organic and Non-Organic Intelligence • Uploading Human Spirit To Cyberspace • Nanotechnology • Epilogue and End Titles • Jumping Jesus • God-Like Machines/Techno-Apocalypse • The Amish • Outer Space • Life Extension • Cryonics • End Titles

Francisco López TechnoCalyps Genre: Experimental Label: Alien8 Recordings CD: ALI 77 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE: 8/26/08 STREET DATE AUGUST 12 & 26, 2008

RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA KINSMEN

Rudresh Mahanthappa Kinsmen Genre: Jazz/World Label: Pi Recordings CD: PIE 28 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40

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Featured Artists Rudresh Mahanthappa: alto sax Kadri Gopalnath: alto sax A. Kanyakumari: violin Rez Abbasi: guitar, sitar-guitar Carlo de Rosa: acoustic bass Poovalur Sriji: mridangam Royal Hartigan: drums Track Listing • Introspection • Ganesha • Rez – Alap • Longing • Snake! • Carlo – Alap • Kalyani • Kadri – Alap • Kanya – Alap • Convergence (Kinsmen) Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, Portland

Press Quotes “Mahanthappa creates a music that is at once technically brilliant yet musically cogent, harmonically adventurous yet expressively straightforward. He takes listeners into fascinating Eastern idioms that are otherwise virtually unheard in jazz today.” — Chicago Tribune Selling Points • Kinsmen is a masterful combination of cutting-edge jazz with the Carnatic music of South India and a rare opportunity to experience the virtuoso playing of Kadri Golpalnath, the Indian “Emperor of the Saxophone.” • Rudresh Mahanthappa is a key figure in the cutting edge New York scene of composers/improvisers that also includes Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, and Liberty Ellman. • Mahanthappa placed second in the Down Beat International Critics Poll in the “Rising Star Alto Saxophone” category for the second year in a row. He has also been extensively featured in the non-music press, including National Public Radio, The New Yorker, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. • Jazz Clinic Media will do a full press mailing to all relevant magazines and journalists. • Pi Recordings will do a full radio mailing to all relevant CMJ and NPR stations and launch a targeted online campaign through various relevant sites such as All About Jazz and Pitchfork. • Ads with Down Beat, JazzTimes, Global Rhythm, and more. Overview Kinsmen is a groundbreaking project by alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa that melds jazz and South Indian Carnatic music into a single organic whole. Features Kadri Gopalnath, a living legend of Carnatic music and a true innovator in introducing the alto saxophone to India. In synthesizing traditional South Indian concepts of melody and rhythm with his inventive style as a jazz composer and improviser, Mahanthappa has masterfully provided a framework that has brought out a spectacular interplay within the ensemble. Kinsmen is a tour-de-force of cross-cultural musical creativity and a landmark contribution to modern music that bears no precedent.

“With this visionary new work, Rudresh Mahanthappa is boldly breaking some exciting new ground while going all the way back to his Indian roots.” — JazzTimes ALSO AVAILABLE

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ROADSAW

Press Quotes “[Roadsaw was] instrumental in providing the blueprint for ‘stoner rock,’ being one of the first heavy rock bands in the ’90s to mine ’70s acid riffs and Sabbath groove for inspiration.” — Sleazegrinder

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Selling Points • Roadsaw’s first new album in just under a decade. • Will tour the US and Europe in support of this release. • Recorded and produced by Andrew Schnieder (Cave In, Sasquatch, Scissorfight, Puny Human) and Benny Grotto (Solace, Dixie Witch, Ironweed, Dixie Witch). • Have toured with Nebula, Orange Goblin, Scissorfight, and more. • 500+ finished copies to press, specialty radio, and retail. • Online features at KNAC, StonerRock.com, Hellride Music, Sirius Radio (on the Contact High program with host Bobby Black of High Times), and many more. Overview There are scores of bands out there claiming to have the status of “legend” but few really merit the term. Boston’s Roadsaw is among that elite. Formed in the mid-’90s by Craig Riggs and Tim Catz, they raised the bar for riffloving hard rock, proving that the West Coast didn’t have a lock on what most considered “stoner rock.” After a single on Man’s Ruin, three albums, and more, they went on the dreaded “indefinite hiatus.” For the faithful, the best thing to do was to replay those classic albums and hope for a miracle. Crack open a cold one and get ready to rock the fuck out, because Roadsaw is back! After a successful US tour in 2005, an absolutely jaw-dropping cover of Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks” on the latest Sucking the ’70s compilation, and appearances at both CMJ and SXSW, the band reconvened to record a new album. The core lineup is back, with bassist Tim Catz, Riggs on vox, guitarist Ian Ross, Dave Unger on keys, and longtime friend and fan Jeremy on drums. This is the culmination of every great riff, every memorable melody. This is the “fuck you” attitude that defines rock ‘n’ roll. This is Roadsaw.

“Whether you’re listening to it in ’02, ’07, or, by some miracle of time travel, 1977, chances are you’ll find Roadsaw’s universal brand of heavy blues rock perfectly ‘contemporary’ with that of ’70s icons like the James Gang, Ted Nugent, or hometown heroes Aerosmith.” — All Music Guide ALSO AVAILABLE

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Roadsaw See You In Hell! Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone Records CD: SSO 82 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Featured Artists Tim Catz: bassoon Ian Ross: gits Jeramy Hemond: skins Daryll Shepard: gits Riggs: croonin’ Track Listing • Who Do You Think You Are • Look Pretty Lonely • Go It Alone • The Rules • See You In Hell • Up To You • Dead Horse • Leavin’ • It’s Your Move • Receive Key Markets Hometown: Boston, MA Also: New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Austin, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Houston

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Press Quotes “Sexy and eclectic, it’s world music for the cool kids.” — SPIN “If you can imagine a band where a Cambodian beauty queen shares the stage with Rasputin, Barry White, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Hutchence, and Brian Wilson, you’d have a pretty good idea of the group Dengue Fever.” — L.A. Times “Her voice is swathed in reverb, becoming instantly mythic.” — The Wire “The culture clash inherent to this band gives its debut a dynamic flair.” — Time Out New York “Dengue Fever is at the vanguard of an emerging global pop sensibility, making familiar yet eerily unique music.” — KEXP

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Dengue Fever Escape from Dragon House Genre: Alt Rock/Alt World Label: M80 Music LP: M80 100 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 50

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Featured Artists Ch’hom Nimol: vocals Ethan Holtzman: Farfisa organ Zac Holtzman: guitar, vocals David Ralicke: horns Paul Dreux Smith: drums, percussion Senon Gaius Williams: bass

Track Listing • We Were Gonna • Sni Bong • Tip My Canoe • Tap Water • Sleepwalking Through the Mekong • One Thousand Tears of the Tarantula • Escape from Dragon House • Made of Steam • Lake Dolores • Saran Wrap • Hummingbird • Remix of 1000 Tears

• Green colored vinyl. MP3 download card included. • Latest CD, Venus On Earth, has garnered rave reviews since its release in January 2008, including press from NPR’s Fresh Air, Entertainment Weekly, Songlines, and fRoots. • Rabid interest from press & college radio (where it reached #14 at CMJ). • Press and e-media promotion by M80 Music.

Overview Fronted by Cambodian pop star Ch’hom Nimol, who sings in Khmer, Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever blends the rhythms of sixties Cambodian pop—heavily influenced by American surf, rock, and early psychedelic garage bands—with their own eclectic mix of American and international styles. Unlike the world music bands of the late eighties, Dengue Fever is more concerned with a universal groove and breaking down musical barriers than with notions of authenticity. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness, and girl-group angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is the band’s own. On Escape from Dragon House, the sound is denser, thicker, and richer than on the group’s 2003 self-titled debut. Escape from Dragon House is also darker, both musically and lyrically, with a fully realized style that melts all of the band’s influences into one realized voice that is pure Dengue Fever.

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Venus On Earth

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Nail welcomes eat your heart out to its roster! The brand new imprint from the folks behind Digital Hardcore is part label, part promoter, part booking agent, a supporter of established faces in music, and a helping hand for new and upcoming talent in the city.

Press Quotes “More thrilling torment from one Empire that will never crumble.” — NME [8/10] “So forward-thinking it suggests an afterlife composed of people not even born yet.” — Clash “If this is Empire’s golden foretaste of heaven, pray you never have to taste hell.” — Out in the City “This is a terrifying album that should find a place in your record collection. In short, it’s fantastically dark; file next to D.E.A.T.H.” — Electric Roulette

Selling Points • Brand new album from the legendary Atari Teenage Riot frontman. • Released to coincide with the Monitor Pop DVD Alec Empire/Atari Teenage Riot: Sixteen Years of Videos. • In-house mailing to press, web, and radio outlets.

Overview The energy, the political savvy, and the aggression are all still there, as are the industrial sounds, the barrage of electronic distortion, and the throbbing beats. But also thrown into the mix are a melodic quality and an awareness that the youth of today discover more about themselves and their world on the dance floor than anywhere else. Alec Empire is many things to many people: a man with an extraordinary recording history, the musical revolutionary behind avant-garde noise-punk outfit Atari Teenage Riot, an electronic music experimentalist who has made records on a Gameboy, and a consummate musician who has worked with an extraordinarily broad range of peers. He has remixed artists as diverse as blues legend R.L. Burnside, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Björk, Rob Zombie, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Slayer, Einstürzende Neubauten, and members of the new hip-hop generation like Company Flow and Prince Paul’s Handsome Boy Modeling School. He has toured with Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Beck, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails.

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Genre: Electronica/Rock Label: Eat Your Heart Out CD: EAT 1 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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featured artists Alec Empire: all instrumentation

Track Listing • New Man • If You Live Or Die • ICE (as if she could steal a piece of my glamour) • 1000 Eyes • Down Satan Down (Dub) • On Fire (The Hellish Vortex Sessions) • Robot L.O.V.E • Death Trap In 3-D • Bug On My Windshield • No/Why/New York

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nail welcomes LATEST FLAME RECORDS to its roster! Latest Flame Records began as an indie/punk label in 2002 in Milwaukee. The label focuses mainly on Chicago and Milwaukee-based bands that inspire them, whether they’re bringing the abrasive, raucous noise party of IfIHadAHiFi; the reflective, thought-provoking style of The Gunshy; or the pure pop sheen of Testa Rosa. Press Quotes “A record that’s so refreshingly professional it’ll make you realize how truly amateurish most indie releases are. Well arranged and emotionally engaging.” — Detroit Metro Times “Part prog, part pop, part punk, part jazz-rock fusion, S&S seems to have hit the perfect mixture of instrumental prowess and accessibility.” — Amplifier Selling Points • Engineered and recorded by Larry Crane (Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith, Death Cab For Cutie) at Jackpot! Studios in Portland. • Press and new media by Fanatic Promotion. • College and specialty radio by Pirate! Promotion. • Ads with Magnet, Under the Radar, Daytrotter, and Big Takeover.

System and Station A Nation of Actors Genre: Alt Rock Label: Latest Flame Records CD: LTF 23 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Featured Artists RFK Heise: vocals, guitar Bryan Fairfield: drums Palmer Cloud: lead guitar Adam Schultz: bass Track Listing • The Magnetic North • Sell Out • A Light To Lead You Home • On the Way • Rainy Days In Future Cities • Too Late Too Soon • The World Is Run By Wires • Pictures Found In Paragraphs • Out on the Wall • Dumb Luck • A Nation of Actors Key Markets Hometown: Portland Also: Seattle, Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Washington DC, San Francisco

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Overview System and Station returns with its fourth full-length, A Nation of Actors, and delivers its most ambitious and most cohesive work to date. Principle songwriter and anchor of the band, RFK Heise, introduces elements of the gentle—at times plaintive—ambiance formerly reserved for the quasi side project Protest Hill, and the effort pays big. A Nation of Actors rides through poppier terrain than its predecessor, Here Is Now, yet doesn’t sacrifice the angular guitar work nor the two-ton rhythm section. System and Station formed as a three-piece in Boise in 1998. Since its inception—through moves to Madison and back to the West Coast— singer-songwriter and mainstay RFK Heise has guided the band through three full-length records, three EPs, and 18 national tours. A Nation of Actors sparkles from beginning to end.

Selling Points • A mixture of punked-out electronic music that recalls the likes of Six Finger Satellite, Glass Candy, and The Chromatics, this great post-punk album is one of the most anticipated ever in Montreal. • Duchess Says is known for its infernal live show. Currently the band has tours planned for Europe, with Canada and the US to follow in Fall 2008. • College radio service. Publicist will be hired for national and regional media coverage. overview Montreal’s Duchess Says fuses the fury and intensity of a punk rock comprised of screaming guitars, moaning bass, and relentless drumming with keyboards and the explosively sexy stylings of vocalist Annie-C. While the band may not be reinventing the wheel with their blend of electronics and post punk, there is something breathtakingly original about Duchess Says. One listen to Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs will cement that impression. Despite the lack of a full-length release, Duchess Says has become one of the poster bands of Montreal, having performed at most of the major festivals in their native Quebec as well as representing Montreal at the prestigious Montreal showcase at SXSW. During this time they also performed alongside the likes of Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, Juan Mclean, Dinosaur Jr., and Les Georges Leningrad. Track Listing Teneu non neu • A Century Old • Cut Up • La Friche • AEAE • I’ve Got the Flu • Melon • Black Flag • C.H.O.B. • Les Residents • Rabies • Lip Gloss Babyla • Gilbert

Duchess Says Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs Genre: Alt Rock Label: Alien8 Recordings CD: ALI 76 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Key Markets New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland

Press Quotes “There’s no need to argue. Merzbow stands as the most influential figure in noise music.” — All Music Guide Selling Points • Liner notes by activist group Sea Shepherd. • Merzbow is recognized as a massive figure in modern electronic music, with albums on critically heralded labels such as Mego, Sub Rosa, Alien8, and Tzadik. • Promotional mailing by Important Records.

Merzbow Dolphin Sonar Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 205 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Deluxe CD Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Overview Author, activist, painter, and sound artist Masami Akita has been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. Inspired by psychedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition, and physical arts—especially Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbau—Akita has created a musical language all his own. Dolphin Sonar is Merzbow’s full-length protest album against the annual brutal slaughtering of some 2,500 dolphins in Japan. This is an angry album full of beats, blasts, and broken glass. Clattering smashes are pursued by pulsing analog whirls like the heart of a dolphin being chased through the bloodied water. Another Merzbow classic with the finest cover art money can buy by Jenny Akita. Liner notes by activist group Sea Shepherd. Track Listing Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 Key Markets New York, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Lowell, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Austin

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Selling Points • Kawabata Makoto is the leader of Japan’s Acid Mothers Temple. • Michishita Shinsuke is the leader of Japan’s LSD March. • Promotional mailing by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire.

Kawabata Makoto & Michishita Shinsuke Basement Echo Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 196 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Overview Basement Echo is the historical meeting point of two generations of the Japanese underground. Kawabata Makoto, leader of the Acid Mothers Temple, and Michishita Shinsuke, leader of LSD March, are together for the first time in a guitar duo. Though Makoto and Shinsuke are from the same scene, the fact that they are from different generations means they bring different energy to the collaboration. This fact is extremely exciting for Makoto, who refers to Shinsuke as “one of the most promising musicians in the Japanese underground.” Both artists agree that Basement Echo was a step into the unknown, with neither knowing what the resulting sounds would be. For Shinsuke, the collaborations have been a dream come true. He describes Makoto as having a “soul of rock that never burns out.” After the recordings were complete, the two friends sat down and raised a triumphant toast. Recorded at Snowflake Sound in Sapporo in October 2007. Totally improvised with no editing/overdubbing. Track Listing Good Morning Dragon • Sister • South Sun • Yellow Mellow Love • Pink New York Key Markets San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver

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Selling Points • Deluxe vinyl pressing in a small edition of 500 on 180-gram vinyl. • Ads with The Wire. Overview Limited edition of 500 copies on 180-gram vinyl. In 1984 Vortex Campaign invited Coil and The New Blockaders to collaborate. The result, unofficially referred to as “Dolbied,” was released on cassette in an edition of 50. The release has since gone on to become legendary, showcasing two of the most influential groups in the scene at the early stages of their development. The Melancholy Mad Tenant is an authorized release, sanctioned by all three groups. Formed in 1983, Coil’s output has ranged from the avantgarde to experimental neoclassical. Coil was mainly a studio group, but in 2000 they commenced a successful series of tours that proved to be extremely remarkable events. The New Blockaders began in 1982 with the release of the debut LP Changez Les Blockeurs, cited by many as a defining moment in the history of noise music. The group has gone on to influence a generation of artists, from Japanese noise maestro Merzbow to noise punks Wolf Eyes. Track Listing Untitled 1 • Untitled 2 Key Markets Austin, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver

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Coil/New Blockaders/ Vortex Campaign The Melancholy Mad Tenant Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records 2XLP: IPT 189 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) 12” Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Tom Carter is best known as a member of psych-drone stalwarts Charalambides, and is a highly active presence in the musical community. • Showcases the same mode of attack as Carter’s recent acclaimed solo tour of Europe with GHQ. • Promotional mailing by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire. Overview Shots At Infinity 1 is comprised of recordings from various basements in the northeastern US from late 2007. Steering away from the more delicate string environments and modal folk improvisations of previous CDs, the disc features maximum loop delay drone overload stretched over long, densely harmonic tracks, retaining the melodic content and flow of earlier releases. Carter’s solo work covers a lot of territory, but latter-day sightings show him concentrating on looped guitar drones of immensely stacked beauty, with heaps of psychedelic melodic content missing from the repertoires of many noise and drone bands. Track Listing Sleepy Golden Storm • What We Knew When We Knew It • Pedernales Katie Key Markets Hometown: Austin. Also: San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver

Tom Carter Shots At Infinity 1 Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 202 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Tom Carter Shots At Infinity 2 Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records LP: IPT 203 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) 12” Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Overview Shots At Infinity 2 contains two long live tracks in the same mode as volume one, but more cut loose and blown out, recorded in Nemo Bidstrup’s record store and Burnt Hills’ basement jam zone. Tom Carter is a guitar player best known for his work with acclaimed psych-drone iconoclasts Charalambides. Since 2000, however, he has become increasingly active as not only a solo artist but as a collaborator. He has performed with improvising musicians as diverse as Thurston Moore, Jandek, Tetuzi Akiyama, Matt Valentine, and many others, as well as being a key member of groups like Badgerlore (with Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance), Friday Group, Mudsuckers (with Robert Horton and the Yellow Swans), and Zaika (with Marcia Bassett of the Double Leopards and Hototogisu). Track Listing Royal Bel Air • Burning Crown Vic Key Markets Hometown: Austin. Also: San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver

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3LT Musicology 54°40’ or Fight! 8 Bit Records A Silent Place Aesthetics Alien8 Recordings Alpha Pup Records Amore!Phonics Amphetamine Reptile Amulet Records Animal World Antenna Farm Arclight Records Arf! Arf! Records Ariwa Records Arkam Records Artful Records Artrocker Ascetic Records Audika Records Audio Eagle Records AUM Fidelity Australian Cattle God Awake Productions Baseline Music Co. Beatville Records Belle City Pop Benten Tokyo Beyonder Records Bizar Bizar Bladen County Records Bluesanct Music Brilliante Records C/Z Records C23 Records Cardboard Records Cargo Records UK CaseQuarter Central Control International

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Important Records Imputor? Isota Records Jackpine Social Club Jasiri Media Group Jealous Butcher Jib Door Productions Johann’s Face Records Joyful Noise Recordings Knife Fighting Monkey Records Knw-Yr-Own Koolarrow Records Lance Rock Records Latest Flame Records Latitude Lavivrus LidKerCow Records Locust Music Loose Thread Recordings Lorelei Records Lovepump United Lucky Madison Lujo Records M80 Music Madame Leo Made In Mexico Magic Marker Records Mass MVMNT Meester Records Mental Records MFT Records Mill Pond Records Mint Records Mootron Records Music Maniac Records Music Video Distributors MuSick Recordings N Flight Productions Narnack Records New School Records No Karma Records North East Indie Records Nuttsactor 5 Omnibus Records Orange Recordings Orange Twin Records

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7/2/08 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge 7/3/08 Denver, CO – The 3 Kings Tavern 7/5/08 Wichita, KS – Barleycorn’s 7/9/08 Columbia, MO – The Blue Fugue 7/12/08 Detroit, MI – The Lager House 7/16/08 New York, NY – Piano’s 7/17/08 Chicago, IL – The Hideout 7/18/08 St. Paul, MN – Big V’s 7/24/08 Winston-Salem, NC – The Garage 7/25/08 Richmond,VA – Poe’s Pub 7/27/08 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits 7/29/08 Charleston, SC – The Black Cart 8/2/08 Austin, TX – Hole in the Wall

7/4/08 Seattle, WA – Slim’s Last Chance 7/19/08 Olympia, WA – McCoy’s

Amplified Heat How Do You Like the Sound of That CD: ACL 21 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) UPC: 733792746329 7/11/08 Austin, TX – Club Deville 7/12/08 San Angelo, TX – The Deadhorse 7/14/08 Wichita, KS – Barleycorns 7/16/08 Chicago, IL – Reggies 7/18/08 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom 7/19/08 New York, NY – The Rehab 7/23/08 Atlanta, GA – Star Bar

Dengue Fever Escape from Dragon House LP: M80 100 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 723721188917 7/5/08 New York, NY – Summer Stage in Central Park 7/6/08 Washington, DC – Black Cat 7/7/08 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s 7/8/08 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse 7/9/08 Boston, MA – Museum of Fine Arts 7/11/08 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle 7/12/08 Madison, WI – La Fete de Marquis

Shame Club Come On CD: SSO 80 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) UPC: 709764108020 8/8/08 Colorado Springs, CO – Triple Nickel Tavern 8/9/08 Denver, CO – Three Kings Tavern 8/10/08 Wichita, KS – Kirby’s

Polly Panic Painkiller CD: GDP 25 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) UPC: 619981205924 7/2/08 Eugene, OR – Lucky’s Cigar Club 7/3/08 Eureka, CA – The Boiler Room 7/5/08 Oakland, CA – The Stork Club 7/10/08 Las Vegas, NV – The Freakin’ Frog

The John Francis Impostors Sunkfrancisco Frankenstance CD: RER 2 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 751937324324 7/18/08 Portland, OR – Tonic Lounge 7/19/08 Seattle, WA – Comet Tavern 7/22/08 Napa, CA – Slack Ranch 7/24/08 San Diego, CA – Beauty Bar 7/26/08 Los Angeles, CA – Tangier 7/27/08 Santa Cruz, CA – Blue Lagoon 7/30/08 San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord 8/1/08 Modesto, CA – Deva Cafe

My Education Bad Vibrations CD: SAA 55 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 789856305520 7/4/08 Albuquerque, NM – Atomic Cantina 7/5/08 Tucson, AZ – Plush 7/6/08 Phoenix, AZ – Modified Arts 7/8/08 Los Angeles, CA – The Silent Movie Theatre 7/9/08 San Francisco, CA – Hemlock 7/10/08 Arcata, CA – Jambalaya 7/11/08 Portland, OR – Towne Lounge 7/12/08 Olympia, WA – The Voyeur 7/13/08 Seattle, WA – Funhouse 7/14/08 Missoula, MT – The Palace 7/16/08 Denver, CO – Old Curtis 7/17/08 Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge 7/18/08 Oklahoma City, OK – The Conservatory

Pomegranates Everything Is Alive CD: LUJ 59 Price Code: I (R $10.99) UPC: 751937326625 7/10/08 Wyandotte, MI – Wyandotte Art Festival 7/11/08 Newport, KY – Southgate House 7/19/08 Chapel Hill, NC – Jack Sprat 7/22/08 Norfolk,VA – The Boot 7/23/08 Washington DC – The Black Cat 7/26/08 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Fest 7/29/08 St. Louis, MO – Lemp Art Center 9/14/08 Morrison, CO – Monolith Festival

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808713001426

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