Aug11_Nail

AUGUST 2011 NEW RELEASES

I STREET DATES 8.9.11 & 8.23.11

A DIVISION OF ALLEGRO MEDIA GROUP

a lso inside Dance Or Die pg 5, Shrimp Boat pg 11, Paul Motian & Petra Haden pg 13, Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser pg 14, Dead Black Hearts pg 15

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Dance Or Die............................................................ 5 The Gothsicles........................................................ 6 Shrimp Boat........................................................... 11 Peelander-Z........................................................... 12 Paul Motian & Petra Haden................................. 13 Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser.................................... 14 Dead Black Hearts................................................ 15 TOUR PAGE............................................................... 21 ORDER FORM...................................................... 22–23

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NEWS & REVIEWS TYPHOON ON NPR NPR streams Typhoon’s full set from the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival!

“With an arsenal of strings and brass, the band produces a joyous, uplifting sound … songs that celebrate and affirm life.”

RHYS CHATHAM IN THE WIRE

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“Chatham was the initial music curator of Lower Manhattan’s The Kitchen during the 1970s … His new record evokes many performers he booked at The Kitchen—Laurie Spiegel, Tony Conrad, La Monte Young—yet retains its own character in the longer run. A neat trick, this, the better for being achieved with deceptively casual grace.”

Cosmic Lieder–downbeat editor’s pick

AUM 66

“However much of the disc is improvised or through-composed, their conversation never stops taking unexpected turns … While the album’s title indicates the galactic perceptions of Sun Ra, ‘Overvoid’ emphasizes that Jones and Shipp’s focus is on creating the right kind of punctuation within musical space on this planet.”

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TOP 10 RECENT NEW RELEASES

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1. KMFDM WTF?! MTP 708 2. Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales ELR 1 3. ohGr Undeveloped MTP 720 4. SKOLD Anomie MTP 710 5. The Mixtures Stompin’ At The Rainbow MKY 2 6. Larry Coryell With the Wide Hive Players WID 305 7. Muhal Richard Abrams SoundDance PIE 37 8. Graham Wright Shirts vs Skins FUM 13 9. Master Musicians of Bukkake Totem 3 IPT 333 10. Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp Cosmic Lieder AUM 66

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The Birthday Massacre Imaginary Monsters

Selling Points

• Previous release, Pins and Needles, debuted at #152 on the Billboard Top 200.

• EP features three original tracks and five remixes from top names in the genre.

• Includes video for “In The Dark.”

• TBM has a strong online presence on all major social networking sites.

• Facebook ad campaign to coincide with release.

• Radio servicing through RDR Music Group.

• Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. • RIYL: Evanescence, Ayria, Cruxshadows, Lacuna Coil.

Overview

Following up on the success of the most recent album Pins and Needles, The Birthday Massacre returns with Imaginary Monsters, a new EP consisting of three all-new songs and five remixes.

The three new songs—“Forever,” “Burn Away,” and “Left Behind”—find the band at its creative apex. Dark, personal, and atmospheric, The Birthday Massacre builds its compelling blend of gothic, rock, and electronic music into a totally unique sound. To give the fans another perspective, The Birthday Massacre had five colleagues offer distinctive perspectives on tracks from Pins and Needles: SKOLD, Combichrist, tweaker, Assemblage 23, and Kevvy Mental & Dave Ogilvie add their own spin to TBM’s distinctive style.

Press Quotes

“From the opening chords of ‘In The Dark’ to the final chimes of ‘Secret,’ Chibi and the boys have once again ventured down the rabbit hole and created a magical soundscape.” — Revenant Media “The Birthday Massacre is the kind of band you listen to until your CD won’t read anymore and bad sectors appear on your hard drive.” — Abort Mag

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 735 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists

Track Listing

Forever • Burn Away • Left Behind • Pale [Kevvy Mental & Dave Ogilvie ‘Rubber Unicorn’ Mix] • Control [tweaker Mix] • Shallow Grave [Combichrist ‘Good For Her’ Mix] • Pins and Needles [SKOLD Mix] • Shallow Grave [Assemblage 23 Mix]

Key Markets ALSO AVAILABLE Pins and Needles

Nothing and Nowhere

CD: MTP 680 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: MTP 494 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

Chibi: vocals Rainbow: guitar, vocals M. Falcore: guitar Rhim: drums O.E.: bass, vocals Owen: keyboards

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Selling Points • • • • •

Second release on Metropolis Records.

Sound samples available on label website.

Facebook ad campaign to coincide with release.

Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. RIYL: Lights Of Euphoria, Front Line Assembly, Mentallo and the Fixer.

Overview

On the new release Underbeat, we find German power-electro band Accessory firing up its full arsenal of synthetic sound devices. The album is a pounding example of the best that the dark club scene has to offer, sporting thudding EBM onslaughts, effective nods towards German electronic music history, hyper-saturated club grooves, catchy melodies, and well-targeted bursts of aggression.

Track Listing Accessory Underbeat

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 736 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

The Mouth • Voran • Keen Girl (Clean Version) • Shout It Out • Startime • Ruff Fuxxx • Tanzrichtung vorwärts • Sunrise • World 6000 • She Says It Feels Good • Raise • It Sounds Like

Key Markets

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

Also Available

MTP 375 (Q) Forever & Beyond (782388037525) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points • • • • • • •

Preview of upcoming album Séance.

Remixes from Modulate, White Ring, iVardensphere, and Mordacious.

Headlining the 2011 Gothic Cruise.

Street teams will distribute promotional materials Sound samples available on label website.

Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. RIYL: Suicide Commando, Wumpscut, Grendel.

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

Overview

God Module returns with Rituals, a floor-smashing preview to the upcoming album Séance. Featuring six versions of the title track and two b-sides, this slice of dark audio aggression is destined to own dance floors worldwide. The single features remixes from Modulate, White Ring, iVardensphere, and Mordacious.

God Module Rituals

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 733 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Track Listing

Rituals • Rituals (Distorted Memory Mix) • Devils Night (Modulate B-Ket Mix) • Rituals (White Ring Mix) • Rituals (God Mod Clubbed To Death Mix) • Remember (God Mod Vexed Mix) • Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) • Rituals (Mordacious Mix)

Key Markets

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

Also Available

MTP 638 (J) The Magic In My Heart Is Dead (782388063821)

Dance Or Die

Nostradamnation (Limited Edition) Selling Points

• Legends of the dark electro scene, with club hits “Psychoburbia” and “Dance Or Die” still in rotation.

• Limited edition two-disc release.

• Features remixes by Solitary Experiments and Miss Construction.

• Facebook ad campaign to coincide with release.

• Street teams will distribute promotional materials in select markets.

• Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. • RIYL: And One, X Marks The Pedwalk, Syntec.

Overview

Berlin-based dark electro legend Dance Or Die returns! On Nostradamnation, members Wagner and A.N.G.O. (joined by Chris L. from Agonoize live) combine dark atmospheres with massive beats, deep vocals, aggression, and melody in their unique way.

The group’s sinister, dance-floor-compatible visions of impending apocalypse stand out from the faceless crowd of bland carbon copies that make up the electro scene. Nostradamnation marks the impressive return of a band that, in the ’90s, provided a link between the gothic and electro scenes like no other, and whose unique fusion of styles left a distinct imprint on the club music of the time. Even now, two decades after the group’s debut, Dance Or Die’s sound is fresh, original, and unmatched.

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 737 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Dance the Apocalypse, baby!

Featured Artists A.N.G.O.: synthetophon Wagner: vocals Falgalas: sampling Chris L.: percussion

Track Listing

DISC ONE: Helios • Nostradamnation • Northern Winter • Sleeping In Your Grave • Novus Ordo Seclorum • Tuatha de Danann • 432 • Purgatory • Empty Heart • Mr. Armageddon • This Censored Innocence • Centropolis • W.T.E.O.T.C. • Hello To You, Good Sense • Lo Boy Truck DISC TWO: Time Zero (Dead Line Mix) • Dance Or Die (Solitary Experiments Remix) • Psychoburbia (Nwo Mix) • Friendly Fire (Miss Construction Remix) • Free (Instrumental Version)

Key Markets

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

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

The new album is released as a double CD. The first disc contains 15 brand-new classics, while the bonus disc features club-compatible remixes of some of the band’s cult classics (by Solitary Experiments and Miss Construction, to name but a few). Tracks like “Psychoburbia” and the seminal “Dance Or Die”—still mandatory spins at EBM clubs—are presented in altogether new light.

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Selling Points

• Fall 2011 Midwest/East Coast tour scheduled including performances at Gencon and other comic/gaming conventions.

• Features Tom Shear (Assemblage 23), Wade Alin (Christ Analogue), Matt Fanale (Caustic), and Dan Clark (The Dark Clan).

• Remixes from Claus Larsen (Læther Strip), Peter Spilles (Project Pitchfork), Vasi Vallis (Reaper/Namnambulu), and more.

• Full RPM radio and club DJ servicing.

• RIYL: Assemblage 23, Combichrist, Project Pitchfork, Reaper.

Overview

Featuring 12 new tracks, six remixes, and guest appearances from Tom Shear (Assemblage 23), Matt Fanale (Caustic), Dan Clark (The Dark Clan), and Wade Alin (Christ Analogue), Industrialites & Magic combines The Gothsicles’ signature infectious bouncy hooks, offbeat sense of humor, and love of all things geek.

The Gothsicles Industrialites & Magic

Genre: Industrial Label: WTII Records CD: WTI 69 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Track Listing

I Do What I Do • B-R-[x]-A-N (feat. Bryan North of XUBERX) • Save Dat Mermaid • Wearing A Star Trek Uniform, Watching Tony Lechmanski Sleep • Drunk Cuts • Voicebox Botox • WTII Records is My Favorite Record Label • My Guy Died (Level 12 Human Sorcerer) • You Have Found the Hawk’s Claw • Wildness Acts (feat. Xero of critical system error) • Baby Jesus vs. Baby Genius • Call the Chips to Port • Save Dat Mermaid (Leaether Strip remix) • Drunk Cuts RMX by Peter Spilles (Santa Hates You / Project Pitchfork) • My Guy Died (Level 12 Human Sorcerer) (Yendri remix) • B-R-[x]-A-N (Girls, You’re Both Pretty mix by Caustic) • Drunk Cuts (Reaper Mix by Vasi Vallis) • My Guy Died (Level 12 Human Sorcerer) (Reveling and Leveling Club Mix by Boole)

Selling Points

• Born in 1971, Pierre Jodlowski studied classical music in Toulouse.

Since 1992 he has specialized in instrumental & electroacoustic composition after meeting such composers as Pierre Henry, Jonathan Harvey, and Emmanuel Nunes.

• Winner of various prizes including the Mixed Music Prix De Bourges (2000) and the Claude Arrieu Prize at the SACEM Spring Awards (2002).

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

Overview

Pierre Jodlowski Barbarismes

Genre: Alt Classical Label: KAIROS CD: KRO 13032 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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After studies at the Lyon Conservatory and IRCAM, Pierre Jodlowski founded the collective éOle and the Novelum Festival in Toulouse. His activities as a composer have taken him to many venues in France and elsewhere, for new music as well dance, theater, the plastic arts, and electronic music. His work is spread over a number of domains, and beyond his musical universe Jodlowski works with images, interactive programming, and staging. He asserts the practice of a music that is “active” in both its physical dimension (gestures, energies, spaces) and its psychological dimension (evocation, memory, cinematographic aspect).

Track Listing

Drones • Barbarismes • Dialog/No dialog

Selling Points • • • • • •

Highly anticipated second album.

Bonus remix by Die Sektor.

Beautiful eco-friendly packaging Facebook & MySpace campaigns.

Ads with Vampire Freaks.

RIYL: Hocico, Suicide Commando, Grendel, SITD.

Overview

Finally, almost four years after great debut Burning Heave, Canadian project Distorted Memory releases a powerful follow-up! Swallowing the Sun comes up with a more mature sound than the first album, moving away from terror EBM into darker, more organic dark electro sound with a large tribal/ethnic element. Perfectly integrated old-school elements combine for a timeless album with epic, powerful choruses.

Press quotes

“A dance floor killer in the industrial world. Hard-hitting bass lines and epic ensembles clash to make some very angry stomping.”

— Grave Concerns

Track Listing

Awake Sleeping Giants • Black Fields • Seven Voices Of Hate • Hand Of God • Silence • Swallowing The Sun • Nomads • Prey • Raven Eyes • Yahweh • Hand Of God [Die Sektor Rmx]

Also Available

COP 99 (T) Burning Heaven (703513009927)

Distorted Memory Swallowing the Sun

Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 130 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points • • • • • •

Recently released split 7” with Vollmar.

August tour with DMA (a.k.a. Jookabox).

E-media and press campaigns through Soapbox Promotion.

Radio campaign through Team Clermont (Destroyer, M83).

Ads with Tiny Mix Tapes and Ghettoblaster.

RIYL: Pavement, Pedro the Lion, Marmoset.

Overview

Press Quotes

“A raw and edgy sound that harkens back Starflyer’s Silver album in the early ’90s, with a power pop sound that takes me back to Weezer’s Blue album.” — Puddlegum

Track Listing

Slime • Sunroom • Rental • Acer • Beside • Desker • Minus • Ben • Someone • Scone Zone • Another Time

Key Markets

Hometown: Bloomington. Also: Indianapolis, Austin, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York

Sleeping Bag Sleeping Bag

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Joyful Noise CD: JNR 80 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

LP: JNR 80 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

Graduates of the school of obscure ’90s indie rock, Sleeping Bag’s minimal aesthetic marries modern classics with a refined artistic sensibility. On their self-titled debut, Sleeping Bag has crafted a batch of 11 simplistic pop epics. These are songs that, as streamlined and basic as they are, seem to gain value with each listen. Simplicity without boredom—it’s a rare & precious thing.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Selling Points

• This brand-new reissue replaces GRA 68 (647216606826).

• An essential collection of Ruins’ earliest recordings!

• RIYL: Naked City, Fantomas, Slayer, King Crimson, High On Fire.

Overview

Ruins 1986–1992

Genre: Alt Rock Label: SKiN GRAFT Records CD: GRA 680 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11 REISSUE U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Japan’s drum(s) and bass duo Ruins is renowned around the globe for its mind-bendingly fast and complex hyper-progressive rock onslaught.

Hardcore, psych, speed metal, art rock, funk—all are incorporated into the music, but what comes out is irrefutably original. On 1986–1992, we unearth the band’s earliest material, much of which is long out of print and never heard by Western audiences. Ruins founder Yoshida Tatsuya has extensively remixed and remastered 23 songs from the band’s first seven years, including their debut 7”, the cut from the NGII compilation, tracks from the first 12” EP, selections from their debut LP, and remixed “best of” tracks from the Stonehenge and Burning Stone LPs.

PRESS QUOTES

“Wastes no time in burning down all bridges to sanity.” — Pitchfork (7.3)

Track Listing

Outburn • Epigonen • Body & Soul • Sanctuary • Cambodia • Human Being • Entropy • Birth Control • Hallelujah • Dadaism • Ripples • Infect • Bug • Plexus • Bighead • Kibbutz • Hail • Stonehenge • Burning Stone • Zasca Coska • Gold Stone • Praha In Spring • Grubandgo

Key Markets

New York, San Francisco, Chicago

Selling Points

• SKiN GRAFT’s genre-defying 50th release is now back in print!

• This reissue replaces GRA 50 (036172605026).

Overview

This long unavailable, critically acclaimed compilation was the first attempt to arrive at an audio definition of the “SKiN GRAFT Records” sound.

Press Quotes STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

“Every few years, a definitive compilation album comes out that helps define true avant garde.” — Ink 19

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Track Listing Various Artists Camp Skin Graft: Now Wave Compilation

Genre: Alt Rock Label: SKiN GRAFT Records CD: GRA 500 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11 REISSUE U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The Browns: My Name In Italics • U.S. Maple: Missouri Twist • The Flying Luttenbachers: Demonic Velocities • Lake Of Dracula: Plague Of Frogs • Yona-Kit: Skeleton King • You Fantastic!: Riddler 5 • UFO Or Die: Zombie Tube • Zeek Sheck: The Beeper Gets Digested • Chuck Falzone, Telepath: You’re Just Too Scared Boy • Shakuhachi Surprise: Nande • Strangulated Beatoffs: Satan’s Pool Party • Monitor Radio: Insouciance • Colossamite: Bewilderbeast • Flossie and the Unicorns: Chewing Gum • Shorty: Mitzy Lodge • ZZZZZ: One Two, May • Cheer-Accident: Filet Of Nod • Denison Kimball Trio: Framed • Ruins: Hydromasgroningem • Akaten: Latham’s Snipe • Omoide Hatoba: Pikadom • Last of SG’s: Bye To Bags • Mount Shasta: S171 • Dazzling Killmen: Windshear • Quintron: Bug Attack • Bobby Conn: 69 Annee Erotique • Nood Ham: Tokyo Santa • Tortured Machine: Flash Fire • Space Streakings: F.O.J.K. • Zeni Geva: Terminal HZ • F-Stein: Mighty Fuckin’ Robots • Brise-Glace: Likeness

Selling Points

• Yoshida Tatsuya has a tremendous following as the leader of Koenjihyakkei and Ruins, and as a member of renowned bands such as Zeni Geva, Acid Mothers Temple, and Painkiller.

• Unites three of Japan’s most accomplished performers, from Ruins, Ground Zero, and Bondage Fruit.

• RIYL: Ruins, Koenjihyakkei, Yes, Massacre, Lightning Bolt.

Overview

Yoshida Tatsuya has proven himself a major force many times over in Japan’s contemporary music scene. He is the founder of Ruins and Koenjihyakkei, a member of Zeni Geva, and has been cited as the “indisputable master drummer of the Japanese underground” by John Zorn. In Korekyojinn, Yoshida joins Bondage Fruit’s guitar wizard Kido Natsuki and Ground Zero’s legendary bassist Nasuno Mitsuru to demonstrate the limitless potential of the “power trio.”

Press Quotes

“An essential collaboration between three of the best players on the Japanese progressive rock scene.” — Prog Archives

Track Listing

Swan Dive • Tundra • Upstream • Vanishing Point • Watershed • Xenon • Yellow Jacket • Zebra Crossing • Abandoned

Key Markets

Korekyojinn Tundra

Genre: Alt Rock Label: SKiN GRAFT Records CD: GRA 102 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

New York, San Francisco, Chicago U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• Previously released as a vinyl LP packaged in elaborate hand silk-screened sleeves.

• Recorded at Minnesota Public Radio Studios.

• International press and radio campaign.

• Third album & second full-length released by SKiN GRAFT Records.

• RIYL: Deerhoof, Devo, Hella, HEALTH, DNA.

Overview

Press Quotes

“A gloriously bent and creative batch of songs.” — Dusted

Track Listing

Poverty Witch • Dot Dot • Lottery • # • Compact • Poly ASX • Right Through • Smithereens • We Keep Our Victims Ready • Probably Won’t • Goodbye World

Key Markets

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

Gay Beast To Smithereens

Genre: Alt Rock Label: SKiN GRAFT Records CD: GRA 101 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

With releases on DNT, Gilgongo, and SKiN GRAFT, Gay Beast has garnered a reputation for uniqueness on the rock fringe, their sound being both too weird for the stereotype of a “gay band” and “too gay” for the noise-rock set. Upon examination of the influence blender, one finds remnants of Devo, Captain Beefheart, equatorial pop-rock from the ’60s and ’70s, No-Wave, and feminist theory. This concoction, delivered via Gay Beast’s unique political approach to composition, is explored heavily on their third album To Smithereens.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Selling Points

• Special edition contains eight live versions of popular demo tracks plus two demos never before released.

• Chosen one of the Top Ten Unsigned Bands in California by the world-famous KROQ. • Ads with PunkNews, PunkRadioCast, Vinyl Collective, and more.

• RIYL: Blink-182, NOFX, Lagwagon, Rufio.

Overview

With three full-length albums, numerous compilation appearances, and a split CD under its belt, Better Luck Next Time has proven it is a force to be reckoned with. After taking Japan by storm with the first two records, the band’s third full-length will finally hit the streets in their homeland. This time around, the band turned to Steve Kravac (Blink-182, Less Than Jake, MXPX) to produce and record.

Better Luck Next Time A Lifetime Of Learning

Genre: Punk Label: Kid Tested Records CD: KTR 11 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Track Listing

Charades • The Soundtrack To My High School Years • Down And Out • Love Answers Everything • A Better Day • One More Time • Living In The Airwaves • Remember When • Trapped Inside Me • On My Own • Gone, But Not Forgotten • Shoebox Memories (Demo) • Chapters (Demo) • Second Chances (Live Demo) • In The End (Live Demo) • Remember When (Live Demo) • Trapped Inside Me (Live Demo) • Living In The Airwaves (Live Demo) • Charades (Live Demo) • The Soundtrack To My High School Years (Live Demo) • Truth For Two (Live Demo)

Key Markets

Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: New York, San Francisco, San Diego

Selling Points

• Ex-members of Break The Silence (Hopeless Records) and Dear You. • Will be on the road constantly to support this record.

• Has shared stages with Rise Against, Strung Out, Death By Stereo, The Vandals, A Wilhelm Scream, The Swellers, Only Crime, The Loved Ones, Much The Same, Alkaline Trio, and more.

• RIYL: Rise Against, The Swellers, Millencolin.

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

Overview

Counterpunch Dying To Exonerate The World Genre: Punk Label: Go-Kart Records CD: GKR 134 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Recorded with Mark Michalik at Drasik Studios (The Swellers, Much The Same), this album contains 13 driving tracks for every walk of life. The sound is a poignantly topical, no-holds-barred, fast-paced punk rock with just enough artificial sweeteners to appease the ladies—as if melody, discord, and anger met in a cage match and ended in a tie. Whether you’re in the balcony or the pit, it makes no difference. You can feel with every note that these four guys love having the opportunity to play for anyone who’s there.

Track Listing

Heroes And Ghosts • High Tide For Internal Strife • The Great Regression • And Everybody’s Right (Asshole) • Constraints And Anchors • When The Curtains Close • We Believe • March Of The Paper Tiger • Strings Of Destiny • Sweet And Sour • A Raven’s Curse • Parasites/Scenester Kids • So Long

Key Markets

Hometown: Chicago. Also: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit

Shrimp Boat

Something Grand PRESS QUOTES

“Reveals a band not so much ahead of the herd as way beyond it … playfully following their own rules and still dazzling over a decade later.”

— MOJO Underground Album of the Month HHHH “Epic … deep and powerful … full of surprises … immensely satisfying.” — Other Music “Manna, obsessively and lovingly circumscribed manna from heaven.” — No Depression “Shrimp Boat’s unique fusion of jazz, bluegrass, folk, rock, and just about everything in between made it a pioneering touchstone of the Chicago ’90s music scene. Something Grand is a beautifully packaged boxed set that documents each stage of the idiosyncratic group’s evolution.” — Chicago Tribune “The Chicago post-rock scene of the Nineties—the pneumatic rhapsodies of Tortoise, the chamber pop of The Sea and Cake, the tone poetry of Gastr del Sol—starts here, with the twisted-country and art-garage games of local legends Shrimp Boat.”

— Rolling Stone “A magnificent collection … Something Grand is worth its own weight in Ming period porcelain.”

— All About Jazz

SELLING POINTS

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

PRICE DROP ON BOTH SHRIMP BOAT TITLES EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST!

Featured Artists

Sam Prekop: vocals, guitar, bass Ian Schneller: guitar, vocals, drums David Kroll: bass, banjo, tenor sax Eric Claridge: drums, bass Brad Wood: drums, soprano sax

Track Listing

DISC ONE: 17 tracks spanning 1986–1988 Four-track recordings that preceded first LP Speckly DISC TWO: 17 tracks spanning 1989–1992 16-track gems not included on Duende & Cavale 4-track and concert recordings DISC THREE: 17 tracks spanning 1992–1993 Tracks recorded for their unreleased 4th studio album Concert recordings, radio broadcasts, and more

ALSO AVAILABLE Speckly CD: AUM 33 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

BONUS DISC: 17 tracks spanning 1986–1993 Tracks that didn’t fit the sequencing of the other three!

56-PAGE BOOK Archival photos and show flyers Essay by painter/SB compatriot Walter Andersons History by producer Steven Joerg & band members Full track notes, credits and illustrated discography

PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

• New album from The Sea and Cake, Moonlight Butterfly, released May 10.

• TSAC lifetime SoundScans over 260,000 units.

• A comprehensive and revealing treasure trove culled from over 400 hours of unreleased tapes.

• Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge went on to form The Sea and Cake.

• John McEntire went on to record the debut album of his other group Tortoise.

• Brad Wood produced, recorded, and performed on Liz Phair’s first two albums.

• Ian Schneller released two albums with his power trio Falstaff and then focused on Specimen Products (creating the horn amplifiers used by Andrew Bird, among others).

Genre: Alt Rock Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 282930 Price Code: 3J (SRP $29.99) Number of Discs: 4 Box Set; Box Lot 11 Previously Available

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Peelander-Z Super DX Hitz

Selling Points

• Comes with a bonus karaoke DVD! • Performing on the Warped Tour this summer.

• Other festivals include Wakarusa, NXNE, and Utopia Fest.

• Always on tour, the band regularly plays 200+ dates per year.

• Fanatic Promotion will handle press/new media promotion.

• NTSC, Region 0, 4:3/16:9, Color, English (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: unknown.

• RIYL: DEVO, The Aquabats, The Ramones, Melt Banana.

Overview

A collection of Peelander-Z hits and rarities, great for the longtime fan or first-time listener.

Press Quotes Genre: Rock Label: Chicken Ranch Records CD+DVD: CHX 1046 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/9/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists Peelander Peelander Peelander Peelander Peelander

Yellow: guitar, vocals Red: bass, vocals Green: drums, vocals Blue: drums, vocals Pink: vocals, hype

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

Track Listing

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S.T.E.A.K. DX • Mad Tiger DX • Detroit Rock City DX • Let’s Go! Karaoke Party • Handsome • So Many Mike • Ninja-High School • Super Health • Blue-3 • Panda Punk • Rocket Gold Star • MSD • Jaico My Love • Terry Punk! • Champion • Dragon • Zulars • Bad-Chili Burger • Manga Man • Nuts • Do The Laundry • King Kong Gong • Mi Gusta Lucha Libre • YYY • So Many Joe • P-Zombie Reborn • Pink Punk • Happee Pee

“Now that the original Fantastic Four have buckled, only these real-life comic punk superheroes remain intact—Peelanders Red, Yellow, Green, and Pink.

Japanese New Yorkers, the PZ prog-pop monkeys found their calling on last year’s children’s CD P-TV-Z, for Austin indie Chicken Ranch Records.”

— Austin Chronicle “Standing on the sidelines is not an option when Peelander-Z hits the stage.” — Time Out “As the diverse crowds in each performance can testify, Peelander-Z is more than just punk rock for anime nerds … Anyone with a lust for creative ridiculousness and hilarious absurdity will enjoy Peelander-Z, who have brought an interesting Japanese/American/superhero hybrid to eager audiences, forged their niche putting a totally unique spin on punk rock, and probably gotten laid more than once in the process.” — PunkNews.org “Panda punk RAWK, samurai action stars who could kick the Power Rangers’ asses any day of the year … they put on the most unbelievably fun shows (as anyone at this year’s SXSW could have told you).” — Razorcake

Key Markets

New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Atlanta, Nashville

ALSO AVAILABLE P-TV-Z CD+DVD: CHX 1036 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 2 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Paul Motian

The Windmills Of Your Mind Selling Points

• Vocals by Petra Haden (That Dog, The Decemberists), who has contributed to recordings

by Beck, Mike Watt, Luscious Jackson, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, and many more.

• One of the leading guitarists in jazz, Bill Frisell has recorded with Jan Garbarek, Kermit Driscoll, Joey Baron, and more. He provided music for the TV version of friend Gary Larson’s popular comic The Far Side.

• Paul Motian, who came to prominence with the pioneering trio of pianist Bill Evans, is one of the most influential modern drummers. He has played with, among others, Thelonious Monk, Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Lee Konitz, Joshua Redman, and Brad Shepik.

Overview

In March 2011, Paul Motian celebrated his 80th birthday. On this celebratory album, Motian presents Broadway hits like “I Loves You Porgy” alongside original compositions. The artistic collaboration with Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan is a great musical gift for all lovers of Motian’s music, and the lovely vocals of Petra Haden, Charlie Haden’s daughter, complete this new quartet.

This is a special musical event not just because Motion presents this quartet for the very first time, but also because producer Stefan Winter worked completely without any digital equipment or sound effects. The album is an extraordinary live-to-analog two-track production, wherein the unique momentum of the performance is the focus. The original analog tape is the one and only master.

PRESS QUOTES

“[Petra Haden is] a daydreaming geek girl who sings like an angel.” — Pitchfork

“Petra Haden’s vocals, alone or with some judiciously deployed overdubbed harmonizing, move with a fluidity that is perfectly mirrored in Bill Frisell’s guitar phrasing and sonorities.” — Amazon Editorial Review “Among jazz guitarists, Frisell is unique in his exploitation of variable timbre … and although his work is steeped in jazz, Frisell is a man of catholic tastes. His music includes characteristics of rock, country, and bluegrass, among various other styles.”

— All Music Guide

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists Paul Motian: drums Bill Frisell: guitar Petra Haden: vocals Thomas Morgan: bass

Track Listing

Introduction (1) • Tennessee Waltz • The Windmills Of Your Mind • Let’s Face The Music And Dance • Lover Man • It’s Been A Long, Long Time • Little Foot • Easy Living • I’ve Got A Crush On You • Backup • I Loves You Porgy • Trieste • If I Could Be With You • Wednesday’s Gone • I Remember You • Introduction (2)

Key Markets Hometown: New York

STREET DATE AUGUST 9, 2011

“[Paul Motian’s] drumming is as amazing as ever.”

— Dusted

Genre: Jazz Label: Winter & Winter CD: WTR 182 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Smartpak; Box Lot 20 Street Date: 8/9/11

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Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser Synastry

Selling Points

• Jen Shyu is a key member of Steve Coleman’s Five Elements, whose 2010 release was named Album of the Year in the New York Times and came in at #7 and #9 in the Village Voice and Jazz Times Critics’ Polls.

• Recent profile in DownBeat helped to greatly elevate Shyu’s profile.

• Mark Dresser is an acclaimed bass player and composer best known for expanding the sonic possibilities of the contrabass through the use of extended technique and unusual amplification.

• In a career spanning some 40 years, he has worked with Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne, Anthony Davis, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Roswell Rudd, Henry Threadgill, John Zorn, and many others.

• Pi Recordings’ first release to feature a vocalist & female bandleader.

• Full press mailing and contact to newspapers, music critics, jazz magazines, and influential blogs.

• Full radio servicing to CMJ and JazzWeek panel jazz stations and NPR programming.

• RIYL: Cassandra Wilson, Sheila Jordan.

Overview

Genre: Jazz Label: Pi Recordings CD: PIE 39 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 8/23/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists Jen Shyu: vocals Mark Dresser: acoustic bass

STREET DATE AUGUST 23, 2011

Track Listing

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Slope a Dope • Midnight of Quietness, Recovery of Life • Mauger Time • Synastry • Floods, Flames, Blades • Mattress on a Stick • Chant for Theresa Hak Kyung Cha • Lunation • Kind of Nine • Telemotions • Night Thoughts

Key Markets

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

ALSO AVAILABLE Steve Coleman and Five Elements Harvesting Semblances and Affinities

Steve Coleman and Five Elements The Mancy of Sound

CD: PIE 33 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: PIE 38 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Synastry is a collaboration between groundbreaking vocalist Jen Shyu and master bassist Mark Dresser that demonstrates new possibilities for jazz singing.

Shyu, a member of influential saxophonist Steve Coleman’s Five Elements, is well known for her tonally exacting and rhythmically incisive singing.

On Synastry, accompanied only by Dresser’s acoustic bass, her voice is thrown into stark relief, giving full evidence to her complete control of microtonal shadings, deep sense of rhythm, and highly developed ear for lyrical and melodic improvisation. In addition to English and Chinese, she sings in a wholly improvised vocalese that utilizes phonemes derived from her mastery of seven different languages learned through her studies of indigenous music in Indonesia, East Timor, Taiwan, Brazil, and Cuba. Dresser, who is well known for using extended technique to tap the full sonic potential of the acoustic bass, envelops Shyu’s voice in an aura of intimate mystery.

Press Quotes

“Shyu’s ability to hear dissonance, melody, and every inch of her own compositions allowed her to take on the role of both storyteller and instrumentalist, through her voice.” — All About Jazz “The key member of the line-up is arguably vocalist Jen Shyu. She has a unique tone, one that is both masculine and feminine, sliding between contralto and soprano, to bring as much ardour as grace to arrangements.” — BBC

Dead Black Hearts The Southern Front

Selling Points

• Piano and guitar-driven indie-pop featuring unconventional songs with odd changes.

• Broad reach to radio.

• Physical mailings to press, blogs, and more.

• Promotional items to indie stores including promos and posters.

• Massive digital campaign via email marketing with a reach of over 4,500 contacts.

• Heavy promotion in Austin at Waterloo Records, KUT, Do512, Republic of Austin, and other outlets.

• RIYL: Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Autolux, Interpol.

Overview

From the anthemic “How to Win an Argument” to the introspective “Postcard from Somewhere Cold,” The Southern Front is a tight set of cohesive yet distinct indie rock songs taking influences from acts like Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, The Secret Machines, and the Beatles.

Since their previous EP, Five Gallant Steeds, Dead Black Hearts has played live shows with the likes of Heartless Bastards, Electric Six, and Civil Twilight—all the while refining their use of multiple harmonic vocal lines and musical counterpoint to make The Southern Front catchy and instantly engaging, with subtleties that reveal themselves after each listen.

Self-produced in Austin, TX and mixed at Public Hi-Fi (Spoon, Mates of State), the atmosphere is roomy and organic, incorporating layered guitars, keys, brass, bass, distinct percussion, and claps … oh, the claps.

Press Quotes

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists

Brian Carlson: vocals, guitar Reid Wilbur: vocals, guitar, keys Aaron Carlson: vocals, percussion Austin Childs: bass

Track Listing

Ambush! • Postcard From Somewhere Cold • Spit Shine • Out the Way You Came In • Married To the Sea • How To Win An Argument • 5 To 9

Key Markets

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

STREET DATE AUGUST 23, 2011

“An Austin-based five-piece indie rock band … [taking] musical influences from Wolf Parade, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, The Flaming Lips, and Bright Eyes.” — Do 512

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Monolathe Recordings CD: MNO 10 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digihub; Box Lot 50 Street Date: 8/23/11

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Selling Points

• Has toured North America with 16Volt, Chemlab, and Revolting Cocks.

• Keyboardist Jeremy Inkel is a member of electro-industrial legend Front Line Assembly.

• Recorded with legendary producer Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson).

• “She’s Lost Control” video has over 400,000 views on Vampire Freaks.

• Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. • RIYL: 16Volt, Front Line Assembly, Chemlab.

Overview

Left Spine Down Caution

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 732 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/23/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Vancouver, Canada’s Left Spine Down blends elements of industrial, punk, and alternative rock into a sound that is catchy yet abrasive, melodic yet fist-pumping, with detailed electronica-style programming and an “eff you” punk attitude. Formed by keyboardist Jeremy Inkel of industrial legend Front Line Assembly, with frontman kAINE D3L4Y, the band has no shortage of firepower both onstage and in the studio.

Track Listing

Troubleshoot • The Truth Is A Lie • X Ray • Hit And Run • On The Other Side • Stolen Car • From Thirty To Zero • Over Driven • Nothing To Fear • Caution

Key Markets

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

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• Reissue of the band’s first record, released in 1983.

• Singer David Goerk is the mastermind behind the new project Manifestations of Baba Bazooba.

• Facebook ad campaign coinciding with release.

• Full servicing to press, radio, and DJs. • RIYL: Manifestations of Baba Bazooba, Interpol.

STREET DATE AUGUST 23, 2011

Overview

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Bunnydrums PKD

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 724 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/23/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT REISSUE U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Born out of the ashes of Philadelphia’s fledging 1970s punk rock scene, Bunnydrums shared the stage with such artists as R.E.M, Bauhaus, Tuxedomoon, Gang of Four, The Cult, Pylon, and many more before disbanding in 1986. The band took punk, new wave, and psychedelic rock to a new level—their sound was fresh, untapped, and highly unique. Metropolis Records is proud to present PKD, a reissue of Bunnydrums’ first record. Reminiscent of Joy Division and Killing Joke, Bunnydrums helped set the standard for today’s alternative artists.

Track Listing

Smithson • Magazine • Crawl • Shiver • Sleeping • Little Room • Ugh • Stop • Too Much Time • Too Much Time (Remix)

Key Markets

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

Selling Points

• First record in nearly five years!

• Previous album was critically well received, and has long been an Important Records favorite.

• Nathan Vollmar has played with Jandek, while Francesco Candura plays with Jennifer Gentle (Sub Pop).

• Heavy-duty press mailing via Important Records.

Overview

Important Records is proud to release the fourth album, and second for the label, from Nathan Amundson’s Rivulets. With a beautifully authentic emotional depth, Nathan’s voice is his most compelling instrument, a tool for delivering pure emotion from his heart. Representing five years of work and nearly constant touring, this album reflects the intense nature of Rivulets as a three-piece.

If you haven’t seen them on tour, this album will come as a revelation—recorded, appropriately, at the Sacred Heart Music Center, a cathedral built in the late 19th century.

Press QuoteS

“Frighteningly gentle, yet genuinely powerful. The brooding love songs of Mark Kozelek’s Red House Painters are an apt comparison, as are the acute, windswept soundscapes of Sigur Rós.” — All Music Guide

Track Listing

Interstate • No Talking • The Road • I Am • Gentile Boyfriend • Everybody’s On The Run • Dewayne (instrumental) • Come See Me • Sheep Among Wolves • Souls • Change In Your Heart • I Don’t Want To Be Found • This Stays True

Rivulets We’re Fucked

Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: Important Records CD: IPT 340 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/23/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• Consists of former Staalplaat associate Frans de Waard (Kapotte Muziek, Goem, Shifts, Freiband) and Freek Kinkelaar (Brunnen, Beautiful Glassbottom Boat).

• Produced by Erik Drost (The Legendary Pink Dots) with the help of Petra Randewijk.

• Numerous Beequeen records have become highly collectible artifacts.

• Major press push via Important Records.

Overview

Press Quotes

“Engrossing music that subtly leaves the impression to come back and experience it further.” — The Wire

Track Listing

Good Day Good Bye • Patience • Someday Today • A Snared Dwarf • Giant’s Hill • Howard Is Not At Home • The Centipede Song • A Gall Ill Sow • Young Man With A Horn • Port Out Starboard Home • The Lord Is My Shepherd

Beequeen Port Out Starboard Home Genre: Rock

Label: Important Records CD: IPT 339 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/23/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

STREET DATE AUGUST 23, 2011

Some bands produce a CD every week; by now Beequeen’s three-year gap seem normal, a fresh antidote to the music business of “more equals more.” Whereas 2008’s Sandancing featured Olga Wallis as guest singer, on this new album she’s a fully-fledged band member, adding her beautiful voice to the band’s offbeat songs. Port Out Starboard Home features surreal dream-pop, but always with Beequeen’s unique twist.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Selling Points

Filmmaker Uwe Boll challenges his harshest critics to boxing matches!

Known for Blood Rayne, House of the Dead, and Blubberella.

Recent multi-page spread in Entertainment Weekly.

Access to tons of exciting bonus features including the potential “Sneak Peek: Making of Blood Rayne 4.”

• NTSC, Region 1, 16:9, Color, English (5.1 Surround), Not Rated, Run Time: 85 min.

• • • •

SYNOPSIS

Widely recognized as the planet’s worst film director, Uwe Boll embarks on a quest to conquer Hollywood and take vengeance upon the film fanatics striving to destroy him. Filmed over three years on and off the set, Raging Boll is a walk in the shoes of a man people love to hate.

Press Quotes Raging Boll Documentary Take 2 Releasing DVD: TTR 58 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/9/11 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

“If you find yourselves confused as to what boxing has to do with the fact that Boll makes unbelievably crappy movies, you’re clearly overthinking the matter.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” — Gawker.com “His films may be terrible, but Uwe Boll may be one of the most fascinating figures working in film today.” — Jacob Hall, Moviefone (Cinematical)

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• From the famed writer & director of Battle Royale, Kenta Fukasaku.

• First time available on Blu-ray.

• Scripted by Tetsuya Oishi, one of the most sought-after writers in Japan (Death Note, One Missed Call).

• Japanese theatrical release in December 2007.

• Loaded with action and horror, especially appealing to males 17+.

• NTSC, Region 1, 1.78:1, Color, Japanese w/ English Sub/Dub (2.0/5.1) Not Rated, Run Time: 90 min.

VARIOUS STREET DATES

SYNOPSIS

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X-Cross Blu-ray Horror Tokyo Shock Blu-ray: TSV 1118 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 ISBN: 1598837761 Street Date: 8/23/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Shiyori, a young lady trying to mend her broken heart after the end of a relationship, is off to the hot springs for a therapeutic soak. Aiko, doing what best friends do, joins Shiyori on the trip … a decision she will forever regret! The quiet country village turns out to be home to a cult of psychopaths with strange fetishes, and when the two friends are separated, the cell phones that keep them connected only serve to create more panic & terror.

Selling Points • • • •

An ’80s Grindhouse-style shocker direct from Cleveland, Ohio!

Latest offering in the Fresh Meat line, featuring Hollywood’s fresh young talent.

2009 production, written and directed by Justin Russell (The Gremlin).

NTSC, Region 1, 1.78:1, Color, English (2.0), Not Rated, Run Time: 80 min.

SYNOPSIS

Two young women escape to their father’s summer home on a remote island for a vacation getaway. As they travel deeper onto the island, a nightmare unfolds when a group of masked assailants begin to trap, torment, and torture their prey.

Loaded w/ Extras Including • • • • • • • •

Behind the Scenes Documentary Commentary Interview with Director Logo Graphics Lobby Cards Trailer Poster and Mock Cover Designs Raw Stills

Death Stop Holocaust Horror Shriek Show DVD: SSW 1106 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 ISBN: 1598837753 Street Date: 8/16/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• Newest cult favorite from famed director Herschell Gordon Lewis, known for Blood Feast 1 & 2, 2000 Maniacs, Wizard of Gore, and The Gore Gore Girls.

• Cameo by Troma honcho Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist).

• Includes behind the scenes featurette.

• NTSC, Region 1, 1.78:1, Color, English (2.0), Not Rated, Run Time: 87 min.

SYNOPSIS

The Uh-Oh! Show Horror Shriek Show DVD: SSW 1105 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 ISBN: 1598837745 Street Date: 8/30/11 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

VARIOUS STREET DATES

Jill Burton is a reporter who’s dead set on getting the scoop behind The Uh-Oh! Show, the gory TV sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Get the answer right and win piles of dough, get it wrong and—Uh-Oh!—it’s off with your arms, legs, or more! Fred Finagler, the show’s mastermind, feeds the fans’ depraved cravings by launching an even bloodier reality spectacular filled with Big Bad Wolf attacks, Hansel & Gretel-style torture massacres, and mauling mutilations from the Three Bears and a gore-crazed Goldilocks. It’s just the type of prime-time violence Fred needs to keep the ratings high!

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TOP PICKS FROM NAIL’S NEW GM RICH M ASIO This month, I decided it was time to explore the NAIL catalog and let our retail friends and m y co -workers know wh at I’m liking from our catalog. Don’t mind the trip back to the e arly ’90s —I’ll mix it up next time, but these fi ve rele ases are genuine favorites of mine and I expect to see a lift in sales … or else I’m going to hold m y bre ath.

And visit your store .

The Soft Province The Soft Province

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Three Ring Records CD: TRR 62 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Previously available U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The only modern title in this batch, this is hands down the best record I’ve heard front to back in years. The lush falsetto harmonies start with the opening track “I See Two Eyes,” followed by the Beach Boys-esque (I don’t use that lightly) harmonies on the next track “Lazy Minds Die.” The instrumentation is dense but crystalline. The production is astounding. Whenever I’ve played this record for people, it immediately takes over one’s attention. Please play this in store.

Previously Available

Cornelius Sensuous

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Genre: Alt Rock Label: Everloving Records CD: ELR 16 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Previously available U.S. ORDERS ONLY

A much different album than his Matador titles, this work uses snippets of synth, chimes, guitar, and environmental sounds. The result is a pleasant experience front to back, with the electro-rocker “Gum” in the middle.

The Fall A Past Gone Mad

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Artful Records CD: AFL 30 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Previously available U.S. ORDERS ONLY

A decade of greatest hits from the ’90s, from “Extricate” (1990) to “Shiftwork,” “Code Selfish,” “The Infotainment Scan,” “Middle Class Revolt,” “Cerebral Caustic,” “Post Nearly Man,” “Levitate,” and “The Marshall Suite.” Nothing more can be said about one of the greatest bands to ever come out of England.

The Mommyheads You’re Not a Dream

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Bladen County Records CD: BCO 9 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Previously available U.S. ORDERS ONLY

A band I followed in the early ’90s after a high school friend released 1994’s Flying suit. That same label just reissued Flying suit and did a retrospective, Finest specimens, that featured a couple of songs from this record. You’re Not a Dream was overlooked the first time around, but the band is recording more music these days and this is a fine time to revisit this release—much less quirky than previous efforts, but with the same ornate instrumentation and vocals.

Shorty Fresh Breath

Genre: Alt Rock Label: SkiN GRAFT Records CD: GRA 14 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Previously available U.S. ORDERS ONLY

One of those bands that came and went like a meteor, but left a fire trail. “Kaput” was as good as any Jesus Lizard song and better than most Touch and Go songs of 1994, which Skin Graft was distributed by at the time.

NAIL ON TOUR Pink Martini Splendor in the Grass CD: HNZ 6 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 723721448059 7/5/2011

Davis, CA - Mondavi Center 7/6/2011

Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden 7/8/2011

Grand Rapids, MI - Meljer Gardens 7/9/2011

Ann Arbor, MI - Ann Arbor Summer Festival 7/10/2011

Ann Arbor, MI - Ravinia Festival 7/13/2011

Kennet, PA - Longwood Gardens 7/14/2011

Hanover, PA - Dartmouth 7/15/2011

Mayville, NY - Chautauqua Institution 7/16/2011

Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent 7/17/2011

New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage 7/23/2011

Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater 7/30/2011

Minneapolis, MN - Orchestra Hall 7/31/2011

Minneapolis, MN - Orchestra Hall 12/31/2011

Los Angeles, CA - Disney Concert Hall Peelander-Z P-TV-Z CD+DVD: CHX 1046 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99) UPC: 616892166863 7/20/2011

Cleveland, OH - Vans Warped Tour 7/21/2011

Camden, NJ - Vans Warped Tour

KMFDM WTF?!

Lo-Pan Sasquanaut

CD: MTP 708 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 782388070829 8/3/2011

CD: SSO 110 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) UPC: 709764111020 6/19/2011

8/4/2011

7/17/2011

Seattle, WA - El Corazon

Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom

Columbus, OH - The Summit Columbus, OH - Ruby Tuesday

8/5/2011

San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom 8/6/2011

16VOLT Beating Dead Horses

8/7/2011

CD: MTP 706 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 782388070621 8/3/2011

Anaheim, CA - Grove of Anaheim San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern 8/8/2011

Los Angeles, CA - The Mayan 8/10/2011

Seattle, WA - El Corazon

8/12/2011

Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom

8/13/2011

San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom

8/14/2011

Anaheim, CA - Grove of Anaheim

8/15/2011

San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern

8/16/2011

Los Angeles, CA - The Mayan

8/17/2011

Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall

8/18/2011

Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

8/19/2011

Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club

8/20/2011

Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge

Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge Detroit, MI - The Crofoot Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Center Boston, MA - Royale New York, NY - Irving Plaza Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts

8/4/2011

8/5/2011

8/6/2011 8/7/2011

8/8/2011

8/10/2011

8/12/2011

8/13/2011 8/14/2011

Baltimore, MD - Recher Theatre 8/21/2011

Cincinnati, OH - Seasongood Pavilion 8/24/2011

Salt Lake City, UT - Complex 8/25/2011

Boise, ID - Knitting Factory

Dan Mangan Postcards and Daydreaming CD: FUM 1 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) UPC: 875531001587 7/7–9/2011

7/22/2011

Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Folk Festival

7/23/2011

Regina, SK - Regina Folk Festival

Burgettstown, PA - Vans Warped Tour Uniondale, NY - Vans Warped Tour 7/24/2011

Oceanport, NJ - Vans Warped Tour 7/26/2011

Columbia, MD - Vans Warped Tour 7/27/2011

Virginia Beach, VA - Vans Warped Tour 7/28/2011

Charlotte, NC - Vans Warped Tour 7/29/2011

Orlando, FL - Vans Warped Tour

8/5–7/2011

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LBL

CAT#

UPC

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Birthday Massacre, The

Imaginary Monsters

1

CD

MTP

735

782388073523

I

5%

Birthday Massacre, The

Pins and Needles

1

CD

MTP

680

782388068024

Q

Birthday Massacre, The

Nothing and Nowhere

1

CD

MTP

494

782388049429

O

Accessory

Underbeat

1

CD

MTP

736

782388073622

Q

Accessory

Forever & Beyond

1

CD

MTP

375

782388037525

Q

God Module

Rituals

1

CD

MTP

733

782388073325

D

God Module

Magic In My Heart Is Dead, The

1

CD

MTP

638

782388063821

J

Dance Or Die

Nostradamnation (Limited Edition)

2

CD

MTP

737

782388073721

S

Gothsicles, The

Industrialites & Magic

1

CD

WTI

69

801676006927

Q

Ensemble Intercontemporain

Barbarismes

1

CD

KRO

13032

9120010281600

R

5%

Distorted Memory

Swallowing the Sun

1

CD

COP

130

4025858036632

T

5%

Distorted Memory

Burning Heaven

1

CD

COP

99

703513009927

T

Sleeping Bag

Sleeping Bag S/T

1

CD

JNR

80

656605787121

L

5%

Sleeping Bag

Sleeping Bag S/T

1

LP

JNR

80

656605787114

Q

5%

Ruins

1986-1992

1

CD

GRA

680

647216606864

T

Various Artists

Camp Skin Graft: Now Wave Compilation

1

CD

GRA

500

647216605065

T

Korekyojinn

Tundra

1

CD

GRA

102

647216610229

T

Gay Beast

To Smithereens

1

CD

GRA

101

647216610120

T

Better Luck Next Time

Lifetime Of Learning, A

1

CD

KTR

11

600773201125

N

Counterpunch

Dying To Exonerate The World

1

CD

GKR

134

724101758621

N

Shrimp Boat

Something Grand

4

CD

AUM

282930

642623302828

3J

Shrimp Boat

Speckly

1

CD

AUM

33

642623303320

L

Peelander-Z

Super DX Hitz

2

CD+DVD

CHX

1046

616892166863

2E

Peelander-Z

P-TV-Z

2

CD+DVD

CHX

1036

880270327324

2E

Motian, Paul/ Haden, Petra

Windmills Of Your Mind, The

1

CD

WTR

182

025091018222

S

Shyu, Jen/Dresser, Mark

Synastry

1

CD

PIE

39

808713003925

Q

5%

5%

5%

5%

5%

ARTIST

TITLE

#DISCS FMT

LBL

CAT#

UPC

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Coleman, Steve/ Five Elements

Harvesting Semblances and Affinities

1

CD

PIE

33

808713003321

Q

Coleman, Steve/ Five Elements

Mancy of Sound, The

1

CD

PIE

38

808713003826

Q

Dead Black Hearts

Southern Front, The

1

CD

MNO

10

828651801025

J

Left Spine Down

Caution

1

CD

MTP

732

782388073226

Q

5%

Bunnydrums

PKD

1

CD

MTP

724

782388072427

Q

5%

Rivulets

We’re Fucked

1

CD

IPT

340

793447534022

P

5%

Beequeen

Port Out Starboard Home

1

CD

IPT

339

793447533926

P

5%

Boll, Uwe

Raging Boll

1

DVD

TTR

58

842498000588

V

5%

X-Cross Blu-ray

1

Blu-ray

TSV

1118

631595111880

V

Death Stop Holocaust

1

DVD

SSW

1106

631595110692

V

Uh-Oh! Show, The

1

DVD

SSW

1105

631595110593

V

Fall, The

Past Gone Mad, A

1

CD

AFL

30

723724524026

Q

Soft Province, The

Soft Province, The

1

CD

TRR

62

828651006222

T

Mommyheads, The

You’re Not a Dream

1

CD

BCO

9

730876919525

T

Cornelius

Sensuous

1

CD

ELR

16

181229000528

T

Shorty

Fresh Breath

1

CD

GRA

14

036172601424

I

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