Feb09 nail by Allegro Media Group

NEW RELEASES FEBRUARY 2009 STREET DATES 2-10-09 & 2-24-09 A DIVISION OF ALLEGRO MEDIA GROUP

8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT JANUARY 1-31, 2009 SA # 885431

INSIDE Gerald Cleaver/William Parker/Craig Taborn • Elder Utah Smith • Martin Bisi • Hot Panda Sir Richard Bishop • Henry Flynt • Pink Martini • The Bran Flakes • Here We Go Magic (Luke Temple) Sarah Dougher • Loren Connors • GNAW

GERALD CLEAVER, WILLIAM PARKER & CRAIG TABORN FARMERS BY NATURE

Press Quotes “As a sideman, Taborn has thrived in polar extremes. He swung hard with sax bruiser James Carter, wandered open space with Roscoe Mitchell and Mat Maneri, and dove into ice-cold ambience with Detroit technocrat Carl Craig.” — JazzTimes “[Parker is] one of the true leaders in American music” — JazzTimes

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Gerald Cleaver, William Parker & Craig Taborn Farmers By Nature Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 53 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Gerald Cleaver: drums, percussion William Parker: bass Craig Taborn: piano

Track Listing • Korteh Khah • The Night • Cranes • Not Unlike Number 10 • In Trees • Fieda Mytlie

Key Markets Hometown: New York Also: Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle

• The third communion & first time on record improv meeting of master musicians Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, and Craig Taborn, recorded live at The Stone in NYC on June 19, 2008. • Service/promotion to national press, e-media, and targeted regional press by Improvised Communications. • Service/promotion to college and non-commercial radio by Improvised Communications. • Ads with All About Jazz, Signal To Noise, Wax Poetics, and Point of Departure.

Overview A fully improvised communion of three of America’s masters of music. The manifest intent: sowing seeds of sound and bringing them to full blossom. Recorded live at NYC’s new music venue The Stone, Farmers By Nature presents the entire concert of June 19, 2008, which was the third improv meeting of drummer Gerald Cleaver, bassist William Parker, and pianist Craig Taborn specifically brought together by Cleaver with the express intent of making a singular new music. Gerald Cleaver is a born and bred Detroit native and a product of the city’s rich music tradition. He continues to astound listeners around the world, and has been called to work and record with Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, and many more. Pianist/composer Craig Taborn, who played with Cleaver while both were still in college, first achieved renown as a member of the James Carter Quartet in the early ’90s. He has since developed his own distinct language and concept on the keyboards as a leader. William Parker is among the most active and highly regarded musicians performing today. In March 2007, Time Out New York named him one of its 50 Greatest New York Musicians Of All Time. These three were first heard together on AUM Fidelity in the very different context of the Rob Brown Ensemble album Crown Trunk Root Funk (2008), and Cleaver is one of two drummers (along with Hamid Drake) featured on William Parker’s Double Sunrise Over Neptune (2008).

“Cleaver’s drumming perfectly suits the fluid requirements of jazz’s posteverything avant-garde.” — New York Times ALSO AVAILABLE

Rob Brown Ensemble Crown Trunk Root Funk CD: AUM 44 Price Code: P

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STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

ELDER UTAH SMITH I GOT TWO WINGS

Selling Points • The long-awaited new production from the widely respected CaseQuarter label, whose previous three releases have drawn great praise from the New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, and more. • Published African-American scholar Lynn Abbott has deeply researched and written the definitive account of sanctified electric guitar preacher and star of his time Elder Utah Smith. • 128-page perfect bound book (6”x83/4”) contains photos, anecdotes, testimonies, and more. • Accompanying 18-track CD, produced by CaseQuarter’s Kevin Nutt, is the definitive collection of Smith’s recorded works (with five previously unreleased Utah Smith tracks) and features a stunning array of very rare contemporaneous tracks by COGIC friends and associates. • Service/promotion to national press, e-media, and targeted regional press by AUM Fidelity. • Service/promotion to college/non-commercial radio by AUM Fidelity. • Ads with Signal To Noise, Wax Poetics, Arthur, Yeti, and Point of Departure.

Overview Despite waxing three of the hottest electric guitar records of the pre-rock ‘n’ roll years, almost nothing has been known about the life of sanctified electric guitar preacher Elder Utah Smith … until now. AfricanAmerican music scholar Lynn Abbott’s years of research have produced a remarkable biographical study, finally shining a light onto the preaching, healing, and guitar playing-ministry of this groundbreaking performer, whose revivals and appearances were as well known and anticipated in his time as those of any other sacred or secular musician or performer. Filled with fascinating anecdotes and first-hand remembrances and testimonies, I Got Two Wings features many rare, unpublished photographs and a 18-track CD produced by CaseQuarter’s Kevin Nutt. The CD includes five previously unknown Smith songs along with relevant performances by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Elder Curry, Rev. F.W. McGee, and two rocking performances by Smith’s daughter.

Elder Utah Smith I Got Two Wings

“This project is a gift to gospel music scholars, enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the roots of today’s African American sacred music.” — Bob Marovich, Gospel Memories, WLUW 88.7 Chicago

Guest Artists

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The Spiritualaires

Isaiah Owens

CD: CQU 103 Price Code: P

CD: CQU 102 Price Code: P

Singing Songs of Praise

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Reverend Charlie Jackson God’s Got It

CD: CQU 101 Price Code: P NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

You Without Sin, Cast the First Stone

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Genre: Gospel Label: CaseQuarter BOOK+CD: CQU 104 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Softcover Book; Box Lot 30 ISBN: 978-0-9820842-0-5 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Elder Utah Smith: vocals, guitar, healing Lynn Abbott: author Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sister Sarah James & The Sanctified Six, Arizona Dranes, Rev. F.W. McGee, Elder Curry, Johnny Wiggs, Robert Ballinger

Track Listing Two Wings 1953 • Glory To Jesus, I’m Free 1947 • Two Wings & Every Man’s Got To Lay Down and Die 1947 • Take A Trip 1953 • I Have Good News To Bring 1958 • I Want Two Wings 1944 • God Rode in on a Windstorm 1961 • Crucifixion 1926 • With His Stripes We Are Healed 1927 • Memphis Flu 1930 • God’s Mighty Hand 1944 • There’s A Two Wing Temple in the Sky 1949 • Two Wings Flying Home, Parts 1 and 2 • A New World In My View • New World 1964 • Two Wings • Prayer Changes Things 1961 • I Got Two Wings 1947

Key Markets Hometown: New Orleans Also: Memphis, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Austin, Houston, Philadelphia STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Press Quotes “Inspiring material that hits an emotional nerve not often struck.” — Alternative Press “Bisi’s full length, Sirens of the Apocalypse, at times suggests a manic, punky take on Leonard Cohen’s husky balladry.” — Time Out New York “Martin Bisi is one of New York’s brightest talents.” — NME

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Martin Bisi Sirens of the Apocalypse Genre: Alt Rock Label: Contraphonic CD: CTP 75 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Martin Bisi: voice, guitar, FX Billy Atwell: drums, percussion, sitar, lap steel Christian Bonger: bass DJ Butterface: keys, voice, turntable John Dylan Keith: drums Rebecca Moore: piano DJ President Ike: turntables

Track Listing • Sirens of the Apocalypse • Mary Maudlin • Goth Chick ’98 • La Vie S’enfuie • Felicity Ann McGuire • A Story (True) In Brooklyn • Rock Mona Lisa • Buddhist Girl • Parsippany NJ • The Silver Balloon • Nadine • My American Way

Key Markets Hometown: Brooklyn Also: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Austin, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Northampton, Baltimore

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

• Legendary producer and engineer of Sonic Youth, Brian Eno, and Herbie Hancock. • Includes members of Dresden Dolls. • Live band has featured John Zorn and Bill Laswell. • On tour throughout 2009. • Previous releases through SST/New Alliance. • Extensive digital press push via Contraphonic • Extensive tour and media push via Mod Media and Contraphonic. • Internet promotions via Contraphonic and IODA Promonet. • Radio servicing through AAM. • Ads with Signal To Noise, The Wire, The Big Takeover, and Progression.

Overview Performer, songwriter, and prominent indie fringe record producer Martin Bisi returns to the realm of his personal recordings with 12 songs that emanated from his legendary recording lair over the last seven years. Bisi has been at the forefront of studio recording since 1981, with a long discography that stretches from Iggy Pop, The Ramones, and White Zombie to John Zorn, Herbie Hancock, and Sonic Youth. On his fourth full-length solo rendering since 1989, he expands fourpiece rock into a mutant, experimental pop concoction. The record is a personal document of Bisi’s life, times, and ongoing creative process: backup vocals whispered into eight-track recorders in the corners of airport terminals, guitar overdubs in crowded college youth hostels, lyrics written during breaks in other artists’ sessions, and a spoken story of a crazy late-night encounter in a Brooklyn bar. Sirens’ songs are vignettes of love, obsession, and the jungle of gender interactions.

Press Quotes “Layered soundscapes of guitars married to some pounding postshoegazer rock … This record is just shockingly great. Fire up that browser and get out the credit card.” — The Big Takeover “Dreamy-yet-intense shoegazer pop. Rightfully, it should be loud.” — Magnet “Great songs … complete with guitar overload and 6-string beauty as well. A classic if anyone’s looking.” — Dagger

Selling Points • Melodic and intelligent mix of wall-of-sound guitars and intelligent lyrics. • Wide listener appeal, tapping the past while leaning towards the future. • Amazing and energetic live show. • Press by The Lower Class Revolt. • Nonstop touring booked by Wicked Annabella. • Focused national and regional radio campaign. • Web ad campaign via Indie Click targeting local websites (The Bay Bridged, Bandloop) as well as national outlets (Pitchfork, Stereogum, Rock Insider, Gorilla vs. Bear, Daytrotter). • Print ads with The Big Takeover and Magnet.

Overview There is something to be said for dedication and hard work, and The Sleepover Disaster is the embodiment of these qualities. The Californiabased three-piece has hit its stride with its first nationally distributed release after a number of critically acclaimed homemade releases and selfbooked tours. Blending a rich mix of swirling, lush guitars that build a wall of sound that carries intelligent lyrics over the top of a solid backbeat, The Sleepover Disaster has taken it to the next level. The members like to call it “nogaze”—taking the roots of the early ’90s shoegaze scene and giving it a 21st century twist. The Sleepover Disaster has played with Earlimart, Starflyer 59, Radar Bros, Great Northern, and Lagwagon. Along the way they’ve released four recordings, all receiving glowing reviews from outlets such as Magnet, Alternative Press, Paste, The Big Takeover, Dagger, and Losing Today. The band has also garnered college radio and independent radio play across the US, and internationally.

The Sleepover Disaster Hover Genre: Alt Rock Label: Devil in the Woods CD: DIW 115 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Luke Giffen: guitar, vocals Eric Peters: bass, vocals Vince Corsaro: drums

Track Listing • Friend • Code Breaker • Funnel Cloud • Dark Star • Tremble • On a Sunday • Make You Sing • Edward Said • Songwriting For Dummies

Key Markets Hometown: Fresno Also: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Chapel Hill, New Orleans

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Press Quotes “Imagine Bob Dylan fronting The Yardbirds in 1964 at the Crawdaddy Club.” — Mojo “They pull from a rainbow array of influences that all fall under the harder, rockier categories, and apply the sound to a 21st-century-accessible form.” — BiBaBiDi “Like Roy Orbison leading the Black Lips, Chocolat live up to their addictive namesake.” — Chart Attack “With its stoned grooves, infectious tunefulness, and solid musical variety, Chocolat’s EP offers a consistently engaging listen.” — Exclaim “Everyone, and I mean everyone, is talkin’ about the sweet Franco soul pop of Chocolat.” — The Hour

Chocolat Chocolat EP Genre: Alt Rock Label: Semprini Records CD: SEM 8132 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

LP: SEM 8142 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Jimmy Hunt: vocals, guitar, harmonica Ysael Pepin: bass Dale MacDonald: guitar Martin Chouinard: organ, keyboards Danny Marks: drums

Track Listing • Le Monde Est Vert • Johnny Depp • Charlotte • Simone • Magalie • Gabrielle • Aime Moi

Key Markets New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, Portland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC

Selling Points • Features members of Demon’s Claws, CPC Gangbangs, and The Cockroaches. • LP comes with free download card. • CD and LP come in hand numbered, silk-screened jackets. • Previously toured with Jay Reatard, The Black Lips, King Khan, and Times New Viking. • US publicity by Blueghost Publicity. • Full US college radio tracking by AAM. • US tour dates scheduled for early spring 2009. • Ads with Skyscraper, The Big Takeover, Magnet, and more. • Online ads with Stereogum, Gorilla vs. Bear, and more.

Overview As the feral child of the Montreal indie music scene, Chocolat forgoes pretension for passion. Their dirty, retro, futuristic ass-shaking mix of psychedelic garage and bluesy folk-rock is the soundtrack for the misadventures of modern day miscreants everywhere. Singer and former one-man-band Jimmy Hunt’s Dylanesque crooning glides over frenzied riffs, serpentine bass lines, greasy organs, and pounding drums spit out by a pedigree of rock stripes fought and earned for by members of Demon’s Claws (In The Red), CPC Gangbangs (Swami Records), and The Cockroaches (Solid Sex Lovie Doll). Chocolat’s genre-crunching debut EP is partly indebted to early Kinks, Brian Jones-era Stones, The Yardbirds, The Seeds, The Pretty Things, and Johnny Cash as well as the Velvet Underground with a twist of Jacques Dutronc. Plowing through a French yéyé revisionist history of American garage and English freakbeat, their relentless energy nonetheless defies language with their catchy tunes and makes it futile to label them “French pop.” The seven songs deal with familiar rock ‘n’ roll literary topics like sleeping with your best friend’s girl, closet transvestites, drinking off your girlfriend’s pay check, Johnny Depp, groupies, being broke, and of course, watching the one you love grow fat. The band’s refined psycho-sexual boogie, modern psychedelia, classic soul-pop songwriting, and the raw power of their live sets hasn’t gone unrecognized as they’ve played across Canada and in the US alongside the likes of Jay Reatard, The Black Lips, King Khan, Times New Viking, and The Besnard Lakes. The EP is now finally released in the US and Europe, and foreshadows their upcoming full length due in September 2009. Everyone agrees, Chocolat is better than sex!

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Press Quotes “If Iggy Pop and Islands had a love child, said offspring would, in a perfect world, pick up its first guitar and belt out a sweetly witty ballad of Gypsy-pop riffs that sounds just like this one.” — Georgia Straight

Selling Points • 180-gram LP comes with digital download card. • Full press & college radio mailout by Pirate! Promotions. • Digital marketing by Toolshed Media. • Ads with Under the Radar, Magnet, and Arthur.

Overview Hot Panda’s debut full length was recorded in Winnipeg at MidOcean Studios by Ryan McVeigh (Boats!, Intercontinental Champion). Comparisons to giant luminaries such as Daniel Johnston and Talking Heads have been swirling about, and while it is always nice to be compared to such bands, Hot Panda has certainly found their own sound. Leaving behind the frozen garage jam sessions in which their musical explorations began, Hot Panda has been taking their unique blend of Britpop, Gypsy swing, glam, and lo-fi indie back and forth across Canada and the US since their formation in 2006.

Hot Panda Volcano…Bloody Volcano Genre: Alt Rock Label: Mint Records CD: MRI 125 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Track Listing Cold Hands/Chapped Lips • It’s Worth Eight Dollars • Whale Headed Girl • I Tried Very Hard • Afraid of the Weather • Sweet Sweet Sweet • Holes • Cold Star Swimmer • O • Minoa • Chinatown Bus • Bullhorn Romance • Sexual Frustration

LP: MRI 125 Price Code: Z (SRP $20.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 50 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Key Markets Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Washington DC, New York

Press Quotes “The maelstrom of noise on the title track sets the mood perfectly, weaving a tapestry of sound that sets the pace for the crushing seven tracks here. If you dig Sunn O)))’s power drones and Keiji Haino’s vistas of violent frequencies, this should be right up your alley.” — Montreal Mirror Weekly

Selling Points • Recent collaboration with Allseits, of the semi-legendary ambient project Troum. • Mastered by James Plotkin, ex-Khanate and OLD. • Will perform at SXSW 2009. • Extensive promotion via college radio. A PR company will be hired.

AUN Motorsleep Genre: Metal Label: Alien8 Recordings CD: ALI 80 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 50 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview AUN, a.k.a. Martin Dumais, is an ambient drone artist from Montreal who describes his take on outsider-metal-meets-shoegaze as “blight metal.” Elements of AUN’s sound can be traced to the classic period of ambient music created by the likes of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schultz, as well as to contemporary players like Tim Hecker and Troum. Motorsleep is broken into eight movements, all blending almost seamlessly. The intensity slowly picks up momentum over the course of the first few movements, reaching full power during the third and fourth pieces before eventually giving way to a series of closing tracks that recall the likes of Fennesz or a more menacing William Basinski.

Track Listing Motorsleep 1 • Motorsleep 2 • Motorsleep 3 • Motorsleep 4 • Motorsleep 5 • Motorsleep 6 • Motorsleep 7 • Motorsleep 8

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco

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Press Quotes “A haunting and full-bodied trek through the kind of Appalachian folk towns you’d never want to break down in. Alternately bluesy and Tim Burton-esque, singer Adrienne Hatkin’s tottering half-yodel is a fascinating new development from the city that gave us M. Ward.” — Orlando Weekly

Selling Points • Lush soundscapes featuring accordion meshed with grating electric guitars. • Publicity by 2:30 Publicity.

Autopilot Is For Lovers To the Wolves Genre: Alt Folk Label: Bladen County Records CD: BCO 12 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview Layered with myriad instruments from glockenspiels and Casiotones to pianos and accordions, Autopilot Is For Lovers’ latest release is an alluring arrangement of songs ranging from electro-folk to indie rock. Adrienne Hatkin’s trembling vocals braid their way through the resplendent soundscapes the band creates. Both eerie and enticing, To the Wolves invites audiences to listen again and again in order to grasp all of its intricate details.

Track Listing Whale Belly • Trust • The World is Flat • Come Now • Left of the Sun • Pine Box Town • Bones • Shadows • Biology • Nameless • The Last Good Time • Heaven

Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle

Selling Points • Lo-fi bedroom pop from an eight-piece band that’s gonna be bigger than The Builders and the Butchers! • Extensive touring to follow release. • Media PR through 2:30 Publicity. • Booking by Ground Control Touring.

Overview The Love Language sounds like the Arcade Fire drank several bottles of bourbon and recorded an album on a shitty 4-track. This lo-fi pop brilliance is sure to be one of the first great records of 2009. The band’s eight-piece lineup delivers fierce shows featuring great arrangements and tons of youthful energy. The songs lean heavy on ’50s pop forms à la Ricky Nelson, and Stu McLamb is one of the best vocalists of his generation. The first single, “Lalita,” is an undeniable charge, and the follow-up single, “Sparxxx,” is Southern goth jangle at its finest.

Track Listing Two Rabbits • Lalita • Stars • Nocturne • Sparxxx • Night Dogs • Manteo • Providence • Greycourt

Key Markets Hometown: Raleigh, NC. Also: New York, Washington DC, Atlanta

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The Love Language The Love Language Genre: Alt Rock Label: Bladen County Records CD: BCO 11 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “Hi Red Center make fast, disjointed rock music that prominently features electronics, trombone, and vibraphone, but they’re hardly a typical post-rock or noise-rock group.” — Dusted

Selling Points • Hi Red Center has toured relentlessly, sharing the stage with Deerhoof, Gorge Trio, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, USAISAMONSTER, The Weird Weeds, and more. • Full US tour in February 2009. • Aggressive press and radio campaigns by Team Clermont. • Ads with Skyscraper, Ghettoblaster, Tiny Mix Tapes, Verbicide, Nuvo, and more.

Overview The sophomore album from New York City’s Hi Red Center moves from poignant, nostalgic musical terrain toward a kind of pure, beaming, quantum velocity. The band’s second album, Assemble, moves in a clear, concise direction while somehow containing instrumentation that, here and there, seems to slide off-track, breaking into weirdly juxtaposed parallel trajectories. But for all of their esoteric and almost academic experimentation, a cheerful soulfulness comes through that distinguishes HRC from many of their musical contemporaries.

Hi Red Center Assemble Genre: Avant Rock Label: Joyful Noise CD: JNR 29 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Track Listing Toothless Beau • Littlest Giant • Symmetry Chameleon • Nowheresville • Lullaby • Chicken Gorlet • Trees in a Row • Los Olvidados • Pipe Dream

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Bloomington, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, St. Louis

Press Quotes “An artful hip-hop record that comes off as totally sincere.” — XLR8R

Selling Points • Has shared stages with Atmosphere, Melt-Banana, Deerhoof, The Minutemen, Blackalicious, and more. • Full promotion by Blueghost and Soapbox Promotion. • Full radio servicing by AAM. • Ads with Skyscraper, Ghettoblaster, Tiny Mix Tapes, Verbicide, Nuvo, and more.

Bizzart Future Stars and Small Wonders Genre: Hip-Hop Label: Joyful Noise CD: JNR 32 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Ecopak; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Bizzart

Ear Drung

CD: SAC 1116 Price Code: O NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview With his third full-length, Bizzart’s patented sound-collage-hip-hop takes on a more focused form. Ever since 2003’s Ear Drung, Bizzart’s method has been drastically free, reveling in the process of throwing sounds against the wall to see what sticks—and, more importantly, to see what interesting patterns might emerge. With Future Stars and Small Wonders, Bizzart seems to have built upon this Jackson Pollack approach, channeling it into something all together new. Bizzart teamed up with producer Innaspace to create his most subtle, introspective, accessible, and rewarding record to date. Without sacrificing extra-planetary experimentation or Bizzart’s unwavering vision, the duo has compiled a batch of songs with more focus and personal content than has been seen yet.

Track Listing Android Hearts • Changing Stars • Hookaz and Bling • Back To My Planet • My Sister’s In Jail • Clouds Swallowing Tuesday • Follow These Lines • Future Girls • Too Much Coffee Not Enough Sleep • Leaves My Eyes When I’m Not There • Marthur • Wood Is Whyte

Key Markets Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: Seattle, Portland, New York, Rochester, Indianapolis, Bloomington, San Francisco, St Louis, Chicago STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Press quotes “This is improvised music as art at its very best.” — All About Jazz

Selling Points • Features Nels Cline and Sufjan Stevens collaborator Chris Schlarb in his first release since the critically lauded Twilight & Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty). • College radio service via Sleepless PR. • Ads with Arthur and Tiny Mix Tapes.

Overview

Chris Schlarb Quintet/ Nathaniel Frank and the Wisconsin Magic Comma Genre: Jazz Label: Sounds Are Active CD: SAC 1148 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) CD Jacket; Box Lot 50 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

In his first release since 2007’s Twilight & Ghost Stories, Chris Schlarb presents his jazz quintet alongside the analog warmth of Nathaniel Frank and the Wisconsin Magic. Each group follows its own muse, with the Chris Schlarb Quintet incorporating loose compositional structures in addition to free jazz mash. Drums, vibraphone, upright bass, euphonium, and dueling electric guitars converge on this unique archival recording from 2003 featuring Noah Phillips, Justice Constantine, Anthony Shadduck, and Danny Levin. Nathaniel Frank and the Wisconsin Magic, led by their multi-instrumentalist front man, take a hard-charging approach to small unit jazz fusion. Reminiscent of Frank Zappa’s stripped down Hot Rats album, the trio runs through four tight original compositions with time signature changes, inspired melodies, and youthful exuberance.

Track Listing Chris Schlarb Quintet: Love is the New Black • Near Seven • Aleyse • Two Planes For Elliott Smith • Love is the New Black (Alternate Take) Nathaniel Frank and the Wisconsin Magic: Break Down These Walls Mallory • Biamplified Audio Field • Attack Octopus • Freakish Noise from a Man Less Traveled

Key Markets Hometown: Long Beach. Also: Los Angeles, Austin, Rochester, Indianapolis, Chicago, Tacoma, Seattle

Press Quotes “They have a great sound that harkens back to the ’80s alternative acts like The Cure, Love and Rockets, and New Order but still sounds fresh (think modern bands like Bloc Party).” — MSNBC

Selling Points • RIYL: Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division, The Church, Spaceman 3. • Red Light Driver contains members of popular Midwest acts Lunar Event, The Shivers, and Pop Lolita. • Full press mailing by MFT Records. • Massive radio campaign by Tinderbox. • Ads with Musical Family Tree, MOKB, Nuvo, and more.

Overview Throughout the last two and a half years, Indianapolis-based Red Light Driver has been making sizable waves with their atmospheric blend of pop. In February 2009, we will finally see their debut full-length come into physical reality with the help of MFT Records. The new album jumps between ’70s post-punk (Joy Division, Wire), ’80s alternative (The Church, Echo & The Bunnymen), and ’90s Britpop (Stone Roses, Ride), culminating in a unique blend of ethereal pop that is informed by their influences yet somehow remarkably new.

Track Listing The Long Face • Buddha Johnson (So Awake) • Glow in the Dark • Now We Can Be Ourselves • Scene Key • Manic Saturday • Mission Airy • Pet Rockets • A Ghost in the House • Terrace Angels • The Crows of Roberts Park • Opportunist

Key Markets Hometown: Indianapolis. Also: Bloomington, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles 10

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Red Light Driver And Now We Can Be Ourselves Genre: Alt Rock Label: MFT Records CD: MFT 109 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Last album placed in the Top 30 of the European iTunes jazz charts. • Excellent combination of traditional jazz elements and cutting-edge electronica. • Builds on the momentum of their well-received debut. • Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print media. • MySpace campaign with 50,000 contacts.

Overview Stockholm JazzBeat Project, directed by composer and jazz musician Anders Johansson, unites the new elite of the Swedish jazz scene. The band follows the ambition to tie together modern electronic elements with club music and organic jazz to create a unique sound and groove experience. In 2007 the SJBP achieved great success with their selftitled debut, which placed in the Top 30 of the European iTunes jazz charts for half a year. The group’s new album is a sequel of the highest standards, boasting emotional insistency, Alexandra Engstršm Johansson’s emotive voice, great lyrics, and skillful jazz solos.

Stockholm JazzBeat Project No Story Goes Untold Genre: Jazz Label: COP International CD: COP 3042 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing If You Possessed Me • Does It Hurt? • I Just Let Her • All I Do • Taste Me • As If We Just • Be Done • Love Is A Lie • Intoxicate Ourselves • Make You Look • I Wash My Hands • To Hot To Get In • No Story Goes Untold

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New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle

Stockholm JazzBeat Project Stockholm JazzBeat Project CD: COP 3035 Price Code: M

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Press Quotes “Hard & pumping beats, voice samples, and distorted vocals plus melodic elements … [a] great album for all lovers of harsh electro & EBM!” — DarkElectro

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Schallfaktor Sittenverfall Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 121 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

• Bonus video clip: “Promiskuitiv” live at K17 in Berlin. • Highly anticipated album after a very successful EP that featured the massive club hit “End of Love.” • Entry in the German Alternative Charts. Licensed from German cult label Infacted. • Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print media. • COP International will handle digital promotion. • MySpace campaign with 100,000 contacts. • Ads with Vampire Freaks.

Overview After the tremendous success of their debut EP End of Love, Schallfaktor return with another club smash masterpiece featuring eleven floor-killers plus a bonus video clip. An energetic mixture that falls somewhere between Suicide Commando, Grendel, and Agonoize makes the album a must-have for all electronic clubbers and DJs worldwide! The band has played some of Europe’s most important festivals, including WGT, Nocturnal Culture Night, Dark Dance Treffen, and more. Sittenverfall is the hottest club piece in 2009, so be prepared!

Track Listing Glaskastentraum • Promiskuitiv • Mir • Suicide Confession • Gezeugt in Hass • Friss Mich • Seelenfresser • Infinity • Malfunction • Aroused • Menschen

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Selling Points • Two for the price of one! • Features unreleased tracks from the likes of Feindflug, and highlights US-based bands FGFC820, Dawn of Ashes, Derma-Tek, Xentrifuge, and Panic Lift. • Promo copies to print media, DJs, and radio in the US.

Overview

Various Artists A Compilation 3 Genre: Industrial Label: Black Rain/COP International 2XCD: COP BR 4900 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Double Slim Digipak; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Part 3 of a label compilation that presents an overview of the bands that are members of the German label group that includes Black Rain, NoiTekk, Ars Musica Diffundère, FireZone Rec, and Funkwelten. This release features several previously unreleased tracks from forthcoming albums, and 28 bands from around the world. Two fully-packed CDs with a running time of more than 140 minutes for the price of a single CD. Don’t miss it!

Track Listing DISC ONE: Dandelion Wine: Stain Glass Colours • Rise and Fall of a Decade: In the Time When • Novalis Deux: Passing By • Killing Ophelia: Greed Machine • The Pussybats: Miss Purgatory • Jesus & The Gurus: The Day Will Come • Reliquary: Dusk Falls • Narsilion: Desperta Ferro • Onyx Eyes: Onyx Eyes • Brillig: Escher • Atomic Neon: Mein Kleid • Die Perlen: Beweg Dich Nicht • Aslan Faction: Bring on the Dying • Otx: To Die for a Lie • DISC TWO: Jabberwock: Boxed • Derma-Tek: Corpus Technological • C-Drone-Defect: Morituri Te Salutant • IWR: Ketamine Sedation • Distorted Memory: Disciples of the Watch • Prospective: Deadly Sins • Dym: Autonomy of the Will • Tyske Ludder: Thetanen • Feindflug: Ersatzteil • Dawn of Ashes: Torture Device • FGFC820: Killing Fields (Battle of Nations Mix) • Vigilante: Fire • The Panic Lift: Failsafe • Xentrifuge: Light Extinguished

Selling Points • A collection of critically acclaimed albums, this collector’s item includes six small art prints of John Foxx’s work. • All albums are housed in wallets, featuring new artwork created out of images taken from the original releases. • DVD-ROM playable on all computers. • Beautiful box set packaging. • Limited to 1,000 copies. • Full press campaign.

Overview Cinemascope, the first box set in John Foxx’s 30-year career, includes five critically acclaimed albums: Crash and Burn (2003), Electrofear (2005), Cathedral Oceans III (2005), Tiny Colour Movies (2006), and From Trash (2006), plus the full Cathedral Oceans DVD-ROM. The box also contains six small art prints of Foxx’s work. There is a fantastic range of material across these albums, from the Eno-esque Tiny Colour Movies and static beauty of Cathedral Oceans to the darker Crash and Burn. In 2006, From Trash received some of the best reviews of Foxx’s career, with Fritz Lang, David Bowie, and Laurie Anderson reference points in glowing praise that appeared in everything from DJ Magazine to Classic Rock! Nation 12’s Electrofear is also included—an extremely rare album that includes collaborations between John Foxx and Bomb The Bass’s Tim Simenon.

Track Listing Contains the albums Crash and Burn, Electrofear, Cathedral Oceans III, Tiny Colour Movies, and From Trash, plus the full Cathedral Oceans DVD-ROM

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

John Foxx Cinemascope Genre: Electronica Label: Fulfill 5XCD+DVD-ROM: FCD 20 Price Code: 6F (SRP $59.99) Box Set; Box Lot 12 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press quotes “Beautiful, stark spaces are opened and then filled with enchanting and elegant sounds. It is the longing for springtime made audible.” — Chuck Van Zyl, Star’s End Ambient Radio

SELLING POINTS • The newest release from texturalist Jeff Greinke, his first on Lotuspike, consists of mixed instrumentation, samples, and electronics. • Has received airplay on the Echoes & Hearts of Space nationally syndicated programs. • Service to college, community, internet, and public radio specialty programs. • Various print & web reviews, interviews, and publicity. • Ads with Expose.

Jeff Greinke Winter Light

OVERVIEW A body of work that captures elements of baroque chamber music infused with Jeff Greinke’s unmistakable sense of texture and visual suggestion. Balanced between a study in classical chamber composition and ethereal ambience, Winter Light evokes a distant, icy, somber landscape peppered with the visages of long sought-after memories.

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Genre: Ambient Label: Lotuspike CD: LSM 9 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE

Ascent • Lament • Moving to Malaysia • Deep Inside • The Long Road Home • Under the Pagoda • The Conversation • Across the Great Basin • Orographic • Mountain in the Clouds

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KEY MARKETS Hometown: Tucson. Also: Phoenix, San Francisco, Portland, San Diego, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Austin, Albuquerque

Selling Points • Richard Bishop is 1/3 of the Sun City Girls medicine show. • Follow-up to his part on Locust’s celebrated Wooden Guitar collection.

Overview

Sir Richard Bishop Improvika Genre: Alt Rock Label: Locust Music LP: LST 61 Price Code: V (SRP $22.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

By trade Sir Richard Bishop is a dealer of rare occult books and fine paper ephemera. For many in the musical cosmos, he has had occasion to travel the smoke-filled carnie circuit as one-third of the Sun City Girls medicine show. But in the twilight hours of a shadow world once sensed only by few, Bishop is a dazzling unaccompanied guitarist. On Improvika, the artist rides a very tall horse through a surrealist’s cowboy set that’s one part brut Peckinpah muscularity and two parts illuminated Jodorowskian symbolism … a very strange place, indeed. Armed only with a single steel string wooden guitar, bare-knuckled Bishop fends off the horrors & dangers of the night with ease as he spits out glorious white-robed arabesques, Django-inspired gypsy arcs, and Latin terracotta flourishes like so many spinning tumbleweeds in a one horse town that is his alone.

Track Listing Provenance Unknown • Gnostic Gem • Rudra’s Feast • Cryptonymus • Jaisalmer • Mystic Minor 23 • Tripurasundari • Rose Secretions • Skull of Sidon

Key Markets Hometown: Seattle. Also: San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Press Quotes “Song by song he chants cut-up denunciations of the Vietnam War and Wall Street and hits atonal Carl Perkins notes while drummer Walter de Maria, who would go on to erect the celebrated land-art work Lightning Field in New Mexico in 1977, runs around the room hitting things at random, and in time.” — Greil Marcus, City Pages

Selling Points • An album by Henry Flynt’s short-lived 1966 basement rock protest band The Insurrections. • Features legendary sculptor Walter De Maria on drums. • Photos by George Maciunas.

Henry Flynt I Don’t Wanna Genre: Alt Rock Label: Locust Music LP: LST 39 Price Code: V (SRP $22.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview Henry Flynt shatters categories once again with this surprise collection of his short-lived basement rock protest band, The Insurrections. Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind: Flynt’s version of protest music isn’t your cultural-commissar school of folk posturing. It’s aggro, and Flynt is an unhinged showman on helium-induced vox and electric guitar (his teacher was none other than Lou Reed). Imagine a mix of Sky Saxon (of Seeds fame) with a dash of Roky Erickson thrown in on vocals, a little bit of the Cramps’ scary monster dramatics thrown in for good measure, and the swamp chugalug laziness of vintage Pussy Galore, and you get an idea of what Flynt was up to at this phase in his non-career.

Track Listing Uncle Sam Do • Good by Wall St. • Go Down • Corona Del Mar • Missionary Stew • Jumping • Sky Turned Red • I Don’t Wanna • Dreams Away

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Brooklyn, Chicago, Greensboro, San Francisco

Press Quotes “A visionary spirit captured up to his eyebrows in creativity, as usual.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points • Collecting key material from 1963 to 1971, Raga Electric is a seven-piece distillation of some of Henry Flynt’s most adventurous, audacious, outsider musical endeavors.

Overview Raga Electric begins with a bonkers treatment of the jarhead anthem “The Marine’s Hymn” sung in a thick-tongued, fully untutored Hindustani vocalese. The title cut, “Raga Electric,” is a twisted, howling fake Hindustani rag with staccato untuned guitar and bleating screams recorded at Flynt’s home just a few short hours after catching Pandit Pran Nath at a downtown morning concert. Side-long closer “Free Alto” is a monstrous exploration of the ins and outs of the tenor saxophone which, upon hearing it, Terry Riley referred to as “a very articulated musical program.”

Track Listing Marines Hymn • Central Park Transverse Vocal #1 • Central Park Transverse Vocal #2 • Central Park Transverse Vocal #3 • Central Park Transverse Vocal #4 • Raga Electric • Free Alto

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Henry Flynt Raga Electric Genre: Experimental Label: Locust Music LP: LST 6 Price Code: V (SRP $22.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press quotes “Homespun Americana and modern classical music aren’t as far apart as one might think … Flynt creates a swirl of evolving sounds on his violin.” — No Depression

Selling Points • A splendid collection of high lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals.

Overview Like a hidden relic from the far side of the Harry Smith catalog, these early 1960s recordings are a splendid collection of high lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals that are surely Henry Flynt’s most articulated statements to date of his honest to god affinity and love for that dry earth choogaloo upper mountain lower boogaloo foot stomping folk music. Standouts include the acid fried 13th Floor Elevatorsish “Sky Turned Red” and the 15-minute lazy Zen epic hum-and-strum album closer, “Blue Sky, Highway and Tyme.” No doubt, this is Appalachian bruit driving music bar none.

Track Listing The Snake • Sky Turned Red • Acoustic Hillbilly Jive • Blue Sky, Highway and Tyme

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Henry Flynt Back Porch Hillbilly Blues V.1 Genre: Folk/Americana Label: Locust Music LP: LST 16 Price Code: V (SRP $22.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Hometown: New York. Also: Brooklyn, Chicago, Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh

Press quotes “A strange, truly out-there piece of history—it springs from a confluence of Bill Monroe and John Coltrane, of North Carolina barn-dances and NYC Fluxus/Exploding Plastic Inevitable happenings, of the wild mutant things collectively known as American Music.” — JazzReview

Selling Points • Part of the 2009 vinyl reissue campaign of Henry Flynt’s previous Locust CD releases.

Overview

Henry Flynt Back Porch Hillbilly Blues V.2 Genre: Folk/Americana Label: Locust Music LP: LST 14 Price Code: V (SRP $22.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

On BPHB Volume 2, avant-hillbilly master fiddler Henry Flynt scuffles through a most peculiar set of electrified and acoustic bumpkin fiddle howls and screeches circa early to mid-1960s. From the enviable opener, in which Flynt does his best to compete with the electro-echo buzz of a Jorgen Ingmann or Link Wray, to the beauteous instrumental glow of the extended modal country jam of “Jamboree,” Flynt proves once again that his is not a music simply rooted in the taut belt of New York isms, schisms, and jisms. This is music that howls from a unique voice whose love for the folk songbook (known and imagined) is as resonant as a cowbell and as deep as a freshwater well.

Track Listing Echo Rock • Informal Hillbilly Jive • White Lightening • Jamboree

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Brooklyn, San Francisco

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 10, 2009

LAURA GIBSON BEASTS OF SEASONS

Press Quotes “A short, quiet, tantalizing debut” — New York Times [ HSH 64]

Selling Points • 180-gram audiophile-quality vinyl includes a coupon for digital download plus bonus tracks. • Limited edition silk-screened LP jackets. • Laura Gibson is riding a buzz right now on the strength of her debut album, with special attention from NPR. • Performed with, and opened for, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists on his recent national solo outing. • Five-week tour will coincide with album release. • Barsuk-affiliated publicist Ever Kipp will handle full national and tour press. • Full college, AAA, and NPR radio campaign by SPECTRE. • Serviced to a list of over 200 webzines, and electronically to blogs.

Laura Gibson Beasts of Seasons Genre: Folk Label: HUSH Records CD: HSH 86 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Ecopak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

LP: JLO 77 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 50 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Laura Gibson: guitars, banjo, percussion, bells Rachel Blumberg: drums, percussion, vocals Nate Query: stand-up bass Cory Gray: piano, trumpet, marxophone, more Eyvind Kang, Lisa Molinaro: viola Jason Leonard: vibraphone, percussion Adam Selzer, Dave Depper: electric guitar Sean Ogilvie: electric guitar, pump organ Toussaint Perrault: trombone Scott Magee: bass clarinet Paul Brainard: pedal steel Micah Rabwin: saw Shelly Short: backing vocals Laura Veirs: backing vocals Danny Seim: backing vocals

Track Listing Shadows On Parade • Come By Storm • Spirited • Postures Bent • Funeral Songs • Where Have All Your Good Words Gone? • Sleeper • Sweet Deception • Glory

Key Markets Hometown: Portland Also: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Omaha, St. Louis, Austin, Phoenix, New York, Athens, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chapel Hill 16

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Overview Steeped in the fingerpick-guitar rudiments of folk music, inspired by the expressionism of classic jazz vocalists, and finding common ground in the minimalism and ear-taunting of the avant-garde, Laura Gibson alights on a branch of the music tree that no one else has found. Equally deliberate, and as a nod to the vinyl record era, Beast Of Seasons is split into two parts—Part 1: Communion Songs and Part II: Funeral Songs. The songs isolate distinct and familiar emotions from the many reactions to death, ranging from fear (“Where Have All Your Good Words Gone”) and denial (“Sweet Deception”) to brave acceptance (“Funeral Song”). Gibson’s accomplice for Beasts of Seasons was friend and Grammy Awardnominated producer Tucker Martine. The project offered Martine a departure from the grand visions of bands like The Decemberists and Sufjan Stevens, and the computer in Martine’s studio was eschewed in favor of a vintage, slightly shaky two-inch tape machine. Limited to sixteen tracks, many things were recorded live. Instead of laying down multiple horn tracks, they invited all of their horn-playing friends over one afternoon. Instead of multi-tracked vocal harmonies, they formed a choir of compatriots. In fact, many friends dropped in to contribute, including musical collaborator Rachel Blumberg (M. Ward, Bright Eyes), Nate Query (The Decemberists), Adam Selzer (Norfolk and Western, M. Ward), avant-garde violist and composer Eyvind Kang, solo artists Laura Veirs and Shelly Short, Danny Seim (Menomena), and many of the people who have formed Gibson’s touring band over the past two years (Cory Gray, Sean Ogilvie, Dave Depper, Jason Leonard, and Micah Rabwin). With Beasts of Seasons, Gibson offers up an intimate affirmation of mortality that is vulnerable and courageous, ordinary and extraordinary.

“Feels transported perhaps from the early days of sound recording.” — NPR ALSO AVAILABLE

Laura Gibson

If You Come To Greet Me CD: HSH 64 Price Code: O

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PINK MARTINI SYMPATHIQUE

PRESS QUOTES “[Pink Martini] delivers a knowing sophistication backed by skillful arrangements … Ms. Forbes is an unpretentious, pitch-perfect chanteuse who can be breathy and girlish or sultry … she tempers heartbreak with savoir-faire.” — New York Times “No matter how Pink Martini gets described, there’s always an element being overlooked, a reliance on phrases such as lounge, cosmopolitan rumba, or neo-classical that only tells part of this rich story. Impressive at every musician’s station, this ensemble produces music that’s charming and elegant.” — Variety

SELLING POINTS • High quality 180-gram vinyl. Free MP3 download code inside. • Huge fan base established in key markets. • Analog recording re-mastered specifically for LP by Bernie Grundman. • Sympathique US CD sales +330,000. • Total band CD sales +1.8 million worldwide.

OVERVIEW Sympathique, Pink Martini’s wildly popular debut album, was released in 1997. It has gone on to sell 800,000 copies worldwide and has taken the band around the world on tours to the Cannes Film Festival as well as across Europe, Lebanon, Turkey, Japan, and Taiwan, among other farflung destinations. Nominated for Song of the Year and Best New Artist in France’s Victoires de la Musique awards, the album is Platinum in France and Gold in Canada, Switzerland, Greece, and Turkey.

Pink Martini Sympathique Genre: Pop Label: Heinz Records LP: HNZ 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 40 Delayed from April 2008—now available! NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

FEATURED ARTISTS

“This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it seems to speak to just about everybody … from gradeschoolers to grandmothers to the young and hip and beautiful.” — Washington Post

China Forbes, Pepe Raphael: vocals Gavin Bondy: trumpet Robert Taylor: trombone Aaron Meyer: violin David Eby: cello Dan Faehnle: guitar John Wager: bass Maureen Love: harp Doug Smith: vibes, percussion Richard Rothfus: bongos, drums, percussion Brian Davis: congas, timbales percussion Derek Rieth: percussion Thomas M. Lauderdale: piano

TRACK LISTING ALSO AVAILABLE

Pink Martini

CD: HNZ 3 Price Code: S

LP: HNZ 3 Price Code: Q

Hey Eugene!

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Hey Eugene!

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Pink Martini

CD: HNZ 2 Price Code: S

CD: HNZ 1 Price Code: R

Hang On Little Tomato

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Sympathique

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• Amado Mio • No Hay Problema • Sympathique • Que Sera Sera • La Soledad • Donde Estas, Yolanda? • Andalucia • Never on Sunday • Brazil • Lullaby

KEY MARKETS Hometown: Portland. Also: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

THE BRAN FLAKES I HAVE HANDS

Press Quotes “The Bran Flakes are my favorite sonic scavengers.” — Irwin Chusid, WFMU

Selling Points • A commissioned remix album of Raymond Scott material will be released later in 2009. • Shared bills with Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto), The Evolution Control Committee, Lydia Lunch, Steve Fisk, R. Stevie Moore, Puyo Puyo, and more. • Remixed Tipsy, Jean-Jacques Perrey, End (Ipecac), and more. • Summer 2009 North American tour in the works. • Side projects include the bands Library Science and Twizzle. • Press, new media, and radio campaigns via Fanatic Promotion. • Ads with XLR8R.

The Bran Flakes I Have Hands Genre: Electronica Label: Illegal Art CD: ILL 118 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 45 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Otis Fodder: samples Mildred Pitt: samples

Track Listing Hi • Rodeo Butterfly • KLAM • Stumble Out of Bed • I’m Not Feeling Very Well • Marchy March • Don Knotts • The Girl That I Used To Be • What It’s All About • Dance of the Sugarsnap Fairy • Singing Dogs • Make a Funny Sound • You Can Do Most Anything • Do You Want Salad With Your Taco? • Mini Mountain Queen • The Sidewalk Song • I Wonder Where My Grandmother Is? • Mr. and Mrs. Footsie • Funky Feeling • I Comb My Hair Sideways • Van Pop • If I Loved You • Fifty Four Fifty • Jump Up! • Beat Head • The Crickets Ditty • Sunshine Country • I am a Promise • I Have a Friend • Bye

Key Markets Hometown: Seattle, Montreal Also: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Denver, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Cincinnati

Overview The Bran Flakes are back! Six years since their last full release, Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt return with the thrillingly fun I Have Hands on Illegal Art. Formed in 1992 amidst tape and zine trading scenes, The Bran Flakes have already put out seven releases of zany mashups and poppy audio collages that are more likely to cop a riff from Evel Knievel than anything on the current radio dial. Call them the cover boys of Cool and Strange Music or simply misfits with giant paper-mâché heads—these boys have amassed a cult following for their childlike concoctions that evoke flashbacks of a sugar-induced high while watching Sesame Street. The new album I Have Hands is 100% samples. No other band dares to invite Lawrence Welk, Mr. Rogers, Van Halen, and Strawberry Shortcake to the same party. One track uses Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” at its center, juxtaposes the familiar guitar pluck from Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” and ends with the Osmonds singing about freedom. While the look and feel is distinct, The Bran Flakes are right at home on the label that has championed Girl Talk, Steinski, and other samplephiliacs.

“Playful and frenzied use of what turns up in thrift store dumpsters.Their dense layering of samples and sounds transcends the standard DJ style.” — Cool and Strange ALSO AVAILABLE

Girl Talk

CD: ILL 109 Price Code: M

CD: ILL 107 Price Code: M

Unstoppable

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Steinski

What Does It All Mean 1983–2006 2XCD: ILL 116 Price Code: 2G

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STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Secret Diary

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Press Quotes “The tunes are deceptively simple, with Simon & Garfunkel-style melodies, and Temple’s sleepy vocals belie a melancholy just beneath the surface … enough understated soul to give Conor Oberst a run for his money.” — Rolling Stone

Selling Points • Has toured the US extensively, including shows with Sam Prekop, Death Cab For Cutie, and more. • Previous releases received incredible press from Rolling Stone, SPIN, Pitchfork, New York Times, and more. • Will tour the US and Europe in support of this release, including festival dates at SXSW. • Radio promotion and press campaign handled by Western Vinyl. • Ads with Pitchfork, Insound, Wire, Signal To Noise, and more.

Overview Developed over a two-month period, Luke Temple’s self-titled debut under his new moniker is a remarkable departure from his signature singer-songwriter material. Many of the songs pulse with infectious Afro-beat and Krautrock-influenced grooves, calling to mind classic albums like Remain in the Light and Graceland. In contrast, the instrumental tracks conjure mystical landscapes reminiscent of Popol Vuh’s ambience.

Track Listing Only Pieces • Fagela • Ahab • Tunnelvision • Ghost List • I Just Want To See You Underwater • Babyohbabyijustcantstanditanymore • Nat’s Alien • Everything’s Big

Key Markets Hometown: Brooklyn. Also: New York, Seattle, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Austin, Houston, St. Louis, Chapel Hill, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Madison, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Atlanta

Here We Go Magic Here We Go Magic Genre: Alt Rock Label: Western Vinyl CD: WVR 57 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Luke Temple Snowbeast

CD: MLL 8 Price Code: O NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press quotes “If Sarah Dougher got any more down-to-earth she’d be buried in it … [the] folky postpunk singer/songwriter radiates a sense of ease that’s delightful and, luckily, contagious. “ — Neumu

Selling Points • Fifth album by well-respected artist Sarah Dougher. • Prominently featured on the second series of HBO series This American Life. • Funded in part through a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission. • Press mailing & special mailing to major Classics departments nationwide. • Local radio appearances. Web marketing through social networking sites.

Sarah Dougher Orestes Genre: Alt Rock Label: Cherchez La Femme Projects CD: CFE 11 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Slimline; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Sarah Dougher The Bluff

CD: CFE 8 Price Code: N NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview This music was originally composed for a production of Orestes by the Classical Greek Theater of Oregon in Summer 2006, and the result is a series of songs that meld indie rock with choral narration. The music was composed and recorded by Sarah Dougher, ably assisted by Josh Hodges (Starfucker) as production technician and multi-instrumentalist. It has since been used in the second season of the HBO series This American Life. The CD contains both instrumental tracks and tracks with lyrics, sung by Sarah Dougher and Pat Janowski, one of the original members of the chorus. This is Dougher’s first work for the theater.

Track Listing Ode 1 • Ode 2 • Ode 3 • Ode 4 • Ode 5 • Exunt • Ode 1, instrumental • Ode 2, instrumental • Ode 3, instrumental • Ode 4, instrumental • Ode 5, instrumental • Ode 5.2, instrumental

Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Raleigh/Durham STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Press Quotes “Though the trappings were more hippie-ish than punk … the sounds made during the program’s first act—Britain-bred, Spain-based experimenters Stuart and Caan—reflected the values those two subgenres share: unpolished enthusiasm, impetuous experimentation, and an insiderness that nonetheless welcomed listeners willing to learn the ropes.” — LA Times

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Stuart and Caan The Mayfly Dance Genre: Folk Label: Knw-Yr-Own CD: KNW 85 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Arigato Pak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

• Have opened for Devendra Banhart and Little Wings. • Two live appearances on the acclaimed Dublab. • Packaging designed by UK artist K Yoshimo is made of 100% recycled materials. • Doublescoop PR hired for press promotion. • Hand-screened promotional posters and t-shirts available. • Ads with Arthur and Yeti.

Overview Stuart and Caan’s The Mayfly Dance came to Knw-Yr-Own from England thanks to friends Little Wings and Devendra Banhart. After opening for the two bands on the Hair Fairies Tour, Banhart invited the gents to come over and play the United States. Needless to say, Stuart and Caan fell smartly into the middle of the new weird America musical movement, taking it all in (until they were deported). With pastoral guitars, heartbreaking melodies, and a rare sense of wide-eyed wonder, The Mayfly Dance spins a timeless Anglo-folk sound.

Track Listing Lalita • I Waited So Long • Big White Boat • Rosemary • Isn’t It Wonderful • Lord of the Cosmos • Look To The Sky • God Song • Holy Moment • Do You Want To • Set Sail • Land of Stone

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Baltimore, Austin, Charleston

Press Quotes “The Gift Machine retain all the silver linings of ’90s-rooted DIY culture while sidestepping most of the undue pretension their K Records cousins can get tangled up in … expect a feel-good evening of basement folk, instrument swapping, and inspirational sing-alongs.” — The Stranger

Selling Points • Have recorded and toured with Microphones, Little Wings, and Karl Blau. • Hand-screened, letter-pressed album covers for first pressing. • Doublescoop PR hired to promote the album to various press and radio outlets. • Live performance and rotation at KEXP already confirmed. • Ads with Arthur and Yeti.

Overview Goodbye/Goodluck is the first chance the national public will get to hear the songs of Dave Matthies. Working in the studio with his partner Andrea Gruber, The Gift Machine has recorded one the most beautiful records to date. Most songs feature their voices singing in unison, letting the delicate inflections in their unique voices tell two sides of the same story. Put that on top of wondrous melodies salted with the southern California ocean and it’s the perfect album for breaking winter’s grip!

Track Listing Cut Right Through It • In the Middle • Back to the Source • (I Fell) Off the Map • Trying To Get There • Goodbye/Goodluck • Get Out In It • What Do You Require • It Had To Be You • Borrowed Time (And Water) • Tell Me How It Goes • My Love • I Still Don’t Feel Like Dancing

Key Markets Hometown: San Diego. Also: Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Santa Fe, Detroit 20

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The Gift Machine Goodbye/Goodluck Genre: Americana Label: Knw-Yr-Own CD: KNW 86 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Arigato Pak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “His translations of the Delta blues and his more recent application of those spectral tones to pointillist atmospheres evoke things distant but uncomfortably familiar.” — Pitchfork

Selling Points • Earliest available recording by Loren Connors, with cover artwork by the artist. • Has worked with Jim O’Rourke, Chan Marshall, Thurston Moore, and John Fahey. • Full press mailing to magazines and blogs by Family Vineyard. • Radio promotion to college and NPR stations by Chouette Shop. • Ads with The Wire and Signal To Noise.

Overview

Loren Connors The Curse of Midnight Mary

In 1981 guitarist Loren Connors took his tape recorder to the Connecticut graveyard where the legendary Midnight Mary’s grave lies. The curse: anyone caught in her graveyard past midnight will die the next day. But Connors taped in that place and made this album, which was lost and forgotten until 2008. Recorded between his eight-volume Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations LPs and the folk albums he would make with Tom Hanford and Kath Bloom, these nine pieces meld those two forms. Connors, singing in a trancelike moan, reforms the Mississippi Delta blues on his acoustic guitar with flashes of melodic hooks and a percussive guitar style that erupts into boogie-woogie riffs and other world spirituals. A rare and essential peek into the mysterious early years of the American guitar master.

Genre: Avant Rock Label: Family Vineyard CD: FVR 64 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Track Listing

Loren Connors

Chant 1 • Chant 2 • Chant 3 • Chant 4 • Chant 5 • Chant 6 • Chant 7 • Chant 8 • Chant 9

Night Through

3XCD: FVR 36 Price Code: 3J

Key Markets Hometown: Brooklyn. Also: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Providence, Baltimore, Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Athens

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nail welcomes THP records to its roster! THP Records was formed in 2008 to showcase the music of Welsh band Hot Puppies and their side projects. Future releases will feature music from the vibrant South Wales indie scene.

Press Quotes “With song titles, band name, and label name all scoring high on this cool-o-meter, the Hot Puppies are as fantastic as waking up in a sea of Oreo cookies with no option but to eat your way to safety.” — NME

Selling Points • Debut album from UK buzz band Hot Puppies! • Rave UK press reviews. • US press campaign by NAIL Media.

Overview

Hot Puppies Blue Hands Genre: Alt Rock Label: THP Records CD: THP 3 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Slimline; Box Lot 55 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Following the rapturous response for their story-so-far collection Under the Crooked Moon (Fierce Panda Records), Blue Hands is the first proper album for this Cardiff band. Fronted by charismatic singer Becky Newman, Hot Puppies combine edgy, frantic melodies with intelligent lyrics referencing icons from the world of film and literature (their name is taken from a sneering Dorothy Parker poem).

Track Listing King of England • Clarinet Town • Somewhere • Where the Werewolves Meet • Orphans of the Storm • How To Choose a Wife • Secret Burial • The Word on the Street • Dear Brutus • Blue Hands

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Press Quotes “An intriguing diversion that bodes well for future cross-cultural experiments as more of the stoner metal audience discovers the lysergic possibilities of vintage Krautrock.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points • Produced and mixed by Al Sutton (Big Chief, Don Caballero, Kid Rock). • Debut Plume received rave reviews from critics including NPR’s All Songs Considered. • Features Eric Hoegemeyer (who produced Gideon Smith’s South Side of the Moon) and Philip Durr (Big Chief, Thornetta Davis, Five Horse Johnson, Luder). • Service to college radio, press, and e-media.

Giant Brain Thorn of Thrones Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone Records CD: SSO 90 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview After their debut garnered very good reviews from some unexpected sources, the boys in Giant Brain figured it was time to make a new one. So, Andy & Al Sutton and Philip Durr enlisted the talents of Eric Hoegemeyer. Though Thorn of Thrones retains the Teuto-American synergy and Detroit-cum-Dortmund freak-out elements of Plume, it is a darker, more dynamic record. Some have attributed this newfound skepticism and doubt to the current state of the world. We here at Small Stone wouldn’t know about that, but we feel that regardless, the sky is blue, the flowers bloom, and Giant Brain makes great records. “How long will YOU live?”

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Giant Brain

Relentful Resentless • This Is Where the Robot Escapes His Evil Captor, Finds Raygun, Plots Revenge • Asian Love Song What? • Empyrian • Phones • Gooser • Space Mannequin • Water-Bored • Drowner

Plume

CD: SSO 67 Price Code: O NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Key Markets Hometown: Detroit. Also: Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis

Selling Points • Features Alan Dubin (ex-Khanate, OLD), Jamie Sykes (ex-Burning Witch, Thorr’s Hammer, Atavist), Carter Thornton (Enos Slaughter), Jun Mizumachi (ex-Ike Yard), and Brian Beatrice (Emmy Award winning sound design/mix wizard). • Jamie Sykes is a percussive madman blasting out anything from tribal beats to ultra slow tom killings. • Jun Mizumachi is a renowned sound designer for film & TV, and a master of electronics including synths, factory noise, metal bashing, and other craziness. • Brian Beatrice is also a sound designer and mixer for film & TV. He mixed This Face as well as experimenting and adding additional sounds. • Carter Thornton is a crafty musician who actually makes his own instruments. Here, he plays guitar, bass, piano, and some unnamed homemade “things.”

Overview GNAW’s debut is the sonic culmination of over a year of sound experimentation—a genre-destroying journey that almost defies description. Screaming, singing, whispers, and chants can be heard throughout, and ex-KHANATE member Alan Dubin’s lyrics are vivid portrayals of all things bad.

Track Listing Haven Vault • Vacant • Talking Mirrors • Feelers • Backyard Frontier • Watcher • Ghosted • Shard • Byf (Reprise)

Key Markets New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Portland, Baltimore

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

GNAW This Face Genre: Experimental Label: Conspiracy Records CD: CNS 75 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 32 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

LP: CNS 75 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Gatefold Jacket; Box Lot 8 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Limited to 750 copies on 180-gram vinyl (100 fluorescent green, 150 solid yellow, 500 black). • Taiga is the solo space moniker of Bryant Clifford Meyer from Red Sparowes, Windmills by the Ocean, ISIS, and The Gersch.

Overview Taiga’s electronic hymns are deeply personal and spiritual—complex riddles that are buried under post-traumatic tape hiss and disturbing reverb. New age minimalism and post-ambient clouds highly influenced by Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Brian Eno, Cluster, and Terry Riley. The micro-cinematic voyage feels like Peter Fonda’s dazzling appearance in the ’67 LSD epic The Trip.

Track Listing The Fifth Trunk • The Christmas Tree • Prey • Douglas Fir • Liana Dance • The Liana

Taiga hsheal Genre: Experimental Label: Conspiracy Records LP: CNS 71 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 15 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • CD version released on Important Records in January 2009. • Limited to 500 copies (400 black, 100 fluorescent green). • Artwork by Seldon Hunt. • Features members of Pan Sonic and Múm.

Overview

Strings of Consciousness & Angel Strings of Consciousness & Angel Genre: Experimental Label: Conspiracy Records LP: CNS 72 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 15

An intricate and imaginative soundtrack that gathers both organic and sonic elements to assemble a post-industrial sound structure. The latter will give life to a noisy magma where unexpected clicks stumble over interferences, where digital accidents happen, and where acoustic resonance fills the space in time. A multitude of digital notes will slowly stretch to reach a dark-grey chaos; a pure and clean big bang echoing and calling lost sound memories.

Track Listing #1 • #2

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Selling Points • Limited edition of 300, in black print with varnish foldout sleeve, pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. • Have shared stages with Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Trio, Deaththroes, Kites, and Jesu. • Ex-members of experimental rock group Fog (Lex Records, Ninja Tune).

Overview Heatdeath’s hellish third endeavor leaves no mortal soul untouched, a stretched horizon for humanoids who dwell in the sounds of Abruptum, Emit, Jim O’Rourke, Sunroof, and classic ’70s horror hysteria. Six blasphemic cuts of corrupted data and contaminated files circle like vultures around broken chipboards, molded from the original chemical residue into an improved spacious Blade Runner-esque landscape where cyborgs are dipped in vats of acid. A fractured sonic attack that questions the purpose of any technologically advanced civilization.

Track Listing If • Un • Over • Are • Gone • For

Heatdeath Un [Single LP] Genre: Experimental Label: Conspiracy Records LP: CNS 73 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 15 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Press Quotes “This joyously free yet well organized modern music is to some extent an outgrowth of Cherry’s early experiences with Ornette Coleman but is much more directly inspired by the imaginative principles and grandly expressive behavior of Albert Ayler.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points • Digitally re-mastered and manufactured in the US by the original label. • Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. • Review copies submitted to numerous jazz publications. • Ads with All About Jazz, The Wire, and Signal To Noise.

Don Cherry Live at Café Montmartre 1966 Vol. 3 Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 4051 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Overview The final volume of this three-part series contains extended performances of “Complete Communion” and “Remembrance.” Features Don Cherry on trumpet, Gato Barbieri on tenor sax, Bo Stief on bass, Karl Berger on vibraphone, and Aldo Romano on drums.

Track Listing Complete Communion • Remembrance

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

Live at Café Montmartre 1966 CD: ESP 4043 Price Code: M

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Press Quotes “The performance that established her as a vocal innovator.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points • Digitally re-mastered and manufactured in the US by the original label. • Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. • Review copies submitted to numerous indie/avant publications. • Ads with All About Jazz and The Wire.

Overview Patty Waters’ legendary 1965 debut on ESP-Disk’. This beautiful recording established the singer/composer as a vocal innovator who would later influence Yoko Ono and Diamanda Galás. The shy, riveting performer made two albums for ESP before retiring to raise her son. Essential listening for all aspiring singers. Features Burton Greene on piano & harp, Tom Price on percussion, and Steve Tintweiss on bass.

Track Listing Moon Don’t Come Out Tonight • Why Can’t I Come With You • You Thrill Me • Sad Am I Glad Am I • Why Is Love Such a Funny Thing • I Can’t Forget You • You Loved Me • Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair

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

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Patty Waters Patty Waters Sings Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 1025 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press quotes “Very expansive, with spiritual aspirations, at moments very melodious, sometimes intensely overblowing, but always with ideas and a sense of direction.” — Free Jazz Blogspot

Selling Points • New to the ESP roster! • Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. • Review copies submitted to numerous jazz publications. • Ads with All About Jazz and The Wire.

Overview First studio recording from a powerful trio in the tradition of ’60s free jazz with an upto-the-minute sense of universal awareness. Flow Trio consists of tenor saxophonist Louie Belogenis, bassist Joe Morris, and drummer Charles Downs (Rashid Bakr). Their combined energies create innovative and contemporary improvisation informed by everything from Albert Ayler to Olivier Messiaen.

Track Listing

Flow Trio Rejuvenation Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 4052 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Reflection • Slow Cab • Pick Up Sticks • Two Acts • Succor • Unfolding • Rejuvenation NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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

Press Quotes “The Har-You Percussion Group’s self-titled album stands as a testament to how exciting and profound music education can be for kids … Latin, Cuban, jazz, and blues influences combine to create their boogie-down melting pot of rhythm that keeps the feet moving.” — All Music Guide

HAR-YOU Percussion Group Sounds of the Ghetto Youth Genre: Jazz/Latin Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 1067 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview This Latin soul group, led by master conga player Montego Joe as part of the Harlem Youth program of the ’60s, is a fantastic mix of funky bass, heavy drums, burning horn lines, and soulful vocals. Quite simply one of the great Latin jazz releases of all time, this disc includes the monster tracks “Welcome to the Party,” “Feed Me Good,” and “Oua-Train.”

Track Listing Feed Me Good • Barrets Bag • Ngoma • Oua-Train • Welcome To The Party • Santa Cruz • Tico

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

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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Press Quotes “There’s no need to argue. Merzbow stands as the most influential figure in noise music.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points • Second volume of a 13-CD series of limited edition records from Japan’s Merzbow. • Limited pressing of 1,000 copies. • Merzbow is widely regarded as the king of noise music. • Ads with The Wire.

Merzbow 13 Japanese Birds V.2: Owl Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 233 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview Merzbow’s 13 Japanese Birds is a 13-month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien’s Catalogue D’Oiseaux. Beginning in January 2009, one volume of 13 Japanese Birds will be released each month. The 13th and final volume will be released in January 2010. Each volume will be a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies, with cover art by Jenny Akita. 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 the physical arts—especially Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbau— Masami Akita has created a unique musical language.

Track Listing

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13 Japanese Birds V.2: Owl

Merzbow

Key Markets

13 Japanese Birds V.1 CD: IPT 225 Price Code: P

New York, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Lowell, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Austin

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Press Quotes “This is creative, gut-wrenching, no-holds-barred zealousness, but thrown out with respect and honesty. Indeed, punk jazz at its finest.” — Cadence

Selling Points • First documented duo meeting outside of their trio with Chris Corsano captures a raw live experience, very different from previous studio efforts. • Guest appearance by Greg Kelley on two tracks. • After the recent release of the well-received Burning Star Core album Challenger earlier this year, this album provides a contrast and further illustration of C. Spencer Yeh’s interest in continuing to explore (amplified) acoustic violin and voice. • Recent reissue of In the Midst of Chaos on CD by DeStijl documents Paul Flaherty’s first known recording in a group, from 1978.

Overview Violinist/vocalist C. Spencer Yeh and unrivaled saxophone elder-titan Paul Flaherty team up without the assistance of acclaimed drummer Chris Corsano for the first time, joined by bonkers Boston trumpeter Greg Kelley.

Track Listing Untitled 1 • Untitled 2 • Untitled 3 • Untitled 4 • Untitled 5

Key Markets Hometown: Northampton, Columbus, Boston. Also: New York, San Francisco, Portland, Detroit, Louisville, Lexington, Cleveland

Paul Flaherty & C. Spencer Yeh New York Nuts & Boston Beans Genre: Jazz Label: Important Records CD: IPT 195 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Flaherty/Corsano/Yeh A Rock in the Snow CD: IPT 95 Price Code: P

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STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Press Quotes “With his keen ear and extensive repertoire of brass techniques both vintage and cuttingedge, Taylor Ho Bynum excels in settings both sophisticated and playful; his trio mates—guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara—summon these moods and many more.” — Time Out New York

Selling Points • Each member of The Thirteenth Assembly is highly acclaimed in his/her own right. • Taylor Ho Bynum has worked extensively with Anthony Braxton and has recorded his own records for Hat Hut, Firehouse, and Cadence. • Ads with The Wire.

The Thirteenth Assembly (un)sentimental

Overview The Thirteenth Assembly began as a touring collective made up of four musicians and four musically distinct small ensembles: Tomas and Taylor’s duo; Mary and Jessica’s duo; Taylor’s trio with Mary and Tomas; and a newly formed collaborative quartet. In live performances each group performs a short set, but this CD focuses on the quartet music. Although each member has longstanding relationships performing together in various configurations, The Thirteenth Assembly marks the first time they have played as a quartet, and each player contributed compositions written specifically for this ensemble.

Genre: Jazz Label: Important Records CD: IPT 231 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Track Listing Unfinished Ballad • Army of Strangers • Bird Dog • P#2 • Pinched • Chantal • Too Sweet • Never Before • Hate Fields

Key Markets New York, San Francisco, Boston, Portland

Press Quotes “Our new favorite band.” — Vice Quebec

Selling Points • Limited to 500 copies. • RIYL: Motörhead, The Contortions, Bob Log III, Guitar Wolf, Mars, Pussy Galore. • US publicity for the forthcoming album by Blueghost Publicity. • US college radio tracking for the full length by AAM. • Upcoming US tour dates in Spring 2009. • Ads in Skyscraper, The Big Takeover, and other print mags • Track reviews pitched to Pitchfork and other major blogs and webzines.

Devil Eyes Rip My Heart Out Genre: Alt Rock Label: Signed By Force 7”: SBF 8122 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) 7” Sleeve; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview The first serving of Devil Eyes’ debut full-length album, to be released for the rockstarved masses in Spring 2009. Devil Eyes have been carving their name into the underbelly of Montreal’s rock scene since early 2006. Their music is a raw, lean explosion of garage, no-wave, klezmer, noise, blues, metal, and Japanese punk, yet they somehow manage to make sense out of the chaos in a joyfully ear-shattering ream of songs. The trio makes their own style of experimental dance-punk, but checks influences like Motörhead, Guitar Wolf, Comets On Fire, Les Rallizes Dénudés, and Captain Beefheart as well as bands like ESG and The Contortions.

Track Listing Rip My Heart Out • Please Don’t Touch

STREET DATE FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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800 Octane Requiem

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