Jan09 nail by Allegro Media Group

NEW RELEASES JANUARY 2009 STREET DATE 1-27-09 A DIVISION OF ALLEGRO MEDIA GROUP

INSIDE J. Tillman (Fleet Foxes) • Dozer • Phil Ranelin • Roses Kings Castles Loren Connors & Jim O’Rourke • Plastic Crimewave Sound Merzbow • Acid Mothers Temple

DAVID S. WARE SHAKTI

Press Quotes “As structurally refined as an architectural plan. Every note feels flawlessly placed, but the music urgently retains its wonder and majesty.” — The Wire “[Ware and group] attain a soulful nobility that few other musicians can muster.” — Signal To Noise

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David S. Ware Shakti Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 52 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists David S. Ware: tenor sax, kalimba Joe Morris: guitar, percussion William Parker: bass Warren Smith: drums, percussion

Track Listing • Crossing Samsara • Nataraj • Reflection • Namah • Antidromic • Shakti

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

• David S. Ware’s first new studio recording in almost six years, and his first with a new working group since his highly esteemed quartet disbanded. • Features the stellar, singular guitar voice of Joe Morris as well as fellow master musicians William Parker and Warren Smith. • Includes a whole new set of compositions developed specifically for this new group, plus one re-interpolation of Ware’s own “Antidromic.” • Service/promotion to national press, e-media, and targeted regional press by Improvised Communications. • Service/promotion to college/non-commercial radio by Improvised Communications. • Ads with All About Jazz-New York, Signal To Noise, Wax Poetics, and Point of Departure.

Overview The new work from master musician David S. Ware arrives! Shakti is Ware’s first new studio recording in almost six years, and his first with a new group since his highly esteemed quartet disbanded. The quartet’s final performance was documented on Renunciation. Even before that album was released, Ware was developing a new group concept. In July 2007, this group—featuring guitarist Joe Morris—made its live debut at the Iridium in NYC. The membership was solidified with the addition of long-time musical compatriot William Parker on bass and fellow master musician Warren Smith on drums. A European tour in November 2007 followed, and a studio session was booked for May 2008, resulting in the luminous Shakti. Working with musicians who fully understand the profound ebb and flow of his music, and who can trace the tendrils thereof as close to infinity as human fingers allow, Ware presents five new compositions and a re-interpolation of his own “Antidromic,” which first appeared on Wisdom of Uncertainty.

“This is jazz that swallows all aesthetic distinctions.” — Village Voice

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David S. Ware Quartet

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Renunciation

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David S. Ware Quartet

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David S. Ware Quartet Corridors & Parallels

Freedom Suite

Wisdom of Uncertainty

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J.TILLMAN

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VACILANDO TERRITORY BLUES

“Languid, sadly beautiful portraits of love and life on the margins with the moody depth of Nick Drake and the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams.” — All Music Guide “A GvsB favorite … fans of Drake or Oldham would be wise to check him out.” — Gorilla vs. Bear “Intimate, confessional …[a] lovely, late-night album.” — Mojo

Selling Points • Josh Tillman is also a member of Fleet Foxes, and many of the songs here include the fine musicianship of fellow Fleet Foxes members Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott. • Radio promotion will be handled in-house by Western Vinyl. • Full national press campaign will be handled in-house by Western Vinyl. • Digital press/promotion will be handled by IODA and Western Vinyl. • Ads with Pitchfork, Insound, and Waterloo.

Overview Since 2004, J. Tillman has quietly been releasing records that have been, for the most part, unheard—some were of limited quantity, some were mostly available in Europe. The borderline-alienating starkness and welllived-in narratives of his first two records, I Will Return and Long May You Run, J. Tillman (released in limited runs of 150) endeared him to fans and drew comparisons to Nick Drake, Will Oldham, and Jason Molina. In 2006, after three months in Europe touring on his third and most accessible album Minor Works, Tillman recorded his fourth collection of songs at home with his brother and roommate. Cancer and Delirium struck a perfect balance between the intimacies of his earlier releases and the nuanced, melodic sense of Minor Works. Each song was imbued with the same strikingly disconsolate singing and devastatingly poignant prose that Tillman is known for, and was accented with some of his most gorgeous, spare arrangements. Vacilando Territory Blues, Tillman’s fifth album and first with Austin’s Western Vinyl, came as the result of three different recording attempts in 2008. The push and pull of this record veers sharply from the tone of Tillman’s previous releases, which for the most part adhere to a singular mood and stylistic execution. Sacrificing a stylized album, the breadth of Tillman’s abilities as a songwriter emerge in an array of musical personalities bound by his lyrical existential dread and economical arrangements. In 2008, Tillman joined Fleet Foxes, a Seattle band of longtime friends and musical collaborators. Casey Wescott and Christian Wargo both appear on VTB, along with several regular contributors who were willing to adapt to idiosyncratic recording obstructions. Vacilando Territory Blues is far and away Tillman’s most collaborative effort, and the most striking moments here are those seemingly stumbled upon, without resorting to second-takes or microphone re-adjustment. This album casts a strange perspective on what people have come to expect from Tillman’s music, but these songs, though oddly untethered, reveal the process of someone coming to terms with the prospect of making music in the void.

“Stark, beautiful, and compelling.” — The Stranger

J. Tillman Vacilando Territory Blues Genre: Folk/Rock Label: Western Vinyl CD: WVR 56 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Cardboard Wallet; Box Lot 40 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Josh Tillman: voice, guitar Casey Wescott: vibes, piano, mandolin, mellotron Christian Wargo: bass, ukulele Colin Wolberg, Bill Patton: guitar Jenna Conrad: cello Jeff Fielder: dobro, banjo Joe Kaufman: upright bass Joel Cuplin: saxophone Zachary Tillman: bass

Track Listing • All You See • No Occasion • First Born • Vessels • James Blues • Steel On Steel • Laborless Land • Barter Blues • New Imperial Grand Blues • Master’s House • Someone With Child • Above All Men • Vacilando Territory

Key Markets Hometown: Seattle Also: New York, Austin, Portland, Houston, St. Paul, St. Louis, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Press Quotes “A powerful heavy rock unit, which is influenced by Kyuss and QOTSA without losing their very own sound … a must-have for every fan of modern heavy rock.” — Cosmic Lava “The earthshaking tones of Sweden’s Dozer are back with full force on the quartet’s most recent release, the 10-track Through the Eyes of Heathens. Fleshing out their Hessian blend of stoner rock with a plethora of hard-rock histrionics and desert-rock debauchery, songs like ‘Blood Undone’ and the groove-laden ‘Man of Fire’ contain grungy nuances and garage rock’s fuzziness, which further accentuate the band’s already mammoth sound.” — Skratch “Alright! My Swedish boys are back with another album of pure rock fury, to quote a Clutch album. Dozer has been doing their thing for 10 years [and] several albums later, Dozer is showing why they are still around. If you are one to hop into your vintage classic car and just go for a ride, this band will be your copilot, never steering you wrong.” — Zero Magazine

Dozer Beyond Colossal Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone CD: SSO 87 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Fredrik Nordin: vocals, guitar Tommi Holappa: lead guitar Johan Rockner: bass Olle Mårthans: drums Neil Fallon: guest vocals Jocke Åslund: Hammond organ

Track Listing • The Flood • Exoskeleton (Part II) • Empire’s End • The Ventriloquist • Grand Inquisitor • Message Through The Horses • The Throne • Fire For Crows • Two Coins For Eyes • Bound For Greatness

Key Markets Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Louisville, Oklahoma City

Selling Points • Guest vocals on “Empire’s End” and “Two Coins For Eyes” by Neil Fallon (Clutch). • Dozer will tour North America in 2009. • Through the Eyes of Heathens has been a very strong performer in the Small Stone catalog. • Large fan base in the underground rock community. • Songs have been featured on Fuel TV, MTV (Viva La Bam, Homewrecker), and FX’s Damages as well as various video games including American Chopper, 2K Hockey, and Monster Garage. • Copies to retail, press, digital media, college radio, and specialty rock programs.

Overview “Triskaidekaphobia” is a noun meaning “an irrational fear of the number 13.” Those among us that cling to superstitions dread the intersection of the number 13 with the unluckiest day of the week, Friday. So, it’s fitting that in their 13th year Sweden’s Dozer should descend upon us like a vampire bat to unleash their darkest and heaviest collection of tracks to date. Beyond Colossal is rock ‘n’ roll crafted in the finest traditions of Black Sabbath and bathed in a sublime blanket of Swedish winter sunlight. With the release of their fifth full-length album, these sons of Sweden seem poised to teach the underground a lesson or two about what rock ‘n’ roll is all about. Recorded between Studios 301 in Stockholm and Rockhuset Studios in their hometown of Borlänge, Beyond Colossal oozes with the bleakness and beauty of the landscape. One can almost feel the sub-arctic winter cold that forces Tommi Holappa’s fingers to move with superhuman speed, alternating between beerchugging riffs and lightning solos. Of course a tour is in the works, and anyone who has ever seen Dozer live will tell you this band always gives 110%. With a resume of live shows that reads like a “who’s who” of rawk’s newest and greatest (Mastodon, Rollins Band, Hellacopters, Clutch, Unida), the men of Dozer have proved one fact over and over again: they are not to be missed. ALSO AVAILABLE

Dozer

Through the Eyes of Heathens CD: SSO 61 Price Code: O

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Press Quotes “[A] massive blend of riff-centric heavy rock … totally enjoyable and real good fun.” — Cosmic Lava

Selling Points • Produced by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Pelican, Scissorfight). • Features ex-members of Milligram and Lamont. • Hackman performed at CMJ 2008 and SXSW 2007, and will appear at SXSW 2009. • Copies to retail, press, college radio, and specialty rock shows.

Overview Formed in Boston in 2005 by refugees from Milligram and Lamont, Hackman exploded onto the local scene like a dump truck full of bricks and dynamite. The tale expanded in 2007 with the release of their debut full-length The New Normal, which garnered praise far and wide. After acquiring a new drummer, the band had to figure out how to follow up such a smashing debut, and the answer is Enterprises: 10 new songs recorded straight to glorious 2” tape and utilizing more non-standard tunings than any sludge rock band should know. Recorded with Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Pelican, Scissorfight) at his Translator Audio studio, the men of Hackman decided that staying the course was their best bet. Over 60+ minutes, Hackman carve out riff after spine-tingling riff of aural ecstasy with their guitars. The vocals, just as minimal as on the debut, help to showcase some of the most earth-rattling rhythms of the past decade.

Track Listing Panama • Monoceros • March Into Victory • End of Men • Number Eight, No Bullet • Bludge • Tragedian • Not Anymore and Never Again • C’est la Mort • War Gong

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

Hackman Enterprises Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone CD: SSO 89 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Hackman

The New Normal CD: SSO 73 Price Code: P

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Selling Points • Limited edition reissue now available in the US for the first time ever! • Mick Taylor, of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones, plays on five tracks. • Includes a fantastic version of Bob Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell.” • Hans-Joerg Mueller is Germany’s best guitar player. • Reviews in major magazines.

Overview

Black Cat Bone Taylormade Genre: Blues/Rock Label: Music Maniac/Double Dutch CD: MMN 99006 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Black Cat Bone has been Southern Germany’s best blues-rock group since the early 1970s. Taylormade, their fifth album, was recorded and released in Germany in 1997. This is a limited edition reissue now available in the US for the first time ever. In 1995, Black Cat Bone met former Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor at a festival in Switzerland. Taylor had always been one of Hans-Joerg Mueller’s heroes, and a dream came true when he agreed to participate in the recording sessions for this album. With excellent production and crystal-clear sound, this disc is highly recommended to all lovers of intelligently performed rock and blues.

Key Markets Miami, Clearwater, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC

Track Listing Wake Up Call • Ain’t That I Don’t Love You • The Stumble • Cold Champagne • Blind Willie McTell • Mick’s Song • Get Out of My Life Woman • Slow Blues • Heart Fixin’ Man • Mercy Mercy • Italian Summer • Blue Shadows

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Press Quotes “Beautiful stuff, and it’s good to know that Ranelin is still at work even now. Essential.” — BBC “While he started out as a Motown session player, trombonist Phil Ranelin left that behind in the ’70s, instead pursuing a style that blended post-Coltrane post bop with Afro-Cuban rhythms and harmonies. With Inspiration, Ranelin delivers an album firmly planted in these traditions, paying tribute to a number of his influences and past collaborators including Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver, Eric Dolphy, and of course, Coltrane.” — All About Jazz “Phil Ranelin was responsible for some of the deepest and funkiest jazz of the seventies … this radical trombonist shows his inspiration is still alive whilst blowing as hard as he did when Vibes from the Tribe first dropped back in 1975.” — Straight No Chaser “Ranelin is an unsung trombone hero.” — XLR8R

Phil Ranelin Living a New Day Genre: Jazz Label: Wide Hive Records CD: WID 288 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Phil Ranelin: trombone Donald “Duck” Bailey: drums Roger Glenn: vibraphone Josh Jones: drums Calvin Keys: guitar Carl Lockett: guitar Dave Matthews: piano, organ Matt Montgomery: bass

Track Listing • Livin in a New Day • Blue Bossa • Metamorphosis • Naptown Afternoon • Another Kind of Time and Place • Escapology Maximus • Livin in a New Day (alternate take) • Blue Bossa (alternate take)

Selling Points • Phil Ranelin is a widely respected and well-known jazz artist. • Featured in publications such as DownBeat and Wax Poetics, Ranelin’s music transcends generations. He continues to stretch across both young and experienced audiences. • Full press mailing to local, national, and international publications. • Full radio support by jazz promotional experts at Mitchell Feldman Associates. • Web promotion through Giant Step and Wax Poetics. • Ads with Wax Poetics, URB, and DownBeat.

Overview Jazz legend and Tribe Records founder Phil Ranelin delivers his second release on Wide Hive Records. Titled Living a New Day, the album is his first solo effort since a near-fatal car accident in November 2005. He is joined by Donald “Duck” Bailey, known for his drumming with Jimmy Smith; Roger Glenn, who has toured with the likes of Mongo Santamaria; Dave Matthews, currently touring with Etta James; well-known drummer and bandleader Josh Jones; label mate Calvin Keys, known for playing with Ray Charles and Ahmad Jamal; and profoundly talented bassist and Wide Hive player Matt Montgomery. Living a New Day was recorded and produced by Gregory Howe in Berkeley, California.

Key Markets Hometown: Detroit & Los Angeles Also: New York, San Francisco, Chicago

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Inspiration

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nail welcomes The SYCAMORE CLUB to its roster! The Sycamore Club is the new label set up and run by multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek as a vehicle for his solo work, released under the name Roses Kings Castles.

Press Quotes “Through his Roses Kings Castles project [Babyshambles] sticksman Adam Ficek shows an ear for melody that the likes of Belle & Sebastian would smash up a tea party for.” — NME

Selling Points • Adam Ficek is the drummer in Babyshambles. • CD cover will be stickered with the Babyshambles logo.

Overview Musician and DJ Adam Ficek is most commonly known to the general public for his day job as drummer in Babyshambles. As a member of the band fronted by Pete Doherty, Ficek has seen the best and worst of the music industry. What many people don’t know is that he is a blistering artistic talent in his own right. Roses Kings Castles is the moniker under which Ficek performs and records his own unique catalogue of quixotic, chiming, and blissfully astute acoustic pop songs. Lost somewhere between Belle & Sebastian’s pastoral warmth and the hallucinatory six-string invocations of Syd Barrett, a typical Roses Kings Castles track is buoyed by the finest elements of classic British songwriting—by turns wry, beautiful, and bizarre.

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Roses Kings Castles Roses Kings Castles Genre: Alt Rock Label: The Sycamore Club CD: SYC 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Entroubled • Horses • Sparkling Bootz • Broken Homes • Burn Your Town Down • Brass Winter • Run And Hide • Never Certain • Folk Song • Fool’s Revenge

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

LP: SYC 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Gatefold LP Jacket; Box Lot 12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “Last year this Portland Ore. tinkerer released Ceiling Songs, an enticing homemade album that used short sounds to create long ones. Flickering snippets of instruments overlap and accumulate to create restless but mellow collages that sound vaguely nostalgic.” — New York Times

Selling Points • Ethan Rose’s music was centrally featured in Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. • Past albums have received glowing reviews from New York Times, Pitchfork, and The Wire. • Full online and print press campaign by Force Field PR (The Blow, Blitzen Trapper).

Ethan Rose Oaks Genre: Alt Rock Label: Holocene Music CD: HCM 9 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview Ethan Rose’s work reflects his interests in old technologies, new sounds, and the restless exploration of musical form. Drawing from his interests in musique concrète, chance operations, and American minimalism, Rose creates shifting sound environments that merge the old with the new. Much of his recent work has centered on instruments from eras long past, including music boxes, player pianos, carillons, and theater organs. However, he is interested in pulling new sounds and ideas out of these antiquated devices rather than treating them with a sense of preservation. By bringing a carefully detailed sense of arrangement to his music, Rose’s pieces transport the close listener to a warm and unusual place.

Track Listing On Wheels Rotating • Rising Waters • Grand Marcher • The Floor Released • Fortunate • Scenes From When • Mighty Mighty • Bottom

Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Press Quotes “Connors ... makes music that pulls aged, cloudy film strips from minds, playing them at a tempo and in a setting he semaphores with six strings. 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

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Loren Connors & Jim O’Rourke Two Nice Catholic Boys Genre: Avant Rock Label: Family Vineyard CD: FVR 59 Price Code: O (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

• The second Connors-O’Rourke duo album since 1999’s In Bern (Hat Noir). • Jim O’Rourke is known worldwide for his bent pop albums on Drag City, his role as a producer, and as a member of Sonic Youth and Gastr del Sol. • Features cover art and photos by Loren Connors. • Full press mailing to magazine and blogs by Family Vineyard. • Radio promotion to college and NPR stations by Chouette Shop.

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These two nice Catholic boys met at the crossroads each night during a 1997 European tour. By this time Jim O’Rourke had already reissued Loren Connors’ seminal heartbreak album In Pittsburgh on his Dexter’s Cigar label, and produced Hoffman Estates, the guitarist’s big-band mash-up with Alan Licht. Together, they unravel slow motion ghost blues across three extended pieces that evolve from Connors’ Martian style to O’Rourke’s thundering, feedback-splattered lead grooves. For this live CD, only the second duo release by these musical partners, O’Rourke has returned to hours of recordings captured across Europe.

Loren Connors

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As Roses Bow 2XCD: FVR 54 Price Code: 2J

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Maybe Paris • Or Possibly Koln • Most Definitely Not Koln

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

Press Quotes “There are ghosts in here. They’re floating around this room and swirling around my head like a stray funnel cloud. I can feel them above me and below me. They are everywhere. In this ethereal world created by Rachel Shearer, the spirits of the undead seem to be rising once more.” — Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis

Selling Points • First full-length release by Rachel Shearer since 2003’s North Head CD. • Includes a 20-page booklet. • Specially programmed DVD plays in constant loop. • Full mailing to media and blogs by Family Vineyard. • Special attention to experimental film and video outlets.

Overview Fakerie is Rachel Shearer’s first release under her own name. Since 1997, the New Zealand artist has recorded and performed as Lovely Midget, releasing albums on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! and Corpus Hermeticum as well as the Fakerie CD for Family Vineyard in 2003. This new release is a series of aural sculptures digitally shaped for DVD; an image of seven light sources shining out of the black, synchronized with sound passing through seven shifting passages. The images offer an aid for listeners to immerse themselves in the sound. The melodic gesture of the music is minimized, becoming more like a trace of a melody. Sounds are clustered like stars in the sky, crystalline structures, crystal systems, patterns of cells, and white light that references Francois Bayle, Pauline Oliveros, Elanie Radigue, and the natural world.

Key Markets New York, Brooklyn, Providence, Portland, Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Athens, Baltimore

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Rachel Shearer Fakerie Genre: Experimental Label: Family Vineyard DVD: FVR 40 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Cardboard Gatefold Sleeve; Box Lot 35 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 23 min 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “He’s a Futuretro freak.” — Julian Cope

Selling Points • The last album to feature ace leadsman Nick D’vyne with the always-solid backbone of PCW, Mark Lux, and Lawrence “Skog Device” Peters. • Features rarely seen artwork by Plastic Crimewave. • Ads with The Wire and Galactic Zoo.

Overview The latest Plastic Crimewave Sound album, with a title inspired by German expressionist film, has a more cosmically devotional vibe than past records, touching on Eastern folk-blues and elongated Kraut soundscapes while adding banjo, violin, and female vocals to the stew. However, there is still some trademark rocking as the band delivers blasts of Motor City acid-punk, Japanese-style skree, and waves of tension and release.

Track Listing I Feel Evils • The Grip • Arraj • (Can’t) Turn • The Key • Ecstatic Song

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

Plastic Crimewave Sound Painted Shadows Genre: Avant Rock Label: A Silent Place CD: SPL 30 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Slimline; Box Lot 50 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “Roberto & Maurizio Opalio are the new kings of the solar system, and their reign will be nothing but superb.” — Brad Rose, Editor, Foxy Digitalis

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My Cat Is An Alien/ Mats Gustafsson Cosmic Debris Vol. IV Genre: Avant Rock Label: A Silent Place CD: SPL 33 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Slimline; Box Lot 50 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

• CD reissue of the fourth volume in the ongoing Cosmic Debris series of split releases set up by the Opalio brothers, a.k.a. My Cat Is An Alien. • Mats Gustafsson’s collaborations range widely over the contemporary improvised music world, from masters of free jazz such as Peter Brötzmann and Derek Bailey to famous members of the noise scene such as Thurston Moore and Jim O’Rourke. • Previous volumes have featured Text of Light, Steve Roden, Keiji Haino, and Loren Connors. • Ads with The Wire and Galactic Zoo.

Overview On the fourth volume in the ongoing Cosmic Debris series, MCIAA shares their space with Swedish radical saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, whose 20-year career boasts collaborations that range widely over the contemporary improvised music and noise scenes. Both tracks represent an exemplary encounter between open-minded artists looking for something truly alive and free. On his track, Gustafsson plays tenor and slide sax, weevil sax, and electronics. On MCIAA’s track, the space brothers experiment with astral and cosmic guitars, vocals, mouth harmonica, space toys, and burning percussions.

Track Listing Mats Gustafsson: I Have Not Set Any Time Limits for the Attempt • My Cat Is An Alien: Everything Burns Like Cosmic Debris

Key Markets New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Press Quotes “Like a slowed-down version of late-’90s Chicago indie bands like Karate or Joan of Arc.” — Aversion

Selling Points • Reissue of the debut album from The Delicious, originally self-released. • Have shared bills with Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs, Spoon, and more. • Full press campaign through Soapbox Promotion and Joyful Noise. • Radio campaign through AAM. • Ads with Skyscraper, Verbicide, Ghettoblaster, Nuvo, and more.

The Delicious The Delicious The Delicious Genre: Alt Rock Label: Joyful Noise CD: JNR 31 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Postcard To My Sewing Circle CD: JNR 22 Price Code: H

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Overview Carving a musical niche can be tough these days, but The Delicious have managed to find a loophole, pursuing a unique, passionate vision while balancing convention and innovation—imagine the propulsive punch of early Dismemberment Plan or Shudder to Think, or perhaps your favorite math rock bred with the wordplay of They Might Be Giants. Now, the band’s debut full-length sees reissue with the help of Joyful Noise and Decimal Records. Modernist musings about misunderstandings rub elbows with absurd ballads, foot-stomping dance-ditties, and heart-wrenching singalongs, but every moment manages to retain an element of surprise.

Track Listing It’s Not Time To Die • Math • Social Security • Suspended In Air • One Leg • Separated at Birth • Every Other Night • Dearest Duchess • Corn Syrup • The Opportunity • The Hand-Model Waltz

Key Markets Hometown: Bloomington. Also: Indianapolis, Chicago, Louisville, Los Angeles, New York, Baton Rouge

Press Quotes “LSD March, led by Michishita Shinsuke, is well established in Japan as an example of what might be called the postapocalyptic power trio.” — Time Out New York

Selling Points • LSD March’s international profile has grown significantly in recent years. Leader Michishita Shinsuke recently released an album with Acid Mothers Temple leader Kawabata Makoto, also on Important Records. • Members of LSD March have played with Fushitsusha, Miminokoto, and High Rise. • Press mailing by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview The new LSD March album Under Milk Wood is their first full-length since 2007’s Constellation of Tragedy. With grace (in the rock sense), style, humor, and the perfect touch of heavy riffage, this tremendously unique and original recording is a classic of the new Japanese underground. Recorded at Black Snowflake Studios, Under Milk Wood is a fascinating, ghostly rock album featuring Takahashi Ikuro’s drumming. It isn’t until midway through the record that the heavy riffage begins, though it is slowly buried beneath the white blizzard blanket that is the remainder of the album. Much critical praise awaits this fine album, and it’s likely to become your favorite too. Photographs by Abe Maki and layout by Darryl Norsen.

LSD March Under Milk Wood Genre: Rock Label: Important Records CD: IPT 229 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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LSD March

Bisyonure No Kimi • Shiroi Sekai De • Ai No Sakebi • Sekai No Shizukesa • Dare Ga Hoeru • Taiyo No Uta • Kimi No Uta Wo Kiite Boku Wa Akuma Ni Natta

CD: IPT 164 Price Code: P

Constellation of Tragedy

Key Markets New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Portland 10

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Press Quotes “Subtle shadings both forward and backward, chord organ drones, subtle percussive flourishes, and forest freak vocals of the Finnish persuasion.” — Terrascope

Selling Points • Features Helena Espvall (Espers) and Tara Burke (Fursaxa). • Promotional mailing by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview Anahita is Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and cellist Helena Espvall (Espers). Burke recently showed up on Important Records as part of the duo of Tau Emerald with Sharron Kraus, while Espvall contributed a beautiful piece to the James Blackshaw-curated Garden of Forking Paths. Matricaria is a beautiful, laboriously created, floating affair of skeletal organ drones, ceremonial singing, and subtly frantic instrumental accompaniment that conjures up a natural woodland romp and stomp. The album was recorded between 2005 and 2008. All tracks were recorded on a four-track, then engineered by Sam Cusumano.

Anahita Matricaria Genre: Folk Label: Important Records CD: IPT 228 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Deluxe Jacket; Box Lot 30

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Matricarian Descent • Pirin Planina • Chalice of Cypress • Myrrha • Moi Kissen • Velvet Shoon

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Tau Emerald Travellers Two

Hometown: Philadelphia. Also: New York, Boston

CD: IPT 172 Price Code: P

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Press Quotes “Immediately attractive and defiantly oblique.” — The Wire

Selling Points • A collaboration of noteworthy names including members of Pan Sonic and Múm. • Artwork by Seldon Hunt. • New Angel album recently released via Mego. • Promotional mailing by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire.

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Strings of Consciousness & Angel Strings of Consciousness & Angel Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 227 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

An intricate and imaginative soundtrack with several layers of sound, gathering both organic and sonic elements to assemble a post-industrial sound structure. Ilpo Väisänen has worked with Ultra 3 and Sinø, and is half of the world famous duo Pan Sonic. Dirk Dresselhaus releases under the pseudonym SchneiderTM, signed to City Slang and Mute America. Hildur Gudnadottir plays cello for Múm, Johannes Johannsson, Stillupsteypa, and BJ Nilsen. As Angel they have released albums on BiP_Hop and Oral, and are now signed to Mego. Strings of Consciousness’ Philippe Petit has assembled a dream team of collaborators including Foetus, Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), My Brightest Diamond, and more. Mark Beazley is the man behind the British band Rothko. Raphaelle Rinaudo plays harp with the Pierre Yves Macé ensemble, which has recorded for Tzadik and Sub Rosa. Nicolas Dick has been playing with major French noise band Kill the Thrill for 16 years, and has occasionally shared musical experiences with Erik M.

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Key Markets New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

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• First volume of a 13-disc series of limited edition albums from Japan’s Merzbow. • Each volume will be a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies • Ads with The Wire.

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Merzbow 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 1 Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 225 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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 will be released each month. The final volume will be released in January 2010. Each will be a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies. 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—Akita has created a musical language all his own.

Track Listing 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 1

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Selling Points • One of their tightest albums yet! • Will appeal to the deluge of fans who have called Crystal Rainbow Pyramid their favorite AMT album.

Overview Acid Mother’s Temple’s Glorify Astrological Martyrdom is sure to appeal to the myriad AMT fans who have made Crystal Rainbow Pyramid a new favorite. Professionally recorded mega riffage for a super-defined, clean sound. Kawabata Makoto and company deliver a focused rock explosion full of hyper-repetitive heavy hooks and freaked-out, pitched-up vocals. Cover art by Seldon Hunt.

Track Listing Phantom Utopia or Suicidal Star Warriors • Cosmic Soul Death Disco • Stargate of the Hell

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO Glorify Astrological Martyrdom Genre: Rock Label: Important Records CD: IPT 226 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Selling Points • RIYL: Corrupted, Sunn O))), Lightning Bolt, The Locust. • Have shared stages with Lightning Bolt, ISIS, Jesu, Knut, Melt-Banana, and more.

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Monno Ghosts Genre: Experimental Label: Conspiracy Records CD: CNS 70 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Monno have come a long way, extending their malignant nature through thick layers of fog. Without doubt their most brutal and menacing album to date, Ghosts moves into uptempo black metal waters before dropping in sludge mystery like a free-jazz bat in the night.

Track Listing Negative Horizon • Troye • Mérule • Hull • Endfall LP: CNS 70 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 10 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Selling Points • First LP release for Maninkari. • Limited to 400 copies! • Previous releases received very good reviews worldwide.

Overview Hide your sorrow and cover your eyes. Maninkari continues to dwell in medieval alchemy, delivering yet another organic instrumental voyage. A ritual psychedelic cleansing that plays like a chapter of a forgotten esoteric book, obscure yet spiced with cinematic romance and blood drama. Stretched strings, metal clatter, bells, and chains form an eerie, trance-inducing carpet that drags the listener into a radiant sea of darkness. Hypnotic minimalism for folks that dig holes listening to Pelt, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Henry Flynt, The Necks, and Nurse With Wound.

Track Listing Flatus Vocis 1 • An Ecstatic Sleep State • J’Apprecie La Certitude Avant De L’atteindre • Flatus Vocis 2 • Fantasiaque • La Douceur Est Lutte • Phantasms of the Living

Maninkari Art Des Poussieres Genre: Experimental Label: Conspiracy Records LP: CNS 69 Price Code: X (SRP $31.99) Deluxe Jacket; Box Lot 15 NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Regional college radio promotion; service to key national & internet radio stations. • Publicist will be hired to solicit online and traditional press.

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Kentucky Nightmare Take Her Favour Genre: Alt Rock Label: Standard Recording Co. CD: STD 1044 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

In Summer 2003, Simon P. Moore began writing songs that required two guitar parts, so in addition to recruiting Karen Jensen to take the reigns on bass and vocals, he duplicitously coerced David Woodruff into playing guitar and singing. The result, Kentucky Nightmare, is rocking melodic, clever, and crafty.

Track Listing See You Dance • Going Back To Lucy • Ways of the Gods • Caroline and I • Moving Pictures • The Bird That Wouldn’t Call • Money (A Lot) • Let’s Get in Love • The Latest Sound • Lyin’ and Cryin’ • Equinox Song • The Challenger

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Selling Points • Eclectic mix of Austin artists includes Aaron Blount (Knife in the Water) and Walter Daniels (Jack O’ Fire, South Filthy). • Local & national print coverage and advertising.

Overview Thirteen bands pay tribute to Austin blues/punk band The Crack Pipes. The album also serves as a benefit to offset medical costs incurred by Crack Pipes guitarist Billy Steve Korpi while battling leukemia.

Track Listing Victims of Leisure: Hot Dang • The Transgressors: A Crack Pipes Medley • Faceless Werewolves: Make Out Party • Horse + Donkey: United Snakes • The Late John Matthew Walker & Manateemann: Avenues & Boulevards • Tia Carrera: Q&A • Golden Arm Trio: Making Trax • Aaron Blount: Guerilla Haircuts • The Black: Super Motel 8 • The Hunnies: I Was So Worried About You • The Snake Trap: Cinnamon Roll • Big Foot Chester: Snakes in My Veins

Various Artists 13 Crack Tracks Genre: Rock Label: Chicken Ranch CD: CHX 1026 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Press Quotes “Gay Deceivers pull off a solid-if ADD-addled-sound that’s akin to something like a lovechild between Tender Forever and the Fiery Furnaces, which is as weird and cool as you’re imagining.” — Willamette Week.

Selling Points • Special guest musicians include STS from The Haggard. • Engineered by Radio Sloan of The Need. • Will be promoted via MySpace, Cherchez La Femme website, and live shows. Press mailing to contacts and influencers across the US.

Gay Deceivers Let It Come True Genre: Electronica/Pop Label: Cherchez La Femme Projects CD: CFE 10 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Slimline; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview The debut album from Portland experimental pop band Gay Deceivers! The duo wrote this album over the course of three years, evolving their sound from a disparate blend of influences such as noise, Top 40 radio, metal, dancehall, Motown, and rock. The result is a technically accomplished, beat-driven journey with a strong avant-garde edge full of farreaching content. The group recorded Let It Come True with acclaimed shredder and engineer Radio Sloan (The Need, Peaches, Courtney Love) in her home studio, and mastered it with Mike Lastra of the seminal noise band Smegma. The album also features a number of guests and collaborations. STS (Cadallaca, The Haggard, The Lookers), Ryan Bukstein (Colt Vista), and Jenstar (The Online Romance, Fact or Fiction) all lend their talents to the album for a truly community-based and collaborative effort.

Track Listing Smoky Room • The Origin of Your Opinion • Rahn • Hairy Batch • Heart Vacancy • (Not) Over it in a Major Way • Metal Song • Invocation • Transatlantic • Duet Mystic Whimsy

Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: Olympia, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Northhampton, Minneapolis, Durham, Chapel Hill, Austin, Chicago

Selling Points • Highly anticipated first album. • RIYL: Hocico and Suicide Commando. • 100,000 MySpace plays. • 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 Hailing from Mexico City, C-Lekktor has all the rage and anger to fuel hopes that Mexico has spawned yet another electronic monster in the vein of Hocico and Amduscia. Their debut album, The Silence Procession, is a powerful mixture of hard-hitting beats, dark atmospheres, and beautiful melodies—a relentless assault against authority and the suppression of ideas, depicting humanities’ decline and protesting against an oppressive church.

Track Listing Intro [Who The Fuck Are You] • We Are All Ready Death • Damn Your Faith • Stigmata • Our Dark Side • Silence Remains • See My Hate • Pecados • An Empty Soul • De La Gloriia Al Infierno • Infected

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

STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

C-Lekktor The Silence Procession Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 119 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Highly anticipated first album. • Entry in the German Alternative Charts; licensed from German cult label Noitekk. • Great club track “The Invilid” has 27,000 MySpace plays. • 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 Newly recruited by COP International and highly anticipated by fans, DYM’s The Invilid features aggressive club anthems laced with powerful EBM synths and harsh vocals. But DYM did not stop with this successful formula. Instead, they added breakcore rapidfire percussion, glitching, and abrasive editing (drawing inspiration from rhythmic noise and breakcore acts such as Venetian Snares and Enduser). Lyrically, DYM expresses opinions about current events, society’s idiosyncrasies, control, and unsatisfactory conditions. DYM will lead the EBM/Hellectro scene to the next level!

Track Listing Bender • EBGM • Neuworldbrave • Autonomy of the Will • Life Sized • Touch • Martha Monoxide • Government Stomp! • The Invilid • Sin Phony

DYM The Invilid Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 118 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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

Press Quotes “Unlike some bands that seem to be angry with God and society in general, in FGFC820 I sense some insight of culpability. And when music is honest, it can actually mean something apart from being catchy.” — Moving Hands

Selling Points • Entry in the German Alternative Charts; licensed from German cult label Noitekk. • 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.

FGFC820 Law & Ordnance Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 116 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Urban Audio Warfare CD: COP 98 Price Code: M

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Overview Formed in 2004 as a collaboration of two of NYC’s top DJs, Rexx Arkana and Dräcos, FGFC820 menaces the global club scene with a harsh blend of heavy, bombastic beats and aggressively delivered political vitriol. The band has been touring the United States since the 2006 release of their charged debut Urban Audio Warfare, assembling a small army of passionate fans. Meanwhile, in Europe, FGFC820 amassed numerous compilation appearances and led an audio attack upon the German DAC charts, exerting their grip for the maximum eight weeks and topping out at #2 behind scene legends Skinny Puppy.

Track Listing Hello, Baghdad • Democracy • Killing Fields • Resolution 6 • Ich Bin Ein Ausländer • Vengeance • Momentum • Resolution 7 • Emotion • Forsaken • Not the World I Remember • Resolution 8 • Dream for Tomorrow • The Heat of America

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, Portland STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

SELLING POINTS • Recently featured by Pitchfork and PRI’s The World. • Performers include Allen Ginsberg, Lou Reed, Jorge Luis Borges, and Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead). • Produced by Bowie/T. Rex/Morrissey collaborator Tony Visconti. • Includes written works by Samuel Beckett, Charles Baudelaire, Yoko Ono, and more. • Languages include English, French, Spanish, and Dutch.

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Stephen Emmer Recitement Genre: Pop Label: Supertracks Records Cat # CHR STR 75743 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Recitement is a unique CD on which classic and modern spoken word is performed by famous writers, singers, and actors, and then reinterpreted in a fresh way. Music composed and performed by Emmer uses new and appropriated recordings of written works by Samuel Beckett, Charles Baudelaire, Yoko Ono, and more. Performers include Allen Ginsberg, Jorge Luis Borges, and Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead). Produced by Bowie/T. Rex/Morrissey collaborator Tony Visconti.

TRACK LISTING Kazu Makino: Listen, The Snow Is Falling (Part 1) • Lou Reed: Passengers • Richard Burton: The Leaden Echo • Andrea Piovan: Mondo Sparito • Sylvia Kristel: La Beauté • Ken Nordine: Absolutely Grey • Michael Parkinson: Invergence of the Twain • Richard Burton: Boy with a Cart • Jorge Luis Borges: Everness • Remco Campert & Sacha De Boer: Gaan • Allen Ginsberg: Disconnected • Michael Lonsdale: La Pauvré Prostituee • Carlos Drummond De Andrade: O Enterrado Vivo • Hugo Claus: Soms Bidden Om Een Kwieke Dood • Sylvina Ocampo: Balcon De France • Kurt Schwitters: Soweto Sonata

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

SELLING POINTS • A contemporary mixture of soul, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop stemming from a collaboration between Moon Baker and respected hip-hop producer Nicolay. • Has shared stages with the New Cool Collective Big Band and Tower of Power. • Performed at the 2005 North Sea Jazz Festival, sparkling in shows with Sheila E, Chance Howard, and John Blackwell. • Features fine Dutch musicians including Candy Dulfer, Pete Philly, and Alain Clark.

Overview An excellent debut by an experienced singer: the songs are a contemporary mixture of soul, jazz, and rhythm & blues with a hint of hip-hop. Ballads, swinging funky tracks, and warm soul alternate as a result of the close collaboration between Moon Baker and internationally respected hip-hop producer Nicolay. Other collaborators include Candy Dulfer, rapper Pete Philly, Alain Clark, and Ivar Vermeulen.

TRACK LISTING Memorylane of Hidden Treasures • Shot Deep • The Light • Body • You Are • That’s All • ABC of Romance • God’s Lonely Crusade • Stay • Those Were the Days • Something Sweet • Sweet Papa • Keep It Cool

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

STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Moon Baker ABC of Romance Genre: Pop Supertracks Records Cat # CHR STR 75758 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Longplayers Intercom

Bastian IV

Genre: Pop Supertracks Records Cat # CHR STR 75752 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 37

Genre: Pop Supertracks Records Cat # CHR STR 75742 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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• An action-packed album featuring 12 varied tracks of energetic Dutch dance music. • RIYL: breaks, electro, progressive, drum ‘n’ bass.

• Funky and extremely danceable music with a distinctive, original sound. • Has had international success with the single “You’ve Got My Love.”

TRACK LISTING Entrance • Eternity • Chronicle • Feel You • Fetcher • Arise • Boomstyle • Steady • Maxize • Stand Clear • Diabolik • After Midnight

TRACK LISTING Sturdy • So Appealing • A Beautiful Hind • Done Is Done • Love Sickness • Pigtails • Groceries • Call It a Day • Work Ethics • Arcade Love • I Think the World of You

Ro Krom Presents The Fatty Boom Project

Eddy De Clercq & Friends Music for Catwalks

Genre: Pop Supertracks Records Cat # CHR STR 75749 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Genre: Pop Supertracks Records Cat # CHR STR 75744 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 35

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SELLING POINTS • Unique remix/remake project featuring Longplayers, Chocolate Puma, Black Market Audio, and more. • Fourteen tracks explore fourteen entirely different dance styles, all using the same vocals.

TRACK LISTING Longplayers: Boomstyle • BGS Beats: Boom Boom Stylee • GrandJackson: Phat Like That • Kraak & Smaak: Funk Ass Rotator • Easy Aloha’s: Boomba • Chocolate Puma: Boom!• Laidback Luke: Boom Fatty Boom • Kokos (ft. Reyn Ouwehand): Fattyboom • AIFF: Fatty Afro Funk • Black Market Audio: Humpa Stylee • C-Mon: Come Alive • DJ DoNotAsk: Butthole Mix • Not Easy At All Productions: Natty Pum • Smiley: Fat Like That

SELLING POINTS • Includes songs used in Viktor & Rolf fashion shows. • A mixture of various styles, including jazzy pop, bossa nova, and Balkan grooves. • Eddy De Clercq is one of the founding fathers of the Dutch house scene.

TRACK LISTING Flowerbomb • Via Napoleone • Music For Catwalks • La Ultima Mirada • Oasis Midnight Radio • Theme from ‘Dolce Far Niente’ • Les Monstres Sacrés

STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

PRESS QUOTES “Clever, tuneful, and celebratory.” — Time Out New York

SELLING POINTS • Audiophile-quality recording features Marc Ribot, Abdoulaye Diabate, Susan McKeown, and Mat Maneri. • Press/NPR/e-media promotion by GoMediaPR • Radio promotion by Groov Marketing.

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Sean Noonan’s Brewed By Noon Boxing Dreams Genre: Jazz/World Label: Songlines CD: SGL 1573 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

A unique blend of postmodern jazz, world fusion, and rock featuring stirring, bewitching Afro-Celtic vocals and brilliant high-energy playing from Noonan’s marquee-name band. Sean Noonan layers his elements—vocals in English, Gaelic, Wolof, and Bambara; jazzrock guitars and funky basses; shape-shifting improv viola; African rhythms; and his own intense drumming—into a dense, dreamlike sequence of song-stories. A wide variety of moods encompasses many styles, from skronk and prog/jam band to Frisellian twang by way of Ireland and West Africa. Instrumental and vocal sections alternate and combine in different ways, revealing more the more you listen.

TRACK LISTING Boxing Dreams • Courage • Morpheus • Crazy Legs • The Return of the Peanut Butter Queen • Mayrose • Big Mouth • Look • Story of Jones • Over-n-Out • Lost in Gunter’s Wald

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

PRESS QUOTES “[A snapshot] of the energy, inventiveness, and general operating principles of the finest jazz being played today.” — DownBeat

SELLING POINTS • Three great improvisers work with Malaby’s fascinating melodies to create multi-faceted avant jazz. • Features Tony Malaby, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and John Hollenbeck. • Audiophile recording and multi-channel mix convey expressive range and depth. • Press/NPR/e-media promotion by GoMediaPR. • Radio promotion by Groov Marketing.

Overview Three great improvisers work with Tony Malaby’s fascinating melodies to create highly integrated, multi-faceted avant jazz. The textures are diverse but complementary: Malaby’s blustery tenor and full-bodied soprano are offset by Lonberg-Holm’s looped cello tactics and Hollenbeck’s ambidextrous percussion.

TRACK LISTING Warblepeck • Jackhat 1 • Two Shadows • Waiting Inside • Fly on wall/Remolino • Anemone • Anemone Vamp • Sky Church • Scribble Boy • Jackhat 2 • Chicotaso

KEY MARKETS Hometown: New York, Tucson. Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland

STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

Tony Malaby Cello Trio Warblepeck Genre: Jazz Label: Songlines CD: SGL SACD 1574 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

SELLING POINTS • Todd Menton is the singer of punk-folk mavericks Boiled In Lead. The band is enjoying a critical resurgence since Menton rejoined in 2005, and has a large international fan base. • RIYL: Liege & Lief-era Fairport Convention, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom. • Mailing to radio, college radio, and media. • Ads with Dirty Linen and City Pages.

Overview Announcing the release of The Dolmen Field, from former Boiled In Lead front man Todd Menton. In true genre-crossing fashion, Menton crosses delicate mandolins and whistles with snarling electric guitars, all alongside his powerfully written and played folk ballads. A landmark recording from this truly gifted artist.

TRACK LISTING West Clare Reel/Frosty Weather, Snowy Weather • Peggy Gordon • Sure of Me • Johnny Cope/The Kerry Huntsman • Bonny Light Horseman • Hills of Connemara • The NoteBird (St. Cloud) • Kevin’s Carousel/Emma Bull’s • Dolmen • Paddy on the Railway • Damselfly • Bold Riley (Storm at Sea)

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Todd Menton The Dolmen Field Genre: Folk/Rock Label: New Folk Records CD: NFR 492 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Hometown: Minneapolis. Also: Chicago, St Louis, Omaha, Denver, Boston, Seattle

PRESS QUOTES “Both uplifting and heartbreaking, these 12 tracks are the sound of Turner sitting down, taking stock, and edging steadily further towards greatness. Godspeed, sir.” — Kerrang! [KKKK]

SELLING POINTS • Frank Turner has previously been a member of hardcore/emo outfit Kneejerk and punk band Million Dead. • Has shared stages with everyone from Getcape via Gabby Young to The Automatic. • Has released split records with Reuben and legendary US singer Jonah Matranga. • Radio tracking by Planetary Group. Publicity by Skyscraper Media.

Frank Turner Love Ire & Song Genre: Folk/Rock Label: Arbor Records CD: ARL 13112 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 AN ALLEGRO-DISTRIBUTED TITLE NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview An album of musical maturity, with Frank Turner’s adept storytelling lyricism providing expressive and poignant songs. Turner released his second storming album back in March and was the highest new entry at #5 on the Independent Chart. Love Ire & Song brings together the sounds and ethos of both folk and punk for powerful heartfelt laments, witty stories, catchy singalongs, and summer anthems such as the current single “Reasons Not To Be An Idiot.”

TRACK LISTING I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous • Reasons Not To Be An Idiot • Photosynthesis • Substitute • Better Half • Love Ire & Song • Imperfect Tense • To Take You Home • Long Live the Queen • A Love Worth Keeping • St. Christopher Is Coming Home • Jet Lag • Thatcher Fucked the Kids • The Ballad of Me and My Friends

KEY MARKETS New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Minneapolis STREET DATE JANUARY 27, 2009

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Charles Mingus Mingus In Europe CD: ENJ 3077 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99)