Mar10 nail by Allegro Media Group

MARCH 2010 NEW RELEASES

I STREET DATES 03.09.10 & 03.23.10

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Nail welcomes boompa records

p. 4–5 Since 2003, Boompa Records has focused on the development of a diverse and creative roster of artists. Based in Vancouver, Boompa was founded by Robert Calder and Scott Walker of the Canadian indie pop band The Salteens. Boompa’s catalog features over 35 releases by a varied lineup including The Rentals, The Hylozoists, The Lucksmiths, Small Sins, and Leeroy Stagger. 2009 saw the addition of Reverie Sound Revue, Circlesquare, and Woodpigeon to the roster, and 2010 brings with it the debut of label hometown boy Christopher Smith. Boompa is distributed by NAIL in the US, Outside in Canada, and p*dis in Japan.

Nail welcomes UNSEEN WORLDS

p. 8–9 Unseen Worlds is a record label that releases quality editions of unheralded and revolutionary, yet accessible, avant-garde music. The sound is genre-busting—straddling pop, jazz, classical, and new age music—equal parts enjoyable and intellectually stimulating. Not fairly called a “fusion” label, Unseen Worlds releases are about highlighting special instances of the rare, unique musicality of excellent adventurous music recordings.

NEKO CASE RECEIVES GRAMMY NOMINATION! Neko Case’s new album Middle Cyclone has been nominated for Best Contemporary Folk Album and art directors Neko Case and Kathleen Judge have been nominated for Best Recording Package! Winners will be announced during the Grammy Awards show on January 31, 2010. In the meantime, be sure to stock up on her evergreen seller The Virginian, available through NAIL! (MRI 27, 773871002724)

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JANUARY 2010 TOP 10 RELE ASES 1. Various Artists Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia MKY 1 2. Marion Brown Why Not? ESP 1040 3. Eri Yamamoto Trio In Each Day, Something Good AUM 59 4. Gilded Palace of Sin You Break Our Hearts… CCI 12 5. Slow Six Tomorrow Becomes You WVR 71 6. Nana Grizol Ruth OTW 35 7. Grendel Chemicals + Circuitry MTP 628 8. EXT!ZE FallOut Nation COP TRI 379 9. XP8 Drop the Mask MTP 632 10. Skånska Mord The Last Supper SSO 101 w w w. n a i l d i s t r i b u t i o n . c o m

INDEPENDENCE FOR T H E

INDEPENDENTS 2

ROLF JULIUS

MUSIC FOR THE EARS Selling Points

• RIYL: Oren Ambarchi, Fennesz, Brian Eno, John Cage, Vladislav Delay, Akio Suzuki. • Rolf Julius’ pioneering work “Dike Line” (1979) was presented at the groundbreaking collective exhibition “Für Augen Und Ohren” in 1980, together with works by John Cage, Nam June Paik, Joe Jones, Bill Fontana, Harry Bertoia, and David Tudor. • Alongside Takehisa Kosugi, Terry Fox, and Akio Suzuki, Julis has emerged as one of the most important and influential sound artists of our time. His works have since been shown in countless major exhibitions and important museums around the world, such as New York’s PS1 (1983), the 1985 Paris Biennial, Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory (2001), the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2004), and many more. • In 2005, Julius was awarded the prestigious HannahHöch-Preis for an outstanding artistic life’s work. • Radio promotion and full national press campaign will be handled by Western Vinyl. • Digital press/promotion will be handled by IODA and Western Vinyl. • Ads with Signal to Noise, The Wire, Pitchfork, and Brainwashed.

Overview

“For a long time I’ve been thinking about how to create spaces into which one can retreat, where one can find quiet, where one can see, hear, where one is able to concentrate, where one is isolated from the world around but still is able to participate in it … by means of art or music or both.” — Rolf Julius, 1987

“ONE OF THE LEADING EXPONENTS OF CONTEMPORARY SOUND ART.” — THE WIRE

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists

Rolf Julius: electronics, field recordings

Track Listing • Music for the Ears • Music for Two High Poles

Key Markets

Brooklyn, New York, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Austin, Houston, St. Paul, St. Louis, New Orleans, Chapel Hill, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Madison, Minneapolis, Atlanta

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Futurism and Dadaism both made use of the synthesis of audio and visual arts to create a singular experience greater than the sum of its parts. The Fluxus and Minimalism movements further advanced this idea. Born in 1939 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Rolf Julius was profoundly influenced and inspired by these movements while he studied art in Bremen and Berlin. Over the next 30 years Julius went on to create some of the most meaningful and moving works in the grey area between music and art, sound and silence. Whether it is his small objects, minimal compositions, or subtle and sometimes almost hidden outdoor installations, Julius’ works serve as catalyst, increasing our awareness of the great beauty of the world that surrounds us.

Genre: Alt Rock/Experimental Label: Western Vinyl CD: WVR 75 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Cardboard Wallet; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/9/10

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RIYL: Paper Chase, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Spoon, Wilco. East Coast and Midwest tours confirmed for March/April 2010 (including SXSW). Extensive in-house press campaign. Radio campaign by AAM. Ads with Under the Radar and The Big Takeover.

Overview

Nervous Curtains Out Of Sync With Time

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Latest Flame Records CD: LTF 27 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

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LP: LTF 27 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 50 Street Date: 3/9/10

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Nervous Curtains is the primary songwriting outlet for singer and pianist Sean Kirkpatrick, perhaps better known as a member of The Paper Chase (Kill Rock Stars). Drummer Robert Anderson (The Deathray Davies) and keyboardist/noisemaker Ian Hamilton (Jack With One Eye) helped to develop a unique guitar-free sound. Out Of Sync With Time, the band’s debut full-length, was recorded by Matthew Barnhart (Shearwater) and mixed by John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, Black Mountain). Kirkpatrick’s songs explore bizarre twists in human sensory perception, while the band’s dramatic pulsations ride wild mood swings of grandiose pop, dubbed-out synth bass excursions, Cohen-esque balladry, and even a dark, drony take on The Minutemen’s “Jesus and Tequila.”

Press Quotes

“If Nick Cave joined a carnival, he might write music similar to [Paper Chase keyboard player] Sean Kirkpatrick’s darkly elegant yet strangely bouncy fair.” — SPIN

Track Listing

Accomplice • All Yesterday’s Parties • Bad Neighbor • Losing Touch with One of My Senses • Hearing Something That Is Not There • Falling Out of Sync with Time • White Van Scam • Indebted to the Cause • Jesus and Tequila • Screaming at the Television

Key Markets

Hometown: Dallas. Also: Austin, Chicago, Milwaukee, Seattle, Portland

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RIYL: Broken Social Scene, The Cardigans, St. Etienne, Ivy, Phoenix. Vocalist Lisa Lobsinger is a member of Broken Social Scene. Special packaging: four-panel EcoSleeve featuring a 24-page booklet. Album charted well in the CMJ Top 200 for 11 weeks. Released digitally in the US in June 2009; press and radio handled by Vitriol Promotion. The album will be re-serviced to press/blogs digitally, with a press release announcing the US release date.

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

Overview Reverie Sound Revue Reverie Sound Revue S/T Genre: Alt Rock/Indie Pop Label: Boompa Records CD: BPA 28 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) EcoSleeve; Box Lot 150 Street Date: 3/9/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Built on a bed of dreamy delay-laden guitars and innocent keyboard lines, led by Lisa Lobsinger’s distinctive coo, RSR’s 2003 debut EP turned heads across Canada. But the band separated in 2004: Lobsinger joined Broken Social Scene, while other RSR members earned degrees in math, art, and architecture. Inspired to make the album they were unable to make while together, they exchanged ideas via e-mail and the result is Reverie Sound Revue, an otherworldly exploration of pop music drenched in reverb and a soundtrack for zero-gravity.

Press Quotes

“Poppier than Feist, and jazzier than Emily Haines … a chilly, yet slow-burning ambiance.” — Under The Radar

Track Listing

An Anniversary Away • We Are The Opposite of Thieves • Prelude To A Debut • Pretty One Play • Arrows • In Hotel Homes • Off Rooftops • I Could Be Dangerous • You Don’t Exist If I Don’t See You • May Be First, May Be Second • The Leisure Lost

Key Markets

New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Honolulu

WOODPIGEON

DIE STADT MUZIKANTEN (2 CDs) Selling Points

• RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, Donovan, George Harrison, the holy trinity of Cameras (Hidden, Aztec, Obscura). • Includes a 12-song bonus album with songs produced by Steve Albini, Howard Bilerman, and Husky Hoskulds, featuring a duet with Beth Jeans Houghton. • Six-panel EcoSleeve packaging. • 2009’s Treasury Library Canada was long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize and earned four-star reviews from Mojo, Sunday Times, Q, The Guardian, and The Times. • Won CBC’s Galaxie Rising Stars Award at NXNE in 2009. • Publicity by Brendan Bourke of Canvas Media. • Vitriol Promotions will handle radio service to CMJ stations in the US. • Full album stream to be serviced to blogs.

Overview

Boompa Records is proud to release Die Stadt Muzikanten, the latest album from Alberta-based Woodpigeon (a.k.a. Mark Andrew of the Hamiltons). His third full-length and follow up to the internationally acclaimed Treasury Library Canada, the fifteen tracks on Die Stadt Muzikanten move and contort like a film soundtrack. Lush, grand moments complement his signature cinematic “pretty-pretty-pop” sound as he breathes a glorious new life into Die Stadt Muzikanten, an album inspired by an extended stay in Germany and of the comparative lives of his ancestors.

Press Quotes

Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: Boompa Records CD: BPA 35 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) EcoSleeve; Box Lot 150 Street Date: 3/9/10

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

“Meet your new indie folk heroes.” — Subba-Cultcha “A perfect balance of grandeur and intimacy, delight and melancholy.” — Chromewaves

Treasury Library Canada (2 CDs)

Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: Boompa Records CD: BPA 22 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) EcoSleeve; Box Lot 150 Street Date: Available Now U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Deluxe edition features a 10-song bonus CD! Upon original release, this album received HHHH from The Guardian and The Sunday Times. “An inspiring meditation on exile and return.” (The Guardian)

Mark Andrew of the Hamiltons: guitar, piano, banjo, singing, percussion, keyboards, mandobird, loops Kenna Burima: piano, keyboards, dulcitone, singing Mike Gratton: bass Foon Yap: violin, singing Peter Moersch: guitar Annalea Sordi-McClure: piano, keyboards, singing Daren Powell: drums, percussion Aimee-Jo Benoit: vocals, percussion

Track Listing

Die Stadt Muzikanten • Woodpigeon vs. Eagleowl (Strength in Numbers) • Empty-Hall Sing-Along • Morningside • My Denial in Argyle • Enchantée Janvier • Such a Lucky Girl • Unmissable Grey, Mixed Paint • Duck Duck Goose • Spirehouse • Redbeard • The Street Noise Gives You Away • ...And as the Ship Went Down, You’d Never Looked Finer • The Pesky Druthers (Parts 1 & 2) • Our Love is as Tall as the Calgary Tower

Key Markets

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

Woodpigeon

Featured Artists

New York, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Austin

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RIYL: Seabound, Wolfsheim, Mesh. Previous releases on Metropolis Records include NOOB and Remixed. Complete servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. Street teams will distribute promotional materials. Sound samples at Metropolis website & MySpace page. Twitter contest; promotion via MySpace and Facebook.

Overview

De/Vision Popgefahr

Genre: Alt Rock/Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 641 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

ALSO AVAIL ABLE De/Vision NOOB CD: MTP 572 Price Code: Q

For more than two decades, De/Vision members Steffan Keth and Thomas Adam have been captivating fans of electronic pop music. Over this span of time, the band has released 10 albums, gone through lineup changes, experimented with styles, and written a slew of enduring pop classics. Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed album NOOB, the boys from De/Vision have once again emerged from the studio with all new material. Working together with their favorite producer team, Schumann & Bach, the new album is a worthy addition to De/Vision’s musical legacy. Seamlessly moving from danceable tracks such as “Flash of Life” to the slower, lyrically driven “Be A Light To Yourself,” Popgefahr is a well-rounded, cohesive album.

Track Listing

mAndroids • Rage (Album Version) • What’s Love All About? • Time To Be Alive (Album Version) • Plastic Heart • Be A Light To Yourself • Ready To Die • Flash Of Life • Twisted Story • Until The End Of Time

Key Markets

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

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Selling Points

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RIYL: Wolfsheim, VNV Nation, Icon Of Coil, Apoptygma Berzerk. Previous releases include Lost Alone, Dreamweb, and Crossroads. Complete servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. Street teams will distribute promotional materials. Sound samples at Metropolis website & MySpace page. Twitter contest; promotion via MySpace and Facebook.

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

Overview Mind.In.A.Box R.E.T.R.O.

Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 642 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT U.S. ORDERS ONLY

ALSO AVAIL ABLE Mind.In.A.Box Lost Alone CD: MTP 321 Price Code: Q

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Mind.In.A.Box’s past three albums have garnered a lot of respect with fans and critics alike due to their hard-to-categorize style of electronic music. Their newest album, R.E.T.R.O., takes a slightly different approach to their songwriting. An homage to the era of the Commodore 64 and 1980s video games, the album even includes a few cover versions of cult classics—all done in MIAB’s signature style. However, do not take these adaptations lightly: this is not just another cut and paste cover album. This is Mind.In.A.Box reinventing the past for an advanced future.

Track Listing

The Last Ninja III • Lightforce • The Last V8 • Supremacy • Shades • 8 Bits • Mindkiller • The Last Ninja • I Love 64 • We Cannot Go Back To The Past • Whatever Mattered

Key Markets

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

LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE ZIGUALA

Selling Points

• RIYL: Pink Martini, Chicha Libre, Susana Baca, Asha Bosle, The Kronos Quartet. • First album in three years from a band with a large and loyal cult following. • Previous album, Panamericana, was an NPR favorite! • Features special guests, the internationally acclaimed Parker String Quartet. • Publicity by Junkie PR, who will also work a general campaign for Barbès for the first half of 2010. • Servicing college and public radio. Targeting NPR, which covered the last album extensively (live appearance on Weekend Edition, Studio 360, Soundcheck, and more). • Promotional tour dates on the East Coast and Midwest around the time of the release. • Ads with blogs and online publications.

Overview

Las Rubias’ third album is a Latin-influenced, vintagesounding record with superb female vocals and arrangements using Hammond, electric guitars, Farfisa, vibes, cuatro, percussion, and a classical string quartet. The songs run from an intimate Neapolitan ballad and a Bollywood production to a Kurt Weill song in French and a classic Chicha. While the dynamic range and the geographic scope are wider than their previous records, Las Rubias keep the Pan-Latin spirit alive by treating it all like it was recorded in Veracruz in 1962.

Genre: Alt Rock/Latin Label: Barbès Records CD: BRS 24 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

Press Quotes

Featured Artists

“Elegant, finely wrought Latin-influenced songs … Las Rubias del Norte compress big-band compositions into sparkling gems.” — The New Yorker

Taylor Bergren-Chrisman: bass Olivier Conan: cuatro Timothy Quigley: percussion Emily Hurst: vocals, vibes, marimba Allyssa Lamb: vocals, piano, Farfisa, Hammond Greg Stare: percussion Giancarlo Vulcano: guitar, lapsteel

Track Listing

Porque te Vas • Viva La Fiesta • Mana Janab Ne Pukaara Nahin • El Alcaravan • Ziguala • Scalinatella • Navidad Negra • J’attends un Navire • Cruzando al Mar • Crucifijo de Piedra • Seguedille • Sola

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dayton, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Houston, Austin, Washington DC, Montreal, Toronto

ALSO AVAIL ABLE Las Rubias del Norte Panamericana

Las Rubias del Norte Rumba Internationale

CD: BRS 10 Price Code: Q

CD: BRS 1 Price Code: L

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

“DAINTILY CHARMING AND SPELLBINDINGLY SEXY.” — VILLAGE VOICE

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

UNSEEN WORLDS CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH NAIL MANY ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME!

“Blue” Gene Tyranny Out Of The Blue

Genre: Classical/Experimental Label: Unseen Worlds CD: USW 1 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/9/10

Lubomyr Melnyk KMH: Piano Music In The Continuous Mode

Genre: Classical/Experimental Label: Unseen Worlds CD: USW 2 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

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For the first time on CD, “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s first album from 1977 (originally one of the first Lovely Music releases) is beautifully re-mastered, with new artwork and a 24-page booklet. Blue is a Grammy-nominated composer and pianist who has performed on records by Robert Ashley (Perfect Lives), John Cage, and Laurie Anderson, yet this is quite different. Composing for what is essentially a chamber rock ensemble, a cast of female vocalists, and himself (on the Polymoog and RMI synthesizers), Blue has created a song-cycle that reflects his intensely melodic and free piano technique in a polished studio record. Out of the Blue elegantly combines adventurous New Music technique, the style and appeal of pop music, and the grace of classical music to form an unclassifiable and totally revelatory whole. Endearing, exciting, familiar yet unlike anything else—this is a very friendly record.

Carl Stone Woo Lae Oak

Genre: Classical/Experimental Label: Unseen Worlds CD: USW 3 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

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First-ever CD of Carl Stone’s debut album, originally released on Joan La Barbara’s Wizard Records in 1983. Re-mastered for CD, with original artwork and new accompanying notes by Phill Niblock. Woo Lae Oak is a 54-minute tape piece based around minimal samples of strings and wind that layer, deconstruct, and reform into an expansive, shimmering whole.

Re-mastered from the privately produced master tapes with new artwork and an 8-page photo booklet. Lubomyr Melnyk’s debut album from 1978 is an unheralded touchstone of minimalism. Performing solo on piano with a speed that suggests multiple pianos playing together in harmony, Melnyk nearly brings out the full sound of the instrument all at once. His music is lush and maximal, yet it possesses the restrained, slowly evolving nature found in music by artists like Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Melnyk developed his unique approach to minimalism while working with dancer/ choreographer Carolyn Carlson (who also worked with Igor Wakhevitch) in Paris during the 1970s. Carlson’s influence led Melnyk to create music that is dramatic enough for the stage, yet meditative enough for deep listening: a version of minimalism with the enigmatic traces of Satie.

Elodie Lauten The Death of Don Juan

Genre: Classical/Experimental Label: Unseen Worlds CD: USW 4 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CD debut of this 1985 post-minimal landmark by Elodie Lauten, featuring performances by Arthur Russell and Peter Zummo. Originally self-produced and released as a small LP edition on her own label, it has been touted ever since by Kyle Gann, who adds notes to this edition, and it was recently included on one of Alan Licht’s Minimal Top Ten lists. Lauten has been active in the downtown New York classical and punk scenes since moving from France in the 1970s. The Death of Don Juan is a breakthrough album for its bold, lyrical minimalism in concert with a dramatic sensibility that is deeply faithful to the modern existential emotional experience.

ELODIE LAUTEN

PIANO WORKS REVISITED (2 CDs) Selling Points

• RIYL: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley. • Two-CD set contains three albums PLUS previously unreleased bonus tracks. • Much of this music is on CD for the first time. • New liner notes by WNYC New Sounds host John Schaefer. • “Cat Counterpoint” featured in The Wire’s Wire Tapper 22 compilation. • “Variations on the Orange Cycle” included in Chamber Music America’s Century List (April 1999). • Radio promotion through Pirtle Gimp promo. • Servicing to classical and popular press outlets.

Overview

A 2-CD collection of piano works by post-minimalist composer Elodie Lauten, most of which is available for the first time ever on CD. The albums Piano Works (1983) and Concerto for Piano and Orchestral Memory (1984), both reissued in their entirety with re-mastered sound, incorporate found and prerecorded sounds into lyrical minimalist piano works in a highly personal— even baroque—style. They are deeply meditative and expansive, but do not require the epic lengths enjoyed by Glass, Reich, or Riley. Pop-song length seems to be the standard, yet this never betrays the sensitivity of the works. Contemporary luminaries Arthur Russell and Peter Zummo, who were on a similar path themselves, contribute to the Concerto. Also included in this set is Lauten’s performance of her later masterpiece “Variations on the Orange Cycle” (1991), included in Chamber Music America’s Century List of important 20th century works, as well as other previously unreleased tracks.

Press Quotes

“At her most conservative, she hugs traditions forged by Terry Riley or, to an extent, Steve Reich.” — Pitchfork

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists

Elodie Lauten: piano, sequencer, sound loops Arthur Russell: cello Peter Zummo: trombone

Track Listing

Cat Counterpoint • Revelation • Adamantine Sonata • Alien Heart • Imaginary Husband • Andante (Dedicated to the Impossible) • Allegro Vivace • Orchestral Memory • Con Spirito • Moderato • Tempo Di Habanera • Andante Cantabile • Orchestral Memory Exit • Tango (Vocal Version) • Variations on the Orange Cycle • Sonate Modale (Live at Music Gallery, Toronto, 1985)

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: Brooklyn, Austin

“LOVELY, EFFECTIVE, AND AFFECTING.” — NEW YORK TIMES

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

“One of the great lost experimental records of the ’80s.” — Alan Licht

Genre: Classical/Experimental Label: Unseen Worlds CD: USW 5 Price Code: 0 (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

Selling Points

• Remixed, re-recorded versions of two of the BEST Japanther songs! • Japanther have toured the world, appeared at the Whitney Museam, recorded with Penny Rembaud (Crass), and continue to create the best music out there. • Hand-printed, spray-painted/silk screened artwork by the Black Owl Trading Co. • Touring, independent radio service, zine ads. • Ads with Razorcake and MRR.

Overview

Explosive music from Brooklyn’s anarchist art-punk duo!

Japanther Divorce/Evil Earth 45 RPM Genre: Punk Label: Arkam Records 7”: AKM 40 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) 7” Sleeve; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/9/10

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Press Quotes

“One of New York City’s most underrated acts.” — Pitchfork “Punk rock meets water ballet.” — Time Out New York

Track Listing Divorce • Evil Earth

Key Markets

Hometown: Brooklyn. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• Brilliant theatrical gypsy punk! • Features members of the Pine Hill Haints. • Original music from an artist out of the Flying Monkey collective. • This amazing work of art was hand-printed and silk screened by Black Owl Trading Co. • Touring, independent radio service, zine ads. • Ads with Razorcake and MRR.

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

Overview

The Counterclock Wise Wind It Up To Shut Em’ Down Genre: Punk Label: Arkam Records LP: AKM 35 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/9/10

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Fresh, original, and tightly executed music from a group of musicians who have been involved in independent music in the Southeast for a long time. A must-have for lovers of the macabre!

Track Listing

SIDE ONE: Guns Just Want to Have Fun • No Songs No More • Kick the Hive • JoJo Song • Maybe We’re Dead • I Fire-fly • A Ghost of Future’s Past SIDE TWO: Hey Kool-Aid • Lovely Girl • Death to the Alarm • News You Don’t Hear • Playing Pretend • The Sky Rains Tango

Key Markets

Hometown: Huntsville, AL. Also: Nashville, Missouri U.S. ORDERS ONLY

DAVID S. WARE

SATURNIAN: SOLO SAXOPHONES VOL. 1 Selling Points

• RIYL: Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. • Documents master saxophonist David S. Ware’s triumphant return to performance following a kidney transplant in May 2009. This performance prompted features from New York Times and NBC Nightly News. • Strictly limited CD edition of 2,000. There will be more Solo Saxophones volumes to follow, and Ware’s brand-new group recordings will be released in late Summer 2009. • Service/promotion to national press/e-media, targeted regional press, and college/non-commercial radio by Improvised Communications. • Ads with All About Jazz-New York, Signal To Noise, and Point of Departure.

Overview

Recorded live in concert at the Abrons Arts Center, NYC on October 15, 2009, Saturnian documents master saxophonist David S. Ware’s triumphant return to performance following his kidney transplant in May 2009. Ware, in full peak of form, performed three extended pieces, each one on a different horn. “Methone” is on the saxello, and “Pallene” features the stritch. He has played these lesser-known members of the saxophone family for many decades, and recorded with them in the late ’80s, but this was the first time he has performed with them live on stage. The final piece, “Anthe,” is performed on his main axe, the mighty tenor sax.

Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 60 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/9/10

Press Quotes

Featured Artists

“As with Sonny Rollins, although Ware is an entirely different player, there is an uncompromising individuality to Ware’s approach.” — DownBeat, HHHH (AUM 52)

ALSO AVAIL ABLE David S. Ware Shakti

David S. Ware Quartet Renunciation

CD: AUM 52 Price Code: P

CD: AUM 42 Price Code: P

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

David S. Ware: saxello, stritch, tenor saxophone

Track Listing • Methone • Pallene • Anthe

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

“WARE’S INVENTIVENESS BURNS AS BRIGHTLY AS EVER, HIS PLAYING ENCOMPASSING EVERY DYNAMIC AND EXPRESSIVE SHADE … A BOLD NEW STATEMENT FROM A TRUE INNOVATOR.” — DUSTED

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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RIYL: Donovan, The Smiths, The Velvet Underground, Belle and Sebastian. Features guest artist Fred Thomas of Saturday Looks Good To Me. US tour planned for early 2010. Full press promotion via Riot Act Media. Full college radio promotion via Vitriol Radio. Ads with Stereogum and other web outlets.

Overview

World Atlas World Atlas EP

Genre: Alt Rock/Indie Pop Label: Magic Marker Records CD: MMK 56 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/9/10

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Brooklyn band World Atlas started in 2006 as a handful of four-track bedroom demos that were sketches of songs mirroring stories afforded by the city. The idea culminated in a full ensemble including guest member Fred Thomas (Saturday Looks Good To Me) on guitar and The Umbrella Girls, who often serve as the group’s hand-clappers, back up singers, and tambourine shakers. Their first self-titled EP is a pop atlas steeped in nostalgia and allegory that exudes the aesthetic of a library of weathered books and stolen glances. Their instrumentation includes vibraphone, organ, shakers, trumpet, and string arrangements that take the music beyond the pop confines of drums, bass, and guitar. Infused with boy/girl harmonies and countermelodies, the resulting songs depict both innocence and experience. This is the band’s first release, and work on a second full-length album is underway.

Track Listing

Saint Mary • Girl on a Boys’ Bike • The Winter Stories • All In Her Mind • XOXO (feat. The Umbrella Girls)

Key Markets

Hometown: Brooklyn. Also: San Francisco, Portland, Seattle

Selling Points

• The golden years of modern Ethiopian music (1965–1975)! • A selection of powerful pieces from the historical Amha Records catalog. • Includes two pieces by a young Mulatu Astatqé, well known for his work on the Broken Flowers soundtrack.

STREET DATE MARCH 9, 2010

Overview

Various Artists Ethiopiques 24

Genre: Ethiopia/ Alt World Label: Buda Records CD: BUD 860176 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/9/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE Mulatu Astatqé Ethiopiques 4 CD: BUD 829642 Price Code: Q

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Like Ethiopiques 1 and 3, this CD presents a selection of powerful pieces from the historical Amha Records catalog. We meet again with such artists as Ayaléw Mèsfin, Gétatchèw Kassa, and Sèyfou Yohannes; and are introduced to other artists as yet unreleased or hardly known in the West, among them Menelik Wèsnatchèw, Seyoum Gèbrèyès, Tamrat Molla, and Wubshèt Fisseha. Bonus tracks include two pieces by a young Mulatu Astatqé, recorded in the early sixties when he was under the influence of the Latin and Caribbean scene of a burgeoning swinging London, as well as two pieces by The Ashantis, a highly influential Kenyan band from the early ’70s.

Track Listing

Sèfou Yohannes: Mètché dèrshé • Seyoum Gèbrèyès & Alèm-Girma Band: Hamétègnaw • Ayaléw Mesfin: Lèné antchi bitcha nèsh • Ayaléw Mesfin: Menèw bèqèrèbegn • Gétatchèw Kassa & Soul Ekos Band: Bèy lesènabètesh • Tamrat Molla & Venus Band: Ené yèwèdèdkwat • Wubshèt Fisseha & Exception Five Band: Sèw endayhon yèllèm • Ayaléw Mesfin: Terèdjew nèbèr • Ayaléw Mesfin: Qondjo ledj nat • Tamrat Molla & Venus Band: Ber anbar sèbèrèlewo • Samuel Bèlay: Lèbèné sheweshew • Seyoum Gèbrèyès & Alèm-Girma Band: Yagèré djègna • Sèfou Yohannes: Yèkèrmo sèw • Wubshèt Fisseha & Exception Five Band: Mariyé marwèlèla • Ayaléw Mesfin: Hédètch gara zura • Mulatu Astatqé with Frank Holder & Niaaza Alsherif: Assiyo béllèma • Mulatu Astatqé with Frank Holder & Niaaza Alsherif: Nèfsh nèsh • The Ashantis: Come On and Do It • The Ashantis: I Wanna Do My Thing

AMIR ELSAFFAR & HAFEZ MODIRZADEH

RADIF SUITE

Selling Points

• RIYL: Ornette Coleman, John Zorn Masada, Don Cherry, Charles Lloyd, Dave Douglas. • First exploration of the Persian dastgah together with the Iraqi maqam in a jazz context. • ElSaffar has studied and played with Cecil Taylor, while Modirzadeh has done the same with Ornette Coleman. They bring the influences of these two towers of avant-garde jazz together in their music. • Full press mailing to newspapers, magazines, music critics, jazz and classical magazines, and blogs. • Full radio servicing to CMJ and JazzWeek panel jazz stations, and NPR programming.

Overview

Radif Suite is an important new recording in the continuing advancement of jazz from trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh. The release marks the first exploration of the Iraqi maqam and the Persian dastgah in a jazz context. Both ElSaffar and Modirzadeh are of mixed heritage (Iraqi American and Iranian American, respectively) whose musical careers are dedicated to expressing their ancestral traditions within a highly personalized and creative jazz language. ElSaffar, who has spent years traveling abroad seeking out masters who could impart to him the Iraqi maqam tradition, composed the highly acclaimed Two Rivers Suite, the first work joining maqam with jazz. Modirzadeh, who spent years under the guidance of Iranian master musician Mahmoud Zoufounoun, has developed his own “chromodal” approach, which brings together Persian modes with jazz into one cohesive system. They are joined here by world-renowned bassist Mark Dresser and master drummer Alex Cline.

Press Quotes

“ElSaffar’s first album under his own name, Two Rivers, is a staggering accomplishment that subtly erases the lines between his two chosen disciplines.” — Chicago Reader

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Featured Artists Amir ElSaffar: trumpet; vocals Hafez Modirzadeh: tenor saxophone Mark Dresser: bass Alex Cline: drums; gongs

Track Listing

Radif-e Kayhan Facet One • Radif-e Kayhan Facet Two • Radif-e Kayhan Facets Three/Four • Radif-e Kayhan Facets Five/Six • Radif-e Kayhan Facets Seven/Eight • Radif-e Kayhan Facet Nine • Radif-e Kayhan Facet Ten • Radif-e Kayhan Facets Eleven/Twelve• Introduction: Copper Refraction • Post-Idiomatic Blues/Cells A • Doves Over Zion (Dream of the Beloved)/Duet Interlude • Uganda/ Trio Interlude • Bird of Prey • Awj/Ancestral Memory • 7 Quintuplets/ Triptych/Bass Solo • All Said and Done/Sirens/Reverence

Key Markets “HARROWING TO ABSORB; FULL OF AS MUCH BEAUTY AS PAIN.” — BBC WORLD SERVICE

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

ALSO AVAIL ABLE

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

“Saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh is unlike any other player or composer out there … This man is a composer to watch.” — All Music Guide

Genre: Jazz Label: Pi Recordings CD: PIE 32 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/23/10

Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers CD: PIE 24 Price Code: Q U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• RIYL: Pavement, Guided By Voices, Black Lips, Sebadoh, Pixies. • Twelve inches of virgin vinyl packaged with a CD. No frustrating download cards, no 37 hexadecimal codes, or personal information to enter. Immediate gratification! • Will perform at SXSW as part of a month-long tour through March and April. • Publicity will start in January, focusing on mp3 blogs. • Radio will be handled through AAM Sunday Service and will take place in late January. • Additional promotion through Insound’s Package B should start at beginning of March. • Ads with My Old Kentucky blog, Insound, Nuvo Newsweekly, and Ft. Wayne Reader.

Overview Thunderhawk VI (LP+CD)

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Standard Recording Company LP: STD 1048 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

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Having released roughly 10 releases on his own, Thunderhawk’s Josh Hall is well known in Indiana as “the best musician you’ve never heard.” He has been recording and writing music (often under multiple band names) for over a decade, cranking out release after release, and VI is the culmination of those efforts.

Press Quotes

“Framed by observant lyrics and the best indie-rock vocals you’ve ever heard … the songs, style, and know-how are all here, as is the heart, humor, and diversity.” — Nuvo Newsweekly

Track Listing

King Basement • I’ve Got a Bullet With Your Name On It • The Shadow of Your Ghost • Capricorn • The Devils Always Following Me • King Basement (Alternate Version) • Dead is the Drunkest You Can Get • I’d Still Burn • Blue Eyes Wild • Liver Let Die • Spark • Teenage Riot FanClub

Key Markets

Hometown: Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne. Also: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Portland, Seattle

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The complete limited edition 13 Japanese Birds series in a new limited set! Bonus disc includes unreleased early recordings. All fourteen jewel cases come packaged in a stylish tote bag. Non-returnable—as Monty Python has shown, you can’t return a dead bird.

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

Overview

Merzbow 13 Japanese Birds In A Bag (14 CDs) Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 294 Price Code: 13D (SRP $90.99) Box Set; Box Lot 5 Street Date: 3/23/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Limited opportunity to get all 13 records from Masami Akita’s 13 Japanese Bird series at a box set price! Packaged along with a limited edition Merzbow Bird Bag, only a small number of these sets are being made available. Merzbow’s 13 Japanese Birds is a 13-month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien’s Catalogue D’Oiseaux. Begun in January 2009, one volume of 13 Japanese Birds was released each month. Each volume is 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—Akita has created a unique musical language.

Track Listing

Bird One: Sozume • Bird Two: Foukuro • Bird Three: Yurikamome • Bird Four: Karasu • Bird Five: Uzura • Bird Six: Kamo • Bird Seven: Kujakubato • Bird Eight: Kokuchou • Bird Nine: Hiyodori • Bird Ten: Niwatori • Bird Eleven: Shirasagi • Bird Twelve: Tsubame • Bird Thirteen: Chabo

KID606

SONGS ABOUT FUCKING STEVE ALBINI Selling Points

• RIYL: Tigerbeat, IDM, drone. • A tribute to all things analog from one of the major contributors to electronic music in this decade. • Strong press and radio push by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview

A collection of psychedelic love songs paying tribute to all things analog! Similar to older Kid606 releases like PS I Love You, GQ on the EQ, The Soccergirl EP, and Why I Love Life, this album was carefully constructed to be the soundtrack for the peak 72 minutes of your next trip. The songs all linger on just long enough. You hear voices you can’t understand, but you will know what they are saying. Every track has its distinct identity and direction, to completely throw you from one headspace to another. All the songs on this album were created with analog source material. None have beats or percussion to weigh you down, and they are all love songs. Composed over the years in many different places, each song represents a phase of indulgent musical composition that only deserved to have its best parts represented on this album. After compiling and editing all the songs on a computer, they were mixed down and mastered through analog equipment to two-track analog tape.

Press Quotes

“More fun than you’ll have all year listening to all the acclaimed, self-serious indie tripe oozing out of every corner of the web.” — PopMatters

Genre: Electronica Label: Important Records CD: IPT 291 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

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Featured Artists Miguel Depedro: electronics

Track Listing Dim Ego Prelude Odd Ripe Legume Mild Pureed Ego Purge Deem Idol Periled Emu God Lou Reed Gimped Deep Lid Morgue Eerie Gold Dump Die Rumpled Ego

Key Markets

San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, New York, Boston

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

“A WINDOW ONTO BOTH A RESTLESS POST-TEEN IMAGINATION AND AN AMERICAN UNDERGROUND VIOLENTLY REMAKING EUROPEAN ELECTRONIC INNOVATIONS.” — PITCHFORK

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RIYL: Mouthus, Pocahaunted. Limited edition of 500 copies, the first 100 on color vinyl. Burners merges their old sound with a new sound for the ultimate Robedoor. Robedoor LPs sell out ultra fast!

Overview

Robedoor Burners (1 LP)

Genre: Rock/Experimental Label: Important Records LP: IPT 292 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) 12” Jacket; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/23/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Mastered by James Plotkin and recorded and mixed from April-September of 2009 at the same east LA hillside studio (“Green Machine”) where Raiders was tracked. The goal with Burners was to make a record fusing the recent song-based structures of Raiders and the Pagan Drugs 7” into some of the older-style Robedoor dronesprawl architectures. All songs were written/sculpted over the course of constant live shows (“Burning Man” in particular was an ’09 live staple). Like all Robedoor titles, Burners is sure to move quickly and when it’s gone, it’s gone.

Press Quotes

“Taking cues from previous sonic explorers like Double Leopards and the Taj Mahal Travelers, Robedoor wastes no time setting up a sonic environment that feels vast and vacant.” — Foxy Digitalis

Track Listing

Radiant Command • I Thought You Were The Devil • Burning Man

Key Markets

Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: San Francisco, Providence, Montreal, Portland, Seattle, Northampton

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Previous Skull Defekts LP on Important was an instant sellout! Extra-limited color vinyl. Have collaborated with The Sons Of God. Cover by Fredrik Söderberg. Ads with The Wire.

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

Overview

Skull Defekts Skulls CM von Hausswolff & The Sons of God Descending the Silver River of the DFX Genre: Rock/Experimental Label: Important Records LP: IPT 290 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) 12” Jacket; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

Swedish drone/ritual rock group Skull Defekts is back with a new limited edition vinyl LP. This time, we are dealing with two unique collaborations. The first is a live recording from Fylkingen, Stockholm where the Skull Defekts met oscillator master CM von Hausswolff in a deep drone meeting. The second is a studio recording with the infamous performance & noise duo The Sons of God (Kent Tankred and Leif Elggren). This is truly deep stuff, man.

Press Quotes

“A stunning reinvention and refreshing of the band’s sound, pushing their loopedbased sound down new and surprising avenues. Certainly one of the records of the band’s prolific career, and one of the highlights of this year.” — Musique Machine

Track Listing

CM von Hausswolff • The Sons of God U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Key Markets

Also: San Francisco, Providence, New York, Montreal, Portland, Seattle, Northampton

MUGSTAR

...SUN, BROKEN… Selling Points

• RIYL: Cave, A Place To Bury Strangers, Oneida, Sonic Youth, Pink Floyd. • The current musical environment is ripe for Mugstar to come to the surface. • The band recorded the very last Peel Session! • Extensive promo, radio, and press service via Important. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview

Mugstar hover in the realm of Oneida and Sonic Youth, fitting well beside such Important artists as Cave and A Place To Bury Strangers. Since 2003 they’ve issued a few full lengths, a split with Mudhoney, an etched 10”, and—most famously—recorded the last ever Peel Session with the late John Peel. A forceful and compelling album, …Sun, Broken… delivers a range of power, textures, and soundscapes, from the turbocharged opener and the eerie atmospherics of “Labrador Hatchet” through the Kraut-rocking “Today Is The Wrong Shape” and the expansive voyage of closing track “Furklausundbo.”

Press quotes “Brilliant.” — NME

“Massive blues jam blowouts that groove like Finlands Circle hexed up on different kinds of drugs.” — Record Collector “A cosmic refueling point where the lay lines linking Goblin, Mountain, and Amon Düül II cross, all low strung looping swamp dragged grooves dashed by halos of chin stroking early ’70s sourced keys. A mindexpanding psychotropic prog odyssey.” — Losing Today

Genre: Rock Label: Important Records CD: IPT 286 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

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Featured Artists

Steve Ashton: drums, percussion Neil Murphy: guitars, flute, viola Peter Smyth: guitars, keyboards, vocals Jason Stoll: bass Sam Wiehl, Bob Parker: live projections

“UNMISTAKABLY BRITISH SPACEROCK: LOW-SLUNG BASS, CHUGA-LUG GUITAR AND BONEHEAD DRUMS, TRIPPED OUT WITH ASTRAL FEEDBACK AND MIASMIC HYPERSPACE SYNTH CLOUDS.” — PLAN B

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Technical Knowledge as a Weapon Ouroboros Labrador Hatchet Today is the Wrong Shape She Ran Away With My Medicine Furklausundbo

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: San Francisco, Providence, Montreal, Portland, Seattle, Northampton

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

Track Listing

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RIYL: Apoptygma Berzerk, Haujobb, VNV Nation, Icon of Coil. Includes a 20-page booklet. David Thrussel (Snog) has written many soundtracks for Australian films. Complete servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. Street teams will distribute promotional materials. Sound samples at Metropolis website & MySpace page. Twitter contest; promotion via MySpace and Facebook.

Overview

Snog Last Of The Great Romantics Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 634 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

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Nearly two and a half years after his previous outing The Last Days of Rome, Snog returns with a brand new album of rock-infused electro-pop entitled Last of the Great Romantics. Best known for his tongue-in-cheek anti-capitalist sentiments, Snog’s new album touches on the fall of civilization, war, economics, and society. From the balladesque “The End of the World” and “Sleepwalk” to the metallic “Big Black Hole” and the electro-punk “Cosmic Caveman,” each track has a life of its own though they flow effortlessly together. An enjoyable 51-minute ride from start to finish, this CD gives one pause to think about where we are headed as a united world.

Track Listing

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We’re All In This Together • The End Of The World • Wargasm • Sleepwalk • Big Black Hole • This World (Done Me Wrong) • Cosmic Caveman • A Man • The Fires • The Prisoner Song • Sing Your Troubles Away

Snog Buy Me I’ll Change Your Life

Key Markets

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CD: MTP 78 Price Code: L

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

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Selling Points

• RIYL: Obiat, Sons Of Otis, Porn (The Men Of), Luder, Altamont, Dixie Witch. • Limited pressing of 1,000 copies. • Acid King has toured all over the US and Europe for the last 10 years, and will tour in 2010. • The band has a very strong and loyal fan base. • Copies to national & regional press. • Two promo tracks will be available from IODA for podcasts & blogs.

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

Overview Acid King The Early Years

Genre: Metal Label: Small Stone Recordings CD: SSO 105 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE Acid King Busse Woods CD: SSO 48 Price Code: O

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Sympathy for the Record Industry released the first Acid King recording—the self titled 10-inch—in 1994 on vinyl only; and the first full-length, Zoroaster, in 1995. Both recordings have been out of print for many years … until now!

Track Listing

Lead Paint • Blasting Cap • Drop • Midway • Evil Satan • If I Burn • One Ninetysix • Vertigate #1 • Tank • Dry Run • Fruit Cup • Queen of Sickness • Reload • Vertigate #2

Press Quotes

“Acid King’s pummeling low-end attack is once again captured in album form … that solidifies this San Francisco-based trio’s place on stoner-rock upper echelon. Combining hypnotic guitar riffs, thunderous bass, and an unfailing drum groove into a cauldron of raucously rumbling rawk [the band] boasts some of the most enticing and trance-inducing music in stoner rock.” — Skratch

Key Markets

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

SNAKE TRAP/TRANSMOGRAPHY SNAKE TRAP/TRANSMOGRAPHY SPLIT 12”

Selling Points

• RIYL: Don Caballero, HEALTH, Dub Trio, MONO, Radiohead, Slint, Pelican. • Limited edition of 500 45 rpm, beautiful orange/ cream vinyl. • Includes CD-R with digital versions of the record as well as bonus tracks from both bands. • Ads with Razorcake and Wonka Vision. • Service to indie buyers, bloggers, and more. • NON-RETURNABLE.

Overview

The Snake Trap and Transmography are two contemporary bands from Austin. The Snake Trap plays an instrumental, groove-oriented style of rock bordering on post-punk, dub, and metal. Transmography plays a minimalist, electronic, groove-oriented style of rock. Both bands have toured throughout the United States with plans for future tours. The Snake Trap has appeared at CMJ and SXSW consistently for several years. This split is 45 rpm, orange/cream-colored 12” vinyl release. It comes with a CD-R of the tracks on the record, plus secret bonus tracks from both bands. Jacket photos and design by Sandy Carson, photographer for the Austin Chronicle and several BMX magazines.

Press Quotes

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Featured Artists Bryan Nelson: drums Taj Mihelich: bass Lee Brooks: guitar Michael Frasier: drums, vocals James Evans: guitar, keys, vocals

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The Snake Trap: John Denver Dies in Clash The Snake Trap: Fenster Platz The Snake Trap: Money is Expensive Transmography: Pupa Transmography: Nanyte

Key Markets

Hometown: Austin. Also: Cleveland, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Shreveport, Oklahoma City, El Paso

ALSO AVAIL ABLE The Snake Trap At Home in a Hostile World

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

“‘The latest ACG release, probably the coolest,’ according to local Australian Cattle God wranglers, might very well be a 12-inch split from the Snake Trap and Transmography on cream/orange vinyl. The run of 500, designed by Chronicle best-of Sandy Carson, warps heavy desert instrumentals and hot-oil bass lines from the former act, provocatively named opener ‘John Denver Dies in Clash’ the standout. The latter duo writes Germanic computer code that bridges its 1970s/1980s rockist string bending, chanting, ‘Break out of your cocoon’ on leading lumber ‘Pupa,’ while ‘Nanyte’ bobs like the Octopus Project on Quaaludes.” — Austin Chronicle

Genre: Rock Label: Australian Cattle God LP: ACG 25 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 15 Street Date: 3/23/10

CD: ACG 11 Price Code: O U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• Includes digital download card. • Analog recording- onto 2” tape using an Otari MTR 90. • Produced by Bryan Nelson at Legendary Sweatbox Studio in Austin. • Debut release from this retro/post-punk/alt rock trio. • Ads with Razorcake and Wonka Vision. Service to indie buyers, bloggers, and more. • NON-RETURNABLE.

Overview Red X Red M Between Your Prayers And My Curses Our Kind May Triumph Yet Genre: Rock Label: Australian Cattle God LP: ACG 24 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 15 Street Date: 3/23/10

This record is awesome. Angular and steady, it churns through four songs per side, keeping the listener busy flipping the record over and over again, listening and relistening and listening again.

Track Listing

Step Now, Nagursky • White Karate • Boss of All Bosses • Citizen Infant • Flesh is the New Plastic • Ottomans • A Not A • Assignment Arson

Key Markets

Hometown: Austin. Also: Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Shreveport, Hot Springs, San Angelo, El Paso, Oklahoma City

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Ex-members of Die Kreuzen and Boy Dirt Car. Regional touring in the Midwest throughout the nineties. Probable reunion tour in 2010! Comprehensive in-house PR and radio campaigns. Ads with Under the Radar and The Big Takeover.

STREET DATE MARCH 23, 2010

Overview

Fuckface Fuckface S/T

Genre: Punk Label: Latest Flame Records CD: LTF 28 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/23/10

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Dave Szolwinski, proprietor of Milwaukee record store Earwaves, founded Fuckface in 1990. A man with a vision, he culled the members of the band from the numerous eclectic personalities that frequented his store, eventually settling into a more or less stable lineup featuring three drummers—no cymbals or snare drums allowed—two guitarists, a bassist, and a scrap-metal percussionist, with Szolwinski’s unique personality and vocal delivery out front. In early 1995, at the height of its powers and popularity, Fuckface recorded a nine-song self-titled album that, as fate would have it, went unreleased. Now, nearly 15 years after final mixdown, this document finally surfaces on Latest Flame Records, adding seven bonus tracks to the original nine, including both sides of the “Thorn” single, the lost remake of Frank Zappa’s “Why Don’tcha Do Me Right?”, and an early live reengineering of Die Kreuzen’s hardcore classic “All White,” inviting longtime fans and the uninitiated the chance to once more tap into the energy of this powerful ensemble.

Track Listing

Transmuter • Blood River • L.A. Song • Thorn • Kenbar • Snitch • White of The Eye • Black House • Wave of Mutilation • Buffalo Bill • Disneyland • Thorn (live) • Tex • Why Don’tcha Do Me Right? • Desert Song • All White

Key Markets 20

Hometown: Milwaukee. Also: Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Austin

NAIL ON TOUR Balmorhea Constellations

Whitey Morgan & The 78s Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels

Assemblage 23 Compass

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

CD: SSO 86 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) UPC: 709764108624

CD: MTP 617 Price Code: Q (ARP $15.99) UPC: 782388061728

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

1/9/10 Maumee, OH – The Village Idiot 1/16/10 Lafayette, IN – Lafayette Brewing Company 1/29/10 Detroit, MI – Eclipz Lounge/Greektown Casino 1/30/10 Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe 2/5–6/10 Mendon, MI – Cowboy Up 2/27–3/8/10 Daytona Beach, FL – Whiskey River Saloon 5/28/10 Buckhorn, MO – Mid America Freedom Rally

3/29/10 Seattle, WA – El Corazon 3/30/10 Portland, OR – Fez Ballroom 4/1/10 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge 4/2/10 Los Angeles, CA – Das Bunker 4/5/10 Albuquerque, NM – Ralli’s 4th Street 4/7/10 Tulsa, OK – The Marquee 4/9/10 Austin, TX – Club Mixx 4/12/10 New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf 4/14/10 Nashville, TN – The Rutledge 4/16/10 Orlando, FL – The Social 4/17/10 West Palm Beach, FL – Respectable Street 4/18/10 Jacksonville, FL – Eclipse Nightclub 4/19/10 Raleigh, NC – Legends Nightclub 4/23/10 Philadelphia, PA – Polaris 4/25/10 Providence, RI – Club Hell 4/28/10 Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theatre 4/29/10 Indianapolis, IN – Talbott Street 5/1/10 Detroit, MI – Small’s 5/6/10 Louisville, KY – Uncle Pleasant’s 5/7/10 Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner 5/8/10 Madison, WI – Inferno 5/11/10 Denver, CO – Cervante’s 5/12/10 Salt Lake City, UT – Club Vegas

Pink Martini Splendor in the Grass CD: HNZ 6 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 723721448059

3/23/10 Fort Walton Beach, FL – Emerald Coast Center 3/26–27/10 Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Symphony Hall 3/30/10 Cleveland, OH – Severance Hall 4/8–10/10 Costa Mesa, CA – R&H Segerstrom Concert Hall 4/16/10 Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall 4/23–25/10 Fort Worth, TX – Bass Concert Hall 4/30–5/2/10 Houston, TX – Jones Hall 6/1–2/10 San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony 6/4–6/10 Omaha, NE – Kiewit Concert Hall 6/11–12/10 Austin, TX – Palmer Events Center

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ARTIST

TITLE

FMT

LBL

CAT#

UPC

DEAL

Julius, Rolf

Music for the Ears

WVR

656605460826 P

Nervous Curtains

Out of Synch With Time

LTF

825576044728

Nervous Curtains

Out of Synch With Time 180gm

LTF

825576044827 N

Reverie Sound Revue

Reverie Sound Revue S/T

BPA

779903192820

n/a

Woodpigeon

Die Stadt Muzikanten

2 CDs

BPA

779903103520

Woodpigeon

Treasury Library Canada

2 CDs

BPA

779903102226

n/a

De/Vision

Popgefahr

MTP

641

782388064125

De/Vision

NOOB

MTP

572

782388057226

n/a

Mind.In.A.Box

R.E.T.R.O.

MTP

642

782388064224 Q

Mind.In.A.Box

Lost Alone

MTP

321

782388032124

n/a

Las Rubias del Norte

Ziguala

BRS

723721457556

n/a

Las Rubias del Norte

Panamericana

BRS

881626902226

n/a

Las Rubias del Norte

Rumba Internationale

BRS

747014481523

n/a

Tyranny, Blue Gene

Out of the Blue

USW

656605847825 N

n/a

Melnyk, Lubomyr

KMH: Piano Music in the

USW

616892896623

n/a

Stone, Carl

Woo Lae Oak

USW

616892950721

n/a

Lauten, Elodie

Death of Don Juan, The

USW

616892966920

n/a

Lauten, Elodie

Piano Works Revisited 2CD

2 CDs

USW

616892069362

n/a

Japanther

Divorce/Evil Earth 45RPM

7â&#x20AC;?

AKM

723721218911

Counterclock Wise

Wind Em Up To Shut Em Down

AKM

723721218812

Ware, David S.

Saturnian: Solo Saxophones V1

AUM

642623306024

Ware, David S.

Shakti

AUM

642623305225

n/a

Ware, David S.

Renunciation

AUM

642623304228

n/a

World Atlas

World Atlas EP

MMK

753182377155

Various Artists/

Ethiopiques 24

BUD

860176

Astatqe, Mulatu

Ethiopiques 4

BUD

829642 723723382528

n/a

QTY

ARTIST

TITLE

FMT

LBL

CAT#

UPC

DEAL

ElSaffar, Amir/

Radif Suite

PIE

808713003222

ElSaffar, Amir

Two Rivers

PIE

808713002423

n/a

Thunderhawk

VI [LP+CD]

STD

1048

666973104826

Merzbow

13 Japanese Birds In A Bag

14 CDs

IPT

294

793447529424 13D

n/a

Kid606

Songs About Fucking Steve

IPT

291

793447529127

Robedoor

Burners [1 LP]

IPT

292

793447529226 2I

n/a

Skull Defekts

Skulls CM von Hausswolff &

IPT

290

793447529028 2I

n/a

Mugstar

...Sun, Broken…

IPT

286

793447528625

Snog

Last of the Great Romantics

MTP

634

782388063425 Q

Snog

Buy Me I’ll Change Your Life

MTP

782388007825

n/a

Acid King

Early Years, The

SSO

105

709764110528

Acid King

Busse Woods

SSO

709764104824

n/a

Snake Trap/

Snake Trap/Transmography

ACG

723721219215

n/a

Snake Trap

At Home in a Hostile World

ACG

733792695023

n/a

Red X Red M

Between Your Prayers and My

ACG

733792911710

n/a

Fuckface

Fuckface S/T

LTF

825576046227

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