NAIL March 2012 New Release Book by Allegro Media Group

MARCH 2012 NEW RELEASES

I STREET DATES 3.13.12 & 3.27.12

A DIVISION OF ALLEGRO MEDIA GROUP

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P: 800.288.2007 James Cho, NAIL Business Director x2049 • james.cho@allegromediagroup.com

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NAIL WELCOMES AIRGO MUSIC

Damon Sgobbo, Senior VP of Sales & Marketing x2139 • damon.sgobbo@allegromediagroup.com

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Airgo Music is a full-service artist development, management, production, and digital distribution company. The label has designed a system for “Today’s Independent Recording Artist” by recognizing the rapid growth of technology, and knowing it will vary day by day. Their forward-thinking attitude has paved the way for a unique vision of a top-to-bottom, self-sufficient music and media delivery company. Furthermore, the label considers their artists to be partners—not just in the music creation process, but also having input in the creative and marketing aspects of their campaigns, thereby creating a sense of honesty and transparency that solidifies Airgo Music’s relationships with their artists and colleagues. Airgo’s extensive network of partners ranges from public relations, radio promotion, and music supervision, to online and offline marketing, publishing, and lifestyle/brand marketing.

NAIL WELCOMES TRIPLE -B RECORDS

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Sam Cooke’s voice carried a full 30 yards on the humid air that night, floating from the juke inside Sonny’s BBQ to the browning mango tree beneath which Sam Yarmuth was conceived. Much to the amazement of all involved, these humble beginnings in America’s deep south some 23 years ago have produced Triple-B Records, the aggressive music monopoly of sublime appellation you read about now. The last 18 months saw Triple-B release some of finest pieces of music ever pressed—Dead End Path’s phantasmagoric Blind Faith, Fire & Ice’s magnificent Collections, and a reissue of Bane’s magnum opus Give Blood. Upcoming releases include Disengage, Stick Together, Sweet Jesus, Clear, D.N.A, Languid Flowers, and more—yes, Triple B Records is here to stay, rising up in a cloud of blazing gold vermillion over the mountain of sonic excrement left in its wake. Triple-B Records comes to NAIL via REV Distro.

Greg Beshers, Senior Director of Digital Strategy x2088 • greg.beshers@allegromediagroup.com

PORTLAND P: 800.288.2007 Andrea Aiello, Assistant Product Manager x2036 • andrea.aiello@allegromediagroup.com Nic Moen, Sales & Marketing Coordinator x2043 • nic.moen@allegromediagroup.com Amy Micallef, Internet Marketing Coordinator x2006 • amy.micallef@allegromediagroup.com

US SALES P: 800.288.2007 Peter Wiley, Eastern Region Account Mgr. x2126 • peter.wiley@allegromediagroup.com Rusty Allison, Southeast Account Mgr. x2125 • rusty.allison@allegromediagroup.com Mike Marshall, Director of Special Markets Sales x2071 • mike.marshall@allegromediagroup.com Virginia Papaia, West Coast Account Mgr. x2066 • virginia.papaia@allegromediagroup.com Brian Poore, National Accounts Mgr. x2075 • brian.poore@allegromediagroup.com Bobbi Lee, Special Markets Account Mgr. x2016 • bobbi.lee@allegromediagroup.com Don Spielvogel, Director of DVD Sales 215.860.5533 • don.spielvogel@allegromediagroup.com

CANADA P: 289.316.0513 Kim Pullen, National Sales Manager x1151 • kim.pullen@allegromediagroup.com Jonathan McNally, Retail Distribution Manager x1150 • jonathan.mcnally@allegromediagroup.com

TOP 10 RECENT RELEASES 1. Pink Martini & Saori Yuki 1969 (HNZ 12) 2. Pink Martini A Retrospective (HNZ 11) 3. Various Artists Songs of the Jewish-American Jet Set (RBS 19) 4. Pop Will Eat Itself New Noise Designed By A Sadist (MTP 766) 5. Adanowsky Amador (ELR 34) 6. SKOLD Tonight (MTP 763) 7. Lindsay/Ribot/Ladd Anarchist Republic Of Bzzz (IPT 254) 8. Dixie Witch Let It Roll (SSO 120) 9. RUINS Alone RUINS Alone (GRA 100) 10. SUNBEARS! You Will Live Forever (NGR 25)

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Kaya

Born Under The Star of Change Selling Points • • • • •

Beautifully crafted and produced songs. Kaya’s return to music after a 15-year hiatus. Recorded in New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles. Produced by Russ DeSalvo (Paul McCartney). Features “American Idol” finalist Anthony Fedorov, and Karmine Alers (Broadway’s RENT ). • Mixed by Joey Turner in Nashville, TN. • RIYL: Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Sting.

Media & Marketing

• Full commercial radio and video campaigns. • Promotion on NPR and non-commercial radio, as well as webcasts. • Have 90-minute bio piece for PBS and affiliates. • Full online marketing campaign targeting social networking sites and music bloggers. • Heavy promotion to direct response channels. • Film & TV sync placements will play a big role in this campaign.

Kaya, a worldwide bestselling author on dream interpretation, was also a platinum-selling Canadian recording artist before he was inspired by a series of visions to turn his attention entirely onto his spiritual path. Now, 15 years later, Kaya returns as a worldwide bestselling author and thought leader whose music has a new purpose as a vehicle to express the message of hope and inspiration that he has been refining for so many years.

Genre: Pop/Rock Label: Airgo Music CD: AGO 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Kaya: vocals Russ DeSalvo: producer, guitars John Siegler: bass Frank Vilardi: drums, percussion Bill Heller: keyboards Peter Schwartz: keyboards, strings arrangements Anthony Fedorov: backing vocals Karmine Alers: backing vocals

Track Listing: Born Under The Star Of Change • The Alchemist • Finally Free • Seven Seconds Too Late • One Word • No Coincidence • In The Heart Of The Sun • I Always Come Back • The End Of The World • The Day Of Questions • A Woman Of Experience • She’s My Guide • What Is Human Key Markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Denver, Boulder, Albuquerque, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco

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Born Under the Star of Change features 13 original tracks. The album includes top New York musicians Russ DeSalvo (Celine Dion, Paul McCartney), Frank Vilardi (Al Green, Suzanne Vega, Carly Simon), Anthony Fedorov (Season 4 “American Idol” finalist), Karmine Alers (Broadway’s RENT ), John Siegler (Todd Rundgren, Hall & Oates), Peter Schwartz (David Bowie, U2), and Bill Heller.

COVER STICKER: Debut US release from acclaimed Canadian artist and author Kaya. Featuring “The Alchemist,” “Born Under The Star Of Change” & “Seven Seconds Too Late”

Selling Points

• Extensive touring of the US and Europe in 2012. • Radio campaign targets college and indie stations in major US cities. • RIYL: Sao Paulo Underground, AACM, Matthew Shipp, Marc Ribot.

This year marks a milestone for the Chicago Underground Duo—their 15th year together as a band! In celebration of this momentous occasion, the duo now releases a new record on a brand-new label. Finding time to get back in the studio was a challenge, as Rob has been touring with his trio Starlicker, The Sao Paulo Underground, and the Exploding Star Orchestra while Chad has been with the Marc Ribot Trio, Side A (Ken Vandermark, Havaard Wiik), and Digital Primitives. And yet, the duo persevered to complete the new record over four days in Chicago with Todd Carter (TV Pow). “Their stripped-down minimal approach to music produces an apocalypse of sound.” — All About Jazz

Chicago Underground Duo Age of Energy Genre: Jazz Label: Northern-Spy Records CD: NSE 20 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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“Mazurek is a player of great poise and elegance, while Taylor’s deftness, imagination, and formidable technical skill always make his playing a joy to listen to.” — The Wire

LP: NSE 20 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

Track Listing: Winds and Sweeping Pines • It’s Alright • Castle In Your Heart • Age of Energy Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis

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• Extensive touring of the US and Europe in 2012. • Radio campaign targets college and indie stations in major US cities. • RIYL: This Heat, Faust, Rhys Chatham, Oneida, Lightning Bolt.

On msg rcvd, Neptune employs an array of new techniques and methodologies to explore indeterminacy and difficult phenomena such as feedback. Moving away from guitar feedback, this record features amplified drum feedback as well as the introduction of two new “feedback-organ” machines. On msg rcvd, the listener becomes eerily aware that trash is not just the junk on the street and in alleys, but is also the invisible radiation that surrounds and permeates us and, in an expanded sense, the very material of which our bodies and experiences are made. One man’s trash, another man’s Neptune.

Neptune msg rcvd

Genre: Jazz Label: Northern-Spy Records CD: NSE 21 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

“The most harrowingly original band on this planet—or the next … a bizarre, post-apocalyptic mélange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it’s lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction.” — Tone Vendor

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LP: NSE 21 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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“The group rocks hard, creating disciplined almost danceable grooves, combining This Heat’s ascetic experimentalism with Cop Shoot Cop’s percussive wallop.” — The Big Takeover Track Listing: luminous skull • dark report • rpr • natural systems • negative reversal • dstl sgnl Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis

Vijay Iyer Trio Accelerando

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Follow-up to Grammy Finalist Historicity! Extensive US touring in 2012. Promotion by Matt Merewitz. Radio promotion by Groov Marketing.

awards & ACCOLADES #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1

Album of the Year :: DownBeat Critics Poll Album of the Year :: Village Voice Critics Poll Jazz/Pop Album of the Year :: New York Times Jazz Album of the Year :: National Public Radio Jazz Album of the Year :: Los Angeles Times Innovative Jazz Release :: Chicago Tribune

PERFORMANCE DATES

February 17 Detroit, MI – Symphony Hall February 25 Portland, OR – PDX Jazz Festival March 1–2 Minneapolis, MN – Walker Arts Centre March 14–17 St. Louis, MO – Jazz at the Bistro March 24–27 Gainesville, FL – University of Florida April 7 San Francisco, CA – Herbst Theatre April 10–14 New York, NY – Birdland

Accelerando sees Vijay Iyer and his telepathic trio mates—bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore—light up material that ranges from a brace of bold originals and pieces by great jazz composers to surprising interpretations of vintage pop and funk tunes. “The great new jazz piano trio.” — New York Times “Truly astonishing … they make challenging music sound immediately enjoyable.” — NPR

Genre: Jazz Label: Act Music+Vision CD: AMV 9524 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Vijay Iyer: piano Stephan Crump: bass Marcus Gilmore: drums

“A jewel.” — PopMatters (9/10)

Key Markets: Hometown: New York

ALSO AVAILABLE Historicity

Solo

CD: AMV 9489 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: AMV 9497 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Track Listing: Bode • Optimism • The Star of a Story • Human Nature (trio extension) • Wildflower • Mmmhmm • Little Pocket Size Demons • Lude • Accelerando • Actions Speak • The Village Of The Virgins

Selling Points

• Third album from Atlanta garage rock veterans. • Have shared stages with The Woggles, The Kills, Mastodon, Heavy Trash, The Fleshtones, and more. • Video for previous album track, “So You Won’t Deceive Me,” received 400,000 hits on YouTube. • East & West Coast tour dates planned in 2012. • Has played SXSW, Next Big Nashville, Heavy Rebel Weekender, and Drive Invasion. • Promotional campaign handled by Fanatic Promotions. • Extensive new media push, with planned music video shoots during SXSW 2012. • RIYL: Detroit Cobras, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Shangri-Las.

“Kicks out a style of its own that reminds me of ’60s Brit-pop with a groovy organ backdrop.” — Mainstream Isn’t So Bad, Is It?

Tiger! Tiger! Cut Them Where They Bleed

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Chicken Ranch Records CD: CHX 1053 LP: CHX 1053 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Eco Wallet, Box Lot 100 LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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“Sultry and frenetic vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter Buffi Aguero cruelly croons away like the lustful daughter of Debbie Harry, the dirty niece of Patti Smith, and the younger sister of Karen O.” — The Devil Has The Best Tuna Track Listing: Cut Them Where They Bleed • Judith • These Unlikely Skins • The Law of Attrition • Gin With Sailors • Circle The Drain • Perfume of Despair • Knock on My Door • Dangerous Crowd • The Heart Does Not Grow Fonder • Interlopers • You Should Know By Now • Ballad of an Imaginary Girl • Sugar in my Tank • The Woodsman’s Job Key Markets: Hometown: Atlanta. Also: New York, Austin, Tampa, Washington DC, Los Angeles

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Featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “All Songs Considered.” Have been written up in Relix and No Depression. US dates in 2012; will perform in and around SXSW 2012. Fanatic Promotions will handle press and e-media promotion. RIYL: Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Elliott Smith.

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After flying solo for two albums, Steven Stubblefield has relocated his Starlings, TN project to Austin and rebuilt a full band lineup. Fan favorite Tim Bryan brings his bowed dulcimer expertise to the album along with Bryan Robison and Mitch Vandenberg, who bring guitar and upright bass into the Starlings, TN bag of tricks. “Mixes odd electronic atmospheres with dulcimers, slide guitars, and songs of love lost.” — NPR

Starlings, TN Heartache in 4/4 Time

Genre: Alt Rock/Country Label: Chicken Ranch Records CD: CHX 1057 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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Track Listing: Too Little Too Late • One More Time • Wear Your Smile • Aragon Mill • Firearms and Seeds • A Girl From Tchoupitoulas St. • Dry County In Hell • Daylight Saving • Leaving Mississippi • (Tonight) I’m Just Looking To Get Laid • Suffer No More • You Will Heal Key Markets: Hometown: Austin. Also: Nashville, New Orleans, Shreveport, Dallas, New York, Little Rock Also Available CHX 1034 (J) Under The Influence (844185087384)

Selling Points

Recorded by Andy Paterson (Iota, Black Sleep Of Kali). Mixed by Benny Grotto (Roadsaw, Sun Gods In Exile). Will tour the US in Spring, including an appearance at SXSW 2012. One free track via Promonet, made available to bloggers and podcasters. In-house national and regional press campaign via Small Stone, with service to 300+ outlets. • RIYL: Iota, Roadsaw, Monster Magnet, The Atomic Bitchwax.

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If you enjoyed Iota’s 2008 Small Stone debut Tales, then you are going to dig the hell out of Dwellers! This could be, in part, due to the fact that it features Iota songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Joey Toscano. So yes, you’ll get the heavy, fuzz-soaked, freaked-out, psychedelic guitar assaults. But what sets Dwellers apart from the aforementioned band is a more focused approach to songwriting. The songs are a bit shorter (if only slightly) and dive a little more into the psych/blues territory. You could say that Dwellers are a bit more straightforward, but there are definitely many surprises to be had… Track Listing: Secret Revival • Black Bird • Vultures • Ode to Inversion Layer • Lightening Ritual • Old Honey Key Markets: Hometown: Salt Lake City. Also: Denver, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, Minneapolis

Dwellers Good Morning Harakiri

Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone Records CD: SSO 122 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Selling Points

• US & European tours. • Extensive radio promotion. • Previous record was named Album of the Year for 2010 by SavingCountryMusic.com. • Serviced to radio & press. • RIYL: Hank III, Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe, Drive-By Truckers.

Track Listing: Bastard Child • White Wolf • You Better Hope You Die Young • Til The Lights Go Out • Lost Cause • Knocked Off The Horse • She Left Me In Modesto • Gonna Be a Goner • Barroom Beauty • Livin’ With The Shades Pulled Down Key Markets: Hometown: Reno. Also: San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Memphis Also Available RTK 5 (N) Old Highs New Lows (022099124313)

Hellbound Glory Damaged Goods

Genre: Alt Rock/Country Label: Rusty Knuckles CD: RTK 11 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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As their name alludes, Hellbound Glory is well on the way to proving they are a force to be reckoned with in the country music world, fusing superior songwriting and hard-living characters with a hard-edged honky-tonk sound. The group is known for its instrumental dexterity, while vivacious frontman Leroy and his compadres are notorious for their down-home, good-old-boy attitude. This attitude—and the songwriting chops to back it up—have won over fans far and wide. Whether they are playing in front of 200 or 2,000, Hellbound Glory leaves audiences begging for more as they envelop the crowd with Leroy’s powerful storytelling and showmanship.

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Selling Points

• Third vinyl re-press, limited to 600 copies, includes digital download! • Featured in Alternative Press’ 100 Bands You Need to Know In 2011. • Featured by countless websites and magazines. • Touring nonstop since the release of 2010 debut LP End Measured Mile, the band ended 2011 by playing the final Thursday shows on the East Coast. • RIYL: Hot Water Music, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks.

Make Do And Mend’s breakout EP Bodies Of Water sees its third vinyl pressing as the band finds itself growing rapidly in the underground scene. Having recently completed tours with Hot Water Music, Senses Fail, Polar Bear Club, and The Wonder Years, Make Do And Mend is on fire. With their recent signing to Rise Records for the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed debut End Measured Mile, Make Do And Mend are well on the way to becoming one of 2012’s most talked-about bands.

Make Do And Mend Bodies Of Water

Genre: Alt Rock/Punk Label: Panic Records LP: PNC 15 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Sleeve, Box Lot TBD Street Date: 3/13/12 D

Track Listing: Shambles • Winter Wasteland • Father • Our Own Ebb & Flow • No Words • TL Key Markets: Hometown: West Hartford, CT. Also: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Portland Also Available PNC 31 (2D) End Measured Mile (616892117667)

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Since rising from Phoenix’s punk/rockabilly scene in 2004, The Earps have delivered extravagant honky-tonk tales of drinking, women, and police evasion; a blend of glam-metal distortion and debauchery tempered by old-school country twang. They embody the hard-partying, devil-may-care attitude of vintage ’80s cock rock, and perfectly inject that attitude into these reinterpreted Buck Owens classics. I’m sure the purists may roll their eyes, and that’s OK. The ghost of Buck Owens haunts this record, and celebrates these re-imagined tunes. I’m sure the purists rolled their eyes at Buck back in the day as well…

The Earps Buckle Up! A Tribute to Buck Owens Genre: Alt Rock/Punk Label: Big Bender CD: BGB 75886 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

West Coast & Southwest tour dates. Serviced to press & radio. Ads with Punk Globe, Maximum R&R, and Razorcake. RIYL: Buck Owens, Hank III, Kiss, New York Dolls, AC/DC.

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Track Listing: Close Up The Honky Tonks • Sam’s Place • Tiger By The Tail • Waiting In Your Welfare Line • Who’s Gonna Mow • Your Grass • Made In Japan • Under Your Spell Again • Act Naturally • I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) • Buckaroo • A-11 • Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long Key Markets: Hometown: Phoenix. Also: Tucson, Tempe, Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle, Portland, SF, LA/OC Also Available BGB 75800 (N) Get A Room (742187580028)

Selling Points

• Named one of Thrash Hits’ Top 20 Albums of 2011 (UK). • Spins on BBC Radio 1 Rock Show. • RIYL: Melvins, Baroness, Deep Purple, Keelhaul, Fantômas.

London omni-metallers Astrohenge are back, and someone must have slipped something into their coffee! Based around a concept of going on holiday to a strange planet of women, the second Astrohenge album takes their trademark sound and applies an amphetamine enema—10 songs of utter chaos dealing in gargantuan riffage, breakneck drumming, bonkers keyboard playing, and the spectrum of heavy sounds from sludge, thrash, and death metal to prog and god knows what else. Possibly their Reign In Blood due to the velocity and brevity with which they tear through the material, this album is a punch in the face to anyone expecting a predictable listen. The band has a fierce live reputation—with supporting slots for Between The Buried And Me, Cannabis Corpse, Taint, Ramesses, Monotonix, and more—and has been chosen for this year’s Damnation Festival. Track Listing: Goodbye • Space Honky • Tomb Of The Mummy • Lab Chimp Uprising • Kid Psychic and The Sidekick Kid • Dead Man’s Goblets • My Life, She Is Over • Ruined The Quest • Venusian Steel • Hello Key Markets: New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Los Angeles

Astrohenge II

Genre: Metal Label: EyesOfSound CD: EYS 37 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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Follow up to full-length Revelations (released January 24). Facebook ad campaign coinciding with release. Sound samples available on Metropolis Records website. Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. RIYL: Edge Of Dawn, Rotersand, Assemblage 23.

Track Listing: Control (club.mix) • Cause and Effect (club.mix) • Remember (club.mix) • Unknown (club.mix) • Sanctuary (club.mix) Key Markets: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh Also Available MTP 780 (Q) Revelations (782388078023)

Mind.In.A.Box Revelations Club.Mixes

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 789 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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In the world of Mind.In.A.Box, minds are imprisoned and usually unaware of their confinement. It is a metaphor for everything that prevents our minds from truly being free, from the shackles of everyday life to the feeling of solitude in an increasingly self-centered world. With the new album Revelations, MIAB once again took us into this world as voices, lush sounds, and elaborate rhythms blended into a staggering sonic mélange. This stunningly beautiful world is further explored in the follow-up Revelations Club.Mixes, a fantastic release that sees the band reimagine five tracks from the album into club-friendly dance versions.

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Caustic

I Can’t Believe We’re Re-Releasing This Crap Selling Points

• Expanded set featuring Caustic’s first two albums. • Includes 10 bonus tracks originally found on various compilations, EPs, and other rare releases. • Liner notes feature a link for 20+ remixes from the likes of Mimetic, Keef Baker, Cenotype, and more. • Massive online DIY promotional presence. • Shows and DJ events planned throughout 2012. • High-profile tour appearances with Combichrist, KMFDM, Atari Teenage Riot, and more. • Servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. • RIYL: Combichrist, Atari Teenage Riot, Big Black.

Metropolis Records is proud to re-release Caustic’s first two albums—Unicorns, Kitten, & Shit and Booze Up and Riot—originally from the Crunch Pod label, in a combined and expanded 2-CD version!

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 788 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Matt Fanale: music, vocals

STREET DATE MARCH 13, 2012

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

ALSO AVAILABLE The Golden Vagina of Fame and Profit CD: MTP 709 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 D

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I Can’t Believe We’re Re-Releasing This Crap contains all of the original tracks from the two albums plus 10 bonus tracks originally found on various compilations, EPs, and other rare releases. The liner notes include a link for 20+ remixes— including the original three mixes found on UK&S from Mimetic, Keef Baker, and Cenotype—plus remixes from Grendel, God Module, Iris, Alter Der Ruine, XP8, and more.Guest appearances include Combichrist’s Andy LaPlegua, Assemblage 23’s Tom Shear, Chemlab’s Jared Louche, and underground comic legend Doug Stanhope. DISC 1: Unicorns, Kittens & Shit This Track Will Get Skipped A Lot • Love That Taint • Give Me Damage • Emmanuel Lewis Handjob • Drag Show Gone Wrong • Innate (with Severina X Sol) • I Gave The Blind Boy My Eyes (But Stole His Tongue) (Empusae vs Caustic) • Burn (Manufactura vs Caustic) • You Fuck Us We Fuck You • MMM Paperscraper I Love You • Grind (with Severina X Sol) • Hitler Ruined That Moustache For Everyone • Unicorns, Kittens, and Shit • BONUS TRACKS: Concussive • Desesperado Y Serio • Your Stupid Fucking Face • Ballbuster • White Women DISC 2: Booze Up and Riot Another Fist in the Ass (with Jared Louche) • Booze Up and Riot • Kill AFI (they started it) • Mutilate (you’ll stomp to anything) • Industrial Moustache Ride • All Your Heroes Are Dildos • Dog Dick Ugly • Buttgereit • Sick Living • Spaff Injection • Bugchaser • Death Rattle A-Go-Go • The Reason I Broke Up With You Is A Million Reasons You Psychotic Wang • Faceplant • BONUS TRACKS: Hard Rollin’ (W.A.S.T.E. vs Caustic) • Heart Shaped Mattress of Luv (Displacer vs. Caustic) • Romophobia • Rapidly Punching the Soft Spot • Digital Mangina

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NAIL WELCOMES

Fire & Ice Collections

Richmond’s Fire & Ice, featuring current and ex-members of Down To Nothing, Iron Boots, and Bracewar, are back with a release consisting Genre: Hardcore Label: Triple-B Records of tracks from both the Gods & Devils and Grim CD: 3BS 23 seven-inches, their song from the America’s Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Hardcore Compilation 12”, and a brand-new Number of Discs: 1 track exclusive to this release. Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Previously Available D

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Dead End Path Blind Faith

Track Listing: Intro • Gods and Devils • Vices • Grave Digger • Other Side Of the Dirt • Half Empty • Breathe • Peacin’ Death • Intermission • GRIM • Darkside

On their first full-length, Wilkes-Barre, PA’s Dead End Path provides 10 tracks that deal with their obsession with death, all layered over heavy, metallic hardcore that takes cues from Buried Alive and old Hatebreed.

Genre: Hardcore Label: Triple-B Records CD: 3BS 25 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Track Listing: Blind Faith • Never Had Heaven Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Previously Available Ever • Requiem • End On End • Cathedral D

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Bones • Death & Birth Of A Ghost • Unease • Between I & I • Skeleton Key to the Cemetery • Faith/Void

Bane Give Blood

Number of Discs: 1 Gatefold LP, Box Lot 30 Previously Available D

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Track Listing: Speechless • Some Came Running • Snakes Among Us • Release The Hounds • What Holds Us Down • Ante Up • Bang The Drum Slowly • Sunflowers And Sunsets • Big Gun Down • Ali Vs. Frazier I

PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

One-time pressing strictly limited to 2,000 copies! This reissue celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the original release of Bane’s Give Genre: Hardcore Label: Triple-B Records Blood, complete with a high-quality embossed LP: 3BS 28 gatefold jacket, 16-page 11” x 11” insert Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) booklet, and high-quality vinyl.

Selling Points

• Reissue of 2006 release Mutiny Sunshine. • New album Ruins out in October via Isaac Brock’s Glacial Pace. • Tons of touring in Fall 2011, including shows with the Flaming Lips.

PERFORMANCE DATES (more dates on page 21)

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Talkdemonic Mutiny Sunshine

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Lucky Madison CD: LMD 24 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE D

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LP: LMD 24 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Gatefold Jacket; Box Lot TBD PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE D

1 Sacramento, CA – Bows & Arrows Café 2 Visalia, CA – The Cellar Door 3 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo 6 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room w/ The Lemonheads 10 Austin, TX – Lambert’s 11 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon 14 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s Tavern 18 Denver, CO – Moe’s 20 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge 22 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill

Track Listing: I Am the Son and the Heiress • Dec27 • Final Russian • In the Machinery of Night • Indian Angel • Blood Dripped From Yr Eyes • Mutiny Sunshine • Versus the Above • Starry Dynamo • Andean Twilight • The Last Untouched • Eardrum Symphony • When I Spent October With Erik • The Snow Melted, It Was Goodnight

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Yip Deceiver & Kishi Bashi Split 7”

DENA Boyfriend

Genre: Electronica Label: Aerobic International 7”: ANT AER 8 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 7” Jacket, Box Lot 15 Street Date: 3/13/12

STREET DATE MARCH 13, 2012

Genre: Pop/Hip-Hop Label: Aerobic International 7”: ANT AER 9 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 7” Jacket, Box Lot 15 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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A split 7” highlighting the punk side of Yip Deceiver and the electro-perverse side of Kishi Bashi. This limited edition vinyl-only release features unique tracks unavailable anywhere else! This single supports Aerobic International’s first two full-length releases. Promo will be handled by 2:30 Publicity; radio campaign by Team Clermont. The artist will appear at Aerobic International’s official SXSW 2012 label showcase. Track Listing: Yip Deceiver: Double Future • Kishi Bashi: Just the Tip

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Berlin-based Bulgarian beatmaker DENA stepped into focus as a guest vocalist on two The Whitest Boy Alive albums. Now, she’s cutting a dash with pop songs influenced by hip-hop and R&B! Includes digital download. This single supports Aerobic International’s first two full-length releases. Promo will be handled by 2:30 Publicity; radio campaign by Team Clermont. The artist will appear at Aerobic International’s official SXSW 2012 label showcase. Track Listing: Boyfriend • Games

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Tying Tiffany is a super-popular Suicide Girl! Has received over 9,000,000 plays on MySpace. Toured with Iggy Pop and Pennywise. 75K YouTube hits for the single “I Want To Be Your MP3.” Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print/web media. Trisol digital promotion; Facebook & MySpace campaigns. RIYL: Nico, Pzychobitch, Hanin Elias.

Successful DJ, treasured catwalk model, muse to countless artists—Tying Tiffany embodies a rare mixture of breathtaking beauty and exuberant talent. She proved what she was capable of with her last album, Peoples Temple. Now, the Italian icon advances one step further to offer the most fascinating journey yet into her shimmering personality. Mesmerizing, hypnotic rhythms are joined by melodies with the innocence of a child’s lullaby, all graced by Tiffany’s clear-as-a-bell voice … these sounds are not of this world! Dark Days, White Nights is a magical, flawless work that unites an authentic ’80s post-punk atmosphere in the style of Siouxsie & The Banshees with contemporary, hot-blooded new-wave sophistication found in acts such as IAMX or The Jezabels. Track Listing: New Colony • Dark Day • Drownin • Sinistral • She Never Dies • Universe • Unleashed • 5 AM • Lepers Of The Sun • White Night Also Available COP TRI 396 (T) Peoples Temple (4260063943966)

Tying Tiffany Dark Days, White Nights

Genre: Alt Rock/Electronica Label: Cop International/Trisol CD: COP TRI 446 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Return of this legendary band after three years of utter silence! Includes beautiful 28-page booklet. Produced by Thomas Rainer (Nachtmahr). 500K YouTube hits for various videos. Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print/web media. Trisol digital promotion; Facebook & MySpace campaigns. Ads with Vampire Freaks. RIYL: Dead Can Dance, Madonna (“Frozen”).

Track Listing: L’Étang Mâlo • No Goodbye • Absolution • Wie Tränen Im Regen • Empty • Demon Be Gone • The Heart • Banish • Why Can’t I Make You Feel • Dort Draußen • Hold Me

L’âme Immortelle Momente

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Cop International/Trisol CD: COP TRI 444 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

STREET DATE MARCH 13, 2012

What is life but a succession of single moments? Painful, beautiful, challenging, rewarding glimpses in the eternal stream of existence. It is these moments that we remember consciously, that we look back at the end of our days. And whatever may happen, no one is going to take these memories away from us. Momente immortalizes these moments, building darkly shimmering monuments to these essential happenings in life.

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Volume one in a trilogy. Well established neo-folk band with a cult following. Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print/web media. Trisol digital promotion; Facebook & MySpace campaigns. Ads with Vampire Freaks.

On this first volume of the Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit trilogy, the aesthetic dimension is one of immediacy. This is made plain by the choice of the recording techniques used—throughout the entire production, Jerome Reuter used only analog equipment—and the raw, unrelenting sound. ROME finds musical expression in multifaceted, stylistically different arrangements, from haunting sequences reminiscent of audio books to plaintive ballads and experimental industrial collages.

ROME Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit 1 Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: COP International/Trisol CD: COP TRI 421 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

“Jerome Reuter has taken his apocalyptic folk project ROME to another level of excellence … an artist that possesses an uncanny ability to mix the breadth of beauty with the depth of despair.” — Virus-Mag Track Listing: The Chronicles Of Kronstadt • The Angry Brigade • The Spanish Drummer • To Teach Obedience • The Death Of Longing • Our Holy Rue • The Night-Born • The Pyre Glade • In Cruel Fire • A Pact Of Blood • The Merchant Fleet • A Cross Of Wheat

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On part two of the trilogy, ROME presents a stylistic and emotional potpourri where all manner of things are on offer: rousing folk numbers with an almost seditious air, dark romantic ballads, and intimate collages. Without ever becoming enslaved to one particular ideological alignment, the song cycle portrays the history of the libertarian/revolutionary movement within Europe and, at the same time, underlines the human importance of such an endeavor. “Among these ballads of conquest and defeat, love and loss, you will detect an underlying power.” — Plague Haus

ROME Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit 2 Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: COP International/Trisol CD: COP TRI 422 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

Volume two in a trilogy. Well established neo-folk band with a cult following. Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print/web media. Trisol digital promotion; Facebook & MySpace campaigns. Ads with Vampire Freaks.

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Track Listing: The Brute Engine • Seeds Of Liberation • To Each His Storm • Sons Of Aeeth • August Spies • To Be Governed • Families Of Eden • Red Years, Black Years • Little Rebel Mine • The Breaking Part • Eagle And Serpent • A Cross Of Fire

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Volume three in a trilogy. Well established neo-folk band with a cult following. Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print/web media. Trisol digital promotion; Facebook & MySpace campaigns. Ads with Vampire Freaks.

On part three of the trilogy, ROME preserves a necessary critical distance from its subject without sinking into formlessness. At the same time, the band succeeds in illustrating the warm-heartedness of their protagonists and demonstrating the unity of art and the struggle for freedom. From Plato to Nietzsche, all innovators mistrusted art even though it is inseparably connected to revolt, because artists want to create the world anew. “This full-length debut CD is nothing less than an impressive piece of work … ROME truly is a fresh new talent.” — FunProx.com Track Listing: The Conquest Of Violence • All For Naught • You Threw It At Me Like Stones • Automation • Time And Tide • Dawn And The Darkest Hour • Years Of Abalone • Petrograd Waltz • Disbandment • Ballots And Bullets • Appeal To The Slaves • A Cross Of Flowers

ROME Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit 3 Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: COP International/Trisol CD: COP TRI 423 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 3/13/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Selling Points

• First new release since 2005’s critically acclaimed Light It Up. • Brief West Coast tour in the works, with dates in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. • Follow-up EP Dead Language will be released in June, followed by an album and US tour in September. • Full servicing to college radio, press and DJ pools. • Interviews and reviews in Outburn #63, Gothic Beauty (Spring), Grave Concerns, and more. • Full social media blitz with focus on Facebook, VampireFreaks, ReverbNation, Twitter, and Google+. • Free digital label sampler to be released in January, which features a demo version of “Intuit.” • RIYL: KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, CombiChrist, Icon of Coil.

Track Listing: Intuit • Ruin(ed) • Sub-Librarian • Catastrophe • Symbols Key Markets: Hometown: Chicago. Also: Madison, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle, Detroit Also Available WTI 32 (K) Stand Up (801676003223)

Stromkern Dead Letters EP

Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: WTII Records CD: WTI 76 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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Stromkern’s first new release in nearly seven years features five new tracks, including the epic “Sub-Librarian” featured on Dependence 2011 in Europe, and the long-awaited release of “Ruin(ed),” which has become a staple in the Stromkern live show. Picking up where they left off on Light It Up, Stromkern continues to blend hip-hop vocals with layers of programming and elements of industrial rock.

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Steve Lehman Trio Dialect Fluorescent

Selling Points

• Last recording Travail, Transformation and Flow was named the #1 Jazz/Pop Release of 2009 by the New York Times and a Top 10 of 2009 by over 30 publications including Newsweek, ArtForum, and the Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Poll. • First CD to feature covers of compositions by jazz legends such as John Coltrane and Jackie McLean. • Full press mailing and contact to newspapers, music critics, jazz magazines, and influential blogs. • Full radio servicing to CMJ and JazzWeek panel jazz stations and NPR programming. • RIYL: John Coltrane, Jackie McLean, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Miguel Zenon.

Genre: Jazz Label: Pi Recordings CD: PIE 42 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 3/27/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

STREET DATE MARCH 27, 2012

“One of the transforming figures of early 21st-century jazz.” — The Guardian

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Steve Lehman: alto saxophone Matt Brewer: bass Damion Reid: drums

Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman has arrived. The New York Times described his 2009 release Travail, Transformation and Flow as “a breathtaking accomplishment” and its #1 Jazz/Pop CD of 2009. That album solidified Lehman’s status as a young visionary composer with powerful new ideas about the future of jazz. On his new trio CD, Dialect Fluorescent, Lehman defies his reputation as a future-fixated modernist and combines his own state-of-the-art compositions with a program of compositions by jazz legends like John Coltrane and Jackie McLean. But this album isn’t just about paying homage—every piece is treated as an opportunity to demonstrate a broad continuum of possibilities within the jazz tradition.

Track Listing: Allocentric – Intro • Allocentric • Moment’s Notice • Foster Brothers • Jeanine • Alloy • Pure Imagination • Fumba Rebel • Mr. E

“Music of genuinely visionary importance; a way forward for the art.” — Penguin Guide to Jazz “One of the most remarkable new saxophonists to emerge in the past 10 years.” — Signal To Noise “This music is astonishing, far beyond convention.” — All Music Guide

Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Seattle ALSO AVAILABLE Demian as a Posthuman

On Meaning

CD: PIE 17 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: PIE 25 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Travail, Transformation, and Flow CD: PIE 30 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 D

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Blackie and The Rodeo Kings Kings and Queens: Deluxe Edition

Selling Points

• Deluxe re-release features two new tracks! • Features Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Pam Tillis, Exene Cervenka, and more! • Full radio servicing & publicity campaign planned.

In 1996 when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson came together to record what was supposed to be a one-off tribute album to the great songwriter Willie P. Bennett, there was nary a thought that they would eventually become a going concern as a band. At the time, all three members were deeply committed to burgeoning solo careers that they had no intentions of putting on hold. Twelve years later, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings has organically evolved into one of the finest roots-oriented bands in North America, releasing six CDs and remaining one of Canada’s greatest musical treasures. Now, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are proud to announce their upcoming release, an impressive collaboration by the name of Kings and Queens. This release pairs the band with some of their favorite female singers and friends—and some of the biggest names in roots, blues, and jazz—Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, Serena Ryder, Lucinda Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Amy Helm, Janiva Magness, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Sam Phillips, Sara Watkins, Exene Cervenka, Patti Scialfa, and Holly Cole. Grammy- and Juno Award-winning producer Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing, Colin James) took the helm for the album, and the new recordings have taken the Kings from Nashville to Toronto.

Genre: Pop/Country Label: File Under: Music CD: FUM 20 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Double Gatefold Digipak, Box Lot 50 Street Date: 3/27/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

COVER STICKER: Deluxe edition featuring 2 new tracks “The Big East West” & “Set the World on Fire”

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Featured Vocalists: Lucinda Williams, Sara Watkins, Rosanne Cash, Amy Helm, Cassandra Wilson, Patti Scialfa, Pam Tillis, Janiva Magness, Emmylou Harris, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Holly Cole, Exene Cervenka, Sam Phillips, Serena Dyer

Look for Blackie and the Rodeo Kings on tour, and when these Kings hit your town, don’t be surprised to see guest appearances by some of the Queens!

Track Listing: If I Can’t Have You • Another Free Woman Gets to Walk Away • Got You Covered • I’m Still Lovin’ You • Golden Sorrows • Shelter Me • My Town Has Moved Away • How Come You Treat Me So Bad? • Step Away • Heart A Mine • Brave • Made of Love • Love Lay Me Down • Black Sheep • The Big East West • Set the World on Fire

“Perfectly conceived and immaculately executed, the resulting CD is easily among the best I’ve heard this year. Or any year.” — No Depression

Stephen Fearing: guitar, vocals Colin Linden: guitar, vocals Tom Wilson: guitar, vocals

STREET DATE MARCH 27, 2012

The idea for Kings and Queens was hatched in a rental van at the end of a Rodeo Kings tour. Late one night, on a long drive, the band began talking about the various female artists they had worked with over the years. What began with a page torn out of a notebook and a lot of interjections like “Hey, what about…” transformed into a whole album featuring these legendary and iconic female voices—one on each of 14 stellar tracks.

Selling Points

• Includes download code for five more exclusive tracks. • Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. • RIYL: Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Dive, Sleep Chamber.

Necrotek’s second full-length album on Vendetta is an homage to the psychedelic electro-industrial sound of the ’80s and ’90s. While staying true to his old-school influences, Necrotek has developed a singular sound, setting him apart from the usual “industrial” fare of the current scene; the music is menacing and hypnotic, energetic and evocative, with lyrics that explore a philosophical questioning of existential experience.

Necrotek Blacklight Magick

Genre: Industrial Label: Vendetta Music CD: VEN 47 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/27/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

Track Listing: Blacklight Magick I (Intro) • Cemetery Sound • Satanas Ex Machina; Blacklight Magick • Descent • Haunted • Terror Trip (Live 11.24.01) • Blood Through The Ceiling • Satanas Ex Machina (Machinamentum rmx) • Satanas Ex Machina (Trimetrick Belgium Beat rmx) • Blacklight Magick (Portion Control rmx V.2) • Shadow Phase (Symbolic rmx by Terminal State) • Blacklight Magick (Revolution State’s Medical Magick rmx) • Satanas Ex Machina (The Peoples Republic of Europe rmx) • None More Black (Kontrolled Demolition rmx) • None More Black (Trimetrick rmx feat. Catherine Nitrojane Robertson) Key Markets: Hometown: Denver. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, San Antonio, Portland, Detroit, Washington DC, Phoenix

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Selling Points

• Features remixes by and from members of Skinny Puppy, iVardensphere, Front Line Assembly, 16Volt, Mindless Faith, Rom Disprisco (Video Game Music God Unreal Mass Effect 2), and more. • Unit:187 features Chris Peterson from Front Line Assembly and Decree. • Full servicing to press, radio, and club DJs.

STREET DATE MARCH 27, 2012

On the tails of Unit:187’s recent album Out for Blood comes the companion remix album, Transfusion. Geared for the dance floors, it offers multiple energetic reworkings of the hits from the studio album by remixers such as Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, 16Volt, and Mindless Faith.

Unit:187 Transfusion

Genre: Industrial Label: Vendetta Music CD: VEN 48 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 3/27/12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Track Listing: Rolling Vengeance -RMX HiWatt Marshall & Cevin Key of Skinny Puppy • Threatened -RMX Rom Diprisco (Video Game Music God - Unreal / Mass Effect 2) • Sick Obsession -RMX Stiff Valentine • Blood For Blood • Threatened -RMX Craig Johnsen and Jared Slingerland of Frontline Assembly • Living To Die -RMX Necrotek • DDD -RMX Ivardensphere • Rolling Vengeance - remix by Code Blue • Kurva -RMX 16 Volt • Rolling Vengeance -RMX Deathproof • DDD -RMX Witchmaker • Threatened (End Threat) -RMX Cyanotic • Rolling Vengeance -RMX Mindless Faith • Threatened -RMX Mono-Amine Key Markets: Hometown: Vancouver, BC. Also: Seattle, Portand, Los Angels, Phoenix, Denver, Chicago, Columbus, Pittsburgh, New York, Dallas, Tampa

“Judd Apatow dick-comedy done Japanese-style.” — Village Voice Tanishi (Kanzunobu Mineta) is a socially awkward 29-yearold virgin who refills vending machines for a living. But things change when he meets Chiharu, a pretty co-worker who (gulp!) might actually be into him. Unfortunately, he has competition for Chiharu’s affection from a handsome rival vending machine salesman!

SELLING POINTS

• Named in “Seven of the Best from the NY Asian Film Fest” by the Village Voice. • Based on Kengo Hanazawa’s manga Boys on the Run. • Strong appeal to males ages 18–35. • Comp to Superbad, Napoleon Dynamite, Sex and Lucia.

SCREENINGS

2010 New York Asian Film Festival (North American Premiere) 2010 Fantasia Film Festival (Canadian Premiere) 2011 Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX)

Boys on the Run

Genre: Comedy Label: Asian Crush DVD: AVC 1206 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 NTSC, Region 1 1.85:1, Color Japanese w/ English Sub (Stereo) Not Rated Run Time: 114 min ISBN: 1598838148 Street Date: 2/28/12 D

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“A brutal satire from the streets.” — Variety From award-winning director Ralph Bakshi, Coonskin is a multi-layered satire of race relations in America with a skillful and innovative mixture of animation and stylized live action.

SELLING POINTS

• Featuring the voices of soul legend Barry White and Scatman Crothers (The Shining). • From the creator of “Fritz the Cat” and “Heavy Traffic.” • Will appeal to new fans of retro animation and ’70s nostalgia. • Radio promotion and DVD giveaway for through All Star Radio Networks and their 400 national affiliates. • National radio and print interviews with director Ralph Bakshi. • This re-release will be featured on dozens of highly regarded blogs and websites. • Massive social media marketing campaign on Facebook, Twitter, and well-known comic book/hobbyist blogs and fan sites.

Coonskin

Genre: Animated/Drama Label: Xenon Pictures DVD: XNN 8177 Price Code: M Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 NTSC, Region 1 16x9, Color English (Stereo) Rated R Run Time: 89 min ISBN: 1-59788-388-3 Street Date: 3/13/12 D

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The infamous Odenbrook Sanitarium closed after a mass suicide occurred within its walls. Now, 60 years later, college students armed with recording equipment venture into the asylum to prove the existence of the paranormal. But thrills turn into nightmares when five of the six friends end up missing and the lone survivor must go through the recovered footage in order to clear his name and find out what happened!

Caught in the middle of a menacing social experiment, a group of teenage heroin addicts barricades themselves in an abandoned farmhouse in order to kick the habit. But they must also overcome the murderous forces within the house, as well as the threat that is closing in from down the road. With nowhere to run, they must face their greatest fears and fight for their very survival...

SELLING POINTS

• 2010 Canadian production from Michael Klawitter, producer of The Bone Collector. • Newest release in the popular “Fresh Meat” line of titles from up & coming Hollywood stars. • Headline announcement on Dread Central, Bloody Disgusting, Geek Tyrant, Horrorbid, and more.

• Signed to air Q1 2012 on the Syfy network. • Next in the popular “Fresh Meat” line of horror titles that feature the hottest up and coming Hollywood stars. • 2011 production from Mathew Bolton (Street Racer, War of the Worlds 2, 2012 Doomsday). • Written & directed by Bolton from a story he co-wrote with Sorority Party Massacre director Chris Freeman. • Headline announcement on Dread Central. • Featured on HorrorNews.net.

Paranormal Incident Genre: Drama Label: Shriek Show DVD: SSW 1202 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 NTSC, Region 1 1.85:1, Color English (Stereo) Not Rated Run Time: 82 min ISBN: 1598838229 Street Date: 3/13/12

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SELLING POINTS

STARRING

Christian Bako: “Nikita,” “Cold Blood” Megan Hutchings: “The Smart Woman’s Survival Guide” Tara Joshi: “Baxter” Jordan Hayes: House at the End of the Street

Psychotica

Genre: Horror Label: Shriek Show DVD: SSW 1200 Price Code: V Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 30 NTSC, Region 1 1.85:1, Color English (Stereo) Not Rated Run Time: 90 min ISBN: 1598838083 Street Date: 1/10/12 D

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NAIL ON TOUR Pink Martini A Retrospective

Left Spine Down Caution

Vijay Iyer Trio Accelerando

CD: HNZ 11 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 UPC: 723721602055 2/4/12

CD: MTP 732 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 UPC: 782388073226 1/19/12

CD: AMV 9524 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 UPC: 614427952424 2/17/12

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Palm Springs, CA – PS Art Museum Oklahoma City, OK – Civic Center Music Hall Durham, NC – Durham PAC Ft. Walton Beach, FL – Emerald Coast Center West Palm Beach, FL – Dreyfoos Hall

Portland, OR – Fez Ballroom Los Angeles, CA – Bar Sinister San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge Seattle, WA – El Corazon Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt

4/13–14/12

Indianapolis, IN – Hilbert Circle Theatre

Talkdemonic Mutiny Sunshine

4/20/12

CD: LMD 24 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 UPC: 619981132923 2/1/12

Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall Dengue Fever Venus On Earth

Portland, OR – PDX Jazz Festival Minneapolis, MN – Walker Arts Centre St. Louis, MO – Jazz at the Bistro Gainesville, FL – University of Florida 4/7/12

4/18/12

Chicago, IL – Symphony Center

Detroit, MI – Symphony Hall

San Francisco, CA – Herbst Theatre 4/10–14/12

New York, NY – Birdland Koffin Kats Our Way & The Highway

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CD: SLG 23 Price Code: 2D (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 UPC: 603111920122 1/19/12

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SMALL STONE SXSW 2012 SHOWCASE 3/16/12 @ Headhunters

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Backwoods Payback Dixie Witch Dwellers Gozu Lo-Pan Suplecs Tia Carrera

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Sacramento, CA – Bows & Arrows Café

CD: M80 101 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 UPC: 723721330354 1/24/12

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Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO Santa Fe Brewing Co. – Santa Fe, NM Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ El Rey Theater – Los Angeles, CA Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA Casbah – San Diego, CA Club SLO Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA Slim’s – San Francisco, CA Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA W.O.W. Hall – Eugene, OR Dante’s – Portland, OR Neumos – Seattle, WA 2/9/12

The Wild Buffalo – Bellingham, WA 2/10/12

Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

Visalia, CA – The Cellar Door Los Angeles, CA – The Echo La Jolla, CA – The Loft Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room w/ The Lemonheads Denton, TX – Dan’s Silverleaf Austin, TX – Lambert’s Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon University City, MO – Cicero’s Chicago, IL – Schuba’s Tavern Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theater Davenport, IA – Daytrotter Session Denver, CO – Moe’s Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill Eugene, OR – Sam Bond’s Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival

Lombard, IL – Brauer House Flint, MI – Machine Shop Ypsilanti, MI – Woodruff’s Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme

ARTIST TITLE

#DISCS FMT LBL

CAT#

UPC

$$ DEAL QTY

Kaya

Born Under The Star

AGO

884501660068

Chicago Underground

Age of Energy

NSE

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Chicago Underground

Age of Energy

NSE

722301231449

Neptune

msg rcvd

NSE

722301231463

Neptune

msg rcvd

NSE

722301231470

Iyer, Vijay/Trio

Accelerando

AMV

9524

614427952424

Iyer, Vijay

Historicity

AMV

9489

614427948922

Iyer, Vijay

Solo

AMV

9497

614427949721

Iyer, Vijay

Tirtha

AMV

9503

614427950321

Tiger! Tiger!

Cut Them Where They

CHX

1053

616892027041

Tiger! Tiger!

Cut Them Where They

CHX

1053

616892026549

Starlings, TN

Heartache in 4/4 Time

CHX

1057

616892027645

Starlings, TN

Under the Influence

CHX

1034

844185087384

Dwellers

Good Morning Hara-

SSO

122

709764112225

Hellbound Glory

Damaged Goods

RTK

022099124399

Hellbound Glory

Old Highs New Lows

RTK

022099124313

Make Do And Mend

Bodies Of Water

PNC

603111941714

Make Do And Mend

End Measured Mile

PNC

616892117667

Earps, The

Buckle Up! A Tribute

BGB

75886

742187588628

Earps, The

Get a Room

BGB

75800

742187580028

Astrohenge

EYS

603111941325

Mind.In.A.Box

Revelations Club.

MTP

789

782388078924

Mind.In.A.Box

Revelations

MTP

780

782388078023

Caustic

I Can’t Believe We’re

MTP

788

782388078825

Caustic

Golden Vagina of

MTP

709

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Fire & Ice

Collections

3BS

798546266713

Dead End Path

Blind Faith

3BS

884501579865

Bane

Give Blood

3BS

603111941110

Talkdemonic

Mutiny Sunshine

LMD

619981132923

Talkdemonic

Mutiny Sunshine

LMD

619981132916

Yip Deceiver/Kishi

7”

ANT AER

609728873141

ARTIST TITLE

#DISCS FMT LBL

CAT#

UPC

$$ DEAL QTY

DENA

Boyfriend

7”

ANT AER

609728873134

Tying Tiffany

Dark Days, White

COP TRI

446

4260063944468

Tying Tiffany

Peoples Temple

COP TRI

396

4260063943966

L’Ame Immortelle

Momente

COP TRI

444

4260063944444

Rome

Die Aesthetik der

COP TRI

421

4260063944215

Rome

Die Aesthetik der

COP TRI

422

4260063944222

Rome

Die Aesthetik der

COP TRI

423

4260063944239

Stromkern

Dead Letters EP

WTI

801676007627

Stromkern

Stand Up

WTI

801676003223

Lehman, Steve/Trio

Dialect Fluorescent

PIE

808713004229

Lehman, Steve

Demian as a Posthu-

PIE

808713001723

Lehman, Steve

On Meaning

PIE

808713002522

Lehman, Steve

Travail, Transforma-

PIE

808713003024

Blackie and the Rodeo

Kings and Queens:

FUM

875531007947

Necrotek

Blacklight Magick

VEN

608866016960

Unit:187

Transfusion

VEN

610708107385

Asian Crush

Boys on the Run

DVD

AVC

1206

631595120684

Xenon Pictures

Coonskin

DVD

XNN

8177

000799817728

Shriek Show

Psychotica

DVD

SSW

1200

631595120097

Shriek Show

Paranormal Incident

DVD

SSW

1202

631595120295

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