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INSIDE Pato Banton • Rob Brown Ensemble • Koenjihyakkei • Gétatach`ew M`ekurya & The Ex • Nick Jaina A Thousand Knives of Fire • John Fahey • Anthony Braxton • Golden Bears • Nalle • Ghengis Tron

PATO BANTON

PATO BANTON & FRIENDS Selling Points • A collection of UK singles that have never before been released in the US. • Features collaborations with Sting, UB40, Tippa Irie, David Hinds, Steve Morrison, and more. • Pato Banton’s catalog has scanned over 250,000 units. • His release Life Is a Miracle received a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album in 2001. • Service to all key press outlets across the US, including key reggae and music magazines. • Service to all reggae radio stations as well as internet radio stations. • MySpace page has 14,000 friends; will market heavily to these fans. • Jambase.com marketing program will highlight the release.

Overview

Pato Banton Pato Banton & Friends Genre: Reggae Label: Cornerstone RAS CD: CRS 63 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Pato Banton: lead vocals

Guest ARTISTS Sting, UB40, Ranking Roger, Tippa Irie, Peter Spence, Stephen Morrison, Yasmin Alexander, Musical Youth, David Hinds, Mad Professor, DJ French

Pato Banton & Friends is a collection of UK singles that have never before been released in the United States. Includes collaborations with Sting, UB40, Ranking Roger, Musical Youth, Tippa Irie, Peter Spence, David Hinds of Steel Pulse, and more! In 1996, Pato Banton joined forces with international pop icon Sting on a reggae remix of “This Cowboy Song.” The track earned a Top 10 place in the UK and South American charts. He was also featured as a guest artist on the 1985 UB40 album Baggariddim. In 1990 Banton released Wize Up! (No Compromise), which included the college radio hit in “Spirits in the Material World” and another collaboration called “Wize Up!” with David Hinds of Steel Pulse. His ninth album, Stay Positive, was a blend of classic reggae sounds with messages of peace, love, and spiritual unity. From this album came the hit single “Groovin” (with Steve Morrison of the Reggae Revolution) and another successful collaboration with Sting.

Track Listing • Bubbling Hot feat. Rankin Roger • Spirits in a Material World (Ska Remix) feat. Sting • Good Old Days feat. Tippa Irie & Peter Spence • Baby Come Back feat. UB40 • Groovin’ feat Stephen Morrison • One People (Acapella Mix) feat. Yasmin Alexander • Pretty Woman feat. Musical Youth • Wize Up feat. David Hinds of Steel Pulse • Everybody Has a Dream feat. DJ French • Pressure feat. Tippa Irie • Mad Professor Captures Pato Banton feat. Mad Professor

Key Markets :

Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Albany, Boston, Asheville, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando

STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

“Pato Banton has been a force on the reggae scene for almost 25 years and continues to inspire.” — Orange County Register

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Pato Banton

Never Give In (20th Anniversary Edition) CD: CRS 62 Price Code: M

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press quotes “A seriously infectious outing from Pato Banton … full of good songs and good rhythms.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points • The original version of Universal Love scanned 30,000 units in its lifetime. • Out of print for over five years. • New version features two bonus tracks not on the original release. • Pato Banton’s catalog has scanned over 250,000 units. • His release Life Is a Miracle received a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album in 2001. • Service to all key press outlets across the US, including key reggae and music magazines. • Service to all reggae radio stations as well as internet radio stations. • Banton’s MySpace page has 14,000 friends; will market heavily to these fans. • Jambase.com marketing program will highlight the release.

Overview From Never Give In to Life Is a Miracle, Pato Banton’s main goal has always been to spread Truth, Beauty, and Goodness through reggae music.This album features a number of wellknown guests including David Largie, Ranking Roger, Ray Watts, Macka B, and Yasmin Alexander.

Pato Banton Universal Love Genre: Reggae Label: Cornerstone RAS CD: CRS 64 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Track Listing Go Pato • Universal Love • Save Your Soul (feat.Yasmin Alexander) • Bubbling Hot (feat. Ranking Roger) • United We Stand (feat. Ray Beshara) • Too Many Homeless • Same Old Game • Only Love (David Largie) • Doctors of Love (feat. Macka B) • War!!! • One World Is Enough • New Day Dawning (Bonus Track) • Bonus Track TBD

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Albany, Boston, Asheville, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM CORNERSTONE RAS Mystic Roots Constant Struggle CD: CRS 48 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Mishka One Tree CD: CRS 43 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Mystic Roots is now the official backing band for Pato Banton!

Second album. Now signed to Matthew McConaughey’s J.K. Livin’ Records.

The Beautiful Girls We’re Already Gone CD: CRS 49 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99)

The Beautiful Girls Water CD: CRS 57 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99)

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STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Press Quotes “Brown is one of the hardest hitting alto players currently on the scene … a fiercely original voice.” — JazzTimes “One of the most consistently musical and compelling of the new free-jazz players.” — Boston Phoenix “One of the most talented musicians playing in the avant-garde.” — New York Times “It’s hard to think of another jazz player who’s emerged in the last two decades who can cover so much territory so effortlessly: he’s just as commanding playing swinging bebop over a walking bass line as he is furiously spitting motivic variations in a totally free context.” — Chicago Reader

Selling Points

Rob Brown Ensemble Crown Trunk Root Funk Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 44 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Rob Brown: alto sax Craig Taborn: piano, electronics William Parker: bass Gerald Cleaver: drums

Track Listing • Rocking Horse • Clearly Speaking • Sonic Ecosystem • Ghost Dog • Exuberance • Lifeboat • Worlds Spinning

Key Markets Hometown: New York Also: Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Portland, Philadelphia, Seattle, Austin, Houston

• Rob Brown is without question one of the greatest alto sax voices of his generation; he is and has been a foundation member of the principal groups of William Parker. • This project raises the stakes considerably, and the phenomenal musicians Brown chose to actualize these pieces fully deliver on the formidable promise. • Service/promotion to national press/e-media and targeted regional press by AUM Fidelity. Service/promotion to college/non-commercial radio by AUM Fidelity. Ads with All About Jazz, Signal To Noise, and Stop Smiling.

Overview Rob Brown is an awesome alto saxophonist and a mercurial improviser who is perpetually inventive. Over the years he has been a foundation member of the principal groups of William Parker, with whom he has shared a musical relationship for over twenty years. But Brown has also revealed himself to be a very gifted composer and group leader. A principal focus of Crown Trunk Root Funk is deep grooves, sometimes dark and ominous, with levity provided by Brown’s indelible melodies and the highly exploratory work of this extraordinary band. William Parker provides the root bass, and drummer Gerald Cleaver (who has worked extensively with Matthew Shipp, Roscoe Mitchell, Joe Morris, and Mat Maneri) brings his supremely sensitive musicality and Detroitbred funk. Keyboardist and fellow Detroit native Craig Taborn (whose collaborative pedigree spans Tim Berne, James Carter, Carl Craig, Roscoe Mitchell, Susie Ibarra, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Chris Potter) is likewise endlessly inventive within this tremendously rewarding sonic ecosystem.

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Whit Dickey Trio

The Nommonsemble

CD: AUM 5 Price Code: L

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Transonic

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William Parker Quartet

2XCD: AUM 1011 Price Code: 2J

CD: AUM 22 Price Code: P

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STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

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William Parker The Peach Orchard

Life Cycle

O’Neal’s Porch

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Press Quotes “Roy Campbell growls like Ellingtonian Cootie Williams, erupts into long sprinting lines and funky blues inflections that would do Lee Morgan proud, and peppers his solos with free-jazz smears and abstract sounds.” — Boston Phoenix “Roy Campbell exemplifies the type of originality acoustic players should strive for even when celebrating the tradition … Campbell’s passion seems contagious, inspiring heartfelt solos from his side men.” — Jazziz “The genius of [Other Dimensions In Music] is how it embraces the open forms and fluid dynamics advanced by avant-gardists while imbuing the music with what James Brown would call soul power.” — Playboy

Selling Points • The very welcome return of Roy Campbell as a leader/composer in a suite evoking fabled ancient Egypt, specially commissioned for and recorded live at the 2007 Vision Festival. • In the writing/otherworld manifestation tradition of Ellington’s Far-East Suite, Miles Davis’ and Gil Evans’ Sketches of Spain, and Sun Ra’s Heliocentric Worlds. • Service/promotion to national press, e-media, and targeted regional press by AUM Fidelity. Service/promotion to college and noncommercial radio by AUM Fidelity. Ads with All About Jazz, Signal To Noise, and Stop Smiling.

Overview

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Other Dimensions In Music

Various Artists

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2XCD: AUM 7 Price Code: 2J

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Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 45 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Roy Campbell is a jazz trumpeter and composer of the first order, one who encompasses the tradition even as he pushes the music forward. A founding member of the luminous collective Other Dimensions In Music and a member of Marc Ribot’s recent Spiritual Unity project, his last album as a nominal leader (2001’s Ethnic Stew and Brew with William Parker and Hamid Drake) topped countless year-end Top 10 lists. The well-traveled trumpeter has long been a sonic frontiersman, embracing the universality of a sound continuum in which the Harlembound A Train and the majestic River Nile are moonlit reflections of each other. His stellar combo Pyramid Trio has devoted three albums to improvised explorations of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. So it’s only natural that Campbell would turn his hand to a full-on composition inspired by Amenhotep IV, Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. Akhenaten Suite, specially commissioned for and recorded live at the 2007 Vision Festival, is a splendid passage to a fabled dimension. It is realized by musicians who have an intimate affiliation with Campbell’s vibrant brass stylings and wonderfully open, expansive compositions. The ensemble’s richly textured palette provides a kaleidoscopic tapestry for Campbell’s bursting runs of notes and graceful, curving lines.

Time is of the Essence

The Roy Campbell Ensemble Akhenaten Suite: Live at Vision Festival XII

Featured Artists Roy Campbell: trumpet, flugelhorn, recorder, arghul Billy Bang: violin Bryan Carrott: vibraharp Hilliard Greene: bass Zen Matsuura: drums

Track Listing • Akhenaten (Amenophis, Amenhotep IV) • Aten and Amarna • Pharaoh’s Revenge (Akhenaten) Intro Part 1 • Pharaoh’s Revenge Part 1 • Pharaoh’s Revenge (Tutankhamun) Intro Part 2 • Pharaoh’s Revenge Part 2 • Sunset on the Nile

Key Markets Hometown: New York Also: Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Portland, Philadelphia, Seattle, Austin, Houston, Los Angeles

Vision Volume One

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Various Artists

Vision3: Vision Festival 2003 Compiled CD+DVD: AUM AFA 101 Price Code: 2J NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Press Quotes “Not only the most brilliant of all of contemporary Japanese bands, but perhaps the greatest group currently operating in the world.” — Alternative Press “No irony here: this rocks with the teeth and heart to cut through the ‘scenes’ and the ‘overground’ like a knife. … Koenjihyakkei may go down as Tatsuya Yoshida’s greatest achievement: the most perfect fusion of straight prog, the avant-garde, and hardcore punk. Amen.” — Pitchfork

Selling Points

Koenjihyakkei Hundred Sights of Koenji Genre: Alt Rock Label: Skin Graft Records CD: GRA 90 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Yoshida Tatsuya: drums, vocals Kubota Aki: keyboards, vocals Kuwahara Shigekazu: bass, vocals Masuda Ryuichi: guitar, vocals

Track Listing • Loss • Doi Doi • Molavena • Gepek • Yagonahh • Ozone Fall • Zhess • Zoltan • Avedumma • Sunna Zarioki

• With the original issue on Japan’s God Mountain label largely unheard and fetching enormous prices on the collector’s market, Hundred Sights of Koenji returns to print in a deluxe, remastered edition. • Yoshida Tatsuya has a tremendous worldwide following, is the leader of Koenjihyakkei and RUINS, and is a player in renowned bands Acid Mothers Temple and Painkiller. • Koenjihyakkei will perform at Near Fest X, North America’s largest progressive rock festival, this summer. Other US dates will follow. • International press and radio campaign. • Ads with Signal To Noise, Wire, Skyscraper, and more.

Overview For the first time ever, Skin Graft Records proudly presents Koenjihyakkei’s legendary debut album, Hundred Sights of Koenji, to western listeners. With the original issue on Japan’s God Mountain label largely unheard and fetching enormous prices on the collector’s market, Hundred Sights of Koenji returns to print in a deluxe remastered edition. Originally released in 1994, it includes the full RUINS line-up of Yoshida Tatsuya, Masuda Ryuichi, Kubota Aki, and Kuwahara Shigekazu for a futuristic journey to those hallowed fields of yore. Koenjihyakkei is Area and ELP at their most excessive, Deus Ex Machina with tempo changes multiplied by 100, and Magma at their Orff-ian choral, fusion jazz, overcharged gospel peak. Here begins a new chapter in the storied Zeuhl scene, where foreign tongues, interplanetary wars, and inhuman technique rule the roost.

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle

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Koenjihyakkei

Ruins

CD: GRA 78 Price Code: M

CD: GRA 87 Price Code: M

Angherr Shisspa

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Ruins

Pallaschtom

CD: GRA 79 Price Code: M NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Refusal Fossil (Special Edition)

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Ruins Vrresto

CD: GRA 76 Price Code: M NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

press quotes “I don’t know who exactly to compare them to, but I jotted down the following throughout their set, lofty as they are: Rolling Stones, The Vines, The Strokes, The Killers, The Fratellis, Franz Ferdinand, Semisonic, and Arctic Monkeys. Apparently ‘Red Lion’ reminded me of The Beatles’ chorus ‘I wanna be your lover baby, I wanna be your man’ and Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust For Life.’” — Nashville Rock

Selling Points • The debut from a promising new band! • Tours planned for Summer 2008 and beyond will include SXSW 2008 showcase and day shows. • College radio and new media campaign. • Performed at Next Big Nashville 2007 festival and Austin’s 2006 Creepout Festival. • Service to local and regional press. • Ads with Stomp and Stammer and Nashville-area publications. • Video for “Up Your Sleeve” solicited to national & regional video channels.

Overview Believe the Thieves is the debut album by We Were the States, one of the most promising new bands of the exploding Nashville/Murfreesboro indie rock scene. Includes help from producer Doug Lehmann, the engine behind renowned Nashville garage rockers The Clutters, as well as Rollum Haas of The Features on drums and percussion on two tracks.

We Were the States Believe the Thieves Genre: Alt Rock Label: Chicken Ranch Records CD: CHX 1021 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Believe the Thieves covers all the bases, from the anthemic indie rock of “Girl,You´re Not a Thief” and the straight ahead rockers “Red Lion” and “Try” to potential hit singles “Start Something” and “Up Your Sleeve.” We Were the States claim their place alongside fellow Nashville bands such as The Pink Spiders, Be Your Own Pet, and Kings of Leon to be talk of thetown, and the blogosphere. We Were the States plan to tour extensively in 2008, with a showcase at SXSW to coincide with their CD release.

Featured Artists Benjamin Moore: bass Justin Webb: vocals Jay Stoyanov: guitar Nick Devan: drums Jason Harding: organ, keyboards Rollum Haas: drums, percussion

Track Listing • Up Your Sleeve • Red Lion • Till Morning Comes • Try • See If I Care • Girl, You’re Not a Thief • Been Done Wrong • Start Something • Hard • It’s Sad, It’s You • Lights Out • Please Be Quiet

Key Markets Hometown: Murfreesboro, TN Also: Nashville, Atlanta, Austin, Little Rock, Dallas, New York, Chicago ALSO AVAILABLE

The Clutters

Don’t Believe a Word

T&C

CD: CHX 1016 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

CD: CHX 1003 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

press quotes “When The Ex formed in 1979, the band was more a name spray-painted on the walls of the Netherlands than an actual musical endeavor … The Ex made swift musical progress, though, and by the time they made their first recordings in 1980, four songs that comprised the self-released 7” All Corpses Smell the Same, they were a sturdy, rhythmic unit with a good sense of dynamics. It was the start of a prolific run that’s now gone on for 27 years, putting them just behind The Fall for extended high achievement by a punk band.” — Pitchfork “Primal and shamanic, Gétatchèw Mèkurya’s playing evokes something of saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler, with all their passion and in-the-moment invention (though none of Ayler’s extended altissimo screeching), with a shot of honking tenor men Big Jay McNeely and Willis Jackson thrown in for added funk.” — All About Jazz “One of the most striking volumes of this great series—a special edition of Ethiopiques that focuses on the mad saxophone work of Gétatchèw Mèkurya … making for a sound that’s almost like some of Pat Patrick’s work for Sun Ra, but with a decidedly more ethnic feel.” — Dusty Grooves [Ethiopiques 14]

selling points

Gétatchèw Mèkurya & The Ex Gétatchèw Mèkurya & The Ex Genre: Alt World Label: Buda Records DVD: BUD DVD 860161 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Slim Amaray

• Hot on the heels of The Ex’s new DVD release Building a Broken Mousetrap on Touch & Go Records. • Documents collaborative work by Dutch punk band The Ex and Ethiopian sax wonder Gétatchèw Mèkurya.

overview This DVD by French filmmaker Stephane Jourdain documents practices by Dutch punk band The Ex and Ethiopian sax wonder Gétatchèw Mèkurya mixed with concert performances from the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Paris.

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Featured artists Gétatchèw Mèkurya: sax Terrie Ex: guitar, baritone guitar G.W. Sok: vocals Andy Moor: guitar, baritone guitar Katherina Ex: drums, vocals

SONG listing • Muziqawi Silt • Ethiopia hagèré • Sethéd sekètèlat • Yèheywèté heywèt • Tché bèlèw/Shellèla • Aynamayé nèsh • Aynotché tèrabu/Shèmonmwayané • Tezeta • Tezalègn yètentu • Aha gèdawo • Netotnè

key markets New York, Chicago, Miami, Austin, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle

After their start in 1979, The Ex developed into a melting pot of divergent musical styles: noise, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic music have been interwoven under one unique umbrella they call “Ex-music.” Discordant, highly rhythmic guitars and a rolling African drumming style give the music of The Ex its special character. In 27 years The Ex have played 1,250 concerts all over the world, and released over 20 albums. Never pigeonholed into one of pop music’s corny corners, The Ex is always open to new ideas and collaborations with musicians of all kinds. Their main principle remains: to make music with heart and soul, out of reach of commercial trends or expectations. Already well known from Ethiopiques volume 14, Gétatchèw Mèkurya is Ethiopia’s most revered jazz saxophonist. ALSO AVAILABLE

Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra Ethiogroove

DVD: BUD DVD 860154 Price Code: Q

STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Ethiopiques 4

CD: BUD 829642 Price Code: Q NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Alemayehu Eshete

Either/Orchestra

CD: BUD 860144 Price Code: Q

2XCD: BUD 860121 Price Code: 2G

Ethiopiques 22

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Mulatu Astatqe

Ethiopiques 20

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Selling Points • Comparable to Deathspell Omega. • Will appeal to fans of the burgeoning new wave of American black metal. • Guided by the mastering hand of the esteemed James Plotkin (member of Khylst, former member of Khanate and OLD) and handsomely packaged in a digipak. • Promotional mailing by Alien8 Recordings.

Overview Hailing from Quebec, this duo is cloaked in mystery. Since the release of their blazing self-produced demo, In Vulva Infernum, they have allowed themselves to perform live and have quickly risen to the top of the food chain in Montreal. On Cult of Ruins, the listener is subjected to a blend of super-intense sound layered with horrific howls and relentless blast beats, only to then be confronted with a melodic, haunting, ambient approach that retains immense power. In this respect, Menace Ruine bears some resemblance to the mysterious French post-black metal horde Deathspell Omega, who has become famous for juxtaposing ambient music with absolutely crushing metal. Coinciding with this release, Menace Ruine will reissue their debut on cassette with the ultra-cult label Tour de Garde, responsible for releases by the likes of Ash Pool and Pagan Hellfire.

Track Listing Process of Bestialization • Sky as a Reversed Abyss • Kill The Egregore • They Who Enter Caves • Bounded by Word • Dove Instinct • Atavism

Menace Ruine Cult of Ruins Genre: Avant Rock/Black Metal Label: Alien8 Recordings CD: ALI 75 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Key Markets Hometown: Montreal. Also: San Francisco, New York, Portland

Press Quotes “Enigmatic, beguiling, and a little dangerous, Austin’s Faceless Werewolves beckon with one hand while hiding a sledgehammer behind their backs with the other.” — Austin Chronicle

Selling Points • Recorded by well-known Austin producer/engineer Frenchie Smith. • Well-timed for the band’s 2008 SXSW showcase. • AAM will handle college radio. Press service to all pertinent review sources. • Track on compilation CD for Pop Culture Press, plus an ad in the same issue. • Ads with Pop Culture Press, Razorcake, and Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Faceless Werewolves Pardon Me, Are Those Your Claws On My Back? Genre: Rock Label: Super Secret Records CD: SSE 25 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Overview Faceless Werewolves are a rock ‘n’ roll trio based in Austin. They have played several SXSW showcases during the last few years, and their audience has continued to grow both locally and nationally. The band released their debut CD on Super Secret Records in 2006, and it was greeted with enthusiastic reviews in various magazines and other media outlets. Excuse Me, Are Those Your Claws On My Back? was recorded at The Bubble with Frenchie Smith. The band is planning a regional tour during the summer of 2008 to coincide with the release of this CD.

Track Listing Pardon Me, Are Those Your Claws On My Back? • Abracadabra • Couldn’t Believe It Blues • Phoenix Rose • Get Me Howlin’ • Classy Lady • Life Is Strange • Money (You Ain’t Got Enough) • Ofelia • Write It Down • Big City Sound

Key Markets Hometown: Austin. Also: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, New Orleans, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Press Quotes “Sounds like the anthems made for the most glorious hobo nation on earth—sort of Tom Waits playing at a kangaroo carnival, with brief interruptions for the funerals of Paul Simon and Elvis Perkins.” — Seattle Weekly

Selling Points • Two-month US tour in Spring 2008. • Features members of Loch Lomond and Laura Gibson’s band. • Full PR campaign with service to over 100 media outlets and 250 blogs. • Full college radio mailing by AAM. • Ads with Daytrotter, Magnet, Venus, Under the Radar, Pitchfork, Skyscraper, and more.

Nick Jaina Wool Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: HUSH Records CD: HSH 75 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

overview Wool is an album of ballads and lullabies, all lushly orchestrated with strange instruments and rich voices. The album was started in December 2006 on a piano that used to belong to Elliott Smith. The other instruments were added in waves: Jason Leonard clanged on glockenspiels and silver bowls, and violin and percussion were added in a friend’s house. Jaina recorded the vocals in his own kitchen, refrigerator unplugged, with food slowly spoiling. The songs on Wool give hope by presenting a world where any wild dream is possible—crows can ride bicycles, the dead come back happy, and springtime is always just up ahead.

Track Listing Maryanne • Power • Bicycle • Luck • Apple Seed • Casamiro • Interlude 15 • Hymn • Ponchatoula • Helen • Interlude 1 • Interlude 4 • Springtime • Lonesome Blues/ Hudson Harmonic • Epilogue

Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bloomington, Boise, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Austin, Tucson, New York, Athens, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chapel Hill, Ann Arbor, Madison, Providence, Tampa, Reno, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City,

Press Quotes “Like a super-hyper This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb crossed with early ’90s Pacific Northwest twee-pop, or the Vaselines on an old-timey kick, Olympia’s The Pasties are a blast … and the group had more genuine excitement and spunk than anything I’ve heard in a long time.” — Paul M. Davis, Punk Planet

Selling Points • Features acoustic instruments and high-energy songs by two bands that tour constantly and have been featured on several CD compilations. • This is The Pasties’ fourth release, and Hail Seizures’ first release. • Upcoming March 2008 tour and Fall 2008 European tour.

Overview The Pasties are a folky punk orchestral army utilizing only the worthy instruments of a polka band. Hail Seizures are thrift punk/trash folk with strings and toy piano. After meeting in Olympia and playing many shows together, The Pasties and Hail Seizures recorded this split CD. Punk As Folk is high-energy and fun. The tunes are catchy, poppy, folky, punky, and meet with fans from high school, college, and all ages. From acoustic alleyways to electrified stages across the US and Europe, both bands use classical and unconventional instruments to play punk rock.

Track Listing The Pasties: It Will Be Alright • Fist in the Air • Fuck the New Park On West Bay I Like It the Way It Is • Moving to the City • Second Hand • Paper Cut • Hail Seizures: White Pills • Stitching Teeth • Raccoon • Winter • Stranger in the House • Wealthy

Key Markets Hometown: Olympia. Also: Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Eugene, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Little Rock, Chicago, Minneapolis, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Ann Arbor 10

STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

The Pasties & Hail Seizures Punk As Folk Genre: Alt Rock/Folk Label: Yoyo Records CD: YOY 30 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Standard Jewel Case NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “[Death House Chaplain] … were so much fun to watch and their style of abrasion just transferred perfectly. Their talents were made obvious all set long, the guitar leading us into jangled spastic demonstrations of greatness while the drumming was not far behind and solid as hell.” — Indie Rock Reviews

Selling Points • Have completed two US tours playing shows with bands like Gliss and Unwed Sailor. • Finally out of a developmental deal with Sony, Death House Chaplain is ready to take on the indie rock world. • Bear Trap PR will handle press. Tricycle PR will handle radio. • Ads with Vice, Wonka Vision, Alarm, Under the Radar, Synthesis, Chord, and more.

Overview Los Angeles’ Death House Chaplain is a three-piece that believes there is still hope for this world—that the future is a canvas we all help to paint. This is not music for the faint of heart and the band’s sophomore effort, Of Asthma, is proof positive. Frontman Matthew Holl’s voice is edgy and unrefined à la Isaac Brock. Guitar work is driving and angular. Drumbeats are quirky and unexpected. Though offbeat, this album manages to maintain its pop sensibilities. Of Asthma is 10 tracks of the most unique music you’ve heard in a while. Art rock? Blues? Garage? We dare you to pigeonhole this sound.

Death House Chaplain Of Asthma Genre: Alt Rock Label: Lujo Records CD: LUJ 58 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Track Listing Capture the Flag • Flip-side • Soak It Up • Know By Now • Susan • Cameras • Find the Seven • Where Do We Go From Here? • Until No Carp • White Noise

Key Markets Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, Washington DC, Portland

Selling Points • Recording by Paul Malinowski (Shiner/Open Hand). • Artwork by Jason Farrell (Retisonic/Blue Tip). • Third full length by Riddle of Steel. • Press and radio handled by Planetary Group. • Tracks will appear on samplers from Magnet, Copper Press, and more. • Tracks will appear on an Ascetic Records sampler to be inserted into Alternative Press. • Ads with Magnet, Copper Press, and more.

Overview

Riddle of Steel 1985 Genre: Rock Label: Ascetic Records CD: ASC 23 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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After two years and hundreds of live shows, Riddle of Steel finally return with their anxiously awaited third album, 1985—a soaring, victorious rock gem. For fans of QOTSA, Van Halen, and The Police, 1985 feels like an exciting album coming out at an exciting time. Expertly recorded by Paul Malinowski (Shiner, Open Hand), 1985 shines every minute, showcasing all of the band’s strengths. This is the band’s first recording to feature the same lineup as its predecessor, and it shows. The quick and cagey feel of Got This Feelin’ is still here, but the track-to-track variety is even sharper. Each song’s hooks jump out upon first listen and stay in your head forever, whether it’s the laid-back street cruise of opener “John Frum,” the enormous rock swagger of “Loose Talk,” the rich-textured and mellow “This Van Burns Love,” or the fierce flame-throwing “Total Cougar.” 1985 doesn’t ask for your approval. It rocks as if it already has it.

Track Listing John Frum • This Van Burns Love • Who’s the Fella Owns This Shithole? • Underwater • Quiet Now • Plenty of Satisfaction • It’s Called a Turbo • Loose Talk • Total Cougar • Easy Love

Key Markets Hometown: St. Louis. Also: Chicago, Tampa, Monroe, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Lawrence, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Denton, Austin, Houston, Madison STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Selling Points • Third full length from GPS, recorded by Chris Harris. • Includes four bonus hidden tracks. • Features new drummer Scott Twitchell. • Press and radio handled by Planetary Group. • Tracks will appear on samplers from Magnet, Copper Press, and more. • Tracks will appear on an Ascetic Records sampler to be inserted into Alternative Press. • Ads with Magnet, Copper Press, and more.

Gravity Propulsion System Days Like Razors Genre: Punk Label: Ascetic Records CD: ASC 20 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Overview With their third full length, GPS spits out an album that puts exploration, discovery, and excitement back on the map of modern post-punk. New drummer Scott Twitchell propels the band into dynamic rhythmic pockets not found anywhere on their previous two albums. Other surprises abound, too—the trombone-tinged “Floater” pushing the band into quasi-psychedelic territory and “The Travel Agent” featuring a dark, almost-narrated vocal from guitarist Lance Pelligrini. Days Like Razors is a strong statement from a band whose fluent use of noise and experimentation makes them among the most unique in their genre.

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Press Quotes “A bit like the Microphones at their existential best.” — Pitchfork

Selling Points • Previous 7” received great press and is almost sold out (KDVS Recordings). • Band has received positive reviews from Pitchfork, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and The Deli. • Will play at SXSW 2008. • Full print and online PR campaign by Force Field PR (Sufjan Stevens, Panda Bear).

Sholi Hejrat

Overview This lovingly packaged new 7” from San Francisco’s Sholi contains two cover songs: “Hejrat” by Iranian pop diva Googoosh, and “The Sprout and the Bean” by Joanna Newsom. Googoosh was the most celebrated pop singer in Iran during the 1970s, before the Islamic Revolution. This 7” connects the exiled Iranian’s search for cultural identity and understanding with the broader existential themes embedded in Joanna Newsom’s deeply moving song, “The Sprout and the Bean.” The music itself is sprawling and complex, with intricate and powerful drumming, interweaving guitar arpeggios, beautiful keyboard melodies, and virtuosic vocals. Both conceptually and on a pure sonic level, this is a very special piece of music.

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Holocene Music 7”: HCM 6 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Cardboard Sleeve 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Press Quotes “Vancougar are fun, but they’re also a rock band that genuinely delivers the goods, and this debut album makes it clear that they are a band to watch.” — All Music Guide

Selling Points

Vancougar Obvious b/w Distance Genre: Alt Rock Label: Mint Records 7”: MRI 115 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) 70 GM Green Vinyl w/ Cardboard Sleeve 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

• Stickered with: “Obvious” b/w “Distance” is filled to the brim with Vancougar’s infectious and sassy indie rock. Pressed on 70 GM jadeite green vinyl and limited to only 500 copies. • Includes a preview of two songs from upcoming full length Canadian Tuxedo out in Summer 2008. • US tour dates and SXSW appearance in 2008. • Select college radio mailing.

Overview What do you get when you combine four ladies, one pair of cat-eye glasses, a crate of old records, and a minivan named Maple Syrup in East Vancouver? A rock ‘n’ roll cocktail that’s one part pop and one part attitude, named Vancougar—half indie pop, half garage rock, all girl! Vancougar just finished recording their Mint debut Canadian Tuxedo, which will be released in Summer 2008. Expect 10 catchy, riff-tastic, driving original tracks you’ll love to sing along with.

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Press Quotes “A top-notch quality album … Loudspeaker offers a decent cross-section of Myer’s talent, be it the natural sounding vocal performance or the rather subtle sound experiments.” — Chain D.L.K.

Selling Points • Daniel Myer’s new project. Previous projects include Haujobb, Architect, and HMB. • Highly anticipated second album (first album is out of print). • Excellent production and songwriting. • 150 promo copies will be sent to DJs and radio stations. 25 copies will go to print media. • MySpace campaign with 50,000 contacts. • Ads with Vampire Freaks.

Overview THE electro album of the year, with the first limited edition presented in a deluxe digipak! Daniel Myer presents his passionate side project Destroid, and sophomore album Loudspeaker comes after his electrifying debut Future Prophesies. Once more, Myer envelops the listener in complex futuristic pulses of electronic awe, digital waves of undulating rhythm, phased vocals, and flat-out penetrating beats. Never one-dimensional, always explorative and challenging—the music of Destroid charts new realms for purveyors of quality electronic music.

Destroid Loudspeaker Genre: Electronic/Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 107 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Track Listing Let Me Leave • Bird of Prey • Revolution • Run and Hide • Forever • Only a Vision • Friend or Foe (The Betrayal) • Bittersweet Fate • Moral • As the World Turns • Open My Eyes • Cover Your Ears • Ruins (Edit) • Mourn

Key Markets Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Miami

press quotes “This is hard-hitting industrial EBM that just makes me want to stand up and dance from the first song to the last. It’s really perfect as club music.” — Moving Hands Music

Selling Points • Excellent remixes by Grendel, Shnarph, and Revolution by Night. • Licensed from German cult label InFacted. • 150 promo copies will be sent to DJs and radio stations. 25 copies will go to print media. • MySpace campaign with 50,000 contacts. • Ads with Vampire Freaks.

Reaper The Devil Is Female Genre: Electronic/Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 108 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

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Reaper

Hell starts with an H CD: COP 101 Price Code: M

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Overview Vassi Vallis has become quite notorious within the electro scene due to his own projects (NamNamBulu, Frozen Plasma), his tour duties with CombiChrist, and his remixes for acclaimed acts such as Suicide Commando, SITD, and Absurd Minds. With Reaper, he has conquered club land with a succession of anthemic dance floor assaults— first with the staple Angst EP and then with the highly successful Hell Starts with an H. Now, he returns with this special 11-track CD destined to reverberate electro clubs worldwide. Instant club hits pack a powerful and unmistakable Reaper punch, and the album includes storming remixes from Grendel, Shnarph, Revolution By Night, and more.

Track Listing The Devil Is Female • X-Junkie • She’s a Devil and a Whore • X-Junkie (Club Mix) • 0190 • X-Junkie (Shnarph! Remix) • X-Junkie (Grendel Remix) • X-Junkie (Distatix Remix) • XJunkie (Syncrotek Remix) • Execution Of Your Mind (Live) • X-Junkie (Revolution By Night Remix)

Key Markets Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Miami STREET DATE MARCH 11, 2008

Selling Points • Panjabi MC spin-off. • Produced and recorded in the UK with Northstar Productions. • Heavy rotation on BBC Asia. • 150 promo copies will be sent to DJs and radio stations. 25 copies will go to print media. • MySpace campaign with 50,000 contacts.

Overview

Bhangra Brothers Soni Mutear Genre: Alt World Label: COP International CD: COP 3032 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

The great boom of all things Bollywood was sparked off by a single smash hit: “Mundian To Bach Ke” by Panjabi MC. Manmander Singh Kahi performed the song with Panjabi MC on all the major stages of the world. After that great success, Kahi and Gurinder Singh Bewas founded a new band, Bhangra Brothers—a riveting cocktail mixing East and West, where hip-hop beats meet instruments from western India. The band represents a new form of expression for the cultural and musical movement. Bhangra Brothers have been touring worldwide with Panjabi MC and now, at last, their long-awaited debut album is here! Soni Mutear is very much in the style of the British Bhangra club culture, joining the Northstar Productions team with producers such as Panjabi MC, RDB, Sean Finn, and Pit Baley.

Track Listing Aaja Nach Ley • Mithe Bol • Nawa Dor • Jaana • Daimond Da Tukra • Pind Wich • Soni Mutear • Jugni • Boliyan • Ayi Na Passand

Key markets

STREET DATE: 3/11/2008

Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Miami

Selling Points • Features members of Halfway To Gone and Monster Magnet. • ATKOF will tour extensively behind this release. • Produced and mixed at MAD OAK, who have also done records for the Blue Man Group, Cave In, Scissorfight, Sasquatch, Five Horse Johnson, and Roadsaw. • 500+ promos to retail, press, and college radio via Small Stone.

Overview If there had been ashes from the demise of Halfway To Gone, than A Thousand Knives of Fire would have risen screaming from them. But, since HTG is just on permanent vacation, A Thousand Knives of Fire is more like a diabolical plot by HTG guitarist Lee Stuart and longtime friend and drummer Bob Pantella (Raging Slab, Monster Magnet)—a plot to start a kick-ass rock band whose focus would be spreading the gospel of rock. Reverend of rhythm Taj Briggles was quickly added on bass to preach the virtues of low end, and Paul Wiegand was enlisted for his unique ability with the guitar sermon. Less than a year old, this quartet of Jersey’s finest has already been preaching the gospel on stages up and down the eastern seaboard, playing with the likes of Bongzilla, Stinking Lizavetta, Weedeater, Moist Boyz, and Solace. It seems their goal of taking it back to the people has already begun to be realized, and the list of converted continues to grow.

Track Listing One Eyed Jack • Leeds County Devil • Hey Buddy • She’s Yours • Nothing In Life’s For Free • Last Train to Scornsville • Yeah Part 2 • Thanks For Negeven • Hold Your Nose • Yeah Part 1 • The Day After

Key Markets Hometown: Long Branch, NJ. Also: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit 14

STREET DATES MARCH 11 & 25, 2008

A Thousand Knives of Fire The Last Train to Scornsville Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone CD: SSO 78 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

STREET DATE: 3/25/2008

HEAD OF FEMUR Press Quotes

GREAT PLAINS

“Ambitious arrangements, with trumpet, violins, and cello playing counterpoint melodies atop rocking rhythms, draw on the orchestral roar of Love and the avant-rock of Brian Eno.” — Chicago Tribune

Selling Points • Two albums still in print have sold close to 10,000 copies. Limited edition EP released in October 2007. • Debut album Ringodom or Proctor named one of Magnet’s Top Ten Albums You Missed in 2007. • Features Matt Focht (former touring member of Bright Eyes). • Release shows planned in Chicago and Midwest markets, with festival dates planned throughout 2008. • Full national press campaign by Yarrr! PR. • New media campaign by Planetary Group. • Full CMJ/AAA radio campaign by SPECTRE Entertainment. • Ads with Magnet, CMJ NMM, Pitchfork, and more.

Overview Two years after their SpinART sophomore release Hysterical Stars, Head of Femur releases its third full-length, stripping down to a more accessible five-piece. However, the group still manages to stay true to its ambitious trademark sound, lacing together art-rock sensibilities reflective of the Talking Heads and the organic, homegrown feel of Neil Young and The Band. After successful tours with Wilco and Bright Eyes, Femur barricaded themselves in the studio with a new line-up, inviting several friends and acclaimed Chicago musicians to record on 17 new songs. Now, the critically lauded Chicago orchestral indie rock outfit returns to Portland’s Greyday Records to offer up 13 highly anticipated tracks.

“Ambitiously weird, but still gloriously accessible … chamber-pop suites full of left turns and music box explosions full of melody.” — Pitchfork ALSO AVAILABLE

Head of Femur Ringodom or Proctor CD: GDP 8 Price Code: L

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Head of Femur Great Plains Genre: Alt Rock Label: Greyday Records CD: GDP 31 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Matt Focht, Mike Elsener: vox, guitars Colby Starck: drums Tyson Thurston: keys The Chancellor: bass Beth Yates: flute Nate Lepine: sax Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kevin Davis: cellos Nick Broste, Patrick Newbery: horns Kristina Dutton, Jeff Dolce: violins Randy Mollner, Nate Swanson: violas Andy Rader: upright bass

Track Listing • Whirlaway • Great Plains • Leader and the Falcon • Jetway Junior • River Ramble • Covered Wagons • Climbing Up Fire Escapes • Where’s the Fire • Napoleon’s Boots • By the Red Fire • Open the Door Lucille • This Message • Isn’t It a Shame

Key Markets Hometown: Chicago. Also: Omaha, Lincoln, Cleveland, Detroit, Portland, San Francisco, New York, Boston STREET DATE MARCH 25, 2008

JOHN FAHEY THE MILL POND

Press Quotes “Four ecstatic, lo-fi grabs for the ring of eternity, recorded in Fahey’s Oregon hotel room. Containing the first graspable evidence of John’s throat-singing abilities, this represents the merging of the bull and the china shop. The crudity of the electronics and the delicacy of the string work make for a wonderful match.” — Byron Coley “His music speaks of a boundless freedom.” — Gary Lucas

Selling Points • Originally released on vinyl only. Limited edition CD reissue includes the first-ever collection of John Fahey’s paintings in the accompanying booklet. • Fahey is an essential American original and giant of 20 th century music. • Promotional mailing to online and press publications. • Ads with The Wire.

John Fahey The Mill Pond Genre: Folk/Experimental Label: Important Records CDEP: IPT 183 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Letterpressed Cardboard Jacket NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists John Fahey: guitar, vocals Jeff Allman: electronics

Track Listing • Ghosts • Garbage • You Can’t Cool Off in the Mill Pond, You Can Only Die • The Mill Pond Drowns Hope

Overview The Mill Pond was originally released on vinyl only. This limited edition CD reissue includes the first-ever collection of Fahey’s paintings in the accompanying booklet. John Fahey has been around since the 1950s, making records (mostly) with just his acoustic guitar. He has influenced countless guitarists, from Jim O’Rourke and Thurston Moore to Nels Cline and Wham-O. His music has been called folk, blues, bluegrass, noise, and even (gasp!) new age, so you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get with any of his releases. But all of them, almost without exception, are excellent. On this EP, Fahey uses heavy reverb, electric slide, and feedback to create an eerie mood. He gets a bit of help from Jeff Allman, who recorded the songs and adds some electronic noise in spots, and from Scott Colburn, who mixed the tracks, but this record is all Fahey. The Mill Pond is all over the place stylistically, so it should confuse those who try to pigeonhole Fahey into any one category. It further proves that there is only one category into which he fits: truly innovative guitar genius.

Key Markets Hometown: Takoma Park, MD Also: Portland, Washington DC, Seattle, Cambridge

“A supple finger picker who fused his passion for vintage folk and blues with the advanced harmonies of modern composers such as Béla Bartók and Charles lves. A genuine blues scholar.” — David Fricke, Rolling Stone

STREET DATE MARCH 25, 2008

ANTHONY BRAXTON Press Quotes

QUARTET (GTM) 2006

“Anthony Braxton … remains as prolific, diverse, inspired, and intriguing as ever.” — One Final Note “His music is often playful, with lines shooting out from all angles, and tempos picking up only to slow down.” — New York Times

Selling Points • Contains extensive reflections on GTM (Ghost Trance Music) from Anthony Braxton. • Braxton has recorded and collaborated with European free improvisers such as Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, and the Globe Unity Orchestra, and with giants from the “regular” jazz world such as Max Roach. • Throughout the years Braxton has played with a wide variety of people such as Mal Waldron, Dave Douglas, Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck, Lee Konitz, Peter Brötzmann, Willem Breuker, Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Lacy, Roscoe Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Andrew Cyrille, Wolf Eyes, Misha Mengelberg, Chris Dahlgren, Lauren Newton, and countless others. • Promotional mailing by Important Records. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview Quartet (GTM) 2006 is Anthony Braxton’s first release for Important Records. GTM stands for “Ghost Trance Music,” and this four-disc box set contains four Ghost Trance compositions recorded with Anthony Braxton playing reeds, Carl Testa on bass, Aaron Siegal on percussion, and Max Heath on piano. The box also contains a definitive essay by Braxton on his Ghost Trance compositions. Anthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Over the course of his career he has crafted an immense body of highly complex work. Though Braxton is hardly known to the casual listener, he is certainly one of the most prolific American musicians and composers to date, having released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. Early in his career, along with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and violinist Leroy Jenkins, Braxton led a trio and was involved with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. In 1968, Braxton recorded the highly influential For Alto, the first full-length album for unaccompanied saxophone. He joined pianist Chick Corea’s existing trio with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul to form the short-lived avant-garde quartet Circle, and when Corea broke up the group Holland and Altschul remained with Braxton for much of the 1970s as part of a quartet, with the rotating brass chair variously filled by trumpeter Kenny Wheeler or trombonists George Lewis or Ray Anderson.

Anthony Braxton Quartet (GTM) 2006 Genre: Jazz Label: Important Records 4XCD: IPT 184 Price Code: 4D (SRP $27.99) Deluxe Quad Digipak NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Max Heath: piano Aaron Siegal: percussion Carl Testa: bass Anthony Braxton: reeds

Track Listing • 338 • 340 • 341 • 346

Key Markets Hometown: Chicago Also: New York

“Anthony Braxton is widely and critically acclaimed as a seminal figure in the music of the late 20th century. His work, both as a saxophonist and a composer, has broken new conceptual and technical ground.” — All About Jazz STREET DATE MARCH 25, 2008

Press Quotes “[Eleh] harkens back to the academic laboratory conditions of 1960s minimalism. But its forensic exploration of the limits of bass perception (and reproduction) has uncannily contemporary echoes.” — The Wire

Selling Points

Eleh & Sun Circle Eleh & Sun Circle Genre: Avant Rock/ Experimental Label: Important Records LP: IPT 182 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Letterpressed Jacket NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

• Essential limited edition 180-gram vinyl release pressed in an edition of 500 copies. • Eleh’s first two records on Important have been immediate sellouts. • Sun Circle features Greg Davis and Zach Wallace. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview Essential limited edition 180-gram vinyl release pressed in an edition of 500 copies with letterpressed jackets. Eleh’s pure analog drones are a perfect complement to Sun Circle’s ecstatic high-volume compositions. Eleh’s track is a slight departure from the sub-sonic bass-heavy drones of their first two records. This time around there is more emphasis on a glistening shimmer. Sun Circle’s Important debut is psychoacoustic minimalism meets psychedelic maximalism: ecstatic high-volume drones, long-form trance musics, and peace noise performed with bowed strings, voices, organs, percussion, and world instruments.

Press Quotes “Vocalist/drummer Julianna Bright exudes a wise stage demeanor and, similar to the early styles of Patti Smith, has a soulful, heavy tone that demands attention while remaining mysterious.” — Willamette Week

Selling Points • New project from The Quails creative team. • Current online campaign includes banner ads, blog, internet radio, and more. • Solicited to college and satellite radio.

Overview Born from a noble heritage of obscure bands such as Circus Lupus and The Quails, The Golden Bears enfold all of Julianna Bright and Seth Lorinczi’s varied musical loves: psychedelic rock, ’60s garage, ’70s pop, folk, and more. On Wall to Wall, they have crafted an intricate patchwork from scratch: writing the music, building a studio, and recording the album themselves. On a technical note, no digital effects or virtual instruments were used, and all the reverb came either from guitar amplifiers or the ambient sound of their living room.

The Golden Bears Wall To Wall Genre: Avant Rock Label: Amore!Phonics LP: AMO 3 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Gatefold Sleeve 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Selling Points • Seventeen tracks originally released on Secretly Canadian, Mammoth Records, Hawthorne Street Records, Standard Recording Co., Happy Couples Never Last, Friction Records, and Joyful Noise. • Press and radio campaigns by Soapbox Promotion. • Ads with Verbicide, Modern Fix, Ghettoblaster, Nuvo, and more.

Various Artists Defunct Indiana Genre: Alt Rock Label: Joyful Noise CD: JNR 23 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Overview Containing 17 indie, experimental, and hardcore artists from Indiana’s past, this compilation features some of the best music from Indiana-based, now-defunct bands. The eleven-year period from 1995 to 2006 saw the emergence and demise of some truly incredible groups. Some of these bands come from reputable labels such as Secretly Canadian (Ativin, Intro to Airlift), Mammoth (Fabric), Hawthorne Street (Majhas), Standard Recording Co. (BIGBIGcar), Happy Couples Never Last (Mara’Akate), Friction (Ari Ari), and Joyful Noise (Melk the g6-49). But other bands self-destructed long before a proper release sealed their place in history. This is the true reason for Defunct Indiana—to preserve some incredible music from little-known artists, and to give these bands a small portion of the attention they deserve.

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STREET DATE MARCH 25, 2008

press quotes “Clear individuality banishes lazy comparisons to others operative in this area of folkinflected new music, like Lau Nau or Joanna Newsom. There’s a sticky, happy quality to this debut, one that feeds on the underbelly of British and European folk traditions, as well as the threads of Hanna’s Finnish heritage.” — The Wire

Selling Points • On the heels of the band’s celebrated debut By Chance Upon Waking from 2006. • Spring 2008 North American tour. • Full new media, radio, and press campaign.

Overview Imagine for a moment the Wicker Man manned by the late Teiji Ito (resident avant composer for Harry Smith and Maya Derren), with psych folk giants Comus sitting in for good measure, and you’ve got some idea of what Glasgow avant folk trio Nalle has put together on its mesmerizing sophomore effort The Siren’s Wave. Centered around Hanna Tuulikki’s rich and expansive vocals with a heady, kaleidoscopic mix of vintage whirling oscillators, Moog synth, and buzzing harmonium alongside the intrepid string explorations of Chris Hladowski and Aby Vulliamy, these six pieces continue the long trek through other worlds of sound to form a dense, cohesive suite that meshes everything from Japanese Gagaku and European plainsong to Near Eastern modal drones. Features members of The Family Elan, Scatter, and the One Ensemble of Daniel Padden.

Track Listing Nothing Gold Can Stay • Young Light • Voi Ruusuni (O Rose) • Secret of the Seven Sirens • Alice’s Ladder • First Eden Sank To Grief

Nalle The Siren’s Wave Genre: Alt Rock Label: Locust Music CD: LST 109 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

LP: LST 109 Price Code: V (SRP $22.99) Vinyl Sleeve 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Key Markets Chicago, New York, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Portland

Selling Points • Features Stephen Titra, a founding member of legendary Midwest psych jam band Mountain Bus. • Anticipated coverage by nationally syndicated public radio programs. • Full press and radio service. • Ads with Ugly Things, Signal To Noise, and Dream.

Overview

O.W.L. Of Wondrous Legends Genre: Avant Rock/Psych Folk Label: Locust Music CD: LST 110 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

2XLP: LST 110 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Deluxe Gatefold 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

O.W.L.’s Of Wondrous Legends is a previously unknown album of deeply impressionistic baroque rock, chamber folk, and soft psych tunes recovered from the dustbins of history. To the few who have heard it, it has earned comparisons to Tim Buckley, Pearls Before Swine, and ’60s British prog folk. O.W.L was founded in 1968 on Chicago’s north side by Stephen Titra. A founding member of the beloved midwestern hippie jam band Mountain Bus, Titra left that band just as their Dead– inspired, bluesy jams gained serious regional traction in order to fully devote himself to the inward looking, singular vision of O.W.L. Of Wondrous Legends was recorded at the behest of an enthusiastic A & R rep at Chicago’s Universal Studios in 1971 with a remarkable number of musicians. A handful of test pressings were produced and circulated, but due to the usual pitfalls of changing times, the album was scrapped. The passage of time only further helped ensure the album’s place in near total obscurity until a copy of one of the test pressings was unearthed in a Chicago junk shop in 2004. Following several years of collaborative efforts on this lost epic, Of Wondrous Legends now sees its first public release.

Track Listing Legends • A Tale of a Crimson Knight • Be Alive • Renaissance & Rococo • Midnight Carnival • Dawn of Albion • Upon the Wings of Gabriel • Breton Landscape • Everyman and the Philosopher King • Peace of Mind • Salvation Song • Sunsets of Smiles

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Hometown: Chicago. Also: Los Angeles, Brooklyn, New York, Boston, San Francisco STREET DATE MARCH 25, 2008

Press Quotes “Fluid, urgent, and unpredictable, this is the sound of a band who is about ten steps ahead of everyone else right now.” — Kerrang “Equal measures of barbarian brutality and electronic stylization.” — Philadelphia Weekly “It’s just a matter of time before the Tron conquer all.” — Exclaim “The most inventive, invigorating, incapable-of-classification shit I’ve heard since The Locust.” — Skyscraper

Selling Points

Genghis Tron Board Up the House Genre: Avant Rock/Metal Label: Lovepump United 2XLP: LPU 16 Price Code: 2F (SRP $19.99) Glossy Vinyl Sleeve w/ Foldout Poster Inlay 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Featured Artists Michael Sochynsky: keyboards, programming Hamilton Jordan: guitar, programming Mookie Singerman: vocals, keyboards

Track Listing • Board Up the House • Endless Teeth • Things Don’t Look Good • Recursion • I Won’t Come Back Alive • City on a Hill • The Whips Blow Back • Colony Collapse • The Feast • Ergot • Relief

Key Markets Hometown: Philadelphia Also: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Tampa, Orlando, Boston

STREET DATE MARCH 25, 2008

• Last LPU-released vinyl Dead Mountain Mouth sold out in under a year. • Confirmed upcoming review in Spin. • In-studio coverage has already been featured in Alternative Press, Decibel, and Rocksound. • Listed in Alternative Press’ 100 Bands To Watch In 2008 issue. • Featured in Billboard’s first issue of 2008. • CD version is the first major release of 2008 for Relapse Records. • Recorded by Kurt Ballou of Converge. • Side D features an intricate laser-point etching by Jon Beasley (Devendra Banhart) of OSK Design. • Genghis Tron has accrued a huge underground following over the course of two critically acclaimed records and relentless touring with some of the most respected names in metal including Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Pig Destroyer, The Red Chord, Baroness, and Kylesa. • Full US tour in March 2008. • Full Relapse Records publicity and marketing campaign. • Ads with Skyscraper, Impose, and more.

Overview Two years after releasing the acclaimed Dead Mountain Mouth, Genghis Tron returns with Board Up the House, an astonishing expansion of their epic cacophony of electric metal. Recorded by Kurt Ballou of Converge at Godcity Studios, the CD version marks the band’s first release on legendary metal label Relapse Records. Lovepump United is extremely proud to release the double LP of what is sure to be one of the most talked-about heavy releases of 2008. The record comes packaged in an extra-thick full-color sleeve with a foldout poster inlay. Side D features an incredibly intricate laser-cut etching by Jon Beasley of OSK Design.

Get nailed... on the road Pato Banton Pato Banton & Friends

Gravity Propulsion System Get Destroy

China Forbes ’78

CD: CRS 63 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 788377109723

CD: ASC 14 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) UPC: 711574564729

CD: HNZ 4 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) UPC: 723721335953

2/2/08 Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley 2/9/08 Squaw Valley, CA – Ski Tour Winter

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Secret Shine After Years CD: CLE 30 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 808804003025 3/19/08 Indianapolis, IN – Melody Inn 3/22/08 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews

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CRS

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2XCD

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Hundred Sights of Koenji

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Ethiopiques 4

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Ethiopiques 22

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860144

3341348601441

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Ethiopiques 20

2XCD

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860121

3341348601212

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Cult of Ruins

ALI

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Pardon Me, Are Those Your

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Wool

HSH

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Punk As Folk

YOY

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Of Asthma

LUJ

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Riddle of Steel

1985

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711574631421

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IPT

183

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IPT

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109

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