1st Of July 2011 Update & Reviews

1st Of July 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items

at Redscroll Records

JULY 4th (MONDAY) WE WILL BE CLOSED. Fun blog post coming about that Saturday morning (all queued up).

LPs & 12"s

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Adam & The Ants "The Decca Demos & More (Unofficial)"

Alberich "Psychology Of Love"

Amorphis "The Karelian Isthmus"

Barem "After The Storm"

Bee Mask "Elegy For Beach Friday"

Big D And The Kids Table "For The Damned, The Dumb & The Delirious (+ D/L)"

Birthday Party, The With Lydia Lunch "Welcome To The Car Smash… (Unofficial)"

Boys Next Door "Door, Door "

Boys Next Door "The Lost & Brave Exhibitions Of The Boys Next Door 1977-1979 (Unofficial)"

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. "It's A Corporate World (Debut Album)"

Exhumed "All Guts No Glory (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl)"

Gay For ohnny Depp "What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You (+ D/L)"

Goldberg, Sam "Having Had Forgot"

Jaar, Nicolas "Pepe Bradock & Dave Aju Remixes"

Krauss, Alison & Union Station "Paper Airplane (180 Gram + D/L)"

Kreng "Grimoire"

LA Vampires / Ital "Streetwise"

Lussuria "Ghost Entanglement"

Memory Tapes "Player Piano (+ D/L)"

National, The "Cherry Tree (+ D/L)"

Origin "Entity"

Otis, Shuggie "In Session"

Outer Space "Outer Space"

Panda Bear "S"urfers RMX (TECHNO PIC Single Sided 12")"

Radiohead "Little By Little" (NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 7-5-11 - Tuesday)

Ramones "Rocket To Russia (180 Gram)"

Roedelius, Hans-Joachim "Wie Das Wispere Des Windes… Like The Whispering Of The Wind…."

Siouxsie And The Banshees "Songs From The Void (Unofficial)"

Smiths, The "The Old Guard BBC Tapes Volume Two"

Stillbirth "Toward Sailor"

Temporal Marauder "Makes You Feel"

Tombs "Path Of Totality"

Tshetsha Boys "Snidyi"

Various Artists "The Funky 16 Corners "

Vomaseve, Tiyiselani "Votswelani"

Hip-Hop LPs

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Atmosphere "God Loves Ugly (2xLP Reissue)"

Beneficence "Sidewalk Science"

Damu The Fudgemunk "How It Should Sound Volume 1 & 2"

Dr. Dre "The Chronic (Digitally Remastered)"

Heltah Skeltah "D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)"

J Rawls "The Hip-Hop Affect (+ D/L W/ Instrumentals)"

KRS-One & Buckshot "Survival Skills"

Left, The "Gas Mask (2xLP + D/L)"

Pharoahe Monch "W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)(+ D/L)"

Rock, Pete / Smif-N-Wessun "Monumental (SWPR)"

Slum Village "Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1 (Jay Dee Production) (+ Bonus 7")"

Smif N Wessun "The Album"

Electronic 12"s + LPs

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Beltran, John "The Best Of John Beltran: Ambient Selections 1995-2011"

Carte Blanche "White Man On The Moon (+ D/L)"

DOP "After Party"

Justice "Civilization (+ Poster + D/L)"

LV Ft. Josh Idehen "38EP"

Samiyam "Sam Baker's Album (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)"

Tiger & Woods "Gin Nation"

Wandler "La Petite"

Wolfram (Featuring Haddaway) "A Thing Called Love"

10"s

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Brian Jonestown Massacre "Iluminomi"

7"s

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Against Me "Russian Spies" (Black Vinyl - Still Possibly Getting Blue Ones, But Not Yet)

The Mars Volta "A Plague Upon Your Hissing Corpse (/300)"

Off! "First Four EPs" (Back In!)

Pit Er Pat / Icy Demons

CDs

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Aidan Baker "Still Life"

Bringers Of Disease "Gospel Of Pestilence"

Crone "Endless Midnight"

DJ Shadow "Endtroducing"

John Maus "We Must..."

MZ.412 "Domine..."

MZ.412 "Infernal Affairs"

Serpent Throne "White Summer - Black Winter" (Back In)

Tiger & Woods "Through..."

Cassette Tape

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Stephen O'Malley "Romeo" (EMEGO017C)

DVD

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Invasion Of Thunderbolt Pagoda (Ira Cohen)

Joy Division: Substance 1978-1988

Slices Issue 2-11 (FREE)

Reviews

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Light Asylum In Tension EP 12"

 (Mexican Summer)

If you haven't heard by now, there is a full darkwave resurgense happening (and coldwave and minimal wave and blah blah blah wave etc.). I'm not going to pull any punches here. I pretty much enjoy it all on some level. That is my favorable prejudice. Some of it I go back to less and realize it's a poor copy. Some keeps me coming back for more. I have listened to this Light Asylum EP of four songs about four dozen times in the past two days (perhaps a bit of hyperbole there, perhaps). Shannon Funchess has a voice on par with Andrew Eldritch, Peter Murphy and Dave Gahan (yea, I completely believe all of that). Listen and understand. "Dark Allies" is clearly the stand out track (I'll post the video for it below) and one of the tracks has the "True Faith" (New Order) beat and all of it keeps me coming back for more. The horse naying samples in the first track are ridiculous in theory, but in practice work real well and do not come off hokey like a Revolting Cocks gimmick (though there is a place for that from time to time). Embrace the darkness (take a fluorescent light-stick).

[Reviewer: Rick]

Ultrabunny Volume Merchants / Unsafe At Any Age LP

 (TPOS Records)

I saw these CT locals open for An Albatross at the Heirloom Arts Theatre back in 2008. They play wild improvisational rock with elements of jazz, psychedelia and noise. This record begins with moody, otherworldly feedback waves, eventually merging into dissonant guitar-and-bass zephyrs that are reminiscent of 1980s experimental rock, such as early Sonic Youth and Boredoms. About midway through the second side, some freaky, cartoonishly high-pitched vocals kick in, breaking down into maniacal chipmunk laughter on “Hot War.” Basically, what I’m trying to say is that this record is really something else. The tracks build from basic elements (traditional drum patterns and guitar/bass chords) to create layers and evolve into a moody, almost post-apocalyptic atmosphere. The mixing and mastering job is impressive as well, considering this album’s content is from six different live performances in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.

[Reviewer: Mark]

Woods Sun And Shade LP/CD

 (Woodsist Records)

One of the most “summery” albums I’ve ever heard, Brooklyn-based Woods’ Sun And Shade combines catchy, sunshine-tinged folk music with the inventive, nostalgic sound of lo-fi indie rock. I don’t want to sound cheesy, but this album is perfect background music for walking through the sunny and shady parts of the woods. I imagine tracks like the highly uplifting opener “Pushing Onlys” are the audio equivalent of what aging hippies see in their minds; fuzzy, dream-like memories of spending seemingly endless days dancing carefree in nature. However, “sunshine pop” is not a proper term to define this album as a whole, since they explore more subdued feelings as well, such as the intimately morose, acoustic “Wouldn’t Waste.” The analog sound is perfect for the acoustic guitar, drums, and a host of more “experimental” sounds. Plus, the lower fidelity certainly adds warmth without overdoing it. Woods certainly aren’t afraid to experiment; “Out Of The Eye” is backed with a long, shimmering mechanical hum that’s remini scent of krautrock, and “Sol Y Sambra” is the most freestyle sounding, like a nature walk intended for self-reflection.

[Reviewer: Mark]