20th of January 2012 Update

20th of January 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

WEATHER HOURS:
SATURDAY 1-21-12 We're planning on opening at 4PM today. Snow. Half day. We'll keep you updated. Follow us on twitter for the most current updates.

LPs & 12"s
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Actress    "Actress Meets Shangaan"
Alcatraz    "Smile Now Cry Later"
Annihilator    "Never, Neverland"
Babies, The    "Cry Along With… The Babies (A 12" Record Of Demos 2010-2011)"
Big Pink, The    "Future This (+ D/L)"
Blood For Blood    "Revenge On Society (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl)"
Chapman, Michael    "Rainmaker (Gatefold 180 Gram Reissue)"
Converge    "Unloved And Weeded Out"
Creatures    "Vesuvius"
Cut Hands    "Afro Noise 1: Volume 2"
Dalton, Karen    "1966 (Newly Unearthed Recording!)"
Deerhoof    "Reveille (Remastered 180 Gram Blue + D/L)"
Dispatch    "Bang Bang Vinyl Edition"
Doomriders    "Black Thunder"
Europa    "La Ultima Emocion"
Family Portrait    "Dark Roast EP (Ltd. 45RPM 12")"
Forensics / Textbook Traitors    "Forensics / Textbook Traitors"
Gabriel, Peter    "New Blood (LP + 7" + D/L)"
Guns N' Roses    "Appetite For Destruction (Back To Black Reissue)"
Hauschildt, Steve    "Tragedy & Geometry (Gatefold)"
Hookers    "Horror Rises From The Tombs (D/L)"
House Boat    "The Thorns Of Life"
Howler    "America Give Up (+ D/L)"
Koolaid (Global Tyranny)    "Koolaid (Global Tyranny) (+ CD)"
Majority Rule    "Emergency Numbers"
Maki, Carmen & Blues Creation    "Carmen Maki Blues Creation (180 Gram Reissue)"
Manix, The    "Neighborhood Wildlife"
Moon Pool & Dead Band    "Moon Pool & Dead Band"
Motorhead    "The World Is Ours Vol. 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else (Recorded In Santiago)"
Murray, Mickey    "People Are Together (Reissue + D/L)"
Nazi Dust    "Wretched Hour"
Neverever    "Shake-A-Baby (+ D/L)"
Nova Scotian Arms    "Cult Spectrum"
Peaches    "The Teaches Of Peaches (First Time As Single LP)"
Ride    "Nowhere (180 Gram Rhino Vinyl)"
Samson, John K.    "Provincial (+ CD)"
Secret Fun Club    "Skull"
Sonic Youth    "Kill Yr. Idols (Fanclub Edition; Demos & Live)"
Soundgarden    "Flower (Repress)"
Sourvein    "Black Fangs (LP+7")"
Spits, The    "The Spits (5th Album)"
St. Vincent    "Marry Me (+ D/L)"
System Liliputt    "Harpa"
This Will Destroy You    "This Will Destroy You"
Various Artists    "Intended Play (Matador & True Panther 2011-2012 + D/L)"
Vita Noctis    "Against The Rule (2LP)"
Wild Nothing    "Golden Haze (+D/L)"
XBrainiaX    "Deprogrammed (Gatefold)"


Electronic 12"s & LPs
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Martini Bros    "Big And Dirty (Feat. Tiga's Remix)"
Matador    "Kingswing"
Porter Ricks    "Biokinetics (2LP)"
Proxy    "Dance In Dark EP"
Proxy    "Decoy"
Trago, Tom    "Iris In Dub"
ZZT    "The Worm"


10"s
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Blood For Blood    "Livin' In Exile"
DARKSIDE (NICOLAS JAAR & DAVE HARRINGTON)    "Darkside: Clown And Sunset"
Dimlite    "Grimm Reality (3x10" + 7" + D/L)"
Dispatch    "Dispatch Vinyl Edition EP"


7"s
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Backy & John (C. Reilly)    "I'll Be There If You Ever Want / I'm Making Plans"
Bazan And Deerhoof (David Bazan)    "Deerbazan (Ltd. /2000 Clear Blue + D/L)"
Capitalist Casualties / No Comply    "A Painful Split"
Cheap Girls / Noise By Numbers    "Cheap Girls / Noise By Numbers"
Cold Snap    "Spice Island Single"
Cronin, Mikal    "Tide"
Fun.    "We Are Young"
Guards    "Do It Again / Feels Like That"
John & Tom (John C. Reilly)    "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Lonesome Yodel Blues #2"
Lanegan, Mark Band (The Mark Lanegan Band)    "The Gravedigger's Song"
Little Cuts    "Plastic Disaster"
Prurient    "Wrapped In The Flame Of Illusion, Masked In The Clay Of Behavior" (2x7")
RF7    "RF7 (Old Stuff + Bonus New Song)"
Rose, Frankie (Frankie Rose)    "Know Me"
So Cow    "GMT EP"


CDs
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Baker, Aidan "Spectrum Of Distraction"
Berzerker "Dissimulate"
Reznor, Trent / Ross, Atticus "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Sloth "Dead Generation"


Magazine
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Wire #336 Feb. 2012 (Lil B Cover)


Reviews
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Cold Snap Spice Island Single 7"

(Get Young Records)
The latest release from Connecticut's own Cold Snap is a two track single titled "Spice Island Single."  It includes a brand new song, and a new, spacier take on the old smash hit "American Cancer," from their early demo days. Remember that demo? It had Nosferatu on the cover and the CD was spray painted. I remember them being passed out at every show in CT a few years ago. Great demo. This marks the third vinyl release by them, along with "Godspeed" and the split 7" with Brass Caskets we put out last year.
[Reviewer: Sean]


Coliseum Parasites EP CD/12"

(Temporary Residence Ltd.)
You may remember this Louisville hardcore trio from their Record Store Day 2011 split with Superchunk [Editor's note: or from their previous band, Breather Resist or their split with Doomriders or their previous LPs or even their tour with Thursday (JC)]. Coliseum’s sound can be described as blazing, aggressive and heavy punk with a dash of metal thrown in. There’s a very Queens of the Stone Age-esque “desert rock” flavor present, but there’s a much greater emphasis on high-speed hardcore energy as opposed to stoner rock. The lyrics are creative as well: in the soaring, poetic “Ghost of God,” vocalist/guitarist Ryan Patterson mourns that “there’s nothing / behind your eyes but a cold soul waiting to die.” The unrelenting, feedback-strewn thrasher “Blood of the Beasts” is another highlight, commenting that “we’re a violent race / full of savage beasts / led by a cold desire to consume all we see.” The introspective closer “Give Up and Drive” ponders “how many years will I drive alone before I find my home?” Their energy and musicianship really resonates throughout, expressing a very authentic sound that doesn’t care about sounding too traditional or experimental.
[Reviewer: Mark]


Life In Your Way Kingdoms 3xCD

(Self-Released)
Life In Your Way is a melodic christian metalcore/hardcore band from Connecticut that originally formed in 1999 and called it quits in 2008. Recently, they've gotten back together and with the wild success of their kickstarter endeavor, self released an epic three disc album called, "Kingdoms". Each disc is named appropriately to the material on it; "Kingdom Of Man", "Kingdom Of Darkness", and "Kingdom Of God". Similar to Johnny Cash's "Love, God & Murder". The band has expanded this time around to include three guitar players including former member Todd Mackey (vocalist of With Honor) and Andrew Nelson (Wrench In The Works, Call It Arson). For the sub-sub-sub-genre of melodic-christian-metalcore, this album is perfection. The hooks, the beefy guitar riffs, the blistering drums, the mosh, the pretty singing parts, they're all there and working together perfectly. Since "metalcore" as a scene has basically dissolved, I find this album a fitting nail in the coffin. No one will top this. I patiently await the vinyl version.
[Reviewer: Josh]


Pinch & Shackleton Pinch & Shackleton CD/2LP

(Honest Jons Records)
This record came out a little while ago and it has grown on me considerably with repeat listens. Pinch and Shackleton separately are names (if you are in touch with electronic music) you know well as veterans of the dubstep genre. While much of the spotlight on dubstep has been on the more club friendly drum 'n' bass sounds these two dwell closer to what many refer to as post-dubstep. This record floats close to the IDM tag even (if that's something people use anymore; it is). It is dubbed out and definitely dubstep with really deep and analogue sounds (sounds sourced not from the depths of chips and processors, but rather from blocks and actual drums etc.; of course, those chips and processors definitely play a part here and there and intermingle with ease). As hinted at, this is not dance floor material, but bedroom headphone head nodding contemplation music; the soundtrack to filing around the office or driving at night during a snow storm (I'll probably be doing this soon). Real chill and "organic." Vibezzz.
[Reviewer: Rick]

Spotlight: Female

Spotlight: Female 

Female is a  musical project based in New Haven, CT. The project is the baby of Michael Donahue. It is dark pop easily relate-able to the recent resurgence of interest in the minimal wave sound (though as you'll read below Female would not like to be painted into that corner). Female has played a good amount of shows (like this one we did last year with Iceage) and I can tell you that while all enjoyable they are never predictable; not to say that you won't have some idea from listening to the music, but more that you don't know exactly which direction it will take that given night. With a wealth of material readily available for anyone with an internet connection and a set of speakers to listen to Female shows no signs of slowing down (many links to follow). I've (Rick) done a concise interview with Michael (videos and links aplenty within it).

[begin interview/]

Rick: Let's give a quick introduction to the uninitiated about Female. Generally, when asked, I tell people it's an adventurous minimal wave project. What do you tell people before they even hear your music? 

MD:  I usually just tell people that i make pop music; although I tend to veer off into some other territory, at the core my songs follow classic pop structures. Melody, the hook, the buildup, and the release. In my opinion, the recent re-discovery of minimal wave and NDW, albeit exciting, has limited potential for growth. Sometimes i can even pigeon hole myself worrying about these labels. I used to think that production quality somehow influenced genre, but no longer. Pop is pop. Just look at R. Stevie. 

 

Rick: You've got a lot of output and most of it can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Female/. Is Female your only musical outlet? If there are others could you give a brief explanation of each. Do you see the output of Female slowing down (for other projects or any other reason at all)?

MD: I currently make music under Female, Milk Collection, the Wolfs, and Moon Bath. Milk Collection is a vehicle is use for less structured sounds, heavily influenced by an obsession with horror soundtracks. It began as a tribute project to the black metal duo Aghast. The Wolfs is a solo punk project where most of the songs are about staying up too late. There's a li'l five tracker coming out in March. Moon Bath, is a project made up of myself and Allison Kern from the band 2TonBug. Its mainly a video project. We start with the intention of making music, but then usually end up doing glamorous photo-shoots and making music videos. She directed and edited the "Dreemer" video and we have a second video (for "Time Erasur") coming out soon [editor note: embedded below!].  As for Female, I see no slowing down. Its my baby.

 

Video for Female "Time Erasur"

Rick: Female has limited output on physical media - could you give a physical discography? With free releases and physical releases do you find yourself having a different approach to their releases? Do you have more of a filtering process to see what might make the cut on a physical format?  And do you have any plans or desire to release more physical music?

MD: For Female releases the physical ones were put out on a little label I had called Filth Forever. First was "Worms", which was mostly tape collage with short vignettes about boredom. After that I put out a more song based album called "Frozn Infent." Both were editions of 30 with the bulk of them given away to close friends. The next two; "Trash Queen" and "Mold Donor" were the first two I started selling at shows. After those were all gone I put them up on the FMA. There's a collab tape with Supernaturelle (now Beeman Glow) floating around out there too. (I think there's some copies left at Feeding Tube). Other than those, the rest of my albums are for free. The main reason I do this is for financial restraints. Putting out tapes or records yourself is insanely expensive and time consuming. And although I'm very particular about the production quality of my albums, I'm not at all an audiophile, and I see no problem with mp3 downloads as a means to get my music out there.

Secondly, I hate the whole "send in the demo, wait around with fingers crossed, hope someone gives a shit" routine. Its not that im against physical formats, I just think that artists tend to rely on them too much, as some sort of strange vindication. I would love to have records out for people to buy, but I feel the demo submission process can be a bit demeaning. Don't get me wrong, independent labels are the saviours of music, I just think that artists shouldn't rely so much on their acceptance. Lastly, I love the internet. With sites like the FMA its a great way to not only get your music out there, but also to get radio play on WFMU (best station ever [editor note: I wholeheartedly do not disagree with this.]), and connect with other artists. 

  

As far as what makes it to a physical release vs. a free download, there's no difference for me. Whether or not the music is on a physical format should have no bearing on the quality. Some artists make that distinction and i think its not fair to the listener, due to the idea that in order the hear "the good stuff', you have to pay for it.

Rick: Describe how your physical environment (New Haven, your personal space, your day-to-day/night-to-night) effects your musical output in brief? Do you find yourself ever having an agenda with your music or do you find it just to be a release (or something in the middle)?

MD: My environment has everything to do with the music. I love New Haven with all my heart. Seeing the super poor right next to the super rich can be depressing at times, but it can also do a lot for creativity. Living here has really taught me that no matter what your bracket, we all have an obsession with technology. Everyone wants to be glamorous, or at least appear to be. The nightlife here is really bizarre, which is great for me because i usually sleep during the day and am up all night. Everything closes relatively early, so things get weird after 11. My living space also has a lot to do with how I write music. I live in a very small room in this big wierd old house thats very dimly lit and almost always a mess, and I think my music reflects that vibe. Its easy to hide in my cave and work.

My music definitely has an agenda, but not outwardly. The aesthetic is very apparent, but i try to keep any meaning to myself. Most of my songs are about reptilians, technology, and gender, but i dont want to alienate any of my listeners. I'm not trying to persuade anyone to follow my beliefs about these topics, and thats why I've never included lyrics in any of my releases. Its not that I'm trying to be secretive or mysterious. If someone where to approach me asking what a song was about, I would gladly tell them. I just think that too often the message can get in the way of truly enjoying the music. With that said, every album I make does have a specific vibe throughout. I've always been obsessed with the idea of "the album" as one complete package. I dont want people to hear my tracks out of context. I know that's pretty idealistic, but I make all my songs with continuity and flow in mind.

[/end interview]

One last link: Female on Facebook

13th of January 2012 Update

13th of January 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records


LPs & 12"s
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AC/DC    "From The Vaults (Unofficial)"
Algernon Cadwallader    "Parrot Flies"
Amebix    "Knights Of The Black Sun"
Antisect    "In Darkness, There Is No Choice."
Aus Rotten    "The Rotten Agenda"
Bass Communion     "Cenotaph"
Big Star    "3RD"
Big Star    "Radio City"
Breakdown    "Blacklisted"
Cage, John / Fox, Terry (John Cage & Terry Fox)    "HIGHFIDELITY (High Fidelity; Artists' Records In The Marzona Collection)"
Cave, Nick And The Bad Seeds    "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Ritz Stockholm, April 23, 1987 (Unofficial)"
Church Of Synth, The    "The Church Of Synth (+ D/L With Bonus Material)"
Cidron, Juan Manuel    "Patagon (Ltd. Ed. /500; Inner Sleeve With Text & Photo)"
Cooper, Alice    "Asesino (Unofficial)"
Cough & The Wounded Kings    "An Introduction To The Black Arts (Gatefold)"
Cut Hands    "Afro Noise 1: Volume 1 "
Doors, The    "Live In Pittsburgh Civic Arena May 2, 1970 (Unofficial)"
Dylan, Bob    "Good As I Been To You (Unofficial)"
Electric Wizard    "Electric Wizard (Gatefold)"
Ericson, Roky (Roky Erickson)    ""Outtakes From" All That May Do My Rhyme", Arlyn Studios, Austin, Tx., October 1993 - April 1994; Live With The Aliens December 9, 1975, River City, Fairfax, California (Unofficial)"
Esplendor Geometrico    Desarrollos Geometricos (Ltd. Ed. /700; Includes Exclusive Tracks)"
Exodus    "Bonded By Blood"
Haack, Bruce / Miss Nelson    "The Way Out"
Haack, Bruce / Miss Nelson    "The Electronic Record For Children"
Hank III (Hank Williams III)    "Live & In Person With His Damn Band (Recorded Live In St. Petersburg, Florida, US, Oct 22 - 2006)"
Harvey, PJ    "The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 (A BBC Recording)"
Hellacopters, The    "Supershitty To The Max! (Unofficial)"
Hello Fever    "Broken Lines (Debut Full Length)"
Killing Joke    "Extremeties, Dirt, And Various Expressed Emotions (Reissue, Gatefold 2LP)"
Kim Phuc    "Copsucker"
Louvin Brothers    "Tragic Songs Of Life"
McDowell, Fred    "The Alan Lomax Recordings"
Memory As Perfection / Scent Of Human History    "Memory As Perfection / Scent Of Human History"
Mutemath    "Odd Soul"
Neutral Milk Hotel    "Neutral Milk Hotel: NMH Vinyl Box Set"
Sewer Election    "Vittra Sonder"
Thursday    "No Devolucion"
Transit    "Keep This To Yourself"
Tyme. X Tujiko    "GYU"
Various Artists    "Soul Safari Presents Township Jive & Kwela Jazz (1940-1960)"
Various Artists    "Subway Salsa: The Montuno Records Story (Record Mart)"
Venice Dawn (Adrian Younge Presents)    "Something About April"
Young, Neil    "Eldorado"


Hip-Hop LPs & 12"s
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Black And Brown    "Black And Brown! Instrumentals"
Blu & Exile    "Below The Heavens: In Hell Happy With Your New Imaginary Friend (Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered Gatefold 2LP)"
J-88 (Slum Village)    "Best Kept Secret (Produced By Jay Dee / Remixes By Madlib)"
K-Def    "Night Shift"
Madvillain    "Madvilliany Instrumentals"


Electronic 12"s & LPs
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Borderline    "Borderline"
Gesaffelstein    "Conspiracy Pt. II"
Hey Today!    "Talk To Me"
Hulkkonen, Jori    "SWOT"
Instinct / Killa & Instinct    "Revolt / Drones Mix"
Kowton V Dusk    "Kowton V Dusk EP"
MIKEQ (Mike Q)    "Let It All Out"
Modeselektor     "Evil Twin (Pic)"
Motor City Drum Ensemble    "Basement L.O.V.E. (DJ-Kicks)"
Ollivierra, Tony    "Nangka EP"
Sei A     "Lazers"
Seiji    "Seiji5: Frustratin / Face Up"
T.O.M. Project    "Renaissance"
Telemachus    "The Sheltering Sky"
Terror Danjah    "U Make"
Twilite Tone, The    "Mean Machine"
Various Artists    "5 Years Compilation (Part Five) "
Various Artists    "5 Years Compilation (Part Four)"
Villa Nah    "Midnight Versions"


7"s
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Acephalix    "Acephalix"
Against Me!    "Crime As Forgiven By"
Armalite    "Humungous"
Astaroth    "Satanispiritus"
Bare Wires    "Don't Ever Change"
Big Troubles    "She Smiles For Pictures"
Brain F    "Restraining Order"
Brain F    "So Dim"
Caustic Christ    "No Love"
Cheap Girls / Noise By Numbers    "My Wandering Days Are Over / Between Planets"
Chimp Beams / Marter & Yony    "Lumber / Level 13"
Curmudgeon    "Human Ouroboros"
Cvlts / Virgin Spirit    "Time Debt / Bathed in White"
Discharge    "State Violence State Control"
Discharge    "Realities Of War"
Discharge    "Never Again"
Discharge    "Fight Back"
Discharge    "Decontrol"
Dive    "Human / Big Joke"
Dwarves / Riptides    "Stillborn In The USA"
Evens    "Evens"
Fatal Birth    "Fatal Birth"
Fireworks    "Bonfires"
Girls    "Lawrence (Heartshaped)"
Heavenly Beat    "Faithless"
Joy Division    "An Ideal For Living"
Kidcrash / L'Antietam    "Heavy Nugs And Heady Chugs"
Medicine    "Time Baby 2 / Miss Drugstore"
Mugwumps    "Do Time With"
No Sir    "Holy Land"
Queers / Riptides    "Buy It You Scum"
Self Defense Family    "I'm Going Through Some Shit"
Single Spy, Thee    "Ok Corral / In Clay. In Cloud"
Speak & The Spells    "She's Dead / Brianna / Caleb Pink"
SSSSnakes / Slow Death    "SSSSnakes / Slow Death"
Trash Talk    "Shame"


CDs
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Bastard Noise "Our Earth's Blood" (5xCD)
Ernest Gonzales "Natural Traits"
Andrew Liles "Long Shadows"
Scar Symmetry "Pitch Black"
Tombs "Path Of Totality"


Books
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The Primal Screamer


Reviews
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Bringers of Disease Gospel of Pestilence CD

 

(Translation Loss / Waylon Recordings)
The members of this Dayton, Ohio metal quintet came together from varying backgrounds, including Mouth of the Architect’s post-metal and Acheron’s straightforward death/black/thrash metal. The latter style is the primary influence audible on this EP. They deliver what one should expect from the genres: screamed vocals, aggressive blast-beats, chords with tremolo picking, and an unmistakable sense of despair throughout. “Doomed To Flames” kicks right into action with high-speed rage, followed by the even more-downtrodden “Your Prayers Remain Unheard;” it starts with a slower, doom-influenced sound, before launching back into intervals with speed ranging from medium to blisteringly fast. “Our Final Reward In Hell” strikes a good balance between the white-hot aggression of the opening track and the more-subdued parts of the second, managing to pull off the record’s most memorable hooks. Closing track “A Plague To End All Plagues” is the longest, trudging through one final wasteland of doom, with an abrupt and brief return to speed halfway through.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Cut Hands Afro Noise 1 Volume 1 LP

(A Dirter Release)
Cut Hands is William Bennett's (Whitehouse) self described and album titled afro noise project. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are being released currently (we should have vol. 2 shortly) and they are collections of this projects work to this point. Truthfully, it's not all that noisey considering his past works. It's welcome. It's jungle sci-fi soundtrack-type music. Polyrhythms and stabs of dissonance definitely make it more noisey than Fela Kuti for instance and these are not pieces meant for easy digestion by someone looking for afro-funk.  There is no funk here. There is however a mean beat with some meaner instrumentation (non-instrumentation). Foetus might come to mind without the whimsy and plus more afrocentric bases. So, while you won't find this as the soundtrack to the Venture Brothers (I don't think it's a good fit like Foetus is) you might soon find it in an early-John-Carpenter-like jungle sci-fi action adventure movie. Let that movie play in your head.
[Reviewer: Rick]

6th Of January 2012 Update

6th Of January 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

Happy new year, all! 1st update of the new year; a new year that will hold many more along with some other exciting news down the line.  We made the same promise last year and think we held up our end. Let's do it again.


LPs & 12"s
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Apparat    "The Devil's Walk"
Bird, Andrew    "Norman (O.S.T.)"
Blind Lemon Jefferson    "How Long, How Long Lasting Love"
Deathcharge    "Love Was Born To An Early Death"
Drastus    "Serpent's Chalice-Materia Prima"
Elliott    "US Songs "
Great Big Pile Of Leaves    "Boom!"
Guided By Voices    "Let's Go Eat The Factory (+D/L)"
K-Def    "Night Shift"
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas    "Rare Afro-Funk & Highlife: Ghana 1976"
Law, The    "None Escape"
Madvillain    "Madvilliany Instrumentals"
Morphine    "Cure For Pain"
Phantogram    "Nightlife"
Reuerorum Ib Malacht + Dodfodd    "URKAOS (2LP Gatefold + CD)"
Sleeping Bag    "Sleeping Bag"
Superlife    "Go Bananas (2x12")"
Sureshot Symphony Solution, The & Friends    "A Good Look EP / Vocal"
Various Artists    "La Onda Vampi"
Various Artists    "Psych-Out Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Weapon    "From The Devil's Tomb (2LP Gatefold)"
Winderen, Jana    "Debris"
Winged Victory For The Sullen, A    "A Winged Victory For The Sullen"


10"s
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Funereal Presence (Negative Plane Side Project)    "Funereal Presence"
Robinson, Chris (The Chris Robinson Brotherhood; Re: Black Crowes)    "The Chris Robinson Brotherhood"
TEETH    "Swarm Part Two"


CDs
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Blut Aus Nord "777 - Desancti..."
Cramps "Sacred Music"
House Of Low Culture "Soil"
Insomnium "One For Sorrow"
Midnight "Satanic Royalty"
Moss "Tombs Of The Blind"
Perry, Lee "Nu Sound"
Sloth "A Whole Other World Of..."
Stott, Andy "Unknown Exception"
Winehouse, Amy "Back to Black"


Cassettes
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59 Times The Pain
Bodyjar
Engine Kid "Angel Wings"
Engine Kid / Iceburn
Farside "Rigged"
Farside
No Fun At All
Sensefield "Building"
Sensefield "Killed For Less"
Sensefield
Shades Apart "Save It"
Shades Apart "Seeing Things"
Smile
Texas Is The Reason "Do You Know Who You Are?"
Texas Is The Reason
Iceburn "Heph..."
Whirpool "Liquid"
Whirpool


Reviews
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Crisis Hymns Of Faith LP (Reissue)

(La Vida Es Un Mus)
This is a reissued LP by a well enough known band that includes Douglas P. (Pre-Death In June). Post punk a la Joy Division or Wire or Television (which is a fun coincidence because the first song on here is "On T.V.") or a bunch of other bands you can lump into this huge category of snotty brit-rock from the 70s and 80s. This is a repress that stays true to the original with the identical sleeve (with a different record label imprint being the notable difference) and with a black and white glossy insert with band pic on one side and a collage of pictures, written words and newspaper clippings on the other. I really feel like that's all I need to write about this so yea, good record that I'm glad we now carry.
[Reviewer: Rick]


Spectrals Bad Penny CD/LP

(Slumberland Records)
Though it may sound like the work of a full band, Spectrals is a project from 21-year-old Louis Jones of Yorkshire, England – he wrote and provided vocals for all of the songs, and also played 9 of the 12 instruments featured. “Nostalgic” is a fitting descriptor for his brand of indie-pop-rock – he settles on a blend influenced by the 50s and 60s, with structures reminiscent of early rock ‘n’ roll and doo-wop, as well as guitars and synth creating a surf rock-vibe. Though the record does have a pretty comfortable “pop” element throughout, he isn’t afraid to be somber; his love life is a recurring theme, with topics such as the fear of settling down and “missing the chase” (Doing Time.) He also reflects by saying “love isn’t love until it hurts” (If I Think About The Magic Will It Go Away?) His vocal delivery is mellow throughout, making him sound quite content and experienced when it comes to dealing with romantic problems that could be gut-wrenching to others. On this record, he reaches a good balance between sounding true to the era he represents and being well-produced enough to be accessible to a wide audience.
[Reviewer: Mark]

30th Of December 2011 Update

30th Of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

Have a safe and happy new year!

We are closing early tomorrow/Saturday (12-31-11) at 6PM.

LPs & 12"s
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Burial Hex    "In Psychic Defense (Single Sided 12")"
Burzum    "From The Depths Of Darkness (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)"
Dashboard Confessional    "The Shade Of Poison Trees (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)"
Death    "Leprosy (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)"
DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn / RP Boo    "DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn Meet Tsetsha Boys / RP Boo Meets Shangaan Electro"
Farflung    "A Wound In Eternity (Gatefold)"
Fruit Bats    "Echolocation (+ D/L)"
Give Up The Ghost    "Background Music (+ D/L 2011 Reissue)"
Give Up The Ghost    "We're Down Til We're Underground (+ D/L 2011 Reissue)"
Guilty Pleasures    "Summer Strange (Legendary "Lost" Album Recorded In 2000)"
Hammering The Cramps    "Hammering The Cramps"
Head on Electric    "Sleep Slaughter Sheep"
Headphones    "Headphones (Red Vinyl /1000 + D/L)"
High Dive     "High Dive"
London Diehards    "There's Lies, Damn Lies And There's…"
Lykke Li    "Youth Novels (2LP)"
OCS (Thee Oh Sees)    "Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3 (Screen Printed Sleeves /700)"
Prince    Dance 4 Me (12" Single With Remixes)"
Rise And Fall    "Hellmouth"
Samb, Herve & Daniel Moreno    "Kharit (2LP)"
Six Organs Of Admittance    "The Sun Awakens"
Stoned Ambassadors, The    "Bring You Down"
Teenage Moods    "Mood Ring (/300)"
Various Artists    "Thai Funk Volume One (2LP 70s Thai Funk + D/L With Bonus Material)"
Various Artists    "Thai Funk Volume Two (2LP Thai Funk + D/L With Bonus Material)"
Various Artists    "Lost Highway Tenth Anniversary (10 Standout Tracks From Ryan Adams, Lucinda \Williams, Hank Williams, …)"

Electronic LPs & 12"s
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Ateq    "Res"
Blawan    "Fram / Iddy"
Bok Bok & Tom Trago    "Night Voyage Tool Kit"
Byetone    "Symeta"
CV313    "Standingstill"
Deadmau5    "2012 Re-Edits (Green Vinyl)"
Demdike Stare    "Elemental 1 & 2 (4x12")"
Digid    "Submerged EP"
DJ Duke    "Blow Your Whistle"
D'Marc Cantu    "Fallen  (2LP)"
Function    "Ember"
Green, Camilla    "Out Of Business"
Joker    "The Vision Instrumentals"
Kaspar    "Ode To The Ancients EP"
Linkwood    "Secret Value"
Locussolus (Harvey Pres)    "Tan Sedan (With Com Truise Remix)"
Milano    "The Fall (With Untold Remix)"
Mind Fair    "Kerry's Scene (With Legowelt Remix)"
Monitors, The    "Control / Protection"
Nilsen, BJ    "Vinyl"
OVR    "Live In London"
Pacific Blue    "PCB 01 Remixes (Silent Servant, Rrose)"
Pillowtalk    "Far From Heaven"
Raiders Of The Lost ARP    "On And On"
Recondite    "Plangent #003"
Redhinho - Sibian & Faun    "Stay Together / I'm Sorry"
Redshape    "On Da Floor EP"
Ripperton    "City Lights (Featuring Van Hai)"
Rozzo    "Meta Tracks Vol. Three"
Shifted    "Telic / Solus / Image/Channel"
Tyson    "After You're Gone (Remixes)"
VVV    "Across The Sea (2LP)"
Young Hunting    "The Night Of The Burning"

7"s
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Mugwumps "Down"
Ssssnakes / Slow Death
Riptides / Queers
Riptides / Dwarves


CDs
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Atlas Moth "An Ache..." (Back in stock!)
Black Keys "El Camino"
Forest Swords "Dagger Paths"


Book
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Murder In The Front Row

Reviews
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Crone Endless Midnight CD

(Translation Loss/Waylon Recordings)
This project is from former Isis bassist Jeff Caxide, along with several other band members helping with everything from the instrumentation to the artwork and layout. The result is a radical departure from a “metal” sound, instead focusing on rich, darkly beautiful electronic/drone soundscapes. Opener “What You Dream Of” is built around a sensual synth endless melting over a galaxy speckled with stars burning brightly. “Ghost City” is a bit more chilling, with a looping, mechanical-sounding sample simulating a barren atmosphere; however, it eventually returns to the soothing, strangely uplifting nebula essence of the previous track. “The Silver Hammer” sounds like a full-day trip through the vast, dark wilderness, and “Cellar Holes From A Lifetime Ago” feels like a morose, introspective late-night walk through a deserted city of the future. The title track closes the album with more celestial ambience, sweeping electronics, and thick, resonant guitar plucking. As distressing as an “endless midnight” concept may sound, this album doesn’t aim to make listeners feel downtrodden. Rather, it’s a step forward in songwriting maturity – an unexpectedly mellow journey through the darkest caverns of the mind.
[Reviewer: Mark]


Spazz La Revancha [Reissue] LP

(625 Thrash)
Here’s the second LP in a series of long out-of-print Spazz reissues; Crush Kill Destroy was re-released last December and Dwarf Jester Rising is coming back in the future, though when exactly is unknown. Originally released on the now-defunct Sound Pollution label in 1997, this record is another great example of how Spazz made the powerviolence genre fun. The endlessly buzzing guitar, rapid-fire drumming, and distinct floor-shakingly low-tuned bass was mixed with all three members’ shared vocal shouting – the result was a refreshingly intense-yet-tight sound. They strike the perfect balance between the unique fury of both hardcore punk and grindcore. Their razor-sharp wit remains strong, with poseur bashing, kung fu referencing, and Satan worshiping. There isn’t much more that needs to be said – these guys were smart enough to make something truly unique-sounding in a sea of similar-sounding bands.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Tomorrow: 2 Shows

Wednesday 12/28/2011 2 Shows at Redscroll

Tomorrow we have two events that you should check out.

 At 1PM there will be a free acoustic in store set by Connecticut's
Make Do And Mend. The first 50 will also receive a gift bag that comes
with a wooden MDAM CREW dog tag. So get here early!

||Facebook Event||

At 8PM, we bring you a night of noise performances by Different
Dentist, Reviver, & Toynbee Idea. FYI: Different Dentist is the solo
material by my brother and founding member of the Redscroll empire;
M.D. This will be his only east coast appearance before he heads back
to Oakland, CA to continue his work with Ratskin Records and Styrofoam
Sanchez.

||Facebook Event||

Closed On Christmas Day / Reviews!

Happy Christmas! 

(We're closed all Sunday. Normal hours resume on Monday.)

May Belsnickel bring upon you a multitude of glorious giftings.

 Here is a gift from us to you; more reviews!

Reviews:

1.6 Band The Checkered Past Of All Kings Present 7"

(Metastasis Records)
I've liked 1.6 Band since a friend made me a a really crappy quality mixtape with them on it about ten years ago. Originally these guys broke up in 1993, but got back together to play some shows and release this 7". It came out back in 2010 but this was the first time I've gotten my hands on some physical copies. Most bands that break up and get back together fifteen or twenty years later can't pull off the same energy or style as they did in their youth. Not 1.6 Band. These guys pick up right where they left off, pumping out 4 more solid math rock fused hardcore songs. The lyrics are quickly shot out at you in a completely non aggressive yell-talk. I would suggest them for anyone who likes Quicksand, Daughters, Fugazi or Serotonin. You can find used copies of their 1992 self titled full length all over the place for like six dollars, I suggest you pick that up too.
[Reviewer: Josh]

Odonis Odonis Hollandaze CD

(FatCat)
This Toronto-based band is the newest project from former Ten Kens guitarist Dean Tzenos. They play the kind of booming garage/noise-punk that echoes like it  was recorded in an airplane hangar. Though its lo-fi aesthetic should please fans of the “shitgaze” craze (Psychedelic Horseshit, Eat Skull, earlier Wavves, etc.,) it sounds like the main influence is 1980s stuff like Big Black, The Jesus Lizard, and Swans. Structurally, tracks like “White Flag Riot” share screeching guitars and repeating drum-blasts synonymous with that era. Other less-distorted tracks like “Seedgazer” and “Ledged Up” stay faithful to the style as well, because the lo-fi really does sound analog and natural for capturing a certain era. I can’t leave out the other genre that unmistakably takes center-stage: surf-rock. In an interview with exclaim.ca, Tzenos said that that’s the genre his dad chose to teach him when he first started playing guitar. The resulting sonic ruckus sounds great for catching a wave at an industrial park’s beachfront.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Sharps Injury / Disheveled 12"

(Thac0 Records)
Rhythmic noise holds a warm spot in my gut. When it hits me right it sends signals to my nerves that are electric. The first time I heard "Denogginizer" from Converter was one of those moments and the first time I heard whatever the first thing I heard from Winterkalte (and a few subsequent times) was like that. Protectors of Bass might have had the same effect. Since that time I have been dulled to it and crave more than that same formula (not that those were formulaic, but many others patterned themselves after them... you get it.).  Sharps Injury (Keef Baker) throws a wrench in the formula by slowing it down a bit, adding a layer of ambience/introspection and (dare I say) song structure (moments when the ambience float into the further background and other pieces of the song find prominence are nice, but when the transition to the next part of the song kicks in and then disappears that is ultimately the most satisfying). These aren't dance floor fillers like "Denogginizer," but it's been 12 years since I first heard that and I really don't want that in a new track. Hit me, let me get up and then hit me a few more times.  Disheveled (Greg Van Eck of Prometheus Burning) picks right up on the B-side and adds the nice nostalgic element of a treated vocal sample ("The mask is slipping." I don't know where it's from, but it's always been part of the charm to figure that out.). To be blunt, this side is really enjoyable on a more base level than the A side. It's more akin to what came to be refered to as Power Noize than to what was originally called rhythmic noise. It's pretty silly to keep splitting hairs about that though. It's good and I enjoy the industrial aesthetic and the machine like qualities with the vocal samples. Play it loud for maximum damaging effect.
[Reviewer: Rick]

21st Of December 2011 Update

21st Of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

This week's update comes a couple days early (Joy to the World). We might post some reviews up on Friday (might). We are expecting more orders in this week as well, but those will appear on the update next week.
 

We also have some early closings and one day of being closed in the next week and half:
Saturday, Christmas Eve: 12-5:30PM
Sunday, Christmas Day: CLOSED
Saturday, New Year's Eve: 12-6PM
All other day's are the regular scheduled hours of operation and whatnot (lots of whatnot).


LPs & 12"s
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Amen Ra    "Mass III (Gatefold 2LP)"
American Revolution, Thee    "Buddha Electrostorm"
Amoumine, Ali Ag    "Takamba (LP+7")"
Anne    "Dream Punx "
Bastard Noise    "Skulldozer (Gatefold)"
Big Kids    "Phone Home"
Black Freighter    "Graves And Monuments (Gatefold)"
Black Witchery    "Inferno Of Sacred Destruction (Gatefold)"
Blake, James    "Enough Thunder"
Blasphemophager    "Return To Nuclear Hell "
Boris    "New Album (2LP Gatefold)"
Capsule    "No Ghost (+ CD)"
Crisis (Pre-Death In June Band)    "Hymns Of Faith (Reissue)"
Davis, Miles    "Dark Magus (180 Gram)"
Doom    "Doomed From The Start: The Demos' Album"
Enforcers    "End Of Time"
Eno, Brian    "Small Craft On A Milk Sea (+ D/L)"
Goat Horn    "Storming The Gates"
Grup Estel    "Nadal (/500 180 Gram)"
H2O    "H2O"
Head Cat, The (Lemmy's Rockabilly Band)    "Fool's Paradise"
Indecision    "Unorthodox"
Jones, Eddie Lee And Family    "Yonder Go That Old Black Dog: Blues, Spirituals And Folksongs From Rural Georgia"
Krallice    "Diotima (180 Gram Gatefold 2LP)"
Last Match    "1997-1999"
Limp Wrist    "1st LP (Import Version)"
Low    "I Could Live In Hope (180 Gram)"
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs    "Thuggin'"
Manson, Charles    "Air (8 Previously-Unheard And Exclusive Songs)"
Morbosidad    "Profana La Cruz Del Nazareno (Gatefold)"
Pale Creation    "Twilight Haunt"
Parr, Charlie & The Black Twigg Pickers    "Glory In The Meeting House "
Phobia    "Loud Proud And Grind As Fuck"
Police & Thieves    "Fracturing"
Spazz    "La Revancha"
Spivs, Thee    "Black And White Memories"
Thou / Cower    "War Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning: A Two Part Analysis Of Personal And Inter-Personal Conflict."
Van Hoen, Mark    "The Revenant Diary (Gatefold 2LP)"
Various Artists    "The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Part 1 - Original Colobian 78s) (+D/L 180 Gram 3LP Ltd. Ed.)"
Various Artists    "The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Part 2 - Original 45s And LP Cuts) (+D/L 180 Gram 3LP Ltd. Ed.)"
Wiccans    "Skullduggery"
Yelawolf    "Radioactive: Amazing And Mystifying Chemical Tricks"



Electronic LPs & 12"s
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Conforce    "Escapism (2LP)"
Daft Punk    "Homework (Gatefold; Import)"
Headhunter    "Clone / Projector"
J:Kenzo    "Ruffhouse (Feat. Rod Azlan) / Therapy"
Sharps Industry / Disheveled    "Crucify, Loop Brace / The Mask Is Slipping, I Live In This Hole"
Skream    "Skreamizm Vol. 6"
Stojan, N!co    "Callejera"
Various Artists    "Desolat X-Sampler (Hector & Alexkid, Danny Ocean, Funk E, Filsonik, Reboot…)"


7"s
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1.6 Band "The Checkered Past..."
End of a Year / Kids Explode
Face Reality
Hounds Of Hate "No Redemption"
Joy Division "An Ideal For Living (Unofficial)"
Mindless "Human Conditioning"
No Tolerance "No Remorse"
No Sir "Holy Land"
White Stripes (a whole bunch of 'em including the Xmas one)


CDs
______________________
Bastard Noise "Our Earth's Blood (5xCD)"


Book
______________________
Voguing And The House Ballroom Scene Of New York City 1989-92 (Photos: Chantal Regnault; Introduction: Tim Lawrence; Soul Jazz Books)

16th of December 2011 Update

16th of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records


Happy happy everyone. Once again, a final reminder that the ultimate opportunity to order any last minute gifts that we don't have in stock is this weekend (Sunday night at the latest). You can call, stop in or email us with any inquiries. We got a ton of Poly Sleeves (bags) in this week for all those who might have been looking for them and we got a bunch of cleaning kits in as well.  Josh and I (Rick) finally picked it up on the review front this week too.




LPs & 12"s
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13th Floor Elevators "Rockius Of Levitatum (15 Live Tracks 1966-67; 180 Gram)"
Anger, Kenneth / Brian Butler "Technicolor Skull"
Bats, The "Free All The Monsters"
Blacc, Aloe "I Need A Dollar / Take Me Back"
Braids "Native Speaker (+ D/L)"
Brand New "Your Favorite Weapon (10 Year Anniversary Edition; Newly Remastered + D/L)"
Dalek I "Compass (+ Bonus Flexi-Disc Of Early B-Sides)"
Depeche Mode "Live At Crocs Night Club June 27, 1981"
Eddy Current Suppression Ring "So Many Things"
Extreme Noise Terror "A Holocaust In Your Head"
Extreme Noise Terror "Law Of Retaliation"
Georgia Sea Island Singers "Join The Band"
Grupo 2000 "El Destape"
Hecker, Tim "Dropped Pianos"
Jesus And Mary Chain, The "Walk And Crawl: Unreleased Tracks, Demos & B Sides "
La Dispute "Wildlife"
Lewlewal De Podor "Yiilo Jeam"
Los Campesinos! "Hello Sadness (+ D/L)"
Louvin Brothers, The "Satan Is Real (Reissue Remastered 180 Gram + D/L With Audio Commentary)"
Marley, Bob And The Wailers "African Herbsman (Reissue)"
Menche, Daniel "Guts: Abused And Thrashed Piano Guts"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The "The Magic Of Youth "
Modest Mouse "Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2LP)"
No UFO's "Soft Coast"
Oh Sees, Thee / Total Control "Thee Oh Sees / Total Control"
Peaking Lights "Space Primitive"
PlanningToRock "Living It Out (Remix)"
Poison Idea "Blank Blackout Vacant"
Ranil Y Su Conjunto "Ranil's Jungle Party (!Limited Edition!)"
Sapphire Slows "True Breath"
Segall, Ty "Singles 2007-2010"
Steel An' Skin "Steel An' Skin (Reissue)"
Stone Breath / Mike Seed With The Language Of Light "The Aetheric Lamp"
Various Artists "Music From Saharan Cellphones"
Various Artists "Last Time Around "
Wilco "Speak Into The Rose (Ltd. Ed. Red Vinyl; Record Store Day Black Friday)" 10"




Electronic LPs & 12"s
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1000 Names "Invisible Architect (2LP)"
Alixander III "Schlamm EP"
Analogue Cops, The & Blawan "Cursory EP"
Analogue Cops,The "The Purple EP"
Blawan "Peaches"
DJ Kaos "From Inside"
E.R.P. "Lunar Ruins"
Esposito, Ricardo & Michael Nadje "Nieves EP"
Factory Floor "Two Different Ways"
Goli & Ashburner "Get Up EP"
Grisha Lichtenberger "Graviton - CX (Rigid Transmission)"
Ital Tek "Gonga"
Keep Shelly In Athens "Campus Martius"
Marshal, Adam "Haze"
Nero "Crush On You (Remixes)"
Parker, Mike "Thermo"
Phoenecia "Brownout (2LP)"
Salva "Yellobone 12" (W/ Shlohmo Remix)"
Various Artists "Bangs & Works Vol 2: The Best Of Chicago Footwork"
Various Artists "Midnight Circle Lullabies (MCDE, Marlow, XXXXX, …)"
Various Artists "Ghostek - Cryon / Ghostlight - Leaving For The City Of Saints / TH - Die (Ghostek Remix) / Ghostlight - Known All The Days"
Various Artists "5 Years Compilation (Part Three) (Architectural, DJ Faka Ideograma, Vladislav Delay, Sowing Paranoia)"
Various Artists "5 Years Compilation (Part Two) (Arcanoid, Ed Chamberlain, Trolley Route, Plant43)"




Hip-Hop 12"s & LPs
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Damu The Fudgemunk "Kilawatt: Volume 1 (EP)"
Lau, Eric "Makin' Sound"
Madlib "Medicine Show Twelve And Thirteen: Filthy Ass Remixes"
Maker & Joe Beats "Falcon By Design"
Nice, Paul (Paul Nice) "Drum Library Vol. 2 (/2,500)"
Sessions, Will "The Elmatic Instrumentals (180 Gram + D/L)"




7"s
______________________
Big Troubles "She Smiles For..."
Biosphere "Mysterier"
Covergirl "Paris Burns"
Dive "Sometime"
Harding, M. "Repaired/..."
Heavenly Beat "Suday"
Joy Division "An Ideal For Living (Unofficial)"
Minks "Araby"
Moctar, Mdou "Tahoultine..."




CDs
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Antediluvian "Through The Cervix..."
Drexciya "Journey Of The Deep Sea (Deluxe)"
Segall, Ty "Singles 2007-2010"
Various Artists "Bangs & Works Vol. 2"
Wold "Freemasonry"




Reviews
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Collections of Colonies of Bees Giving CD/LP

(Hometapes)

This Wisconsin post-rock band is known for collaborating with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver to form Volcano Choir. Here, right from the opening track “Lawn,” CCB sound like they’re roaming freely on endless verdant meadows beneath a blue sky as far as the eye can see. Like Battles and Explosions in the Sky, they utilize their experimental style to explore gorgeous sound plateaus and, on this record, create a feel-good vibe instead of trying to sound overly “challenging.” The energetic drumrolls and sunshine-tinged guitar really help stimulate the atmosphere, creating an uplifting world that’s just fun to get lost in. It all culminates with the sunset-ready 9-minute finale “Vorms,” which includes plenty of cymbal-crashes, mood-evoking orchestral electronics, and an enthusiastic, twinkling piano-line.

[Reviewer: Mark]

Warsaw (Joy Division) Reaction LP

(A Rockville Production)

Before Joy Division was "Joy Division", they were known for about 18 months as, "Warsaw". They only played a handful of shows and recorded a five song demo before officially changing their name to avoid being confused with Warsaw Pakt. "Reaction" is an unofficial compilation, tracks one through eight were recorded live off the soundboard at Rock Garden (Middlesbrough U.K 14.9.1977), while tracks nine through thirteen were recorded at a rehearsal (Moss Road 1977). These recordings definitely capture a heavier, harder, and slower version of these guys then what's displayed only a few months later on, "An Ideal For Living". Ian Curtis is screaming, growling and not singing. The sound quality is very good and despite the colorfully violent review of the live gig provided on the back jacket, there is little crowd rowdiness present here in this recording. 

[Reviewer: Josh]

Salva Yellobone 12"

(Tall Corn Music)

This is where I'm at right now. Long playing singles with solid tracks. This is some serious electronic funk for the 2010s (as opposed to what I might think of from the 80s anytime the words electronic and funk are used together). It's got the purple vibe that Joker coined with the second song of the A side having some nice Zapp sounding vocoder sounds (taking it back to the 70s to move forward from the 80s apparently - at least according to how I'm reviewing this).  The B side starts off nice and sweet with a track that gets some nice mixes of bass sounds intertwined with some house style vocal samplings. And it finishes with remixes by Shlohmo and the LOL Boys which are both worthy of club play (the hippest of clubs; no sarcasm implied).

[Reviewer: Rick]

Sina. (With Kelpe Gards From KC And Soosh)

 From Love To Dust 12"

(Project: Mooncircle)

Glitch-hop, trip-hop, and whatever other words you want to use for down tempo syncopation jams fit this (one could not deny the witchy aesthetic of the 12" sleeve). The A side is three different tracks including the title track and the B side is three versions of the title track. It's got some house-like qualities (clean production), but never enters into the uptempo 4/4 realm. Sweet estrogen filled vocal lines meander in and out of tracks (Creep perhaps comes to mind, but with less focus on the vocalist and more on just being chill). Wild woods environmental sounds (wood blocks, birds chirping, general ambience) hover just beneath the surface as well.  The A side finishes with a funk laden subdued Outkast sounding joint with a nice sugary synth line. The remixes are far enough away from the original and each other to keep it worth a listen through (rather than one at a time as if often meant with 12" singles).

[Reviewer: Rick]

Manic Hanukkah Holiday Sale

Hanukkah Holiday Sale:

MANIC PRODUCTIONS TICKETS

To celebrate the holiday season Manic Productions are offering $2 OFF ALL CONCERT TICKETS starting at sundown on Tuesday, December 20 (1st night of Hanukkah) and ending Tuesday, December 27 (last night of Hanukkah) in person ONLY at Redscroll Records in Wallingford (our official ticket outlet). There will be a 4 ticket per show limit and, as usual, no service fees apply.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

(via Mark of Manic Productions)

Store Hours:
Monday 12PM/Noon-6PM
Tuesday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Wednesday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Thursday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Friday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Saturday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Sunday 12PM/Noon-6PM
*CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY*

NOTE: Tickets for the Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) show are not available for discount and only on sale online and at the Shubert Theater box office.