Tuesday, June 22, 2010

No new stock but put in a lot of orders today, stuff on the way from Bezoar Formations, Nu New Age, the mysterious Ekhein, Digitalis...


ALBERT'S BASEMENT:
V/A - Your Colla the Colour of Mounds - aB12
Your Colla the Colour of Mounds comp - $5
Mix of American and Australian favorites from the cassette tape underground. Fans of Night-People will the note the inclusion of Dirty Beaches, Jeans Wilder and Nite Jewel.
Pink Priest - Infant Tape - ab11
Pink Priest - Infant Tape - aB11 - $5
Oscar Vicente Slorach-Thorn - Teeth - aB10
Oscar Vicente Slorach-Thorn - Teeth - aB10 - $5

ARBOR:
Cloaked Light - Plain Curtain - Arbor
Cloak Light - Plain Curtain - $6
Strange and intriguing piece on the A side that very carefully and simply creates a sonic space unlike anything I've come across. An AM radio sermon is folded onto itself several times so that while one voice is distinct, the others create a low murmur, reverberating and moving in a vast, imagined space. What's striking is the sense of nothingness beyond the activity of these several voices -- reminds me a lot of Beckett's The Lost Ones. Very mysterious.
Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants: Early Experiments - Arbor
Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants: Early Experiments - $6
Varied and visceral sound pieces that all share the emphasized, tactile mid-range of rough tape recordings. What's best about this stuff is its sense of mystery -- never quite knowing where or when the recordings were made, or what was being recorded. My favorite part is on side B when a high, organ-like tone is paired with a strange buzzing that sounds almost like a fly.
Justin Meyers - The Amplitude of Neighbors - Arbor
Justin Meyers - The Amplitude of Neighbors - $6
Deep, enveloping tone-work of weight and substance. The honey-like richness of Roland's beloved Juno 60 synthesizer tone is augmented with a sine-wave generator and electronics for a very appealing fullness of sound. Side B begins in a similar position to the flip but forgoes its low swells and visceral rumbling in favor of exploring the upper frequency territory of the drone-scape. Incredibly focused and well-executed stuff.

BAKED TAPES:
Driphouse - Romanti & Gains - Baked
Driphouse - Romanti and Gains - $6
Two long-form synth jammers. Side A is a head-nodder, riding a muted, loping groove through swells of synthesizer and keyboard figures until running into some very trippy and elastic territory. Tape speeds become vague, fever sets in. Side B is more monumental, probably some of my favorite Driphouse stuff to date. Slow filters, nice tones, epic eyes-on-the-setting-sun vibe, kind of an East coast Brother Raven thing.

EGGY RECORDS:
The Polyps - Twenty Colored Circle - Eggy Fifteen
The Polyps - Twenty-colored Circle - Eggy Fifteen - $5
This tape was conceived of as the sister tape to last year's "The Gong Is the Moon" on Night-People, further exploring the use of tape loops, synthesizer and homemade electronics in combination with simple song-form, but incorporating field recordings and a more pronounced audio-collage aesthetic. Three tracks; one ten-minute, side-length piece of '60s leaning pop fragments backed by Idea Fire Company-inspired synth drift, and two on the flip using mellow, electronic warble and some noisy crows.
Street Gnar - Street Gnar EP - Eggy Fourteen
Street Gnar - s/t - Eggy Fourteen - $5
Totally breezy, effortless pop. This is the latest missive from the Void Skateshop crew who are ripping it up in Kentucky, totally on a roll right now. Check out the Jovontaes tape if you haven't yet.
Orca Team - Orca Team EP - Eggy Thirteen
Orca Team - s/t - Eggy Thirteen - $5
Debut tape of reverb-y, surf-y, sock-hop-y tunes from Portland's most stylish trio. Orca Team are emerging as the anchor of Portland's lo-fi pop scene and it looks like they can only go up up up.
The Woolen Men - Sunday EP - Eggy Twelve
The Woolen Men - Sunday - Eggy Number Twelve - $5
5 song missive from the Woolen Men goes from jangle-pop to extended freak-outery to big-melodied anthem keeping it short, sweet and catchy.
Jovontaes - Masks of the Land - Eggy Eleven
Jovontaes - Masks of the Land - Eggy Number Eleven - $5
Kentucky skater-kids discover krautrock, set the fidelity dial to "0" and pour on the sludge. Heavy duty.
Mattress - WFMU Tape - Eggy Ten
Mattress - WFMU Tape - Eggy Number Ten - $5
Stripped down live recordings cherry-picking some of the best from the Mattress catalog, this tape is an essential document of Rex's magnetic stage energy backed by lean and mean drumming. The recording quality is excellent and the immediacy of these versions really compliment their more considered studio equivalents.
Lame Drivers - Launchpad 2 Demoverse - Eggy Nine
Lame Drivers - Demoverse - Eggy Number Nine - $5
After spending many years in East Coast basements honing their pop craft and rotting their brains on too much Gizmos, the Lame Drivers get weird on this tape. Not like stoned and jammy weird but like, hyper-crafted, manic genre-surfing weird. Very catchy despite the over-the-top nature. Lots of palm muting.
Selda - '71 - Eggy Six
Selda - '71 - Eggy Number Six - $5
Early singles from the queen of Turkish psych, these songs pre-date the fuzzy, groovy sound that she's best known for and instead feature a stripped down, folk-pop style. Super mellow, killer vocals, nice contributions from fellow Turkish psych-folkers Mogollar.
The Woolen Men - Pavilion EP - Eggy Seven
The Woolen Men - Pavilion - Eggy Number Seven - $5
Energy, melody, simplicity. Six songs starting down a good path.
Peixe 6
The Polyps - Fennel's Daughter 7" - Eggy Number One - $4

FAG TAPES:
Odd Clouds - Shamblers - Fag Tapes
Odd Clouds - Shamblers - $6

FAUX PAS:
Sam Gas Can cassingle - Faux Pas Records
Sam Gas Can - Cassingle - $4
Sam Gas Can/Rusty Spoons split - Faux Pas Records
Sam Gas Can/Rusty Spoons - Split - $4

FEEDING TUBE RECORDS:
Couchie Poochie - Feeding Tube Records
Couchie Poochie - $4

GEL TAPES:
Evan Miller - Contracting the Eye - GEL06
Evan Miller - Contracting the Eye - GEL06 - $6
51717 - Sch - GEL07
51717 - Sch - GEL07 - $6
V/A - Radio Malaysia Volume One - GEL08
V/A - Radio Malaysia Volume One - GEL08 - $6

GIFT TAPES:
Oregon Painting Society - Radian Dream Face - $6
Plants and square waves.
Zaimph - Coast to Coast - $6
Mysterious, grainy, warbly, hiss-laden guitar drone.
Concessionaires - Skyline - $6
Hazy synthscapes.

GOATY TAPES:
Banana Head - In the Tubs - Goaty Tapes
Banana Head - In the Tubs - $7
El Jesus de Magico - Ragtime Hors - Goaty Tapes
El Jesus de Magico - $6
Street Drinkers - Goaty Tapes
Street Drinkers - $6
Truth Syrum - Why We Look At Our Neighbors - Goaty Tapes
Truth Syrum - Why We Look At Our Neighbors - $7
Trudgers - Goaty Tapes
Trudgers - Bedroom's on Fire - $7
HNY - Dead in a Year - Goaty Tapes
HNY - Dead in a Year - $7
Bone Patrol U.S./Varlet Tarsod - Goaty Tapes
Bone Patrol U.S./Varlet Tarsod - split - $7

HOLY CHEEVER CHURCH RECORDS:
Mike Khoury/Chris Riggs - My Words Came Out Slow and Odd - HCC 024
Mike Khoury/Chris Rigss - My Words Came Out Slow And Od - HCC024 - $6

HOOKER VISION:
Nova Scotian Arms - S/T - $5
Modern Lamps - Astral Qabalah - $5
Motion Sickness of Time Travel/Spiid split - $5
Quiet Evenings - Burning Bridges - $5

IMPOSE:
DD/MM/YYYY - Black Square - Impose
DD/MM/YYYY - Black Square - $5

MISSISSIPPI RECORDS:
Abner Jay - Folk Song Stylist - Mississippi Records
Abner Jay - Folk Song Stylist LP - $10
Fanajana - A Collection of Recordings and Photography from Madagascar - Mississippi Records
V/A - Fanajana: Field Recordings and Photography from Madagascar LP - $10
Uke of Phillips - Peppermint Birdhouse Tea Shanty Shack - Mississippi Records
Uke of Philips - Peppermint Birdhouse Tea Shanty Shack LP - $10
V/A - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - Mississippi Records
V/A - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore LP - $10
V/A - Fight On Your Time Ain't Long - Mississippi Records
V/A - Fight On Your Time Ain't Long LP - $10

NIGHT-PEOPLE:
Wild Safari - Cave Sequins - Night-People
Wild Safari - Cave Sequins - $6
Pink Priest - Gulls Diving Into the Ocean - Night-People
Pink Priest - Gulls Diving Into the Ocean - $6
Hochman & Hopkins - Live NYE - NP077
Hochman and Hopkins - Live NYE - NP077 - $6
Sewn Leather - Self-Titled - NP083
Sewn Leather - NP082 - $6
Ryan Garbes - Born Under the Sun - NP089
Ryan Garbes - Born Under the Sun - NP089 - $6
Truth Syrum - The Taker's Mistake - NP069 - $6

NOT NOT FUN:
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Not Not Fun 146
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - NNF146 - $6

OMS-B:
Dim Holys - Is There Heat Rising In Your Neck - OMS-B011 - $7

RARE YOUTH:
(D)(B)(H) - Not All Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Rare Youth
(D)(B)(H) - Not All Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - $6
Pak - Scented Glove - Rare Youth 29
Pak - Scented Glove - $6


STUNNED TAPES:
Yek Koo - I Saw Myself - Stunned
Yek Koo - I Saw Myself - $7
Andreas Brandal - Secrets of the Snow - Stunned
Andreas Brandal - Secrets of the Snow - $7
Sean McCann - Open Resolve - Stunned
Sean McCann - Open Resolve - $7
Sudden Oak - Banquet Years - Stunned
Sudden Oak - Banquet Years - $7
Granitkorridor - III - Stunned
Granit Korridor - III - $7
Wether - Here's the Bet - Stunned
Wether - Here's the Bet - $7

TONE FILTH:
Justin Meyers - Permanent Pressure - Tone Filth
Justin Meyers - Permanent Pressure - $7
Scott Goodwin - Referent - Tone Filth
Scott Goodwin - Referent - $7
Helm - Direct Landscapes - Tone Filth
Helm - Direct Landscapes - $7
Chambers - Soon - Tone Filth
Chambers - Soon - $7

UHU TAPES
Ghost to Falco - $5

WEIRD FOREST:
Grouper - Wide LP - $15

WUSS TAPES:
Taco Leg/Constant Mongrel split - Wuss Tapes
Taco Leg/Constant Mongrel split - $5
Good, clean, dumb fun from Australia. I be would surprised if any of the songs topped either two minutes or three chords, which is to say, this tape rules. Taco Leg got some sort of nod from Terminal Boredom recently, so they're on their way to making millions, no doubt. One of the two bands has a great song about Indiana Jones that gets stuck in my head all the time.

ETC.
Sad Horse - Self-Released
SAD HORSE - S/T - Self Released - $3
Pete Swanson - Unlimited Options
Pete Swanson - Unlimited Options - $6