V/A Spacelines: Sonic Sounds for Subterraneans (New Atlantis Studio) cd 17.98
Everyone knows we at aQuarius love us some comps. That much should be clear on pretty much any list, and lately we've gotten some interesting compilations that place a new and different emphasis on things instead of merely throwing together a bunch of great tracks from whatever genre. The ones that stand out the clearest are the recent Dirty Water albums, which include artists who aren't necessarily "punk" in the '77 studded leather jacket way, but undoubtedly punk as fuck in their iconoclastic assault on the status quo. That's why you'll find Albert Ayler next to Captain Beefheart and Mott the Hoople, artists that inspired the great big giant fuck you to society that we all know and love. With Spacelines, we have a particularly intriguing batch of tunes put together by none other than Sonic Boom himself, and anyone in love with Spacemen 3, Spectrum, or Spiritualized (sorry Sonic!) will most likely dig this shit BIG TIME. It all makes perfect sense and while it's a bummer that there is no information about anybody here, they are for the most part familiar enough that you should already know what they're about or not have any trouble finding all the relevant info. Instead, this comp is a bit like hanging out and burning one down with your ol' buddy Sonic Boom.
The album kicks off with the Staples Singers' "This May Be The Last Time", the obvious roots for the Stones song and a clear influence on the Spacemen 3, sounding a lot like their rendition of "May The Circle Be Unbroken". Bo Diddley is next with "You Don't Care", a classic albeit stripped to the bare bones example of the man's trademark rhythm, its minimal approach clearly a huge influence on a band like Spacemen 3. "Transparent Radiation", which we described as perhaps one of Spacemen 3's finest moments, is presented here by its authors the Red Crayola in a super bare demo form. It's funny hearing Mayo Thompson singing with a sort of fey vocal and laughing from time to time. There are also contributions from Washington Phillips and Jessie Mae Hemphill, who should be familiar to many of you from recent Mississippi Records titles. Other highlights include "Can't Let Go" by Evie Sands (the melody of which was utilized with completely stellar results in Spectrum's "How You Satisfy Me"), Juicy Lucy with their swampy original version of "Just One Time" covered by Spacemen 3 as "Mary Anne", Daniel Johnston, MC5, and northwest garage legends the Wailers. At 23 songs on a single cd, this one may be perfect for those who might have had difficulty gulping down the massive double disc Dirty Water sets. All in all, a seriously kick ass collection, one that proves how many of the greatest bands are perhaps, more than anything else, great interpreters.
MPEG Stream: RED CRAYOLA "Transparent Radiation"
MPEG Stream: EVIE SANDS "Can't Let Go"
MPEG Stream: JUICY LUCY "Just One Time"

V/A Spanish Trip, The (Bang Bang Records) cd 21.00
Here's a disc we'd definitely recommend to those of you who love exploring the realms of hitherto unknown (we'd assume, pretty much) '60s and early '70s garage/psych bands from overseas. In this case, from Spain, which seems to be the land of hot reissue action lately. 23 tracks in total taken from rare 45s, ranging from poppy psych to heavy-duty hard rockers. There's lots of wild, fuzzed-out groovers here! Including the stompin', super-distorted but also totally bubblegum rockin' of Cafe Con Leche, whose "Land of Light" sounds like the Jackson Five run through a giant fuzz pedal. Other faves include the off-the-rails Deep Purplish bludgeon of Storm, Los Roller's Creamier-than-thou Spanish-language "Camino Cortado", and the raucous psychedelic R&B belted out by Clock, among others. Plenty to dig on this comp for sure. The booklet includes band photos, sleeve shots, and liner notes in both English and Spanish.
MPEG Stream: DARWIN TEORIA "De La Ceca A La Meca"
MPEG Stream: CAFE CON LECHE "The Land Of Light"

V/A Speaking My Mind: New Rubble Volume 2 (Past & Present) cd 17.98
Like prog? Like psych? Well hey, check it out, the bands on this comp are all what the compilers consider to be "prog/psych", a hybrid that flourished circa '69-'72 as the psychedelic sixties transitioned into the progressive rock era of the seventies. Give a listen and you'll see what they mean, even if such musical taxonomy is a generally vague pursuit. The deal there is that even though prog is known as an album-oriented genre, that didn't stop bands who hoped to make the Top of the Pops from cutting some killer singles, obscure though they may be (fortunately each track is annotated in the cd booklet with a few tidbits of information). The bands, all from the UK, include: The Rats, Rescue No.1, Triconderoga, Eire Apparent, Rumplestiltskin, The Imposters, Glass Managerie, The Open Mind, Nancy, The Montanas, Raw Material, Opus (who do a dead-on rip-off of Led Zep), Putney Bridge, The Fruit Machine, Andromeda, Rumble, Rare Bird, and Walrus. Many of 'em we've never heard of before, though we certainly do remember the Triconderoga track ("Speaking My Mind") from the excellent Cherrystones Rocks compilation Lo Recordings put out a while back. If you liked that comp, or the "hairy funk" of Andy Votel's Vertigo Mixed cd, this may also be up your alley. Lots of organ grooves, wailing vocals, fuzzed out guitars, and catchy beats make the scene here. Bombastic horn sections, sweet melodies, and heavy riffs all coexist in these tracks. Maybe the so-called "prog/psych" documented here truly is a long-lost hybrid genre of music, nobody does stuff like this anymore do they??
MPEG Stream: THE OPEN MIND "Magic Potion"
MPEG Stream: RARE BIRD "Hammerhead"

V/A Spend An Evening With Saddle Creek (Plexifilm) dvd 25.00
This little engine that could, really did! The Omaha, Nebraskan record label Saddle Creek started out humbly back in 1993 with a limited-to-100 cassette tape by a youngster called Conor. Now a dozen years later, Saddle Creek is still home to the now fully grown Mr. Oberst (aka Bright Eyes, duh!) as well as his diverse musical brethren The Faint, Azure Ray and Cursive, among others. This dvd features a documentary by filmmakers Jason Kulbel and Rob Walters about the label's first ten years of existence and the town's tight-knit music scene that they spearheaded. Filled with tons of rare footage, interviews, performances and some home movies too. Sure to make all the artists' fans positively giddily weak in the knees!

V/A Split Series 9-16 (Fat Cat) cd 15.98
You suckers without turntables are spared once again. The last eight split 12"s in Fat Cat's amazing series finally get digitized and compiled for convenient listening. Tracks from Dat Politics, Christoph De Babalon, Kid 606, Fennesz, Main, Avey Tare, Matmos, David Grubbs, Ultra-Red and loads more!
MPEG Stream: CHRISTOPH DE BABALON "Cum On (Feel This)"
MPEG Stream: FENNESZ "47 Blues"
MPEG Stream: MATMOS "Freak N' You"

V/A SSSSSOSS2 (Folding) cassette 4.98
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Cool local cassette compilation compiled by Mike Donovan (Sic Alps, Big Techno Werewolves, Nam, Sounds Of The Barbary Coast, The Ropers, Dial Records) and artist Chris Johanson. Features tracks by Coachwhips, Big Techno Werewolves, No Doctors, Condor, California Lightening, Enablers, Ponies, Tits and a bunch more! As with most releases by these two fellows, there is only going to be a very small homespun run of these made, so needless to say, don't snoooooze! Pssst... we also have a very small number of some other Folding cassette releases, all with hand made covers -- a couple of short ones from Death Sentence: Panda and Donovan's own band Sic Alps plus ones by Dark Yellow Swans (aka Yellow Swans) and NVH with Six Organs Of Admittance's Ben Chasny. Dust off yer cassette deck!

V/A SSSSSOSS3 (Folding) cassette 4.50
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Volume 3 of the Folding Cassettes compilation series featuring tons of badass weirdo rock outfits, lots we already love, and a few we've never heard before... Sic Alps, Metallic Falcons, Fuckwolf, Octis, Numbers, Car Clutch, Si-Cops, Andrew Duke, Patrick Michael Mullins, Arsenio, Gass & The Bleed Sea, Tre Ferocious, Mammals, Bananas, and Magic Bag.
Cover art by Jo Jackson and Chris Johanson!!

V/A Static Disaster: The U.K. In The Red Records Sampler (In The Red) cd 9.98
Since 1991 In The Red Records has taken it upon themselves to kindly provide the world with the best "low-brow rock'n'roll" (their words) in all their sweaty, dirty, malodorous raunch-glory (our words), and we love 'em for it! This is a perfect trash rock compilation for those who aren't afraid to mess their 'do, break a fingernail, raise a stink or spill a drink... er, as long as it's someone else's! Check out their roster of rad rabblerousers: Andre Williams, Reigning Sound, Lost Sounds, Clone Defects, Dolt, Cheater Slicks, Blacktop, Speedball Baby, Country Teasers, Dan Melchior's Broke Revue, Knoxville Girls, The Dirtbombs, The Ponys, The Deadly Snakes, The Piranhas, The Horrors, The Intelligence, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Screws, The Lamps, The Hospitals, The Mystery Girls, The Hunches, The Necessary Evils, The Bassholes, The FUSE! and Japan's King Brothers (who rule!). If you find yourself shoutin' "Fuck yeah!!!", well then, what the hell are you waitin' for?!
MPEG Stream: THE DIRTBOMBS "I Can't Stop Thinking About It"
MPEG Stream: KING BROTHERS "Lulu"

V/A Stay Tuned For The Holidays (Crank!) cd 5.98
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Curiously tiltled collection of awesome emo from the Crank record label. Anyone who dug the old Rainer Maria records or the Get Up Kids will dig this collection. Minus a couple of weak whiney moments this is a fucking great collection. With: Vitreous Humor, Sunday's Best, Mineral, the Regrets, Boy's Life, Christie Front Drive, The Gloria Record, Far Apart (a band we hadn't heard of but probably the best cut on the record) and a bunch more.

V/A Steam Kodok (Grey Past Records) cd 24.00
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Now available on CD and expanded with 9 more tracks than the vinyl! Subtitled "26 A-Go-Go Ultrarities From the 60's Singapore and South-East Asia Underground", this comp seriously smokes in a psychedelic pop haze. Covering standards like "Buttons and Bows", but mostly playing by-the-numbers originals, bands like October Cherries, Rosnah and the Siglap Five, Ronnie Ong, and Naomi & the Boys (playing a great Peter Thomas number) played a mixture of surf, soul, r&b, and plain ole psych pop. A couple of the groups here even went to #1 in their home countries. Fuzz guitar! The tracks featuring girl singers sound just like the Ultra Chicks French girl group comps, thus testifying to the universal appeal the rock music of the day held for young people the world over. File with your Cambodian Rocks and Turkish Delights cds...
MPEG Stream: SWALLOWS, THE "Bunga Berachin"
MPEG Stream: NAOMI & THE BOYS "Bad Loser"
MPEG Stream: J. ISMAIL & "D" IRAMA "Lupakan Aku"

V/A Steam Kodok (Grey Past) lp 17.98
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Subtitled "17 A-Go-Go Ultrarities From the 60's Singapore and South-East Asia Underground", this comp fairly smokes in a psychedelic pop haze. Covering standards like "Buttons and Bows", but mostly playing by-the-numbers originals, bands like October Cherries, Rosnah and the Siglap Five, Ronnie Ong, and Naomi & the Boys (playing a great Peter Thomas number) played a mixture of surf, soul, r&b, and plain ole psych pop. A couple of the groups here even went to #1 in their home countries. Fuzz guitar! The tracks featuring girl singers sound just like the Ultra Chicks French girl group comps, thus testifying to the universal appeal the rock music of the day held for young people the world over.
On transparent blue vinyl. Dutch import.

V/A Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before... (Rough Trade) cd 10.98
To commemorate twenty five years of existence, Rough Trade have released an action-packed compilation of sixteen 'old school' R.T. artists' songs performed by 'new school' R.T. artists. So, who is partaking in the festivities? Noneother than Belle & Sebastian, Alasdair Roberts, Elizabeth Fraser (well, they're not such new schoolers!), Oneida, The Detroit Cobras, The Fiery Furnaces, Delays, Royal City, Adam Green, The Tyde, Mystic Chords Of Memory, The Veils, Eastern Lane, The Hidden Cameras, Jeffrey Lewis, and British Sea Power. And who is being covered? Lots of old faves... a couple by Young Marble Giants, The Clean, a couple by Galaxie 500, The Feelies, Aztec Camera, a couple by The Strokes (oops, *they're* not such old schoolers, are they?!), Ivor Cutler, Mazzy Star, James Blood Ulmer, Television Personalities, Scritti Politti, Robert Wyatt, and The Fall.
MPEG Stream: BELLE & SEBASTIAN "Final Day"
MPEG Stream: ELIZABETH FRASER "At Last I Am Free"

V/A Storm In the Garage (Akarma) 3cd box 47.00

V/A Strangely Strange (Island) 3cd 40.00
Like the Vertigo box, but for Island Records.

V/A Strings and Stings (FBWL-TOW) cd 15.98
Guitar tribute record featuring performances by Noel Akchote, James Plotkin, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Thurston Moore, Imagho, justin Broaderick and other avant/underground guitar heroes.

V/A Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox (Merge) cd 17.98
Last Summer, legendary New Zealand rocker Chris Knox, of the mighty Tall Dwarfs, suffered a life altering stroke, rendering him bed ridden, mostly unable to speak, and facing a long slow recovery. Stroke is a benefit record to help pay for Knox's recovery, and is a celebration of his life and music, featuring tons of rock luminaries, paying tribute, in the form of covers of songs from throughout Knox's long career. And judging from the folks participating, it's easy to see weren't the only ones who loved Knox and his music.
The most hyped track here is not surprisingly, the first actual new recording from Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum, since, well, since the last NMH record, and it's of course awesome. That voice, the stridently strummed acoustic guitar, and the fact that it's one of Knox's best tracks, "Sign On The Dotted Line", so perfect. And for those new to Knox, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a Mangum original, clever lyrics, unforgettable melody, so good. Worth the price of admission alone for NMH superfans, as is the chance to help out someone who's given us so much amazing music. But it's not just Mangum, there's Bill Callahan of Smog, AC Newman from New Pornographers, Lambchop, The Verlaines, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Mountain Goats, Alec Bathgate (the OTHER Tall Dwarf), Hamish Kilgour, Pumice, Shayne Carter, Skygreen Leopards, Stephin Merritt, Portastatic, David Kilgour, The Chills, Jay Reatard (RIP) and more!
And it's a testament to the songs of Chris Knox, that all of these versions sound incredible. Whether it's Callahan's darkly moody twang flecked slow burn take on "Lapse", or AC Newman's woozy sunshiney version of the perfect pop gem "Dunno Much About Life But I Know How To Breathe", or Oldham's gorgeous super stripped down, voice about to crack creep of "My Only Friend", or Lambchop's lush old timey lilting "What Goes Up", or Jay Reatard's reverbed, hand clapped "Pull Down The Shades", or Stephin Merritt's super tripped out glitchy, noisy, psychedelic "Beauty", or the dreamy washed out West Coast psych folk take on the Tall Dwarf's "Burning Blue"... We could go on and on, but by now you should have more than enough reasons to pick this up, helping out Knox, snagging a killer collection of amazing songs, by some of your favorite musicians (not to mention all the bands we've never heard of, all of whom impress). Plus hopefully, in addition to supporting Knox in his recovery, folks who have yet to discover the music of Chris Knox and the Tall Dwarfs, will now wonder how they lived without, and can rush out and buy everything they can get their hands on. Cool diecut yellow and black slipcover-ed sleeve too!
MPEG Stream: JEFF MANGUM "Sign The Dotted Line"
MPEG Stream: BILL CALLAHAN "Lapse"
MPEG Stream: YO LA TENGO "Coloured"
MPEG Stream: AC NEWMAN "Dunno Much About Life But I Know How To Breathe"
MPEG Stream: THE MOUNTAIN GOATS "Brave"

V/A Structure of Scientific Misconceptions, The / The System of Scientific Misconstructions (Toyo) cd 9.98
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Volumes four and five of Toyo's Science Series of split singles, scientifically restructured for confusion and discomfort. Artists featured this time around (unintentionally?) reside in the regions of San Francisco, CA and Olympia, WA. Erase Errata kick off the disc with a structure handicapped chainsaw attack, followed by their show stopper "Marathon" (non-album version, mind you). The Need smash your teeth in with two fistfuls of crushing metal (including a cover of Judas Priest's "The Green Manalishi"). MeMe America (featuring Wynne of Tracy and the Plastics) offer a portion their unseen magnum opus "Part 2: Baby". San Francisco's Deerhoof grace this disc with their final recordings made over two years ago with Rob and Kelly still in the lineup. Possibly their finest songs ever laid down to tape - four brilliant, fractured pop songs that demand repeat listens. Blectum From Blechdom cough up two tracks of hyperelectro and a live rendition of the hilarious "Jump Jo Bones". The disc is rounded out by the pretty pop dreaminess of The KG (Tae of Kicking Giant with some dudes in the Microphones). All tracks exclusive, save for one Erase Errata track, available only on their self titled 7". Nice!
RealAudio clip: ERASE ERRATA "Marathon"
RealAudio clip: NEED "The Green Manalishi"
RealAudio clip: BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM "Jump Jo Bones"

V/A Stubbs The Zombie: The Soundtrack (Shout! Factory) cd 17.98
As is stated on the back of this cd, this compilation features "original works and modern treatments of legendary recordings performed by today's top artists" for the video game Stubbs The Zombie.
Totally retro, totally future, totally now! Not that this collection isn't chockful of pop goodies, but noticeably absent are a few formerly omnipresent, like-minded compilation stalwarts Man Or Astro-man?, Apples In Stereo or They Might Be Giants. Participants include The Flaming Lips, The Raveonettes, The Walkmen, Ben Kweller, Cake, Phantom Planet, and Death Cab For Cutie. In the zombie spirit of bringing something back to life, these artists attempt to breathe new life into these vintage (albeit far from lifeless) songs. Some stick pretty close to the originals, while others venture out into their own (outer)space. The former is exemplified by Ben Gibbard and Co.'s cover of "Earth Angel". Anticipated to be one of the highlights, it's definitely pleasant, but surprisingly by-the-books. Ah well, if you're seeking the latter, you'll definitely find it on many of the others. Really, by the time we reached Rogue Wave's dreamy cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" we noted that the songs were more juicily infused with the artists' own personal touches. Highly entertaining!
MPEG Stream: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "Earth Angel"
MPEG Stream: ROGUE WAVE "Everyday"
MPEG Stream: ORANGER "Mr. Sandman"

V/A Sub Pop 1000! (Sub Pop) lp 19.98
Sub Pop's contribution to the Record Store Day craziness was this super limited compilation, which we first took to be sort of a cash grab, as it looked sort of like a sampler of songs from bands that had recently signed to the label. But upon closer inspection, it seems that in fact, that was not the case, instead the fine folks at Sub Pop essentially made us a mix tape of some of their favorite jams, from some of their favorite bands. And we can tell you, that based just on the bands we know (and love), someone at Sub Pop has wicked taste. His Electro Blue Voice, Iron Lung, Peaking Lights, My Disco, Soldiers Of Fortune, and those are just the ones we know. Also included are Starred, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Lori Goldston, Protomartyr, Chancha Via Circuito. Phew.
We have to say we were actually a little disappointed when we discovered this WASN'T a label sampler, cuz we've been a bit obsessed with His Electro Blue Voice, ever since we got their split single with Nuit Noire, and ever since, we've been tracking down every single we could find with no sign of a proper full length. So the thought of an impending full length on Sub Pop got us pretty excited, and we're guessing you'll feel the same way after listening to their track here, a gloriously twisted chunk of noisy, synthy, distorted garagey new wave weirdness that might be worth the price of admission alone. But then Iron Lung deliver a searing slab of noise drenched heaviness, twisted experimental power violence fused to churning doomy metallic crush; Peaking Lights get all swirling kosmische pop; My Disco deliver a bit of brooding haunting electro pop minimalism; and Soldiers Of Fortune conjure up a baffling drugged out psych jam, that sounds like it was captured at some obscure music festival in 1969.
Of the other tracks, Protomartyr kick out the awesome old school style grunge jams, brooding and fuzzed out, sounding a bit like Mudhoney crossed with Interpol, and sounding right at home on Sub pop; Lori Goldston's track is some cool abstract doom psych heaviness; while Starred traffic in a hushed sort of acoustic folk dreaminess.
Good stuff all around. Includes a big booklet, and a download code!
MPEG Stream: HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE "Kidult"
MPEG Stream: PROTOMARTYR "French Poet"
MPEG Stream: LORI GOLDSTON "Tangled North"
MPEG Stream: IRON LUNG "A Victory For Polio"

V/A Succour (Flydaddy) 2cd 14.98
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The "Ptolemaic Terrascope" finds itself in financial straits and luckily has many admirers and friends. The upshot: this stellar compilation of (virtually all) previously unreleased tracks from a galaxy of your and our favorite musicians, including Flying Saucer Attack, Cul De Sac, Magic Hour, the Olivia Tremor Control, the Marilyn Decade, Charalambides, Ghost, Green Pajamas, the Bevis Frond, Bardo Pond, Strapping Fieldhands and the list goes on and on and on. Highly recommended.

V/A Sucking the 70's (Small Stone) 2cd 18.98
35 current stoner rock bands, doing covers of cheesy 70's classic rock songs. 156+ minutes. The bands range from well known to not known at all. Highlights include: Raging Slab "We're An American Band", Los Natas "Brainstorm", Alabama Thunderpussy "Hymn 43", Fireball Ministry "Doctor Doctor", Spirit Caravan "Wicked World", Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned "The Pusher" etc.
RealAudio clip: RAGING SLAB "We're An American Band"
RealAudio clip: LOS NATAS "Brainstorm"

V/A Super-8 Presents New Wave Explosion (Super-8 Underground) cd 6.98
A new collection of high spirited not necessarily new wave youths

V/A Sur La Mer Samp-Le-Mer (5 Rue Christine) cd 10.98
The 5 Rue Christine label (aka 5RC) from Olympia, WA presents a sampler of their roster. Many of 'em AQ faves! All of 'em musical beings of the eccentric, peculiar, and mildly cracked kind (we presume some faux and some genuine). Expect much staggering, drizzle, mumbling, percussive clatter, broken time signatures, occasional outbursts of angst and distress, and some downright delicate prettiness. The who's who: The Robot Ate Me, Xiu Xiu, Slim Moon And What Army, No-Neck Blues Band, Amps For Christ, Deerhoof (two songs from them!), Hella, The Planet The, Mae Shi, The Advantage, Need New Body, Wooden Wand And The Vanishing Voice, The Punks, Metalux, Excepter, and Barr! Seventeen tracks total, ten of them previously unreleased. Coool!
MPEG Stream: NO-NECK BLUES BAND "Nothing For Money"
MPEG Stream: DEERHOOF "Chi-Tan First Guitar"

V/A Surrounded By Sun (Fonal) cd 16.98
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From far north in Finland, the Fonal label, home to Es, Kiila, and a bunch of other fine bands, has just released a compilation focusing not only on their countryfolk but also likeminded artists from around the world. Psychedelic, experimental, indie, folkish music contributed by Greg Weeks, P.G. Six, Kemialliset Ystavat, Kiila, Tinsel, Fursaxa, Ville Leinonen, Scorces, Kuusumun Profeetta (Moon Fog Prophet), Floating Flower, Ring, Janne Laurila, Pekko Kappi, Alien Heart, and Sleeping Bags. Some names we know (several AQ-faves among them!) and some we don't, mostly obscure (to us) Finnish folks. All are exclusive to this comp, except for the Floating Flower track, which is a remix of an older song of theirs.
Floating Flower is an Acid Mothers Temple side project, featuring Kawabata Makoto on acoustic guitar, Yuki on vocals and violin, and Kaneko Tetsuya on tabla and electric guitar. A very lovely six minute track indeed. The P.G. Six track is another of his fragile, folk/psych compositions featuring just his voice, acoustic guitar, and piano. Greg Weeks, Janne Laurila, Ring, Ville Leinonen, and, well, quite a few of the artists on here take a much similar approach: sparse, homerecorded songs that are both quiet and melancholy (of course, some are better singers than others...). Fursaxa (who just played here in San Francisco with fellow psychedelic Philadelphians Bardo Pond) combines droning organ and sustained, sad female vocals. Scorces (members of Charalambides and Ash Castles On The Ghost Coast) does something similar, using bells instead of drones to back their extended, wordless vocal duet. Kinda creepy. The disc concludes with Kemialliset Ystavat's beautiful hippy-chant-folk-jam "Milla", which could have been an International Harvester outtake. This comp is very Ptolemaic Terrascope, to say the least! We like.
RealAudio clip: FLOATING FLOWER "Desert (remix version)"
RealAudio clip: GREG WEEKS "Howling For Blood"
RealAudio clip: PEKKO KAPPI "Aksyn Tyton Tanssi"
RealAudio clip: VILLE LEINONEN "Unisuudelma"
RealAudio clip: KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT "Milla"

V/A Survive And Advance Vol. 1 (Merge) cd 7.98
A new sampler of some of the shining sounds coming from the land of Merge Records these days. Fourteen songs: four of them either already available or soon to be, and ten of them previously unreleased (four of them live). However, the biggest highlight of this compilation is the unveiling of the newest addition to the Merge family... Destroyer! Yay! Yay! Up until now, Daniel Bejar's wonderful music hasn't been as easily accessible as it should. For those of you already familiar with his uniquely beautiful songwriting (in both Destroyer and the New Pornographers) and for those of you completely new to Mr. Bejar, this is cause for celebration. He's in prime company too. There's many an AQ fave on this label: Spoon, Radar Bros, Spaceheads, and the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt (this time in his Gothic Archies guise). And they're all here along with Lambchop, Imperial Teen, Portastatic, Annie Hayden, Ladybug Transistor, Ashley Stove, East River Pipe, David Kilgour, and Crooked Fingers. All this good stuff and it won't hurt your wallet too much either.
RealAudio clip: DESTROYER "Chosen Few "
RealAudio clip: GOTHIC ARCHIES "Smile: No One Cares How You Feel"
RealAudio clip: RADAR BROS "Silver Shoes"

V/A Survive And Advance Vol. 3 (Merge) cd 6.98
Another super-priced Merge Records sampler jam-packed with fourteen songs by all of your fave Merge artists. Take a gander at this list of delights who grace this third volume of Survive And Advance: The Clientele, Lambchop, Portastatic, Buzzcocks, East River Pipe, Spoon, The Rosebuds, The Karl Hendricks Trio, and Matt Elliott. Oh my! The aforementioned nine have all contributed previously unreleased songs, while the remaining bunch are soon to be released (Ladybug Transistor, Matt Suggs), a live radio recording (Crooked Fingers), or sadly out of print (M.Ward). Only one doesn't fall under any of these departments, that is the album track from The Essex Green, but we'll excuse them 'cause this is such a dandy compilation regardless. Yay!
MPEG Stream: LAMBCHOP "Heavy Metal Trouble Girl"
MPEG Stream: ROSEBUDS "I'd Feel Better"

V/A Swami Sound System Volume 1 (Swami) cd 5.98
Rock n' roll! Hot Snakes dude John Reis (also of Rocket From The Crypt n' Drive Like Jehu n' Back Off Cupids) runs the Swami label, and with this budget label sampler he's asking you all to tighten your turbans and rock out with him and some of his favorite bands: Beehive And The Barracudas, The Husbands, Hot Snakes, Loincloth, Rocket From The Crypt, The White Apes, Testors, Dan Sartain, The Sultans, Sonny Vincent, and Mannequin Piss. One track from each, all unreleased 'til now. The highlight for us of course would have to be "Orphan Boy", the cut from from our own Sadie's happenin' sixties influenced garage rock combo The Husbands (debut album out soon on Swami)! Meanwhile, Hot Snakes are awesome as always, Dan Sartain is catchy and quirky, and we were really excited to hear the insane instrumental math-metal of Loincloth, the new band formed by ex-members of Breadwinner and Confessor!! (Which also goes to show that there's more to Swami than garage and punk, though there's plenty o' that here too.)
Plus, some historical value is added by the Testors, a '77 NYC punk band getting a Swami reissue -- there's also a new track here from their singer that's maybe better than his band's old stuff. And Mannequin Piss have not just a great band name but kick a lot of ass too, ending this comp with some Black Flag styled combustion.
MPEG Stream: THE HUSBANDS "Orphan Boy"
MPEG Stream: LOINCLOTH "Noise International"
MPEG Stream: MANNEQUIN PISS "Mechanic's Joy Ride"

V/A Swami Sound System Volume 1 (Swami) lp 9.98
Rock n' roll! Hot Snakes dude John Reis (also of Rocket From The Crypt n' Drive Like Jehu n' Back Off Cupids) runs the Swami label, and with this budget label sampler he's asking you all to tighten your turbans and rock out with him and some of his favorite bands: Beehive And The Barracudas, The Husbands, Hot Snakes, Loincloth, Rocket From The Crypt, The White Apes, Testors, Dan Sartain, The Sultans, Sonny Vincent, and Mannequin Piss. One track from each, all unreleased 'til now. The highlight for us of course would have to be "Orphan Boy", the cut from from our own Sadie's happenin' sixties influenced garage rock combo The Husbands (debut album out soon on Swami)! Meanwhile, Hot Snakes are awesome as always, Dan Sartain is catchy and quirky, and we were really excited to hear the insane instrumental math-metal of Loincloth, the new band formed by ex-members of Breadwinner and Confessor!! (Which also goes to show that there's more to Swami than garage and punk, though there's plenty o' that here too.)
Plus, some historical value is added by the Testors, a '77 NYC punk band getting a Swami reissue -- there's also a new track here from their singer that's maybe better than his band's old stuff. And Mannequin Piss have not just a great band name but kick a lot of ass too, ending this comp with some Black Flag styled combustion.

V/A Sweet Sweet Casio (Blackbean & Placenta) cd 11.98
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Much as we cringe at the ridiculous plethora of divisive genre tags flying about these days, we have to say that many many songs on this compilation define the "indie-tronica" label. Twee kiddie Casio lo-lo-fi pop. As difficult as it is to imagine, this is sweeter than anything from the candy-coated Kindercore family. Of the 24 artists on this cd, some familiar you might recognize: Six Cents And Natalie, the Zambonies, Nixon, and Orange Cake Mix.
RealAudio clip: MANDORRIS "Portamento"
RealAudio clip: SIX CENTS AND NATALIE "Devil In Your Heart"
RealAudio clip: SPOC "Beach Park Holiday"

V/A Swinging Mademoiselle (Sasha Monett Records) lp 13.98
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Are you a fan of those great "Ultrachicks" compilations of female French '60s pop? Do you feel like your turntable has been missing out on the fun? Well, here's a vinyl-only comp of similar cute Francophone chanteuses (Stella, Cleo, Charlotte Leslie, Berthe, Delphine, Liliane, and many others mainly with one nme only) circa 1965-1968...

V/A Swinging Mademoiselle Vol. 2 (Sasha Monett) lp 14.98
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This is the second in the vinyl only series of 60s French girl groups. This the perfect vinyl companion the sporadically in-print "Ultra Chicks" CDs.

V/A Sympathetic Sounds Of Detroit (Sympathy for the Record Industry ) cd 11.98
With the recent success of the White Stripes (whose excellent second album 'De Stijl' was released by the Sympathy label), SFTRI bossman Long Gone John and Mr. 'Stripe himself Jack White seized the prime opportunity to shine the spotlight on some other Detroit rock talents in the form of this compilation. Not unexpectedly many of these bands following very very closely in the footsteps of the Stooges and the MC5. Blues rock drenched in whiskey and sweat. All tracks were recorded to 8-track reel-to-reel in the same location. All tracks were recorded, produced, and mixed by none other than, you guessed it, Jack White.

V/A T5 (Time-Lag Records) 5 x 7" 35.00
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RIGHT UP FRONT, THIS IS VERY LIMITED, WE ONLY HAVE 4 COPIES, AND WE PROBABLY CAN'T GET ANY MORE, SO DON'T DAWDLE.
Gorgeous five 7" box set to commemorate the 5th Terrastock festival. Designed and released by our pal Nemo who runs Time Lag records (who recently released the Charalambides double lp and those amazing Entoptic lp compilations) and records as Drona Parva. The box and the seven inch sleeves are made of really nice thick paper and are hand assembled and letterpressed. One seven inch each by THE IDITAROD, STONE BREATH, CHARALMBIDES, BARDO POND, and SONIC YOUTH (doing two Aerosmith covers?). Really cool.

V/A Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver (Badman) cd 14.98
Heartwarmingly well done compilation of John Denver songs. Consistently low-key and slow, the comp features lesser known Denver songs, and that's a very good thing, as a cover of "Rocky Mountain High" would've been too jarringly recognizable in this context. In other words, it works stunningly as a compilation of slowcore material, whether or not you're a John Denver fan. Highlights include tracks from Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), Low, Sunshine Club, Tarnation with Joe Gore, Granfaloon Bus, Rachel Haden of That Dog, the Innocence Mission, etc. And the Red House Painters' instrumental offering "Fly Away" is just breathtaking, full of soaring My Bloody Valentine-style guitars. This comp is so good that every time we play it in store, we sell a copy.

V/A Take The Bird From The Birdman (Birdman) cd 6.98
Our fine feathered friend Dave Katznelson's Birdman label shows how they bring the rock with this budget sampler highlighting the best (and the rest) of their eclectic roster, which ranges from old timey blues to experimental noise. You've got the garage rock ass kickery of the Modey Lemon, the lewd electro-fuckery of PFFR, and the indie-synth-pop of The Cuts, plus the likes of the Twilight Singers, Paula Frazer, The Warlocks, Greg Ashley, Apes, Tom Recchion, and more. (All previously or soon to be released tracks of course, since it's a sampler.) Totally diverse and always more about what yanks Dave's crank than what's commercially viable. And that's a good thing. Take the Bird from the Birdman and check this out, for sure you're gonna find some stuff you like!
MPEG Stream: MODEY LEMON "Crows"
MPEG Stream: PFFR "Total Dicks"

V/A Take The Brain Train to the Third Eye: Bud Mathis' Sunset Strip 1963 - 1967 (Dionysus) cd 13.98
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Take the Brain Train to the Third Eye. Oh...oh my... God...it's all so trippy. This compilation revolves around Bud Mathis, an ex prize fighter turned manager / songwriter / man about town / guy on the Sunset strip in the '60s. All of these songs are rare and/or previously unreleased songs that Mathis had a hand in during his career. Mathis's 'work' ranged from rock and roll to grungy garage to stripped down R+B, producing/recording Brain Train, Joint Effort, Wolfgang, The Fairviews, and more. Even his teenage son, Mike does a song, 'My Old Lady', which just happens to be the best song on the whole record. So rad! Just listen to the sound sample!! Authentic, unaltered recordings of rockin' garage. If you love '60s psych/rock and roll, check this out.
RealAudio clip: MIKE MATHIS "My Old Lady"
RealAudio clip: THE JOINT EFFORT "The Children"

V/A Tales from the Australian Underground - Singles 1976-1989 (Festival Mushroom) 2cd 23.00

V/A Tally Ho! Flying Nun's Greatest Hits (Flying Nun) 2cd 14.98
This new compilation from legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun, their first proper greatest hits collection, has been getting played like crazy in the store, and it makes sense, just check out the line up, a dizzying collection of some of the greatest jangle pop and noise rock and everything in between that New Zealand has had to offer over the last THIRTY years: tracks from The Clean, The Verlaines, The Chills, The Bats, Straightjacket Fits, Chris Knox, The Dead C, The Gordons, Bailter Space, The Pin Group, Tall Dwarfs, Snapper, the 3Ds, and so many more. From the early days of the label, to now, the label having recently been re-activated/re-invigorated. Nothing here is super rare, no lost B sides or unreleased gems, so folks well versed in NZ rock, with a record collection to prove it, might not have a need for this, UNLESS you were after pretty much the ultimate kick ass NZ underground rock Flying Nun mixtape, cuz then outside of compiling your own, you'd be hard pressed to do better than this. And for folks who might have missed out on Flying Nun the first time around, this collection is overflowing with new discoveries, and so many potential new favorite bands. All sides of the label is represented, most notably, that distinctive jangle pop side, which went on ti influence pretty much every indie rock outfit since. Whether it's The Clean's impossibly catchy keyboard driven lo-fi classic "Tally Ho!" (from which this comp takes its name), or the dreamy jangle of the Chills' "Heavenly Pop Hit", which couldn't have been more appropriately titled. There's the jangly bass driven sweet harmonied girl pop of Look Blue Go Purple, that sounds like it could easily be a new retro pop 7" on Slumberland, the dreamy strum and jangle of the Bats, the quirkly lo-fi home brewed weirdo pop of The Tall Dwarfs, and then there's "Outer Space" by the 3D's which sounds like the best song the Pixies never recorded, but then there's the other side of the label, the darker, heavier more experimental side, represented here by the Dead C (of course) with a sub 2 minute blast of murky, tape manipulated, noise drenched weirdness, and the Gordons, with their dirgey, almost doomy swagger, and seriously fierce guitar crunch, Bailter Space, arguable one of the loudest bands ever, their track here dreamy and darkly shoegazey, there's the scuzzy garage rock blues of Solid Gold Hell, the Joy Division-y new wave of The Pin Group, and let's not forget about Snapper, who are like some weird sci-fi space rock, garage pop hybrid, with hooks galore, and that's totally just a taste. Like all the best comps, Tally Ho! is perfect as it is, a killer mixtape, but also, a launching of point for avid listeners to track down records by all these bands and become as obsessed now with this stuff as some of us have been for years!
MPEG Stream: THE CLEAN "Tally Ho!"
MPEG Stream: THE VERLAINES "Death And The Maiden"
MPEG Stream: ABLE TASMANS "Fault In The Frog"
MPEG Stream: THE PIN GROUP "Ambivalence"
MPEG Stream: THE GORDONS "Machine Song"
MPEG Stream: SNAPPER "Buddy"

V/A Tape Op (Tape Op) 2cd 14.98
Compilation of artists who've been featured in the pages of Tape Op magazine over the years and celebrating their various unique recording environments. Includes tracks (many exclusive to this comp) by: Elliott Smith, East River Pipe, Sue Garner & Rick Brown, Man or Astro-man?, Apples in Stereo, MK Ultra and more.

V/A Tard and Further'd (Siltbreeze) cd 13.98
Selected out-of-print and otherwise really hard-to-find tracks from the Siltbreeze 7" catalog as far back as 1989. Dead C, Alastair Galbraith, Terminals, Guided By Voices, Sebadoh, Halo of Flies, etc.

V/A Team Mint Volume 2! (Mint) cd 4.98
The New Pornographers, Duotang, Neko Case, I Am Spoonbender, Nardwuar The Human Serviette (and his combos Thee Goblins, Thee Skablins and of course, The Evaporators)... sound like an unusual gathering? Hmmm, not really. Y'see, they're all on Vancouver's Mint Records, and a sampling of their songs have been collected together - along with those of sweet-twang Tennessee Twin, hootenanny honey Carolyn Mark, The Corn Sisters (Carolyn and Neko), garage-fun The Smugglers, surfy instrumentalists Huevos Rancheros and punky pop upstarts New Town Animals and Operation Makeout - to commemorate the tenth anniversary of their Canadian homebase. This second volume of Team Mint highlights the good times from last five years (the first volume featured stuff from the first five). Note: all tracks previously released. An easy - and ultra-easy on the wallet - way to find out what the fuss is all about!
RealAudio clip: THEE SKABLINS "Two-By-Four-And-A-Half"
RealAudio clip: TENNESSEE TWIN "These Thoughts Are Occupied"
RealAudio clip: I AM SPOONBENDER "Replaced By Toys"
RealAudio clip: OPERATION MAKEOUT "You And Me Geometry"

V/A Team Yamaha (Muysic For Peoples) cd ep 5.98
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Aavikko and friends get together to pay tribute to their favorite instrument: the Yamaha PSS Home Organ! Five European bands are featured here: from Germany, Frederik Schikowski (PSS-680) and Jeans Team (PSS-560); from Finland, Aavikko (PSS-680); from Iceland, Apparat Organ Quartet (PSS-390, PSS-480 & PC-100!); and from Sweden, Pluxus (PS-300). The tracks on Team Yamaha demonstrate that having the newest, most expensive keyboard is not as important as having the talent to play it. Cheap, versitile and easy to use, the Yamaha PSS series of portable synths can be found the world over in almost every genre of music that comes in contact with electricity. The gamut here runs from the twisted video game theme music sounds of Aavikko's "My Yamaha" to the sentimental dance tune "Polynesia" by Apparat Organ Quartet. Pluxus is perhaps the most "produced" sounding of the septet with the glitch pop number "Slow Rock", while the uber primitive award is a two way split between Frederik Schikowski's "Kreissegmente", which sounds as though it was recorded using only his PSS-680, and fellow Germans Jeans Team, with their baroque 8-bit reggae number "Spagaluzzi" which features a coda referencing Ravel's Bolero. In closing we should add that we have literally a handful of these on CD and 7" and once these are gone, they're gone for good. So get them while they're hot.
MPEG Stream: FREDERIK SCHIKOWSKI "Kreissegmente"
MPEG Stream: APPARAT ORGAN QUARTET "Polynesia"

V/A Team Yamaha (Muysic For Peoples) 7" 5.98
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Aavikko and friends get together to pay tribute to their favorite instrument: the Yamaha PSS Home Organ! Five European bands are featured here: from Germany, Frederik Schikowski (PSS-680) and Jeans Team (PSS-560); from Finland, Aavikko (PSS-680); from Iceland, Apparat Organ Quartet (PSS-390, PSS-480 & PC-100!); and from Sweden, Pluxus (PS-300). The tracks on Team Yamaha demonstrate that having the newest, most expensive keyboard is not as important as having the talent to play it. Cheap, versitile and easy to use, the Yamaha PSS series of portable synths can be found the world over in almost every genre of music that comes in contact with electricity. The gamut here runs from the twisted video game theme music sounds of Aavikko's "My Yamaha" to the sentimental dance tune "Polynesia" by Apparat Organ Quartet. Pluxus is perhaps the most "produced" sounding of the septet with the glitch pop number "Slow Rock", while the uber primitive award is a two way split between Frederik Schikowski's "Kreissegmente", which sounds as though it was recorded using only his PSS-680, and fellow Germans Jeans Team, with their baroque 8-bit reggae number "Spagaluzzi" which features a coda referencing Ravel's Bolero. In closing we should add that we have literally a handful of these on CD and 7" and once these are gone, they're gone for good. So get them while they're hot.
MPEG Stream: FREDERIK SCHIKOWSKI "Kreissegmente"
MPEG Stream: APPARAT ORGAN QUARTET "Polynesia"

V/A Teenage - The Creation Of Youth 1911-1946 (Trikont) cd 24.00

V/A Teenage Heaven: The Fifties Girl Group Phenomenon (El Records / Cherry Red) cd 16.98

V/A Teenbeat 2001 (TeenBeat) cd 5.98
Budget priced sampler with tracks by the usual gang of Teenbeat allstars: The Rondelles, hollAnd, Flin Flon, Aden, Mark Robinson, Phil Krauth and the like!

V/A Tell Tale Signs of Earworm (Earworm) 2cd 15.98
This 2 cd set documents a bunch of out of print singles and tracks that never made it onto singles for Earworm and includes a demo track by Jon & Dave (pre-Flying Saucer Attack rural psychedelia from Dave Pearce, the Neu! grooves of Avocar, Orange Alabaster Mushroom's garage variant of the Elephant 6 bunch, and tons of other cool things.

V/A Tell-All Records - Vol.1 (Tell-All ) cd 4.98
The new Bay Area label Tell-All Records have hit the ground running with a bunch of new releases from a bunch of new artists. Nicely varied but mostly keeping within the gentle, hazy realm -- evoking pastoral scenes or drifting about in outerspace or an abandoned old concert hall with a forgotten cobwebbed piano -- the label strikes a balance between ambient soundscapes and song-based music. This label sampler compilation, their first official release, clearly shows, it all fits together wonderfully. Twelve songs by Liam Singer (who is one of the young gents running the label), Peter Surla, 28 Degrees Taurus, St. Rosa, One Umbrella, Dave Zohrob, Kallikak Family, Keith Negley, and Carrier (whose dreamy Home Movies cd-r we carried a couple of years ago) for under five bucks!
Other releases from this label include a solo full length from Singer, Kallikak Family's May 23rd 2007 album and One Umbrella's 8-song cd Solve.
MPEG Stream: 28 DEGREES TAURUS "Red Skies"
MPEG Stream: CARRIER "New Year's"

V/A Ten Years of Noise Pop 1993-2002 (Amazing Grease Records) 2cd 17.98
This year's fest marks a decade of Noise Pop! And if the rumblings suggesting that this might've been the final one are true, this double cd succinctly encapsulates the music and spirit of Noise Pop. Featuring pop notables Spoon, Flaming Lips, Preston School Of Industry, Superchunk, and Guided By Voices, as well as NP stalwarts the Fastbacks (whose NP2002 performance was their final show ever!), Death Cab For Cutie, Beulah, Track Star and Oranger, not to mention the fresh faces of Mates Of States, Dealership, The Pattern, The Stratford 4, Call And Response, I Am Spoonbender and The Court & Spark, and Andee's old band P.E.E. 43 tracks in all! Please note some have been previously released, however an ample number are previously unreleased studio and live recordings.

V/A Terrastock Six (Secret Eye) cd 12.98
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The Secret Eye Label who hosted the latest Terrastock music festival in Providence RI this past April have put together this compilation of 11 exclusive tracks from some of the festivals highlighted acts such as Bardo Pond, Kinski, and the Magic Carpathians including many Secret Eye bands (surprise, surprise). While this compilation showcases some of the best acts of the neo-psych scene, from the overdriven space rock of Paik and Major Stars, and the abstracted shambolic noise of Avarus and The Spacious Mind, to the far flung folk of P.G Six and Fursaxa, it fails to completely convey the musical and generational diversity that is part of the festival's huge appeal. Revival acts such as Bridget St. John and Pearls before Swine are not included, while the psych-pop of Green Pajamas, the punk noise of Lightning Bolt and the acoustic traditions of Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, and Marissa Nadler are unrepresented. But that might be a lot to ask for from a single disc. So it's best not to look at this compilation as a cohesive festival document, but rather as a good solid dose of spacey psych majesty. Limited to 500 copies.
MPEG Stream: FURSAXA "Water Moon"
MPEG Stream: THE SPACIOUS MIND "Learning City People to Walk In the Woods Quietly"
MPEG Stream: KINSKI "Festival Short Circuit"