Ahhhh extended weekends... ain't they grand? But then again, we aren't open on mondays anyway. Or are we??? Little did you know that we recently recruited a new face to help us out a few hours a week - and one of the new added perks is yep, thats right, we are now open on mondays, too. No more waiting - serving you up hot slices of auditory pleasure 7 days a week now, baby! We are just that crazy. Crazy enough to put out hundreds more quality used items again this past weekend? Yes. We don't need no steenkin' holiday. Select New Releases for 05/30/06 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Asobi Seksu - Citrus CD (Friendly Fire) ................................................................... Asobi Seksu presents its new album, Citrus, eleven slices of guitar-swirling, sweet-and-sour, bilingual dream pop. Frontwoman Yuki's voice is more assured than ever, swinging from a girlish falsetto to plaintive laments and switching effortlessly between Japanese and English lyrics, all the while anchored by the lush, turbulent guitar of James Hanna. This is the sound of a band coming into its own, and having fun doing it. (INS) Boards Of Canada - Trans Canada Highway CDEP (Warp) ................................................................... Extending from the last years Campfire Headphase album, the Trans Canada Highway EP which features 5 new tracks including a great remix from Cloudead's Odd Nosdam plays out a hallucinogenic road trip of desolation, isolation and exploration. With the Boards of Canada traits of intricacy and ethereality, Trans Canada Highway visits a darker place, "a glacial place" as Boards of Canada put it, away from the warmth and light of The Campfire Headphase. (INS) Les Claypool - Of Whales & Woe CD (Prawn Song) ................................................................... Marked by Claypool's wry worldview and the ferocious musical chops of the legendary bassist and his musical co-conspirators Skerik, Mike Dillon, and Gabby La La, the album is an aggressive tour de force that recalls his best work as one of the pioneers of alternative music (Primus, Oysterhead, Sausage). The album's songs match the irreverent aesthetic that has characterized Claypool's storied career with a gritty, uncompromising drive. While Purple Onion was Claypool writing songs and then bringing the band in to perform them, this record is him banging on the drums, playing the bass, playing some guitar and then bringing people to fulfill certain parts. Includes an instrumental titled simply "Off-White Guilt." (WWW) Jamie Lidell - Multiply Additions CD (Warp) ................................................................... Jamie Lidell is a soul vocalist extraordinaire and erstwhile co-pilot in the digi-funk colossus Super_Collider (alongside Cristian Vogel). His Multiply CD was a refreshingly modern update that retains all the power, pop and emotion of singers like Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Al Green and even peak period Michael Jackson, immersed in the energy and virtuosity of production masterminds like Quincy Jones or Herbie Hancock, done in inimitable Jamie Lidell style. This release sees 10 tracks - a mix of live and remixes from the likes of Luke Vibert, Four Tet, Herbert and more. (INS) Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom CD (Ipecac) ................................................................... Years in the making, Peeping Tom, noise rock renaissance man Mike Patton's most accessible work since his days in Faith No More, is finally a reality. In keeping with the landmark 1960 psychological horror film that inspired its name, Peeping Tom had its genesis a modus operandi devoid of physical intimacy. Patton would write songs with a wishlist of theoretical collaborators in mind, then hope for a reply in the form of a finished track. Featuring Odd Nosdam, Rahzel, Dan the Automator, Amon Tobin, Kool Keith, Jel, Massive Attack, Bebel Gilberto, Kid Koala, Doseone, Norah Jones, and the Dub Trio. (AMA) ................................................................... Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... AFI - Decemberunderground (6/6/6) Be Your Own Pet - S/T (6/6/6) Bouncing Souls - the Gold Record (6/6/6) Brazil - LP2 (6/6/6) Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of this Country (6/6/6) Cheap Trick - Rockford (6/6/6) Loren Connors - Night Through: Singles and Collected Works 1976-2004 (6/6/6) Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse (6/6/6) Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth (6/6/6) Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High (6/6/6) Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid - Vol. 2 (6/6/6) Micah P. Hinson - The Baby And The Satellite EP (6/6/6) Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later (6/6/6) Josef K - Entymology (6/6/6) Ladyhawk - s/t (6/6/6) Metallic Falcons - Desert Doughnuts (6/6/6) Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You (6/6/6) Juana Molina - Son (6/6/6) Oakley Hall - Gypsum Strings (6/6/6) The Paper Chase - Now You Are One of Us (6/6/6) Portastatic - Who Loves the Sun OST (6/6/6) Psapp - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted (6/6/6) Sound Team - Movie Monster (6/6/6) Stuart Staples - Leaving Songs (Tindersticks frontman) (6/6/6) Zero 7 - the Garden (6/6/6) VA - Strummin' With The Devil: Bluegrass Tribute to Van Halen (6/6/6) ................................................................... Coming Soonish (dates subject to change): ................................................................... Busta Rhymes - Big Bang (6/13) Tamar Davis - Milk & Honey (6/13) Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (6/13) the Futureheads - News & Tributes (6/13) Hot Chip - the Warning (6/13) Mae Shi - To Hit Armor Class Zero (6/13) Keb' Mo' - Suitcase (6/13) the Replacements - Don't You Know Who I Think I Was: The Best of (6/13) Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (6/13) Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (6/13) Frank Black - Fastman/Raiderman (6/20) Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (6/20) Front Line Assembly - Artificial Soldier (6/20) Nelly Furtado - Loose (6/20) Guster - Ganging Up on the Sun (6/20) Keane - Under the Iron Sea (6/20) Keene Brothers - Blues and Boogies Shoes (Robert Pollard project) (6/20) Madonna - I'm Going to Tell You a Secret OST (6/20) Gram Parsons - Complete Reprise Sessions (6/20) Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sleepless Nights (6/20) Diana Ross - Blue (6/20) Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer (6/27) Dr. Octagon - The Return of Dr. Octagon (6/27) Dolemite: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (reissue) (6/27) Kool Keith - Collabs Tape (6/27) Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (7/4) Cex - Actual Fucking (7/4) Cut Chemist - The Audiences' Listening (7/11) J Dilla - The Shining (7/11) Oneida - Happy New Year (7/11) Peaches - Impeach My Bush (7/11) Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche (7/11) Thom Yorke - the Eraser (Radiohead frontman) (7/11) Lisa Germano - In The Maybe World (7/18) Golden Smog - Another Fine Day (7/18) Sebadoh - III (2CD reissue) (7/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------ In case you've missed the boat, we have still fresh CDs and LPs from Blood Brothers, Mission of Burma, Murder by Death, Osaka Popstar, Phoenix, Vetiver, Scott Walker, the Walkmen, Boris, Espers, Faun Fables, Qwertyt, the Raconteurs, Radio 4, Twilight Singers, T Bone Burnett, Dinosaur Jr., Don Caballero, Mason Jennings, Thievery Corporation, Neil Young, Grandaddy, Danielson, Gnarls Barkley, Matmos, Black Heart Procession, Paul Simon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jolie Holland, Wooden Wand, Alejandro Escovedo, and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Didja know that we have real live music in our store as well? Check out some of the upcoming performances: Saturday, June 3rd @ 7pm @ Landlocked Music - FREE ................................................................... Bloomington Adventuresome Music Series featuring - EXO + tba The Bloomington Adventuresome Music Series (BAMS) is a new series devoted to presenting an entertaining variety of offbeat, experimental and innovative music and sound, irrespective of genre. The series will be taking place on the first Saturday of every month. EXO is Marty Belcher (saxes, electronics), Rob Dietz (electronics), and Dan Wick (keys, bass, drums, electronics) Tuesday, June 6th @ 8pm @ Landlocked Music - $donation$ ................................................................... The second in the monthly series hosted by Plan 9 video - this month's focus - well, since the event takes place on 6/6/6, you can probably figure it out. Dont miss it! Bring snacks to share. Jason hates cheetohs, Heath loves lemonheads. Friday, June 9th @ 8pm @ Landlocked Music - $5 ................................................................... Everything Now (Muncie, Standard) - http://www.everythingnowmusic.com/ Miranda Sound (Sunken Treasure) - http://www.mirandasound.com/ Tamar (Bloomington) If Brian Wilson could start a stage-rock band with the stylings of Half-Handed Cloud and Of Montreal... Everything, Now! would be the name. Columbus, Ohio, quartet Miranda Sound crafts intelligent, cathartic post-punk epics that waver between lanky and tuneful. It's deceptively simple music that would do bands like Dismemberment Plan and Mission of Burma proud. What sets Miranda Sound apart from those hallowed names are the inexorably Midwestern melodies of lead singer-guitarists Billy Peake and Dan Gerken. Despite the weighty lyrics, the choruses sound like a Frankenstein's monster mash-up of Matthew Sweet and Robert Pollard - sweet, gritty and soaring. Miranda Sound also sports a studio sheen previously unrealized thanks to producer/D.C. legend J. Robbins (of Jawbox and Burning Airlines), whereupon Sean Sefcik's propulsive bass and Dan Bell's succinct drumming get the slick sonic treatment they deserve. "Western Reserve" finds Miranda Sound fulfilling its considerable potential amid the white noise of so many other post-punk poseurs. - Denver Post Local newbies Tamar UK create the imaginary landscape of Suicide performing a reunion gig at Twin Peaks. Whoa. This is not their website: http://tamaronline.com/ Monday, July 3rd @ 8pm @ Landlocked Music - $5 ................................................................... Richard Swift (Secretly Canadian) We realize that you've never heard of Richard Swift. Secretly Canadian will change that. In fact, Richard Swift will consume your life. "The Collection Vol. 1" is a great place to start. "The Novelist" - Swift's highly acclaimed, succinct, eight song, nineteen minute and thirty-eight second-long, audiophile archivist experiment - immediately ushers the listener deep into the recesses of Swift's creative core for a kaleidoscopic trip aboard an intergalactic vaudevillian steamship with a speakeasy code-word. Yet, "The Novelist" is only one small manifestation of Swift's entire musical manifesto and only one-half of this double-disc set. "Walking Without Effort" - the second disc in the two-disc set - is the first, and perhaps most deceptively complex, yet decisively understated, Swift release to date. A slight step eastward from the eclectic musings of "The Novelist", "Walking Without Effort" intentionally paints another image, and baptizes believers born-again into Swift's unique brand of sonic schizophrenia. Gramophones are replaced by 8-tracks and Persian rugs are covered with shag, as Swift nods to the early 70's solo efforts of McCartney and Harrison, while waving to Burt Bacharach and Van Dyke Parks. They're just passersby as he drives down main street in a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Don't be scared, be excited that Swift intends on writing and releasing music until the day he dies and intends to never make the same record twice... not even on a double-disc. Thursday, July 27th @ 8pm @ Landlocked Music - $5 ................................................................... Odawas (Bloomington, Jagjaguwar) - http://www.odawas.com/ Pumice (New Zealand, Last Visible Dog) - http://www.pumice.dogcountries.com/ Zelienople (Chicago) - http://www.zelienoplemusic.com/ Odawas are nicking all over the place: from Randy Newman's plain-spoken grandeur or Beach Boy story-telling or Angelo Badalamanti's cheesy romanticism or Charles Ives' avant-garde ear or Art Garfunkel's "presence-of-a-blue-whale" harmonies. Pumice recalls the absolute glorious best of Alistair Galbraith's psych-dirge lo-fi pop, but tempered with the kind of occasional instrumental dexterity that you might find on a Sun City Girls record. Zelienople are vaguely similar to the Brian Eno classic Music for Airports in the fact that there doesn't appear to be all that much going on, but you don't want to admit that out loud for fear of looking unrefined. One major difference is that Music for Airports was intended to be background music. If you put their CD Ink on in the background and go about doing your daily cleaning, you run the risk of missing a murder scene. Tuesday, August 1st @ 8pm @ Landlocked Music - $5 ................................................................... Vetiver (San Fran, Dicristina Stair Builders) - http://www.vetiverse.com/ Lichens (Chicago, Kranky Records) - http://www.kranky.net/ Vetiver is a San Francisco band consisting of Andy Cabic, Devendra Banhart, Alissa Anderson, and Jim Gaylord. A well connected Bay Area musician, Cabic (also of Raymond Brake, Tussle) has assembled an all star lineup to play on his first record: Joanna Newsom plays harp on "Amerilie", Hope Sandoval sings on "Angels' Share", and My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm O'Ciosoig plays on "Luna Sea" and "On a Nerve." Of course Devendra Banhart makes his presence known on one of their best songs "Amour Fou", one of two songs Banhart co-wrote with Cabic. Reminiscent of Marc Bolan's hippy mystic period and old-world rootsiness - equal parts Stephen Foster, folk-blues, underground Southern music a la Norman Blake, and just the right modicum of indie emotionalism. It makes for a beautifully odd concoction. They just released their second record, To Find Me Gone, in mid-May. Recorded as a one-time improvisation without overdubbing, the three tracks on Lichens' debut, The Psychic Nature of Being, reveal and extend mesmeric live performances. Lowe mutates and extends his singing as he adds acoustic and electric guitars and percussion in layers that accent the vocal drones. "Lowe's finger picked acoustic guitar sounded like he's spent time pondering Fahey's legacy, but his looped, wordless vocals were reminiscent of Meredith Monk." - Chicago Reader More information about these shows and more on the horizon is available for the technologically inclined at http://myspace.com/landlockedbton and http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ We are looking to buy/trade all your old unwanted CDs & LPs! Bring 'em in and we'll make an offer. We are also ready, willing and able to special order anything for you. Email us or drop in and we will hook you up with whatcha need. We keep growing every week! More turntables very soon. We still have our fancy delicious t-shirts back for sale... Tell us what you think, what you desire. 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