Attention last minute shoppers! Landlocked Music is open for your gift buying needs! Our last day for sales is Friday, December 22nd. We will be closing our doors for some holiday rest and relaxation from the 23rd allllll the way til January 2nd. Do not come knockin on saturday cuz you will be disappointed! If you somehow missed our brilliant holiday gift guide, lcuky you, because you can still access it at http://landlockedmusic.com/beacon/beacon040.txt - and if you are looking for the best music of 2006, look no further than our best of lists in this very update! This was quite a difficult undertaking so we tried to seperate out some genres to make sure all the great stuff from this year got listed... check it. Select New Arrivals for 12/19/06 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Nas - Hip-Hop is Dead (Def Jam) ................................................................... Throughout his storied career, which began with 1994's classic Illmatic and has spanned the last decade with over 12 million albums sold, Nas has been more than just the genre's foremost lyricist and thinker. He has become a statesman, some would argue hip-hop's "conscience." Now, with the release of his long-awaited Def Jam debut--the aptly-titled Hip-Hop Is Dead--Nas returns to his role as mentor and teacher, his legendary mic skills as sharp as ever, and takes today's young rappers back to school. The lesson? Hip-Hop--as Nas sees it--is very much alive. Gigposters.com Playing Cards ................................................................... Fifty-six of the top poster designers (52 cards / 2 jokers / custom back / custom box) band together to make one of the most visually arresting and unique gift ideas of the holiday season. Two different decks to choose from. Numark PT-01 Portable Turntable ................................................................... Measuring a mere 12 by 12 inches, the turntable comes with a full array of features yet stores conveniently inside the average record crate for simple and efficient transport. The size, however, is just window dressing compared to the unit's DJ functions. The PT01's belt-driven motor operates at speeds of 33-1/3, 45, and 78 rpm, giving users access to everything from modern LPs to classic singles to old-school jazz and blues discs. DJs will also appreciate the +/- 10 percent pitch control, along with the tone and volume controls. And monitoring is simple thanks to the built-in phono preamp, accompanying speaker, and dual 1/4- and 1/8-inch headphone jacks. Perhaps the most convenient feature is the power source, which offers the choice between a traditional AC power adapter or six D-size batteries (not included). Favorite Albums of 2006 (Jason) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (Bella Union) 2. Brightblack Morning Light - s/t (Matador) 3. Citay - s/t (Important) 4. Phantom Family Halo - The Legend of the Black Six (Black Velvet Fuckere) 5. Danielson - Ships (Secretly Canadian) 6. Scott Walker - The Drift (4AD) 7. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (Warp) 8. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador) 9. Andre Ethier - Secondathallam (Paper Bag) 10. Various - The World is Gone (XL) Favorite Albums of 2006 (Heath) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Max Richter - Songs from Before (Fat Cat) 2. Boduf Songs - Lion Devours the Sun (Kranky) 3. Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Janet) 4. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone (Dicristina) 5. Califone - Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey) 6. Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing) 7. Drakkar Sauna - Drakkansasauna (Marriage) 8. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 (WEA) 9. A Cloud Mireya - Singular (Defend) 10. Working For A Nuclear Free City - S/T (Melodic) Electronic ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye (Domino) 2. The Knife - Silent Shout (Mute) 3. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Matador) 4. Shogun Kunitoki - Tasankokaiku (Fonal) 5. Hot Chip - The Warning (Astralwerks) 6. Music AM - Unwound From The Woods (Quatermass) 7. Squarepusher - Hello Everything (Warp) 8. Venetian Snares - Cavalcade of Glee ... (Planet Mu) 9. Bonobo - Days to Come (Ninja Tune) 10. Girl Talk - Night Ripper (Illegal Art) Jazz (reissues and "new" old stuff excluded) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Vijay Iyer with Rudresh Mahanthappa - Raw Materials (Savoy Jazz) 2. Paul Flaherty - Whirl of Nothingness (Family Vineyard) 3. Sex Mob - Sexotica - Tribute to Martin Denny (Thirsty Ear) 4. N. Cline/W. Shoup/C. Corsano - Immolation/Immersion (Strange Attractors) 5. Bang on a Can & Don Byron - A Ballad For Many (Ambroney Editions) 6. Kidd Jordan - Palm of Soul (Aum Fidelity) 7. Anthony Braxton/Wolf Eyes - Black Vomit (Victo) 8. Nels Cline - New Monastery (Cryptogramophone) 9. Andrew Hill - Time Lines (Blue Note) 10. Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - The Messenger (Delmark) Hip-Hop ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam) 2. Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening (Warner) 3. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale / More Fish (Def Jam) 4. J Dilla - Donuts / The Shining (Stones Throw / Bbe) 5. Oh No - Exodus into Unheard Rhythms (Stones Throw) 6. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (Startrak) 7. Blue Sky Black Death - A Heap of Broken Images (Mush) 8. Rhymefest - Blue Collar (Allido) 9. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada) 10. Fat Jon & Styrofoam - The Same Channel (Morr) Country / Americana / Folk / Etc ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti) 2. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (Lost Highway) 3. The Sadies - In Concert, Vol. 1 Live (Yep Roc) 4. Bert Jansch - Black Swan (Drag City) 5. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror (Back Porch) 6. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love) 7. Sir Richard Bishop - Fingering the Devil (Latitudes) 8. Shooter Jennings - Electric Rodeo (Universal) 9. VA - Desperate Man Blues (Dust to Digital) 10. Sandy Bull - Still Valentine's Day 1969: Live at the Matrix (Water) Compilations ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. CD86: 48 Tracks From The Birth Of Indie Pop (Castle UK) 2. Los Angeles Free Music Society, The Lowest Form Of Music (RRR) 3. Imaginational Anthem Volume Two (Tompkins Square) 4. Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero Group) 5. Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound (Soul Jazz) 6. Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (Numero Group) 7. The 70s Weren't That Bad Vol. 1: John Terrill-selected comp ("self-released") 8. New York Noise 3 (Soul Jazz) 9. DFA Remixes (Vol. 1 & 2) (DFA) 10. Ladies of the Canyon (Numero Group) Reissues ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. John Jacob Niles - My Precarious Life in the Public Domain (Rev-Ola) 2. Jackwacker - Things from Inside Your Body (Black Velvet Fuckere) 3. David Blue - Cupid's Arrow/Nice Baby & Angel/Stories (Wounded Bird) 4. Josef K - Entomology (Domino) 5. Karen Dalton - In my Own Time (Light in the Attic) 6. Jean-Claude Vannier - L' Enfant Assasin des Mouches (Finders Keepers) 7. Dead Moon - Echoes of the Past (Sub Pop) 8. Harmonia - Musick Von Harmonia (Lilith) 9. Sibylle Baier - Colour Green (Orange Twin) 10. Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock (Mr. Bongo) 11. Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional (Domino) 12. Bert Sommer - The Road to Travel (Rev-Ola) 13. Sebadoh - III (Domino) 14. The Bee Gees - The Studio Albums 1967-1968 (Reprise) 15. Robbie Basho - Venus in Cancer (Tompkins Square) More Great Stuff Not Mentioned Elsewhere from Family & Friends ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyrus ................................................................... Sandy Bull - Still Valentine's Day 1969: Live at the Matrix (Water) Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (Bella Union) Boris - Pink (Southern Lord) Comets on Fire - Avatar (Sub Pop) V/A - Berkeley Guitar (Tompkins Square) Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East (Reprise) Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory - Tree Colored See (Mush) Beach House - Beach House (Carpark) The Black Angels - Passover (Light in the Attic) Shawn David McMillen - Catfish (Tompkins Square) Mason ................................................................... Awesome Color - s/t (Ecstatic Peace) Buffalo Killers - s/t