Hello Landlocked Lovers. It might be midsummer but the new releases are still coming in at a frightening pace. We have new reading material, more DVDs than ever (more on that next week) and a delicious new enticement from Matador Records - check it out... We have a great promotion for the upcoming New Pornographers CD & LP! There are 2 versions of Challengers that customers can choose to pre-order: The Standard or the Executive Edition. Either purchase will result in receiving a stream of the album within days of their purchase (2 months before its out!), but the limited Executive Edition comes with more, adding up to 3 CDs of bonus materials including b-sides, live tracks, videos, photos, artwork and more! (some assembly required) All we need is your name & email so we can mark you down for your pre-order and Matador will send you a link to their secret lair. More info here: http://www.buyearlygetnow.com/ Select New Arrivals for the Week of 06/19/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact arrival dependent on shipping delays and mishaps, sorry) Amiina - Kurr CD (Ever) ................................................................... These girls started working with Sigur Ros in the mid 90s, resulting in their first shows with the band in 1999. They soon became the string players for all of Sigur Ros' subsequent tours and records. Like the sound of cooing, aspects of Amiina's music flicker quietly and float softly, content and beautiful. Kurr is full of dazzling moments of that caliber, a wholly original work that is delicate, intricate and dream-like. Their music is genuinely so special, ineffably charming and infused with a sense of cosmic magic. Arthur & Yu - In Camera CD (Hardly Art) ................................................................... This Seattle duo draw sonic inspiration from the Velvet Underground as well as the studio experimentation of Lee Hazlewood, and each track is a study in expansion, centered loosely around chiming guitars and swirling melodies. Grant Olsen's hazy croon is lifted by the smooth harmonies of Sonya Westcott, and both reel in the influence of Nancy Sinatra between the familiar crash of a tambourine and layers of guitar. This debut is built upon nostalgia and exudes an undeniably earnest warmth. Bumps - s/t CD/LP (Stones Throw) ................................................................... Anyone who's ever seen a live Tortoise show knows they get down on percussion. Stones Throw noticed, and now John McEntire, John Herndon, & Dan Bitney team up for a full-length project that's void of guitars, keys, and bass, but it certainly isn't void of hard-hitting rhythms and funky breaks. That's right. All drums. 23 instrumental percussion pieces, ranging from straight funk rhythms to Brazilian & Latin flavors to more esoteric fare. A great tool for DJs! Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Vice) ................................................................... Referencing 80s synth-funk may seem like a played-out tactic after the recent explosion of ironic electro/new wave/punk-funk bands on the scene, but Chromeo doesn't merely reference the cultural zeitgeist of the era, they embody it. Call them nostalgic, call them hopeless romantics, but don't call them kitschy or ironic. On Fancy Footwork, expect bouncing electro and R&B drum programming, plenty of wiggling, analog synths, ridiculous catchy hooks, and more than enough lessons in love. A sex-fueled vocoder-funk explosion. Fridge - The Sun CD/2LP (Temporary Residence) ................................................................... Before Four Tet was remixing Radiohead and Coldplay and before Adem was performing with David Byrne and Fairport Convention, they were breaking new ground as Fridge, a trio formed in 1996 with fellow schoolmate Sam Jeffers. After 3 critically acclaimed albums, they're back with a dense, aggressive record that casually blends post-punk, left-field funk, free jazz, folk, noise, and Krautrock into one sound that, despite the years and each individual's development, is unmistakably trademark Fridge. Lightning Dust - s/t CD/LP (Jagjaguwar) ................................................................... Amber Webber and Joshua Wells have been playing together for many years as part of Black Mountain. They've toured the world and have played impenetrable space-rock to the unlikeliest of audiences. With an abundance of creative energy to spare, they decided to start a separate project together. Committing themselves to a more simplistic approach, they also decided to escape the comforts of their familiar instruments and writing styles. Their minimal and spacious arrangements and a moody, theatrical vocal-style aptly expose the demons, creating songs that creep into your bones with a haunting chill. Maps - We Can Create CD (Mute) ................................................................... A mix of electronics, pop and psychedelia, Maps sound can be found in the scale and ambition of Spiritualized, in the single-mindedness of My Bloody Valentine, in the vibes and good times of Chemical Brothers and in the melodies of The Byrds. A work of heartstopping extremes, the 11 tracks run the full length of the transmission spectrum, from dreamy space-rock to folksy, downtempo whisperings and clattering, thudding noise-pop. A bedroom genius in the truest of senses, the other-worldly atmospherics of Maps are even more amazing for the fact he recorded the whole album without computers, preferring the painstaking process of splicing sounds together. Maserati - Inventions for the New Season CD/2LP (Temporary Residence) ................................................................... Since Maserati's last release, the band's sound has evolved so that only shades of the reverb and delay-drenched guitars resemble their previous output. The rhythm section has been overhauled, with Gerhardt Fuchs (!!!, LCD Soundsystem, Juan Maclean) on drums. The result is a sweaty, delirious mix of 70s Pink Floyd, German Krautrock, and mid-80s action film scores. Dragging the glory years of psychedelic arena rock kicking and screaming into the 21st century, with the pomposity carefully removed. The mix is pushed firmly in the red, giving the songs a white-knuckled energy that - coupled with the ethereal guitar theatrics - puts one foot on the dance floor and the other on the ocean floor. Minus Story - My Ion Truss CD/LP (Jagjaguwar) ................................................................... If you squint you can see Minus Story in the distance, somewhere between earthbound and ethereal, making sunspots on the horizon line with their noisy & melodic headphone pop. Reared together in America's Midwestern cradle, Minus Story speak their own codified musical language as only childhood friends can share. Tirelessly artistic yet unpretentious, they are unafraid of abject noise, folk, soul, or straight-up pop rock. Having a producer behind the controls for the first time allowed them to work more collectively as a band, giving them the freedom to record the primary tracks completely live. Mojo Magazine - July 2007 - Bob Marley cover ................................................................... Thirty years ago, reggae's godhead presented his ultimate testament, Exodus. How the greatest reggae album of the century was forged from blood, fire, revolution, punk rock and football. Featuring a free astonishing reggae compilation to augment the cover story and enhance your summer. Also featuring stories on White Stripes, Rufus Wainwright, Squeeze, Monterey Festival, Genesis P-Orridge, and the normal amazingness that is Mojo with reviews and beyond. Polyphonic Spree - Fragile Army CD/LP (TVT) ................................................................... Third album from the robe-wearing, good-time promoting, pop-rock orchestra that is Dallas' Polyphonic Spree. The twenty-plus-member band have become known for their wildly celebratory material. But frontman Tim DeLaughter says that, this time around, expect the ensemble to deal with the political issues of the day. A high-energy, electric rock record that might even have flavors from Tim's past days in Tripping Daisy slipping back into the mix. Xavier Rudd - White Moth CD (Anti) ................................................................... Australian Xavier Rudd continues to blend indigenous music of his homeland with a wide swath of sounds that have delighted and excited him throughout his life. Folk, ska, world-beat, and more all are handily unified by Rudd's inviting and expressive vocals. The songs are imbued with human concerns, ranging in scale from small familial connections to society's responsibilities towards justice and equality. In particular, the plight of Australia's native people informs some of the lyrics. Additionally, Aboriginal singers make a guest appearance, adding a timelessness and underscoring Rudd's own musical inspirations. Savath + Savalas - Golden Pollen CD (Anti) ................................................................... S+S are also known for recording as Prefuse 73. Golden Pollen can be heard as a tribute to the explorations of Brazilian tropicalia pioneers like Tom Ze and Caetano Veloso; as a dreamy soundscape from the post-rock world of Low and Kings Of Convenience; as a tribute to the haunting Catalan folk songs of Scott Herren's heritage. However you take it, the record is an intoxicating gem that reveals new facets to fans familiar with Herren's previous work. An ambitious set of vocal arrangements that nod as much to avant-garde classical music as to late Brian Wilson. RIYL Jose Gonzalez, Thievery Corp, Bebel Gilberto and Air. Judee Sill - BBC Sessions CD (Water) ................................................................... Nearly 30 years after her passing Judee Sill remains one of the most important talents of the Laurel Canyon scene. Her 2 releases for Asylum are critically celebrated masterpieces of orchestral folk. Her songs have been covered by artists as diverse as The Turtles and Will Oldham and her fans include Jim O'Rourke, Devendra Banhart, Graham Nash, Sleater-Kinney and more. This collection of previously unreleased live recordings from the BBC features beautiful versions of some of her most well known songs and a 5-minute interview. Recorded from 1972-73 at the peak of her talent, the tracks on this collection are from solo performances featuring Sill on vocals, piano & guitar. Tomahawk - Anonymous CD (Ipecac) ................................................................... New album by Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Fantomas, Peeping Tom), Duane Denison (Jesus Lizard) and John Stanier (Battles, Helmet). 13 tracks that reverentially explore and reinterpret the darker, more recessed ancestral music created by Native Americans. The title reflects the countless individuals who contributed to these songs but went uncredited throughout history. With Duane's findings of music transcriptions from books of yore, they set out on their mission to shed light on this wonderful and powerful indigenous music. Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions CD (Domino) ................................................................... This is the debut by a trio formed by Mark E. Smith of The Fall along with Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner of Mouse On Mars. It combines the genre-smashing attack of early millennia club music with Smith's free-associating visionary wordplay. The riffs and rhythms come together from many different places, with synths, samplers, and sequencers all firing off. It's not a band, it's a free-flowing collectivist dance generator - a futurist sound system. Wax Poetics - July 2007 ................................................................... The definitive vinyl collectors journal. In this issue: Rick James; The Latin Quarter; Bunny Lee; Chico Hamilton; Arthur Russell, Ramp; DJ Shadow; and more. As usual, the Wax Poetic crew have raised the bar even higher than before with a mix of well-penned features, archival photos, and rare record scans. Essential reading for fans of anything funky! White Stripes - Icky Thump CD (Warner Bros) ................................................................... The White Stripes are back with a bombastic album that continues to reveal the band's roots in American folk music. Icky Thump is an explosive, revolutionary assault that brings together garage rock, every blues style of the past 100 years, nouveau, and flamenco. This is truly modern rock and roll. VA - Box of Dub: Dubstep and Future Dub CD/3LP (Soul Jazz) ................................................................... Featuring all-newly recorded exclusive tracks of Future Dub and Dubstep from key artists from the scene such as Skream, Burial, Scuba, Digital Mystikz, Kode 9, King Midas Sound and more. Emerging out of South London, dubstep has grown from its roots in grime and drum & bass scenes to create a new movement of artists influenced by sound system culture as well as technology. With heavy bass lines and complex drum patterns, dubstep blazes trails for being both progressive and innovative. This album shows clearly the influence of original electronic dub pioneers such as King Tubby, Scientist and King Jammys on this new generation of artists and producers. A great introduction or companion piece. VA - Chrome Children 2 CD (Stones Throw) ................................................................... A cheap little comp from Stones Throw, but with the quality and diversity that makes you blow all your paychecks on each of their releases. Exclusive tracks from the whole family: Madlib, Oh No, Guilty Simpson, Percee P, Aloe Blacc, J. Rocc, Roc-C, James Pants, Egon, and more... VA - John Fahey Celebration CD (Table of the Elements) ................................................................... Fahey's collusion of folk, blues, ethnic and modern classical methods, which suggests both the trickster and the shaman, has attracted a cult of musician followers over the years, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime. Includes an eye-popping line-up that includes: Michael Hurley, Jack Rose, Richard Bishop, Lichens, Keenan Lawler, Pumice, No Neck Blues Band, Ben Vida and more. VA - Silver Monk Time 2CD (Play Loud) ................................................................... In 1965, five American GIs in cold war Germany billed themselves as the anti-Beatles; they were heavy on feedback, nihilism and electric banjo. They had strange haircuts, dressed in black, mocked the military and rocked harder than any of their mid-60s counterparts while managing to basically invent industrial, kraut rock, heavy metal, punk and techno music. Their songs were commercial suicide: archaic, one repetitive beat, an organ gone mad, a guitar on the floor that fed back -- check out the original and check out this tribute, with tracks from The Fall, Faust, Psychic TV, Alec Empire, Silver Apples, Alan Vega, Mouse on Mars, Raincoats, Jason Forrest, Jon Spencer, The Gossip, The 5678s, Chicks on Speed and mucho more! Also Released On This Day (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated CD (Downtown) Artanker Convoy - Cozy Endings (Social Registry) Begushkin - Nightly Things (Locust) Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds (Locust) Boom Bip - Sacchrilege EP (Lex) Burning Brides - Hang Love (Modern Art) Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night (Astralwerks) Colleen - Les Ondes Silencieuses (Leaf) Digitalism - Idealism (Astralwerks) Hackensaw Boys - Look Out (Nettwerk) Jaylib - Champion Sound [2CD reissue] (Stones Throw) Misha - Teardrop Sweetheart (Tomlab) Mooney Suzuki - Have Mercy (Elixia) John Jacob Niles - The Ballads (Essential) Oxbow - The Narcotic Story (Hydrahead) Panda Bear - Person Pitch LP (Paw Tracks) Sian Alice Group - Nightsong (Social Registry) Telepathe - Sinister Militie (Social Registry) Tigersmilk - Android Love Cry (Family Vineyard) David Vandervelde - Nothin' No (Secretly Canadian) Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash (Monitor) Von Spar - s/t (Tomlab) Rocky Votolato - The Brag & Cuss (Barsuk) The Yarrows - Plum (Empyrean) VA - Vanguard Visionaries Series (Vanguard) ................................................................... Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! (or we might not order it...) - info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (6/26) Bad Brains - Build a Nation (6/26) Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up (6/26) Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got a Ramblin Mind (6/26) Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque (6/26) Greatful Dead - Three from the Vault (6/26) Green on Red - BBC Sessions (6/26) Nick Lowe - At My Age (6/26) Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away (6/26) Sinead O'Connor - Theology (6/26) Pearl Jam - Live at the Gorge (6/26) Pharoahe Monch - Desire (6/26) Rasputina - Oh Perilous World (6/26) Stateless - s/t (6/26) Three Inches of Blood - Fire Up the Blades (6/26) Kelly Willis - Translated from Love (6/26) ................................................................... Coming Soonish (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... Ween - The Friends EP (7/3) Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell (7/10) Crowded House - Time On Earth (7/10) J Dilla - Jay Love Japan (7/10) Nick Drake - Family Tree (7/10) Gogol Bordello - Super (7/10) Interpol - Our Love to Admire (7/10) Justice - + (7/10) The National - Cherry Tree 10" EP [reissue] (7/10) Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (7/10) Rosebuds - Night of the Furies LP (7/10) Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye (7/10) Sebadoh - The Freed Man [reissue] (7/10) Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist (7/10) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (7/10) St Vincent - Marry Me (7/10) The Unseen - Internal Salvation (7/10) Editors - An End Has a Start (7/17) Galactic Zoo Dossier #7 (7/17) The Knife - Silent Shout [deluxe] (7/17) Monotract - Trueno Oscuro (7/17) Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me (7/17) Mick Turner - Blue Trees (7/17) Bishop Allen - The Broken String (7/24) Dalek - Deadverse (7/24) David Garland - Noise In You (7/24) Feist - The Reminder LP (7/24) Talib Kweli - Ear Drum (7/24) Marmoset - Florist Fired (7/24) Prince - Planet Earth (7/24) UNKLE - War Stories (7/24) John Vanderslice - Emerald City (7/24) Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House LP (7/31) Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This (8/7) Jesu / Eluvium split LP (8/7) Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner 4CD/DVD (8/7) Mirah - Share This Place: Stories and Observations (8/7) Okkervil River - The Stage Names (8/7) O-Type - The New Edge 5CD/DVD (8/7) Spokane - Little Hours (8/7) Tarentel - Ghetto Beats on the Surface of the Sun (8/7) Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth [2CD reissue] (8/7) Angels of Light - We Are Him (8/14) Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me (8/14) Airiel - The Battle of Sealand (8/21) Caribou - Andorra (8/21) Mendoza Line - 30 Year Low (8/21) M.I.A. - Kala (8/21) Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice (8/21) New Pornographers - Challengers (8/21) Rilo Kiley - Blacklight (8/21) Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (8/28) Liars - Liars (8/28) Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn [3CD reissue] (8/28) Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes (8/28) Sword Heaven - Entrance (8/28) VHS or Beta - Bring on the Comets (8/28) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (9/4) Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs (9/11) Qui - Love's Mirachel (9/11) Michael Yonkers - Grimwood (9/11) Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (9/25) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (9/25) Bettye Lavette - Scene of the Crime (9/25) Mum - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (9/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 6/12 - 6/19: 1. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris CD (Interscope) 2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [2CD reissue] (Geffen) 3. My Morning Jacket - Tennessee Fire & At Dawn Demos CD (Darla) 4. Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound CD/LP (Touch & Go) 5. Panda Bear, Person Pitch CD/LP (Paw Tracks) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from James Blackshaw, Dick Dale, Datarock, John Doe, Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd, My Morning Jacket, Mark Olson, NVH+Chasny, O'Death, Queens of the Stone Age, Mark Ronson, Sonic Youth, Takeovers, Traveling Wilburys, Wooden Wand, Numero Group, Her Space Holiday, Joan as Police Woman, Oxbow, Psychic TV, Afghan Whigs, Black Strobe, Bonde do Role, Cinematic Orchestra, Dalek & Haze XXL, Matthew Dear, A Hawk and a Handsaw, Daniel AIU Higgs, Ladybug Transistor, Long Blondes, Neurosis, Panic Strikes A Chord, Pelican, Pissed Jeans, Shellac, Bruce Springsteen, True West, Uno Moss, Porter Wagoner, Acid Mothers Temple, Boris w/ Michio Kurihara, Je Suis France, Piano Magic, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Richard Thompson, Witch and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming shows that Landlocked is helping put together: Wednesday July 18th @ 10pm @ Bears Place - $5 - 21+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA (Crucial Blast - Richmond, VA) - http://www.syarva.com/ OS (Bloomingtopia) - http://myspace.com/lonesomevalleyalchemist ROBE. (Columbus) - http://myspace.com/robedot Lush, shimmering guitar ambience and hypnotic, propulsive instrumental heaviness wind through the dusty highways and burnt twilight skies of the 2nd album from Richmond, Virginia's Souvenir's Young America. Intensely beautiful melodies that drift on lonesome harmonica strains and sparkling, celestial electronics, shot through with mystic, western slide guitar, passages of crushing angular riffage, rolling tribal drumming, and transcendent blues. The sound draws from the collected DNA of forebears like Popul Vuh, Earth, Labradford, and Neurosis, yet they form a powerfully evocative instrumental language all of their own. Robe. are a 3 piece ghost sludge / drone band that create frozen guitar walls, epic fog laden trombone melodies, and heavy waves of deep bass and distorted feedbacks. Originally started as a sort of Twin Peaks tribute they've grown into much more. In the vein of bands such as Sunn O))), Boris, Black Boned Angel, and Wolf Eyes with a touch of a horror film soundtrack thrown in for good measure. Releases on Black Horizons and Cavernous Records. MP3s: http://crucialblast.net/mp3/Blood%20Alone%20EDIT.mp3 http://crucialblast.net/mp3/The%20Sheltering%20Sky%20EDIT.mp3 Friday July 20th @ 10pm @ Bears Place - $5 - 21+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ PTERODACTYL (Brah/Jagjaguwar) - http://www.pterodactyl.info/ + TBA Pterodactyl are a hyper-rhythmic, skull-cracking hard post-punk trio, playing with laser-guided precision, telegraphing impossible changes, it's as if someone plugged these guys into the nearest available wall socket and flipped the on switch. Lightning Bolt is somewhat of an apt comparison, though they don't waste time with jamming. Les Savy Fav or Oneida might be too. But this is a different beast, on their way to forming an original and completely engrossing sound on their own. It's heavy and brilliant too, if that helps. MP3s: http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/Esses.mp3 http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/destined2007/pterodactyl.mp3 Friday August 3rd @ 10pm @ Bears Place - $7 - 21+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEIL HAMBURGER - http://www.americasfunnyman.com/ DAIQUIRI - http://www.nightruiner.com/ TREMENDOUS FUCKING - http://www.tremfu.com/ Comedian Neil Hamburger has released numerous CDs on the Drag City label, and tours the world incessantly, performing in venues ranging from decrepit small-town pizza parlors to Madison Square Garden (opening for Tenacious D) to the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia. He belongs to a line of innovators that includes Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce and Andy Kaufman. A one of a kind performer that will leave you either scratching your head or bursting at the seams in laughter. Faced with an entire generation of young people being raised on nothing but over-produced radio rock and emasculated thrift-store hipster whining, Tremendous Fucking lives to grab an audience by the throat, smash their emo glasses, and go home with their girlfriends. Their sound - the Jesus Lizard molesting the Pixies while McLusky takes pictures - and explosive stage presence leave a trail of damaged eardrums, broken psyches & rocked asses in their wake. Vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLYD2Jz2QXw http://www.americasfunnyman.com/poolsidechats.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW22Kv9N0mE More information about 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 have tickets to see Mirah and Laura Viers at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre on Wednesday, July 18th! $8 for students, $15 general admission. Feel free to forward this to all your lovely friends that need to know whats going on, we'd love to have them join our little party here on the newsletter. Tell us what you think, what you desire. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BFF, Jason & Heath info@landlockedmusic.com Landlocked Music 314 S. Washington St. (next door to Boxcar Books) Bloomington, IN, 47401 http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ http://myspace.com/landlockedbton (812) 339 - 2574 Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday : 11:30am - 7:30pm Sunday : Noon - 5pm