Mid-year. This is always one of the slowest weeks of the release cycle, so what better time to highlight some of our favorite releases of 2007 thus far and take a day off (we are closed the 4th of July). Instead of highlighting some of the biggest titles that you wise folks already know about, we thought that we might revisit things that have slipped through the cracks over the past 6 months, in mostly chronological order... Oh, and didja know that Landlocked can also be your source for ordering movies and TV on DVD, in addition to your favorite music. In short, we can order just about any DVD that you can get at Borders, Best Buy, Target, etc. Why fight the traffic, noise, parking and chaos of those places when you can use your favorite Landlocked pals? For reals. And don't forget that we have a great promotion for the upcoming New Pornographers CD & LP! There are 2 versions of Challengers that customers can pre-order: The Standard or Executive Edition. Either purchase will result in receiving a stream of the album within days of their purchase, 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/ Landlocked's 2007 Mid-Year Round-Up of Good-Luvin' ------------------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY Noah Georgeson - Find Shelter CD (Plain) ................................................................... Noah is the producer of Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, and Bert Jansch's new album. This is his first solo album. A vision far beyond his freak-folk brethren. RIYL Lee Hazelwood, Divine Comedy, Scott Walker, RIchard Swift. Ponytail - Kamehameha CD (Creative Capitalism) ................................................................... You saw them at Bear's, you loved it. Deerhoof comparisons aside, this band of Baltimore weirdos paint neon glow speed riffs atop feral feline moans and howls. Its a jupiter jump full of kool-aid junkies with pocket knives. Whoa. Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance CD/LP (Diskokaine) ................................................................... An album full of 80s italo disco new-wave inspired pop anthems! It's in the circles of Metro Area, Daniel Wang, Glimmer Twins, Saint Etienne, and Lindstrom where she'll find her fans. Sweet electronic sing-a-longs. Arbouretum - Rites of Uncovering CD/LP (Thrill Jockey) ................................................................... Another band that slayed us at Bear's Place this year. A triumphant journey through brooding loner-rock ballads and righteous acid guitar breakdowns. The sound of Will Oldham's Palace run through Black Sabbath's amplifiers. Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things CD (Deaf, Dumb & Blind) ................................................................... This UK trio borrow from some of the best Neu!, Kraftwerk, Air, and even Talking Heads. Doing for 70s Krautrock and motorik what the DFA did for early 80s electro. Danceable kraut pop RIYL Hot Chip, !!!, LCD Soundsystem. Deerhunter - Cryptograms & Flourescent Grey CD/2LP (Kranky) ................................................................... A muddle of shoegaze/postpunk/psyche/pop insanity that gets better and better with each listen. The only thing better than the album its the follow-up EP also released this spring. A sexual wreck betwixt the Fall and Spacemen 3. FEBRUARY Papercuts - Can't Go Back CD (Gnomonsong) ................................................................... A marriage of timeless songs, richly textured studio sounds, classic rock/pop hookery, and focused narratives - all delivered with Quever's warm voice and wonderfully layered melodies. RIYL Grizzly Bear, Vetiver, Iron & Wine. Times New Viking - The Paisley Reich CD (Siltbreeze) ................................................................... A staggering blur of high-concept midwestern crud and blown speaker crunch that recalls the glorious lo-fi shimmer of Flying Nun pop a la The Clean or early hometapes from GBV and Pavement. 15 tracks in 28 minutes - teenage lust indeed. Pop Levi - The Return to Form Black Majick Party CD (Counter) ................................................................... Equal parts psychedelia and glam, as he carries you on a wave of jagged guitar riffs, rumbling drums, fuzzed up bass and his unique vocals. More infectious than that creepy guy at the party. RIYL T. Rex, David Vandervelde, Beck. Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse CD/LP (Jagjaguwar) ................................................................... An ethereal punch to the skull. This shimmers like the brightest star while pulling you into a dark quicksand that loves you and your misery. A headphone masterpiece that should resonate with everyone. July 21st @ Uncle Festers! Bob & Gene - If This World Were Mine CD/LP (Daptone) ................................................................... Some of the deepest and sweetest soul sides ever carved into wax, first released 30 years after their recording in Buffalo, NY. Two teenage boys who wanted to be Marvin Gaye, The Impressions, Chi-Lites and Five Stairsteps. Charlie Louvin - s/t CD (Tompkins Square) ................................................................... A living legend, weathered and worn by his 80 years. Charlie's newest features performances by Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, Marty Stuart, Tom T Hall, Will Oldham, George Jones and members of Lambchop and Bright Eyes among others. Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday CD/LP (XL) ................................................................... The son of Anthony "Psycho" Perkins, Elvis combines emotional intimacy with a warm-hearted studio sound that recalls Nick Drake and "Astral Weeks"-era Van Morrison. RIYL Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Mangum, Leonard Cohen. Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown CD/LP (Secretly Canadian) ................................................................... Swift has twice wow-ed Bloomington, a year ago at Landlocked and this past "spring" at Culture Shock where he warmed hearts with his extraordinary pop tunes that follow in the canon of Randy Newman and Paul McCartney. Dr. Dog - We All Belong CD (Park the Van) ................................................................... Unapologetic 60s pop worship ala Elephant 6 loaded with 3-part harmonies, orchestral strings, heavy reverb, and fuzzy guitars with a heavy 1968 Beatles/Basement Tapes-era Band and Dylan vibe. Do yourself a favor. MARCH White Flight - s/t CD/LP (Range Flight) ................................................................... Boundary-blurring collage from this former Anniversary member. Pop hooks, staccato beats and dense, organic instrumentation. A funky Animal Collective? RIYL TV on the Radio, Flaming Lips, Devendra Banhart. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead CD/LP (Definitive Jux) ................................................................... Like Public Enemy exposed the hypocrisy and greed of the 80s, El-P reflects his era. A stunning apocalyptic banger 4 years in the making from the founder of Def Jux. Featuring Mars Volta, Cat Power, Trent Reznor and Aesop Rock?! LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver CD (DFA/Capitol) ................................................................... Another stiff cocktail of punk, dance, and funk. Analog synths, chugging basslines, chunky guitars, and Murphy's wild falsetto excursions provide a warmth and wit that is as perceptive as it is groovy. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal CD (Notenuf) ................................................................... Using mandolins, banjos, noise & samplers, ASDIG marries Cocteau Twins' other-wordliness, JAMC white noise, early Aphex Twin, and the jangle of pre-Loveless MBV to create a wonderful new take on shoegazing pop music. Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game CD/LP (Norton) ................................................................... The voice, the attitude... the lead singer of the Shangri-Las tackles 13 originals plus reclaims Heaven Only Knows, backed by Memphis fan faves the Reigning Sound and Greg Oblivian. APRIL Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline 2CD/3LP (Kranky) ................................................................... Micro-minimalist symphonies from the masters of the genre. Widescreen panoramic blur that tiptoes the line between mournful and triumphant. Slow-mo soundtracks for deep space. RIYL ambient Eno, 2001 OST, William Basinski. Throbbing Gristle - Part Two: The Endless Not CD (Mute) ................................................................... Twenty-five years later and still important. Sound and rhythm-scapes that are as engrossing and strange as anything TG has ever done. Brutally honest and uncompromisingly artistic. RIYL Coil, Faust, Einsturzende Neubauten. Grinderman (Nick Cave) - s/t CD/LP (Anti) ................................................................... The Grinderman sound resurrects demons of each member's past: trashcan proselytizing of Birthday Party-era Nick Cave, late 70's NY no-wave noise wisdom, ominous bass reverb, and avant-garde soundtrack work. Killer! Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan - Pullhair Rubeye CD (Paw Tracks) ................................................................... Avey Tare is from Animal Collective and Kria Brekkan is formerly of the band Mum. A haunting murk of collage loops both instrumental and vocal, backward-masked so that it hovers just on the edge of comprehensibility. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 CD/LP (Vice) ................................................................... Daughter of French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg and actress Jane Berkin. Music by Air, lyrics by Jarvis Cocker and Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, and produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck). Absolutely gorgeous! Namelessnumberheadman - Wires Reply LP (St Ives) ................................................................... The afternoon drive where Sparklehorse covers Skylarking in its entirety, where Pinetop Seven and Tortoise make 4-track tapes as teenagers, and Notwist backs up Robert Pollard in the beautiful headspace of blissful lo-fi stereo. MAY Dinosaur Jr - Beyond CD (Fat Possum) ................................................................... The original trio has reunited and the 11-song outcome makes one ask: Why did they wait so long? Mascis's combustible guitar and weary vocals are the perfect blast-off for prime Bug-era awesomeness. Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance CD/LP (Epitaph) ................................................................... One of the best lyricists of his generation makes his most personal album yet, but also succeeds in some of his best production, too (Odd Nasdam, Alias, Mark Isham). RIYL Atmosphere, Clouddead, Doseone, Saul Williams. Tarwater - Spider Smile CD/LP (Morr) ................................................................... Tarwater's music is informed by the blues of America, the folk music of Africa, the electronic mood music of Cluster. Spider Smile is a cipher of bewitching sounds, both electronic and acoustic. RIYL Notwist, To Rococo Rot, Tortoise. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings CD (Carpark) ................................................................... Childlike wonder tackling broken electronics at a breakneck pace. A musician who slaves over his craft to put on a helluva live show full of sweat and wall to wall smiles. Coming back to B'ton this fall! RIYL Japanther, Devo, cartoons. Mont de Sundua - s/t CD (Removador) ................................................................... Louisville's Mont De Sundua features Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Young men just discovering the power of drums and guitars, this band was formed in the early 90s and recorded this album just prior to the formation of MMJ. Battles - Mirrored CD/2LP (Warp) ................................................................... Fractured rhythms, crystalline staccato guitar lines, throttling drums and now with vocals courtesy of Tyondai Braxton. Eschewing all conventional formulas and creating their own cohesive precedent. RIYL Helmet, Tomahawk, Don Caballero. The National - Boxer CD/LP (Beggars Banquet) ................................................................... Beautiful, dark, mellow chamber-pop formerly from Cinci. Low baritone vocals, horns, strings, and piano arrangements fill out this album which should catapult these lads to the next level. RIYL American Music Club, Interpol, Wilco. JUNE Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur CD/LP (Domino) ................................................................... Jazzy soundtrack torch songs with beautiful melodies, amazing vocals (Fontella Bass, Lou Rhodes, and Patrick Watson) and sparse arrangments. Dealing in the end more about the love you find than the love you lose. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men CD/LP (Sub Pop) ................................................................... Working-class foursome that vents its frustrations into a bludgeoning midtempo grunge punk focused on sexual depression and factory-town hopelessness, doused in a heavy coat of sarcasm and apathy. RIYL Flipper, Killdozer, Jesus Lizard. True West - Hollywood Holiday Revisited (Atavistic) ................................................................... The black sheep of the paisley underground, equally as influenced by Television as Pink Floyd. Intricate and passionate guitar duels and unhinged vocals could make comparison with bands like Violent Femmes, Replacements and early REM. Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated CD (Downtown) ................................................................... Named after art by prisoners, loners, the mentally ill, and other marginalized people, and made without thought to imitation or presentation - Art Brut make brilliantly simple, cleverly stupid art-punk. RIYL Wire, the Fall, Bloc Party. Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds CD/LP (Locust) ................................................................... Abstract and dissonant fingerstyle webs that evoke those famous LSD experiments with spiders; and he stretches out in long raga-influenced improvisations that accelerate into flatpicked furies. Essential unaccompanied acoustic guitar. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation CD (Lidkercow) ................................................................... Chewy mash-up of Syd Barrett quirkiness and Elephant 6 writing. A playful collage of indie, folk, and junkyard electronic music. Messy, loose and joyful and full of shouts and lo-fi drums. RIYL Pavement, Wilco, Flaming Lips. ................................................................... 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 ................................................................... Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell (7/10) Crowded House - Time On Earth (7/10) Nick Drake - Family Tree (7/10) Gogol Bordello - Super (7/10) Gourds - Noble Creatures (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) ................................................................... Coming Soonish (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... Editors - An End Has A Start (7/17) Galactic Zoo Dossier #7 (7/17) M.I.A. - Boys [single] (7/17) Monotract - Trueno Oscuro (7/17) Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me (7/17) Mick Turner - Blue Trees (7/17) Bexar Bexar - Tropism (7/24) 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) Tegan and Sara - The Con (7/24) UNKLE - War Stories (7/24) John Vanderslice - Emerald City (7/24) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is EP (7/24) Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House LP (7/31) Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This (8/7) Loren Connors - The Hymn of the North Star LP (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 - Andora (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) Go Team - Proof of Youth (9/11) Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs (9/11) Qui - Love's Mirachel (9/11) Michael Yonkers - Grimwood (9/11) Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate (9/18) Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release (9/18) Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (9/25) PJ Harvey - White Chalk (9/25) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (9/25) Bettye Lavette - Scene of the Crime (9/25) Magik Markers - BOSS (9/25) Mum - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (9/25) Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War (9/25) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (10/9) Enon - Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds (10/9) Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (10/9) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 6/26 - 7/03: 1. Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up CD (Capitol) 2. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger CD/LP (Lost Highway) 3. Burial - Ghost Hardware 12" EP (Hyperdub) 4. Savath + Savalas - Golden Pollen CD (Anti) 5. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation CD (Lidkercow) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Ryan Adams, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Burial, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Gore Gore Girls, Jennifer Gentle, Nick Lowe, Sinead O'Connor, Pharoahe Monch, Rasputina, Pegi Young, Nels Cline Singers, Bryan Ferry, Stateless, Amiina, Art Brut, Arthur & Yu, Bumps, Chromeo, Fridge, Jaylib, Lightning Dust, Maps, Maserati, Minus Story, Polyphonic Spree, Xavier Rudd, Savath + Savalas, Judee Sill, Tomahawk, Von Sudenfed, White Stripes, Chrome Children, Sir Richard Bishop, Burning Brides, Hackensaw Boys, Mooney Suzuki, Oxbow, Tigersmilk, David Vandervelde, Videohippos, Rocky Votolato, James Blackshaw, 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, Traveling Wilburys, Wooden Wand, Numero Group, Her Space Holiday, Joan as Police Woman, Psychic TV and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming shows that Landlocked is helping put together: Wednesday July 18th @ 10pm @ Bears Place - $5 - 21+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ OS (Bloomingtopia) - http://myspace.com/lonesomevalleyalchemist SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA (Crucial Blast - Richmond, VA) - http://www.syarva.com/ ROBE. (Columbus) - http://myspace.com/robedot OS creates sounds that correspond to the nature of being and embody the ideals of nothingness. Live sets are best viewed blindfolded at the epicenter of the sound waves, or with eyes securely fastened in the upright position while allowing drool to pool at your feet. Waves of guitar and electronics roll through the ears creating patterns that are comparable to LSD trips through black holes. GET SUCKED IN! 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 *** NEW LOCATION AND EVENT! *** Friday July 20th @ Waldron Arts Center Block Party - FREE! - ALL-AGES ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ TREMENDOUS FUCKING - http://www.tremfu.com/ BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY - http://www.myspace.com/busmansholiday DAIQUIRI - http://www.nightruiner.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! Here are a few of our selections... Mirah & Laura Viers @ Buskirk Chumley - 7/18 - $8 student, $15 general Murder By Death @ Bluebird Nightclub - 7/26 - $6 Man Man @ Bluebird Nightclub - 7/29 - $10 Bleeding Heartland Rollerderby @ Sportsplex - 8/4 - $10 - http://www.bleedingheartlandrollergirls.com/ Junior Brown @ Bluebird Nightclub - 8/17 - $15 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. 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