Ahhhh extended weekends, gotta love em, unless you are Landlocked, who was open all weekend for your music-buying needs. We were able to briefly get away from it all and we hope you are relaxed and ready for an ever so slightly shorter week as we look towards autumn and a huge release day next week (pre-orders recommended!) Check out this week in the meantime: Select New Arrivals for the Week of 09/04/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact arrival dependent on shipping delays and mishaps, sorry) Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl 3LP (Deep Elm) ................................................................... Nearly two hours in total length, 26 beautifully orchestrated songs of lush melody, expertly paced dynamics and blossoming atmospherics. Appleseed Cast gives way to a more courageous exploration of sound and texture, experimenting with loops, echoes, instrumentation, inverting tape and changing speeds. Each song nearly explodes at the seams, overflowing with symphonics, crescendos, swells of feedback and electronics. Very limited edition on heavy colored vinyl in beautiful packaging. Baroness - Red Album (Relapse) ................................................................... Baroness are set to position themselves at the forefront of heavy music with an epic album that is at once powerful, expressive, confident, and commanding. Red Album sees the band expand its sonic vision; colossal riffs and haunting vocals roll like thunder across epic songs spanning both the intense and the sublime. RIYL Mastodon, Explosions in the Sky, High on Fire, Mogwai and Isis. Manu Chao - La Radiolina (Nacional) ................................................................... Manu Chao is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of Latin alternative music, and was the leader of Mano Negra. This is his first studio release in the US since 2001. He recently completed his most extensive North American tour to date, following a highly acclaimed co-headlining performance at this year's Coachella festival as well as the Bonnaroo and Sasquatch festivals. An enchanting trip through Latin-flavored world-beat rock, reliant on a potpourri of musical styles from Latin & salsa to dub to rock to French pop to experimental to techno. Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter CD/2LP (Constellation) ................................................................... When Jem Cohen (director of Benjamin Smoke & Fugazi's Instrument) proposed Vic make his next album at the Hotel2Tango studio in Montreal, with various Constellation musicians as players for the session, they were thrilled. When we heard the results, we were floored. The broad cast of players - all 7 members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, along with Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), and members of Frankie Sparo, Hangedup, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor - offered influences and approaches to Vic's music that yielded a record unlike any other in his substantial discography. Recorded last winter as one of the last sessions to take place at the original Hotel2Tango location in Montreal. Another gem in Vic's crown. Cowboy Jack Clement - Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan DVD (Shout Factory) ................................................................... He's been a producer to Elvis Presley & U2, an Arthur Murray dance instructor, best friend to Johnny Cash, Sam Phillips' right-hand man, a US Marine, a slasher-film producer, and he discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, Charley Pride and Townes Van Zandt. This off-the-wall feature about legendary Nashville record producer/performer/artist Cowboy Jack Clement tells the story of his amazing career via home movies longtime friends Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, John Prine, Bono and many more. Riding the trail between Monty Python and Blazing Saddles, this film inspires with lessons of creativity, mortality, and the risk and glory of a self-made life. Includes never before seen footage and commentary of legendary artists such as Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson and George Jones. Dinosaur L - 24 -> 24 Music (Traffic) ................................................................... Dinosaur L is an alias donned by Arthur Russell, a man whose contribution to dance music from the late 70s and through the 80s was formidable but only quietly acknowledged. He was a cellist who studied classical and Indian music. He scored several hits on the underground dance scene at clubs like The Paradise Garage (Larry Levan was a huge supporter). His biggest tunes, "Go Bang!" and "Is It All Over My Face?" were worldwide club hits and are still played today as classics. Includes the original album tracklisting plus rare remixes and edits. Calvin Harris - I Created Disco (Almost Gold) ................................................................... Debut album from Scottish electronic artist Calvin Harris. The album is a mix of electro infused dance tracks and sees Harris take influence from the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk and in particular, early '80s Electro. 14 tracks including the singles 'Acceptable In The 80s' and 'The Girls'. Heavy Trash - Going Way Out CD/LP (Yep Roc) ................................................................... The bastard cousin to Jon Spencer's genre-demolishing Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash features Speedball Baby's guitar brawler and producer extraordinaire Matt Verta-Ray in a project that drinks down the best of roots, R&B and rock-a-billy. Filthy and hard - the soundtrack to the strung-out road trip from which there can be no return. Jenny Hoyston - Isle Of (Southern) ................................................................... Jenny Hoyston can't be easily pigeonholed, and thank goodness for that. As a member of acclaimed all-girl post-punkers Erase Errata or as Paradise Island, her solo project (released as part of the Latitudes series), she is without a doubt a defining female artist of our time. An ace songwriter, capable of frank emotion and playfulness and like a Robert Pollard record, her sensibility shines through whether it's experimental bedroom pop, or raucous full-on punk rock. VA - Guilt by Association (Engine Room) ................................................................... Have you ever felt embarrassed listening to pop gems of yesteryear? Fear not. Your favorite indie stars are giving the OK by joining in with this collection. Petra Haden delivers a soaring acapella version of Journey's anthem Don't Stop Believin'. Will Oldham turns Mariah Carey's Can't Take That Away into a bittersweet synth ballad. Jim O'Rourke transforms the Spice Girls' ballad Viva Forever into something that wouldn't have been out of place as a take out of a Beth Orton session. Also features Devendra doing Oasis, Luna as Paula Abdul, Mike Watt doing Blue Oyster Cult and Superchunk as Destiny's Child among others. The Wire - September 2007 (PJ Harvery Cover) ................................................................... PJ Harvey (Moving back to her homeland Dorset's chalky soil prompted her to recast her death-rattle songs as skeletal piano dirges); Trim (UK grime from this ex-Roll Deep MC); Lost In Hildurness (Icelandic cellist who has worked with Mum, Pan Sonic and Throbbing Gristle); Weirdos; Daft Punk (French Techno duo's new cyborg road movie, Electroma); Invisible Jukebox with Sir Richard Bishop; Charlotte Moorman (commemorating the cellist who performed naked works by Nam June Paik); Oren Ambarchi (Australian textural guitarist) Also Released This Week (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Blues Control - s/t LP (Holy Mountain) Greg Brown - Yellow Dog (Earthwork) Budos Band - II (LP Version) (Daptone) Fucked Up - Year of the Pig 12" (What's Your Rupture) Karate High School - The League of Tomorrow (Evo) Ferraby Lionheart - Catch the Brass Ring (Nettwerk) MF Doom - Mmm Food [reissue] (LP Version) (Rhymesayers) M.I.A. - Kala (LP Version) (Interscope) Paul Motian - Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter) Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment (LP Version) (Stones Throw) The Rapture - WAYUH 12" (Throne of Blood) Stars - Riot 7" (Arts & Crafts) Trencher - Lips (Southern) Tyvek - Summer Burns 2x7" (What's Your Rupture) Luke Vibert - Chicago, Detroit, Redruth (Planet Mu) Warhammer 48k - An Ethereal Oracle LP (Permanent) Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song [reissue] (Fat Possum) VA - Killed By Death LPs VA - Zanzibara, Vol. 3: Ujamaa (Buda Musique) STAFF PICKS! These are all available at Landlocked right now! Hurry! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Pop Levi - The Return to Form Black Magick Party (Counter, 2007) ................................................................... A strong contender for my favorite album of the year thus far, this British oddball is connected to a host of Ninja Tune bands and is sometimes a touring member of Ladytron. His own thing, however, is over-the-top, high-on-a-kilo-of-pixie-stix brand of hyper-pop, like a really hopped up T. Rex. I detect some Sparks influence too, and XTC. Even the slow songs pack a disturbing amount of nervous energy. What I like about it is that it doesn't sound too retro and keeps its eye to the future, but still sounds like timeless pop. A future classic. - Jason Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition / Metal Box (1979, WB; 2006 4 Men w/ Beards) ................................................................... Perhaps you've wondered about that iconic round metal LP box in our store. Second Edition (as its known in the USA), was the 2nd album from Johnny "Rotten" Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band. It is far removed from the punk sound, but perhaps moreso a part of the ethos in its blatant middle-finger giving. Studio experiments mixing heavy dub influence with krautrock rhythms, Beefheartian vocal nonsense and splattered shards of guitar shrapnel across 6 sides of wax. Equally important and a piss take, this drugged-out record sounded like nothing else at the time. Check out their legendary American Bandstand performance on youtube. RIYL Turn Pale, Pere Ubu, Swell Maps, Gang of Four, Pop Group. - Heath Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar and His Music (1975, EMI; 2006, Fallout) ................................................................... Though he never gained the recognition and fame of his uncle Ravi, Ananda Shankar made some amazing music of his own. After a pilgrimage to Los Angeles in the late 60s that resulted in jamming with acid-rockers (including Hendrix) and releasing a poorly selling album for Reprise, he returned to India to continue honing his craft. Determined to fuse Indian classical music with the psychedelic rock & recording techniques of the west, Ananda hoped to create a completely new and groundbreaking musical experience. Though it never really caught on, the resulting album is a total sucess, an enchanting and refreshingly unique listen all the way through. Arranged and conducted by Ananda who also plays sitar, this album perfectly meshes trashy western garage band sounds with the sophisticated beauty of an Indian classical ensemble, topped off by ocassional washes of bizarre, sitar-esque moog sounds. A magical little record that lives in a time all it's own. - Cyrus ................................................................... 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 ................................................................... Adrian Orange & Her Band - s/t (9/11) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (9/11) Besnard Lakes - Casino Nanaimo 12" (9/11) Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil (9/11) Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter (9/11) Circle - Katapult (9/11) C.O.C.O. - Play Drums + Bass (9/11) Deerhoof - Matchbook Seeks Maniac 7" (9/11) Dirty Projectors - Rise Above (9/11) Figurines - When the Deer Wore Blue (9/11) Film School - Hideout (9/11) The Go Team - Proof of Youth (9/11) The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights (9/11) Joe Henry - Civilians (9/11) Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd (9/11) Joy Division - LP Reissues (9/11) KTL - 2 LP (9/11) Mammatus - The Coast Explodes (9/11) Cass McCombs - Dropping the Writ (9/11) Mono - Gone (9/11) Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You (9/11) Orange - Escape from LA (9/11) June Panic - Songs from Purgatory 3CD (9/11) Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs (9/11) Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn [3CD reissue] (9/11) Emma Pollock - Watch the Fireworks (9/11) Psychic Paramount - Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural (9/11) Qui - Love's Miracle (9/11) Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills (9/11) Taken By Trees - Open Field (9/11) Kanye West - Graduation (9/11) Wooden Shjips - s/t (9/11) Michael Yonkers - Grimwood (9/11) Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth [3CD reissue] (9/11) ................................................................... Coming Soonish (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... Akron/Family - Love is Simple (9/18) Baron Zen - Remixes (9/18) John Coltrane - Interplay 5CD (9/18) Crescent - Little Waves (9/18) Jamie Cullum - In the Mind of (9/18) Miles Davis - Complete On the Corner Sessions 6CD (9/18) Donnas - Bitchin' (9/18) Kevin Drew - Spirit If (9/18) Health - s/t (9/18) His Name is Alive - Xmmer (9/18) Michael Hurley - The Ancestral Swamp (9/18) Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends (9/18) Ministry - The Last Sucker (9/18) Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me (9/18) Percee P - Perseverance (9/18) Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate (9/18) Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release (9/18) Songs of the Grean Pheasant - Gyllyng Street (9/18) VA - Best of the Johnny Cash Show CD/2xDVD (9/18) Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (9/25) The Decemberists - Perfect Crime #2 12" (9/25) Dethklok - Dethalbum (9/25) Farewell - Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun? (9/25) Fennesz - Hotel Paral.lel [reissue] (9/25) Georgie James - Places (9/25) Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (9/25) PJ Harvey - White Chalk (9/25) Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (9/25) Georgie James - Places (9/25) Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime (9/25) Magik Markers - BOSS (9/25) Mum - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (9/25) Matt Pond PA - Last Light (9/25) Rob Sonic - Sabotage Gigante (9/25) Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War (9/25) Supermayer - Save the World (9/25) Tunng - Good Arrows (9/25) Two Gallants - s/t (9/25) Weakerthans - Reunion Tour (9/25) Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts (9/25) VA - People Take Warning: Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 3CD (9/25) Aceyalone - Lightning Strikes (10/2) The Most Serene Republic - Population (10/2) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights (10/2) The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes (10/2) Siouxsie - Mantaray (10/2) Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (10/9) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (10/9) Celebration - The Modern Tribe (10/9) Enon - Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds (10/9) Extra Golden - Hera Ma Nono (10/9) Fiery Furnaces - Widow City (10/9) Future of the Left - Curses (10/9) Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (10/9) Melvins - Making Love Demons (10/9) Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now (10/9) Old Time Relijun - Catharsis In Crisis (10/9) Parkway Drive - Horizons (10/9) Robert Pollard - Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (10/9) Robert Pollard - Standard Gargoyle Decisions (10/9) Rollins Band - Do It (10/9) Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover (10/9) Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (10/9) Pylon - Gyrate [reissue] (10//16) Besnard Lakes - Volume 1 (10/23) Black Dice - Load Blown (10/23) Black Moth Super Rainbow - reissues (10/23) Carla Bruni - No Promises (10/23) Hangar 18 - Sweep the Leg (10/23) Prefuse 73 - Preparations (10/23) Tunng - Comments of the Inner Chorus (10/23) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 8/28 - 9/4: 1. Budos Band, II CD/LP (Daptone) 2. Caribou - Andorra CD/LP (Merge) 3. M.I.A. - Kala CD/LP (Interscope) 4. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight CD (WB) 5. Angels of Light, We Are Him CD (Young God) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Aesop Rock, Angels of Light, Ben Harper, Howling Hex, Liars, Lyle Lovett, Madlib, New Buffalo, No Age, Odd Nosdam, Prinzhorn Dance School, Numero Group, Blockhead, Mum, New Young Pony Club, Sword Heaven, VHS or Beta, Andrew WK, Architecture in Helsinki, Bodies of Water, Caribou, David Dondero, Galactic, Jay Dee, Talib Kweli, Nathaniel Mayer, Mekons, M.I.A., New Pornographers, Rilo Kiley, Josh Ritter, Airiel, Earlimart, Flaming Lips, Jeremy Enigk, Foreign Born, Imperial Teen, Kinski, Minus the Bear, Numbers, Stereo Total, Travis Morrison, Art in Manila, Bang Lime, Flight of the Conchords, Junior Senior, Mendoza Line, Mylla, Nina Nastasia & Jim White, Oh No, Spektrum, Sunn 0))), Linda Thompson, Clark, D'arcangelo, Over the Rhine, Chuck Ragan, White Rainbow and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Bloomington shows that Landlocked Music is excited about: 9/5 - Jennifer Gentle / Dodos / Resting Rooster @ Bear's Place 9/6 - Heartless Bastards @ Bluebird 9/8 - Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos @ Bluebird 9/9 - Against Me! / Matt & Kim / David Dondero @ Rhino's 9/10 - David Bazan / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone @ Waldron 9/12 - Fashion.Function.Art @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre 9/16 - Iris DeMent @ Bluebird 9/18 - Shapes & Sizes / Yeasayer @ Waldron 9/19 - Andrew Bird @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre 9/19 - BIASfest @ Art Hospital 9/20 - Nomo @ Uncle Fester's 9/20 - Redman @ Bluebird 9/22 - Dark Meat @ Art Hospital 10/4 - Shooter Jennings @ Bluebird 10/5 - Old Time Relijun @ Bear's Place 10/10 - Yo La Tengo @ Buskirk-Chumley 10/14 - Black Mountain @ Bluebird 10/16 - Ween @ Bluebird 10/18 - Nickel Creek @ Bluebird 10/19 - Bob Dylan / Elvis Costello @ IU Assembly Hall 10/23 - Jens Lekman @ Jake's 10/26 - Del The Funkee Homosapien / Devin the Dude @ Bluebird 10/30 - Melt Banana / Racebannon @ Rhino's 11/3 - Gore Gore Girls @ Rhino's 11/13 - Ghostface Killa / Rakim / Brother Ali @ Bluebird 12/3 - Jose Gonzalez @ Buskirk-Chumley We have tickets and further information for many of these wonderful performances. Sorry, but we can only accept cash for ticket purchases. ------------------------------------------------------------------ More information about shows and more on the horizon is available for the technologically inclined at http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ or http://myspace.com/landlockedbton or http://indiana.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2385198570 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. 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 http://indiana.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2385198570 (812) 339 - 2574 Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday : 11:30am - 7:30pm Sunday : Noon - 5pm