Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the home stretch. Just a handful more weeks til the turn of the year and we can all get a soft reset. We hope you are preparing your list, because we are. Stop in and catch up on all those releases from 2007 before its... 2008! Warm your hearts and rosy cheeks with tidings of Saddle Creek gift wrap, holiday oddities and our endearing personality quirks. NEW ARRIVALS for the Week of 12/04/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact arrival dependent on shipping delays and mishaps, sorry) Aloha - Light Works EP (Polyvinyl) ................................................................... This collection of 7 new Aloha songs was conceived to be an end of the year surprise: a care package or a thank you note to fans and anyone who might be curious. But Aloha has a problem doing anything halfway, and the result is a set of Aloha's most gorgeous, ambitious and fully-realized songs. Instead of saying thanks, Aloha is probably saying hello to a bunch of new listeners. Blood Meridian - Liquidate Paris (Elevation) ................................................................... Welcome to Blood Meridian's 3rd album, where Black Mountain's Josh, Matt and gang take you on a 9 song journey deep into the land of psych-weird countryesque -folk. This time around they delve pretty deep into an early 60's vibe where fans of the earlier ESP folkier records, Skip Spence's Oar and maybe even a little early Bob Seger System will find comfort in the grooves. Bodies of Water - Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink (Secretly Canadian) ................................................................... These songs draw on a mixture of traditions; the transcendent intensity of gospel, brutish gusto of punk rock, earnest idiosyncrasy of folk, sonic inclusiveness of tropicalia, planned jamming of prog, and the sincere bombast of musical theatre. Likened to a sort of emotional topiary; an unruly living mess lent its shape by the psychic framework around which it grows. Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (Virgin) ................................................................... Recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, an 18,000 capacity sports arena in Paris, in June, 2007. The CD captures the exuberant multi-media spectacle of their first hometown show in 10 years in front of a capacity crowd of thrilled fans. 2CD version is packaged as a bound book and contains an enhanced CD featuring 5 tracks from the show's encore and 50 pages of photos. Nick Drake - Fruit Tree [3CD / 3LP + DVD] (Island) ................................................................... The box set consists of the three albums; Five Leaves Left, Bryter Later and Pink Moon, a DVD of "A Skin Too Few" - a BBC documentary, and a premium booklet. Limited edition and a great gift idea. 4 Bonjours Parties - Pigments Drift Down to the Brook (Mush) ................................................................... A 7-piece from Tokyo, Japan whose debut album, with it's expansive, chamber-music approach to song structure and production, hints at modern risk-takers Architecture In Helsinki and The Arcade Fire. Keyboards and wind instruments lay on top of a bed of dream-rock guitar, bass, and drums, creating moments of 60's guitar pop, Neu inspired repetition, and modern electronics, all within the same expansive track. Ghostface Killah - Big Dough Rehab (Def Jam) ................................................................... He wrecked your mind last month when he rolled through the Bluebird with Brother Ali and the legendary Rakim. Now, one of The Wu-Tang Clan's most recognizable personalities has returned with his 7th solo album. Features the Rhythm Roots Allstars (his live band), Raekwon, Method Man, Beanie Sigel, Kid Capri, U-God, Cappadonna, Masta Killa and much more, of course. Interpol - Live EP (Capital) ................................................................... This 6 song live EP features 2 tracks from the band's 2002 debut and 4 tracks from their current album Our Love To Admire. Recorded at the Astoria club in London on July 2nd, 2007. We are the only store in Bloomington to have this CD! Kentucky Nightmare - Take Her Favour (self) ................................................................... KY-Nightmare is a 4-piece band from B-ton, hell-bent on making the world feel good with their rock and roll music. Consisting of Simon Moore (guitars & vox), Ben Fowler (drums), Karen Jensen (bass) and David Woodruff (guitar, as well as their resident art director). The results are unanimously satisfactory. The band is rocking more melodic, clever, and crafty songs than ever. Their 3-part harmonies rise to meed the clouds and taunt them with their cuteness. Joe Lally (Fugazi) - Nothing Is Underrated (Dischord) ................................................................... To say Joe Lally's albums are solo is a half-truth - the fact is that Joe, the bassist for the now dormant Fugazi, acts as an anchor and invites friends to play around his basslines. Here he is accompanied by Ben Azzara (Capitol City Dusters), Andy Gale (Haram), Eddie Janney (Rites Of Spring), Sam Krulewitch and Ricardo Lagomasino (Capillary Action), Devin Ocampo (Medications), as well as Fugazi bandmates Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto. One Be Lo - The REBIRTH (Subterraneous) ................................................................... If you went to the Hip-Hop Elements Showcase this past weekend you probably heard some of the hardest hip hop songs you've heard in a while and turned to your friends like "What the F^&K is This!?". How many rappers can really live up to the name "OneManArmy"? Featuring those songs, produced by Jake One, Vitamin D, Bean One, Eric G, & more from One Be Lo of Binary Star. Sigur Ros - Heima DVD (XL) ................................................................... Heima, which translates as both "at home" and "homeland", chronicles a series of free concerts Sigur Ros played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006. The entire tour was filmed and provides a unique insight into one of the world's most inscrutable bands while exploring their natural habitat like never before, with performances in deserted fish factories, at far-flung community halls, in sylvan fields, darkened caves, canyons, and fjords. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall (Geffen) ................................................................... In June 2006, Rufus took to the stage to recreate "the Greatest Show of All Time ever staged in honor of the Greatest Show of All Time"- Judy Garland's legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall; song-for-song, in its original venue. Garland fanatics feared a fiasco, but the show was a triumph. His sophisticated act of homage to his hero was both a loving tribute and an arch commentary on the original. Backed by a 36-piece orchestra and arranged by the Broadway famed Stephen Oremus, Rufus's vocal talent soars over these classic melodies. Wax Poetics - #26 - The Hip-Hop Issue ................................................................... Thankfully, even with the loss of other magazines (Elemental, Scratch), we still have Wax Poetics and their incredible journalism to cover Hip Hop. Featuring Just Blaze, Evidence, 9th Wonder, Alchemist, Devin the Dude, Percee P and much more - like Barrington Levy, Bobby Byrd and Tyrone Thomas. VA - Peanut Butter Wolf presents Badd Santa (Stones Throw) ................................................................... A collection of funky Christmas gems from Stones Throw Records! Badd Santa features a handful of tracks from some of the more adventurous names on the Stones Throw roster - Georgia Anne Muldrow, Baron Zen and James Pants - and killer batch of old school hip hop, funk and leftfield holiday gems from James Brown, Bruce Haack, Free Design, Vince Guaraldi and more - the most eclectic funky sleigh ride you'll ever experience! VA - Thrash Sabbatical: 4 Way Split 12" + 2x7" Box (Deathbomb Arc) ................................................................... This elaborate vinyl box set pairs Thurston Moore with three amazing noise acts. The packaging features unique handmade art designed by Britt and Amanda of the label Not Not Fun. Thurston Moore contributes music that ranges from beautiful acoustic guitar work to fierce noise and charging thud rhythms. Also includes Kevin Shields (the band), Barrabarracuda, and Men Who Can't Love. VA - Well Deep: 10 Years Of Big Dada Recordings 2xCD/DVD (Big Dada) ................................................................... Double-disc overview of the forward-thinking hip-hop label features tracks by Roots Manuva, cLOUDDEAD, Diplo, Spank Rock, Wiley and many others. The DVD includes over 30 music videos, a label documentary, a video megamix by Diplo, and electronic press kits. Also Released This Week (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bonde Do Role - Marina Gasolina EP (Domino) Burial - Untrue LP (Hyperdub) By the End of Tonight / Tera Melos - Complex Full LP (Temporary Residence) Defiance, Ohio - The Fear, The Fear, The Fear (No Idea) The Eagles - The Very Best Of (Asylum) Electrelane - In Berlin 7" (Too Pure) Ex-Boyfriends - In With (Absolutely Kosher) Growing - Social Club 7" (Social Registry) Billie Holiday - Rare Live Recordings 1935-59 5CD (ESP) Isis - Holy Tears [single] (Ipecac) Wyclef Jean - Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant (Sony) Jonathan Kane - Little Drummer Boy [CD-single] (Table of the Elements) The Libertines - Best of (Rough Trade) Samara Lubelski - Parallel Suns (Social Registry) Minus Story - Make the Dead Come EP (Jagjaguwar) Salim Nourallah - Snowing in my Heart (Western Vinyl) Peaches + Tone Loc - Wild Thing Remix 12" (Delicious Vinyl) Pelican - After the Ceiling Cracked DVD (Hydrahead) Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris LP (Interscope) Damien Rice - Live from the Union Chapel (Reprise) Chris Shlarb - Twilight and Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty) Songs:Ohia - The Ghost (Secretly Canadian) Songs:Ohia - Protection Spells (Secretly Canadian) Tender Forever - Wider (K) Throw Me The Statue - About to Walk [single] (Secretly Canadian) Times New Viking - My Head / RIP Allegory 7" (Matador) Too $hort - Get Off the Stage (Jive) Traveling Wilburys - Collection [LP Box Set] (Rhino) Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy! Live at the Palladium DVD (Geffen) Woelv - Tout Seul CD / deluxe LP (K) VA - Once OST [CD+DVD version] (Red Ink) STAFF PICKS! These are all available at Landlocked right now! Hurry! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Badfinger - Wish You Were Here (WB 1974, Collector's Choice 2007) ................................................................... The tragic story of Badfinger: groomed to be the next Beatles by the Beatles themselves, numerous hit songs in the US and UK, screwed beyond belief by their manager, bankruptcy, suicide... Somewhat lost in this tale are their excellent late period LPs, after they left Apple Records. Wish You Were Here (released before the Pink Floyd LP) was their 2nd for Warner. Pete Ham turns in some of his best work, but during the sessions, things started to unravel. Ham quit briefly, then rejoined, the money situation was worsening, lawsuits were flying between just about every concerned party, and then the album hadn't been in stores more than a few months when WB decided to recall it due to all the legal wrangling. Sadly, it was to be their last LP with both core songwriters Pete Ham & Joey Molland. Ham hanged himself in '75. Molland and co. continued on with the Badfinger name, but their fortunes never really turned around, and Molland eventually followed Ham in suicide in 1983. - Jason Jonathan Kane - February (Table of the Elements) ................................................................... What if the Velvet Underground were blues cowboys from hell, or if Stereolab drove a beat up Ford pick-up and played shady bars on the Texas border? Each song on Jonathan Kane's debut CD sounds familiar. Bluesy guitar figures over locked drums and driving bass, all played by Kane. Not unlike a multitude of "drone" albums, these fragments repeat to infinity, slowly changing over time with you hardly even realising. But Kane is working in a style that is far removed from the audio wallpaper of much drone. And while it also has much in common with lockgroove kraut like Neu, its far from that as well. Its sitting on the porch and strumming one chord on your acoustic to the point of the strings breaking, and thats when the change happens. Earning his chops in brutalists SWANS, one can easily hear Gira moaning along and strumming the same chord, eyes closed, cowboy boots on, lighting the funeral pyre with sound. Propulsive urban dirges for modern ghost towns. - Heath Marmoset - Today It's You (Secretly Canadian, 1999) ................................................................... Probably the most underrated act in the SC roster (and definitely my favorite), Indianapolis-based outfit Marmoset's debut album (like all their releases) is an absolute gem. Most albums with 20 tracks are nearly impossible to get through, incredibly long affairs containing a few good songs amongst a sea of duds. Today it's you, however, is short, succinct, and consistently stunning. Singer/main songwriter Jorma Whitaker pens one classic song after another, his breathy, honey-voiced delivery perfectly articulating his highly personal, messed-up lyrics. The songs themselves are jagged and mostly guitar-driven, sounding a bit like Wire or the Velvets backing Syd Barrett, but mostly they just sound like Marmoset, which is the highest compliment I could possibly give. Headphone listeners are the real winners here, as the production is just as amazing as the songcraft. A true all-time Indiana classic. - Cyrus ................................................................... NEXT WEEK - Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! - info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology 3 (12/11) R Kelly - Trapped in the Closet Chapters 1-22 DVD (12/11) Byron Lee & the Dragonaires - The Essential 2CD (12/11) Dave Mathews - Live at Piedmont Park CD/DVD (12/11) Pink Floyd - Oh By the Way [16 CD Box] (12/11) Beanie Sigel - The Solution (12/11) Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (12/11) VA - Great Debators OST (12/11) VA - Pop Ambient 2008 (12/11) ................................................................... COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (12/18) Rivers Cuomo - Alone: The Home Recordings (12/18) Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood OST (12/18) Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (12/18) Tool - Vicarious DVD (12/18) VA - Sweeney Todd OST (12/18) Radiohead - In Rainbows (1/2) Dirty on Purpose - Like Bees EP (1/15) Magnetic Fields - Distortion (1/15) Black Mountain - In the Future (1/22) Blood on the Wall - Liferz (1/22) Bodies of Water - Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blank (1/22) Cat Power - Jukebox (1/22) Collections of Colonies of Bees - Birds (1/22) Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left (1/22) Evangelicals - The Evening Descends (1/22) Hey Willpower - PDA (1/22) Mahjongg - Kontpab (1/22) Eric Matthews - The Imagination Stage (1/22) Mono - The Sky Remains the Same as Ever DVD (1/22) Jon Mueller - Metals (1/22) Photon Band - Back Down to Earth (1/22) Rafter - Sex Death Cassette (1/22) Jed Speare - Sound Works 1980-87 2CD (1/22) Richard Swift - Instruments of Science and Technology (1/22) Times New Viking - Rip It Off (1/22) Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead (1/29) The Mars Volta - The Bedlam is Goliath (1/29) Radar Brothers - Auditorium (1/29) Sons & Daughters - The Gift (1/29) Vetiver - remix 12" (1/29) Xiu Xiu - Women as Loers (1/29) Earles & Jensen Present: Just Farr A Laugh Vol 1 & 2 (2/19) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 11/20 - 11/27: 1. Jose Gonzalez, In Our Nature (Mute) 2. Burial, Untrue (Hyperdub) 3. Interpol, Live EP (Capitol) 4. Sigur Ros, Heima DVD (XL) 5. Kentucky Nightmare, Take Her Favor () Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Bonnie Prince Billy, Boris w/ Merzbow, British Sea Power, Cloudland Canyon / Lichens, Electric Wizard, Gorillaz, LoVid, Major Stars, James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, Nine Inch Nails, Push-Pull, Six Organs of Admittance, The Valerie Project, Cursive, Opeth, Residents, Boscoe, Vashti Bunyan, Burial, Eskiboy, Robyn Hitchcock, Os Mutantes, Pantaleimon, Wire, Battles, Bright Eyes, Burial, Citay, Loren Connors, Einsturzende Neubauten, Grizzly Bear, Jay Z, LCD Soundsystem, Operation Ivy, Gram Parsons w/ The Flying Burrito Bros, Pedro, Pine Hill Haints, Sigur Ros, Bobb Trimble, White Williams, Buck 65, The Cake, Charalambides, Youssou N'Dour, Elephant Micah, Gescom, Levon Helm, Lindstrom, Steve Moore, Orgone, Luke Vibert & Jean Jaques Perrey and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Bloomington shows that Landlocked Music is excited about: 12/5 - Strange Boys @ Bear's Place 12/6 - Austin Lucas & the Pressmen @ Rhino's 12/7 - White Magic @ Art Hospital 12/7 - Dillinger Escape Plan / A Life Once Lost / Genghis Tron @ Rhino's 12/12 - Mae @ Rhino's 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. 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