Hello party people, is this the oncoming of an early spring, kicking down Punxsutawney Phil's little wooden door and glazing us all with island breezes? Not bloody likely. You do realise that we always get all kinds of items NOT listed on our update - solitary items, oddities, reissues and doo-dads often don't get published. We can't have you merely living vicariously through our update now can we? So, roll on over and spend some of that holiday loot and use that gift certificate before it accidentally goes through the laundry... NEW ARRIVALS for the Week of 1/8/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact arrival dependent on shipping delays and mishaps, sorry) Marah - Angels of Destruction! (Yep Roc) ................................................................... Musically, Angels of Destruction is Marah doing what Marah does. The album swings with abandon and rocks with greasy soul, all the while paying its respects to the guy-and-a-guitar simplicity that lives at the heart of every rock n' roll song. The title track is a propulsive chilled-out rocker that hints at the larger themes of the album: religion, redemption, destruction and joy. Mojo Magazine - February 2008 ................................................................... Radiohead cover story. Plus an interview with Joni Mitchell, story of the Cult, Adam Ant, Looking ahead to 2008, review galore, plus photos and review of the Led Zeppelin reunion gig. Includes free CD of electronic music this month. Reverend Organdrum - Hi-Fi Stereo (Yep Roc) ................................................................... In an attempt to bone up his already miraculous guitar chops, The Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, got together with Texas friends and Five-time Grammy winner Tim Alexander and Todd Soesbe to form Reverend Organdrum. The idea for the project came to life through the Rev's love of vintage roots music and his growing obsession with Hammond B-3 organs. Hi-Fi Stereo covers the pantheon of hipness, dosing out greasy soul, funk, blues, lounge, rockabilly and just about everything else that sounds best dripping from a 45rpm in the wee hours. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Hear) ................................................................... In addition to her successful solo career, Sia has also worked extensively with Zero 7; She provided the vocals for the hit singles "Destiny" and "Distractions" from their debut album Simple Things, as well as tracks on their subsequent albums, When It Falls and Garden. She also collaborated successfully with Massive Attack and William Orbit. Wire Magazine - January 2008 ................................................................... 2007 Rewind Issue, The Wire's review of the year's best music, including Top 50 Records of the Year, writers' and musicians' reflections, and surveys of the state of sonic art in 2007. Plus, Invisible Jukebox with Keith Rowe, Interviews with Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance), ex-Japan drummer Steve Jansen, Sweden in the 60s, and much more from this always excellent British rag. VA - Juno OST (Rhino) ................................................................... The hit soundtrack to the hit indie-film! Includes tracks by Kimya Dawson, Moldy Peaches, Cat Power, Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, Mott the Hoople (yeah!) and more. Also Released This Week (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Medeski, Martin & Wood - Let's Go Everywhere (Megaforce) Syclops - Where's Jason's K? 12" (DFA) VA - Best of the Johnny Cash Show 2CD (Sony) VA - The Wire: Beyond Hamsterdam: Baltimore (Nonesuch) VA - And All the Pieces Matter - 5 Years of Music from the Wire (Nonesuch) ................................................................... NEXT WEEK - Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! - info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... Cornelius - Gum EP (1/15) Dirty on Purpose - Like Bees EP (1/15) Grand Buffet - King Vision (1/15) Mike Ladd - Nostalgialator (1/15) The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (1/15) Nurse With Wound - Gyllenskold (1/15) Rings - Black Habit (1/15) ................................................................... COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... 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 / Abyssal (1/22) Evangelicals - The Evening Descends (1/22) Hello, Blue Roses - The Portrait Is Finished (1/22) Hey Willpower - PDA (1/22) Mahjongg - Kontpab (1/22) Eric Matthews - The Imagination Stage (1/22) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (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 1982-87 2CD (1/22) Richard Swift - Instruments of Science and Technology (1/22) Times New Viking - Rip It Off (1/22) Vetiver - You May Be Blue (1/22) Future of the Left - Curses (1/29) Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead (1/29) Los Campesinos - The International Tweexcore Underground (1/29) The Mars Volta - The Bedlam is Goliath (1/29) Radar Brothers - Auditorium (1/29) Sons & Daughters - The Gift (1/29) Chris Walla - Field Manual (1/29) Xiu Xiu - Women as Loers (1/29) Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards (2/5) Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2/5) Bob Mould - District Line (2/5) Belong - Colorloss Record (2/19) Blood on the Wall - Liferz (2/19) Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2/19) Earles & Jensen Present: Just Farr A Laugh Vol 1 & 2 (2/19) Growing - Lateral EP (2/19) The Lions - Jungle Struttin' (2/19) Neptune - Gong Lake (2/19) No Kids - Come Into My House (2/19) Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams (2/19) Old Crow Medicine Show - Eutaw (2/26) STAFF PICKS! These are all available at Landlocked right now! Hurry! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (SST, 1985; reissue Ryko 1999) ...................................................................  It's hard to think of a band that changed more quickly and radically than the Meat Puppets. The rabid, slobbering hardcore of I, the baked desert folk punk of II, and the glistening, blistered psychedelia of Up On the Sun: the Pups were the oddballs of SST Records, which is saying a lot. They seemed to be in the business of confusing if not pissing off their fans. II gets most of the credit thanks to Nirvana paying tribute to it on MTV Unplugged. But, for my money, Up on the Sun, is THE record. It's easy to forget how ballsy it was to release this record at the time, especially on SST, home of Black Flag etc. Turns out these 3 dudes were Deadheads and maybe even indulged in a few Byrds records! Shocking. (Sonic Youth were Deadheads too, but they didn't wear it so much on their sleeve at the time.) The songwriting, playing, and overall laid back vibe shines through the dated production. Slacker rock was born here. - Jason Tindersticks - discography (Bar/None, Polygram, Beggars) ...................................................................  Gloomy chamber-pop that works well with rainy days or wine-soaked nights. If you dig Leonard Cohen, Scott Walker, Lee Hazlewood, Serge Gainsbourg and Nick Cave you owe it to yourself to check out the discography of this British group from the 90s. Led by Stuart Staples' rich, poetic mumble and supported by elegent orchestrations and jazzy schmaltz, Tindersticks made a heaping handful of wonderful moody albums of aching torch songs, darkly humorous ballads and help launch Belle & Sebastian, too. They went on to rightly score films with their romantic and desperate atmosphere. - Heath We All Together - s/t (MaG, 1972; Get Back, 2007) ...................................................................  This Peruvian band's track 'It's a Sin to Go Away' immediately caught my attention when I first heard it on the Nuggets 2 box back in 2001. Six-years later, the oppurtunity to hear more has finally presented itself with the reissue of their first album. Though none of the other tracks are as arrestingly psychedelic as 'It's a Sin,' I was pleasantly surprised by the consistently top-notch songcraft and performances throughout. Obvious Beatle-obsessives (particularly McCartney), the band manage to churn out song after song that easily match the quality of the two McCartney covers and one Badfinger cover that fill out the record. Georgeous melodies (sung in fairly good English!) drift over a White-Album-era production that's chock-full of 'Revolution'-fuzz guitars, hyper-melodic basslines and fat drum beats that never sound too derivative or forced, just naturally musical. An essential record for any fan of the Fab 4 (together or solo), Badfinger or other classic pop sounds. - Cyrus ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 1/2 - 1/8 1. Radiohead, In Rainbows CD/LP (TBD) 2. Beirut, Flying Club Cup CD/LP (Ba Da Bing) 3. King Khan & The Shrines, What is? CD/LP (Hazelwood) 4. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, 100 Days 100 Nights CD/LP (Daptone) 5. Gram Parsons, Live at the Avalon Ballroom 2CD (Amoeba) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Radiohead, Bonnie Prince Billy, Rivers Cuomo, Jonny Greenwood, Tool, Hi-Tek, Wu-Tang Clan, Aloha, Blood Meridian, Bodies of Water, Daft Punk, Nick Drake, 4 Bonjours Parties, Ghostface Killah, Interpol, Kentucky Nightmare, Joe Lally, One Be Lo, Rufus Wainwright, 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 and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Bloomington shows that Landlocked Music is excited about: 1/17 - Toubab Krewe @ Bluebird 1/20 - Evan Farrell Memorial Show @ Bluebird 1/24 - Chicago Afrobeat Project @ Fester's 2/1 - Peter and the Wolf @ Bear's 2/2 - Capillary Action @ Art Hospital 2/3 - Six Organs of Admittance / Tren Brothers @ Waldron 2/9 - Carrie Newcomer @ Buskirk-Chumley 2/12 - Nina Nastasia @ Art Hospital 2/16 - Haste the Day + more @ Rhino's 2/28 - They Might Be Giants @ Bluebird 2/29 - Avett Brothers @ Bluebird 3/1 - Pelican / Black Cobra / Unearthly Trance @ Rhino's 3/3 - Bowerbirds / Phosphorescent @ Waldron 3/4 - Evangelicals / Headlights @ Waldron 3/11 - Samara Lubelski @ Waldron 3/13 - David Allan Coe @ Bluebird 3/18 - Old Time Relijun @ Bluebird 3/20 - Islands @ Rhino's 3/21 - The Dirtbombs / Kelley Stoltz @ Jake's 3/27 - Bodies of Water / Le Loup @ Waldron 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