Its primary election day! Please go perform your civic duty, you cannot complain if you do not participate. Find your polling location here: http://www.indianavoters.com/ I was in and out in 15 minutes this morning, piece of cake! And then once you do, celebrate with some great new music... NEW ARRIVALS for the Week of 5/6/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact arrival dependent on shipping delays and mishaps, sorry) Animal Collective - Water Curses EP (Domino) ................................................................... Features 4 unreleased tracks; 2 are from the Wavelab Studio sessions that produced the critically acclaimed album "Strawberry Jam." All tracks show the band propelling forward on their mad genius trajectory. Ersi Arvizu - Friend for Life (Anti) ................................................................... In the mid-70s, as the lead singer of legendary group El Chicano, Arvizu and the band came to be known as premier ambassadors of the East LA sound - an amalgam of rock, jazz, R&B and Latin groove. Friend For Life includes a dozen intimate, dancefloor-ready songs of love, despair and survival. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Zodiac Girl 7" (Suicide Squeeze) ................................................................... Limited to 2,000 copies, this single features 2 new tracks. Comes with a coupon for a digital download. Pressed on clear vinyl. Drakkar Sauna - Wars and Tornadoes (Marriage) ................................................................... Putative cousins Wallace and Jeff don't have a morphine habit or syphilitic dementia to fuel a family rivalry. Despite being far more stable and far less dead than some of their musical heroes, Drakkar Sauna still manage to produce music just as heartbreaking as was made by their hard living country-roots forebearers. This set of Louvin Brothers covers retains the close harmonies of the Grand Ole Opry duo and feeds it through the Sauna's eclectic Americana smorgasbord. Songs of old timey despair and redemption from the 40s and 50s by a couple of siblings who were torn apart by alcoholism never sounded so toe tappin'. Its even Charlie Louvin approved! Earles & Jensen Present: Just Farr A Laugh Vol 1 & 2 (Matador) ................................................................... Inside jokes no longer! This legendary set has been putting bands into hysterics for years. Words cannot accurately describe the joy, it must be experienced with friends on a roadtrip. Rather than mocking or offending, Earles and Jensen use phone calls to build recurring characters and concerns of warmth, depth, and complexity (!) The subjects range from 80s TV shows to tattoo doctoring to the highlights of indie rock. Two CDs for the price of one, with 58 phone calls, 48-page booklet, and original drawings and notes by Devendra Banhart, Adam Green, Neil Hamburger, Jennifer Herrema, Gavin McInnes, Archer Prewitt, Matt Sweeney, and other luminaries. Tim Fite - Fair Ain't Fair (Anti) ................................................................... Famous for mining record store bargain bins for long-forgotten CDs, Tim takes tracks from their musical obscurity, dusts them off, and reburies them in his own tunes. But now come the voices, layer upon layer. Fite plays with melody in a way he never has before. Harmony rules, and the results are a collection of exquisite songs. Features members of Sufjan's band and My Brightest Diamond on guest vocals. Four Tet - Ringer (Domino) ................................................................... A 32-minute, 4-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an Afro-beat / krautrock sensibility. These are tracks that make you think of Berlin - Dakar - Detroit - but they could only have been made in London. All are headphone epics. While Kieran Hebden's trademark recuttings of jazz breaks may be less in evidence, his feel for harmony and melody is, as always, unmistakable. The Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement (Domino) ................................................................... The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals). The pair were so inspired by listening to the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie, and David Axelrod, that they recorded this album of 12 full-blooded songs, bold and brassy, full of drama, wit, and melody. The Long Blondes - Couples (Rough Trade) ................................................................... Familiar retro influences, like Pet Shop Boys, Blondie, and Pulp are recalled but not imitated, resulting in an original sophomore album. While their signature narratives form intelligent and sharp observations about romance and life, the lyrics are set to a rich, synthy, electronic sound that suggest the moment New Order's eardrums first vibrated to house and disco in NYC, 1981. Magnetic Fields - The Charm of the Highway Strip LP (Merge) ................................................................... Originally released in 1994, The Charm of the Highway Strip was The Magnetic Fields’ Merge debut and 4th full-length album. Presented here on high quality 180-gram vinyl with beautiful artwork and full art euro-sleeve insert, this marks this classic record’s first appearance in LP format. Matmos - Supreme Balloon (Matador) ................................................................... This record finds the band skipping sampling antics in favor of a lighthearted "cosmic pop" record made entirely out of synthesizers. The exotic and antiquated synths used here heavily spotlight the classic 60s/70s/80s consumer electronic rigs of Arp, Korg, Roland, Waldorf, and Moog. But there are also one of a kind curios present. Double LP in heavy duty gatefold, pressed on 180-gram vinyl w/ mp3 coupon. Vinyl includes 4 extra tracks including one w/ Terry Riley! Mojo Magazine - June 2008 (Slash cover) ................................................................... Exclusive interview with Slash of Guns 'N Roses/Velvet Revolver. Also a Paul Weller feature. CD: The Changing Man: Fifteen tracks that inspired Paul Weller. Includes cuts from Bob Marley, Gil Scott Heron, The Small Faces as well as three lost Paul Weller classics. No Age - Nouns (Sub Pop) ................................................................... Sub Pop debut by this LA duo is succinctly all encompassing, from the faux simplicity of the title to the beautiful distortion of its sound, to the packaging that includes a 68-page book packed with photos and art pieces. The record opens with a symphony of noise and sometimes creeps, sometimes smashes through a sonic headlock befitting "Daydream Nation"-era Sonic Youth, Kiwi pop, My Bloody Valentine, and experimental noise. PFM Best New Music. Pattern is Movement - All Together (Hometapes) ................................................................... "The combination of Thiboldeaux's swooning, near-operatic singing style and Ward's fierce yet deconstructive drumming, surrounded by flurries of shimmering keys and sometimes strings, makes Pattern Is Movement more unusual than ever. The only band one could rightly compare them to is Radiohead, what with the jaunty song structures and opaque, repetitive lyrics." --Philadelphia Weekly Portishead - Third [LP Box Version] (Mercury) ................................................................... Limited edition set includes the Third double-album plus the etched "Machine Gun" 12", a Nick Uff print, and a P-shaped USB drive containing the entire album and four films. Everything is housed in an individually numbered box. Regular vinyl edition also available. Ratatat - Shiller 7" (XL) ................................................................... The first single from Ratatat's 3rd album "3" (out on July 8). B/w 'Mahalo' Shearwater - Rooks 7" (Matador) ................................................................... Limited 7" of Rooks b/w The Rainbow (a previously unreleased Talk Talk cover - and not featured on the upcoming Rook album, out June 3. Spoon - LP Reissues (Merge) ................................................................... LP Reissues of Spoon's classic titles, A Series of Sneaks and Girls Can Tell. Remastered and presented on heavy 180-gram vinyl with a coupon for a digital download. Sneaks also includes bonus tracks "Lafitte Don't Fail Me Now" and "The Agony of Lafitte" from a long out of print 7" on Saddle Creek. VA - Nigeria Rock Special (Soundway) ................................................................... Nigeria Rock Special shines a light on the flipside of the well-documented sounds of highlife and Afrobeat coming out of Nigeria and highlights young bands caught up in the wave of psychedelic and progressive rock that was sweeping Europe and the States in the late 60s and early 70s. Spurred on by Cream drummer Ginger Baker's visits to Lagos and his band Airforce (featuring many Nigerian musicians), the sound of fuzzed-out rock reverberated around the universities and nightspots of Lagos and Ibadan. Also Released This Week (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Barenaked Ladies - Snacktime (Nettwerk) Basia Bulat - Touch The Hem Of His Garment (Rough Trade) Clinic - Do It! LP (Domino) Elvis Costello - Momofuku CD (Lost Highway) Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark (Columbia) Everest - Ghost Notes (Vapor) Firewater - The Golden Hour (Bloodshot) Nik Freitas - Sun Down (Team Love) Gentleman Auction House - The Book of Matches (Emergency Umbrella) Simon Joyner - The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll (Team Love) Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (Hydra Head) Shawn Lee & the Ping Pong Orchestra - Miles of Styles (Ubiquity) Lykke Li - Little Bit EP (Control Group) Man Man - Rabbit Habits LP (Anti) Millencolin - Machine 15 (Epitaph) Nobody Presents Blank Blue - Western Water Music Vol. II (Ubiquity) Evan Parker - Boustrophedon (ECM) Polvo - [LP reissues] (Touch & Go) Russian Circles - Station (Suicide Squeeze) Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop (Kill Rock Stars) Sinkane - Color Voice (Emergency Umbrella) Los Straitjackets - In Concert DVD (Yep Roc) Peter Walker - Echo of my Soul (Tompkins Square) ................................................................... NEXT WEEK - Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! - info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... Angelo Badalamenti / David Lynch - Mulholland Drive OST LP (5/13) The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost (5/13) Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (5/13) Dosh - Wolves and Wishes (5/13) Dr Dog - Easy Beat 12" (5/13) Ecstatic Sunshine - Way (5/13) Gregor Samsa - Rest (5/13) Health - Disco (5/13) Subtle - ExitingARM (5/13) ................................................................... COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down in the Light (5/20) Castanets - Tendrills DVD (5/20) The Explorer's Club - Freedom Wind (5/20) French Kicks - Swimming (5/20) Indian Jewelry - Free Gold! (5/20) Islands - Arm's Way (5/20) Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go (5/20) Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us (5/20) The National - A Skin, A Night DVD+CD (5/20) Jay Reatard - Painted Shut 7" (5/20) Windsor for the Derby - How We Lost (5/20) Ellen Allien - Sool (5/27) Architecture In Helsinki - Like It or Not EP (5/27) The Futureheads - This Is Not the World (5/27) Hercules & Love Affair - Blind [single] (5/27) Odd Nosdam - Pretty Swell Explode (5/27) VA - Live Leigh Rock Festival 1979 (5/27) Fleet Foxes - S/T (6/3) Ladytron - Velocifero (6/3) Racebannon - Acid or Blood (6/3) Shearwater - Rook (6/3) Spiritualized - Songs in A&E (6/3) Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer LP (6/10) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (6/10) Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse (6/17) The Impossible Shapes - ST (6/17) King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan (6/17) The M's - Real Close Ones (6/17) My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth (6/17) Nomo - Ghost Rock (6/17) Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (6/17) Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual (6/17) Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (6/17) The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues (6/17) Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue [2CD reissue] (6/17) Wolf Parade - Kissing the Beehive (6/17) Hercules & Love Affair - s/t (6/24) The Watson Twins - Fire Songs (6/24) Weezer - s/t (red album) (6/24) Burial - DJ Kicks (7/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 4/29 - 5/6 1. Portishead, Third (Mercury) 2. Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple (Atlantic) 3. Langhorne Slim, s/t (Kemado) 4. Roots, Rising Down (Def Jam) 5. Boris, Smile (Southern Lord) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Awesome Color, Boris, Chin Chin, Constantines, Dizzee Rascal, Frightened Rabbit, Jamie Lidell, Madonna, Mudcrutch, Portishead, Robyn, The Roots, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Langhorne Slim, David Karsten Daniels, Cloudland Canyon, Barry Adamson, Atmosphere, Billy Bragg, Black Francis, Cinematic Orchestra, Elvis Costello, El Perro Del Mar, Elbow, Flight of the Conchords, Neil Hamburger, Vijay Iyer, Lyrics Born, Monotonix, The Replacements, Jonathan Richman, Sly & the Family Stone, Sonic Youth, J Spaceman & Sun City Girls, Thomas Function, Tokyo Police Club, Air, Autumns, Black Angels, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Jason Isbell, Kooks, M83, Tremendous Fucking, The Gossip, Boredoms, The Breeders, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Clinic, Cut Copy, Dead Child, Foals, Man Man, Colin Meloy, Microphones, Peter Moren, Nadja, Nine Inch Nails, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Spoon, Tapes 'n Tapes, Wye Oak and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Bloomington shows that Landlocked Music is excited about: 5/6 - Lymbyc Systym @ Art Hospital 5/7 - Megafaun @ Bear's 5/13 - Rev Horton Heat / Nashville Pussy @ Bluebird 5/16 - Yea Big + Kid Static @ Bears 5/18 - Dickey Betts @ Bluebird 5/19 - Joe Lally @ Art Hospital 5/28 - Castanets Film @ Cinemat 6/4 - Times New Viking / Singer @ Waldron 6/5 - The Unseen @ Rhino's 6/7 - Cryptacize @ Art Hospital 6/18 - United Bible Studies / Sharron Kraus / Ignatz @ Bears 6/20 - MV+EE @ Bears 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