Where to start, we have so much to say - how about Happy Birthday To Us.... three years and counting! Stop in today and eat some cake (thanks to Dave, Daun and Bloomingfoods!), get some limited edition Landlocked chocolate suckers (thanks Mandy and baby Oscar!), and register to win prizes from our friends at Boxcar Books, Soma Coffeehouse, Laughing Planet Burritos, Asthmatic Kitty, Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Bloodshot Records as well as prizes from yours truly... Thank YOU for helping us make it to now! Hey, you can keep up with Landlocked more often than our once a week newsletter on Twitter - http://twitter.com/landlockedmusic - do it! Next, we spent the past week in Nashville, TN with our indie record store brethren hosted by our friends at Grimey's. We saw a TON of great music, talked the biz with some of the brightest stars in our world and got refueled on helping build this great community we have here. We could talk about it all week, really. We also saw the list of all the amazing releases yet to be announced for Record Store Day (April 18th, 2009!) and wow we can't wait to tell you, but we can't - yet. So hold on tight, this is going to be an awesome ride.... ................................................................... NEW ARRIVALS for the Week of 3/3/2009 ................................................................... Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away (Kompakt) ................................................................... This is the hotly-anticipated 2nd album from architect, producer, musician and composer, Gui Boratto, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Two years have passed and much has changed since Gui shot to prominence with his Kompakt debut Chromophobia. A much-needed spot of color amidst the minimal milieu, Gui's mixture of fierce production skills and a blissful pop sensibility have characterized his trajectory to the techno heavyweight before us today. Take My Breath Away is riddled with profound melody, layers of color, and modern deepness and is addictively danceable. It is also further proof that Boratto is worthy of any and all breathless adulation heaped upon him. Boston Spaceships - Planets Are Blasted (GBV) ................................................................... Following a four-star review in Mojo and a successful whirlwind US tour, Boston Spaceships return to Earth just five months later with their sophomore album! Chris Slusarenko (Guided By Voices, Sprinkler) and John Moen (Decemberists, Elliott Smith) have never been so impressive. Robert Pollard himself was sequestered in Dayton, Ohio for nearly two years without touring, concentrating on his songwriting and artwork. The trio's efforts are readily apparent on The Planets Are Blasted. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (Anti) ................................................................... Middle Cyclone was produced by Case with Darryl Neudorf and recorded in Tucson, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vermont. It features Case backed by her core band - guitarist Paul Rigby, bassist Tom V. Ray, backing vocalist Kelly Hogan, multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse, and drummer Barry Mirochnick - along with numerous guests including M. Ward, Garth Hudson, Sarah Harmer, and members of The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, The Sadies, Visqueen, The Lilys, and Giant Sand, among others. In addition to 12 new songs written by Case, Middle Cyclone includes covers of 'Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth' by Sparks, and "Don't Forget Me" by Harry Nilsson. Check out our killer Neko window display crafted by local artist and musician Mark Rice and buy her back catalog for only $10 each! Cazals - What of Our Future (Hours) ................................................................... London-based Cazals expose their futuristic guitar-dance-pop to the masses with their first full-length album What of Our Future. Released in the US through The Hours, the album features the heavily remixed single "Somebody, Somewhere" and "Life Is Boring." Signed to French electronic label Kitsune, home of Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles and other such forward thinkers, Cazals have received praise as one of the most exciting British bands around. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies (Bloodshot) ................................................................... Sophomore album from Justin, son of Americana favorite Steve Earle. Within the first song on Midnight At the Movies, you just know you're hearing something special, that you are party to the unknown and exhilarating paths being explored by an artist on the creative ascendancy. Midnight displays an adeptness and musical sophistication of remarkable, organic breadth and is as lyrically sharp as a lover's tongue as she is walking out the door. Held firm by Justin's astonishing vision and conviction, yet roams o'er the vast landscape of American music without so much as a stumble. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells (Kemado) ................................................................... A master of creating rich dreamscape atmospheres, Nadler's voice shines and glides even more with a full band accompanying her. Produced by Chris Coady, the starry musical guests include longtime collaborator Myles Baer, Simone Pace (Blonde Redhead), and Dave Scher (Farmer Dave). Few contemporary artists can match the stunning ride of Marissa's reverb vocals that are a journey into themselves on every rose tinged track. Little Hells displays a brighter leap in musical maturity and attention to detail, as the fantasmagoric sounds delve into melancholy nuggets, sometimes erotic, sometimes gutting, but filled with a gorgeous sense of serene hope more so than her previous album. Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Essential) ................................................................... Fifth studio album by the acclaimed and controversial British electronic act. As one of the most successful and respected Dance groups of recent times, this album sees the return of both Keith Flint and Maxim to the fold for their most exciting album to date. Included are collaborations with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and James Rushent (Does It Offend You Yeah). A collision of old skool rave noise with the stratospheric limits of new technology. Revolting Cocks - Sexo Olympic-o (Megaforce) ................................................................... In 2006, After a hiatus of nearly a decade, Ministry's Al Jourgensen resurrected his delinquent side project with the star-studded release Cocked & Loaded, which included appearances by members of ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, the Butthole Surfers, and Jello Biafra. RevCo's 2009 release features the incarnation of RevCo's live touring musicians from the hugely successful 2006 MasterBaTouR, for which The Revolting Cocks served as direct support to Ministry. Say Hi - Oohs & Aahs (Barsuk) ................................................................... Written and recorded in the home studio of critically acclaimed Seattle via Brooklyn via los Angeles DIY icon Eric Elbogen, Oohs & Aahs is an extraordinary and consistently witty album of dimly lit indie rock fables that ponder many hues of gloom, lust and inevitability and beauty of imperfection. Even for fans of Elbogens past work, it's a marvel of modern post-pop. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Communion (Yep Roc) ................................................................... Swedish power pop-psychedelicists The Soundtrack of Our Lives return in force with the 'Communion,' a double album opus containing 24 tracks dedicated to the moods of each hour of the day and night. They blast through a veritable pharmacopeia of musical medication for the often insidious symptoms of modern society. But here SOOL not only point out the ills experienced by modern man, they offer actual cures in the form of buzzing guitars and glistening pop rock anthems. U2 - No Line on the Horizon (Interscope) ................................................................... The band's 12th studio album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite. The album will be available in 5 different packages (!) - we will be stocking the standard CD, deluxe CD and LP versions. Free lithograph with purchase! VA - From the Basement DVD (IFC) ................................................................... From The Basement is a new series, showing on IFC in the US. There is no audience, no big production, no small talk with a host. The acts go into the studio, set up and play their hearts out in front of the cameras. The mix of artists is eclectic but with an overriding common factor - they really know how to deliver a performance. This DVD brings together some of the best performances from the series so far with many hugely successful bands, including Radiohead, White Stripes, Beck, Shins, Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hannon, Jamie Lidell, Sonic Youth, Eels, PJ Harvey, Jose Gonzalez, Damien Rice and more! VA - Local Customs: Downriver Revival CD+DVD (Numero Group) ................................................................... Between 1967 and 1981 Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan had its very own Harry Smith. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on the Solid Rock, Compose, and Revival labels. Compiled here are 24 of Williams' most fascinating recordings, covering gospel, group soul, garage-punk, northern, jazz, and funk. Also included is a DVD of the over 200 sound recordings pulled from his archives and a 30 minute featurette on the making of Downriver Revival. The Vinyl Zone (get into the groove!) ................................................................... Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos LP [repress] (4 Men With Beards) David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens LP (Todo Mundo) Serge Gainsbourg - L'Homme A Tete De Chou LP (4 Men With Beards) Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera LP (4 Men With Beards) Ben Kweller - Send Me Down the Road 7" (Bloodshot) Television - Adventure LP [repress] (4 Men With Beards) VA - G Spots LP (Trunk) Also Released This Week (but not necc in stock, ask us!) ................................................................... Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway (Yep Roc) Johnny Cash - Original Sun Singles 1955-58 (Sundazed) Faust - C'est Com...Com...Complique (Bureau B) Tennessee Ernie Ford - 6000 Sunset Blvd (Sundazed) Bruce Haack - Hush Little Robot (QDK) Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence (Warp) Molly Jenson - Maybe Tomorrow (Nettwerk) Jerry Lee Lewis - Original Sun Singles 1956-60 (Sundazed) The New Dawn - There's A New Dawn (Jackpot) Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Never Say Never (MRI) Aidan Moffat - How To Get To Heaven From Scotland (Chemikal Underground) Moore Brothers - Aptos (American Dust) Phantom Limbs - Accept the Juice / Whole Loto Love (Alternative Tentacles) Pretty Things - Philippe Debarge (Ugly Things) Secret Chiefs 3 - Live (3/3) Shindig! Magazine - Pretty Things cover (Shindig) Agnus and Julia Stone - A Book Like This (Nettwerk) Wild Light - Adult Nights (Almost Gold) Z Gun Magazine - Issue 3 (Z Gun) VA - Watchmen OST (Reprise) ................................................................... NEXT WEEK - Pre-Order/Reserve one of next week's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released!!! - info@landlockedmusic.com ................................................................... Arbouretum - Song of the Pearl (3/10) Bishop Allen - Grrr (3/10) Blk Jks - Mystery EP (3/10) Chin Chin - The Flashing, The Fancing (3/10) Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen (3/10) Extra Golden - Thank You Very Quickly (3/10) Handsome Furs - Face Control (3/10) Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country (3/10) Thomas Mapfumo & The Acid Band - [reissues] (3/10) Mirah - (a)spera (3/10) Elvis Perkins - In Dearland (3/10) Pulp - This is Hardcore LP [reissue] (3/10) Dee Dee Ramone - History On My Arms (3/10) Anni Rossi - Rockwell (3/10) DM Stith - Heavy Ghost (3/10) Mark Sultan - Hold On 7" (3/10) Swan Lake - Enemy Mine (3/10) The Whitefield Brothers - In the Raw (3/10) ................................................................... COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) ................................................................... MARCH Bonnie Prince Billy - Beware! (3/17) Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds - Dracula Boots (3/17) Nick Lowe - Quiet Please (best of + DVD) (3/17) Mr Bungle - s/t LP [reissue] (3/17) MSTRKRFT - Fist of God (3/17) Willie Nelson - Naked Willie (3/17) Seeland - Tomorrow Today (3/17) Strange Boys - And Girls Club (3/17) Peter Walker - Spanish Guitar (3/17) White Lies - How To Lose My Life (3/17) Bee Gees - Odessa LP [reissue] (3/24) Busta Rhymes - Back on My BS (3/24) Dan Deacon - Bromst (3/24) The Decemberists - Hazards of Love (3/24) MF Dom - Born Like This (3/24) Fever Ray - s/t (3/24) Fridge - Early Output (3/24) Fukced Up - Year of the Rat 12" (3/24) Serge Gainsbourg - Historie de Melody Nelson (3/24) Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance (3/24) Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective (3/24) Mastodon - Crack the Skye (3/24) Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind (3/24) 1990s - Kicks (3/24) Pearl Jam - Ten [deluxe editions] (3/24) Red Red Meat - Bunny Gets Paid [deluxe reissue] (3/24) Matteah Baim - Laughing Boy (3/31) Bob Log III - My Sh!t is Perfect (3/31) Leonard Cohen - Live in London 2CD+DVD (3/31) Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets (3/31) Al Green - [reissues] (3/31) PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By (3/31) Malajube - Labyrinthes (3/31) Peter, Bjorn and John - Living Thing (3/31) Thunderheist - s/t (3/31) BEYOND Balkan Beat Box - Nu Made (remixes) & LP Versions (4/7) Nick Cave - [deluxe reissues] (4/7) Doves - Kingdom of Rust (4/7) Ramblin Jack Elliott - A Stranger Here (4/7) Grails - Acid Rain DVD (4/7) The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage (4/7) Ben Lee - The Rebirth of Venus (4/7) It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar (4/7) Lady Sovereign - Jigsaw (4/7) Bob Mould - Life and Times (4/7) Superchunk - Leaves in the Gutter EP (4/7) The Sway Machinery - Hidden Melodies Revealed (4/7) Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean (4/7) The Veils - Sun Gangs (4/7) Boy Least Likely To - Law of the Playground (4/14) Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (4/14) Circus Devils - Gringo (4/14) Dntel - Early Works for Me If It Works For You II (4/14) Fire on Fire - Orchard (4/14) Grand Duchy (Frank Black) - Petits Fours (4/14) Juan Maclean - The Future Will Come (4/14) Monks - [CD/LP reissues] (4/14) Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want (4/14) Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian (4/14) Qemists - Join the Q (4/14) Silversun Pickups - Swoon (4/14) Wooden Shjips - Dos (4/14) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz! (4/14) Jesus Lizard - Inch 7" Box (4/18) Pavement - Live in Germany 1997 (4/18) Radiohead - [vinyl EP reissues] (4/18) Jay Reatard / Sonic Youth - split 7" (4/18) Sonic Youth / Beck - split 7" (4/18) Thermals / Thao - split 7" (4/18) Wilco - LP Reissues (4/18) Wilco - Ashes of American Flags DVD (4/18) Hank III - LP Reissues (4/18) Booker T - Potato Hole (4/21) Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career (4/21) Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (4/21) Dirty Projectors - Byond Uquafina (4/21) Wayne Hancock - Viper of Melody (4/21) King Khan & The Shrines - What Is?! [reissue] (4/21) Okkervil River - Pop Lie EP (4/21) Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus (5/5) Nomo - Invisible Cities (5/5) Conor Oberst - Outer South (5/5) VA - Causes 2 (5/5) VA - Brand Neu! (5/12) Iron & Wine - Around the Well [rarities] (5/19) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (5/26) Passion Pit - Manners (5/26) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (5/26) Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (6/9) Sonic Youth - The Eternal (6/9) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 sellers at Landlocked Music for the week of 2/23 - 3/1 1. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino) 2. Heartless Bastards, The Mountain (Fat Possum) 3. M. Ward, Hold Time (Merge) 4. Black Lips, 200 Million Thousand (Vice) 5. Various Artists, Dark Was The Night (4AD) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Trail of Dead, Asobi Seksu, Beirut, Death, Alela Diane, Fol Chen, Robyn Hitchcock, Mi Ami, Morrissey, Mountains, N.A.S.A., Odawas, Odd Nosdam, Elder Utah Smith, Thursday, Vetiver, M. Ward, Watson Twins, William Elliott Whitmore, Lily Allen, Dan Auerbach, Beastie Boys, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ben Folds, Golden Triangle, Golem, Levon Helm, Madlib, Charles Spearin, Black Gold, Mike Bones, Lisa Hannigan, Heartless Bastards, Howlies, Ben Kweller, Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel, Or The Whale, Phosphorescent, Telefon Tel Aviv, Von Bondies, Jim White, Zero Boys, Zombi, The Bird and the Bee, Blackout Beach, Cotton Jones, Dalek, Franz Ferdinand, Otis Gibbs, Golden Boots, Loney, Dear, Of Montreal, Doug Paisley, Caroline Peyton, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Bruce Springsteen, Animal Collective, Antony & the Johnsons, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Matt & Kim, A.C. Newman, Fennesz, Flying Lotus, Mark Kozelek and much much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Bloomington shows that Landlocked Music is excited about: SOON 3/4 - Capillary Action / Racebannon @ Cinemat 3/5 - Phosphorescent / Mike Bones @ Cinemat 3/5 - The Wailers @ Bluebird 3/6 - Ralph Stanley @ Buskirk-Chumley 3/7 - Asthmatic Kitty Showcase @ Cinemat 3/11 - Here We Go Magic / Callers @ Cinemat 3/12 - Bonnie Prince Billy @ Buskirk-Chumley 3/13 - Joan Baez @ Buskirk-Chumley 3/13 - Neil Hamburger @ Funny Bone 3/20-21 - Todd Snider @ Bluebird 3/24 - The Game @ Jake's 3/25 - Ra Ra Riot / Passion Pit @ Waldron Arts Center 3/27 - Ladybug Transistor @ Bear's Place LATER 4/1 - Beach House @ Waldron Arts Center 4/4 - The Hold Steady / War on Drugs @ Jake's 4/6 - Mountain Goats / John Vanderslice / Tallest Man on Earth @ Buskirk-Chumley 4/8 - Appleseed Cast @ Jake's 4/8 - Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band @ Bear's Place 4/10 - Dinosaur Jr / Awesome Color @ Bluebird 4/11 - Damien Jurado / Laura Gibson @ Russian Recording 4/15 - Chain and the Gang / The Hive Dwellers @ Russian Recording 4/16 - Wilco @ IU Auditorium 4/17 - Stardeath and White Dwarfs @ Bear's Place 4/18 - Record Store Day 2009! @ Landlocked Music 4/18 - WIUX Culture Shock @ Dunn Meadow 4/18 - Dr Dooom vs. Dr Octagon @ Jake's 4/18 - Boxcar Books / Pages to Prisoners Annual Prom @ Bluebird 4/25 - Flight of the Conchords @ IU Auditorium We have tickets and additional information for many of these wonderful performances. Stop in and buy em beforehand! ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 202 N. Walnut Ave. Bloomington, IN, 47404 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