Vote for Landlocked Music as your favorite music store in the Herald Times Reader Poll. Lots of categories to make your voice heard. We would heartily recommend voting for as many locally owned businesses as humanly possible - Do it! Rock the vote: http://heraldtimesonline.com/rc/ The Record Store Day website has made a handy-dandy fancy-schmancy list of all the goodies coming out for RSD 2011. So instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, we will just guide you to their list here: http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases - there is also a PDF version here: http://download.recordstoreday.com/free/RSD_2011_RELEASES.pdf - And remember: LIMITED EDITION, BABY. A lot of these titles have limited runs. You may not get your hands on all the pieces you want. Landlocked may not get all the pieces we ordered. That's the nature of limited releases. But that's what makes them so exciting! Of course we will be doing lots of other things on that day besides just selling these limited releases- Live performances (Sleeping Bag, Jason Wilber), DJs (Jorma from Marmoset, Jared Comedy Attic), free stuff, refreshments! We have teamed up with local label Secretly Canadian to release a live record from our instore performance with Damien Jurado from last year. This awesome, intimate performance will come out on vinyl LP only for Record Store Day 2011, on Saturday April 16th. Quantities will be limited and as an extra bonus, we are getting Damien to autograph a portion of the copies sold at Landlocked Music. Recorded by Dave Vettraino and Russian Recording. Russian Recording is releasing the latest in their LP compilations for Record Store Day. With lovingly handmade artwork from Ultralinear Arts and In Case of Emergency Press. Featuring exclusive studio cuts from Art Hospital (Zach Rogue from Rogue Wave), Sleeping Bag, The Hollows, FAWN (members of Von Bondies, Thunderbirds Are Now, and Child Bite), Elephant Micah, Medusa, Freddie T and the People (fronted by Fred Erskine of June of 44 / Hoover), Husband & Wife, Fat Shadow and Parlor. These should go fast so be sure to add it to your RSD must-buy list! NEW ARRIVALS for March 29th .................................................. Apache Dropout - s/t (Family Vineyard) .................................................. "A monster of drug-fueled 60s psych and hambone R&B, a living tribute to the thousands of teenage ghosts and dead dreams which were born and quickly faded in the split level garages of suburban homes in the Vietnam era. Whatever these guys were working up to in previous endeavors, they let loose of it here - really hard - and come up from the dirt with the best example I've heard in years of this sort of red-eyed, blaring rocknroll: better than the Reigning Sound or other Cartwright projects excepting Oblivians, better than Thee Oh Sees, better than Pierced Arrows, as good as the Cheater Slicks. Years and years of alien subcutaneous seedlings come busting out of every crevice here, like the Stephen King segment in Creepshow, and cover this truthful, soul-bound material with obscene, green fuzz, connecting Dead Moon to Roky to the NY Dolls to "Cream Puff War." - Doug Mosurock Bibio - Mind Bokeh (Warp) .................................................. Bokeh is a Japanese word, explains British artist-composer Stephen Wilkinson, aka Bibio, in reference to his second album for Warp. "The word from which it originated, boke, means blur or haze. Bokeh with an 'h' on the end, however, is more specific to photography; it's the out-of-focus region of a picture. Photographers and lens manufacturers, particularly Japanese ones, are obsessed with bokeh, because the creaminess of the blur and its relationship to the focused subject may enhance the sharp aspects of the photograph, may make the portrait stand out." Bokeh is a good analogy for Wilkinson's newest work, where his alternately dreamy atmospherics surround ever more confident song craft. Brother John - the tiniest bones, the infinite everything EP .................................................. A 14-piece avant-folk orchestra from Bloomington that write songs about time. This limited run EP includes hand-stenciled boxes and wrapping, elaborate packaging, original artwork by conceptual artist Caroline LeFevre, booklets by ReadWriteBooks, and a 22-page insert of album inspired poetry by members of Husband&Wife, Vollmar, Balmorhea, and more. The first three boxes sold at Landlocked come with a five dollar Landlocked Music gift certificate. Chunklet - The Indie Cred Test (self) .................................................. Chunklet's proud to present its 3rd book and first that is being self-published. Written by the collective staff at Chunklet Magazine and edited by its founder, Henry Owings, it is a broadly written and obsessively crafted multi-faceted standardized exam to pick apart the reader and underground culture in general. What's cool? What's not? Did you pass? Does it matter? Of course! You need to maintain your cred to preserve... well, your cred! Individual exams dissect the readers book shelves along with their DVD and record collection. It's not just about the test subject's lifestyle, it's about where they work, who they know, how they spend their free time, what they put in their body, on their body and who they surround themselves with. Indie cred is serious business. And by "serious" we mean, of course, it's "subject to ridicule" the way only Chunklet can serve it Ñ over ice... with a tongue planted in cheek. Or is it? Dow Jones & the Industrials - s/t 7" (Family Vineyard) .................................................. Dow Jones and the Industrials of West Lafayette, Indiana existed from the late 1970s into the early 80s amongst a stylistically matchless state-wide scene that included The Gizmos, Zero Boys and Dancing Cigarettes. The four member DJI combined jagged rock n roll songwriting with emerging electronic instrumentation and smart-ass collegiate humor into a wild new wave sound that won them immediate popularity among Indiana's punks and co-eds of the day and has remained in the hearts of record collectors these past 30 years. Fat Shadow - Foot of Love (Houseplant) .................................................. On a person's path from the wilds of adolescence to the staid conventions of adulthood, one is wont to pick up an identifying signifier or two on the way to self-definition. But instead of shedding them outright, it's possible to bend them to your own meanings as Fat Shadow- Daun Fields, Erin Tobey, Chris Mott and Jeff Grant- are proving. Fat Shadow eschews the barked vocals and gallop usually associated with punk for Daun's arresting, almost baroque melodies and thoughtful grooves that suggest classic rock re-contextualization. It's a not-inconsiderable stretching of the aesthetic legs for them, who also spend time in punk circuit mainstays like Doorkeys, Landlord and Pink Razors. Hunx & his Punx - Too Young To Be In Love (Hardly Art) .................................................. Too Young To Be In Love is the first fully-realized Hunx and His Punx album, and the group's first for Hardly Art. It was recorded in NYC by Ivan Julian, one of the founding members of inimitable punk legends Richard Hell and the Voidoids. This record was made in the same studio that one of Hunx's idols, Ronnie Spector, once recorded in. While it is preceded by the Gay Singles LP (True Panther, 2009), a collection of hard-to-find and out-of-print 7" singles, Too Young To Be In Love is the first studio record from Hunx and His Punx. Los Lonely Boys - Rockpango (Lonely Tone) .................................................. Continuing to creatively draw from and meld blues, rock from classic to modern, soul, their Latino heritage and even snippets of hip-hop, jazz and more, they display greater assurance, creativity and sophistication than ever on their new disc while continuing to offer infectious music that goes straight to the heart. The stuff that made the Boys stars- luscious brotherly vocal harmonies, potent songs with unshakeable pop appeal, irresistible grooves and masterful guitar work are in full abundance. Moon Duo - Mazes (Sacred Bones) .................................................. Ripley Johnson (Wooden Shjips) and Sanae Yamada have been burning up the scene with their propulsive beats and compelling acid washed shows. Formed in San Francisco, the duo relocated to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This record, however, was cut in Berlin. Certainly the most pop-oriented batch of songs the band has ever delivered. RIYL Spacemen 3, dronin', buzzin'. Free bonus CD of remixes by Sonic Boom, Psychic Ills, Cave, Purling Hiss, Gary War with purchase! Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck (Merge) .................................................. Mountain Goats new album is called All Eternals Deck, which refers to an apocryphal tarot deck. "The songs cluster around themes of hidden things and the dread that hidden things inspire," says John Darnielle, "but also the excitement, the attraction, the magnetic draw that scary unknown hidden things exert." The band approached recording sessions as commando raids on multiple studios with several producers. "We wanted to see how disparate seasons and moods and locations and producers would play out in the songs," explains Darnielle. The Obits - Moody, Standard and Poor (Sub Pop) .................................................. Obits are Rick Froberg (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu) and friends. This is their second full-length. It was recorded at Brooklyn's Saltlands Studio by Eli Janney and Geoff Sanoff. And how will Moody, Standard and Poor make you feel? The short answer is: great. Not Smoking-An-Eightball-Of-Coke great. But Alive-To-New-Listening Experiences great. The long answer is that these songs will take you on a series of emotional road trips. Some will be as brief as a walk to the fridge. Others will be epic pilgrimages to the shady hinterlands of your subconscious. Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong (Slumberland) .................................................. Right at the 15-second mark, the guitars blitz out louder and harder than anything on their self-titled debut. The gargantuan distortion recalls nothing less than prime-era Smashing Pumpkins, which makes sense considering Belong was produced by Flood and mixed by Alan Moulder, aka the guys who helped craft the sounds of Pumpkins classics like Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie, not to mention records by My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, and many more. Basically, if you grew up in the 90s, your ears are subconsciously attuned the studio wizardry of Flood and Alan Moulder. Catch them at Rhino's on 4/29, free mini-poster while they last! Peter, Bjorn and John - Gimme Some (Almost Gold) .................................................. New album from the Swedish Indie Pop trio. For their 6th album, the band chose to work with a producer for the first time ever, enlisting the skills of Per Sunding at Tambourine Studios. Gimme Some, the follow up to 2009's more experimental Living Thing, is a definite return to Peter Bjorn And John's Pop roots. So the move to work with Per Sunding - a member of the now defunct Eggstone (a band that was once dubbed "the godfathers of Swedish pop") seemed especially fitting. Radiohead - The King of Limbs (TBD) .................................................. Yes it is atmospheric. Better music to paint to than blasting in your car with the windows down. This in no way resembles OK Computer or the Bends or any of their proper "rock" albums. Most of these songs are centered around loops like Everything In It's Right Place, and from those initial loops other loops are borne, layers are added, chanting begins and the record indeed ends up sounding both innovative as well as ancient as the King of Limbs' namesake - with different limbs of musical ideas twisting out into different directions. Clearly a bold thrust in a direction that they had only been tinkered with before (unless you count Thom Yorke's Eraser). Free litho poster with purchase while they last! Royal Bangs - Flux Outside (Glassnote) .................................................. Royal Bangs combine catchy hooks with heavy synths to create a sound described as a mix of LCD Soundsystem's pulsing electro-punk and the new wave-y shimmer of The Strokes. Hailing from Knoxville, Royal Bangs started playing together during their high school days. After getting some local buzz with their self recorded album, Royal Bangs caught the attention of Patrick Carney (The Black Keys) who re-released the album on his record label. True Widow - As High As The Heavens (Kemado) .................................................. Self-described Dallas, Texas "stonegaze" trio True Widow are reminiscent of a heavier Low or a slightly speedier, Southern take on 90s NYC slowcore stalwarts Codeine. Their moody, sturdy second album As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth goes very well with the transition from winter snow to spring blooms. These dudes and lady make well-defined bass, tasteful drums/guitars, and sleepy voices very compelling. Recommended. Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers (Atlantic) .................................................. The third album from R&B rapper Cameron Jibril Thomaz, more commonly known as Wiz Khalifa. The album includes the first single 'Black and Yellow', produced by Grammy winning team Stargate (Rihanna, Beyonce and Katy Perry). The track refers to the colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers - a football team from Wiz Khalifa's hometown. Wiz Khalifa was recently named MTV US's Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010, beating acts such as Nicki Minaj and J Cole. The Vinyl Zone (get into the groove!) .................................................. Karl Blau - Golden Chariot 7" (K) Chalk Circle - Reflection LP (PPM) Circle Pit - Slave 7" (Sub Pop) Chris Forsyth - Paranoid Cat LP (Family Vineyard) Michael Hurley - Have Moicy! LP (Light in the Attic) Okkervil River - Wake and Be Fine 7" (Jagjaguwar) Overnight Lows - Slit Wrist 7" (Goner) SFV Acid - New West Coast 12" (PPM) Spacemen 3 - Take Me To The Other Side 12" (Fire) Supercluster - Paris Effect 7" (Cloud) Toro y Moi / Cloud Nothings - split 7" (Carpark) Trust - Candy Walls 7" (Sacred Bones) Wipers - [LP reissues] (Jackpot) VA - Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol 1 LP (Sublime Frequencies) Also Released This Week .................................................. All Tiny Creatures - Harbors (Hometapes) Courtney Marie Andrews - For One I Knew (River Jones) Broken Bells - Meyrin Fields EP (Columbia) Buzzhoven - Revelation Sick Again (Hydra Head) Arrington de Dionyso - Suara Naga (K) Dirty Beaches - Badlands (Zoo) Erland & The Carnival - Nightingale (Yep Roc) Jerad Finck - s/t (Rock Ridge) Funeral Party - The Golden Age of Knowhere (RCA) Mars Classroom - The New Theory of Everything (Happy Jack) Melting Season - Harmonic-Pet Delux (Mush) Naked on the Vague - Twelve Dark Noons EP (Saced Bones) Paperhead - s/t (Trouble in Mind) Pearl Jam - Vitalogy / Vs [CD reissues] (Legacy) Sarandon - Age of Reason (Slumberland) Secret Cities - Strange Hearts (Western Vinyl) Southeast Engine - Canary (Misra) Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds - Under Streetlight Glow (Bella Union) UV Race - Homo (In the Red) Wagon Christ - Toomorrow (Ninja Tune) Within Temptation - The Unforgiving (Roadrunner) NEXT WEEK - Reserve one and guarantee you'll have it when its released! .................................................. Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years (4/5) Cute Lepers - Adventure Time (4/5) Alela Diane - & Wild Divine (4/5) Easy Star All-Stars - First Light (4/5) Ha Ha Tonka - Death of a Decade (4/5) The Kills - Blood Pressures (4/5) Kinks - [deluxe CD reissues] (4/5) Maritime - Human Hearts (4/5) Mumford & Sons - Sign No More [2CD+DVD] Rasputina - American Gingerbread (4/5) The Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave (4/5) Residents - Meet the Residents [reissues] (4/5) Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant (4/5) Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk (4/5) The Smithereens - 2011 (4/5) Timber Timbre - Creep on Creepin (4/5) We Are Enfant Terrible - Explicit Pictures (4/5) VA - Tron Legacy Reconfigured (4/5) COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) .................................................. Atmosphere - The Family Sign (4/12) Autechre - EPs 1991-2002 5CD (4/12) Bell X1 - Bloodless Coup (4/12) Black Devil Disco Club - Circus (4/12) Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion (4/12) Brett Dennen - Loverboy (4/12) Bob Dylan - Brandeis University 1963 (4/12) The Feelies - Here Before (4/12) Figurines - s/t (4/12) Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (4/12) Howe Gelb - Alegrias (4/12) Generationals - Actor-Caster (4/12) Giant Sand - [reissues] (4/12) Gypsyblood - Cold in the Guestway (4/12) Hauschka - Salon des Amateurs (4/12) Jason Isbell and 400 Unit - Here We Rest (4/12) Joan as Police Woman - Deep Field (4/12) Jonny (Fanclub + Gorkys) - s/t (4/12) Alison Krauss & Union Station - Paper Airplane (4/12) Femi Kuti - Africa for Africa (4/12) Lake - Giving & Receiving (4/12) James Leg - Solitary Pleasure (4/12) Little Scream - The Golden Record (4/12) Low - C'mon (4/12) Mazes - A Thousand Heys (4/12) Meat Puppets - Lollipop (4/12) Panda Bear - Tomboy (4/12) Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time (4/12) Quintron - Sucre du Sauvage (4/12) Rebirth Brass Band - Rebirth of New Orleans (4/12) Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Johnson (4/12) Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What (4/12) Sonny and the Sunsets - Hit After Hit (4/12) D Charles Speer & the Helix - Leaving the Commonwealth (4/12) Nikki Sudden - Playing With Fire (4/12) Thursday - No Devolucion (4/12) Arthur Tucker - Dorwytch (4/12) TV Ghost - Mass Dream (4/12) TV On the Radio - Nine Types of Light (4/12) Vivian Girls - Share the Joy (4/12) Young Widows - In and Out of Youth and Lightness (4/12) Zomes - Earth Grid (4/12) The Belle Brigade - s/t (4/19) James Blake - s/t 2LP (4/19) Bonnie Prince Billy - Must be Blind 7" (4/19) Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (4/19) Del the Funky Homosapien - Golden Era (4/19) Dengue Fever - Cannibal Courtship (4/19) Gorillaz - The Fall (4/19) High Llamas - Talahomi Way (4/19) I'm From Barcelona - Forever Today (4/19) Duff McKagan - Loaded (4/19) Steve Miller Band - Let Your Hair Down (4/19) O'Death - Outside (4/19) Pantha Du Prince - XI Versions of Black Noise (4/19) Queens of the Stone Age - s/t (4/19) Tune-Yards - Whokill (4/19) Unthanks - Last (4/19) Top 5 sellers at Landlocked for the week of 3/21 to 3/27 .................................................. 1. The Strokes, Angles (RCA) 2. Kurt Vile, Smoke Rings for My Halo (Matador) 3. Tammar, Live at the Observatory (self) 4. Steve Martin & the Deep Canyon Rangers, Rare Bird Alert (Rounder) 5. The Twilight Singers, Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop) Don't miss the boat! We have still fresh CDs, LPs and DVDs from Belong, Maggie Bjorkland, James Blake, Joe Bonamassa, Eulogies, Lonely Forest, The Strokes, We Are Hex, Davila 666, Dodos, Bob Geldof, Joy Formidable, Black Joe Lewis, Little Wings, Steve Martin, J Mascis, Noah and the Whale, Oh Land, Exene Cervenka, Riley Etheridge, Lupe Fiasco, Ellie Goulding, Jorma & Movie Bare, Memphis, Parts & Labor, R.E.M., Rival Schools, Kurt Vile, Wye Oak, Big Head Todd, Anna Calvi, DeVotchka, Dum Dum Girls, Eisley, Left Lane Cruiser, Lumerians, Lykke Li, Middle Brother, Buddy Miller, Papercuts, Rural Alberta Advantage, Those Dancing Days, Lucinda Williams, Adele, Johnny Cash, Cave Singers, Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX, G. Love, Malachai, Puro Instinct, Sean Rowe, Six Organs of Admittance, Slug Guts, Toro y Moi, Bright Eyes, Drive By Truckers, East River Pipe, PJ Harvey, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Mogwai, Ty Segall, Sonic Youth, Telekenisis, Twilight Singers, Yuck and much much more! .................................................. Upcoming Bloomington shows that we're excited about: 3/29 - Alexis Gideon @ The Bishop 3/30 - S. Carey @ The Bishop 4/1 - Frontier Ruckus @ The Bishop 4/3 - Pokey Lafarge @ The Bishop 4/6 - Toro y Moi / Braids / Adventure @ The Bishop 4/7 - Horns of Happiness / Jorma & Movie Bear @ The Bishop 4/7 - Big KRIT / Freddie Gibbs @ Rhino's 4/8 - Darren Hanlon @ The Bishop 4/8 - Cave Singers / Lia Ices @ Russian Recording 4/9 - Davila 666 @ The Bishop 4/10 - Drive-By Truckers @ The Bluebird 4/11 - O'Death @ The Bishop 4/12 - Lil Wayne / Rick Ross / Nicki Minaj @ IU Assembly Hall 4/13 - Todd Barry + Neil Hamburger @ Comedy Attic 4/14 - The Fresh & Onlys / Young Prisms @ The Bishop 4/15 - Wiz Khalifa @ IU 4/16 - Record Store Day @ Landlocked Music 4/20 - Surf City (NZ) @ The Bishop 4/21 - Parts & Labor / Child Bite @ The Bishop 4/22 - Budos Band / Charles Bradley @ The Bluebird 4/23 - WIUX Culture Shock w/ Ty Segall / Beach Fossils / War on Drugs + more 4/28 - Joe Pug @ The Bishop 4/29 - Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Twin Shadow @ Rhino's 4/30 - Hawthorne Heights @ Rhino's 5/3 - Generationals @ The Bishop 5/5 - John Vanderslice / Damien Jurado @ The Bishop 5/6 - Lake @ The Bishop 5/14 - Vivian Girls / No Joy @ Max's Place We have tickets and additional information for many of these wonderful performances. Stop in and buy em beforehand! -------------------------------------------------- Each month we highlight five titles for a month in our listening station. Each album has a review and enables you to listen to the entire album before you buy it. Give 'er a spin! Bright Eyes - The People's Key (Saddle Creek) .................................................. The People's Key- the band's seventh studio album- is the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2007's acclaimed Cassadaga. Since 2006 the once revolving cast of Bright Eyes players has settled around permanent members Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, with additional musicians joining them in the studio and on tour. Fully realized and bursting with charisma, The People's Key is an assured and accomplished album, artfully arranged and filled with the engaging and mesmeric songwriting for which Oberst is renowned. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead (Superball) .................................................. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead return with their seventh full-length release, a surprisingly forceful yet sophisticated album that evokes a refreshing nostalgia (paying a faithful homage to Pink Floyd, Rush, Steppenwolf and even Neu!). Adele - 21 (Columbia) .................................................. 21 is the eagerly awaited sophomore album from British singer-songwriter Adele, and the follow- up to her critically acclaimed, award winning debut album 19. Renowned for her incredibly unique vocal ability and songwriting, Adele's debut received two Grammy Awards in 2009 (Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance) as well as a BRIT Award in 2008 (Critics Choice). This new collection of songs on 21 showcases the growth of this incredible artist, who at the very young age of twenty two, exhibits the poise of a seasoned veteran. Adele's music takes some new direction while staying true to her signature style. "Rolling in the Deep" is the pounding, energetic first single. Middle Brother - s/t (Partisan) .................................................. The lead singers of Deer Tick, Dawes, and Delta Spirit come together to form Middle Brother. McCauley, Goldsmith, Vasquez - 3 songwriters with an amazing sense of purpose, balancing themes of their own playful self-indulgence with humbler notes of heartbreak and hope. Alt-country folk mixed with soulful rock n roll. Middle Brother is the master collaborative event finally risen out of the roots of their genre. Bayside - Killing Time (Wind-Up) .................................................. "Take one part Weezer tunefulness and one part Nirvana aggression, add a dash of Green Day's ambition, then shake, serve, rock out." - Maxim. The band's 5th studio recording, three of which debuted on Billboard's Top 200 chart. Their touring success has led to a devoted, almost cult-like, fan base which is where their "Bayside is a Cult" slogan stems from. The 10-track album was produced by the legendary Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Pixies). -------------------------------------------------- More information about shows and more on the horizon is available for the technologically inclined at http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Landlocked-Music/24299970219 or http://twitter.com/landlockedmusic 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. 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