Dear Bloomington (and beyond!) - thank you for being a friend! We have a flood of new music for you this week. Not to mention a plethora of used CDs and LPs and 7"s that are constantly hitting the floor. Not literally, but yea, they're out for sale. What would you do for your seven year anniversary? First week of March. New Arrivals for January 22nd .................................................. Big Harp - Chain Letters (Saddle Creek) .................................................. The follow up to 2011's White Hat, Chain Letters is built on a foundation of crackling fuzz bass and angular electric guitars and keyboards. Chain Letters moves away from the rustic, pastoral sound of Big Harp's debut and plays like a series of character sketches centered around escape and surrender, and the blurred borders where the two become indistinguishable. Ex Cops - True Hallucinations (Other) .................................................. Formed in 2011 by Brian Harding (ex-Hymns) and Amalie Bruun (ex-Minks), the duo self-released a short-run, homespun CD-EP of hazy, lo-fi recordings featuring Harding's opaque bedroom-pop songwriting juxtaposed with the duo's sun-kissed harmonies. Two of the tracks were soon released to the world on vinyl as the premiere release from Other Music Recording Co. and the pair continued to write new songs while simultaneously playing more live shows, now working as a proper 5-piece rock band with the addition of good friends Kai Kennedy, Leif Huckman and Sam Bair. Fidlar - s/t (Mom + Pop) .................................................. Fidlar are slackers at heart. The only thing they really care about is skateboarding; trivial things like doing their homework and making the grade in school have little meaning to them. But when their adopted Vietnamese brother turns up dead after discovering an error in the shipping records at his place of work, Fidlar begins to suspect something more. Refusing to accept the police's theory of suicide, Fidlar launches their own investigation, determined to uncover the truth of what really happened to their brother. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar) .................................................. We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic is a precocious and cocksure joyride across California psychedelia with a burning, bursting punk rock engine. In the same year as Scott McKenzie the singer of "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" leaves this mortal coil, Foxygen delivers unto us the dandy Glockenspiel-packing "San Francisco," which both circumvents and dissects McKenzie's tune and its many cousins of the era. Max Gomez - Rule the World (New West) .................................................. New West Records is proud to introduce Max Gomez. He got his start at age 15 performing in the local bars around his hometown of Taos, NM where he played originals and covered songs of his musical heroes including Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy and John Prine. The son of an artisanal furniture craftsman, Gomez grew up watching his father, learning the tools of the trade while simultaneously learning his way around the frets of his guitar. The workmanlike quality of his songwriting carries over from his days spent in the wood shed through an economy of words, phrase and narrative. Produced by Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks) and mixed by Tchad Blake. The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law (Atlantic) .................................................. Throughout Wolf's Law the experience of its diverse recording locations and its influence on the thought process of its writers is tangible. With initial recording taking place in the band's home of North Wales followed by recording the bulk of the album in a cabin in Portland, Maine in midwinter with snowstorms and drifts of up to 9 foot blocking any contact with the outside world, the extremes of the natural world were bound to play a part. That the band have taken the opportunity offered with the release of Wolf's Law to further widen their horizons and their sound will come as no surprise to anyone already familiar with their work to date or their live show. Jimbo Mathus & Tri-State Coalition - White Buffalo (Fat Possum) .................................................. The late Memphis producer Jim Dickinson once called Jimbo Mathus "the singing voice of Huck Finn." Outside the South, Mathus is likely known as the ringleader of the hyper-ragtime outfit Squirrel Nut Zippers. In his native Mississippi and throughout the South, however, Mathus is the prolific songwriter of born-in-the-bone Southern music, the torchbearer for Deep South mythology and culture. Think Delta highways, bowling-pin Budweisers and 'innerplanetary honky-tonk' for the masses. Nosaj Thing - Home (Innovative Leisure) .................................................. It's been 3 years since the release of Nosaj Thing's highly acclaimed debut, Drift, which topped countless best of year lists, but 2013 will mark a new chapter for the 27-year-old producer, musician and DJ from Los Angeles. With a new album, label and imprint, Home marks the first time Nosaj has incorporated guest vocalists. Having remixed and worked with the likes of The XX, Flying Lotus, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beck & Kendrick Lamar, it was time to incorporate a few collaborations of his own with Toro Y Moi and Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) providing ethereal vocals for two of the tracks. The rest of the album is rounded with Nosaj's signature cinematic soundscapes that explore the space from where Drift left off. Pillowfight - s/t (Bulk) .................................................. Dan The Automator has teamed up with Emily Wells in a new collaborative project called Pillowfight. The delivery is a deft combo of down tempo sexy cool, brimming with the Automator's pristine multi-layered production. Wells sings with effortless sultry appeal, while the band drops the beat like no one ever started suing over sample use. Amazingly so, the band also includes none other than Kid Koala nimbly shredding on the 1s and 2s, and Lateef the Truthspeaker on backing vocals and some well placed verses that only this particular Bay Area resident could deliver. Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love (Barsuk) .................................................. Beta Love marks Ra Ra Riot's first outing as a four-piece. Inspired by their lean new lineup (with Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin), the recording process found the band members expanding and re-defining their roles within the new makeup of the group. They built upon demos created mostly by Miles and producer Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello, Wavves) at Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, MS. Joined by session drummer Josh Freese (Devo, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer) the band enjoyed exploring its potential, experimenting with new influences and exciting sounds. Free 7" with purchase while they last! Rajayttajat- s/t LP (Dead Beat) .................................................. Rajayttajat (meaning the Detonators) continue their quest for domination and their debut full length shows there are no signs of letting up. Total guitar hammering rocknroll with a nice fuzzy, bouncing, bottom-end to make their songs sit just right. Ya the foundations are all Flamin' Groovies, Gizmos, Pagans and Real Kids, but they take that and just totally go in their own ramshackle, Raja N Roll direction. Their music has a nice scuzzy, murky grit to it, but that definitely doesn't detract from it's appeal. The recordings are actually pretty clean sounding and the fuzzy, scuzzy wall of noise that embodies each song is really what gives their songs character. The Stooges embraced that same stylistic aesthetic and Rajayttajat fire back with that same kind of effectiveness. Just pure fuzzy, laid back jammers with guitar solos that seem to pop out of nowhere. Seriously one of the best new bands from Finland. Keep an eye on these guys. Toro y Moi - Anything In Return (Carpark) .................................................. Anything in Return shows a pervasive sense of peace with Bundick's tendency to dabble in both sides of the modern music making spectrum, and he sounds comfortable engaging in intuitive pop production, putting forth the impression of unmediated id. The producer's hand is prominent not least in the sampled "yeah"s and "uh"s that give the album a hip-hop-indebted confidence and many of the songs feature the 4/4 beats and deftly employed effects usually associated with house music. Tracks show a considerably Californian influence, their languid funk redolent of a decidedly West Coast temperament, and elsewhere the record plays with darker atmospheres than we are used to hearing from Toro Y Moi. Marcos Valle - [reissues] (LITA) .................................................. Evolving from samba's percussive pulse in the late 50s, bossa nova, is Brazil's internationally accepted gift to the global melting pot of music. Initially brought to prominence by the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, and Joao Donato, by the mid-60s, there was an emerging pool of youthful talent ready to make their voices heard. Marcos Valle and his lyricist brother Paulo Sergio were no exception. The pair penned a classic of the South American songbook, "Samba De Verao"- known in English as "So Nice (Summer Samba)." A musical trip to the US in 1966, where the singer worked with Sergio Mendes and jazz giant Verve provided even more inspiration. By the dawn of the 70s, Valle was entering a new era, ready to test the government censors (Brazil was under strict military rule since a coup d'etat in '64) and express a socially aware stance and a playful hodge-podge of musical styles including samba, bossa nova, baiao (a rhythmic beat from the rural northeast of Brazil), black American music, and rock. Widowspeak - Almanac (Captured Tracks) .................................................. Widowspeak is an American band comprised of Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas, known for its dreamy, western-tinged take on rock and roll. Their self-titled debut was praised for its reverential spaciousness, Hamilton's haunting voice, and Thomas's sinister Morricone-esque guitar lines. On their second album, Almanac, the duo explores denser arrangements and new sonic territory, from Saharan rhythms to Appalachian-inspired melodies, all delivered with stoic, wistful restraint. The Vinyl Zone .................................................. Ariel Pink & Dam Funk / Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby 7" (LITA) Tony Caro & John All - On the First Day LP (Drag City) D Watusi - Dark Party LP (Nashville's Dead) D Watusi - Brother & Sister 7" (Nashville's Dead) Alemayehu Eshete - s/t LP (Mississippi) Lee Gamble - Dutch Tvashar Plumes LP (Pan) Jesus and Mary Chain - LP reissues (1972) Kesarbai Kerkar - LP (Mississippi) Blind Willie McTell - Complete Recorded Works LP (Document/Third Man) The Men - Electric 7" (Sacred Bones) The Mississippi Sheiks - Complete Recorded Works LP (Document/Third Man) Charley Patton - Complete Recorded Works LP (Document/Third Man) Ty Segall - Would You Be My Love 7" (Drag City) Total Control - s/t 12" (Home Loan) Trampled By Turtles / Lucero - Daytrotter Vol 4 12" (Daytrotter) White Denim / Maps & Atlases - Daytrotter Vol 5 12" (Daytrotter) VA - The Crying Princess: 78 RPM Records from Burma LP (Sublime Frequencies) VA - Pop Ambient 2013 LP (Kompakt) VA - Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore & Malaysia 1964-70 (Sublime Frequencies) VA - Rocket Infinity: Global Rise of Rocking Music 1942-62 10" (Mississippi) VA - Scattered Melodies: Korean Kayagum Sanjo LP (Sublime Frequencies) Also Released This Week .................................................. Arbouretum - Coming Out of the Fog (Thrill Jockey) Brokeback - Brokeback and the Black Rock (Thrill Jockey) Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown - Wild Child (Carved) Camper Van Beethoven - La Costa Perdida (429) Chris Darrow - Artist Proof (Drag City) Esben and the Witch - Wash The Sins Not Only The Face (Rough Trade) Guided by Voices - Down By The Racetrack EP (GBV) Head Over Heels - s/t [reissue] (Aurora) Jackson 5 - Animated Series DVD (Classic) Mojo Magazine - Johnny Marr cover (Mojo) Mountains - Centralia (Thrill Jockey) Aaron Neville - My True Story (Blue Note) Night Marchers - Allez Allez (Swami) Nightlands - Oak Island (Secretly Canadian) OM - God Is Good Cassette (Drag City) OM - Advaitic Songs Cassette (Drag City) Alasdair Roberts - A Wonder Working Stone (Drag City) Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - Reverse Shark Attack [reissue] (In The Red) Ian Svenonius - Supernatural Strategies For Making A Rock Group book (Drag City) Traditional Fools (Ty Segall) - s/t [reissue] (In The Red) Voivod - Target Earth (Century) Upcoming Bloomington shows that we're excited about: .................................................. Hey out-of-towners and home-bodies! You can now buy tickets to many Bloomington shows direct from the links on our website! We still have tickets and/or additional information for many of these wonderful performances at the store, too. All tickets sold at the shop have a $1 fee attached and are CASH ONLY! Stop in or follow the links and buy em beforehand! 1/23 - Company of Thieves @ The Bishop 1/31 - Shabazz Palaces / Helio Sequence @ The Bishop 2/2 - Mice Parade @ The Bishop 2/5 - Frontier Ruckus @ The Bishop 2/6 - Dark Star Orchestra @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater 2/8 - Iris Dement @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater 2/8 - Wooden Wand / Elephant Micah 2/9 - K-Holes / Call of the Wild @ Russian Recording 2/10 - Umphrey's McGee @ The Bluebird 2/12 - Blackberry Smoke @ The Bluebird 2/14 - Menomena @ The Bishop 2/18 - Sinkane @ The Bishop 2/19 - Why? @ The Bishop 2/21 - Pokey Lafarge @ The Bishop 2/26 - Jonathan Richman @ Russian Recording 3/3 - Blessed Feathers / Young Buffalo @ The Bishop 3/4 - Caveman @ The Bihsop 3/4 - Minus the Bear @ The Bluebird 3/8 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Foxygen @ The Bluebird 3/9 - Junior Brown @ The Bluebird 3/9 - Burger Records Presents: Jaill / John Wesley Coleman / Fletcher C Johnson @ Russian Recording 3/18 - Jacco Gardner @ The Bishop 3/21 - Chris Cohen @ The Bishop 3/23 - Darwin Deez @ Russian Recording 4/20 - Paris Combo @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater Top 5 sellers at Landlocked for the week of 1/14 to 1/20 .................................................. Every week, Landlocked Music compiles our top five selling titles of the week - there is no trophy or fancy award. Just a week of fame. 1. Yo La Tengo - Fade (Matador) 2. The National, Virginia 12" (4AD) 3. VA - Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore & Malaysia 1964-70 (Sublime Frequencies) 4. Thee Open Sex - s/t LP (Magnetic South) 5. Bed Wetting Bad Boys - Ready for Boredom (RIP Society) NEXT WEEK - Pre-Order/Reserve one of next year's releases and guarantee you'll have it when its released! .................................................. 1/29 Blaudzun - Heavy Flowers (Varese) Bleeding Rainbow - Yeah Right (Kanine) Buke and Gase - General Dome (Brassland) Cleaners from Venus - reissues (Captured Tracks) Ducktails - The Flower Lane (Domino) Fiction Family - Fiction Family Reunion (Rock Ridge) Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - s/t (Rounder) Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up! (Stax) Hey Ocean - Is (Nettwerk) Indians - Somewhere Else (4AD) Kris Kristofferson - Feeling Mortal (KK) Local Natives - Hummingbird (Frenchkiss) Lost Animal - Ex Tropical (Hardly Art) Mice Parade - Candela (Fat Cat) Radar Brothers - Eight (Merge) Rock Candy Funk Party - We Want Groove (J&R) Ruby Suns - Christopher (Sub Pop) Tegan and Sarah - Heartthrob (WB) Tomahawk - Oddfellows (Ipecac) COMING SOON (dates often subject to change, sorry) .................................................. 2/5 Apache Dropout - Magnetic Heads LP (Family Vineyard) Boats - Cannonballs (Kill Rock Stars) Broadway Calls - Comfort/Distraction (Fontana) The Bronx - IV (ATO) Cheetahs - Extended Plays (Wichita) Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension (Ambassador) Darkstar - News from Nowhere (Warp) Robert Delong - Just Movement (Glassnote) Eels - Wonderful, Glorious (Vagrant) Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse (Atlantic) Josh Groban - All That Echoes (Reprise) Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat (Kranky) Guards - In Guards We Trust (Black Bell) Haunted Hearts - (Dum Dum Girls + Crocodiles) 7" (Zoo) Hayden - Us Alone (Arts & Crafts) Jim James - Regions of Light Sound of God (ATO) Jenny O - Automechanic (Holy Trinity) Fela Kuti - Best of Black President 2 (Knitting Factory) Night Beds - Country Sleep (Dead Oceans) Matt Pond - The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand Out () Ron Sexsmith - Forever Endeavour (MRI) Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - We the Common (Ribbon) Richard Thompson - Electric (New West) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II (Jagjaguwar) 2/12 Azelia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste (Interscope) Matt Costa - s/t (Brushfire) Foals - Holy Fire (WB) Jacco Gardner - Cabinet of Curiosities (Trouble in Mind) Pissed Jeans - Honeys (Sub Pop) Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way to Fall (Domino) Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something To Happen (Slumberland) 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. ============================================== BFF, Jason & Heath and the whole LL crew info@landlockedmusic.com Landlocked Music 202 N. Walnut St. Bloomington, IN, 47404 http://www.landlockedmusic.com/ Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/landlockedmusic Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/landlockedmusic (812) 339 - 2574 Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday : 11:30am - 7:30pm Sunday : Noon - 5pm