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Black Vatican Video // Oceanic Feelin'

2010-08-25T10:29:00.000-07:00

RSTB faves Black Vatican appeared a few years ago on our first compilation. Now heres the first new glimpses of their upcoming album Oceanic Feelin'

From Andy Roche of Black Vatican:

Black Vatican has a new LP coming out soon. The new LP will be called Oceanic Feelin'. The LP reflects our interests over the last couple of years, for me, the big influence is Colette Magny. Her record "Repression" is an amazing political record, sort of free jazz, and maybe "extended chanson", if there is such a thing. Owen has really gotten deep into micro-tonal stuff and that's sort of hiding out in a lot of the songs. We started as a rock band, we got interested in dread and the stuff got electronic, and now I don't know, this new LP is sort of about fear, cosmic scaled fear.

New Sacred Bones Titles

2010-06-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

The Bitters
Have A Nap Hotel EP

Hot on the heels of their debut Mexican Summer long-player, The Bitters - consisting of Aerin Fogel and the ever-prolific Ben Cook (Roommates, Young Governor, Fucked Up) - bring us their Have a Nap Hotel EP. This Toronto-based duo have built a name for themselves forging their self-coined "cave pop" genre, which merges elements of 50s melodies and dark post-punk instrumentals with just a hint of flannel. Their debut 12" EP Wooden Glove was released last spring on Captured Tracks and sold out shortly thereafter, having been instantly well-received among tough critics and keen listeners alike. Cook's jangly guitars stay back in the cut and let Fogel's vocals (and the occasional fuzzy lead, saxophone, synth line, and handclap) wash over the tunes. Their collaborative work appears live with the help of drummer Jonah Falco (Fucked Up, Career Suicide) and a rotation of starry guest bassists.

Amen Dunes
Murder Dull Mind EP

Recorded while Damon McMahon was living as an expatriate in China, Amen Dunes presents seven new stunning works of sunlit haziness. During the two years he lived abroad, he lived most of the time in an apartment on the north end of Beijing. He tracked these songs one summer in that apartment. With the exception of "Diane" and "Murder Dull Mind," all of these songs were recorded in one take and are completely improvisational; on repeated listens though, there is a pop-ness amidst the improvisation. The title track in particular, a melodic mantra-like work could certainly function on its own as a single. Although the songs have a bit less pre-written structure than Amen Dunes' previous work on the Locust label, they are still every bit as miraculous. The geographical influence on his work central to both writing and recording conditions is evident here as these songs are way more open, and generally more free than his debut Dia (recorded in 2006 in a Catskills cabin) was. A bit less psych freak out and a bit more dark folk vibe throughout.

Look for these new entries into Sacred Bones' EP series plus new 7"s from Electric Bunnies and Mac Blackout out on July 27th. More info HERE.

In Jacuzzi Boys News...

2010-04-21T08:22:00.000-07:00

RSTB faves Jacuzzi Boys have been busy with a new 7" about to be released on Mexican Summer and an upcoming tour (Dates Here). Check out the 7" and tracklisting below along with the video for "Smells Dead" from their debut LP and one of our favorite records of 2009.

Tracklist

Side A:
Bricks Or Coconuts

Side B:
Freakazoids
Sing Along

Happy Birthday Record Insound Studio Session

2010-04-21T06:49:00.000-07:00

Another one of our favorites record a session for the burgeoning series. Super raw and sick just like the record! Check out the whole session HERE

New 7"s from Flight, Fresh & Onlys and more on Plastic Spoons UK Label

2010-04-16T10:53:00.000-07:00

Flight - Ghosts b/w Crackerjack Woman


The Fresh and Onlys Vanishing Cream 7"	Mess Folk Modern Man 7''

Order these now at Plastic Spoon Records

Gorilla Vs. Bear and Weekly Tapedeck form Record Label

2010-03-29T09:56:00.000-07:00

Two of our favorite bloggers have teamed up to give a little back to the music world. They've announced the formation of Forest Family, an analog centered label featuring limited runs (with the occasional repress) of 7”s, 10”s, 12”s and cassettes to be produced at the highest quality.

The label's first release is a 7" from highly touted indie poppers Cults featuring the songs "Go Outside" and "Most Wanted" on yellow vinyl.

You can pre-order the 7" HERE. Ltd. to 400

Peaking Lights on Soundbuilders

2010-03-25T21:00:00.000-07:00

RSTB fave Peaking Lights explain the process of building their soundbox synthesizers out of thrift store parts for the new series Soundbuilders on VBS offshoot Motherboard.tv. This is the first in a series that will explore musicians creating noise out of non-traditional sources. A splendid idea if you ask us and a pretty great band to start with. Check out Aaron and Indra explaining their process and keep an eye on Soundbuilders for more installments.

Beach Fossils - "Wide Awake"

2010-03-22T08:53:00.000-07:00

Beach Fossils record four awesome new songs from their upcoming Captured Tracks/Woodsist debut for the Insound Studio Sessions. Check out "Wide Awake" and the rest of the sessions at Insound.

Awesome new Ty Segall video

2010-03-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

Its not very often that a video perfectly encapsulates the way you feel about a song. "So Alone" is probably one of our all time favorite songs around here and this fan video by Russian director tab_ularasa is quite honestly just what we've always wanted to do when listening to Segall's music. Would that we could I suppose. Check out a whole bunch more videos's Tab's done for RSTB faves UV Race, Thee Oh Sees, Country Teasers and more at his Vimeo Page

Thee Oh Sees go Epic

2010-03-16T09:55:00.000-07:00

Thee Oh Sees
Warm Slime
Out 5/11 (In The Red)

Tracklist:
1. Warm Slime
2. I Was Denied
3. Everything Went Black
4. Castiatic Tackle
5. Flash Bats
6. Mega-feast
7. MT Work

The ridiculously prolific Bay Area band Thee Oh Sees are back with another full-length long-player. Warm Slime is guaranteed to please fans of their whacked-out garage / psych / punk jams.

Recorded by Sacramento sultan of sound Chris Woodhouse, Warm Slime carries on in the same tradition as the group's previous In The Red release, Help, showcasing their more electrified and rocking side, in comparison to other recent home-recorded releases. The centerpiece is undoubtedly the mind-bending title track, which clocks in at nearly 14 minutes and takes up the entirety of the album's first side. It's a psychedelic epic of "Inna Gadda Da Vida" proportions! John Dwyer's guitar playing is at its quadra-spazzed best here, and the vocal interplay with Brigid Dawson gives it a B-52s-at-their-least-cheesy-crossed-with-the-Troggs vibe. The results are stunning.

Sun Araw - On Patrol

2010-03-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

Album details on the upcoming Sun Araw record have arrived. Its a 2xLP titled On Patrol and will be released sometime in April. Tracklisting and awesome trailer below. Needless to say we're excited to hear this!

Tracklist
SIDE A
MA HOLO
BEAT COP
THE STAKEOUT (feat. William Giacchi)

SIDE B
CONGA MIND
DEEP COVER

SIDE C
HIGH SLIDE
THE STAKEOUT: REPRISE (feat. William Giacchi)
DIMENSION ALLEY

SIDE D
HOLODECK BLUES

Moon Duo - Killing Time Video

2010-03-11T15:22:00.000-08:00

Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month

2010-03-09T20:24:00.000-08:00

Donovan returns with his solo outings outside of Skygreen Leopards this time finally securing a vinyl release from the good folks at Soft Abuse. Details below:

Side A
01. Winter in a Rented Room
02. Mom's House
03. Your Wicked Man
04. April Tenth
05. Street Fighting Girls

Side B
01. The Door Locks Itself
02. Leave Like You Came
03. Sylvia & the Gremlins
04. Red Corona
05. Open Flame

More info HERE.

Sun Araw captured by Ray Concepcion

2010-03-04T10:23:00.000-08:00

Ray Concepcion captured some footage from Sun Araw's recent stint at Coco 66 in Greenpoint. The show was fantastic (though I don't remember the room shaking quite so much) and if you weren't there, here's the next best thing.

Woven Bones LP Details!!!

2010-03-03T14:51:00.000-08:00

Woven Bones
In and Out and Back Again
Out 5/18 (HoZac)

1. I'll Be Runnin
2. Guess You Allready Knew
3. 7 Year Mirror
4. If It Feels Alright
5. Your Way With My Life
6. Creepy Bone
7. Half Sunk Into the Seats
8. Couldn't Help But Stare
9. Blind Conscience

How awesome is that cover art? Words cannot express how exicted we are for this release. Needless to say this is tops on our most anticipated list!

(Via)

New from Arbor

2010-03-03T14:35:00.000-08:00

RYAN GARBES "REAL SUGAR B/W THE LIGHTS" 7"

Ryan Garbes is the drummer of Iowa City bands such as Wet Hair, Dunebuggy, Trash Dog, and formerly Raccoo-oo-oon. His recordings under his own name represent a unique brand of solo multi-track recording with a seamless integrity; through a skillful use of instrumentation and recording technique, Garbes eschews notions of low fidelity for songs reminiscent of traditional American garage rock produced in the haze of an early 90’s UK aesthetic. Genuine pop songs, cloaked in a comforting wash of reverb, as if Lou Reed had done a record for Creation; more ecstatic than obstructed Garbes’ voice is a refreshing one outside the continuum of the contemporary four-track bedroom pop. In an edition of 300 copies with full color sleeve and printed labels by Ryan.

More information HERE

New from Night People

2010-03-03T14:00:00.000-08:00

Broken Water
Whet LP

This is the debut LP by Olympia Washington 3 piece Broken Water. Consisting of former Sisters (Parts Unknown Records) and Celebration members, Broken Water's sound seems to resound in the rainy coastal woodlands that they are surrounded by. Dense walls of slow swirling distortion breath out into moments of cold syrupy magma and reverb drenched beauty. Droning post punk bass grooves build foundations for constantly evolving guitar riffing and somber vocal passages, a subtle psychedelic sound as heavy as it is lite, as dark as it is colorful, and as deep as it is wide. Broken Water's dreamy take on hazy pastoral sonic exploration is as unique as it is nostalgic and provides endless amounts of killer listening. Silkscreened artwork by Shawn Reed.

Dead Luke - "Cosmic Meltdown"

Faceplant - "s/t"

Baronic Wall - "The Golden Sword/In Granite Parlor"

Pink Priest - "Gulls Diving Into the Ocean"

The Pheromoans - "s/t"

More information HERE

New Release from Naked on the Vague

2010-03-02T14:22:00.000-08:00

Australians Naked on the Vague follow up their Chitty Chat 7" on Sacred Bones with a full length out on Siltbreeze. Mark your calendars.

Naked on the Vague
Heaps of Nothing
4.27 (Siltbreeze)

Tracklist:
1 Mysterious Oven
3 Treading Water
4 Sacred Youth
5 These Days
6 The Joke
7 Black Lettuce
8 Blank Minds

More Upcoming Releases from Captured Tracks

2010-03-02T10:15:00.000-08:00

Wild Nothing
Release Date: March 2, 2010

Track Listing:
1. Cloudbusting
2. Promise

The Soft Moon
Release Date: March 2, 2010

Track Listing:
1. Breathe the Fire
2. Phantoms

Fresh & Onlys
Release Date: March 2, 2010

Track Listing:
1. Diamond in the Dark
2. Dreamin' Is Easy
3. Knowin' To Wander
4. August In My Mind
5. Garbage Collector
6. Save Your Soul

Dignan Porch
Release Date: March 30, 2010

Track Listing:
1. The Game We Made
2. As You Were
3. Flowers in May
4. Footsteps
5. On A Ride
6. Team Up
7. We Sat on the Hill
8. I am the Hedge (Interlude)
9. Like It Was
10. No Pressure Baby
11. A Person
12. Two of Us
13. I'm Certain I'll Die

Plus tons more on the way. Click HERE for details

Fenn O'Berg - In Stereo

2010-02-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

Fenn O'Berg - In Stereo
out 3/5/10

Written and performed by Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke & Peter Rehberg

Recorded and mixed at Studio GOK Sound, Tokyo, October 2009

Mastered at Piethopraxis, Köln, December 2009

Photos by Shunichiro Okada (Outside) & Ujin Matsuo (Inside)

Released as CD digipack and gatefold double vinyl which features an extra slice of classic Fenn O’Berg magic beauty. ‘In Stereo’ ...for you. Plus that cover's going to look pretty sweet on double gatefold vinyl.

Pre-Order HERE

Dead Luke - American Haircut

2010-02-25T17:33:00.000-08:00

RSTB singles fave Dead Luke will be releasing an LP on Florida's Dying in April. More details to come!

Watch HERE for pre-order.

Blank Dogs - Phrases

2010-02-25T17:24:00.000-08:00

Blank Dogs - Phrases EP
Out 3/23 on Captured Tracks

Tracklist:
1. Heat and Depression
2. Blurred Tonight
3. Racing Backwards
4. End of Summer

via MBV

New Mexican Summer Releases

2010-02-14T08:31:00.000-08:00

Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch - Andrew Graham's Good Word

Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch will release their first LP, Andrew Graham's Good Word, on the Mexican Summer label this March. The album will be Graham's first release since the dissolution of RTFO Bandwagon, the elegantly primitive Columbus, OH folk band that most recently released Dums Will Survive (March 2009) on Texas' Dull Knife Records.

While RTFO Bandwagon heavily reiterated the elements already present in Graham's guitar frameworks with the bass, drums, and even the vocal melodies, Swarming Branch takes a more delicate approach. Throughout Good Word, each instrument plays only one note at a time, freeing up space in the mix and ensuring that every note is intentional.

To realize this detailed new sound, Graham brought in drummer Ryan Jewell (Terribly Empty Pockets, Pink Reason, Psychedelic Horseshit) and piano wizard Dane Terry. A number of other musicians come and go over the course of the record, including bassist Chris Burney (the Sun) and experimental composer Larry Marotta on slide guitar.

Order HERE

Viva L'American Death Ray Music - Behold! A Pale Horse

New 12" from Jeffrey Bouck, drummer/percussionist (Lithops, Polyphonic Spree), Harlan T. Bobo, bassist (The Limes, Timothy Prudomme) and Nicholas Ray, singer/guitarist (The Limes, Valentines).

Order HERE

New Not Not Fun Releases

2010-02-14T07:14:00.000-08:00

Psychic Reality/L.A. Vampires - Split 12"

Every day’s as new as you want it to be so take up the torch and light something unlit. Definite off-the-grid mentalities prevail on this genre-dissolving split 12” between San Fran anima soul voyager Leyna Noel aka Psychic Reality and So-Cal acid-jazz crate-digger LA Vampires. Noel’s toured the states coast-to-coast and dropped a couple potent tape/CDR effigies in the past year but this is her vinyl debut and it captures everything searing and singular about her live alchemy in glowing, glorious detail. Four inter-flowing songs of tone-float piano keys, bedroom drum machines, and white light amplifier vox. Trance-damaged and truth-seeking. LA Vampires’ side madlibs through a more mercurial matrix, using slowed/screwed tapes, boombox Casio FX, low end theories, and bleached voice patterns to conjure a reverb chamber’s worth of dance floor mirages. Future collabs with Zola Jesus and Sun Araw should expound her rhythm method mission. Abuse yr illusion. Black vinyl LPs in glossy jackets with a boldly disrobed duo cover portrait by Caitlin C. Mitchell.

Edition of 450.

Order HERE

Heather Murray - Jailhouse Rock

It’s been a while since Scorces sorceress, Jandek collaborator, and Volcanic Tongue branch manager Heather Leigh has ventured out on vinyl under her own name. And it may be a while longer, as Jailhouse Rock is in fact a wax reissue of a long OOP 2006 cassette classic on Michigan crud factory Fag Tapes. It was a fave of ours that year (and every year), so it feels extra celebratory to be able to offer up a freshly remastered (by Pete Swanson) LP edition of the album for global re-appreciation. Sprawling, long-form descents/ascents into mythic electric disorientation, powered by her trademark recipe of FX-soaked pedal steel and voice. Jailhouse feels loosely more aligned with a mid-aughts drone/noise aesthetic than the outsider dirt road Americana of her Devil If You Can Hear Me LP (also on NNF), but the distinction is a slight one. Side A swims in swooping sheets of vox and tempestuous wind tunnel dynamics before slowly dying away to wheezing disembodied harmonica. The B piece begins in a more overtly beautiful mode, a trinity of crystalline notes picked and stretched until they’re transformed into a rapturous sky of textural distortion. Sensual and vertigo-inducing in equal measure. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with brand new paint/collage artwork by Heath Moerland (of Sick Llama, Slither, Odd Clouds, etc).

Edition of 400.

Order HERE

Plus keep an eye out for these releases soon:

Sun Araw "On Patrol" CD/2xLP (NNF187)
Pocahaunted "Make It Real" CD/LP (NNF188)
High Wolf "Ascension" LP (NNF189)
Magic Lantern "Platoon" CD/LP (NNF190)
Magic Lantern "Showstopper" 7" (NNF191)

New HoZac on the way!

2010-01-21T18:32:00.000-08:00

Following in the wake of the recently released Medications LP and singles from Mickey, Nerve City, Myelin Sheaths, Mess Folk and more the mighty HoZac pushes on with some hotly anticipated 2010 releases.

Expect new 7"s from Box Elders, Fey Gods, Burning Yellows, Hobby Girl and of course the upcoming LPs from Dum Dum Girls and Woven Bones. Be sure to keep your eyes on www.hozacrecords.com for all these and more in the coming months.

Wooden Shjips // Moon Duo

2010-01-21T16:13:00.000-08:00

Two sides of the Shjips are almost upon us; first, full details about Vol. 2 the Sick Thirst singles collection have emerged and it's due out 3/30. Secondly the well loved (at least by RSTB) side project from guitarist Ripley has finally yielded a full length album. Escape is out 2/16. More details and pre-order information below:

Wooden Shjips - Vol. 2
Strap in for travels beyond the galaxy to tranced-out cosmic bliss! Sick Thirst presents Vol. 2, the second compilation of hard-to-find Wooden Shjips tracks. Vol. 2 digs deep to collect the band's Sub Pop and Mexican Summer singles, two self-released European tour singles, and a track from Yeti magazine, for nearly 44 minutes of fuzzed-out psych jams.

Not just for completists, Vol. 2 contains the essential live standards "Loose Lips," "Death's Not Your Friend (Live)", and "I Hear the Vibrations (E-Z Version)," plus savage covers of Neil Young's "Vampire Blues" and Serge Gainsbourg's "Contact."

1. Loose Lips
2. Start To Dreaming
3. Vampire Blues
4. Death's Not Your Friend (live)
5. Contact
6. I Hear the Vibrations (E-Z Version)
7. Outta My Head

Pre-Order: HERE

Moon Duo - Escape
San Francisco's Moon Duo was formed in 2009 by Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (Wooden Shjips). Inspired initially by the legendary John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones.

Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, the pair plays space against form to create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew. They released two acclaimed records in 2009: the Love on the Sea 12-inch single on Sick Thirst and the Killing Time EP on Sacred Bones. Escape, their debut long-player on Woodsist, marks the fullest realization yet of the young group's evolving sound.

Pre-Order: HERE

Happy Birthday // King Tuff

2010-01-07T10:10:00.000-08:00

RSTB faves King Tuff have been signed by Sub Pop... sort of. Main Tuff driving force Kyle Thomas has put together a new band to showcase his comic book pop tendencies and if its got half the spirit and fun that KT had it's likely that it will be one hell of a record. The S/T album is out March 16th. Tracklisting is below.

1. Girls FM
2. Too Shy
3. Cracked
4. Perverted Girl
5. Subliminal Message
6. Eyes Music
7. Maxine the Teenage Eskimo
8. I Wanna Stay (I Runaway)
9. Pink Strawberry Shake
10. Zit
11. Fun

More info HERE

Wooden Shjips - Volume 2

2009-12-19T21:06:00.000-08:00

Following in the tradition of their first singles collection Volume 1 Wooden Shjips will round up a second batch of tracks onto Volume 2 in mid-March. The new collection will include the following tracks:

Loose Lips
Start To Dreaming
Vampire Blues
Death's Not Your Friend (live)
Contact
I Hear the Vibrations (E-Z Version)
Outta My Head

These were originally released on their Sub Pop single, two Euro tour singles, Mexican Summer 12", and Yeti magazine comp respectively. The collection will be released on Sick Thirst.

New Fresh & Onlys 7"

2009-11-25T10:28:00.000-08:00

Fresh & Onlys continue their blitz of releases over 2009 with a 7" on Woodist. The 7" features two tracks that previously appeared on the Bomb Wombs cassette the band released on Fuck It Tapes. Tracklist below.

Tracklist:
Side A: Second One to Know
Side B: Hated or Loved

More info HERE and keep an eye out for these upcoming Woodsist releases in the near future.

2010:
EAT SKULL- "Jerusalem Mall" 7"
ART MUSEUMS- "Rough Frame" LP/Digital
MOON DUO- "Escape" Mini-LP
MV&EE- "Home Comfort" LP

New Magic Lantern in about 1 Month

2009-11-23T20:05:00.000-08:00

The gods must be smiling on us because a new Magic Lantern record entitled Platoon is off to the presses and on its way from Not Not Fun in the coming weeks. Check out the full tracklist below and preview an excerpt of opener "Dark Cicadas" at the band's Myspace. The first copies will come with a bonus 7" featuring the tracks "Showstopper" (Iron Knowledge cover) and "Cypress".

Platoon tracklist:

Side A

Dark Cicadas
Moon Lagoon Platoon
Planar/Sonar

Side B

On the Dime
Friendship

Sacred Bones News

2009-11-23T19:55:00.000-08:00

Check out the awesome video for Gary War's "Highspeed Drift" and keep your eye out for more great releases from Sacred Bones:

A reissue of Honeysuckle Tendrals by Carl Simmons.

The second installment in the Sacred Bones 12-inch EP Series. A release from Italy's Vermillion Sands entitled Miss My Gun.

Information on both releases can be found HERE

Highlife to be released by Social Registry

2009-11-23T19:41:00.000-08:00

White Magic's (Sleepy) Doug Shaw has been operating under the Highlife name now for some time. Following a nice slot as opener for Animal Collective over the summer and some initial blog love for a few tracks that roamed the internet he now has an album forthcoming on The Social Registry. More information HERE and at Highlife's Myspace.

New Treats from Sun Araw and Not Not Fun

2009-11-19T20:29:00.000-08:00

A new Sun Araw 7", Sun Ark is on the way from Not Not Fun. Record is at the pressing plant now and should be out soon. Includes the tracks "Bump Up (High Step)" and "Live Mind". Plus a new 2xLP album On Patrol is scheduled for 2010. More information HERE.

In other Awesome NNF news Topaz Rags, Sex Worker (Daniel Martin-McCormick of Mi Ami, Black Eyes) and Dylan Ettinger have new releases out on right now.

Topaz Rags - Capricorn Born Again

Sex Worker - The Labor of Love

Dylan Ettinger and the Heat - Smokin'

Purchase them HERE

New Barn Owl - "The Conjurer" on Root Strata

2009-10-07T10:22:00.000-07:00

RSTB faves Barn Owl have a gorgeous new vinyl pressing out on Root Strata. As always handsomely packaged and sure to be limited. No official sale information up on the label as yet but its just in at Mimaroglu.

Sun Araw Sings the Blues

2009-09-30T10:47:00.000-07:00

Cameron and William ventured to the UK for a tour a while back and the the folks over at The Wire (probably one of the best, if not THE best music publication going) have captured some of it on video. Catch the boys laying into Neil Young's "Barstool Blues" and their own "All Night Long" from Heavy Deeds You can watch or download the vids in quicktime format HERE.

Upcoming Three Lobed Releases from D. Charles Speer and Steve Gunn

2009-09-26T07:15:00.000-07:00

d. charles speer & the helix — distillation LP + download

LP released november 17, 2009 in a limited edition of approximately 900 copies.
PRE-ORDER HERE

From Three Lobed
distillation is pressed on 180g rti vinyl and housed within an old-style stoughton gatefold sleeve bearing new artwork from both turner williams and the band. as a bit of a first for three lobed, the album will be accompanied by a download coupon for DRM-free MP3s of the album. the current estimated street date is november 17 - copies pre-ordered from us at the label will ship as soon as they are on hand in advance of that date. distillation is from a one-time pressing of approximately 900 copies and costs $19 postpaid in the US, $23.50 to canada and $31 postpaid to all other addresses. copies of distillation pre-ordered by october 23, 2009 have the option of being accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (TLR-073) presenting a full, killer live set from the full band recorded on april 25, 2008 at the turf club in st. paul (mn) that is not available separately. add $2.50 to the aforementioned prices during the pre-order phase to obtain the bonus CD.

Download the track "Mason Dixon Crime" HERE

steve gunn —boerum palace LP + download

LP released november 17, 2009 in a limited edition of approximately 800 copies.
PRE-ORDER HERE

From Three Lobed
boerum palace is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and housed within an old-style stoughton sleeve bearing new original artwork from mike pare and some of gunn’s photography. the album will be accompanied by a download coupon for high quality DRM-free MP3s of the album. the current estimated street date is november 17 - copies pre-ordered from us at the label will ship as soon as they are on hand in advance of that date. boerum palace is from a one-time pressing of approximately 800 copies and costs $19 postpaid in the US, $22.50 to canada and $30 postpaid to all other addresses. copies of boerum palace pre-ordered by october 23, 2009 have the option of being accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (TLR-074) presenting new, scarce and previously unheard gunn material that is not available separately. add $2.50 to the aforementioned prices during the pre-order phase to obtain the bonus CD.

Download the track "Mr. Franklin" HERE

Sacred Bones: New Factums LP

2009-09-15T20:34:00.000-07:00

Sacred Bones readies the second release from A Frames/AFCGT bros Factums. Expect more blasts of cold industrial goodness and of course another stunning Sacred Bones cover - they're really nailing the colors with this and the Gary War release.

Out now digitally HERE and HERE. LP to follow shortly.

Two Upcoming Releases from The Girls At Dawn

2009-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn Popsters The Girls At Dawn have a few releases scheduled in places that might sound familiar to RSTB readers. First up, a 7" on that sultan of singles HoZac.

Tracklist

A: Never Enough
B: Every Night

And then its a 12" on Captured tracks (which seems to have gobbled up pretty much everyone in site lately) The 12" will feature the tracks "Only Time", "Surprise" and a few more.

Check out both sides of the HoZac split at the band's MYSPACE plus a couple more!

2009-08-27T11:43:00.000-07:00

Jacuzzi Boys' first full length, No Seasons is finally due. Coming out on Florida's Dying in October. Gonna be a great fall with all these releases and a debut from Christmas Island. Consider us excited!

2009-08-27T11:27:00.000-07:00

New 10" scheduled from the one man fuzz canon that is Flight out on Kill Shaman records. Out later this fall.

2009-08-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

New 12" scheduled from Woven Bones on Zoo Music

Track List

The Minus Touch
Some Call It A Grave
Have A Soul
If You're Gold I'm Gone

Look for it on their massive fall tour. There's a new track "If You're Gold, I'm Gone" up on their myspace and its highly recommended.

New Ty Segall Album on Goner

2009-05-30T12:05:00.000-07:00

In addition to playing with Sic Alps, RSTB fave Ty Segall will be releasing a new album on Memphis' great Goner Records. Lemons will be out July 14th and you can check out a track below.

Download It #1

From the label:

Burying '60s sing-alongs and dance crazes with waves of reverb and giddy thud, Ty Segall has carved out his own shelf in the SF neo-psych garage alongside SF compatriots and collaborators Sic Alps and Thee Oh Sees. After shattering the Bay Area underground as a frantic one-man band that the local crowd and press couldn't get enough of, Segall has now given up the solo act for a three piece that destroys sonic and melodic boundaries with manic glee. The new live setup is a better reflection of his studio work, which generally starts with his one-man-band setup and builds from there. Exploring the space between Cro-Magnon fuzz and atmospheric acoustic psych, Lemons is the natural next step after his celebrated self-titled 2008 debut on Castle Face.

Gorgeous Johnny

2009-05-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

The Skygreen Leopards have posted a couple of tracks from their upcoming record for Jagjaguwar entitled Gorgeous Johnny (out 7/21). Glenn had described GJ to me as - "It's definitely our most "pop" record. We wanted it to sound like Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express or Loaded. It's nowhere near those! But i like it." From the sound of these early tracks its definitely a high caliber Skygreen release and just in time too as summer is the perfect time for Skygreen Leopards. Check out the new tracks HERE.

New Jescos Tracks

2009-05-17T10:35:00.000-07:00

The first couple of tracks to emerge from The Jescos, the new rock oriented project from James Jackson Toth, have been put up on their myspace. The tracks were recorded at Grand Palace with a first 7" scheduled to appear on People in a Position to Know and an album to follow shortly after. Pretty great stuff, you can check out the tracks: HERE

Niche Homo Issue #2

2009-04-26T12:58:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I miss the good ole feel of a hand copied zine... sweat mixed with toner and crude drawings. Well thankfully zine culture hasn't completely met with sweet sweet death yet and the UK's Niche Homo is keeping you reading on the subway and in the bathroom in style. Nab a copy of issue one or two from their site HERE.

Issue 2 is 56 pages long and features interviews with Fucked Up, Vivian Girls, Halo of Flies, Bilge Pump and Hipshakes, plus writings by Oxbow’s Eugene Robinson and a whole bunch more.

Shattered Records // Jay Reatard

2009-04-26T11:42:00.000-07:00

There's still time to get in on Jay Reatard's Shattered Records 2009 Club. The subscription features the following:

- Jay Reatard’s 2009 Matador album, digitally and LP or CD
- a brand new Jay Reatard 7″, available only to Shattered Club members
- a brand new Jay Reatard live 7″, available only to Shattered Club members
- a Shattered Club t-shirt, available only to Shattered Club members
- all six Shattered Records 2009 singles from artists like Jeffrey Novak, Hunx, Useless Eaters, Box Elders, Earthmen & Strangers, and more (mp3)
- Greatest Messes Shattered Club Edition, an expanded 25-song collection of Jay’s best songs from his past bands (mp3)
- The Reatards’ Teenage Hate, Jay’s very first album from 1998 (mp3)
- More surprises and exclusives throughout the year

Click HERE to sign up.