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	May 29, 2007


			Other Music's eBay auctions are back! Right now we have a couple of rare Afro funk LPs by Jay Mitchell and Jambalasie up for grabs, as well as a few scarce soul and Latin titles, old school hip-hop 12"s by Schoolly D and K-Solo, two minimal synth rarities, and a sealed psych monster. Click here to check out the full listing.


	FEATURED NEW RELEASES Michio Kurihara (mp3 available) Boris & Michio Kurihara (domestic) Battles Dead C (mp3 available) The National Barbara & Ernie Gudrun Gut (mp3 available) Voxtrot (mp3 available) Dorothy Ashby Burial (vinyl pressing) Soundboy Punishments (various) Meg Baird Alog Melvin Jackson Hot Chip Gang Gang Dance Wareika Hill Sounds Paulo Diniz		From Brussels with Love (various) Stars (remix album) James Chance (mp3 available) ALSO AVAILABLE Guitar Kirsten Ketsjer the Rock Band FEATURED MP3 DOWNLOADS Need for a Crossing (various) The Kay-Gees SC100 (various) Shirley Collins Dan Deacon (first two albums)

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	$9.99 CD $9.99 mp3		MICHIO KURIHARA Sunset Notes (20/20/20) "Twilight Mystery of a Russian Cowboy" "Wind Waltzes" Although this is the first release bearing his name on the cover, Michio Kurihara's playing should be well known to anyone with an ear to the Japanese psychedelic scene of the last 20 years. The stunning guitarist first came to prominence in the mid-'80s groundbreaking group White Heaven, who were at the forefront of the burgeoning Japanese psych revival. Since the mid-'90s he has been recording and touring as the lead guitarist of the psych-folk powerhouse Ghost, whose deal with Drag City and US tours with Damon & Naomi and others brought their sublime sounds to the attention of many Westerners. Kurihara has also toured extensively as part of Damon & Naomi's own band, and the duo's 20/20/20 imprint is responsible for this reissue of Sunset Notes, his lone solo release originally out in Japan in 2005 on Pedal Records. Anyone expecting a simple stripped-down rehashing of Ghost or White Heaven's epic, acid-drenched sounds will be a bit surprised by the nine tracks included on this excellent and varied album, despite production by White Heaven leader You Ishihara and engineering by Soichiro Nakamura, who has worked with artists such as Boris and Nagisa Ni Te. Indeed Kurihara's fretwork is intrinsically mind-bending, and tracks like the set closer "A Boat of Courage" have a swirling and soaring quality that fans of Kurihara's best-known work will recognize. But the mostly instrumental album explores a myriad of directions, with crisp production and a clear and focused guitar sound presenting Kurihara's own take on progressive, surf, spaghetti-western, blues and more. With such diverse moods and subtly nuanced performances, in some ways Sunset Notes comes across more like a film soundtrack than a rock album, and as a result, it is a cinematic, emotional journey. The guitarist casually echoes such diverse six-string icons such as Thurston Moore, Dick Dale and Loren Mazzacane Connors without ever sacrificing his own taste and individualism. [JM]


	$13.99 CD		BORIS / MICHIO KURIHARA Rainbow (Drag City) Finally a domestic version of this Boris album, previously only available as a Japanese import. Rainbow is a collaboration with Ghost guitar hero Michio Kurihara, and it's Boris at their most varied; some shoegaze moments, heavy psych, crushing metal, experimental passages, sick guitar gymnastics by Kurihara, and, the biggest surprise of all, a poppy track with lush vocals by Wata! Just when we thought we had this band figured out, they drop this bomb. Another classic.


	$13.99 CD $17.99 LP		BATTLES Mirrored (Warp) "Atlas" "Ddiamondd" Brooklyn's Battles have the type of collective CV for which most bands would gladly give a few eyeballs. Featuring former Helmet and current Tomahawk drummer John Stanier, ex-Don Caballero and Storm&Stress guitarist Ian Williams, Lynx bassist Dave Konopka, and noted oddball solo guitarist and vocalist Tyondai Braxton, these four have dropped a couple of EPs and a single's worth of avant rock strangeness, blending Stanier's powerhouse percussion with a veritable arsenal of shattered, looped riffs and twisting keyboard lines. A couple of years in the making, Mirrored at long last finds this quartet stretching out their oft-ferocious instrumental prowess over the course of a debut long-player. Not recorded so much as chiseled out of almost every spare part to be found at your local Guitar Center, the eleven songs gathered herein race along frantic drum thwaps, terra-forming finely nuanced vistas that the group's previous work only hinted at. Williams' familiar note-bursts are in place as they were in later Don Cab, lending a playful edge to Stanier's manic beat on "Snare Hanger." And all throughout, Konopka anchors each track with taut low-end, grounding the strings as they parry and thrust amongst themselves. But more than anything, Mirrored belongs to Stanier and Braxton. Track in and track out, the former provides an almost metronomic precision to each and every piece, tying "Atlas" to fierce poly-rhythms, while stopping and starting "Race: In" on a series of well-placed dimes. Braxton, furthermore, bends and pitch-shifts his voice into an array of mechanized alien tones, twisting his tongue throughout the crazed "Ddiamondd," while eerily crooning his way through the lurch that is "Leyendecker." Ultimately playing prog moves as forceful as a jackhammer that's been laced with an indefatigable sense of playfulness, Mirrored is a fully realized and confidently propulsive album. [MC]


	$12.99 CD $12.99 LP		THE NATIONAL Boxer (Beggars Banquet) "Brainy" "Apartment Story" The National's fourth album was recently referred to as a "grower" by Seattle radio station KEXP, and that's exactly right. It's stealth in its intent, creeping along the edges of every party, street, and lovers' quarrel. But Boxer is very, very good at hitting its target. As a young Greg Dulli once said, "It's locked its jaws, and now it's swallowing." Piano-plunked intro "Fake Empire" is lush in imagery, its narrator stumbling over apple pie, diamond slippers, and spiked lemonade. Matt Berninger traffics in the same brand of vampiric, stilted storytelling that Nick Cave, Stuart Staples, and The The's Matt Johnson love to scare all the kids with, but he's onto something special this time: he's got buoyancy, a coy endgame under all that sincerity. You could almost see him (were the National a huge enough band, and if talent had anything to do with fame, they would be) parodied on SNL by Andy Samberg as a doom-and-gloom troubadour, a maudlin talisman. But horns, flute, and strings march in assuredly just as Berninger's tale of woe gets close to a precipice -- the whole song exploding into a nervy festival of light and love, like Lambchop has been invited into the studio. The wine-soaked, bad-boy intrigue of the Brooklyn band's stellar last effort, Alligator, returns in Boxer, particularly on mid-tempo rockers like "Apartment Story" and "Squalor Victoria," their pebbly drums, serene notes, and nighttime confessions skimming the surface of the deep water below. This time there's an unapologetic prettiness. Sexual energy hums out of Berninger's predatory purr. To contrast it, the brothers Dessner and Devendorf have built up a scenic byway for their boxing debut; everything fits, everything triumphs. And often, friends (like Sufjan Stevens) step into the fold, marbling tracks with piano or a dollop of French horn, deepening the deafening crash of bloodless, warring hearts adrift on this unpredictable ship's prow. This is a grower, but it's not done with you yet. [KO]


	$9.99 CD $9.99 mp3		DEAD C Future Artists (Ba Da Bing!) "The Magicians" "Garage" The first new Dead C. album since 2003's The Damned, Future Artists really sounds like their first album-length effort since 2001's New Electric Music, in terms of how little it wishes to revisit the past. There's one pop song on here -- "The Magicians," pop, at least, by their decimating standards -- and a whole load of electronic- and guitar-based drone, fractured by digitalis interruptus ("Macoute," one of the group's most perplexing tracks to date), braced by macho tarpit blues howl ("Eternity"), and aerated into noise-folk pickings that grow vicious in the heat of performance ("Garage"). From cathartic noise to a nascent electronic period, from torrid, grotty hardcore sessions to serene waves of sonic drift, this New Zealand trio has been leading a charge for sentimental experimental music for two decades and change, wringing out the ears of those who choose to follow with the most innovative charges this side of Jandek. There is not now, nor ever there was another band like this, one which could so effectively flense rock music down to the particle level. Highly recommended, as with all of their other works. [DM]


	$15.99 CD		BARBARA AND ERNIE Prelude to... (Fallout) "Listen to Your Heart" "Play with Fire" Short, sweet, and sophisticated, this early '70s, May-December musical collaboration is long overdue for serious reconsideration. Soul singer Barbara Massey, a backup torch out on her own, was paired with jazz guitarist Ernie Calabria, who'd played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Harry Belafonte, and assisted ably by Keith Jarrett, Grady Tate, Chuck Rainey, Joe Beck, and orchestrations conducted by Eumir Deodato. The vibes present are immeasurably deep and rich, crossing the streams of lounge exotica, sit-down jazz, and somnambulant psychedelia in ways that would make the modern reissue junkie sweat this one but hard. Aside from a cover of Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," the duo performs all original material in a session sounding like nothing before or since, a unique and unadulterated classic of lost, big-budget studio sessions rescued from deep within the Atlantic vaults. [DM]


	$14.99 CD $9.99 mp3		GUDRUN GUT I Put a Record On (Monika) "The Wheel" "Rock Bottom Riser" How many record company heads can put out a record that ranks as one of the best of their label's output? Maybe if your name is Gudrun Gut -- responsible for legendary Neue Deutsche Welle tracks back in the day (i.e. "Domina," sampled by Carl Craig) and a DJ for the awesome Ocean Club radio show -- it would be possible. In true label head fashion, she's decided to release an album of songs inspired by other acts/bands/loved ones/places. Included in the list: Buenos Aires, ESG, New Order and "the blues." It's not all tribute-y though; there is a consistent creative quality throughout. Dreamy vocal tracks lend an overall vibe of a nice, hazy breeze blowing through. Cool lyrics like "I fall to pieces, like a Patsy Cline song" (from the killer "Move Me" single, originally from a 7"-only release) are delivered in a less deadpan, Nico way, not to mention that there's a great cover of Smog's "Rock Bottom Riser." The closest comparison I can make to these tracks is K. Kalk's Donna Regina. All the sweet and interesting elements are there: good songs, creative production, and charm. The only difference is that Gudrun Gut has more variety and a bit more edge. Recommended! [SM]


	$12.99 CD $12.99 LP $9.99 mp3		VOXTROT Voxtrot (Play Louder) "Kid Gloves" "Blood Red Blood" Voxtrot are no strangers to the art of the tease. Over the past year, the Texas five-piece has released three promising EPs of solid indie rock, creating a lingering buzz to live up to. Ergo, it's a sweet relief to say that the success of their sunny, Britpop-inspired sound is not a product of the forgiving EP format. The band's self-titled debut full-length is culled from a mash of elements featured on previous work -- a fitting combination of frontman Ramesh Srivastava's silky vocals and fine songwriting, backed by the band's incredibly catchy yet simultaneously vintage-toned instrumentals. At last, Voxtrot showcases their ability to compose a complete album, transitioning smoothly from track to track, spreading out their pomps of zippy guitar-pop with more emotionally introspective slow burners -- check the move from the exploratory "Steven" to the aptly-titled, "Firecracker." And, most importantly, even after the five-song mark, the refreshing and, at times, boisterous tunes haven't lost their luster. The verdict: just in time for summer, Voxtrot has (finally) made something you can spend a little time with. [PG]


	$12.99 CD		DOROTHY ASHBY Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (Dusty Groove) "Heaven & Hell" "Wine" The queen of jazz harp, Dorothy Ashby made three records for the Cadet Concept label in the late '60s; Rubaiyat was the last of them, and rivals her oft-sampled classic Afro-Harping in terms of its scope and sense of adventure. Based on the writings of Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat positively shines, injecting these majestic tracks with serious bump in its orchestral and torch song tendencies, and with exotic gracefulness in others (Ashby doubles up on koto here, infusing the session with an Eastern flair), and balances those out with some overdue funk redemption on closer "The Moving Finger." This full and gorgeous-sounding reissue comes from Chicago soul specialty store Dusty Groove's new reissue imprint, of which we can hope for more legitimate editions of long-unavailable jazz, funk, and soul classics. [DM]


	$16.99 CD $19.99 LP		BURIAL Burial (Hyperdub) "U Hurt Me" "Broken Home" During the waning days of 2006, a little record made a big impression on the electronic music scene. Straight out of Bristol, Burial snuck in and topped dozens of year end charts around the world. We never gave it a proper review because we could never keep enough of the album in stock! Now that it's available on vinyl, let's take a look at what all the fuzz was about... With the self-titled debut, Burial moved in on Rhythm & Sound, Pole and Vladislav Delay, just to name a few, taking electronic dub back to its dirty, digital roots. Not that it's a throwback or even lo-fi; this is forward thinking music at its best. Riding the rails of dubstep, digidub, and deep ambient textures, here lies the full-length introduction to the next phase (with Skream, Kode 9, Benga, and Vex'd right alongside). There's a sub-aquatic feeling throughout, as a quiet storm of deep bass waves overtakes you. The atmosphere is almost womb-like, but it's far from a sleeper experience; Burial would rock any dance floor that calls dub home. Picture Eno's ambient works, Basic Channel minimalism, and Mad Professor's bass bins all filtered through Bristol's dub history (from On-U Sound to Massive Attack). A magical debut that still continues to inspire and expand with every listen. [DG]


	$20.99 CD		VARIOUS ARTISTS Soundboy Punishments - Skull Disco (Skull Disco) "Hamas Rule" Shackleton "Gold and Silver" Appleblim The surprise of the week comes from another dubstep debut. Following several excellent 12" releases, the Skull Disco label brings us this excellent compilation, Soundboy Punishments. Culled primarily from the work of Shackleton, as well as a few selections from Appleblim and Gatekeeper, this is a mysterious yet engaging collection of deep, dark and danceable dub. The style of Skull Disco could best be described as a mix of Muslimgauze, DJ Rupture (without the shredding effects), Badawi, or even Basic Channel. Earthy sounds like finger cymbals, dumbek and hand percussion form the skeletal framework for the lean yet bubbling rhythms and adds a fresh, Middle Eastern spin on melodies that are usually associated with digital music. As the title suggests, this is punishment for any sound boy expecting the same ol' thing. Yeah, you might think, "Oh, yet another dubstep comp..." but this one is worth the money. (Check out the 18-minute Ricardo Villalobos remix of a Shackelton's "Blood On My Hands" -- who says dubstep and minimal techno can't be friends?!) If you thought Tectonic Plates was a banger, this one is its organic cousin. Recommended! [DG]


	$13.99 CD $13.99 LP		MEG BAIRD Dear Companion (Drag City) "Dear Companion" "Willie O'Winsbury" OM readers will no doubt remember Meg Baird's work in Philly's finest psych-folk purveyors Espers and their heavy and black masterwork from last year, II. What will come as a surprise is that while Baird was laying down the heavyosity there, she had also commenced tracking her solo debut. And as the sun-dappled cover attests, this is a much "lighter" affair in every regard, though still moving. Baird evokes British folk singers of yore (not a bad feat for a Jersey girl) and her finger-style picking is subtle and assured. She covers Jimmy Webb and New Riders of the Purple Sage, in addition to offering up her own songs. Fans of Sandy Denny (and SD-era Fairport Convention) in particular will dig this. [AB]


	$15.99 CD		ALOG Amateur (Rune Grammofon) "Son of King" "The Beginner" Over the course of their 10-year existence, Norwegian duo Alog have created a series of albums that basked in a delicate and tenuous balance between the quaintly unadorned and the relentlessly processed. Running live instruments and field recordings through a whole host of software and equipment, Dag-Are Haugan and Espen Sommer Eide's strangely beguiling tracks speak of well-played juxtapositions, dealing in blocks of sound that trace routes from familiar tones to destinations in wholly new applications. For Amateur, the pair's fourth full-length for the Rune Grammofon label, Alog took a slightly different approach, this time sourcing instruments the two had little familiarity with, as well as creating brand new toys with which to play during a coastal trip around their native land. While the title and approach here seem to imply an obvious sense of dilettantism, there's little performative naivete at work. Though Haugen and Eide might have been admittedly unfamiliar with most of the pieces of equipment with which they worked, their keen skills as sound processors and manipulators soft-pedals any embarrassing instrumental gaffes in favor of near-seamlessly stitched pieces that are somehow still among the most organic things these guys have ever attempted. The clattering percussion of "A Throne for the Common Man" builds into a steady racket, underpinned by urgent string strums that exude a quiet desperation. Elsewhere, the steady march of "The Future of Norwegian Wood" neatly blends with punctuating voices and carefully distant keys, while the gorgeously epic "Bedlam Emblem" softly transitions from winnowing static to gauzy descendent melodies and backgrounded percussion with barely a seam showing. But like any truly great piece of electro-acoustic composition, Alog's Amateur earns the most marks in the subtle and indescribable grace it wields while transforming familiar sounds into the otherworldly, building endlessly listenable pieces out of carefully prescribed processes and the grand sense of discovery that comes from picking up a new instrument for the first time. [MC]


	$12.99 CD		MELVIN JACKSON Funky Skull (Dusty Groove) "Funky Skull Parts 1 & 2" "Silver Cycles" This writer once rocked a Beastie Boys shirt that had that cheesy 70s guitar filter box "The Maestro" on it and sorta dug their homage to the effect. So imagine his skull-popping surprise upon discovering said device attached to the upright of bassist Melvin Jackson on his solo album. Originally released on the avant-garde Limelight imprint, we were familiar with some of their other titles, mostly from the likes of Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Henry, and Luc Ferrari, but were wholly unprepared for this classic slab of electric space funk. Seriously, with an album title like Funky Skull, you really should know what you're in for, but those who don't know, Jackson backed another explorer of electronic jazz, the underrated saxophonist Eddie Harris in the mid-late '60s before making this album with fellow Chicago alums like Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Leo Smith, Pete Cosey, and Phil Upchurch. The electric effects on the bass lead to some intergalactic duck calls, but such malleability leads the group to touch upon Chicago blues, Mayfield funk, electro-gospel, as well as the outer reaches of Ra jazz, while remaining wholly un-definable. An original. [AB]


	$16.99 CD		HOT CHIP DJ Kicks (K7) "Short Road" Wax Stag "The Man's Got Me Beat" Pete Um England's most chilled-out lads surface with their installment of this popular DJ mix series, and from desperate, Stephanie Mills-esque go-for-broke disco soul to Baltimore club breaks, they cover an immense amount of ground. Hot Chip's sensibilities are all over the map, and this mix follows that logic, but stays remarkably cohesive throughout. Features selections by This Heat, Tom Ze, Grauzone, Lanark, and Audion, and held together by popular staples (New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle," Positive K's "I Got a Man," and the classic "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson), this collection provides a revealing and highly enjoyable look at the sounds that influenced the group, and a suitable "after party" vibe that really sells the whole package. [DM]


	$14.99 DVD w/CD		GANG GANG DANCE Retina Riddim (Social Registry) "Retina Riddim" The latest chapter in the book of GGD is an audio-visual combo pack in the form of a DVD and a CD. The main feature here is a kaleidoscopic and sometimes dizzying 33-minute film by Gang Gang Dance's Brian DeGraw, that combines an array of found images, tour footage, and visual psychedelics. The imagery skips along in rhythm to the soundtrack, which showcases the band's current direction -- an abstract mix of ethereal melodies, noise, and grime/dubstep flirtations. As with the soundtrack, the accompanying CD is made up of rehearsal material, live recordings, and leftovers from the God's Money sessions which were edited into a 25-minute track. It's obviously much more fragmented than the band's "proper" albums but no less masterfully executed. It's a lot to take in at once, as Retina Reddim demands absolute attention from both eye and ear, but thoroughly rewarding in the end. [BC]


	$17.99 CD $18.99 LP		WAREIKA HILL SOUNDS Wareika Hill Sounds (Honest Jon's) "Coconut Head Special" "Jamaica Is Reggae Land" Roaming the same hillside as Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Light of Saba trombonist Calvin Cameron is one of the lasting members of the Groundation musicians, a group known for creating hedonistic trance jams by combining niyabinghi drumming, reggae and jazz. Wareika Hill Sounds is a new recording featuring various members of the aforementioned collectives. Here, Cameron is joined by players who also were around during Lee Perry's formative Black Ark era, original Saba drummers, and special guest Tony Allen. This is a bassy, thumping, and funky reggae party with sharp, flowing horn arrangements, with Cameron effortlessly floating on top of the heavy percussion rhythms. If you've been following Honest Jon's output, from Mali Music to Lagos Chop Up and the great London Is the Place For Me series, then you know this is quality roots music not to be missed. Jah's light continues to shine bright and deep...recommended for your enlightenment. [DG]


	$15.99 CD		PAULO DINIZ Quero Voltar Pra' Bahia (EMI Brazil) "Piri Piri" "Felicidade" This is the second release by Pernambuco-based singer and songwriter Paulo Diniz, whose combination of gruff, soulful vocal, pop-psych smarts and roots in Northeastern Brazilian musical styles resulted in a string of modest hits in the early '70s. This album is broadly appealing and has indelible songs, such as the title track, which has its chorus sung in English ("I don't want to stay here/I wanna go back to Bahia") and is about Caetano Veloso, then freezing his 'nads off in his English exile. The arrangements are at once folky and psych-savvy with a definite soul undercurrent making itself felt. Hopefully EMI will see fit to reissue his subsequent handful of incredible albums, which build decisively on the raw potential shown here. [GC]


	$17.99 CD		VARIOUS ARTISTS From Brussels with Love (LTM) "A Walk Through" Michael Nyman "Meine Freunde" Der Plan Originally a poly-bagged, cassette-only debut release from Les Disques Du Crepuscule, From Brussels with Love still shines 27 years later. Nineteen tracks of post-punk/art-pop enigmas like Durutti Column, Names Repetition, Der Plan, John Foxx and Martin Hannett (!) and post-punk/new agers Micheal Nyman and Harold Budd (not to mention interviews with Jeanne Moreau and Brian Eno) are all woven together to form a "piece." Not just another retrospective compilation, From Brussels was and still is both a manifesto and a gauntlet thrown down for the cause of what Paul Morley once described as "pop as poetry."' You won't find a compilation as deliciously precious and pretentious as this one. [SM]


	$14.99 CD $17.99 LP		STARS Do You Trust Your Friends? (Arts and Crafts) "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" Final Fantasy "Calendar Girl" Young Galaxy Rather taut for a remix outing, this Canadian-lovefest-as-sequel to Stars' Set Yourself on Fire features 13 tracks, but only one clocks in over five minutes. In some cases, the originals are even whittled down, as on Montag's (a/k/a Antoine Bedard) recasting of "Set Yourself on Fire," which loses over two minutes. It all feels efficient, whirring at a nice clip and stopping only to spotlight the meat of each song. "The Big Fight" (Minotaur Shock) is picked up by the shoulders and shaken like a rag doll until it gives up its sticky-sweet core -- the final minute is a post-blowup apology, Amy Millan's gelato vocals offering an olive branch. The Junior Boys' filmy '80s motif on "Sleep Tonight" pairs nicely with Apostle of Hustle's stoner version of "One More Night," waking up the whole shebang with a frisky muscle-car undertone (Hey, is Sloan in the house?). The effort is strongest when it's a complete retooling (cover), as Jason Collett does when lending his own voice to "Reunion" like a self-assured young Tom Petty fronting the Jayhawks, or Final Fantasy's moody cabaret shift on "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead." During the latter, two former lovers meet anew with a gently rollicking piano and cobwebby declarations that carry new sorrow: "I'm not sorry there's nothing to say." [KO]


	$12.99 CD $9.99 mp3		JAMES CHANCE AND THE CONTORTIONS Soul Exorcism Redux (ROIR) "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Contort Yourself" Originally released on cassette in 1990, and issued on CD a few years later, ROIR reissues this classic, 1980 concert recording from James Chance and the Contortions, and tacks on a couple of bonus tracks from the vaults. Chance himself writes in the liner-notes, "Although this performance was recorded at a concert in Rotterdam, this soul and essence is an expression of New York City in the late seventies and early eighties." And sure enough, the raw recording captures him and his band in their prime. Their cover of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is even more frenzied than the version heard on 1980 Live Aux Bains Douches, Chance exchanging all of the future King of Pop's disco glitz for howling and growling theatrics that come across like James Brown on a speedball. (Later in the set, the Godfather of Soul's "King Heroin" proves to be perfect slow-chill fodder for Chance's free-jazz skronks of his sax, which play off of Patrick Geoffrois' eerie slide guitar work.) Other highlights include "I Danced with a Zombie" and "The Devil Made Me Do It," whose later studio recordings would certainly lack much of the controlled-chaos that the Contortions deliver at this concert, as well as a completely unhinged performance of "Contort Yourself." The bonus cuts aren't bad either, three demo songs ("Disposable You #2", "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing," and "Truth or Consequence") taken from a four track session circa 1987. Sure, the fire from seven years earlier isn't the same but there's still more spark in these recordings than we hear coming from most of today's post-punk-funksters. [GH]


	$14.99 CD		GUITAR Dealin' with Signal and Noise (Onitor) "Just Like Honey" "Live at Hotel Palestine" In his continuous exploration of the guitar and the sounds it makes (his previous albums range from a My Bloody Valentine tribute to a country and bluegrass experiment), Michael Lueckner has created his psychedelic record. Washes of heavy guitar and subtle female vocals combine to make something beautiful that sits right in-between pop songs and soundscapes.


	$19.99 LP		KIRSTEN KETSJER THE ROCK BAND ffffoo k tsscch (yoyooyoy) "The Bridge" "How Is Your Sleep" We just received the vinyl version of the Kirsten Ketsjer album we gushed about a few weeks ago. The packaging is superb, with handcut, screenprinted sleeves and a bonus 7-inch. Better act fast though, we only have about 20 of these.


	$9.99 mp3		VARIOUS ARTISTS Need For A Crossing: A New New Zealand Vol. I (Table of the Elements) Table of the Elements chronicle the always bustling New Zealand underground with Need For a Crossing. Legendary noise-monger Birchville Cat Motel burst the skies open with heavy, pummeling sonics, Greg Malcolm reinvents guitar playing by playing three at the same time, Peter Wright explores otherworldly stratas with his drones, and Blowfly Saint (Leighton Craig and Stefan Neville) conjure a unique kind of warped blues. There's much more truly inventive music from the land on the other side here, why don't you see for yourself.


	$14.99 mp3		THE KAY-GEES Master Plan: The Complete Recordings 1974-78 (Castle Music) Led by Kevin Bell, the younger brother of Kool & the Gang's Ronald and Robert, the Kay-Gees were an explosive, horn-fueled funk band from New Jersey who perfected a certain strain of percussive, mainly instrumental party music. All 33 tracks on this great compilation are dynamic, propuslive floor-burners, including their best-known tune, "Master Plan," which has gained a second life as a seminal hip-hop break.


	$9.99 mp3		VARIOUS ARTISTS Secretly Canadian's 100th Release - SC100 (Secretly Canadian) Secretly Canadian celebrates the century mark with a covers album. There's a slight twist to the concept though, as all the contributors on SC 100 perform songs by other artists on, you guessed it, the SC label! Highlights include Jens Lekman's reinterpretation of a Scout Niblett song, Songs:Ohio covering Nikki Sudden, and the Early Day Miners' beautiful take on Suzanne Langille & Loren Connors' "The Escape."


	$9.99 mp3		SHIRLEY COLLINS & THE ALBION COUNTRY BAND No Roses (Castle Music) Recorded in 1971, No Roses by the golden-throated Shirley Collins is one of the milestones of the British folk revival. Accompanied by the Albion Country Band (which featured more than two dozen of the UK's premier musicians, including her husband Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Lol Coxhill, Nic Jones, and many others), they perform brilliant electric versions of nine folk standards such as "Banks of the Bann" and "The White Hare."


	$9.99 mp3 $9.99 mp3		DAN DEACON Silly Hat vs. Egale Hat (Carpark Records) DAN DEACON Meetle Mice (Carpark Records) Originally released in 2003, Carpark is now supplying these out-of-print Dan Deacon gems digitally. Slightly less rave-tastic than his live show and some of Spiderman of the Rings, Silly Hat vs. Egale Hat and Meetle Mice still deliver on all absurdist accounts. You get weird collages, mutant cartoon techno, meticulously crafted compositions, and pure pop moments. All aspects of Dan Deacon then. What goes on in this man's mind we'll never fully understand (sample a few song titles: "The House I Was Isn't My Girlfriend's Porsche", "4400440044040 with Dufus and the Beatles") but his mix of Plunderphonics, warehouse techno and ritalin-infused pop music is truly ingenious.


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