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June 26 New Release Update

New releases for June 26, 2013 street date

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Strength For A Reason | Through Cold Eyes |CD

Strength For A Reason | Through Cold Eyes |CD

PA/HC kings SFAR return triumphantly with their first new studio recording since 2009. Like rabid wolves the band ignites the release with the opening track Worth The Fight, solidifying that the past few years of outright corruption in the country has left no one in the middle class untouched, SFAR brings a voice to the anger we all feel. The true hardcore message is once again brought through by this legendary band, that feels more current and important than ever.

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 665776157756
Label: FAST BREAK! RECORDS
SKU: FB013
Street Date: 6/26/2013
SRP: 14.99

The Storm | Last Man On Earth | 7

The Storm | Last Man On Earth | 7

Igniting new flames in the Syracuse NY hardcore scene and around the east coast, the Storm debuts their first official release with Last Man On Earth showcasing tried and true old school HC methods mixed with youth crew vitality. For fans of Vision Of Disorder and Madball.

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 665776149959
Label: FAST BREAK! RECORDS
SKU: FB011
SRP: 7.99

INxSANE / Despite Everything | INxSANE / Despite Everything | 10

INxSANE / Despite Everything | INxSANE / Despite Everything | 10

Two tracks each from two of Europe’s best bands around today. Slovania’s In-Sane bring a fast and furious melodic skate punk/hardcore sound paired with Despite Everything’s raw yet refined punk sound that could just as easily call Gainesville home as their native Greece. This is a co-release with several awesome European labels like Moonlee, No Reason, Laserlife, and Fond of Life Records.

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 823819130115
Label: JUMP START RECORDS
SKU: JSR85
SRP: 16.99
Oblivion Sun | The High Places | LP

Oblivion Sun | The High Places | LP

Limited pressing of 500. Oblivion Sun proudly presents the much anticipated release of The High Places, featuring founding members of progressive rock’s legendary Happy the Man. The band’s second offering is loaded with complex and daring musical twists, along with lush symphonic dimensions and tightly crafted vocals. This is musical storytelling at its best! Founding Happy The Man members Frank Wyatt and Stanley Whitaker re-emerge with a revamped lineup including bassist David Hughes and drummer Bill Brasso, and an exciting new album, The High Places

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 881821130110
Label: Prophase Music
SKU: PMLP1301
Street Date: 6/26/2013
SRP: 24.99

SERPENT THRONE | BROTHER LUCIFER | LP

SERPENT THRONE | BROTHER LUCIFER | LP

Limited pressing of 500 in poly-bagged gatefold. Underrated Philly instrumentalists Serpent Throne have a talent for making songs memorable without the use of lyrics. Brother Lucifer is their fourth album, released through Prophase Records, and it follows behind 2010’s White Summer – Black Winter (review here) in furthering the four-piece’s wailing chemistry

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 881821130219
Label: PROPHASE MUSIC
SKU: PMLP1302
Street Date: 6/26/2013
SRP: 24.99

LIVING LASER | Versus Pigs | 7

LIVING LASER | Versus Pigs | 7

Following up their Ragged Glory demo cassette, Living Laser continues to deliver their brand of early ’80s-styled hardcore. Often compared to such notable hardcore founders as Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys and The Mob, Living Laser adds their own modern twist to this tried and true style. Four songs in under nine minutes… no slow, all go seems to be their style and one that is catching on with fans throughout the East Coast. 7 includes digital downloaD

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 823819130016
Label: TRIP MACHINE LABORATORIES
SKU: TML021
Street Date: 6/26/2013
SRP: 8.99

PAPER + PLASTICK TITLES NOW AVAILABLE FROM HOSTILE CITY DISTRIBUTION!

name price sku meta_GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN)
A Wilhelm Scream | A Wilhelm Scream | LP $20.99 PPD0005 823819130214
Aspiga | Every Last Piece | LP $20.99 PPD0045 823819131310
Ex Friends | No Wonder We Prefer the Dark | 7 $10.99 PPD0058 823819131112
Hellmouth | Graveyard Skylines | CD $14.99 PPD0019CD 823819130320
Hellmouth | Graveyard Skylines | LP $20.99 PPD0019LP 823819130313
Larry and His Flask | Hobo’s Lament [PICTURE DISC] | LP $26.99 PPD0043 823819131211
Plow United | Sleepwalk | CD $14.99 PPD0026CD 823819130924
Plow United | Sleepwalk | LPx2 $29.99 PPD0026LP 823819130917
Red City Radio | The Dangers of Standing Still | LP $20.99 PPD0032LP 823819130610
Red City Radio | The Sons And Daughters of Woody Guthrie | LP $20.99 PPD0033 823819130719
Restorations | Strange Behavior | LP | $20.99 PPD0028 823819130412
Riverboat Gamblers | Smash/Grab | CD $14.99 PPD0031CD 823819130825
Riverboat Gamblers | Smash/Grab | LP $20.99 PPD0031LP 823819130818
Shook Ones | The Unquotable A.M.H. | LP $20.99 PPD0035 823819130511
The Dopamines | Expect the Worst | LP $20.99 PPD0011LP 823819131013
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New Serpent Throne release just announced!

Brother Lucifer[PRE-ORDER NOW!]
Fourth release from legendary Philly based instro-metal rockers. Journey with Serpent Throne into this riff laden Heart of Darkness. Does not disappoint!
•FORMAT: CD
•SKU: PMCD1302
•UPC: 881821130226
•STREET DATE: 4/29/2013

Track List
1.Foxtrot Tango Whiskey
2.Enough Rope To Hang Yourself
3.Devil’s Breath
4.Brother Lucifer
5.Widowmaker
6.As The Crow Flies
7.Fubar
8.Napalm Mourning

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New Releases from Aristocrats and Oblivion Sun shipping for Jan 29 2013

Oblivion Sun High Places

Oblivion Sun proudly presents the much anticipated release of “The High Places”, featuring founding members of progressive rock’s legendary Happy the Man. The band’s second offering is loaded with complex and daring musical twists, along with lush symphonic dimensions and tightly crafted vocals. This is musical storytelling at its best!
Founding Happy The Man members Frank Wyatt and Stanley Whitaker re-emerge with a new album The High Places, and revamped lineup. Says Wyatt, “Legally, we could have called ourselves Happy The Man, even though we have only two of the original five members. But we have a different vibe, which will be even more apparent on this second album.”

GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 881821130127
Label: Prophase Music
SKU: PMCD1301
Street Date: 1/29/2013

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The rock/fusion power trio The Aristocrats – featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums – will release BOING, We’ll Do It Live! The Aristocrats At Alvas Showroom on December 10, 2012. The release will be in two formats: A standard-edition, 14-track, 2CD album, and a Deluxe Edition DVD + 2CD package featuring two additional bonus tracks, bonus audio from soundcheck, additional candid show footage, and bonus interviews with each band member. The DVD was pro-shot by six cameras, and the 5.1 surround audio mix was done by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree. A 2-channel stereo mix is also available.

Formed practically by demand after a single raucously received set at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA in January of 2011, the trio tracked their debut album The Aristocrats [Boing] just four months later, and released it that September to universal acclaim. But the core energy of the band from the start was their preternatural live chemistry, which became even more explosive during a year’s worth of worldwide touring.

“We’re all definitely proud of the studio album,” says bassist Beller, “but we were just getting to know each other when we cut it. Now that we’ve traveled the world together, we really get each other musically and personally. Honestly, we spend a lot of time making each other laugh to the point of tears. I think that really comes through live, the sense that we’re friends walking a high wire together musically, but also that, sometimes, we just choose to be extremely silly. Somehow it all works.”

BOING, We’ll Do It Live! was captured over two nights in June of 2012 at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro, CA, and features the entire Aristocrats repertoire, plus select material from the trio’s individual back catalogs, and a brand new, previously unreleased song, “Dance Of The Aristocrats”.
DVD+2xCD GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 713757252638
2xCD GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 713757252737
Label: Boing
DVD+2xCD SKU: BM00003
2xCD SKU: BM00002
Street Date: 1/29/2013

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Godflesh, Griswolds and Manners announced for Aug 28 street date

Just announced for Aug 28 2012!

Godflesh | Love and Hate In Dub | LP
Extremely limited quantities! On black and white mixed splattered vinyl. Love and Hate in Dub is a remix release from the industrial metal group Godflesh. The album remixes songs from their 1996 album Songs of Love and Hate, with a more ambient, dub and drum ‘n bass flavor. It was Godflesh’s first remix album since Slavestate Remixes from 1991
Price:$24.99


Griswolds | Godzilla vs America | CD
Second release from PA hard rockers. Accompanying the CD is a downloadable 28-page liner notes booklet in PDF format. The liner notes will include Sara Skweek photoshoot bonus shots; Jimbo Phillips’ cover artwork concept sketch to final design progression, band info, song lyrics, original cover art, live show photos, thank yous, etc.
Price:$9.99


Manners | Apparitions/Escapism | LP
The first two Manners releases on one record. Apparitions was remastered & Escapism was re-recorded with 2 more bonus tracks. All hand numbered by the band. LPs include a free digital download card.
Price:$24.99

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New Releases from Acid Mothers, Djin & PCWS and House Of Fire Just Announced!

Acid Mothers Temple | La Novia | LP
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The sprawling 40 minute title track is based on an Occitanian folk tune, and the unearthly acoustic opening with its overtone singing sounds like something that might have made its way on to a Werner Herzog soundtrack. Indeed once the guitars come in and the band stoke up their mighty drone, the effect is that of an amped up Popul Vuh, the German band who soundtracked many Herzog films. Ashra Tempel or Amon Duul are other reference points. At times, it’s impossible to believe that this wasn’t recorded in Berlin in 1972, such is the authenticity of the enterprise. But Kawabata’s crew aren’t merely K-tel Krautrockers; La Novia shows a deep respect for the traditional folk form and integrates it completely with the long forays into deep space that the leader’s fuzz
GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 881182110417
Label: Prophase Music
SKU: PMLP1104
Street Date: 6/26/2012

Djin Aquarian & Plastic Crimewave Sound | Save The World | LP
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Djin Aquarian (Yahowha 13) joins Plastic Crimewave Sound in an epic psych Crusade!
RIFYL Yahowha 13, Incredible String Band, early Grateful Dead, No Neck Blues Band
GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 760137999713
Label: Prophase Music
SKU: PMLP9997
Street Date: 6/24/2012

House Of Fire | Morning Light | CD
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Philadelphia’s psych pop House Of Fire return triumphantly with their long awaited second release. After nearly 5 years of writing and exploration we are taken on a journey into the dark with haunting instrumentals like Ship of the Dead, into stain glass sun rises with tracks like The Mirror. The level of experimentation and detail captured on The Morning Light draws a direct parallel to the classic psych sight and sounds of the 60’s, featuring deluxe packaging. For fans of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, The Bryds, Rain Parade, and Dukes Of Stratosphere.
GTIN(UPC/EAN/ISBN): 665776134450
Label: Universal Warning Records
SKU: CCCD009
Street Date: 6/24/2012

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TEITUR | Let The Dog Drive Home


Teitur Let The Dog Drive Home

TEITUR – Let The Dog Drive Home

Album of The Week ***** – The Independent

Never Less Than Extraordinary ***** – The Guardian

Ludicrously talented… – Word magazine

Having already earned an enviable reputation as the songwriter’s songwriter, the Faroe Islands’ favourite son, Teitur, returns with his highly anticipated new album, ‘Let The Dog Drive Home’.

Counting the likes of Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall, John Mayer and Aimee Mann as fans, Teitur’s third album but UK debut release, ‘The Singer’, gained the kind of critical acclaim most artists can only dream of. Both The Guardian and The Independent gave ‘The Singer’ 5-star reviews, the latter handing it the ‘Album of The Week’ accolade, while The Sunday Times described Teitur as “a wonderfully idiosyncratic talent”.

So what can we expect from Teitur’s new album…and what’s with unusual title? “‘Let The Dog Drive Home’ is an old song I wrote in America a long time ago,” Teitur explains. “It ties this collection of songs together, as I usually look at my records as one entire song. Most of these songs are about letting go, about being small and the realisation that things seldom turn out the way you expect them to.”

‘Let The Dog Drive Home’ was recorded in what Teitur describes as the “safe surroundings” of Copenhagen and the Faroe Islands, where he has felt most at home over the past few years.

Because of the American flavoured nature of the album’s songs, Teitur landed on a West Coast approach for its sound & production, taking extra care to make sure everything was very well tuned and clear in the mix.

The result is what Teitur describes as “night radio music”, making it more about body & soul and less a creation of mind and thought, free of fashion statements and the desire to impress others.

“I felt I needed to just be true to my basic songwriting and to make everything less intense and healthier. This is because I’ve learned that you become the music you write,” Teitur reveals. “It sucks to travel around and sing about funerals, death and yourself. Trust me. It does. And I know it’s very cool and so different to arrange the songs for three clarinets, delay-bass and marimba, but I’ve found it’s just not always that necessary in the long run. I am in a place in my life where I need to make something that is safe, comfortable and more effortless. As an artist, one does one’s best to write the music that only you can write.”

The release of ‘Let The Dog Drive Home’ will be preceded by the release of the single, ‘You never leave L.A.’,. Teitur embarks on a seven week long solo North American tour starting on February 1st.

www.teitur.com

Teitur’s guide to ‘Let The Dog Drive Home’

FEEL GOOD
“This is a very simple song in a soul-song tradition. I originally wrote it for French singer NOLWENN LEROY, while working on her record. It’s about a gut feeling. On the production we triggered all the drums, with the hi-hats into old analog synthesizers. Basically, it’s the drummer and me playing live. The bass you hear is an electronic bass-drum triggered into a Moog Synthesizer. The drummer played the electric drum-kit while the bassist received and changed the notes on his Moog. I often thought about this when in a loud club or bar, and all you really hear is the bass and drums. I always want to change those bass notes around in a more harmonious and playful way.

GOD, I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO TELL YOU
I wrote this song for a film about a guy who has Asperger’s syndrome and finds it difficult to communicate. I think many people would feel better if they spoke to God. I believe in God as a good spirit. I don’t believe that he sits up there and punishes us. And yes, that bass line is like the guitar riff in a classic soul-song. And no, I don’t sit around and talk with God.

WAVERLY PLACE
This one is about growing up and time spent in New York City. It’s about how you meet someone after a long time and realise that you finally know who they are, that you didn’t understand what they were all about until much later. I wrote the majority of the songs on my first album, ‘Poetry & Aeroplanes’, on Waverly Place with my friend Jeff. The sounds you hear at the beginning are from Greenwich Village.

FREIGHT TRAIN
This is one of my favourites to play. It’s about how parents often wish for others all the things that you couldn’t do. It’s a song about someone who did all the right things. The “Freight Train” metaphor is very American, about being a hobo, hopping from train to train. Getting high in Spain…

BETTY HEDGES
It’s a play on words of the saying “To hedge one’s bets”. It’s about the fear of making decisions. It’s very much the creation of songwriter Mark Nevin – we wrote it together in London ages ago. He kind of gave me the yellow card for wanting to change the song too much once I’d just recorded it, so I had to go back and change the lyrics back to their original shape. I’m glad we did. I love the sentiment, “Big questions need small answers like yes and no”.

YOU NEVER LEAVE LA
Almost everyone I’ve ever met who lives in LA says that they don’t really like it there. That’s very interesting. I always come back to the city and I’ve had some great times there. I guess it depends on who you know and what you’re doing there. I got signed there as a songwriter in my earliest twenties. The place has a lot of history, like most places if you scratch underneath the surface. Musically, I really wanted to have those classic chords with lots of fifths and fourths over an American drum beat. Like Bruce Hornsby or something. That sound and feel always reminds me of Los Angeles.

STORMY WEATHER
I wanted this to sound like the view from my house just before a storm sets in. That’s what I think about when I play it. It’s funny how storms actually bring cosiness when you’re indoors.

LET THE DOG DRIVE HOME
I think this is the fourth time I’ve recorded this song. It’s ironic that the song itself is about letting go.

VERY CARELESS PEOPLE
This used to be a quirky up-tempo song, but I changed the music drastically. I think it’s my favourite from this recording session although I wish I never met that girl.

ALL I REMEMBER FROM LAST NIGHT IS YOU
This song is written very much in the tradition of musical songs. I once woke up remembering nothing but a girl and I always feel very guilty if I’ve had too much to drink. It’s a necessary sin to get drunk.

For further information please contact Christian Ulf-Hansen, Arlo and Betty Recordings Email: Christian.ulf@virgin.net
Tel: +44 1442 842851 Cell: + 44 7768 156682

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Morse Code Recordings announces distribution through Hostile City

Hostile City is proud to announce the addition of upstart Hardcore label Morse Code Recordings!

“MorseCode Recordings is a new label that will specialize in CDs, LPs and DVDs. The first release is the newest Most Precious Blood album “Do Not Resuscitate” on limited edition vinyl. Upcoming releases include the first full length from Delaware’s The May 4th Massacre entitled “All Guilty” as well as the upcoming Indecision documentary.”

 

May 4th Massacre - All Guilty - CD
Most Precious Blood - Do Not Resuscitate - Vinyl
Most Precious Blood - Do Not Resuscitate - Vinyl