Staff Picks for the week of August 1

JESSE: 

Teenage Fanclub "Shadows" LP (Merge) 

Alessandro Cortini "Sono" LP (Hospital Productions)


ULI: 

Rowland S. Howard "Pop Crimes" LP/CD (Fat Possum) 

Dezurik Sisters “Sing and Yodel Their Greatest Hits" LP (Mississippi Records)

Arndales "Dog Hobbies USA" LP (In The Red) 

Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard "Shotgun Wedding" LP (1972) 

Krakatau "Water Near a Bridge" LP (Trouble In Mind) 

Soft Walls "No Time" LP/CD (Trouble In Mind) 

Liminanas "s/t" CD (Trouble In MInd) 

Katie Kate “Nation" CD+Book


PAUL: 

Daniel Bachman "Orange Co. Serenade" (Bathetic)

Revolver Staff Picks 2012.

PAUL ASHBY, Sales & Revolver Digital
Deepchord Presents Echospace – Silent World soundtrack 3xLP (Echospace)
Field Music – Plumb LP (Memphis Industries)
Nils Frahm – Wintermusik LP reissue (Erased Tapes)
Alexander Turnquist – Like Sunburned Snowflakes 12" (VHF)
Burnt Friedman – Zokuhen LP (Nonplace)
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Stare 10" (Erased Tapes)
Daniel Bjarnason and Ben Frost – Solaris soundtrack LP (Bedroom Community)
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works II 3xLP (1972)
Helios – Moiety DL (Unseen)
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Copenhagen Dreams soundtrack LP (NTOV)

ULI ELSER, Sales, Export Sales & Exclusive Label Relations
Cairo Gang – Corner Man LP (Empty Cellar)
Violens – True LP/CD (Slumberland)
Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who LP/CD (Supply & Demand)
La Sera – Sees the Light MC (Burger)
Evans The Death – s/t LP/CD (Slumberland)
Woollen Kits – Four Girls LP/CD (Trouble In Mind)
Phillip Glass  – Rework: Philip Glass Remixed 2xLP/2xCD (Kora)
Eraas – s/t LP/CD (Felte)
Liminanas – Crystal Anis LP/CD (HoZac)
Craft Spells – Gallery LP/CD (Captured Tracks)
***Fave Two Reissues:
The Sound – Jeopardy LP/CD (1972)
The Sound – From the Lions Mouth LP/CD (1972)

DAVID GULBIS, Sales & Midheaven Mail Order
Kraus – Supreme Commander LP (Moniker)
Cheater Slicks – Reality Is a Grape LP (Columbus Discount)
Pete Swanson – Pro Style LP (Type)
Moon Pool & Dead Band – Human Fly 12" (Not Not Fun)
Natural Snow Buildings – Night Coercion into the Company of Witches 4xLP (Ba Da Bing!)
Pumice – Puny LP/CD (Soft Abuse)
Pod Blotz – White...Black...Spectrum Infinity MC (Teen Action)
Stragety – Strategy LP (Peak Oil)
Blues Control – Valley Tangents LP/CD (Drag City)
LA Vampires with Maria Minerva – The Integration LP (Not Not Fun)

JASON HENDARDY, Receiving
Lee Hazlewood – The LHI Years 2xLP (Light in the Attic)
Terry Malts – Killing Time LP (Slumberland)
V/A – Time to Go LP (Flying Nun)
Broken Water – Tempest LP (Hardly Art)
Lives of Angels – Elevator to Eden LP (Dark Entries)
Grave Babies – Gothdammit LP (Hardly Art)
Trailer Trash Tracys – Ester LP (Domino)
Black Tambourine – OneTwoThreeFour 7" (Slumberland)
Hazel's Wart – Together We Didn't LP (Skrot Up)
Rites of Spring – Six Song Demo 10" (Dischord)

CHRISTOPHER HUBBARD, Layout & Stuff
Marcia Bassett + Samara Lubelski – Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon LP (Kye)
Maurizio Bianchi – Mental Machination Music CDR (Red Light Sound)
Chromatics – Kill for Love 2xLP (Italians Do It Better)
The Dead C – Harsh 70s Reality 2xLP reissue (Siltbreeze)
The Dicks – Kill from the Heart LP reissue (Alternative Tentacles)
Pin Group – Ambivalence LP+CD (Flying Nun)
Rites of Spring – Six Song Demo 10" (Dischord)
Robert Turman – Flux 2xLP (Spectrum Spools)
Veronica Falls – My Heart Beats 7" (Slumberland)
V/A – Buttons: From Champaign to Chicago 2xLP (Numero Group)

UTRILLO KUSHNER, Sales & Marketing
Swans – The Seer 3xLP (Young God)
Ital – Hive Mind CD/2x12" (Planet Mu)
Bill Fay – Life Is People LP/CD (Dead Oceans)
Spacin' – Deep Thuds LP (Ritchie)
C. Spencer Yeh – Transitions LP (Destijl)
Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth 2xLP/CD (Interscope)
Epic Soundtracks – Wild Smile: An Anthology 2xCD (Troubadour)
Blues Control – Valley Tangents CD/LP (Drag City)
Lumerians – Transmissions from the Telos Vol. IV LP (Permanent)
Ufomammut –  ORO: Opus Primum CD / ORO: Opus Alter CD (Neurot)

BOB MCDONALD, Head Buyer
Chromatics – Kill for Love 2xLP (Italians Do It Better)
Diplo – Express Yourself 7" (540) & CD (Mad Decent)
El-P – Cancer for Cure 2xLP (Fat Possum)
Goat – World Music LP (Rocket)
Jessica Pratt – s/t LP (Birth)
Ty Segall – Slaughterhouse 2x10" (In The Red) / Twins LP (Drag City)
Spacin' – Deep Thuds LP (Ritchie)
Swans – The Seer 3xLP (Young God)
Toy Love – Live at the Gluepot 1980 2xLP (Goner)
Woods – Bend Beyond LP (Woodsist)

THEE MIKE DOYLE, Sales
***New
Spacin' – Deep Thuds LP (Richie)
Mad Scene – Blip LP (Siltbreeze)
Birds of Maya – Ready to Howl CD (Agitated)
Blank Realm – Go Easy LP (Siltbreeze)
White Fence – Family Perfume Vol. 1 & 2 CD/2xLP (Woodsist)
Field Music – Plumb CD/LP (Memphis Industries)
Melody's Echo Chamber – s/t LP (Fat Possum)
Woollen Kits – s/t LP (RIP Society) & Four Girls CD/LP (Trouble in Mind)
Ufomammut – ORO: Opus Alter CD (Neurot)
Liminanas – Crystal Anis LP/CD (HoZac)
Kraus – Supreme Commander LP (Moniker)
Cairo Gang – Corner Gang LP (Empty Cellar)
Phillip Glass  – Rework: Philip Glass Remixed 2xLP/2xCD (Kora)
Andy Human – Freeze LP (CWR)
Chromatics – Kill for Love CD/2xLP (Italians Do It Better)
Dylan Shearer – Porchpuddles LP (Empty Cellar)
***Old
The Sound – Jeopardy LP/CD (1972)
The Sound – From the Lions Mouth LP/CD (1972)
Pin Group – Ambivalence CD/LP reissue (Flying Nun)
V/A – Time to Go (Flying Nun)
V/A – Personal Space 2xLP (Numero Group)
The Men – Immaculada (Deranged)
Rockin' Horse – Yes It Is LP (Sing Sing)
Michael Chapman – Rainmaker reissue (Light in the Attic)
Axxess – Novels for the Moon LP (Medical)
Kim Jung Mi – Now LP reissue (Lion)
Bo Diddley – Black Gladiator CD reissue (Future Days)
Annette Peacock – I'm the One CD/LP (Future Days)
V/A – Buttons: From Champaign to Chicago CD/2xLP (Numero Group)
V/A – Buttons Starter Pack 2xLP (Numero Group)
The Clean – Oddities 2xLP reissue (540)
Ilaiyaraaja – Fire Star: Synth-Pop and Electro... CD/2xLP (Bombay Connection)
Esplendor Geometrico – 1980-1981 Prehistoric Sounds CD+3x7" (Geometrik)
Jeremy Thompson & Mary Blount – Wired Up! book (Wired Up Media)
Pumphouse Gang – s/t  LP (Sing Sing)
Circuit Rider – s/t LP (Numero Group)
Jean-Pierre Mirouze – Le Mariage Colectif OST LP (Born Bad)
David Markey & Jordon Schwartz – We Got Power book (Bazillion Points)
Mahmoud Ahmed – Accompanied by Ibex Band LP (Mississippi)
V/A – Hasabe LP (Mississippi)
V/A – Bollywood Steel Guitar 2xLP (Sublime Frequencies)
Scientist – Best Dub Album in the World LP & In the Kingdom of Dub LP (Important)
Shin Joong Hyun – s/t CD (Lion Productions)
Gurdjieff – Harmonium Improvisations LP (Mississippi)
Martin Lopz y Su Estrellas – Cocinando LP (Masstropicas)

KEN OLSON, Warehouse
Black Tambourine – OneTwoThreeFour 2x7" (Slumberland)
Tronics – Loved Backed by Force LP (What's Your Rupture?)
Swans – The Seer 3xLP (Young God)
Lee Hazlewood – The LHI Years 2xLP (Light in the Attic)
RL Crutchfield's Dark Day – Exterminating Angel LP reissue (Dark Entries)
Paul Nova – Trees Without Leaves 2xLP (Vinyl on Demand)
John Maus – A Collection of Rarities LP (Ribbon Music)
Violens – True LP (Slumberland)
Wild Nothing – Nocturne LP (Captured Tracks)
Rites Wild – Ways of Being LP (Not Not Fun)

JESSE STEINCHEN, Accounting
Of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks LP/CD (Polyvinyl)
Cat Power – Sun LP/CD (Matador)
Chris Cohen – Overgrown Path LP/CD (Captured Tracks)
Mac DeMarco – 2 LP/CD (Captured Tracks)
Toy Love – Live at the Gluepot 1980 2xLP (Goner)
Field Music – Plumb LP/CD (Memphis Industries)
T.I.T.S. – The Girls LP (T.I.T.S.)
Vaz  – Chartreuse Bull LP (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia)
Violent Change – Self Titled Demo! MC (Frankenjew)
Verlaines – Untimely Meditations CD (Flying Nun)

Revolver Staff Picks For 2009

REVOLVER STAFF 2009 BEST-OF LISTS

Thurston Graham, Revolver Digital
o 13th Chime "Singles 1981 - 1983" LP Sacred Bones
o Shrinebuilder "S/T" 2xLP+DO/CD Neurot Recordings
o Melt Banana "Lite Live: Ver.0.0" CD AZap
o V/A "La Bamba" LP Ultra Eczema
o Units "History of the Units" CD Community Library
o Blues Control "Local Flavor" LP/CD Siltbreeze
o BUFMS "Induced Musical Spasticity" 4xLP + CD BUFMS
o The Mantles "S/T" LP Siltbreeze
o Flower-Corsano Duo "Four Aims" CD/2xLP VHF
o Tropa Macaca "Sensacao Do Principio" LP Siltbreeze


Jerry, Accounts Receiving
1) vee dee - public mental health system - Beautiful in a way only a band from Chicago could be: Loud, big-boned and slightly out of fashion.
2) vee dee - public mental health system - see no. 1
3) thee oh sees - help
4) Mayyors - Deads EP
5) yoga - megafauna
6) Black Boned Angel - Endless Coming Into Life: Like a day at the beach - what could be better.
7) Meth Teeth - Everything Went Wrong
8) Dan Melchior - Terrible Shame 7" - The (former) fourteenth street curmudgeon sheds his medway muse in fine fashion.
9) Roman Soldiers - S/T 7"
10) Doronco Gumo - Old Punks


Matthew G Lammikins, Sales
1. SOCIALIST LEISURE PARTY "Tactical Pop For Coffee Cadets" CD+7" (Shelflife) - Amazing & timeless pop songs from ex-ACTION PAINTING guys that could have come from the late 80s, 90s, or 2000s...
2. EAT SKULL "Wild & Inside" LP/CD (Siltbreeze) - As the songs get catchier, the vocals get more atonal. Perfect combination.
3. HOME BLITZ "Going Out of Phase" CD (Richie) - Overdubbing super clean Lets Active-style 80s power pop guitar leads over scrappy Half Japanese-style slop-pop sounds like a terrible idea but it works.
4. DORONCO GUMO "Old Punks" LP (Holy Mountain) - Maybe the most 'pop' thing you've heard from any of those involved, but there's nothing straight about it. Falls apart as it comes together like a Japanese Mekons.
5. COLOSSAL YES "Acapulco Roughs" LP/CD (Ba Da Bing!) - Self-imposed cult figure continues to write great songs as he explores a genre occupied only by himself.
6. PAPERCUTS "You Can Have What You Want" LP/CD (Gnomonsong) - With insane obsession to detail, this third Papercuts album quietly blows away the second album, just like the second blew away the first.
7. DUCKTAILS s/t LP/CD (Not Not Fun) - Hey, sometimes home noodling IS worth sharing with others.
8. BLUES CONTROL "Local Flavor" LP/CD (Siltbreeze) - There's much shit going on over the course of this record that it never ceases to stay interesting, but also never irritates like other genre-hoppers...
9. SMITH WESTERNS s/t LP/CD - Songs so good I'll give them a pass on the T. Rex thing.
10. UV RACE s/t LP - A more brilliant/more dumb Eddy Current? 'Porn Orphanage' gets the award for best song title this year.
10.5 GET BACK GUINOZZI! "Carpet Madness" CD - I balked at the 'Police & Thieves' cover the first few times but now I even like that track. Total sleeper. This is what I wished Bjork sounded like.
Also, great singles from FERGUS & GERONIMO (all), CRYSTAL STILTS (Slumberland), SEXY KIDS (Slumberland), SHACKLES (Sweet Rot), SONIC CHICKEN 4 (Trouble In Mind), NICE FACE (Sacred Bones), UV RACE (S-S), WOVEN BONES (Sweet Rot), AVI BUFFALO (Sub Pop)
Great reissues/comps: BILL FOX (Scat), AXEMEN (Siltbreeze), SO COW (Tic Tac Totally), 39 CLOCKS (Bureau B), EASTER MONKEYS (Smog Veil)
Honorable Mention (I'll save space by just listing the artists): Great albums also from Night Control, Bill Callahan, Christmas Island, Kid Congo, Ganglians , Sonny & the Sunsets, Bachelorette, Audacity, Brilliant Colors, Rusted Shut, Les Cox Sportifs, Animal Collective, Thomas Function, Atlas Sound, Oh Sees, Reigning Sound, Fresh & Onlys


Dave, Sales
1. DAM FUNK "Toeachizown" 2xCD (Stones Throw) - get lost in a funky maze of analog
2. MOUNT EERIE "Wind's Poem" CD/2xLP (P.W. Elverum & Sun) - brutal & tender, like werewolf meat maybe?
3. ONEIDA "Rated O" 3xCD/3xLP (Jagjaguwar) - get lost in a proggy jam sesh
4. MANTLES s/t LP (Siltbreeze) - I like this because he makes funny rhymes and has curly hair
5. JAMES FERRARO "Clear" & "Discovery" LPs (Holy Mountain) - sounds great on both speeds
6. LITTLE CLAW "Human Taste" LP (Not Not Fun) - i think Yeti said it best, "used to be good, but now they're THIS good!"
7. GANG GANG DANCE "Saint Dymphna" CD/LP (Social Registry) - i'm a sucker for GGD and this one doesn't disappoint
8. TALK NORMAL "Sugarland" CD/LP (Rare Book Room) - punishing pop maybe? solid.
9. MASSHYSTERI "Var Del Av Stan" CD/LP (Feral Ward) - ridiculously accessible swedish punk. also solid.
10. TROPA MACACA "Sensacao Do Principio" LP (Siltbreeze) - get lost in an 8-bit brazilian casino
Best Re-issue - SERGE GAINSBOURG "Histoire de Melody Nelson" CD/LP (Light in the Attic) - safe choice in a year of really excellent reissues but just too good to deny
Best single - SIC ALPS "L Mansion" 7" (Slumberland) - slightly less obvious choice but again, too good to deny


Andrew Murphy, Receiving
1. celine dion 'mort aux vaches' CD - the most amazing band on planet earth. 'like a freight train that can't be stopped' -gary held
2. work/piles split LP - ex 16 bitch pile up & ex numbers do good. also, part-time members of celine dion.
3. high castle 'you're on your own way' LP - angular rockin' rock. features 2 part-time members of celine dion.
4. dadfag 'scenic abuse' CD/LP - screeching girl vocals & super fun live. drummer is a future part-time celine dion member.
5. bronze s/t 10" - my favorite SF band. played 2 shows with celine dion in 2009.
6. long legged woman 'nobody knows…' LP - solid debut & final album from these GA transplants. once featured celine dion as members.
7. seven lies about girls/ al qaeda split cassette - live recordings from 2 SF noisemakers. 7LAG now features dave from celine dion on drums!
8. brilliant colors 'introducing' CD/LP - 'better than grass widow' - ken. also features future part-time celine dion member.
9. mantles s/t LP - nice rock album from a band that once played a show with celine dion.
10. andrew douglas rothbard 'exodusarabesque' download only - super-duper trippy pop-esque gems from ex Pleasure Forever frontman &
hopeful future Celine Dion collaborator


Jacy, Warehouse
Alot of really killer shit came out this year. These are a few of my favorites in no particular order:
1. V.A. - "Michigan" 6LP boxset (RRR / Chondritic / Hanson) - A great sampler of Michigan's amazing noise scene.
2. V.A. - "D;O;UXF?" CD (Teen Action Records) - Admittedly, I curated this, but I still listen to it all the time. So good.
3. M. Morley, My Cat Is An Alien, R. Ponzini, L. Renaldo - "Live @ Sensational Fix" LP (Starlight Furniture) - Incredible. I wish I'd been there.
4. Bobby Beausoleil - "Lucifer Rising Suite" 4LP boxset (Ajna Offensive) - Beautiful pressing of a psychedelic masterpiece.
5. Cave Bears - "Live @ The Whiskey 1977" CS (Scotch Tapes) - Cave Bears eat Germs, shit brilliance.
6. Mayyors - "Deads EP" 12" (Self Released) - I can't sit still when I hear this, it fucking rocks.
7. Megasus - "S/T" CD (20 Buck Spin) - This is what stoner metal should be.
8. Nurse With Wound - "Spiral Insana" CD (United Jnana) - Just one of many great NWW reissues last year.
9. Limosine - "S/T" CD (Self Released) - Like shrooming with Sabbath in a cardboard forest. Not as intense as live experience, but pretty killer…
10. Sparks - "The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman" LP (Little Beethoven) - Sparks do a narrative piece about Ingmar Bergman in Hollywood. What's not to love?


Cristian, Revolver Digital
1. FUCK BUTTONS "Tarot Sport" LP/CD/DL (ATP)
2. PAUL WHITE "The Strange Dreams of Paul White" CD/DL (One Handed)
3. V/A "Psych Funk 101" 2LP/CD (World Psychedelic Funk Classics)
4. MOUNT KIMBIE "Maybes" 12"/DL (Hotflush)
5. MAGIK KIDS "Hey Boy" 7"/DL (Goner)
6. DARK DARK DARK "Remixes" 7"/DL (Supply & Demand)
7. FERGUS & GERONIMO "Blind Muslim Girl" 7"/DL (Tic Tac Totally)
8. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART "Higher Than The Stars" CD/7"/2x12"/DL (Slumberland)
9. JACK ROSE & THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS "S/t" CD/DL (VHF)
10. MICHAEL HURLEY "Ida Con Snock" LP/CD/DL (Gnomonsong)

Best moment of 2009: Serbia 5 Romania 0


Mike Toppe, General Manager
1. WHY? "Alopecia" LP/CD (Anticon)
2. Richard Swift "Atlantic Ocean" (Secretly Canadian)
3. Blues Control "Local Flavor" (Siltbreeze)
4. Bachelorette "My Electric Family" (Drag City)
5. Theoretical Girl "Divided" (Memphis Industries)
6. Papercuts "You Can Have What You Want" (album) & "White Are The Waves" (7")
7. Wooden Shjips "Dos" (Holy Mountain)
8. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds "Dracula Boots" (In The Red)
9. Bill Fox "Shelter >From The Smoke" (Scat)
10. Pillow Talk "Downtown Unga Wunga" 7" (Columbus Discount)


Jesse, Warehouse & Invoicing
1. SISSY SPACEK "Fortune b/w The Eyes of Men" 7" (Gilgongo) - Strange to have a 7" as your #1 of the year, but there are 26 tracks on it, so I count it as a full length. Plus it makes me really happy whenever I hear it.
2. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER "Rifts" CD (No Fun)
3. BLANK DOGS "Under and Under" LP (In The Red)
4. GRASS WIDOW "s/t" LP (Make A Mess) & "s/t" EP (Captured Tracks)
5. BRILLIANT COLORS "Introducing Brilliant Colors" CD/LP (Slumberland)
6. BERT JANSCH "L.A. Turnaround" LP (Drag City) - Reissue of the 1974 album which comes with a great unreleased short film made at the time of the recording.
7. OVENS "s/t" CD (tULMULt)
8. EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING "s/t" CD/LP (Goner)
9. THE HUNCHES "Exit Dreams" CD/LP (In The Red)
10. EDWARD WILLIAMS "Life On Earth: Music From the 1979 BBC TV Series" CD (Trunk)


Uli Elser, Sales, Export Sales, Exclusive Label Relations
1. Yppah * They Know What Ghost Know (Ninja Tune)
2. Mochipet * Bunnies & Muffins (Daly City)
3. The Joy Formidable * A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove)
4. DJ /Rupture and Matt Shadetek * Solar Life Raft (Agriculture)
5. Wye Oak * The Knot (Sub Pop)
6. Spider Bags * Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World (Birdman)
7. Kevin Blechdom * Gentlemania (Sonig)
8. Hex Dispensers * Winchester Mystery House (Douchemaster)
9. Summer Cats *Songs For Tuesdays (Slumberland)
10. Fredrik * Na Na Ni (Kora)
Honorable Mention:
James Blackshaw * The Glass Bead Game (Young God)
Smith Westerns * Smith Westerns (Horizontal Action)
Washed Out * Life of Leisure - EP (Mexican Summer)


Chris Hubbard, Layout & Stuff
* ONNA s/t CD (Holy Mountain)
* BRILLIANT COLORS "Introducing" LP (Slumberland)
* GUN OUTFIT "Dim Light" 12" (PPM)
* RUSTED SHUT "Dead" LP (Load)
* THE BATS "Don't You Rise" 7" (Slumberland)
* THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART s/t LP (Slumberland)
* NEEDLES "Desastre" 7" (Lengua Armada)
* EASTER MONKEYS "Splendor of Sorrow" CD+DVD (Smog Veil)
* CARTER FAMILY "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" LP (Monk)
* COCK SPARRER live at the Great American Music Hall


Potsie "Utrillo" Belcher, Marketing Corndog
1. Lazarus Trickster LP (St. Ives)
2. Doronco Gumo Old Punks LP (Holy Mountain)
3. Purling Hiss Purling Hiss LP (Permanent)
4. Destroyer Bay Of Pigs 12" (Merge)
5. Mantles S/t LP (Siltbreeze)
6. Kurt Vile Childish Prodigy CD (Matador)
7. Jamie Vex'd In System Travel 12" (Planet Mu)
8. Blues Control Local Flavor LP (Slitbreeze)
9. Joseph Mattson & Six Organs Of Admittance Empty The Sun LP+Book (Barnacle)
10. Ghost live at the Independent, San Francisco CA. 4/28/09


Mike Doyle, Sales
Blues Control "Local Flavor" LP (Siltbreeze)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring s/t LP re-issue (Goner)
Strange Boys "...And Girls Club" LP (In The Red)
Papercuts "You Can Have What You Want" LP (Gnomonsong)
Mantles s/t LP (Siltbreeze)
Crystal Stilts "Love Is A Wave" 7" (Slumberland)
Smith Westerns s/t LP (Horizontal Action)
v/a "Ghana Special" 5xLP box (Soundway)
Clientele "Bonfires on the Heath" LP (Merge)
Sun Araw "Heavy Deeds" 12" (Not Not Fun)

Ox Heart Appetizer at St. John Restaurant, London
The Brentwoods reunion at Budget Rock!

Honorable Mentions:
Reigning Sound "Love and Curses" LP (In The Red)
Fred Bigot "Mono / Stereo" CD (Holy Mountain/Tlon Uqbar)
Dam Funk "Burgundy City" 12" (Stones Throw)
Ducktails "Landscapes" LP (Olde English Spelling Bee)
James Ferraro "Clear" & "Discovery" LPs (Holy Mountain)
Fergus & Geronimo "Blind Muslim Girl" 7" (Tic Tac Totally)
Crime in Choir "Gift Givers" CD (Kill Shaman)

Other Re-issues / Old Stuff

Sic Alps "Long Way Around to a Short Cut" LP (Drag City)
Units "History of the Units" CD (Community Library)
Little Ann "Deep Shadows" (Timmion)
Quick "Mondo Deco" LP re-issue (Radio Heartbeat)
39 Clocks "Pain It Dark" CD re-issue (Bureau B)
Warpig s/t LP re-issue (Kreation)
v/a "Rocky Mountain Low" 2xLP+CD (Hypercynical)
13th Chime "Singles 1981-1983" LP (Sacred Bones)

The Warehouse Knows Best 05/02/08.

Dozens upon dozens of amazing and not-so-amazing new releases arrive at the doorstep of Revolver USA each week. The onslaught of vinyl, plastic, and shrink wrap never seems to cease. For the most part variety and quantity are good things, but the downside is that occasionally a gem or two will get lost in the fray. Here's another instalments of top picks from the folks in the Revolver warehouse. Who know's inventory better than the people who unload and pack up the boxes? Enjoy.

Matt Likens...
Wolf Eyes & Sickness "There is a Great Part of Me You'll Never Know"
Robedoor "Shrine To the Possessor" LP
L "Holy Letters" VHF

Kyle...
Profound Lore becoming exclusive!
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Zodiac Girls" 7" on Suicide Squeeze. I've already played it twelve times.

Chris Fallon...
Orchestre Regional de Kayes "s/t" LP on Mississippi Rec.
Earth, Roots & Water "Innocent Youths" LP on Light In The Attic
Les Rallizes Dénudés "Le 12 Mars 1977 a Tachikawa" CD on Over Level