Sunday June 9th at 4PM "I've been looking for you everywhere."
Recent photography by Andrea Nunes - with exquisite corpses and punch!

THE FUCKING CHAMPS
V CD/LP

It seems ridiculous to say that rock is back - a statement so perennial it could be planted as an alternative hedgerow. Nevertheless, The Fucking Champs play like this was the freshest idea since the first time rock supposedly died and, as always, resurfaced like an awesome phoenix painted on the hood of a throaty muscle car. Indeed. Now, to be clear, when we say rock in this case we mean heavy metal - like, you know, Priest and Maiden, and stuff - and not the black clothed, boogified hard rock that captivated so many of us over the last few seasons. Yes, although the white belts may remain in both cases, as well as the commitment to rocking energetically and hard, sometimes differences of style are a substantial issue of form, not simple inflections of the same universal. What are we talking about? Come give your summer a preview, dude.

CD 19.98 LP 19.98

MARY TIMONY
The Golden Dove CD/LP

According to hipster "wisdom", Mary Timony is something of a post-Riot Grrrl indie-rock also-ran, but for those of us who still-care-about-the-music-god-damn-it she's a unique and deeply cherished talent. Always a mixture of the magical and the mundane, her idiosyncratic songwriting transcends petty pigeonholes, ascending to incomparably lucid dreamscapes of beauty and bitterness. Rumored to be Mary's poppiest effort since the heyday of Helium, The Golden Dove provides essential clues about the source of her evil power.

CD 16.98 LP 16.98

MUM Finally
We Are No One CD

Positioned somewhere between the dynamics of fellow Icelanders Sigur Ros, and the intelligent compositions of fellow sprightly programmers Lali Puna, Mum's sophomore effort is startling listen for those interested an multifaceted album. Demonstrating more breadth than their pleasant debut Yesterday Was Dramatic ... , Mum now combine a mixture of electronic elements such as breezy beats, laptop tones, and tweaked glitches, with a body of acoustic instruments including piano, violins, guitar and voice. The result is something neither purely electronica or pop-rock ... neither Kid A nor Cousin A. Are we bold enough to make a prediction? Yes! This will be a year-end critics picks topper.

Available June 4th CD 19.98

ARCHER PREWITT
Three CD/LP

Archer Prewitt's expansive music is equally heady and workman-like - as with his current home, Chicago. Simultaneously hopeful and sad, Prewitt conjures, as Thrill Jockey puts it, the "sonic feel of classic early 70's pop and British folk." In other words, he is dandy enough to savor the finery of sweet production and well-embellished songs, yet also folksy enough to straightforwardly convey some dusty truths with little conceit - all proof enough that Prewitt has come of his own.

CD 19.98 LP 16.98

THE CO-DEPENDENTS featuring BILLY COWSILL
Live Recording Event CD

Take the trans-Canada highway up towards Calgary and turn off at Stoney Trail. Motor on awhile - there's not much traffic - through the pretty foothills until you come across the Mecca Cafe. Not only the site of a mean burger, the appropriately named Mecca is also the site of magic - the music magic that is a voice of the past still crooning strong! Here is the audio document of Billy Cowsill's (who remembers the legendary COWSILLS??) return to public performance. Features help from some of Alberta's finest high plains drifters including Steve Pineo on guitar!

CD 19.98

PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
Ost CD

Stirring the L.A. hip-hop scene away from Puff D and the bad-boy aesthetic, People Under The Stairs return with another amazing collection of heavy bangers! PUTS latest outing takes aim at L.A's fading history of hip-hop glory, crowned by Beatnuts, Pete Rock, Fellowship, Pharcyde, and Souls Of Mischief, offering up a lofty mix of crate robbin' rare grooves, old school breaks, and pure positive vibes! They're already huge in Europe - ain't it time they took their hometown!

Available June 4th CD 19.98

CHRIS BROKAW
Red Cities CD

Indie-rock scholars have traced the history of the Brokaw lineage through some impressive East Coast dynasties: drummer for slow-core pioneers Codeine; visceral guitarist, along side Thalia Zedek, in Come; contributor to Pullman; as well as a member of the post-Bedhead outfit, The New Year. Add sessions with Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate and Mission of Burma's Clint Conley, and it's easy to see that Chris's Verlaine-meets-Sonic Smith instincts have been finely honed! This is his solo debut ... witness history happening.

CD 16.98

MOONEY SUZUKI
Electric Sweat CD

The Hives cannot possibly rock this hard forever! White Stripes will surely show their real stripes and fall from greatness! The Noise Conspiracy will get caught with their hands in the Gap bag soon enough! And when this happens - Q: Who will rock you? -who will roll you? A: Mooney Suzuki.

CD 19.98

UGLY CASANOVA
Sharpen Your Teeth CD/2LP

Issac Brock of Modest Mouse teams up with his pals in Califone and Black Heart Procession to create the beast that is Ugly Casanova! Released on Sub Pop and recorded from the profits of Brock's Epic Records windfall, this solo debut gathers up all the loose ends, shattered fragments, and miscellaneous errata that might not make the Modest Mouse storyboards - a weaves them into a beautiful sonic cape! Fully baked, theses ideas find tidy homes on this neat album that speaks of experimentalism in the eye of superstardom!

CD 16.98 2LP 16.98

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
Storytelling Soundtrack CD/LP

This short but worthwhile new Belle and Sebastian material is sure to please their many anxious fans, whose pent-up energy has in the meantime doubtlessly filled many overheated notebooks and on-line chat-rooms, in a bid to sublimate their growing - and perhaps justified - impatience for new material. Used in one section of Todd Solondz's last dark and cynical film, Belle and Sebastian's Storytelling is described by Matador Records as "an extended meditation" more than a soundtrack. This sounds right to us, too: A few new songs and lots of instrumental score, plus snippets of dialogue from the film for context. Although not an ideal choice of Belle and Sebastian material for new listeners - one of their wonderful full-length albums would be a wiser option, we think - Storytelling will find a welcome home in the book and CD shelves of their longtime, only temporarily satisfied admires.

Available June 4th CD 16.98 LP 16.98

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MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOON:

Sunday June 9th at 4PM
I've been looking for you everywhere.
Recent photography by Andrea Nunes - with exquisite corpses and punch!

Sunday June 16th at 4PM
Calamalka (metatronix, plugresearch) - hip-hop, dub, decks and fx.

Sunday June 23rd at 4PM
DJ Aural - computers, samplers and related technology all conspire towards ambient music for altered states.

Sunday June 30th at 4PM
Rob Mazurek of Chicago Underground Duo - Taking a time out from the Jazz Festival, Thrill Jockey's favorite son proves Laptop plus sub-woofer equals tantric bliss!

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STUFF WORTH THE SUMMER JOB:

David Grubbs- Rickets and Scurvy CD/LP
Tram- A Kind Of Closure CD
Jon Rae Fletcher and The River- s/t CD
Sparrow- Piano 1-10
Various- CBGB's Birth Of U.S. Punk CD
Coldcut- 70 Minutes of Madness CD (incoming!)
Peace Orchestra- Reset CD/LP incoming!)
Hives- Barely Legal LP yellow vinyl
DJ Shadow- You Can't Go Home CDEP/12"
DJ Shadow- full length vinyl (incoming!)
Farben- Textstar CD aka Jan Jelinek