TRANS AM
Red Line CD/2LP

With an internal operating system capable of computing raw musical data into amazingly inventive forms, Trans Am's fifth full-length release is the most formidable hyperlink available for consumers interested in accessing the new sonic platform. The test scores on these 21 new compositions are yet to be published, but officials reporting in 'Future World' magazine issued the following brief: "Their chip set is unparalleled, the technology invisible", "the sound of electricity being born", "perfect vectors of synth, horns and distortion, we applaud!"

Available Sept. 5th CD/2LP 19.98

THIEVERY CORPORATION
The Mirror Conspiracy CD/2LP

Grenadine, Orange Juice and Vodka - The first three decades of my life. The booths at the Eighteenth Street Lounge have become the waiting rooms for the new disco dancers. Smoke curls through the air as the bass bin shakers blow rings out onto the rug. Let's cut that rug. Along with Kruder & Dorfmeister, the Thievery Corporation has been a consistent star of the DJ Kicks series, offering up silky mixes re-mapping the Õ60s lounge co-ordinates over a smooth geography levelled at 125BPM.

CD 16.98 2LP 19.98

BLACK HEART PROCESSION
Three CD

A spooky mix of backwoods hooch-folk-rock and desert-dust desolation sounds, Black Heart Procession return with a new album of funeral hymns. Written from the plume of the cactus thorn, these wise burned out songs smile like circling buzzards - angels of mercy from the evil under the sun. Touchstones may be Giant Sand, Palace or even Gram Parsons, but like life, Black Heart Procession are a private act, and a have sound unto their own. This is the trouble that you are looking for.

Available Sept. 5th CD 16.98

VANCOUVER NIGHTS
s/t CD

The debut full-length recording from Sarah Lapsley's stylish new pop outfit, featuring players Dan "Destroyer" Bejar and Steve "Capozzi Park" Balogh. Tuneful songs, smart lyrics, great performances, and clear JC/DC production all make for a fine recording that should be finding a place on collage radio charts soon. Making it easy to support local music. Celebrate Vancouver Nights.

Available Sept. 5th CD 14.98

KIM GORDON/ DJ OLIVE/ IKUE MORI
s/t CD/2X12"

Recalling Kim Gordon's early art training, this recording largely leaves her pop-driven projects behind, and instead explores far more conceptually based terrain. Joined here by Ikue Mori's no wave cum avant jazz drum machine experimentalism and DJ Olive's illbient psychedelics, Gordon's vocal mannerisms and subtle playing are able to stand out, unencumbered by Sonic Youth's signature guitar blowouts or ironic rock gestures. Be prepared for uneasy listening.

CD 14.98 2X12" 19.98

THE 6THS
Hyacinth and Thistle CD

In the style of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, the Magnetic Fields magnate, Stephin Merritt, has penned his second collection of songs for today's leftfield indie voices. From his New York piano bar, Merritt mines the timeless themes of love - a parabola of dancing, kissing, crying, hurting, and humping - while creating a lush pop curtain before which the likes of Sarah Cracknell, Sally Timms, Momus, Gary Numan, Marc Almond, Miho Hatori (of Cibo Matto), Neil Hannon (of Divine Comedy) and others gather.

Available Sept. 5th CD 16.98

ELEVENTH DREAM DAY
Stalled Parade CD/LP

While sepia may be the colour of nostalgia, its tone is the reverb-drenched Fender Stratocaster of Yo La Tengo or Neil Young. 17 years ago, Eleventh Dream Day picked up this sustained fading wail, watched it slowly dissolve in the wind, and then created some of the most evocative 'neo-Americana' records to date. Contributing to Freakwater, Tortoise, Smog, Palace and Tara Key's band, Eleventh Dream Day's resume speaks for itself. This is the perfect music for watching rust coloured Cypress leaves rolling down the street, stopping occasionally in the doorways of inspiration.

Available Sept. 5th CD 19.98 LP 14.98

JOHN ZORN
The Big Gundown: 15th Anniversary Special Edition CD

Featuring a large and remarkable ensemble of musicians, this tribute to the music of Ennio Morricone helped establish Zorn as an avant jazz agent provocateur and a significant cross-genre influence in general. Here re-mastered and with six newly recorded bonus tracks, The Big Gundown still impresses. As Morricone himself commented, "Many people have done versions of my pieces, but no one has done them like this." Now on Tzadik, this reissue also includes a full-colour 32-page book of interesting information and images.

Recommended. CD 16.98

MOVIETONE
The Blossom Filled Streets CD

Here's a band that continues to improve with each recording - consistently beautiful and hushed yet dynamic and stylish. Like Broadcast or Stereolab there are traces of sixties nostalgia. But rather than pleasant cafes and colourful palettes, Movietone is haunted by the tragically poignant image of Nico dying while bicycling in Ibiza in 1988 (nostalgia is impressionistic and aesthetic, after all, not historically accurate). And like Nico, Movietone's music is imbued with tasteful chamber-rock dramatics, a smart jazzy subtext, and low-key pathos. The wonderful charm of sadness is forever seductive. Sigh.

CD 19.98

JIMMY EAT WORLD
Singles CD

Nestled comfortably between two railcars, carrying the urgency of Rocket From the Crypt and the pop sensibilities of Jets to Brazil, Jimmy Eat World seem set to derail the post-straightedge rock party. With two briskly selling full-lengths to their name already, this collection of singles should shore up any gaps fans Ñ new and old Ñ have. All aboard!

Available Sept. 5th CD 16.98

SOLE
Bottle of Humans CD/LP

Finally a new release from the Anticon hip-hop label! Sporting the West-Coast indie hip-hop feel of outfits such as Blackalicious and Jurassic 5, along with an oddball rhyme approach ˆ la newcomers Anti-Pop Consortium, Sole continues the revitalisation of the American hip-hop scene. Pulsing with positivity, these 'stream of consciousness' rants tap into an 'automatic rapping', designed to free up the cognitive map for a semiotic barrage of beats and language. Pure Surrealism, we recommend it.

CD/LP 16.98

SIGUR ROS
Agaetis Byrjun CD/2LP

Long-awaited and acclaimed Icelandic dreamy guitar-rock for an emerging new transglobal romanticism. Too passionate to be mere shoe gazing revivalists, think back to early-mid-era Pink Floyd instead, updated via Radiohead. Even more sweeping and melodramatic than Mogwai, and significantly more advanced compositionally, yet never overblown or overly pretentious. Cool hues and colder landscapes sound audible in the delicate touches and thoughtfully spacious arrangements. A new classic to place next to your My Bloody Valentine. Only a recording this good can make us anticipate the fall's chilled and greying sky.

Available early Sept. CD/2LP 19.98