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CAT POWER - You are Free Chan Marshall has yet to receive some Hollywood grace and be asked to pen the soundtrack to some mildly uplifting fable, ala Elliot Smith and Good Will Hunting. For this neglect she may be fortunate, indeed. But the point is that with You Are Free, Marshall has got something that could speak to a whole lot of people, and it probable will. This is a great record, which isn't surprising at all. That Marshall has decided to turn up her amp now and again and rock out, on the other hand, might impress a few listeners who are familiar more with her whispered, brooding past two recordings, the excellent Moon Pix and The Covers Record. With this commendable work behind her, however, why Marshall feels it necessary to apologize for every little thing she does - like she did at her last, still totally captivating solo show in Vancouver - is a question that only a team of qualified therapists could possibly help answer. Better to keep the mystery mysterious, we think. Nevertheless, this album is even better than you expect it to be. CD 19.98 Sale
CALEXICO - Feast of Wire The sound of dusty, southern American sophistication, like a red wine stain on sun-bleached earth, Calexico are the players' players that everyone loves to love. They can do anything and do it well, which they've proven over and over on their past four albums plus - like super duper session musicians, picking up whatever is necessary to make their music work and come alive, always game for something new, adopting styles without pretension, in no way contrived or disrespectful. Feast of Wire has more of the same, thankfully, and there's much to be thankful about, from the rootsy Sunken Waltz to the plaintive Black Heart to the lighthearted Attack El Robot! Attack! to the jazzy Crumble. Cross breeding genres never sounded as good and sure as this. And hey - check them out live, March 5, at Richard on Richards. CD 19.98 Sale
DIRTY THREE - She Has No Strings Apollo After seven albums, a number of EPs, a few collaborations, and a couple of solo works, Warren Ellis (violin/piano), Mick Turner (guitar), and Jim White (drums/percussion) have yet to lose their captivating air of theatrical enigma. Guided by some loose oceangoing narrative, She Has no Strings Apollo unfolds slowly in Dirty Three time - a form of time that is endlessly cyclical and enveloping, like the shadowy embrace of some mystery. Still, there's enough booze in their playing to make this journey more than mere atmosphere - the waters often get choppy when they are deepest, with secret sources deep below the surface creating turmoil and danger. Tossed around, we eventually wash up at nighttime in some Australian harbor, gasping for breath, looking at the expansive sky, while a band plays far away, whispering some melancholy truth from the great beyond. CD 19.98 Sale
NICOLAI DUNGER - Tranquil Isolation In 1969 Van Morrison released his solo debut, 'Astral Weeks'. Very few people got it, fewer kept it. The record was pulling magnetic north to pure obscurity, as 1969 had no understanding of Morrison's venture into the folk-jazz slipstream. Now, to say that Nicolai Dunger's 'Tranquil Isolation' stands next to Morrison's opus would surely be a big claim. However, Astral Weeks and Tranquil Isolation have something very surely in common, in that they both point to a speck on the horizon: a co-ordinate of sonic beauty informed by an understanding of gospel-soul and orchestrated folk. Both records aim forward to create a moment instead of simply capturing one, and thus give rather than take. For Tranquil Isolation, his friends Paul and Will Oldham, Peter Townsend and Jessica Billey join Dunger. Indeed, an incomprehensible sweet thing is coming again - be among the few who get this record, and among the few who keep it. CD 19.98 Sale
THE MINUS 5 - Down With Wilco Once upon a time Scott McCaughey was the lead voice of the Young Fresh Fellows, a steady, good-natured pop rock fixture on the Pacific Northwest scene. Nowadays, when he's not hanging out with the big guns of REM, McCaughey fronts a kind of open-door tribute band to expansive, intelligent pop music. His latest recording, Down With Wilco, features - you guessed it - Wilco, as well as Peter Buck, Ken Stringfellow, Sean O'Hagan, and a few other reputable hired guns. As you can see, the Minus 5 clearly has talent and experience to spare. But how are the tunes, you ask? Very sweet, we reply, with nice Beatles, Brian Wilson and - you guessed it again - Wilco inspired affectations. And by the way, they're playing a Zulu in-store performance, Sunday, March 23 at 5:00 PM. See you then. CD 16.98 Sale
BLACK RICE - Rice Lightning We are sending this one out to Toronto. Back off! We got some shit out here that is going to make your rock scene consider reinvention. That's right, Black Rice is driving to Toronto to kick ass at North By Northwest. If you know what they sound like - come down and buy their CD and put a little of your boot in their gas tank. If you don't know what they sound like…well, this is the sound of youth going crazy, taking the good parts of punk and rock and making entertainment out of dissonance! Like Three Inches of Blood, this band won Shindig and will buck the trend and actually make a name for themselves! Another Vancouver Band to watch in 2003! CD 10.98 Sale
CURSIVE - Ugly Organ Go looking for Springsteen's isolation blues elsewhere, cause you won't find them in Nebraska. Nebraska is no longer annexed. Some argue it looks a lot like the cradle of civilization these days, the way record culture is springing up in this Fertile Crescent! Let's consider the phrase 'the grass is greener in Omaha, Nebraska'. Why? Simple, Omaha N.B. has been the 'other side' of the American emo/post/hardcore scene for quite some time now. In fact, Omaha is home to Bright Eyes, The Faint, Desaparecidos, Azure Ray and Cursive! Uh-huh, thanks to Saddle Creek Records, the post-hardcore sounds coming out of their huge, red curtained Sokol Auditorium can now be heard in this and every other neck of the woods! Oh yeah, members of Cursive perform in Bright Eyes - we think you like em. CD/LP Available - March 4th
OWL & THE PUSSYCAT- s/t The Owl and the Pussycat went out to sea on a courtship voyage in a skip laden with a serenading guitar and demure organ. We know of the exotic nonsense that animated the waters under their bow, what we didn't know was of the refuge recordings they blissfully made on our own coastal waters! The lighthouse on the point of Galiano Island was ok on its own for awhile, as engineers John Collins and David Carswell a.k.a. JCDC (New Pornographers, Destroyer, Young and Sexy) rigged up the studio to document their enchanted tunes! Featuring simple songs with gentle strumming, with just one listen you recognize this as the latest collaboration from Lois Maffeo (The Pussycat) and Greg Moore (The Owl)! Now you too can seek refuge in the safe harbours of their stark beauty! Ps. Owl and The Pussycat will make an exclusive Vancouver appearance at ZULU March 27th at 5PM! CD 16.98 Sale
BEANS - Tomorrow Right Now Not to be mistaken with Vancouver's premier post-rock ensemble, Beans is - in this case - one third of the now-defunct Anti-Pop Consortium. Tomorrow Right Now represents the first in a promised trilogy of solo recordings from the members of that epochal avant-rap trio - a crew which, despite it's name, always managed to make music that was as strangely infectious as it was infectiously strange. This album amplifies the Arty-Pop Sanitarium approach to the point of sheer futuristic delirium. You will be singing these hooks, yelling these rhymes and making these noises for months to come. Your friends will think you're mental. CD 19.98 Sale Available March 11th
TOSCA - Delhi 9 We are all greatly indebted to the Viennese Institute for Electroacoustic Composition, as it was this excellent scholastic setting that regimented the extensive studies of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber, otherwise known as Tosca. And we are also greatly indebted to the Viennese chilled-out lounge scene, as it was this now-famous setting that embraced the freewheeling evenings of romantic DJ hedonism by which Tosca has gained the reputation they enjoy there, here and everywhere. Naturally, counterbalances lead to the best results: academia and popular culture need each other like the sun needs the moon, the left needs the right, or we need a good drink after work. The people love downtempo, we love the people - Tosca satisfies all our needs. 2CD 26.98 Sale, Vinyl 29.98 Sale
MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOON: NICOLAI DUNGER Wed. Mar 5th 5PM Venture into the Swedish slipstream with this blonde man's blues! THE MINUS 5 Sun. Mar 23rd 5PM Down with Wilco and down with Zulu - Scott McCaughey and Pete Buck stop by! OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT- Thurs. Mar 27th 5PM A Vancouver exclusive! Lois Maffeo and Greg Moore shine in-store!
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