THE RADIO DEPT
CD
Clinging To A Scheme
Labrador
The long wait is finally over! The Radio Dept.’s ”Clinging To A Scheme” is without doubt this year’s most eagerly anticipated Swedish indie pop album. It’s been four long years, but a simple press on Play and you’ll know it’s been worth every second. “Clinging To A Scheme” combines the best components from their previous albums “Lesser Matters” and “Pet Grief” with soul guitars, P-funk, cut/paste-beats and 70’s futuristic orchestra sounds. Breathtaking! Tracklist: “Domestic Scene”, “Heaven’s On Fire”, “This Time Around”, “Never Follow Suit”, “A Token Of Gratitude”, “The Video Dept.”, “Memory Loss”, “David”, “Four Months In The Shade” and “You Stopped Making Sense”.
145 SEK
THE RADIO DEPT
CDS
Heaven´s On Fire
Labrador
A sample from Thurston Moore and The Radio Dept. is back with cracked beats, funky English soul guitars and hazy synthesizer hooks! Features a cover of a Sade song as a “b-side”. Tracklist: “Heaven’s On Fire” and “All About Our Love”.
30 SEK
THE RADIO DEPT
CDEP
The Worst Taste In Music
Labrador
You’ll hear from the very first chord of “The Worst Taste In Music” that you’re listening to The Radio Dept. Still, something has definitely changed. The mood is darker, more epic, grander and even more beautiful than ever. Tracklist: “The Worst Taste In Music”, “The Worst Taste In Music (Flow Flux Clan Remix)”, “The Worst Taste In Music (Industry Standard Mix By Differnet)” and “What You Sell”.
40 SEK
RAZORCUTS
CDEP
A Is For Alphabet
Matinée
Following the rapturous reviews of the retrospective collection “R is for.. Razorcuts”, Matinée Recordings have managed to negotiate the release of a further EP's worth of songs from the Razorcuts archive, combining lead cut “A is for Alphabet” from the aforementioned retrospective with four more beloved and much requested Razorcuts classics. The signature Razorcuts jangle is in full effect throughout this EP, from the formative simplistic beauty of rare early demo tracks “Sometimes I Worry About You” and “For Always”, where the shadow of the Television Personalities still looms large, through to the Gene Clark inspired lushness of “Snowbound” from their last long player, 1989's “The World Keeps Turning”. Packaged using period promo imagery from the Razorcuts vaults, this makes a fine companion to the recent retrospective album, or alternatively a fantastic introductory sampler in its own right. Tracklist: “A Is For Alphabet”, “First Day”, “Snowbound”, “Sometimes I Worry About You” and “For Always”.
45 SEK
RED PONY CLOCK
CD
God Made Dirt
Happy Happy Birthday To Me
“God Made Dirt” is the debut album from San Diego ten piece Red Pony Clock. These 13 tracks are filled with pop melodies backed by rich orchestration; guitar, bass, drums, piano, organ, marimba, xylophone, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, moog and some more! An original and fun mix of light psych, tijuana brass sound and indiepop. Tracklist: “Welcome Back”, “The Hardest Half”, “There’s Nothing Wrong w/ Getting High”, “Joshua”, “Take A Side”, “Special People”, “Don’t Forget Who Your Friends Are”, “God Made Dirt”, “Twelve Color Step”, “Time”, “Che Marie”, “The World” and “My New Best Friend”.
125 SEK
RED SLEEPING BEAUTY
CDEP
Single
Siesta
Red Sleeping Beauty were a Swedish indiepop quartet that existed from 1992 to 1997. Band members Niklas Angergård (Acid House Kings), Kristina Borg, Mikael Matsson (Shermans, The Charade) and Carl-Johan Näsström were almost unknown in Sweden at the time, yet they managed to make an impact on the international indiepop scene with their sunny and jangly pop that preceeded the band member’s later projects Acid House Kings, Shermans and The Charade. Tracklist: “Stupid Boy”, “Two Hearts”, “Rocketship”, “Florida” and “Instant Replay”.
55 SEK
RED SLEEPING BEAUTY
CD
Soundtrack
Siesta
Red Sleeping Beauty were a Swedish indiepop quartet that existed from 1992 to 1997. Band members Niklas Angergård (Acid House Kings), Kristina Borg, Mikael Matsson (Shermans, The Charade) and Carl-Johan Näsström were almost unknown in Sweden at the time, yet they managed to make an impact on the international indiepop scene with their sunny and jangly pop that preceeded the band member’s later projects Acid House Kings, Shermans and The Charade. “Soundtrack” is Red Sleeping Beauty’s final album and it was released in 1997. Tracklist: “The Young Pretenders”, “Soul Provider”, “The Things I´d Say”, “Nervous”, “Summer At Its Best”, “Enough”, “Casino Classic”, “Certainly”, “How Do You Kill Your Food?”, “It Happens”, “Your Opinion”, “The Light That Guides You” amd “You´re All There Is”.
140 SEK
RONDERLIN
7"
Aside
Tomt
Two wonderful songs from five piece Ronderlin - a very promising apertif in the waiting for their second album! The old melodic pop sound is still there, but they seem to have expanded or maybe exploded in a more electronic direction. Earlier mentioned references were Nick Drake and Belle & Sebastian - now we add New Order and Pet Shop Boys to that list. Tracklist: “Aside” and “Closed Eyes”. Highly recommended!
45 SEK
FRANKIE ROSE
7"
Thee Only One
Slumberland
As a founding member, songwriter, instrumentalist and vocalist in Vivian Girls and drummer and occasional vocalist in Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose has been an integral part of two of the most highly acclaimed and influential groups to come out of Brooklyn’s still-vital music scene in the past several years. Her solo project not only reflects the aesthetic earmarks of both those groups, but it also reveals her as a fully-formed artist in her own right. Ms. Rose’s music is haunted by the ghosts of 60s girl group, Brill Building, and 80s and 90s noise pop in equal measure. It’s a spooky, lovely sound – Frankie’s ethereal yet affectation-free voice swirling in a sea of church-like harmonies over a bed of tambourines, bells, and propulsive drumming. Recalling in spirit such groups as The Aislers Set and Black Tambourine, Frankie’s music is both timeless and immediate, both deeply personal and completely universal. Pitchfork cited her song “Where Do You Run To?” as one of the best of 2008, and now with much anticipation we are excited to bring you Frankie’s debut 7” Recorded at Marlborough Farms Studio with Gary Olson, Kyle Forrester and Crystal Stilts’ J.B. Townsend, “Thee Only One” is a perfect slice of surf-tinged noise-pop. Laden with rumbling reverb and tangy guitar twang, it’s an ideal tune with which to wrap up another (almost) endless summer. On the flip, “Hollow Life” is a more subdued affair, spectral psychedelia that resembles nothing so much as Opal’s Kendra Smith at her most haunting. Building to a mesmerizing crescendo, “Hollow Life” is a sublime complement to “Thee Only One”, rounding out this excellent single in fine fashion and marking Ms. Rose as a talent to watch. Tracklist: “Thee Only One” and “Hollow Life”.
45 SEK