Permanent Records Update 02.03.15: Ty Segall Live In SF, Back From The Grave 9 & 10, Really Red Reissues, Jessica Pratt And John Carpenter Too!

Hey Everybody, It's exciting times around Permanent Records right now! We've a new batch of label releases coming down the pike in the very near future, starting with Frankie And The Witch Fingers and Rectal Hygienics!  And shop wise we've got a killer stack of new releases currently filling up our racks including another installment of Castle Face's Live In San Francisco series this time cranked to the limit by Ty Segall Band, Crypt records resurrects its Back From The Grave series with volumes 9 & 10, Jessica Pratt releases her Drag City debut and John Carpenter brings the dystopian soundscapes on Sacred Bones just for starters!  But give the list below a close look, cuz there are some great tunes in them thar descriptions! We got a stack of the Clone Records catalog back in stock!  Check it out The fine folks at 7 inches Blog had some kind words for The Exit reissue! The Ongakubaka Blog had some serious praise of the Rectal Hygienics LP! Our pal Jordan Reyes inked up some love for the new Rectal Hygienics LP that we're releasing February 17th 2015.  Check out his review at Delayed Gratification! The Alter Ego Blog shows some love Frankie and The Witch Fingers! Raven Sings The Blues Blog champions the Frankie and The Witch Fingers LP! Also both the Chicago and the Los Angeles shops are getting quality used LPs, 7ins and CDs in all the time so come on by either location and dig in, we're sure you'll find something you like.  A sampling of some of the used LPs showing up at both shops can be found in lists at the very bottom of this newsletter.

Permanent Label News We're supremely stoked to announce our first label releases of 2015! OUT Tuesday February 17th! Check their respective pages for aural pleasure and essential album release knowledge! PERM-045 - Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Frankie and the Witch Fingers LP LA by way of Bloomington, IN Freaky Mystical Garage Psych! PERM-046 - Rectal Hygienics - Ultimate Purity LP Chicago Gnarly Debonair Noise Rock! Upcoming In-stores, record release shows, and awesome excitement of many multitudes surrounding both bands and both releases! Stay tuned! Also, we've got some HUGE archival releases in the works and on the horizon, keep your ear to the ground!

Chicago Shop Thursday, Feb. 5th Permanent Records DJs spins more wax @ The Empty Bottle for Cut Cats Courier Winter Banger: A Benefit for the Center for Workplace Democracy !!! It just a $5 Donation! This sick line-up will be kicking out the jams: Basic Cable // Torture Love // Gula Gila // Earring Saturday, Feb. 7th MEDUSA returns to Chicago to play a show at Cobra Lounge, !  Check it out! Friday, Feb. 13th - 7:00 PM @ Permanent "Ultimate Purity" LP RELEASE IN-STORE PERFORMANCE!! Rectal Hygienics +TBA

LA Shop Catch Permanent Records Los Angeles DJs at The Ace Hotel on Friday, January 30th and Friday, February 6th from 12pm til 1pm as they spin records for Pitchfork Radio on the roof!  By all means, come up and hang out!  Ace Hotel 929 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015

FEED THE FREAKS! And just like every week, P-Rex Los Angeles DJs continue to FEED THE FREAKS!!! Here's the general info on Feed The Freaks: "Every Wednesday.  Black Boar - 1630 Colorado Blvd.  10-2am. Rock'n'Roll Partytime! With Lance Bummer and Special Guests. Drink specials. Excellent adventures, only.  Absolutely, no bogus journeys. Get down."

WE'RE ALWAYS BUYING USED LPs, 7"s, CDs, and DVDs! Running out of room, need to clear some space, going on the lam? Regardless of the reason, before you unload your unwanted records and digital media, please bring them to us for CASH or STORE CREDIT!  One man's trash is another man's treasure and we treasure all sorts of quote un-quote trash!  Before you donate your stuff or have a yard sale, drop us a line.  We'll probably pay more (without haggling) than you'll ever get at a garage sale and often times we'll buy it all in one shot.  It doesn't get much easier that!  So remember, when you wanna sell your stuff, SELL IT TO US!  Please and thank you! P.S. We make house calls for collections.  Drop us a line to make an appointment.

EMPTY BOTTLE (CHICAGO) + PERMANENT RECORDS CHICAGO = FREE SHOWS. When you buy a record from Permanent Chicago by an artist playing at The Empty Bottle, we can get you on the Guest List (with a few exceptions). Check the full list below and hit us up: http://emptybottle.com/

USED PICKS OF THE WEEK

7in - The Reactors - Meltdown - NM vinyl/VG+ sleeve Lance - Permanent Records Los Angeles   $999.99 → Email If Interested LISTEN "The Reactors first formed in 1978. They played their own brand of fast, raw, and desperate Punk Rock in the unlikely urban city of San Bernardino, CA. The Reactors existed from 1978 until 1982. During that time they released one 7" EP and one 12" LP on their own Nuclear Waste Records label. Believeing in the D.I.Y. spirit of the times, they did everything for themselves. The members and their close friends all took different jobs in order to further their goals. Some took photos, created artwork, did layout, produced the recordings, etc. Artifix Records is proud to be the label that will unleash all of their recordings in the near future. Pictured above is the original 7" EP line-up: Mike, Dash, Rob, and Al The Reactors lasted through several line-ups. The first Reactors before the 7" EP were Mike Rodriguez, bass; Al Zenno, guitar; Brad Uhl, drums; and Elizabeth "Dash" Frost, vocals. For the 7" EP, the lineup changed when drummer Brad left the band and was replaced by "Throbbin" Rob Vasquez. In early 1980, Al Zenno left the group. The remaining members recruited guitarist Tony Brammel, who was in the Sins and later helped form soul-rock alternative band, the Bell-Rays. The last edition of the Reactors consisted of a three piece: Dash, Mike, and any durmmer they could find. Above is the LP line-up: Mike, Dash, drummer, and Tony The Reactors shared bills with many great bands of the time including; X, Fear, Plimsouls (at a prison show!), Simpletones, Crowd, Alleycats, Smog Marines, and more! Recently, their records have garnered much attention from the ranks of "Killed By Death" punk collectors. Their 7" was released in a rare pressing of 300 copies with two known cover variations. Their LP is almost as scarce." - Artifix Records

LP - Contortions - Buy Dave - Permanent Records Chicago   $29.99 → Email If Interested LISTEN "In 1979 the quintessential no wave group released two albums simultaneously; Buy was effectively the Contortions' debut, originally appearing on the indie label ZE, while the same project was released as Off White under the adopted alias of James White, one of the many identities of leader James Chance. the Contortions are considered to be one of the most important and influential groups of the New York no wave scene, which spawned the crazed postmodern persona of James Chance alongside Lydia Lunch, Mars, and DNA, among others. James Chance was a sort of avant lounge lizard personality cult who led numerous projects throughout the '80s, yet he never quite topped the warped distillation of punk, funk, and free jazz presented here, making Buy a pivotal recording of the New York post-punk era. His hybrid of free jazz sax blowing and agitated funk takes the contortions up a notch from the four tracks the band contributed to the Eno-produced No New York compilation, which debuted the furious angular syncopation of transfigured funk and disco rhythms which became the Contortions' signature. Chance's vocals and discordant sax will sound strangely familiar and appealing to fans of early Roxy Music and Television." - allmusic.com

LP - Prince Jazzbo - Ital Corner Jamie - Permanent Records Chicago   $39.99 → Email If Interested LISTEN "The Prince lights up a big spliff and toasts over some classic Black Ark rhythms. Along with Jah Lion's Columbia Colly, Ital Corner is the only album of Black Ark DJ tracks. It has also been available on CD from the crummy Abraham label. Highlights include "Weeping And Wailing" ("there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and who have no teeth, the gums a feel it, ya"), "Dreadlocks Corner", and the title track, delivered over Max Romeo's "One Step Forward". Originally released as a Black Wax LP under the title Natty Passing Thru." - Upsetter.net

7in - Sebadoh - Asshole EP (Hand Colored Edition of 500) Jon - Permanent Records Chicago   $39.99 → Email If Interested LISTEN "Asshole is a 7" single by Sebadoh, released in 1990. The single was limited to 1000 copies, with the first 500 pressings in hand colored sleeves, and the second 500 in plain black sleeves. The songs were written by Lou Barlow about J. Mascis after being kicked out of Dinosaur Jr." - Wikipedia     1.    "Pig (Coward)"     2.    "Hung Up"     3.    "Slow to Learn"     4.    "Julienne"     5.    "Violent Elements"     6.    "Attention"     7.    "Your Long Journey" (Doc Watson cover)

LP - Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Robert - Permanent Records Chicago   $49.99 → Email If Interested LISTEN "It's little wonder why Drake felt frustrated at the lack of commercial success his music initially gathered, considering the help he had on his debut record. Besides fine production from Joe Boyd and assistance from folks like Fairport Convention's Richard Thompson and his unrelated bass counterpart from Pentangle, Danny Thompson, Drake also recruited school friend Robert Kirby to create most of the just-right string and wind arrangements. His own performance itself steered a careful balance between too-easy accessibility and maudlin self-reflection, combining the best of both worlds while avoiding the pitfalls on either side. The result was a fantastic debut appearance, and if the cult of Drake consistently reads more into his work than is perhaps deserved, Five Leaves Left is still a most successful effort. Having grown out of the amiable but derivative styles captured on the long-circulating series of bootleg home recordings, Drake imbues his tunes with just enough drama -- world-weariness in the vocals, carefully paced playing, and more -- to make it all work. His lyrics capture a subtle poetry of emotion, as on the pastoral semi-fantasia of "The Thoughts of Mary Jane," which his soft, articulate singing brings even more to the full. Sometimes he projects a little more clearly, as on the astonishing voice-and-strings combination "Way to Blue," while elsewhere he's not so clear, suggesting rather than outlining the mood. Understatement is the key to his songs and performances' general success, which makes the combination of his vocals and Rocky Dzidzornu's congas on "Three Hours" and the lovely "'Cello Song," to name two instances, so effective. Danny Thompson is the most regular side performer on the album, his bass work providing subtle heft while never standing in the way of the song -- kudos well deserved for Boyd's production as well." - Allmusic.com

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ITEMS

LP - Ty Segall Band - Live In San Francisco   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "By now you should know what you’re in for here: an eardrum-toasting take to tape of the mighty Ty Segall Band, captured during two nights in San Francisco at the barely-pushing-medium-sized venue The Rickshaw Stop. Rowdy crowd, meet stacks of amplifiers—Ty, Charlie, Mikal and Emily came to singe your ears off. There have been live recordings of Ty before, of course, but never so crisply and fully realized as this scorching platter of fuzz.  As always, the cover artwork showcases beautiful black and white photos shot to film at the venue by Castle Face’s favorite lensman Brian Pritchard. As always, the tape takes are tweaked and saturated to perfection by their incredible crack team of engineers and knob-goblins. Live in San Francisco features jams from throughout Mr. Segall’s torrential output of the past few years, including a take of the first single “Feel” off his great new record Manipulator. It’s the next best thing to getting in to the show, which is getting harder and harder with Ty these days…" - Castle Face

LP - Various Artists - Back From The Grave Vol. 9   $21.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "18 years after Grave 8, and at last it is here! MONSTROUS, GATEFOLDED, THICK COLOR INNER JACKET - all crammed with liner notes, band photos, label scans. The ULTIMATE in 60s punk INSANITY!!!! Balls-out, cruder-than-hell, RARER than hens teeth rawness - 7 of which are the ONLY copy in existence, 3 of which there are only 2 copies in existence! 15 cuts from: WARLOCKS, RAEVINS, EMERALDS, WHY-NOTS, TURNCOATS, SHAKLES, KNOLL ALLEN & THE NOBLE SAVAGES, ETC!" - Crypt Records

LP - Various Artists - Back From The Grave Vol. 10   $21.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "18 years after Grave 8, and at last it is here! MONSTROUS, GATEFOLDED, THICK COLOR INNER JACKET - all crammed with liner notes, band photos, label scans. The ULTIMATE in 60s punk INSANITY!!!! Balls-out, cruder-than-hell, RARER than hens teeth rawness - 6 of which are the ONLY copy in existence, 2 of which there are only 2 copies in existence! 15 cuts from: JAMES BOND & THE AGENTS, THE FOUR, ORPHANS, IT’S THEM, NOBODY’S CHILDREN, HOTBEATS, GMC & THE AR- CELLS, HARD TIMES, JOHN ENGLISH III, EXPRESSIONS, ETC!" - Crypt Records

LP - Andre De Saint-Obin - Sound On Sound - Reissue With CD   $21.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "First-time reissue of the debut album by this Dutch postpunk multi-instrumentalist who subsequently vanished as suddenly as he appeared in the early 1980s. Lots of guitars, a hammering rhythm machine, and lyrics about desolation, drugs, suicide. All thirteen tracks from the original cassette (Ding Dong 1982) on the LP, repeated on the CD plus five bonus tracks. Color insert, 175-gram vinyl. Edition of 500." - Plinkity Plonk

LP - Antoni Maiovvi - Avrokosm   $13.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "The strain of synthesizer cosmosis harvested by Bristol-born Europe-roving psycho-maestro Antoni Maiovvi tends towards the longform and texturally opulent. Past dalliances in horror giallo and intergalactic disco have demonstrated his capacity for mood sculpture as well as dancefloor pleasure nodes, but his latest LP, Avrokosm, assumes an almost ethno-musicological perspective of a distant desert planet. Swirling sand dunes of sound, cold tonal winds, and veiled loops sweep in across pulsing, runic techno patterns. Begun in Berlin but finished in Madrid, the record shares some of the sprawl and mysticism of certain unclassifiable Warriors Ov Gaia sides, a neo-tribal fantasy of rhythmic cave-painting, fires flickering in ancient caves under twin blood moons – the Avrokosm as microcosm for man the animal. Six processions bound for the same horizon. Mastered by Alek Stark at Fundamental Audio. Sci-fi landscape sleeve artwork by Annita Rivera; layout by Eric Lee. Edition of 250." - Not Not Fun

LP - Elephant Micah - Where In Our Woods   $12.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN CD - Elephant Micah - Where In Our Woods   $7.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "For the past 14 years, Elephant Micah's Joseph O'Connell has quietly self-released his music, sometimes collaborating with the psych-folk imprint Time-Lag Records or other very small labels. Despite the project's almost secretive status, Elephant Micah has repeatedly caught the attention of NPR, and has been championed by an impressive cohort of like-minded artists including Jason Molina, Hiss Golden Messenger, Dark Dark Dark, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.\013 \013His new album, Where in Our Woods is defined by its limited palette. The arrangements foreground nylon-string guitar and an antique portable pump organ. A stripped down-drum set, a baritone ukulele, a toy recorder, and harmony vocals (sung by Will Oldham, a friend of and key influence on O'Connell) round out the sound. This sparse ensemble leaves O'Connell's voice room to breathe, while elevating and magnifying the poetry of his songs. Throughout the album, O'Connell deftly transforms the stuff of everyday American life into a series of entrancing meditations on culture, nature, religion, and modernity." - Western Vinyl

LP - Hollywood Stars - Hollywood Stars Still Sealed Original 1977 Stock   $9.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN CONDITION NOTE - JACKETS VG+ / SLIGHT CORNER BUMPS AND HOLE PUNCHED  - "While they never earned more than a tiny cult following outside their home state of California, the Hollywood Stars became heroes to glam and power pop fans with their tight, hooky, guitar-driven music, which emerged at a time when prog rock and singer/songwriters were dominating the rock scene. the Hollywood Stars sprung from a brainstorm by noted producer, songwriter, and idea man Kim Fowley, who decided in 1973 that rock & roll was ready for a new band that combined the energy and excitement of mid-'60s pop and rock, with the crunchy guitars and attitude of hard rock; Fowley described his concept as a West Coast version of the New York Dolls, and he set out to find musicians who would fit the bill. Fowley's first recruit was drummer Terry Rae, who had been in the Palace Guard with Emitt Rhodes, drummed with Jamme, a psychedelic pop band whose sole album was produced by John Phillips, and was recording with the Flamin' Groovies when he got the call from Fowley. Setting out to find musicians who looked and sounded right for the gig, Fowley and Rae filled out the lineup with lead singer Scott Phares, lead guitarist Ruben de Fuentes, guitarist and vocalist Mark Anthony, and bassist Kevin Barnhill, and the new band took up a busy rehearsal schedule, with Fowley and Mars Bonfire contributing songs along with the members of the group. Soon the band was regularly headlining Los Angeles' leading rock clubs, including the Troubadour and the Whisky A Go Go, and they scored a deal with Columbia Records. Before the band's debut album was released, however, the label discovered someone had charged studio time to the band's account without authorization, and the confusion led to the Hollywood Stars being dropped. The original lineup splintered, but a second edition of Hollywood Stars soon came together, with Anthony on lead vocals, de Fuentes on guitar, and Rae on drums, alongside new members Steve DeLacy (guitar), Michael Rummans (bass), and Bobby Drier (percussion). The new edition of the Hollywood Stars was able to pick up where the previous lineup left off, and signed with Arista Records. However, by the time the Stars' album finally emerged in 1977, punk and new wave were on the rise in LA, and the overproduction of the album robbed the band of any hip cache. the Hollywood Stars toured in support of the album opening for the Kinks, but between disappointing sales, poor promotion, and conflicting egos inside the group, the Stars were on their last legs by the time they arrived home, and by the end of 1977, the band broke up." - allmusic.com

LP - Jeff Cowell - Lucky Strikes and Liquid Gold   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Ten road-weary tales from the wrong side of outlaw country. Jeff Cowell may have huffed the same narcotic air as Townes Van Zandt and David Allan Coe, but hunkered far from the Nashville city limits, nary a Cash or Paycheck would drunkenly slur through his tunes. Recorded in 1975, Lucky Strikes and Liquid Gold is an isolated, backwoods loner epic, top-loaded with odes to hitch-hiking and rambling the crumbling Michigan countryside of Cowell’s hard-drinking youth. Previously available only out of the backs of borrowed cars, truck stops, campgrounds, and country-western bars between Algonac, Detroit, East Lansing, Cadillac, and Manistee, this LP now finds new life in similarly detached environs: the last remaining record stores." - Numero Group

LP - Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again   $18.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "JESSICA PRATT’s self-titled 2012 debut has been much-murmured about in the time between yesterday and today. People respond to the austere, pristine clarity of the performances, the gentle strength, marveling at how much comes from so little: just a voice and a guitar or two! They remark on the timeless nature of the songs and the voice, scrupulously informed by the folk-rock of ages past, but sung without bags. Two years on, and Jessica’s very new On Your Own Love Again is here for us, playing her further adventures in different pastures.  The album was recorded entirely by Jessica in the fashion of “Night Faces” and “Dreams,” from her first album, and mixed in collaboration with WILL CANZONERI. Touched lightly with additional instrumental and vocal parts, the songs ripple beneath the surface with lyrical details that morph almost subliminally from the personal into fantasy. When Jessica’s playful nature bubbles up, she sends her voice traveling into strange places to see what it finds there. The music too is deceptively accomplished, providing subtle hallucinatory nuances to the tunes. Perhaps most significantly, On Your Own Love Again was recorded at home over the past two years. This process sands the surface of her more active multi-tracking approach, allowing a sound as delicate and singular as her former recordings. On Your Own Love Again Jessica is fully alive in a space all her own; with isolation in the breeze, the sound resonant in the natural light and a gauze of clouds in the sky, under which she can relax, unwind and let herself be." - Drag City

LP - John Carpenter - Lost Themes - Black Vinyl   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the horror genre’s most striking soundtrack work in the fifteen movies he’s both directed and scored. The themes can instantly flood his fans’ musical memory with imagery of a menacing shape stalking a babysitter, a relentless wall of ghost-filled fog, lightning-fisted kung fu fighters, or a mirror holding the gateway to hell. The all-new music on Lost Themes asks Carpenter’s acolytes to visualize their own nightmares. “Lost Themes was all about having fun,” Carpenter says. “It can be both great and bad to score over images, which is what I’m used to. Here there were no pressures. No actors asking me what they’re supposed to do. No crew waiting. No cutting room to go to. No release pending. It’s just fun. And I couldn’t have a better set-up at my house, where I depended on (collaborators) Cody (Carpenter, of the band Ludrium) and Daniel (Davies, who wrote the songs for I, Frankenstein) to bring me ideas as we began improvising. The plan was to make my music more complete and fuller, because we had unlimited tracks. I wasn’t dealing with just analogue anymore. It’s a brand new world. And there was nothing in any of our heads when we started other than to make it moody.” As is Carpenter’s style, repetition is the key to the thundering power of these tracks, their energy swirling with shredding chords, soaring organs, unnerving pianos and captivating percussion. Horror fans will be reminded of Carpenter’s past works, as well as ancestors like Mike Oldfeld’s Tubular Bells and Goblin’s Suspiria. “They’re little moments of score from movies made in our imaginations,” Carpenter says.“Now I hope it inspires people to create films that could be scored with this music.”" - Sacred Bones

LP - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid   $12.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN CD - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid   $7.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Kaitlyn's solo debut Euclid (primarily written on a Buchla Music Easel synthesizer) was inspired by her love of mbira music, early electronic music pioneers like Laurie Spiegel, Oskar Sala, and Terry Riley, and euclidian geometry. Each of the first six songs on Euclid were initially structured using euclidian geometry, an idea which Smith explored while attending a class at the San Francisco Conservatory. As Smith explains, "We each chose a 3D shape and assigned our own guidelines to the different components that make up the shape. For example each point of the shape represents a different time signature, each line between the points represents a pitch, each shape within the closed lines represents a scale, etc. And then you play the shape." Despite their heady geometric origins, the songs have a playfulness and warmth that makes them inviting and memorable. In addition to the buoyant grooves of Smith's synthesizers, some of the songs feature wordless vocals, which energize the otherworldly songs, while grounding them with Smith's earthly presence." - Western Vinyl

LP - Michna - Thousand Thursday - Red Vinyl   $14.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN   CD - Michna - Thousand Thursday   $9.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN  "Are we all tired of the "[Artist] Returns After [Number] Years in Obscurity" headline yet? Because Michna sure is. Nearly seven years following the NYC DJ/producer's debut album for Ghostly, Magic Monday, he's finished the official follow up to that record, but Adrian Yin Michna doesn't want to overstate what happened in the interim. "Life just moves," he starts casually, "there's been a lot going on." DJ gigs, music production for video games and commercials, and film scoring have kept him busy, along with a healthy balance of painting, biking, and other non-musical endeavors. In light of Michna's sophomore LP, Thousand Thursday, though, it all seems beside the point. Simply put, his latest record is a celebration of the producer's love for vibrant electronic music, bothering very little with conceptual or contextual baggage. And yet, in many ways, Thousand Thursday effortlessly streamlines Michna's life and cultural background into affable dancefloor sounds. "My dad is from Ealing in West London," he shares, "and that's been a huge direct musical influence my whole life, especially when I was a teen and spent some time in London in the mid­-'90s." You can easily hear that much in the ravey breakbeats and horn stabs that sneak into synthy tracks like "Cherry 2000" and "Time Will Tell", or even the vibe of rain­-soaked streets that permeates Thousand Thursday. Then there's the artist's enduring love for classic house, disco, and hip­-hop, which is more obvious. "Nuroq Legacy" effortlessly brings all of these influences into one lively, eclectic dance track, but the wistful "Increasing Ambition" is pure neon Italo and Michna's unclassifiable brand of of hip-hop has never sounded better than on "She Exists In My Mind". Perhaps less apparent is how the industrial tapes from Michna's childhood played a role in creating these 10 spirited tracks. "I started re-­listening to them primarily just to hear how they flip samples," he elaborates, and the technique is used all over Thousand Thursday. It lends the music an added bit of personal history and what Michna calls "subliminal messages," as he borrows from years and years worth of field recordings—including bits of "Blackberry video, Flip camera tour footage, terrible interviews with friends, people on the street, and found sounds galore." Rifle through the slow-grooving robo-beats on "Believe In It Pt. II", or "Jace the Mind Sculptor"'s densely textural ambient drift, and you'll uncover layer upon chopped up layer of these lovingly curated snippets. There seems to be a tapestry of life's strange, beautiful, and unexpected moments woven into Thousand Thursday For all of its varying influences and reference points, Thousand Thursday is actually a strong cohesive listen; each of Michna's productions flow seamlessly into the next. This is an album where NYC/LA dance-­pop vocalist MNDR can deliver her chilly falsetto next to a lifelong gearhead twiddling the knobs of his Akai S­950, Korg MS­20, E­mu SP­1200, and other coveted hardware. Thousand Thursday is the sound of Michna re-discovering his passion for writing tunes and crafting an album, and whether he likes it or not, it all tells us a bit about where his mind has been during the years of his process." - Ghostly International

LP - Octagrape - Major Mayor Maxion Marble EP   $9.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Take one-half of Trumans Water mod I (Glen Galloway and Ely Moyal), add Vytear noise-dub head Jason Begin, send them on four quick tours and a trip to Gonerfest, add Alexander Dausche on the most electric bass…and what have you? A unit with road warrior ears, poor bleeding hands, and a strange desire to cover four of wild jams they treasured the most on those all-night drives through Wyoming and Pittsburgh. Major Mayor Maxion Marble features “Syntoptikon” from Twisted Village’s Major Stars, “Ghost Punch” from Sacramento’s Mayyors, “Verfremdungseffekt” from Pluto’s Dymaxion, and “Melted Moon” from Tokyo’s Marble Sheep. Tribute, homage, thrill-bent annihilation. A 4-song cover EP. " - Sounds Familyre

LP - Perfect Pussy - I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling EP   $14.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Just over a year after playing their first show as a band, Perfect Pussy have quickly made a name for themselves as one of the most intense bands in the indie rock and hardcore punk communities, both live and on record. Their fast rise to success all stemmed from this 4 track demo EP, originally released as a cassette only. Simply title tracks such as "I" and "IV" garnered praise from everyone to Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, to NPR and the New York Times, landing the on countless year end lists." - Captured Tracks

LP - Poobah - Let Me In - Reissue WAREHOUSE FIND OF THIS KILLER PRIVATE PRESS HEAVY ROCK REISSUE FROM 2010!!!!!! NOTE - JACKETS HAVE CORNER BENDS AND BUMPS   $19.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN  "It's always great when an obscure 1970's heavy rock gem gets a proper reissue treatment. In this case, it is POOBAH's legendary debut album 'Let Me In', which was originally released in 1972. Unfortunately, it was only a private pressing, so that the band and their music remained rather unknown outside of Ohio, USA. A pity, really, because their hard-driving, riff-centric heavy rock was ready for competition. Even greater that the nice guys at Ripple Music (who are closely connected with The Ripple Effect blog) and POOBAH vocalist/guitarist Jim Gustafson have put their heads together to re-release 'Let me In' in 2010. Well, the result has been simply overwhelming. It's time to throw away all unofficial bootlegs, because here is the real deal. In addition to the original six songs from the LP, this extensive new rediscovery contains twelve previously unreleased bonus tracks, ten on the deluxe double LP. Furthermore 'Let Me In' was remastered from the original tapes by Tony Reed, the mastermind behind Stone Axe and Mos Generator, who is well-known for his excellent work. When I first heard this album I was floored by it's heaviness and raw fury. This is seriously heavy music - big, fuzzed-out, wild, but sometimes also unexpectedly strange. 'Aww, Not Now' is the best example of POOBAH's own weirdness, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the songs are presented with a little wink. Whether it is their humour or rather a result of psychoactive substances, I don't know. At least it adds a nice psychedelic edge to a few of their tracks, without losing the heaviness of the music. Glenn Wiseman's highly dynamic but astoundingly tasteful drumming will stupefy you. I thought about mentioning a couple of specific spots on the album where he overwhelms me, but that's impossible because the guy never really stops overwhelming me! But also the performance of bass player Phil Jones is flawless and precise. He does give us plenty of motion, along with maintaining the solid bottom needed for these driving rhythms. There is then, of course, guitarist/vocalist Jim Gustafson who is the specialist for metal-tinged power riffs, which are embedded in classic blues and rock 'n' roll structured songs. In places, the bonus tracks are even better than the LP, even though, of course, the opening song 'Mr. Destroyer' remains one of their best and heaviest tunes. At this point, there were not much other heavy bands around who could hold a candle to POOBAH. This is also proved by 'Make A Man Outta You' that offers another hard rocking ride. 'Enjoy What You Have' is the only calm tune, but otherwise this album is packed with smoking power chords, played at the highest possible volume. Today, after almost 30 years, 'Let Me In' (inclusive of all bonus tracks) is still a very distinctive album that is exhilarating and refreshing. It is good fun to watch the rare photos in the booklet, while listening to the powerful jamming in 'Upside Down Highway'. This album is very highly recommended to all 1970's heavy rock fans, and I hope that Ripple Music unearth more nearly forgotten treasures from the past." - cosmiclava.com" - Ripple Music

LP - Really Red - Volume 1 - Teaching You The Fear   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Alternative Tentacles is proud to present the first-ever complete, three-volume collection of Texas punk legends Really Red. None of their catalog has been available for years—some not for decades! Really Red was the backbone of Houston’s underground from the early punk era clear through ’80s hardcore. Like The Dicks in Austin, they directly challenged an insanely violent police department at no small risk to their own lives. Their sound itself incorporated art and post-punk elements, with a musical and lyrical depth on par with bands like Mission of Burma, Wire, or Dead Kennedys. Singer Ronnie Bond (a.k.a. U-Ron Bondage) was never afraid to push intelligence or mess with Texas. Kelly Younger’s guitar style is as unique in its own way as that of The Gang of Four’s Andy Gill, while Bob Weber’s taut, precise and sometimes unorthodox drum patterns would not be heard again until the likes of John Wright of NoMeansNo. It’s all driven forward by the driving, elastic basslines of John Paul Williams. This collection presents the sound better then it has ever been, so hear them again for the first time—or the first time ever. Volume 1: Teaching You the Fear is the much-loved first album that’s been unavailable since Empty Records reissued it ten years ago. More manic and locked-in then the early singles, this is Really Red in their prime, fired up and focused to lay down what they likely thought was their one shot to get it all on vinyl. The title track even calls out specific murders by the Houston cops that they wouldn’t even admit were crimes! The release comes with part one of David Ensminger’s (Left of the Dial) extensive interview with Bond. A true classic of its time—or any time—Teaching You the Fear has been restored from the original tapes and re-mastered by Jello Biafra to sound better then ever!" - Alternate Tentacles

LP - Really Red - Volume 2 - Rest In Pain   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Alternative Tentacles is proud to present the first-ever complete, three-volume collection of Texas punk legends Really Red. None of their catalog has been available for years—some not for decades! Really Red was the backbone of Houston’s underground from the early punk era clear through ’80s hardcore. Like The Dicks in Austin, they directly challenged an insanely violent police department at no small risk to their own lives. Their sound itself incorporated art and post-punk elements, with a musical and lyrical depth on par with bands like Mission of Burma, Wire, or Dead Kennedys. Singer Ronnie Bond (a.k.a. U-Ron Bondage) was never afraid to push intelligence or mess with Texas. Kelly Younger’s guitar style is as unique in its own way as that of The Gang of Four’s Andy Gill, while Bob Weber’s taut, precise and sometimes unorthodox drum patterns would not be heard again until the likes of John Wright of NoMeansNo. It’s all driven forward by the driving, elastic basslines of John Paul Williams. This collection presents the sound better then it has ever been, so hear them again for the first time—or the first time ever. Volume 2: Rest In Pain is the long-lost second album that hardly any Really Red fans back then knew existed! Unavailable for almost 30 years, now all tracks are restored for the first time ever, with vastly improved sound—fiercer and heavier, but still vintage Really Red. Side two shows the band’s roots with an awesome Texas psycho cover of The Red Crayola’s “War Sucks.” These guys actually saw The 13th Floor Elevators live! Rest In Pain was remastered at Fantasy by Jello Biafra and comes with part two of David Ensminger’s (Left of the Dial) interview with Bond." - Alternative Tentacles

LP - Really Red - Volume 3 - New Strings For Old Puppets   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Alternative Tentacles is proud to present the first-ever complete, three-volume collection of Texas punk legends Really Red. None of their catalog has been available for years—some not for decades! Really Red was the backbone of Houston’s underground from the early punk era clear through ’80s hardcore. Like The Dicks in Austin, they directly challenged an insanely violent police department at no small risk to their own lives. Their sound itself incorporated art and post-punk elements, with a musical and lyrical depth on par with bands like Mission of Burma, Wire, or Dead Kennedys. Singer Ronnie Bond (a.k.a. U-Ron Bondage) was never afraid to push intelligence or mess with Texas. Kelly Younger’s guitar style is as unique in its own way as that of The Gang of Four’s Andy Gill, while Bob Weber’s taut, precise and sometimes unorthodox drum patterns would not be heard again until the likes of John Wright of NoMeansNo. It’s all driven forward by the driving, elastic basslines of John Paul Williams. This collection presents the sound better then it has ever been, so hear them again for the first time—or the first time ever. Volume 3: News Strings for Old Puppets could be the surprise hit of the bunch. Here in one place are all the highly sought-after Really Red 7-inches, plus more from the early days that has never been released in any form until now. The LP kicks off with the KBD cult classic Modern Needs and the even rarer Crowd Control singles, followed by an unlikely punk cover of Petula Clark’s “Downtown.” Finally seeing the light for the first time is “Little Death,” the song Jello wanted for the 1981 Alternative Tentacles compilation Let Them Eat Jellybeans that only survived on a cassette he found in his vaults. Then it’s on to the hardcore era and the New Strings for Old Puppets EP itself, before a final rewind to the live songs originally released as the Despise Moral Majority official bootleg EP. The sound is dramatically improved, and it ain’t a muddy bootleg anymore! This is one kickass album, lovingly curated and remastered by Biafra with part three of David Ensminger’s (Left of the Dial) extensive interview with Bond." - Alternative Tentacles

LP - Sensational Saints - You Won't Believe It   $15.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Formed in the early '50s under the watchful eye of Tuskegee, Alabama, transplant Charles Chambliss, the Sensational Saints were handpicked from a Cleveland clothing store, a pool room, and from a group of friends singing from a third story window. After years spent rotating members and issuing stray singles for assorted non-denominational imprints, the group connected with the vocally inclined Reverend Melvin Kenniebrew at the close of the '60s, making good on their "Sensational" boast. "With God in their hearts and singing on their minds," the Sensational Saints mounted their crown jewel in 1973 with "You Won't Believe It" (Try It You'll Like Us). Pressed in conservative quantities by local gospel magnate James Bullard on his King James label, the group's lone long-player perfectly encapsulates the intersection of funk and gospel as only the religious conversion of a Bill Wither's tune can do." - Numero Group

LP - Swami John Reis And The Blind Shake - Modern Surf Classics   $13.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Death by kowabunga bunga! Swami John Reis and the Blind Shake pay tribute to the classic surf and rock n roll instrumentals of the 1960’s and update the genre for today's more extreme, modern surfer. 13 original, modern surf compositions create this tidal wave of booming tom toms, skronking saxophones and a chaotic surge of guitars. Let this south swell topple you and may you be pinned in its undertow of reverb.   Swami John Reis uses a similar aggro guitar approach as his playing in Hot Snakes and Night Marchers but allows the influences of Omar Khorshid, The Ventures, Link Wray, Randy Holden’s Fender IV and many other forgotten, instro combos rise to the surface for air. Joining Swami is Minneapolis’ The Blind Shake (Goner Records, Castle Face). The Blind Shake is a bombastic, power trio consisting of guitar, baritone guitar and drums and whose sound can be described as “muscular psych punk”. This collaboration generates a symphonic wall of twang and amplifies a cinematic sense of drama and tension with the addition of saxophone, doumbek, piano, riq, vibraphone and piano. To capture the essence of this vibe, some of the initial tracking of this material was recorded under Crystal Pier (San Diego) by Ben Moore who utilized a mobile recording VW van.   Because of the intense rhythmic velocity achieved on many of these tracks, this record can also be recommended to those interested in BMX, roller skateboarding, snowboarding/toboggan, fighting, yoga, car racing, military and most other water activities (with the exception of SUP)." - Swami

LP - Twerps - Range Anxiety   $17.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "Formed in Melbourne in late 2008, TWERPS enjoyed immediate success, releasing a series of vinyl singles and cassettes on various labels around the world. The release of their 2011 self-titled debut album led to appearances at SXSW and CMJ and tours with Real Estate, Mac DeMarco, and others. Not wanting to wait until 2015 to unleash new songs on present and future fans, Twerps quickly recorded the delightful Underlay EP, which Pitchfork described as “songs fraught with universal, emotionally familiar sentiments.” And now, Merge brings you Twerps’ second full-length album, Range Anxiety. The band has always worked and thrived on a precarious balance of moods and cooperation. ALEX MACFARLANE joined the band in early 2013, and the new lineup has seen the band refine their mode of operating in an intuitive way. As singer-guitarist JULIA MCFARLANE says, “We tried to be open-minded to new processes.” This open-minded approach led to improvisations that sound perfectly planned: singer-guitarist MARTIN FRAWLEY tricking Julia into believing “I Don’t Mind” is about a bank heist, just to see what she would come up with; Martin turning a hangover into a story about being in a difficult relationship with “Back to You”; and the call-and-response of “Adrenaline” that advocates for the enticing oblivion of obsession. Range Anxiety is a worthy showcase of the creativity and vitality Twerps bring to their music. At first listen, nods to The Go-Betweens and the band’s beloved Flying Nun influences are clear, but upon closer examination, Twerps expand into a sound uniquely their own." - Merge

CD - Viet Cong - Viet Cong   $9.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN  "Recorded in a barn-turned-studio in rural Ontario, the seven songs that make up Viet Cong were born largely on the road, when Flegel and bandmates Mike Wallace, Scott Munro and Daniel Christiansen embarked on a 50-date tour that stretched virtually every limit imaginable. Close quarters hastened their exhaustion but also honed them as a group. You can designate records as seasonal, and you can feel Viet Cong's bleakness and declare it wintry. But the only way you get a frost is when there's something warmer to freeze up. So yes, Viet Cong is a winter album, but only until it is a spring record, then a summer scorcher, then an autumn burner, then it ices over again." - Jagjaguwar

7in - Cal And The Calories - Bastard In A Yellow Suit   $7.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN "LUMPY took the world by storm in 2014, and 2015 will be the year of his weasel faced alter ego, CAL. While Lumpy sings about ghouls, and goo Cal is much more interested in lunch meat, and soft drinks. A no good smart mouth in a yellow suit squeaking out nasally garbage punk of the highest order. 100% TOTAL PUNK. Edition of 500 copies." - Total Punk

7in - DD Owen - Violent Pacifier   $6.99 → BUY NOW LISTEN  "What happens when SICK THOUGHTS' DREW OWEN finds a keyboard and a Screamers record? He adds three more distortion pedals and calls it DD OWEN. The first of many releases under this moniker, Drew’s cover of Gary Wrong's "Setting Fire to Your Loft” may make for the best B-side around." - Windian

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UPCOMING CHICAGO IN-STORES & EVENTS Friday, Feb. 13th - 7:00 PM @ Permanent "Ultimate Purity" LP RELEASE IN-STORE PERFORMANCE!! Rectal Hygienics +TBA

UPCOMING LOS ANGELES IN-STORES & EVENTS Catch Permanent Records Los Angeles DJs at The Ace Hotel on Friday, February 6th from 12pm til 1pm as they spin records for Pitchfork Radio on the roof!  By all means, come up and hang out!  Ace Hotel 929 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015

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