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Upcoming Vinyl Releases

• Beirut

  Lon Gisland

  Pompeii

  The sleeper hit of 2006, Beirut's Gulag Orkestar came out of nowhere to sell tens of thousands of copies in a matter of months and wound up on countless critics' year-end lists. As a stopgap before recording a new full-length in Fall 2007--and as a way to capture some current songs being performed at shows--the eight-member band checked into Sea Side Studios in Brooklyn to record Lon Gisland.

   

  Available March 23rd, 2010

   

• Strange Boys

  Be Brave

  In The Red

  LP VERSION INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!! Like it or not, The Strange Boys are probably both younger and more accomplished than you. Since the band's humble beginnings as a duo in 2003, they've shared stages with the likes of Roky Erickson, Daniel Johnston, and Black Lips, leaving a smattering of singles, EPs, and CDRs in their wake.

   

  Available March 23rd, 2010

   

• Summer Cats

  Your Timetable

  Slumberland

  Melbourne, Australia's Summer Cats are keen students of pop in all its flavors. From the motorik strum of Modern Lovers to the folky lilt of early Creation / Sarah label bands to the feedback-drenched noisy pop of the '00s, Summer Cats have got you covered. Their 2009 Slumberland album Songs for Tuesdays dazzled with seemingly effortless song craft and sharp melodicism.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Jawbreaker

  Unfun

  Blackball

  LP VERSION INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!!

   

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  Blackball Records presents the 20th anniversary edition of Jawbreaker's beloved 1990 debut album Unfun--twelve groundbreaking tracks (sixteen on the CD) that captured the very inception of emo's big band and launched a galaxy of young, earnest bands and the scenes that love them.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Starkey

  Stars (feat. Anneka)

  Planet Mu

  Digital version features exclusive remixes by Few Nolder, Raffertie and Ital Tek!!! During the course of an appearance on Mary Anne Hobbs's show recently, Philadelphia producer and genre cross-pollinator Starkey built a track from scratch with the help of Anneka and Reso, leaving other Radio One DJs scrambling to play it.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Black Tambourine

  S/t

  Slumberland

  They released only a handful of songs their two-year lifetime, but Black Tambourine has been hugely influential in the world of indie music. Conceived as an explicitly pop band pop bands were pretty rare in America, they wore their influences on their sleeves: The Jesus and Mary Chain, of course, but also folks like Phil Spector, Smokey Robinson, Love, The Ramones, Shop Assistants, Pastels, 14 Iced Bears, Orange Juice and the list goes on.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Eddy Current Suppression Ring

  Rush To Relax

  Goner

  LP VERSION INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!! When Eddy Current Suppression Ring formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003, bandmates Eddy Current, Rob Solid, Danny Current, and Brendan Suppression thought they would play a few shows and perhaps record a 7-inch or two. One of their first gigs, in fact, was an employee Christmas party at the record pressing plant where they worked.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Circus Devils

  Mother Skinny

  Happy Jack Rock

  Following their 2009 all-acoustic release Gringo, Circus Devils are back in form with Mother Skinny. This time, the Devils run the gamut from ham-fisted hard rock thumpers to freak-pop to pretty, ethereal numbers, all weaved together in a seamless song-collage. As always, the band is steadfast in their unpredictability.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Internal Tulips

  Mislead Into A Field By A Deformed Deer

  Planet Mu

  Although Planet Mu is known primarily for cutting-edge material on the fringes of dance music, it has also released consistently interesting electronic pop from the likes of Capitol K, Julian Fane, Leafcutter John, Sunken Foal, and even Patrick Wolf. The Internal Tulips is a new project from two guys with a history in bands such as Medicine and Savage Republic who have separately released abstract electronic music on Planet Mu in the past: Brad Laner of Electric Company and Personal Electronics and Alex Graham, a.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Young Widows

  Live Radio Performance April 6, 2009

  Robotic Empire

  During the height of touring on their Old Wounds album, Young Widows were invited to play an on-air show at the WMUC radio station in Maryland. A handful of people were present to witness them deliver the goods, and the kids at the 88.1 FM station recorded the live transmission. Robotic Empire (traveling with the band) promptly swooped in, stole the lone copy of the session, had it professionally mastered, and this is the end result: A killer live LP capturing a powerful trio in their prime element.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Wolf, Josiah

  Jet Lag

  Anticon

  The debut album from WHY? multi-instrumentalist Josiah Wolf offers up a rare achievement--a solo work with true legs of its own. Wolf's visual snapshots illustrate the wistfulness of a mundane moment and offer canny excavations of those poignancies that lie beneath the surface: tough triumphs, tougher truths, and outright failures.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Michoacan

  In The Dark Of The Night

  Dfa

  The one-two kick drum beat that starts "In the Dark of the Night" functions as a bit of a tease. Instead of merely establishing the languid pace of the track, it has the power of suggestion, and its stark nakedness raises the question of what will happen after the music fully launches. A few seconds later, a punch-drunk, flanging keyboard is the first clue that the listener is in for an off-kilter ride; the sauntering bassline that next appears adds a springy, funk bounce.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010