GARBAGE LISTENING EVENT - BE THE FIRST TO OWN THEIR NEW CD/LP:
The new album by Garbage may be entitled "Not Your Kind Of People," but for most Madisonians, the members of Garbage are "our" kind of people.
To celebrate their upcoming release (out May 22nd), Strictly Discs will be the first place in the country to get your physical copy this Friday night, 5-9PM!
Pick it up on Friday or Saturday and be entered to win an autographed deluxe CD, and one of 3 limited edition t-shirts (4 winners total). JOIN US THIS FRIDAY, MAY 18 for the new Garbage CD/Deluxe CD/LP!
THIS WEEK'S JUKEBOX:
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY THIS WEEK:
Two underrated classics of spaced out psych-funk souljazz from Newark's finest organist, Larry Young. Before his life was cut short by pneumonia in 1978, Young managed quite a career, with albums on Prestige and Blue Note and appearances on Tony Williams' "Emergency" and Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew". In the 70s, Young took things even farther out; a DC concert with his trio Love Cry Want was canceled by Nixon aide H.R. Haldeman for fears that it would "levitate the White House". "Fuel" and "Spaceball" are two of Young's last and deepest albums, with Young's Hammond tuning into the Sun Ra spaceways and beyond.
- Evan / Strictly Discs
CD - $14.99
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On the former drummer of Fleet Foxes' fifth solo album, Father John Misty combines the elements that made the Fleet Foxes wildly popular with a country style and a Prine-esque approach at lyricism. The resulting album sounds like it could have come from the 1970's Laurel Canyon scene. With well crafted songs and thoughtful production this album is certainly one the year's must haves.
- Marty / Strictly Discs
CD - $13.99 / LP - $17.99
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The Baltimore duo's fourth album finds them just a bit farther afield from the minimal Phil Spector sound that gained them fame, and drifting into a classic 4AD sound, most notably the ethereal majesty of the Cocteau Twins. The tempo is almost imperceptibly faster this time around, adding a bit more scenery to the band's trademark dreamy haze, and Victoria's voice reigns ever more stately over the proceedings. If you are one of the many who have been looking forward to this one for a long time, your patience has been rewarded!
- Evan / Strictly Discs
CD - $13.99 / LP - $19.99
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The collaboration of avant-garde noisicians Stephen O'Malley (of Sunn O))) and countless other groups) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, Editions Mego label head) has brought some borderline excruciating doom noise upon listeners in the past, but their latest finds them in a more restrained, contemplative mode. With pieces like "Tony" and "Phill" seemingly titled in homage to masters of minimalist exploration Tony Conrad and Phill Niblock, the duo utilizes guitar, modular synth, and laptops to craft sweeping expanses of dread-inducing tones that, at their slightest, sound like an AC unit humming and, at their broadest, like the universe collapsing on itself.
- Evan / Strictly Discs
CD - $15.99
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Jason Pierce has traded in youthful, exuberant scorn for a wizened frailty as his health has declined, which has given an authentic sense of rejuvenation to the gospel-tinged psychedelic anthems of his band. The new album has everything that Spiritualized fans have come to expect from Pierce: triumphant, ringing guitars; soaring, repetitive rockers; and somber ballads that eventually soar as well. The strongest Spiritualized album since their classic 90s output.
- Evan / Strictly Discs
CD - $13.99 / LP - $22.99 (coming May 22)
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A very fruitful collaboration from two musicians currently making some of the best ambient pop out there. Thomas Meluch has made several stunning albums of washed-out, drifting folk as Benoit Pioulard (Kranky) while Rafael Irrisarri has made some gorgeous piano dreamscapes under his own name and thrumming minimal techno as The Sight Below (Ghostly). Their work together is a fruitful combination of all of these strengths, a slowly evolving album of dawning vistas and shadowy depths.
- Evan / Strictly Discs
CD - $14.99 / LP - $17.99
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HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF OUR SELECTED & NOTABLE RELEASES FOR MAY 15:
ADDED VALUES (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST):
For a full list of True Endeavors shows, please click the logo above.
JUST ANNOUNCED SHOWS, FROM OUR FRIENDS AT TRUE ENDEAVORS:
We will have a limited number of the My Bloody Valentine reissues on Tuesday (5/15) too, so swing on by!
Ron, Ryan, Evan, Angie, Marty, Mark, Julian & Ethan
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