End Of The Year

Guys, besides writing here, I also have a job. I'm a sales scumbag, so it's closing time for all my accounts. I need to make some money to pay for all these LPs as well. I'll be back Dec 23rd with more daily vinyl updates.

Year Of No Light / Machu Picchu Mother Future - Split LP

Here's an interesting new split LP from France's Music Fear Satan: on side A we have France's pride Year Of No Light teaming up with Fear Falls Burning and Nadja on two new songs. On the B-side comes a track by Machu Picchu Mother Future, which is apparently a collaborative effort between Souvenir's Young America, Conifer and Lesbian when they all 3 happened to be in the same studios and recorded about 2 hours of music together, these sessions birthed what will be known as "Space Mountain Forever." No idea how limited this is, but it comes on red vinyl and the artwork looks killer, so head over to Music Fear Satan and get it now!

Earth / Sir Richard Bishop - Peacock Angels Lament/Narasimha 12"

Not sure if these will actually pop up in their store or not, but Southern has announced that they'll be receiving about 50 left-over copies of the Earth/Sir Richard Bishop split LP called "Peacock Angels Lament/Narasimha". This 180g 12" was only available during their 2008 European Tour and limited to 1000 copies. The first 2 pictures are of the labels, this is no picture disc. 1 song by each artist, so keep your eyes peeled on the Southern site if you want one of these.

Update: should be available by the end of the week.

The Notwist - Come In 7"

The Notwist are an indie band who rely heavily on electronics, and definitely one of the better German bands around. For their newest 7" they managed to attract none other than Grizzly Bear to do a remix of their new track "Come In". Pre-order this limited 7" from Norman.

Xiu Xiu / Parenthetical Girls - Morrissey / The Smiths 7"

I respect The Smiths for their place in history. I think Morrissey is a self-obsessed overrated wanker. But I do love Xiu Xiu. And they're sharing a split 7" with a band from Portland that I can't pronounce, and it takes no genius to figure out that the tracks on here are covers. Order this limited 7" from Upset The Rhythm out of the UK.

Steve Moore - Fever Dream | 30,000 Feet Deep 10"

Zombi's Steve Moore is turning out to be one of the most prolific artists out there. Out soon on Mexican Summer is a new 10" under his own moniker this time, featuring the tracks "Fever Dream" and "30.000 Feet Deep" which you can check out below. Expect spaceships, bongs and elephants flying by on this 10" which is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Pre-order at Insound.

30,000 Feet Deep by stevemoore2600

Helms Alee - s/t LP

Robotic Empire managed to score some copies of the self-titled LP by Helms Alee, currently on the HydraHead roster, who feature Ben Verellen of Harkonen on bass & vocals, and whose "Night Terror" is one of my absolute favourite albums of 2008. So, what we have here is their debut LP, limited to 500 copies pressed on heavy 200g vinyl, with an etching on the B-side and silk-screened covers. These are normally only available through Helms Alee directly on tour, so head over to Robotic Empire and get this as quick as you can. Oh yeah, comes on white vinyl, limited to 300.

Coalesce - OXEP 12"

Already mentioned a few weeks ago, but now available from the band directly as well is the vinyl edition of the OXEP album by Coalesce. And it turns out that the LP version comes on either silver or black 180g vinyl, and has an etching of the artwork. Now I can finally get that knife as well, yihaa. Order at Blue Collar Distro

100 Clear
500 180GM Black
500 White/Silver Split
500 Silver

Aldebaran / Unearthly Trance - Split 7"

Here's a cool new split 7" from Parasitic Records. Uneathly Trance are back with one new track of probably incredibly creepy metal, as well as a His Hero Is Gone cover! Aldebaran are the unknown on this split for me, and by heading over to their myspace I discovered they're a slow sludgemetal doom outfit from Portland who will manage to kick the shit of you. They won me over with the HHIG already, so this is a guaranteed winner.

This split 7" is limited to 500 copies and comes with a vinyl sticker for each band. Available now for $6,00 via Parasitic

Shrinebuilder - s/t 2xLP

Yeahyeah, again a Shrinebuilder post. Well, not only because I just now found out that the 2xLPs come on colored vinyl, and that there's even an etching on the D-side but also for those of you who are uncomfortable ordering your metal from Insound, they're also now available from 20 Buck Spin

Todd - Big Ripper LP

"It’s what Torche or The Melvins would sound like if they’d consumed a massive amount of speed, taken an andrenalin hit to their hearts and injected steroids into their cocks."

Sounds good? Fuck yeah! Finally up for pre-order is the vinyl version of Todd's newest album "Big Ripper", limited to 500 copies. Seriously one of the best albums of the year, so get your dirty little hands on it by pre-ordering now from Riot Season

Dead Weather - Test Pressing LP

Ebay madness and just wanted to share this with you all, my dearly beloved readers. Up for grabs for already $1,125 with 8 days of bidding to go, is a test pressing LP of Dead Weather. Limited to 150 copies with sleeves hand-drawn by the members and then shot them with their machinegun, leaving a bullethole in each record. These 12"s were only available at the opening of the Third Man Store. You want one don't you?

Neil Young - LP Reissue Boxset

$149.98 is what they're charging for the deluxe reissue boxset of Neil Young's first 4 albums. All records come with the original artwork, are pressed onto 180g and are numbered. The box includes the "Neil Young", "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere", "After The Gold Rush" and "Harvest" records. These LPs are actually quite easy to find, even if not in mint condition, so I'll just stick to my second hand copies that I bought for $1,99. For those of you who have the $150 to spare, get this box set which is limited to 3000 copies from Because Sound Matters

Six Organs of Admittance - Empty The Sun Book + LP

Books and music, movies and popcorn, whiskey and tits,... oh praise those perfect combinations. Up for order at Drag City is the "Empty The Sun" book, which comes with an LP of accompanying music written by Six Organs of Admittance. The novel is written by a certain Joseph Mattson and comes in a 12" by 12" vinyl format. Haven't heard the music yet, but it's supposed to sound a bit more like their early days. Haven't read the book yet, but it's supposed to good, and judging by this opening excerpt, it promises to be a good read: "Here I was, doing ninety on the Santa Monica Freeway with a quart of whiskey shoved into my crotch and my dead neighbor in the trunk. It had come time to leave Los Angeles..."

One-time pressing limited to 1000 copies, order the Book + LP for only $20 from Drag City

Baroness - Blue Record 3xLP

New triple vinyl version of the "Blue Record" is now available at Relapse.

Pressing information:
1000pcs
A/B Opaque Orange
C/D Clear Blue
E/F Blue/Seafoam Green Split
All on 180 gram Vinyl
Comes with an 18"x24" Poster
Third LP features live set from Roadburn Festival

Price depends on where you live and if you'd like a shirt, so head over to Relapse

Final & Fear Falls Burning - s/t LP

My boss is killing me, no time to post, but I owe you something, so hot off the press at Conspiracy:

Dirk Serries (Fear Falls Burning) and Justin Broadrick (Final) are both musicians with an impressive discography that spans over 2 decades. They both emerged from the same underground scene in the early eighties, releasing small print tape releases, often on the same labels. When they finally met for the first time in 2007 on a Jesu / Fear Falls Burning European tour they hit it on straight away. Their common love and interest in the avant-garde drone, experimental music scene resulted in Final's stunning contribution to the epic 'Once We All Walk Through Solid Objects' 5lp set by Fear Falls Burning. A full-length collaborative album was only a matter of time. About a year in the making this collaborative album showcases Final and Fear Falls Burning's ability to expand the drone genre with allowing power chords, figurative plucking and electronic-esque soundscapes to lead the 4 songs on this album. The collaboration is much more than just a sum of both their projects together but it realizes an entity on its own. In your face, metal-esque and avant-garde at the same time, Final and Fear Falls Burning took the leap forward in creating a intriguing variation on drone music.

This lp is limited to 500 copies (75 on clear, 125 on silver and 300 on black). Order now at Conspiracy

If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky LP

If These Trees Could Talk are a post-rock outfit from Ohio who reader and dulli-lover Justin was so kind to point out to me. They're about to release their sophomore album on Mylene Sheath, and as usual it looks like the people over there did a wonderful job in giving it the vinyl treatment. The music you say? Well, they're an instrumental post-rock band and about now every small town in the Northern Hemisphere has one of those, so check out their myspace if you will. To me, it's clear that these guys are no Mogwai or Explosions In The Sky yet, but anyone familiar with the genre will still be quite entertained by this album. In stead of trying to copy the aformentioned others, ITTCT try to incorporate some other influences, such as the obvious Tool reference into their sound, and they're quite good at it. If you like your post-rock to slowly sweep you off your feet, you've come to the right place.

Anyway, the "Above The Earth, Below The Sky" LP comes in a thick jacket with matte lamination and spot gloss and printed inner sleeves and is limited to 400 copies in total, of which 100 on transpartent blue and 300 on green vinyl. Get yours from Mylene Sheath

MK Ultra - Discography 2xLP

So what if this was already released in August and they're onto their 2nd pressing already, I unfortunately don't own this album yet, and I'm sure some of you don't either. In the spotlight today is the discography 2xLP by MK Ultra on Youth Attack Records. One of the harshest, most raging, most politically outspoken trash hardcore bands ever, this discography spans the entire lifetime of the band from 1993 until their demise in 2000.Included are both their "Stick Figure" and "Melt" EP's, their splits with other greats such as Los Crudos and Seein Red, the demo tape and some compilation tracks. If you like that Los Crudos namedropping, how about the fact that they even shared a member? Or that members of MK Ultra went on to play in Nachtmystium, Sick/Tired and many others.

This discography 2xLP comes in a gatefold sleeve and "a thick, high-quality 24 page booklet jam-packed with all their various artwork, flyers, lyrics, ephemera, and tons of out of control live photos". Also included is a download code for the 2xLP, plus a live performance. The copies that are still available from Youth Attack are the black vinyl ones, limited to 170 copies. The 2nd pressing is limited to 500 copies in total, the other 330 are on white vinyl and all gone.

Greg Dulli - Dangerous Highway 7"

I don't care if I had no clue who Eddie Hinton was, I do care that here are 2 new 7"s from some fantastic musicians: Greg Dulli and The Drive-By Truckers. Now, apparently Eddie Hinton was "a highly respected musician and songwriter who played lead guitar for the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section in the late 60’s, and worked as a session guitarist for Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and many more. Hinton passed away in 1995 at the age of 51." Apparently, he was also a close friend of Bob Dylan.

What we have here are tribute 7"s, the first in a series called "Dangerous Highway: A Tribute To The Songs of Eddie Hinton". The first 7" in the series features Greg Dulli (Gutter Twins, Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) covering “Hard Luck Guy” and “Cover Me”. The second installment sees The Drive-By Truckers covering “Where’s Eddie” and “Everybody Needs Love”. Get one or both of these 7"s which are available from Shake It.

Morne - Untold Wait LP

Morne are a metallic crust outfit out of Boston, MA who have members in their ranks of killer doom acts such as Filth Of Mankind, Grief and Disrupt. You say crust, I say Amebix? You say metallic, I say Neurosis? Exactly. Thier mix reminds of early UK crust like Amebix and Axegrinder, and the slower, heavy parts remind of Neurosis or Asunder.

Their latest album was just released by Feral Ward Records and contains the rerecorded demotracks as well as a one new track. Also, they have some guest vocalists saying hello on "Untold Wait", likeAlicia Morgan of 13 as well as Kris Force, who has also worked with Amber Asylum, Swans and Neurosis. Not much information on the vinyl, just that it's limited to 1000 copies, so head over to Feral Ward in the US, or Punk Distro in Europe to get your copy. While you're at it, there's also a new Morne 7" available there, limited to 500 copies.