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Welcome to the S.S. Records Mail Order Catalog: Below are both S.S. titles and stuff from other labels. We get in new stuff all the time and it often goes fast. The best way to keep up is to get on our mailing list.  All titles below can be ordered with records from the Used & Limited Catalog. Just keep the paypal cart open and click away. Also see our specials! Great deals on S.S. releases!

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Updated 06.25.11
        S.S. Titles            Printed Matter           Other Releases                 Merch
S.S. Records titles (see our specials!)
Prisoners Go Go Band Live! at the Butchery
with Special Guests on Fire LP $15
Three guys in South Africa obsessed  with CAN, Red Crayola, Pere Ubu & like  sounds, a disdain toward apartheid, &  the means to record themselves make one  fantastic 200+ press LP in 1981 which  disappears in obscurity.  S.S. Records gives  it a second life. Underground DIY classic which belongs on the NWW list (if they only knew  about its existence!). 330 pressed. (SS054)
Sightings  Michigan Haters LP $12
Originally released on CD in 2002 by Psych-O-Path, Michigan Haters never got a proper vinyl release. So after years of Sightings and SS talking about doing a single, I finally said "Hey, Michigan Haters needs to be in vinyl. Let me do it!" The record being one of the band's favorites, they said "Certainly"...a combination of sounds which one reviewer likened to "a storm of knives." The overblown intensity was joined by abrasive twists and subtle unconventionalities. This is like listening to Terry Riley and Steve Reich though a Big Muff at 110 decibels. With Michigan Haters, Sightings started on what would become nearly a decade long reinvention of the rock & roll song. (SS060)
Duchess of Saigon s/t LP $14
Excellent Sacramento band who debuted on S.S. back in 2002...From Woodhouse recorded unreleased 2005 LP sessions  + stuff from 2002/03. Unconventional drumming, ethereal backing vocals, VU-influenced garage-pop songs with an excellent twist. Byron Coley of The Wire likened them to the Carpenters if played by the Shaggs. Limited to 300 in screened sleeves. Down to less than 100. (SS058)
Sperm Wails  Lady Chatterley 7" $5
Prominent in England's "Camden Noise-core Scene",toured with the legendary My Bloody Valentine, the three records in the mid 80s and still obscure..."Lady Chatterley" propulsive punk rock with post-punk chops and one hell of an edge...an unreleased gem called "Mr. Wonderful," a twisted piece of Fall-pop that we called the B-side. (SS051)
Los Llamarada  The Restless Light 7" $5
After a couple years of silence Los Llamarada are back, illuminating some of the darkest days of their native Mexico has seen..."The Restless Light" is a psych punk romp of claustrophobic proportions, inspired by Argentine rock legends Spinetta & Garcia..."A Current" drones spaghetti western style over a tense plain....(SS057)
Dan Melchior und das Menace
'Visionary Pangs' LP $12
One of Dan’s best to date 'Visionary Pangs' sits with Pink Scream e.p., Christmas for the Crows LP and S.S. Records' Thankyou Very Much double album...wedge into your brain that Dan is one of the best song-writers going, a member of a proud tradition of English underground tune-smiths...first Melchior album in a year...Excellent!...500 pressed. (SS049)
Banque Allemande Eins, Zwei LP  $12 
Berlin, Germany...What the fuck is wrong with you people?...a relentlessness that reminds me of the Gordons and Rema Rema, the thuggish charm of feedtime, and some 1-2-3-4 yucks of “i dunno, name some late 70s euro punk outfit” ...minimalistic, cut-down songstructures - yes please. rough sounds, straight beats - yes please.. if what comes out is called “punk” - whatthefuck.... 500 exist.  (SS053)
Chinese Restaurants Summer Romance 7" $5
Picnics, swimming holes, and girls in short shorts...mosquitoes, daytime drinking, heat stroke, and power outages..."Summer Romance" shambles like dementia dehydrated...Television, ? and the Mysterians, Joy Division, Mungo Jerry, David Dundas, and others...Mexican classic “Nunca Jamas”...combo of avant-punk irreverence, raw & loud, and the Latin folk song. 300 pr. (SS052)
A Frames  333 3LP $27
SS and the A Frames have gathered their singles and e.p.s  together with a whole bunch of demo recordings, outtakes, and unreleased tracks for a 42 song, triple album set. "Wow! Forty two songs, that is a lot!" you are thinking, "Is all of it good?" Damn yes! (SS050)          
Ozzie The Parabolic Rock 2LP $17
...a multi-year odyssey through the Ozzie archives from the mid 70s to the early 80s...proto-punk meets glam wildness...hard rock brilliance...edgy new wave...and mid-Seventies-style underground rock sounds that thrill any collector of private press obscurities, all with a Keith Moon/Jethro Tull inspired drummer....worthy of mention with Sacto underground icons Public Nuisance, the Twinkeyz, and Tales of Terror. See Merch for Ozzie shirts.  (SS039)                              
Nothing People  Soft Crash LP  $11
A proto-punk pulse mixes with a dark synth throb for something that sounds both of yesterday and tomorrow or in the words of Z Gun’s Ryan Wells, “These guys are science fiction!” Sci fi? As in Chrome, Von Lmo, and Simply Saucer? “'natch.” But with their own twist, of course.  (SS047)    
Chinese Restaurants  River of Shit 7”  $5
Like a child captured by wolves, the Chinese Restaurants might live in New York City, but they really don’t have a home...A deft commentary on the Age of Obama or just another smart ass prank...a skanking sludge fest that would do both Flipper and No Trend proud. (SS048)  
Low Red Center  s/t 10”  $10
Austin synth wave of the highest order.  Minimal and somewhat alien, with a vague film noir feel. This tension is frequently broken with a faster, more jagged post-punk approach…. analog electronic synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and electric guitar and bass... Influenced by Cluster, Tuxedomoon, Bruce Haack, Goblin,  Devo... (SS040)                                        
él-g Tout Ploie LP   $10
French pop styles and dreamy psychedelia, but much better...a classic sound. I'm not alone in digging thus it. The Wire's David Keenan calls it “Ass-flatteningly great...combines the decadent French ballad style of Serge Gainsbourg with warped acid folk settings, Industrial electronics and the kinda schizophrenic approach to genre that defines much of Thierry Muller and Philippe Doray’s work...”  (SS046)   
Dan Melchior und das Menace
Thankyou Very Much 2LP $14
Dan's opus...a rich combination of rock & roll sounds, that puts Dan in the tradition of English underground rock song- writers, starting with Syd Barrett, continuing through Mark E Smith, and now resting in the craw of Ben Wallers and Dan Melchior.... appeared on many "Best of 2009" lists...(SS044). 
Nothing People  Late Night LP  $10
...the Nothing People shift gears into a moodier, darker, and creepier existence. On Late Night you hear hints of Dream Syndicate’s Karl Precoda, the later fucked up work of Scott Walker, the bad vibe side of Syd Barrett, and bits from that obscure subterranean world where psych met glam on a downward loop. ..on many "Best of 2009" lists. (SS043)           
Los Llamarada  Take the Sky LP  $10
...sharp psych stun guitar which will make your jaw drop....To quote Rick Ele: "Damn." 20 Jazz Funk Greats says "This bulking contraption is propelled upwards forever upwards on an invisible matrix of relativistic wind patterns, oars spinning in a foreboding cycle to a rhythm that would make the Red Crayola proud in its parabolic slash metronomic derangement"....  (SS037)
Le Club des Chats  Yes Madame! 7” $3
No one makes absurdist romp like this Parisian trio....Seven great, compact songs, nothing like anything S-S has put out before, but fitting sniggly in this eclectic mix of bands we’ve got going here. Want to twist your brain around something while you shake your head in joyous amazement? Three dollars will do it for you.... (SS034)                                                                   
Hue Blanc’s Joyless Ones  Arriere Garde LP $6  
Lee Lawrenz of the Kewaunee County News knows what’s up. He writes, “You might listen to Hue Blanc’s Joyless Ones and think, ‘That sounds like the Scientists,’ or ‘I think they stole that from the Gibson Bros.’, or ‘That boss sound reminds me Neil Young with a flame in his ass’ and you’d be right and wrong. The Joyless Ones are all that and none of that, too. They are Algoma boys and we are proud of them.”  (SS029)                                                
Karate Party  Black Helicopter LP $6
...led by Chris Woodhouse (Mayyors, Intelligence, etc.). Influenced by Devo, Boredoms, & life's unpleasantries. Was to influence the A Frames, Intelligence, & others....this fucking pup is insane, wild ass, monster killing pug rock...half released on obscure, rare 7" remastered here, half never saw wax til now... Ten left...   (SS015)     
Monoshock Runnin' Ape-like from the Backwards Superman 1989-1995 CD  $6
...forerunners of the modern psych punk scene, the Monoshock have turned the ears of the Stooges' Steve Mackey, Julian Cope, the schmoes at WFMU, & even Mitch Cardwell. Crazed wah-wah attack with enough drive to send Hawkwind back to outer space...All the singles & comp tracks washed of mud, plus demo. live stuff, & outtakes... (SS011)                                         
Crash Normal Heavy Listening LP  $6
Humm, dance, break things, jump up and down to the compu-punk groove these Frenchies lay down. Some nice French lady vocals, too...They dare to fuse garage punk, funky loops, and digital cut & paste and actually pull it off...debut full length by this unique trio...white vinyl... (SS007)
                                                         Full description & sounds.
A Frames 2 CD  $6
...while many bands wiff on their second record, not the A Frames. Here they refine the sound that they bludgeoned you with on the first...fueled by many listening to later day Scientists and early Wolf Eyes, as well as the production crew's obsession with psychedelic free sludge, this one is a classic...(SS006)
A Frames s/t CD  $6
Debut album that can claim to be one of p. rock's great debut albums or "one of the few great new American rock records" (Byron Coley/Thurston Moore)...a deft mix of early Wire, The Fall, Australia's X, fused with garage punk scuzz...easily one of the best records of the '00s... (SS003)
Printed Matter
Byron Coley C'est La Guerre:
Early Writings 1978-1983 paperback $16
Lester Bangs, Richard Meltzer, Nick Tosches, Greg Shaw, Metal Mike...the list of great rock writers of the 1970s is longer than that. It is also an intimidating one. Still, young Byron Coley started pushing his words out there, writing on The Germs, Suicide, Devo, Bowie, whatever underground and not-so struck him as worth the ink. Through New York Rocker and other pubs he started to make a name, and really came into his own with Forced Exposure. Now he stands as one of the few rock writers of the Eighties forward worth reading, and one of the fewer who maintained his taste & integrity, and hasn't shilled for the industry. This is a collection of his early work, in duel translation (English & French). (L'oie De Cravan)
Subject #1 zine $3
Debut of a cool, small punk zine with a really nice two-color screened sleeve. Contents: Brain F, The Shitty Limits, Brown Sugar, reviews.
Luk Haas Discography of Eastern European Punk Music 1977-1999 paperback $17
You get 220 pages detailing cassette and vinyl releases by 1200+ bands from Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, and more! Compiled by TAM89's Luk Haas, one of the biggest experts on international punk. A great resource!  
Offerings from others
Jeff & Jane Hudson Flesh 2LP $20
Back in the late 70s, husband/wife Jeff & Jane Hudson cut their avant teeth in the art punk band the Rentals. When the Rentals split, Jeff & Jane  trounced around NYC as a synth duo, opening for Suicide, while making a handful of records now considered synth classics. Their peak was a 1982 record called Flesh, which is now looked at as one of the artistic peaks of the genre, was featured on Mutant Sounds, and goes for serious cash. Well, not only has it been reissued but there are two sides of extra tracks - pretty much the rest of their discography. Gatefold sleeve, MP3 code included. Samples here. (Dark Entries)
Various Bloody Belgium 7" $15
A killer collection of Belgian punk assembled for an art show earlier this year. Limited to 300 copies, this set includes a 24 page booklet and songs by Mad Virgins, Contingent, X-Pulsion, and Chainsaw. Very cool stuff. French import. (Born Bad)
Coitus Int. Dead Excitement 7" $6
Alienated by the state and those out in the street fighting it, these Dutch teens took to music. Their taste trended punk and post-punk and so it is not surprising that their 1980 debut takes on that sound. In the mix you hear bits of Crisis, Joy Division, the Rondos, Flux, and sounds that should thrill any fan of post-punk influenced punk like Really Red and the Proletariat. This faithful reissue includes notes and inserts. (Bunkerpop)
Charles Albright Weight 7" $5
Look at that face on the cover of this record! Young Charles has the weight of the world on his back and he is here to tell you about it. The title song is a guitar/vocal thing with song Ginn-influenced strumming. The flip is some fucked-up 'n sideways take of Hawkwind's "Silver Machine" ...or something! This makes three straight winners. 300 pressed. (Permanent)
Nacho Business s/t 7" $6
Summer, so now is the time to throw some girl-voxxed pop at you. Lemon Dots, Chin Chin, etc. - we've have good luck with this sound so let's toss some Nacho Business at you and see what happens. Three songs (one sided) on pink vinyl, this trio has that rough at the edges, punky pop sound you get from fellow Sacramentans Nar. 150 copies. (Sac)
Pygmy Shrews You People Can All
Go Straight to Hell LP $13
Bad-attitude punk sounds with great male/female vocal trade and a lot of tunefulness. That's the first side. The second is some godless guitar-driven fucked run, which ain't quite psych (thankfully) or hard rock or punk but something in between. From NYC. Hear. (Jack Shack)
Colour Buk Licht Dinger LP $14
I've said it before: One of the pleasures of doing this is the unexpected record appearing in the mail box and making me double take when the needle hits. Colour Buk's first LP did just that. Two men making a hell of a lot of racket while staying in a groove. CB worm around the same dirt as Flipper, Ceramic Hobs, Bunnybrains, and early Blight. Slam your head against the wall and then throw on a copy of Document & Eyewitness  and you'll figure out the wooze the Buk does. Limited to One Hundred copies.
Useless Eaters Daily Commute LP $13
Daily Commute is new stuff by Memphis roo Seth Sutton and I give it a Yes Yes Yes. Tuneful, compact, straight ahead punk songs with nods towards the Users, Buzzcocks, Jay Reatard, Adverts, Desperate Bicycles, and lots of others but managing to maintain its own identity. Useless Eater rules the turntable today! (Tic Tac Totally)
Les Bellas Belladelic LP $15
French youth embrace the sounds of their forefathers/mothers and come up with killer rock & roll in the style of Jacques Dutronc, Serge G., and the wilder of the Ye Ye crowd, updated to sound fresh and today. French import. (SDZ/Les Disques Steak)
Jaki Jakizawa Can You Feel the Juices? LP $9
Man o man, there are a lot of records catching me unaware! Jaki Jakizawa appeared on a Milva Sun sampler ep, which totally blew by me without leaving an impression. But this really nails it. Analog synth stuff but not out of the min synth scene. Side one is very stripped down and funky in a kraut kinda way, like a hyper Neu or something off PiL's second edition. Side two is an atmospheric burble, like a louder Kraftwerk. Screened sleeve enhances the all around excellence and at a very nice price. (Milva Sun)
Scrotum Poles Revelation 7" $6
Not so hot on the heels of last year's Scotum Poles LP, Matt R. gives new life to the Scrotes classic seven inch. 1980 is when this first came out and as Matt says this one is the best example of the pop side of the UK DIY scene, a record equal to "The Medium is the Tedium" and "Spiral Scratch" (okay not "Spiral Scratch" but close, very close).  500 copies packed well........ (Dulc-I-Tone)
Sun City Girls Dante's Disneyland Inferno 3LP $55
The standard line on this one is "sprawling masterpiece" and, yeah, it is just that. Three albums might seem to be a lot to digest but you gotta trust me, it isn't. If you are a Sun City Girls fan, this is a must have. If you aren't and want to go on a good adventure, check this out. Very nice box set packaging. Italian import.  (Get Back)
Sun City Girls 330,003 Crossdressers... 3LP $60
A three album trip through Indonesian gamelan, Bollywood soundtracks, surf sounds, Hawaiian music, etc. all filtered through the musical lens of the Sun City Girls. A fascinating, odd, unique,  mind-expanding classic. Nothing like this before or since. Triple album box set. Italian import. (Get Back)
Bay Area Retrograde (BART) V1 LP $18
A fantastic comp of San Francisco Bay Area synth groups from the 80s. You get some obscure cuts by known artists (Voice Farm, Los Microwaves), some stuff by groups hip to genre enthusiasts (Standard of Living, Batang Frisco) and plenty of previous unreleased tracks by obscurities (Wasp Women!!!, Distant Thunder, Nominal State), as well as the excellent "Castro Boy" by Danny Boy & the Serious Part Gods. No filler and in a stunning fold-out poster sleeve. Everything's been done right on this one! So far, the archival comp of the year! Listen! (Dark Entries)
Shep & Me Nasturtium Inertia LP  $13
A wonderful album of odd moody understated folk-psych out of Pittsburgh. A great companion to fellow Pittsburgian Tusk Lord, Shep & Me reminds me a bit of Jack Rose, Sun City Girls, Dead Western, the Cherry Blossoms, and maybe even Current 93  rolled into one. Great for 3 AM insomniac listening! Previously released on cassette; finally on vinyl where it belongs. (Dear Skull)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring  
Primary Colours LP  $13
Great record from a great Aussie band. Desceptively simple punk rock, but really much more. Like Wire, ECSR gets a lot out of a little, like fellow countrymen the Saints, they are tuneful masters. Not only one of the best records of 2008, but one of the best ever. Still gets plenty of listens at SSHQ. Comes with free MP3 download. *Sleeve might be different color than pictured. (Goner)
YOU.  Demonstration 12"  $12
Brooklyn synth via Detroit with a really dark 'n twisted sound. YOU. reminds the label (and me) a lot of the Belgian cult band Bene Gesserit (seek them out if you don't know them!) or  (according to moi) what the French group Frustration would sound like if you really synthed them out. Seven songs long.  Listen to this and that. (Blind Prophet)
Useless Eaters Cheap Talk LP $13
Great "band" this Useless Eaters.  Actually it is one Seth Sutton but, unlike a lot of these one dude does a punk band thing, Seth doesn't seem to worry over every chord and drumbeat. He sticks to the basics and pounds out songs. There is a little KBD influence, a little Reatard, but mostly he makes great punk singles. And, hmmm, what's this? A singles collection! Great! Slap it on the turntable and wreck the place. Oh and four unreleased. Two left. (Tic Tac Totally)
The Secret Society of the Sonic Six
Isolated Incidents 1.3 12" $10
It's been a few years since we've heard from this So Cal synth trio and for the wait we get three songs! But three very cool songs. From spaghetti western synth to disjointed destructo-dance to mutated Human League-esque synth pop, SSSS gives us the third volume in their Isolated Incidents series, and a worthy addition this is!  Included a cd with songs from all three Isolated incidents 12"s. Limited to 150 copies.  [(((6)))]
Apache Dropout  s/t LP $14
Strumtastic noisy, art-edged, psych-induced punkers that calls to mind 100 Flowers, Fugs, Modern Lovers, 1/2 Japanese and contemps Wounded Lion and Love Tan. Basement grooves with a spooked sound and soul-piercing guitar. This is one of those records that hits you like a stick in the dark! I am stunned and loving it! This pup is gonna live on the turntable for quite a long time! My favorite rock & roll album of the year (so far). Take a listen and agree! (Family Vineyard)
UV Race Homo LP $14
A very nice surprise! Sounds like our favorite Aussies have digested a mouthful of Twinkeyz, some Modern Lovers and a bit of Wire. Simple punk with pop sense and that something that makes UV Race UV Race. While not as primitive as the singles, just as addictive. Proper word for this record is "splendid!" Recorded by Mickey Young of Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Includes download. (In the Red)
Bern Porter & Mark Melnicove Music for Children of All Ages V1 LP $15
Here is the record's back story as told by the label "Born on Valentines Day 1911, in Maine’s northernmost county, Bern Porter was a North American artist, writer, publisher, free thinker and scientist who found meaning in the things that others discarded or ignored. Porter is known in mostly underground circles as one of the earliest and most prolific practitioners of Found poetry. Through his gleaning of Founds in recycle bins, telephone books, and repair manuals, he created hilariously cunning, sometimes irreverent works of art that often bear his signature, as well as an anti-copyright statement. Many of these works have been published in collections over the past 70 years. On top of all this he was a sharer of knowledge who opened his home, “The Institute of Advanced Thinking,” in Belfast, Maine, to dropouts, artists, children of all ages, and anyone who felt like dropping by. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bern’s birthday, Turned Word Records presents this 34 minute LP of performed poetry, philosophical musings, and general word play, by Bern Porter and longtime collaborator, Mark Melnicove." So what does this sound like? Pretty damn cool! Imagine Word Jazz gone ESP Disk, beatnik musings, and the music of Moondog as spoken word BUT to frames this as spoken word doesn't work. Take the meaning of the words away and there is a lot of music here. Pretty fantastic record. And not exactly a kids record with titles like "The Last Acts of St Fuck You" (but it certainly is fun!) Listen to a bit of Bern & Mark. 300 pressed.  (Trd_Wd)
Folk & Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 1 LP $21
The first vinyl edition of the debut release of an odd little label called Sublime Frequencies.  Back in 1989, the Sun City Girls' Alan Bishop decided to start releasing music he had heard in his travels around the world, songs that only locals were hip to. Twenty-two years later, the label has become legendary for its sense of adventure and its quality. It also pioneered a new approach to collecting and releasing music. Drawn from a selection of obscure cassette tapes rarely available outside of Indonesia, Bishop presents droning beat pop, early Orkes Melayu songs, Batak Tapanuli, traditional Minang music, and folk drama soundtracks, giving the listener a unique listen of Sumatra.  (Sublime Frequencies)
Chalk Circle Reflection LP $13
An archival release from the little known, but great & important early 80s DC punk band Chalk Circle. Chalk Circle became a scene favorite and the first all-female punk band in the nation's capitol (and one of the few in the US). Their sound was a learn-as-you-go kinda rock & roll made by people with some smarts, a formula that worked just fine for a band like the Urinals, to whom Chalk Circle has some resemblance. I first heard them on a cassette compilation released in 1982 and then on the now legendary Mixed Nuts Don't Crack LP, documenting the non-Dischord portion of the DC punk scene. This release contains cuts from the band's three comp appearances plus unreleased stuff, as well as a great booklet with notes by Don Fleming. Free download, too. Two left.  (Mississippi)
Factums  Flowers LP  $14
Recorded in 2006, this was supposed to be released a couple years back, but the label that was gonna do it flaked, so Sacred Bones picked it up. I say that along with the first 7"s this is the best Factums yet. This is more song-based than experimental, though I don't think the Factums can escape weirding out, which is great! It make for much more interesting songs. Primitive and subterranean, like doomsday mutants jamming for pop radio circa Last Man on Earth 2100. Excellent! (Sacred Bones)
Icon Gallery s/t LP $13
Finally, something I have been waiting for for quite a while: The long promised, finally realized Icon Gallery LP! There is a very small group of bands that are currently tapping into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal sound of the early 80s and, of them, Icon Gallery is my favorite. This Pittsburgh band has released two killer 7"s and now this, a stellar album with a great female singer. (Dear Skull)
Impractical Cockpit Pretty Totally LP $16
Impractical Cockpit has released a nice pile of stuff, including excellent albums on Load and Turned Word (see below). In that pile are plenty of tapes and CDR only releases. Well, one of the early ones, from 2001 was cleaned up and released on vinyl. This shows the band soon after their move to New Orleans and as a trio. Intense, noisy, and experimental as always. 295 copies. Imported from Germany. Two left. (Unwucht)
Bloodygrave & Die Lust! s/t 7" $14
Like a post-apocalyptic video game trapped on the dark side of a mechanical moon, this German duo transmits some bleak futuristic sounds. I listen to this and feel like I should be walking in a Luc Besson sci fi flick. This is B&DL's first record. Red vinyl. Handmade sleeves. Small pressing. German import. (Kernkrach)
Luc Van Acker VPRO RadioNome December 18 1981 LP $15
Great listening, but I'm gonna let Martijn tell you what's up: "The session on this record is from 1981 and thus a very early piece of music in the discography of Luc Van Acker. For this occasion he performed with live electronics, a violin and various other gadgets and tools. The music must be seen as somewhere in between old style industrial music (thus experimental) and modern classical music. This live performance takes the listener from rhythmic pieces into more soundscape like baths of sound and was done as part of the legendary RadioNome radioshow broadcasted by the VPRO in the early 80's. The session has been transfered from the original tape and is edited and re-mastered to make it available for a new audience. The liner notes have been written by Luc Van Acker himself."  Dutch import. Listen: Samadhi    Buharata   Dohan Viola (Enfant Terrible)
Andy Human Toy Man 7" $5.50
Andy Human is Andy Jordan, who you might know from the Cuts, The Time Flys, or his new band LENS. Whatever Andy does is always good and always worth checking out, and Andy Human is no exceptions. Two tightly-crafted pop tunes with a tinge of glam, some power pop, and a big dose of early 80s Ultravox/Cure sound. Very cool stuff!. (Tic Tac Totally)
Es Chaos Is Die Botschaft! Vol 2 LP $18.50
It's been almost a decade since Vol 1 of this excellent comp series of rare Austrian punk came out so this one is a surprise. Full of great stuff, no filler, and plenty of obscurities. Drop needle on Scooter's "Crazy Police" and if you don't feel a need to knock shit over just for the hell of it, check your pulse. From pogo punk to thug punk to weirdo punk to glam punk, lots of good sounds here! Bands include Dirt Shit, Cadillac, Killroy, X-Beliebig, OMO, Black Veil and more - all from 1978 to 1984. Two sheets of liner notes (in German)  and photos. Austrian import. (Luziprak)
Subtle Turnhips Terd LP $14
Last year the Subtle Turnhips were shopping this record around and send me the raw version of it. I had heard a few singles by this French group and was already a fan. One listen and I knew I wanted to put this out, but, alas!, Hozac beat me to it. And why not? The Turnhips play a very special blend of fucked and up, punk rock that is experimental but not pretentious. Think of them as you would Liimanarina or the Ceramic Hobs. Loud, smart, and slanted. Two left. (Hozac)
Group Doueh Beatte Harab LP $22
The third album from Morocco's Group Doueh is as fascinating as their prior two. Delving a bit deeper into Saharouri music and "traditional Mauritanian musical modes", ha!, I know about about Moorish music but not enough to tell you what this all means other than, the closer Group Doueh gets to the source of their music the more psychedelic it sounds, and not in some "Oooo it's weird and foreign" kinda way but in the sense that the music is moving things into the territory where the subconscious takes charge and rules bend. 180 gram vinyl and already sold out from the label.  Oh and great stuff! (Sublime Frequencies)
The Bad Trips  Open LP  $15
A year and some ago The Bad Trips eased their debut album out of the wilds of Ventura, California and every fan of modern psych and/or Monoshock/Liquorball stood up and cheered. Something new by Grady Runyan! But it turned out that The Bad Trips was a sum of its parts and, man, those parts are good. Now the Trips are back with their second record and if the first was a moon shot, Open strands you on a cold, dark planet. Atmospheric mind melting while a far off sun dies. Killer stuff. (Rocketship)
Dead Western Suckle at the Supple Teats of Time LP $15
Dead Western played at SSHQ recently for some art studio tour, as we are located in an art complex. A lady who missed Troy's performance asked me what kind of music he played. The only thing I could think of was "He is a strange and beautiful troubadour," which is probably as close to pigeon-holing Dead Western as anyone is gonna come. On DW's second album, Troy Mighty is joined by the occasional percussion of Kevin Corcoran (Antennas Erupt, DMPH), Caley M-W, and others for a record which tops his first. (Altin Village & Mine)
San Francisco Water Cooler II LP  $14
SFWC's debut on KDVS Recordings was a fine affair and that label's best release, but it now spins in the shadow of this Santa Cruz band's second album. Fully formed psychedelia that avoids a lot of the cliches you hear in so many mod psych bands. And SFWC doesn't succumb to side to side psych jams. Instead they write and play songs! Fantastic record. 500 pressed.  One left. (Sun Sneeze)  
Various Schadstoffklasse grau LP  $22
Unerharte Klange aus den dunklen Kellern der Republiken with: LZ 129, Digital Mogoloids, Las Maquinas de la guerra fria, Der Debile Rest, Kassettenfachentstauber, Friends in Plastic,, Controlled Collapse, Fabrik ohne Strom, Kling Klang, Misses Yuki Okami, Legodroid, Les Miserables Minimalistiques, Mann mit Bein. In other words another quality Kernkrach comp! 333 copies. Great packaging. German import. I only have two left. (Kernkrach)  
Effi Briest Rhizomes LP  $14
Brooklyn ladies squeeze out a pretty tasty debut album chock full of psych meets goth meets post punk weirdness.  The label says that they've got a hankering for Arthur Russell and Amon Duul and why not? Throw in some Veil and maybe the Pop Group and we have ourselves a party. Like all Sacred Bones titles, this one is packed nice and neat with a screened sleeve.  (Sacred Bones)
Impractical Cockpit Facilidad? LP  $12
Impractical Cockpit were cruising along fine - they had a pretty great wreck of a record on Load called To Be Treated...and then this thing called Hurricane Katrina hit their hometown of New Orleans. The band found itself in pieces, separated by circumstance. In Spring 2006, they met up ad started working on Facilidad?, their most intense record yet. The Caroliner meets Capt. Beefheart skronk is still there but the disaster zone of NOLA warped IC's sound further. From the Balkan inspired horns to the homemade Cajun fiddle attack, this is one intense trip.  A year end fave on mine and DJ Rick Ele.  Two left.  (Trn_Wrd)
Tom Karlsson Pojknacke LP $10
After Lystring released Brainbomb's "Fucking Mess" how else to follow up than putting out this fantastically weird record. Karlsson is a cartoonist, illustrator, musician, etc. responsible for the web comic Stolle Bengtsson. His work is pretty great and so is his music. Taking from early 80s cassette culture industrial music, Karlsson makes a compelling string of minimalist soundscapes and odd songs. This is a sideways approach to music and one of the best records of 2009. Two left! (Lystring)
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Ozzie "logo" t-shirt $10
Black shirt w/ white Ozzie name & logo pro screened. 100% cotton, preshrunk & stylish
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