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January-April'98 Updated 12/1/98.

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Everything you see here should be obtainable at finer record stores everywhere. Those who'd rather not leave the house can procure stuff via Midheaven mailorder. Stores/distributors! We Sell Direct! Email revolverusa@yahoo.com for more info.

DEAD C. Harsh 70s Reality (SILTBREEZE SB1112) CD (reissue)

A track-by-track deconstruction of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by any other name would smell just as harsh. Mr. Morley, Bruce Russell and Robert Yeats Xpress themselves circa 1992. Grainy. First time on CD. Released April 27th, 1998.

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GRIEF Torso (PESSIMISER PESS23) CD/2LP

One of the most respected and hardest working bands in doom business. None so grim, none so copied; Grief deploy dismally ominous Sabbathian riffs and sawed-off harmonies and wallow in their own very special brand of apocalyptic hellishness. Whee! Released April 27th, 1998.

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SONIC YOUTH A Thousand Leaves (MY SO-CALLED RECORDS MSCR03) 2LP

SY's new DGC album-- on independently-released double vinyl! "A Thousand Leaves" is a return to form, formlessness and the noisesome art-drift adventures we've come to know and love. Released April 27th, 1998.

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ANDRE WILLIAMS Silky (IN THE RED ITR57) LP/CD

Andre's trail of breadcrumbs leads back to the classic "Shake A Tailfeather" as well as the cult hits "Bacon Fat" and "Jailbait." Andre cut a multitude of crazed singles well into the 70s that ranged from doo-wop to sleazy blues to rock-hard R&B. He's recorded for Fortune, Norton and Chess, scouted talent for Barry Gordy, and produced Bobby "Blue" Bland and Ike and Tina Turner. He's joined on "Silky" by Danny (Demolition Doll Rods) and Mick Collins (Gories, Blacktop). This is a delightfully profane record. It has a sexy cover. You'll smile, you'll stomp your feet, you'll cross your legs. It will be cool. Released April 27th, 1998.

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GRIEF/16 Split (PESSIMISER PESS24) 10"

Doctor Depression and Professor Pessimism give a command performance in the court of Sludgecore Royalty. 16 performs the ageless Slayer classic "At Dawn They Sleep" while Grief churn out one of their own, a little monster entitled "Bored." Originally planned as a tour-only release, this 18-minute chunk of masochist-candy shall be available to one and all now that the tour has been formally aborted-- the very same week that we released Grief's "Torso," April 27th, 1998.

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DOLDRUMS Feng Shui (VHF VHF32) CD

Recorded at the same time as the band's 1997 Kranky release, "Acupuncture," "Feng Shui" represents the more ambient and contemplative side of the duo. Raga, solo percussion, post-astral jamming, mutilated beats and karmically correct mic placement all join forces to take you to neo-Jungian space-o-licious places heretofore unregressed to. Complex, deeply layered, provocative. Released April 13th, 1998.

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ROY MONTGOMERY And Now The Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It (DRUNKEN FISH DF41) CD

Flying Saucer Attack, Bardo Pond and Hash Jar Tempo carry loaded significance, sure. Remember a particularly fine one-sixths of Harmony Of the Spheres? New Zealander Montgomery's past includes such extended moments, as well as work with Pin Group, Dadamah and Dissolve.The present: nobody else can do things like this with "only" voice, guitar, piano, four-track, and an armful of effects boxes. Released April 13th, 1998.

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SIMON WICKHAM-SMITH/RICHARD YOUNGS Pulse (VHF VHF35) CD

Third VHF release finds R!!!&S!!! moving towards psychedelic rock/folk. Plaintive and playful, dignified and rarefied, in the tradition of Robert Wyatt and Pentangle. Their most song-oriented record since the influential debut "Lake." Destined to this spring's pet artrock hothouse flower (*swoon*). Where has this album been all our life? Released April 13th, 1998.

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SECRET STARS Genealogies (SHRIMPER SHR107) CD/LP

Massachusetts duo of Geoff and Jodi avoid sophomore hoodoo by exploring the realm of tape loops, white noise and (yes, even) pop-- a plaintive batch of haphazard, pure joy. Released March 30th, 1998.

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VILLAGE OF SAVOONGA Score (THE COMMUNION LABEL COMM48) CD

Licensed from the HAUSMUSIK label (Germany); LP released the week of February 16th (see below). Self-described "Krautrock" from those who know best...third full-length by German trio whose roster includes members of Notwist, Tied & Tickled Trio, Fred Is Dead, A Million Mercies, Rayon and Alles Wie Gross. Released March 30th, 1998.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! A Music War, Volume 3 (SLAP A HAM SLAP43) 7"

After six agonizing years, the third BLLLEEEAAUUURRRRGGHHH! installment is here! 73 bands, 84 songs, every one a Maserati! That's right, not just any 73 bands; these are some of the biggest names from the power violence/thrash/noise world battling it out in ten-second blasts! Just take a look at what you get on this big 7": FINAL CONFLICT/LACK OF INTEREST/324/AVULSION/ NOOTHGRUSH/SUPPRESSION/SLIGHT SLAPPERS/MELT BANANA/GODSTOMPER/DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE/GOB/JAPANSE COMEDY TORTURE HOUR/ENEMY SOIL/DESPISE YOU/NO LESS plus many, many, MANY more!! Released March 30th, 1998.

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PELT Techeod (VHF VHF36) CD

Washington DC guys go three-for-three on VHF. Contemporary and traditional musics collide and splatter the attentive listener with tamoura, violin, tabla, flute, banjo, lap steel, oscillator, voice, organ, and a variety of other soundmaking devices both conventional and homemade. Released March 16th, 1998.

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SOUTHERNING Templates Made Or Found (DRUNKEN FISH DF38) CD

Andy (Jessamine) Brown and David Farrell issue an album layered deeply with sculpted low-frequency textures. Inspired by the early works of Cluster and Tangerine Dream, the latter-day experiments of Thomas Koner and Aurobindo, as well as the output of Ligeti and Terry Riley. Released March 16th, 1998.

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STARFUCKERS Infrantumi (DRUNKEN FISH DF42) CD

Third full-length release from Italian "concrete rock" collective. Highly disconnected, disorienting and minimal: music for drum sets that go bump in the night. This Heat and Oval are among namecheckable comparisons. Released March 16th, 1998.

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SONIC YOUTH/JIM O'ROURKE (self-titled) (SYR/SONIC YOUTH RECORDS SYR03) CD/LP

Third installment in the self-released, limited edition series. CD packaged in a mini-gatefold sleeve; LP pressed on clear vinyl; all text in Esperanto. Special instrumental accompaniment provided by Jim (Gastr Del Sol, Illusion of Safety, Table of the Elements solo artist) O'Rourke. Three wild, spontaneous, improvised and eerie pulsations: over 50 minutes of music. Challenging, desireable and beautiful in its envelope-nudging-ness. Released March 2nd, 1998.

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PUSSY GALORE Live In The Red (IN THE RED ITR50) CD/LP

Jon Spencer. Neil Haggerty. Bob Bert. Kurt Wolf. August 8th, 1989. CBGB's. Their last tour, their last show. A most valuable party document for appreciators of the originators of the Blues Explosion, Royal Trux and the Chrome Cranks. Eye-popping sleeve and lettering by Nate Kato only hint at the mindblowing rock action within-- this one will have them frugging on the tables at your next late-eighties theme soiree. But kill retro; this is timeless. Released February 16th, 1998.

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VILLAGE OF SAVOONGA Score (HAUSMUSIK Germany) LP

Third full-length release from German trio. A self-proclaimed "krautrock" record, and who are we to dispute? Natural sounds alienated by electronics and loops and other musical layers, from members of Notwist, Tied and Tickled Trio, Fred Is Dead, A Million Mercies, Rayon and Alles Wie Gross. CD released by the Communion label the week of March 30th (see above). File under "art rock" or "musique concrete". . . or right before "Village People." Released February 16th, 1998.

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LEE RANALDO Amarillo Ramp (For Robert Smithson) (STARLIGHT FURNITURE COMPANY ST08) CD

New solo recordings from Mr. Ranaldo; you may have grokked his previous work for the DGC, SYR, SST, Drunken Fish, Father Yod, Atavistic and Starlight Furniture Company imprints. Thurston (Nels Cline Duo) Moore and Steve (Crucifucks) Shelley sit in on one track. Title tune is a time-warping 32-minute live recording from 1994 with after-the-fact wave-shaping by Rafael Toral; also features a wonderfully reverent cover of John Lennon's "Isolation." Released February 2nd, 1998.

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DUMP A Plea For Tenderness (BRINKMAN BKM70) CD

The man behind the bass in Yo La Tengo, James McNew, strides into the spotlight for his third solo album. Much-anticipated heavy pet(ting) sounds from the bedroom: charismatic and passionate original compositions are mixed among reverent covers of work by Jacques Dutronc, 13th Floor Elevators and Robert Knight. Great songs, cute artwork, gorgeous Digipakage, Dutch import at a near-domestic price. Released January 19th, 1998.

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