  March 2003Updated 5/8/03 Release dates [among other things] subject to change. Our mailorder pages feature all the titles below-- and more-- sorted by release date at the following links:
3/10/03
and
3/24/03.
Our Febuary 2003 new release page can be found here.
 FELIX DA HOUSECAT Presents APHROHEAD
Thee Underground Made Me Do It
(CLASHBACKK CLB107) CD/2xLP
Released the week of March 24th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
back to the topWhere to begin? This one really starts in 1986 with a fifteen year old Felix Stallings Jr. in a studio with DJ Pierre finishing off Pierre's Phantasy Club's classic track "Phantasy Girl". A whole lot has happened since then. As Felix Da Houscat, Aphrohead, Thee Glitz, and Thee Maddkatt Courtship he has ran the gamut from pioneering the "Wild Pitch" sound with Roy Davis Jr. and DJ Pierre to the numerous techno classics on the labels of the world and 80's pop-drenched vocal material for which he is known all over the globe. Tracks on labels like Touche, Freetown, Guerilla, Bush, Global Cuts, Reload, Sex Trax, Emotive, Djax, Manifesto, Deep Distraction, ffrr/London, Soma, Nervous, Strictly Rhythm, Power Music, and his own imprints Thee Black Label, Radikal Fear, and, of course Clashbackk have shaped a style that is ALL Felix's. Tracks like "(Thee Lite) In The Dark We Live", "Cosmic Pop", "Submarine", "My Life Music", "Thee Morning After", "Strobe", "Thee Chaos Engine", and "Thee Dawn" have all established this cat's sound. His remixes for Pet Shop Boys, Phuture, Elegia, Harrison Crump, Giorgio Moroder, Black Science Orchestra, X-Press 2, Kylie Minogue, and Diana Ross have been cained incessantly on systems throughout the world. With six full-length albums and three mix CD's under his belt, Felix continues to dazzle and amaze all who come in contact with his music.
Fresh off the success of the electro-synth masterpiece 'Kittenz & Thee Glitz', which landed him as SPIN magazine's Top Dj for 2002, Felix resurrects his underground alter ego, Aphrohead, for this new full length release, Thee Underground Made Me Do It. With a mixture of straightforward house, sly electro, and percussive techno, Felix has created a release for the purists. Featuring the hit singles, 'Cry Baby' and 'Kazoo', The Underground Made Me Do It has already topped play lists from world renown djs Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Dj Dan, Juan Atkins, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, and Terry Mullan, as well as landing licencing deals around the world for everything from a Hula-Hoop commercial to top selling mix cds from Moonshine, Ohm, BMG, Cream, and Bugged Out.
 AWOL ONE and DADDY KEV
Slanguage
(MUSH MH214) CD/2xLPReleased the week of March 10th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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Awol One and Daddy Kev are back together to follow up the underground hits, "Souldoubt" (Mean Street) and "Number 3 on the Phone" (Records Broken) with Slanguage, their hip-hop take on free jazz. Daddy Kev has crafted a fifty-minute soundscape using minor-keyed pianos, brushed drums, stand-up bass, and jazz guitars over methodically programmed beats and the virtuoso turntable manipulation of D-Styles. Awol One's lyrics are genius in their simplicity, yet hide double meanings and depth rarely found in hip hop, and his voice remains one of the most recognizable in the business. Movements interweave without constraint, tracks start, stop, then start again, and the line between full vocal track, instrumental, and interlude is blurred beyond recognition.
Track listing:
1. Ear Drums For Beer Runs At AA
2. Start Your Road Trip Now
3. My Father Is Time, My Mother Is Nature
4. Six Black Roses Are Sent To Your House
5. Audio Bibles Are Written On Stone Tablet Tables
6. Finger Paint With Bloodlike War Paint
7. That One Song You Play When You're Faded
8. Mechanical Angel In Purgatory
9. Reflections For Scratching Your Face Off
10. Grey Skys In Psycho-Delic RGB
11. Idiot Savant Autistic Delivery
12. Bootleg Monster Movies
13. Montgomery Burns' Quest For Power
14. Bladder Sweat A.K.A. Colon Soup Rockin' The Mic
15. My Favorite Weapon Selection
16. High School Love Story Drop Out Song
17. Psychos Vs. Suckers Are The Branch Davidians
18. Buyin' Friends On eBay
19. Slowly Means God Is My Witness
20. A Trainwreck In The Netherworlds
21. The Rules Of The Week
22. Turn Your Lights Off Conspiracy
- Awol One, Daddy Kev, and D-Styles are three of the most respected artists of the underground hip hop scene
- A whole new direction - American-made free jazz hop
- Seriously, the track listing alone is worth ten bucks
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One High School Love Story
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A Grown-Ass Man
(SHRIMPER SHR139) CDReleased the week of March 24th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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Some of us know James McNew as the guy without the purse or penchant for Arthur Lyman from the Boston band Christmas, or perhaps as the snare-drum bassist for Yo La Tengo, or if you attended the Jodeci after party with that bitch-ass mutherfucker you been sweating on of late, you are probably more familiar with him as the auteur of his one-man band Dump. McNew has released a series of records, CDs and cassettes over the last decade for various labels, but has made Shrimper Dump's permanent home away from home, including the Women in Rock CDEP, through, for the first time in half a decade, a new full length album. Take a seat please.
A Grown-Ass Man includes ten new cuts penned by McNew, three covers (The Isley Bros.' "Mr. Too Damn Good," Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song," and a duet with Sue Garner on Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells' "Once Upon a Time"). Between tours with Yo La Tengo, James will tour the coasts on his own by harvest time. Bring some Kleenex, emo kingpin, cuz these songs are going to have you growing streams of tears.
 JOY
s/t
(SHRIMPER SHR133) CDReleased the week of March 24th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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Joy is a duo hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. Their debut CD melds idiosyncratic folk leanings with the best parts of Shrimper's two other Boston strongholds (The Secret Stars' succinct taste for pop and John Davis's otherworldly, wispy pop ruminations). Founding members Matt Savage and Daniel Madri have been playing together for over a decade, including their four years in eclectic quartet Godboy (Orange Entropy Records) and an ongoing presence in the more introspective and sonically experimental Jack McCoys (Ambiguous City Records). Vocalist Savage has been praised in the press for his ability to construct a beautiful narrative through creative manipulation of language, as well as an uncanny knack for serious yet unconventional melodic hooks, complemented by Dan Madri's equally noteworthy guitar textures and tones.
Joy's first record offers up vulnerable and frank home recordings, for the most part is stripped of any garnish, making the songwriting the focus of this self-titled debut. The eleven songs here herald a soft, subtle return to the fundamentals of pop music. That is not to say, however, that Joy isn't above working in strategically overdubbed thuds and warbles, experiments in fidelity, and surreal lyrics.
Joy will be performing shows on the east coast to celebrate the record's release, opening shows for Thalia Zadek, The Secret Stars, and performing some side dates on their own. There will be scattered dates across the states through the summer. Bless its tiny little head that the band's name is not "The Joy."
 MASSIVE
Beats 2 Technics
(MASSMEN MM14) LP
Released the week of March 10th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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Over the past 15 years, L.A. underground music has been defined by its lyricism and multi-dimensionality. Massive's raw production, along with FatJack and DJ SLIP, were the beats that the pioneers of the Good Life such as Freestyle Fellowship, Jurassic 5, The Pharcyde and others displayed the skills on. Massive was first heard outside the region through his work on the Project Blowed album as well as Abstract Tribe Unique's Mood Pieces album.
Also known as Awol One's first producer and music mentor, Massive has a signature sound that spawned next generation of L.A. producers such as Mike Nardone, SACH, Hive and C.V.E. After a small hiatus to work behind the scenes on major label projects with artists like Snoop Dogg and Kid Frost, Massive brings the beats of Project Blowed and The Good Life out of the cramped spaces, and off the dusty mix tapes, and drops them onto wax for deejays and emcees hoping to blow up their own regional battle circuits. This long overdue slice of L.A. history consists of a variety of never-released beats and breaks to keep every emcee thirsty, and a breakdown of the drum loop on each song for the little producer in all of us. Cover art by Massmen's favorite political prisoner, Awol One.
- Long overdue beats and breaks album by influential L.A. producer who has worked with everyone who's anyone
- Sure to garner interest from followers of Project Blowed, Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Tribe Unique, and the L.A. underground
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 NUMBERS
Death
(TIGERBEAT6 MEOW069) CD
Released the week of March 24th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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This collection of all-star remixes of Numbers' debut album, Life, is diverse, dynamic, downright rocking and enjoyable in a way remix albums seldom are. The remixers try to outdo each other either by improving on the originals or reinventing them by adding not just new rhythms and synthesizers but in many cases new vocals and completely new musical sections-- all faithfully inspired by the Numbers aesthetic.
Highlights include: the full-throttle dance-rockabilly remix of "Driving Song," by recent Depeche Mode remixer Electronicat (Disko B, Angelika Kohlermann); the New Order-esque take on "Prison Life" by GD Luxxe (aka Gerhard Potuznik of Mego, Cheap Records, Ersatz Audio, Interdimensional Transmissions); Kid606's rock-steady reworking of "We Like Having These Things" into a hands-in-the-air dance punk anthem; Original Hamster's fittingly all-over-the-sound-canvas drill-and-bass remix of "Human Replace"; and Kit Clayton's original and inspired take on the Numbers' theme song "Information."
 THEMSELVES
Them
(anticon abr0010) CDReleased the week of March 10th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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themselves, formerly them, are doseone and jel-- the former a nowhere man out to make the world small and his neuroses something lovely, an artist free of form and slave to his own scatterbrained genius; the latter the drum machine's premier musician, whose distinct few-bit sound and rhythmic sensibilities get him coveted by vocalists and MCs far and wide.
them was originally released as a self-titled album by them in May of 2000 when little about anticon was known or understood; the record went out of print about a year after its release. For many, this album introduced the ground-breaking, genre-defying madness of the duo. jel's distinct sound naturally facilitates doseone's surreal vocals, evoking another world entirely. The record is a funhouse ride turned ugly-- through childlike daydreams and social rants, to hip hop bravado and just outright strangeness. Ultimately, you're left wondering where you are and what you're listening to, but you don't mind because it sounds so compelling.
 ZEIGENBOCK KOPF
The Nocturnal Submissions
(TIGERBEAT6 MEOW077) CDReleased the week of March 10th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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Ultra-lo-fi, mysterious, and frighteningly addictive slut-punk duo Zeigenbock Kopf (German brothers Hans and Uli Bunschlaper with aid from Detlef) have left the flaccid and impotent dance scene of Berlin behind forever. Their beats pummel. Their bass is too loud and the highs are acrid. They came to San Francisco not to embrace the dance scene or the gay pride parades, but to destroy clubs and to hurt those who open themselves up to victimization by hurters.
Nocturnal Submissions follows their debut album, I.D.M., a severely warped and very un-PC collection of ass-destroying, sexy, electro gabber beats, rockabilly-ish guitars, organs, and dance-till-you-drop-dead vocal commandments. Fans of Men's Recovery Project, Whitehouse, Pink and Brown, Kid606, Abba, Miss Kitten, Electronicat, Merzbow, Coachwhips, Numbers, and Throbbing Gristle will be very pleased. Zeigenbock Kopf's is the sound of a spastically pulsating prostate, and they will tear you a new earhole while showing you the difference between your orifices, polymorphously perverse crunchy waveforms and harsh, minimal, early industrial booty with Krautcock vox.
 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Return of the Fight Club
(TIGERBEAT6 MEOW54) 12"Released the week of March 24th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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The slam-bam action-packed sequel to 2002's Fight Club 12-inch raises the stakes with tougher rivals, higher stakes and no mercy:
1. Lesser vs. Venetian Snares "Mensa Disco Queers"
Next generation electronica whizkid from Canada mashes up all the sounds used in Lesser's Mensa Dance Squad
2. Nudge vs. Casino versus Japan "Locale Overcast"
Portland indie-electronics three-piece Nudge go head-to-head with Milwaukee's Casino versus Japan (most famous for a track used in a Hummer commercial) in a gloriously subdued kraut-inspired rocker
3. Fanny vs. DJ Paedofile "Cherrypoppingroofiesforjah" After Hours Remix In another north vs. south showdown, Canada's comedic breakcore bastard Fanny gets the smackdown from San Francisco's own DJ Paedofile.
4. CB4 vs. Kid606 "Straight Outta Locash"
Kid606 takes on those NWA wannabes CB4 with a ridiculous, hilarious yet loving parody of the infamous "Straight Outta Compton" remix
5. Knifehandchop vs. 0=0 "Down With The Technics, Don't Sweat The Scene" Remix Knifehandchop gets bitch-slapped and bushwhacked by a mysterious newcomer with a little bit of the old school junglist snare-rush as seen through the eyes of the tastiest modern DSP processing
6. Kid606 vs. Dat Politics "6% Mash Kit"
The kid gives up his hard drive to the reigning champions of French glitchtronica and learns a thing or two about noise, beats and freaky French melodies
- Vinyl-only compilation of previously unreleased and exclusive tracks
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 AISLERS SET
How I Learned To Write Backwards
(SLUMBERLAND SL68) LPReleased the week of March 10th, 2003 order from Midheaven mailorder
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How I Learned To Write Backwards follows up the chiming guitars and indelible melodies of The Aislers Set's The Last Match in stunning fashion. Brimming with drunken romanticism, sharp pop sensibilities and timeless melodies, this Aislers album offers eleven new musical proofs of the power of classic tunes. Helmed by writer/player/producer extraordinaire Amy Linton, The Aislers Set revels in the history of great pop, spiking their classicist, '60s-tinged tunes with the pure post-punk energy and originality of bands like The Fire Engines and The June Brides. Every song is a meticulously constructed sound world, where the arrangement and instrumentation sublimely, uncannily bring each tune to completeness.
Ranging from the baroque '60s pop of opener "Catherine Says" to the up-tempo C86-flavored indie-pop of "Languor In The Balcony" to the '79-style punk of "The Train #2" and the late-night loneliness of "Unfinished Paintings," How I Learned To Write Backwards expertly winds together so many strands of pop history with such personality, atmosphere and style that there's never any doubt that you're listening to a band with vision. Far from being a "name the reference" game, The Aislers use the past as inspiration rather than a blueprint, so the echoes you might hear of, say, Phil Spector's wall of sound or Laura Nyro's soulful lyricism are so well integrated that they're more akin to the spice in the stew rather than the stock of the soup.
The undisputed greatness of The Aislers Set has won them a rabid following, and they count as fans and tour-mates such diverse groups as Belle & Sebastian, Black Dice, The Gossip and Sleater-Kinney. Excellent press has come from all corners of media-land, from The Village Voice and Spin to Chickfactor and Big Takeover. They were very well received on their UK and Swedish tours last spring, and their session for the BBC's John Peel has been aired several times due to popular demand. Where The Last Match succeeded on all levels, How I Learned To Write Backwards is even stronger and looks set to reach even more people, more ears, more places.
- CD released by Suicide Squeeze - doh!
- Seductive melding of vintage US / UK indie sounds with Spectoresque production
- A favorite band of many who should know
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releases.
March 2003
New Release index:
THE AISLERS SET
How I Learned To Write Backwards LP
(SLUMBERLAND)
AWOL ONE AND DADDY KEV
Slanguage CD/2xLP
(MUSH)
DUMP
A Grown Ass Man CD
(SHRIMPER)
FELIX DA HOUSECAT presents APHROHEAD
Thee Underground Made Me Do It CD/2xLP
(CLASHBACKK)
JERK WITH A BOMB
Pyrokinesis CD/LP
(SCRATCH)
JOY
s/t CD
(SHRIMPER)
MASSIVE
Beats 2 Technics LP
(MASSMEN)
NUMBERS
Death CD
(TIGERBEAT6)
THEMSELVES
Them CD
(anticon)
ZEIGENBOCK KOPF
The Nocturnal Submissions CD
(TIGERBEAT6)
VARIOUS
Return of the Fight Club 12"
(TIGERBEAT6)
February 2003 new releases
January 2003 new releases
November/December 2002 new releases
October 2002 new releases
September 2002 new releases
August 2002 new releases
Archive of releases from
January '98 through January '03
Coming "soon":
dates subject to change
released the week of March 31st, 2003:
NUMBERS
Death Remixes Vol. 1 12"
(TIGERBEAT6)
NUMBERS
Death Remixes Vol. 2 12"
(TIGERBEAT6)
released the week of April 7th, 2003:
1929
Last But Not Leased CD
(SILTBREEZE)
THE BUG
Pressure CD
(TIGERBEAT6)
DEADLY SNAKES
Ode To Joy CD/LP
(IN THE RED)
HORRORS
Vent CD/LP
(TIGERBEAT6)
STATIC TAXI
Closer 2 Normal CD
(BIRDMAN)
released the week of April 21st, 2003:
BLACK LIPSTICK
Converted Thieves CD
(PEEK A BOO)
DJ BROKEN WINDOW
Parallel Universe Vol. 2 CD
(TIGERBEAT6)
GOLDCARD
s/t CD
(OFF)
ORIGINAL HAMSTER
Nuthin' But a G4 Thang CD
(TIGERBEAT6)
PALAXY TRACKS
Cedarland CD
(PEEKABOO)
SOUNDMURDERER
Wired For Sound CD
(VIOLENT TURD)
URSA MINOR
Silent Moving Picture CD
(SMELLS LIKE RECORDS)
released the week of April 28th, 2003:
WIRE
Send CD/LP
(PINK FLAG)
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