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Updated 6/11/04 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: Our April 2004 new release page can be found here. If you need to brood over the present and/or fret about the future, Revolverwise, there's no better starting point than our news page.  APESTapestry Mastery (BIRDMAN BMR059) CD/10" Released the week of May 24th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
What else is available on the Birdman label?
The debut Birdman release from this Washington, DC quartet contains three stories from the beyond told to the band's blind weaver, Maximilla, as a guide for her to weave a masterpiece. Tapestry Mastery presents six mind-numbing recordings (over 25 minutes of music) with sounds more bombastic, fertile and charismatic than any Apes release to date. They rip it apart live with their signature bass-keyboard-and-drum grooves and singer Paul's sheer intensity. Tapestry Mastery finds the Apes creating a recording that equals the thrills of their live shows.
 BRANDO943 Recluse (RECORDHEAD LUNA68) CD Released the week of May 24th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
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After releasing the textured and complex Single Crown Postcard in 2003, Derek Richey decided a change of approach for Brando was in order, and with 943 Recluse, set out to make a record that recalled the early days of the band, when all their recording took place on a 4-track. With neither the luxuries nor the constraints of a proper recording studio, the goal was to record their songs in their most elementary state, with refreshingly little concern for fancy recording tricks. The songs here, against all odds, shine as bright as the most impeccably produced albums anyone's ever heard. Richey's songs have much in common with lo-fi legends Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout. He flashes a deep appreciation of various aspects of '60s rock, ranging from upbeat, summery pop to wacked-out psychedelic excursions, all tied together by an equally deep fondness for early-'90s indie giants like Sebadoh and Pavement. Ten years into the life of the band, Richey has proven once and for all that he's quite simply an outstanding songwriter, the kind whose songs exist beautifully regardless of circumstances; they remind those obsessed with rock music why it is they are in the first place.
 DOPAMINEOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack (ZERO TO ONE 004) CD Released the week of May 17th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
The soundtrack for the movie Dopamine plays
more like a traditional record than a soundtrack. The
original music was composed by Eric Holland and
features tracks by Kool Arrow artists Not From
There, Hog Molly, and Düreforsög, among others.
The critically acclaimed film was shot in San
Francisco by Mark Decena of Kontent Films, and
won an award in the dramatic competition at
Sundance 2003.
Holland enlisted the help of many notable musicians
in crafting a film score with unique instrumentation:
bassist Bill Gould (Faith No More);
guitarist Mike Morasky (Steel Pole Bathtub);
guitarist Eric Schopmeyer (Slackjaw); Adrienne
Leverette on orchestral bells, piano and clarinet;
Pat Kadyk on Persian banjo and seter; cellist
Esther Reyes (Vervein, Ee); drummer Dustin
Donaldson (I Am Spoonbender); and vocalist
Jessica Congdon (Vervein, Smitten).
Holland was a founding member of Milk Cult,
and his current band Anagram is also featured on
the Dopamine soundtrack. Holland has composed
music for the films Yerba City, Float, What is
Lagom?, and the Columbia Tri-Star release Big
Girls Don't Cry.
Dopamine enjoyed a U.S. theatrical release as
part of the Sundance Film Series and was recentely
released on DVD.
There's a beauty to this movie, a genuine feeling
for the mystery and wonder of love and attraction. --Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle 30-second MP3 excerpts: "Dopamine" - Eric Holland Released the week of May 17th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Essence Of Carol expands upon The Green
Pajamas' stunning catalog of psychedelic pop
masterpieces with two new and exclusive songs,
three songs originally released on now out-of-print
Earworm 7-inch singles, plus a live performance
of "Matilda" recorded at KCMU.
With numerous albums released over the years
and a strong and dedicated worldwide fanbase, the
band, led by main songwriter and singer Jeff Kelly,
enjoys critical recognition from all corners of
music journalism, from The New York Times to
Ptolemaic Terrascope.
30-second MP3 excerpts: Essence of Carol Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Elk-Lake Serenade is Hayden's most uplifting
album to date, focused around his moving lyrics,
acoustic, steel and electric guitars, piano, harmonies
and harmonicas.
Hayden's debut Everything I Long For was
released on Outpost/Geffen in 1996 and made many
reviewers' Top 10 lists. He followed up with The
Closer I Get in 1998, and toured Europe, the US and
Japan. After a three-year silence, Badman released
Hayden's wonderful Skyscraper National Park in
the winter of 2002, once again earning the singersongwriter
international praise. Later that year, he
recorded a magical double-CD at Toronto's Convocation
Hall, capturing intimate and undisguised
live performances.
Hayden draws from the traditions of eccentric
folk-rock, but his ragged, harrowing concoction of
acoustic gentility and electric anarchy stands as a
genre all its own. --The Onion
[Hayden's] unequivocal genius slaps you upside
the head. Skyscraper National Park is not only
utterly delectable but manages to find genuinely
new ways to shape heartbreak.... Everything
about this [exquisitely crafted] record-- musicianship,
songcraft, lyrics-- is superior. --Mojo
30-second MP3 excerpts: Wide Eyes Released the week of May 17th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Cousins Sam Britton and Ollie Bown created
Icarus in 1997 to represent a collision of ideas that
were best expressed musically. I Tweet The Birdy
Electric is an adventure in sonic construction and
musical history, melding the base of electronic
culture's past with new bricks of originality. Like
their peers Autechre, Supersilent and Burnt
Friedman, Icarus walk a tightrope between inherited
musical tradition and experimentalism, using
the former in service of the latter without compromising
the power of either.
The album twists its
musical elements much in the way its title plays on
Walt Whitman's famous poem pointing to a possible
new direction for electronic music, recombining
the past in new ways to render it completely
innovative, while incorporating distinctly recognizable
acoustic instruments to ground the compositions
in an approximation of reality.
Icarus will be touring the world throughout
2004. Their live shows invoke a high-energy laptop
duet, leading to wildly different performances
with each appearance.
30-second MP3 excerpts: Ganglion Released the week of May 24th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
In the second installment of Shotgun Wedding--
Violent Turd's strictly limited virtual soundclash
series-- DJ combat gets taken to the next level with
Toronto's Knifehandchop pitted against Oakland's
DJ Aneurysm in a fever-pitched hardcore massacre.
Knifehandchop, best known for quick-witted
and always danceable releases on Tigerbeat6 and
Irritant, comes correct with a 40-minute mashup
(embedded with a Venetian Snares/System Of A
Down highlight) that mixes the sleazy pop of Khia,
Daft Punk, RZA and Kool Moe Dee with the best
hardcore hits from his own back catalogue, and
unreleased friends' tracks. Nowza, it doesn't get any
more twisted than this.
DJ Aneurysm, musical mastermind
of Switchcraft Records and winner of
many underground hardcore/noise /gabber turntablist
contests, takes things to a more multidimensional
level of perversion, constantly mixing
between turntables and laptops, combining DSP
and scratching, and mixing in lots of his own new
tracks over the best hard techno and grimy
hiphop, jungle and gabber.
Released the week of May 17th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
What else is available on the Leaf label?
Murcof (aka Tijuana resident
Fernando Corona) follows the
magnificent Ulysses EP from
summer 2003 with a couple of
remixes. San Francisco-based
Sutekh turns in an incredible
techstep reworking of "Memoria"
(the original track was first
released on Sutekh's Context Free
Media imprint) that manages to be
both radical and faithful to the
original. The flipside features an
epic reworking of "Ulysses" by
Tijuana's Fax (who shares the
Static Discos label with Corona,
and also creates Murcof's delicious artwork).
Tracks:
1. Memoria
(Sutekh's Trisagion Mix) Released the week of May 24th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder With the self-titled follow-up to their successful
Quest EP, Japanese duo Neutrino (Atsuhiro
Murakami and Hideki Kuroda) use an economic
approach to rhythm and an acute ear for melody
to further establish the group as experts of minimal,
late-night grooves. The album is packed with music
of depth and beauty that combines the dirty beats
of hiphop, the warm sound of analog, and forward-
thinking production techniques. With artwork
by Michiharu Shimoda of the Silent Poets
and tracks that are prime examples of the sounds
emanating from Tokyo's narcotic downbeat club
scene, the album could have only come from Japan.
Lush, downtempo...to smoke hash to and lope
around the Lower East Side in the blue blackness
just before dawn.... Like a soundtrack in search of
a movie. A cool French movie with no dialogue
about driving around late at night in fast green
cars. --Toph One, XLR8R
Thoughtful beat excursions that should satisfy
any abstract audience. Atsuhiro Murakami and
Hideki Kuroda seem to like using minor keys in
their compositions, adding a deep, melancholic
touch to the flow. They also keep the songs
straightforward, eliminating unnecessary distractions
in favor of simple elegant arrangements.
--Tamara Palmer, URB
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Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
"Creature in the Classroom" is the lead single for
passage's upcoming, self-produced full length, The
Forcefield Kids. The title track, an unintentional
anthem for disaffected youth, encapsulates the
miserable moments of everyone's high school years.
The second track on the A-Side, "Poem to the
Hospital," creates the kind of hospital waiting
room scene that could take place only in a David
Lynch film. Layered with distinctive synths, rattling,
distorted, low-bit drums, and sung with passage's
signature melodious fast raps, the Creature
in the Classroom 12-inch gives a sense of passage's
genius. He blends and references hardcore, new
wave, indie-pop, electro, fast rap and just about
everything else. The B-side features a bonus instrumental
"Neo Geo Poem Instrumenta" and an instrumental
of side A's "Poem to the Hospital."
This single
is a just a taste of what's to come on passage's
highly anticipated, official anticon full-length.
The jingle-core, golden-voiced passage took
the dark humor hard way out of New Hampshire.
Arriving in California with a demo no one could
refuse, he and his fellow restiform bodies (telephone
jim jesus and the bomarr monk) proved
that they were missing from the anticon swell. passage
was one of the first bard-hoppers to be inspired
by the anticon sound, and the last to be absorbed
by its machine. He revs his throat as the youngest
gun, and proves what happens when fire meets
what's awkward and endearing about the cynical
nice guy.
Released the week of May 24th, 2004
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passages is the kind of electro-new-wave-industrialfolk-
hospital-waiting-room hope-hop that you can
dance or die to. The self-produced Forcefield Kids is full
of distorted lo-bit jiggy drums; chopped-up, backward
harps and French horns; distinctive synths with
envelopes and filters; acoustic guitars; playful, heavy
words; and catchy-ass melodies. passage capably references
and blends a seemingly infinite library of influences.
Who would have thought that someone could create
a hardcore, new wave, melodious fast-raps record,
with sweeter-than-candy indie-pop hooks? The Forcefield
Kids is proudly and without apology a genre-defying
record that just about embodies "the anticon sound."
The songs on The Forcefield Kids speak on: the educational
system, the post-cold war cold war, the legacy of
white oppressorship, Dr. Laura, childhood, child molestation,
loneliness and longing. They are sung with hungry
desperation and darkly humorous undertones. It is a middle
school kid asking permission to sharpen his pencil,
only to return to his seat and put his own eye out. On
"Creature in the Classroom," an unintentional anthem for
disaffected youth, passage bitterly revisits grade school
misery with visceral lines like "Tin teeth, shin guard, first
string rich kids get the indoor-soccer flat soles/special
needs kids get the med-head puppet show at little round
tables with grad school ass holes." The record is filled
with images of invalids, radiation, cold hospitals, lost
love and dreaded, never-ending Sunday afternoons filled
with self-loathing regrets. A highlight is the dark pop
infection called "Old Aunt Mary," sounding like something
off Beck's One Foot in the Grave; fresh for the second
millennium, passage sings: "I won't ever sell you out,
like a fish thrown back, in a double knit tweed and a bad
men's scent, but I'm in love with a defeatist and I'm wild
for magazines. I'm not just some boy breathing down
your neck, I'm absolutely the most important man in the
world and my fucking kids will play two sports a piece."
There is God and Hell in this record, the guts of a dead or
dying angel.
30-second MP3 excerpts: Forcefield Intro
Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Named for a suburb of Dallas, Texas, Pleasant
Grove was formed by vocalists/guitarists Bret Egner
and Marcus Striplin, who were drawn together
to write and play music that captured raw melancholy
melodies laid out over slow, spacious,
rhythmic harmonies.
The Art of Leaving delves into different, uncharted
ground and yet maintains a sentiment and
cohesiveness of longing and desperation that has
been prevalent since the beginning. It's a mesmerizing
set of songs-- gut-wrenching, sophisticated,
built up from barest arrangements to often explosive
climaxes with echoing, dense layers of sound
and devices.
Their self-titled debut was released by Last Beat
in 1999 and reissued on CD the following year by
Germany's Glitterhouse Records, along with the follow-
up album Ascultation of the Heart (recorded
with Matt Pence of Centromatic). In 2002 Pleasant
Grove toured Europe and parts of the U.S. and were
well received throughout.
Titles as
audacious as "I Couldn't Withstand The Damage Of
An Evil And Wicked Divorce" are matched by
arrangements of equal poignancy, whimpering
understatement versus breast-beating opulence to
rival anything by the Silver Jews, Mercury Rev, or
the Handsome Family. -- Uncut
Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Like other releases in The Fading Captain Series,
Fiction Man is an effort of collaboration. After writing
the Fiction Man's 14 tracks at his Dayton, Ohio home
studio, Robert Pollard sent tapes to recent Guided By
Voices and Circus Devils producer Todd Tobias
(Earthquake Glue, Universal Truths & Cycles) to flesh
them out. On this recording, Tobias builds insanely
intricate and beautiful instrumental beds out of
Pollard's acoustic demos. The songs are steeped in
echoes; they feature odd timing structures and
moments of noise and punk rock previously not evident
in a Pollard project. Having these soundscapes in front of
him, Pollard then recorded vocals at Waterloo in Kent,
Ohio-- some of his most inspired and memorable to
date. Most of the lyrics (from the recent literary and art
book EAT) are delivered with a twisted and fucked-up
psychedelic urgency that resonates for moments and
hours and days.
30-second MP3 excerpts: Run Son Run Released the week of May 24th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
You've heard the CD, now get the club vinyl featuring
remixes of tracks from Schlammpeitziger's
Everything Without All Inclusive album.
Track listing:
1. Vert Stumbling Gallopwood
2. Wevie Stonder A Buddha Made of Mud
3. Andreas Dorau Club Sonnenbankwende
4. Electronicat Prä-Frag Behäbige behäbige 67 Released the week of May 17th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Book of Horizons is the first release in an elaborate trilogy
and meta-composition by Secret Chiefs 3. It's huger
than anything the band has ever done: beyond psychedelia,
beyond experimentalism, and beyond classification. The
Secret Chiefs 3 enhance their usual multiple personalities
and divide into seven individual and distinct bands,
enabling the overall musical content to be distilled into
pure vessels. One band incorporates multi-ethnic instrumentation
and seasoned, soulful playing (by Eyvind
Kang and Shahzad Ismaily), while the rocking, suprasensory
surf band (with full orchestra) bloodies up the waters.
John Merriman (Cephalic Carnage) and Unhuman keep
the ultra-death metal grind band well within the pummel
zone of utter mayhem.
This CD includes hordes of musicians and instrumentation-- real, not sampled-- including saz, rabab, mridangam,
dhol, esraj, sarangi, orchestral percussion, male and
female choir, violin, viola, cello and contrabass, harp,
bowed saw, santur, ghatam, clavinet, organs, electroacoustic
treatments, guitar, bass, drums, and tons and tons more.
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30-second MP3 excerpts: The End Times Released the week of May 24th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Since the release of Six Organs of Admittance's self-titled
debut in 1998, Ben Chasny has played pure guitar
within individual songs, but For Octavio Paz is his first
full record to explore the guitar inside and out, solo
and over-dubbed, steel and nylon string (in fact, For
Octavio Paz is the first Six Organs album to feature the
reverberations of a nylon string guitar). What really sets
Chasny apart from the other modern Fahey worshipers is
that Chasny's pantheon is willing to accept a wider
array of other guitarists into the lexicon-- Peter
Walker or Richard Youngs, for example-- not to mention
the fact that he can stand the sound of a Stratocaster.
This is the definitive guitar record from Six Organs of
Admittance.
Originally released in a vinyl-only limited edition by
Time-Lag at the end of 2003, For Octavio Paz sold out
instantaneously. It was decided that the material is just
too strong to belong to so few.
An assortment of raga-blues for the temple and the
front porch --Dusted
30-second MP3 excerpts: Fire On Rain Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
I Listen Thru All The Breaking Oceans, the debut
full-length for Boston-based Verona Downs, has a
long history leading up it. Greg Jacobs started the
group weeping in fits and starts in the early '90s,
working with a revolving cast of musicians including
Paula Kelley, Shawn Devlin (Helium), and
Olivier Strauch (Instinct-era The Moles). After
several 45s and two critically welcomed CDs, Ryan
Veilleux settled in on lead guitar and Kevin Daly
joined on violin, and the band moved in a new direction.
After enlisting the solid, engaging beats of
Michael Steigman and Lori Murphy on bass and
vocals, the band grew into a more fleshed-out, collaborative
unit deserving of a new name. In early
2000, Verona Downs was born.
From the lush, dirge-y "Isn't That The Way" to
the shimmering boy-girl pop of "Blue Noon,"
through the spacey yearning of "Feelers" and the
lonely radiance of "Green Yellow Red," then ending
with the robust nine-minute epic "Slow Fly,"
this is a record that takes listeners away and returns
them nourished and altered. Verona Downs crosses
styles and genres in order to express diverse shades.
Influenced by the fluid sounds of today's underground,
while staying rooted in the song-based
visions of Elliott Smith, Neil Finn, or Grant Lee
Buffalo, Breaking Oceans' rewarding tunes linger
on long after the record is over.
Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
Vetiver grows in a "less is more" chaparral where simplicity
offers ample room to wander. Strongly fertilized by traditional
acoustic music, and more subtly cross-pollinated by the
sparseness of "minimalism," with its bare suggestions of
melodies that the listener fills in for himself, Vetiver gracefully
navigates folk and pop savannas with ease.
Chief songwriter Andy Cabic grew up in northern
Virginia and spent a few years in Greensboro, North Carolina,
playing guitar and writing music as a member of the Raymond
Brake, whose 1995 full-length, Piles of Dirty Winters (Simple
Machines), melded experimental rock sensibilities with bright
melodic touches of classic pop. After moving to San
Francisco, Cabic enlisted violinist Jim Gaylord and cellist
Alissa Anderson, along with Young God recording artist and
troubadour du jour Devendra Banhart, who shares co-writing
credits on "Los Pajaros del Rio" and "Amour Fou" and contributes
guitar and vocals to the album. Anderson made the
near-random acquaintance of My Bloody Valentine's Colm
O'Ciosoig, and he ended up playing drums on "Luna Sea" and
"On a Nerve," which brought along with it vocals on "Angels'
Share" courtesy of Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval. "Amerilie"
features the harp-playing of Joanna Newsom, Craig Koozer
plays bass on "Amour Fou," and Nick Holdzkom piano on
"Luna Sea."
The album was recorded whenever and where ever possible-- including various living rooms throughout the Bay Area-- by Thom Monahan, who squeezed in production duties
around Pernice Bros. tour obligations, sometimes working on
mixes on his laptop and sending them to Cabic from the road.
Like the tall, narrow grass that is its namesake, Vetiver is
fragile sounding but strong, densely layered with melody,
texture, and rhythm yet uncluttered.... Andy Cabic's wistful
tones at times remind one of Nick Drake, hobo folk, and
even Cat Stevens as they meander along the dusty road of
Americana. -- SF Bay Guardian
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Everybody loves the underdog. They're unaffected,
unassuming, and innocently charming. The Washington
Social Club has a similar appeal, with their shameless
straight-ahead approach to rock'n'roll. No one can
ignore Catching Looks, their debut produced by Brian
McTear (Matt Pond, Burning Brides, The Capitol
Years). It's extremely catchy and instantly irresistible.
Within seconds, these rebellious townies of rock lasso
you into an indie-punk world brimming with zealous
energy and solid hooks.
Washington Social Club's explosive, fun, accessible
dance-rock songs undermine all that is drab, pretentious
and dull; they dish out concise homages to the art of
rock'n'roll and all that is associated with it, pulling
even the stiffest audience members to their feet without
ever having to beg.
The group has already earned some noteworthy
comparisons to The Clash, The Pretenders, Ted Leo and
the wildest elements of late '70s British punk. The success
of their self-released debut EP, And now for-, and
sold-out live shows relied solely on word of mouth.
They hit the road last year with Hot, Hot Heat and
are now ready to spread their attitude and catchy-ass
songs all over North America. MTV.com featured them
on The Leak: Advance Warning and called them a contender
for best of 2004. Yes, the kids will love this.
An exciting young band ... that updates the sound of old
fashioned rock'n'roll with a wild, yelpy passion all its
own. --NY Times
[B]rilliant live performances-- all swagger and energy,
brimming with raw enthusiasm and great talent
--Washington Post
Frontman Marty Social seems like a rock-god-in training.
--Splendid 30-second MP3 excerpts: On The Inside Released the week of May 17th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
In the esteemed company of To Rococo Rots
Stefan Schneider, Robert Wyatt's sometime musical
director Annie Whitehead, and Berlin singer /
songwriter Barbara Morgenstern, Scotland's leading
avant-garde outsider Bill Wells joins The Leaf
Label for this remarkable collaboration. With Pick
Up Sticks Wells moves away from piano-based work
toward a warm, largely improvised, electronic
group sound, colored with the tonality of Whitehead's
trombone. This is a recording unlike anything
Wells has done before, combining adventurous
electronic touches to classy jazz compositions.
Wells has previously released a series of Trio &
Octet albums on the Domino and Geographic labels.
He has collaborated with Future Pilot AKA and
Belle & Sebastian and is currently musical director
of Isobel Campbell's band. His word-of-mouth reputation
as a composer and arranger is ever in the
ascendant.
30-second MP3 excerpts: Pick Up Sticks Released the week of June 7th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
A full-length compilation for the price of a CD single,
Delivery Room is the third budget-priced Leaf compilation,
following 2002's Lost For Words and Osmosis from
1999. At the forefront of music eclectic and innovative,
but unpretentious and accessible, The Leaf Label has
introduced the world to Susumu Yokota, Manitoba, Asa-
Chang & Junray, Murcof and Colleen, among others.
Delivery Room offers a taste of The Leaf Label, which
for nine years has presented the most engaging and
exciting musicians currently recording.
Delivery Room gives CD buyers a pocket-money
chance to hear tracks from recent Leaf albums; tracks
from forthcoming releases by recent signings A Hawk
And A Hacksaw, Icarus, and Bill Wells; and a selection
of exclusive tracks by established artists.
Delivery Room's release coincides with the longawaited
launch of The Leaf Label's stunning new website
www.theleaflabel.com. Both CD and website follow
a 360-degree, room-based aesthetic; the artwork and
website are designed and built by the Non-Format (who
was responsible for The Wire magazine's recent redesign).
Additionally, Leaf has just opened a New York
office. Their influence is expected to spread this year
throughout the dark continent (er, North America).
Track listing:
1. Bill Wells, Stefan Schneider & Annie Whitehead
Pick Up Sticks Released the week of May 10th, 2004 Order from Midheaven mailorder
A cohesive collection of 10 new and rare tracks
from The Black Heart Procession, Sigur Ros,
Arab Strap, Califone and Kinski, this potent blend
of music from five essential bands plays out as if the
songs were meant to be played side by side in an
aural attempt to take over the world. Several of the
tracks on this album were recorded specifically for
this project.
A portion of the proceeds go to Shanti Project
of San Francisco, which provides education, practical
assistance, and emotional support to people in
need. They have been at the forefront of a growing
national movement to enhance the quality of life for
persons living with life-threatening or chronic illnesses
by providing volunteer-based emotional and
practical support. Shanti is a Sanskrit word meaning
inner peace or tranquility. For more info, go to
www.shanti.org.
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Click the titles below for details on specific new
releases.
APES
BRANDO
DOPAMINE
GREEN PAJAMAS
HAYDEN
ICARUS
KNIFEHANDCHOP VS. DJ ANEURYSM
MURCOF
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PLEASANT GROVE
ROBERT POLLARD
SCHLAMMPEITZIGER
SECRET CHIEFS 3
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
VERONA DOWNS
VETIVER
WASHINGTON SOCIAL CLUB
BILL WELLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
April '04 releases
March '04 releases
January-February '04 releases
November-December '03 releases
Archive of releases from
January '98 through December '03
Coming "soon":
AUM RIFLES
CALL AND RESPONSE
CIRCUS VS ANDRE AFRAM ASMAR
n.LANNON
JACK ROSE
TEXT OF LIGHT
JET BLACK CRAYON
KID606
MURCOF
RADIOINACTIVE AND ANTIMC
WORKSHOP
SONIC YOUTH
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to your Revolver salesversary? Can do. Email us and type the words "B2B Fetishist" in the subject line. We'll do the rest.
Likewise, if you're a U.S. or overseas store, distributor, or online music fullfillment service, and would like to deal with Revolver USA on a wholesale basis, email us. We don't bite. Much.
NEWS:
We are now broadcasting streaming audio on the Nicecast network. Go to macstreams.com/rogueamoeba.net and look for Midheaven. Our on-air hours should be increasing considerably over the coming weeks.
Reminder: Our Downloadables browsing
device has become one of Midheaven's most popular pages: it
calls up each and every item within Midheaven's
domain that contains MP3, RealAudio files or (NEW!) AAC files. We have also recently added a section listing links to all our titles available for sampling/downloading/purchasing on the iTunes Music Service.
We'd also like to announce the birth of the Midheaven MP3 Jukebox, which, depending on your browser/system preferences, will open QuickTime, iTunes or MusicMatch, etc. and stream MP3 selections from our exclusive catalog of releases (broadband connection recommended). This device is still very much in beta, so bear with us while we work out les kinques.
Speaking of which, RealAudio is dead-- long live RealAudio! We've discontinued adding new clips to our Midheaven RealAudio
Jukebox, but we'll continue to archive over 2000 songs within its realm. You can stream a random collection of 360 tracks via RealAudio's delicate and princess-like software.
Want the inside track on developments at Revolver USA, Midheaven
mailorder and the Communion label? Me too. But we'll both have to
settle for midheaven.com's News page.
If you have a question you'd like to pose, check out
our FAQ first. We may
have an answer all prepared for you. Our exclusive label list can be
found there (and below), as well.
Occasionally bands affilliated with Revolver USA and its exclusive labels perform live. No, it's true. You can be in the same room with
these bands, but it involves leaving the house (life is full of
trade-offs, isn't it?). Keep up with Revolver USA-associated artists' in-the-flesh forays
by visiting our tour dates
page.
Where can you find detailed webpages regarding the Communion label's
most recent releases? On the Communion label
homepage, claro que si. There you can browse every existing
release on the Communion label, listen to RealAudio samples,
download free MP3s, and zero in on recent (and otherwise) gorgeousness by
Ben Kunin,
The Tower Recordings,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Village of Savoonga,
Alles Wie Gross,
Idyll Swords, Mia
Doi Todd and Barbara Manning. And don't forget to drop in on those Folk
Implosion pages.
We have also set aside very special pages for other very special releases:
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GREEN PAJAMAS
HAYDEN
ICARUS
KNIFEHANDCHOP VS DJ ANEURISM
MURCOF
NEUTRINO
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PLEASANT GROVE
ROBERT POLLARD
SCHLAMMPEITZIGER
SECRET CHIEFS
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
VERONA DOWNS
VETIVER
WASHINGTON SOCIAL CLUB
BILL WELLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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