Antietam playing Hanks Saloon in Brooklyn June 1st

Don't miss Antietam at Hanks Saloon in Brooklyn June 1st!

Weekly New Release Sale @ saki!!!

Each week saki will be offering a handful of new releases for 20% OFF! You can check the blog, Facebook, Twitter, or our newsletter, to find out which titles will be discounted. We'll choose 2-3 titles each week and they'll be discounted for their entire first week of release!

This week, we're continuing the 20% discount on the Handsome Family & Cleaners From Venus titles, and adding the brilliant new effort from Dirty Beaches to the sale as well!!!

Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love Is the Devil LP/CD

New double LP from Alex Zhang Hungtai - easily his most ambitious and involving release yet. Lo-fi  and low-slung post-punk weirdness is the order of the day here, with some unexpectedly lyrical and beautiful asides as well. Highly recommended, especially for fans of Suicide, Chrome, and the like.

The Handsome Family - Wilderness LP/CD/DELUXE LP

Wild animals, tall tales, and dark stories from American history populate the lyrics of "Wilderness". Appalachian holler, psychedelic rock, tin pan alley, and medieval ballads inform The Handsome Family's unique brand of Americana, while an affinity for parlor ballads and clawhammer banjo has crept in with "Wilderness." DELUXE LP comes w/ full color box, vinyl LP, download code, 72-pg 12x12" full color book of essays and art by Rennie Sparks, 11x17" poster, 6 postcard set with original full color art by Rennie Sparks.

Cleaners From Venus - Vols. 1 and 2 CD

4CD set contains 4 albums that span the next chapter in the unveiling of the entire discography from the band (1981-1985). One album included here contains 12 unreleased songs. Includes: In The Golden Autumn (1983), Under Wartime Conditions (1984), Songs For A Fallow Land (1985) and A Dawn Chorus: Early Cleaners and Beyond (1967-1985). Volume 1, the 3 CD set of their 1st three records was released previously, but is included in this sale!
 

Wussy "Popular Favorites"

A Free Fan Download Album from Wussy.

http://wussy.bandcamp.com/album/popular-favorites

saki and DCASE present Off the Record: JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound 'Howl'

saki and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events present the May installment of Off the Record with JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound on Tuesday, May 21st @ 6pm.

JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound will perform a short live set of new tunes from their new album Howl (Bloodshot Records), followed by a Q&A with Marty Lennartz that will air on WXRT, and a JC Brooks DJ set. Food provided by the great people at Wishbone.

Mayne Stage will also be here selling tickets ($10) to their record release show Friday, May 25th. 

This event is free and BYOB. 

Hope to see you there!

saki newsletter 5/21/13!

Tomorrow is the day - we have our Off The Record listening party for May with JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound's new album Howl! The band will be here to play a live set and DJ set, as well as a Q&A with XRT! As with all Off The Record parties, we'll have some free food for you and you're welcome to B your own B! It's going to be a blast. We're so excited to have JC Brooks playing in the shop again. It's also a great chance for you to pick up some Bloodshot titles at a discount. Don't miss it!

On Saturday we've got another live Revolutions Per Minute podcast! Nick and Joe are bringing back some of their favorite past podcast guests for an all-star panel. You can check out past episodes of RPM on iTunes or at RPM's Tumblr, including two other live episodes from saki! Pop open a Little Kings and come enjoy the show!

Next week we've got another Creative Control, followed by Emily Haasch's art opening and another in-store/Notes + Bolts release show the following week! Stay tuned for more info!

Upcoming events:

Tuesday, May 21st @ 6pm 
Off The Record with JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound's 'Howl'! 

Saturday, May 25th @ 7pm
Revolutions Per Minute live podcast! 

Friday, May 31st @ 8pm 
Creative Control with Joe McAdam! 

Saturday, June 2nd @ 4pm 
Notes + Bolts presents: an Epitonic saki Session w/ Love and Radiation and Magicks! 

Friday, June 7th @ 6pm 
Opening reception of Potential Difference: New Works by Emily Haasch!

Saturday, June 15th @ time TBA
Off The Record - June!


New Releases @ saki:

JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound - Howl CD and LP
Come - Eleven : Eleven deluxe CD and deluxe LP
Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992 book
Fan-Tan - A Strange Game CD and LP
Grim Tower - Anarchic Breezes LP
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator CD and LP
Maninkari - Phantasmes LP
The National - Trouble Will Find Me CD and LP
Scout Niblett - It's Up To Emma CD and LP
Om - Gethsemane Dubplate 12"
Saturday Looks Good To Me - One Kiss Ends It All CD and LP
Sic Alps - She's On Top LP
The Source Family - Music From The Motion Picture... CD and LP
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories LP/CD
Alexander Lewis - A Luminous Veil LP
Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional To the Heart LP
Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love Is The Devil LP
Frightened Rabbit - Sing The Greys LP
Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods - Mama Says I'm Crazy LP
Caribou - Start Breaking My Heart/Milk Of Human Kindness LP (re-issues)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great... / High, Low, & In Between LP (re-issues)
Iggy & The Stooges - Ready To Die LP
Red Hare - Nites Of Midnite CD/LP

New Releases @ saki 5/21/13!

JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound - Howl CD and LP
Come - Eleven : Eleven deluxe CD and deluxe LP
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories LP/CD
Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992 book
Fan-Tan - A Strange Game CD and LP
Grim Tower - Anarchic Breezes LP
Lovesliescrushing - Ghost Colored Halo CD
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator CD and LP
Maninkari - Phantasmes LP
The National - Trouble Will Find Me CD and LP
Scout Niblett - It's Up To Emma CD and LP
Om - Gethsemane Dubplate 12"
Saturday Looks Good To Me - One Kiss Ends It All CD and LP
Sic Alps - She's On Top 12" EP
The Source Family - Music From The Motion Picture... CD and LP
Dope Body - Nupping LP
Iggy & The Stooges - Ready To Die LP
Townes Van Zandt - High, Low, & In Between/The Late, Great... LP (re-issues)
Frightened Rabbit - Sing The Greys LP
Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness/Start Breaking My Heart LP (re-issues)
Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional To The Heart LP
Alexander Lewis - A Luminous Veil
Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods - Mama Says I'm Crazy LP
Dirty Beaches - Drifters / Love Is The Devil LP
Red Hare - Nites Of Midnite LP/CD

Scout Niblett "It's Up To Emma" Pitchfork 7.6

Well, looky:

Scout Niblett's newest Drag City LP/CD offering It's Up To Emma receives a 7.6 rating on Pitchfork today.

Check out what they said regarding Scout's new masterpiece ~

"Niblett does a masterful and most uncanny thing-- she turns us. She splays the guts of the matter, nuancing the petulant need and baby-why'd-you-go as it reconciles into something softer. By the end it's hard not to find resonance with it, even if you've never been a Heathcliff mewling on the moors."

"There are fits of strings and percussion throughout that force things forward, but Emma mostly stays in the same place, these tense few chords repeating, with a spindly little note run or lead here, a little e-bow there. There's this drag to it, though; the down-tuned rumble of her unadorned guitar tone anchors the feeling that there is no escape, its stasis mirroring the album's relentless obsession."

Handsome Family "Woodpecker" Video on NPR Music

NPR Music premiered the new Chris Hefner-directed video for "Woodpecker" last week with a First Watch. We wanted to make sure that you saw his hypnotic video set to the song about Mary Sweeney, the famous Wisconsin window smasher featured in "Wisconsin Death Trip."

As Rennie Sparks tells us, "The gleam of glass whispers secrets that few can hear. Mary Sweeney was one of them. She was also a woodpecker."

Mary Sweeney was "an otherwise quiet woman beset by an overpowering urge." - Director Chris Hefner

saki newsletter 5/14/13!

We're slipping into a boredom coma around here with our lack of events, but we find some comfort in the fact that we have another Off The Record listening party coming up on the 21st!

We couldn't be more excited to have JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound back at the shop for a live set and DJ set, Q&A with the band and of course, some free food! Come hang out with us and the band and pick up some Bloodshot titles at a discount!

The following Saturday, we have another live Revolutions Per Minute podcast taping! RPM hosts, Nick Rouley and Joe McAdam are two of the funniest comedy dudes in town and they know their music too! They're bringing back some of their favorite guests from past episodes for a sort of all-star comedy/music panel. You can check out previous episodes of the podcast, including two episodes taped at saki, on iTunes or at RPM's Tumblr!

After that, we've got another Creative Control, another Notes + Bolts in-store/release show, and an art opening with Emily Haasch! We'll have more detail on all of that for you in the coming weeks!

Upcoming events:

Tuesday, May 21st @ 6pm 
Off The Record with JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound's 'Howl'! 

Saturday, May 25th @ 7pm
Revolutions Per Minute live podcast! 

Friday, May 31st @ 8pm 
Creative Control with Joe McAdam! 

Saturday, June 2nd @ 4pm 
Notes + Bolts presents: an Epitonic saki Session w/ Love and Radiation and Magicks! 

Friday, June 7th @ 6pm 
Opening reception of Potential Difference: New Works by Emily Haasch!

Saturday, June 15th @ time TBA
Off The Record - June!

Weekly New Release Sale @ saki!

Each week saki will be offering a handful of new releases for 20% OFF! You can check the blog, Facebook, Twitter, or our newsletter, to find out which titles will be discounted. We'll choose 2-3 titles each week and they'll be discounted for their entire first week of release!

This week we're continuing the sale on Daniel Higgs and adding the new Cleaners From Venus 4CD set and The Handsome Family's new one on CD (LPs coming next week!) for 20% off!


Cleaners From Venus - Vols. 1 and 2 CD

4CD set contains 4 albums that span the next chapter in the unveiling of the entire discography from the band (1981-1985). One album included here contains 12 unreleased songs. Includes: In The Golden Autumn (1983), Under Wartime Conditions (1984), Songs For A Fallow Land (1985) and A Dawn Chorus: Early Cleaners and Beyond (1967-1985). Volume 1, the 3 CD set of their 1st three records was released previously, but is included in this sale!
 

The Handsome Family - Wilderness CD, LP and deluxe LP

Wild animals, tall tales, and dark stories from American history populate the lyrics of "Wilderness". Appalachian holler, psychedelic rock, tin pan alley, and medieval ballads inform The Handsome Family's unique brand of Americana, while an affinity for parlor ballads and clawhammer banjo has crept in with "Wilderness." DELUXE LP comes w/ full color box, vinyl LP, download code, 72-pg 12x12" full color book of essays and art by Rennie Sparks, 11x17" poster, 6 postcard set with original full color art by Rennie Sparks.

Daniel Higgs - The Godward Way CD and LP


Limited edition of 1,000 of this 1 track, 24 minute brain-melter from Daniel Higgs (LUNGFISH, SKULL DEFEKTS).

New Releases @ saki 5/14/13!

Don't forget about the weekly new release sale! We have Cleaners From Venus, Daniel Higgs and The Handsome Family for 20% off this week!

Adult. - The Way Things Fall CD and LP
William Basinski - Nocturnes CD
Bass Drum of Death - Shattered Me 8" (Yes... 8")
Bibio - Silver Wilkinson CD
Blank Tapes - Vacation LP
Brother JT - Svelteness of Boogietude LP
Cleaners From Venus - Vol. 2 4xCD
CVLTS - Realiser LP
Dump - I Can Hear Music 2xCD and 2xLP (James McNew of Yo La Tengo)
Dungeonesse - S/T CD and LP (Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak)
Eleventh Dream Day - New Moodio LP
Elkin Fil - S/T LP
Eluvium - Nightmare Ending CD
Henry Flynt - Graduation LP
Handsome Family - Wilderness CD, LP and deluxe LP
Glenn Jones - My Garden State LP
Human Eye - 4: Into Unknown LP
Man or Astro-Man? - Analog Series Vol. 3 7"
Muuy Bien - This Is What Your Mind Imagines LP
Paal Nilssen-Love and Terrie Ex - Gored Gored CD
Peals - Walking Field CD
Pharmakon - Abandon CD and LP
Jessica Pratt - S/T CD (LP already out!)
Pure X - Crawling Up The Stairs CD and LP
Rilo Kiley - RKives LP
Small Black - Limits of Desire CD and LP
Stellar Om Source - Elite Excel LP
Swamp Dogg - Gag a Maggott LP
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City LP
Var - No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers CD and LP
Wampire - Curiousity LP

Andy Kaufman (yes, THAT Andy Kaufman) on DRAG CITY

July 16 is the date, and we'll have more info as Drag City passes it along to us.  For now, check out the Pitchfork notice about the upcoming LP/CD release of Andy Kaufman's Andy & His Grandmother.

AWESOME used LP buy!

Just a few titles, but they're good ones! We've got Black Moth Super Rainbow's 'Lost, Picking Flowers In The Woods' (very rare and pricey, but we've got it for about $30 less than the average price online), The Dodos 'Beware of the Maniacs', a couple Octopus Project and American Football LPs and more!

Also, these have been out there for a bit, but we've still got some Moon Duo, Le Tigre, Soft Machine and more out there on the used rack!

Come check them out this weekend before they're gone!

Listen to Ian McKaye Play Records with Henry Rollins on KCRW

Playlist:

01: Booker T. & The MG’S — “Green Onions” (Stax Revue Live At The 5/4 Ballroom)
02: Vile Cherubs — “Man With A Photograph”  (The Man Who Has No Eats No Sweats)
03: Q And Not U — “Kiss Distinctly” (No Kill No Beep Beep)
04: Lungfish — “Wailing Like Dragons” (Feral Hymns)
05: Radio Birdman — “New Race” (Radios Appear)
06: Black Eyes –  “Drums” (Cough)
07: Follow Fashion Monkeys – “Managerie” (Unreleased Session)
08: Slant 6 — “Double Edged Knife” (Soda Pop*Rip Off)
09: Stooges Brass Band — “Where You From” (It’s About Time)
10: Eddy Current Suppression Ring — “She’s Dancing Away” (So Many Things)
11: The Ramsey Lewis Trio — “Hang On Sloopy” (Hang On Ramsey!)
12: Led Zeppelin — “The Song Remains The Same”
13: Happy Go Licky –  “Twist And Shout” (Happy Go Licky Will Play)
14: Medications — “The Perfect Target”  (5 Songs)
15: SPRCSS — “Ours Is Expanding Light” (Unreleased)
16: Funkadelic — “Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow”
17: The Nurses — “D.Y.F.” (Single)
18: Nation Of Ulyses — “SS Exploder” (Plays Pretty For Baby)
19: Red C — “Pressure’s On” (Unreleased demo)
20: Rocket From The Crypt — “Pressure’s On” (All Systems Go)




Thanks to Idealist Propaganda for originally posting this!

Glenn Kotche's "Instrumental Touch" Faucet Commercial

Pitchfork via Adam Reach