saki newsletter 1/29/13!

We need a nap... what a long, but rewarding weekend! We had yet another wildly successful Creative Control on Friday night, Note and Bolts/Epitonic saki Sessions with Coins, Scott Cortez and Pink Frost on Saturday (look out for a N&B/saki record tape release of Scott and Pink Frost's performances in the next few months), in-stores from Mekillerrun and She Speaks In Tongues on Sunday, and THEN we had our very first Off The Record listening party on Monday with Brokeback playing their new LP Brokeback and the Black Rock live and in full! We're some lucky sons de guns over here.

As always, we'll keep it going this weekend, starting with The Punch Up at Lincoln Hall. It's not at saki, but we had a hand in booking the comics who will be making fun of Robo Cop and Beverly Hills Cop! We did this last month (Punching Up Die Hard and Gremlins) and it was a real hoot! It's FREE, it's fun, and it's at Lincoln Hall. See you there!

On Friday we've got the opening reception for Amanda Olbrys' show, Balance with an in-store performance from Blast Beats! As usual, we've got you covered for food and drinks. Just come hang out with us and check out Amanda's lovely photographs!

Next week we have another installment of IMBG: The International Movie Betting Game at Schubas, followed by our next Off The Record listening party with Trouble In Mind Records a few days later! Check out the Facebook events for more info, or wait for next week's newsletter.

A few other reminders:

We've got a few more tickets left to give away for Santah, Carbon Tigers, Audiences and The Kuhls at House of Blues on Friday! All you have to do is purchase a Santah or Carbon Tigers record from saki and they're yours.

Don't forget about our weekly new release sale too! This week we've got Yo La Tengo, Speck Mountain and Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin's Reverse Shark Attack for 20% off!

Our Epitonic saki Session with Father John Misty is up!

... and we've got some great used records for you to check out!

Upcoming events:

Thursday, January 31st, 7pm @ Lincoln Hall 
saki presents: The Punch Up feat. Robocop & Beverly Hills Cop! 

Friday, February 1st @ 6pm 
Opening reception of Balance: Photography by Amanda Olbrys! 
In-store performance by Blast Beats!

Thursday, February 7th, 8pm @ Schubas 
IMBG: The International Movie Betting Game returns! 

Sunday, February 10th @ 11am 
Off The Record: a brunchtime listening party w/ Trouble In Mind Records! feat. an in-store performance from Mikal Cronin! Celebrating the release of Jacco Gardner and Maston's new records on TiM!

New Releases @ saki 1/29/13:

Pink Frost - Sun 7"

Amor De Dias - House at Sea CD and LP

Buke and Gass - General Dome CD and LP

Ducktails - Flower Lane LP

Feeling of Love - La Peur Est Une Illusion: Singles 2006-08 LP

Buke and Gass - General Dome LP

Local Natives - Hummingbird CD and LP

Blind Willie McTell - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1 LP

Mississippi Sheiks - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1 LP

Charley Patton - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1 LP

Mice Parade - Candela CD and LP

Yo La Tengo - Fade (standard) LP

Pantha Du Prince & Bell Laboratories - Elements of Light LP

Radar Brothers - Eight LP

Ruby Suns - Christopher LP

Sonny Smith - 100 Records Vol. 3 LP

Suicide - Ghost Riders LP

Tunabunny - Genius Fatigue LP

Check out these new and upcoming featured releases from saki/CTD!

Eshete, Alameyahu    S/T Label:  Mississippi  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  mrp028lp  Known by some as the Ethiopian Elvis, Alameyahu Eshete was the ultimate modernist. His music combined R&B, Ethiopian groove, soul, rock n' roll & traditional Ethiopian music to create something truly unique. This LP features a collection of his 45s recorded between 1967 & 1974. The 4th in the continuing series of releases culled from the monumental Ethiopiques series. Ltd to 2000      Feeling Of Love    La Peur Est Une Illusion: Singles 2006-08 Label:  Captcha  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  hbsp2x039lp  Release Date:  January 29, 2013  Before this Metz, France combo was fully formed it was the work of one man, who cranked out 5 7"s in the space of 2 years. Later 2 more members were added & the group cut their first full-length album. This compilation is the story of those hard to find pieces of wax finally coalesced into one LP. Taking 12 tracks from 5 early singles & adding 2 unreleased songs this is a release for the completist or newcomer alike. Ltd to 500      Grouper    Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill Label:  kranky  Format:  CD  Catalog Number:  krank176cd  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  02/05 STREET DATE. PITCHFORK 8.2!! Long out of print & now reissued on Kranky. LIZ HARRIS turns down the fuzz boxes which caged her sound & allows her voice to ring out above everything else a bit more than before. An album steeped in the world of dream-pop - a genre pioneered by the likes of Cocteau Twins & This Mortal Coil & far from shying away from the reference, Liz has instead grabbed on w/ both hands, creating an album's worth of perfect, left-field pop songs. NO EXPORT TO EU/UK      Grouper    Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill Label:  kranky  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  krank176lp  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  02/05 STREET DATE. PITCHFORK 8.2!! VINYL VERSION of Grouper's 2008 album - long out of print & now reissued on Kranky. NO EXPORT TO EU/UK      Grouper    The Man Who Died In His Boat Label:  kranky  Format:  CD  Catalog Number:  krank177cd  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  02/05 STREET DATE. "The Man Who Died in His Boat" is an album of unreleased songs recorded alongside the "Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill" album. "This remarkable album is actually what I personally always wanted 4AD records to sound like, only they never quite delivered the hazy pleasures their beautiful sleeve art promised." - Pitchfork. NO EXPORT TO EU/UK      Grouper    The Man Who Died In His Boat Label:  kranky  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  krank177lp  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  02/05 STREET DATE. VINYL VERSION. "The Man Who Died in His Boat" is an album of unreleased songs recorded alongside the "Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill" album. "On this wonderful, foggy dream of a record, Portland's Liz Harris has gone & bested nearly everything she's done as Grouper. Music this lovely could almost change the world." - XLR8R. NO EXPORT TO EU/UK      Kerkar, Kesarbia    S/T Label:  Mississippi/Canary  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  mrp033lp  One of the greatest Indian classical vocalist of all time. Kesarbia Kerkar rose up from the bottom of the cast system in India to become one of the countries most respescted vocalists. These recordings from 1947 - 1953 are beautiful ragas not to be missed. The first LP issue of her material to be available in the USA. A real treasure for fans of the Abdul Karim Khan & Pandit Prannah releases. Co-release w/ Canary. Ltd to 2000      Music from Saharan Cellphones    V/A - Vol. 2 Label:  Sahel Sounds  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  saso12lp  Contemporary pop music from the Sahara desert, where songs are stored on cellphones. Collected in Northern Mali in 2010 the second volume expands into new sonic territory, from dreamy Niger guitar ballads, Bamako club juke, & hi energy Moroccan Child Rai, w/ a focus on the Autotuned DIY creations circulating the desert      Rocket Infinity    V/A Label:  Mississippi/Canary  Format:  10"  Catalog Number:  mrp035/10  Rock n' Roll's rise around the world from 78's, 1942 - 1962. A rousing 8 track 10" featuring "pre-rock n' roll" sounds from around the globe. Music that was influenced by early American rockin' music & in turn influenced the western world. You'll hear early Bollywood swinging rock from India, lively jazz from Zimbabwe, cumbia from Columbia, traditional music mutated into pop from Japan & Egypt, & even polka. Strictly limited one-time edition of 1000. Co release w/ Canary      STRFKR    Miracle Mile Label:  Polyvinyl  Format:  CD  Catalog Number:  prc248cd  Release Date:  February 19, 2013  STREET DATE 2/19. 3rd album      STRFKR    Miracle Mile Label:  Polyvinyl  Format:  2LP  Catalog Number:  prc248lp  Release Date:  February 19, 2013  STREET DATE 2/19. 180gm 2LP on cream vinyl w/ download      Tunabunny    Genius Fatigue Label:  Happy Happy Birthday to Me  Format:  LP  Catalog Number:  hhbtm150lp  Release Date:  January 29, 2013  Genius Fatigue is 37 minutes bursting with ideas. Punk rock, new wave, power pop, no wave breakdowns, experimental ballads, musique concrete, and free jazz solosÑitÕs all in there, combined with a lyrical prowess that borders on the intimidating. Genius Fatigue attacks with a clear-eyed frenzy. It is the boldest, brightest Tunabunny yet. Ten songs about drag queens & political defiance, notoriety & humiliation, casting couches & Hollywood uncles, the end of the world & the beginning of life      Unknown Mortal Orchestra    II Label:  Jagjaguwar  Format:  CD  Catalog Number:  jag232cd  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  STREET DATE 2/5. Builds on the break-beat, junk-shop charm the multi-instrumentalist & songwriter came to be renowned for following his self-titled 2011 debut, & signals the solidification of their position as an endlessly intriguing, brave psychedelic band. Pulls Pink Floyd, the Family Stone, the Beatles & the Soft Machine through his warped rock'n'roll filter. NO CANADA/NO EXPORT      When Nalda Became Punk    A Farewell To Youth Label:  Shelflife  Format:  CD  Catalog Number:  life097cd  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  **EXCLUSIVE!! 02/05 STREET DATE. NOTE CORRECTED UPC! Spaniard Elena Sestelo started WNBP as a solo project in 2006. She self-released some lovely digital singles (one under the name Nalda) & also took part in Bubbletone Discos digital singles club, eventually releasing their debut 7" for UK Pebble Records. Inspired by the classics (Dolly Mixture, Heavenly, & Helen Love) as well as some of Spain's finest (Moving Pictures, La Pequena Suiza, & Vacaciones), Elena's vocals simply shine over the jangly guitars & playful synths and drum machines. Their songs are quirky & fresh, with plenty of spirit. 11 tracks (10 & 1 bonus cut) full of pop perfection!      Your Victorian Breasts    V/A Label:  Three Four  Format:  2LP  Catalog Number:  tfr017lp  Release Date:  February 05, 2013  **EXCLUSIVE!! 02/05 STREET DATE. DOUBLE VINYL ONLY RELEASE in gatefold jacket with download. Collection of 20 unreleased tracks by the likes of ALASTAIR GALBRAITH, BLACK TO COMM, ARP, PIGEONS, IGNATS, ALVARIUS B, WILLIAM TYLER, SUPREME DICKS, FILIPE FELIZARDO, HAMILTON YARNS, & CIRCUIT DES YEUX. It also hosts 3 new collective projects: Mendrugo (feat. JOSEPHINE FOSTER joining forces with husband Victor Herrero, Jose Luis Herrero, Jose Luis Rico & Takuhiko Nochimoto); Raajmahal, the reunion of Pat Murano (NO-NECK BLUES BAND), Carla Baker, & Santa Wolanczyk; & Syracuse Ear, a 1st class improv gathering feat. DAVID MARANHA, CHRIS CORSANO, MANUEL MOTA & MARGARIDA GARCIA. NO EXPORT TO EU/UK

If you are interested in our exclusives please check out our list of exclusively distributed labels. Good stuff, cheap and available a week before other online retailers!