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JIM NEWBERRY :: Official Opening of Improvisers at Elastic Vision Gallery :: December 14, 8pm, FREE

SONNENZIMMER :: Warp and Weft : Poster Contruction by Sonnenzimmer PRE-ORDER :: 400/600 copies are already gone. Get one now! GIFT ALERT GIFT ALERT

SPECK MOUNTAIN :: Concert at The Whistler :: Sunday, December 2nd, 9:30pm, FREE

JORDAN MARTINS :: Official Opening of Grafts & Ruptures at Rational Park (2557 W. North) :: January 19th

CHRIS HEFNER :: The Poisoner film wrap-up party at Kimball Arts Center :: Suggested donation of $25 to record a score by Daniel Knox, pay musicians for hte score, record voice-overs, and festival submission fees. You get Finch's beer, Hoosier Mama pies, entertainment and a guaranteed grand night out. Facebook event.

TAVI :: Tavi interviews Chris Ware for Rookie Mag & we love them both.

Foxygen "Shuggie" video/EsS on 12/9!

Foxygen premiered the video for "Shuggie" today off their upcoming album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic (out 1/22)! You can catch Foxygen with Angel Olsen at saki on Sunday, December 9th! Check out the video below:



Foxygen's Take The Kids Off Broadway is available now!

CHIRP Radio Launches New Website!

Our dear friends at CHIRP Radio have finally launched it's new website! You can check out all the new fangled-ness here: http://v2.chirpradio.org

This has been many, many months in the making. There are new features including a user login, where people can create an account to join our discussion forums, RSVP to events and (quite possibly the coolest feature) save tabs on your favorite music heard on CHIRP, with the option to purchase at your favorite online and retail outlets!

CHIRP is so excited about their new website they're having a launch party/benefit tonight at Lincoln Hall, with performances from local favorites Summer Girlfriends, Outer Minds, Heavy Times and Sidecar Static! Tickets and other info available here: http://lincolnhallchicago.com

The AMG Gift Guide

All Music Guide has put together a Gift Guide for the music fan in your life and we're very excited to see some of our favorite releases on it! Both of these suggestions will cost you less than $50, so get gifting!

Unrest - Perfect Teeth 7" box

Unrest's landmark album, "Perfect Teeth" - their last, & widely considered their best album - has been out of print for 15 years. Featuring the hits "Make Out Club" & "Cath Carroll." This reissue also has 7 extra non-LP tracks. Reissued in the original 7" vinyl box set format, revised with a 24 page booklet of photos from the 1993 recording session, 6 records all on color vinyl, & replicas of the Unrest & Teenbeat stickers. Comes in letterpressed box. Limited to 700.

Wired Up! - Glam, Proto Punk, & Bubblegum; European Picture Sleeves 1970-1976

Jeremy Thompson, co-owner of punk & power pop reissue label Sing Sing, & Mary Blount compile a year-by-year collection of European glam, proto punk, & bubblegum 7" picture sleeves from 1970-1976. From the New York Dolls & Feather, to T Rex & Elton John. 384pp. Hardcover. Previously rambled about here.

USED: Mint Boddie 5LP box from Numero!

Check out this little gem! We've got a mint used copy of Numero's Boddie Recording Co. 5LP box set in the shop!

From 1958-1993, Thomas & Louise Boddie's industrious Boddie Recording Co. issued nearly 300 albums & 45s, recorded 10,000 hours of tape, & remained in operation longer than any other studio, pressing plant, or label in the history of Cleveland, Ohio. These tracks represent the best of Boddie's in-house labels, which released an unspoiled treasure trove of kitchen-sink eccentric soul, fuzzbox funk, shoestring doo-wop, & haunting spirituals. 


The box set also includes a book and some replica ephemera from Boddie! We don't expect this one to last too long.

10% off saki gift certificates until Christmas!

If you're having trouble figuring out what to buy for that friend or family member with impeccable musical taste this holiday season, we've got you covered! saki gift certificates are 10% off from now until December 24th! Spread the word!

New Releases @ saki 11/27!

Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy LP (reissue)
Peter Brotzmann - Walk, Love, Sleep CD
Neneh Cherry and the Thing - Cherry Thing Remixes LP
V/A - Contemporary Guitar LP
Kevin Devine - Split the Country Split the Street LP (reissue)
Brian Eno - Lux LP
The Garlands - S/T CD and LP
Gurdjieff - Improvisations LP
Joan of Arc - S/T LP
KARP - Kill All Redneck Pricks DVD
MMOSS - Only Children CD and LP (20% OFF THIS WEEK)
Profligate - Videotape LP
Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes LP
Shoes - Present Tense Demos LP
Slaves - Ocean on Ocean LP
Trash Talk - 119 LP
Tyvek - On Triple Beams LP
Woollen Kits - Four Girls LP (20% OFF THIS WEEK)
Sleep - Dopesmoker LP (11/20 release, but still 20% OFF)

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 going to continue offering the sale on Sleep's epic Dopesmoker, and we're adding the two new killer Trouble In Mind releases, MMOSS' Only Children and Woollen Kits' Four Girls!

MMOSS - Only Children CD or LP


From the damp & misty woods of New Hampshire emerges the 2nd full length from psych jam warriors, MMOSS. Following 2011's release on Burger Records, the songs here are a decidedly heavier trip, boasting feats of krautrock, cascading vocal harmonies, & expanded blasts of psychedelic mayhem. MMOSS is the sound of hippies that took the brown acid & liked it. 150 gram randomly mixed colored vinyl comes with download code!

Woollen Kits - Four Girls CD or LP

Australia is in a full-on rock & roll renaissance right now & charging to the front of the pack are Melbourne's Woollen Kits. They have the swagger & jangle of classic Flying Nun Records releases & the simplicity & directness of Beat Happening with a dash of late 80s underground rock. Plus the track "Cheryl" - an easy standout - offers listeners the best advice EVER: "When you look good, you know you feel good, & when you look good, you get shit done." True dat! 150 gram randomly mixed colored vinyl comes with download code.

Sleep - Dopesmoker 2LP

The 63 minute long ode to weed on 180gm purple 2LP. Contains bonus track not available on CD version. "Drop out of life with bong in hand, follow the smoke to the riff-filled land!"

Vinnie the Intern #25: Best of... Schedule

This coming week I will be doing a series of "Top of the Year" lists. Below is the schedule.

Saturday, December 1st
Top Five Music Videos of the Year

Sunday, December 2nd
Top Five Albums of the Year

Monday, December 3rd
Top 50 Songs of the Year (Part One) (50-41)

Tuesday, December 4th
Top 50 Songs of the Year (Part Two) (40-31)

Wednesday, December 5th
 Top 50 Songs of the Year (Part Three) (30-21)

Thursday, December 6th
Top 50 Songs of the Year (Part Four) (20-11)

Friday, December 7th
Top 50 Songs of the Year (Part Five) (10-1)

Keep in mind, I am only one person so I can only be aware of so many artists and songs. Years from now I will still be uncovering music from the year we knew as 2012. But for now, these will be to commemorate albums, videos, and songs I have enjoyed over this year. So just enjoy reading them and feel free to comment on your favorites of the year. I am sure we can all respectively agree to disagree.

For now, I'll just leave you with a video I have been watching quite a bit.

 

saki newsletter 11/27/12!

Helllooooo, friends! Hope you all had a thankfulicious holiday and were able to wake up from your post-dinner hibernation without incident. We'd also like to thank you guys for coming out this weekend to pick up the Record Store Day Black Friday releases and not physically assaulting each other. We've said it before and we'll say it again, WE ARE NOT A WALMART. Thank you guys for keeping it stab and mace-free! We've got a very small handful of RSD BF titles left, but they are now available to mail order customers as well, so if you need anything get over here soon!

We're going to get back in the swing of things this Friday with another installment of our favorite thing ever: Creative Control with Joe McAdam! If you haven't made out to one of these yet (we do them on the last Friday of every month) you are missing out. It's the most fun you'll ever have at a record store. This time our friends from Powell Brew House are coming out to offer samples of their homebrewed goodness too! On Saturday we've got another Epitonic saki Session with an awesome band from Bloomington called Sleeping Bag! They're one of our favorite new bands from the past few years. If you haven't heard them before be sure to come check them out for FREE at saki this weekend!

Plenty of other good stuff coming up in the next few weeks as well! Check the listings below and stay tuned for more info on all that on the blog and in next week's newsletter!

Also, don't forget to check the blog every week to see which new releases we're offering up for 20% OFF! This week you can grab: Sleep's epic Dopesmoker, and we're adding two new killer Trouble In Mind releases, MMOSS' Only Children and Woollen Kits' Four Girls!

Pitchfork interviews Ty Segall & shows the love

I'll get right to the point: Ty Segall is a busy, busy man. He's released THREE albums this year (Drag City's Hair LP/CD/CAS and Twins LP/CD/CAS, not to mention the 7"ers for The Hill and Spiders, as well as Slaughterhouse 2x10"/CD on In The Red) and is seemingly constantly on tour.  

The Mars Attacks-sized brains at Pitchfork caught up with him in a fancy feature ~ see what our modern day hero has to say...even Rockin' Rian Murphy makes an appearance:

"'The thing about rock'n'roll these days is that there’s a lot of fucking demystified greatness,' he explains while munching down a handful of fries slathered in mayo at a Toronto takeout counter. 'You gotta have someone to believe in that will not tell you anything—somebody that will not give you a single piece of information, but who looks rad and makes rad music. I mean, I would do anything to be a 12-year-old kid when Kiss’ Alive came out.'"

 

 

"'Rock'n'roll doesn’t tell you what to think and do, it makes you feel a certain way, so you do those things on your own,' says Segall. And he knows the hit-you-in-the-face factor is key to making you do those things. Twins, which Segall performed and recorded almost entirely on his own, definitely meets the standard for skronky catharsis."

Live at Lincoln Hall: La Sera opened for Father John Misty and Jeffertitti's Nile

La Sera, the solo project of Vivian Girls bassist “Kickball Katy” Goodman, opened for Father John Misty (aka J. Tillman) at Lincoln Hall on the eve of Halloween.

After releasing two albums on Sub Pop's sister label Hardly Art, Goodman developed a confidence that has added luster to her live presence. Not only can she actually play her instruments-- namely the bass, but also the guitar and, thumbing illustrious riffs-- Goodman can captivate an audience with a shake and swing of her hips. 

The band played a few tracks from their debut self-titled release but mostly stuck to hits from their latest album, Sees The Light, ending with the featured track called “Love That’s Gone.” And like that “Kickball Katy” vanished off stage leaving a fleet of beating hearts fluttering with wonder.

Jeffertitti's Nile, aka Jeffertitti's Moon, aka Father John Misty's bassist opened the show.

Father John Misty played the day before at saki with The Orwell’s for their Epitonic saki session.

Purchase La Sera releases via Mailorder from sakistore.net

Related articles

• Epitonic saki Session: The Orwells and Father John Misty
• Father John Misty played MHOW and Bowery Ballroom with La Sera & Jeffertitti's Nile (pics from Bowery)
• Jeffertitti's Nile (Father John Misty, The Entrance Band) in stock at saki!
• La Sera: Sees the Light

new USED LPs in stock!

Just put out some pretty amazing used LPs. Come check them out!

Attack of the Killer B's and Revenge of the Killer B's (b-sides comps.) LP
The Flaming Lips & Prefuse 73 - Flaming Lips 2011 (collaborative 12" EP)
The Flaming Lips & Neon Indian - Flaming Lips 2011 (collaborative 12" EP)
Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (RSD 2012 2LP set, Henry Rollins version)
BLK JKS - S/T and Lakeside 10"s
Gorillaz - White Flag 10" (RSD 2010)
Ford & Lopatin - Emergency Room 12" (version 4)
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace 10" single
Red Astaire - Nuggets for the Needy LP
Antonio Carlos Jobin and Luis Bonfa - Black Orpheus soundtrack LP
Main Attrakionz - 808s and Dark Grapes II LP
Portishead - Third LP
Primal Scream - (i'm gonna) cry myself blind 10"
The Clash - Combat Rock LP
Chisel - Set You Free LP (early Ted Leo, highly recommended)
...and more!

Do this if you "like" saki!

I'm sure you've all seen a lot of these posts in the past few months, but here's one more. If you want to keep on top of what's going on at saki we recommend that you "like" us on Facebook. Once you've done that, or if you already have, look right next to where it says "Liked," click on the pulldown menu and select "Add to Interest Lists...". It's super easy and without doing this Facebook will make it very hard for you to see our regular posts!

Of course, you should also regularly check this here blog and/or add us to your feeds! Follow us on Twitter too!

New Releases @ saki 11/20/12!!!

Adult. "Resuscitation" LP (re-issue)
The Alchemist "Russian Roulette" LP
Autumn Owls "Between Buildings Toward The Sea" CD/LP
Azita "Year" LP
Nathan Bowles "A Bottle, A Buckeye" LP
"Color Me Obsessed" DVD (Replacements documentary)
Dinosaur Jr. "Chocomel Daze" LP
The Evens "The Odds" CD
The Faint "Danse Macabre" CD/LP (reissue + DVD)
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin "Instrumental Tourist" CD
Kylesa "From The Vaults Vol. 1" LP
Mark Lanegan "Same Old Man" 7" (Karen Dalton cover)
Man Or Astroman "Analog Series Vol. 2" 7"
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Christmas Eve Can Kill You" 7"
E.D. Sedgwick "We Wear White" LP
Sleep "Dopesmoker" LP (vinyl reissue on colored vinyl!!!)
Tight Phantomz "Silk Prison" LP
The Walkmen "Dance With Your Partner/Vermeer '65" 7"
V/A "Delta Swamp Rock" LP (Soul Jazz Comp. w/ Gregg Allman, Skynyrd, and more)
Wye Oak "My Neighbor/My Creator" EP (1st time on vinyl)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Psychedelic Pill" BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC/LP

Vinnie the Intern #24: Captain Murphy's Du∆lity

Captain Murphy's long-awaited mixtape, Duality, is finally here as of noon last Thursday. An album that brings as many questions as it does answers, it is a unique experience that fans of Madvillain  Earl Sweatshirt, or Flying Lotus should enjoy.

Not only an incredibly charismatic and realized debut (especially since Captain Murphy has only been in the public eye for less than 6 months), the corresponding video, created by Xavier Magot, is so well done it could make a grind-house feature blush. Even though it has dropped, there are still many questions (other than the identity Captain Murphy), such as the names of the tracks (thus making this review harder than it should have been). On Sunday, on his Twitter, a link to a seamless Mp3 was available for download. Reportedly, the 28th of November will be the date we are given the deluxe edition of Duality and feature "more songs and the instrumentals."

Captain Murphy - Du∆lity

Naomi Punk - Voodoo Trust from The Feeling!

Highly recommended! Check out the video for 'Voodoo Trust' off of Naomi Punk's stellar 2012 LP, The Feeling! Originally released in a run of 300 earlier this year, the album is being reissued by Captured Tracks this week on CD, with the LP delayed until 12/4.

This one will be popping up on a lot of best of lists this year. If you've been into anything Ty Segall has done the past few years, you won't want to sleep on Naomi Punk!

Sandy Benefit Show at saki TOMORROW!

saki has the privilege of hosting a variety show tomorrow night, November 16th at 7pm to benefit the family of Joe McAdam (producer of our monthly variety show, Creative Control), whose home in Brick, NJ was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. To the right is a photo of their house shortly after the storm.

saki will host a night of music and comedy, with special raffle prizes from Second City, The Owl, The Music Box Theatre, The Empty Bottle, Provenance Food & Wine and more. McAdam will host the show, which features comedy from Junior Stopka, Joe Kwaczala, Will Miles, and CJ Toledano, with music from Gabe Liebowitz (Dastardly). 

We’ll be taking donations at the door. If you haven’t yet contributed to those affected by the nightmare that was the last two weeks on the East coast, here’s a great chance to help out!

McAdam recently checked in with a short piece about his memories of Aunt and Uncle's home at The Steamroller, Chicago comedy scene-focused blog run by saki's event coordinator, Matt Byrne.

Here's a list of all the raffle prizes we've rounded up so far:

• $50 gift certificate for the Owl
• Old Town School of Folk Music one-year membership ($125 value)
• 2 passes to Second City Main Stage
• 2 passes to UP Comedy Club
• $15 gift card from Uncharted Books
• 2 pairs of tickets to see Titus Andronicus at Metro on 11/25! (Includes Metro tote bag & t-shirt)
• 1 card good for 1 free cup of coffee a week for a year from the Book Cellar
• 1 card good for 1 free glass of wine a month for a year from the Book Cellar (must be 21 to redeem)
• 2 bottles of wine from Provenance Food & Wine (Vinas de Balbo, Malbec 2011 & Tilia, Torrontes 2011)
• 2 passes to see Miami Connection (includes coupon for free popcorn and soda) at the Music Box Theatre
• 2 passes to see Monty Python & the Holy Grail (includes coupon for free popcorn and soda) at the Music Box Theatre
• Guest list with +1 for any not sold out December show (musical performances only) at Schubas/Lincoln Hall (We recommend The Babies, Netherfriends, James Iha, Prince Rama, Maps & Atlases, Future Islands, Os Mutantes or Charles Bradley)
• Guest list +1 for Hannibel Buress' Night of Thanksgiving Chaos at Schubas
• Guest list with +1 to see King Khan and BBQ Show at the Empty Bottle on 11/26
• Guest list with +1 for early Ty Segall show at the Empty Bottle on 2/9 (7pm)
• $30 gift certificate for Cleos
• 3 DVD prize pack from Everything Is Terrible
• FREE garden consultation from Summer Sweet Garden Design
  

... and possibly more to come! 

Hurricane Sandy Relief Benefit Show at saki

Friday, November 16. 7pm. Free. Donations encouraged at the door.

Hosted by Joe McAdam. Performers include: Junior Stopka, Joe Kwaczala, Will Miles,

CJ Toledano, Gabe Liebowitz (Dastardly)

The NeverEnding Song

Remember that time when you were really drunk at 3am and your friend put on R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" and you said, "Oh man, I wish this song would just go on forever"? Well, you're welcome...

We did it, internet!

A Very Girl Group Xmas w. Summer Girlfriends and Kitchen Hips

A Very Girl Group Christmas
With music and cheer from
Summer Girlfriends & Kitchen Hips
Hosted by Phil Spector
Saturday, December 15th, 7pm. FREE.

saki is excited to announce its third annual holiday party. This year's celebration of everything warm, friendly, and non-denominational about the month of December is filtered through the lens of one of our favorite Christmas albums, "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector."

Our special guests Summer Girlfriends and Kitchen Hips will be performing original arrangements of classic holiday songs in addition to their own material. saki staffers will keep the holiday vibes going in between sets with joyful DJ sets and other treats, including:

A holiday photo booth!
The return of the Christmas freakout room!
A cookie potluck!
Presents for YOU!
Complimentary festive drinks!
& more!

RSVP on FACEBOOK
Listen to Summer Girlfriends: https://www.facebook.com/summergirlfriends
Listen to Kitchen Hips: https://www.facebook.com/kitchenhips

Guest list spots for upcoming Empty Bottle shows!

Hey folks, we've got an opportunity for you to get into some awesome shows coming up at the Empty Bottle! All you have to do is purchase a title from these bands and we'll get you on the list for their show! We can't think of a better reward for buying records... We need at least one days notice to get you on the list, so you have to buy it at least one day before the show, and the guest list spots DO NOT come with a +1. Once a show is officially sold out it's off the table. Check out these awesome upcoming shows, and get in here quick if you want to see any of them for FREE!

11/17 Om with Daniel Higgs amd Bruce Lamont

11/26 King Khan and BBQ Show

12/8 Six Organs of Admittance with Blues Control, Scott Tuma and Mike Weis

saki newsletter 11/13/12!

Hello again, folks! It's that time of the week again... time for the saki newsletter! We'd like to thank Seluah, Circuit Des Yeux & Sea Hero for playing at The Burlington this weekend. We had a great time!

This Friday we're hosting a fundraiser at saki Hurricane Sandy victims. Joe McAdam, who produces and hosts are monthly comedy/variety show, Creative Control, is also producing this show. Some of his family members who live in the NY/NJ area have been completely displaced by flooding. Joe asked for our help to raise some money to get them back on there feet and we couldn't say no. We'll have a bunch of great Chicago comics and music from Gabe Liebowitz of Dastardly, as well as a whole bunch of auction/raffle prizes to give away. Please come and enjoy the show and donate some money to a very worthy cause! If you can't makie it, but you would still like to donate, you can do so by going to Joe McAdam's site and clicking on the PayPal link!



Our next event after the fundraiser is, not so oddly enough, Creative Control with Joe McAdam on the 30th! This month we've got a bunch of other Chicago comics, and one former Chicagoan visiting from LA, along with music from Oshwa! If you haven't been to Creative Control yet, you're missing out! It's one of the best comedy showcases in Chicago. This month we also have our friends from Powell Brew House coming out to pour some of their delicious homebrewed beer for you! If you don't like homebrew you can still BYOB, but if you don't like homebrew, what are you doing in my country? Get out!

There's a bunch of other good stuff coming up in December. We'll give you more on that later, but for now check out the listings below!

Don't forget that we are now offering select new releases for 20% off each week at saki! This week, you can snag Sonic Youth, Philip Glass & Killer Mike for 20% off!

Vinnie the Intern #23: Titus Andronicus - Local Business

This review may be a little behind, but today I will be focusing on the new Titus Andronicus album, Local Business. Released last month, the album treads usually territory of American anthems, New Jersey, and references to Shakespearean tragedy.

On a side note, I will be reviewing Captain Murphy's highly anticipated album Duality next week! It is scheduled for release this Thursday.

Titus Andronicus - Local Business (XL Recordings)

Local Business, the follow up to their expansive sophomore album The Monitor, can be seen as their most polished yet but that does not take away from the final product. It is undeniably an album by Titus Andronicus. This time around Patrick Stickles vocals are not as guttural, arrangements are simplistic, and his lyrics seem to be some of his most personal yet, especially the eight minute epic "My Eating Disorder," presumptuously dealing with his eating disorder. In the weeks upcoming to the album, Titus Andronicus played several "Local Business" sessions around Brooklyn, I assume as an ode to the the local businesses that fuel our economy and the hard working, individuals that create a back bone of our society.

New Releases @ saki 11/13!!!

Animal Collective "Applesauce" 10"
The Babies "Our House On The Hill" LP
The Beatles "Stereo Vinyl Remasters + Box Set" LP (all titles available!!!)
Brian Eno "Lux" CD
Clinic "Free Reign" LP
Lana Del Rey "Paradise" CD
Eternal Tapestry "A World Out Of Time" LP
Forgetters "S/T" LP
Guided By Voices "The Bears For Lunch CD/LP
Steve Hauschildt "Sequitur" CD/LP
Killer Mike "R.A.P. Music" LP
Daniel Higgs "Say God" LP
Mmoss "Only Children" CD
Mungolian Jetset "Mungodelics" LP
Neneh Cherry & The Thing "Cherry Thing Remixes" CD
Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Psychedelic Pill" CD
V/A "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era" LP
Philip Glass "Rework" LP (remixes by Beck, Dan Deacon + more)
Savages  "I Am Here 'Live'" 12" EP
The Sea + Cake "S/T" LP (re-issue)
Sonic Youth "Smart Bar Chicago 1985 - Live" CD/LP
Woollen Kits "Four Girls" CD

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 going to continue offering the sale on Sonic Youth's Live at Smart Bar 1985 CD and LP, the vinyl version of the Philip Glass remix project, and the vinyl version of Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music!

Sonic Youth - Live at Smart Bar 1985 CD or LP

Live multi-track recording of NYC legends. Live versions of most of the songs from Bad Moon Rising & the never-properly-released track "Kat 'n' Hat". Recorded at Chicago's Smart Bar in 1985!

Philip Glass - Rework: Philip Glass Remixed LP

2xLP WHITE WITH SILVER SPLATTER VINYL. The idea for "Rework" came together during a conversation between Philip & his friend & new collaborator BECK. The pair recruited producer Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Bjork, Lou Reed) to help assemble a collection of remixes of Glass' works by a list of critically acclaimed artists including BECK, TYONDAI BRAXTON, AMON TOBIN, CORNELIUS, DAN DEACON, JOHANN JOHANNSSON, NOSAJ THING, MEMORY TAPES, PANTHA DU PRINCE, MY GREAT GHOST & PETER BRODERICK.

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music LP

"Mike hooks up with 2012 MVP frontrunner El-P... to create what's described on the title track as "what my people need and the opposite of bullshit." It's the 2012 equivalent to Ice Cube and the Bomb Squad's similarly inspired bicoastal union on AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.Limiting himself to one producer, legends-only guest spots, and a real sense that he'd better make this one count, Killer Mike rises to the occasion." - P4K

The Mekons "Work All Week"

Single (1979)

Top of the Pops 2 BBC2 (2004)

Jessica Bailiff / Pitchfork 7.5 for "At The Down Turned Jagged Rim of The Sky"

Jessica Bailiff is no stranger to us here at CTD.  We've been hawking her wares for some time now.  Imagine the pleasantries that filled the office here this morning when we noticed that Pitchfork have issued her newest Kranky LP/CD, At The Down-Turned Jagged Rim of The Sky, a 7.5 rating.  

"At the Down-Turned Jagged Rim of the Sky, her first full-length since 2006, is on the one hand just another Jessica Bailiff album, suffused with her cool, half-chanted singing and plenty of sonic murk. But it's also quite unlike anything she's done before. It's focused, without the lengthy experiments, and the flow of the album is coherent. Odd Nosdam's mixing adds a subtle punch, and her songs sometimes bring to mind New Zealand experimentalist Graeme Jefferies of the Cakekitchen, offering a specific vision of hooks, delivery, and fuzz."

"There's a clear sense of arrangement and precision throughout. Often there's no overt variation or change in a song, but when subtle changes do emerge after careful listening, you get a sense of how her understated touch creates a strong impact. Bringing scope and space to a more intimate level, the miniature epic 'This is Real' demonstrates the virtues of the slow build and Bailiff's careful placement: repeated keyboard parts are matched by guitars, then voices take the place of the guitars as new guitars are added into the background. It feels like sweeping exultance, a sigh, and the title's reach for something grounded."

Watch BurgerTV! Buy Burger tapes!

Do you guys know Burger Records? I'm not sure you do. Too many of their tapes and LPs go unsold on our shelves. Y'all need to rectify! Right now you can pick up a handful of Ty Segall & Thee Oh Sees tapes (many of them include two full albums on one tape), some Pharcyde tapes, the Shivas cassette, and Summer Twins on LP! We'll continue to bring in more Burger goodness, but you guys have to promise to buy them. You promise? Ok, DEAL.

In the meantime, check out the recently launched BurgerTV! You can watch Sean and Lee be goofballs and catch some live footage from the likes of Guantanamo Baywatch, White Fang, Cosmonauts, WHITE MYSTERY and more!

saki presents: Seluah, Circuit Des Yeux & Sea Hero @ The Burlington!

Join us this Saturday night for Seluah (Louisville, KY - members of Rachel's, Boom Bip, and People Noise), Circuit Des Yeux & Sea Hero at The Burlington! We'll be playing some records for you early in the night if you're into that kind of thing...

You can pick up Seluah's latest 'Red Parole' from saki right now courtesy of Karate Body Records!

"Shut it down. This sofa-bounding tiger cub is the best thing you’ll see today."

via io9.com Thanks to @RobertLoerzel

Happy Carl Sagan Day

WFMU Hell and High Water Fundraiser

New Jersey's WFMU, the longest running freeform radio station in the country, was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy last week, causing electrical, water, and financial damages to their studios and transmitter sites. The station is endlessly entertaining and exciting, broadcasting some of the best radio shows currently on the air (both musical and non-musical) and is very deserving of your support.

Obviously there are plenty of causes that will make great use of any and all financial contributions that come their way, but if you have some extra cash, please consider sending some of it WFMU's way.

Foxygen & Angel Olsen play saki 12/9

saki is excited to present a free, all-ages in-store with Foxygen and Angel Olsen on Sunday, December 9th at 3pm. RSVP on Facebook.

Foxygen’s debut EP Take the Kids Off Broadway (Jagjaguwar) received a 7.9 on Pitchfork. Foxygen is the bi-coastal songwriting duo of Sam France (vocals, Olympia, Wash.) and Jonathan Rado (guitar/keyboards, NYC). They are the raw, de-Wes Andersonization of The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Velvets, Bowie, etc. that a whole mess of young people desperately need. They create a sometimes-impressionistic, sometimes-hyper-real portrait of sounds from specific places and times. Yet, it never comes across as anything but absolutely modern music. They bring the manic, freewheeling qualities of an artist like Ariel Pink to those aforementioned influences to make for one of the most refreshing listens of the year. They are the real deal and total savants.

Angel Olsen’s latest album Half Way Home (Bathetic) received an 8.0 on Pitchfork. A continuation of her elegance brought forth on Strange Cacti, a collection of both new & old music, honed & matured, thoughts revisited. We're hearing this same beautiful girl with that same beautiful voice, this time brought up to a new level, in no doubt a growth & reach brought on by several roadtrips with the one & only BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY & crew. 

The shows will be recorded as Epitonic saki Sessions and become available for download at Epitonic.com.

The saki in-store is in anticipation of Foxygen’s show at Metro on the night of Sunday, December 9th with Of Montreal and Wild Belle.

RSVP on Facebook

BV Chicago is also pretty pumped about this.

Speck Mountain announced "Badwater" release

Photo by Julia Stotz 2012

MTV Hive premieres "gloom-pop track" Slow So Long, the first track available off upcoming Speck Mountain album Badwater (Carrot Top Records | January 22, 2013). The new track "contains gauzy atmospherics, moody guitars, and tender vocals." Take a listen! 

Badwater has also caught the ears of folks in the UK. Middle Boop Mag. They call the upcoming album, "a progression of their psychedelic sound, bonding together via scraps of foggy, lucid dreams created by 'musical soulmates' finding one another."