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!
Friday, November 30th @ 8pm Creative Control w/ Joe McAdam featuring standup from Matt Drufke, Mike Joyce, Candy Lawrence, Kevin Lee & Andrew Smreker, sketches from Christina Boucher & Chris Stephens, & music from Oshwa!
Beverages provided by Powell Brew House!
Friday, December 14th @ 6pm
Opening Reception of... From The Rooftops: Screenprints by Ethan D'Ercole featuring music from Bedfellows and members of Manniquen Men!
Beverages & snacks provided by saki Goose Island!
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)
The Garlands - S/T CD and 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
Sleep - Dopesmoker LP (from 11/20 releases but still 20% OFF THIS WEEK)
Trash Talk - 119 LP
Tyvek - On Triple Beams LP
Woollen Kits - Four Girls LP (20% OFF THIS WEEK)
Check out these new and upcoming featured releases from saki/CTD!
New single from Austin vets. Massive bites of well-written pop chargers featuring members of Bad Sports, OBN III's, and Bobby Jealousy. Produced by Mike McCarthy and mastered at Chicago Mastering Service. Housed in a big fat glue pocket with high quality download. Everything about this record is huge
**EXCLUSIVE! STREET DATE 12/04. The self-titled VINYL ONLY OF 120 QTY debut album from Billow Observatory - the duo comprising Danish producer Jonas Munk, aka Manual, & Auburn Lull guitarist Jason Kolb - is a record that has been nearly a decade in the making. As Kolb explains, "This record is extremely guitar heavy, which may surprise people. A lot of my guitar parts were actually recorded with amps & mics and then treated &re-treated." This material as sounding as if it comes from surroundings rather than from hands touching instruments. NO EXPORT OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA
14 compact BUDD composed string quartets played by the Formalist Quartet. Elegantly simple, avant-garde string quartets, each w/ his own unique & subtle tension & abstraction sometimes-pastoral but as-often otherworldly mood shining through
Originally released in 1966 on the Takoma label, this is a compilation of solo acoustic guitar instrumentals from folk &blues legends such as BUKKA WHITE, JOHN FAHEY, & ROBBIE BASHO as well as lesser known-s like MAX OCHS & HARRY TAUSSIG. An essential compilation of American guitar soli. NO CANADA/NO EXPORTS
STREET DATE 12/04. Two unreleased tracks recorded in the early 90's. Beautiful murky vocals paired w/ bleak jangly bursts of guitar & droning organ/synth from Kim Pieters, Janine Stagg, Peter Stapleton, & Roy Montgomery
Synth pop, dark wave, minimal synth, trance, none of it really matters. This is deep eclectic electronic music performed to live midi, hybrid digital & analog perfection. The dual male/female vocal delivery presented on this record shows a high concern for distinctly developed interplay & identity that is perhaps unequaled in contemporary synth pop
Rides deep & dark but not free of a lush joyful pop sensibility sometimes sneaking in behind menacing moments to disrupt the darkness & let a little light through
REPRESS. "A I A" is a two-part release comprised of songs written & recorded over the last four years. Both albums are low, both discuss:Êbeing an other to oneÕs own self, to other humans; ghosts & aliens, both literal & metaphorical; other worlds to escape to. Second in the two-part series
REPRESS. "A I A" is a two-part release comprised of songs written & recorded over the last four years. Both albums are low, both discuss:Êbeing an other to oneÕs own self, to other humans; ghosts & aliens, both literal & metaphorical; other worlds to escape to. First in the two-part series
The guitars are bright. The bass is deep. The drums are real. The melodies powerful. Guthrie (COCTEAU TWINS) quietly coaxes beauty & emotion from his guitar & seemingly invites us inside the dream where we are a blissful & integral part of the whole creation
**EXCLUSIVE!! A documentary film about a band called KARP. A story of 3 friends overcoming odds through rock n' roll music. Film features BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS, UNWOUND, BEAT HAPPENING, CALVIN JOHNSON, KATHLEEN HANNA, KIMYA DAWSON, JOE PRESTON. 84 minutes
A single mantra-like piece followed by a "version" in classic dub fashion. Takes tumbling electrified rhythms & sets them up against slowly-modulating analog patterns, gradually building into something even more revenant. Bass-heavy & precariously stripped bare, leaving only skeletons of influence & form. On B-side, Lowe touches on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works II, early Popul Vuh, & Rhythm & Sound in one fell swoop
STREET DATE 11/23. BLACK FRIDAY RSD RELEASE. A companion piece to "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will", w/ remixes from artist at the cutting edge of electronic & expertimental music. Features ZOMBI, TIM HECKER, UMBERTO, XANDER HARRIS, & more. Ltd to 2500 on color vinyl. Incld download. NO RETURNS. NO EXPORT
STREET DATE 12/04. 23 short & moody narratives, reminiscent of Carlos Paredes. Solo guitar music & loops from recordings he rediscovered/revisited several years ago
OBN III's huge-sounding follow-up adds a new dimension of heavy rock to their incredible debut EP and LP outings thus far. ÊAll the punch with even better writing and recording, delving into darker moods and much heavier hits. ÊFrom the 2" tape reels to the needle that drops down onto it, no expense was spared to create the vinyl version of this record. ÊFollowing a meticulous, 100% analog signal path...Neeley's swinging microphone hitting your head is the only thing missing from the immediacy of their live show! Ê180 gram vinyl pressing, gatefold sleeve, and the requisite high-quality digital download included
California indie pop musician Nedelle Torrisi (formerly of CRYPTACIZE). This blissful single draws inspiration from Coleridge's "Kubla Kahn." Deluxe packaging w/ download included. Nine 7x7" full color inserts housed in letterpressed vellum envelope
The gateway LP for powerpop mainliner's the world over. Originally released in 1977, reissued here on 150g vinyl, & remastered from the original master tapes. A powerpop MUST
Prior to signing w/ Elektra in 1979, Shoes were just four guys cutting demos in a Zion, IL basement. Compiled here for the first time on vinyl is a track-by-track reevaluation of the Zion demos, cut from the original master tapes & lovingly treated on high-qquality 150g vinyl
NO RETURNS. 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!"
The San Francisco-based five-piece deliver a 21st century take on rock anthems on their sophomore full-length. Here things are stripped down to the basics w/ a focus on texture & mood, where powerful vocals are showcased against a cascade of whirling synthesizers, soaring guitars, & thundering drums. Co-produced by Eli Crews (TUNEYARDS, DEERHOOF, THAO & MIRAH)
Members of LUSTRE KING, PINEBENDER, REDS N BLUE, MILEMARKER, SEAM. Though it's a dark trip, it carries the same self-deprecating thread as classic drunken Replacements channeled through Black Sabbath. 2LP on clear orange vinyl w/ download
This Portland, Oregon combo draws inspiration from grey skies, vintage sci-fi novels, fuzz pedals & homemade drone boxes. The result is a collection of drunken-funeral-folk tunes
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! Thanks for your interest, direct any questions, comments, accolades, or complaints to info@sakistore.net!
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