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GOLDSTAR ARTIST ROSTA
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Akron/Family ... now roaming all over a wide, open space where antique folk balladry, primal drone and explosive improvisation meet and melt in a woodland psychedelia that answers an... |
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Alexander Tucker Alexander Tucker began as the vocalist in post-rock hardcore 5-piece Unhome who released one album A Short History of Houses (Unlabel) and a split... more |
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Angels Of Light "Michael Gira is one of maybe ten people in the whole world who inspired me to pick up a guitar and try to write songs in the first... more |
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Apache Signed by Birdman before even hearing one note and amidst broken limbs, Apache bring forth their first diamond – Boomtown Gems. Featuring... more |
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Bad Religion New Maps of Hell, is Bad Religion’s new album marking the band and label's 25th anniversary. Having released new track ‘Honest Goodbye’ earlier... more |
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Bardo Pond Philadelphia’s Bardo Pond return in June 2006 with Ticket Crystals – their sixth studio album and second for ATP Recordings. Completing a trilogy of work – first... more |
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Bilge Pump Bilge Pump have a disturbing ability to be better than any band they play with. Imagine a boiling-over bastard concoction of all the... more |
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Birds of Avalon “Led by a pair of guitarists who seem, by sheer force, to be powering their amplifiers rather than the other way around, Birds of Avalon make thunderous, precise rock... |
| Boris featuring Michio Kurihara Boris with Michio Kurihara — a not unlikely combination, but who thought it would happen? Yet they play with such fantastic harmony. RAINBOW is not just a perfect... more |
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Chamber Music A good few years in the making [and 100 years since its original publication] comes an epic 36 artists interpretation of James Joyce’s 1907 collection of poems charting love... more |
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Clockcleaner Loud and ugly brawl rock hailing from the City of Brotherly Love. Clockcleaner is a three piece mixing a hateful stew of wiry hard rock suitable for... more |
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Comets On Fire After 2004's critically acclaimed Blue Cathedral, one might have expected Comets on Fire to blast off into the cosmos in an infinite flurry of lysergic spasmodicism. Surprising,... more |
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Dave Cloud Cloud will release his warped statement of intent: 'Pleasure Before Business' full length later in the year which will again feature the talents of the... more |
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David Hurn “an intelligent songwriter, his music is aimed first and foremost at the heart.” Dusted Magazine Fresh from supporting Mark Eitzel with his own brand... more |
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Dead Child Upon first glance at its gruesome exterior, Dead Child appears to be a new creation. However, its jagged roots extend deep into the past, with a history... more |
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Do the Pop! 2002's acclaimed collection 'Do The Pop! The Australian Garage Rock Sound 1976-87' returns in February 2008 on Savage Beat! Records though Shock/ Forte... more |
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envy “Impressive in a way more cerebral post-rock has long ceased to be” Uncut “Outstanding” Kerrang Since 1992, |
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Even EVEN (Ash Naylor: Guitars and lead vocals, Wally Kempton: Bass and vocals, Matthew Cotter: Drums and vocals) are a rare beast - an... more |
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Fuck Buttons Fuck Buttons came to life in Bristol by Andrew Hung & Benjamin John Power in the winter of 2004. Initially the group was born as an outlet for... |
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Fucking Champs It is oft opined that to the victor go the spoils; truly then, the world belongs to the Champs. The Fucking Champs, that is. In the four years since the release of V, they have... more |
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Fursaxa This is the fifth full-length release from West Philly-based solo artist Tara Burke aka Fursaxa who boasts a fan base with the likes of Bardo Pond, Acid Mothers Temple and... more |
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Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta “William Burroughs meets the Dirty Three” - WIRE “The closest thing we've heard recently to compare it to is the sun-blasted alienation... more |
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Ghost IN STORMY NIGHTS is Ghost’s ninth full length release for Drag City and contains over an hour’s-worth of music and sound in which the band apply their trademark... |
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GOD “GOD'S Rock 'n' Roll is the screeching of the dragon, the rumbling of the volcano, the insane chatter of machinery. Sean, Joel, Tim and Matthew. Four guys united by the... more |
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Graham Day and the Gaolers Graham Day co-founded the Prisoners in 1980, whilst still at school. They pioneered a particular brand of 60s garage punk which was to become known as the Medway sound. In 1982... more |
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Harmful The seventh album. 2007. A clear statement, no more or less than necessary. HARMFUL (Aren Amirze: guitar, vox, Nico Heimann: drums, Chris Aidonopoulos: bass, Billy Gould: guitar)... more |
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Heads Bristol psychedelic noise purveyors, Kraut rock obscurist obsessives and Stoogian riff worshippers The Heads kick-start a whole slew of deluxe |
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Health “Just imagine the world reaching the end of its tri-millennial life-cycle and imploding again. Dark? Now just imagine rhythm. Primal, learning, glittering... more |
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Hermano “When Hermano say rock music, they mean rock music “ Kerrang Following the release of last year’s ‘Live at W2’ album. Hermano return... more |
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High On Fire 'Imagine a dream combination of Motorhead, Venom and Celtic Frost laying waste to all-comers… this is just what the devil ordered.' Mojo |
| Hotel Alexis Following up on the rapturous response to first album, The Shining Example is Lying on The Floor, Hotel Alexis return with Goliath, I’m On Your Side. (Broken Sparrow... more |
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Howlin Hex As part of their encompassing tour of the world at large, The Howling Hex have disseminated their experiences into a golden hour of rock and roll to create a NIGHTCLUB VERSION OF... more |
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Howlin Rain After 2006, it was uncertain if there would be another Howlin Rain record. Well, at least in the mind of the musical world at large. For... more |
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HTRK Formed in 2003, HTRK are a mysterious three-piece from Melbourne who reside in Berlin and London. Reminiscent of the sounds and... |
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Jack Rose “inspired” Mojo “one of this century’s finest guitar players” The Wire “engrossing” Uncut Beautiful... more |
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Jana Hunter There’s No Home is the second full-length from Jana Hunter. Recorded over two consecutive weeks in Fall 2006 at a friend’s home in Houston, TX the album features... more |
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Jay Reatard By now, Jay Reatard should be known to most everyone paying any attention to this whole indie/punk/pop/garage/ shitgaze/blahblahblah.... more |
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Jesu J.K. Broadrick triumphantly returns with his second, and quite appropriately titled, |
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Jubilee Jubilee is a new rock n’ roll band from Los Angeles, California, featuring the collective talents of Aaron North (Nine Inch Nails, The Icarus Line)... more |
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Kelley Stoltz Circular Sounds is the fourth LP from San Francisco’s home recording auteur Kelley Stoltz. Its 13 songs are a stereophonic advance... more |
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Kinski “like Sabbath in a washing machine during a power surge” NME “this controlled bedlam is just the thing for fans of the similarly explosive,... more |
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Kites Kites is a one-man organic sturm and scowl with this fourth record for LOAD. Following 2006’s Peace Trials esblend of campfire informed Wilheim... more |
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Kling Klang Rock Action Records are pleased to announce that after 3 long years Kling Klang’s ‘The Esthetik Of Destruction’ album is set for release on November 13th 2006.... more |
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Kultur Shock Kultur Shock’s members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Japan, and the United States, but the complexity only begins there. Their hometown of Seattle seems to be one of the only... more |
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Ladyfinger (ne) Ladyfinger (NE) are pounding, squealing, rabid, feral. A man with a classic rock voice that melts the cockles like butter on a biscuit. Heavy Hands. But because this... more |
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Lightning Bolt Year 1995. Initially it was a drums, bass and effected vocals lineup (Brian Gibson - bass, Brian Chippendale - drums, Hisham Bharoocha - vocals). . Sounding kinda like a... more |
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Lords “Sabbath-goes-Beefheart through a prog-rock mincer… wickedly enjoyable” Drowned in Sound Following a slew of EPs and... more |
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Love As Laughter Sam Jayne is a specific breed of classic songwriter: strong-willed, surefooted and unstoppable, particularly when he has the sovereignty to work within his own creative space.... more |
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Mi and L'Au We have recently finished recording an album by Mi and L'au here in Brooklyn. I, Michael Gira co-produced it with them. It turned out very lovely indeed. It was a privilege to... more |
| Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake Farm Girl Records are very proud to present Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons from Michael Yonkers and the Blind Shake. Yonkers, who has been... more |
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Monotonix Monotonix are a punk trio from Tel Aviv, featuring guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) and vocals (Ami). They formed in November 2005, set up... more |
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Monster Bobby One of the earliest artists and “musical activists” in the Brighton scene that has spawned so many great bands of recent years, including several he has played... more |
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Mouthus Brooklyn-based duo, Mouthus - Brian Sullivan and Nate Nelson - have crafted a considerable body of work since forming in 2002. With a multitude of... more |
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Mudhoney It took a wall socket for Mudhoney to happen. They came from the old, weird Seattle looking damp and strange; beer-swilling jackals... more |
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My Morning Jacket Formed in 1998 in Louisville Kentucky and named after a coat lead singer Jim James found in the ashes of his favourite bar after it burned down, My... more |
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Nat Baldwin There is very little that is obviously sexy about the double bass. Long relegated literally and metaphorically to the back of the room in jazz and bluegrass ensembles, the... |
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Neutral Milk Hotel Finally comes a reissue for the fuzzy, literate and imaginative - lovingly repackaged in double gatefold sleeve with the digipak including both the original US and European... more |
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No Age No Age: the name alone suggests multiple meanings and possible interpretations — timeless, ageless, anonymous, free from... more |
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O'death Five guys, maybe three shirts between them, take to the stage. There’s a banjo, a fiddle, a drum set littered with gas cans, chains, and broken cymbals. Then they all... more |
| Paul Duncan Paul Duncan, a Texan now in Brooklyn, recorded his first two records in a homemade studio. Paul’s music has always been marked by the unique combination of traditional... more |
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PG Six Pat Gubler first appeared on the New York music scene in 1994, as a member of Memphis Luxure, a noise-rock band from Port Chester that... more |
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Pissed Jeans The Straight World is a shallow, boring, soul-sucking vortex. This is where most folks spend their quiet, desperate lives. Working to consume, consuming to achieve status.... more |
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Ponytail We first witnessed PONYTAIL live, it was impossible to restrain ourselves. Their music was total spastic bliss. A complete sugar high... more |
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Puerto Muerto
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Rio En Medio Rio En Medio’s debut album, The Bride of Dynamite is an intricate collage of layered vocals, delicately... more |
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Rough Trade Compilation ROUGH TRADE SHOPS - COUNTER CULTURE 07 |
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Scientists You could put on a Scientists record from this period and not know it was 23 years old! The Scientists might’ve been overlooked... |
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Sightings Bass, drum and guitars meshed together with a synthetic twine envisioned in future think tanks. Literally the sound of human progress darkened with a profound fidelity so loud the... more |
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Silver Jews A new Silver Jews record so soon! What have we done in life to earn it? Just living is enough. Here’s your guided tour to the... more |
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Singer Singer is the rock band peopled by Robert A. A. Lowe, Todd Rittmann, Adam Vida and Ben Vida. Their music has two guitars, bass and some drums, plus... more |
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Sir Richard Bishop Is Sir Richard Bishop just another virtuoso or something more powerful, like a magus or sorcerer? It’s hard to tell through the mystic fields that... more |
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Six Organs of Admittance It’s been an exhilarating year of life for Ben Chasny, the heraldic presence behind Six Organs of Admittance, alternately thrilling and trying as... more |
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Slaraffenland Say it: Sluh-raf'-in-luhnd.<br />It means "the land of milk and honey" in Denmark. And Slaraffenland, the band, is bringing buckets of the good stuff to us... more |
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Soeza 7 Obstacles is the third album from Soeza - Chris Cole (drums/cello/ percussion), Dan Cornfield (french horn/percussion), Ben Owen... more |
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Souvaris “[Souvaris are] a lovely breath of fresh air for a genre that often feels exceedingly stagnant […] it takes time to unravel the arrangements that Souvarisa have... more |
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Steve Turner Mudhoney guitar slinger Steve Turner is back with a new record, “New Wave Punk Asshole”, with his gang - Steve Turner... more |
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Tenebrous Liar Tenebrous Liar is a gritty lo-fi inexorable genre-defying album.<br />�<br />Tenebrous Liar is a band of remorseless men that wouldn’t look out of place in... more |
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The Dillinger Escape Plan A long time ago, someone said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Chances are that dude is dead (actually, it was Nietzche and he’s been dead for... more |
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The Dirtbombs We Have You Surrounded is an album broadly focused on the theme of urban paranoia. Whether it's via the straight-forward grime rock of "I Hear the... more |
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The Drones Having spent much of 2005 and 2006 touring the US and Europe, beating the likes of Wolfmother for the Australian Music Prize for their acclaimed Wait Long by the River and the... more |
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The Go When I got the editorial gig at Creem in 1979, I had access to more than I should (in every dimension - it got pretty ugly after awhile), including Lester Bangs' home phone... more |
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Formed in 1991 after the demise of Jon Spencer’s seminal hatefuck band Pussy Galore, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has always included drummer... more |
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The Locust Welcome to the beginning of the end. Here's your soundtrack…. Aided by Alex Newport's clean, confident production,... more |
| The PoPo The PoPo have already been credited with inventing the “post-hip hop” genre, and are indeed the style’s premier band. That’s quite a feat considering... more |
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The Young Gods Back in 1985, it took some nerve to form a trio around a sampler. The Young Gods were never afraid of anything. By creating a novel musical grammar that owes to rock, industrial,... more |
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These Arms Are Snakes The term `Easter’ usually conjures to mind an assortment of activities, including the imaginary Easter bunny, collecting decorated eggs, chocolate and perhaps, a visit to... more |
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Torche Unlikely pairings rarely look good on paper. But, the self-titled debut by TORCHE – which amazingly merges the heft of the Melvins with the... more |
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USSA U.S.S.A, helmed by two of hard rock/industrial music’s most influential players, Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison and Ministry bass player Paul... more |
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Virgin Passages “An effortless almost subconscious way with a melody” 4/5 TIME OUT “Bringing to mind Jackie O Motherfucker, Animal Collective and... more |
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Ween The first full length Ween album in four years, La Cucaracha contains 13 brand new tracks – even ‘Friends’... more |
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White Magic The NEW release from WHITE MAGIC is the “DARK STARS” EP, out on Drag City. In our galaxy, small regions of space... more |
| Wires On Fire Wires On Fire (Evan Weiss – vocals/ guitar, Michael Shuman: Bass and Vocals. Jeff Lynn: Guitar, Darren Weiss: Drums and... |
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Wolf Eyes When we last checked in with Wolf Eyes two years ago, the band had just released their Sub Pop debut Burned Mind to a stunned world. Burned Mind, preceded by the vicious single... more |
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Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips drums (Omar Ahsanuddin), bass (Dusty Jermier), organ (Nash Whalen), guitar (Erik "Ripley" Johnson) are a vital... more |
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Yeasayer Yeasayer will release a brand new version of ‘Wait For the Summer' b/w a previously unreleased live favourite... more |
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Yellow Swans At All Ends is the third record in the Yellow Swans vast body of work. This record is an assured record of chiming drone and heady... more |
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