Daddy - For A Second Time
"Daddy is Americana at its roots-rockingest best - honest music that
makesits case with equal parts chops and smiles." --Billy Altman Los
Angeles Daily News
Damnwells - One Last Century
This was not going to be released physically but because of our
relationship with the band, The Damnwells have agreed to press these up
and offer them to Junketboy. As of right now, we are the only outlet that
has this piece.
Dead Snares - Speak The Language Limited Edition LP
For many artists, creativity flows and ebbs, streaming out one minute
and trickling the next. Jeffrey Cain, however, has demonstrated the
innate ability to mine deep within himself and unearth a constant
spring of ideas, melodies, and songs and still have much more from
which to draw.
A guitarist by nature and by talent, Cain lives with music in his blood.
Based in Birmingham, AL, Cain’s first foray into the music world was
through the critically acclaimed and commercially exalted alt-rock
band, Remy Zero. Through three excitingly fresh and musically
expansive albums – their debut LP Remy Zero, followed by
Villa Elaine and The Golden Hum - the band presented the
music world with haunting ballads like “Hollow,” their breakthrough
soaring single “Prophecy,” and their anthemic “Save Me,” which
ultimately went on to become the theme song to Smallville, the #1
rated show on the WB Network. Remy Zero music has also been
featured in the films/soundtracks to Suicide Kings, Crazy Beautiful,
Just Married, Stigmata, She’s All That, Never Been Kissed and Garden
State, among many others.
Decemberists - Perfect Crime #2 EP
Tracklisting:
1. ATOC Robs The Bank Remix - 6:14 (Side A)
2. Diplo Doing Time Remix - 5:49 (Side A)
3. Junior Boys Remix - 7:25 (Side B)
4. The Perfect Crime #2 ( Radio Edit ) 4:07 (Side B)
The Decemberists - Always the Bridesmaid: Singles Series Vol. 1
From the Decemberists website: First and foremost, you'll be pleased
to know that we've recorded a tidy heap of material which we're
releasing as 12" vinyl and digital singles over the course of three
Autumnal months. This 'singles series' is aptly titled Always the
Bridesmaid and will prominently feature songs that the
Decemberists really loved but presciently felt they would not fit on the
band's forthcoming LP.
The first volume will hit fine indie record stores everywhere on October
14th, and will be comprised of "Valerie Plame," and "O New England" on
the A and B side, respectively.
The second volume, "Days of Elaine" b/w "Days of Elaine (Long)" and
"I'm Sticking With You," will be released on November 4th. In
celebration of both Volume 2's release and the promise of a shiny new
administration, the Decemberists will be performing "Valerie Plame" on
Late Night with Conan O'Brien on the 3rd of November.
The third and final volume, "Record Year for Rainfall," b/w "Raincoat
Song," will be released on December 2nd.
Brett Dennen - Brett Dennen
Brett’s critically-acclaimed and hard-to-find solo album featuring
“Blessed’ from the Hilton television commercial campaign and fan
favorites, the poignant “When I Go” and subtle “Desert Sunrise”.
Deranged Diction - No Art, No Cowboys, No Rules/Life Support
Deranged Diction, Montana’s First Hardcore Band
Missoula, Montana, 1981-83.
Jon Donahue and I met Bruce Fairweather skateboarding the brick
banks at the University of Montana in September of 1981. Within a
month, we were rehearsing as Deranged Diction with Bill the drummer,
playing songs by Black Flag, 999, the Dead Kennedys, the Ramones
and the Clash. We played a half dozen shows that school year, mostly
with new drummer Sergio Avenia, with a summer assignment to write
some of our own songs. Fall quarter 1982, Jon moved back to
California, so we needed a new singer. Tom Kipp approached us and
we wrote and recorded our first batch of songs which included
“Pruning” which ended up on a compilation called We Got
Power and the Flipper-inspired “Periscope.” Tim Healy took over
vocals in March of 1983 and we wrote and recordedsix new songs,
including “Only” and “I’m an Amerikan.” We put these songs on a
cassette called No Art, No Cowboys, No Rules and sold and
traded them through fanzines like Maximum Rock and Roll and
Flipside.
Deranged Diction, Seattle Era
Seattle, Washington, 1983-84.
Sergio, Bruce and I decided to move to Seattle in May of 1983 with the
idea of finding a new singer for our band. We put a “singer wanted” ad
in the Rocket and our first tryout with Rod Moody was a great fit, and
he played guitar which gave us a bigger heavier sound. We wrote 10
new songs with Rod and played shows at the Metropolis with the
Butthole Surfers, Husker Du, Ill Repute, Stalag 13 and local Seattle
bands the Accused, Malfunkshun, the Rejectors and the Silly Killers. In
early 1984, I quit the band to start Green River with Mark, Steve and
Alex.
Unfortunately, we never recorded a song.
Seattle, Washington, 2008.
I ran into Rod at Easy Street Records and reminisced about our days in
Deranged Diction and he mentioned having a rehearsal tape of the
songs we wrote together. I listened and we thought it was a shame that
we never recorded those songs. Rod and I approached Bruce and
Sergio about recording those songs. We went into Avast studios and
recorded and mixed it in 4 days in the spirit of how we might have
done it 24 years earlier. It was a blast playing with my old friends
again and it’s sounds pretty damn good, if I say so myself.
Jeff Ament, formerly Jeff Diction
Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghost to Rest
Put Your Ghost to Rest is 27-year-old Kevin Devine’s latest
album following three widely-acclaimed albums - Circle Gets the
Square (2001), Make the Clocks Move (2003), and
Split The Country, Split The Street (2005). These twelve songs,
produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck, The Vines) and featuring
Devine’s friends and colleagues known as the Goddamn Band,
represent the culmination of several different strains in his musical
upbringing, ranging from his love of Pavement to Bob Dylan; Patsy
Cline and Sonic Youth.
In the last few years, Kevin Devine has toured extensively alongside a
wide range of artists, building up his own following in the process.
This work demonstrates the widespread appeal and breadth of his
songs – the potential now being focused and realized on Put Your
Ghost to Rest. This stage experience has also helped reshape
some of his thinking: "Coming up in the hardcore scene in Staten
Island, where I grew up, we always cultivated a real us-against-them
thing and I’ve learned that’s really narrow and defeatist. I learned that I
can go and play with these different kinds of people - with Corinne
Bailey Rae, Tom McCrae or Cursive and Bright Eyes - and I’m lucky I can
do that. You just do your thing, present yourself your way, and you’ll
be fine."
DJ Shadow/ Cut Chemist -- The Hard Sell
This is Chapter 3 in the Freeze/ Product Placement saga...all live.
It all started with a phone call (or, in this case, a text message)
…”would you want to do Freeze at the Hollywood Bowl?” Cut Chemist
and DJ Shadow jumped at the chance to be the first-ever headlining
turntablists at the legendary 16,500 capacity venue, the site of
infamous concerts by everyone from John Williams to the Beatles to the
Doors. In the process of preparing for the June 2007 show, Shadow
and Cut recorded their rehearsals, allowing for this latest and greatest
episode in all-45 mayhem: The Hard Sell. The first version of
the CD, which featured a die-cut, DVD style cover, is now completely
sold out.
This NEW version of the CD, recorded several months later, includes
much of the material the duo had to scrap due to time constraints at
the Bowl...and also a few routines deemed too complicated to attempt
at the time! Now you can experience The Hard Sell the way it
was originally intended, with the expanded Hard Sell (Encore)
CD!
As with Freeze and Product Placement, the emphasis
is on the eclectic; funk and hip-hop are present as is some rock. But
Hard Sell is leaps and bounds beyond the expected, on a
musical basis, as well as technical. Now utilizing 8 turntables and 2
loop pedals, new possibilities in live mixing are explored, as doo-wop
mixes with punk, new wave with grime, and everything in between, all
with taste and humor. Several classic hip-hop tracks are even
“sampled” (via loop pedal) and reconstructed in real time, from their
original elements.
Now you can finally hear what all of the buzz has been about. Forget
mash-ups, forget computers, and never mind the MP3s…this is real
turntablism at its genre-bending, skills-dominated best.
DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell at the Hollywood Bowl DVD
“Freeze" and "Product Placement" were recorded in small clubs, and the
DVDs were approached accordingly, getting by with humor and
intimacy despite the occasionally bare-bones production values... BUT
THIS IS THE BOWL. Sparkling digital sound and massive angle coverage,
meticulously edited and presented. Learn the whole behind-the-
scenes story of how the show came to be, from the first phone call to
late-night rehearsals...no stone is left unturned in this, the CROWN
JEWEL of the Brainfreeze trilogy. With top-notch production
values and packaging designed by Paul Insect, Hard Sell at the
Hollywood Bowl is the DVD experience you've been waiting for!
INCLUDES:
-The full live performance, recorded in historic surroundings
-Visuals and camera feed utilizing over a dozen angles
-Exclusive interviews with the principal figures involved
-"Live in Arcata" featurette
-Bonus "behind-the-scenes" interviews and footage
-PLUS a 40-page booklet containing photos by B+ of the event, and an
extensive essay by Angus Batey
Dj Shadow - Bay Area EP (Explicit Version)
The Bay Area EP by DJ Shadow, a limited release that features
the finest Bay Area hyphy rappers over slammin' DJ Shadow beats.
Originally Only 2,000 copies of this album were pressed. However,
Universal Music erroneously included the CLEAN, ie "edited" versions of
the album tracks on the initial run. Shadow was apparently livid
enough to demand a revised repress, and here it is, the Bay Area EP
Explicit version, as it was originally supposed to be. The clean version
is also still available in the CDs section.
DJ Shadow - Diminishing Returns
DJ Shadow got so many requests to release this immense mix that he
choose to do it himself on the Party Pak double CD of which there were
only 1,000 original copies released via Shadow's website. A pure classic
mix. On side four is a bonus Shadow cut which dates back to the In
Flux period, a 808 boom down-tempo gem with all the classic
Shadow in the mixdown. Essential.
Re-released through Reconstruction Productions in a 2CD digi-pack.
DJ Shadow - Funky Skunk
Funky Skunk is an hour long hip-hop mix, showcasing the
finest tracks from over the last few decades. The majority of the set
focuses on the early stages of the genre, with Shadow selecting the
best in 80's hip hop and early electro - where tracks were made the
good old fashioned way; a tight loop of beats, sampled breaks,
primitive scratching and an MC. A far away place from the
overproduced and overpaid stars of of today's stale hip hop/R&B. There
are also freakout pysch moments and absurd rapid breaks perfect for
any budding samplers out there. Funky Skunk ranks highly as one of DJ
Shadow's best mix albums, acting as a brilliant party album but also as
an introduction to prehistoric hip hop
Drag the River - Bad at Breaking Up
Drag the River began when Jon Snodgrass (of Armchair Martian) and
Chad Price (of All) began writing some country songs on the side.
During the 10 years since their beginning, both Armchair Martian and
All have ceased to exist and Drag has become the main outlet for both
songwriters. Drag The River has accomplished so much without label
support. They tour all year long, self-release their records, and secure
publicity, all on their own terms. This is their first label supported
release in years. Fans of Uncle Tupelo, The Replacements, Lucero, and
Limbeck will love this album. The band is perfecting a sound we call
Country and Mid-Western!
The Droge & Summers Blend - Volume One
Pete & Elaine have been making music together for over 15 years.
Elaine has lent backing vocals, guitars and
percussion to all of Pete’s albums and tours since his 1994 debut,
Necktie Second. (That’s her banging on the
cowbell on the hit single “If You Don’t Love Me.”) Pete has served as
producer on two of Elaine’s albums, and the two have collaborated on
film scores, music for advertising, and producing other artists at their
home studio, located on an island outside of Seattle. The writing team
of Droge & Summers has spawned some of the most resonating and
successful songs in Pete’s catalog, including “Under the Waves” &
“Going Whichever Way the Wind Blows” from his 2006 release,
Under the Waves. Those two songs alone have been licensed
to film and television over a half dozen times including a national
Toyota ad and a series finale of Grey’s Anatomy.
The Drones - Spaceland Presents: The Drones in Spaceland 11/15/06
With a sound all their own, THE DRONES deliver an aural assault like few
bands can. Inspired by a multitude of artists and musical genre’s like
Suicide, Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Black Flag, Dirty Three, and
Stravinsky. Fiery and rhythmic sound soaked in rockabilly and garage
punk, recorded live at Spaceland.
Mike Edison - I Have Fun Everywhere I Go
Girlie Action is absolutely thrilled to present Mike Edison:
pornographer, punk-rocker, pro-wrestler, former publisher of “that
dope rag” High Times magazine, and chronicler of Bourbon Street
strippers, nymphomaniac housewives, and motorcycle daredevils for
such outlaw broadsides as Penthouse and Hustler. As he confesses
gleefully in the lead-off track of his new spoken-word album
(produced by Jon Spencer), “That’s not a résumé, that’s a crime scene.”
Edison has distilled over two decades of his illicit adventures into his
new memoir, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot,
Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues,
American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World
(Faber and Faber), and this beatnik bop and punk-rock boogaloo
companion piece of the same name.
Tales of going undercover to Jews for Jesus bible meetings collide
head-on with an edgy eulogy for Edison’s friend and former bandmate
GG Allin. “Pornography, Part I” recounts Edison’s stint as editor-in-
chief of filth-bible Screw magazine, and includes an explicit recap of
“Omar’s Anal Adventures,” as well as an over-the-top bashing of
George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Madonna, and more. Not content with
taking on the US Government, Edison enters an epic (and side-
splitting) feud with “self-righteous do-gooder” Hulk Hogan. (“Frankly,”
says Edison, “he’s just not my kind of people.”) Finally, Ozzy Osborne
shows up to steal Edison’s pot, and he tells the laugh-a-minute story
with obvious delight, pummeling his stoned ex-colleagues at High
Times.
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go the album is rife with Jon
Spencer’s sonic hoodoo: fuzz guitars and blues explosions, science-
fiction synthesizers, swirling church organs, and howling spookhouse
theremins percolate behind Edison’s hilarious, no-holds-barrred
storytelling and greasy sidewalk preaching. A sick brew of Lenny Bruce
and Jack Kerouac, with high notes of Tom Waits, Sun Ra, and Richard
Pryor, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go marks a revolutionary turn
for the spoken word record.
Alejandro Escovedo - Live Animal
Real Animal is a 13-track effort put out on Back
Porch/Manhattan Records and is Escovedo at his finest. He is brash and
beautiful on the album, plaintive and playful, alt-country, punk rocker,
and troubadour. He always writes and sings in a straightforward way
and the lyrics are personal stories from a private notebook. On "Sister
Lost Soul" Escovedo sings about the sadness of losing loved ones
"Nobody left here unbroken/Nobody left her unscarred/Nobody here is
talking/That's just the way things are/ You had to go without me/You
wandered off alone/And all the neon light reflecting off the
sidewalk/Only reminds me you're not coming home."
This album is a lovely effort. It is paced nicely, has a good mixture of
rockers and dusty lullabies and the track order keeps things very
upbeat and interesting. "Real as an Animal" is a rocker and so is
"Chelsea Hotel '78" and they are probably the most powerful songs on
the album, along with the bouncy "Smoke." Escovedo's punk rock
background keeps things pounding and joyful, the slow ballads keep
things thoughtful and touching and, in the end, Real Animal
keeps Escovedo firmly in place as one of the most wonderful
songwriters of this era.
Guy Forsyth - Calico Girl
Forsyth is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. He blends
genres such as folk, rock and the more unorthodox styles of vaudeville
and Tin Pan Alley into a sound that’s more Americana than anything
else. As well as singing, he plays the guitar, ukelele, harmonica and
singing saw (for which he won an Austin Music Award for Best
Miscellaneous Instrument). Forsyth also has won an AMA for Best Male
Vocalist. He is touring these days as a three-piece with Will Landin
(bass/tuba) and Rob Hooper (drums/cajon).
Forsyth has opened for and shared the stage with the likes of BB King,
Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Robert Cray and Dennis Kucinich, and
he’s played festivals such as Austin City Limits, South By Southwest and
the High Sierra Music Festival.
Foxy Shazam - Introducing
The self-proclaimed "Evel Knievel of Rock N Roll," Foxy Shazam is here to
make a musical death defying stunt with their New Weathermen debut
Introducing. The album takes their piano propelled songs that
layer spastic hardcore noise atop fractured Soul inspired pop to a new
level, one that emphasizes...well...good times.
Donovan Frankenreiter - Recycled Recipes EP
Donavon's new EP, Recycled Recipes, is an acoustic EP, which was
recorded in Grundy's Kitchen Studios featuring 6 songs. This EP is
available as a CD as well as on vinyl. Find it at indie music shops
nationwide! Also available: Move By Yourself.
Michael Franti - 911 Power To The Peaceful Festival Live 2005 DVD
Filmed on location at Golden Gate Park / San Francisco CA,
performances by Michael Franti & Spearhead * Anti-Flag * Saul
Williams * Marie Daulne / Zap Mama * RadioActive
The Festival began humbly in 1998 as an international day of art and
culture in support of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The name
and date ”911” were chosen to call attention to the emergency status
of Mumia's impending execution. PTTP has since expanded, showing
support for all prisoners on death row, and speaking out against the
exponential growth of the prison industrial complex.
When the attacks of September 11th, 2001 occurred, the festival took
on a new significance, serving both as a day of remembrance for the
lives lost in the tragedy as well as a day in which Northern Californians
called for and end to all bombing around the globe. The 2002 and
2003 events offered a space for healing and compassion for all the
people killed or displaced by terrorism and the war on terrorism. In
2004 the festival was themed "Stand up and be Counted," encouraging
people to get out and vote. 2005's festival, themed "Bring 'Em Home,"
emphasized that the best way to support our troops is to bring them
home now, and drew upwards of 50,000 attendees participating in a
day of music, art and social justice.
Dave Gahan - Hourglass Remixes LP
Remixes will feature updates on the original tracks and some
b-sides by such folks as Juan Maclean, Booka Shade, Kap10Kurt, Maps,
T. Raumschmiere, Digitalism, Onur Ozer and Sebastien Leger.
Served up in a double vinyl format, the collection will mark the first
time many of these versions have been released physically in the
United States; numerous selections that have been available only as
imports until now.
The release will also include a free CD featuring all eight tracks from
the vinyl plus three additional remixes.
Also available: Hourglass CD
David Garza - Dream Delay
David Garza the Texas Troubadour returns with his new album
Dream Delay- his first nationally distributed release since his
box set A Strange Mess Of Flowers. Garza invited his musical
friends Fiona Apple, Jim Ward from Sparta/Sleeper Car/At The Drive-In,
and Al Jourgensen (Ministry/REVCO) to sing on a few tracks.
Garza spent over a year crafting each track being the producer,
musician, and writer for all of Dream Delay. In between David
spent touring with likes of Fiona Apple, Damien Rice, Ben Harper, Jack
Johnson and Alejandro Escovedo.
Dream Delay’s 10 tracks presents the listener with a musical
journey that is uniquely Garza’s- providing the lyrical beauty that is his
trademark in tracks such as “2 Sinners” and “I-10 Charm” and
exploring new musical terrain with get- on- the- dance- floor jams
such as “Love Back” and “Minority Boys Got $”. David Garza- Austin
Chronicle’s “Number 2 Musician Of The Decade (behind only Stevie Ray
Vaughan) is back. Beautiful poetry coupled with memorable music does
not have to be a memory with Dream Delay.
David Garza will be touring beginning in October 08 and will be out on
the road throughout 2009.
Gomez - How We Operate (180 Gram Double Vinyl LP)
How We Operate is now available as a special edition, limited
pressing 180-gram Double Gatefold vinyl. This vinyl piece is only
available from the band and select indie stores nationwide!
Jose Gonzalez - Live At Park Ave
In Our Nature, José González' second album, sees González
coming into his own as a songwriter – with songs that are as instantly
accessible as they are brimming with darkness and brooding intensity.
"I like playing with symbolism," says González. "On this album I've
wanted to bring out the primitive aspects of human beings." In addition
to González on guitar and vocals are Erik Bodin, percussion and Yukimi
Nagamo, backing vocals. The album art for In Our Nature is
done by Elias Araya, who also did the artwork for Veneer. In Our
Nature is the follow up to González' debut album Veneer
which went platinum in the UK and Ireland, sold more than 700,000
worldwide, and captured audiences and critics across the globe.
This ep is a very special recording captured at Park Avenue in Orlando
Florida. It features live takes on five songs from the new album In
Our Nature as well as favorites from his debut album
Veneer
Good Old War - Only Way to Be Alone
Good Old War features Keith Goodwin and Tim Arnold (Formerly of Days
Away). Their debut release Only Way To Be Alone, was produced
by Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Miranda Lee Richards).
Grand Ole Party - Humanimals
Since 2005, Kristin Gundred (vocals, drums) John Paul
Labno (guitar)and Mike Krechnyak(bass)have been writing music,
touring clubs
and putting on live shows that make friends tell friends to get off the
couch and into the club. San Diego is where they landed, and where
they
have gone on to cultivate a rabid following of fans devoted to their
raucous
live show.
Click here to check out the debut video by Grand Ole Party (DH
Records)- “ Look Out Young Son”
Rachel Grimes - Book of Leaves
From a winding path of diverse musical ventures, Book of Leaves
has slowly, quietly come to the surface. The first solo piano release by
Kentucky composer and pianist Rachel Grimes, this new project comes
after many years composing and recording with the indie chamber band,
Rachel's, and alongside current work with Louisville-based King's
Daughters & Sons. The album is a collection of impressionist chapters
woven together with chordal themes and field recordings inspired by
interactions with the outdoors.
