Browse by Label: BA DA BING!

Artist:	CROWLEY, ADRIAN
Title:	When You Are Here You Are Family
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 032CD

"Ireland's Adrian Crowley sings disparate songs with a deep, gentle voice, and writes touching ballads with a sensitive flair. His second record and first domestic release, When You Are Here You Are Family, was recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini and Crowleys' band, which consists of Kate Ellis on cello and Thomas Haugh on drums. The record just came out in Ireland this October, and Crowley is currently touring the country in support. Somewhat reminiscent of Nick Drake, Red House Painters, Simon Joyner and/or Palace, Crowley draws his own intricate spell, choosing subtlety and eloquence over cheap dramatics."

Artist:	LANDING
Title:	Seasons
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 033CD

"While Landing is one of the country's top drone groups, creating long ambient instrumentals with sudden eruptions of intensity, Seasons shows off their previously unexplored songwriting flair. The record conceives of movement through four seasons with a breathtaking beauty and sincerity (Vivaldi would no doubt smile, then say something incoherent but pleasing in his archaic native tongue). For the first time, the band sings, and the soft fluidity of their voices perfectly matches their trademark delicate playing. The drama unfolds with a gentle minimalism, striking at beauty through impressionism, and reaching their goal with a whisper."

Artist:	COMETS ON FIRE
Title:	Field Recordings From The Sun
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 034CD

"Field Recordings From the Sun is not a psychedelic album in the manner of cheep guitar effects and gentle dorian meanderings served with an oil light show. It is an aggressive attack on a fragile reality, a peeling back of the skull above the brain and a transmigration of the senses to a universal location of beer drunk joy and overwhelming white heat in thundering, all consuming sound. If Exuma, Blue Cheer, Albert Ayler, Mitch Mitchell, Nanjo and the zombie of John Cippolina all met on the blue highway, wasted on golden whiskey and cocaine, there they would throw on Field Recordings From the Sun on a trashed boombox while shooting pistols at their tracers. This is West Coast Psychedelia, hang onto your eardrums."

Artist:	DWINELL, MARK
Title:	Nonloc
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 037CD

"Latest project of Mark Dwinell, guitarist/singer and co-founder of Boston's Bright. Using an improvisational approach with multi-tracked layers of dissonant, droning guitars, Bright gave it's best answer to the post rock dilemma, releasing four albums to increasing critical acclaim in the latter 1990's. With Nonloc, Mark trades his electric guitar for a classical, the impromptu and indecipherable vocals of previous work for yes, songs with real lyrics. Where Bright suggested the idea that 'space rock' could actually really rock, Nonloc focuses on acoustic elements, and while it certainly may be quieter, in need not be any less intense. Nonloc builds on Mark's previous experience -- that you can build giant melodies on top of a single droning chord. The focus here is more intensely on these melodies, accentuated by piano, spontaneous string arrangements, clarinets, mandolin, and even a ten part vocal piece, reminiscent of a maniacal Brian Wilson."

Artist:	1 MILE NORTH
Title:	Minor Shadows
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 039CD

"1Mile North is a meeting of two measured thinkers, each treading the line between composer and pop musician. Jon Hills has played the guitar since his youth, but his current work dates from early 1995, when he started crafting solo guitar works in earnest. In the years since, he has quietly developed into one of the stronger compositional guitarists recording in our overloaded 'post-rock' world. Jon's clear, precise playing creates original atmospheres of melody rather than mist. Like Vini Reilly's Durutti Column, and the work of David Pajo and Brian McMahan since the dissolution of Slint, 1 Mile North's guitarist knows how to create patient works using only his instrument, steering clear of the monotonous effects-pedals and treatments too often accepted for their familiar sound."

Artist:	SONS AND DAUGHTERS
Title:	Love The Cup
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	BING 041CD

"Music has always been a family affair, whether in truth (the Carters, the Jacksons, the Danielsons), spirit(Parliament, Amon Du�l) or some strange combination therein (White Stripes, Destiny's Child). Sibling love and competition has engineered some of the greatest songs ever made. Related in every sense but blood, Sons & Daughters rise from their early traditionalist Scottish folk songs on Love the Cup, embracing the subjects of love, god and murder that Johnny Cash so eloquently eulogized. All four members were active in the Glasgow scene before coming together. Adele Bethel and David Gow recorded and toured as members of Arab Strap and The Zephrys. Beauty emanates from death crawls, guitar chords holding on until barely perceptible and tempos steady and sure. So many bands start off playing at a fast pace before realizing the subtleties of slowing things down that it's nice to hear a band apply the same method but do the exact opposite -- speed up."

Artist:	JAMES ORR COMPLEX
Title:	Chori's Bundle
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 042CD

"Chori's Bundle (licensed from Rock Action, Mogwai's label in the UK) isn't a pretty record -- its lyrical content and forceful playing style assure that -- but it's nonetheless a beautiful record. With the assuredness that comes from the truly experienced, Chris Mack has applied his rock knowledge to folk in an astonishing manner. Mack has reignited interest in the '60s folk sound, thanks to his skillful, finger picked guitar compositions. But his style is aggressively original, shooting off into tangents at some points, circling around a melodic phrase at others. Chori's Bundle is the culmination of Mack's musical discoveries."

Artist:	COLOSSAL YES
Title:	Acapulco Roughs
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 046CD

"Widely known as the 'drummer dude' in Comets on Fire, Utrillo Kushner's musical talents range far beyond the drunken-master-style wailing he unleashes on any given night with the Comets. It's his skills as a songwriter and bandleader that impress on the sentimental rock stylings of Acapulco Roughs. Having tickled the ivories for close to a decade, Kushner assumes command of the keys in Colossal Yes and steps it up as a full-fledged piano man. If you haven't guessed yet, this is the '70s. The idealized, mythological '70s, where you're not sick of great songs because play-it-to-death AOR stations haven't been invented yet. Think Badfinger, Spirit, Procol Harum, The Band. The true essence of rock, stripped to its essentials by virtue of its vainglorious indulgences, existing forever as the absolute articulation of the form."

Artist:	PARK ATTACK
Title:	Half-Past Human
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 047CD

"Park Attack are the new noise. Driven and intense, the band's music is an explosion of feedbacking power and wild-throated melody. Founded by the trio of guitarist Rob Churm, drummer Lorna Gilfedder and keyboardist Tom Straughan, Park Attack have been the best kept secret of the Glasgow music scene for years. After releasing their debut EP in 2005 (the stunning 16-minute Last Drop At Hideout, on French label Tigersushi and Club Optimo's O.S.C.A.R.R. imprint in the UK) the group headed to France to record their first full-length. A wild mix of stomp rock, slop punk and no wave intensity, Half-Past Human recalls the tribal arrhythmic sounds of DNA, the blaring energy of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and the noise-guitar hell of early Sonic Youth. The synth-heavy sound does little to smooth the roughly sewn corners, which sets electronics against grumbling guitar and wailing vocals."

Artist:	BEIRUT
Title:	Gulag Orkestar
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	BING 048CD

"While it may sound like an entire Balkan gypsy orchestra playing modern songs as mournful ballads and upbeat marches, Beirut's first album, Gulag Orkestar, is actually the work of 19-year-old Albuquerque native Zach Condon, with an assist from Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk and a Hacksaw). There are no guitars on this album; instead, horns, violins, cellos, ukuleles, mandolins, glockenspiel, drums, tambourines, congas, organs, pianos, clarinets and accordions all build and break around Condon's deep-voiced crooner vocals, swaying to the Eastern European beats like a drunken twelve-member carnival band."

Artist:	DEAD C, THE
Title:	Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	2CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 050CD

Double CD compilation of this New Zealand trio's best work; liner notes by Tom Lax bring it all back in a colorful codeine haze. "There's no 'correct' way to respond to The Dead C's music. With a catalog that oscillates between subverting traditional song structures and stomping out and obliterating the very notion, New Zealand's Michael Morley, Bruce Russell and Robbie Yeats have continually made the most crushing, expansive and intelligent rock noise ever to be heard. The number of their peers who are also fans -- Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Comets On Fire, Black Dice -- shows the league in which they play. The Dead C have been creating the greatest of squalls for twenty years now, and to mark the anniversary, Ba Da Bing is proud to present this double CD retrospective, with tracks hand-picked by the band members themselves, collecting old and new faves and out-of-print rarities. All this at a price so nice, you'd think you were picking up a ten-song Supertramp greatest hits package. This release serves long-time fans and the curious alike, as chances are few people have heard everything on these discs. The band chose critical highlights as well as material they felt deserved wider exposure. While classics like 'Constellation,' 'Power,' and 'Bitcher' are present, so are obscurities like 'Mighty' from their Forced Exposure 7", 'All Channels Open' from the limited, double-disc DC record and '3 Years' from the Xpressway Pile-Up compilation. The real thrill is listening to the band's development over time, from the deconstructed skeletal rock of their early output to the eventual, cosmic marriage of reason and squalor that is as crushing as it is indescribable."

Artist:	JAIN, ESSIE
Title:	We Made This Ourselves
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	BING 051CD

"We Made This Ourselves, the first album by New York-via-London expat Essie Jain, is an insanely spare and sparse work. Accompanied by piano and guitar (as well as other instruments, like drums by Jim White of The Dirty Three), Jain's vocals breathe in the space between the words and phrases. The album sounds like she's surrounded by an entire orchestra, each member waiting patiently for their one moment to play, then fading again to stillness. In 2004, she started recording at home with an eight-track. This gave her the freedom to experiment. She realized what she needed to do in order to create the sound she wanted -- nothing. Let the songs be roughly hewn. Keep them minimal. Avoid all indulgences. Let the music get as dark as it has to be. Her past few years' life experience gave rise to the lyrics that are so central to this record. The result is We Made This Ourselves, a stunningly emotional album. At the core, Essie Jain's songs are touching, haunting melodies that can strike out on one fragile, repeating note. Yet, they sound indestructible. It's like nothing you've ever heard before, and it is spoken with a powerful quiet."

Artist:	BEIRUT
Title:	Lon Gisland
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	BING 052CD

"The sleeper hit of 2006, Beirut's Gulag Orkestar came out of nowhere to sell tens of thousands of copies in a matter of months and wound up on countless critics' year-end lists. As a stopgap before recording a new full-length in Fall 2007 -- and as a way to capture some current songs being performed at shows -- the eight-member band checked into Sea Side Studios in Brooklyn to record Lon Gisland. These are the first studio recordings made by the entire group, and a sampling of the most recent songs by orkestar leader Zach Condon. Lon Gisland features four new tunes and a full band reworking of Gulag's 'Scenic World.' The five-song EP was initially released with the European edition of Gulag Orkestar (4AD) and as a limited edition, one-sided vinyl 12" by Chouette. The Ba Da Bing edition is in a highly collectible digipak format."

Artist:	DEAD C, THE
Title:	Future Artists
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 053CD

"In their first new album since 2003's The Damned and last year's double-CD greatest hits behemoth, Vain, Erudite and Stupid, New Zealand's The Dead C return with another uncompromising realization of the finest rock improvisation you'll ever hear. Future Artists contains five tracks of genius drone and barbarous clashing sounds. From the first track, 'The AMM of Punk Rock' through to the last, 'Garage,' their intensity is unyielding, their inventiveness jaw-dropping. It's been twenty years, and The Dead C show no sign of losing their ability to express the surreal and undefined. Long may they prosper."

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Artist:	YUME BITSU
Title:
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 020CD

Artist:	BRIGHT
Title:	Full Negative (or) Breaks
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	2LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BING 024LP

Artist:	WORKMAN, HAWKSLEY
Title:	(Last Night We Were) Delicious Wolves
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 038CD

Artist:	WEEKS, GREG
Title:	Blood Is Trouble
Label:	BA DA BING!
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BING 044CD