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Artist:
GUIDED BY VOICES
Title:
Get Out Of My Stations
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$10.00
Catalog #:
SILT 028CD
"Originally released in 1993,
Get Out Of My Stations
boasts the same classic Guided by Voices lineup as
Propeller
. Too frequently overlooked -- due to the unavailability of this record for many years -- is how great these tracks are, even compared to the spate of seven-inch EPs that turned up in the wake of
Propeller
hysteria. Not one throwaway track exists upon it. This is blood, sweat and beers, otherwise known as blue ribbon GBV.
Get Out Of My Stations
, in all its lo-fi glory, now on compact disc for the first time, contains four extra live tracks from the same era."
Artist:
BROTHER JT & VIBROLUX
Title:
Doomsday Rock
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
SILT 065CD
"In 1997, it's a pretty tall order to name a contemporary with enough panache to carry on the legacy of 'wrecked' pop & Blieb Alien rock left behind by the likes of Syd Barrett, Roky Erickson & sandbox/catshit-era Brian Wilson. Only the name Brother JT comes to mind. From the stretched out zoner wail of his debut LP
Descent
to the agile, psychedelic strum of
Rainy Day Fun
, his body of work has been singular, both odd & outstanding, & like the 3 artists mentioned above, unimpeachable. On this new one, he's not only left those guys in the dust, he's even out distanced himself! Concept album is more like it, one that hovers around the Pretty Things amphetamine-fueled
S.F. Sorrow
, the cheesecake, ass-stuffing, glitter prowess of
Ziggy Stardust
and the space freak-funk of Parliament's
Mothership Connection
."
Artist:
LICHT, ALAN
Title:
Rabbi Sky
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
SILT 076CD
"Musically, it would be rather fantastic to describe
Rabbi Sky
as a hybridization of this previous two efforts (
The Evan Dando of Noise?
, Corpus Hermeticum, 1997 and
Sink The Aging Process
, Siltbreeze, 1993); if you feel a compulsion to nod in their direction, console yourself by thinking of this one as a most excellent extension. Listening to the opener, the title track executed in four movements, the listener is cast headlong into a minimalist menagerie; the bracing, string-tingling beginning segues into hypnotizing, ecclesiastical chord organ drone that then resurrects into a tremendous cut-and-paste finale of looped and overdubbed guitar that whirls around in the air like a white-winged moth performing a lascivious, improvisational fandango. On the other hand, 'All Blues' (the second and final track, dedicated to both James McNew and Phill Niblock) is pure aggro-muzz that takes on an almost anthemic persona."
Artist:
VERTICAL SLIT
Title:
Under The Blood Red Lava Lamp
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
SILT 077CD
Long "This CD collects all the tracks from both the
Smudge
EP and the
Lava Lamp
cassette, both of which were recorded in the latter part of 1980. They pinned back ears
Cream
-style; three meth-baked, beer-soaked shamen who concocted a unique Midwestern prog/metal slobber somewhere between
In The Court of the Crimson King
and
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
."
Artist:
HALL OF FAME
Title:
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
SILT 080CD
"Like their previous output on the Amish label, this one's a melange of tribal thump, eastern drone, raga concrete and melodious melancholia. Hall of Fame's unique, not easily identifiable sound has been compared to revered outfits such as Flies Inside the Sun and The Shadow Ring, sometimes even in English...Hall of Fame's healthy smattering of influences stretches back to Ludlow Street-era Velvet Underground, Prestige-era Moondog, The Godz and Angus Maclise."
Artist:
HALL OF FAME
Title:
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
LP
Price:
$9.00
Catalog #:
SILT 080LP
Artist:
PINK REASON
Title:
Cleaning The Mirror
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
SILT 084CD
"Pink Reason is always Kevin DeBroux and practically never anyone else. The self-released Pink Reason debut seven-inch from 2006 was an itch of such beguiling psychic ache that all the inhabitants of Siltbreeze Island scratched it until they bled. On this first full length, the resident of Green Bay, Wisconsin, continues to ooze muzzy melancholia by the bucket, ably and formidably clearing house in Sanguine Manor, whose previous tenants include Royal Trux, The Jacobites, Phantom Payne, Black Vial, and other marginal inhabitants whose sticky fingers glimmer in stoned adulation. Dominated by creeping synths, stark strums and rickety percussive splats that complement De Broux's heartscraping vocal catharsis,
Cleaning The Mirror
journeys far beyond any known perspective, practically insinuating an alternate otherworld where Tim Buckley's
Lorca
and Jandek's
Ready For The House
have been hybridized into a ripe-for-plucking masterpiece. Or, shunning hyperbole in favor of acronym, Pink Reason's modern day DIY is very FYI that you should check out PDQ."
Artist:
PINK REASON
Title:
Cleaning the Mirror
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
SILT 084LP
LP version. "Pink Reason is always Kevin DeBroux and practically never anyone else. On this first full length, the resident of Green Bay, Wisconsin, continues to ooze muzzy melancholia by the bucket, ably and formidably clearing house in Sanguine Manor, whose previous tenants include Royal Trux, The Jacobites, Phantom Payne, Black Vial, and other marginal inhabitants whose sticky fingers glimmer in stoned adulation. Dominated by creeping synths, stark strums and rickety percussive splats that complement De Broux's heartscraping vocal catharsis,
Cleaning The Mirror
journeys far beyond any known perspective, practically insinuating an alternate otherworld where Tim Buckley's
Lorca
and Jandek's
Ready For The House
have been hybridized into a ripe-for-plucking masterpiece."
Artist:
EX-COCAINE
Title:
Esta Guerra
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
SILT 085LP
"Forged in the Garden City (that's Missoula, Montana to you, piker), Ex-Cocaine is the formidable, sneer-wielding duo of Bryan Ramirez (guitars, effects, vocals) and Mike C (percussion, hexes, spells). Their debut LP from 2005,
Keep America Mellow
(on Ramirez's Killertree label) brought to light heavy august vibes steeped in the tippled, woodbine 'n' cider electro-folk of Michael Chapman, Steve Peregrine Took, Roy Harper, and other more reclusive Anglo biscuit-snuffers whose works haunt the archives of Kissing Spell and Shadoks. On their second effort, Ex-Cocaine throw down hard, evoking a gnarled bonfire with flames that roar thunderously like the detuned, rockist clang of Dead C's
Harsh '70s Reality
, and burns evenly like the smelted, Rust Belt psychedelia of Stone Harbour's
Emerges
. Vinyl-only and limited, the sparks are flying off this one already. Catch it if you can."
Artist:
1929
Title:
Last But Not Leased
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
SILT 100CD
"Brother JT sideman leads his own away-team to the planet's surface, and returns drunk. The sonic, slurring, instrumental tonic they have decided to bottle up and pass off as their own is a dab of Hawkwind, a pinch of Dead C., and a sprinkle of any number of desert rock's heaviest comancheros. You could say it's the finest non-vocal release to pass through the turnstiles since the Smashchords' 12". Or if you weren't born then, how about
Earth 2
? Say whatever you like. So long as it's not
Gone III
."
Artist:
TIMES NEW VIKING
Title:
Dig Yourself
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
SILT 101CD
"What you have here is a collection of songs found on the various shrine cassettes. They've all been lovingly fucked with by Mr. Mike Rep, (the man behind the lo-fi genius of Guided By Voices' 'Propeller' and 'Get Out Of My Stations' among other things) and as the old saying goes
'the proof is in the pudding.'
TNV successfully skirt the current homogenization of the rock press pigeonhole. Neither are they new-weird-America, nor are they new noise-underground. I suspect Times New Viking are at the forefront of a new, yet-to-be defined movement."
Artist:
SAPAT
Title:
Mortise And Tenon
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
SILT 102CD
"Spawned from the formidable Louisville, KY collective known as Black Velvet Fuckere (Valley Of The Ashes, Phantom Family Halo, Kark, etc.), Sapat resides as the centrifugal force in this Midwestern psychedelic madrigal set in the psychosexual backwaters of the mighty Ohio River. For the entirety of the '00 decade, members have kept busy collaborating with and/or massaging the egos of various and sundry avant-pontiffs such as Robert Fripp, Magik Markers, Dead Child (David Pajo's metal band. That's right, David Pajo!) and Eugene Chadbourne -- when not honing the orgone energy of Sapat. Acoustically packed to the gills, the octet effortlessly strums and blows breezy vibes, emitting kosmisch melodies and Teutonic ambience that channel -- Julian Cope-like -- past giants such as Limbus 4, Siloah and Lord Krishna Von Goloka (you know, the A-Team of Krautrock). Once you launch into the group's spacy and entrancing yet calming and soothing asteroid belt, you might mistake the Ozarks for the Alps if you're not careful."
Artist:
SAPAT
Title:
Mortise And Tenon
Label:
SILTBREEZE
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
SILT 102LP
LP version. "Spawned from the formidable Louisville, KY collective known as Black Velvet Fuckere (Valley Of The Ashes, Phantom Family Halo, Kark, etc.), Sapat resides as the centrifugal force in this Midwestern psychedelic madrigal set in the psychosexual backwaters of the mighty Ohio River. Acoustically packed to the gills, the octet effortlessly strums and blows breezy vibes, emitting kosmisch melodies and Teutonic ambience that channel -- Julian Cope-like -- past giants such as Limbus 4, Siloah and Lord Krishna Von Goloka (you know, the A-Team of Krautrock)."
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