Things are finally picking up. Half the releases are UK only. Mercury Rev doesn't see a U.S. release until May. WTF? So how's the exchange rate these days?

February 1
Athlete * Tourist (Parolophone UK)
Guy Called Gerald - To All Things What They Need (k7 UK)
High on Fire * Blessed Black Wings (Relapse)
The Others (Mercury UK)
Roots Manuva * Awfully Deep (Big Dada/Ninja Tune)
Mercury Rev * The Secret Migration (V2 UK)

February 8
The Frames * Burn the Maps (Anti)
Sage Francis * A Healthy Distrust (Epitaph)

February 15
Bloc Party * Silent Hours (Wichita UK)
Dälek * Absence (Ipecac)
Wedding Present * Take Fountain (Scopitones)

February 22
Dead Meadow * Feathers (Matador)
Doves * Some Cities (Heavenly UK)
The Kills * No Wow (RCA UK)
The Mars Volta * Frances The Mute (Universal UK)
M.I.A. * Arular (XL)
Josh Rouse * Nashville (Slow River/Rykodisc)
Thievery Corporation * Cosmic Game (ESL)
M. Ward * Transistor Radio (Merge)

More (Exact dates T.B.A.)

i highly recommend these....

Doves * Some Cities (Heavenly UK)
Athlete * Tourist (Parolophone UK)
High on Fire * Blessed Black Wings (Relapse)
The Others (Mercury UK)
Roots Manuva * Awfully Deep (Big Dada/Ninja Tune)
Mercury Rev * The Secret Migration (V2 UK)
Bloc Party * Silent Hours (Wichita UK)
Dälek * Absence (Ipecac)

Some more:

February 1

Cowboy Junkies - "Open Road [CD/DVD]" (Zoë/Rounder)
Feeder - "Pushing the Senses" (U.K. - Echo, Jan. 31, 2005)
Ed Harcourt - "Strangers" (released in U.K. in 2004) (Astralwerks)
Mötley Crüe - "Red, White & Crüe" (2-CD live album Hip-O
Paul Oakenfold - "Perfecto Presents ... The Club" (Thrive)

February 15

A Guy Called Gerald - "To All Things What They Need" (Studio K7)
They Might Be Giants - "Here Come the ABCs: Original Songs About the Alphabet" (Zoë/Rounder)

February 22

Tori Amos - "The Beekeeper"(Epic)
Ian Brown (ex-Stone Roses) - "Solarized" (U.S.Koch)
Damon & Naomi (formerly of Galaxie 500) - "The Earth Is Blue" (20/20/20/Revolver)
Dead Meadow - "Feathers" (Matador)
Nicolai Dunger - "This Cloud Is Learning" (Overcoat Recordings)
Enon - "Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence" (with bonus DVD) (Touch & Go)
Ida - "Heart Like a River"(Polyvinyl)
Iron & Wine - "Woman King [EP]"(Sub Pop)
Kings of Leon - "Aha Shake Heartbreak" (RCA)
Phoenix - "Phoenix LIVE! Thirty Days Ago" (Astralwerks)
The Residents - "Animal Lover" (Mute)
Josh Rouse - "Nashville"(Slow River/Rykodisc)
M Ward - "Transistor Radio" (Merge)
Mogwai - "Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003" (Matador)

February 28 UK Only

The House of Love - "Days Run Away" (producer: Pat Collier)(U.K. - Art and Industry)
The Boo Radleys - "Anthology" (U.K. - Sanctuary)
Swervedriver - "Juggernaut Rides" (best-of) (U.K. - Castle/Sanctuary)

some not listed above that are on my handy-dandy spreadsheet that will be released in the upcoming month.


Feb 1:
Shearwater "Thieves"

Feb 22:
Clem Snide "End of Love"
Robbers on High Street "Tree City"

Feb 28:
Black Watch "The Hypnotizing Sea"

sweet. im gettin that roots manuva this week fo sho. i might go crazy waiting for doves, i want it so bad.

i believe this will be out in the US on march 1.

I am excited about that new TMBG album on the 15th of Feb.

I don't think anybody else but me cares that Eisley's first full length, "Room Noises" comes out on Feb 8th.

Feb. 22nd is gonna be rough on the wallet.

Yeah, my copy shipped last Wednesday from cd-wow.com so should have it soon. There was a £1 discount code floating around that I posted in another thread so it just cost £7.99 signed sealed and delivered (guess that's about $15 right now).

motley crue? r u serious?

Where is this thread you speak of? I did a search and could not find any other mention of cd-wow. And where do you live? Is the shipping free only in the UK?

Share the wealth please!

I think you're right...

also, The LCD Soundsystem domestic (w/ bonus disk featuring all the singles) is out on Feb 15th. That's gonna be some Hott Shitt...

To all SF folks: there were a bunch of used copies of the frames - burn the maps at amoeba last week; they may still be there. I didn't buy it because they were like $15 each.

New Sam Prekop this spring. I got a used copy of the promo at amoeba -- will have a post on this album later.

PRAISE JESUS.

3 cheers for Swervedriver, one of the best and most screwed over bands in the history of great rock music.

QOTSA = Lullabyes To Paralyze, March 22 (from their site)
British Sea Power = Open Season, 4 April (from their newsletter)

Saint, here is the track listing: http://obner.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2425

F’n’B here is the web address, but I don’t use them because both time I have the CD’s were made in Asia. Not a big deal to others but bothers me.

www.12.cd-wow.com

Looks like The Mars Volta sees an early UK release on Feb. 22.

Also:
Annie * Anniemal (679 UK) Mar 8
Daft Punk * Human After All Mar 22
Idlewild * Warnings/Promises (EMI UK) Mar 8
Moby * Hotel Mar 15

CD-WOW is based in Hong-Kong and shipping is free to anywhere. I'm in Califiornia. The default English speaking site is UK-based and so I just pay in GBP since my credit card doesn't charge any extra and the rate is usually better than what they quote if you select a different currency.

http://obner.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=45472#45472

Here's the discount I used but there should be others floating around. No guarantee this one is still good but it worked for me about a week ago. Good luck

http://www.hotukdeals.com/Article504.phtml

BTW, just saw the comment from BeeOK, but mine have always been UK copies. I've probably ordered from them at least 5 or 6 times with no problems, but I'm always going for UK releases.

Just wanted to follow up my last post since I did receive the Mercury Rev and Tindersticks CDs that I ordered about a week ago from cd-wow and they were both made in Europe. The Tindersticks collection is labeled EU and Mercury Rev EC. Only listened to some of the new MR but like what I'm hearing. Kind of similar to All Is Dream so far, but that's OK with me. "Vermillion" is an early favorite, coming at track 5. Kind of a guitar heavy rocker, a little different from the mostly piano based songs that lead off the CD. Comes with a nice, classy, glossy lyric book/liner notes too

According to yesterday's PFM interview, the new Dalek will be out on Feb 8. Holla.

'With Teeth' 05/03/05

hell yeah!

bump for new music.

2/15/05 Releases
http://www.prefixmag.com/features.php?p ... 0bf0abcb1d

LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
Capitol
The eagerly awaited debut full-length from the co-ruler of DFA Records finally sees the light of day this week. James Murphy’s pissed-out disco looks to capture the hearts and minds of more than just hipsters with the help of some major-label distribution and some pleasantly distorted beats. To increase the draw, the album comes with a bonus disc that compiles LCD’s past singles, including “Yeah” and “Losing My Edge,” the best song ever to insult three-quarters of its listeners. Not bad for a guy who turned down a chance to be a staff writer for “Seinfeld.”

The Wedding Present
Take Fountain
Manifesto
After multiple breakups and lineup shuffles, the British indie favorites return with their first new album since 1996’s Saturnalia. Their nineteen-year career (if you count a stint in the middle as Cinerama) includes seventeen U.K. Top 40 hits and the rabid support of John Peel. David Gedge and Co.’s new effort was produced by one of Seattle’s grunge go-to-guys, Steve Fisk, but you can expect their broken hearts to be served with a side of atmospheric pop rather than gritty noise.

Busdriver
Fear of a Black Tangent
Mush
Project Blowed’s preeminent jazz-flavored schizo-lyricist focuses his cavalcade of hyphenated styles on an exploration of the underground rapper’s place in the music business. By all accounts, it’s his strongest release to date and quite possibly his most diverse. Daedelus and Danger Mouse headline the producers here, but Prefuse 73 and Nobody contribute bonus remixes as well.

Mommy and Daddy
Fighting Style Killer Panda
Kanine
Don’t expect any fey harmonizing from this boy-girl duo. These pissed-off New Yorkers karate kick you with grimy bass lines and propulsive drum-machine beats while they take turns sneering into the microphone. This EP contains five new fuzzy but strangely melodic tracks guaranteed to new-wave you into oblivion.

Memphis Slim
Blue Memphis and South Side Reunion
Wounded Bird
Wounded Bird reissues a pair of records from the twilight of the late blues pianist’s career. Born and raised in Memphis, John Chatman was an influential and prolific blues man who eventually settled in Europe, where he was treated like the star he was. Both of these albums were originally released during his days as an expatriate in Paris. Blue Memphis features Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and South Side Reunion features Chicago blues guitar king Buddy Guy.

A Guy Called Gerald: To All Things What They Need (K7)
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm (Import) (V2)
Blue Merle: Burning In The Sun (Island)
Brooklyn Soul Organization: Brooklyn Soul Organization (The Orchard)
Busdriver: Fear Of A Black Tangent (Mush)
Butti 49: Habit (Exceptional)
Caetano Veloso: Tieta Do Agreste (Import) (Natas)
Chris Rock: Never Scared (CD/DVD Collector’s Edition) (Dreamworks)
Copperpot: Chapter 7
Damon and Naomi: The Sky Is Blue (20/20/20)
Death From Above 1979: Blood On Our Hands (Import Single) (679 Recordings)
Deion Sanders: The Encore Remix (Bungalo)
Elvis Presley: Surrender (Import Single) (BMG)
Francisco Lopez: Klokken-Labs (Sub Rosa)
Full White Drag: Everything Will Fall On One Night (Inner Flight)
Goldfinger: Disconnection Notice (Maverick)
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci: Bwyd Time (Import Remastered) (Castle)
Jay & The Americans: Come A Little Bit Closer (Reissue) (Beat Goes On)
Jay & The Americans: She Cried (Reissue) (Beat Goes On)
Jerry Lee Lewis: Another Place Another Time (Reissue) (Beat Goes On)
Jerry Lee Lewis: She Still Comes Around (Reissue) (Beat Goes On)
Kurupt: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Bungalo)
Lau Nau: Kuutarha (Locust)
LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem (Capitol)
Lil’ Flip & The Ghetto Brothers: Freestyle Kings Vol. 3.5 (BCD)
Low: California (Import Single) (Rough Trade)
Luke Slater: Fear And Loathing 2 (Resist)
Mary Gauthier: Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
Masta Ace: Disposable Arts (Reissue) (Yosumi/M3)
Memphis Slim: Blue Memphis (Wounded Bird)
Memphis Slim: South Side Reunion (Wounded Bird)
Mitchell Akiyama: Small Explosions That Are Yours To Keep (Sub Rosa)
Mommy And Daddy: Fighting Style Killer Panda (Kanine)
Music A.M.: My City Glittered Like A Breaking Wave
Nodern: Loves You (Sub Rosa)
My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult: My Life Remixed (Red Ant)
Plate Fork Knife Spoon: Plate Fork Knife Spoon (Wide Hive)
Plot To Blow Up the Eiffel Tower: Love In The Fascist Brothel (Revelation)
Porcupine Tree: Warszawa (Madfish)
Snoop Dogg: Bigg Snoop Dogg Raw N Uncut Volume 1 (BCD)
SubArachnoid Space: Red Veil (Strange Attractors)
The Wedding Present: Take Fountain (Manifesto)
They Might Be Giants: Here Come The ABCs (Disney)
Young Dubliners: Real World (Higher Octave)

2/8/05
http://www.prefixmag.com/features.php?p ... k%20020805

2/1/05
http://www.prefixmag.com/features.php?p ... k%20020105

i have it. it's good. hit me up if you want it.