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  • All Seeing Dolls 'That's Amazing Grace/Siren's Echo Iron Lung' Vinyl 10

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    All Seeing Dolls 'That's Amazing Grace/Siren's Echo Iron Lung' Vinyl 10" PRE-ORDER

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    Release Date: 11/10/2024

    ANTON NEWCOMBE and DOT ALLISON announce that they will be releasing an album together under the moniker All Seeing Dolls. ‘’Parallel’ will be out in February 2025. Today they share the single ‘That’s Amazing Grace’.

    Anton Newcombe is the founder, the sole constant and the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music’s most fascinating bands; Brian Jonestown Massacre. He’s a frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, father and force of nature.

    There have been 21 BJM albums over the last 30 years, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock’n’roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock’n’roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more. Newcombe has established himself as a once-in-a-lifetime talent, a revolutionary force in modern music and an underground hero. Dot Allison released her debut solo album Afterglow in 1999.

    Over the years she has strived to keep the listener on a journey – and herself too. She revolts against what she has done before, to evolve and not just occupy the same space. That journey has taken her from Afterglow’s broad church (trip-hop, Tim Buckley-esque ballads, dance tracks, chilled psychedelia) to the sultry synth-pop of We Are Science (2002), the lush, baroque Exaltation Of Larks (2007) and the eclectic, rootsy drama of Room 7½ (2009). After a hiatus to raise her family she returned with the graceful acoustic folk record Heart-Shaped Scars (2021) and the haunting, barely there beauty of Consciousology (2023).

    The range of guest stars on Allison’s records is equally broad: where else would you find a cast list that includes Kevin Shields, Hal David, Paul Weller, Pete Doherty and Darren Emerson. Likewise, Allison’s own guest roles with the likes of Massive Attack, Scott Walker, Slam, Philip Shepard, The Babyshambles & Pete Doherty, underlining the huge respect her peers hold her in. 

    Tracklisting:
    1. That’s Amazing Grace 
    2. Kaleidoscope 
    3. Blossoms In Her Mind 
    4. Sirens Echo In An Iron Lung 
    5. Non Waltz 
    6. I Believe You About The Moon 
    7. What Do Dolls Dream? 
    8. Time 
    9. Lady Buzz Killer

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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Abandon Ship (Martian Meltdown Mix) Vinyl 10

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    The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Abandon Ship (Martian Meltdown Mix) Vinyl 10"

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    Available on black vinyl 10”.

    To coincide with the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s North American & Australasian tour 2023 is the release of two new exclusive tracks by the band.

    Recorded in Berlin & remotely in 2023, the opening track “Abandon Ship (Martian Meltdown Mix)” runs at over 11 minutes and plays at 33 rpm, “Maybe Make It Right.” the B side is nearly 4 minutes & plays at 45 rpm.

    With Anton Newcombe (Vocals/ Guitars) Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), & Uri Rennert (drums) playing on this offering. Emil Nikolaisen (Serena-Maneesh / BJM) & Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt (Asteroid #4 / BJM) on engineering duties.

    The release comes in a heavyweight PVC bag with the artwork being a J card so you can see the vinyl

    Tracklisting:
    Side A
    Abandon Ship (Martian Meltdown Mix)

    Side B
    Maybe Make It Right.
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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'The Future Is Your Past'

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    The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'The Future Is Your Past'

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    Available on 180 grm Clear Vinyl LP with a pack of 6 colour pencils so you can colour in your own album cover . The CD comes in two different designs

    Recorded in Berlin & remotely between 2020 & 2021 , the band returns with their 20th full-length studio album.

    The album was recorded in Berlin By Anton Newcombe , joining him in the studio for this album were Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), & Uri Rennert (drums).

    The band in 2022 have been touring and completed a 34 date tour in North America with Mercury Rev and the Magic Castles which was very successful , with 3 festival appearances in the summer of 2022 in Angers, France, Graz , Austria & Switzerland which were also successful.

    With this the band went on tour in Europe which started in September 2022 with many sold out shows .

    Tracklisting:
    1. Do Rainbows Have Ends
    2. Nothing Can Stop The Sound
    3. The Light Is about To Change
    4. Fudge
    5. Cross Eyed Gods
    6. As The Carousel Swings
    7. The Mother Of All Fuckers
    8. All The Feels
    9. Your Mind Is My Café
    10. Stuck To Yous
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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'The Real'

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    Numbered and limited to 1000 copies each worldwide.

    Recorded in Berlin & remotely between 2020 & 2021, the opening track "The Real" is from the forthcoming album "Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees" the second track "Where Do We Go From Here?" is exclusive to this release.

    With Anton Newcombe (Vocals/ Guitars), Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt (keyboards), Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson (bass), & Uri Rennert (drums) playing on this offering. It is 30 years since the release of their first single She Made Me / Evergreen. Released in 1992, the band continue to deliver the sound of the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

    Cover artwork by Anthony Ausgang.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A
    The Real

    Side B
    Where Do We Go From Here?
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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees'

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    The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees'

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    'When you are compelled to do the right thing, when you live by some internal code, and you don't shy away from standing up to and in the face of adversity or against the mob or the man no matter what that might mean to "your fame or prospects", it's doing the right thing... for some it might be taking a knee, or even a baton or bullet. That's a fire inside you, and it doesn't grow on trees. I create my own culture because it is what I need and what I feel isn't being provided. It doesn't exist unless I participate.' – Anton Newcombe

    ANTON NEWCOMBE – frontman, songwriter composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, force of nature – returns with the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s 19th full-length studio album Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees, which will be released on 24th June 2022 on his own label A Recordings.

    It has been 30 years since the release of their first single She Made Me / Evergreen. Released in 1992, as the British music press descended on the US to anoint the next US guitar band as flavour of the month and major labels were on the hunt for the compliant hopefuls to be their latest quick fix, Anton Newcombe had an idea: say no. As leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Newcombe had already established himself as a visionary songwriter, a man to whom making music wasn't a lifestyle choice or a hipster haircut but the very fabric of existence itself, and he had observed in silent horror as his peers meekly acquiesced to everything – yes to contracts, yes to management, yes to suggestions, yes to this, yes to that, yes, yes, yes. But he was different. Anton Newcombe was going to say no to everything. "I just knew I would be more successful in a certain way by saying no, just being contrary because I figured that if people liked me they were gonna like me anyway," he says. "Or dislike me. It doesn’t matter."

    Brian Jonestown Massacre's shoegazing-tinged debut album Methodrone was released in 1995 and since then numerous band members have joined Newcombe on his sonic escapades, but he has remained the sole constant, the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music's most fascinating bands. There have been a further 18 albums under the Brian Jonestown Massacre moniker since then, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock'n'roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock’n’roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more.

    Along the way, Newcombe has established himself as a once-in-a-lifetime talent who saw the direction in which mainstream indie-rock was heading and opted to take the long way round. He's emerged as - revolutionary force in modern music, an underground hero. There was no other way, this was how it had to be. "My only option with everything in life has always been that you just jump into the fire," he declares. "It doesn’t matter what it is."

    It's with that spirit that he’s hopped around the globe, from the West Coast to New York, from Manhattan to Iceland, and then to Berlin, where he’s lived for 14 years and has two flats, one to live in and one that's been converted into his studio. He goes there six days a week to work and write and record and produce and it's where the fantastic new BJM album Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees was made. In an era where one band bleeds into the next and production all seems to be pulling from a similarly beige-y sonic palette, here is a record that crackles with excitement and possibility, the fuzz of those 60s Ampeg amps, the exhilarating swirl of guitars and keyboards and Newcombe in the middle of it all, conducting the chaos.

    Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees is the beginning of a thrilling new phase for Newcombe and his band. Joining him in the studio for this album were Ricky Maymi (guitars), Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt (keyboards), Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson (bass), Uri Rennert (drums) and Sara Neidorf (drums).

    After a hugely prolific 2010s that saw the release of eight long-players and one mini-album, Newcombe had been going through a period of writer’s block when one day he picked up his 12-string guitar in the studio and album opener and lead single The Real came out of him. Like the kraken, it was as if he’d summoned it. "All of a sudden, I just heard something," he says. "And then it just didn’t stop. We tracked a whole song every single day for 70 days in a row."

    Four minutes into Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees, there are two lines that sum up its fearless spirit. "Fight the beast until it dies, raise your sword up to the sky!", sings Newcombe as an explosion of fuzzy guitars, thrumming organs and rolling drums collide around him. As soon as Newcombe wrote it, he knew The Real had to open the new album. "That line is like fantasyland!" he laughs. "It's the little kid in me, full on St George shit. It's as much a declaration of anything that I could ever muster. A lot of the album is about affirmation by just living. Existentially, this time period has felt pretty dark so it’s about fighting the good fight. I’m singing to empower other people. First of all, I’m getting whatever I need out of it, but I can see it as something other people can identify with."

    These are songs fuelled with the heady feeling of capturing a moment – from the hot-footed country sway of It's About Being Free Really to the hazy grooves of What's In A Name, from the garage stomp of Silenced to the widescreen 60s-pop of Wait A Minute (2:30 To Be Exact). Nothing was pre-written. Like The Real, everything was conjured up by where an instrument took Newcombe when he picked it up. "I could sit at the piano, the organ, any instrument, and get an idea all of a sudden. I would play for one second with the band to get a grasp of the idea, and then we would unplug the amps and put on the headphones, plug in and track it. Then I would go, 'guys leave the room', sing the words in my head and then record them. Everything's off the top of my head, just like one-take Jake. I surprised myself."

    Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees is a brilliant album, but there is no such thing as a defining statement in Anton Newcombe's world anymore, just more chapters that contribute to the tale. "Nobody can stop me, I'm not asking somebody, I'm not making the rounds at Warners, saying 'please put out my record!'. It's just for me," he says. He hopes he can be an inspiration to others. "I would love to see more groups, people playing music in the UK and everywhere else because I really enjoy it. That's the only reason I need. It's the only reason to do stuff." That hits to the core of what makes Anton Newcombe and Brian Jonestown Massacre tick in 2022. He'll keep jumping in that fire. That's how he rolls. Savour it.

    Tracklisting:
    1. The Real
    2. Ineffable Mindfuck
    3. It's About Being Free Really
    4. What's In A Name
    5. Silenced
    6. Before And After land
    7. You Think I'm Joking?
    8. #1 LUCKY KITTY
    9. Wait A Minute (2:30 to be exact)
    10. Don't Let Me Get In Your Way
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  • Magic Castles 'Sun Reign'

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    Available on 180 gram vinyl Minneapolis psych-rockers Magic Castles are back with a new LP, 'Sun Reign', making an exciting return after founder and songwriter Jason Edmonds'suffered a near fatal car accident in November 2019.

    Magic Castles are well-versed in the ways of psychedelically-inclined folk-rock. Edmonds'smooth vocal harmonies float above the guitars, creating a lush, almost Byrds-esque soundscape. The layered arrangements incorporate Farfisa organ, synths, and dreamy string arrangements.

    Sun Reign is the band's fourth release on Anton Newcombe's label A'Recordings Ltd. Ironically similar to BJM, the Magic Castles have been plagued by lineup changes over the years. Due to this and other factors, in 2016, Edmonds, a single father, decided to take a short hiatus from regular live shows and touring to focus on his family.

    During that time, (2016-2019) Edmonds, an introverted multi-instrumentalist, continued to record new material in his studio, and also record with a new band at Neil Weir's studio Blue Bell Knoll, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The results of these sessions are the current release, 'Sun Reign'.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Sunburst
    2. Lost Dimension
    3. Ode to the Wind
    4. Asuras
    5. World of Time
    6. Valley of Nysa
    7. Magna Mater
    8. Surmise
    9. Gates of the Sun
    10. Relax Your Mind
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  • Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Brian Jonestown Massacre'

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    Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Brian Jonestown Massacre'

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    Brian Jonestown Massacre burst into 2019 with the release of their 18th full-length album, just 7 months after their last one. The self-titled 9-track album is released on Anton Newcombe's A Recordings on 15th March 2019.

    It was recorded and produced at Anton's Cobra Studio in Berlin.The album was originally going to be released in September, but due to a hugely successful global tour - taking in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe the release was delayed.

    Recorded this time last year, the album features Sara Neidorf on drums, Heike Marie Radeker (LeVent) on bass, Hakon Adalsteinsson (BJM / Third Sound & Gunman & Holy Ghost) on guitar and Anton Newcombe on multiple instruments.

    Also making a guest vocal appearance on Tombes Oubliees'is Rike Bienert who has sung on previous BJM albums.

    The band performed songs from the album throughout the European leg of the 2018 tour.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Drained
    2. Tombes Oubliees
    3. My Mind Is Filled With Stuff
    4. Cannot Be Saved
    5. A Word
    6. We Never Had a Chance
    7. Too Sad To Tell You
    8. Remember Me This
    9. What Can I Say
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  • The Vacant Lots 'Damage Control'

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    'Damage Control' LP is the double album that combines both EPs released by The Vacant Lots on Anton Newcombe's label A Recordings - "Berlin' EP and "Exit' EP.

    This is the first time all tracks will be made available on CD and including liner notes from the band. All tracks were produced and recorded by Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) at Anton's Cobra Studio in Berlin.

    Jared Artaud of The Vacant Lots says, "working with someone who made you want to make records is fucking inspiring. You not only learn a lot working with Anton in the studio - you become a better artist in the process. Through this collaboration we were able to distill ideas on the spot and turn fragments into songs. Anton pushes you further to get the best results and that really drives the process of making records.'

    The Vacant Lots have recently released their critically acclaimed third album "Interzone" on Fuzz Club and have previously released singles with Mexican Summer and Reverberation Appreciation Society.

    The duo has collaborated on their debut album 'Departure' with Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, and their second album 'Endless Night' with Alan Vega. The group has toured with Suicide, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Growlers, Dean Wareham, The Dandy Warhols, and Spectrum.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Bells
    2. Silence
    3. Disordered Vision
    4. Funeral Party
    5. Promise Me
    6. Verschwinden
    7. Land
    8. Funeral Rites

    Release Date: 30/10/2020
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  • L'Epée 'Diabolique'

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    This is the debut album release from L'Epée , the band are Emmanuelle Seigner (Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle), Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) & Lionel & Marie Liminana (The Liminanas) . It is very rarely that a musical project lives up to the billing of being a supergroup'. However, the exception to this rule comes in the shape of L'épée.

    A stellar combination of the talents of The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe, cinematic femme fatale Emmanuelle Seigner and ice-cool pop provocateurs The Liminanas (Lionel and Marie Liminana), L'épée transcend artistic and traditional borders.

    'We are living in very culturally insular times, so it feels really good to be swimming against the tide,' says Anton of the band's bi-lingual, cross-continental approach.'There's something really positive about branching out, collaborating and taking risks.' Far from being defeated by a world seemingly regressing into turmoil, L'Epée's strength comes from a long history of challenging the status quo.

    From Anton's legendary battles with The Man'with The Brian Jonestown Massacre to Emmanuelle's eclectic screen career to The Liminana's community-minded ethos- setting up their own record shop, L.G.D.C, and promoting gigs by the cream of the world's garage rock scene (New Bomb Turks, Oblivians, Fleshtones, Revelators) -they share a fierce intelligence and an outsider aesthetic which, over the decades, has been sharpened to a razor's edge.

    Fitting, then, that their name translates as The Sword. 'It came to me in a dream,' explains Anton. 'I woke up and there it was, The Sword'. Someone told me there had already been a band with that name so I flipped it into French. It suits the band because we're united in a common cause.' This pent-up creative energy has been channelled into their extraordinary debut album, Diabolique. Named in tribute to Mario Bava's 1968 cult classic Danger: Diabolik', it's a musical masterclass where elements of garage, ye-ye, sleaze rock, cult soundtracks, sci-fi, spaghetti westerns and girl-group pop noir are combined with the cut-and-thrust zeal of a band bursting with ideas and energy.

    All delivered by Emmanuelle in a sultry Gallic drawl which will send a frisson of recognition through anyone familiar with her iconic roles in, among many others, Frantic, Venus In Fur and Bitter Moon (all directed by her husband, Roman Polanski). 'I've loved rock music since I was a kid,' she says, namechecking Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground and The Stooges as key influences.
    'I always wanted to be a musician, but it wasn't so easy in France as I couldn't meet the right people. Then I became a model and then very quickly after that I did Frantic and became an actress. It worked for me, but in my heart I always wanted to do music.'

    Having asked close friend Bertrand Belin to provide lyrics for three further tracks (Grande', On Dansait Avec Elle'and Lou'), the trio set to work at The Liminanas'studio in Cabestany, Southern France, in November 2017 -with Emmanuelle, ever the perfectionist, fine-tuning them the following February.

    Satisfied with the results, the trio flew to Berlin to hook up with Anton and (Liverpudlian engineer) Andrea Wright at his Cobra Studio in Berlin Utilising a treasure trove of vintage equipment ('I've got way more 60's gear than The Beatles and The Stones had, I'm mad for that stuff', explains the BJM man), Anton set to work, re-recording the drums with Marie and adding -and deleting- tracks so that the shifting layers of sound suited the mood of each individual track.

    'I've got plenty of other ways to express myself, so I really enjoyed taking a backseat, creatively,' he explains. 'Lionel is such a great composer. There's a very visual sense to his songs and I was very conscious of not stepping on his intentions too much. There were some really interesting sonic things I would add, like a track of the craziest feedback, to give a song a weird ambient quality. It's the role that Brian Jones had in the Stones, or Warren (Ellis) has in Nick Cave's band. Musically, they're all over the map, but they make things happen.'

    'It was so inspiring to see Anton work,' says Emmanuelle of seeing him in action.
    'When we sent the songs to him they were good, but they were nothing like how it ended up. He's so talented, like a genius. He made the whole thing darker, more interesting and more psychedelic.'

    Tracklisting:
    1. Une Lune Étrange
    2. Lou
    3. Dreams
    4. La Brigade Des Maléfices
    5. On Dansait avec elle
    6. Ghost Rider
    7. Grande
    8. Springfield 61
    9. Un Rituel Inhabituel
    10. Last Picture Show

    Release Date: 06/09/2019
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  • L'Epée 'Dreams' Vinyl 12

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    Available on 180 grm Black vinyl 12'.

    This is the debut single release from L'Epée, the band are Emmanuelle Seigner (Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle), Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) & Lionel & Marie Liminana (The Liminanas).

    Recorded in Cabestany (France) and Berlin at Anton's Cobra Studio, this three track 12' single comes in deluxe packaging & precedes the full length album released in June this year.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. Dreams

    Side B:
    2. Last Picture Show
    3. Dreams (extended a-go-go)

    Release Date: 17/05/2019
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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Forgotten Graves' Vinyl 10

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    The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Forgotten Graves' Vinyl 10"

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    The first track is "Forgotten Graves" (which is exclusive to this release) & the second track is  'Tombes Oubliées' with Rike (Friedrike) Bienert providing the vocals which is off the forthcoming self titled BJM album.

    With Sara Neidorf on drums, Hakon Adalsteinsson on guitar &  Heike Marie Rädeker on bass supporting Anton Newcombe in these sessions that were recorded between December 2017 & January 2018 at Cobra Studios in Berlin .

    The band have just completed successful tours of the USA ,Canada, Australia, New Zealand & Europe. "Forgotten Graves" is released in the same month as the world commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the World War 1 ('the war to end all wars'), this war never ended any other war & more forgotten graves are being added every day.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    Forgotten Graves

    Side B:
    Tombes Oubliées

    Release Date: 30/11/2018
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  • The Blue Angel Lounge 'Narcotica'

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    Re-release of second studio album "Narcotica" via Berlins independent label 8MM Musik and Anton Newcombe's 'A' Recordings.

    While staying true to their Nico and Velvet Underground inspired colors, broader timeless inspiration of New Wave, Post Punk, and Shoegaze are accentuated through out the their second full length.

    The band present a strong balance between relatively uptempo songs such as "Caught Crow" or "Delete My Ideals" and the atmospheric and psychedelic in tracks "I Will Never" and "Son Of The Ocean".

    Narcotica was self produced with the assistance of Anton Newcombe at Studio East in the former Communist East German sound recording complex in Berlin, Germany.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Narcotica
    2. Caught Crow
    3. Bewitch My Senses
    4. Son Of The Ocean
    5. Corona
    6. Delete My Ideals
    7. Secure Existence
    8. Street And Exile
    9. Darklands
    10. New Ghandi
    11. I Will Never

    Release Date: 02/11/2018
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    10th anniversary remastered edition of self-titled debut album.

    The story of The Blue Angel Lounge began in the post-industrial town of Hagen in Western Germany in 2006 when Nils Ottensmeyer and Dennis 'Mel' Melster, both with abundant talent and little to do, began sculpting soundscapes. The band recorded and self-released their debut self-titled album in 2008, and shortly thereafter caught the attention of 8MM Musik in Berlin.

    The band took their name from the club in New York City that in the 1960's offered Nico (Velvet Underground) her first live performances in America. Nico would remain an underlying influence on the band.

    Initially a 6 piece darkly psychedelic outfit, with their second LP 'Narcotica' (8MM Musik 2010), they began subtly introducing post-punk elements to their melodic songwriting, and the intensity of Nils O's vocal began to come to the forefront.

    Strangers to the mainstream, but revered by a steadily expanding fanbase around the world, the band have earned the respect of other groups such as Interpol, The Dandy Warhols, and A Place To Bury Strangers and been invited to support them on tour.

    Anton Newcombe (founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre), a fan of the band, assisted with production of 'Narcotica', and in 2012 The Blue Angel Lounge supported The Brian Jonestown Massacre on a tour of the United States, earning rave reviews.

    The band played Roskilde Festival in 2013 and been twice invited to the Austin Psych Festival (now called Levitation) in Austin, Texas (2011 and 2012). In November 2012 they supported The Dandy Warhols across England, France, Holland, and Belgium.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Looming Solid Massive Steamer
    2. Ashes Round The Skull
    3. Desert Shore
    4. Orange In Green
    5. Into Cold Water
    6. Hundred Years In Love
    7. Die Away As One In Time
    8. The God
    9. Lsd And The Search For God
    10. Rising End

    Release Date: 02/11/2018
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  • Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe 'Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe'

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    Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe 'Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe'

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    Available on 180 grm clear coloured vinyl LP.

    This is the second full length album from Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe, the self titled album contains 9 tracks .

    'Right On' is the only track that has been released before on the eponymous EP released earlier in 2018.

    All tracks were recorded at Cobra Studios, Berlin in 2017, the majority of the songs co written by Tess & Anton.

    Tracklisting:

    1. Life after youth 
    2. Monochrome wound
    3. Mount pleasant 
    4. Bindle
    5. Please never die
    6. French Monday afternoon
    7. Die neue welt
    8. Talking bout the weather
    9. Right on

    Release Date: 12/10/2018
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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Something Else' PRE-ORDER - Cargo Records UK

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    The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Something Else'

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    Now available on very limited 180g vinyl.

    This is first full length offering from the Brian Jonestown Massacre for 2018, a second, self titled, album will be coming out in September.

    This is the 17th full length release from the band & the style is less experimental & more of a retracing back to the traditional sound of the band.

    Recorded between 2017 & 2018, this 9 track album will please old & new fans alike.

    The band have announced tours of the USA, Canada, Australasia & will be announcing tours through Europe later this year.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Hold That Thought
    2. Animal Wisdom
    3. Psychic Lips
    4. Skin and Bones
    5. My Poor Heart
    6. My Love
    7. Who dreams of cats?
    8. Fragmentation
    9. Silent Stream

    Release Date: 01/06/2018
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  • Pete International Airport 'Safer With The Wolves...' - Cargo Records UK

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    Pete International Airport 'Safer With The Wolves...'

    £11.99

    Peter Holmström named his solo project Pete International Airport after a song by his other band The Dandy Warhols.

    Safer With The Wolves - ¦'is a meticulously crafted psyche rock journey into the dark heart of electronica upon which Peter has enlisted the help of numerous like-minded musical allies.

    One of which, if you're to believe a certain infamous rock documentary called Dig! is an unexpected union; the Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe is releasing Safer With The Wolves - ¦'on his own record label A Recordings.

    The albums'11 tracks feature a variety of guest singers and collaborators including Robert Levon Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), Alex Maas (Black Angels), Lisa Elle (Dark Horses), Jason Sebastian Russo (Hopewell, Mercury Rev), Jsun Atoms (The Upside Down, Daydream Machine), Emil Nikolaisen (Sereena-Maneesh) and Jeremy Sherrer (The Dandy Warhols, Modest Mouse, The Shins).

    Tracklisting:
    1. Even Happier
    2. Señorita
    3. Hurray For The People
    4. Flowers Of Evil
    5. VHS Or Beta Fish
    6. Love In Reverse
    7. Western Shouting
    8. Dance Around The Broken
    9. After All
    10. Happens All The Time
    11. Cloven Hooves

    Release Date: 17/11/2017
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  • Alex Lipinski 'Alex' - Cargo Records UK

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    Alex Lipinski 'Alex'

    £11.49

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    Alex Lipinski 'Alex'

    £14.99

    The first thing that hits you is the voice. Alex Lipinski's caressing sympathy, full-throated resentment, and the raw rockabilly excitement of earliest Elvis have grabbed unwary listeners from the West Country to Krakow, Berlin and New York, since he first left Somerset to become a crucial habitué of Soho's legendary, lost 12-Bar Club.

    He has followed in the footsteps of his hero Dylan to write in the Chelsea Hotel, and sung Elvis songs in the home of an admiring Liam Gallagher, who responded with a roaring 'Acquiesce'.

    With older brother and fellow musician Adam Lipinski by his side at Newcombe's residential studio in Berlin, Alex'basically took six hours. 'Anton put a lot of time and energy in. I recorded with an old guitar, because he wanted to capture the effortless, timeless 60s records that he had in his mind. We had initially planned to be in the studio for three or four nights.

    The first evening we rattled though the songs, a take or two of each and in those six hours everything clicked. By midnight we were done. We ended the evening by going to a great bar called 8mm.

    Anton set up a gig there the following night and played old folk records, then we played a live set. We added small overdubs on the record later. But the album captures the character of the songs live with no frills. The slight imperfections add to the feel. Anton taught me about perfect mistakes.'

    Tracklisting:
    1. Going Nowhere Fast
    2. Dandylion Blues
    3. Carolyn
    4. Hurricane
    5. Come On People
    6. Sophie's Song
    7. The Devil You Know
    8. Lonely Kid
    9. Another Travellin'Song
    10. This Gir

    Release Date: 10/11/2017
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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Don€„¢t Get Lost' - Cargo Records UK - 1

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    The Brian Jonestown Massacre 'Don't Get Lost'

    £8.49

    Don't Get Lost was fully recorded & produced at Anton's new Cobra Studio in Berlin. It is the 16th full length release from the Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded from March 2016 to October 2016.

    With band members Ricky Maymi, Dan Allaire, Collin Hegna & Ryan Van Kriedt. Also Emil Nikolaisen from the Norwegian band Serena-Maneesh & Pete Fraser (The PoguesNew Young Pony Club) on saxophone joins the band on this album, plus vocal performances from Tim Burgess (Charlatans), Tess Parks and Shaun Rivers.

    A new dynamic is heard on this album mixing the shoegaze/psychedelic sound with more experimental twists on some tracks you might hear PIL (Metalbox), Primal Scream, or even Ornette Coleman.

    14 tracks that will twist and turn through the known and the unknown Brian Jonestown Massacre.

    Anton Newcombe has been a very busy man these past 2 years, kicking off with the critically acclaimed Brian Jonestown Massacre album 'Revelation' in May 2014. After a successful UK and European tour, the BJM followed this up with the '+-' EP (Nov 2014). 2015 saw the release of 'Musique de film imaginé' (April); an imaginary film soundtrack album featuring the track 'Bonbon' which has, ironically, been used in 'Dheepan'; the Palme D'or winner at Cannes film festival 2015.

    In June, Anton and Tess Parks embarked on a well received tour of the UK and Europe to support the release of 'I Declare Nothing'. Anton finished the 2015 with a BJM mini-album release entitled 'Mini-Album Thingy Wingy' . In 2016 The band released 2 singles and the critically acclaimed Third World Pyramid . The band have been touring the world since November 2015, playing Australia , New Zealand , and then in 2016 USA , Canada , Europe , Chile & Argentina.

    Vinyl 2xLP Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. Open Minds Now Close
    2. Melodys Actual Echo Chamber
    3. Resist Much Obey Little
    4. Charmed I'm Sure

    Side B:
    5. Groove Is In The Heart
    6. One Slow Breath
    7. Throbbing Gristle

    Side C:
    8. Fact 67
    9. Dropping Bombs On The Sun
    10. UFO Paycheck

    Side D:
    11. Geldenes Herz Menz
    12. Acid 2 Me Is No Worse Than War
    13. Nothing New To Trash Like You
    14. Ich Bin Klang

    CD Tracklisting:
    1. Open Minds Now Close
    2. Melodys Actual Echo Chamber
    3. Resist Much Obey Little
    4. Charmed I'm Sure
    5. Groove Is In The Heart
    6. One Slow Breath
    7. Throbbing Gristle
    8. Fact 67
    9. Dropping Bombs On The Sun
    10. UFO Paycheck
    11. Geldenes Herz Menz
    12. Acid 2 Me Is No Worse Than War
    13. Nothing New To Trash Like You
    14. Ich Bin Klang
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