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Record Label: Kidnap Style: Punk

Artist: Lambchop Label: City Slang (Universal)

Artist: Se Delan Label: K Scope (Edel)

Artist: Armin Van Buuren Label: Armada Music

On discovering their excellent first album : Lost Lost Lost it's easy to see that Les Marquises is not something fixed. More than just a group, it's more of a variable collective, both in their line up as well as in their music. Born from Jean-Sébastien Nouveau's imagination and around whom gravitate numerous musicians (some of whom were not unknown to Ici d'ailleurs) Notably Etienne Jaumet (The Married Monk, Headphone, Zombie Zombie) on saxophone and Benoît Burelllo (Bed) on vocals. The line up for the latest album includes : Jonathan Grandcollot (Maman Brigitte, Plein Soleil) on drums and keyboards, Nicolas Laureau (Dino Nino, NLF3) and Johannes Buff (Dubaï) on vocals, Martin Duru (Immune, Colo Colo) on keyboards and bass, Souleymane Felicioli on trumpet, Julien Nouveau (Immune) on feedbacks and percussions and Pierre-Alain Vernette on violin. Lost Lost Lost had for underlying theme the work of artist Henry Darger, this time Jean-Sébastien Nouveau draws his inspiration from cinema citing influences such as: Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, The Wrath of God by Werner Herzog, Lord of the Flies by Peter Brook and also Les Maîtres Fous by Jean Rouch. These films give us a glimpse of the underlying themes of the jungle and wildness found throughout the album, which has a highly visual quality, allowing the listeners to lose themselves in their imagination. These luxuriant images stay with us having listened to this album that has been so refined through the texture of the vocals and the percussion, it proves to be a deep well of inspiration. Each track has been so well and minutely enriched, the detail allows one to be come submerged in the wild and torturous world of Pensée Magique. We won't ever become completely lost however as Jean-Sébastien Nouveau never strays to far into the wilderness throughout the 7 tracks, which each having their own video clip. The album is neither rock, electronic or folk. It's all three at the same time. It's the culmination of the influences and desires of its master, who disregards barriers and enjoys the freedom to elaborate. An album like this one is clearly the result of a refusal to stay within the parameters of any one style, thus allowing the listener too, to escape conventionalism. Finally, we find ourselves confronted with an album that is melancholic, untameable, hypnotic and intense which even after several listens, is still fresh, and that is its strength. The release of Pensée Magique coincides with the return to stage of Les Marquises, supported by La Route Du Rock Booking agency. Jean-Sébastien will be accompanied by his brother Julien on drums, Arnaud Lemoine on vocals and keyboards, and Souleymane Felicioli on trumpet, for performances that promise to be even more fierce and adventurous than the album. Record Label: Ici D'Ailleurs Style: Independent

Gozu pack a punch with their sophomore album delivering heavy rock that crushes with blistering riffs as much as shimmers with haunting melodies. Style: Stoner Rock

For this tribute Beast records has gathered an international cast - mostly Australian but overseas too - that features TEX NAPALM - whose Central Europe accent again adds to his inner-seduction ; British rockabilly leading outfit HIPBONE SLIM ; the gentle-mannered PETE ROSS with his compagne SUSY SAPPHIRE ; American Trad Rock artist JOHN PAUL KEITH ; Southern-gothic MISS MARY MACK ; violin-driven and film noir-spirited The SPOILS ; garage-r'n'b outfit wih a female singer DOUBLE AGENTS ; Johanna - who belonged at this time to JAMES MCCANN & THE DIRT SKIRT - in a one-shot project with Régis of DEAD HORSE PROBLEM and JAMES MCCANN himself ; voodoo and swamp-rock composer STU THOMAS - bassist for KIM SALMON & THE SURREALISTS ; country story-teller I AM A BAND ; TONIO MARINESCU, drummer of KALASHNIKOV and nowadays Dead Horse Problem (who did also paint the sleeves of this album), and his wife Anne ; country-soul duet TEXAS TEA ; folksy-bluesy-country man RED ; as folk as rhythm'n'blues BLACK PONY EXPRESS - with JUSTIN CUSACK and LILITH LANE ; even PHILIPPE PASCAL, the legendary French singer of MARQUIS DE SADE, makes a personal yet faithful adaptation of a Cash track after a near 25 years missing from the recording studios, and SPENCER P. JONES - of the JOHNNYS and the BEASTS OF BOURBON fame, and a solo artist with the same reckless and consuming determination - also offers a cover of The Man in Black that leaves an unforgettable impression to the listener... TRACKLISTING: 01. JOHN PAUL KEITH - I STILL MISS SOMEONE 02. I AM BAND - JACKSON 03. MISS MARY MACK - RING OF FIRE 04. THE DOUBLE AGENTS - DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN 05. THE MARINESCUS - AS LONG AS THE GRASS SHALL GROW 06. HIPBONE SLIM & THE KNEETREMBLERS - MEAN EYED CAT 07. THE SPOILS - THE FOLK SINGER 08. TEX NAPALM - SINGER OF SONGS 09. PETE ROSS AND THE SAPPHIRE - GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE 10. SPENCER P. JONES - WALK THE LINE 11. TEXAS TEA - I GOT A WOMAN 12. BLACK PONY EXPRESS - DARK AS A DUNGEON 13. JOHANNA AND ZEE WAIT JAZZ - COCAINE BLUE 14. RED - DELIAH'S GONE 15. PHILIPPE PASCAL - DON'T YOU KNOW WHERE I'M BOUND 16. STU THOMAS - FOLSOM PRISON BLUES Record Label: Beast Records Style: Garage

Hipbone Slim and the Kneetremblers take rock 'n' roll, rhythm 'n' blues - whatever you want to call it - and give it their own unique stamp and energy. They have somehow captured the true essence of rock 'n' roll, in a way that very few have been able to do, in a very long time. After 4 LPs out on Voodoo Rhythm Records, here's the 3rd Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers LP out on Beast Rds! Record Label: Beast Records Style: Garage

Artist: Afghan Whigs Label: Sub Pop

Artist: Burning Flesh Label: Video Music, Inc.

Artist: Afghan Whigs Label: Sub Pop

Fold-Out Cover - Limited to 340 pcs. Well-established on the Belgian post-rock scene with members from all over the country, We Stood Like Kings stand where instrumental rock meets classical music. Expect complex post-rock with strong progressive influences, entangled melodies and an adventurous mixture of intensity and refinement. From ambient to epic and from moody to bright, We Stood Like Kings' music is constantly evolving, every new layer beautifully blending into a new unexpected dimension. "How to watch a film like "Berlin: Symphony of a City" ? It offers us a literal "day in the life of', bringing us into Berlin by train as the sun rises, and following the life of the city as it wakes, goes to work through the morning and into the afternoon, moves from work to play, to sport and dancing and drinking deep into the night. It leaps swiftly from rich to poor, from man to machine and back again, from the grandeur of the city-scape to the sewers beneath, and always movement, movement in every way that can be found. Trains, crowds, spinning wheels and fairground rides, boat races, horse races, dog races, dancing and pounding machines, always we see the dynamism of a city in motion. It is an extraordinarily beautiful film, and its distance from us in time and in experience only emphasises that beauty. Like a carved miniature, it offers us a model of Berlin brought close and intimate, and yet viewed from across an unbridgeable gap." (Allan James Thomas) Record Label: Kapitän Platte Style: Independent

killer new LP of wacked-out and DANCEABLE 1950s & early-1960s slop!! R&B, titty-twisters, GO-GO mania, jungled exotica, ETC! TRACKLISTING: 01. LEN WADE - BOSS BEAT 02. L. B. WILSON - DON'T 03. FELIX GARCIA & HIS GUITAR - TWO TACOS 04. VERNON HARREL - SLICK CHICK 05. THE ADMIRALS - SAWMILL 06. THE NOBLETONES - CALYPSO BABY 07. CECIL DAVIS - LETS HAVE A BALL 08. JIMMY LIGGINS & HIS DROPS OF JOY ORCHESTRA - KNOCKED OUT 09. THE IMPERIALITES - LET'S GET ONE 10. THE MEDALLIONS - LOLO BABY 11. THE PERIDOTS - HULLY GULLY ALL NIGHT LONG 12. EARL FOREST - THE DUCK 13. LUDAWAY - THE PIG 14. THE VALIANTS - WALKIN' GIRL 15. DAVID DEL CONTE - I LIE 16. WILLARD BURTON - TWISTIN' TWIST Record Label: Twistin Rumble Style: Garage

killer new LP of wacked-out and DANCEABLE 1950s & early-1960s slop!! R&B, titty-twisters, GO-GO mania, jungled exotica, ETC! TRACKLISTING: 01. THE DEMONS - EL LOBO 02. NOTE & TOE & THE GRENADIERS - I GOT A COLD 03. FELIX & HIS FABULOUS CATS - HEY TIGER 04. LENNY WELCH - CHANGA ROCK 05. DAMAL & RASHEED - ARRIBA 06. GARY U.S. BONDS - I WANNA HOLLER 07. ALAN & THE FLAMES - WHATCHA GONNA DO 08. LINDA GAYLE - MAGGIE'S FARM 09. LOS REBELDES DE ROCK - SWIM 10. IRAJ - BABY SHAKE WITH ME 11. H-BOMB FERGUSON - MARY LITTLE MARY 12. LITTLE JERRY - CHAPEL ON THE HILL 13. SYD HALE - THE HELL RAISERS 14. FRED HARRIS' RED TOPS - THE BULL 15. THE MOONGLOWS - CHICKIE UM BAH Record Label: Twistin Rumble Style: Garage

Two blinking new tracks by The Ex: direct, urgent, willful and joyfully obstinate. Recorded in the rehearsalroom, in three hours and mixed in two: fat-free and no words wasted. "How Thick You Think" is inspired by the short film "Neighbours" (Norman McLaren, 1952). The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower. The sentence "I think food with music means peace" comes from a painting by Lucebert."That's Not A Virus" builds on a typical Ex beat: a melodic and unique rhythm, freshly pulled out of the Dutch clay, sounding as if it already exists for two thousand years. The lyrics work like a crack in the wall through which you look at the space between people; what people reveal of themselves, show to eachother and the categorical insecurity that comes with it. TRACKLISTING: 01. HOW THICK YOU THINK 02. THAT'S NOT A VIRUS Record Label: Ex Records Style: Alternative

Well-established on the Belgian post-rock scene with members from all over the country, We Stood Like Kings stand where instrumental rock meets classical music. Expect complex post-rock with strong progressive influences, entangled melodies and an adventurous mixture of intensity and refinement. From ambient to epic and from moody to bright, We Stood Like Kings' music is constantly evolving, every new layer beautifully blending into a new unexpected dimension. "How to watch a film like "Berlin: Symphony of a City" ? It offers us a literal "day in the life of', bringing us into Berlin by train as the sun rises, and following the life of the city as it wakes, goes to work through the morning and into the afternoon, moves from work to play, to sport and dancing and drinking deep into the night. It leaps swiftly from rich to poor, from man to machine and back again, from the grandeur of the city-scape to the sewers beneath, and always movement, movement in every way that can be found. Trains, crowds, spinning wheels and fairground rides, boat races, horse races, dog races, dancing and pounding machines, always we see the dynamism of a city in motion. It is an extraordinarily beautiful film, and its distance from us in time and in experience only emphasises that beauty. Like a carved miniature, it offers us a model of Berlin brought close and intimate, and yet viewed from across an unbridgeable gap." (Allan James Thomas) Record Label: Kapitän Platte Style: Independent

On March 21th Baby Woodrose will release a compilation album of vinyl 7" b-sides and rarities collected from various releases from the past 13 years. Besides b-sides and split singles released on Bad Afro Records the album includes b-sides from singles released on Swedish, French, Norwegian and Greek record labels. It also includes a cover of "Beat City" by The Raveonettes. Most of the songs were recorded by the original line-up of Lorenzo Woodrose (vocals/guitar), The Moody Guru (bass) and Fuzz Daddy (drums). That goes for the self-released debut 7" on Pan Records which originally was released in only 300 copies. The two songs - 6654321 and That's How Strong My Love Is - comes from the very first studio session Baby Woodrose did as a band, only a few months after the release of the Blows Your Mind album which Lorenzo Woodrose released on his own. The probably most interesting session included here is five songs recorded pretty much live in the Black Tornado studio during the making of the Chasing Rainbows album in late 2007. It was the last recording by the original line-up but the songs never made the album but ended up as b-sides instead. The first five songs on the album documents that session. This collection of songs from the 14 7" singles Baby Woodrose have released so far is made for the fans who don't collect vinyl singles or are not willing to fork over the cash for the often rare and expensive singles of which most are deleted years ago. First edition on LP is limited to a 1000 copies on black vinyl. Style: Garage

Artist: Doss Label: Acephale

Artist: Woo Label: Drag City

Artist: Timber Timbre Label: Full Time Hobby