#narnack records

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Track: Oranges

Artist: Women and Children

Album: Paralyzed Dance, Tonight

Label: Narnack Records – NCK7032 Release: Oct 24, 2006 ℗  2006 Narnack Records.

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Just flew in..

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9/25/22.

I was perusing the "H" section of my record collection and happened upon The Herms (Berkeley/Los Angeles). Yes! I certainly hadn't forgotten how much I loved their Castle Face Records release "Drop Out Vol. 1". John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees) himself said of the band:

"Back when they were playing around town, it felt to me like not too many in my scene "got" this band. I thought people should have been going crazy for these guys. The local rag gave them accolades (a curse perhaps?), and even a cursory listen to this collection should clue you in to how great they were. This may be one of the few times that I have to concur with a music writer - this band is amazing. They are sun, heartbreak, pop and fried-static all in one master package, evolving from song to song, and I think they're fantastic."

Dwyer also said that "No one sounds like The Herms". I completely agree although you can hear various influences - the most significant one I hear is The Kinks.

Anyway, I didn't know that they released an album after relocating to Los Angeles. "Welcome All Tourists" is that album and it was released by LA label Narnack Records. This label has also released music by The Fall and Coachwhips.

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Ohsees- The Cool Death of Island Raiders (Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Folk, Freak Folk) Released: March 7, 2006 [Narnack Records] Producer(s): Dave Sitek, Kyp Malone, Chris Moore, Betty Edwards, Brooke Hamre Gilles

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Pascal Bertin, reviewing the album for Les Inrockuptibles, stated that band had "recycled its own musical formula but manages once again to regenerate it". Tiny Mix Tapes gave it 4 out of 5, describing "Blindness" as "an absolute classic". Scott Kara, for the New Zealand Herald, gave it three stars, viewing it as the Fall "back to their raw, punchy and rocky best". PopMatters' Josh Berquist gave it an 8/10 rating, stating " Fall Heads Roll resounds with the same kind of incongruous charm that ingratiated newcomers with The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall or The Unutterable". Joe Tangari, for Pitchfork, gave it 7.8 out of 10, calling it "a grab-bag of a Fall album with brilliant highs and scattered lows". Alexis Petridis, reviewing the album for The Guardian, gave it a 5-star review, describing it as "of head-turning quality" and stating the "Youwanner" riff "could strip paint". The album received generally positive reviews, with a score of 80 at Metacritic.

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Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores It was the last album with this lineup of the band to be released A later album was largely completed but left unreleased when Smith parted company with most of the band members. "Blindness" was used in a 2007 US television ad campaign for the Mitsubishi Outlander. The US double LP edition of the album contains a different version of the track "Blindness". In the US, the album was their second release with Narnack Records. The UK version was released on CD and as limited vinyl pressing of 1,000, and was preceded by a single release of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow". Īlthough the Sanctuary group had reissued several earlier Fall albums and their Peel Sessions box set (on their Castle Communications imprint), this was the first album of new Fall material to be released by them, on this occasion appearing on their Slogan label. The album's closing track, "Trust in Me", features guest lead vocals from Kenny Cummings of the band Shelby, who had first met Smith and Elena Poulou at the Gigantic offices earlier on the day it was recorded, with additional vocal contributions from Phil Schuster of Shelby, and recording engineers Billy Pavone and Simon "Ding" Archer. "Breaking the Rules" evolved from the band's attempts to record " Walk Like a Man", with lyrics from a song by Bec Walker, an aspiring singer who had been on work experience at Gracieland Studios at the time the album was recorded. The album includes a cover version of the Move's " I Can Hear the Grass Grow", and "What About Us?", a song written from the point of view of an East German immigrant who berates Harold Shipman for giving morphine to old ladies instead of him. Smith mentioned Heads Are Rolling and If You Assume as two possible titles. In a March 2005 interview with Kitchen Sink magazine prior to the album's release, singer Mark E. The album was recorded at Lisa Stansfield's Gracieland Studios in Rochdale, UK and at Gigantic Studios in New York City. Both Billie Eilish and Hailey Bieber opted for darker tones earlier this year, and following the trendsetters’ new looks came the models of Fendi, Prabal Gurung, and Chanel.Background, recording, and release To some degree, this might be true, but given the designers’ penchants to darken their models’ hair, I’d say that people are just veering towards the chicness of the look as a whole and that the whole world isn’t collectively having a breakdown (yet). Brunette Powerįellow brunettes, it’s time to unite! So, toss out the cliché that dyeing your hair blonde is for a ‘glow-up,’ and dyeing it darker is for an emotional breakdown. Evenly spliced with no layering, this popular haircut for fall is something that you will either love or hate.īut before we dive into all the popular fall 2022 hair trends, just remember to sleep on any bold moves before you decide to change your hair drastically! All the Color #1. Somewhat few and far between, the main look that often occurred for an extra shock factor was the bob-to-long style. Of course, other designers went after making a statement not only in their collections but also in the hair shown on the runway. Thus came the entrance of simple braided ponytails, sleek buns, and flowing loose waves to provide an easy backdrop when displaying the latest collections. Many designers seemed to gravitate towards the appearance of no-fuss and easy-to-handle hair.

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If you’re starting to feel the desperate need to change up your hairstyle for a new season, then why not pursue adopting one of these soon-to-be-everywhere fall/winter 2022-2023 hair trends? With each season giving you the opportunity to update your look just a little bit, these fresh-off-the-runway styles will make everyone around you do a double take… and maybe just ask for your autograph.

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De Algemene Verwarring #78 - 19 September 2022

The seventy-eighth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday September 19, 2022, and you can listen to it by clicking on the Mixcloud widget below. And if that does not work, here’s the direct link to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-78-19-september-2022/

Pictured below is UK band The Telescopes. I’m not that familiar with the band, I only have their self-titled second studio album, and I recently picked up their Songs Of Love And Revolution LP, that was released last year. Central figure is Stephen Lawrie, who was in the band from the beginning. They’ve undergone quite an evolution, made shoegaze, psych and noise rock albums, turned to more experimental and drony music (at a certain moment Bridget Hayden, Algemene Verwarring favorite, was in the band), and apparently now they are back to making more song oriented music, be it very repetitive song oriented music, And we, as you know, like that. It was Morc FM, the monthly radio show hosted by Wim from Morc Records, who brought this album to my attention and last week I found it in the bargains of a Paris Record shop, so I played a track from it in this show. Also playing a bunch of old songs on CD (because there was only one record player available in the Quindo studio), from the likes of The Loudmouths, Times New Viking, The Boo Radleys, The Fall, Le Shok and The Horrors, and there’s new music from noise acts Lettera 22 and Organ Of Corti and Stockholm based guitarists Jon Collin. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for this show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

Outdoorsmen: Pornographic Stockpiles (7” “Violent Hands” on total Punk, 2011)

The Loudmouths: Wash’n Dry (There’s A Cat In The Dryer) (CD “The Loudmouths” on New Red Archives, 1995)

Personal & The Pizzas: Joanie (7” “Dead Meat vs. Joanie” on Total Punk, 2011)

The Horrors: I Don’t Need A Woman I Need A Nurse (CD “The Horrors” on In The Red Records, 2000)

Country Teasers: Song Of The White Feather Club Secretary (LP “Destroy All Human Life” on Fat Possum Records, reissue 2016, originally released in 1999)

Times New Viking: Teen Drama (CD “Rip It Off” on Matador Records, 2008)

Camper Van Beethoven: Take The Skinheads Bowling (12 “Take The Skinheads Bowling” on Rough Trade, 1986)

Le Shok: Mind Your Own Business (CD “We Are Electrocution” on Golden Standard Laboratories, 2000)

Warum Joe: Ralph Und Karl (2LP “Les Jeunes Gens Mödernes Volume 3” on Kwaidan Records, 2020)

The Boo Radleys: Lazy Day (CD “Everything’s’ Allright Forever” on Creation Records, 1992)

Stereolab: Changer (LP “Switched On”, reissue on Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, 2018, originally released on Too Pure in 1992)

The Fall: Blindness (CD “Fall Heads Roll” on Narnack Records, 2005)

The Telescopes: This Train (LP “Songs Of Love And Revolution” on Tapete Records, 2021)

Dump: Jaundice:  (CD V/A “Fast Forward Sampler” on Brinkman Records, 1994)

Les Anonymes: La Prochaine Crise (2LP “Les Jeunes Gens Mödernes Volume 3” on Kwaidan Records, 2020)

Lettera 22: Part 3 (LP “Exposition Of Clove” on Nashazphone, 2022)

Organ Of Corti: Cupula (CD “Auris” on New Forces”, 2022)

Jon Collin: The Singing Waterfall (LP “Bridge Variations (or The Song Of Stockholm)” on Discreet Music, 2022)

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Coachwhips - 'Peanut Butter and Jelly Live at The Ginger Minge'

CD - 2005 Narnack Records

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Part 4 - I’ve Been Duped...

It was to be expected that some of those who brought us some of the less essential Fall releases would also respond to Smith's death. One of worst was the first to arrive and it came from perennial recyclers Secret Records; a repackaging of 10 live tracks from the 2002 “A Touch Sensitive” DVD – already reconfigured multiple times – on an LP titled, and this absolutely beggars belief, “Best Of” and credited to “The Fall & Mark E Smith”, a credit never once used on a release in Smith's lifetime (a few gig posters, yes but never a record). Released just 3 months after Smith's death for about £18-20, this received the derision it deserved and, judging from the number of copies for sale on Discogs and their current asking prices, it appears to have sold just a little more than fuck all.

But even this was overshadowed come March 2019 when Ozit/Dandelion released what has to be The Worst Fall Release Ever. Pressed into horrid orange vinyl, the contents of “Mark's Personal Holiday Tony Tapes” were staggeringly poor. Proudly labelled as “Non-Record-Store-Day Release” (was it turned down?) the record boasted just 8 tracks. The album tried to elide its rotten contents by calling all the tracks “Mark's Personal Holiday Tony Tapes”. Track 1 was a 6 minute version of “Last Nacht” from “I Am Kurious Oranj”. The released track doesn't actually feature within the 6 minutes so this is probably an outtake and therefore probably not owned by Beggars Banquet. There is a drop out lasting several seconds that has gone uncorrected and it's about 4 minutes longer than it needs to be, confirming the brevity of the version used in 1988 to be bob on. Tracks 2, 4, 6 and 8 are live tracks from 1981, all of which had already been released on the otherwise unimpressive “Northern Cream” DVD. What is barely credible is that tracks 3, 5 and 7 are also “Last Nacht” but not further alternates, rather being Track 1 cut into 2 minute pieces and simply repeated! Did they think we wouldn't notice?! Utterly awful, thoroughly exploitative and an absolute disgrace. They also stumped up a 30 minute DVD of MES being interviewed. This bore the thoroughly unappealing title “30 Minutes On A Manchester Slag Heap”. I only ever saw this for sale on eBay but a couple of clicks confirmed that it was Ozit/Dandelion product being sold by them through that channel. The cover was of a slag heap rather than of MES. Enough said.

OK, let's tidy up, what's next?

The immediate future sees 2 vinyl releases in the August “drop” of the now-staggered, socially-distanced RSD2020; a double LP of “[Austurbæjarbíó] - Reykjavík Live 1983” on the now inevitable splatter vinyl and a single LP of  “Cerebral Caustic” on multi-coloured “bonkers” (their word, absofuckinglutely not mine) splatter vinyl because of course it is. That's all for RSD this year, a move which represents far better judgement by the organisers. A studio album out of print on vinyl for 25 years and a properly sought after live release on the format for the first time? Yeah, that fits well with what RSD was meant to be back when we all queued up for a “Bury Pts 2 + 4” 7” in 2010.

Now, a fun wee question mark was raised over “CC” when the RSD website credited the release to Demon rather than Cherry Red. It appears Demon have the Permanent Records catalogue and have also announced clear vinyl reissues of “The Infotainment Scan”, “Middle Class Revolt”, “The Twenty-Seven Points” and, perhaps most interestingly, “The Post Nearly Man”, all on clear vinyl with expanded artwork from Pascal LeGras. It looks as though these are coming in under the £20 mark (£25 for T27P) and I reckon they'll be popular – I fancy nabbing MCR and TPNM myself. A bit of a downer that all of these, except, oddly, “The Post Nearly Man” were recently rescheduled from September 2020 to January 2021 but hey ho – probably Covid-related, much like everything else.

As for Cherry Red, whilst one report had it that “Are You Are Missing Winner” was next, they are finally releasing a 3CD/2LP edition of “Imperial Wax Solvent” in October. This includes the much-discussed original mix by Grant Showbiz and a previously unavailable live set from shortly after the album's original release. This is, basically, exactly what we wanted. Hurrah! Can't wait.

Thanks to the speculation re: AYAMW, there was a little disappointment in come quarters and I can certainly see a healthy audience for a straight single LP pressing of that as it was only ever available on a picture disc vinyl before. Here's hoping they won't go for a double splatter vinyl with unnecessary extras (“Where's The Fuckin' Taxi? Cunt” on vinyl? Come on, SPARE US).  

To yr present authors surprise, an expanded edition of “The Frenz Experiment” was announced for release by Beggars Banquet/Arkive in October. I had reckoned a new vinyl edition was likely as it was the only studio album on BB not yet afforded a new pressing and the addition of a second LP with various singles tracks was no surprise either, given that there are similar packages available for “TWAFW”, “TNSG” and “Bend Sinister”. A very pleasant surprise however is the inclusion of the group's Janice Long session from 1987, their only unreleased Radio 1 session. Also, “A Day In The Life” has been licenced for the this also (it was the only studio recording from the era missing from “5 Albums”). The Long session and “...Life” are only on the CD version. As such, this release very much follows the pattern of the “Bend Sinister” reissue from 2018 and is likely inspired by the near ecstatic reception and healthy sales that release enjoyed. Nice that the CD edition is £12 this time, having been more like £22 for “Bend Sinister”.

Let Them Eat Vinyl are responsible for the illustration...they are planning an almost ludicrous onslaught of Fall vinyl. Their website currently lists an almost unbelievable THIRTY ONE Fall LP releases for the three months running September to November. Thirty-one. Now – this includes “Interim” which is already on the shelves but it also includes the “Live From The Vaults” releases. It was assumed from the inclusion of two of these on Cherry Red's “Dragnet” 3CD box that these were part of the Fall Sound Archive deal that MES cut with CR in the years before his death which makes this a bit interesting. Also, LTEV are also claiming they will release “The Post-Nearly Man” on vinyl in October, which clashes with Demon's schedule – they originally had Smith and The Fall's albums for Permanent Records releases slated for reissue in September but all except TPNM have been moved. Meanwhile, “Cog Sinister” are about to release TPNM on CD! After being unavailable and highly prized for 2 decades, we're now set for 3 separate reissues within 2 months!  Anyway, the vast majority of the remaining LTEV are discs from the 2 “sets of ten (really eleven)” although also included are the excellent “I Am Pure As Oranj” and the first vinyl edition of “The Light User Syndrome” since its original release in 1996. Caveat Emptor, as the saying goes.

Narnack are also hinting that a 3LP “Fall Heads Roll” isn't too far off. Having teased this for a couple of years, Early in 2020, it was announced that the label was folding. This announcement was deleted and Narnack immediately moved on to asking fans to suggest what additional material could be added to this new version. Never one of their best, there would have to be some impressive outtakes to persuade yr persent scribe to cough up.  

Elsewhere, Phonogram have yet to succumb to new vinyl pressings of their albums, despite the prices fetched on the collectors market for these, especially “Code-Selfish”. This may be partly due to what seems to have been a relatively low take-up for their 6CD box set from 2017. Titled “The Fontana Years”, this was just the 2CD editions of the three albums from 2007 in a box. It therefore looked weak next to the “Singles 1978-2016” box set as well as providing nothing attractive to the faithful who already had them. It hit the shelves at £35-40 a time and, unsurprisingly, remained there and can now be scored for around £20.

The much requested expansion of “The Real New Fall LP” with the original, very different mix of the album has yet to appear. At last count, contractual wrangles between the UK and US were said to be in the way but who knows? If “Levitate” can reappear, surely this can too.

Of course, we never know what else the less-salubrious end of the market will have for us but we shall approach with due caution.

The cold reality: what we get now is all there is. Mark E Smith now exists for Fall fans on paper, on magnetic tape, on vinyl and in combinations of 0 and 1. A sad fact. But it is clear that the appetite for The Fall is, if anything, increasing. Hindsight is presenting The Fall in a particularly clear light. In such a stylised, filtered and carefully marketed world, full of covert strategies and manipulative messaging, The Fall are reassuringly flawed, human, real. Their jagged edges, their constant state of flux, their DIY presentation and their disinterest in convention draws in the curious. The quantity of music suits an insatiable, want-it-all-and-now culture and, having made their albums for the vinyl format as well as bringing us so many magnificent 3-4 minute singles, their music is almost perfectly suited to today's market place where vinyl albums mix with song-by-song streams. People who love to write about music always loved The Fall and it seems that this is every bit as true today as it was in the days when we never had to wait any more than a few months for a missive of some sort, be it an album, a single, a Peel session or even just an entertaining interview.

Given that The Beatles – the most lauded rock/pop act of all time - have finally reached a generation to whom their blithe optimism means absolutely nothing, it is impossible to say how anything in music will be regarded 20 years from now. But for now, at least, The Fall endure. Their vibrations remain intense and powerful. And we, the people, dance to the waves.

Nine out of ten? Nah. Ten out of ten. Top marks. 

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Sonic Youth “Mariah Carey And The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream” b/w Erase Errata “Glitter” American white 7″ (2003)

Sonic Youth were on point when saluting their heroes. Joni Mitchell, Madonna...and Mariah. Two out of three ain’t bad. Sonic Youth’s song about Mariah Carey was too on-point referencing her nervous breakdown and her dating Eminem that they were given notice to change its’ title. Erase Errata? A different story. Their direct reference to Mariah’s box-office disaster Glitter (2003) was the only thing tied to each other, as their hat-tip to the decorated vocalist sounded nothing recognizable. This was number one of Narnack Records’ Buddy Series, a concept which only lasted three records of indie and hipster sounds of 2003-2004, or as we like to call it: “peak hipster”.

1,500 white 7″ copies of this dream team were released.

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The Fall - Fall Heads Roll Narnack Records 2005 . US black double vinyl gatefold issue Favourite tracks: What About Us?, Assume, Blindness, I Can Hear The Grass Grow . . . . . #instavinyl #vinyl #cratedigging #vinylilove #vinyligclub #music #vinylcollectionpost #records #vinyloftheday #vinyljunkie #vinylcollector #vinylcollecting #thevinylrecordclub #myvinylcollection #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #myrecordcollection #nowspinning #vinylrecordcollection #vinylporn #recordcollector #recordsleeve #vinylcommunity #vinylgram #recordcollection #nowplaying #fallrecords #thefallvinyl #thefall #markesmith https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2E0kbpc16/?igshid=1g93ivir8c61h

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Tomorrow by ACID

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Thee Oh Sees - The Cool Death Of Island Raiders (Narnack, 2006) This early Thee Oh Sees record has the group doing dreamy bedroom psych-pop. It is a low key side of the group that doesn't show up often or at all anymore and that is a shame because they are good at it (though the high energy music is certainly much more fun). 0149

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Coachwhips- Get Yer Body Next Ta Mine (Garage Punk) Released: February 11, 2003 [Narnack Records]

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Mysterious Cities of Gold Episode 46 - Playlist

MCOG #46 07-06-19

HOUR 1

Minima - Puta - S/T - Static Shock

Uniform & The Body - Penance - Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back - Sacred Bones

Uchronia – Digital sampler, rhythm variation - Field Recordings From Alternate Realities - Sahel Sounds

Pluto Pluck - The Good Thing - Single - Numero Group

Alfred E. Neuman - It’s A Gas - Single - Mad Magazine

Simpsons Clip - Mad Magazine

Usual Gang of Idiots - She Let’s Me Watch Her Mom And Pop Fight - Fink Along With Mad

Daphni - Romeo - Sizzling - Jiaolong

Hubbard’s Cupboard - Kissed a Neandertal - Single

Nina Kraviz - i want you - stranno stranno. neobjatno - trip

Mndsgn - Spreads - Snaxx - Stones Throw

Mndsgn - Spreads - Slapppp - Stones Throw

Booji Boys - Distorto - Tube Reducer - Drunken Sailor

Shellac - Spoke - End of Radio - Touch and Go

Widowspeak - Let Me - Expect The Best - Captured Tracks

Ten to Midnight Trailer

Lola Martin - Edamise Oh! - Tumbele - Soundway

Wildman Fischer - It’s A Hard Business - Lost and Found Pep - Lumania

Saxon - Princess of the Night - Denim and Leather - Union Square

Jonathan Richman - When I Dance - It’s Time For - TwinTone

HOUR 2

Gatecreeper - Anxiety - Single - Relapse

Freddie Gibbs / Madlib - Cataracts - Bandana - Keep Cool

Nothing But Trouble Trailer

Dead Moon - Remember Me - In The Graveyard - Tombstone

Real Ax Band - Neunauge - Move Your Ass In Time

Los Teddy’s - Efectos - Back to Peru Vol 2

The Aggrolites - Western Taipan - Reggae Now! - Pirates Press

Johnny “Guitar” Watson - Ruben - Best of - Virgin

Pinduca - Mistura de Carimbo Com Ciranda - Straight from the Decks - KUCI Library ***

Hierophants - Memory Card - Spitting Out Moonlight - Anti Fade

Katy David - Plus Tard - Singing Mademoiselles - Silva Screen

Liz Brady - Palladium the hip - Singing Mademoiselles - Silva Screen

Gary Davis - The Professor Here - Chocolate Star - Traffic

Marimba Chiapas - Cachito - Vaya Con Dios - Blue Lagoon

The Cramps - You Got Good Taste - Smell of Female - Vengeance

Rosalía - Tanto - S/T - Legacy

The Fall - Midnight in Aspen - Fall Heads Roll - Narnack

HOUR 3

Usual Gang of Idiots - She Got a Nose Job - Mad Twists Rock ’N’ Roll

Mad TV Theme

Durul Gence - Boo Song - Black Cat - Finders Keepers

Mach-Hommy ft The God Fahim - Mozambique Drill - Wap Konn Joj! - Self-Released

Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow - Stepping Into Tomorrow - Blue Note

Joey Cape - Fighting Atrophy - Let Me Know When You Give Up - Fat Wreck

Gilberto Gil - Frevo Rasgado - S/T - Philips

The Courtneys - Minnesota - II - Flying Nun

Bleached - Hard To Kill - Single - KUCI Library ***

Quantic - Motivic Retrograde - Atlantic Oscillations - KUCI Library ***

Cakedog - CYa - Doggystyle - Leaving

Meanderthals - Extant Instant - We Are Doing Our Best - Den Tapes

Freddie Gibbs - Education - Bandana

Olga Guillot - Amorosa Guajira - S/T - Musart

Ronnie Laws - Friends & Strangers

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Oh Sees are reissuing their out-of-print 2006 album, ’The Cool Deaths of Island Raiders,’ on March 18 via Castle Face. The album, credited to Ohsees, was originally released by Narnack Records and shows a gentler band from right before John Dwyer transformed the group into the awesome garage force we know now...

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