Vinyl
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
allelujah! don't bend! ascend! (2012/CONSTELLATION)
POST-ROCK. GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR picked up right where they left off, and after almost 2 years of practicing, playing and touring, "allelujah! don't bend! ascend!" delivers 2 mighty sides of music (bookended by 2 new drones) that the band had been working up prior to their 2003 hiatus, which they have now shaped into something definitively stunning, immersive and utterly true to their legacy. The future looks dark indeed, but on the evidence of this new recording, GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR appears wholly committed to staring it down, channeling it, and fighting for some rays of sound (and flickers of light) that feel righteous, unflinching, hopeful and pure. LP is pressed on 180gr vinyl and comes in a tipped-on heavyweight gatefold jacket printed in full-color process plus a spot metallic ink and spot matte varnish. Package includes a 7" in printed dust sleeve and a 12" x 48" pull-out poster.
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
f#a#8 (1997/CONSTELLATION)
POST-ROCK. This is the 1st recorded document of GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR as a large band and is soaring, fragile, awkward, heartbreaking stuff. Constellation released a vinyl-only pressing of 500 copies in August 1997, with LP jackets hand made by the label, the band, and various local artisans. It has since gone through dozens of re-presses, with virtually all of the original packaging elements preserved.
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven (2000/CONSTELLATION)
POST-ROCK. Four seamless sides of vinyl unfold a world of aching sadness and beauty, with musical quotes ranging from heartland americana to mitteleuropa folkways, all distilled through the unique sonic filters of GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR's pedal-crazy orchestral rock instrumentation. Harrowing guitars, plaintive strings, pulsing basses and explosive drums combine with glockenspiels, horns and tape drones to form an overwhelming palette of sounds, always driven by fierce melodic momentum and intense emotional resonance.
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
slow riot for new zero kanada (2002/CONSTELLATION)
POST-ROCK. The 2nd vinyl-only release from GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR contains 2 long songs, and sets the bar for the sprawling compositions that would characterise the group in the years to follow. Side-a is cut at 45rpm and features "moya", a broiling cascade of upward scales that repeatedly explodes beyond its own threshold. "bbf3" on side-b clocks in at 18min., and was the band's most lyrical, multi-movement music to date - more elaborated melodic figures wind around an angry spoken-word field recording (infamously culminating in the recital of the speaker's poem - verses lifted straight from IRON MAIDEN).
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
yanqui u.x.o. (2002/CONSTELLATION)
POST-ROCK. "u.x.o." is unexploded ordnance is landmines is cluster bombs. "yanqui" is post-colonial imperialism is international police state is multinational corporate oligarchy. GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR is complicit is guilty is resisting. The album is just raw, angry, dissonant, epic instrumental rock. Recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago. Double vinyl comes on thick 180gr.
GODSTOMPER / GORGONIZED DORKS
split (2007/AGROMOSH)
GRINDCORE. Power-violence veterans GODSTOMPER battle it out with Southern California's noisecore weirdos GORGONIZED DORKS! GODSTOMPER serve up 8 tracks of drum and bass mayhem, while GORGONIZED DORKS pummel you with 26 tracks of nihilistic thrash destruction. Includes an insert with lyrics, not to mention a very psychedelic looking front cover. This blast is strictly limited to 1000 copies on!
GODSTOPPER
what matters (2013/ANTHEMS OF THE UNDESIRABLE)
SLUDGE/NOISE-METAL. "what matters" was originally available from the band in limited cassette and CDR format and is now available for the 1st time on vinyl. GODSTOPPER is a Toronto four-piece formed by Mike Simpson (COLUMN OF HEAVEN) playing an amalgamation of sludge and noise-rock bringing to mind acts like TODAY IS THE DAY, KHANATE, and THE MELVINS without eschewing notions of melody or pop song structure. This album is heavy, creepy, and unlike just about anything else going on. Limited edition of 500 copies.
GOG
in our architecture this resounds (2012/KING OF THE MONSTERS)
INSTRUMENTAL/NOISE/DRONE. GOG bridges noise, drone and instrumental performance within a dark hard-to-define genre of music, it's sounds have been described as abstract-avant-blackness or blackened-psychedelic-doom-drift drone. A decent into a great yawning abyss that is often made entrancing by distant melodies and lush rumbling whirs, yet feel(s) organic to the point of drawing breath. Limited to 220 copies on white vinyl. Comes with huge poster insert.
GOGOL BORDELLO
live from axis mundi (2009/SIDE ONE DUMMY)
MESTIZO/BALKAN-SKA. Internationally acclaimed and unstoppable gypsy-punk band GOGOL BORDELLO has spent most of the last few years electrifying audiences across the globe. "live from axis mundi" is the ultimate fan piece. The CD features 6 tracks from the band's BBC sessions, a previously unreleased track from the "super taranta" recording sessions and 3 live tracks from Irving Plaza in NYC. The DVD captures GOGOL BORDELLO's legendary live show over 2 nights in 2008 at Irving Plaza in NYC, featuring all the fan favorites live for the 1st time on DVD. Vinyl comes with a gatefold cover and includes a digital download code for MP3 versions of the audio.
DoLP+DVD 16.50€* CD+DVD 14.00€*
GOGOL BORDELLO
trans-continental hustle (2010/AMERICAN)
MESTIZO/BALKAN-SKA. Produced by Grammy award-winning Rick Rubin, "trans-continental hustle" combines the band's radical invocations of positive primal energy and planetary consciousness with music infused with ska, metal, punk, rap, dub and intimations of indigenous Brazilian sounds to produce a party maelstrom of electrfying proportions. Vinyl version (180gr) includes MP3 download code.
GOLDEN AGE, THE
time & distance (2009/PANIC)
HARDCORE. "time & distance" includes 2 songs recorded previous to the full-length "carry the torch", and 2 songs recorded after, all unreleased prior to this 7". All of the tracks are played in a melodic tone, with speed, passion and enthusiasm, similar to COMEBACK KID and HAVE HEART.
GOLDEN AGE, THE
unlock yourself (2009/PANIC)
HARDCORE. Corpus Christi may not be known for its hardcore, but THE GOLDEN AGE aim to change that with their 2nd full-length, "unlock yourself", a more powerful, passionate and better produced record than any of their previous efforts, allowing the band's style of melodic and urgent hardcore to come through, with a mix of classics like GORILLA BISCUITS, eary STRIKE ANYWHERE and common VERSE, ANOTHER BREATH. Colored vinyl in stock!
GOLDEN TORSO
broken extra arms (2012/25 DIAMONDS)
HARDCORE-PUNK. GOLDEN TORSO are a band from Detroit and contain former members of KYLESA and THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW. They play gritty hardcore in the vein of early BLACK FLAG. Pressed in an edition of 300 copies and includes a digital download card.
GOLDUST
noir (2012/LIFE AND DEATH)
HARDCORE. This re-release is limited to 100 copies on plain black vinyl with a slightly different cover. Germany's GOLDUST unloads 6 tracks. For the most part the material picks up right where "axis" left off, though the recording is definitely crisper, so this is absolutely the best the band has sounded to date. They keep the running times more consistently short and to the point - retaining the core of their straightforward metallic hardcore sound while amping up the overall sense of energy with true feelings of rage, as well as a hint more diversity in a few instances.
GOLDUST / BLADE
split (2007/BREAK OUT)
HARDCORE. This nice splatter deliver 5 songs from each band - you'll get rough, dark and pissed off hardcore in the vain of INTEGRITY, early RINGWORM and nowadays PULLING TEETH or LIVING HELL. While BLADE is more on the darker and violent side with hard hitting hardcore such as early RINGWORM, GOLDUST delivers tunes for fans of INTEGRITY and PULLING TEETH. It will be hard to choose who brings forth the doom. The colored 10" is packed in a well designed gatefold-cover!
