Away more than a month from home, i just got back few days and found some cds (and a 7″) i had been sent for reviews. Now i’m more into photography and reviews bore me but i gave a first listen to all of them anyway … and i’ll try to write on these in the next few weeks:

Alaska Pipeline - first demo (cdr)
Hi-Fi Killers (the) / los dragos - split7″ (7″ + cdr)
Baxters - insanity & illusion (cdr)
DevonMiles - nine hundred (cdep)
X-fragile - glamoroso infantil (cdr)
Final Fantasy - he poos clouds (cd)

And i can already recommend Baxters and DevonMiles (both from Orléans) and Alaska Pipeline (from Rouen) … if only you enjoy noise/math/punk rock. And if you live in Paris, the 7th of May, Alaska Pipeline will play in the afternoon at le café de la plage (rue de charonne - 11°) with H-Burns and Free Diamonds.

See you there!

Some new ones, and cd-r replacements with sales:

loose fur - born again in the usa (cd)
afrirampo - kore ga mayaku da (cd)
sonic youth - s/t (cd)
black mountain - s/t (cd)
ultralyd - chromosome gun (cd)
grails - the burden of hope (cd)
grails - redlight (cd)
les clochards célestes - notre musique ! (cd)
sigur ros - takk… (cd)
two gallants - the throes (cd)
two gallants - what the toll tells (cd)
mogwai - mister beast (cd)
low - great destroyer (cd)
miossec - boire (cd)
miossec - baiser (cd)
miossec - à prendre (cd)
miossec - 1964 (cd)
herman düne - not on top (cd)

and for reviews:

may fly - our hands (cd)
laudanum - your place & time will be mine (cd)

mostly to replace burnt copies and mp3s…

sonic youth - confusion in sex
sonic youth - bad moon rising
bob dylan - times they are a changin
bob dylan - highway 61 revisited
nirvana - incesticide

and her only three good albums:
björk - post
björk - debut
björk - homogenic

your place & time will be mine, new album by laudanum will be out in April on monopsone records distributed by Differ-Ant. Loads of collaborations come to enrich laudanum’s universe : T., Angil, Cavil, Christian Quermalet, Laetitia Sheriff and many more.

p.s.: the song with T. is stunning !

some vinyls received today:

-pelican / mono - s/t [hydra head industries / temporary residence ltd 2005 - 1x white 12″]
4000 copies and only some very rare colored ones, i’m very lucky to get a white one !
-scout niblett - kidnapped by neptune [too pure 2005 - 2×12″]
-tarentel - home ruckus [root strata 2005 - 1×12″]
500 copies only, yeah!

and some other records ordered…

-the drift - noumena [temporary residence ltd 2005 - 2×12″]
-tarentel - tarentel [temporary residence ltd 1998 - cdep]
-the drift - streets/nozomi [temporary residence ltd 2005 - 1×12″]

and to replace mp3 with cheap sales …

-p.j harvey - uh huh her [az 2004 - cd]
-deus - worst case scenario [island 1994 - cd]
-queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf [polydor 2002 - cd]

back in 2005 with 10 important records to me:

01 - lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain (load)
02 - magnolia electric co. - trials and errors (secretly canadian)
03 - jason anderson - the wreath (k)
04 - t. - s/t (herzfeld)
05 - micah p hinson and the gospell of progress - s/t (sketchbook)
06 - the evens - s/t (dischord)
07 - afrirampo - kore ga mayaku da (tzadik)
08 - diane cluck - oh vanille / ova nil (important)
09 - okkervil river - black sheep boy (jagjaguwar)
10 - 50 foot wave - golden ocean (throwing music / 4AD)

bought in november/december:

wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary [sub pop 2005 - 12″]
okkervil river - black sheep boy appendix [jagjaguwar 2005 - 12″]
okkervil river - don’t fall in love with everyone you see [jagjaguwar 2002 - 12″]
the melvins - houdini [atlantic 1993 - cd]
kristin hersh - the grotto [4ad 2002 - cd]
hushpuppies - the trap [diamondtraxx 2005 - 12″]

and cds received and about to be reviewed:

holyfuck - s/t (dependent music)
ghinzu - electronic jacuzzi (atmosphériques)
the castanets - first light’s freeze (asthmatic kitty)
31knots - talk like blood (own records)
sweek - the unbelievable cinematic crash (carte postale)
angil - beginning of the fall single (megaphone/unique records)
kingfisherg - the heartspray (carte postale)
fuck buddies - fuck buddies in slumberland (dead bees)
arturo en el barco - music for students and thier friends (carte postale)
nick grey - les eaux territoriales (unclear perspectives vol. 1) (stateart)
silencio - grünzeit (carte postale)
andrew sweeny - monotone (travelling music)
the drones - and the bodies of your enemies will float by (atp/r)
clay allison - love on the depression street (vicious circle)
the chicharones - s/t (bella union)
koji asano - rabbit room reservation center (asano/solstice)
and more i have to sort first…

some records bought …

explosions in the sky - how strange innocence [temporary residence ltd. 2000/2005 - cd]
gravenhurst - fires in distant buildings [warp 2005 - 12″]
lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain [load 2005 - 2×12″]
magnolia electric co. - hard to love a man [secretely canadian 2005 - cd]
magnolia electric co. - trials and errors [secretely canadian 2005 - 2×12″]

bought or received since something like may:

jason anderson - the wreath [k records 2004 - cd]
magnolia electric co. - what comes after the blues [secretly canadian 2005 - 12″]
clap your hands say yeah - s/t [autoprod 2005 - cd]
arcade fire - cold wind b/w brazil [arcade fire music 2005 - 7″]
kid dakota - the west is the future [chairkickers 2004 - cd]
okkervil river - black sheep boy [jagjaguwar 2005 - 12″]
kid dakota - so pretty [chairkickers 2002 - cd]
ellen allien - magma rmx [bpitch control 2005 - 12″]
lucid ann - sheisplayingwithbrokenglass [autoprod 2005 - cdr]

i’ve been quite restrained!

p.s.: and today i received the great book: le cahier de jeanne (tome 1) written and drawn by emmanuelle pidoux (éditions du 57)

ellen allien - thrills [bpitch control / pias 2005 - 2×12″]
magyar posse - we will carry you over the moutains [verdura 2002 - cd]

sales times here …
noir désir - dies irae [barclay 1994 - 2xcd]
ben kweller - on my way [ato / rca 2004 - cd]
guns and roses - appetite for destruction [geffen 1987 - cd]
the cure - boys don’t cry [fiction 1979 - cd]
the undertones - s/t [sanctuary 2000 - cd]

some discs received lately that i particularly enjoy… and for most of them, that i reviewed.

hrsta - stem stem in electro [constellation / southern 2005 - cd]
gwenn - s/t [autoprod / overcome 2005 - cd]
navel - lunokhod [partycul system 2005 - cd]
the london apartments - romanticism aside [sound of pop 2005 - cd]
ddd - can’t explain / hard to talk to [onehundredrecords / rough trade shops 2005 - cd]
ocre / ethyleen leiding - twin powers #2 [partycul system 2004 - cd]
esmerine - aurora [madrona / southern 2005 - cd]
v/a - melodic today [melodic / la baleine 2005 - cd]
seanews - s/t [sanjam 2005 - cd]
v/a - this is indie rock: the best bands you’ve never heard #1 [deep elm 2005 - cd]
baikonour - for the lonely hearts of the cosmos [melodic / la baleine 2005 - cd]

jello biafra with the melvins - never breathe what you can’t see [alternative tentacles 2004 - 12″]
cul de sac - death of the sun [strange attractors 2003 - cd]

ttc - ceci n’est pas un disque [big dada 2002 - cd]
girls in hawaii - found in the ground * the winter ep [62tv - cd]
q and not u - different damage [dischord 2002 - cd]
damien jurado - holding his breath [ediciones acuarella 2003 - cd]
sonic youth - murray street [geffen 2002 - cd]
sébastien tellier - politics [record makers 2004 - cd]

and i’ve been offered : )
wilco - summerteeth [reprise 1999 - cd]

vitalic - ok cowboy [citizen records 2005 - 2×12″]
movietone - the blossom filled streets [domino 2000 - cd]
nine inch nails - with teeth [interscope 2005 - cd]
hangedup - clatter for control [constellation 2005 - cd]

shipping news - flies the fields [quarterstick 2005 - cd]
shivaree - rough dreams [capitol 2002 - cd]
abstrackt keal agram - cluster ville [gooom 2002 - cd]
interpol - black ep [emi 2003 - cd]

lightning bolt - the power of salad [dvd - load 2004]
the evens - s/t [cd - dischord 2005]
the decemberists - picaresque [cd - kill rock stars 2005]
brian jonestown massacre - and this is our music [cd - tee pee 2003]
tarentel - big black square [cd - temporary residence ltd. 2005]
tarentel - paper white [cd - temporary residence ltd. 2005]

beastie boys - an open letter to NYC [12″]
sonic youth - evol [cd]
sunn o))) - flight of the behemoth [cd]
sunn o))) - white 2 [cd]
sunn o))) - thee grimmrobe demos [cd]

mogwai - rock action [cd]
m ward - transistor radio [cd]

the kills - no wow [cd+dvd]
boards of canada - geogaddi [cd]
prefuse 73 - one word extinguisher [cd]
dizzee rascal - boy in da corner [cd]

during their set yesterday i bought the arcade fire - demos 2001/2003 that seems only available at their gigs.
and members of the Go Go Charlton (a very promising parisian pop band) gave me their first single/demo: 75% / berlin that is really class. i knew these two tracks already but unmastered. the sound is very good now and i can’t wait to hear more from them…

soon pictures of the arcade fire’s concert !

mogwai - government commissions [cd]
sunn o))) - white 1 [cd]
red sparowes - at the soundless dawn [cd]

maximilian hecker - lady sleep [cd]
bloc party - silent alarm [cd]

i’ve been given, been offered and bought too many discs these past weeks …
pause now…

maximilian hecker - fool [cdm]
maximilian hecker - infinite love song [7″]
maximilian hecker - polyester [7″]
maximilian hecker - infinite love songs [Ccd]
maximilian hecker - rose [cd]
maximilian hecker - daylight [cd]
maximilian hecker - help me [cd]
java - safari croisière [cd]
noir désir - tostaky [cd]
the beta band - hot shots ! II [cd]
émilie simon - s/t [cd]
jeanne cherhal - s/t live [cd]
baby shambles - kilamangiro [7″]
thurston moore / ma cat is an alien - splt CDs series vol 1 [cd]
the white stripes - hotel yorba single [cd]
stina nordenstam - the world is saved [cd]
laura veirs - carbon glacier [cd]
hitchcockgohome ! - … yes you’re dead ! [free, cd]
wilco - the wilco book [gift, cd + book]
grandaddy - the software slump [cd]
jason molina - pyramid electric co [12″ + cd]
ttc - batards sensibles instru [12″]
hot chip - coming on strong [ltd. 12″]
tarentel - from bone to satellite [cd]
fennesz - venice [cd]
music a.m. - a heart and two stars. [cd]
wolf eyes - burned mind [cd]
wilco - a ghost is born [cd]
mono - one more step and you die [ltd. 12″]
sonic youth -screaming fields of sonic love [cd]
sonic youth - daydream nation [cd]
sonic youth - goo [cd]
tarentel - ephemera | singles 99-2000 [cd]
the dandy warhols - dandys rules : ok [cd]
java - java sur seine [cd]
lcd soundsystem - s/t [cd]
kranky kompilation - rel. 77 [cd]
comets on fire - blue cathedral [cd]
calla - televise [cd]
tokyo / overtones - s/t [cd]
micah p. hinson - and the gospel of progress [cd]
m83 - before the dawn heals us [cd]
recife - new arms [free, cd]
kas product - by pass [free, cd]
kaada / patton - romances [free, cd]
may fly - curtain fall [free, cdr]
tanita tikaram - sentimental [free, cd]
josh rouse - nashville [free, cd]
milo - s/t [free, cd]
human? - s/t [free, cd]
tara angell - come down [free, cd]
ost - mon ange [free, cd]
triptonic - 10 short tales [cd]
malmo - steeler ep [free, cdr]
redjetson - new general catalogue [free, cd]
the randy mandys - the extra soul thing [free, cdr]
dimi dero inc. - greetings from trauma [free, cd]
hardman - shirts and pistols [free, cd]
luigi archetti - transient places [free, cd]
exeunt - à quoi bon attendre demain si l’avenir est si proche ? [free, cd]
no shape music - compilation vol. 2 [free, cd]
the paper chase - god bless your black heart [free, cd]
pierre - compiled [free, cdr]
pillow - s/t [free, cdr]

wire - pink flag [cd]
joanna newsom - sprout and the bean [cd single]
joanna newsom - the milk-eyed mender [12″]
pokett - your picture here ep [cdr]
tarentel - we move through weather [cd]
ttc - bâtards sensibles [12″]
gravenhurst - flashlight season [12″] (at last on vinyl !)
mylo - destroy rock n roll [cd]

do make say think - & yet & yet [cd]
lilienthal - anti-matter [9″]

hot chip - play boy single [cd]
the arcade fire - funeral [cd]
stafrænn hákon / emery reel - split 7″ awkward silence [7″]
shellac - at action park [12″]
stafrænn hákon - ventill/poki [12″]

braille - partir [cd]
sons and daughters - love the cup [12″]
troy von balthazar - s/t ep [cd]
devendra banhart - here are four songs from rejoicing in the hands … [7″]
ellen allien - stadtkind [12″]
kylie minogue - i believe in you [picture 12″]
tarentel / lilienthal (split 7″ awkward silence) - sets on rises / rises and sets [7″]
tv on the radio - young liars (ep) [12″]
movietone - the sand and the stars [12″]
hushpuppies - the garden [12″]
black dice - creatures comforts [12″]

timtim - atwater.ca remixe [12″]
devendra banhart - a sight to behold / be kind [7″]
lcd soundsystem - movement b/w yr city’s sucker [7″]
bloc party - helicopter [cd]
magyar posse - kings of time [cd]

gravenhurst - black holes in the sand [12″]
the strokes - room on fire [cd]

and some given that i like:
jours - jours [cd]
timonium - until he finds us [cd]
christophe bailleau - cosmet nihil [cd]
marianne faithfull - before the poison [cd]
piano magic - the troubled sleep of piano magic [cd]
call me loretta - crosswind [cd]
the longcut - transition ep [cd]
infant - pony gear [cd]
the bishop invaders - kylie’s heroes [cd]

the libertines - I get along ep [12″]
interpol - slow hands [7″]
black dice - miles of smiles ep [12″]
devendra banhart - oh me, oh my [12″]
sex pistols - nevermind the bollocks (remastered) [cd]
the smiths - the queen is dead [cd]

and some others given …

julie doiron - goodnight nobody [cd]
the go! team - thunder, lightning, strike [cd]
hervé boghossian - mouvements [cd]

and some others given…

riton - homies and homos [cd]
sigur rós - von [cd] for 10€ …
bloc party - little thoughts/tulips [cd]
dogsdieinhotcars - lounger [7″]
devendra banhart - little yellow spider [7″]