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'LOVE IS REAL' VINYL IS HERE!

23 Jun 2008

We are super happy to tell you that the vinyl version of John Maus' 'Love Is Real' finally made it back from the pressing plant! This one took an age to gestate in a womblike factory in the Czech Republic, but let us tell you it was worth the wait!

The LP is super deluxe - the sleeve is decked out in heavenly white with all the text in super high gloss on the back. The vinyl is also white and sounds terrific too. It's available in the shop right now.

WEBSITE UPDATE

15 Jun 2008

As you may have noticed, we've given our website a bit of a freshen up. We're about half way through and old features like the archive pages will be back very soon.

In the meantime, we have some all new artist pages designed to cope with the influx of imminent releases - new albums from Softboiled Eggies & Lucky Dragons, not to mention Future Islands, Chops, Helhesten & Death Sentence: Panda! coming very soon.

So, please have an explore. And if you come across any glitches, let us know!

LINKS

UPCOMING SHOWS

CRYPTACIZE

HALF-HANDED CLOUD

LAKE

Friday 11 July

The Luminaire

311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR | Map
8:00 | £7 | Buy tickets

CRYPTACIZE began across the street from a Sugar Factory in Crockett, California, where Nedelle (Kill Rocks Stars) and Chris (Cohen, formerly of Deerhoof & The Curtains) lived in a tilted apartment. Constant dizziness and the smell of burning sugar became a permanent part of their psyches, and this is their premier influence. One morning while brushing their teeth, toothpaste running sideways out of their mouths, Nedelle pronounced the word "Cryptacize" and the house appeared to incline in the opposite direction. Soon after this strange incident, they discovered something even stranger on YouTube - a percussionist named Michael Carreira. Having only seen his video, which was a closeup of his hands, they sought him out and miraculously convinced him to join their uncanny crusade. The result is Cryptacize, humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism and the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby. Their first LP 'Dig That Treasure' is out now via Asthmatic Kitty.
www.myspace.com/cryptacize | www.asthmatickitty.com

HALF-HANDED CLOUD is an interesting phenomenon. John Ringhofer, the man behind the namesake, is as joyful and frugal as his music. An economical thinker, Ringhofer prefers the subway over a taxicab, is a recycler of plastic, a compulsive note-taker, and a habitual optimist. He doodles in the margins of National Geographic magazines, carries several different colored pens, and continues to use an antiquated CD Walkman. When not on tour solo or as the trombonist for Sufjan Stevens' Illinoisemakers, he lives rent-free in Berkeley, California, in exchange for his services as a custodian in a church. His music encapsulates his struggle to make sense of his life and his passions. In Half-handed Cloud, this is expressed as an all-consuming search for God. Like Brother Danielson, Half-handed Cloud is able to ensconce complicated theological concepts into playground song without condescending to his subject or to his listener.
www.halfhandedcloud.com | www.asthmatickitty.com

LAKE is Ashley Eriksson, Eli Moore and Lindsay Schief, who together make a wondrous joy noise. As with many bands from Olympia, Lake are an upbeat friendcore band with a heavy penchant for all things inspiring in our everyday life. They often collaborate with John Ringhofer and Karl Blau, and October 2008 sees their first album 'Oh The places We'll Go' released by K Records.
www.myspace.com/munchmunchband | www.tomlab.com

EATS TAPES

SISTER MANTOS

Friday 18 July

Jamboree

566 Cable Street, Limehouse, E1W 3HB | Map
8:00 | £6 | Buy tickets

NISENNENMONDAI

Monday 28 July

The Luminaire

311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR | Map
8:00 | £8 | Buy tickets

CALVIN JOHNSON

Sunday 3 August

Elizabeth House Youth Club

2 Hurlock Street, Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N5 1ED | Map
7:00 | £8 | Buy tickets

NO AGE

HEALTH

Monday 11 August

The Scala

275 Pentonville Road, King's Cross, N1 9NL | Map
7:30 | £10 | Buy tickets

PONYTAIL

INDICA RITUAL

COWTOWN

Thursday 4 September

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £6 | Buy tickets

FOOT VILLAGE

Friday 3 October

The Luminaire

311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR | Map
8:00 | £6 | Buy tickets

MAHJONGG

CALDERA LAKES / KEVIN SHIELDS
/ MARRIED IN BERDICHEV MUSICAL REVUE

Thursday 23 October

Barden's Boudoir

38-44 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ | Map
8:00 | £6 | Buy tickets

LATEST RELEASES

HIGH PLACES

'Vision's the First... / Namer'

UTR018 | 7" | Buy

COMING SOON

SOFTBOILED EGGIES

'Try It Again'

UTR019 | Mini LP | Jul 2008

LUCKY DRAGONS

'Dream Island Laughing Language'

UTR021 | CD / LP | Jul 2008

FUTURE ISLANDS

'Wave Like Home'

UTR023 | CD | Jul 2008

CHOPS / HELHESTEN

'Split'

UTR013 | 12" | Aug 2008

DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA!

'Insects Awaken'

UTR022 | Digipack CD | Sept 2008

BACK CATALOGUE

SOILED MATTRESS & THE SPRINGS

'Honk Honk Bonk!'

UTR017 | Digipack CD | Buy

GOWNS

'Red State'

UTR016 | Digipack CD | Buy

JOHN MAUS

'Love Is Real'

UTR015 | Digipack CD / LP | Buy

NUMBERS

'Now You Are This'

UTR012 | Double gatefold LP | Buy

NO AGE

'Get Hurt'

UTR011 | 12" | Buy

BARR

'Summary'

UTR010 | CD / LP | Buy

HANDS ON HEADS / THE STICKS

'Split'

UTR009 | 10" | Buy

K.I.T

'Broken Voyage'

UTR008 | Digipack CD / LP | Buy

DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA!

'Festival of Ghosts'

UTR007 | 12" | Buy

YIKES!

'Secrets To Superflipping'

UTR006 | Digipack CD / 10" | Buy

BARR

'Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case'

UTR005 | CD / LP | Buy

LEOPARD LEG / T.I.T.S

'Split'

UTR004 | Double gatefold LP | Buy

JOHN MAUS

'Songs'

UTR003 | CD / LP | Buy

ESQUILAX / TRENCHER

'Split'

UTR002 | 10" | Sold out

DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA!

'Puppy, Kitty Or Both'

UTR001 | 10" | Buy