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Hello,
As I'm sure you know, we're big fans of the Early Years here at Piccadilly Records and were glad to hear that they'd reformed (hurrah!). And now we're even more excited because they're playing their first show outside of London in four years, on Tuesday January 31st, (yes, tomorrow!), at Kraak Gallery, just round the corner from our shop. They're being supported by Advances In Mathematics. Should be a great night.
And also at Kraak gallery, the wonderful Still Corners (a Piccadilly Records album of 2011) are playing this Friday (3rd Feb) and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away absolutely free to the first people to come into the shop and ask for them! Just come in and say 'Can I have that pair of Still Corners tickets please'. And if you miss out on the freebies, you can still buy tickets from us. £7 plus booking fee.
And if one give-away wasn't enough, we've got another Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw 'The Quantum Universe' book to give away. Not just any copy though, but an all-singing, all-dancing Special Limited Edition copy signed by Peter Saville with an RRP of £80. We've only got one copy to give away, so if you want to be in with a chance of winning this lovely item, just email us your NAME and CONTACT PHONE NUMBER under the subject heading 'I really want to win a Quantum Universe book'. If you don't use that exact subject header your email won't be considered; consider yourselves warned!
I don't know about you, but the first thing I check on a Saturday morning is the Harangue the DJ section in the Guardian Guide. It's a Q&A list of what DJs might play at any given time (waking up, at an aunty's wedding, at a funeral etc). So far all the DJs picked for the slot have been a bit dubstep / UK bass, but on Saturday they had Maya Jane Coles (we sell her house 12"s). The fact that most impressed me was that her dad is Mike Coles, designer of all those early Killing Joke record sleeves. Talk about Delia Smith making the cake on "Let It Bleed". One to file for later use in music quiz I reckon.
Also in the Guide they had a bit splurge on Azari & III, who, as you well know, produced another of our favourite albums of 2011. If you've been under a rock for 12 months check their album here: Or check the Guardian feature here: And then they had a feature on Spanish house music, including a look at John Talabot, whose album should arrive later today (a possible pick for next week's house ROTW). Check it out here.
And something to check on the iPlayer: the history of the Vox amp (yes, we like a nerdy musical documentary).
If you are going out I recommend these;
Pop Til You Drop (Fri 3rd Feb, Mint Lounge, 10.30pm - 3.30am, £5) Pop along to the re-launch (new venue) of this fantastic poppilicious club night. This weeks DJ's are Neil Diablo and Chris Massey (Electriks) keeping you dancing all night long.
Funkademia (Sat 4th Feb, Mint Lounge, £5adv) Let the pasta see the sauce. Pasta Paul makes his debut at one the longest running club nights in Manchester. Playing in the Baby Funk room come and help him celebrate being in the this fair city for 10 years. Expect to hear Afro-beats, disco, electro, house, boogie, maybe a few indie-pop tunes and everything in-between.
War On Drugs (Mon 27th Feb, Sound Control, 7.30pm £9) Wot God Forgot presents the American indie rock band all the way from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For fans of Kurt Ville as he used to be in them. Tickets on sale here.
Philippa
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Things are picking up a bit on the 7" release front now, with some absolute corkers this week!
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Hello,
Here's the best of the best 12"s we have for you this week. For a more detailed look at all the new 12"s and 10"s available today, check the individual genre sections.
Philippa
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Cruise Family - We're In Heaven
12" - £11.99
Philippa says: Three essential electronic tracks for fans of You, Hatchback, Tangerine Dream etc. | |
Cut Copy - Sun God - Andrew Weatherall Remixes
12" - £5.99
Philippa says: Weatherall matches hypnotic sequenced electronics with shoegazer guitars and comes out the other end with cosmic electro-house. Two versions to get tranced-out to. | |
Cuticle - Mother Rhythm Earth Memory
12" - £11.99
Philippa says: You liked his 100% Silk offering, now check this 12" on Not Not Fun! A definite must for synthwave fans. | |
The Rapture - Sail Away - Aeroplane / Cut Copy / Cosmic Kids Remixes *ONE PER PERSON*
12" - £7.99
Philippa says: 300 hand-stamped white labels... Get one while you can. | | |
Cuttlefish & Asparagus - Get Over / Get Down / I Luv U
12" - £8.49
Philippa says: Top-notch boogie-disco edits with nothing but a packed dancefloor in mind. | |
FCL - More Vocals For Everyone EP - Inc. Arto Mwambe Remix
12" - £7.99
David says: A proper hug-a-friend-on-the-dancefloor-at-2am sing-along vocal house tune. | |
James Mason - Nightgruv / I Want Your Love
12" - £7.99
Philippa says: James Mason pre-dates house music with this Larry Heard-style gem, backed with everyone's boogie-soul favourite. A killer double header. | |
PBR Streetgang - Downstroke - Inc. Deetron Remix
12" - £6.99
Philippa says: PBR Streetgang reimagine an old school Chicago house classic for contemporary floors. | | |
Bonobo - Kiara - Inc. Machinedrum / Cosmin TRG / FunkinEven Remixes
12" - £4.99
Philippa says: A taster of what's to come on the "Black Sands Remixed" album. Future beats and house reworks of Bonobo's originals. | |
Digital Mystikz - Marduk / Enter Dimensions
12" - £5.99
Philippa says: Wobble-thunk-buzz-snap. Heavyweight dubstep monsters from Coki and Mala. | |
Mark Ernestus Feat. Djery Djery - Mbueguel Dafa Nekh / Dub Dafa Nekh
12" - £7.99
Philippa says: A stunning new production by Mark Ernestus, drawn from his recordings with some of Senegal's greatest musicians. | |
Madteo - Bugler Gold Pt. 1
12" - £7.99
Philippa says: The opening salvo from Will Bankhead and Joy Orbison's new label. Atmospheric dub-techno, submerged house and leftfield beats. | | |
The Big Pink - Hit The Ground (Superman) - Inc. Forest Swords Remix
Ltd 12" - £4.99
To accompany the release of their ‘Future This’ album, comes the infectious ‘Hit The Ground (Superman)’, a track that bares all the hallmarks of a future Big Pink classic. | |
Lonely C & Baby Prince - Not So Lonely - Kenny Glasgow / Tanner Ross Remixes / Voices Of Black / Zev Remixes
12" - £7.99
Philippa says: A quartet of essential reworks of this super-smooth Wolf + Lamb house offering. | |
Space Ranger - Nothing's Wrong
12" - £7.49
Philippa says: It's the Lipelis & Simple Symmetry remix for me - sounding very Ford & Lopatin (in and electro-boogie / Scritti Politti style). Tip! | |
Yacht - I Walked Alone - Get A Room / Jacques Renault Remixes
12" - £6.99
Philippa says: Strong house remixes of a catchy tune. Two DFA winners in one week! | | |
Freak Seven - We Bring The Music - Inc. Jimpster Remixes
12" - £6.99
Philippa says: Excellent Manc house offering, with hot remixes too. | |
Neko Neko - Trouble In The Streets / Ya Playin'
12" - £5.49
Philippa says: My First Moth spread their wings to the 12" format, but keep the mash-up vibes going. Jazz-house and Afro-beat, jazz-hop and hip hop. | |
Various Artists - Supafrico 2 - The Sound Of Funky Africa
12" - £7.49
Matt says: Absolutely huge for anyone who grew up listening to Baldelli / Bepe Loda mixtapes. You'll recongize these instantly but they are incredibly hard to find tracks! | |
Various Artists - The Gorilla EP
12" - £5.99
Philippa says: Another ace contemporary rootical reggae offering from the very necessary Necessary Mayhem imprint. |
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Django Django - Django Django
LP - £14.99
Due: 6th Feb
CD - £9.99
Philippa says: Debut album from this hotly-tipped from this new outfit. CD out today, vinyl LP later this week. | |
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - Vinyl Edition
2xLP - £24.49
Darryl says: For sure this is a slick 'pop' album, but with her sultry vocal delivery and simply stunning songs like 'Video Games', 'Born To Die' and many others, there's more than enough here to keep an indie kid happy. Recommended! | |
Errors - Have Some Faith In Magic
CD - £9.99
2xLtd LP - £14.49
Darryl says: Stepping away from their instrumental "Post-rock" sound of previous albums, Errors hit us with a bright as a button electro-infused leftfield album. Epic and sprawling soundscapes scattered with pop hooks aplenty. | |
The 2 Bears - Be Strong - Bonus Remix Disc Edition
2xLtd CD - £9.99
Philippa says: Catchy, jackin' tracks that inject a bit of fun back into the house scene. Includes a bonus remixes disc as well, featuring the likes of Leo Zero, Deadstock 33's, St Etienne, Blakkat and many more. Also available on LP (without bonus disc). | | |
Laura J Martin - The Hangman Tree
CD - £7.99
Darryl says: Kooky and wonderfully eccentric indie-folk from Liverpool's Laura J Martin. One for fans of Beth Jeans Houghton or Laura Marling. | |
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
CD - £12.49
Ltd CD - £14.99
Darryl says: For sure this is a slick 'pop' album, but with her sultry vocal delivery and simply stunning songs like 'Video Games', 'Born To Die' and many others, there's more than enough here to keep an indie kid happy. Recommended! | |
Windy And Carl - We Will Always Be
2xLP - £17.49
CD - £12.49
Darryl says: Their first new recordings in more than three years and Windy and Carl ease us back in with a beautiful album of meditative and deep dronescapes, ambient lilts and suppressed noise. | |
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
LP - £17.99
CD - £11.99
Darryl says: The man is back, and on superb form too!! | | |
Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
2xLP - £14.99
Due: 6th Feb
2xCD - £12.99
The fifth Crippled Black Phoenix album is upon us and it marks a new chapter in the history of the band. The thematic focus for this album is firmly planted in the corruption of mankind and injustice, but also ultimately in the hope that all is not lost, and that there's a common thread connecting people of like-minds wherever you may travel. | |
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper
CD - £11.99
An album of live and unreleased studio tracks, it is the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘IRM’ album, which was released in January 2010. ‘Stage Whisper’s studio material features collaborations with Beck, Conor O’Brien of Villagers, Noah and the Whale and Connan Mockasin. | |
Darren Hayman - January Songs
2xCD - £10.99
Limited to 1500. Every single sleeve hand drawn!! (this man must be crazy!) During January 2011 Darren Hayman, ex Hefner wrote a song for every day of the month. It was an incredibly frantic period of work. The songs range from glam disco stomps, through folky laments and accapella hymns to jazz backed spoken words. | |
Ed Laurie - Cathedral
CD - £10.49
Darryl says: A great singer-songwriter album with a real dusty late night Americana feel. If you liked the A.A. Bondy 'Believers' album then give this a go too. | | |
All The Saints - Intro To Fractions
LP - £13.99
CD - £9.99
While the loosely placed psychedelia the trio established on their predecessor remains, it now takes on a more focused outlook if only to forefront the core theme of 'Intro to Fractions': balance in an embattled identity. | |
Barry Adamson - I Will Set You Free
LP - £14.99
CD - £9.99
Thirty four years on from the first album he played on, the seminal Magazine's post-punk classic 'Real Life', comes an album that touches on the sonic stepping stones he's used year by year to pave his way to now, his coruscating new album, 'I Will Set You Free'. | |
Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
LP - £12.49
CD - £10.99
The first album by new band Black Bananas. Black Bananas features internationally feared rock vocalist Jennifer Herrema (RTX, Royal Trux). Runs the gamut from gnarly odes to reality TV in songs like ‘My House’ to future electric metallic GoGo sounds. | |
Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet
LP - £14.99
CD - £9.99
Philippa says: Excellent new album from this modern jazz outfit - accessible without being mainstream. | | |
Terry Riley - In C
CD - £11.99
A new remastered edition of the wonderful ambient and experimental work by composer Terry Riley, 'In C'. One of the great modern musical works, Riley composed this influential piece in 1964. Also in this week we have a remastered edition of his 'A Rainbow In Curved Air'. | |
Mirel Wagner - Mirel Wagner
CD - £13.49
Darryl says: Ultra minimal and utterly chilling folk from this 23 year old singer-songwriter. Being described in the press as a folky mix of Mazzy Star and Leonard Cohen. Highly recommended!! | |
Various Artists - Kevin Saunderson - In The House
2xCD - £12.99
Matt says: Purchased today with my very own money. Two discs of rocking house to chase the blues away. | |
Various Artists - Sideburn Sounds: 16 Freakbeat, Mod-Soul And Psych Dancers, 1966-1972
LP - £17.99
Just what the title says: this ace "all killers - no fillers" compilation is destined to burn the dancefloor, offering a perfect selection of the kind of sounds that are currently spinned at Euro Mod 60s clubs. |
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This is a handy 'staff picked' selection of forthcoming releases that we're currently recommending.
For our latest all-genre presales click here
For a complete A-Z all-genre list of all the current presales you'll need to click here, or if you're after genre specific presales, simply go to the genre of your choice and hover over the 'change week' drop down menu on the left hand side to find 'presales'.
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Field Music - Plumb - Exclusive Bonus Disc Edition
CD - £7.99
Due: 13th Feb
Ltd LP - £11.99
Due: 13th Feb
Darryl says: Sounds totally amazing! And we have a Piccadilly exclusive bonus CD disc of live tracks to give away on initial copies of both the vinyl and CD. Don't delay with your pre-order if you want one of these bonus discs. You've been warned!! | |
Lindstrom - Six Cups Of Rebel - Bonus Disc Edition
2xLP - £13.99
Due: 6th Feb
CD - £9.99
Due: 6th Feb
Philippa says: Brand new Lindstrom album on the horizon! Immense Scando-Med cosmic-Balearic-prog-disco gems ahoy! | |
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug / Avalon - Todd Terje / Lindstrom Remixes
12" - £18.99
Due: 6th Feb
Philippa says: Oher! | |
Symmetry - Theme For An Imaginary Film
3xLP - £15.49
Due: TBC
2xCD - £13.99
Due: TBC
Philippa says: Italians Do It Better get all soundtracky on this three years in the making double CD featuring all the usual IDIB peeps at the controls. | | |
Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II
2xLP - £23.99
Due: 13th Feb
CD - £13.49
Due: 13th Feb
Earth's
'Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II' carries on in the freely
improvised, folkloric vein of the title track from their last
release. Tape was rolled and spontaneous composition occurred. The vinyl is a limited edition double on (deep) purple vinyl, and etched on one side. 1000 copies only!! | |
Seahawks - After Sunrise - Dr Dunks / Gatto Fritto Remixes
12" - £8.49
Due: TBC
Philippa says: 500 copies only - you know how quickly these blighters fly out, so get a pre-order in now! | |
Various Artists - Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance - Industrial / Post-Punk / EBM - Classics & Rarities
2xLP - £13.99
Due: 20th Feb
2xCD - £9.99
Due: 20th Feb
Philippa says: A fantastic collection of electro-dance / nu beat / EBM tracks helping us Piccadilly Records oldies to relive our distant youth. Tuesday nights at the Number One club dancing to Fini Tribe... | |
Various Artists - The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume 2
2xLP - £18.99
Due: TBC
Philippa says: The perfect companion for the "Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance" album. More post-punk electronics for the dancefloor / home. | | |
Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
LP - £15.49
Due: 6th Feb
CD - £9.99
Due: 6th Feb
Darryl says: First solo album in eight years!! Already getting rave reviews we're seriously looking forward to this one! | |
Beastie Boys Feat. Santigold - Play No Game That I Can't Win - Major Lazer Remixes
7" - £6.99
Due: TBC
Philippa says: Super-limited ORANGE VINYL 45 from the Beasties and Santigold on Mad Decent. | |
Mark Ernestus Feat. Djery Djery - Mbueguel Dafa Nekh / Dub Dafa Nekh
12" - £7.99
A stunning new production by Mark Ernestus, drawn from his recordings with some of Senegal's greatest musicians. | |
Blondes - Blondes
2xCD - £10.99
Due: 13th Feb
Philippa says: All the tracks from their three RVNG Intl. 12"s, two bonus cuts, plus a whole extra disc of remixes! | | |
Wendy Rene - After Laughter Comes Tears - Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities 1964-1965
2xLP - £23.99
Due: 13th Feb
CD - £11.99
Due: 13th Feb
Philippa says: Another hot deep soul find from the Light In the Attic label. | |
The Time & Space Machine - Pill Party In India - Inc. Psychemagik Remix
12" - £5.49
Due: 6th Feb
Philippa says: The Time And Space Machine with a Psychemagik remix! | |
Steve Moore / Majeure - Brainstorm
LP - £15.49
Due: 20th Feb
'Brainstorm' is a split album from Steve Moore and Majeure (aka A.E. Paterra), both founding members of renowned sci-fi prog-rock duo Zombi. | |
Leo Zero - Acid Life
2xLP - £13.99
Due: TBC
CD - £9.99
Due: TBC
Philippa says: Leo Zero takes time out from the re-edits to produce a whole album of original jackin' house music. | | |
Joy Orbison & Boddika - Froth / Mercy
12" - £6.99
Due: TBC
Matt says: First release from a new series of records by Joy Orbison and Boddika. | |
John Talabot - Fin
2xLP - £13.99
CD - £9.49
Due: 6th Feb
11 tracks (we should call them songs really!) dominated by dark ambiances, gaseous textures and bittersweet moods that, above all, reveal a kind of vivacity that's really hard to find in contemporary electronics. "Fin" is far from being a track collection. | |
Fluxion - Traces
CD - £9.99
Due: 13th Feb
Philippa says: Our new favourite dub-techno album! Getting lots of attention when played in on our shop stereo. | |
Prinzhorn Dance School - Clay Class
LP - £13.99
Due: 6th Feb
CD - £9.99
Due: 6th Feb
Philippa says: DFA's minimalist indie outfit are back! |
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The legendary Sub Pop records bring us some of their classic albums, all at bargain price of £4.99 on CD.
The perfect opportunity to fill any gaps on your collection.
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