Toronto band, The Wooden Sky will be playing an acoustic set at Phonopolis on March 5th at 3pm.
Some new things…
Hey, sorry for the temporary neglect of the website. Here’s a few things that have come in in the last few weeks that I’ve been excited about.
Delmore records has unearthed some early (pre-It’s hard to know who’s going to love you…) recordings of Karen Dalton. They’re on the rough side, but really beautiful. There’s a couple of duets with Fred Neil, and this cover of her vocal doppelganger Billy Holiday’s God Bless the Child.
Also, Leyland Kirby delivers us another foray into the surreal under his Caretaker moniker.
and finally, before they were Thee Oh Sees they were the OCs… and instead of amazing faux-garage, they played haunting lo-fi folk melodies. Their second album has been repressed on vinyl.
xo Phonopolis
David P. Smith joins Nick Kuepfer and Jordan McKenzie for Phonopolis in-store performance.
Victoria, B.C. singer and accordion player David P. Smith will be gracing Phonopolis with an in-store performance on Sunday. He will be joined by Nick Kuepfer and Jordan McKenzie (Elfin Saddle).
The in-store will commence at 5pm on Sunday, February 19th. Don’t be late!
http://www.myspace.com/davidpsmith
http://www.myspace.com/nickkuepfer
Winter Hours
Phonopolis will be moving to winter hours for a couple months.
Sunday to Wednesday 11am-6pm
Thurdsday to Saturday 11am-7pm
Phonopolis will be closed on Wednesday, January 11th
We’ll be doing our yearly inventory.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Caila’s Top Ten
here’s one last staff top ten list for 2010 from Caila:
1. oneohtrix point never – replica
2. Jay Z and Kanye West – watch the throne
3. p j harvey – let england shake
4. steve hauschildt – tragedy and geometry
5. sean savage – mutual feelings of respect and admiration
6. caretaker – an empty bliss
7. colin stetson – new history warfare vol. 2
8. jennifer castle – castlemusic
9. bombino – agadez
10.dirty beaches – badlands
reissues:
1. Shin Joong Hyun – Beautiful Rivers and Mountain
2. van dyke parks – Arrangements vol 1
3. throbbing gristle – second annual report
4. Tom Ze – the best of Tom Ze
5. V/A – Last Time Around
Fred Squire – Sings Shenandoah and other popular hits
This song comes from one of my favorite records from 2011. We had some distribution problems getting it in, but have now figured it out.
Boxing Week Blow-out
December 26th – December 31st
15% off all new vinyl and cds
25% off all used vinyl and cds
Deals! Deals! Deals!
top ten lists
the year’s best as selected by Nathan and Jordan:
Nathan: (in no particular order)
Jennifer Castle – Castlemusic (Flemish Eye)
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath 1972 (Kranky)
tUnE-YarDs – w h o k i l l (4AD)
Fred Squire – Sings Shenandoah and other Popular Hits (Blue Fog)
Cass McCombs – Wit’s End (Domino)
The Caretaker – An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (History Always Favours the Winners)
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Sandro Perri – Impossible Spaces (Constellation)
Bombino – Agadez
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica (Software)
Reissues:
V/A – Secret Museum of Mankind: Central Asia (outernational)
Erkin Koray – Mechul (Sublime Frequencies)
Hildur Gudnadottir – Without Sinking (Touch)
Beach Boys – Smile (nonesuch)
Fred McDowell – Alan Lomax recordings (mississippi)
V/A – Street Musicians of Yogyakarta (mississippi)
Throbbing Gristle reissues (Industrial)
Mark Hollis – S/T (Ba Da Bing!)
Shin Joong Hyun – Beautiful Rivers and Mountain (Light in the Attic)
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock (Ba Da Bing!)
Jordan: (also in no particular order)
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Battles – Gloss Drop
Andy Boay – Born Fully
Sic Alps – Napa Asylum
Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
Panda Bear – Tomboy
Group Doueh – Beatte Harab
Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – s/t
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
Reissues:
Shin Joong Hyun – Beautiful Rivers and Mountain
Erkin Koray – Mechul
Can – Tago Mago
Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
Candi Staton – Evidence
random new arrivals
Neither of these are actually that new, but sometimes it takes a little while for things to sink in.
Bry Webb (of the Constantines) came out with ‘Provider’ maybe a month back. It’s a beautifully spacious pop album, that boasts amazing packaging from the fine folks at idée fixe (the label, not the bar).
I find the new Oneohtrix Point Never album incredibly interesting and affecting. For those who care, we have a couple of the first pressing still at the shop, and even more of the repress.
