Rise of the Northstar - Chapter 4 : Red Falcon Super Battle! Neo Paris War!! - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

12Inch orange vinyl. This debut EP is a refreshing blast of bubblegum pop and mad garage punk, designed to catch the ear of the insomniac. Impossibly high-energy, these songs are catchy and cool-as is the name of the opening track-and loudly teenage-punk. It's not too often a band strikes such a careful balance of strong energy and refined melody. InchCoolInch starts explosively and keeps it's momentum; InchFunnInch has lead singer Lexi Drexelius asking himself questions he later answers. Brothers Nick and Sam Wilkerson provide heartwarming background vocals. It's a short album, a total of sixteen minutes, in keeping with the band's fun persona. Give it a listen. You won't be sorry.

Some people think this record is unlistenable, while others consider this one of the key documents of the American music underground - Byron Coley -55th Anniversary edition, one time pressing of 1500 foil numbered 2xLP copies-2 disc collection including original album remastered and Live in 1965-Half-speed mastered vinyl cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios-Live in 1965 (Disc 2) remastered by Ryan Schwabe and available on vinyl for the first time-Comprehensive liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (Heads A Biography of Psychedelic America) and Peter StampfelThe year 1967 proved to be a strong point of the '60s generation culture and the ever growing New York underground music scene.Steve Weber and Peter Stampfel provided a blithe sendup of musical Americana as they mined this tradition, while introducing outrageous and zany virtuoso turns on acoustic guitar, banjo and violin. Their lyrics and vocals are uniquely their own. Their personalities were profoundly incompatible, like those of Gilbert and Sullivan.A1. Jimmy & Crash Survey The Universe 00 50A2. Indian Whoop 03 13A3. Sweet Apple Cider 03 23A4. Soldiers 03 05A5. Cocaine Blues 02 54A6. Sky Drivers 03 08B1. The Second Hand Watch 02 17B2. Radar Blues 06 50B3. The IWW Song 03 02B4. Football Blues 01 49B5. Bay Rum Blues 02 21B6. Morning Glory 00 43C1. Fishin' Blues 02 58C2. Rum Mountain 02 45C3. Hold The Woodpile Down 02 31C4. Random Canyon 02 31C5. Skin Game 01 53C6. Indian War Whoop 03 00C7. Uncle Joe 02 05C8. Flop Eared Mule 03 10D1. Crowley Waltz 01 59D2. Goin To Memphis 02 25D3. Monday Morning 02 55D4. Baltimore Fire 03 27D5. Sugar In The Gourd 01 56D6. Melinda 02 42D7. My Mind Capsized 02 35D8. Black Eyed Suzy 02 11

J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr is back with his instrumental hard psych project Heavy Blanket! The debut LP was a mind blowing showcase of J's psychedelic guitar work and the follow up live album with Earthless' rhythm section as the backing band was the next step in Heavy Blanket's journey. Over the years since then J has been stashing away his heaviest riffs for this project, and this time around he brought in his Witch bandmates Dave Sweetapple and Graham Clise for an extra dose of heavy. Pressed on a limited edition purple vinyl1) Danny 2) Crushed 3) Moon Is 4) String Along 5) Eyevoid 6) Say it to you