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 WOODSIST MAIL ORDER WILL BE SLOWING DOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WE WILL STILL BE ACCEPTING ORDERS BUT THERE WILL BE DELAYS IN RESPONDING TO EMAILS AND OUTGOING SHIPMENTS. ALL ORDERS WILL SHIP AFTER JANUARY 13TH. PLEASE BE PATIENT. THANKS! ******************************  IDLE TIMES- "Get Your Feet Off the Ground" 7" (WOODSIST020) ----> $7.00ppd OUT NOW!! Debut release from 27 year old Brian Standeford. After the quick dissolution of his previous band Tall Birds, Standeford began recording songs onto cassette in his Seattle home using a Tascam 4-track, practice amps and a toy drum kit. Loner bedroom psych at its best. Edition of 500 on black vinyl. Listen HERE  BLANK DOGS- "The Fields" CD/12" (WOODSIST021) ----->12"= $15ppd / CD= $10ppd 7 song 12" Mini-LP. try some here "BlankDogs are actually singular: It's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam to crap ratio. It's like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody." -stereogum  WAVVES- s/t- CD/LP (WOODSIST022) ------->LP= $15ppd / CD= $12ppd lo-fi beach punk anthems by San Diego's Nathan Williams. beautiful timeless melodies on top trash can guitars and blown out drums.14 tracks in 35 minutes. follow up full length to be released by De Stijl. try it here  MAGIC LANTERN- s/t - LP (WOODSIST019) ---->OUT OF STOCK. DO NOT ORDER Reissue of their self-titled CD-R. edition of 500 on black vinyl. "MagicLantern came into being at the mid-point of the decade, sparked into existence by a simultaneous period of musical discovery for Philip French, William Giacchi, and Cameron Stallones. Inspired by the psychedelic approach to musical tone and structure in various eras and genres of rock (not at all excluding Germany and Japan in the '70s), the three realized they ought to make use of the new creative tools they'd stumbled upon, and began jamming the summer away in twin poles of Long Beach and Whittier, CA. Over the course of a year they recorded every jam and compiled a full-length's worth of home-studio demos which later became their self-released CD-R. At the same time, each member was developing solo and side projects to channel parallel universes of sound. A year after their first jam together, MagicLantern decided to make the leap to playing live and recruited good friends and like-minded musicians Chip Knechtel and Gavin Fort to be their marathon rhythm section. The jams from their CD-R were used as the blueprints for the band to develop a raw, stripped-down sound that emphasized hypnotic rhythms and improvised guitar duels. After being invited to play at the Tee Pee Records showcase "Manifest Destiny" in August of '07, th' Lantern kept up a steady diet of shows in LA and Long Beach for the next year, earning a local following and two highly limited tapes on Not Not Fun Records. Through the spring of '08 they began writing new material as a band and developing the new songs live. In the summer they recorded these jams with sound wizard Bobb Bruno, which led to the Not Not Fun LP High Beams that September. At this point the band had fully emerged from transition into a shared creative vision of five musicians, each possessing a singular voice, all united in the common goal to engage both mind and body through good vibrations."  CRYSTAL STILTS- S/T- CD/LP (WOODSIST017)---->LP= $14ppd / CD= $10ppd Crystal Stilts started in Brooklyn in 2003 as Brad Hargett and JB Townsend. Not really trying to be a "band" they recorded and self-released their single "Shattered Shine" on their Feathery Tongue label in '04 with friend Sean Mafucci (producer of Gang Gang Dance, Psychic Ills, Kid Congo Powers etc.) With no shortage of lazy Jesus and Mary Chain and Factory records comparisons, (more like VU, Felt, and Blue Orchids) in 2005-06 they continued to play in New York with bands such as the Long Blondes, 1990s and The Monochrome Set and recorded a 4 song ep. Kyle Forrester (Ladybug Transistor etc. etc.) joined them at gigs playing organ as well. After a brief hiatus to record there back catalogue for upcoming LP (Slumberland) they adopted Andy Adler (who played bass on Eric Copeland of Black Dice fuzzpop outfit Ninjas) to rock the bass. After opening for the Clean in November, Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls) waltzed into their life to play the stand-up drums and complete the equation. compiles their 12" ep and the "Shattered Shine" 7inch. PITCHFORK REVIEW  SUN ARAW- "Boat Trip"- 12" (WOODSIST018) ---->$15ppd Boat Trip might be some hidden soundtrack to Donkey Kong warp-whistling straight into Ayahuasca Country. In about twenty minutes Sun Araw manages to navigate a psychedelic jungle cruise through canopy din & spooked drone, then he noses the boat out of the water and lifts into uncharted dub-spheres. The back half of this entranced tour is like being (fortunately) trapped inside an old Upsetters jam played at half-speed with twice the shaman-chant and reverb drenched percussion. Normally we wouldn't trust taking this kind of trip with just anybody, but with wheel and rudder alike in the hands of Magic Lantern co-captain Cameron Stallones, we can sip our yage-of-choice in peace and share the Sun Araw vision as one. Originally issued on Stunned Records as a limited CDR, here it gets the deluxe vinyl treatment. Limited to 500 on black vinyl.  MENEGUAR- "The In Hour" CD/LP (WOODSIST013) ----> CD out now! $10ppd / LP=$15ppd Switching instruments and experimenting with recording techniques, Meneguar has cooked up a totally unique(and surprising) record. The In Hour channels the spontaneity and aesthetics of Swell Maps, the pop hooks of the Zombies, and lyrical collage of Guided By Voices. Everything was home recorded at their little Xanadu in Brooklyn, Rear House, home base to the Woodsist label and the changing roster of Meneguar's alter egos(Woods, Shepherds). Only six months since their last record, The In Hour represents a serious departure that still holds true to the band's undeniable pop sensibility. limited edition black vinyl with full color jackets. first 100 direct mailorder copies come with a full color 11 x 17 poster.  VIVIAN GIRLS- "Tell The World" 7" (WOODSIST016) ----> $7.00ppd irresistible mix of shoegaze, punk, and 60's girl-group sounds with beautiful reverb drenched vocals. features three self recorded tracks of lo-fi goodness.  PINK REASON- "Winona" 7" (WOODSIST014) ----> $7.00ppd- back in stock! "During a show with hardcore punks Hatefuck, DeBroux and company traveled to Winona, Minnesota. After a five-hour drive to the town, wasted locals, angry punks and gnarled three-legged dogs greeted them by leading them into a commandeered park. Inside the park, DeBroux found "the ultimate punk rock experience" with townies huffing rubber glue and mohawk-brandishing kids starting fights with crusties. The show ended and the locals gave the band three dollars for their troubles. A few kids asked DeBroux and company to chip in the three dollars on a keg. Soon, the crowd dispersed and left the band with no money or place to stay. The band wound up sleeping on an island between Minnesota and Wisconsin and breaking up soon thereafter. He wrote the first Pink Reason song, "Winona," about this experience." - Steve Kobak from Blastitude #25 -3rd press, 300 on blue vinyl  ROBEDOOR- "Endlessly Blazing" LP (WOODSIST015) ----->SOLD OUT Eagle Rock, CA's Robedoor are back with another doomed out K-hole. Slow creeping drones building to some nice loner caveman pound/ real song territory. Three tracks in just under 40 minutes. edition of 500 with full color jacket. Artwork by Jeremy Earl. "Another bowl of black wax lit up and littered into the smogset. Another half hour in the haze, burned and overturned. "Endlessly Blazing" loads together a trio of semi-recent resin sessions: the A is a sidelong sinkhole into lava and quaaludes, the B starts with a sprawling spiral sweetleaf ballad before convulsing into a pissed withdrawal of dread drums, electronic fumes, and damaged howling. Hold it in as long as you can" -?  FOLK SPECTRE- "The Blackest Medicine" LP (WOODSIST009) - ------->SOLD OUT black vinyl with silk screened covers. limited to 500. Solo tunes by Pete Nolan of the magik markers, ghq,vanishing voice, virgin eye blood brothers,etc... This is music from the American Underground. The feeling is dark and fucked up and somehow sublime. A solid statement of loner home-made goodness. A pop statement from behind a veil of dirt. Blessed be, Pete Nolan.  SIC ALPS- "Strawberry Guillotine" 7" -----> SOLD OUT 500 black vinyl 13 yellow vinyl  Christian Family Underground- "For the Depth of Your Union" LP (WOODSIST008)------->$12ppd Summer 06 Family Underground (DK) recorded with Dave Nuss of NNCK at Black Dirt Studios in the woods of upstate NY. The yield was as characteristically unhinged as one might expect: sweeping electronic sounds backed with wood and bone percussion spirit-conjure. However also harvested was some new and especially tasty crop: sung and spoken song, electric guitar/conga �rock,� and an odd ghostly sheen coating the entire proceeding. Nuss comments on the session: �I remember when we were recording, momentarily leaving the studio and going out into the night and feeling it thicken like a partition separating us from this intense state of clear consciousness we had in the recording, which was like� humankind�s natural state. And then thinking about Jesper from FU, an adopted Vietnamese living in DK, and how much he resembles Michael Jackson, and realizing that across continents no man can be divided from himself. We had to make this music to provide for us some fantasy of fulfillment that would carry us through the weekend like rejuvenated suns born again climbing to heaven, after being washed in the deepest bluest sea�.� Jacket by designer Susan Cianciolo and screened inserts by Stellar, NL. FADER-Freak Scene Review  Jana Hunter- "Carrion"- one sided 12" ep limited to 500 ---->$12ppd ***Half of the six songs on Jana Hunter�s Carrion are unreleased hangers-on from the writing sessions that produced her most recent full-length, There�s No Home, while the other half are alternate renditions of works that appeared on that release. But this is no mere grab bag of remnants; it�s a real tight product, all around. �Paint A Babe� is a throw-back to Hunter�s earlier material, written and recorded simultaneously on a borrowed four-track recorder. A real sad, longing song. �A Goblin, A Goblin� took a little more time to create: this strong, sturdy number, replete with violins and creepy harmony, tells the tale of an indignant outcast. �You Will Take It and Like It,� turns one central, pretty and proud guitar part over and over and over, with others mirroring it, leeching from it, grabbing on like little parasitic danglers. The original version of �There�s No Home� is here, the track that spawned an entire record title, followed by �Sleep� (titled, as it was originally, �Ooh Uuh�), from the recording that ended up on a lullaby compilation. Concluding Carrion is an acoustic re-presentation of the country-minded �Oracle,� stripped down to one guitar, one melody, and one harmony, as it was originally conceived in its creation as homage. CD on Gnomonsong  Wooden Wand - More From The Mountain 7" -------->SOLD OUT More From The Mountain features one of James Jackson Toth's final transmissions under the Wooden Wand moniker. Side A has been a live favorite for some time, while Side B's "Guru Femmes" is a home recording of a long-retired tune entirely exclusive to this release. Limited, hurry, etc  WOODS- "At Rear House" LP -----> split with TMU. 100 clear vinyl, 900 black vinyl ------> $15ppd "...a combination of campfire folk and strange assembly techniques that should make mouth-breathers everywhere tingle with desire. Indeed, there is much to like about the way these guys play by the numbers, then fall apart and reassemble themselves in different guises. Gotta say, the new folk reaction to noise is pretty damn dandy" - Byron Coley, Wire.  BLUES CONTROL- "Puff" LP- ------> SOLD OUT. Blues Control is Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, a piano, guitar, and tapes duo from New York. Puff is their first full-length record, after two cassette-only releases. limited to 500 on black vinyl with silk screened covers. "Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs, and the most righteously authentic stoner gumbo this side of Twin Infinitives or Jungle Rot. Glittery framed sunglasses and doper's remorse. The finest racket of 2007 so far." - james jackson toth SILTBLOG review here  NIGHT WOUNDS- "Allergic to Heat" LP- --------> $15ppd recorded in early 2006 in a downtown LA practice space by the band. 8 songs just shy of 30 minutes, mostly recorded live. Everything from angular post punk to primitive no wave and free experimentation, rarely covering the same ground twice." limited to 500 on black vinyl with silk screened covers. SILTBLOG review here WOODSIST MAIL ORDER WILL BE SLOWING DOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WE WILL STILL BE ACCEPTING ORDERS BUT THERE WILL BE DELAYS IN RESPONDING TO EMAILS AND OUTGOING SHIPMENTS. ALL ORDERS WILL SHIP AFTER JANUARY 13TH. PLEASE BE PATIENT. THANKS! ****************************** ALL PRICES ARE POSTPAID *************************************** CD $12ppd USA $14ppd CANADA $16ppd WORLD *************************************** CDEP $10ppd USA $12ppd CANADA $15ppd WORLD *************************************** TWO CDs for $20ppd USA $24ppd CANADA $29ppd WORLD *************************************** LP/12" $15ppd USA $19ppd CANADA $26ppd WORLD *************************************** 7inch $7ppd USA $10ppd CANADA $12ppd WORLD *************************************** PAYPAL TO: cassettes@gmail.com (please add $0.75 to each item for paypal fees. thanks) send well hidden cash or money order made out to: jeremy earl 2 vik dr. warwick, NY 10990 distributed by: FUSETRON FORCED EXPOSURE revolver/ midheaven CONTACT= cassettes@gmail.com DISCOGRAPHY 001- RACCOO-OO-OON "Mythos Folkways Vol.1" LP 002- NIGHT WOUNDS- "Allergic to Heat" LP 003- BLUES CONTROL "Puff" LP 004- WOODS "At Rear House" LP (TMU 123) 005- WOODEN WAND "More From The Mountain" 7" 006- RACCOO-OO-OON - Mythos Folkways Vol. 3 "Divination Night" LP 007- JANA HUNTER "Carrion"- one sided 12" ep 008- CHRISTIAN FAMILY UNDERGROUND- "For the Depth of Your Union" LP 009- THE FOLK SPECTRE- "The Blackest Medicine" LP 010- LOOSERS- "Logic On Its Head" 10" (NNF089) 011- SIC ALPS- "Strawberry Guillotine" 7" 012- POCAHAUNTED-"Peyote Road" LP 013- MENEGUAR - "The In Hour" CD/LP 014- PINK REASON- "Winona" 7" 015- ROBEDOOR- "Endlessly Blazing" LP 016- VIVIAN GIRLS- "Tell The World" 7" 017- CRYSTAL STILTS- s/t- CD/LP 018- SUN ARAW- "Boat Trip" 12" 019- MAGIC LANTERN- s/t -LP 020- IDLE TIMES- "Get Your Feet Off the Ground" 7" 021- BLANK DOGS- "The Fields" CD/12" 022- WAVVES- s/t- CD/LP 023- 024- 025- |