Friday Morning Cartunes...February 25th, 2011

Aethenor - Jocasta (VHF) LP
Pi Corp - LSD1 (Rockadelic) LP
Neu! - Fur Immer (Brain) LP
Ego On The Rocks - Godbluff (Second Battle) CD
Zola Jesus - Tower (Sacred Bones) 12"
Mark Carmody - Diamonds(the blue hand) (DTK) LP
Circle - Armo (Kevy Nostalgia) LP
Snakefinger - Golden Goat (Ralph) LP
Plastic People Of The Universe - Long Johns (Munster) CD
Crawlspace - Dancing In Your Head/September Harch (Behemoth) 10"
Monster Magnet - Gods & Punks (Napalm) LP
Blowback - Dust (Svart) LP
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues (Stranded) 7"
The Machine - Medulla (Elektrohasch) LP
Howlin Rain - The Good Life (Birdman) 12"
Six Organs Of Admittance - A New Name On An Old Cement Bridge (Drag City) LP
Michael Chapman - Fishbeard Sunset (LITA) LP
Edgar Broughton Band - Things On My Mind (Harvest) LP
Jeremy Spencer & The Children - War Horse (CBS) LP
Wino - Yen's Sleep (Roadburn) LP
Evan Caminiti - Black Desert Blooming (3 Lobed) LP
Pagan Altar - Lords Of Hypocrisy (BBTAD) LP
Saint Vitus - One Mind (BBTAD) LP
Jerusalem - When The Wolf Sits (Deram) LP
Incredible Hog - Wreck My Soul (Wah Wah) LP
Fire - A Wonderful Day (Skyf Zol) CD
Hypnos 69 - Twisting The Knife (Elektrohasch) CD
Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman-Live (Warner) LP

Friday Morning Cartunes...February 18th, 2011

Out Of Focus - Huchen(B,C,D) (Missing Vinyl) LP
Richard Pinhas - The Last Kings Of Thule (Pulse) LP
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - La Paradoja Divina/Contra Suspiros (ORLP) LP
Miasma & The Carousael Of Headless Horses - Taus (Latitudes) LP
Lard Free - In A Desert-Alambic (Wah Wah) LP
Gnod - Why Don't You Smile Like The Other Children? (Blackest Rainbow) LP
Gong - From The Isle Of Every Where To The End Of The Story Of Zero The Hero/ You Never Blow Your Trip Forever (Tapioca) LP
Catapilla - Naked Death (Akarma) LP
Skull Defekts - Peer Amid (Thrill Jockey) LP
Tom Verlaine - Grip Of Love (Elektra) LP
Arbouretum - Song Of The Nile (Thrill Jockey) LP
Graveyard - Granny & Davis (Stranded) 7"
Primordial Undermind - Not An Atom That I Can't Feel (SAAH) LP
Hopper/Dean/Tippett/Gallivan - Seven Drones (Compendium) LP
Delired Cameleon Family - La Boeuf (Wah Wah) LP
Psychic Paramount - N5 (No Quarter) LP
Moon Unit - No Money No Nothing (Krayon) LP
Klaus Schulze - Stardancer II (Island) LP

New @ Birdman Sound this week....

Smokin' new albums in by Earth, Arbouretum, Psychic Paramount, Skull Defekts, Soldiers Of Fortune, Cave Singers, Sonic Youth and piles more !!!!

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol...NEWS

WOW ! What a show this last Saturday. Recorded, filmed, pictured and a packed house!!! I'll let you all know when but we'll have a produced video up on VIMEO soon as our friends from Europe captured the whole shebang on tape.....can't wait to see the end result. Our new friend Heisham from Dubai kicked off our set on Oud and then we went off like a rocket!! Hope you had a blast! Aside from the picture here, make sure you check out this link for some wicked pics from the tireless photo journalist Andrew Carver....thanks Andrew for capturing these memories.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7218210@N02/with/5440996068/

Unless something changes, the next show for TBWNIS is up at Kaffe 1870 in Wakefield Quebec on Saturday March 26th playing with our violinist Jan Lis of Hoodlum fame and his new band who are called Hollow Bodies. Admission will be $5.00 at the door.

"Biker Smell" is now sold out and there are 12 copies left of "Superficial Marks". We have 2 new lps in the pipe with 1 due in about 4-5 weeks...I'll keep you posted, it really smokes!!!

Friday Morning Cartunes...February 11th, 2011

EmbryoNNCK - Wieder das erste Mal (Staubgold) LP
Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Squeeze Louise/Laeather Diaper/Black Banana (LTOTU/BR) LP
Guru Guru - Der LSD Marsch (Amber Soundroom) LP
Jussi Lehtisalo - Viimeinen kalja (Svart) LP
CAN - Father Cannot Yell (Liberty) LP
Group 1850 - Hunger (Discofoon) LP
Machine - Sunbow (Elektrohasch) LP
Flax - The Way Here (Panorama) LP
Asoka - Psykfoni.../ Ataraxia (Mellotronen) LP
Eloy - Inside (Janus) LP
Space Debris - Mountain High (indie) LP
Expo 70 - Close Your Eyes & Effortlessly Drift Away (Immune) LP
Faust - Knochentanz (ReR) LP
Stearica/Acid Mothers Temple - 7 Alieni Al Di Sopra...(Homeopathic) LP
Bulbous Creation - Satan (Still Looking) LP
3/3 - Always (Shadoks) LP
Silberbart - God (Philips) LP
Human Instinct - Stoned Guitar (Ascension) LP
Amon Duul - Mama Duul & Her Sauerkraut Band Begin To Play (Prophesy) LP
Dungen - Highway Wolf (Third Man) 7"
Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon - Peace (BYG) LP

Friday Morning Cartunes...February 4th, 2011

The Spacious Mind - Your Mind & Mine (Gates of Dawn) LP
Neokarma Jooklo Experience - Holy Freedom (Qbico) LP
Anahita - Maidens Of Saxony (Alt Vinyl) LP
Jex Thoth - Mr. Rainbow (I Hate Records) 12"
Oneida - Every Day Is A Child With Teeth (Version City) LP
Follakzoid - IV,III,II,I (Sacred Bones) 12"
The Holydrug Couple - Mountaintop (Sacred Bones) 12"
Heldon - Stand By (Egg) LP
Mythos - Hero's Death (Ohr) LP
Kin Ping Meh - Mr. Holmes (Zebra) LP
Grails - Satori (Latitudes) 12"
SKL - Varvindar friska (Kommun) LP
Ghost - Change The World (Drag City) LP
Trad Gras Och Stenar - The Silver River Of Truth (Silence) CD
Earthling Society - EA1729 (4Zero) CD
TBWNIS - West Nile Curiosity (pre-release) cdr
Carlangas - Charming The Dusk (Indie) cdr
Colour Haze - Zen (Elektrohasch) LP
Sungod - The Key Is No Key (Cyclopean) LP
Arabs In Aspic - The Flying Norseman (Panorama) LP
Axis - Waiting A Long Time (Riviera) LP
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible/Flying Teapot (Virgin) LP

Mastering Complete

Bill has reworked our new LP. After the festive season I sat down again and listened to the record and decided to scrap the first tune. We have substituted a truly fuckin' monster version of the same piece only shorter and added a new composition as well. This will be in the mail on Monday coming for the usual pressing process and if yer interested in this record, fly me an email (info@birdmansound.com) cuz as usual, there will only be 100 copies on vinyl and no cd. We will post the album on our my space site soon...
http://www.myspace.com/thebandwhosenameisasymbol

.....here's the advance notations for...

TBWNIS vs. The Purveyors of Conspicuous Authenticity

Side A
Sour Kraut
Talk Back Fatherland
Mezcal Temple

Side B
West Nile Curiosity
Humidex

Total Playing Time 44:03

All compositions TBWNIS 2010

TBWNIS membership is:

William Guerrero
Nathaniel Hurlow
Eric Larock
Jan Lis
Mark McIntyre
David Reford
Jason Vaughan
John Westhaver

....the "Stupidity Helmet" LP is almost done as well, Bill needs to finish mastering
it and that as well will be enroute very shortly! Ain't life grand!

It's Cold Outside...Here's the Warmth

Spending on average 50 hours a week listening to music, I think I'll try regularly to share with you what I'm listening to. Of course some of it disseminates down to the radio show on Friday mornings so you can actually hear the stuff(see play lists throughout this blog), but in all honestly there's a major gap between the table in the shop and what I can squeeze into 3.5 hours of R&R radio.

As of late, here's the repeat factor for yours truly complete with some thoughts...


Unity - "Blow Thru Your Mind" LP.....whether original or pirate I care not cuz' the essential 70's spiritual jazz groove from New York circa 1974 is beautifully exercised on this slab to the max. Mixes real fine with Coltrane and Ornette. Byron Morris(Sax)leads this 7 piece oufit down a pretty righteous path. The vinyl is hellishly hard to find (cd on Soul Jazz UK) but well worth the hunt!


The Pharoahs - In The Basement LP...early 70's Chicago based funk/jazz blow out! These dudes made only 1 official LP and this live in the vaults assemblage was due to the interest by Luv & Haight issued in mid 90's...pretty sure this fella is oop but I finally got 1 for myself and a couple for the shop. Well worth the wait as the hard funk jazz onslaught is pretty epic! Pre-Earth Wind and Fire.


Follakzoid and Holy Drug Couple - are 2 different 12" EPs on the Sacred Bones label that both spin 2 side long excursions into the netherworld of psych to warm the lobe. Follakzoid are from the newish Chilean underground scene and do a pretty wicked NEU kinda trip. Holy Drug Couple are a bit on the dark and murky tip and play a heady eastern but west coast-ish psych style that mixes great between Buffalo Killers and MV & EE. I'm sure both records will be OOP lickety-split!


Anahita - Arcana En Cantos LP is a no brainer for me as I'm a big fan of both Espers and Fursaxa. Tara Burke(Fursaxa) and Helena Espvall-Santoleri (Espers) go for 4 solid lengthy excursions into the ethereal and experimental sides of psychedelia. Out there in every way, fans of Fursaxa will get this instantly and get prominent cello as an added bonus!


Handgjort were a Swedish outfit steeped in the mystical eastern influence and summer of love style and recorded this self-titled nugget in 1970. The album falls beautifully within the realm and kindred spirit of Algarnas Tradgard , Trad Gras Och Stenar and Kebnekase. Sitar soaked hippie folk-psych of the highest order and wickedly packaged. Superb!


The Brought Low - Third Record... Finally got this on wax and I dig it big! A retro 70's hard rock blues power trio with a warm fuzz style and actual songs that are memorable! A soulful swaggering style that found on the old mix tape; stuck between the Allman's and the MC5's "Shakin' Street", you'd never know they were newish...

Here's a few more great things I'm currently diggin'.....Arabs In Aspic - Strange Frame Of Mind, Wino-Live At Roadburn, Eternal Elysium-Under The Triad, Vulcan - Meet Your Ghost, Vespero - Liventure 21, Kristyl - Is, Sungod - First Matter, Cosmic Trip Machine - The Curse Of The Lord Space Devil, Moon Unit - Hell Horse & The Heady Stratus, Dragontears - Turn On Tune In Fuck Off!!, Pagan Altar - Lords Of Hypocrisy, Trubrot-Undir Ahrifum, Kawabata Makoto-White Summer Of Love Dreamer and on, and on and on...

Instock and Incoming Wax.......Fill Yer' Boots !!

New vinyl titles arriving soon on both Bloodshot and Mississippi records. Included among others will be new albums from Eddie Spaghetti, Whitey Morgan & the 78's, Justin Townes Earle, Jon Langford, Kleenex/Lilliput (4lp set), Marisa Anderson, Abner Jay (10") and a bunch of comps. We just received a load of Warner sale stock LPs which feature big savings on select titles by artists like Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Fear, Mudcrutch, Van Morrison, Bian Eno and David Byrne, New York Dolls, Chicago Transit Authority, Faces and a whole bunch more! Also in today, our usual mix of hot and scintillating new releases and restock. Come in and check it out. Hope to see you soon! Birdman Sound is located at 593-B Bank Street in Ottawa...just in case you didn't already know!