Buy Early Get Now - Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
Pre-order the new FUCKED UP 2xLP and get to listen NOW and get the LP and poster and 4 exclusive 7" singles - only available with this pre-order!!!! Package: Log in is mandatory at buyearlygetnow.com. After logging in they get: - MP3s of the 5 non-album, character introduction songs immediately upon login - download of the album May 10-13th broken into 4 parts - album (2xLP or CD), poster and MP3s of record store day David's Town album on street date (visit store to pick up album and log in again to website for David's Town mp3s) June 7th - four 7"es including 8 non-album, character introduction songs (visit store a second time to pick up) June 28th Cost to you: CD + 4x7"es: $31.99 2xLP + 4x7"es: $39.99 The Story: Fucked Up have the most perfect name for any band in rock history. In two words it bluntly states the truth that lies at the heart of the white noise maelstrom - things are different from what you expect.
Right from the start this Toronto band has been pushing musical and conceptual boundaries. Forming ostensibly as a punk band, they swiftly took on hardcore and twisted it into their own version, with a psychedelic edge, unexpected instrumentation like flute and keyboards, and songs stretched to perverse lengths.
They initially released a series of impossible to find 7” singles, all with related artwork that sometimes landed them in trouble, and sometimes looked like they came from the late 60s, when minds were melting with possibilities. There were also albums that continued this theme, each one more bold and adventurous.
Meanwhile, the band’s gigs took on legendary status. Frontman Damian Abraham's nude stage dives and blood-strewn face were becoming a lunatic motif for a take on the hardcore genre that constantly upended assumptions: lyrics about plants and rebirth, moneys to charities for battered women. All the time, there was a sense of a narrative, and even in their loudest moments there was a deep intelligence to their music.
The narrative itself has come to full fruition on their new album, the 78-minute David Comes To Life rock opera, an album set to a play.
In the punk wars the rock opera was held up as the ultimate example of decadent capitalist-pig rock, the kind of opulent, navel-gazing fodder of faded rock dictators clinging onto power by their filthy fingernails and their tediously long records. It breaks the strict rules of punk and is precisely the reason why Fucked Up have presented this mammoth work.
Their whole history has been mashing ferocious but highly thought-out music with brilliant concepts and Situationist philosophy. They have now made their ultimate statement, tying up all the loose ends and question marks in this sprawling, yet consistently brilliant album.
In anyone else’s hands, David Comes To Life might be a disaster, but Fucked Up are in a different lineage – the concept album, after all, was invented by the Kinks or the Pretty Things and even the Who’s huffing-and-puffing Tommy and Hawkwind’s Space Ritual. You could even include some of the Crass albums as concept albums if you really thought about it – darkly powerful works that let you enter a parallel universe.
Though no less monumental, it is far more melodic than their breakthrough The Chemistry of Common Life. There are more female vocals, which work in perfect contrast to Abraham's highly effective wounded bull growl. The band sound tighter and with more space for the flourishes and imaginative songwriting that entwine their love of fey British indie pop with heavy riffing, and some genuinely twisted turns. Perhaps most grippingly, the triple-guitar interplay between Mike Haliechuk, Josh Zucker and Ben Cook has risen to symphonic levels. They channel musicians from Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Liam Gallagher to Bob Stinson and Lyle Preslar with ease and grace.
The result is better than Sham's That's Life, less desperate than SF Sorrow, a finer cultural self reference than Arthur and Village Green, a better tribute to plants than Dopesmoker, and more a unmixable album than Loveless. But you can hear all these musical touchstones in David's multi-layered melodic filigree.
National - High Violet with GOLDEN TICKET out May 11th
The new National album "High Violet" comes out May 11th. Available on CD or 2xLP, and for a limited time we have the deluxe versions which is a foil embossed cover for the CD with a bonus poster and numbered colored vinyl for the LP.
more Record Store Day News...
Beach House “Zebra” 12”
The Album Leaf “There Is a Wind” 12”
Dum Dum Girls/ Male Bonding 7”
Happy Birthday “Shampoo” 7”
Soundgarden “Hunted Down” 7” Reissue
CocoRosie “Lemonade” 7”
SP20: Casual Nostalgia Fest CD
telekenesis - dirty thing 7"
superchunk -misfits & mistakes (AUTOGRAPHED) 7"
Hundred in the Hands-Undressed in Dresden 7"
Jamie Lidell-Compass 7"
Deerhoof-Apple O-LP
Deerhoof-Green Cosmos-LP
Daedelius-Righteous Fist of Harmony 12"
Bonobo-Eyesdown 12"
Josh Ritter-So Runs the World Away LP+CD
Dave Holland Octet-Pathways LP
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez-Solar Gambling LP
RX Bandits-Live at Park Avenue CD
Budos Band/Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Day Tripper/Money 7"
David Bazan-Live at Electrical Audio-LP
David Bazan-Live at Electrical Audio-CD
Menomena+Helio Sequence-Pilgrim's Progress/Converter 7"
Thermals/Cribs - split 7"
Apples in Stereo-Future Vintage Covers of the Apples in Stereo-LP (with Ted Leo, Elf Power, Maps & Atlases, more...)
let's wrestle/love language 7"
Integrity - brand new 7" w/etched B-side
This Will Destroy You "Moving on the Edges of Things" 10"
The All-American Rejects "Bad Eggs" 12"
Bouncing Souls - some record - no info yet
HOLD STEADY / HEAVEN IS WHENEVER LP 24.98
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ( WYLDE,ZAKK ) / SKULLAGE LP 29.98
LENNON,JOHN / SINGLES BAG: 7 INCH BOXSET 7” 18.98
SEX PISTOLS / GREAT ROCK N ROLL SWINDEL LP 25.98
SICK PUPPIES / LIVE & UNPLUGGED CD 4.98
BIRD & THE BEE / INTERPRETING THE MASTERS 1: A TRIBUTE LP 17.98
GABRIEL,PETER / BOOK OF LOVE 7” 6.98
GOLDFRAPP / HEAD FIRST LP 16.98
LACUNA COIL / SHALLOW LIFE: ACOUSTIC... 7” 6.98
MARY ONETTES / NIGHT BEFORE THE FUNERAL 7” 6.98
BAEZ,JOAN / JOAN BAEZ LP 20.98
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT / TODAY LP 20.98
FAHEY,JOHN / YELLOW PRINCESS LP 20.98
WATSON,DOC / DOC WATSON LP 20.98
GUY,BUDDY / MAN & THE BLUES LP 20.98
PLANTS & ANIMALS / LA LA LAND LP 15.98
RADIO GALAXIA / VARIOUS LP 17.98
BIRD SONGS / VARIOUS LP 15.98
CYPRESS HILL / RISE UP LP 20.98
SPRINGSTEEN,BRUCE/WRECKING BALL,GHOST OF TOM JOAD 10” 6.98
COHEED AND CAMBRIA/GUNS OF SUMMER 7” 6.98
MATTHEWS,DAVE-REYNOLDS,TIM/SQUIRM-LYING IN… 7” 3.49
PRESLEY,ELVIS/THAT’S ALL RIGHT 7” 7.98
FUN/AIM AND IGNITE 12” 29.98
GOGOL BORDELLO/WE COMIN’ ROUGHER... 7” 4.98
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS/LEGION SESSIONS CD 6.98
DYLAN,JAKOB & COURTYARD HOUNDS/SEE YOU IN SPRING 7” 4.98
HENDRIX,JIMI/LIVE AT CLARK UNIV 1968 12” 10.98
COSTELLO,ELVIS / LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH 7” 7.98
GODSMACK / GODSMACK RECORD STORE DAY 7” 4.98
LA ROUX / BULLETPROOF: LIVE & REMIXED 7” 4.98
OWL CITY / OWL CITY RECORD STORE DAY 7” 4.98
Exclusive Record Store Day titles available, more TBA...
POTTER,GRACE & NOCTURNALS / LIVE IN SKOWHEGAN CD 6.99
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE / FEEL GOOD HIT... (PICTURE DISC) LP 15.98
REM / CHRONIC TOWN LP 15.98
SONIC YOUTH / HITS ARE FOR SQUARES LP 29.98
THEM CROOKED VULTURES / MIND ERASER...(PICTURE DISC) LP 15.98
TV ON THE RADIO / DEAR SCIENCE LP 15.98
WEEZER / WEEZER RADITUDE: HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY CD 5.98
WHITE LIES / REMIX EP CD 5.98
YEAH YEAH YEAH’S / SKELETONS 7” 4.98
PHOENIX / FENCES (X2) 12” 4.98
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS / YOUR WOMAN IS A LIVING THING... 7” 7.98
CAGE THE ELEPHANT / LIVE AT GRIMEY’S CD 6.98
JENNINGS,SHOOTER & HIEROPHANT / DON’T FEED... CD 4.98
WHITE RABBITS / ANTLERS / LIVE FROM DAYTROTTER 7” 7.98
ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR / FRUIT LP 16.98
KUTI,FELA / FELA KUTI (10”) 12” 14.98
INFECTED MUSHROOM / KILLING TIME (X5) 12” 6.98
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY / SENSATION OF SEEING LIGHT 7” 7.98
JENNINGS,MASON / FINGER PRINTS: SEPTEMBER 20 2009 CD 10.98
GET UP KIDS / SIMPLE SCIENCE CD 4.98
ROYCE DA 5’9” / STREET HOP LP 19.98
DIFRANCO,ANI / LIVE AT BULL MOOSE 4-17-2009 CD 0.98
RODRIGUEZ / INNER CITY BLUES / I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE 7” 6.98
DIOS / WE ARE DIOS CD 7.98
CASABLANCAS,JULIAN/11TH DIMENSION-LONG ISLAND BLUES 7” 3.49
MANCHESTER ORCH/LIVE AT PARK AVE CD 9.98
MGMT/SIBERIAN BREAKS 12” 11.98
MODEST MOUSE/MOON AND ANTARCTICA LP 29.98
HAWKINS,TAYLOR & COATTAIL RIDERS/RED LIGHT FEVER LP 19.98
PASSION PIT/LITTLE SECRETS 7” 4.98
VARIOUS ARTISTS • FRAGMENTS FROM A WORK IN PROGRESS 12” 9.98
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS • THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME: DVD 18.98
ARTHUR RUSSELL • CALLING OUT OF CONTEXT LP 19.98
FUCKED UP • DAYTROTTER SESSION 7” 5.98
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS • THE OLDEST HOUSE 7” 5.98
PAVEMENT • QUARANTINE THE PAST: THE BEST OF PAVEMENT LP 18.98
NIRVANA • IN UTERO LP (COLORED VINYL)
NIRVANA • NEVERMIND LP (COLORED VINYL)
NIRVANA • UNPLUGGED LP (COLORED VINYL)
JASON COLLETT • TO WIT TO WOO CDEP
BADLY DRAWN BOY • IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO? CD
SONIC YOUTH-EVOL-LP
SONIC YOUTH-CONFUSION IS SEX-LP
VELVET UNDERGROUND-LIVE WITH LOU REED V.1-LP
VELVET UNDERGROUND-LIVE WITH LOU REED V.2-LP
more stuff announced 3/12...
BEASTIE BOYS-WHITE LABEL-12"
BON IVER/PETER GABRIEL - COME TALK TO ME B/W FLUME 7"
YEASAYER-O.N.E.-12"
VA-IT HAPPENED HERE-LP+7" (w/ Bonnie Prince Billy, Lou Barlow, Magnolia Electric Co., Entrance, Wovenhand, Maps & Atlases, Phosphorescent, more....)
BAND OF SKULLS-LIVE AT FINGERPRINTS-CD
COCONUT RECORDS-BORED TO DEATH THEME SONG 7"
STEEL TRAIN-LIKE A GHOST ON A TURNPIKE 7"
even more stuff announced 3/12....
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW-EATING US-2XLP
CITIZEN COPE-SIDE A-CD
CITIZEN COPE-RAINWATER DELUXE-CD
I NEED THAT RECORD-DVD
WE FUN - ATLANTA, GA INSIDE/OUT-DVD
We'll add more as we find out about them.
-Scott
Yeasayer ODD BLOOD Listening Party
Join us for a listening party for the new Yeasayer album "ODD BLOOD" on Saturday, January 16th. The album does not normally come out until 2/9/10 but we will be selling the LP for this special event, only $12.99 and free poster with purchase!!!
This is your chance to get this album a few weeks early on vinyl.
Sonic Youth "The Eternal" LP/CD Pre-order
Sonic Youth's "The Eternal" will be released on June 9, 2009 and is the latest Matador release to get the BUY EARLY GET NOW treatment.
This is our 7th overall BEGN and we've worked closely with the band to come up with a list of goodies and bundled them into an incredible offer.� The album can be pre-ordered from us starting on March 24 or directly from Matador starting April 28.
WHAT YOU GET:
Along with your pre-order of �The Eternal� on 2xLP or CD, you�ll get...
- pre-release stream of album on April 28
- bonus limited exclusive vinyl live LP on street date
- bonus limited-edition poster on street date
- bonus exclusive MP3 outtakes and live tracks
come in and pre-order now!
Pavement Pre-order
October 14, 2008
Pavement -Buy Early Get Now Pre-Order!
Pre-order PAVEMENT - Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. dbl CD and you will
become part of Matador’s Buy Early Get Now Sixth Pre-Order Promotion so you will receive:
- Instant stream of album Starting Oct. 10th
- Bonus track #1 available Oct. 15th
- Bonus track #2 available Nov. 4th
- Street date - Dec. 9th - pick up the album at your store PLUS a vinyl LP containing an
unreleased live show AND a free poster
UPDATE: - Due to delays at the vinyl press, the release date is now pushed back to December 9th. We are disappointed, but know that the unquestionable awesomeness of the entire package will more than make up for the wait. Thank you for your understanding!
The bonus live LP was recorded during the first Brighten tour and scheduled for release as OLE-
324 in July 1998, but was then shelved... until now.
It’s very easy, just pre-order the dbl CD deluxe edition of Pavement Brighten The Corners and
within a day you will be emailed a confirmation and directions to get the all of the goods. That’s
it.
Pre-order Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. now and you’ll have your album stream
within a day all before the album is released!
If you have any questions or need help, just email Matador at:
buyearlygetnow@matadorrecords.com
The LP will only be available for people who participate in the Buy Early Get Now pre-order promotion. This is a dbl CD / Digital release only.
The 2xCD features the original album plus 31 extra tracks!
Pre-order 2xCD + LP version - $23.99
Regular 2xCD version - $14.99
Drop by the store anytime to pre-order your copy.
Pre-order the Avett Bros. Gleam II on CD or LP!!!!!!
That's right, there is a new Avett Brothers CD coming out and you can pre-order it from Lunchbox Records on CD or LP!!!
CD is only $6.99
LP is only $9.99 and includes 2 bonus songs not on the cd plus an MP3 download card.
If you pre-order from us you get a free Avett Bros. poster and a chance to win a 2' x 2' autographed artboard....
