Bunch of new distro updates! We’ll keep this short, so here they are:

• Burning Itch “Satisfaction” 7″ - Burning Itch is a Tennessee KBD -style punk band. This record consists of two songs that will fuck you up. They are loud, fast and punk as fuck. Enjoy. Imported from Italy from Goodbye Boozy.
• Holy Cobras “S/T” 7” – First 7″ from these Canadian noise rockers. Pretty cool spaced out jams for a simple two-piece. Available from Telephone Explosion.
• Puberty “Invitations/Party” 7″ – Here’s a banging new 7″ from Lars Finberg’s (A-Frames, Intelligence) new band, Puberty. Sounds a lot like where the Intelligence left off, except with boy/girl vocals. Lots of stuff going on too. Pretty damned good.
• Red Mass “Happy Endings” 7″ –  Another Red Mass 7″, this time from Italy’s Goodbye Boozy records. Limited to 300 copies with 3 cover variations. We have a few of each cover option available. Hand #’d and all that jazz.
• Vomit Squad “Amon Ra Bless America” LP – The Squad features those stalwarts of Montreal RnR, Choyce, D. Marks, A. A. Khan, and their childhood buddy, Rich Ritalin. The EP is a mongo-masterpiece of KBD dummy punk. Cool.

Update on The Feeling of Love’s new LP “Dissolve Me”; it’s at the pressing plant and should be done during the last week of April. Check out their first video for the album “NUMBOY” below:

THE FEELING OF LOVE – ‘NUMBOY’ from sebnormal on Vimeo.

So it’s been a while since we last posted, and I apologize for that. We’ve been working on quite a few new things which should be super cool and interesting for y’all. I want to thank all of you people that actually read this thing and shop in our store for making 2010 our best year ever. Thanks for continuing to support us and buy music that we put out. We love doing this and we love you for loving us.

2010 in Review:

• Uphill Gardeners “5-6″ LP
• The Feeling of Love “OK Judge Revival” LP
• Night Control “Life Control” CD
• Agent Side Grinder “Debut” CD
• The Moles “Untune the Sky” 2XLP
• The Dictaphone “S/T” LP
• Sharp Ends “S/T” LP
• Movie Star Junkies “In a Night Like This” 10″

You can see plenty of reviews all over the internet for most of these. Records by The Feeling of Love, The Moles, Night Control, and Agent Side Grinder made tons of top-10 lists for the year from everyone from Aquarius Records, Revovler/Midheaven, Dusted, and more. Check them out, they’re some of our favorites.

2011 in Progress

So now that we’re done with all of the 2010 stuff, I’d like to share our plans for 2011. First off, we’re working on adding digital downloads to our website. Since we often offer vinyl-only records, we’re thinking of adding free digital downloads when you buy directly from us. Additionally, we’ll allow folks to buy digital downloads if they’re so inclined to do so. I’m not sure people will care, but hey, it’s worth a try. Now, onto our plans for this year:

• KSR49: The Rebel / Bomber Jackets Split 7″ – The Rebel is Ben Wallers (Country Teasers) and crew making weird sub-humanoid bar crawlers. Bomber Jackets is a Pheromoans side project that has equal appeal.  Split release with Savoury days. We’ll only have 100 copies or so, so get ‘em, while the gettin’s good. Out in March.
• KSR50 – The Feeling of Love “TBD” – A year after “OK Judge Revival”, TFOL are ready for another Velvet’s-like banger. Released in Europe on Born Bad and by Kill Shaman in the US and Canada. Should be out in April.
• KSR51: The Dreams “TBD” – We’ve been talking about this one for a while, but it got a bit delayed so the band could record some new material. Tehy were going to use some tracks from their split with Scorpion Violente but decided not to. Heavy dub-like skronk punk stuff. Very cool.
• KSR52: Branko! “Branko!” LP – We’ve delayed the hell out of this one too, but we need to get it out there. It’s really damned good. If you haven’t heard Branko!, check them out because their punked up Ventures-style garage madness is unparalleled.

Look for forward to some other great things to come too, many of which are still in the works. All we can say is that we’ll be releasing something by Yves Son Ace (Love Tan, Factums members), and if all goes well, we’ll release something by the band that inspired us to play music and start a label. Maybe. We’ll see. More distro updates and bullshit rants soon!

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Paris, France’s Cheveu’s newest release “1000″ shows a much more polished and slicker sound than their previous releases, portraying the bands growth and adventurous, other-worldly style. That’s not to say it doesn’t sound like a Cheveu album, which is usually pretty damned difficult to pinpoint anyhow. Expect a whole new foray of sounds that include full string arrangements, crazy RUN DMC-style beats, and the usual flurry of noisy electronics and Rolling Stones-type blues riffs. Limited to only 1000 copies on black vinyl in the US and Canada, licensed from Born Bad in Europe. Amazing cover art made out of fruit stickers and other fun stuff. Love it.

Tracks:
1. Quattro Stagioni
2. Charlie Sheen
3. No Birds
4. Impossible is not French
5. Sensual Drug Abuse
6. Show!
7. Ice Ice Baby
8. Push Push in the Bush Bush
9. Like a Deer in the Headlights
10. Payback Game
11. La Fin Au Debut
12. My First Song
13. Bonne Nuit Cheri

If you’re in Europe, get this from Born Bad Records.

NEW DISTRO

7″s:

• Killerlady “Minneapolis” 7″ – Amazing solo debut from this EA-80 member. Really great garage/punk stuff.
• Killerlady / Japnische Kampfhorspiele “Split” 7″ – Great split between two solo projects from EA-80 members. Good.
• Staatseinde “Eindplaneet” 7″ – Great electro pop from Enfant Terrible. If you got the Kamp Holland comp, you know this.
• Nuerobit “Till it all Fades Away” 7″ – Another Kamp Holland band, great Terry Riley-esque stuff. Limited.

LP’s:

• Dead Luke “American Haircut” LP – Perfect psych-pop weirdness. One of our 2010 favorites.
• Kim Ki O “Dans” LP – Great post-punk electro stuff from this Turkish band. On Enfant Terrible. Recommended.
• Myelin Sheaths “Get On Your Nerves” LP – Weird canadian pop band, pals with Sharp Ends. Great stuff.

Coming in mid-January, look for the newest LP from Paris, France’s Cheveu titled “1000″ on vinyl in the Kill Shaman store. Limited to 1000 copies (obviously), Kill Shaman will be pressing the record for US and Canadian audiences. For European folks, get the LP or the CD from Born Bad.

Paris, France’s Cheveu’s newest release “1000″ shows a much more polished and slicker sound than their previous releases, portraying the bands growth and adventurous, other-worldly style. That’s not to say it doesn’t sound like a Cheveu album, which is usually pretty damned difficult to pinpoint anyhow. Expect a whole new foray of sounds that include full horn arrangements, crazy RUN DMC-style beats, and the usual flurry of noisy electronics and Rolling Stones-type blues riffs. Limited to only 1000 copies on black vinyl in the US and Canada, co-released by Kill Shaman in the US/Canada and Born Bad in Europe. Amazing cover art made out of fruit stickers and other fun stuff. Love it.

To whet your whistle, here are a couple of amazing video previews for “No Birds” and “Quattro Stagioni” off of the LP:

CHEVEU – NO BIRDS from “1000″ on Kill Shaman and Born Bad Records

CHEVEU – NO BIRDS from cheveu land on Vimeo.

CHEVEU – QUATTRO STAGIONI from “1000″ on Kill Shaman and Born Bad Records

Cheveu feat. “Robert Mitchum is dead” – Quattro Stagioni from Frères Purple on Vimeo.

NEW RELEASES

Kill Shaman is proud to release two new records, one from Canada’s Sharp Ends and one from Italy’s Movie Star Junkies. Details below, tracks from each album available for listening at killshaman.com.

SHARP ENDS “S/T” LP

Calgary, Canada’s Sharp Ends have released their first LP on our very own Kill Shaman. After two amazing 7″s that moved at light speed on Hozac and Mammoth Cave, Sharp Ends spent the next 9 months writing and recording the 10 tracks that have been lovingly smashed into wax for this fine release. The LP contains some of the finest post-punk weirdness that we’ve ever heard, channelling bits of 80′s British No Wave and colliding it with a Dischord-like agressive aesthetic, Sharp Ends have a real winner here. Recordeed by Ryan Sadler, mixed by the band, and mastered by Gabe Dudes; these 10 tracks will blow out your eardrums. Limited to 500 copies on black vinyl only, 45 RPM.

Tracks:
1. Goodbye to Berlin
2. The Other Door
3. Mother Squid
4. 44
5. Senseless Feeling
6. Live Action
7. Equalizer
8. Signal Hill
9. Teenage Warfare
10. Hybernation

MOVIE STAR JUNKIES “IN A NIGHT LIKE THIS” 10″ EP

It’s not often that one comes across a band as original and experienced as Movie Star Junkies. Kill Shaman have been fans of the band since we first heard early releases on AVANT! and their split with fellow KS band, The Feeling of Love. Mixing some sort of Italian spaghetti western aesthetic with goth, post-punk, and the volume and stage presence of the best garage bands, Movie Star Junkies have shared a sweet little 4-song 10″ EP with us. The album is 100% black vinyl, limited to 500 copies and comes with beautiful packaging, including upgraded 10″ stock and a beautiful printed inner-sleeve complete with lyrics and creepy artwork (hence the price tag). For fans of Nick Cave, Dog-Faced Hermans, and any of the other Le Grande Triple Alliance bands. Note for European customers: This 10″ is available on Ghost Records in Italy. Get it there.

Tracks:
1. Loneliness Like Clouds Above (3:21)
2. Twice Upon a Time (3:28)
3. Odyssey of Jason (3:24)
4. Death, Silence, and Sleep (2:55)

MEGA SALE

We have other news too. Guess what! We have all these new records coming in and we need to make some space. Here’s what we’ve done:

1. We’ve discounted tons of items. Stuff be cheap right now.
2. There’s bulk discounts that work like this: Spend $25, get 10% OFF!!! Spend $50, get 15% OFF!!! Spend $100, get 20% OFF!!! That’s how it works.
3. As always, we give away free stuff with every order. This is usually a free CD or 7″ that we choose, along with a poster and pin. We do this for EVERY ORDER. Get it in your head.

Kill Shaman will be unavailable from October 6th through October 25th. The store will continue to function and you can buy stuff, but nothing will be shipped until after the 25th. On the plus side, when we get back we should have two awesome new records:

THE SHARP ENDS “S/T” LP

THE MOVIE STAR JUNKIES “IN A NIGHT LIKE THIS” 10″

This bad boy is back in stock in the KS store in limited quantity. Repressed for the band’s upcoming euro tour in a quantity of 500, half of which went to the band. We have about 250 or so left for sale in the US, so get them quick. This guy was on the top of many lists for a while there and is sure to make a best of 2010 for some asshole out there. Dusted says this in their mid-year roundup:

On OK Judge Revival, The Feeling of Love subdue the vicious bad-assitude of earlier releases in order to highlight the Velvets groove and Spacemen trance that their peers mostly ignore. Out of 11 tracks, the first nine cut a mean swath, and “Young Jesus” pops up from an earlier 7″ to close out the album with a delirious, repetitive, stomping sing-a-long; but all of that isn’t really why the album is the best thing I’ve heard this year. No, this album is all about “God Willing.” The track lifts woozy speak-sing daydreaming into an unholy pre-meltdown adolescent bitchfest that improbably straddles the line between too-cool-for-school and legitimate, unnerved teenage self-loathing. I haven’t heard a more gob-smacking garage track since the A Frames’ “Eva Braun.” In a scene where many great bands are content to simply kick out the jams, these guys are special.

Available in the Kill Shaman Store here for only $10 US. Get it now before it’s gone again. There will be no more pressings of this LP (Kill Shaman sticks to a maximum of 1000 records pressed for any release).

Next Up!

We’ve got some great things in the works. Coming very soon are two great vinyl slabs; the first is The Sharp Ends “Self-Titled” full-length LP. Great post-punk rock from these punkers in Canadia. Sort of similar to Bipolar Bear in arhythmic styling, but with a much more accessible and all around polished sound. Second up is a 10″ from The Movie Star Junkies titled “In a Night Like This”; some brilliant Italian post-punk with nods to Ennio Morricone, Dog-Faced Hermans,  and The Wire all at once. Includes members of A.H. Kraken, etc. Expect both records to be out in late-October.

Sorry for the long delay of not posting, but we have some new things coming up. Here’s the deal so far:

• KSR41 – The Feeling of Love “OK Judge Revival” LP Repress
• KSR46 – Sharp Ends “Sharp Ends” Lp
• KSR47 – The Movie Star Junkies TBD 10″
• KSR48 – The Dreams TBD 12″
• KSR49 – Branku “Branku!” LP
• KSR50 – Something super rad and secret…

Now that we’re done there, here’s some great updates on distro we’ve added recently:

• Bosom Divine “New Full Length Album” LP – Awesome tracks from this French band that shares members of Cheveu
• Spirit Photography “Circle in the Fire” Cassette – Another great cassette from Spirit Photography (members of Christmas Island)
• Les Bellas “Belladic” LP – New LP from this amazing French garage band. On Les Disques Steak/SDZ! Imported from France.
• Tyvek “Blessed / Summer Things” 7″ – Some of the last copies of this amazing 7″ imported from France.
• Whatever Brains “Nesting” 7″ – Great 7″ from this awesome band! Hints of Country Teasers, rad burger shirt.
• Whatever Brains “Rappers Delight II” 7″ – The Brains pump the brakes on this one, slowing the tempos down for two-thirds of the single without losing any of their lo-fi garage-rockish intensity.
• Andre Either “Copkiller” 12″ EP – Back in stock, brilliant 12″ from ex-Deadly Snakes front man. Imported!

For you listening enjoyment. Click the image to buy this guy:

Tours, France’s one-man band The Dictaphone has been kind enough to provide Kill Shaman with a full-length LP of pure brutality and fuzz. This 12-song LP is an epic journey into blown out instrumentals, drum machines, guitar noodles, and distortion; a wonderful follow-up to the 7″ on Sweet Rot and the STUFFS comp on Compost Modern Art. The Dictaphone’s unique style mixes elements of The Residents, Pink Noise, and the A-Frames to present a fine-tuned face-melting foray of angular guitar noodling and noise punk. It’s a real head-banging, toe-tapping, industrial punk rock gem. Limited to 500 LP’s on black vinyl with black inner-sleeves.

Just to get your ding-a-ling shuffling, here’s a sample track video made by our pals at Compost Modern Art Recordings for the upcoming STUFFS! compilation that we’ll be getting in. Lots of KS bands are on there, so it’s super cool. This one, however, is really important because it was done by THE DICTAPHONE!!! And this song is actually an alternate version of a song from the upcoming LP THE DICTAPHONE “THE DICTAPHONE” that will be available for purchase THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th in our store. Fuck yeah. Check it out:

Even more stuff made its way into the distro store. Check out these tittles from Enfant Terrible, Rococo, and AVANT!. Lots of imported and super limited shit:

Maximum Wage “I-U / All At Once” 7″ – Ian Adams’ (Ponys, Submarine Races) new band

Tyler John Tyler “Separate Issue” 7″ – Members of the Daily Void and The Ponys make awesome pop music

Lumerians “Burning Mirrors” 7″ – SF fuzz gods bring the terror on a two-sided slab of wax

El Vicio “Longarisse” 7″ – French garage underground awesomeness including members of Sonic Chicken 4

The Dreams “TOUR” 7″ – A KS favorite, a 7″ limited to 300 copies to celebrate their US tour with Teepee last winter

Red Mass “Split Brain Experiment” 10″ – Newsets 10″ from ex-CPC Gangbangs dude. Hand numbered and limited to 100 on green vinyl.

Cult of Youth’s  “Filthy Plumage in an Open Sea!” LP – Brooklyn bummer-folk-punk stuff released on AVANT! and imported from Italy.

V/A “Kamp Holland” 2XLP – AWESOME 2XLP from Enfant Terrible full of new Dutch underground electro and minimal wave stuff. Suuuuuppperrrr good. Was waiting for this one for a while.

Paul Cary “Ghost of a Man” LP -  Ex-Horrors frontman makes some great jams. Certainly came as a surprise when I first listened. Really great americana-style garage.

The Oh Sees / Paul Cary “Split” 7″ – You know who the Oh Sees are. Paul Cary is really great and shows it on this 7″ Was OOP for a long time, but now its back.

And the big news:

THE DICTAPHONE LP WILL BE IN NEXT WEEK!!!!! LOOK FOR IT ON AUGUST 5TH!!!