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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: PREORDER The Stabs 'Dirt' and 'Dead Wood' LPs on Homeless

« on: May 16, 2013, 04:50:05 AM »

"like root canal surgery, short can be good".

New review of The Stabs 'Dirt' by Tim Scott.
http://thethousands.com.au/melbourne/hear/the-stabs-dirt

These two LPs haven't even arrived yet and have been FLYING OUT in preorders.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / The Night Terrors 'Back To Zero' 2LP on Homeless OUT NOW

« on: May 06, 2013, 11:10:19 PM »

RELEASE DATE: 27th May, 2013
Vinyl 2LP + digital only

The Night Terrors 'Back To Zero' 2LP (HOMELESS2) is also due late May and not only sounds fuckin' HUGE thanks to a full remaster by Mikey Young, it LOOKS incredible too! This is due to Luke Fraser's loving care and dedication to seeing yet another fine product produced! Luke's recently been responsible for the Bulls and New War LP artwork, both of which look (and sound!) great. For this Night Terrors release, Luke designed a beautiful gatefold package, eye-catching center labels and then meticulously matched colour vinyl combination to create a splatter-vinyl thing of beauty that compliments the whole package. Awesome work Luke!
First time on vinyl, available to pre-order now via Bandcamp and selling fast.
homelessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-zero

300 copies only.
Hand-numbered.
Double splatter vinyl.
Gatefold sleeve.
Includes download code.
Remastered by Mikey Young.

You might be thinking "The shipping of these import LPs is gonna break the bank" but thankfully, we have set up a system that enables you, the discerning vinyl-buying connoisseur to purchase without fear. Check it out, we're not making this shit up. Plus, there's a bunch of other, brand new Homeless titles available to pre-order also, including Dan Melchior's latest album, 'K-85' (which ALL PROCEEDS go towards helping Letha's ongoing medical costs) plus The Stabs 'Dirt' LP (reissue of 2006 CD-only debut album) and 'Dead Wood' LP (reissue of 2009's follow up). Order in bulk and save on shipping!

Melbourne instrumental heavyweights The Night Terrors offer a mind-melting mix of dark synth magic, thunderous dreamscapes and other-worldly electronica. Featuring the haunting theremin melodies of Miles Brown (student of Russian theremin queen Lydia Kavina), vintage horror synths and a powerhouse rhythm section, The Night Terrors have earned a reputation as one of Australia's most unusual and original acts.

Since the initial release of Back To Zero, The Night Terrors have toured the world with the likes of Hawkwind, Black Mountain, Melt-Banana, Serena Maneesh, and shared the stage with Goblin, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Boris, Bardo Pond, Marc Ribot, Pink Mountaintops, Nick Oliveri, Midnight Juggernauts and HTRK. The band has toured Europe extensively and appeared at international festivals such as VIVID Live (AUS), Polyhymnia (DE), Bracara Extreme Fest (Portugal), Denovali Swingfest (DE), Incubate (NL) and recently composed a 50 minute original piece for the Melbourne Town Hall?s Grand Pipe Organ as part of Melbourne Music Week 2012.
 
The Night Terrors new full-length album "Spiral Vortex" looms February 2014...

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Exo Records is good records. Night Terrors music is good music. TNT has a serious Goblin-vibe happening here. They could easily score a horror film set in American Apparel. I could picture tram-loads of Gentlewomen with the same body shape, clothes, opinions and haircuts walking around the racks in a zombie like state, just tripping on all the offensive colours and price tags. 10/10
VICE Magazine
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"If you want to play in a rock band without a singer you need musical ideas with the strength to carry the music. The night terrors have got it in spades....tracks from the new album "Back to Zero" are crammed with epic melodies, cinematic textures and and the even odd moment of sunshine. A truly original sound. I bought the album."
AIR Charts
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I put the CD on when I get home and when it reaches its conclusion, get up and press play again. It's fucking phenomenal. Like the sound track to a video game made in the eighties but set in the future. A game of not just linear laser battles of light ships, but an involved personal account of the struggles endured by a character in just such a setting. A veritable space opera covering love, loss and thrilling light speed chase sequences that is exciting as well as all-enthralling. Don't listen to this album unless you have the time to sit down, absorb and fully enjoy it. The Night Terrors are my new favourite band. Back to Zero is my new favourite CD.
Beat Magazine
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"The Night Terrors? debut full-length album Back To Zero introduces itself somewhat similarly to one of Goblin?s soundtrack releases or Jean Michel Jarre?s original Oxyg?ne record. Within seconds the listener is transported to a world created entirely by the Melbourne band?s synth, drum, bass and theremin combination ? a place where wolves fly rocket ships protecting helpless planet folk from intergalactic volcanic eruptions (or any arrangement of associated descriptors)...The Night Terrors? Back To Zero is a singularly impressive 66-minute album that should prove to be a success with any audience across the globe. 5/5"
Time Off



Distributed in AUSTRALIA and JAPAN by Homeless
www.facebook.com/homelessrecords


Distributed in the USA by Revolver


Distributed in EUROPE by Forte
www.fortedistribution.co.uk/index.php?show=1

EUROPEAN distro also by:
www.dontbuyrecords.blogspot.com

EURO distro also by:
www.x-mist.de

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / The Stabs 'Dirt' and 'Dead Wood' LPs on Homeless NEARLY SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE!!

« on: May 06, 2013, 03:50:59 PM »

RELEASE DATE: 16th May, 2013
Vinyl LP + digital only

The Stabs debut album Dirt (2006, Art School Dropout) and it's stunning follow-up Dead Wood (2009, Spooky) see a vinyl release for the first time and are now available for pre-order via Bandcamp. The LPs can be previewed at the Bandcamp link.
homelessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dirt
homelessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dead-wood

Limited edition of 400 copies.
Mastered by Mikey Young.
Includes download code.

You might be thinking "The shipping of these import LPs is gonna break the bank" but thankfully, we have set up a system that enables you, the discerning vinyl-buying connoisseur to purchase without fear. Check it out, we're not making this shit up. Plus, there's a bunch of other, brand new Homeless titles available to pre-order also, including Dan Melchior's latest album, 'K-85' (which ALL PROCEEDS go towards helping Letha's ongoing medical costs) and the Night Terrors 'Back To Zero' 2LP (also first time on vinyl for this 2009 debut). Order in bulk and save on shipping!

With the release on vinyl of The Stabs first two full-length albums, this is what listeners can expect: Equal parts sonic bliss and aural castigation. Putting their days of wanton chaos and self-sabotage far behind them, and with the assistance of Homeless Records, 2006?s "Dirt" and 2009's "Dead Wood" are available for the first time on The Stabs preferred format, black vinyl. With this double release, The Stabs are proud to announce that they are not dead. The Stabs have done their penance, now it?s up to you - punish yourself!

"Fuck this shit is depressing" - Townes Van Zandt
"Much too loud" - Michael Gira
"Useless junkies" - Johnny Thunders
"You guys owe me money" - Stu Spasm
"Jesus, where's my knife?" - Elliott Smith
"Thankfully, I'm dead and don't have to listen to this crap" ? John Peel
"This is the biggest rip-off of The Scientists I've ever heard" - Kim Salmon


The Woods/The Rain - clip by Matt Govoni (Down The Shops) - starring Sam Sedjavka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq_eGGKcBdY

Split Lips - clip by Matt Govoni (Down The Shops)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QUf6-1a0zE


If anybody in Australia has taken over the mantle of revered older players like Rowland S Howard, Kim Salmon and Stu Spasm and added something entirely their own to the mix, it?s them. There have been a number of bands inspired by these artists in recent times, but what The Stabs demonstrate is how important it is to outgrow these influences and develop a style entirely their own. As such, Bad Seed Mick Harvey?s choice to invite The Stabs to play ATP was an inspired one that cements their place as one of our most extraordinary and potent bands.
-Rene Schaefer (Mess and Noise)


Distributed in AUSTRALIA and JAPAN by Homeless
www.facebook.com/homelessrecords


Distributed in the USA by Revolver (check this thread for stockists)


Distributed in EUROPE by Forte
www.fortedistribution.co.uk/index.php?show=1

EUROPEAN distro also by:
www.dontbuyrecords.blogspot.com

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Dan Melchior K-85 LP on Homeless

« on: May 05, 2013, 04:56:12 PM »

RELEASE DATE: 6th June, 2013
Vinyl LP + digital only.

Dan Melchior's first Australian release, the brilliant, song-based 12-track album 'K-85', is now available for pre-order via Bandcamp.
LP can be previewed at the Bandcamp link.
homelessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/k-85

Mastered by Mikey Young.
Includes download code.

You might be thinking "The shipping of this import LP is gonna break the bank" but thankfully, we have set up a system that enables you, the discerning vinyl-buying connoisseur to purchase without fear, knowing you will also be supporting Dan and Letha, as ALL PROCEEDS go towards helping with Letha's ongoing medical costs. Plus, there's a bunch of other, brand new Homeless titles available to pre-order also, such as The Stabs 'Dirt' LP (reissue of 2006 CD-only debut album), The Stabs 'Dead Wood' LP (reissue of 2009's follow up) and the Night Terrors 'Back To Zero' 2LP (also first time on vinyl for this 2009 debut). Order in bulk and save on shipping!

You tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUTbFI2-TZI

Video to follow!

Distributed in AUSTRALIA and JAPAN by Homeless
www.facebook.com/homelessrecords

Distributed in the USA by Revolver


Distributed in EUROPE by Forte
www.fortedistribution.co.uk/index.php?show=1

EUROPEAN distro also by:
www.dontbuyrecords.blogspot.com

EURO distro also by:
www.x-mist.de

The entire proceeds of 'K-85' go towards the Letha Rodman Melchior fund and her 2+ year battle with cancer. In January 2011, Letha was diagnosed with cancer and since then she's been in a pretty hard fight, requiring some operations and much treatment. She's been unable to work. Dan's role as her caretaker has taken him out of the work force. Letha has basic medical insurance but that really doesn't mean a whole lot in the USA. Debt is piling up. And the state that they live in, North Carolina, doesn't offer much in the way of aid. Dan and Letha need our help:
melchiorfund.blogspot.com.au

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Music Shit / Re: Record Rooms / Termbo Cribs / Bathrooms

« on: April 02, 2013, 06:31:54 AM »

Yeah, that Cheap Time LP's a corker! 

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Music Shit / Re: Record Rooms / Termbo Cribs / Bathrooms

« on: April 02, 2013, 01:10:17 AM »

Haven't gone through the entire thread but I recall somebody asking about solutions to providing a backing for the Ikea Expedit? I think I found a perfect one for mine... the sturdy boxes that Pirates Press use to ship the smaller, inner boxes of 10-12 LPs are an absolutely perfect fit. In fact, they only fit one way and need a little bit of force to push them in. This means there is ZERO chance of any LP sneaking through a space/gap...

The big boxes are then cut in half so that each Pirates sturdy outer box fills provides for two cubicles of the Expedit.
Each corner of the half-box is then sliced to the halfway point and the sides folded in on each other, making a smaller box.
Pushed into the Expedit creates the following and plenty of adjustment is possible.

Boxes can be seen at the back and has not been pushed all the way in, causing LPs to jut out a little. The lower cubicle has the wall skirting board, if I could be bothered or had the time, I'd make the box a fraction smaller so that it all looks the 3rd picture.



Box pushed to the wall results in the 3rd picture.



LPs on top shelf appear like this when the box is pushed all the way to the wall. Lower shelf when there is skirting board on the wall.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: out now CUNTZ Aloha LP on Homeless

« on: March 28, 2013, 04:22:45 PM »

You sure do...

Cuntz "Aloha" LP
I'll say it for the hundredth time: these new Australian bands just continue to kick asses and take names. 'Aloha' kicks off 2013 with a massive headache, coming off like Flipper and Venom P. Stinger in a head-on collision. Pick up the pieces and glue them back together haphazardly and you get this. "Homeless" is not a dedication to their label, but about the actual homeless. And eating ice cream. They are truly delving into the seedy side here. Songs about meth, bums, alcholism, gambling and other filthy vices. I was sure this band were a bunch of grizzled veterans, but from what I've gleaned they're a bunch of young up-n-cummers, a new wave of Aussie muckers rolling about in the dirt. Thank god for them. There are plenty of throbbing basslines here, a rhythmm machine that operates at two speeds: steamroller and tank. The vox are a treat, as the fella sounds like a nutter, spitting out his tales from the wrong side of the tracks like a forceful drunk conversationalist - staring direct in your eyes and talking AT you, not to you, and certainly not allowing you to get any words in edgewise. They're not just head-down pummelers though, these guys have some finesse, some clever post-punky tricks, a devious Fall-like twist of the shiv here and there. "Lost" slips in an electrified keyboard bleat while this guy puts a new twist on the David Yow lyrical approach. This melts into "Meth", which pastes together a sticky synth-line and pointy guitar. Really seasick in a way that truly does recall Flipper. "Hip Hop" comes up with another incredible synth sound (or is that a fucking guitar?!) that I believe they stole from a Tubeway Army record and repurpose here for ultimate rhythmic hypnosis while this guy mumbles his lines like he has dementia. "Punt" is ground-in-the-dirt pound with a touching AC/DC tribute. As I've said already, the singer does a good thing by using Yow's stylish cadence/ramble for his delivery but not adopting the actual singing voice (if that makes any sense). At this point in the record you'll feel as if you need a punch in the face, and "Hoonin'" delivers it. "Mum" is a monolith that sounds like heavy mining equipment operating in a massive cavern a few leagues under sea level, very dangerously close to the earth's crust. They end the record on a pleasant note, which I'll leave you to discover on your own. Just a massive, massive record, and one of a very few (if any at all) that are deserving of the Venom P. Stinger namedrop. Scum stats: painfully limited to 300 copies, but I've heard rumors of a repress...(RK)
(Homeless // US distro via Easter Bilby Inc.)

and:

With this one and that Cuntz LP Australia seems a shoo-in to grab at least two medals in the 2013 LP Olympic race. (RK)

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: out now BITS OF SHIT Cut Sleeves LP on Homeless

« on: March 23, 2013, 02:54:54 AM »

As of March 22nd (that's yesterday) Cut Sleeves is now distributed in Europe through DontBuyRecords and Forte.

Revolver may have a small amount left.
Goner Rec's had 4-5 copies before Gonerfest 10 began.

Excellent review appeared in thequietus.com recently. All sorts of references to "geographic fetishism":
http://thequietus.com/articles/11318-punk-album-single-reviews

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: out now CUNTZ Aloha LP on Homeless

« on: March 05, 2013, 05:32:14 AM »

Label totally SOLD OUT.

Last copies in stores Australia-wide, except for Perth. (I'll update opening post to name stores by city)

Japanese store Nat Records has a few.
http://natrecords.shop-pro.jp/?pid=55660458

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: WANT LISTS

« on: February 23, 2013, 02:58:06 PM »

Yeah... me!

PM'd!

Fuck. My mistake. I'm AFTER a copy of Bad Sports 1st LP. I read thayrawk's post as "Is anyone looking for a copy of the first BAD SPORTS album?"

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: WANT LISTS

« on: February 23, 2013, 02:12:34 AM »

Looking for a copy of the first BAD SPORTS album. 
Anyone?

Yeah... me!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: out now CUNTZ Aloha LP on Homeless

« on: January 27, 2013, 09:24:19 PM »

Working on trying to get another 10-20 of the 30 remaining copies into US stores/distros.

Cuntz on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cuntz/330914246928915?ref=ts&fref=ts

Mate, you just asked me 10 minutes ago, I don't have any spare fucking change.
Support the Homeless.

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Music Shit / Re: sorry ebay dude but my dog ate the record.....

« on: January 27, 2013, 07:01:25 AM »

Seems as good a place as any to ask some advice...

I was watching the Swilson - Demonology LP from a seller, yet when I'd click on "Items For Sale" or the similar link title listed below a sellers ID, this seller had 0 items for sale. I kept thinking "that's odd. Why doesn't the Swilson LP appear?"

Come end of auction, I won the LP for 99c. plus $4 postage to a Memphis mate (the Swilson seller's postage details stated would not ship to Australia...)

The whole time I kept thinking "I bet this seller won't honor this sale" and sure enough, a few days later I receive this message:

"My deepest apologies. I went to pull this record to mail to you and found the whole shelf to be massively water-damaged. Apparently I have a burst pipe. The record is damaged beyond use, so I won't be sending it to you. I will immediately issue a refund through paypal.

Again, my deepest apologies."

I immediately received a refund, but I would've preferred the record. Any advice what my rights are and what I should do?

Much appreciated!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Little Big Chief Records Updated

« on: January 10, 2013, 12:21:48 PM »

Hey Brock,

Thanks for taking some Cuntz LPs! They're flying out over here, Bruce is OUT and won't be receiving any more.

I wanted to order a few things from you but wanted to combine em with 1-2 copies of the Melchior LP which I can't add to my cart yet. Could you put one each of the Kraus and BWBB LP aside for me please until the Melchior is out? I'm putting out a Melchior LP in May and don't wanna miss your release! 4 LPs from you = about $6 shipping for each, which ain't bad...

Hope you can help,
Homeless Guy

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: out now CUNTZ Aloha LP on Homeless

« on: January 04, 2013, 11:20:37 PM »

LP launch tonight at the Old Bar, Johnston st, Fitzroy.
supports Hyperborea, Jackals and labelmates Bits of Shit.
Doors @ 8:30pm

http://www.facebook.com/events/293885510715199/?suggestsessionid=1000019421864131357370325