Indie

Artist A Certain Ratio
Title Early (2CD)
Label Soul Jazz
This is a compilation of rare and early Factory and pre-Factory material by the Manchester post-punk funk act. Much of the material here was recorded between 1979 and 1981. This was the period before A Certain Ratio went on to develop their electronic sound in a similar way to former labelmates, New Order.

Artist A Certain Ratio
Title Mind Made Up
Label LTM
Following on from the reissue of ’Force’, which Record Collector gave a rare 5/5review ("Faultless Funk. Each track is superb."), LTM presents Mind Made up, the new album by iconic post-punk funk outfit A Certain Ratio, their fifteenth long player since their debut on Factory Records in 1979.

Artist A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Title The Way the Wind Blows
Label LEAF
Third album by Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel)  and Heather Trust.Includes contributions from Beirut’s  Zach Condon and Balkan brass heroes Fanfare Ciocarlia.

Artist Abe Vigoda
Title Crush
Label Bella Union

Artist The Accidental
Title There Were Wolves
Label Full Time Hobby

Artist Active Child
Title Curtis Lane
Label Merok
Following an enthusiastic online build-up comes the eagerly anticipated debut minialbum from LA singer-songwriter Active Child.
’Curtis Lane’ is the first substantial release after a handful of sold-out limited editions from emerging and closely-followed artist Active Child, whose profile has been elevated by the endorsement of key taste-,aking platforms such as Pitchfork, the NME and The Guardian.

Artist Ryan Adams
Title 29
Label Lost Highway

Artist AKRON/FAMILY
Title S/T II: Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT
Label Dead Oceans
Akron/Family spent the end of 2009 and half of
2010 exploring the future of sound through bent
acid punk diamond fuzz and underground
Japanese noise cassettes, lowercase micro tone
poems and emotional Cagean field recordings,
rebuilding electronic drums from the 70s and
playing them with sticks they carved themselves.

[2LP version includes MP3 ]

Artist Alabama 3
Title Revolver Soul
Label Hostage
Brand new album/guest artists include Shane MacGowan and Johnny Borrell (Razorlight) Alabama 3 have never been your average band, and now they are back continuing to break all the rules.

Artist Alaska In Winter
Title Dance Party In The Balkans
Label Regularbeat
Featuring Zach Condon of Beirut, this is an album of beautifully mesmerising soundscapes inspired by the Alaskan wilderness.

Artist Alberta Cross
Title Broken Side Of Time
Label Ark

Artist ALELA DIANE
Title Alela Diane & Wild Divine (+bonus disc)
Label Rough Trade

‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’, her third studio album, will be released on 4th April 2011. Penned on the road whilst touring in 2009, it was completed in 2010 with husband and guitarist Tom Bevitori.  ‘Wild Divine’ refers to Bevitori and the rest of her band – father and guitarist Tom Menig, bassist Jonas Haskins and drummer Jason Merculief. 

Those quick off the mark will receive a bonus 6 track CD (available with CD or LP purchase) This is an independent record shop exclusive, so NUH.

Artist Alex Dingley
Title I Lost My Honey In The Grass
Label Kimberley Records
You may know this man from Texas Radio Band.  Alex Dingley has crafted an immensely catchy album that we just can’t stop playing!  it was recorded with the help of Mr Huw and the live line up features Cate Le Bon (on drums) and Ms. Swci Boscawen (beautiful harmonies!!) 

Artist ALEXANDER
Title Alexander
Label Rough Trade

Artist Alun Tan Lan
Title Yr Aflonydd
Label Aderyn Papur

Artist Animal Collective
Title Campfire Songs
Label Paw Tracks
Paw Tracks is proud to present the reissue of the third album from Baltimore four-piece Animal Collective. Comprised of five back-to-back tracks which were recorded in one take. The recording equipment used was also very basic, with just three minidisk players surrounding the band, who were actually playing outside. Other ambient noises were overdubbed onto the album afterwards, but in general the recording process was very simple.

Artist Animal Collective
Title Danse Mattene
Label Fat Cat

Artist Animal Collective
Title Feels
Label Fat Cat
Standard CD
Limited 180g 2LP

Artist Animal Collective
Title People (EP)
Label Fat Cat

Artist Animal Collective
Title Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vasnished
Label Fat Cat

Artist Animal Collective
Title Strawberry Jam
Label Domino
Standard CD
Limited 180g LP

Artist Animal Collective
Title Sung Tongs
Label Fat Cat

Artist Answering Machine
Title Lifeline
Label Heist or Hit
After working with producers from London and New York, writing songs in Tokyo, demoing in sky scrapers and honing ideas in Brooklyn, it became obvious that ‘home’ was the perfect place to pull ‘LIFELINE’ together. The cliché goes that record producers are the so-called ‘fifth member’ of the band but Manchester’s The Answering Machine decided to keep things simple and opted for an actual member of the band to produce their second album. After several successful remix projects, frontman Martin Colclough decided to step up to the role. What followed was not an expensive studio, engineers or remote location; instead the band opted for their underground practice room in the city centre. From six feet under they emerged with their lifeline.

Artist Antony and the Johnsons
Title The Crying Light
Label Rough Trade

Artist Antony and the Johnsons
Title I am a Bird Now
Label Secretly Canadian

Artist Anweledig
Title Gweld Y Llun
Label Crai

Artist Apples In Stereo
Title Electronic Projects for Musicians
Label Yep Roc
A compilation - these are rare and unreleased tracks spanning ten years of the band, including Stephen, Stephen from the comedy show The Colbert Report (you should watch it if you haven’t heard of him - he’s a funny man).