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***Shitty Lou is a brand new cassette tape on Shrimper featuring over ten LOU REED songs faithfully reperformed by WCKR SPGT. From the opening refrain of "Egg Cream" to the chaotic closing of "Hooky Wooky," these songs are sure to bring a smile to your face and a worm to your ear.

MC $9.50

11/20/2012 655035016443 

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MP3 $9.90

11/20/2012 655035016443 

 


Hidden Mountain by Bugskull

Bugskull

Hidden Mountain
Shrimper

***“BUGSKULL, the solo project and sometimes band of Austin, Texas' SEAN BYRNE, returns with this stark and airy album of deeply personal songs born during the recent collapse of his marriage. It is a subdued and powerful album that I will not cheapen with anymore one sheet speak. It's honest music. We are honored to work with Sean again with his first new music in years, and happy to partner with our friends at Shrimper (who are releasing the cassette) and Almost Halloween Time (who are doing the limited vinyl). What else? There's a fantastic cover of Beck's ‘Lost Cause.’ Hey, we're all still alive!”—Scratch. CD version available on Scratch.

MC $9.50

11/13/2012  

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Franklin Bruno, songwriter / bandleader of The Human Hearts, has been a stalwart of the independent music scene for two decades. Since his first solo cassettes on Shrimper in the early 1990s, Bruno—and his previous band, Nothing Painted Blue—have recorded for a who’s-who of significant indie labels, including Scat / Matador, Shimmy-Disc / Kokopop and Absolutely Kosher. His songs have been covered by the likes of Lou Barlow, Jennifer O’Connor, and The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle (with whom Bruno occasionally collaborates in the duo The Extra Lens). In 2009, Pitchfork called Local Currency, a reissue of early solo material, a collection “most songwriters would love to call their own.” He’s also become a noted music writer, penning a book on Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces for the 33 1/3 series, and contributing to The Nation, The Believer and other publications. The Human Hearts is Bruno’s new, NYC-based band; Another is their first proper album release (following a mail-order-only CD in 2006 and some 7-inch and compilation appearances). Recorded at Brooklyn’s Seaside Lounge (New Pornographers, St. Vincent), Another finds Bruno and drummer Matt Houser joined by old and new friends, including Nothing Painted Blue / Mountain Goats bassist Peter Hughes, guest vocalists Laura Cantrell and Jenny Toomey, guitarist Pete Galub, and accordionist / composer Ted Reichman. Ranging from horn-driven power-pop (“Love-Starved”) to bossa nova (“Times Mirror Square”) and classic, Tin-Pan-Alley-inspired songcraft (“California Baby”), Another is one of the most consistent and fully realized records of a 20-year career.

CD $12.00

10/30/2012 759718116526 

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MP3 $9.90

10/30/2012 759718116526 

 


Hound Chronicles / Hot Garden Stomp by Mountain Goats

Mountain Goats

Hound Chronicles / Hot Garden Stomp
Shrimper

“The songs you find on this compact disc set originally appeared on two cassettes. To elaborate further about that—to say, for example, that the songs originally appeared ‘on two cassettes that were released in ____ and ____’—would misrepresent the spirit of their time. These tapes did not have release dates. No one anticipated their coming into the world, and very few noticed or cared. All previous eras cross at some point into the territory of the unimaginable, and so it is with the days of tape-trading. The obscurity in which these songs were incubated and born and brought into their faint light is a state of being which has passed into history.” —Excerpt from John Darnielle’s liner notes

2XCD $16.00

06/26/2012 759718116328 

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MP3 $14.99

06/26/2012 759718116328 

 


Woods / Amps For Christ by Amps For Christ / Woods

Amps For Christ / Woods

Woods / Amps For Christ
Shrimper

Shrimper Records has a long-standing tradition, going back to the early years of the label, of its artists collaborating with one another—from John Davis and Lou Barlow’s Folk Implosion to Franklin Bruno and John Darnielle’s Extra Glenns / Lens, with dozens of other examples in between. This split between Woods and Amps for Christ began as an idea for a 7-inch single, but grew into a full-length LP featuring four songs by each artist and an additional collaborative track. While Woods and Amps for Christ explore a lot of the same land mass, each turns over different rocks and shards of glass. And even though the two work independently from one another, listeners will hear the sublime manner in which the LP’s two sides (or the harsh, tinny digital skree of the MP3s for you 20th century types, dig your irony) complement one another both musically and lyrically. Check out the ESP interplay of Henry Barnes and Jeremy Earl when together or separated by coasts.

LP $13.00

05/01/2012 759718116113 

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CD $12.00

04/17/2012 759718116120 

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04/17/2012 759718116120 

 


VINYL INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!! In 2008, Kevin Morby moved into Cassie Ramone’s small apartment in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for a few months. Morby, who plays bass in Woods, and Ramone, who sings and plays guitar in Vivian Girls, wanted to start a band. They both missed the sweaty loft shows they used to play before their bands moved on to larger venues and longer tours. Justin Sullivan, who had played with Ramone in Bossy, began practicing with them on drums, and The Babies debuted as a three-piece in March 2009 at Dead Herring, their friends’ loft in Brooklyn. They played a few times before asking Nathan Stark, formerly of Bent Outta Shape, to join on bass, and the full lineup’s first shows were that summer. The Babies wrote music and played shows in fits and spurts, whenever they all happened to be in town for a week. They recorded their self-titled debut album with Jarvis Taveniere at Rear House Studios, which doubles as Morby’s home; his vocals were done in his own bedroom. (Taveniere, Morby’s bandmate in Woods, has also recorded Real Estate, Vivian Girls and Woods.) The debut follows 7-inch singles on Make a Mess and Wild World. The Babies’ songs are roughed-up jewels cut from the same cloth as Hazlewood and Sinatra, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Pisces and Linda Bruner, and other dream marriages. The band will tour the West Coast again in January, to where they’re temporarily relocating for the winter to write their second record before...

LP $19.00

03/15/2011 759718116014 

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CD $12.00

02/15/2011 759718116021 

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MC $6.00

02/01/2011  

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02/15/2011 759718116021 

 


A strange document not originally intended to be released in its current form, Dangerous began life as a set of demos for an electric Refrigerator record. Bassist Daniel Brodo’s fall from a ladder at the art gallery he runs with his wife resulted in two broken wrists and a serious concussion, and left the recordings stillborn. The band had moved on by the time Brodo had made a full recovery, and was itching to record a new batch of songs (the best of these to come out later in 2011 as the next album). However, the initial recordings were too good to leave unreleased, and have become Dangerous, the first new Refrigerator record in four years. All material was done live without overdubs; most of them are first takes. Dangerous features a song written by Franklin Bruno (who guests on two different tracks) of The Extra Lens / Nothing Painted Blue, and two more by drummer / second guitarist Chris Jones.

CD $12.00

02/15/2011 759718115925 

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02/15/2011 759718115925 

 


San Francisco songwriter Donovan Quinn is anything but direct. With an enigmatic deadpan, he delivers lyrics written in a dense and fragmentary style; the influence of writers such as Malcolm Lowry and Thomas Pynchon figures just as heavily on his craft as that of Robyn Hitchcock, Pavement, Robert Forster and Skip Spence. Your Wicked Man is the second album from his primary band, Donovan Quinn and the 13th Month, created in collaboration with Jason Quever (Papercuts) as producer and multi-instrumentalist. In much the same way as his presence molded Cass McCombs' early efforts, Quever's contributions to Your Wicked Man serve Quinn's narratives with arrangements that vary from ornamental to rollicking to bare, pushing Quinn's embrace of rustic, poetic popcraft to the fore. The band's distinct take on art-pop forms re-imagines early efforts from Mekons, Nikki Sudden and John Cale as filtered through Californian folk-rock. In addition to fronting the 13th Month, Quinn also plays in psych-folk-pop duo The Skygreen Leopards (with Glenn Donaldson). Both bands have enjoyed a central stake in an eclectic, bustling San Francisco music scene that, after many years underground, is slowly emerging into the light.  "Listening to Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month reinforces the fact that Quinn is one of the stronger songwriters working in the psychedelic folk scene." --Dusted "The combination of good songs, evocative vocals and clever arrangements makes it a compelling listen, one to stroll through over and over." --Terrascope

CD $12.00

08/03/2010 759718115727 

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MP3 $9.90

08/03/2010 759718115727 

 


Smooth Sounds: The Future Hits Of Wckr Spgt by V/a

V/a

Smooth Sounds: The Future Hits Of Wckr Spgt
Shrimper

"All of them sparkling clean digital hand-jobs (of late) got me to thinking about the years I spent renting a room above a former farmer's garage, dubbing tapes when my better-minded friends were going to college and/or fucking with crystal meth. Time flies (except when you are constantly typing in 0s and 1s to get someone's laptop to cum) and certainly somewhere, a 16-year-old kid is online awaiting some hilarious critiques of the 20th anniversary Shrimper compilation Smooth Sounds: The Future Hits of Wckr Spgt double-CD: 36 exclusive songs specifically written for this project by Wckr Spgt and then given out blindly to the artists participating. With close to 200 releases under our belt and hundreds of artists that have recorded for the label, it was near impossible to choose bands for this project, so blindly into the depths of the third circle went we. "Smooth Sounds features key Shrimper acts (Soul-Junk, Sentridoh, Joy, The Mountain Goats, Simon Joyner, Jad Fair), recordings by artists from the surrounding environs that influenced the label (Norma Tanega, Kurt Ross, John Harrelson) and over a dozen new bands to keep intact the spirit of what a Shrimper compilation is supposed to be. The first pressing features covers lovingly hand-decorated by artists who have recorded for the Shrimper label, as well as extensive liner notes by Franklin Bruno. There are a number of festivals set to take place on July 24th, the official 20th anniversary of Shrimper, in Southern California, Virginia, England and New York,...

2XCD $9.25

07/06/2010 759718115826 

SHR 158 


MC $7.75

07/06/2010  

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MP3 $13.99

06/22/2010 759718115826 

 


Songs Of Shame by Woods

Woods

Songs Of Shame
Shrimper

The fourth full-length by Woods, Songs of Shame, veers away from the lo-fi guerillas-in-the-mist sound of their previous Shrimper long-player, At Rear House, and presents both 90-second and ten-minute forays into skeletal psychedelia. The idiosyncratic songwriting style and vocalizing of Jeremy Earl is still present in spades on the album.   Woods have toured incessantly as a trio over the last 12 months, and the songs on Shame have had their mettle tested. Check out the straight-ahead pop of "To Clean" or the "Neil Jung" push/pull of "Rain On." Elsewhere, an expansive side of the band hinted at on their Woods Family Creeps LP finds full flight on the subtle ten-minute stretch "September With Pete" (that features Peter Nolan of Magik Markers guesting).  "Utterly lovely music--a huge recommendation." --Boomkat   "Every song is mesmerizing. At Rear House is the rarest of records--one that is forceful without being forced and delicate without being too precious. Folk or indie fans should not miss At Rear House." --Popmatters   "Long time since I heard a collection of songs this maximal, with arcs of impossible-to-forget harmonies that rank up there with Siltbreeze-era Guided By Voices all rendered in a beautiful tape-hiss style that will have you cracking out your old Majora and Flying Nun LPs for a back-to-back spin.... [I]t's the songs you'll keep coming back to, some of the best murk-informed combinations of words and music this side of the invention of loop pedals." --David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue

CD $12.00

04/14/2009 759718115628 

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MP3 $9.90

04/14/2009 759718115628 

 


From Your Mouth To God’s Ears by Lipman, Adam

Lipman, Adam

From Your Mouth To God’s Ears
Shrimper

A concept album that feasts on its own allusions, Adam Lipman's From Your Mouth to God's Ears was recorded in a house in Salt Lake City, Utah, under the shadow of the Mormon Temple.  The recording session had two sides to the battle: those who had left the church, and those who had remained a part of the church. Lipman was in the middle of it all; wrestling with the warring factions of belief, compelling them to yield to the songs above all else, as he himself wrestled with God to gain his royal life, demanding the differences to be set aside for the recording session, submitting to nothing but songcraft and his unwavering totalitarian ego. The lyrics reference French director Maurice Pialat's masterpiece, A Nos Amours, Chaucer's The Epic Dandelion, and the sickeningly familiar elements of the common neurotic's daily life. The music, tailored with patience and diligence, sounds both harshly anachronistic and thoroughly, unrelentingly modern. A traditional assortment of organ, piano, drums, guitar, and bass belies the rather unconventional tone and structure of these songs.  Spencer Kingman, who recorded the fantastic Spenking (Marriage Records), plays piano and sings on the record. Ruth Allison Dana, "Beautiful" Johnny, and Isaac Howard all put in playing duties as well.  Lipman has toured with a plethora of different musical acts (Little Wings, The Blow, tropical hip-hop group Quem Quaeritis) and has shared bills with Ponytail, Viking Moses, and Yacht, among others. His previous album Feathered Palm Trees (Folk Tale...

CD $12.00

03/03/2009 759718115529 

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MP3 $0.00

03/03/2009  

 


Heart Of Grime by Thill, John

Thill, John

Heart Of Grime
Shrimper

John Thill was born in Riverside, CA: land of heat, drugs, and stately grime. For six years he lived in gritty neighborhoods therein. Heart of Grime is an autopsy of that city and a record about the very ground falling out from under one’s feet, about coming home to a place that no longer makes sense. Thill wrote and recorded the album in a motor home outside his parents’ house in Riverside County after making an unscheduled return to California from the Southeast with his tail between his legs. Informed by a divorce, losing friends to drugs and watching his hometown’s rents rise and people leave, the album oscillates between harsh slabs of distortion and sparkling sound.   Influenced by noise, folk, lo-fi, and, most importantly, pure pop music, Heart of Grime was cut and refined until only the portions deemed enjoyable on the twentieth listen were left. The result is a compact, jagged pop record with all superfluities excised. Both devastating and comic, the album is informed by surreal ideas, paranoid fantasies, and vengeful reprisals. It is a big departure from his previous open-form folk work the band Aum Rifle and the hip hop/world jazz amalgamation of Quem Quaeritis.   Heart of Grime is more to the point and cutting than any of Thill’s previous recordings. This summer he is touring in various stages of undress throughout the US with tropical punks Abe Vigoda and working on material for several other upcoming recordings. He presently lives in...

CD $12.00

11/06/2007 759718115321 

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11/06/2007  

 


How To Survive In + In The Woods by Woods

Woods

How To Survive In + In The Woods
Shrimper

The Woods’ 2005 debut, initially issued as a double-cassette on the Fuckittapes label, was recorded in two bedrooms with no intention of being shared with the outside world. How To Survive In / In The Woods finds the Woods family at their most stripped-down and primitive. Thirteen cuts of home-cooked measles and grout gingerly pulled out of the spleen of a tape deck are now reissued on the popular LP and CD formats. The Woods are in the midst of touring and recording a follow-up long player due out next year. Check out their almost fully baked humble beginnings on this much sought-after reissue.  “...a combination of campfire folk and strange assembly techniques that should make mouth-breathers everywhere tingle with desire. Indeed, there is much to like about the way these guys play by the numbers, then fall apart and reassemble themselves in different guises. Gotta say, the new folk reaction to noise is pretty damn dandy.” —Byron Coley, The Wire

LP $12.00

11/06/2007 759718115215 

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CD $12.00

11/06/2007 759718115222 

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MP3 $9.90

11/06/2007 759718115222 

 


Bottles Of Make Up by Refrigerator

Refrigerator

Bottles Of Make Up
Shrimper

Bottles of Make Up, the latest from Refrigerator, was recorded in Shrimper CEO Dennis Callaci's living room over a weekend in August, 2006. The album features twelve originals with Franklin Bruno (Nothing Painted Blue, The Mountain Goats) on piano.   While the quartet's previous record, Upstairs in Your Room, squealed and squalled through two-minute rock workouts in the style of the group's early years, their newest has no electric instrumentation at all. Cohesive both musically and thematically, Bottles of Make Up is far from lo-fi / no-fi affectation. There is no multi-tracked, muddled mix to get lost in: all the songs were lovingly recorded directly onto two-inch analog tape. With doffs of the cap to artists such as A.P. Carter, Tim Buckley, Nina Simone, Need New Body and Elton John, the record lovingly traverses the same perverse gamut.   Still, Refrigerator avoids the prog leanings of Buckley or the Kiki Dee action of John. Instead, Bottles of Make Up plays like the quieter moments of their first record rendered on a less crowded canvas. The band will be doing "guerrilla" shows at bowling alleys and donut shops with Kimya Dawson in early 2007, later joining Shrimper label-mate Simon Joyner on a small jaunt up the coast. 

CD $12.00

01/16/2007 759718114829 

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01/16/2007  

 


At Rear House by Woods

Woods

At Rear House
Shrimper

***Woods began in the woods, at the foot of Bear Mountain. In the earliest days it was a collaborative improvisational group with two core members and several guests, known as "woodsists." Shortly thereafter, Jeremy Earl and Christian DeRoeck emerged from the woods, dusted themselves off, and began to walk upright. The two woodsists immersed themselves in human culture, learned to craft a melody, to wield a tambourine, to construct a crude phonograph from spare bicycle parts. They learned the value of a cassette. Earl and DeRoeck returned to the woods and shared their newfound knowledge with the other woodsists. At Rear House is the result, songs and improvisations by outsiders, inspired by the human experience. 

CD $12.00

01/16/2007 759718115024 

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01/16/2007 759718115024 

 


FLAC $11.99

01/16/2007 759718115024 

 


Sailing Days by Joy

Joy

Sailing Days
Shrimper

Sailing Days (He new five-song EP from eclectic pop marvels Joy, combines elements from every stage of the band's history -- from the lo-fi, acoustic folk of the band's 2002 debut to the more complex recordings and elaborate instrumentation of more recent efforts. Recorded over three weeks both on four-track in a basement and digitally in a studio, the album adds mandolin, banjo, and cello to the usual mix of acoustic guitars, stripped-down drums and idiosyncratic vocals. Joy's dense and rich sound still retains an organic and simple feel.  Formed by longtime friends Daniel Madri and Matt Savage, Joy began as an acoustic duo in Boston, Massachusetts, alongside other Shrimper regional powers The Secret Stars and John Davis. Their self-titled debut, a half-hour of folky four-track twangling, is rife with subtle compositions that showcase true songwriting talent. A self-released follow-up, Hatred and Grief, is marked by a more sophisticated country sound and a move toward higher fidelity while 2005's Devil's Blues is a more roots-oriented, bluesy effort.  Sailing Days pulls something from each of these, achieving a mature and focused sound that honors the band's DIY roots while pointing toward its sonic future.

CD $7.75

10/31/2006 759718115123 

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10/31/2006  

 


Andre Herman Dune, along with his brother David, is one of the two singer-songwriters of Herman Dune. Performing together for over ten years, the Swedish duo have recorded for a number of labels (Shrimper, Track & Field, Prohibited, Smoking Gun) and released a wealth of solo and collaborative recordings. Andre has self-released a few limited edition CDRs but Taeglich Brot is his first proper solo release. Recorded in Berlin over the course of a week, the album mines the same conversational, stripped-down folk of Herman Dune with a dozen songs that veer from four-piece pop to solo, acoustic torch songs. Andre will be touring throughout 2007 in support of Taglich Brot and with Herman Dune.

CD $12.00

10/10/2006 759718114928 

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10/10/2006  

 


Devil’s Blues by Joy

Joy

Devil’s Blues
Shrimper

Formed by longtime friends Daniel M. and Matt S. as an acoustic duet in 2002, Joy puts a unique spin on pop music. A little folky, a little bluesy, a little country, the band offers subtle compositions that warble beneath idiosyncratic vocals-the cornerstones of a musical relationship that spans two decades. Now a quartet, Joy makes an interesting addition to the Shrimper Records catalog.  Their self-titled debut is a quick half-hour of deceptively simple, mostly-acoustic 4-track twangling, and remains intimate and sparse throughout. Hatred and Grief, Joy's self-released sophomore effort, integrates 8-track and studio recordings to deliver a more complex sound without compromising the DIY spirit captured in their earlier work. More conceptual than either previous release, Devil's Blues ushers in a new phase of Joy's musical development. Recorded digitally (for the most part) in the band's basement rehearsal space and at New Alliance East (Boston, MA), Shrimper's proper follow-up to Joy finds the band experimenting with instrumentation and lyrical themes. The result is a more focused, more mature work that honors the band's roots while taking a dramatic step toward its sonic future.  To date, Joy has shared the stage with Lou Barlow, Daniel Johnston, Holopaw, the Fruit Bats, Scout Niblett. The band continues to perform throughout the Northeast, and is currently planning a tour in support of Devil's Blues in early November.

CD $12.00

11/15/2005 759718114621 

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*** Taste The Flavor, Nothing Painted Blue's sixth full-length, brings together the veteran Inland Empire trio for 13 songs that are louder, looser, and stranger than their previous reputation. Recorded at Tucson, Arizona's famed Wavelab by Craig Schumacher (Giant Sand, Calexico, Neko Case), most of the disc emphasizes performance and feel over elaborately overdubbed arrangements - opener "One Who Fell" and epic closer "Swansong" capture the band's confident interactions as well as any studio recording can. This is NPB's least restrained and most varied album, ranging from the touching pop ("Back in Town," with Schumacher's harmonica solo) and angular speedballs ("Emphasis") you'd expect, though a Stones-y riff-rocker ("A Longer Leash," complete with cowbell), and an acoustic dub excursion ("Dry Spell"). Frontman Franklin Bruno's sharp-witted lyrics and emotionally engaged vocals are still in place, but they're augmented by newfound guitar firepower, and tough, no-bullshit rhythm arrangements by drummer Kyle Brodie and bassist Peter Hughes.  Nothing Painted Blue can play fast and loose with the indie-rock rulebook - and even throw it out, when they like - because they helped write it. They've released albums and singles on several of key '90s labels - Scat/Matador, ShimmyDisc/KokoPop, Simple Machines, and current home Shrimper -- and have shared bills with everyone from Beck to Tortoise, from Beat Happening to The Jesus Lizard. Formed in 1987 by Upland High School buddies Bruno and Brodie, plus original bassist Mike Neelon, they released A Baby, A Blanket, A Packet of Seeds in 1990 on their own...

CD $12.00

11/15/2005 759718114720 

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11/15/2005  

 


***As one of the two songwriting brothers for Herman Dune, David-Ivar Herman Dune has been over the course of the last few years incredibly prolific, releasing two records by Herman Dune last year (Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom on Shrimper and Mas Cambios on the British label Track & Field), not to mention a bounty of self-released, limited edition CDRs in his native France. Ya Ya is David's first solo album proper (if you discount the fact that Herman Dune drummer Neman is in charge of the drums) and adheres to the aesthetics of David-Ivar's full time gig in Herman Dune. Ya Ya is filled with offhanded rockers spread through nine new songs and a cover of an Otis Redding tune, all of them well written, stripped-down, and pensive without being pretentious-- as one would expect from the frontman of a band that has been hailed in its hometown (Paris, France) as one of the best neo-folk outfits around. A new Herman Dune record is in the works for the spring release on Shrimper. "One of the leaders of the new school folk movement"--Time Out New York "Herman Dune is the making some of the most important new music" --John Peel • Debut solo record by singer/songwriter from Herman Dune • Extensive East Coast touring in support, with possible West Coast dates to follow • He's big in France! • Publicity by Track Star Media • Radio by AAM • Exportable to all territories • File under New School Folk "H"

CD $12.00

10/12/2004 759718114522 

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10/12/2004  

 


Upstairs In Your Room by Refrigerator

Refrigerator

Upstairs In Your Room
Shrimper

*** Refrigerator's seventh album in their tenth year as a band returns to the rusted-out, Peavey-drenched feedback of their earlier records on the Communion label with eleven new songs recorded over two years by Steve Folta at his Junket studio, including compositions written during the band's European tour in 2003. Besides touring with Sebadoh in the fall, Allen and Dennis Callaci, Chris Jones, and Daniel Brodo will be doing guerilla dates at comedy clubs up and down the West Coast. What does the record sound like? Busted up soda pop through a shorting-out vending machine, thumbnail sketches in the vein of a lowbrow Ray Davies or upper end David Cassidy. That's right, file next to their contemporaries Smog, The Piltones, and Dump.  The packaging includes an extensive mini-magazine touching upon issues ranging from spotting Stevie Nicks at the local Stop & Shop to Peter Jennings rescinding his newfound American citizenship. No joke.  * The unrepentant leaders of DIY indie just get better with age * Publicity by Track Star Media * Radio by AAM * Touring with reunited Sebadoh in the fall * Refrigerator's return to rawk * Exportable to all territories 

CD $12.00

10/12/2004 759718114423 

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10/12/2004  

 


A Peal Of Bells by Aum Rifle

Aum Rifle

A Peal Of Bells
Shrimper

The Aum Rifle as documented here is Alex and Cari Ganowsky and John Thill, along with a loose confederation of collaborators from seaside Seattle and scorched-earth Riverside, California, their hometown. To date they’ve produced a few handmade limited edition CDRs comprised of outdoor major-key folk tunes and environmental soundscapes infiltrated by tape noise, TV broadcasts, and local methamphetamine culture. The music inhabits a dusty, rusted landscape, fetishized in their songs. Other work includes recording camping trips to the Olympic Peninsula and Death Valley National Park. A Peal Of Bells is the product of time divided between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California, moving from slowest “quiet-time” dirges to a pots-and-pans racket, sometimes within the confines of one song. The Aum Rifle and their various collaborators play banjos, accordions, tape loops, trees and hand-crafted musical monstrosities in, around, and outside the trappings of traditional song structure. They’ll be taking their semiacoustic ideologies and rusted metal on the road in July and August 2004 up and down the West Coast and throughout the Midwest.  • Self-released CDRs have garnered top ten status on underground radio stations KFJC and KSPC, and have quickly sold out via mail order • A Los Angeles presence with other upside-out noise makers Amps For Christ and Child Pornography • Radio by AAM, publicity by Wishing Tree • File next to The Sunburned Hand Of The Man and The Godz • Only hippies kill hippies

CD $12.00

06/15/2004 759718114324 

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06/15/2004  

 


Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom by Herman Dune

Herman Dune

Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom
Shrimper

***HERMAN DÜNE was birthed by DAVID-IVAR HERMAN DÜNE and ANDRE HERMAN DÜNE more than ten years ago; the two Swedish-rooted fans of American music were playing all around Europe and the States before they'd even begun making records. Having written over four hundred songs, released three CDs and worked on a slew of side projects and self releases, they have become a reference in modern folk-rock. NME, Melody Maker, The Independent, Mojo, and others have praised their albums, and one went so far as to describe them as "Swedish Lo-Fi Serge Gainsbourgs." John Peel invited them for a studio session in September 2000, and to his home for a live BBC broadcast of his Christmas party the same year. He continues to champion the band on the other side of the ocean. The band's first stateside release came with Shrimper's They Go to the Woods, which Mojo reckoned was one of the finest releases of 2001. Between that release and this one they knocked out a record for the Prohibited Label, have collaborated with Julie Doiron & Cerberus Shoal, and eaten plenty of hash cookies, scones and crepes. The singular and touching voices of David-Ivar and André are carried by the solid, minimal beats of their drummer, Neman. Ten songs grace Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom, which combine their spare sense of melody, elliptical style of poetics, and love of musical history.

CD $12.00

08/12/2003 759718114225 

shr 142CD 


MP3 $9.90

08/12/2003 759718114225 

 


Lou B's Wasted Pieces '87 - '93 by Sentridoh

Sentridoh

Lou B's Wasted Pieces '87 - '93
Shrimper

***Over the course of the first four years of the '90s, Shrimper released three cassette-only releases by LOU BARLOW & HIS SENTRIDOH. Losing Losers was reissued on double-LP and CD some eight or so years back, while Wasted Pieces and Some of the Best/Most of the Worst... have been out of print for years, moping around eBay of late asking for $ 35 here, $ 52 there. After dubbing thousands of copies of the cassette from second-generation UR60 tapes, the Shrimper brain trust fished out the original sequenced masters, shipped them back to Lou B to resequence and add out-of-print Sentridoh recordings to, and assembled the motherlode onto a single disc. The tracks mine the ennui and melancholy one might expect from Mr. Barlow, but there are also orchestrated instrumentals (one of which made it into the Kids film, but not on the soundtrack), Moondog beats, and a cappella treachery. Lou was on the road this spring and early summer, touring behind the New Folk Implosion record, sprinkling some solo dates here and there, and performing songs from his self-released Lou B's Free Sentridoh CD from last year as well as material from the days of yore.

CD $12.00

08/12/2003 759718114126 

shr 141CD 


MP3 $0.00

08/12/2003  

 


***Joy is a duo hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. Their debut CD melds idiosyncratic folk leanings with the best parts of Shrimper’s two other Boston strongholds (The Secret Stars’ succinct taste for pop and John Davis’s otherworldly, wispy pop ruminations). Founding members Matt Savage and Daniel Madri have been playing together for over a decade, including their four years in eclectic quartet Godboy (Orange Entropy Records) and an ongoing presence in the more introspective and sonically experimental Jack McCoys (Ambiguous City Records). Vocalist Savage has been praised in the press for his ability to construct a beautiful narrative through creative manipulation of language, as well as an uncanny knack for serious yet unconventional melodic hooks, complemented by Dan Madri’s equally note-worthy guitar textures and tones. Joy’s first record offers up vulnerable and frank home recordings, for the most part is stripped of any garnish, making the songwriting the focus of this self-titled debut. The eleven songs here herald a soft, subtle return to the fundamentals of pop music. That is not to say, however, that Joy isn’t above working in strategically overdubbed thuds and warbles, experiments in fidelity, and surreal lyrics. Joy will be performing shows on the east coast to celebrate the record’s release, opening shows for Thalia Zadek, The Secret Stars, and performing some side dates on their own. There will be scattered dates across the states through the summer. Bless its tiny little head that the band’s name is not “The Joy.”

CD $12.00

04/01/2003 759718113327 

shr 133CD 


MP3 $0.00

04/01/2003  

 


Grown Ass Man by Dump

Dump

Grown Ass Man
Shrimper

***CHECK STOCK!!! Performing on the current Yo La Tengo tour whenever the band’s Spinning Wheel lands on DUMP. Some of us know James McNew as the guy without the purse or penchant for Arthur Lyman from the Boston band Christmas, or perhaps as the snare-drum bassist for Yo La Tengo, or if you attended the Jodeci after party with that bitch-ass mutherfucker you been sweating on of late, you are probably more familiar with him as the auteur of his one-man band Dump. McNew has released a series of records, CDs and cassettes over the last decade for various labels, but has made Shrimper Dump’s permanent home away from home, starting with the all-Prince-covers That Skinny Motherfucker With the High Voice cassette (reissued on CD with bonus tracks), followed by the Women in Rock CDEP, through, for the first time in half a decade, a new full length album. Take a seat please. A Grown-Ass Man includes ten new cuts penned by McNew, three covers (The Isley Bros.’ “Mr. Too Damn Good,” Thin Lizzy’s “Cowboy Song,” and a duet with Sue Garner on Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells’ “Once Upon a Time”). Between tours with Yo La Tengo, James will tour the coasts on his own by harvest time. Bring some Kleenex, emo kingpin, cuz these songs are going to have you growing streams of tears.

CD $12.00

04/01/2003 759718113921 

shr 139CD 


MP3 $9.90

04/01/2003 759718113921 

 


*** The first in a series of budget-priced limited edition CDRs from Shrimper (this one a hand-numbered edition of 500) is a collaboration between Ohio poet Charles Cicerella & the late Jim Shepard (V3, Vertical Slit). Salvaged from a UR60-minute tape, this CD drives itself through the spoken word, crashing into islands of melody & noise. Real punk of the non cry-baby variety.

CD $10.25

10/23/2001  

shr 130CDR 


Oak In The Ashes by Amps For Christ

Amps For Christ

Oak In The Ashes
Shrimper

***On the third full-length AMPS FOR CHRIST release for Shrimper, HENRY BARNES (ex-MAN IS THE BASTARD) further explores the marriage of avant skree and folk twee. Steeped in influences ranging from the Incredible String Band to the Minutemen, and sprinkled with the debut recordings of Henry's jug band, The Oak in the Ashes reads like a ripe mix tape by Alan Lomax on muscle relaxants. Innovative and delightful as always.

CD $12.00

10/16/2001 759718112726 

shr 127CD 


MP3 $9.90

10/16/2001 759718112726 

 


Comedy Minus One by Refrigerator

Refrigerator

Comedy Minus One
Shrimper

***A stripped-down acoustic record with strings and bows wrapped around mistreated pianos and dobros, Comedy Minus One continues in the direction of REFRIGERATOR's previous record from 1999 Glitter Jazz. Recorded by STEVE FOLTA at the CALLACI compound over the course of two years, the band was able to lay the shit down and cut the floor up without removing any stitches, leaving well over thirty songs on the recording studio floor. Freshness assured! The band will tour the North and Southwest in the late fall, and follow that with East Coast dates in the new year, and y'all should catch 'em, 'cuz the band has never looked (or sounded) better.

CD $12.00

10/16/2001 759718112825 

shr 128CD 


MP3 $0.00

10/16/2001  

 


***MAN IS THE BASTARD noise-maker HENRY BARNES & posse (ENID SNARB, CONNELL, TARA T. TAVI, P.G. ROBERTS and TOGARAMA) return and veer across a musical map bearing places named Moondog, Tudor, Partch and Page. A strange brew of layered sounds and hypnotic melodies created with a menagerie of exotic and homemade musical instruments (including tabla, Chinese piano, and caveman electronics), Electrosphere is a meticulously sequenced two-hour double-fuck-you to those idiots the neighbors, outboard MIDI-abusing scoundrels, and Becker Bros. clones. Harsh, creepy, weird and beautiful, all at the same time.

2XCD $13.00

10/05/1999 759718110920 

shr 109cd 


MP3 $9.90

10/05/2001 759718110920 

 


They Go To The Woods by Herman Dune

Herman Dune

They Go To The Woods
Shrimper

***Herman Düne are comprised of two Swedish brothers and a man named Omé on the drums. Last year they released Turn Out the Light, their critically acclaimed debut on the European Prohibited label. Mojo magazine observed, "Herman Dune's idiosyncratic vistas capture the imagination, recalling the cut-and-paste lyricism of Julian Cope, the deliciously woozy chug of the Velvet Underground and the metronomic repetition of Can." The band has toured the citrus-deprived, pestilence-ridden land mass of Europe, stopping off for appearances on John Peel's radio show and otherwise making quite a name for themselves abroad.  The trio currently resides in Paris, France. The brothers Herman Düne - David-Ivar and André - cite as important influences their family home in Dalarna, Sweden (with its silence, space, and trees), the German writer Franz Jung, and the music of VU, Sebadoh and other usual suspects. The band will be playing shows stateside in support of They Go to the Woods, and making an appearance at the SxSW tradeshow in Austin. 

CD $12.00

06/12/2001 759718112122 

shr 121CD 


MP3 $9.90

06/12/2001  

 


60's era psych and British wave-isms from this Dutch group etched across two sides of a warm vinyl fuzzy.

LP $8.25

01/08/2001  

 


Songs For The New Year by Joyner, Simon

Joyner, Simon

Songs For The New Year
Shrimper

Nine tracks of introspective realisation, and lyrical beauty via piano, organ, violin, lap steel, cello, accordion.

LP $8.25

01/08/2001  

shr 92 


CD $12.00

01/08/2001 759718113922 

shr 92CD 


Losing Losers '82-'91 by Sentridoh

Sentridoh

Losing Losers '82-'91
Shrimper

CD $12.00

01/08/2001 757618135722 

SHR 67CD 


2XLP $12.00

01/08/2001  

SHR 67LP 


***Glen from Trumans Water goes to the mat of faith on this 1995 release. "Jesus not religion."

LP $8.25

01/08/2001  

SHR 56 


CD $12.00

01/08/2001 759718135626 

SHR 56CD 


Kiss The Sky Goodbye by Ah Club

Ah Club

Kiss The Sky Goodbye
Shrimper

Cross-breeding of bedroom hip-hop and funky pop in a Sukpatch/Land Of The Loops fashion.

CD $12.00

01/08/2001 759718137620 

shr 76CD 


MP3 $0.00

01/08/2001  

 


Beggar's Garden by Amps For Christ

Amps For Christ

Beggar's Garden
Shrimper

*Man Is The Bastard's Henry Barnes poots forth stuff that has noise/folk apologists frothing from the ears.

CD $12.00

01/08/2001 759718138726 

shr 87CD 


MP3 $9.90

01/08/2001 759718138726 

 


Blue Mountains by Davis, John

Davis, John

Blue Mountains
Shrimper

Folk Implosion bookworm makes good on first solo record in two years. Think '60's Elektra singer songwriter. In a good way, of course.

LP $8.25

01/08/2001  

shr 90 


CD $12.00

01/08/2001 759718139020 

shr 90CD 


MP3 $0.00

01/08/2001  

 


***The taller half of the Folk Implosion embarks on fragile (but fleshy) flights of fantasy and fecund fare, from folk filigree to free verse to...well, you get the idea. contains songs not on "Blue Mountains," for which this is considered a "teaser" EP. Consider yourself teased.

CD $7.75

01/08/2001 759718138528 

shr 85CD 


MP3 $0.00

01/08/2001  

 


***One third of Refrigerator gangs up with one half of the Folk Implosion. Resulting semi-improvisational scree suspends time and space and your sense of disbelief, probably.

LP $8.25

01/08/2001  

SHR 74 


CD $8.25

01/08/2001 759718137422 

SHR 74CD 


MP3 $0.00

01/08/2001