Mon May 19 2008
Lair of the Minotaur
- War metal Battle Masters
- LP | CD
- Southern Lord
- SUNN91LP
8 tracks 39 minutes. 3rd full-length from these Chicago giants mixing thrashing aggression & mega-riffage. War Metal is mercilessly hateful and compellingly ugly.
A Storm Of Light
- And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
- 2xLP | CD
- Neurot Recordings
- NRO59
10 tracks 60 minutes. A truly suspenseful, captivating debut, monolithic and epic in sound. Brought to you by members of Neurosis, Unsane and an ex-member of Tombs/Asea.
BEEHOOVER
- Heavy Zooo
- CD
- Exile On Mainstream Records
- EOM35D
10 tracks 53 minutes. This two-piece riff machine come firing 10 new hot molton rocks of doom, metal and stoner right between your eyes. They're here to make you dance!
Current 93
- Black Ships Heat The Dancefloor
- DD | LP
- Durtro Jnana
- DURTROEP12
4 tracks 21 minutes. Serving as a full stop to the Black Ships project these are 4 blasting industrial-house dancefloor mega-tracks that'll knock your socks off.
Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore
- Gabriel And The Lunatic Lover
- CD
- Durtro Jnana
- DJ005
2 tracks 12 minutes. The first in a series of collaborative releases. Gabriel' sets to music 2 poems by 19th centuary gay writer Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock.
Mon Jun 2 2008
A Whisper In The Noise
- A Whisper In The Noise
- CD
- Exile On Mainstream Records
- EOM038
11 tracks 58 minutes. Limited re-release of their 2006 album sold on their North American tour in support of Arab Strap. Strictly limited to 600 copies only!
U.S. Christmas
- Eat The Low Dogs
- 2xLP | CD
- Neurot Recordings
- NR058
9 tracks 56 minutes. Their debut album for Neurot Recordings is loud, loose & free in a definite nasty psychedelic vein. Mixing dirge, gooey sludge metal, blues & early country.
Hella
- There's No 666 In Outer Space
- 2xLP
- Black Diamond Records
- BDX02
11 tracks 60 minutes. Deluxe double vinyl gatefold issue of Hella's 2007 debut. The first album to feature the new expanded five member line-up. Full-on super-prog madnness.
The Fallen Black Deer
- Requiem
- CD
- Latitudes
- GMT015
10 tracks 26 minutes. Josh Graham & Greg Burns' improvisation project of gloriously evocative, cinematic soundscapes.
Pentemple
- 0))) Presents
- CD
- Southern Lord
- SUNN95
2 tracks 48 minutes. This blackened low-end psychedelic war is not for the faint of heart! Featuring Sunn 0))) and Striborg, this limited release is not to be missed!
Oxbow
- The Narcotic Story
- LP
- Black Diamond Records
- BDX04
9 tracks 44 minutes. Oxbow return with possibly their BEST album to date. We at Southern are proud to present it to you via Black Diamond on delux 140g red vinyl!
Rudimentary Peni
- No More Pain
- LP | CD
- Himalayan
- BOOBOO9V
10 tracks 21 minutes. One of the best and most mysterious bands of the English punk scene return with their first new material since 2004, and they're still as good as ever.
Unsane
- Visqueen
- LP
- Black Diamond Records
- BDX05
11 tracks 42 minutes. A true to form album for the legendary rock powerhouse embodying uneasy listening at it's most confrontational. Deluxe vinyl version finally available!
Bul Bul
- Bul Bul 6
- CD
- Exile On Mainstream Records
- EOM036
15 tracks 62 minutes. A unique blend of the unexpected and the unpredictable, throwing monolithic rhythms down your throat that'll make you dance.
Mon Jun 16 2008
Melvins
- Nude With Boots
- CD
- Ipecac Records
- IPC105
11 tracks 41 minutes. The Melvins return with the Big Business power duo once more for this sonic onslaught of pure wall to wall rock. Get excited!!!!
Boris with Merzbow
- Rock Dream
- 2xCD | 3xLP
- Southern Lord
- SUNN88LP
2 CD's 12 tracks. The electric power trio return with another limited offering. This time a live psychedelic, mind expanding collaboration with the master of abrasion Merzbow.
Asva
- What You Don't Know Is Frontier
- CD
- Southern Records
- 28148-2
4 tracks 69 minutes. A lyricless album of immense personal meaning to its creator. Cathartic doom at its most breathtakingly beautiful. A rare treat.
The Owl Service
- A Garland Of Song
- LP | CD
- Southern Records
- 28149-1
13 tracks 43 minutes. Formed in as a vehicle to explore a love of British film and TV of the 60's & 70's & the great outdoors. This is the REAL sound of the English folk revival
High Places
- Vision's The First.../Namer
- 7"
- Upset the Rhythm
- UTR018
2 tracks 7 minutes. These two Brooklyn dwellers create a unique and joyous union of world beat, dance music and underground pop. Limited to 1000 coloured vinyl only!
Mon Jun 30 2008
Chrome Hoof
- Pronoid
- 12"
- Southern Records
- 281411
3 tracks 12 minutes. Limited edition 12 inch from disco queens Chrome Hoof. Dirty synths and electronic beats make these exclusive remixes ferocious!
Grails
- Interpretations
- LP | CD
- Latitudes
- GMT000V
3 trks, 14 mins. Interpretations captures Grails in complete ecstatic abandon, covering three of their favourite artists ... Gong, The Byrds and Flower Travelling Band. Magic!
Mon Aug 25 2008
POPE JOAN
- Hot Water, Lines And Rickety Machines
- CD
- O.I.B. Records
- OIB006
8 tracks 28 minutes. Spiky post-punk from Brighton 4-piece, Pope Joan. Bridging the gap between punk-noise and pop melody, this is their debut album courtesy of OIB records.
Lonely Ghosts
- Dont Get Lost Or Hurt
- CD
- O.I.B. Records
- OIB004
8 tracks 27 minutes. Lonely Ghosts is the brainchild of Help She Can't Swim's Tom Denney. A mish-mash of electronic beats and droning synths, this looks to be a cracker of an album.
Bellafea
- Cavalcade
- LP | CD
- Southern Records
- 28145-1
9 tracks 30 minutes. Debut release from North Carolina postpunk trio Bellafea. Personal and poigniant lyrics wail over fractured beats, and the hooks keep you coming back for more