Encore Records

Tori Amos

Night Of Hunters

Never one to shy away from trying something new, on this, her 12th album and follow-up to 2009’s holiday effort Midwinter Graces, the flame-haired songstress takes inspiration from classical music to create a “21st century song cycle.”

Released on world-renowned German classical label Deutsche Grammophon, it sees her return to the stripped-back acoustic sound of her early career, featuring chamber instrumentation such as strings and woodwinds as she tells the story of a woman who “reinvents herself… [out of] the dying embers of a relationship.” 

Deluxe CD/DVD edition includes bonus DVD

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Hysterical

Their first new album in more than three years, Hysterical marks a major milestone in the continuing evolution of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

Born out of an intensely collaborative process in which songs were constructed, dismantled, and then rebuilt anew, the album finds the band their most confident and creative, expertly expanding upon its already distinctive sound.

From the chrome-plated licks of ‘Maniac’ and the title track to the sheets of eddying synths and emotive motorik pulsebeats of Into ‘Your Alien Arms’ and ‘Ketamine and Ecstasy’, the band delivers up sonically provocative pop music that is simultaneously jubilant, mesmeric, and altogether infectious.

Hysterical reveals Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to be a wholly developed band in full command of their unique artistic gifts.

Neon Indian

Era Extrana

Neon Indian is Alan Palomo, the Mexican-born, Texas-raised, brilliantly lucid 21-year-old synth-wizard who learned his production chops as part of Ghosthunter and honed them in Vega. In October 2009, Neon Indian released his critically acclaimed and heralded debut album, Psychic Chasms, nearly anonymously and drew wild speculation for months. As Neon Indian, Palomo has made an art of leaving out the details and letting the world draw its own conclusions.

Boots Electric

Honkey Kong

New album from Eagles Of Death Metal frontman, Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes AKA Boots Electric.

The album was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Depeche Mode, The Kooks) and co-written with legendary keyboardist Money Mark, best known for his many collaborations with the Beastie Boys.

Sonic Youth & Various Artists

1991: The Year Punk Broke

First time on DVD for this Rock Doc featuring Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Ramones, Dinosaur Jr., Babes In Toyland, and Gumball. 2011 marks the 20th Anniversary of 1991: The Year Punk Broke, a pivotal film centered around the lives and experiences of avant-garde music pioneers Sonic Youth during their 1991 European festival tour.

The film documents their headline tour as they introduced a new breed of bands who were on the verge of taking on the world and forever changing the course of music. 1991: The Year Punk Broke not only captures Sonic Youth’s raw and powerful live performances, it offers a unique and rare behind-the-scenes look at daily life on the road. Also includes footage of Nirvana unknowingly on the cusp of leading a massive cultural movement as they performed anthems such as ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.

Girls

Record 3: Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Sophomore album from the critically acclaimed Indie band.

More spontaneous and stripped-down than either their self-made debut or their lush EP, Father, Son, Holy Ghost is a gorgeous, largely minor-key record, enlivened by flashes of innocent pop and given depth by its wealth of influences and willingness to face sadness.

Mogwai

Earth Division

4- brand new tracks, highlighting a creative departure from the band’s trademark cinematic mantra of pulverizing, scorched guitar riffage, into a more recontextualised domain of hazy electronic distortion, accompanied by spiky wafts of violins, violas, cellos and double bass and jagged keys.

Beirut

The Rip Tide

The Rip Tide is the third record from trumpeter Zach Condon’s band Beirut, known for their Balkan, and indie-folk stylings.

The album was recorded in Upstate New York during a cold winter, yet it still manages to retain the sunny, uplifting sound that is synonymous with the outfit. Single East Harlem features lush melodies that resonate with Condon s guised lyrics as well as an array of ukuleles, horns and keys.,

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Mirror Traffic

Mirror Traffic, the fifth album from former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus, finds the indie rock singer/songwriter and his band, the Jicks, continuing to deliver their signature witty jams while switching gears on both sides of the microphone: Beck lends his eclectic ear as producer and Janet Weiss takes her final bow at the drums.

Magnetic Fields

Strange Powers

Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields, the documentary film about Stephen Merritt and his Magnetic Fields project is now on dvd !

Special features include a commentary track by Stephin and his longtime manager and collaborator Claudia Gonson, as well as two Gonson–directed music videos for the Magnetic Fields songs “Strange Powers” and “Born on a Train”, and five deleted scenes.