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Animal Collective
Campfire Songs
Paw Tracks is proud to present the reissue of Animal Collective’s 2003 album Campfire Songs. Since the CD’s original issue on Catsup Plate recently went out of print it is our intention to simply keep the cd in print for as long as possible. An idea originally thought up by Dave Portner and Noah Lennox while in college, Campfire Songs is not a record of songs sung around a campfire but a record that hints at songs emerging from the fire itself: “We wanted to give the music the feeling and atmosphere of the outdoors and the warmth of a fire, so people could bring it indoors.” A collection of five songs written over a period of four to five years, Campfire Songs is an escape from the clutter and electronic assault of the group’s 2001 release Danse Manatee and the tour that preceded it. However, the tapestry quality of the songs and the lines that blur endings from beginnings and jams from compositions highlight a style that the boys had become comfortable with from touring and would continue to work on in the years that followed on records like Here Comes The Indian and Feels. While the songs were completed in the apartment that three of the members shared (Geologist does not play on this album) they chose to record the music on a screened-in porch in Maryland using portable mini disc players so as to allow the ambience of trees blowing in the wind, the birds chirping and the insects in the area to become an integral part of the sound flow. What remains intact are the melodies that have always been a part of the AC sound—though here they have been stripped away of any electronic accompaniment and stretched and slowed to a calmer place than anywhere AC had been before and perhaps has gone since.

Haunted
s/t (180 gram)
Finally available along with 5 other titles from a new Montreal re-issue label "Hungry for Vinyl". The Haunted were the premier 60's garage band in Montreal. This is the long awaited official release of their classic and rare only lp. With the hits '1-2-5' and 'Searching For My Baby' along with other great songs this is a must for all fans of early Stones or Pretty Things sound. Remastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Limited to 1000 copies.

Newsom, Joanna
Have One On Me (3CD)
Feb. 23 street date. JOANNA NEWSOM releases her first full-length album since late 2006's 'Ys', making up for lost time with a disc for 2008, one for 2009 and one for today - yes, folks, a TRIPLE CD/LP! Featuring Ryan Francesconi and Neal Morgan from Joanna's Ys Street Band, the highly aniticpated 'Have One On Me' is an extravagantly packaged (and extravagantly nicely-priced) collection of fantastic new Joanna Newsom songs - her most colorful record to date.

She And Him
Volume Two
March 23 street date. SHE & HIM are actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward; hearing them again on 'Volume Two' feels like getting together with two old friends. This time, the harmonies have grown more angelically layered, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting even sharper and more confident. But as with 2008's 'Volume One', the prevailing mood is bittersweet, dreamy, and romantic. She & Him make music for an eternal springtime, when the temperature is warm enough to go riding with the top (or at least the windows) rolled down and the radio turned up. They occupy an alternate universe where the saddest of songs feel as warm as sun showers; the rain may be coming down, but somewhere nearby, everything looks bright. What began as a fascinating, no-strings-attached collaboration on 'Volume One' has evolved into a bona fide touring band, and She & Him are here to stay.

Socialybrium
For You-For Us-For All
Throughout the '70s, BERNIE WORRELL's keyboard wizardry for Parliament/Funkadelic was a huge part of timeless hits as "Flash Light" and "One Nation Under A Groove", and since then he's been a session fixture on key albums by Talking Heads, the Pretenders, Keith Richards, Yoko Ono, Mos Def, Deee-Lite, Public Image Ltd., Bill Laswell and scores more. His latest excursion is at the helm of an urban funk-rock fusion supergroup dubbed SociaLybrium, with former P-Funk All-Stars guitar guru Blackbyrd McKnight, New York bassist and producer Melvin Gibbs, and veteran drummer J.T. Lewis. The album is a communal trip where four high-caliber musicians can jam together on equal footing, but also where the listener is encouraged to join in the fray. Call it freestyle Afro-fusion, electric church music, or gutbucket street funk - however you slicie it, SociaLybrium can get DOWN in any style, at any given moment.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gTio_C8eK3M

Spoon
Transference
'Transference' is the first full-length offering of new SPOON material since 2007's 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga', Spoon's first U.S. Top 10 album. Produced by the band, 'Transference' is made up of 11 new gems that honor the Spoon tradition while pushing the envelope of the band's sound ever further. 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' was hailed upon its release with the band's biggest ever coverage in the likes of TIME and THE NEW YORKER, and wound up 2007 with year-end best of accolades from NPR, GQ, ROLLING STONE, PITCHFORK, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, SPIN, THE ONION, PASTE and the WASHINGTON POST, while Oct. 6, 2007 marked the band’s debut appearance on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

V/A
Good God! Born Again Funk
The Numero Group's 2006 release 'Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal' examined what seemed to be a conundrum: gospel singers performing pious gospel songs, and devoutly, but doing so amid hot, sweaty, earthy sounds drunk on the same moonshine downed by any blues singer thumbing his way up north from the Mississippi delta. If the central premise was to grapple with a "funky" trend in gospel, forgive them for staring perhaps a bit too intently at the collision of sacred and profane they thought we saw on those LPs and 45s. This music was always sacred, and decidedly so. Four years later, Numero returns with not quite a New Testament, rather a re-examination of a weighty tome. 'Born Again Funk' lends new ears to a joyful strain of American composers and performers unafraid of expressing their devotion with both inspiration and invention. They were faithful to a spirit, not to an ordained sound.

V/A
Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox (2CD)
Feb. 23 street date. In June 2009, Chris Knox suffered a life-altering stroke at his home in Grey Lynn, New Zealand. This double CD is a celebration of Chris and his music. Knox was instrumental in bringing New Zealand punk and alternative music to international audiences with Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love and with his solo work. Artists from the U.S. (Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel - his first new music in over ten years!), Yo La Tengo, Mountain Goats, Will Oldham, Stephin Merritt, Bill Callahan, Lou Barlow, Lambchop, Jay Reatard), Canada (AC Newman), New Zealand (The Bats, The Verlaines, The Chills) and the world over have donated their time and talents so that all proceeds can go toward assisting his recovery. 36 tracks, limited edition.

V/A
Classic Appalachian Blues
February 16th street date. Born in the racially mixed mines & railroad camps of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian blues features a blend of African & European musical traditions & a rich variety of styles. This compilation draws from deep in the Smithsonian Folkways catalogue, From Moses Asch’s earliest Folkways recordings as well as performances documented at the Folklife Festival. Featuring songs by Etta Baker, John Jackson, Pink Anderson, Leslie Riddle and Doc Watson, Classic Appalachian Blues redefines the Appalachian region as one of the primary incubators of African American music. 21 tracks, 67 minutes, 40-page booklet.

Weakerthans
Live At the Burton Cummings Theatre (CD/DVD)
March 23rd street date. Canada’s The Weakerthans hail from Winnipeg, Manitoba, the geographic center of North America. Their deeply lyrical music speaks of the vast open spaces and broken industrial dreams in which it was created. Founded in 1997 by frontman John K. Samson, The Weakerthans hold deep roots in the indie scene, Having built a fanatical fanbase touring through the US and Canada, The Weakerthans finally offer a permanent record of one of their fantastic live shows, recorded on the tour for their triumphant 2007 release Reunion Tour. With an expanded line-up that includes trumpet, violin and female vocals, The Weakerthans run through songs from all 4 of their albums, in front of an adoring hometown audience, singing along with every lingering word.


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