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| Kid Icarus |
| Lewis & Clarke |
| Jandek Tributes |
| Psychatrone Rhonedakk courtesy of Black Plastic Sound Records distributed by Summersteps Records |
| The Metal West- SUM0018 Kid Icarus "From nervous mathematical stacks of angst, to lo-fi melodic acoustics. Rather grand pop structures made out of guitars, piano, thermal dynamics, and an abiding sense of fatalistic urgency. Maybe something like the Zombies heard from a subterranean basement." (Dream Magazine) "By himself, Schlittler sounds like Elliot Smith, but when his friends show up, they're Pavement on psychedelics" (Spin.com) |
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| Maps of the Saints- SUM008 Kid Icarus "Kid Icarus' debut is a nervous DIY pop mood piece, walls of fizzy guitar framing cracked harmonies, muttering ghost voices and a somewhat terrifying version of the Bee Gees' "Holiday." (Scram) "There's something magical in that rickety lo-fi sound. Maybe its the intimacy of almost eavesdropping on the sock-strewn bedroom where the songs were dreamed up. Maybe it brings us all closer to vicariously sharing the dream of making music that's personal." (Evilsponge.org) |
| Naked in the Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek- SUM0010 21 songs including contributions from Thurston Moore's Dapper, Low, Bright Eyes, Amy Denio, Monster Island, and many more. "As the entire Tribute album ethos is fast becoming a smorgasbord of cult wonders -- Summersteps has boldly gone and assembled the seemingly impossible here. Namely, put together 78 perfectly sequenced minutes of end-to-end sonic surprises, and all in the name of shining light upon one of our most endearingly enigmatic cult figures of all time" (Inmusicwetrust.com) |
| A Second Tribute to Jandek: Down in a Mirror- SUM0020 21 songs featuring contributions from Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Okkervil River, The Mountain Goats, Six Organs of Admittance, Kawabata Makoto of AMT, and many more. "And Down in a Mirror-anchored by stellar performances from its bigger name contributors-again dips generously into the vast Corwood songbook, bringing rich and surprising rewards to the surface." (Pitchforkmedia.com) |
| Be My Echo- SUM0016 Kid Icarus "If Robert Pollard smoked as much pot as the beer he drinks; He might sound something like this." (Dream Magazine) "A really fine blend of pop, psych and folk. Robyn Hitchcock's early rawness and melodic sense come to mind" (The Broken Face) |
| Bare Bones and Branches- SUM0019 Lewis & Clarke CD OUT OF PRINT "This is a sincerely brilliant piece of work...something unique, equal parts alt-country and chamber folk, sophistciated, yet rustic." (Crown Dozen) "a whisper of an album, lovely without being prescious, moody without being beleaguering." (No Depression) |
| Baron Von Rhonedakk and the Crystal Sun-BPS007 Psychatrone Rhonedakk with Cotton Casino "Psychedelic guitar warlord Psychatrone Rhonedakk and ex- Acid Mothers snyth/sitar player Cotton Casino join forces on a work of mindbending beauty. Songs by Roger Waters, Neu! and Nazareth(!) are cloned and bent out of shape with insane ingenuity." (The Wire) "If you like your psychedelic music peculiar and spacey, this album is for you. Psychatrone Rhonedakk has produced yet another tripp%d out tour de force to please all of us freaks and space cadets out there." (Aural Innovations) |
| Keep On Psychedelic Mind!-BPS005 Psychatrone Rhonedakk "...very much in the tradition of private press luminaries like Simones and St. Mikeal. The Acid Mothers tribute, "Theme From Acid Mothers Lovers" is particularly deraged, with tumbling electronics and high frequency flashes slowly giving way to what sounds like Godzilla terrorizing Nagoya. The CD moves from heavy machine and guitar interaction to spaced tape manipulations, cut with daft hippy humour." (The Wire) "Psychatrone Rhonedakk while exploring the past, looks into the future of psychedelic music." (Aural Innovations) |
| Disturbs the Air-BPS008 Psychatrone Rhonedakk "Prime-era Ash Ra, Tangerine Dream, and other electronic pioneers who have been oft-quoted find a very unique phrasing in Psychatrone's music; in the past his recordings were often full of warm and fuzzy sketches of analog om-ness, but now distilled into cold, freezing nuggets of dark, fully structured songs that include perfectly adapted covers of Gandalf, Bill Martin, and Warren Zevon bathed in a stark vocal performance." (WFMU's Beware of the Blog Review) "I strongly believe that nothing I've heard from this one man ensamble before has been this accomplished and exciting all the way through" (The Broken Face) |
| The Sub-Underground Tapes-BPS0041/4 LP Clear Vinyl Psychatrone Rhonedaak The best of early Rhonedaak collected on lathe-cut clear vinyl. Very limited edition and a must for any Psychatrone completist! $25.00 |
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| Brother JT |
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| Purgatory, Sweet Purgatory EP $10 postpaid in US- SUM0021 Brother JT Back in Stock on 8" Square Shaped Lathe Cut Vinyl! Since the mid 1980's, Eastern Pennsylvania's John Terlesky (a.k.a. JT) has cut a unique path from his garage stomping path of self destruction with his band The Original Sins to his more lo-fi & psychedelic impulses released under the Brother JT monkier. We at Summersteps are proud to announce an amazing EP of exclusive tracks from Ol' JT. This 4 song EP features an introspective velvets infused vibe that's very reminicent of his 2005 full length effort, Off Blue on Birdman Records. The record features 3 new songs and lusher revision of the song "Throwaway" from his 1999 effort Way to Go released on Drag City. This EP is very limited edition, so don't miss out on your chance let Brother JT take you on a trip to Purgatory, despite whatever the Pope has to say. |