Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Documentary about a documentary

Ah, Circle. Ah, Finland. Here's a trailer for a documentary someone made about the making of another documentary, the Circle Saturnus Reality dvd we listed last year:



No word yet whether this documentary will be available on dvd, too.

Shipping, simplified...

For domestic mail order customers only (overseas and local folks, you don't need to read this)...

Hopefully you noted the new domestic mail order rates/options that went into effect as of list #338. The details are on our website, and nobody has seemed too confused by any of it yet, but since it's a slightly more complicated system (with a new choice you can make, to have your stuff send via USPS Media Mail if you like) we've been trying to come up with super simple explanation of the way the new domestic shipping rates work... here it is:

IF we can fit your order into a USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box (8 5/8" x 5 3/8" x 1 5/8") then that's how it goes, for $4.95.

UNLESS, your order consists of only one (1) item that's not any bigger than a 7". In which case, we'll send that single item USPS First Class for $2.95. (Sometimes we can send a single magazine this way too.)

ALL other orders will ship UPS Ground for $9.95 - OR, if you've selected the Media Mail option, then we'll ship it Media Mail for either $5.95 (1-3 items) or $7.95 (4+ items).

Things that won't fit into a Priority Mail Small Flat Rate box include: 7"s, 10"s, 12"s, LPs, most box sets, most magazines, most books...

Usually up to 3 cds in jewel cases or digipacks will fit. (Sometimes slightly oversized cds won't, but if we're feeling friendly we'll send 'em via Priority Mail in a non-Flat Rate box anyway, and pick up the difference.)

If you've selected Media Mail, but when shipping we determine we could send your order via Priority or First Class instead, we will, and charge you the appropriate rate (if it happens that you've pre-paid via Paypal or money order, the difference will be applied to your next order).

And by "order" above, we're referring to whatever group of items we're shipping to you at a given time.

Hope that makes sense. Questions, let us know. Thanks!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

New Arrivals #338

Amazingly, we this week's huge list done early last night, so we ran off to the Saint Vitus show (which was awesome) or, in Andee's case, went home and to bed... thus didn't get a chance to blog about it until now, but you're already gotten the email and looked at the site, right? If not, go here, now and check it out!

Records Of The Week:

ACID EATER "Black Fuzz On Wheels" (Time Bomb) cd $22.00
Record number two from these Japanese noise psych garage rock freeks, fronted by Masonna, spitting out ultra distorted, organ driven demented garage, and covering Crime, the Miracle Workers, and Schulmadchen Report!
HARVEY MILK "s/t" (Hydra Head) cd $14.98
Finally officially available, the long lost debut full length from these legendary slow motion sludgelords, total divine heaviness, raw and blown out and epic, even nearly 20 years later.
V/A "The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume 1" (Stones Throw / Minimal Wave) cd $14.98
An incredible collection of long lost cold wave, new wave and synth punk gems. Some of the best tracks culled from the Minimal Wave reissue library as well as plenty of unreleased rarities!!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Speaking of video...

Here's a neat video clip that AQ's very own Irwin Swirnoff directed for The Younger Lovers (aka Brontez from Gravy Train!, Fag School 'zine, etc.)

Pure Ecstasy AQ instore video on Pitchfork

We just noticed, Pitchfork has posted a video clip from the recent instore by Pure Ecstasy here at AQ. You'll find it here: http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2103-pure-ecstasy/1

Nice!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

New Arrivals #337

Here we go again!

Records Of The Week:

NIGHT CONTROL "Life Control" (Kill Shaman) cd $12.98
Record number two from this mysterious one man lo-fi noise pop deconstructionist, tighter and more polished, but still twisted and far out, after Death Control comes Life Control!
NECRO DEATHMORT "This Beat Is Necrotronic" (Distraction) cd $11.98
Beat heavy drone doom bliss, SUNNO))) meets Squarepusher? Maybe. Scorn gone dubstep, grim electronic laced doomdrone, whatever it is, it just might be our new favorite.
WHOURKR "Concrete" (Crucial Blast) cd $11.98
Head spinning electronic grind pop, chopped and processed and looped, an impossible melding of stuttery machingun metal, Melt Banana like hyper pop, Circle-style hypno rock, all woven into something fucked up and far out, dense, druggy, technical and abstract and impossibly catchy.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Silver Pines @ AQ, video

Turns out, someone in the audience remembered their video camera, found this clip on YouTube, nice!