Jean on Jean
Jean on Jean

Molly Schnick’s new project, Jean on Jean is about feelings. When her longtime band Out Hud broke up in 2005, she started from the beginning. She bought audio recording software and a microphone and set about to write songs on cello and guitar that spoke to a time of tremendous change. The results of her labors are the nine songs that make up the self-titled album Jean on Jean. The sound is warm, lush and orchestrated, like Colin Blunstone’s One Year or Judee Sill’s Heart Food. And like those records, the lyrics are personal, focused on the highs and lows that go along with any major change.

1. Tonight 2. Grown 3. Change 4. Cold Horse 5. Summer 6. Circle 7. You and I 8. Hawaii 9. Finally

Chairlift
Does You Inspire You

"Does You Inspire You" is the debut full-length album from Chairlift - who are following up their Evident Utensil single from earlier this year. The album features 11 tracks ranging from synth-pop to electro-folk. Surprisingly, a French website said it best, when they claimed Chairlift is "just as at home in a David Lynch film and in the aisles of a supermarket." You can't find it in either yet, but here's hoping.

1. Garbage 2. Planet Health 3. Earwig Town 4. Bruises 5. Somewhere Around Here 6. Evident Utensil 7. Territory 8. Make Your Mind Up 9. Don't Give A Damn 10. Chameleon Closet 11. Ceiling Wax

Monsters Are Waiting
Ones and Zeros

Formed in 2005, Los Angeles based band Monsters are Waiting released their self-titled EP in October of that same year, following up with a full-length album titled “Fascination” in July of 2006. Now, Monsters Are Waiting is returning with their second EP, “Ones and Zeros."

NME has called Monsters Are Waiting “majestic, Metric-style haunt-rock – monster munching our stereo in the process,” and the combination of Annalee Fery’s innocent, floaty voice and Andrew Clark's jangly guitar licks has been called “haunting and authentic” by All Music Guide and “elegant without being polished” by LA Weekly. Monsters Are Waiting is expressive without being idiosyncratic, atmospheric, airy, and ambient, blending indie pop with elements of shoegaze and a little bit of a new wave sound.

1. Crazy Love 2. Don't Lie 3. Ones and Zeros 4. It's Endless 5. I Wanna Be Adored (Stones Roses cover) 6. Steal the Sun

Shock Cinema
Hell and Highwater

Returning one year later, with nine new songs coming out under the moniker "Hell and Highwater," Shock has created an atmospheric soundscape for the high seas. If the debut was " a rash, clashing, noisily-engineered post-punk gnasher" (Big Takeover) flying by at break-neck punk speed, the follow up is more deliberate and varied, allowing you to take a breath and soak in everything on the horizon. Heave ho!

1. Leviathan 2. Oddfellow 3. Albatross 4. Wax Wings 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. Lone Islands 7. Infinity 8. Mutineers Reconsider 9. Dead Sea

Northern State
Limited tour 7 inch

"Better Arleady" was the first single and stand out track from Northern State's 2008 comeback album "Can I Keep This Pen?" It now gets the remix treatment from Le Tigre's JD Samson on Side A. Side B features the Adrock produced old-school banger "Sucka Mofo." Limited 7 inch.

Side A: Better Already (JD Ecstatic remix) Side B: Sucka Mofo

The Whip
Trash/Frustration

The first North American release for Manchester's The Whip featuring two singles Trash and Frustration. By synthesizing computers and electronics with live drums and guitars, The Whip makes dance floor bangers, and we expect no less from a band from Manchester. Influences, including New Order, Simian Mobile Disco, LCD Soundsystem and maybe even Interpol, are front and center. DJs, you'll need this gold foiled black vinyl to give it a proper turn on the dance floor.

A1. Trash A2. Trash (Bloody Beetroots remix)
B1. Frustration B2. Frustration (Dave P. and Adam Sparkles remix)

Chairlift
Evident Utensil

The "Evident Utensil" single - available on white vinyl w/ full color jacket or as digital download - is the first official release for Chairlift! As if that wasn't exciting enough, the B side features a MGMT remix. Fans of MGMT, Of Montreal, Feist, Animal Collective, The Fiery Furnaces, synth pop, limited vinyl and good indie music should check this out!

A side: Evident Utensil
B side: Evident Utensil (MGMT remix)

The Rumble Strips
Alarm Clock EP

The Rumble Strips’ sound is marked by their love of 50's rock'n'roll, Adam & The Ants, Queen, and was self-described as, "Like playing Clash songs, but using brass instead." The Alarm Clock EP is their debut release in the US. It includes six tracks, including the live favorite, "The Boys Are Back In Town," a Thin Lizzy cover. The physical CD will include the videos for Alarm Clock and Oh Creole.

1. Alarm Clock 2. No Soul 3. Oh Creole 4. High Street Heaven 5. My Oh My 6. The Boys Are Back In Town

Alarm Clock video, Oh Creole video

Shock Cinema
Our Way is Revenge

The Shock Cinema debut "Our Way is Revenge" includes six original angular, punk, though still largely "pop" tracks and two remixes. Jay Clark (Pretty Girls Make Graves) reworks "Howling Door" and Giovanni Marks (aka Subtitle) remixes the all-in-French "Art of Noir." Collective influences include Can, David Lynch, Barrington Levy, Ghostface Killah, and Os Mutantes.

1. Breathe Again 2. Art of Noir 3. New Threats 4. Howling Door (Evasion) 5. Aftr Hrs 6. Death in Texas 7. Howling Door (Jay Clark mix) 8. Art of Noir (Giovanni Marks mix)

There is a European version with slightly different track listing - click to purchase from Monoton Studio

Holy Hail
Big Guns

This is 12" vinyl with full color jackets featuring the distinct southern gospel meets post-punk dance party sound of Holy Hail! The double A side contains Big Guns and Old Man Manlove. The B side has DJ Dave P. (Making Time, Fixed) and Rory Phillips (Trash Club UK, Durrr) giving Big Guns the remix treatment. Dance floor friendly and party starting. All tracks also available digitally.

Side A: 1. Big Guns 2. Old Man Manlove
Side B: 1. Big Guns (Dave P. and Adam Sparkles It Hot remix) 2. Big Guns (Rory Phillips Gun Show Mix)

Northern State
Better Already

Northern State has been busy recording a new full length, their third. While recording, the girls reported from the studio, "We've been writing some rock songs and some hip hop songs and some other kinds of songs. We have been doing an unprecedented amount of singing, and we are no longer allowed to hold writing sessions at the Rodeo Bar. We have either lost our mind completely or we are making the best record of our career. You decide." Well, we here at Kanine decided, it's their best yet - and we picked two songs that typify the "other kinds of songs" or their "new direction" and pressed it onto some beautiful black VINYL complete with colorful jacket. The A side contains two tracks off their upcoming third full length album and the B side contains exclusive remixes. This will be limited, get it now!

Side A: 1. Better Already 2. Away Away
Side B: Better Already (Hired Goons PVC Remix) 2. Away Away (Dub Remix)

Professor Murder
Rides the Subway EP w/remixes

New on VINYL! Professor Murder - contains the original EP on Side A (33RPM) and 2 new exclusive remixes (45RPM). You can also get these remixes exclusively at iTunes!

Side A: Includes the 5 songs of the origial EP (see below).
Side B: 1. Free Stress Test (Mixel Pixel remix) 2. Free Stress Test (Caps N Jones caps and gowns mix)

Mixel Pixel
Music for Plants

Mixel Pixel's third full-length album finds the band expanding both their production value and overall musical scope while remaining true to their roots of in-home recorded pop=psychedelia. Music for Plants includes the singles "You're the Kind of Girl" and "Coming Up X's" along with eight other new tracks of Mixel Pixel's best stuff yet. For fans of Flaming Lips, Ariel Pink, Of Montreal, Pink Floyd and the Vaselines.

1. You're the Kind of Girl 2. Switchblade Sister 3. Coming Up X's 4. Black Van 5. I Cannot Die 6. Behind the Sun 7. Ghost for Life 8. Abandon Ship 9. These Mortality Pictures 10. Turkish Delights

Mixel Pixel
Coming Up X's

This is a vinyl 12" single - the second single from the upcoming album. As the most straightforward and upbeat track, Coming Up X's screamed for the remix treatment. Female Pixel Kaia Wong throws aside her keyboard and steps up from her backing vocal duties to provide lead vocals - resulting in a Blondie-esque dance floor hit. The remixes range from the electtro-weirdness of Poingly to Alan Astor's lounge-ified mix. Books on Tape re-imagines the song with breakbetas, while Streetlab provides the track with a dancefloor kick.. A must have for DJs and fans!

X Side: 1. Coming Up X's (Streetlab ) 2. Coming Up X's(Books on Tape) 3. Coming Up X's (Poingly)
Y Side: 1. Coming Up X's (album version) 2. Coming Up X's (Alan Astor Remix)

Professor Murder
Professor Murder Rides the Subway

Professor Murder's sound is as informed by hip-hop, bootleg mixtapes, downloaded mp3s and club nights, as it is by 70s and 80s post-punk. In early 2005 the band nixed the guitar from their line-up which pushed them to rethink their music from the ground up. Their aim was to create a sound that distilled the many disparate soundtracks to their lives in New York City. The result, as captured with the help of the production duo The Brothers, is a rythm-heavy dance sound littered with reggae, funk, and hip-hop. After you pick up the album, you'll want to check them out live - it's one big dance party!

1. Champion 2. Pedigree 3. The Mountain 4. Camron's New Color (Pt. 3) 5. Free Stress Test

Mixel Pixel
You're the Kind of Girl

This is the first single from their forthcoming LP, Music For Plants, due out later this year. Along with "You're The Kind of Girl", a boy-meets-girl trip hop jamboree, the single includes 3 exclusive B-Sides: "What Are You Wearing?," a playful take on a Momus song, "Personal Space Invaders," an instrumental outtake which could easily be theme music for a cowboy movie in outer space, and "My Animal," a song from Rainbow Panda, remixed by Poingly, a cross-dressing electro-nerd.

1. You're the Kind of Girl 2. What Are You Wearing? (Momus cover) 3. Personal Space Invaders 4. My Animal (Poingly remix)

The iOs
In Sunday Songs

Here it is! The iOs debut full-length, In Sunday Songs - a classic indie pop, rock album with 10 songs to cheer you up on a rainy Sunday. The iOs mix the keyboard exuberance of Mates of State with the grittier rock guitars of Weezer. The music contains some 80s references, but the electronic edge keeps the sound relevant and fresh. With alternating vocals, Autumn and Chris playfully portray lover's quarrels. Chris claims he neverights love songs; judge for yourself here!

1. Neveright 2. Come True 3. Who's the Blonde? 4. Resident Alien 5. Every Waking Moment 6. Rockets 7. Everyone As One 8. Reality Intrudes 9. Deeper Sleep 10. Still Finding Out

The iOs
Resident Alien

Introductory single 7 inch - limited! B sides not on upcoming album.

SIDE A: Resident Alien
SIDE B: Summer Camp | Chattanooga

Grizzly Bear
Horn of Plenty w/Bonus Remixes

PAY ATTENTION HERE, KIDS: This is a 2 disc - double disc set. The first disc is the original Horn of Plenty CD that was released last year. The second disc is completely NEW - 17 remixes! (check out the indie heavyweights who contributed in the tracklisting below). Now you can get all this for the same price. If you already bought the original HoP, we suggest you go to iTunes and check out the remixes.

DISC 1: 1.Deep Sea Diver 2. Don't Ask 3. Alligator 4. Campfire 5. Shift 6. Disappearing Act 7. Fix It 8. Merge 9. A Good Place 10. Showcase 11. La Duchess Anne 12. Eavesdropping 13. Service Bell 14. This Song

DISC 2: 1. Campfire (Efterklang version) 2. Merge (Dntel) 3. A Good Place (The Soft Pink Truth's Blow by Blow Mix) 4. Eavesdropping (Simon Bookish Remix) 5. Don't Ask (Alpha Remix) 6. Fix It (Foxy Remix by Solex) 7. Deep Sea Diver (The Bomarr Monk Remix) 8. Shift (Son Remix) 9. Showcase (Phiiliip Remix) 10. La Duchesse Anne (Safety Scissors Remix) 11. Service Bell (Black Moustache Remix) 12. This Song (Dr. Cuerpo of The Double Remix) 13. Disappearing Act (Ariel Pink Remix) 14. Campfire (Hisham Bharoocha & Rusty Santos Remix) 15. Don't Ask (Final Fantasy Remix) 16. Shift (Circlesquare Remix) 17. Deep Sea Diver (Castanets Remix)

Grizzly Bear
Vinyl w/remixes

SIDE A, the remixes: 1. Merge (Dntel Remix) 2. A Good Place (Soft Pink Truth's Blow by Blow Remix) 3. Eavesdropping (Simon Bookish Remix) 4. Showcase (Phiiliip Remix)
SIDE B, the original: 1. Deep Sea Diver 2. Don't Ask 3. Fix It 4. A Good Place 5. Service Bell

Mommy and Daddy
Duel at Dawn

After releasing their EP Fighting Style Killer Panda earlier this year, the curiously named duo Mommy and Daddy is quickly sapping the demand for more with the full length Duel at Dawn. Continuing where their EP left off, their punk-party sound is laced with sing-a-long choruses, mini-intervals of shouting and the catchy clap along interludes that force you to smile and shake. Duel at Dawn, however, also has a slightly darker edge, heightening the dirtiness, the intensity of the vocals, and the fuzzy, jagged base lines, quickly proving that their music is infectious, eccentric, and difficult to turn off. For fans of: Le Tigre, PiL, The Faint or Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

1. Pretty Loser 2. A Good Deal 3. Cops 4. Way West Way 5. Lost the Plot 6. Top Down 7. The Streets Have Come Alive 8. Franconia Road 9. Already Warm 10. Full 11. So Far, So Good

Oxford Collapse
A Good Ground

A Good Ground is Oxford Collapse expanding its skies, deepening its tracks, and discovering their peers. The music has taken on elements of what could only be called Americana -- though it's the hazier Americana heard on a circa-'85 Meat Puppets or R.E.M. record as opposed to the term's more recent connotations. Much of the album's spent in a cascading territory, drumbeats as propulsion; the ideal soundtrack for a long drive with the windows down and the sun in your eyes. A Good Ground finds Pace delivering his vocals with a newfound strength, and the addition of Rizer enriches the vocal department even further.

1. Empty Fields 2. Prop Cars 3. Last American Virgin 4. The Boys Go Home 5. Dusty Horses Practice 6. Cracks in the Causeway 7. Flora Y Fauna 8. Proofreading 9. Flaws 10. No Great Shakes 11. Volunteers 12. Keep 'Em In A Canyon

Mixel Pixel
Contact Kid

Contact Kid Mixel Pixel use obscure video game samples and sublime lyricism making a unique electro-folk style that pushes the envelope of popular music. The Mixel Pixel sound is, at its core, electronic, punky, paranoid, and half-Japanese; an overall by-product of growing up in the 1980's. It is irreverently experimental, with its hot pink ghetto blasting beats, quirky guitar changes, folk interludes and imagist lyrics. Live they incorporate video projection for an overall visual and aural experience that completely envelops the audience. For fans of: The Unicorns, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Atari Video Games

1. I am the Contact Kid 2. Mantis Rock 3. Penny Rocket/Romantic 4. Little Wolverine 5. Tell Tale Drum Machine 6. Out of My Mind 7. At the Arcade 8. Gas House Gables 9. Pittsburgh Brain 10. The Drag City Starlet

Rockethouse
Weapons of Mass Distortion

Rockethouse is loud, distorted rock featuring ex-members of the amazing Aerial Love Feed...With a sound that calls to mind such legendary bands as Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain and newcomers Kasabian, "WMD" is sure to leave its mark in 2005. The music, blending electronics, samples, pulsating rhythms, and a wall of guitar sound, is noisy, dynamic and ominous, but not without hope.

1. Temporary Glitch 2. CB 3. Doomsville 4. Lock and Load 5. My Clock 6. Pedestal 7. Depths 8. Retrieve the History 9. Killjoy 10. Rockethouse

Mommy and Daddy
Fighting Style Killer Panda

Mommy and Daddy is the super electro-punk duo from the streets of NYC! Their sound is the bastard child of the Misfits meets the B-52's... Their formula is simple: when she sings and pushes buttons, he plays bass guitar; when he sings and hits the machine, she is on bass. The driving pummeling bass, accompanied by maniacal keyboard driven beats makes for some of the most cunning punk rock last heard from the likes of Blondie or the Buzzcocks.

1. Confection 2. Street Cleaner Demeanor 3. The Now 4. Run It Off 5. Question Marks Followed by Exclamation Marks 6. Confection (Extended)

Four Volts
Triple Your Work Froce

Triple Your Work Force is Four Volts debut CD LP with "elements that should appeal to almost anybody," (Music for Robots) including pop, punk, shoegaze and indie-rock. If you're into blur, the pixies, television personalities or my bloody valentine, we're telling you, you'll love this CD. Upon receiving the CD 'Sup Magazine writer said, "this is hot as piss...I was not prepared for its awesomeness." So you've got 'til Jan 18th to prepare yourself for Four Volts.

1. Didn't You Used to be Invisible? 2. Heartworm (ooh ooh song) 3. Bedlam on the Beat 4. Mary Said 5. Andy Likes His Gravy 6. I'm Not A Psyche-o-path 7. Rearrange Me 8. She Muddied the Water 9. Outpost 10. Way In 11. Hat Trick 12. Sunday Night

Grizzly Bear
Horn of Plenty

Horn of Plenty is a nostalgic amalgamation of found sounds and layered vocals bound to thrill followers of Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake and the Unicorns. While the album pushes the boundaries of mellow into undiscovered territory, Grizzly Bear is not sure if they fall under the newly coined "freak-folk" category or hte new-folk genre, but they'd like to offer up wood-temp or cave-core. V Magazine likened them to Neil Young on cough syrup.

1.Deep Sea Diver 2. Don't Ask 3. Alligator 4. Campfire 5. Shift 6. Disappearing Act 7. Fix It 8. Merge 9. A Good Place 10. Showcase 11. La Duchess Anne 12. Eavesdropping 13. Service Bell 14. This Song

The Izzys
Dreaming

The Izzys return with a full-color jacket limited edition 7 inch. They've rerecorded their hit single "Dreaming" and two new previously unreleased tracks. While "Mary Lee" touches on the more R&B side of rock, "A Place in the Sun" is a vintage Izzys B side.

Side A: Dreaming
Side B: Mary Lee | A Place in the Sun

Oxford Collapse
Melting the Ice Queen 12

Oxford Collapse's epic 'Melting the Ice Queen' has been remixed into a dance floor hit. This limited edition white label 12" also includes the previously unrecorded Oxford Collapse funk single "Fort Apache" and a cover of The Embarrassment's "Celebrity Art Party." This 12" is a must have for DJs, indie collectors and dance freaks alike!

Side A: 1. Melting the Ice Queen (the Workshop Edit) 6:45 Produced by Andrew Prinz and Oxford Collapse
Side B: 1. Fort Apache 2. Celebrity Art Party (cover of The Embarrassment )

The Izzys
The Izzys

"The Izzys don't sound over-produced through a Casio -keyboard like Casablancas and his colleagues, and have more technical respect to their musical roots. The three-piece band, fronted by principal singer-songwriter Mike Storey , ... and there's no denying it - The Izzys is the best Rolling Stones album released in the last twenty or so years, and Sir Mick and Keith are nowhere near it.... This is thirty-one minutes of instant, refined rock and roll that feels stolen from a lost age." CD Music (UK)

1. Little Sally Water 2. Turning Round 3. Highway Blues 4. Lonely 5. Stand Up Laughing-Falling Down to Cry 6. You Got Me Crying 7. Strange 8. Change Your Mind 9. Morning Bells 10. Velocity 11. Dreaming *Bonus Video: Dreaming

Oxford Collapse
Some Wilderness

"It's almost too tempting to play on Oxford Collapse's name -- the Brooklyn trio's debut album,..., possesses more than one glorious, twitchy moment where breakdowns will, most assuredly, break out on the dancefloor. But the band's skill, and what makes Some Wilderness one of 2004's standout releases (it comes out April 14), lies in their know-how when it comes to pasting all those pieces back together again." City Paper (Philadelphia)

1. Land! 2. 1991 Kids 3. The Money You Have Maybe Too Little 4. Cumberland Gap 5. Melting the Ice Queen 6. Totally Gay, Totally Fat 7. Back in Com Again 8. For Buds, Not Boston 9. General Hospital 10. The Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night

Oxford Collapse
Untitled Ep

"Firstly, they have an early 80s post punk sound mixed up with a DC-ish type groove that really rocks along, a squlechy bass sound blends in with frolicking guitars and exuberant vocals...And they have this overwhelmingly danceable feel, very rhythmical and enjoyable, I should reckon they are a dashed fine live band. Kind of schizophrenic too, which is never a bad thing." Collective Zine

1. if it dies in peoria... 2. grasses of anne 3. sex face 4.(havin' a blast in) co-op city 5. melting the ice queen 6. bobby v (previously unreleased)

The Flesh
Death Connection

"Somewhere in between the sleek production of the Rapture and Radio 4 and the all out mania of Electric 6, lies the Flesh. Deliciously lo-fi and extremely danceable, this band makes rock music with unbridled sensuality. They even make the organ sound sexy. There's a dark undercurrent though, a slightly gothic leaning if you will. In fact, it is quite possible that the Flesh is the illegitimate love child of Robert Smith and glam era Bowie, and though I'm sure the band members will cringe at the application of any label, THIS is disco punk." Filter Magazine

1. Death Connection 2. Love 3. Foes 4. Copticon

Various Artists
NY: The Next Wave

If you're digging the New York rock scene and want to hear tracks from the city's rising stars, check this: Kanine Records is releasing NY: The Next Wave, an incredible collection of 20 bands that are getting lots of Big Apple buzz. You can pick up the CD at Other Music, Kim's (both stores), Rebel Rebel, Beacon's Closet, Ear Wax, Something Else, Newbury Comics, www.insound.com, www.interpunk.com, and www.kaninerecords.com. Star Time International

1. Sea Ray "Revelry"
2. The Flesh "Death Connection"
3. The Fever "Labor of Love"
4. Awek "If You Win (It's Cause I Let You)"
5. Aerial Love Feed "Pedestal"
6. Mazing Vids "In Two"
7. Four Volts "Anna the Marigold"
8. Bastion "Dance"
9. Stellastarr* Homeland"
10. Blue Sparks "Car Crash"
11. HotSocky "Time Bomb"
12. The Inflatablemen "False Start"
13. Mommy and Daddy "Take It"
14. The Boxes "Boys N Cameros"
15. Elefant "Bokkie"
16. Rogerhumanbeing "Boston Whaler Daze"
17. Oxford Collapse "For Buds, Not Boston"
18. Shorebirds "Mic Check 1,2"
19. My Favorite "My Life with the Living Dead"
20. Electro Putas "From Time to Time"