Esben And The Witch - Chorea [12"]

This 12" by ESBEN AND THE WITCH was released for Record Store Day 2011, as a limited edition. Title track CHOREA comes from their excellent Violet Cries LP, while the original version of Corridors appeared on their "33 EP". That version was already 9 minutes long, but this one takes twice as much and is much different than the original. It was used as a soundtrack for Karl Sadler's indoor forest installation "Corridor" at the Creators Project.
Last but not least it features a Mogwai remix of the song Eumenides. A nice reinterpretation with a lot of electronic beats.

Label: Matador
Cat.nr.: OLE-9561
Year of release: 2011

SIDE A:
01. Chorea
02. Eumenides ( Mogwai Remix)

SIDE B:
01. Corridors Installation

Cocteau Twins - Echoes In A Shallow Bay [12"]

ECHOES IN A SHALLOW BAY was released two weeks after the Tiny Dynamine EP. Both 12"s have complementary artwork and were recorded during the same session, between the Treasure and Victorialand albums. A great EP from what i personally think is COCTEAU TWINS' best period.

Label: 4AD
Cat.nr.: BAD511
Year of release: 1985

SIDE A: 
01. Great Spangled Fritillary
02. Melonella

SIDE B:
01. Pale Clouded White
02. Eggs And Their Shells

I Break Horses - Hearts [12", LP]

This debut album HEARTS by I BREAK HORSES was released at the end of summer last year and is one of my favourite albums of 2011. This Swedish band (a duo actually; Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck) came up with a great album filled with electronic shoegaze/dreampop/chillwave. Some songs remind me a bit of Cocteau Twins; undefinable vocals over dreamy soundscapes. But then most of the times with a solid electronic beat. Great stuff and i hope there'll be more coming out from them soon.

Label: Bella Union
Cat.nr.: BELLAV 289
Year of release: 2011

SIDE A:
01. Winter Beats
02. Hearts
03. Wired
04. I Kill Your Love, Baby!

SIDE B:
01. Pulse
02. Cancer
03. Load Your Eyes
04. Empty Bottles
05. No Way Outro

Isis - Panopticon [12", 2LP]

PANOPTICON is to my opinion the best album by the mighty ISIS. On vinyl, it came out both on Trust No One Recordings with the same artwork as the Ipecac CD in the fall of 2004, and on Robotic Empire with alternative artwork a few months later. I have a copy of that version; of the 4th press / 400 on blue, from 2007 to be exact. I could listen to this album for hours in a row without getting bored. Excellent stuff.

Label: Robotic Empire
Cat.nr.: Robo-041
Year of release: 2007 (originally released 2005)

SIDE A:
01. So Did We
02. Backlit

SIDE B:
01. In Fiction
02. Wills Dissolve

SIDE C:
01. Syndic Calls
02. Altered Course

SIDE D:
01. Grinning Mouths

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love [7"]

Another nice single by THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART from their Belong album: SAY NO TO LOVE. Just like the other ones from that album, it's on coloured vinyl.
And Lost Saint on the B-side is actually one of my favourite TPOBPAH songs.

Label: Slumberland Records / Fortuna Pop
Cat.nr.: SLR 120 / FPOP 96
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01 Say No To Love

SIDE B:
01. Lost Saint

A Place To Bury Strangers - Ego Death 2010 Tour EP [12"]

This EGO DEATH 2010 TOUR EP by A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS is a pretty much sought after release. I was fortunate enough to buy one recently (2012) at an APTBS show, so i don't know if there has been a re-press or if this is a copy they still had lying around. Anyway, a nice EP with besides Ego Death in 3 versions (one of them by Baroness' Allan Blickle), some non-album tracks and a remix of the title track of the album where the single's taken from: Exploding Head.

It does not really show on the picture above, but the vinyl colour is olive green. Pretty dark, but if you hold it against the light it looks like this:

Label: Mute

Cat.nr.: -

Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:

01. Ego Death (Radio Edit)

02. It's A Fast Drivin' Rave-Up With A Place To Bury Strangers

03. Alive

04. You Still Love Me

SIDE B:

01. Ego Death (Allen Blickle Remix)

02. Exploding Head (RX Remix)

03. Ego Death (Figo Remix)

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Blues From A Gun [12"]

BLUES FROM A GUN is a single that's taken from JESUS AND MARY CHAIN's Automatic album. B-sides Shimmer and Penetration later ended up on their Sound Of Speed compilation album a few years later, whereas Subway was only re-released for the first time a couple of years ago on the The Power Of Negative Thinking boxset. A great bunch of tracks altogether on this EP.

Label: Blanco Y Negro
Cat.nr.: NEG4IT
Year of release: 1989

SIDE A:
01. Blues From A Gun

SIDE B:
01. Shimmer
02. Penetration
03. Subway