This week we finally finished stocking the latest round of Clean Feeds, which were added to the store in stages. It's great to see such vital music selling well and fueling the label, another great cultural present from Portugal. Why do other parts of the world get our music better than our own?...

A few new ones from Montreal's Dame/Ambiances Magnetiques set of labels. Martin Tetrault's "Snipettes" is the obvious easy choice here, a re-release of early and limited run cassette releases (another format that's getting the 8-track enamor lately). The interesting three though are the Malasartes works, another entry in the straight-ahead jazz world of Montreal, and put out by the compatible collective of Ambiances Magnetiques. The Mailloux Trio is the more melodic of the three, but the ears go to the Nisenson, Mailoux/Tanguay, no doubt for my long love of Tanguays expressive drumming. Still working my way to Cordame...

Also working my way to the new Emanem's, particularly excited about the Phil Minton Slur which found its way onto my desk today...

Wrote this store description for the excellent "White Bicycles" VA release:

Joe Boyd graduated from Harvard in the 60's with big dreams of being involved with the music industry as business man, a tour and record producer. Driven by a love of the new underground psychedelic music from bands like Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Soft Machine, he threw himself into this new music world and the rest is history. All of this is documented in his book "White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s", a fascinating read about the time and Boyd's involvement in it. This CD is the complement to the book, 23 tracks from Boyd's history of production work, from taking a risk on the fledgling Pink Floyd by producing "Arnold Layne" through huge names like Nico, Fairport Convention, or Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. A truly great collection of music and a great retrospective on an essential producer and visionary of the time.