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The 35 minute debut from this NYC's most underrated quartet; imagine a band that can somehow fuse the spirit of the jefferson airplane with the deafening blasts of the dead C. Recorded in 1998 by onetime-Honeymoon Killer Jerry Teel and made in an edition of 500.

The Social Registry 12” series continues with this groove infected barnstormer from Artankers Convoy. This four track EP is sure to get feet moving and hips swiveling with their catchy and irresistible flow (people who have tried resisting have ended up with severe muscle cramps). The six piece convoy continue to come up with new songs that demand being put onto vinyl making it a golden opportunity to start your own dance party wherever you want. Organic Grooves remixes one of the pieces shooting AT into an even higher orbit.But this EP is not only for the floorcutting set. It is layered with a multitude of different influences that set this group apart from the typical club ravers, they compose pieces that allow them to really stretch out. You can sit back and just enjoy this, but your body might have different ideas.

Welcome to the world of Artanker Convoy. This six combines a range ofmusical influences to create an infectious sound groove, which is aspleasing rhythmically as it is sonically intriguing. The material on thisrecord stems from endless test sessions conducted at a house deep in the“Other Cradle Of Civilization” (BKLYN, NYC) where even intrigued passersbyon the street would often try to poke in their curiously bobbing heads.Mature Fantasy is a culmination of their efforts: an LP that can be enjoyedin any indulgent situation.

Cozy Endings captures the finest moments so far of a two year experiment between the psychedelic rock group Artanker Convoy and the art collective MUX. This CD/DVD set offers the seeker the rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the aural and visual experience that have only been available to live audiences in limited locations. Artanker Convoy generates the sound: alien waves punctuated by sly rhythms that accommodate a crowd whether it is dancing, watching the visuals or relaxing. MUX brings to bear the combined visual acumen of choreographers, lighting specialists and video artists to create an ethereal landscape through which the band dissolves and dancers flow through.

We would like to be the first to welcome you back to the world of fun rock and roll. From a chance meeting over used vinyl comes the origins of trio known to the public as Blood On The Wall. A band started by music lovers for themselves to enjoy has instead transformed into a group that gets the whole room a rockin’. They have imbibed at the levee of indie music that makes those who feel its warmth get down and start tinkering with a flood of ideas. Attitude free intelligent songs written with rhythms you can dance to and melodies you can sing along to?all yours guilt free.Whilst many a band these days has been trying to figure out how to put their leather pants on two legs at a time or how to get that ?I just got of bed’ haircut looking just right; members of Blood On the Wall have been up late, drunk as hell, talking about music, writing songs and playing their asses off. The effect this band has on the uninitiated is amazing. There has been dancing; and we mean real dancing, where all people can do is just wear this giant grin on their face and start moving; it’s an amazing thing to see.When you hear Blood On The Wall’s songs you can be sure you will not hear esoteric noodlings, instead they will power you up with their excitement and energy carried through. Their eponymous debut is a whirlwind of guitar crunchiness, dub motions and odd hooks that will get caught in your head like a recurring memory. This album will be played over and over again and not get tired. It is a party that rages from dusk to dawn with all the lunacy and intimate moments that make you talk about the craziness for years afterwards and share those special moments with friends.

Having gone from hometown heroes to national fan favorites and critical darlings, the band has earned its reputation as top of the rock heap. Putting out raucously fun records. Liferz is a portrait of a band at the top of their game ? somehow they have managed to get even more “awesomer”.

Blood On The Wall is the sound of a couch being tossed from the second story to thunderous applause. The feeling that one gets when you havefinished off the last of the tequila and it’s on to the beer. That tinge of sadness late into the evening right before the dawn is about to break andthe regrets and hopes of your life merge with first chirps of the birds starting their day. This three piece consisting of Courtney and Brad Shanks,yes they are really brother and sister, with Miggy Littleton hitting the skins are attuned to the mysteries of music. And how it can catalyze onesmood from from a stupor to where you can’t stop your feet and your hair is flaying in rhythm to the beat. Rock with heart that takes no prisoners.BOTW will sweep you away on a sonic cyclone and you won’t be missing Kansas after you are swept along with them.Blood On The Wall’s second record is, as the name might suggest, Awesomer. Recorded under the watchful eye of producer Nicholas Vernhes (FieryFurnaces, Black Dice, Silver Jews) the three have settled more into their own skin as they run from their heaviest song to date “Stoner Jam”, out ofthe pop anthem “Mary Susan” and into the quick shredding of “Hey Hey” to end in your arms with “Going To Heaven.” all the while they stickto the hooks and the playful dynamic that has made them the rock enchanters of the NYC music scene.Based out of NYC Blood On The Wall has been hard at work for about four years now. The sibling song writing brain trust of Brad & Courtney arerounded out by Miggy who was in Ida, White Magic, The Shit and who has played with numerous other artists on tour and in the studio. A chancemeeting on a corner in Williamsburg that evolved with their shared love for old vinyl and then bore fruit as a single, which found no shortage oflovers. In 2004 they released their self titled debut to much acclaim and went on the road with Enon, Black Dice & Fiery Furnaces in the states,played some legendary shows in Brooklyn, toured Norway, and left a pile of cans, bottles, kick-ass memories all along the way. Once Awesomerhits expect that trail to grow prodigiously.

Take a crafty pop music guitarist who knows how to come up with hooks and have them team up with a trained avant garde classical musician and you get the Velvet Underground. Move that same combo from the Lower East Side across the river to northwest Brooklyn and tack on 40 years and you get Christy & Emily.This duo present their version of this mixture of elements with their debut LP Gueen’s Head. An octet of pieces that explore modern classical techniques grafted with pop songs. This alchemy produces a string of highly catchy ascetic tunes combined with undercurrents of discordance and dissonance. Add to this lyrics that take from the history of pop and modernist mid-20th Century poetry.

Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Douglas Armour is our first proper signing to reside outside of New York City. He is a prolific songwriter and for this 7-inch Douglas provided us with two tracks, Prince of Wands and Away. Prince of Wands first left an impression on us,and an indelible one at that, when associates of the label began DJing the track. It is a damn near perfect pop song that has had people jumping up to the dancefloor upon first hearing.. Moving in a different direction with the kind of indie pop reverie that hasn’t been heard for a long time.

And now for something different... Fulfilling the promise of his impeccable entry in our 7-inch series, The Social Club, The Social Registry is proud to announce The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night -- the debut LP from Los Angeles located Douglas Armour. This album finds the artist expertly blending tons of our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate pastiche that’s equal parts nostalgia and forward thinking. Echoing its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions to create one of the most varied pop albums we’ve heard in a long time.

“Still nothing could prepare for the total overhaul espoused in the group's confidence, agility and creativity. Piano Blooms surges with a focused tension and rhythmic stride of a group who're coming into their own as songwriters as well as feedback laden rockers.” ?artrockerThe Electro-Putas are finally ready to unleash the spatial sound groove attack from their modern era with this the second release in the The Social Registry’s 12” series. Think krautrock in the realm of Can with dashes of no wave, free rock, and just plain freakiness. This is the antidote to all of those bands who are “pushing the envelope” with all the force of baby sloth. These three songs will put the frizz back in your hair and have you checking your smoke for flakes of something else besides tobacky. Joe, Jaiko and Akio combine their love of psychdelia, full force blasts, and ramblings along the noise path on this Limited Edition chunk of vinyl. This is for the people who swing their hips in more than just one direction. Sure to be playing on your turntable until the needle gives out or your mind does.This releases is the second in our ongoing 12” series and, as always, is limited to 600 copies.

The third installment from NYC's noise-mavens Electroputas is upon us and itis a heavy affair. Hand woven to thick analog tape over six months at theJunkyard Studio compound with Sean Maffucci of Icewater Scandal behind theboard, this record opens up the stride of this criminally under exposedoutfit. The sprawling results at times brings to mind such notableluminaries as Can, Chrome, Lightning Bolt or the more musical ramblings ofCiccone Youth. With this record the trio has managed to take theirunrelenting live sound into a wholly new direction.

Gang Gang Dance continue to push the musical envelope with Saint Dymphna, the first proper studio recorded follow up to the bands 2005 critically acclaimed break through album God’s Money. Tempering the finer elements of Pop, Dance, Ambient and Experimental music; Saint Dymphna is both the bands most challenging and forward thinking release to date.

In advance of Gang Gang Dance’s upcoming studio full-length The Social Registry are proud to present the band’s first ever DVD release, Retina Riddim. This film was made by Gang Gang Dance member, and visual artist, Brian DeGraw. Retina Riddim is by no means a tour film, documentary, live video, or anything as remotely stringent. Included on the DVD is a fan film, GGDbyOP, shot and edited on the road by Oliver Payne, a friend of the band’s. As an added bonus Retina Riddim also contains an audio CD cut together by Degraw specifically for this release, and a fold-out poster designed by Mr. DeGraw. Retina Riddim is both a document of Gang Gang Dance’s progress over the past few years, and a look forward to the direction they are moving in.

RAWWAR is the first glimpse of exactly what the band have been up to over this prolific year. Clocking in at just over twenty minutes and sprawled across three tracks, the release plays like a Gang Gang Dance sampler of sorts; a taster for what is to come. RAWWAR opens with Nicoman: a live favorite from the last few years which has been refined in the studio.bombastic and dance-oriented it blends the bands affection for musical styles, propelling the listener through the four minutes of audible tribal chaos, while at the same time demonstrating GGD’s talent for pop melody. Oxygen Demo Riddim finds the band improvising and building musical ideas into a dreamy hypnotic instrumental interlude. The final, almost cinematic, track is a studio composition entitled The Earthquake That freesPrisoners which unfolds over ten minutes. This was painstakingly assembled in the studio and incorporates conversational dialog from their deceased band member Nathan maddox interwoven into the bands compositional structure.