Quality label 5RC - that's 5 Rue Christine to y'all newcomers - is to release its first compilation next week, featuring a wealth of unreleased gems.

Sur La Mer is the comp's title, and this here's the tracklisting. A nice wee one of these - * - indicates previously unreleased stuff

1 The Robot Ate Me - 'Lynching Luncheon' *
2 Xiu Xiu - 'Pox: Austin, TX parking lot chopped & screwed remix' *
3 Slim Moon and What Army - 'Fanfic' *
4 No-Neck Blues Band - 'Nothing For Money' *
5 Amps for Christ - 'Old Shepard' *
6 Deerhoof - 'Running Thoughts'
7 Hella - 'Madonna Approaches R&B Blonde Wreckages'
8 The Planet The - 'You Absorb My Vision' *
9 The Mae Shi - 'Remarkably Dirty Animals'
10 The Advantage - 'Castlevania III - Boss Music, Willow - Village, Megaman II - Bubble Man'
11 Deerhoof - 'Chi-Tan First Guitar' *
12 Need New Body - 'Endless Sky in ihe Mind's Eye' *
13 Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - 'The Chapel' *
14 The Punks - 'We're the shit, pt. 2' *
15 Metalux - 'Shelldrum'
16 Excepter - 'One More Try'
17 Barr - 'My List of Demands'

DiScuss: It's my birthday next week. Now you know what to get me...