Week six is here and we’re hoping that your desperate during these dark days of Holiday Cheer.  We hope you’re in a state of panic, cruising the outlet malls, searching through your box of rejected gifts from your dark and dangerous past.  Because we’ve got some good shit this week, and we’re hoping you might be willing to help take it off our hands:

THIS WEEKS’ FEATURED BUNDLE: SOCIAL COMMENTARY BUNDLE

Its a historic year for America – we finally, after two brain draining elections, pulled our collective heads from our asses and elected someone who might just bring some change to this wounded country of ours. It took some real progressive thinkers to get Obama from the backyards of Chicago to the big seat in the Oval Office, and we would like to celebrate these great minds by offering a bundle of our more, er, socially minded artists. Were giving you the bizarre beauty of Stephen John Kalinich psych-poetry. Were handing you the keys to dark vision from Rodriguez, of the sordid streets of Detroit. And were giving you the disillusioned pop of The Free Design, just to take the edge off. In a year where the rays of change are shining pretty damn bright, take a moment to dig in to the social commentaries of the past.

The Social Commentary Bundle Includes:

* 1968 masterpiece Rodriguez – Cold Fact (CD)

* Stephen John Kalinichs psych-folk spoken word album A World of Peace Must Come (CD)

* The Free Designs There Is A Song (CD)

It’s cheap, it involves many small records and someone you know wants it for Christmas.

THIS WEEKS’ FEATURED BLOW-OUT ITEM: PSYCHOBILLY BOX SET

A collection of six seven-inch albums from some of the late great in the psychobilly and rockabilly scenes.  Features songs from The Meteors, The Milkshakes, and many, many more.
Look at that scary monster!  Better buy this album or chew your lily face off.

And the sale keeps moving on … don’t forget about gift-wrapping … or the Brown Bag special … or … uh … buying a Christmas and making sure there’s a bottle of seltzer water for Drunk Uncle Benji,

THIS WEEKS’ FEATURED BUNDLE: THE TRUST US TRIKONT BUNDLE!

Lets be honest, Trikont, God bless em, puts out some weird shit. Some albums that fly so low under the radar, were pretty sure the governments super-secret spy satellites dont even catch on to them. And we know, oh how we know, its a daunting task to sift through this catalog of rarities (hell, they got an album that features only yodelling performed in the United States) and know what to pick. But, heres the rub, amongst these assortment of oddities, there lies some real winners, and who better to lead you down the correct path of Trikont-enlightenment than, well, us? So, heres how it works, you purchase this bundle, and we dig through our Trikont crates in search of the perfect trio of gems just for you. It will take trust, and will certainly take an open-mind, but the combination of your musical interest and our musical knowledge, we could go places, great, great place.

Trust Us Trikont Bundle Includes:

* Three random albums from the compilers of all things weird, Trikont

Alright, we’ve got a good thing going right now.  All of our beautiful, interesting music, heavily discounted for the holiday season.  We’ve got some seriously cool compilations, bizarre items you’ve never heard of, and all of the great music you’ve come to expect from Light In The Attic paired down to a price that even Pervy Uncle Chuck could afford.

As we barrel in to the holiday season though, we want to offer up a few things that’ll entice you.  First off:

GIFT-WRAPPING!

Oh yeah, we know how shitty it is to be caught at the last moment in your in-laws guest room, scrounging through the remnants of Cousin Tim Tim’s pink birthday wrapping paper, knowing that you’ve messed up, and you’ll be slamming back the egg nog before the end of the evening just to block out the yelling.  So, for the low price of just one dollar added to your order we’ll do the wrapping for you.  Yup, we’ll throw our team of specially trained robot gift-wrappers on the case, and your order can jump directly from box to tree without even a thought.  That or you can be the one guy with the menorah wrapping paper under the tree … again.

Or you can just buy …

THE BROWN BAG SPECIAL:

It’s almost Christmas time, you’re struggling to get a present for Cranky Auntie Phlofenia.  You know she likes music but can you really convince yourself that spending 200 dollars on a Neil Diamond box set for the old bag is going to clear a way in to her inheritance?  No, no you can’t.  But you can throw down a 13 dollars for the mysterious delights of the Brown Bag Special, and convince the old bat (remember, speak in to her left ear, the hair has clogged the right) that this is the perfect gift for her.  Seriously, every bag does include:

* 1 Current Band (Black Angels, Blakes, The Saturday Knights) CD or LP
* 1 Random CD
* 1 Special Item (signed poster, poem, CD, etc.)
* Goodies, random, strange, goodies

Not even Cranky Auntie Phlofenia could balk at that.

Cheapskates stand up!  It’s nearing these daunting days of holiday shopping and we know a good many of you are searching the cracks in the couch for enough shiny nickels to buy your lady friend a four dollar swatch.  But, stop, take a step back, and check out just another bargain bin blowout item from your friends at Light In The Attic.  ‘Cause you know we’re always looking out for you!

THIS WEEKS’ FEATURED BLOWOUT ITEM: LA BANDA TRAPERA – 1978/1982 Grabaciones Completas

A two-disc compilation of La Banda Trapera’s anger-fueled screes aimed at exposing the shoddy living conditions of the poor in Barcelona.

It’s week four of the greatest sale to ever fall in your lap and in celebration we’ve decided to kick it international style.  So for go your floozy American standards and lets jump back across to the Atlantic to the African continent for …

THIS WEEKS’ FEATURED ITEM: VAMPI GOES TO AFRICA BUNDLE!

Winter got you down?  Tired of the freezing cold and unyielding parade of sleet, snow and hail pounding at your exposed skin?  Just can’t stomach another year braving the malls of America to find that special X-Mas moo-moo for your repugnant sister-in-law?

It’s time to take a trip then, to a different continent, a different era, an entirely different world of music.  May we present to you the balm for your winter ails: our Vampi Goes To Africa Bundle.  Not only will you be shaken from your holiday miseries by the blazing Afrobeat drum explosions of future-Fela Kuti-drummer Tony Allen, you’ll also be riled to your soggy dancing feet by the up-tempo, dance-hall, Highlife Soul hits of Orlando Julius.  On top of it all, just when you’re on the brink of bursting at the seams from all the Afro-beat, West Africa goodness we’re force-feeding you, we’ll toss in the assorted bliss which is our Afrobeat Nirvana sampler, and you’re mind might just explode.  So kick of the shackles of winter depression and take a trip to the smoke-filled nightclubs of a 1960s Africa on the brink of a musical revolution.

You won’t be disappointed.

Vampi Goes To Africa Bundle Includes:

*  Tony Allen’s Afro Disco Beat (2xCD)

*  Orlando Julius’s Super Afro Soul (2xCD)

*  Vampi Soul’s West Africa sampler Afrobeat Nirvana

Can this sale get any better?

Can we give you even more reasons to buy our sweet merchandise for less than you pay for that cheap vodka you drink in the morning?

Can we really, really, really keep nearly handing out our amazing catalog for next-to-nothing?

Yes. We. Can.

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED ITEM: THE LADIES OF LITA vs. VAMPI VIXENS BUNDLE!

In terms of amazing, talented, ball-busting female vocalists, Light In The Attic has, well, an overflow. Throw in the vast and unwieldy catalog of our Spanish besties Vampi Soul, and we got a tidal wave of female talent smashing onto the shores of your record collection. We worry though: does the double duo of Dalton and Davis defeat the unearthly collection of fem-tastic soul and funk singers Vampi has to offer? If put to a test would our stable of eclectic songstresses stand above the vast selections Vampi has to offer? In lieu of the proposed, and subsequently shot down, musical cage match between our favorite ladies of the last thirty or so years, we decided (for a cringe-inducing low price) you, our loyal fans, can decide for yourselves. Is it Karen Daltons rediscovered masterpiece In My Own Time that bests soul funkstress Marie Queenie Lyons to the wayside? Or does a Betty Davis two-fer of raw, raunch soul-funk just blast everyone out of the water?

The decision friends, is up to you.

Ladies of L.I.T.A. VS. Vampi Vixens Bundle includes 4 CDs:

* Karen Daltons reissued masterpiece In My Own Time

* Betty Davis – They Say Im Different & S/T

* Marie Queenie Lyons – Soul Fever

Second monstrous week in our monstrous 1st Annual Light In The Attic Holiday Sale and we’re just tossing out more and more discounts to help lighten the stress on your wallet this holiday season.  Our second featured bundle is a doozy … you might need to sit down, maybe get a brown bag for you hyperventilators, because we present to you:

This week’s Featured Bundle: JAMAICA TO TORONTO LP BUNDLE!

Ohhhhh, we see, you’re one of the in-touch individuals who’ve already dug deep in to our critically acclaimed Jamaica To Toronto series.  You’ve grooved out to Jackie Mittoo, felt the low-key shiver of Earth, Roots and Water, and the sweet softness of Noel Ellis. And oh man, how we applaud you for your intitiative in searching out some truly under-loved treasures.  We ask you this though friend, how many of these jams do you have in the beautiful, big, love-soaked format of the vinyl LP?  Oh, none?  You don’t even own a record player?  Hmmmm … well, uh, jeez, you should get on that, and then when you do, you should add this stunning set of LPs to your (obviously minute) record collection.  They’ll change the way you not only look at that stack of clunky CDs you have piled next to your 80s ghetto blaster, but the way you listen to this treasure trove of absolutely blissful cuts.

Jamaica To Toronto LP Bundle Includes:

*  Summer Records LP

*  Earth, Roots, & Water LP

*  3 7″‘s of our choosing

*  Jamaica to Toronto Sampler

Second week of the sale means a second explosive blowout item!  How excited are you for:

This week’s featured BLOWOUT: Nilo Espinosa – Shaken Not Stirred

A comprehensive anthology of all the different music projects of outstanding Peruvian flute and saxophone player Nilo Espinosa.
The best Peruvian flautist you’ve ever heard.

CD: $5
LP: $9

The 1st Annual Light In The Attic Holiday Sale is raging right now, bundles flying, blowout sale items literally being carried away in burlap sacks by record hungry vagrants like yourselves.   It’s pretty crazy.  But we want it to get crazier … in terms of how much discount you can accrue.

Thus, we’re telling you one of many more times about our I ROCK CLEVELAND RECOMMEND’S PROMOTION.  This promotion involves you not only getting to indulge in reading one of the best damn blogs on the internet, but because of it you’ll get an EXTRA TEN PERCENT DISCOUNT on albums from bands like THE BLAKES and THE BLACK ANGELS!

This is all you have to do:

1.  Go here: I ROCK CLEVELAND.  Rejoice in the awesome music suggestions, the video feeds, in general how great this site is.  Hell, leave a comment expressing these sentiments.

2.  Find the secret password.  It’s in the post that discusses our sale.  It’s easy to find.  Here, here is the link to the exact post where you can find the SECRET PASSWORD.

3.  Once you have said secret password, return to our site, buy one of the three albums I ROCK CLEVELAND has recommended.  In the “memo box” of your order form write THE SECRET PASSWORD.

4.  Receive an extra EXTRA TEN PERCENT DISCOUNT on these items.

GOOD GOD IT’S SO SIMPLE, WE JUST WANT TO HUG IT FOR IT’S SIMPLICITY!

Now get out there and do it.