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Chasing after the herbs like Druids, a peppery Anansi with a pink balayage hurried by carrying a bunch of loose cables and heavy bulky bags Mumbling something to herself, we believe she said: "Music is my name I’m a dreamer", we followed her about but soon after lost her path Walking our way back, a few of these cables were... -
Finally available again, Mika Vainio's Oleva was released in 2008 and ranks alongside his most contemplative work It alternates between shades of the OG Panasonic blueprint and the explorative ambience perfected on 'Kantamoinen' It also includes a rare Vainio cover version; an interpretation of Roger Waters’ 'Set the controls... -
After the Three 6 Mafia hit album The End proved that Memphis Rap was commercially viable, DJ Paul and Juicy J released Koopsta Knicca's classic Gangsta Rap album, Da Devil’s Playground The album featured older remixed, edited and remastered Koopsta Knicca solo material that had only been released to a small under-ground... -
"Limited double translucent orange vinyl LP pressing The Three 6 Mafia’s beginnings date back to the early ’90s when they were known as Triple Six Mafia Three 6 made their proper debut in 1995 with Mystic Stylez, a groundbreaking effort that lent itself well to the “horrorcore” tag tossed about in the years to follow The... -
‘Hustle Till I Die’ is the second solo album from Memphis-based rapper Juicy J, founding member of Southern hip-hop pioneers Three 6 Mafia Originally released in 2009, it was an innovative forging of gangsta rap and crunk which housed the exceptional single ‘30 Inches’ featuring Gucci Mane and Project... -
Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune Sympathy For Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity Built largely from improvised jams, inspired by New York... -
Parquet Courts' thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune Sympathy For Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psy- chedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity Built largely from improvised jams, inspired by New York clubs,...
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The Indianapolis-born trumpeter Freddie Hubbard introduced his prodigious talent on Blue Note Records with a run of remarkable albums recorded thru the early 1960s At first rooted firmly in hard bop, Hubbard began to broaden his approach on his masterwork Ready for Freddie, recorded in August 1961 “The way in which I’m most... -
Nick Cave Productions & BMG announce B-SIDES & RARITIES PART II "B-Side And Rarities Part II was compiled by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis and features 27 tracks from “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” in 2006 to 2019s “Ghosteen” Also features 19 rare and unreleased tracks including first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’,... -
A truly underground document of the national obsession with heavy, mind-bent psychedelia Originating in the unassuming suburb of Prairie Village, Kansas, Bulbous Creation seem to have warped directly from the wrong side of the looking glass with a jabberwocky full of surreal lyrics and gratuitous guitar solos Recorded and... -
It’s just five notes plucked out on a piano, so sparsely arranged that it feels like barely more than a sketch, so simple that an untrained player can easily pick it up, but it’s one of cinema’s greatest musical accomplishments By now, John Carpenter’s hypnotic theme to his 1978 horror masterpiece Halloween has embodied... -
Gregory Keltgen (aka DJ Abilities) gravitated toward the turntables at a young age, becoming a DJ at only 17, before going on to compete in the legendary DMC DJ competitions only 2 years later in 1999 He won the regional title and advanced to the US finals that year, before doing it again in 2001 Soon after, Abilities was also... -
Deluxe reissue of one of the most groundbreaking and experimental albums from rock and metal legend, Danzig! Originally released in 1996, this album is widely regarded as Danzig's boldest move yet, making a deliberate stylistic shift by incorporating elements of industrial and dark electronic music! The album features an... -
After a four-year hiatus exploring ambient and meditation music, Danish multi-instrumentalist Anders Rhedin has returned to his indie roots Dream Work, his third album as Dinner, is a lush collection of synth and guitar-laden indie pop that expertly channels Ryuichi Sakamoto, early British indie, and the sound of water Like most... -
Los Angeles band Dummy refuses to slow down After releasing two cassette EP’s in 2020 (on Popwig and Born Yesterday respectively), Dummy’s debut full-length album arrives via Chicago’s Trouble in Mind Records Employing pummeling guitars and celestial ambience within the same breath, the band folds a myriad of reference... -
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After far too many years out of print, this cult classic from Nottingham's own Fudge Tunnel is finally available again, and this time as a Full Dynamic Range vinyl Alex Newport and co's debut album was unfairly lumped with the grunge tag, however this release is far more filthy and dark than anything that came from Seattle bar... -
‘Melodi’ is the second album from captivating duo Kit Sebastian (aka Kit Martin and Merve Erdem) Those familiar with the band's cult classic 2019 debut record 'Mantra Moderne' will instantly recognise their unique sound that blurs boundaries of world music, jazz and psychedelia Not to be content replicating the same album,... -
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The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio may have this KEXP session to thank for much of the notoriety they have received since it first premiered Since then, they've secured a record deal, a world renowned booking agent, a publishing deal, international sponsorships, and will be embarking on a national tour this spring This session was... -
This is a truly remarkable story You'd have only previously heard Magic Roundabout if you'd been there for the support slots at The Pastels and Inspiral Carpets gigs in the mid '80s Via a whole load of serendipity via Ian Masters (Pale Saints) and Warren Defever (His Name Is Alive), their recordings found their way to Third Man... -
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When Minus the Bear played their debut show in Seattle back in September 2001, there was an immediate hype surrounding the band The individual members had already established themselves on a national level with earlier music projects, and their debut EP This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic was already available at the merch... -
Black Encyclopedia of the Air is the product of a rewardingly unruly artistic mind Moor Mother, aka Camae Ayewa, is a Philadelphia-based poet, musician, artist and activist whose music inhabits various underground sub-genres (experimental hip-hop, industrial noise, free jazz) She is also a member of Black Quantum Futurism, an art... -
The Path of the Clouds, Marissa Nadler’s ninth solo album, is the most stylistically adventurous, lyrically transfixing, and melodically sophisticated collection of songs in her already rich discography Gripped by wanderlust while suddenly housebound at the start of the pandemic in 2020, Nadler escaped into writing, and came... -
In Pond’s universe nothing stays still for long Although no one who heard 2019’s “Tasmania” could possibly describe its pulsating psych - pop as straight, Pond wanted to try a more spontaneous way of working for their next record Taking a leaf out of krautrock outliers Can’s book, at the start of 2020, Pond embarked on... -
Remastered and expanded edition of the late Soul great’s unreleased 1971album (which finally did see limited release in 2004) David Unreleased LP & More includes the 12 tracks originally scheduled for release in 1971 as LP Motown 733, plus seven amazing bonus tracks from the album sessions and four mono single mixes It’s... -
For this one, Jack and Meg decamped to Memphis to record at the legendary Easley-McCain Studio and walked away with a bonafide classic Unique for a White Stripes album, as it contains no covers, no guest musicians, no blues and no guitar solos, this album would be most of the world's introduction to the band While the video for... -
East Coast minimal wave institution Xeno & Oaklander’s seventh full-length further distills their iconic noir synth pop into a streamlined suite of gleaming, graceful retrofuturism Inspired by ideas of synesthesia, scent, star worship, and obsolescent technologies, the duo of Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride began conceiving... -
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With their first two albums "West End Coast" (2015) and "AM Waves" (2018), Andy Platts and Shawn Lee, better known as Young Gun Silver Fox, formulated a modern version of the classic West Coast and soft rock sounds The third album "Canyons" consequently develops the formula with ten well thought-out compositions, wonderful... -
In 1975, Brooklyn transplant Pepe Willie booked time at Cookhouse Recording Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to demo five original compositions Without roots in the Twin Cities’ insular scene, Willie had no fixed backing group to help realize the arrangements he and vocalists Marcy Ingvoldstad and Kristie Lazenberry had been... -
Repackaged and repressed on 2xLP vinyl, just in time for its 10th anniversary, the album features two bonus tracks, "Millenium Dodo 2" and "Cut You Down", not available on the original version, plus an exclusive 7-inch vinyl inside, featuring two additional tracks from the same recording sessions, "By Your Side" and "Bar Food"... -
After being out of print for years, Atmosphere's fifth studio album, You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having, returns on vinyl Following the breakthrough success of their fourth album, Seven's Travels, the group returned in 2005, showing impressive growth and inventiveness in their new compositions Citing inspirations from a... -
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In the early months of 2020, when the COVID-19 outbreak ravaged his home country of Italy, prolific composer Bruno Bavota did what we all would eventually do: isolated and waited What followed was a year of fear, anxiety, and dread Eventually, fear gave way to fatigue, and the anxiety metamorphosized into nervous energy The... -
On Fast Idol, LA-based Black Marble reaches back through time to connect with the forgotten bedroom kids of the analogue era, the halcyon days of icy hooks and warbly synths always on the edge of going out of tune Harmonies are piped in across the expanse of space, and lyrics capture conversations that seem to come from another... -
On Wayfinder, the follow-up to the acclaimed 2019 album Free Company, Oakland-based songwriter Taylor Vick, under her songwriting moniker Boy Scouts, chases down life’s queries to the very edge of the horizon This is an album that’s not afraid to track down what it all means -- how life unspools around the monoliths of love... -
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Freddie Hubbard was one of the most prolific jazz trumpeters in the business He played a hot and sassy horn! When he was teamed up with George Benson, Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter (just to name a few) on this one of many Creed Taylor-produced collaborations, he most deservedly won the Grammy! The opening title song "First... -
Flugelhornist Art Farmer and guitarist Jim Hall had had a regular group for a time in the mid-'60s but (except for one occasion) had not played together since, until this 1978 LP This is an unusual effort for CTI in that it is a quintet set without added horns, strings or keyboards Farmer and Hall are joined by vibraphonist Mike... -
Electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor had been sporadically recording solo albums for 20 years when Dirty Pool arrived — and was somehow just beginning to find fame Already a hit in Europe, it had taken a steady run of performing in Chicago’s famed blues clubs to slowly earn Taylor a well-deserved reputation as an equal... -
A rare 1964 American live performance by Ben Webster gets a vinyl upgrade from Pure Pleasure RecordsKansas City native Ben Webster had a varied music training Before becoming an elite tenor saxophonist, he trained on violin and piano In his early career, he played in bands led by Lester Young, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Fletcher... -
For a label that wasn't around long, Strata East achieved the same sort of label recognition that Impulse! or Blue Note managed to build In other words, you knew what you were getting when you bought a record on the label, even if you didn't know the names on the outside of the cover This is no exception Who is Shamek Farrah Who... -
This is the first of two superb albums recorded by Bill Evans, and guitarist Jim Hall, and it was recorded over two sessions in April and May 1962 Arrangements simply for piano and guitar are rare in Jazz, and it is even more seldom that the results are truly inspiring and as musically worthwhile as in this case It is usual for... -
Feel Good, not Superfly, is the sound of early-'70s pimping -- even when the tempo slows down, which happens rarely, it's for a slow blues grind, not a ballad, and songs like Tina's "Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)" make no apologies for mythologizing pimps This results in a supremely sleazy, utterly addictive record, one that's... -
Outside there was the rain and the bone-freezing chill of November in Manchester, England Inside the concert hall it was warm and it was beautiful Duke was alive and well, and his orchestra was playing with all the flaring genius that has entranced us since first this musical miracle of our century found his vocation of... -
Originally released on Warners Brothers to scant acclaim in 1978, this Jerry Wexler-produced masterpiece finds James in astounding voice with a batch of great material to apply her massive interpretive powers to The band, including the cream of the late-'70s Los Angeles session hot-shots (Cornell Dupree, Jeff Porcaro, Chuck... -
Saxophonist Wendell Harrison has lived by a standard philosophy for his 50-plus-year career: One must have complete self-autonomy Both his music and business dealings reflect this Besides being a legend on the Detroit jazz scene and mentoring up-and-coming musicians through his non-profit organization Rebirth Inc, he co-founded... -
Mal Waldron's first tribute to Billie Holiday, titled Left Alone, was recorded in 1959, mere months before the singer's death He returned to salute the legendary vocalist on several occasions since then, with this recording likely being his final tribute, recorded less than a year before his own death Waldron, who worked with... -
Recording with a sextet at the New York jazz club Sweet Basil in August 1977, McBee’s band included Chico Freeman on reeds, Dennis Moorman on piano, Joe Gardner on trumpet, Steve McCall on drums, and Famoudou Don Moye on percussion Two complete albums of music were released by Enja Records from this engagement, the ground...
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