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Of all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver collective called Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is the one that has worked its way under the most skins Magnet magazine named it the best album of the 1990s, and Creative Loafing recently devoted a cover story to one fan's quest to understand why... -
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An album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's Dummy was such a complete artistic achievement that its ubiquitous successes threatened to exhaust its own potential RJ Wheaton offers an impressionistic investigation of Dummy that imitates the cumulative structure of the album itself,...
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Although Exile in Guyville was celebrated as one of the year's top records by Spin and the New York Times, it was also, to some, an abomination: a mockery of the Rolling Stones' most revered record and a rare glimpse into the psyche of a shrewd, independent, strong young woman For these crimes, Liz Phair was run out of her...
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Babes in Toyland was one of the most influential and underrated bands of the 1990s They rode the wave of the Minneapolis grunge scene crafting a unique sound composed of self-taught instrumentation and unabashed banshee raging vocals Their stage presence was enigmatic, their lyrics vitriolic, and their Kinderwhore fashion ironic...
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Loveless remains an enigma, 15 years after its release - an album so influential and groundbreaking that its chief creator, Kevin Shields, has been unable or unwilling to release an official follow-up In his book, Mike McGonigal talks to all the members of My Bloody Valentine, in an almost certainly futile attempt to get at the...
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Moon Pix was conceived during a hallucinatory waking nightmare in the South Carolina home of Chan Marshall one fateful day in 1997 Spirits violently swam up around her house, looming at the windows, beckoning her to join them Her and her acoustic guitar warded them off song after song, nearly the entire album rushed forth...
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Joy Division's career has often been shrouded by myths But the truth is surprisingly simple: over a period of several months, Joy Division transformed themselves from run-of-the-mill punk wannabes into the creators of one of the most atmospheric, disturbing, and influential debut albums ever recorded Chris Ott carefully picks...
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1985 Dinosaur, still without the Jr Not hardcore anymore, but not yet anything else either First live shows: fearsomely loud First record, a fearsome mess: a raw miscellany thrown together from small-town ennui, the apathy of the middle classes, and all the things teenage boys are obsessed with 1987 Dinosaur Jr A new record,...
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bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, have announced details of their new album ‘Tracey Denim’, which will be released digitally and on CD May 19th on Matador The album will be available on vinyl September 8 ‘Tracey Denim’ was recorded and produced by bar italia with mixing...
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Nearly 30 years after Kids’ seismic release, Music For KIDS—a deluxe reissue of The Folk Implosion’s original compositions that soundtracked Larry Clark’s and Harmony Korine’s 1995 cult classic film—compiles for the first time all of the songs the duo of Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr) and John Davis wrote for the...
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Back from the silence from which PG SIX always emerges, the new album release Murmurs & Whispers is the first proper PG Six album since 2011’s Starry Mind Time passes slowly, as they’ve been known to say out in the country, and before you know it, there’s a bunch of it behind you After five releases in the first decade...
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First time vinyl reissue of this 2008 jangle pop gem that was verging on "lost classic" status In essence, a slightly reshuffled lineup of New Zealand legends The Bats, minus Robert Scott Minisnap sees Kaye Woodward step up as the main vocalist and songwriter Limited to 200 copies worldwide Bounce Around LP by...
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Super Furry Animals were one of the first post-alternative bands, fusing together a number of disparate musical genres - including power pop, punk rock, techno, and progressive rock - creating a shimmering, melodic, irreverent, and wilfully artsy rock & roll Produced by the band, Phantom Power keeps a much lower profile than...
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The inimitable and boundary pushing Róisín Murphy announces her highly anticipated forthcoming album, ‘Hit Parade’, produced in collaboration with electronic music virtuoso DJ Koze The 13-track compendium of genre-melding gems is set for release on the 8th September on esteemed record label Ninja Tune and this announcement...
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UK singer/songwriter and DJ Romy presents her highly-anticipated debut solo album, Mid Air Following three acclaimed albums with her band The xx, the 11 track record focuses celebration, sanctuary, and salvation on the dance floor Dealing with love, grief, relationships, identity and sexuality, it's a love letter to the queer...
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Texas bred singer/songwriter and Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek presents "Haunted Mountain", his third solo album and first for 4AD The record is about love and… something other, something bigger than love, something that doesn't challenge it exactly, but stands in contrast to it A soulfulness, or a soul-seeking fullness Meek...
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Selected Songs 1997-2003 compiles some of the finest moments in the recording history of Hydroplane, the Melbourne-based indie-pop three-piece that operated alongside The Cat’s Miaow through the second half of the nineties It’s the third release in what feels, now, like a loosely planned series by World Of Echo, documenting...
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Threads of Technicolor drama, Factory cool, and bedsit ambition squeezed onto a cassette tape in shimmering and immediate song Lo-fi that reverently spans the gap between '60s Love (Arthur Lee), '70s private-pressed and would-be glam (Lucky Pierre, Brett Smiley), and perhaps most transparent: The Sound of Young Scotland (Postcard...
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Slowdive returns with their first new album since 2017 Everything Is Alive is exactly what the title suggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points within it While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to the atmospheric quality of 1995's Pygmalion, Everything Is...
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Kurt Vile is slowly, quietly becoming one of the great American guitarists and songwriters, of our time This 69-minute double album is comprised of sweeping, expansive songs that are both very intimate and conversational Wakin On A Pretty Daze is a timeless record that would have sounded great 30 years ago, sounds great today, and...
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SPELLLING, the moniker of the Bay Area experimental pop mastermind Chrystia Cabral, returns with SPELLLING & the Mystery School, a collection of richly envisioned new versions of songs from throughout her critically-acclaimed discography, out August 25 via Sacred Bones Recorded with her touring band (est 2021), these...
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Milk Music was conceived in the late aughts as brothers Alex Coxen (guitar, vocals) and Joe Rutter (drums) drove around the Northwest jamming on tunes in a shitty old Volvo Inspired by music that their friends were making, the young brothers rented a space, enlisted first bass player Eric Yates, and wrote the songs on this...
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New band-compiled album of The Pooh Sticks hits and misses "'Mellifluous' is a word you won't hear much when conversation turns to early Pooh Sticks records But "noise pollution", sure: that comes up I've even used it myself So look away now if you must: Straight Up: Noise Pollution C88-90 is a selection of some of the most...
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Welcome To The Monkey House is the fourth studio album by The Dandy Warhols and was originally released in 2003 It was produced by front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran The album features musical and production collaborations with Simon Le Bon, Nile Rodgers, Tony Visconti, and Evan Dando The album track...
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This double live album Show was recorded on The Cure’s 1992 Wish album tour, at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan This release celebrates the 30th anniversary of this album Originally released in 1993, the band comprised of Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Perry Bamonte, and features many of the...
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Following it’s surprise digital release, Sigur Rós’ first new studio album in ten years, ÁTTA, is their most intimate and emotionally direct record to date Few bands cut through the noise and distractions of the world to bring you a pure elemental truth or feeling like Sigur Rós As you hear on ÁTTA, there’s a new...
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Queer tweemo from the pop fringe of Little Rock, Arkansas’s thriving ’90s DIY scene Paper Airplanes, Paper Hearts gathers Everyone Asked About You’s complete recorded works, including the Let's Be Enemies LP and their two and a half 7"s released between 1997-2000 Remastered from the original DATs for maximum nostalgic...
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Six years since his last album, Love If Possible, Shintaro Sakamoto has completed his fourth solo album, Like A Fable The album's ten songs describe everyday life in a world undergoing dramatic changes in the midst of a pandemic Sakamoto continually updates his sound, and with Like A Fable, he has made his best pop album...
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Fourteen classic Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds albums have been made available for the first time on heavyweight 180g vinyl Each album has been re-mastered (overseen by Mick Harvey, former Bad Seed and founder member), and all album artwork reflects the original release from the cover to the printed inner sleeves Originally...
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A song cycle equally inspired by failed romantic affairs and religious doubts, The Boatman's Call captures Nick Cave at his most honest While he retains a fascination for gothic, Biblical imagery, it has little of the trademark theatricality fans had come to expect This time, the music is textured yet direct, offering a revealing...
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With Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds sprawling 17-track behemoth Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004) we have something that few could have expected - two albums that can both be regarded as self-contained masterpieces; two storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful records...
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Ancient Melodies of the Future is the fifth full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill The album was recorded at Bear Creek in Woodinville, Washington With Ancient Melodies of the Future, Built to Spill expanded on the big sound that they crafted with Keep It Like a Secret "In Your Mind" is a beautiful track...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain made quite the entrance with their 1985 debut album Psychocandy The record features the singles "Never Understand", "You Trip Me Up" and "Just Like Honey" Psychocandy is widely considered to be one of the most important albums of it's time The Jesus and Mary Chain (JAMC was the musical project of Jim...
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Named # 1 Album of the Year by MOJO Pitchfork Best New Music 85!! The fourth studio album from BILL CALLAHAN In the song-world of Bill Callahan, the present realities tumble ecstatically like cloth in the wind—sheets and flags and clothes These things borne aloft are not simply physical details in the landscape, but the contours...
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“This sound / synapse transposition is as haunting as it is beautiful—surely Grouper’s best”—Tiny Mix Tapes “If past Grouper releases have inhabited abyssal trenches and damp backwoods, here Harris takes us journeying across constellations and stars Two of the most beguiling albums of the year, exquisitely realized...
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First time vinyl release for this classic LOW holiday recording We would suggest that few bands from an ostensibly "indie rock" background should release Christmas music, if not out of respect for the holiday or material then at least out of a sense of self-esteem Low, however, were made for this Their attention to musical detail...
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Following on the somnambulant heels of When I See The Sun, our massive, near-complete Codeine overview, comes What About The Lonely, an eight-track LP recorded at the group’s live zenith Captured direct from the mixing board at a stop on Codeine’s November 1993 swing through the Midwest, opening for Mazzy Star, this document...
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It was all change when The Fall signed to Fontana Guitarist Martin Bramah, who had founded the group with Smith, returned, replacing Smith's ex-wife Brix, who had been in the group since 1983 There were few cries of sell-out, however, when The Fall signed to a major; it was just part of an evolutionary process The three Fontana...
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1992's 'Code: Selfish' marked the arrival of Dave Bush to the group on keyboards, bringing a harder, techno-edge to the work Less focussed than its predecessors, the album reveals its considerable charms gradually – the initially impenetrable seven-minute splurge of opener of The Birmingham School of Business School gives way...
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Released in February 1990, Extricate was a big bold statement, co-opting some Madchester beats into The Fall's mix, with the band and Smith on excellent form From the catchy indie of Hilary and The Littlest Rebel, the oblique attack on past lovers in Sing! Harpy, and the touching rumination on death and new love, Bill Is Dead,...
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One of those records that feels like a god-sent breeze at the peak of a mediterranean heatwave, on ‘You Win Again’ Maria Spivak builds on the charmed pulse of 2020's 'Met'a To P'eib = Μετά Το Ρέιβ' and its 2021 follow-up 'Rare Backwards' to assemble nine tightly-wound songs that hover at the intersection of...
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The return of the classic 'Demonstration Tapes' double LP on vinyl from the one and only Dolly Mixture Originally self released in 1984 - this 27 track set collects the band's demos from 1979 to 1983 of perfectly executed pop, indie pop and '60s girl group gems The sound is raw but the charm and pure-pop songcraft manages to shine...
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The Armed return with their 2023 album Perfect Saviors, the first new music since 2021 breakout release Ultrapop Providing a full accounting of album contributors for the first time, Perfect Saviors was produced by the band's Tony Wolski along with Ben Chisholm and Troy Van Leeuwen, with contributions from Julien Baker, Sarah...
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DOUBLE-LP EDITION on BLACK VINYL, coming with a gatefold sleeve and a download card! The Lemonheads' classic 1993 album gets the 30th anniversary treatment, with the addition of a full disc of bonus material, including the band's version of the '60s garage punk nugget 'Little Black Egg' by The Nightcrawlers, Evan Dando's homage to...
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Following their 'Nowhere' 30th anniversary UK tour last year, shoegaze legends Ride release two more titles of their early classic albums 'Tarantula' and 'Carnival of Light' via Wichita Recordings These follow last year's reissues of 'Nowhere', '4EPs', and 'Going Blank Again' from their days on Creation Records 'Carnival of Light'...
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Fontanelle is the second studio album by American punk rock band Babes in Toyland, which was originally released in 1992 After extensive touring throughout 1991, the band entered the studio to record their major label follow-up to their debut album Spanking Machine The album was co-produced by Kat Bjelland with Lee Ranaldo...
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Celeste is an absolute banger of an album From the driving Motoriks to the weird and wonderful pastoral sonics; it is a trip! There's something intangible about ‘Celeste’, The Soundcarriers’ second album, originally released in 2010 It has a light, lucid quality, almost like driving exhausted through a strange city at...
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To call Current Affairs a Glasgow band may initially seem misdirection Though Joan Sweeney (ex-Rose McDowall’s Band, Aggi Doom, The Royal We) is a lifer, Sebastian Ymai (Comidillo Tapes, Pissy, Anxiety) came from Chile via York, recently relocating to Berlin in 2021, and new member Gemma Fleet (The Wharves, Order of the Toad,...
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