“The Airing Cupboard Tapes first appeared in 1981 as a mail-order cassette from Wormwood Records. Recorded live at various Fairport Convention shows between 1971 and 1974, the tape was [...]
John Dikeman, Jon Rune Strøm and Tollef Østvang choose as the name of their trio the title of an Albert Ayler’s composition, “Universal Indians”, because of its double symbolism. The […]
“For Sandy Denny fans, anything involving her is worthwhile, and fewer and fewer scraps turn up. This, however, found as Woodworm Studios was being cleared, is a lo-fi gem. Recorded […]
Live recording from Borealis Festival 2007 concert in Bergen’s Domkirke Label: Southern Lord – sunn94 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 2008 VG+/VG+
The album of the summer of 2016, today. Label: Astralwerks – 25479112032 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 2016 VG+/VG+
In September 1968, Amon Düül played the “International Essener Songtage,” Germany’s first rock festival of five days duration, which was initiated by the later OHR label boss [...]
“A long-overdue collection of work by one of the greatest funky soul groups of the 70s – the mighty mighty Side Effect, a combo who cut some killer albums for […]
One of the best-loved UK bands of the last four decades, The Charlatans’ career spans 14 albums, three Number One UK albums and era-defining anthems like “The Only One I […]
Formed in 1984, Fields of the Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal […]
“The pounding garage-rock din emanating from the jungles of deepest Connecticut could overwhelm the senses, causing the weary NY commuter to become disoriented! Who knew that the most [...]
“Mountain Of One’s Leo Zero is invited to select and blend a diverse and pop-friendly mix set by Strut Records. expect choice cuts from Chris & Cosey ‘Exotica’, Can [...]
“From their wine-soused, Magic Band obsessed roots to their art-rock/new wave end some ten years later, OZZIE made some fantastic music. They built up substantial followings in Sacramento, [...]
A double album of new music intended as a companion piece to Shawn Rudiman’s album Conduit from earlier in 2020. Flow State is a cinematic journey guided by ambient and […]
“On his latest album, Samuel Van Dijk applies his lush, richly rendered electro to a broad sweep of introspective machine music across the tempo range. For well over 10 years […]
Nickel and Penny are twin sides of the same eccentric coin, and in the ’60s and ’70s that coin was being flipped by Chicago’s #1 Dusties DJ Richard Pegue. When […]
The second in our series exploring the pan-American funk experience, Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay is a deep overview of Funky Nassau’s redheaded sister city, Freeport, on Grand Bahama Island. [...]
While not manning knobs and faders for Gil Scott-Heron, Hugh Masekela, Soul Searchers, Van McCoy, and a host of major label also-rans at Edgewood Studios, Washington, D.C.’s most opulent [...]
“Unfortunately, this concert album is often overlooked when discussions of the great live rock albums of the ’70s arise. UFO’s Strangers in the Night deserves to be right up [...]
The second live album by Judas Priest, from their Turbo tour. Label: Columbia – C2 40794 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG+
“Over 70 releases and 44 years into his career as a jazz drummer and composer, William Hooker has made (arguably) his best album yet during the pandemic in 2020, a […]
Autechre continue their chronological series of LP reissues with the albums Untilted (2005) and Quaristice (2008). Neither of these albums have been repressed since their original release and [...]
Spiritmuse Records and Kahil El’Zabar present Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London, a unique concept of recording new material purposefully in a live audience environment, to capture the […]
Growing up in the sound system culture of Leeds in England, George spent a fiver, courtesy of his mum, on a battered old speaker box he named “Echo45”. That box […]
Danny Brown’s last albums Quaranta and Scaring The Hoes bookended the end of the XXX era. Enter Stardust – Danny’s first album since entering sobriety sees him rediscover his [...]
A double 12″ of pulsating house energy. Label: Help Recordings – HELP019 Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Album Country: Denmark Released: 2022 VG+/VG+
“Chamber music, loud riffs, pure choirs, electronic textures, This first album from OGIVES, “La mémoiredes orages” (The Memory of Storms) is a myriad of contrasts. The double LP [...]
“One of the London Sinfonietta’s landmark commissions of the past fifty years, Henze’s Voices is a collection of 22 folk songs from all over the world, spanning the soundworld of […]
“XKatedral Anthology I is the first in a series of archival releases dedicated to presenting music by XKatedral affiliated composers working within the realm of slowly evolving harmonic and [...]
Tremor – the breathtaking sixth album by Daniel Avery. An inner world built from chaotic noise, transcendental ambience and voices that echo around it like pulsing transmissions from some distant [...]
Canto A Lo Divino is the unique musical expression of the Chilean peasant world – a conversation with the divine nourished by Biblical and other sacred texts. It is communal […]
“Recorded in 1971, shortly after he departed Cadet where he served as a house sideman-playing on dozens of records and a prefferred guitarist for Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, Phil […]
20th anniversary 2xLP reissue of Flags Of The Sacred Harp, a transcendent masterpiece of free-folk, gospel-drone, and psychedelic Americana. A re-imagining of traditional hymns and anthems from [...]
Oneohtrix Point Never, AKA Daniel Lopatin, has announced his new album Again, set for release September 29 via Warp. In Lopatin’s words the album is in part “a speculative autobiography,” […]
“In 2017, Wayne Shorter was artist-in-residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival. He was scheduled to perform three times during the weekend: Once with his longstanding quartet — pianist [...]
“Thelonious Monk fans in particular are advised to search for this valuable two-LP set for it contains a variety of unissued material from the pianist/composer’s six-year period with [...]
“Behind The Dykes is a double LP compilation presenting the best bands and artists the Dutch had to offer in the period 1964-1972. The Netherlands was the first non-English speaking […]
“The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, expanding to a chamber orchestra, marks its sixth decade as a vital force on the world music stage with an ear-opening live recording on two […]
“We Release Jazz announces an exciting new body of work by Joseph Deenmamode aka Mo Kolours. A catalog of critically acclaimed records, including his self-titled debut (2014), Texture Like [...]
“Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s The Walls Have Ears appeared/disappeared as a 2LP set in [...]
Continuing the tradition of its milestone-marking compilations, Carbon is using the occasion of its 25th year to bring together an impressive roster of guitar-based artists. Showcasing the use of [...]
Lunchbox’s legendary lost album “Evolver” is lost no more! Sparklingly remastered for the album’s twentieth (and a few!) anniversary and available on CD, cassette and (for the [...]
Xiu Xiu – Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks (Red/Blue Vinyl)
“Australia’s Gallery of Modern Art commissioned Xiu Xiu to reinterpret the music from Twin Peaks for their David Lynch: Between Two Worlds exhibition. Since then, the band has performed [...]
“Alessio Natalizia aka Not Waving rides the wave of a lifetime on his magnum opus, Good Luck. The London-based Italian artist’s second album for Diagonal is an emotional but fiercely […]
Analog Africa has the huge honour to present a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, a musician that changed the trajectory of the label for ever. Hailing from Benin, […]
The first ever live album from this fiery and popular Melbourne punk quartet. On this the band run through a raging live set to reveal the full extent of their […]
Nineties post-punks the VSS may have only issued one full-length in their brief two-year existence, 1997’s Nervous Circuits, but what a record it was. Synthesizing elements of hardcore, new [...]