“In 2015, a successful bid of £3,560 (some ₩5 million) was made on a single album on eBay – this was the 1972 original UK press of Folkal Point’s album. […]
“Cleared is the duo of Steven Hess and Michael Vallera, both veterans of the Chicago experimental underground. With their new album Drown, Cleared integrate elements of minimalism and sound [...]
Great comp of the Chicago garage-rock band. Label: Edsel Records – ED 157 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: 1985 VG/VG. LP has some hairline scratchs. Jacket has some […]
“After a string of successful solo efforts, Billy Cobham began to slip into mediocrity beginning with this recording, originally released in 1975. While elements of funk were always a part [...]
Modern alt-psych from Austin, Texas. In similar zone as Moon Duo, Psychic Ills, Black Angels. Label: Monofonus Press – MF038 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 2012 VG+/VG+. Light scuffs [...]
“If Genesis truly established themselves as progressive rockers on Trespass, Nursery Cryme is where their signature persona was unveiled: true English eccentrics, one part Lewis Carroll and [...]
“In the mid-’80s, Alice Cooper was able to crawl out of obscurity and rebuild his cult following. Though 1986’s Constrictor and the supporting Nightmare Returns tour hardly [...]
“Counting their live CDR from 2007, All That Remains is the fifth album by Walthamstow’s finest duo since at least the halcyon days of Bevis Frond’s Inner Marshland. Hard to [...]
“The most refined of the three albums by the Frost features singer/songwriter Dick Wagner as producer, with Sam Charters, producer of the first two albums — Frost Music and Rock […]
“By the time of David Gilmour’s solo debut, he had not only established himself several times over as an underrated, powerful guitarist in Pink Floyd, but as a remarkably emotional [...]
“Although tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon had moved to Europe in 1962, he made a return visit to the U.S. in 1965 that resulted in both this album and Gettin’ Around. […]
Concentric Circles is pleased to present a collection of recordings from Halkyn, the solo project of Chris Coyle, most known for being a member of much beloved Leeds, UK group […]
Coursing through the cosmic pulse of Jazz-Funk is the inimitable influence of Lonnie Liston Smith. For over five decades, the legendary keyboardist and bandleader has been a driving force in […]
Fun and inventive synth soundtrack to the 1987 video game Darius that stands alone as well. RIYL: late 80’s Tangerine Dream, YMO. Label: G.M.O.Records – ALR-22912 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: [...]
Second album by the Japanese super-group. Decidedly more prog & rock influenced than their later work. Label: Bill Box – K28A-17 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Japan Released: 1980 [...]
Composer Nala Sinephro presents The Smashing Machine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The film, directed and written by Benny Safdie, tells the story of prolific UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
The mutants are back! Now in Crystal Blue Persuasion. “The late 60s in Brasil produced an explosion of creativity that is still reverberating throughout the world… and Os Mutantes (The […]
Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter Haylie Davis presents Wandering Star, a coming-of-age debut that unfolds like a Townes Van Zandt tale set in a deserted diner off a re-routed interchange: [...]
At the dawn of the 70s a shift was taking place all around the world. The streets of Port of Spain thronged with Black Power marches, trade union demonstrations and […]
London Jazz Classics originally came out in 1993 – the first album ever to be released on Soul Jazz Records. The album brought together rare and obscure dance tracks in […]
We could expound upon the history of this 1969 release on the Bethlehem label, but perhaps it’s best to let the producer of the album do it. You might have […]
BLARF is comedian and actor Eric André’s musical project. Most people know Eric as an actor (in Bad Trip, Happy Gilmore 2, and “The Righteous Gemstones”), and for his surreal, […]
Ramsey Thornton makes modern-day folk music for early mornings and quiet hours. It’s a warm, rhythmic sound, fueled by intricate fingerpicking and the observational storytelling of a [...]
Counting Sunsets is a quietly expansive continuation of SUSS’s slow-motion Americana, tracing new lines through the terrain they’ve been mapping across their run of albums for [...]
The Deslondes are a five-piece group from New Orleans, Louisiana The band splits up songwriting and lead vocal duties among its five members, continuing its democratic ethos and musical [...]
Jobi Riccio is stepping into her next chapter with Face The Feeling, her forthcoming album on Yep Roc Records due May 15. An “Emerging Act of the Year” nominee from […]
Field Commander Ali is the solo project of Ali Mollica, a folk song person living on the South Coast of NSW, Australia . The Next From Field Commander, her new […]
Having Fun Records serves up the next course in its officially sanctioned Bootlegger Series with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — Live in NYC: Italian Feast. Captured at Forest […]
The incandescent voice of Tim Buckley took him on a journey from fragile folk rocker to boldly experimental avant-garde icon in nine short years of recordings. Here we capture him […]
Despite its title, Ratboys’ new album Singin’ to an Empty Chair is not defined by what’s missing. Rather, it’s the beginning of an important dialogue with a close loved one, […]
One of many projects on Strata-East spearheaded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee (legendary director Spike Lee’s father), The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe’s only album, A Spirit [...]
A hushed and intimate reimagining of a landmark indie classic, Grandaddy’s The Sophtware Slump… On a Wooden Piano—originally released in 2011—returns in a limited Eco-Mix “Tangelo” vinyl [...]
The Beths occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, produced by guitarist Jonathan Pearce and [...]
1967 DEBUT BY SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PSYCH PIONEERS! Rock ‘n’ Roll lightning can strike anywhere. The Neigb’rhood Childr’n, tucked away in Medford, Oregon, (near the [...]
With this limited color vinyl pressing, Barsuk marks the 15th anniversary of David Bazan’s masterful Strange Negotiations — the prophetic 2011 meditation on what he was already seeing as a […]
“If their fantastic new EP We Are Sonic Art is any indication, expect a fine squall of garage-noise-pop somewhere between the pre-punk isolation of Mid-west 70s isolates like Half Japanese [...]
“Are Possible is a spark-throwing, undulating fusion of styles played (mainly) on banjo, upright bass and drums, made possible by the individual perspectives of Nathan, double-bassist Casey [...]
Recorded on tour with Sunn O))) in Europe and Scandinavia, March and April 2005. Label: Troniks – tro-255 Format: Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 2007 VG+/VG+. […]
“The first resonant space Zosha Warpeha played in was the Emanuel Vigeland Museum in Oslo, Norway. Built as a mausoleum, its walls reach up into a gradual archway, creating an […]
“It was almost entirely improvised,” explains Columbus-based guitarist Matthew Rolin. He’s talking about Lamplighter, the new album from Gerycz/Powers/Rolin, a trio featuring himself, Columbus [...]
“Now Does the Trick” all too well With balance, harmony, and simplicity, Now slips their hand into the pocketbook of modfathers without being nicked by nostalgia Harmony on every [...]
“Omaha multi-instrumentalist L. Eugene Methe’s Rake Kash ensemble have become a favorite this winter, thanks to their varied and amiable self-titled LP on his increasingly active Gertrude [...]
“One of the great joys of the ever-evolving catalog of Dan Melchior is hearing where in the spectrum of styles that he has mastered each record falls. From studio recordings […]
“The second Psychedelic Buddhist country rock LP by Bhikshuni Heng-yin, a follow-up to 1980s Awakening, but this time it’s done in the vein of a Children’s Buddhist [...]
Longtime beat-tape and 404 enthusiasts Eddie Logix (Detroit-based DJ, producer and audio engineer; Rocksteady Disco label affiliate) and Airjob (Hamtramck-based producer; J94 label founder) come [...]