“An intimate and vulnerable emotional portrait that shows her grappling with a period of personal tumult, ‘Whole New Mess’ presents Angel Olsen working through her open wounds [...]
“The early 1980s was a formative time for a wide variety of outstanding unique music coming out of Phoenix, Arizona. Experimental DIY, punk, prog rock, noise, comedy, jazz was all […]
Bob Bellerue’s new double-LP, “Music of Liberation,” is a careful and intricate album of textured drone and shapely noise. Like the greatest works by post-industrial masters [...]
Sankayi, Konono Nº1, Orchestre Bambala, Orchestre Bana Luya ‎– Kinshasa 1978 (Originals and Reconstructions)
“Back in 1978, Bernard Treton recorded four ‘tradi-modern’ bands in Kinshasa. These sessions spawned the “Zaïre: Musiques Urbaines à Kinshasa” album (released in [...]
Tabloid formed in Northern California in 2011 exploring growing repetition and sustained tones. It is comprised of Philip Geraldi (Shock Tropics, Mystics in Bali) and Luke Molloy (Piles, Anxient [...]
“First time available since its original release on the Italian Ri-Fi label, Maria Monti’s 1974 LP Il Bestario is a rare item even in its native country. Monti is an […]
What our staff has to say: “Previously unreleased early demos of some of most beloved Velvet Underground songs, played by Lou and John with their guitars and nothing else. You […]
A single LP collection of the b-sides and rarities featured alongside the singles from Tori’s seminal release (and solo debut), Little Earthquakes. This is the first time these songs have [...]
Wilco’s seventh release, Wilco (the album), took shape quickly in January ’09 after the band traveled to Auckland, New Zealand to participate in an Oxfam International benefit project. The band [...]
Craft Recordings are pleased to reissue Big Star’s acclaimed, first two albums on 180-gram vinyl. #1 Record and Radio City feature all-analog mastering by Jeff Powell at Memphis’ Take [...]