“The story of the passenger liner MS Scandinavian Star stays adrift. Tragic and complex, the details are out there in the electronic ozone, still yet to find closure. From sea […]
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 [...]
Sublime, unique, sexy, and peculiar unreleased scores by electronic and jazz pioneer Ron Geesin, made for the films by maverick director Stephen Dwoskin. Geesin made great music and worked with [...]
“Munster Records presents a reissue of Batiscafo by Gregorio Paniagua. Immersed in an age of re-releases and the pursuit of rarities, hidden gems and marvels, record labels are constantly [...]
“Horace Swaby, known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player, and keyboardist. In addition to popularizing the use of melodica in reggae [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What our staff has to say: “Everything else is irrelative.” – Cleo If your brain has a shortlist of bands that instantly evoke New Wave, Suburban Lawns deserve a slot […]
Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their ongoing Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965. Released in tandem [...]
The tenth volume of Numero’s elaborately packaged Cabinet of Curiosities series, L80s finds the group exploring the far-flung corners of the global downtempo underground. This 12-song mix [...]