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Label Review. Our Overview. ‘Behind This Guitar’ is the long awaited debut album from critically acclaimed country star Mo Pitney. The album features 10 of 12 tracks penned by the songsmith himself along with a who’s who of top Nashville songwriters. Mo Pitney has already been hailed as one of country music’s most named artists to watch by the likes of Rolling Stone Country, The Huffington Post and Billboard who proclaimed Mo as “one of the strongest male vocalists to come along in some time.” The album features the debut single, “Country”,” Boy And A Girl Thing”, which prompted Bobby Bones of iHeartMedia’s The Bobby Bones Show to include Pitney in his “Who Will Blow Up in 2016” list, “Clean Up On Aisle Five”, which earned a standing ovation as his first song performed on the legendary Grand Ole Opry stage, and the single, “Everywhere”.

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And although he has eclectic musical tastes, from James Taylor to Randy Newman, Pitney admits his approach to country music has earned high praise from fans of traditional country.“I tend to attract the purists,” the singer told Rolling Stone Country. “They want to immediately link arms and say, ‘Let’s fight this other monster.’ And I say, ‘It’s not a monster. They’re artists and they’re doing what they do.’ There are more tweets on my Twitter that say #saviorofcountrymusic. I’m like, ‘Don’t put that on me!’ I just want to make music. I’m honored that people see me as that but I’m not doing this as a way to be different.”. Label Review.

Our Overview. This collector’s edition contains Howlin’ Wolf ’s eponymous second album for Chess Records, Howlin’ Wolf (released in January 1962). The long play, which has come to be known as “The Rockin’ Chair Album”, was originally released as a collection of singles (totalling nine tracks) taped and released individually between 1960 and 1961 (with the exception of the songs “Who’s Been Talkin’” and “Tell Me”, cut in 1957). The album also contained three previously unreleased songs, recorded between May and December 1961.

The music presented here is a testament to Wolf’s unearthly, mighty force. One of his best loved LPs, Howlin’ Wolf is widely recognized as one of the all-time cornerstones of Chicago Blues (it was also named the third greatest guitar album of all time by Mojo magazine in 2004).

The first side features iconic singles like “The Red Rooster”, and “Wang-Dang- Doodle”. However it’s on the second side that Wolf really steps into the light and delivers his dynamic and unique voice like never before. As was common practice in the early Sixties, the music contained on this album was not originally taped with the intention of presenting it on the longplay format. Instead, it featured a selection of hit singles and B-sides cut at different sessions that took place over several years. (Wolf ’s evolution as a musician is particularly evident when listening to the two opening tunes, “Shake for Me” and “The Red Rooster”.) Based on the fact that this is more of a “best of” type album, one might ask why it is considered to be one of Howlin Wolf ’s finest if it was just a collection of singles? The answer to this is in the quality of the B-sides, which are every bit as good as the better-known A-sides.

From the signature “Spoonful” down to the closer “Tell Me,” Howlin’ Wolf is at his absolute best. Track Listing: 1.Shake For Me 2.

The Red Rooster 3. You’ll Be Mine 4. Who’s Been Talkin’ 5. Wang-Dang-Doodle 6.

Little Baby 7. Going Down Slow 9. Down In The Bottom 10. Back Door Man 11. Howlin’ For My Baby 12. I Didn’t Know 14.

Rockin’ Daddy 16. Don’t Mess With My Baby 18.

Highway Man 19. I’ve Been Abused 20. Change My Way 21. You Can’t Be Beat. Label Review. Our Overview. Sir Roosevelt is Zac Brown’s side project along with singer-songwriter Niko Moon – with whom he's worked for over a decade – and Ben Simonetti, a Nashville recording engineer who worked on Brown's recent Jekyll + Hyde album, among other releases.

'Sir Rosevelt can go to a lot of new places,' says Brown. 'It's like painting with a whole bunch of new colors.' The Zac Brown Band 3 time Grammy Award winners, is not going anywhere. Rather, Sir Rosevelt serves as Brown's progression as an artist as he moves more into a mix of pop, dance and acoustics -- an exploration that began with Zac Brown Band's fourth major-label studio album ‘Jekyll + Hyde’ in 2015. And now the trio have released their self titled debut album ‘Sir Rosevelt’.

“Sir Rosevelt is a new chapter in addition to Zac Brown Band,' Brown said in a statement. 'A new outlet for creativity, connection and art. Get ready.” Brown further explained, “To me, that’s what makes a real artist -- it’s natural to want to create music that’s similar to what we like to listen to. [Sir Rosevelt] has become the outlet we have for everything outside of the homegrown roots of ZBB. I have no plan to abandon everything that we’ve ever done, but there are literally millions of different sounds out there, it’s like different colors to paint with.” The 11-track offering, which seeks to fuse the sounds of pop, dance, acoustic instrumentation and Southern stylings, features two tracks co-written by Pharell Williams and two tracks co-produced by Justin Timbaland. “Sir Rosevelt is a new chapter in addition to Zac Brown Band,” says Zac. “A new outlet for creativity, connection and art.

Label Review. 1958 album with 7 bonus tracks. Our Overview. Billie Holiday ‘All Or Nothing At All’ was originally recorded during 1956-57 and eventually released by Verve Records in 1958.

Although Billie Holiday’s association with tenor saxophonist Ben Webster could never match up to her long-standing relationship – both musically and personally – with the great tenorist Lester Young, the vocalist would record with Webster on many occasions dating back to the very beginning of her career. In fact, Webster was present on her fourth recording session on July 2, 1935, which was also the vocalist’s first date under the wing of pianist Teddy Wilson. She waxed three of her earliest hits at the session: “I Wished on the Moon”, “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” and “Miss Brown to You”, which would remain in her repertoire throughout her career. The singer and tenorist participated on five more recording sessions together prior to 1937. Their paths would then diverge, and with the exception of a single 1944 radio broadcast in which both were captured on two tunes (“Fine and Mellow” and “All of Me”), no further collaborations between Billie and Ben exist until the first of the many sessions included on this set, which took place on August 14, 1956.

With the exception of the two December 1957 versions of “Fine and Mellow” recorded for the TV broadcast “The Sound of Jazz” (one is a studio recording and the other the actual live performance during the show) – in which Billie was also reunited with Lester Young – all of Webster and Holiday’s late collaborations are limited to their 1956-57 recordings for Norman Granz, some of which were issued on the album All or Nothing at All. 1956- 57 proved a busy period for Billie Holiday, who after overcoming many breakdowns had just published her memoirs, titled Lady Sings the Blues (in collaboration with William Dufty).

She performed a concert at Carnegie Hall on December 10, 1956 to promote her book. Harry Edison had recorded with Holiday on just one session during the thirties (on December 14, 1939, which also featured Lester Young and Buck Clayton). However, he would back her on three sessions during the singer’s time with Granz, in 1954 and 1955 (issued on the albums Lady Sings the Blues, Music for Torching and Velvet Moods ).

After the sessions with Webster, Edison would also be present on Billie Holiday’s last studio sessions ever, recorded in March 1959 under the direction of Ray Ellis. Music from two Carnegie Hall concerts on which Billie appeared backed by Count Basie’s band has been added as a bonus. Track Listing: Disc: 1 1. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 2. Cheek To Cheek 3. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) 4. We'll Be Together Again 6.

All Or Nothing At All 7. Sophisticated Lady 8. April In Paris 9. I Wished On The Moon 10. Moonlight In Vermont 11.

A Foggy Day 12. Didn't KNow What Time It Was 13. Just One Of Those Things 14. Comes Love (Alternative Take) 15. Comes Love Disc: 2 1.

Day In, Day Out 2. Darn That Dream 3. But Not For Me 4. Body & Soul 5. Just Friends (Instrumental) 6. Stars Fell On Alabama 7.

Say It Isn't So 8. Love Is Here To Stay 9. One For My Baby (& One More For The Road) 10. They Can't Take That From Me 11. Embraceable You 12.

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 13. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? Label Review. 2017 blues album. Our Overview. Legendary singer and harmonica player Kim Wilson, from the Fabulous Thunderbirds has released his brand new solo album, ‘Blues and Boogie Vol 1.’ Recorded over the course of two years in California, the album features Larry Taylor (Canned Heat) on bass, the late Barrelhouse Chuck on piano, guitarists Billy Flynn, Big Jon Atkinson and Nathan James, Marty Dodson and the late Richard Innes on drums, and Kim on Vocals and Harmonica.

Wilson has gone back to the basics—not to mention old-school Chicago blues—for the new disc, which features guitar work by Big Jon Atkinson, Bob Welsh, Billy Flynn and Nathan James. The album was recorded in California and produced by Wilson. “I want to tell all of the real blues fans out there what a labor of love this project has been,” Wilson says in the liner notes. “I’ve been recording many, many tracks for a couple of years now and time has just flown. A couple of the greatest musicians that ever lived, Richard Innes and Barrelhouse Chuck, have passed away during the process of making this CD.

One of their dreams was to see this stuff come out. “So here it is, the first of many to come. This kind of music is very easy and pleasurable for me to perform. I like to surround myself with musicians who like to ‘fly by the seat of their pants.’ People like Richard and Barrel, Billy Flynn, Big Jon Atkinson, Marty Dodson, Nathan James, Larry Taylor, Malachi Johnson and all of the other fantastic blues musicians who are on this CD. I desired to record songs I have always wanted to do. However, I have to put my own twist on everything.” Recorded live and in mono, the group tackles classics from Little Walter, Sonny Boy, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Magic Sam and others. This album is a must for all fans of classic blues, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and fans of Blues Harmonica.

Label Review. Limited 10CD boxset covering the first half of the veteran Swedish progressive rockers back catalogue. - Includes the newly remixed & remastered version of the much-loved 'Unfold The Future' album.

Our Overview. The Flower Kings are releasing the first part of a career spanning anthology in the guise of a massive 10-disc box set entitled “A Kingdom Of Colours (1995-2002)”, via Inside Out Music and covers the band’s material from ‘Back In The World Of Adventures’ to ‘Unfold The Future’. The set will also include a new interview with band leader Roine Stolt by journalist Dom Lawson. Dreams are an essential part of the musical world and despite having been firmly involved in Sweden’s highly fertile prog rock scene in the ‘70s, Roine Stolt (Kaipa, The Tangent, Transatlantic) was still harbouring dreams of maximum creative fulfilment when he arrived in the ‘90s, guitar in hand and a head full of sublime musical ideas.

The end-result was a solo album, “The Flower King”, which struck such a resounding chord with a small but growing number of prog fans around the planet. It also proved to be one of a handful of albums that helped to kick-start and underpin a worldwide resurgence for adventurous, symphonic rock music that is still gaining momentum over two decades later. You can find the proof of what happened next within this lavish, generously proportioned box set containing the first half of The Flower Kings’ extraordinary catalogue of immersive, immaculate studio albums. From the nascent splendour of 1995’s “Back In The World Of Adventures” onwards, Stolt and his merry prog rock men have been an unwavering force for artistic good: symphonic rock warriors waging a war against mindless trends and the dark forces of boring music. Their mission was to create the most wildly imaginative and absorbing music possible. Their success is undeniable.

The collection will also include the newly remixed and remastered version of “Unfold The Future’”, which will also be released for the first time on vinyl. It’ll be presented in a gatefold triple 180g vinyl package and will also include the album on double CD. Stolt says: “For this re-release I have carefully remixed “The Truth Will Set You Free, Devil’s Playground” and “Black & White” – it wasn’t easy to find, or even remember, where all files resided. Label Review. Ian Skelly (Coral) & Paul Molloy (Zutons). Our Overview.

‘Electric Looneyland’ is the new album from the Liverpool-based psychedelic band Serpent Power. The band is a collaboration between Ian Skelly (the Coral) and Paul Molloy (the Zutons), whose previous groups were widely recognized in the U.K. Around the turn of the century, notably for their catchy combination of pop and psychedelia. The pair met in 2014 at one of Skelly's after-parties in Liverpool, where they quickly discovered they had a musical affinity; based on that encounter they hurriedly booked themselves into Castle Grayskull Studios in Merseyside, and began working on their debut album.

The name Serpent Power originally belonged to Skelly's backing band during his solo tour; they chose to adopt the name for this particular project. Their self-titled debut saw release in May 2015, on the Skelly family label Skeleton Key Records. Their strange musical odyssey continues with the release of 'Electric Looneyland', the duo's second long-player following on from 2015's eponymous debut. Some bands invent and invite you into their worlds but none are quite like the technicolour horror landscape as evoked on 'Electric Looneyland'. Imagine a nightmarish sonic theme-park of catacombs, occult mantras, fuzz wig-outs and spacey evocations, inhabited by a plethora of extra terrestrial mutants, far-out freaks and the undead. Written, arranged, produced and performed by the pair after they stumbled across a skip full of mysterious keyboards, seemingly beamed in from a distant solar system.

When plugged in and played they tapped into an unearthly Martian scale with the power to raise Edgar Allan Poe from the dead! Lovecraft had been born in the baby-boomer age and opted to form a psych-rock band instead of writing science fiction he would no doubt have sounded something like this. Serpent Power make 21st century psychedelia that takes its cues from no-one, and is powered only by the twisted wheels of their own imagination. Consider if you will a small selection of choice moments - the clattering drum groove on 'Gates Of Heaven'; the satanic northern soul of 'Witching Hour'; 'Howling' with its atmospheric analogue synths and eerie vibe; or 'Jekyll And Hyde' which sounds like Abba and Sparks trading riffs and musical motifs while bonding in a Cairo opium den. Yes it's that good! Serpent Power make dark but spiritual music that's beholden to no predecessors, music to help you explore your mind's own corners and recesses.

It will seduce all who hear its sinister siren call. Label Review. Our Overview. By the mid-1950s.

Sonny Rollins was already known as one of the most important jazz figures. Yet, even as his career continued to rise he was faced with the spectre of racism when he attempted to rent an apartment in New York City.

“Here I had all these reviews, newspaper articles and pictures”, Rollins later said. “At the time it struck me, what did it all mean if you were still a nigger, so to speak? This is the reason I wrote the suite.” “The suite” refers to the famous composition “Freedom Suite”, a nineteen minute piece that featured Rollins, accompanied only by bass and drums.

It was jazz music’s first explicit extended instrumental protest piece, and its intentions were discussed in the intro to the original liner notes. The piece, a series of variations on fairly simple melodic material, caused a sensation, but Riverside Records decided it was too incendiary and pulled the recording, reissuing it under the title Shadow Waltz, the name of another track on the recording. Orrin Keepnews, the producer and part-owner of Riverside Records, wrote a new set of liner notes that stated Rollins’ intentions much less succinctly: “This suite, then is ‘about’ Sonny Rollins: more precisely, it is about freedom as Sonny is equipped to perceive it. He is a creative artist living in New York City in the 1950s; he is a jazz musician who, partly by absorbing elements of Bird and Monk and many others, has evolved his own personal music; he is a Negro. Thus the meaning of freedom to Rollins is compounded of all this, and, undoubtedly, much more. In one sense, then, the reference is to the musical freedom of this unusual combination of composition and improvisation; in another it is to physical and moral freedom, to the presence and absence of it in Sonny’s own life and in the way of life of other Americans to whom he feels a relationship.” “Keepnews is certainly not altogether wrong in his assessment”, stated critic Marshall Bowden in an insightful article in All About Jazz, “but he certainly pulls back some of what Rollins made very specific in his statement. Rollins’ statement that ‘America is deeply rooted in Negro culture’ was, in 1958, a bold statement, to say the least.

Yet he demonstrates it quite ably in his themes and the improvisations he unfurls during the course of the suite. Thelonious Monk, who was extremely influential in Rollins’ development, told the saxophonist to ‘play the melody, not the changes’, and Rollins seems to have followed that advice well.” Track Listing: 1. The Freedom Suite 2. Someday I’ll Find You 3. Will You Still Be Mine? Till There Was You 5. Shadow Waltz 6.

What’s My Name? Label Review. All his post Motown albums plus 4 DVDs and 88pp book. Our Overview. The box set celebrating the 20th anniversary of the passing of blues legend Luther Allison is on its way around the world to his fans and friends.

This release is limited and numbered to 1500 CD sets; you should not wait to get your copy of this collection containing the essential albums Luther recorded after his Motown years. “In addition to the albums, our friend Art Tipaldi has written a 88-page coffee table book featuring Luther’s inspiring story, comments from his friends and associates, as well as many rare and private photos. Plenty of video footage is included on four DVDs.

You’ll get to see performances from 1997 (Live in Paradise and Zoo Bar), 1991 (a concert in Germany where Luther plays alongside his son Bernard), and 1987 (a show from East Berlin). It’s all there; this compilation is a feast for the eyes, ears, and heart of any blues fan.

If you don t have time to experience the entire box set, I highly recommend watching Luther’s performance during the 1996 W.C. Handy Awards. In it, the energy and love of a typical three-hour Luther Allison show compresses into a 15-minute relentless blues showcase that will leave you feeling astonished and gratified.

This particular performance was the climax of his incredible career. Luther stole the show by performing and then by taking home five awards (including Blues Entertainer of the Year). “Luther Allison is a genuine blues hero with an incomparable expanse of energy and love for his music and for the people who loved it. I hope you enjoy every bit of this celebratory Luther Allison collection.“ - Thomas Ruf - Ruf Records. Label Review. All the B sides, remixes and bonus material from The Punishment of Luxury album. Our Overview.

Synth-pop pioneers OMD formed in the late '70s and for their 13th studio album returned in 2017 with which sees them combine the wistful nostalgia and idealised romance of their previous work while stepping out of their comfort zone. The follow up to the critically acclaimed 'English Electric' (released in 2013), 'The Punishment Of Luxury' is a daring collection of stylish synth pop and masterful songwriting which will certainly rank alongside their very best. Written, recorded, produced and mixed by OMD Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys the album is the sound of a band in their prime. ''On this album we have managed to make beautiful things out of noises and repetitive patterns,' explains Andy. 'The trouble is, we just can't help but write a catchy melody!' ' Described by The Quietus as 'not just one of the best synth bands ever, they are one of the best bands ever,' OMD's influence has become ubiquitous.

The XX, the Killers and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy have cited OMD as an inspiration, and the likes of Future Islands and Chvrches show traces of OMD's DNA. This CD compiles non album B sides (available only on singles releases) and various single and 12' vinyl extended mixes and special remixes for OMD fans and collectors. As OMD say on their website “We’re delighted to announce the CD and Digital release of The Punishment of Luxury: B Sides & Bonus Material! It will be released on 15th December 2017. “The tracklisting collects together all of the B sides, radio edits, extended 12″ mixes and remixes from The Punishment of Luxury era and brings them to CD for the very first time. TrackListings: 1) Isotype (Single Mix) 2) SkinTHE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY 3) The Punishment of Luxury (Single Mix) 4) The Punishment of Luxury (12″ Extended Mix) 5) Lampe Licht 6) The Punishment of Luxury (Manhattan Clique Remix)WHAT HAVE WE DONE 7) What Have We Done (Single Mix) 8) What Have We Done (12″ Extended Mix) 9) HAHAHA 10) What Have We Done (Chicky & Coco Remix). Label Review.

Produced by Bernard Butler. Our Overview. QTY are the London Label Dirty Hit’s first signings from the US, bringing a quintessential East Coast sound to the label for the first time, and continuing its reputation as a sure sign of quality. Initially formed as a home for The 1975, its roster has grown to include some of the most exciting bands in the country, including Wolf Alice, Pale Waves and The Japanese House.

As the Line of Best Fit comment “ From the opening blast of last year’s single “Rodeo” it’s clear that QTY’s self-titled debut slots perfectly into the mould of classic New York City rock records: its combination of sharp, inquisitive melodies and laconic vocal delivery shares the same roots as bands from the Velvet Underground to The Strokes. Like those groups, QTY also understand that visuals are as important as music for a new guitar band: The black-and-white cover image of core members Dan Lardner and Alex Niemetz – both on guitar and vocals – in a timeless uniform of pin-straight hair, skinny jeans and leather jackets sets the tone as much as the opening track.

Each song is a different scene in the city, with primary lyricist Lardner navigating its days and nights, finding meaning in everyday ephemera: “Michael” catches him in the midst of an existential crisis, reminiscing on the security of his childhood home while puzzling at the absurdity of contemporary adult life: “Collecting crystals for my desk / But since when were rocks out of my budget? Label Review.

Our Overview. After leaving a streak of rip-roaring, celebratory shows in 2016, road-testing his back catalogue of 12 albums, Nick Harper & The Wilderness Kids (aka Port Erin) are back with a new album ‘Lies!

Lies!’ and UK tour. Amidst a backdrop of flags being changed and mottos applied, ‘’350 million reasons why, written on the side of the bus’’, sees Nick and The Kids nailing their colours to the mast and ready to roll. The album was recorded in Studio La Fabrique, France (Radiohead- Moon Shaped Pool, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds-Push the Sky Away) with the legendary producer Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, T-Bone, Peter Gabriel). Blake brings his masterful touch to the unceasingly creative cauldron of Nick, his songs and now, his band. Son of the legendary UK singer-songwriter Roy Harper, Nick was born in London and raised in Wiltshire. Having played the guitar from the age of 10 and surrounded by the likes of Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Dave Gilmour as he grew up, it was no surprise when Nick made his recording debut on his father's 'Whatever Happened to Jugula?' Nick's talent and energy entranced Roy's fans and it was inevitable that he would begin touring and recording in his own right.

The 1994 EP Light at the End of the Kennel was swiftly followed by his powerful 1995 debut long player 'Seed' prompting The Independent to describe him as 'hugely talented'. ‘The Wilderness Kids’ met up with the renowned solo acoustic singer-songwriter at a record store day event, where they jammed on some of Nick’s tracks from his ‘Best of’ triple LP set ‘The Wilderness Years’. Nick immediately realised the potential, promptly picked up a baritone electric guitar and the pace hasn’t let up since.

The exciting energy and chemistry between the 4 has had Nick’s fans in rapture and the combination of the much-loved songwriter added to the zest present in this new gang, made capturing the zeitgeist in the words and music of the new album inevitable. Is an intelligent, yet exuberant album rooted very much in the now. Nick's other recent work has seen him appear in the studio alongside Lana Del Ray playing on her cover of Leonard Cohen's hit Chelsea Hotel no 2 from her acclaimed 2014 album Ultraviolence as well as featuring on recordings by Newton Faulkner, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and The Levellers. Label Review. Our Overview. Eight years after his first solo album ‘The Eraser’, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke announced his second solo album ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’ in 2014.

Produced as usual by Nigel Godrich, the album was initially only available through BitTorrent on download and limited edition vinyl. Three years later, it is now getting released on XL Records on CD and vinyl and will be available through Keymailorder. Also available on.

Recognisably the work of Yorke courtesy of that voice, he draws on the most minimal elements of his back catalogue for this album which largely comprises electronic vignettes and no evidence of any guitars. It may not appeal to fans of Radiohead’s 1990s era work but listeners who have moved with the band over their long career will find plenty to satisfy their need for more Thom in their ears.

Label Review. Our Overview. 'So On’ is the much awaited new album from singer songwriter Kevin Pearce who released his debut album ‘Dynamite’ in 2014, to much applause and praise, which also featured guest collaborations with members of Turin Brakes and Tom Mcrae.

Born in Essex Kevin explains “Growing up in Essex I often found it hard to find young artists that appealed to my musical tastes, especially as the only local venue was principally involved in promoting music of heavier varieties (though thankfully now the Mod craze seems to have hit and I can drink amongst several like-minded confidants).” especially as he looking elsewhere for his inspirations, “There seemed to be a golden age of songwriters and singers around the early to mid 1970’s such as Tim Buckley, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, John Martin and Neil Young. I think for me those guys are the blue print of greatness.” Kevin since has attracted a loyal and active fanbase, having already supported the likes of Beth Orton, Saul Williams, Tom Mcrae and Turin Brakes, as well as playing an impressive array of solo shows. Has already received praise from numerous well-regarded publications including The Independent, MOJO, Uncut and Q to name but a few. He is performing a UK tour around the release of So On, culminating in a gig at the inimitable Green Note in London, the heart of the city’s folk, blues, and roots scene. His recently released single “Maria Come Home” from ’So On’ is an ode to the tragic life of the late, great Soprano Maria Callas, opera’s first international superstar.

Pearce explains “it was written after being frozen still whilst first hearing her voice and further reading about her life, which was as incredible as it was troubled.” Renowned for a playful theatricality and a masterful sense of atmosphere, Pearce matches his melancholy vocals with a delicate bittersweet melody to create a track that is heartfelt, intimate and euphoric. Label Review. Our Overview. The exceptional talent that is Robert Finley has been playing the guitar nearly all his life.

At the age of 11, his father gave him some money to get new shoes – but Robert walked to town and bought a guitar instead. He walked home in those old shoes and there was no looking back. As Mr Finley’s web page says “When you’ve been making music for as long as Robert Finley has, you know that the key to success is in your instincts. You learn to trust your gut, you learn to trust your ear, and most of all, you learn to trust your company. Fortunately for us, here in 2017 Mr. Finley has all three in spades.

The singer lives in the tiny, forgotten town of Bernice, Louisiana, right near the Arkansas line, but in his younger days his music took him all over the world. Joining the Army as a teenager, Finley was sent to Europe as a helicopter technician but found more appealing work as the leader of the Army band, and toured the continent many times over on guitar and vocals.

Following his rambling military service, he learned the trade of carpentry and settled back home in the States. He leaned on his gospel and blues songs for a hobby rather than career, and mostly confined his artistry to the streets of the South. But now, in the true spirit of the American Dream, Finley’s music is once again primed to reach doors and shores at home and abroad, as his new LP ‘Goin’ Platinum!’ is set to be released through Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound this fall.” Robert’s second album captures a singer at his prime, surrounded by all-time-great session musicians with skill to match his singular voice, including drummer Gene Chrisman (Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin), keys player Bobby Woods (JJ Cale, Bobby Womack), horns players from Preservation Hall, and legendary guitarist Duane Eddy. Goin’ Platinum! Was co-written and produced by Dan Auerbach and also features writing credits by legendary songwriters John Prine, Nick Lowe, and Pat McLaughlin.'

Right from the first farking note, this s*** is dope!' —Taj Mahal 'He’s the greatest living soul singer as far as I’m concerned.' —Dan Auerbach. Label Review.

2017 covers album. Our Overview. After releasing the politically charged solo album in 2016, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James returns with ‘Tribute To 2’, a collection of cover songs that reverberate with hope. Unlike his 2009 mini album of songs by George Harrison and the Beatles,, which was recorded on an eight-track, reel-to-reel tape recorder in the days following Harrison’s passing, the 11 songs of ‘Tribute To 2’ were recorded over a period of years, in different places, with different gear and varied instrumentation. James explains, “These are some of my favourite covers - songs I recorded trying to bring myself peace during a rough time or trying to make myself laugh or just have fun. I hope others can relate and enjoy the journey during these tough times and hopefully in times of peace and love as well!” James has spent the better part of almost two decades as the lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of My Morning Jacket.

Hailed by The New York Times as “the new kings of expand-your-mind, religious-experience rock,” the band have released seven studio albums with the last three - 2008’s ‘Evil Urges’, 2011’s ‘Circuital’ and 2015’s ‘The Waterfall’ - each receiving Grammy nominations for Best Alternative Album. Jim James’ 2013 debut solo album, ‘Regions Of Light And Sound Of God’, was named as one of the best albums of the year by numerous critics. ‘Eternally Even’ followed in 2016 and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Albums chart. James has contributed to albums by such artists as The Roots, David Lynch, Brandi Carlile and John Fogerty and partnered with others on side projects such as New Multitudes, Monsters Of Folk and T-Bone Burnett’s The New Basement Tapes. He has produced Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dean Wareham, Basia Bulat and Ray Lamontagne’s most recent record ‘Ouroboros’.

In 2016, he collaborated with NASA for the launch of their Juno Mission and with Sundance Film Festival on their Freedom Of Expression event. Label Review.

Our Overview. Formed in Glasgow 1996 Belle and Sebastian have always been the hippest of indies wallflowers and now they are indulging us with a Trilogy of new EPs.

Harkening back to their 1997 release of three consecutive EPs (‘Dog On Wheels’, ‘Lazy Line Painter Jane’ and ‘3. 9 Seconds Of Light’), Belle and Sebastian will release three new EPs under the umbrella title ‘How To Solve Our Human Problems’. This is the first EP, which is coming out on December 8th, on January 19th, and on February 16th (vinyl and digital only). The EP trilogy will culminate with a compilation CD and a limited vinyl box set containing all three EPs, with the option of a box just for EP3 for those who have already purchased 1 and 2.

Just as those three early EPs are at the very heart of the Belle and Sebastian canon, so these three new releases deserve to be treated not as a stopgap but as definitive releases in their own right. ‘How To Solve Our Human Problems’ is both an era of its own and part of a long, rich history. ‘How To Solve Our Human Problems’ is, if you like, Belle and Sebastian Redux. When Belle and Sebastian felt new music percolating, they decided to break from the working methods of the recent years and instead stay at home, record the tracks as and when, often producing themselves, working with friends and collaborators to see what emerged.

Working in Glasgow gave them the freedom to work without the constraints that making an album can impose: they could take their time honing and experimenting. One thing that has defined Belle and Sebastian has been their relationship with fans, and that’s apparent in the new EPs. For the three sleeves, the group issued a call to fans to come to be photographed by Murdoch at a studio in Belsize Park in North London. Fifty were selected, and all those photographed were also recorded answering the question: “How do you solve your human problems?”. Label Review.

2017 debut album. Our Overview. At 18 years old, the British teenager has already garnered the sort of buzz that many musicians twice his age would give anything for. McKenna has been uploading jazz-inflected, appealingly ramshackle guitar-pop for a couple of years, name-checking influences from Jeff Buckley to Bach. After winning Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition in 2015, Declan shot into the music industry’s spotlight, shortly afterwards self-releasing his debut single, “Brazil”, which is most interesting for being written, when McKenna was 15, as a condemnation of FIFA then-president Sepp Blatter. This polemical debut, which lambasts FIFA's local community involvement at the 2014 World Cup, secured him national airplay with a coveted space on Radio 1’s playlist and a champion in Huw Stephens.

With support from BBC Music Introducing, 2016 saw him perform at Maida Vale, Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Later with Jools Holland. Meanwhile, he continued to aim at big targets – with recent single “Isombard” tackling the subject of xenophobia in the media.

All the attention is certainly justified: Declan’s brand of socially-conscious indie pop is fresh and intelligent, and it has established him as a youthful voice with something to say. Label Review. Our Overview. Mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and radio host Chris Thile’s new album, ‘Thanks For Listening’ will be released on Nonesuch Records in December 2017.

The collection of songs that were originally written for performance on ‘A Prairie Home Companion’. Since becoming the American Public Media program's host, Thile has, each week, written one new (often topical) 'Song of the Week' that gets its debut performance on that Saturday's live broadcast—with Thile, the house band, and some of his guest musicians. For Thanks for Listening, Thile and producer Thomas Bartlett chose ten songs from nineteen possibilities and created new studio recordings of them, rather than merely documenting them as originally performed. As Thile says, 'The album pivoted away from the show and toward the listeners—and not just to the listeners of Prairie Home but to anyone who listens to things. They are my heroes—people who listen. I find myself all too often on the other side of the conversation, talking about what I'm doing.

It's hard to maintain focus or give something enough attention to appreciate it. We're in a place where listening is a precious commodity. That's the theme that I noticed rising up, greater than 'here is what was happening last week' or 'here is the place we were.'

It's a celebration of people who haven't switched off, despite being given every reason to do so.' Thile manned all the stringed instruments during the album sessions, save for bass (Alan Hampton) and viola (Nadia Sirota, on the title track). Ted Poor—like Hampton, a member of Andrew Bird's touring band—played drums on five tracks. Bartlett provided, in Thile's words, 'whatever sounds weren't accounted for.' Three guest singers also perform on the album, all of whom had been on A Prairie Home Companion multiple times: Sarah Jarosz, Gaby Moreno, and Aoife O'Donovan. Thile says, 'All three had made really meaningful contributions to how the songs ended up expressing themselves. I would bounce lyrics off them at rehearsals—melodic moves, harmonic parts.

That goes for all the musicians who played on this last APHC season. They all made such meaningful contributions to these songs. I'm really grateful.' Label Review. XL Recordings. Our Overview. Since his first forays into music with Ratking: a project which deftly wove together New York city’s parallel histories of boom-bap rap and No Wave noise, Wiki (AKA Patrick Morales) has set course as an uncompromising eccentric; an artist who rallies under his own (Wiki) flag, leaving others to heed the call.

Few rappers embody the spirit of New York City as much as Wiki does. With his debut solo album on XL Recordings, Wiki is committed to showing this new album off. His love letter to the city, ‘No Mountains in Manhattan’ is is the most New York-ass sounding rap record all year. The album features fellow New York natives, both legend and novice, including Ghostface Killah, Lakutis, ACAB, Slicky Boy, Your Old Droog and more.

Production credits include Ratking’s Sporting Life, Tony Seltzer, Kaytranada, Earl Sweatshirt and Wiki himself. ‘No Mountains In Manhattan’ is a journey through the trials and tribulations of a coming to age experience in New York's most populated borough. Entirely crafted in XL's New York City studio, the album is New York to the core - featuring local emcees, from legend to novice. While Wiki's 2015 mixtape, ‘Lil Me’, was a snapshot into the youthful energy of an artist on the brink of adulthood, ‘No Mountains In Manhattan’ finds the now 23-year-old artist facing his demons head on as he tackles topics such as addiction, relationships, identity and responsibility. ‘No Mountains In Manhattan’ is an introspective narrative of Wiki's life over the past year - a narrative that all young adults can relate to - a journey of peaks and valleys, of loss and gain, with a conclusion of understanding. True to the twin themes of Wiki and his city, the album features minimal guest contributions, electing to keep the focus zeroed in on Mr Morales himself.

But, where they do pop up, Wiki keeps things close to home, abandoning the pond-crossing eclecticism of 2016’s Lil Me in order to shine a light on the NYC. Label Review. Our Overview. The exceptional pianist Tom Rogerson has been added to Dead Oceans roster and is releasing his exceptional 13 album ‘Finding Shore’ a collaboration with multi talented Mr.

Tom Rogerson’s life as an improviser began when, as a toddler, he would clamber up onto his family piano stool and try to emulate his sister’s playing. ‘Finding Shore’ is the sound of Rogerson distilling the essence of what he does after a protracted musical journey from childhood until now. He took the traditional route of music lessons and learning notation before starting composing “properly”. As a 17-year-old he had the odd contrast of being taught by the composer Harrison Birtwistle but also working as lounge pianist in a dilapidated hotel in Peterborough. Now releasing his second solo album, a collaboration with legend of future-thinking music Brian Eno, he feels that his musical life has come full circle: “I remember smashing out C Major chords again and again and really loving it. It’s the same as what I do now, funnily enough, I’ve come back to it.” After stints playing jazz in New York, a dilapidated fenland hotel and in noise rock band Three Trapped Tigers, Rogerson ran into Eno at a gig. Bonding over a love of the countryside of their Suffolk home, the pair entered the studio and worked with The Piano Bar, a device that converted the sound of the piano into midi signals, which were then further manipulated.

“It was this classic Eno, almost scientific thing,” Rogerson says now. “He always finds a system that can be a source of creativity.” The result is an album that uses Eno’s magic to pull deep from Rogerson’s subconscious to evoke the strange flat landscape of Eastern England, all heathland, military testing sites and estuary mud. “I do totally hear it, I’ll listen and think, ‘oh that sounds like the bells at Woodbridge, that’s the birds, the wind rustling in the reeds,’” Rogerson says. “I think it permeates my music, and Brian’s ambient records. That ‘is it organic or is it electronic thing’ is so interesting.” Tom Rogerson has recorded with members of The Bad Plus and is a founding member of British experimental rock trio Three Trapped Tigers, who recently supported Deftones and Thrice around the US. Label Review.

2017 mini album. Our Overview.

Josienne Clarke and Samantha Whates met on the London acoustic music scene several years ago and immediately shared a love of singing and writing songs. They have been unofficially collaborating for years, more often than not singing backing vocals for each other’s projects or just singing harmonies together for the pure enjoyment of it. PicaPica represents a long held ambition to write, record and perform new material and to join together with like-minded musicians and explore what it’s like to be in a band. Along with multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Adam Beattie and multiple Grammy, Mercury and MOBO nominated producer, guitarist and bass player Sonny Johns, PicaPica make a sound that provides the perfect platform for two of the UK’s brightest vocal and songwriting talents. It’s instantly recognisable and completely unique. One for sorrow and two for joy.

PicaPica features the vocal interplay of Josienne Clarke and Samantha Whates, dual front women who create powerful harmonies atop layers of texture created by Adam Beattie & Sonny Johns, a tiding of magpies picking shiny moments of tone and timbre from 60s west coast, sunshine pop and indie folk. ‘Spring & Shade’ contains five songs freely-designed to bewitch the listener until its fifteen minutes are over. This is music for memories that creep in under the door. Songs that wear their cares lightly, shining in the dark.

Simply, beautiful, beguiling, elegant sounds. MP3 and CD release date 8th December 2017. Limited edition 10' (500 worldwide) released in early 2018. Tracklisting: 1.Spring & Shade/Light of the Day 2.Dawning/Morning 3.Last Leaves/Way Back Up 4.Small Time/Secret 5.Little April Shower /April Come She Will. Label Review. 2004 album with 6 bonus tracks.

Our Overview. Long out-of-print vinyl reissue of seminal experimental rock band Califone’s critically acclaimed full length album ‘Heron King Blues’ via Dead Oceans. Inspired by Califone founder Tim Rutili’s strange, recurring dream of a bird-man creature, ‘Heron King Blues was produced by Michael Krassner and originally released in 2004 as the band’s third album’. Primarily improvised in the studio, Heron King Blues started with a broken four string acoustic bass guitar that Rutili pulled out of the instrument room at Clava // Four Deuces Studio in Chicago. Ben Massarella cleansed the doorways, corners, and other dark spaces with burning sage, while Jim Becker, Joe Adamik, and Rutili began to quietly circle the live room in a clockwise motion, a slow incantation in E.

Over the course of the afternoon, the participants slowly made their way to their instruments and 15 minutes after the initial note had been cast, ‘Heron King Blues’ was born.“ ‘Heron King Blues’ is about the letting go. Each song its own ceremony. The earth, sun and moon. Shadow maps and dream logic.

The Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Wild eyed robbers. Hunchbacked derelicts. Broken down angels, Lepers. Gay Lithuanians.

Reverse magnetism. Cock fighting.

Electric shock therapy. Ancient Hebrew texts.

The Illuminati. Expired medicine.

Severed tongues. Dragons, Spirit telephones.

Modern Architecture. Electric fences. Haunted spaces. Crop circles.

Feedback loops. “How does one capture lightning in a bottle? You could call me a witness, or better yet an interloper, briefly given the wheel to the mythological ship called Califone. Where others might have attempted to exercise the demons, I chose to let the spirits run wild. We bored under the earth’s surface into its core until we reached the belly of the beast.

These aren’t Songs of Love and Hate. This is no Street Hassle. No Main Street here. This is music that was pulled from the abattoir of Chicago rock, tattered and bruised and barely breathing. This is not music for pussies.” - Michael Krassner (Califone, Boxhead Ensemble, The Lofty Pillars), August, 2017 The deluxe reissue of Heron King Blues is a double album on black vinyl, including previously unreleased live tracks and outtakes. A digital download code for the album (containing 320kbps MP3s) redeemable on release day.

Tracklisting 1. Trick Bird 3.

Sawtooth Sung A Cheater’s Song 4. Lion & Bee 6. 2 Sisters Drunk On Each Other 7. Heron King Blues 8.

Electric Fence (Clava Live Version) 10. Sawtooth Sung A Cheater’s Song (10.11.03 - KRVX Radio, Austin, TX) 11. The Ocean Was Lungs (Faraway Bells) 12. I Walk On Gilded Splinters 13. Martha (Clava Live Version) 14. Red (Clava Live Version).

Label Review. Our Overview. New York City Hip Hop group Beastie Boys were the first big white rap group, and they have stayed popular — at times hugely popular — for nearly a quarter century.

After emerging from New York's hardcore punk underground in the early Eighties, the trio crossed over into the mainstream in 1986 with their first full-length album, Licensed to Ill, the first rap album to reach Number One. Featuring '(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)' (Number 7) and 'Brass Monkey' (Number 48 pop, Number 83 R&B, 1987), the album sold 720,000 copies in six weeks, becoming one of Columbia's fastest-selling debuts ever. In the late Eighties, Beastie Boys' take on hip-hop began maturing, and throughout the Nineties the group ventured into spaced-out funk, psychedelia and lounge music, yet retaining its adolescent charm and hit-making sensibility. The members of the group were teenagers, all from wealthy Manhattan families, playing in various hardcore punk bands when they came together in the early Eighties as Beastie Boys. The initial lineup consisted of singer Mike D (b. Michael Diamond, Nov. 20, 1966, New York, NY), bassist MCA (b.

Adam Yauch, Aug. 5, 1965, New York), drummer Kate Schellenbach (b. 5, 1966, New York) — who later formed Luscious Jackson — and guitarist John Berry. When founding member Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away 2012 It was obvious to most that there could be no Beasties without Yauch and he New York daily times reported that the two surviving members of the group would never again release music under that name. It also meant that ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part Two’ would be the final Beastie Boys LP and a great way to go out, the final Beastie Boys LP. The album is diverse but cohesive, and the fact that it's one of the few wholly self-produced Beasties records makes its technical expertise all the more impressive.

Originally planned as the second part of a double release, it was delayed by Yauch’s illness. But the extra time allowed the Beasties to record more tracks, and to prune the weaker cuts from the record. Label Review. New West Records.

Our Overview. Shovels & Rope, the husband and wife duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, have always been about what they can create in their own insular world: they produce their own records from their home studio in South Carolina, tour as a twosome and play every instrument themselves. They released ‘Busted Jukebox Vol. 1’ in 2015, comprising 10 tracks it wasn’t confined to one particular genre, they recruited the Milk Carton Kids for a version of Guns N’ Roses proto-metal ballad 'Patience,' Preservation Hall Jazz Band for Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day' and Walker for his own 'Bullet Belt,' rooting each version in their signature wash-bucket harmonies. Shovels and Rope’s ‘Busted Jukebox: Volume 2’ is the second instalment of the collaborative effort between critically acclaimed duo Shovels and Rope and some of their favourite musicians and friends.

The ten-song collection again finds the band covering well known songs or tracks they have either performed or arranged with other artists in the past. The album features collaborations with Brandi Carlile, John Moreland, Hayes Carll, Nicole Atkins and Rhett Miller, among others. Label Review. Our Overview. ‘What Makes You Country’ will be Luke Bryan’s sixth studio album.

The all American country singer songwriter has already hit the top 20 with the led single “Light It Up”. The 15 track collection was produced by Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens and Bryan co-wrote 7 of the album's 15 new songs, working with top Nashville songwriters including Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley, Brad Tursi, Zach Crowell, the Warren Brothers and more. Luke explains ”My favorite part of making a new album is getting to collaborate with the songwriting community in this town,' Bryan says in a press release. 'It is important to me to continue to push myself to grow on all levels and I feel like we did that on this project. Making and performing music never gets old and I can honestly say I am having the time of my life.

I will be forever grateful to every fan who sings along each night.' The album's title track, penned by Bryan, Dallas Davidon and Ashley Gorley is a far cry from the paranoia and electronic textures of 'Light It Up,' boasting slashing Telecaster riffs, heavy rock drums and an in-your-face, defiant delivery from Bryan. The superstar explained the thought behind the song on a Facebook Live chat: 'It's like, for some reason everybody wants to put you in a category of how country you are,' said Bryan, inviting fans to share their own stories at whatmakesyoucountry.com.

'My thing is, my explanation of that is, we're all different levels of country, but that doesn't mean you should be judged for it or whatever. It's me pontificating and me saying, 'Let's don’t pick people apart about [whether] they're city or country.' Label Review.

Our Overview. Formed in 1983 in Florida, Tampa by Mike Browning, Trey Azagthoth and Dallas Ward, Morbid Angel are known as one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre and also the first death metal band to have significant commercial success, selling over a million albums throughout their career. And now the death metal veterans will release their eleventh album ‘Kingdoms Disdained’ via UDR Music.

Recorded at Mana Recording in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer — and former Morbid Angel guitarist — Erik Rutan, the LP marks the band's first release with drummer Scott Fuller (Annihilated, ex-Abysmal Dawn) who joined the band last year following the departure of Tim Yeung. It is also be the first album to feature bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker since 2003's 'Heretic'. 'Kingdoms Disdained' will include the song 'Warped', which they performed live on its recent U.S. Tucker, who is back for his third spell with the group, told 'The Metal Magdalene With Jet' show about Morbid Angels approach on the upcoming album: 'It was really just about writing music — it was just about writing a Morbid Angel album.

Nobody said, 'Hey, we wanna go in this direction,' nobody said anything. I mean, there's obvious things there. I've said it before — I'm a death metal guy, so, for me, it's gonna be a death metal album; if I'm on it, it's death metal. So it was just about making a Morbid Angel album. It was really about coming in with something new, something fresh, but yet it still being Morbid Angel. Really, honestly, we didn't approach this any differently than any of the other albums I was involved in except for maybe [1998's] 'Formulas Fatal To The Flesh', which 'Formulas', Trey [Azagthoth, guitar] wrote all the music, all the lyrics and things like that. But this was done more similar to maybe [2000's] 'Gateways To Annihilation', where everybody had their contribution. Crack Tonehammer Requiem Light Keygen Photoshop.

Trey wrote a bunch of songs, I wrote songs, Scotty contributed some ideas. There was a lot of back-and-forth. In the end, it has to become a Morbid Angel song.

And at this point, I feel that it's very much a Morbid Angel album.' The band in January announced the addition of Dan Vadim Von (guitarist/frontman of the American death metal band Vadimvon) to the band's lineup on second guitar. He joined the group as the replacement for Norwegian guitarist Destructhor (a.k.a. Thor Anders Myhren), who left the band two years ago. Label Review. The album is selection of jazz standards covers and Van catalogue tracks, including one brand new original recording, entitled “Broken Record”.

Also available on. Our Overview. ‘Versatile’ is positive proof that Van Morrison is built differently to other artists. One of very few British recording artists to warrant the description ‘living legend’, Van is currently working at a rate to put musicians a third of his age to shame; an ethic that harks back to his early days as a recording artist who’d easily release multiple brilliant long players within the space of a year. While ‘Roll With The Punches’ saw Van revisit many of the definitive rhythm and blues records that have stayed with him all his life, Van’s latest album sees him delve further back into recorded music’s archives to interpret some of the 20th century’s greatest vocal jazz standards. Across Versatile’s sixteen tracks, Van Morrison interprets some of the very building blocks of modern music in his own utterly unique style. As well as songs originally made famous by the likes of Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, the Righteous Brothers, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole, Versatile features six stunning new Van compositions, including “Broken Record” – a timeless piece of late-night swing.

Van says: “Recording songs like these - especially the standards - gave me the chance to stretch out vocally and get back to the music that originally inspired me to sing - jazz!”. Label Review.

2017 live album. Recorded November 2015 at Brixton Academy. Also available on. Our Overview. November 2015 saw the legendary New Order return to play two nights at a sold out Brixton Academy in support of the new album ‘Music Complete’. The Guardian said, “[New Order] shimmer through an untouchable back catalogue of electro alchemy just when it was needed, they have delivered us a profoundly life-affirming evening”.

The second of the two shows was captured by Live Here Now and is released as ‘NOMC15’ (New Order Music Complete 15). New Order are one of the few bands who sprung out of the late 1970s punk movement who are still recording and performing nearly 40 years later. Rising from the ashes of Joy Division after the sucide of lead singer Ian Curtis, the remaining members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris renamed themselves New Order and continued where they left off with an increasing reliance on synthesizers which led them to recruit Gillian Gilbert to handle keyboard duties. By 1983 they released what remains the biggest selling 12” single of all time: ‘Blue Monday’. Due to the production costs of the die-cut sleeve, made to look like a computer floppy disc, the group claimed they lost money on every copy sold! Although the band’s record sales were not massive, their credibility rating was sky high with fans and the music press and even their 1990 collaboration with the England Football World Cup Squad failed to cause the band any problems, reaching No.1 in the UK charts.

The groups work rate slowed up after this and their 1993 album ‘Republic’, their first for London Records after the demise of Factory, the label that looked after them from the start (or was it the other way round!) would be their last for eight years. That album ‘Get Ready’ would be the last with Gilbert who retired to look after her children (she was married to Morris) and was replaced with Phil Cunningham. His first record with the group would be 2005’s ‘Waiting For The Siren’s Call’ which in turn would be the last with founding member Peter Hook who left the band acrimoniously in 2007. The band re-grouped with Gilbert (minus Hook) for their 2015 comeback album ‘Music Complete’. Label Review. 2017 album from B-52's member.

Our Overview. Super cool rock chick, vocalist, singer, songwriter Cindy Wilson and founding member of the B-52’s is releasing her first solo album during a phenomenal 40 year career: ‘Change’ and the album breaks the mould she created as a co-founder of the B-52’s taking a intriguing turn toward electronica. 'It’s time to do something different,' she told the Washington Times. ”Mind you, I’m grateful to have my career with the B-52's, but it’s nice to have fun and play with my voice. There was always a lot of freedom in the B-52's, but not like this.

I get to really have fun and play with my voice.' Wilson's new music, which she describes as 'turbo chill,' grew out of a collaboration with a group of musicians from her hometown of Athens, Ga. They started performing around the area as Ola Moon, then slowly matured away from a early diet of cover songs toward their own unique sound.“The intention was to write one or two songs and see how it went, but things moved quickly from there,” collaborator Ryan Monahan told Pop Matters late last year, just after releasing the first of two earlier EPs with Wilson. “I was extremely flattered.” ‘Change’, is their first full-length album and they've set up a Pledge Music page to support the project and begun a string of tour dates. Cindy tells Stereogum that the track 'Mystic' 'quickly became one of the band’s favorites and maintains its energy on the road. Lyrically, its about our personalities — how we’re all multi-dimensional in ways that we will never understand. We all have a hidden mystic quality if we can learn and trust to tap into that power.'

This isn't her first time away from the B-52's; Wilson earlier sat out between 1990-96. But this is her first solo album, thanks to a new creative spark Wilson said she found while working with Monahan and Suny Lyons. “It’s kind of magic to me,” she told Pop Matters, “to see what’s inside their heads and what they think. It makes me more modern, working with them. I might have been stuck in some pattern that I’d been doing years ago. This gets me out of myself, which is fantastic.”.

Label Review. Our Overview. American punk legends MDC are back with ‘Mein Trumpf’, their first full-length in 13 years, a musical call to equality and a wake-up call to intolerance and hatred.

In the band's own words, 'We are a Punk Bar Mitzvah band that goes political when times make us'. It follows up their seventh album, ‘Magnum Dominus Corpus’, which was released in 2004 on Sudden Death Records. The band MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) formed in Austin, Texas in 1979 and was subsequently based in San Francisco, California, and are currently based in Portland, Oregon. Originally formed as The Stains before changing their name, the band also changed their name to a different initialism of MDC with every new record released. They play fast hardcore punk music espousing far-left sociopolitical ideals, with singer Dave Dictor expressing his animal rights, gay rights, transgender rights, pro-racial equality and anti-capitalist convictions. Famed for their Rock Against Reagan involvement, MDC are back reflecting on the current state of the world, leading with their chant 'No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA', repeated now at protests through the States, including by Green Day at the American Music Awards.

Initially created by the band with their 1982 song 'Born To Die' as 'No war, no KKK, no fascist USA', the chant has resonated with protestors throughout the years and proves the level of underground influence MDC have had on the history of American punk. If there ever was a time for us older punk rockers and those of you new to the movement, now is the time we need turn the words into action. We have been eagerly anticipating punk albums and songs aimed at America’s new shame, President Tr*mp. It has taken legendary anarchist punkers, MDC to release the very first anti-Trump album. Opening with the magnum opus on this album is the lengthy title track, Mein Trumpf. The song is epic in scope from the overlay of Trump’s ‘build a wall’ speech with a Hitler speech at a rally. The song moves from a laid back, almost ballad like section to full on rockabilly to punk rock with lyrics full of pokes at the narcissistic man himself with the constant theme of “What the Trump is going on?” Attacking everything from Trump’s fake news to the lament that the ‘weak are supporting the strong.’ It is an epic effort that is accessible and thought provoking.

MDC, like Conflict have remained true to their roots, their beliefs and it shows through on an authentic, committed and passionate album. It is one of the best of the year for me and lets hope that it galvanizes a whole new generation into resistance! Label Review. Our Overview. Legendary guitarist Eric Bell was a founder member of Thin Lizzy, playing guitar on their first three albums. In Belfast, Eric had previously progressed through bands such as The Bluebeats, The Earth Dwellers, The Atlantics and The Jaguars until he formed Thin Lizzy and to make ends meet, until the band became renowned, he also had stints as a street gas lamplighter, and as a worker in a pickle factory and a shirt factory. During January 1970 the newly formed Thin Lizzy rehearsed and made their first official live performance at St.

Anthony's Hall, Dublin. In June of the same year, EMI Ireland expressed an interest in signing up the four-piece. By July the deal had been done and their first single entitled ‘The Farmer’ was released and you could say the rest is history. Eric’s new album ‘Standing At A Bus Stop’ is the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2016’s Exile - Eric’s first studio recording for more than ten years - Standing at a Bus Stop gives fans more of what Eric does best - bitter sweet lyrics, gorgeous melodies and fantastic guitar riffs. Featuring nine brand new tracks written by Eric - plus two wonderful covers of Howlin Wolf's ‘Back Door Man’, and Elvis’ Mystery Train - this latest album showcases Bell’s talent for song writing and his desire to keep moving forward with his music. “It would have been very easy to become Thin Lizzy part II,” says Eric, “but I’ve always gone my own way.

You shouldn’t be scared to take a chance and experiment. Whatever talent I possess, I want to use it and you can’t do that if you’re always looking to the past.” Once again, Eric draws heavily on his own life for inspiration on this record (and his extraordinary life has certainly produced plenty of song writing material!), crafting songs that are highly personal yet completely universal - songs of love and loss, dreams and memories, good times and bad. Some are recent creations, reflecting Eric’s thoughts on the modern world; some were written years ago, forgotten and rediscovered for this album. “You get a free razor blade with every copy!” laughs Eric. “The songs on this album might be a bit melancholic but they’re not miserable. They are honest, they’re about real people and places and capture certain points in my life that meant something and made me who I am. “I was never really considered a songwriter until Exile,” he adds, “so it’s amazing to have the chance to do another record.

It feels like a natural progression for me. Like maybe I can write after all.”. Label Review. Official release of 32 tracks from their BBC recordings 1963-1965.

Our Overview. The Stones have avoiding dipping into the realm of unreleased tracks in their 1960s archive, mainly down to the fact they have little control over them. However, they are finally releasing an official package of some of their BBC recordings which they performed for the corporation during their rise to fame in the mid-60s. Most of these have been floating around in bootlegs over the years but apparently “Every track has been revolutionary restored via ‘Audio Source Separation’ and you will be able to hear the remarkable difference this makes to each song.” There will be two CD sets: a single or double plus a vinyl package which contains all the contents of the double CD. This release also coincides with a about the bands exploits for the Beeb which is also available from Keymailorder.

Label Review. Our Overview. Iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate has sold more than 25 million records at the helm of Queensryche, the band he fronted for 30 years from their inception through 2012, earning three Grammy nominations, five MTV Music Video Award nomimations, and one MTV Music Video Award along the way. Now Frontiers Music have announced the release of ‘The New Reality’ which is the third and final chapter in the musical trilogy from iconic metal vocalist Tate. Following a little over one year after the release of the second chapter, ‘Resurrection’, in 2016 and about two years after the first chapter, ‘The Key’, Operation: Mindcrime is a creative platform that continues in the spirit of the historic album of the same name, spawning concepts as grand as the music, and intertwining the intensity of the former Queensryche vocalist's iconic past with the provocative, progressive mindset that has made him one of music's most resolute forces and frontmen. Joined by a cast of musicians, Kelly Gray, John Moyer, Simon Wright, Scott Mercado, Scott Moughton, Brian Tichy, & Mike Ferguson, whose talent and resumes speak volumes for the quality of musicianship that will be on display here, The New Reality is a another fine progressive rock/metal entry from Tate. Back when he started the trilogy, Tate said he wanted to make a three-album story 'for a number of years and [was] kind of waiting to come up with a story that would support that.'

'[In 2015] on a hike through Northern Spain I wrote the story and it really kind of just began flowing and took on a life of its own, where you have this idea and it starts developing and you come up with ideas very easily and it starts growing and you just kind of want to stay out of your own way and let it take its course,' he said. 'So, for the last year I’ve been working on all three albums and really enjoying the process. It’s a very comfortable process working with people that have been involved with it.'

Tate is joined on The New Reality by Kelly Gray, John Moyer, Simon Wright, Scott Mercado, Scott Moughton, Brian Tichy and Mike Ferguson, a cast of musicians whose talent and resumes speak volumes for the quality of songcraft that will be on display on the album. Label Review.

1974 album with 11 bonus tracks, featuring extended or alternate versions of each album cut, plus the single mix of “Lovin’ You” and a track not included on the LP. One bonus track is a duet version of “Take A Little Trip” with Stevie Wonder. Our Overview.

Famed for her five-octave vocal range and her massive hit “Lovin’ You”, Minnie Riperton is seen as a one-hit wonder but she had several hits on the US R&B charts between 1975-1980 and racked up six albums. Diagnosed with breast cancer at only 28 years old and given six months to live, she continued with her career and recorded two more albums before she sadly died three years later in 1979. Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph was born in Chicago into a musical family and her parents got her singing lessons when they recognized her vocal and musical abilities.

Although she was being steered towards a career in opera, Minnie was strongly attracted to soul and rhythm and blues and formed her first group at 15: The Gems. They got a break in 1965 singing back up vocals on the Fontella Bass hit “Rescue Me”. The Gems issued some obscure singles before they broke up and Minnie joined Rotary Connection, a group put together by Marshall Chess of Chess Records. After a few albums Minnie issued her first solo album, ‘Come To My Garden’ on the small GRT Records. The album sold poorly and Minnie dropped off the radar to start a family until 1973 when she was picked up by Epic Records who issued the album here, part produced by Stevie Wonder.

The break out hit “Lovin’ You” put Minnie firmly on the map and the album ‘Perfect Angel’ also sold well. Without any further big hits, her next two albums struggled to match the commercial performance of ‘Perfect Angel’. Matters weren’t helped with her cancer diagnosis in 1976 but she carried on even putting in a TV appearance two months before she died in 1979 promoting her fifth album ‘Minnie’. Despite being in pain and unable to move her right arm she sang the poignant “Memory Lane”, the first single from her then new album. Label Review. Our Overview.

‘You Might Be Smiling Now’ is the Just Joans first new album in more than a decade, following the band’s signing to Fika Recordings. Formed in Glasgow in 2005, The Just Joans have evolved from a shambling two-piece to an accomplished sextet that embraces rivalry and relationship in the vocals of siblings, David and Katie Pope. Once described as ‘the missing link between The Magnetic Fields and The Proclaimers’, the band have used self-awareness and self-deprecation to continuously explore themes of angst, heartbreak and detachment in their songs. From their 2006 debut album ‘Last Tango in Motherwell’ through a series of successful EPs, to 2012’s compilation Buckfast Bottles In The Rain, the acerbic wit in David Pope’s observational lyrics have helped make the band a firm favourite of the indie-pop scene. Their rise has seen them play a plethora of international festivals, such as Wales Goes Pop, Indiefjords, NYC Popfest, and of course the Indietracks festival, of which they have been long-standing cult favourites since their first appearance in 2008. The band are excited to release ‘You Might Be Smiling Now’, a self-recorded and produced collection of new songs.

The release offers more of the same cynicism, but from an older if not necessarily wiser perspective as evidenced on lead single “No Longer Young Enough” and “You Make Me Physically Sick (Let’s Start Having Children)” is a jaundiced slice of toybox pop that crosses The Human League and Harold Steptoe. Complementing this shift in tone comes a more polished electronic sound on tracks “A Matter of Time” and “Someone Else That You Like More Than Me” while “O’ Caledonia” sails along at a blistering pace like no Just Joans lament before it. Despite the band’s obvious maturity, 'You Might Be Smiling Now.' Still manages to maintain all the emotional charm and whimsical melodies that led The List to view The Just Joans as ‘a lovable blend of sleepy acoustic guitars, Brian Wilson-esque harmonies and West Coast sarcasm.

Discussing the new album, singer-songwriter David Pope: “You Might Be Smiling Now. Could be considered a loose concept album. The songs detail the confusion in my teenage years, the horror of my twenties and the terror of my encroaching middle age. It's somewhat self-indulgent, but I hope that these wee stories about small town boredom, drunken romance and misty-eyed nostalgia resonate with the other overgrown teenagers out there in their mid-thirties.” The Just Joans are David Pope (vocals and guitar), Katie Pope (vocals), Chris Elkin (lead guitar), Fraser Ford (bass guitar), Doog Cameron (keyboards) and Jason Sweeney (drums).

“The Just Joans are clever, witty and funny” - Penny Black Music “A lovable blend of sleepy acoustic guitars, Brian Wilson-esque harmonies, and west coast sarcasm wins” - The List. Label Review. Also available on. Our Overview. When Neil Young entered Shangri La Studio with the band Promise Of The Real a few months ago, there were a lot of images and feelings careening around his soul. The country was heading in a direction Young had never seen, even though up until then he thought he’d seen it all.

But something different was happening, and it had gotten inside his music. “I’m a Canadian by the way and I love the USA,” he sings on the first song “Already Great.” The ethos of The Visitor can be summed up in the refrain of “Already Great” where Young insists, “Already great, you’re already great.

You’re the promise land, the helping hand. No fascist USA.

WHOSE STREET? OUR STREET.” From those words, Neil Young was ready to take a musical journey on his new album ‘The Visitor’ like he had never taken before. It was one where he’d even surprise himself, always the mark of a creative leap.

By the end of the recording sessions, he knew he’d made his most diverse album going all the way back to ‘Harvest’ in 1972, when America was also in the throes of becoming unhinged. Neil Young didn’t blink then, and he is not blinking now. ‘The Visitor’ is an intriguing and always exciting peek into the mind and heart of one of rock & roll’s true seekers.

Neil Young has wandered a wide path since coming to Los Angeles from Canada over 50 years ago. During those many decades he has established an immediately apparent individualism that cannot be predicted. Young has often said that when things become ordinary, he’s ready to shake things up and head for new ground. It has always been what marks Young’s music. His new songs, whether it’s a mashup of spoken word and rock & roll on “Fly By Night” or the heart-stopping beauty of “Forever,” once again ask listeners to stay open and ready for whatever comes through the open channels of the man and his unstoppable band. Label Review.

2017 album with Herb Pedersen. Our Overview. ‘From the Crow’s Nest’ is the debut album from John Jorgensen Bluegrass Band (J2B2), an all-star bluegrass supergroup featuring four legendary, award-winning musicians – John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals – delivering bluegrass like no one has ever heard it before. The band’s undeniable live shows have received stellar reviews and have the bluegrass world buzzing. The four combine forces to form a spot-on union of impeccable musicianship, incomparable songwriting, incredible harmony vocals (a fresh twist combining bluegrass with elements of West Coast folk rock) and seasoned showmanship.

This is the “high lonesome sound” of American roots music at its finest. Jorgenson and Pedersen are founders (with Chris Hillman) of the formative country rock group Desert Rose Band.

After working as a freelance musician in Southern California, Jorgenson met Hillman and soon formed the Desert Rose Band. In 1990, Jorgenson went on to found the Hellecasters and toured with Elton John's band for six years. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Bonnie Raitt to Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work. Jorgenson portrayed Django Reinhardt in the Hollywood feature film Head in the Clouds. In 2008, Jorgenson won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental with Brad Paisley and was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album with Earl Scruggs. Herb Pedersen was a member of legendary bluegrass band The Dillards as well as bluegrass super-group Old and In the Way.

A sought-after singer and musician, he has worked with such music legends as Chris Hillman, Earl Scruggs, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tony Rice, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Jackson Browne and John Denver. Mark Fain toured and recorded as bass player for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for 13 years. He’s toured and recorded with the Dixie Chicks, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam, Allison Krauss and Dolly Parton, as well as producing many artists in jazz, country, bluegrass and gospel genres.Patrick Sauber is a multi-instrumentalist who has quickly made a name for himself in the world of bluegrass and old time music. Equally adept on guitar, mandolin and banjo, Sauber has toured with Peter Rowan and Laurie Lewis and appeared on screen in “The Mighty Wind.” J2B2’s debut album, ‘From The Crow’s Nest’, was recorded in Sheryl Crow’s home barn studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was recently released as part of a John Jorgenson limited edition, 3-CD box set called DIVERTUOSO (Cleopatra Records), which has received vast critical acclaim.

DIVERTUOSO includes three new distinct albums by Jorgenson: J2B2 - From The Crow’s Nest; John Jorgenson Quintet - Returning (gypsy jazz); and John Jorgenson - Gifts From The Flood (instrumental electric guitar). In addition to recording their first album as a group, J2B2 has played several major tour dates over the course of the past two and a half years, including tours of Norway and the UK, performances at the annual RockyGrass Festival in Lyons, Colorado; the Joe Val Festival in Framingham, Massachusetts; and headlining the Guitar Town Festival in Copper Mountain, Colorado, three years in a row. J2B2 made its Grand Ole Opry debut in October 2013 and has returned several times to the Opry since. J2B2 has created quite a buzz, and The International Bluegrass Music Association is among the many giving the newly formed band’s live performance high marks. In a review, the IBMA noted, “There was warmth, and storytelling, and lots of laughter as this fresh band of legends made their debutbut with their expertise combined, you would think they had been playing in this configuration for years.”Yes!

Weekly in Greensboro, NC has noted of J2B2: “Expect fireworks and amazing playing from some of the best string players in the world.”. Label Review. Our Overview. American singer songwriter Chris Stapleton is releasing his third studio album ‘From A Room: Volume 2’ through Mercury Nashville. Chris is already a household name in Nashville's songwriting community, where he's been penning tunes for A-listers like George Strait, Luke Bryan and Adele since 2001, the newly-turned solo artist is still something of a mystery to the general public, leading to plenty of 'Who is Chris Stapleton?' Label Review.

35th anniversary box set, featuring rare and unreleased material. Includes 3CDs, an audio Blu-Ray in 5.1 surround sound, 2LP, a 1982 replica flexidisc, 60 page hardback book, exclusive postcard & poster. Our Overview. The Alan Parson Project sixth studio album ‘Eye In The Sky’ is to be released as a deluxe box set, to mark the albums’ 35th Anniversary.

The collection will feature rare and unreleased material and will arrive on November 17 via Legacy Recordings: the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment. The collector’s box set includes three CDs featuring the original album with bonus tracks, Eric Woolfson's Songwriting Diaries and previously unreleased bonus material. A fourth disc includes a 5.1 surround sound and stereo HD version of the original album on Blu-ray. The package also features two vinyl LPs with the original album newly struck at half speed on four sides at 45rpm at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, a flexi-disc replica of a 1982 promo – and a 60-page hardback book featuring new essays, previously unreleased images recently discovered in Woolfson’s personal archive and new interviews with many of the album’s musicians. It will also come with a replica poster and postcard. The exceptionally talented and versatile Alan Parsons ( audio engineer, songwriter, musician, and record producer) says: “It was a wonderful experience to hear all the multitrack tape tracks from Eye In The Sky again – and for the first time in nearly 35 years, in their raw unmixed form.

“Hearing the various elements, performances, and moments of magic that were selected for the the final mixes of the songs was an amazing experience. “Of course not everything we recorded back then is heard on the final mixes, but the included bonus tracks in the box set give an interesting insight into what was not used on the final mixes.” Parsons adds: “Audiophiles will be pleased to know that there is a brand new 5.1 surround sound mix, which I am extremely pleased with incidentally, and also a hi-def stereo version taken from the original analog stereo master tape which was recorded simultaneously alongside the digital mix.”.

Label Review. Our Overview. In celebration of Thelonious Monk’s centennial, Joey Alexander performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in June of 2017. The resulting live album, ‘Joey.Monk.Live!’, captures Joey’s trio, with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Willie Jones III exploring Monk’s music in imaginative and deeply-felt ways. In solo, duo and trio performances, Joey pays tribute to the pianist and composer who first made an impression on him and who still serves as a guiding inspiration.

The weight of Monk’s influence is evident in elements of Joey’s unique piano style, his thoughtful approach to Monk classics on his first two albums, ‘My Favorite Things’ (2015) and ‘Countdown’ (2016) and in the growing body of compelling Joey Alexander originals, three of which were featured on his prior albums, with six more to be unveiled when his third studio album is released in 2018. “Thelonious Monk taught me to groove, bounce, understand space, be patient, be simple, sometimes be mysterious but, most of all, to be joyful,” reflects Joey.

“In my arrangements, I tried to stay true to the essence of his music - to treat it with the highest level of respect. Thelonious Monk’s music is the essence of beauty.” Since coming to the United States in 2014, the response to Joey has been astonishing.

The Bali-born 14-year old has experienced one of the most rapidly ascendant careers in jazz history. Since releasing his chart-topping albums Joey has earned a combined three Grammy Award nominations, making him the youngest jazz artist ever nominated for a Grammy Award.

His musical adroitness earned him appearances on the Grammy Awards, The Today Show and CNN, as well as a CBS 60 Minutes profile by Anderson Cooper, fuelling a rare level of public notoriety for Joey as a jazz musician, both within the jazz community and among the public at large. Label Review. Our Overview. American bluegrass singer songwriter “Dan” Tyminski has had a storied career spanning over three decades. He grew up in southern Vermont and at an early age fixated on traditional bluegrass and old country. While his friends were buying Def Leppard and AC/DC records, he was playing banjo. 'I love rock and roll,' he says.

'I love heavy percussion, big music. But for whatever reason, everything that I did growing up was just tunnel-vision acoustic. When I had a banjo, that was it. I couldn't think about anything else.' He switched to the mandolin when he moved to Virginia to join the traditional bluegrass group Lonesome River Band. Then he was hired to play guitar for Alison Krauss and Union Station.

The band's music was a sleek and sophisticated flavour of bluegrass, but Krauss made a point to feature Tyminski's down-home singing. Now, the musician and composer releases his new solo album ‘Southern Gothic’. The new album sees Tyminski mixing his roots music pedigree with a wide range of contemporary influences on 13 songs he co-wrote with some of country's best and brightest talents. Many of the songs were inspired by what Tyminski describes as his perceptions of 'light and dark' and originally written for other artists, though he ultimately decided to record them himself. Co-writers on ‘Southern Gothic’ include Sarah Buxton, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Monroe, Josh Kear, and the late Andrew Dorff.

Under the solitary moniker Tyminski. In addition to his work as a performing musician, Tyminski famously gave his voice to the Coen Brothers' Academy Award-nominated and Grammy-winning film ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’, providing the singing voice for George Clooney's character Ulysses Everett McGill. More recently, he ventured beyond the borders of roots music to provide vocals on EDM artist Avicii's global smash “Hey Brother”. Label Review.

Our Overview. Minus 5 formed in 1993 headed by Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows. R.E.M., Baseball Project, Tired Pony, Tuatara, etc.) and as a pop collective each record the group released featured a new lineup.

Now Minus 5 return with ‘Dear December’, a humble offering of original holiday classics. In early 2017, Scott McCaughey penned a few holiday numbers to submit to a well-known artist’s prospective holiday album. He became so inspired by the task that he wrote more than an album’s worth of material and decided to record that album with his group, The Minus 5, which for this project includes Minus 5 co-captain Peter Buck and drummer Joe Adragna as core members. “I wanted to evoke the classic Christmas album feeling without leaning too heavily on sweet baby Jesus and good ol’ Little St. Nick,” says McCaughey. “Yet I also wanted to curb my cynical tendencies as well. I feel we succeeded on both counts, and the results are a holiday record that should work for any and all.” The resulting album, Dear December, brings holiday cheer and a fresh batch of seasonal songs that include the generous talents of Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Mike Mills, Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of the Posies, Colin Meloy (The Decemberists), Chuck Prophet, M.

Ward, Tammy Ealom (Dressy Bessy), Kurt Bloch, Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor. Track Listing: 1. New Christmas Hymn 2. When Christmas Hurts You This Way (featuring the Posies) 3. See You in December (with M. Ward and Chuck Prophet) 4. Festival of Lights (Hanukkah Song) (lead vocals by Mike Mills) 5.

Johnny Tannenbaum (with Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor) 6. The Fourth Noel (featuring Colin Meloy) 7. Merry Christmas Mr. Christmas Whiskey 9. I See Angels (lead vocal by Benjamin Gibbard) 10. Yule Tide Me Over (featuring Kelly Hogan 11. )I Still Believe in New Year’s Eve.

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Announcing her debut album on Ninja Tune, Nabihah Iqbal leaves her old moniker behind and embraces the name she was born with. Formerly known as Throwing Shade, ‘Weighing of the Heart’ is a big statement in two ways: first, because she’s taken her real name to stand proudly as a female British Asian artist making music and secondly, because she’s moved her music in a bolder, more expansive direction. Channeling influences from the likes of CAN and Bauhaus, she melds moody, propulsive basslines with shimmering synth atmospheres. The title alludes to an Ancient Egyptian myth about judgement and the afterlife, the concept of which underlies various ideas that are explored throughout the album. Making her first long-player with these themes in mind, she’s honed a sound with a greater focus on live instruments (of which she has played them all).

A notable addition to the sound is the guitar, which she’s been increasingly incorporating into her live shows. Often fed through heavy effects, it provides a counterbalance to the soft-focus, hazy aura of the record. Recorded in her studio space (hired with support from the PRS Foundation), it’s the product of self-directed, freely-evolving recording sessions; with a more confident, inclusive approach to her influences. The album was mixed by Studio 13's Stephen Sedgwick, who works closely with Damon Albarn and who mixed the most recent Gorillaz album 'Humanz'.The album’s intertwining styles are underpinned by Iqbal's writing, drawing on themes of existential doubt, pondering the struggles and pleasures which mark day-to-day life. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the lead single ‘Something More’ - released today - her subdued vocals exploring the feeling of being eternally unsatisfied with what you’ve got. “[It’s] a song about a universal feeling that everyone shares” explains Nabihah “even if they try to hide or ignore it.

It's about how true happiness and freedom only exist in the dimension of our fantasies, dreams and private thoughts. The reality of our physical existence constantly leaves us dissatisfied, frustrated and yearning for 'something more', even though we'll never find a way to remedy these feelings.”CD is housed in a reverse board softpack with thumb cut opening.LP format comprises of 180g black heavyweight vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve on reverse board. Label Review. Our Overview. Rock chick Gwen Stefani first gained popularity in the 1990s as the lead singer of No Doubt. She has also gone on to have a highly successful solo career and launched her own clothing line, L.A.M.B. After parting ways with her No Doubt bandmates in the early 2000s to begin a solo career, Stefani reunited with band in 2012.

The pop icon continueds as a successful solo artist and now launches her first Christmas album ‘You Make It Feel like Christmas’. The album is a collaboration with her country star boyfriend Blake Shelton.

The singers alternate verses on the upbeat duet, praising the season's abundant snow, romance and 'sweet gingerbread made with molasses' over a horn-laced groove that recalls the chug of the Supremes' 1966 hit 'You Can't Hurry Love.' 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas' – which Stefani and Shelton co-wrote with busbee and Justin Tranter – is one of six original tracks on the LP.

Busbee and Eric Valentine co-produced the album, which also includes Stefani's renditions of staples like 'Jingle Bells,' 'Let It Snow' and 'Silent Night.' Label Review. ‘ Our Overview. Blood, Guts And Games’ is the product of singer David Glen Eisley and guitarist Craig Goldy (ex-Dio), both formerly of Giuffra, who have joined forces again in Eisley / Goldy, a partnership which sees the two artists bring back the signature sound that launched their careers in the early ‘80s. As David Glen Eisley stated around October 2014, after several years on hiatus after his 2001 solo effort, “[m]y dear friend of many years, guitar virtuoso Craig Goldy made a surprise visit up to my house, knocked on the door and simply stated ‘Enough of this my friendtime for you to get up off your ass and come back to work!’ He was so adamant, I relented and agreed to join him on a small stage in the San Diego area. It all seemed to go well and the next thing I knew a year later, we were in Nottingham, England playing together again in front of a crowd. We had been discussing writing some material for a potential album during this past year.

But where to take it, assuming we were to actually do one? That left a big question, but a simple answer. The Best Rock & Roll label left on the planet that understood who we were and who we are today.

That was Frontiers and our friends Serafino & Mario!! A deal was struck and we both are happy to say 'Eisley/Goldy' will be bringing you a new record in 2017. Funny how things happen in this crazy world of Rock & Roll!” Eisley / Goldy are joined on the release by drummer Ron Wikso, whose resume includes The Storm, Foreigner, Cher, David Lee Roth, and more. Rock ’n’ Roll gang!!

Label Review. 1996 album remastered with 15 bonus tracks.

Plus, a 20 song performance at the Troubadour from 12th November 1996, combining songs from ‘A.M.’ and a few Uncle Tupelo tracks. Also included are four songs the band played on radio station KCRW on 13th November 1996. Also available as a box set.

Our Overview. Wilco continues to make excellent records and play shows that stir the soul, but the group invented the terrain it continues to explore more than 20 years ago with its first two albums – ‘A.M.’ (1995) and ‘Being There’ (1996). Wilco will revisit those landmark albums with remastered versions of the originals expanded with rare and unreleased music that will be new to even the most dedicated fans. ‘Being There (Deluxe Edition)’ builds on the original album with loads of never-before-heard songs, alternate takes and live performances and will be available as a five-CD collection. Wilco maintained the gravitas of roots music it established on ‘A.M.’ creating the 21st century version of folk music it later perfected on records like ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ and ‘The Whole Love’. Being There mixes happy-go-lucky rockers and ballads, with two signature songs from the Wilco canon – “Misunderstood” and “Sunken Treasure.”.

Label Review. Baker Knight was one of the most successful and celebrated songwriters of the 50s, 60s and 70s, enjoying success in the rock & roll, pop and country markets. This compilati on rounds up all his singles between 1956 and 1962. Our Overview. Baker Knight ’Bippin’ & Boppin’ - The Early Years’ is a compilation that rounds up all Bakers singles between 1956-62, and includes a number of near-mythical releases, e.g.

'Bop Boogie To The Blues', 'Little Heart', 'Sister', 'Peek-A-Boo', which have never previously been reissued in any format, much less CD. Baker Knight was one of the most successful and celebrated songwriters of the 50s, 60s and 70s, enjoying success in the rock & roll, pop and country markets and is proof that sometimes you can have a catalogue of hit songs without ever becoming a household name. The writer and musician from Birmingham, Alabama was born on Independence Day, 1933, and had a successful career of some 30 years and more than a thousand song copyrights. His songs were famously recorded by Ricky Nelson (including six million-sellers), Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran, Dean Martin, Hank Williams Jr., Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Perry Como, Mickey Gilley, Eddy Arnold, Paul McCartney, and countless others, and he's the man who wrote one of Elvis Presley's best-loved chart-toppers, 'The Wonder Of You.' He also enjoyed a parallel career as a rock & roll singer, recording variously for Kit, Decca, Jubilee, Coral, Kick, RCA-Victor, Chess and Checker. Astonishingly, none of his own releases were commercial successes, and they are all nowadays highly sought-after collectors' artefacts.

He died of natural causes at the age of 72 in 2005, and remains an unjustly under-appreciated name in the annals of hit songwriters. Label Review.

12 x 12 rigid box (numbered). 2LP gatefold vinyl on cyan blue vinyl, 16 tracks. Deluxe CD, 17 tracks. Fold-out poster.

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Our Overview. Recorded in Dublin, New York and Los Angeles, ‘Songs of Experience’ was completed earlier this year with its subject matter influenced by the advice given to Bono by the Irish poet, novelist and Professor Emeritus at Trinity College in Dublin, Brendan Kennelly, to “write as if you’re dead”. The result is a collection of songs in the form of intimate letters to places and people close to the singer’s heart: family, friends, fans and indeed himself. ‘Songs Of Experience’ is the companion release to 2014’s Songs Of Innocence, the two titles drawing inspiration from a collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and Experience, by the 18th century English mystic and poet William Blake. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder, with Steve Lillywhite, Andy Barlow and Jolyon Thomas, the album features a cover image by Anton Corbijn of band-members’ teenage children Eli Hewson and Sian Evans. Issued only three years since their last album, it’s U2’s quickest turn around for a new album in nearly 25 years (‘Achtung Baby’ and ‘Zooropa’ was about 18 months). Also, it is being released in a conventional fashion after the last one was dropped into everybody’s iTunes accounts without being asked.

The group must also hold the record for being the most stable, successful group ever - the four friends came together in 1976 and have been together ever since. This is their 14th album. Label Review.

Our Overview. Raintimes is a new Melodic Rock project band featuring two young and talented Italian musicans, Pierpaolo “Zorro” Monti (Charming Grace, Shining Line) and Davide Barbieri (Wheels of Fire, Charming Grace), together with the singer Michael Shotton (Von Groove) and also featuring Sven Larsson, Andrea Gipponi and Ivan Gonzalez. “Raintimes is an album that I really wanted to use as a tribute to show my love and admiration for The Storm,” says Pierpaolo Monti. “I have played to death their two albums (especially “Eye of the Storm”): their mid-tempos, steeped in pure melodic class, are the perfect crossroad between AOR and Melodic Rock. The choice of Shotton as frontman however was based not only on my admiration for his talents, but because I wanted to give a strong personality to the album and make the music more personal and original.” A few demos were sent to the attention of Frontiers President Serafino Perugino, who was really excited with what he heard and decided to give a chance to these talented guys from Northern Italy.

'I'm absolutely thrilled about this partnership with Frontiers,' says Zorro. 'We are still finding it hard to believe that Raintimes will be part of its great roster, which features some of the most iconic and influential artists of the past and present international rock scene.' 'Frontiers represents with no doubts a big step forward in our careers,' Dave adds. 'We're absolutely honoured to release our debut album under this renowned brand, which is well-known for offering premium quality rock music to all the fans worldwide!'

Label Review. Our Overview. Warrior Soul, fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke are releasing their new album ’Back On The Lash’ via Livewire/Cargo Records UK and accompanying the news with UK Tour. Titled after a quote from General George S. Patton, Warrior Soul are a politically fuelled monster of a band who debuted in 1990 with the much vaunted 'Last Decade Dead Century' album. The band hit the scene in New York City right before '90s grunge.

Coming of age during the presidency of the first George Bush, many of its songs were politically based, from the prescient 'In Conclusion' to the call to arms, 'Children of the Winter.' The term 'Acid Punk': was coined to explain the hard driving trippy sound that was Warrior Soul,particularly the Space Age Playboys album, co-written by XFactor,Pete and Kory. The critical acclaim that accompanied the band never translated to the record sales most predicted and despite recognition by peers,including Lars from Mettalica who had been quoted as saying ‘Space Age Playboys’ was his favourite album. And now the boys are back with profane sermons delivered at high velocity and maximum volume and this is what the new album is all about! ‘Back On The Lash’ is a powerful statement of intent from Kory and Warrior Soul.

Clarke is one of the last true rock 'n' roll frontmen and since the classic 'Last Decade Dead Century' in 1990, he has continued to swim against the tide of mediocrity and safe rebellion. His last solo album, 'Payback's A Bitch', received the full score in Rolling Stone magazine upon release. This firebrand of political invective and rock 'n' roll is back on the lash with a new album for 2017 and you won't hear a more powerful or authentic album this year. It is everything you would expect — aggressive, vile and it wants to make you go to the bar and tell the planet to fuck off. 'You mighta had dope, guns, and riots in the streets, but your kids have smartphones and Netflix and they could not care less about your cyclops revolution.

Which is a bit of a nightmare for the last true rock star, a wild-card from the streets of Detroit, Kory Clarke who made his reputation and career on being the baddest motherf*cker in all of Badsville with an incendiary socio-political agenda and a roar-for-war that rattles mountains.' Classic Rock.

Label Review. 2017 mini album. Our Overview. Join Steve Mason and Primal Scream’s Martin Duffy as they take you out of this world, into near Space and back to planet Earth again with their collaborative four track mini album – Livin’ in Elizabethan Times by Alien Stadium, released by Double Six on the 1st of December 2017. A hybrid meeting of two musical voyagers working at maximum velocity for the betterment and detriment of all human kind. Join Steve Mason (The Beta Band) and Martin Duffy (Primal Scream) as they take you out of this world, into near Space and back to planet Earth again with their collaborative four track mini album, ‘Livin’ In Elizabethan Times’.

Rush released before imminent, full disclosure, this musical space ride from Alien Stadium is the sound of two enormous brains working in unrestricted full flow. This record is inevitable and is beautiful, frightening and enlightening. 30 minutes of music.

CD / LP on black heavyweight vinyl with digital download code.Also available to independent retailers on magenta coloured heavyweight vinyl with digital download code. Label Review. 2015 remaster. Plus Live at Hammersmith Odeon 20th February 1978 and 4 bonus studio tracks.

Our Overview. On 1977’s A Farewell to Kings it quickly becomes apparent that Rush had improved their songwriting and strengthened their focus and musical approach. Synthesizers also mark their first prominent appearance on a Rush album, a direction the band would continue to pursue on future releases. With the popular hit single “Closer to the Heart,” the trio showed that they could compose concise and traditionally structured songs, while the 11-minute “Xanadu” remains an outstanding accomplishment all these years later (superb musicianship merged with vivid lyrics help create one of Rush’s best all-time tracks). The album-opening title track begins with a tasty classical guitar/synth passage, before erupting into a powerful rocker. The underrated “Madrigal” proves to be a delicately beautiful composition, while “Cinderella Man” is one of Rush’s few songs to include lyrics penned entirely by Geddy Lee.

The ten-minute tale of a dangerous black hole, “Cygnus X-1,” closes the album on an unpredictable note, slightly comparable to the two bizarre extended songs on 1975’s Caress of Steel. A Farewell to Kings successfully built on the promise of their breakthrough 2112, and helped broaden their audience. (Greg Prato - Allmusic).

Label Review. Our Overview. ‘Hustle Up Darlings’ is the new album from Matthew Ryan. Despite the fact that his music career began 20 years ago, the press are giving him the kind of attention as if he is the new kid in town and too boot Ryan wasn't suppose to make this album as he decided to hang up his guitar a few years ago, at least professionally.

But Brian Fallon (of the Gaslight Anthem) jumped on board as producer to convince Ryan to share his music. ‘Hustle Up Starlings’, continues in the vein of his 2014 album ‘Boxers’ a collection of chest-pounding rockers and desolate ballads that showcased his anthemic songwriting and hoarse-throated vocals to great effect, with some subtle changes. Brian Fallon, who guested on ‘Boxers’, is aboard as the producer, a kindred songwriting spirit to Ryan, knows how to play up his strengths. By dialling down the guitars a notch or two, Fallon assures that Ryan’s tales of lost love and broken promise have a lot more room to echo off the relentless backbeat of the uptempo numbers. Matthew says of his new album “ This year marks 20 years since my debut album, May Day, was released. I could think of no better way to honor that than to make the very best collection of songs and recordings that I could with some friends I admire. But it was important to me that the new work not be looking backwards.

I wanted it to have the roots that have always fired me up while continuing to be informed by and leaning-forward into the moment(s) we're all observing and sharing and feeling and living. I feel something special happened with the gang that helped me make this.

Feels like a real beauty. “Let me just say what appears to arrive fully formed took hours, days, even years of beautiful and blinding searchlight work by so many. Alone and then collaborative, it's always a labor of love. I always feel lucky in these moments when finally I get to share 'it.' This is just the beginning. I'm very excited. I love the work we've done.

It's soon to surface. We invested all the heart, smarts and honest cinema we were capable of. I feel strongly these songs will become great companions.I hope you find something here that travels with you forever.”. Label Review. 1979 debut album.

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Formed in 1978, ACR were one of the first bands to record for Tony Wilson’s Factory Records, debuting with the 7″ single ‘All Night Party/The Thin Boys’. Combining funk, jazz, tape loops and pop, the band were pioneers of punk-funk with their hit ‘Shack Up’ causing waves on both sides of the Atlantic. Their sound was once described as “James Brown on acid.” This first album was originally only released on cassette and was compiled from a collection of early four-track recordings and a set of live tracks recorded when the band was opening for the Talking Heads. The sound is good for lo-fi recordings, and the band is, for all of their musical amateurishness, precise and controlled. Those seeking an idiosyncratic, interesting art-funk band can do no wrong with this release. “A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late seventies post-punk explosion, but sounded like nothing else around them and refused to fit in,” reads the press notes.

“ACR always do what I don’t expect, who wouldn’t want to work with artists like that?” Mute Records boss Daniel Miller adds. Though various members have come and gone, a core line-up of Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson has always remained. Label Review. Our Overview. Fronted by pop savant Thomas Walsh, Irish band Pugwash are back with their seventh album ‘Silverlake’. If Brit Awards were handed out to Best Kept Secrets or Lamentably Lost Legends, Pugwash wouldn’t be able to move under the weight of their gongs. In the 20 years since the Irish band was formed by Walsh their reputation has grown by stealth and they’ve caught the attention of almost all of Walsh’s musical heroes, but mainstream success has remained frustratingly, tantalisingly just out of reach.

Thomas's love of classic pop is manifested in his music - songwriting that has garnered him an impressive collection of celebrity name-drops he can count as fans (Brian Wilson! Jeff Lynne!). His cricket-themed collaborations with The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon (as 'The Duckworth Lewis Method') saw Thomas garner Ivor Novello, Choice Music Prize and Meteor Awards nominations and UK Top 40 albums. Pugwash’s guitarist Tosh Flood joined Divine Comedy for the “Foreverland” album and tour which prompted Walsh to return Pugwash to what it originally was, a solo project. A phone call to long time collaborator (and friend) Jason Faulkner to enquire about producing the album was met with a resounding “yes” and less than 10 months later, we have this delightful slice of pop perfection titled “Silverlake”. Pugwash has often been labelled as “retro” but “Silverlake” is anything but a retro record, the songs might display classic pop songcraft but Falkner’s production makes sure that they don’t come out as an homage (think XTC under their Dukes of Stratosphear alias) to the late sixties pop boom. Label Review.

All their A & B sides across all the labels they came out on. Our Overview. ‘The Fall – Singles 1978-2016: Deluxe 7CD Box Set’ is the first collection of all the Fall singles recorded across a multitude of labels, compiled in a 7-CD box set with a full illustrated discography by renowned Fall expert Conway Paton. The English post-punk band The Fall formed in Manchester in 1976. The band has existed in some form ever since, and is essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E. Initially associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group’s music has gone through several stylistic changes over the years, characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, and is always underpinned by Smith’s distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics. The band is noted for its prolific output: as of February 2016 they have released over 31 studio albums, and more than triple that counting live albums and other releases.

This is the first collection of all the Fall singles recorded across a multitude of labels: Step Forward, Rough Trade, Kamera, Beggars Banquet, Cog Sinister, Permanent, Artful, Action and Cherry Red! We got the lot! Lovingly compiled here in a 7-CD box set with a full illustrated discography by renowned Fall expert Conway Paton.

The discs have been re-mastered by Fall engineer Andy Pearce and come with a newly designed book in a box. Also available as an edited 3-CD set (which features all of. DISC ONE:SINGLES 1. BINGO-MASTER BREAKOUT 2. IT’S THE NEW THING 3.

ROWCHE RUMBLE 4. FIERY JACK 5.

HOW I WROTE ‘ELASTIC MAN’ 6. TOTALLY WIRED 7. LIE DREAM OF A CASINO SOUL 8.

LOOK, KNOW 9. THE MAN WHOSE HEAD EXPANDED 10. KICKER CONSPIRACY 11. MARQUIS CHA-CHA 12. DRAYGO’S GUILT 15.

COULDN’T GET AHEAD 16. CRUISER’S CREEK DISC TWO:SINGLES 1.

LIVING TOO LATE 2. PHARMACIST 3. THERE’S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE 5. HIT THE NORTH PART 1 6. TELEPHONE THING 10. POPCORN DOUBLE FEATURE 11.

WHITE LIGHTNING 12. HIGH TENSION LINE 13.

FREE RANGE 14. ED’S BABE 15. WHY ARE PEOPLE GRUDGEFUL?

BEHIND THE COUNTER 17. THE CHISELERS DISC THREE:SINGLES 1. MASQUERADE 2. TOUCH SENSITIVE 3. F-‘OLDIN’ MONEY 4. RUDE (ALL THE TIME) 5. SUSAN VS YOUTHCLUB 6.

(WE WISH YOU) A PROTEIN CHRISTMAS 7. THEME FROM SPARTA F.C. DISTILLED MUG ART (MIX 15) 9. I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW 10.

SLIPPY FLOOR (MARK MIX) 12. LAPTOP DOG 14. VICTROLA TIME 15. SIR WILLIAM WRAY (SINGLE MIX) 16. THE REMAINDERER 17. WISE OL MAN DISC FOUR:B-SIDES 1. PSYCHO MAFIA 2.

REPETITION 3. VARIOUS TIMES 4. IN MY AREA 5. 2ND DARK AGE 6. PSYKICK DANCEHALL #2 7.

CITY HOBGOBLINS 8. PUTTA BLOCK 9.

FANTASTIC LIFE 10. I’M INTO C.B. LUDD GANG 12. ROOM TO LIVE 14. BROTHER DISC FIVE:B-SIDES 1. PAT-TRIP DISPENSER 2.

ROLLIN’ DANY 6. PETTY (THIEF) LOUT 7. HOT AFTERSHAVE BOP 10. LIVING TOO LONG 11.

LUCIFER OVER LANCASHIRE 12. AUTO TECH PILOT 13. SHOULDER PADS #1B DISC SIX:B-SIDES 1. Update Hp Printer For Windows 10 there.

HAF FOUND BORMANN 2. HIT THE NORTH PART 2 3. TUFF LIFE BOOOGIE 4. ACID PRIEST 2088 5. DEAD BEAT DESCENDANT 6. BRITISH PEOPLE IN HOT WEATHER 7. BUTTERFLIES 4 BRAINS 8.

BLOOD OUTTA STONE 10. XMAS WITH SIMON 11. EVERYTHING HURTZ 12.

PUMPKIN HEAD XSCAPES 13. GLAM RACKET 14. THE $500 BOTTLE OF WINE 17. CHILINIST 18. MASQUERADE (PWL MIX) 19.

TOUCH SENSITIVE (DANCE MIX) 20. ANTIDOTE DISC SEVEN:B-SIDES 1. PERFECT DAY (NEW VERSION) 2. I WAKE UP IN THE CITY 3. JANET VS JOHNNY 4. (WE ARE) MOD MOCK GOTH 5. MY EX CLASSMATE’S KIDS (LIVE) 6.

I WAKE UP IN THE CITY (MIX 5) 7. CLASP HANDS 8. OVER OVER (ROUGH MIX) 9.

HOT CAKE – PART 2 10. COWBOY GREGORI 11. MONOCARD (LUNATIC MIX) 13. TAKING OFF (LIVE) 14. HITTITE MAN (SINGLE MIX) 16. ALL LEAVE CANCELLED. Label Review.

2017 album Our Overview. The former Oasis star spent two years collaborating with producer, DJ and composer, David Holmes on 'Who Built The Moon?'

, Noel's new album, which also features guest appearances from Paul Weller and Johnny Marr. Said to be inspired as much by French psychedelic pop as it was classic electro, soul, rock, disco and dance, the follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed ‘Chasing Yesterday‘ has been described as an “exhilarating” collection of “placid instrumentals, hypnotic, eastern-influenced grooves, gutsy balcony-shakers and widescreen, cinematic walls of sound”. “People are going to be surprised.

I think people love Noel and they’re desperate for him to make a really big, bold, up-tempo beast of a record – a lot of Noel’s music is quite mid-tempo,” said Holmes of the album. “This one is fun.' Said to be Gallagher’s most experimental and adventurous work to date, the album sees him relying much less on the electric guitar than ever before – as well as adopting instrumentals, ambient electronica and ‘obscure samples’. “We took a keyboard riff we liked from an unused track and added chords,” said Gallagher. “A year later we came to deal with it as a song and when we got to the chorus, David kept asking me to write a new one.again and again and again. I was ready to strangle him. The one that you hear is the eighth attempt and, you know what?

The annoying thing is he was right.” Speaking of the track ‘Holy Mountain’, Gallagher continued: “David played me the sample, so I worked out the chords and we demoed just a few, short minutes of it, taking it away on tour and playing with it. When it became a song back in Belfast it was so joyous, I just had to do it justice.“What’s more joyous than being in love, baby? So, I wrote a song about love and it’s one of the best things that I’ve ever done.”.

Label Review. Our Overview. ‘Broken Witt Rebels’ is the eponymous debut album from the Birmingham, UK based outfit who have been plying their trade over the past few years at gigs, getting radio play and causing a bit of a ruckus on the ‘worldwide web’ and duly so. The energetic, young four-piece are now winning over a new legion of fans with their infectious blend of rebellious rock and soulful blues. Produced by the band and Tom Gittins (who has worked with Robert Plant, amongst others) and called simply ‘Broken Witt Rebels’, this 10-track outing matches six songs from the Birmingham band’s 2 most recent EPs – ‘Howlin’’and ‘Georgia Pine’ – with four brand new numbers, including lead single ‘Wait For You’. A heady blend of blues, soul, wailing rock guitar and deeply emotive vocals, this award-winning outfit have been busy building their profile via the aforementioned EPs, plus debut four-tracker ‘This Town Belongs To Me’, along with a touring schedule that has seen the four switching between headline shows and high-profile guest appearances, sharing stages with Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kaleo, Whiskey Myers and more, the latter in both the UK and US.

Along the way, BWRs – that’s Danny Core (vocals / rhythm guitar), Luke Davis (vocals / bass), James Tranter (vocals / lead guitar) & James Dudley (drums) – have appeared at many of Europe’s primary festivals, including Download, Wacken, Reading and Leeds and Isle Of Wight, with Planet Rockstock (UK) lined up for December. Right now, they are in the early stages of an extensive headline UK run, supported by Nashville-based singer / songwriter Sonia Leigh; after this, they head over to mainland Europe, and then onto Ireland with ‘country fuzz’ maestros, The Cadillac Three. So far, the only thing missing has been a debut album, and the band are delighted to have resolved that situation with the eponymous Snakefarm release – fully remastered to allow the older material to sit naturally alongside the recent recordings Say Broken Witt Rebels:- “Our album has been a long time coming. It’s a culmination of the past two years of hard work and we couldn’t be prouder of what it’s become. We’ve crafted the record to take the listener along our journey so far, and it also marks a milestone in our career as we move from the unsigned world to being with a label. We’re very proud to have signed a deal with Snakefarm Records, and with the Snakefarm team behind us we can’t wait to take things to the next level.”. Label Review.

Four shows from January 1991. Half Moon Putney plus three German gigs.

Our Overview. Featured shows are: The Half Moon, Putney, London 12/01/91, Logo, Hamburg, Germany 21/01/91, Dieselstrasse, Essslingen, Germany 26/01/91, Sinkkasten, Frankfurt, Germany 29/01/91. For the first ten years of his career, Steve Marriott didn’t do much wrong. In just four amazing years (1965-68) his band The Small Faces with Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones were one of the most inventive bands on the scene, scoring a string of hit singles and albums despite their tender ages. Marriott is still only 21 when he quit the band in order to pursue a harder sound with Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley in Humble Pie. This band were bigger in the US than in the UK and despite the departure of Frampton in 1971 the band continued to whip up crowds until ‘75 when the band split, drink and drugs taking their toll on their leader.

After a brief spell on his own with a solo album, (and being considered to join the Rolling Stones) Marriott got The Small Faces back together but Lane didn’t take part due to his early symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. Rick Wills took his place and this line-up recorded a couple of albums to little success.

Marriott then reformed Humble Pie although only Shirley from the original bunch joined in the fun. The first comeback album ‘On To Victory’ (1980) was a small hit in the States but this line-up only managed one more record before Marriott returned to the UK and for the rest of the 1980s, enjoyed getting back to basics and his fans. He could always pull a crowd and relished the pub circuit, The Half Moon in Putney being a regular venue for him and his band.

These live sets contain many old favourite Marriott classics such as “Itchycoo Park”, “All or Nothing”, “Whatcha Gonna Do About It” and “Big Train Stops at Memphis”, live Packet of Three staples, a smattering of rhythm & blues standards, plus a number of Chuck Berry classics in “Talking ‘Bout You” and “Memphis Tennessee”. This collection of live sets demonstrates the fact that not only was Steve an immense performer throughout his whole career, but that he was sadly taken from us far too early. Shortly after the gigs offered on this box set, Marriott died in a house fire.

At the time he was planning a reunion with Peter Frampton and had he made it to the Britpop heyday of the mid 1990s he would definitely been welcomed by a crop of new younger fans. Label Review. Our Overview. There's a new album from Nick Garrie coming out and that's something to celebrate. Before we get onto the new one we need to put things in context and talk a little about the past. In the final year of the sixties and in the final year of his teens, Nick Garrie made an album that should be regarded as one of the great classic albums of the decade: 'The Nightmare of J.B.

The fact that it is not more widely known or more universally recognised as one of the classics of the era is not down to the quality of the product but rather to a series of unfortunate events (that's another story). It's packed full of smart, romantic, melodious baroque-pop story telling songs with killer string and woodwind arrangements. After having disappeared for decades, copies of the album started to pop up for sale online at very high prices. In 2005 'Stanislas' was reissued, the word of mouth about how great it was soon spread and a new generation of Nick Garrie fans began to emerge. Musicians including Teenage Fanclub, Wilco, Camera Obscura, The Trembling Bells, Ladybug Transistor and BMX Bandits (of course) were among those declaring themselves as fans.

In 2009 I was asked to help produce a new Nick Garrie album, '49 Arlington Gardens', and the world could hear that none of Nick's talents had diminished. Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub who performed on the album declared during the sessions 'Nick's the real deal. He can really do it. Brilliant songs and what a voice.'

Back to 2017 and now there is another new album by Nick Garrie. It's a thing of great and rare beauty.

It's still very much the same Nick Garrie who made that incredible 1969 debut and the 2009 album too, but this time round it's Nick Garrie in a more reflective mood. The songs are as strong as ever but have a directness and fragility about them. The sonic settings created by Gary Olson and a supporting cast of players matches the tenderness of the story telling in Nick's songs. The arrangements are from the school of less is more.

Nothing is screaming out for attention here but instead every sound perfectly plays its part in bringing the stories in the songs to life. Nick sings about a lost diary and about losing one's way on the album's opener 'Lois' Diary'. This track like others on the album has a beautiful sadness about it. There's no artificial earnestness or over statement, it's all perfectly pitched. One of the albums' most affecting tracks is its most stripped back: 'Got You On My Mind'. It's just Nick's voice and a harp.

The intimacy and warmth of the album feels like the perfect antidote to the in-your-face and often ugly nature of modern life. This is a gentle album that soothes the soul and warms the heart.

When Nick sings 'I'm On Your Side' you believe him and you feel a connection being made with the singer as you listen. Label Review. Our Overview.

‘Hey Sammy’ is the long awaited ninth solo album by Edale-born singer songwriter Bella Hardy the British contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter who performs a combination of traditional and self-penned material. The new album bears the stamps of extensive musical expeditions far from home. Born Arwen Arabella Hardy 1984 in Edale in Derbyshire's Dark Peak, where there is an abundance of communal song she was born into a family of singers, she began singing locally at an early age and has won critical acclaim since her debut album ‘Night Visiting’ in 2007. Mojo gave her a 4* 'Brilliant' rating, fRoots wrote 'Bella Hardy is more than a new generation folk revivalist. Her potential is massive', and Taplas Magazine noted '.her debut CD solo album is a piece of wondrous beauty and inventive incisiveness'.

In the time since 2015’s 5-star reviewed ‘With The Dawn’, Bella temporarily relocated to Nashville where she became immersed in Music City’s culture of collaborative songwriting and also worked happily in the company of horses as a ranch hand. Two music-finding trips to Yunnan Province in Southwest China also saw this BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year Award winner return with a suitcase overflowing with new lyrical and musical notions. These radical changes of life and perspective flow through every word and note of the 11 new songs on Hey Sammy – a glorious, accomplished, grown up record. Produced by Paul Savage (The Delgados, Mogwai, Arab Strap) at Glasgow’s Chem19 studio, Hey Sammy combines innovative, artful arrangements that at times bring to mind Bon Iver, Midlake and Joni Mitchell’s Hejira, with an unabashed embrace of gleeful, melodic choruses delivered in Bella’s unmistakeable soaring and swooping voice. Bella has since become a regular on radio and television, notably singing solo in a sold-out Albert Hall at the Proms. She’s written and recorded with everyone from Beautiful South founder David Rotheray to folk luminary Eliza Carthy, and performed with the great Mary Chapin Carpenter on her 2016 UK tour.

Her seven-week residency in the Chinese city of Kunming was arranged by the British Council and the PRS For Music Foundation and resulted in the 2017 recording and release of Eternal Spring - an album of songs and poetry made in collaboration with Chinese singers and musicians. It seems entirely fitting that Bella Hardy should mark a decade of remarkable recordings with the exceptional step forward that is Hey Sammy.

Label Review. Packaged in a 12x12 hardcover book, this is the most comprehensive version of the album to date. CD1: Original Album. CD2: 10 bonus tracks including BBC session. CD3: 17 demo versions.

CD4: Live At The Paris Theatre, London 1st July 1978. LP: Original Album. Our Overview. Ian Dury, like Ray Davies and Paul Weller was a very English talent. The colourful, metropolis inhabiting characters like Billericay Dickie or Plaistow Patricia he sung about and the ever so cockney music hall accent he chose to sing in were a big part of that.

But most of all it was the detailed, poetic way he catalogued English life and the melting pot of musical styles used to do so, from punk to funk to jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, which left the listener in no doubt that Dury’s work could only come from one place: The very heart of England. ‘New Boots And Panties!!’ is Ian’s debut album, originally released on Stiff Records in 1977. It’s often cited as one of the first classic UK punk albums, the record covers a diverse range of musical styles reflecting Dury’s influences and background in pub rock, taking in funk, disco, British music hall and early rock and roll.

It’s considered Dury’s best album and it was also his most successful after it was certified Platinum in the UK two years after its release. This is the most comprehensive version of the album to date. Label Review.

Our Overview. Veteran rocker Bob Seger said he ­committed to the rock'n'roll life at the age of 16. 'All my friends in high school were envious that I knew exactly what I wanted to do, because at that age, a lot of young guys are thinking, 'What am I going to become?' ' he tells Billboard. Seger, 70, never looked back, and in 2017, the Lincoln Park, Mich., native will mark his 51st year in the music business with I’ Knew You When’, an album of unreleased songs that he has updated, and, in his words, a 'bucket-list tour' of places he always has wanted to play, ­including the New Orleans Jazz Fest and the Hollywood Bowl.

The new album is released through capitol records and is dedicated to Glenn Frey, Seger’s longtime friend and collaborator who died 2016 at age 67. I Knew You When contains Seger originals as well as multiple covers, including versions of Leonard Cohen's 'Democracy' and Lou Reed's 'Busload of Faith.' Reed's track, which appeared on his 1989 album New York, was crunchy, conversational rock; but Seger's rendition turns towards brassy gospel, with bright injections of horns and stirring harmonies. Seger also makes a small amendment to Reed's lyrics to reflect current politics: 'You can't depend on the President, unless there's real estate that you want to buy,' Seger sings, before returning to Reed's mantra of self-sufficiency — 'Can't depend on a lot of things, you need a busload of faith to get by.'

The deluxe edition of the singer's new LP also contains Seger's personal tribute for Frey, titled 'Glenn Song.' The two men first connected in Detroit, where both grew up, and started collaborating in the Sixties. 'I always kind of thought of [Frey] as my baby brother, a little bit,' Seger said in 2016 'He was fucking brilliant.

He was a joy to be around. I always looked forward to seeing him. It was always memorable. He had an amazing sense of humor and was just smart, whip-smart.' Label Review. Unearthed vinyl box Our Overview.

Johnny Cash’s 2003 box set ‘Unearthed’ a posthumous collection of previously unreleased recordings with Rick Rubin, with whom the legendary musician collaborated with, will receive its first vinyl release. The Unearthed vinyl box features a pair of cloth-bound books housed in an LP-sized black cloth slipcase. One book holds the nine LPs, while the other is a gorgeous 60-page coffee table book that incorporates Sylvie Simmons' extensive liner notes, drawn from five days of interviews at Cash's home in Tennessee, as well as Cash and Rubin's comments on every song on the set, plus a copious selection of photographs from the recording sessions, including some of the last photos ever taken of Cash. Unearthed is divided into five thematic sections. Who's Gonna Cry focuses on acoustic solo recordings, and finds Cash revisiting several classic songs from his legendary catalog. Trouble In Mind is oriented towards electric performances, and includes guest appearances by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Carl Perkins and members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as Cash's wife and longtime duet partner June Carter Cash. Redemption Songs is largely acoustic, and features duets with Joe Strummer, Fiona Apple, Nick Cave and Glen Campbell.

My Mother's Hymn Book demonstrates Cash's lifelong affinity for gospel music, encompassing 15 time-honored gospel standards. Best of Cash On American offers a memorable 15-song selection of highlights from Cash's first four albums with Rubin.‘Unearthed’ is due out via Rick Rubin’s American Recordings. Label Review. 1976 album remastered 2017 plus Live At The LA Forum October 1976. Also includes hi-res and 5.1 mixes.

Presented in a stylish 11 x 11 hardbound book, the set also features rare and unseen photos from the era, a replica tour book and 3 stand-alone posters. Our Overview. Recorded between March and October 1976, The Eagles fifth album would be the one which cemented their reputation as one of the biggest bands of not only the 1970s but of all time. Their rise since they launched in 1972 had been steady until the final single (“Best Of My Love”) from their third album ‘On The Border’ hit the U.S. The follow-up album ‘One Of These Nights’ (1975) contained three smash hits and led to their label Asylum putting out a ‘Greatest Hits’ album early in 1976 which sold like hotcakes throughout that year. The group were now in the spotlight and they came up with the goods which was released in December 1976.

The title track “Hotel California”, is one of the best known rock tracks of all time. Today (2017) it is estimated that the album has sold over 32 million copies worldwide. Prior to the release of the album the group played three nights at the Los Angeles Forum and material from these shows form the bonus disc on the deluxe editions. The box set also contains a surround sound mix on the Blu-ray Audio disc and various books, tour programmes and other paraphernalia. It is also available in scaled down and editions.

Label Review. Our Overview. South Africa’s most celebrated musician, trumpeter/balladeer extraordinaire is 77 but still breaking down musical barriers with a set “covering most of the international African world”. ‘No Borders’ is Hugh Masekela’s first album in five years, and the emphasis is on his powerful vocal work as much as his horn playing. There are reminders of his travels to Nigeria and meetings with Fela Kuti on Shango, his visits to Kinshasa with Congo Women, while the South African township jive includes a stirring reworking of The Rooster and the gutsy KwaZulu. At almost 80 minutes, it’s a long and varied set. It also includes a rap treatment of Don’t Lose It Baby and keyboard-backed ballads, but there are some real gems.

The opening Shuffle & Bow is a furious, bluesy scream against slavery, while Tapera matches guitar and growled, soulful vocals from the veteran Zimbabwean hero Oliver Mtukudi against magnificent Masekela horn work. He shouts, he charms, he bellows. If you're listening to him for the first time (difficult, after he's been in the business 73 years), it's an experience you're likely not to forget. Masekela is not afraid to take risks - melodically, harmonically, with the lyrics or song's structure. The fifteen tracks are infused with Afro pop/Jazz rhythms and style.

And the bonus for audiophiles is the recording is superb. Deep bass and the sound of African percussion captured beautifully. If you know the Burmester Test CD you'll know of Masekela's work. No Borders continues excellence in recording.

Best of all, the recording highlights the party atmosphere of the original sessions. You can't get better than that. Label Review. The Mockingbirds, The Hollies, Larry Williams & Johnny Guitar Watson With The Stormsville Shakers, Toni Basil, The Yardbirds, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Wayne Fontana, Jeff Beck, The Outsiders, Dave Berry, The Downliners Sect, High Society, Herman’s Hermits, The Mindbenders, Cher, Graham Gouldman, The Peddlers, Dee Dee Sharp, 10CC, Rush, Morrissey, Wax UK, Kirsty MacColl, McFly. Our Overview. Ace’s Songwriter Series continues to pay tribute to the most eminent tunesmiths of the 20th Century.

This time they bring you their salute to one of the UK’s highest profile singer-songwriters, with more than 50 years of hits under his belt – Graham Gouldman. “Listen People” offers an overview of almost half a century of great British songwriting, from Graham’s early 60s songs for his own first group the Mockingbirds, to his 21st century collaborations with Kirsty MacColl and McFly. Just about all of Graham’s best-known songs are included, many of them performed by singers and groups with whom he has long been associated such as the Hollies, Herman’s Hermits, the Yardbirds and both Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. As is the norm with our Songwriter Series, all-time hits and unfairly obscure classics sit comfortably together for your listening pleasure. Also included are great selections from several groups of which Graham has been a member including Wax – his 80s collaboration with Andrew Gold – the obscure High Society and, naturally, 10cc. Graham’s songs have been interpreted by artists as diverse as Larry Williams & Johnny Watson, Rush, Cher and Morrissey – all of whom are also featured. Graham is still writing and still touring.

Many of the songs included here are featured in his sets to this day. This compilation of many of his most eminent copyrights comes to you with the full approval of the man himself. Label Review. 2005 debut album. Our Overview. ‘Billion Pound Project’ was the debut album by DJ, producer and long-time member of Paul Weller’s band, Andy Lewis.

And if you did not get your mitts on this fantastic album way back in 2005 then get ya mitts on this rerelease now because it is a cracker. Andy is an English producer and multi-instrumentalist who first caught the public's attention during the mid-'90s Brit-pop scene with his popular DJ sets on Blur's Parklife tour, Andy Lewis is also an accomplished solo artist and the bass player for Paul Weller and he is also a member of the bands Pimlico, the Red Inspectors, and Spearmint. He released his debut solo outing, Billion Pound Project, in 2005, followed by You Should Be Hearing Something Now! In 2007, both of which were released via Acid Jazz Records.

His debut album is what that club encapsulated in 14 tracks. From soundtracks through to Northern Soul and swinging London imagery, everything is present.

Features some of the greatest soul and Mod vocalists ever, including Bettye Lavette, Reg King, Keni Nurke, Lynda Laurence, Loleatta Holloway and Andy Ellison. Lewis has recently produced the critically acclaimed ‘Summer Dancing’ with Judy Dyble, which makes this a great time to reissue this long-deleted album. Track Listing: 1.

The Secret Life Of AJ Lewis 2. 100 Oxford St.-Feat.

(Love Is) Alive In My Heart-Feat. Keni Burke 4. Laughter Ever After-Feat. Bettye Lavette 5. Since I Lost My Baby-Feat.

Looking Up, Looking In-Feat. See You There-Feat. Lynda Laurence 8. Billion Pound Project 9. Soul Chancer-Feat. The Exciters 10. Till I Lost You-Feat.

Loleattta Holloway 12. Heather Lane-Feat. Andy Ellison 13. One By One-Feat.

When It All Goes Wrong-Feat. Label Review. Deluxe box set of 1977 album. CD1: Remastered original mix and 40th Anniversary tracking mix. CD2: 24 unreleased rough mixes, backing tracks, demos, alternate lyrics etc. CD3: Live At Apollo Centre, Glasgow, 19th Dec 1977.

LP: 40th anniversary mix. Plus LP sized book. Our Overview. The Ramones released its second album of the calendar year (and third overall) on November 4, 1977, capping off one of the biggest years in the history of punk with ‘Rocket To Russia’. Among the band’s best-loved albums, it features classics like “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” and “Rockaway Beach” along with their signature covers of “Do You Wanna Dance?” and “Surfin’ Bird.” It’s also the last album ever recorded by all four founding members, as drummer Tommy Ramone left soon after to focus on writing and producing. The album’s 40-year anniversary will be celebrated with a 3CD/1LP boxed set in hardbound LP sized book.

The first disc of the Deluxe Edition features a remastered version of the original stereo mix for Rocket To Russia, plus the 2017 40th Anniversary Tracking Mix created by Stasium, which provides a back-to-basics version of the album, and a different track listing from the 1977 original. The 2017 40th Anniversary Tracking Mix is also featured on the LP that accompanies the Deluxe Edition. Two dozen rare and unreleased recordings are found on the second disc, including rough mixes from sessions at Mediasound and The Power Station. There’s also an early version of “Needles And Pins” with Tommy on drums, the B-side single mix of “Babysitter,” an alternate version of “It’s A Long Way Back To Germany” with Dee Dee on vocals, an original radio promo with Joey Ramone, and more. A highlight of this Deluxe Edition is the complete unreleased concert included on the third disc.

This never-before-heard multi-track recording of the band’s December 19, 1977 show at the Apollo Centre in Glasgow, Scotland captures the Ramones just a few days before the group recorded the classic live album It’s Alive, and mixed for this 40th Anniversary edition by Ed Stasium. In Glasgow, they played songs from all three studio albums including “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Judy Is A Punk,” “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment,” and “California Sun.”. Label Review.

Paul Jones on harmonica. Our Overview. ‘Come Back Fighting’ is the eagerly awaited new album by the English singer/songwriter Philippa Hanna.

She is best known for her output in the contemporary Christian genre, and despite growing up in a musical household in Sheffield - her father Pat Hanna was a touring musician, her brother Stuart Zender was a founding member of the ultra-successful U.K. Acid jazz-funk outfit Jamiroquai, and her cousins Richard and Danny McNamara were members of the Brit-pop band Embrace - her musical career didn't take hold until she began her faith journey in 2004, when she was 20 years old.

Consequently, the majority of her lyrics focus on strong Christian themes and issues. Aside from her musical endeavors, Hanna spends a lot of time raising awareness and funding for a number of Christian charities.

Her debut album, 2007's ‘Watching Me’, drew plaudits for its acoustic grooves and Hanna's talented vocals. Recorded at the well-regarded Steelworks studios in her hometown, and produced by Andy Baker - who helped break another Sheffield band, the Gentlemen - ‘Watching Me’ found itself at the number one spot on the CDBaby CCM charts, and in the Top Three for solo female artists. After writing her first book, 'More' - an autobiographical account of her finding faith as a young adult - she returned to the studio, again with Andy Baker producing, for her 2009 follow-up Taste. In a similarly lyrical vein as her debut, Hanna touched upon a range of contemporary issues relevant to her audience of young Christians while retaining a strong groove sensibility. ‘Come Back Fighting' will be released on 24th November. The release is set amidst opening a formidable 29-date tour for Philippa with BGT-winning vocal group Collabro.

A press release explained 'With much of the album written in Nashville, Philippa has brought together a range of pop, country and gospel influences, assembling an impressive collection of musicians. Working with long-term collaborators guitarist Roo Walker and manager Andy Baker, the production has a fresh and unique flavour that won't leave fans disappointed.' Label Review. Our Overview. ‘Xenoula’ is the eponymous debut album from Romy Xeno aka Xenoula.

Romy spent her early years in South Africa where she was influenced by the elemental songs of nearby villagers and the (tranquil) rhythms of nature. Here she developed an introspective affinity with flora and fauna rather than with man and machines. When Romy moved back to the UK at the age of 16, the culture shock and collision of two contrasting worlds inspired her to make music as a way of communicating her feelings about her new surroundings to the crowds of people she instinctively shied away from. For Romy, Xenoula is an exploration of nature and human contradictions. The music is infused with memories of her childhood in South Africa, her experiences in the sprawling cities of Europe and with the realm of the ethereal and mysterious.

Recently retreating to the quieter climes of north Wales, Romy forged the sounds of Xenoula. Teaming up with producer Sam Dust aka LA Priest whose recent work includes his own debut solo album as well as Connan Mockasin collaboration Soft Hair, Xenoula’s songs are adorned in a chameleon-like coat of shape-shifting sonic textures, and glide over an energetic core of ground-shaking rhythm. Xenoula takes the listener from the brooding, electric clouds and bubbling synths of ‘Chief of Tin’, to the sun-warped bassline pop of ‘Caramello’ as we move further into Xenoula’s enthralling universe. Label Review. Stealers Wheel (1972) with 3 bonus tracks. Ferguslie Park (1974) & Right Or Wrong (1975).

Our Overview. Stealer’s Wheel formed in Scotland in 1972 by Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. The line-up was completed with Paul Pilnick, Tony Williams and Rod Coombes although Rab Noakes had been in the band briefly before the membership was settled. Signing to A&M Records they released their debut album before the end of the year. The following year “Stuck In The Middle With You” became a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Unfortunately, the success was short lived and after two more albums, the band broke up but Rafferty would go solo and score a massive hit in 1978 with “Baker Street”.

As for Stealers Wheel, “Stuck In The Middle With You” became immortal when it was used in the famous ear cutting scene in Quentin Tarantinos’ 1992 film “Reservoir Dogs”. However it was until the mid-00s that their three albums were issued on CD by Cherry Red.

Now everything is in one place in this handy box. Label Review. 2017 album with bonus DVD. Nuclear Blast Records. Our Overview.

Raise the curtain for ‘Kingslayer’, the second album from Almanac, the band surrounding guitar wizard Victor Smolski. Almanac’s mighty second strike is not about fantasy, it’s no fairy tale about slaying dragons and using powerful magic. It is our very own histories coming back at us in the shape of epic, forceful, wonderfully melodic and skilful anthems. Stories of murdered kings, of despots and tyrants, framed by an invincible power metal performance and presented by no less than three lead singers. This is, of course, nothing new for those familiar with the new band of former Rage axeman Smolski and his new fellowship. On their stunning debut ‘Tsar’ they turned to Russian history, thus complementing this musical success by a pleasantly unique background, for once not speaking about vikings, Celts or druids. The record caused quite a stir back in 2016.

“It was indeed the perfect start for Almanac!” Victor Smolski recalls fondly. “Our debut has been greeted quite enthusiastically; it has been nominated for a Metal Hammer Award and was presented live at a lot of gigs. There could have been nothing better for the development of our band - especially because the feedback at our concerts was nothing short of amazing.” A quick look at the mere figures proves him true: Small club gigs, huge festivals, headliner shows, support slots.

More than 50 shows in 10 countries has brought the band close together. “It’s as if we tumbled head-on through a crash course about how to become a functioning metal band,” Smolski laughs. Not that someone like him wouldn’t know already. His characteristic guitar work coined the sound of Rage for more than 15 years; in the mid-nineties he had already written power metal history with his band Mind Odyssey. Since then, he has toured around the globe like there was no tomorrow.

Progression, individuality and avoiding any kind of routine have always been the essence of Smolski - which is why in 2015, he decided to leave Rage. With Almanac, he says, something like this is never going to happen: “Our musical level is way higher,” he states without the slightest hint of hubris. Add to that the fact that the vocalists are far from being a marketing tool but rather the unmistakable figurehead of a metal band able to tell better stories than anybody else. Andy B Franck (Brainstorm)’s soaring heavy metal voice, the roaring rock voice of David Readman (Pink Cream 69) and the mesmerising siren chant of Jeannette Marchewka (Lingua Mortis Orchestra) turn every single song into a legend at the campfire. “These voices enable me to paint in all the musical colours available,” the guitarist rejoices. “There’s simply nothing I can’t do with these fantastic musicians.”. Label Review.

20 tracks 1964-1970. Our Overview. James Carr was definitely one of music’s greatest and most underrated voices and one of the most talented soul singers of the 1960s and ’70s. His wasn't the most vast of catalogues; but James Carr's imprint on soul music was nevertheless inestimable, as he recorded some of the genre's most enduring singles in a voice that ranks among popular music's finest. Carr was born on June 13th, 1942 and grew up in Memphis.

Singing with several gospel outfits in the early Sixties, Carr failed to land any songs with Stax Records, the obvious label-of-choice for a Memphis-based soul singer at that time. But he tracked down producer Quinton Claunch, who founded Goldwax, an upstart soul label that began in 1964. He charted his first single, 'You've Got My Mind Messed Up,' in April 1966, and nearly a year later, Carr cut the first version of Dan Penn and Chips Moman's soul staple, 'Dark End of the Street.' Though the song was subsequently covered by vocal titans including Aretha Franklin, Clarence Carter and Linda Ronstad, Carr's rendition remains the definitive take. 'James was a special singer,' Penn says. 'He definitely had the best cut of 'Dark End of the Street.'

We didn't have anybody in mind when we wrote the song. Just one of those things where we wrote the song and it was his time to cut and he got the song. And the right guy got it. It's always nice to have somebody do your song the way you wrote it. I completely copied his version when I got ready to cut my own record. I did it as close to James as I could.' While soul music has more than its share of Kings and Godfathers, Carr was handed the title of 'World's Greatest Soul Singer.'

Without the stage charisma of Otis Redding or Sam and Dave, Carr kept his focus fully on his instrument. 'He's one of the world's greatest soul singers. I think it's the depth of his voice,' Penn says. 'He had a deeper voice than most of 'em, kind of a ringing in his voice, this identifying deep baritone. When he was right, he was right.' Despite the importance of Carr's Sixties output, his recording career was hardly consistent.

He pulled a short stint with Atlantic in 1971, but was largely quiet for most of the Seventies and the Eighties, due in part to repeated hospitalisations as he struggled with mental illness. Carr did resurface on the re.