Formed in the early-90s as a somewhat antagonistic answer to grunge, which they saw as just another form of big, dumb American rock, CAKE s democratic processes, defiant self-reliance, and lucid yet ever-inventive music has made them a nation-state unto themselves, with no obvious peers, belonging to no school. The Platinum-cerfitified 13-track album includes the…
Look to the East, Look to the West is Camera Obscura at their best and most evocative. Reuniting with producer Jari Haapalainen (Let s Get Out of This Country, My Maudlin Career), Camera Obscura have crafted an album that simultaneously recalls why longtime fans have ferociously loved them for decades, while also being their most…
 Candlemass was formed by bassist and songwriter Leif Edling in Stockholm, Sweden in 1984, and is well known for its epic doom metal, having a great influence over a generation of the genre’s subsequent greats – Candlemass themselves taking a large influence from Black Sabbath. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a true classic. Every track is undeniably strong –…
Will Toledo always knew he would return to Twin Fantasy. He never did complete the work. Not really. Never could square his grand ambitions against his mechanical limitations. Listen to his first attempt, recorded at nineteen on a cheap laptop, and you ll hear what Brian Eno fondly calls the sound of failure – thrilling,…
Upon first listen, two things about Honey are immediately clear: First, it is an entirely new kind of Caribou record. Second, in being an entirely new kind of Caribou record, it is in keeping with Dan Snaith s discography, each new album marked by radical thematic and sonic shifts. Honey is not a departure from…
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You is Caroline Polachek s first album release since her 2019 experimental pop masterpiece PANG, which cemented her as a generational talent. Working again with co-producer Danny L. Harle, Polachek pulls from her complete arsenal, layering and weaving familiar and unfamiliar sounds to make large-scale pop songs with specific human feelings. Desire,…
Pang is the third studio album by singer Caroline Polachek. Pang is Polachek s first solo effort released under her own name. Her first two albums were credited to Ramona Lisa and CEP.
2016 collection from the rock new wave outfit. This compilation is produced by the band, with all surviving members contributing to song selection. Leader Ric Ocasek also supervised digital remastering of all the audio with Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound. The collection features the band s big hits along with a rare, single mix for…
After the extremely well received re-recordings of the first two SEPULTURA releases ( Bestial Devastation (1985), Morbid Visions (1986), founding brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera now also re-recorded their 1987 landmark album Schizophrenia . An all time classic that was just lacking a proper production. Arthur Rizk (SOULFLY, KREATOR) gave these newly recorded songs the…
The legendary CAVE IN makes a highly anticipated return with their Relapse Records debut, Heavy Pendulum, their first full studio record in over a decade. The band (Stephen Brodsky – Guitar Vocals, Adam McGrath – Guitar Vocals, John-Robert Conners – Drums) sees a revival following the addition of Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom) on bass and vocals. Produced by Kurt Ballou at God…
Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess Bold pop hooks, sex positivity, honest songwriting and a heavy dose of glitter make up the world of Chappell Roan, the next multi-faceted force in pop music. A technicolor celebration of self-discovery and transformation, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess tracks Chappell…
Arguably Mingus s greatest recording! Featuring John Handy, Booker Ervin, Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan, Dannie Richmond and many others, tracks include Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Better Git It in Your Soul, Fables of Faubus, Jelly Roll and other classics. This 20-bit digitally remastered edition boasts 3 bonus tracks, 6 tracks in unedited form for the…
2024 release. Charli s sixth studio album Brat is the eagerly awaited follow up to 2022 s Crash, which reached number 1 on the UK s official album chart, and promises to be an exhilarating club record built around high art references and social commentary: a new era both musically and visually. Â
There s a sick irony to how a country that extols rhetoric of individual freedom, in the same gasp, has no problem commodifying human life as if it were meat to feed the insatiable hunger of capitalism. If this is American nihilism taken to it s absolute zenith, then God s Country, the first full…
2017 release, the highly anticipated full-length album from the country music singer songwriter is the first new music from Stapleton since 2015 s breakthrough double platinum solo debut Traveller and will be followed by From A Room: Volume 2 coming later this year. The album takes it s name from Nashville s historic RCA Studio…
2017 release from the award-winning country music singer songwriter. From A Room: Volume 2 is the third studio album by Stapleton. Like it s predecessor, the album takes it s name from Nashville s RCA Studio A, where the recording sessions took place. The album tracks Tryin to Untangle My Mind , Hard Livin and…