With 14 Academy Award nominations, seven Grammy awards, and an Emmy to his credit, Thomas Newman has a track record second to none among modern screen composers (and even among his family, which is saying a lot considering he is son to Alfred, brother to David, and cousin to Randy Newman)! But among all his…
From Urbana, IL, American Football offered up a debut EP featuring the talents of guitarist vocalist Mike Kinsella (Owen, Cap n Jazz, Joan of Arc), guitarist Steve Holmes and the impeccably timed, jazz-like drumming of Steve Lamos. American Football created the kind of songs that held new discoveries upon each listen. These three songs, along with the…
American Football, also known retrospectively as LP1, is the debut studio album by American midwest emo band of the same name, released on September 14, 1999, through Polyvinyl. It was recorded shortly after the band released their debut self-titled EP through Polyvinyl in October 1998. The group, consisting of vocalist guitarist Mike Kinsella, guitarist Steve…
Deluxe edition 2 LP 2014 reissue on red marbled 180-gram vinyl. Jazz influences took their effect on the short-lived emo band American Football. All through their self-titled 1999 debut album, you can hear jazz rhythm and timing while the instruments trade off solos like they are talking to each other. Yet, blended with true emo…
Limited 180 gram orange colored vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. In 1999 Polyvinyl, then only 3 years old, released an unassuming debut album by a band called American Football. The band played a dozen shows and then parted ways. Then something remarkable happened: for the next 15 years, the album was discovered over and…
Limited 180gm Light Blue vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. American Football s original triumph, on their 1999 self-titled debut, was to reunite two shy siblings: emo and post-rock. It was a pioneering album where lyrical clarity was obscured and complicated by the stealth musical textures surrounding it. Like Slint s Spiderland, or Codeine s…
Progressive blackened metal from the band of 10,000 lakes. harsh, angry tones combine with pretty, ambient moments… it s depressing music, but in a beautiful way – Metal TempleAmiensus, featuring James Benson (Chrome Waves) and Chris Piette (Ghost Bath), return with the anticipated new album – Reclamation: Part 1
The 13 tracks that make up Yours Until the War is Over together weave tales of relatable self destruction and trauma bonding with arresting authenticity. Created from the mood of handwritten desires, songs emote the depths of using a relationship for survival, whether by addiction, doubt, death or narcissism. Yours Until the War is Over…
 The next chapter of Danny Kiranos, p k a Amigo the Devil, continues with Yours Until the War Is Over – his most disarming and singular work to date. The 13-track project weaves themes of relatable self-destruction and trauma bonding with arresting authenticity. Riddled with obscure literary references – akin to Kiranos maniac reading habit…
Carnival in Babylon is an LP by German rock band Amon Düül II which was released in 1972. It is their fourth studio album. It was recorded at the Bavaria Studio and remixed at Studio 70. It was produced by Olaf Kübler and the band themselves. The original cover design and photos were by F.U….
Vive La Trance is the seventh studio album released by German Krautrock band Amon Düül II, released in 1973. Produced by Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II and engineered by Peter Kramper, Vive La Trance was recorded and remixed at Bavaria Studios with additional remixing done at Union Studio München.
Amos Lee offers his signature soulful interpretations of Lucinda Williams through covers of 11 of the GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter s most cherished songs. Pink honey suckle coloured vinyl.
Here s a lot of existential stuff in these songs, says Amos Lee. If you really listen to what s in between the lines, there s a lot of grappling with your place in the world, grappling with loss. There s a lot of grappling with the balance between bailing out the boat and rowing…
Years before Amy Winehouse garnered international attention with Back To Black, the sassy British Soul singer put herself on the U.K. music map with her 2003 debut, Frank. Nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize, the record glides along on the subtly jazzy production of Salaam Remi, which allows Winehouse s expressive voice to shine,…
Vinyl LP pressing. 2019 release, the hotly anticipated debut album from Australia s riotous punk rock wrecking crew. A&TS reputation for raucous garage-punk mayhem has garnered huge buzz around the world with Pitchfork exclaiming Singer Amy Taylor has cemented her rock star status . Amyl and The Sniffers was produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys,…