Every Ariana Grande album cover features a photo of the singer, each one capturing the intention behind the release. On Dangerous Woman, she projects youthful playfulness with her signature ponytail, though her black-latex bunny mask hints at something more provocative beneath the bubble-gum surface. It was clear that Grande s third studio album would showcase the singer s…
For Ariana Grande s second studio album, My Everything she enlisted the help of hit-makers Max Martin and Ryan Tedder to ensure it moved her up to the next tier of success. Lead single Problem proved to be a phenomenal start to the campaign when it peaked at US No. 2 and even topped the charts in the UK. Featuring Australian rapper Iggy Azalea,…
Pop superstar Ariana Grande follows up her Grammy-nominated 2019 No.1 release, Thank U, Next with her sixth studio album, Positions. Built around themes of sex and romance, the 14-track collection – which debuted atop the Billboard 200 – includes guest appearances by Doja Cat, The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign. The title track lead single is more of a sensual slow-burner than her…
Pop superstar Ariana Grande follows up her Grammy-nominated 2019 No.1 release, Thank U, Next with her sixth studio album, Positions. Built around themes of sex and romance, the 14-track collection – which debuted atop the Billboard 200 – includes guest appearances by Doja Cat, The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign. The title track lead single is more of a sensual slow-burner than her…
Pop princesses come in all manner of packages. There s the feisty rebel type; the smiley showgirl; those brooding mistresses of gloom. And then there s the rarest breed of them all: the startling songbird. This is the talent that possesses a vocal range that can shatter glass at a thousand yards and make the…
Arlo Parks sophomore album, My Soft Machine, is a deeply personal body of work; a narration of Parks experiences as she navigates her 20 s and the growth intertwined. It follows her highly-praised debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, which received two GRAMMY nominations for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album, won the BRIT…
AMENRA’s first release for Relapse Records is at once a departure and a momentous act of deliverance. Stepping outside the run of albums titled Mass I-VI, De Doorn casts a 21-year journey from the heart of Belgium’s crusading hardcore scene to world-renowned, spiritually guided innovators in an enthralling new light.Ritual, remembrance and hard-won rebirth have…
Delirious Nomad is the second album by the American heavy metal band Armored Saint. It was released in 1985 via Chrysalis Records and recorded with producer Max Norman who previously worked for Ozzy Osbourne. While recording the album, guitarist Phil Sandoval left the band.
On “C.H.R.O.N.O.S”, their 3rd album on KARL, AROVANE and PORYA HATAMI deliver five delicate ambient pieces, rich in textures and zen-like atmospheres. Available as 180gr LP and DL.After “Organism” (2017) and the musique concrete influenced “Organism_evolution” (2018) UWE ZAHN alias AROVANE and PORYA HATAMI continue their sonic explorations with “C.H.R.O.N.O.S.”, the fifth collaborational album by…
3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of.. is the debut album by Arrested Development. It was released in 1992 to widespread critical acclaim, and stood in stark contrast to much of the hip hop around at the time. It helped them become the first rap group to win a Grammy for…
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Mosaic on LP Remastered and Reissued As Part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue Campaign Not only is the group on Mosaic arguably the greatest version of Art Blakey s Jazz Messengers, but it is one of the finest bands of all time in any type of music. Freddie Hubbard had just joined the Jazz…
The Spiritual, a free jazz album recorded by The Art Ensemble of Chicago in 1974, finds the group of stellar musicians at their creative peak. With various types of percussion, though the absence of a traditional drummer, the ensemble is able to create vivid, freeing compositions without the confines of conventional structure. The quartet, consisting…
Tutankhamun, the 1969 album by avant-garde jazz pioneers Art Ensemble of Chicago, features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut. As the AllMusic review states, This landmark album is one of the most influential free jazz recordings in the 60s avant-garde canon. Previously out of print for over three decades,…
Producer John Snyder had always wanted to record Art Pepper and booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York. At the time, Pepper was under contract to Contemporary Records and label head, Les Koenig, decided he would record the gigs, quashing any notion Snyder had of doing the same. However, Art…