Straightaways is the second album by the American rock band Son Volt. It was originally released on April 22nd, 1997. The group was formed by Jay Farrar after his previous band Uncle Tupelo broke up. The sound of this album is much related to the sound of their first album Trace. However, where Trace is still…
Songs: Ohia is Jason Molina. On Axxess & Ace he is assisted by Geof Comings (Party Girls), Michael Krassner (the Lofty Pillars, Boxhead Ensemble, Edith Frost Band), Joe Ferguson (Pinetop Seven), Dave Pavkovic (Boxhead Ensemble), Julie Liu (Rex) and Edith Frost. It was recorded by Krassner at his Truckstop Studios in Chicago. What resulted was…
Secretly Canadian is proud to announce the 15th Anniversary reissue of a Songs: Ohia classic, the Hecla & Griper EP, now appearing for the first time on vinyl with previously unreleased bonus material. After spending the summer of 1997 on the road, Jason Molina and Co. headed into Bloomington, Ind. studio The Grotto with producer…
10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition featuring an Unreleased Song, Demos & Outtakes The hallmark of Jason Molina s career, The Magnolia Electric Co., is both a confluence of all he would create and a line in the sand to mark a shift in his songwriting approach. It was the last statement under his iconic Songs: Ohia moniker, and the moment…
Opening with an epic and ending with a little spartan ode, THE LIONESS is songwriter Jason Molina s fourth and most dynamic and empassioned full-length album to date. Recorded at Chem19 Studio in Glasgow, Scotland, with his Glaswegian friends Aidan Moffat and David Gow of Arab Strap, and Alasdair Roberts of Appendix Out, as well…
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation on 2LP + Download Card 1988 s Daydream Nation was Sonic Youth’s sixth full-length, their first double-LP, and their last for an indie label before signing with Geffen. Widely considered to be their watershed moment, the album catapulted Sonic Youth into the mainstream and proved that indie bands could enjoy wide commercial success without compromising their artistic vision. Daydream…
Sonic Youth Evol on LP + Download 1986 s Evol was Sonic Youth s third studio effort, significant for one fairly obvious reason: the addition of Steve Shelley behind the kit. With his help, the group transitions from their no wave roots toward a more linear, accessible rock n roll sound here highlighted by tracks like Green Light and Expressway to…
Album formatted collection of underheard Sonic rarities from the legendary band’s 2000-2010 era, most for the first time on any physical format. Essential for the band’s hardcore fans and for enthusiasts of instrumental rock.
Sonic Youth NYC Ghosts And Flowers on LP + Download For more than a quarter century, Sonic Youth – featuring Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley – ruled the New York underground as the reigning post-punk experimental noise band of its era, releasing 15 full-length albums, from 1983 s Confusion Is Sex to 2009 s The Eternal. Universal Music…
“Let’s get something straight. There is no album in the entire corpus of indie rock—not Loveless, not Surfer Rosa, not Psychocandy—that reaches the heights of invention, joy, and magic of Sonic Youth’s sublime fifth album…. The haunted reveries of Sister remain with you for years, even if you only hear them once” — Stereogum. 1987’s…
New York s most influential avant-garde rock band, Sonic Youth, follow up their critically acclaimed 2006 release, Rather Ripped, with a special set sure to please fans and completists. The Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities, a collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems hand-picked by the band, brings together songs from throughout the band s tenure…
Sonic Youth Washing Machine (20th Anniversary Edition) on 2LP + Download After defying their status as America s pre-eminent alternative band with 1994 s stripped down Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star, Sonic Youth returned a year later with the adventurous Washing Machine, a heightened and hookless 2LP-set produced by former engineer John Siket. Driven by the ringing electric guitars…
14 years after its original recording date, Beneath the Mountain has been remastered and pressed to vinyl for the very first time. This is an opportunity to own a unique piece of the Mizmor Hell history.Sorceress was a band that existed from 2008-2011 in Salem, Oregon, inspired by the mid-2000’s stoner-rock doom-metal explosion. Formed out…
14 years after its original recording date, Beneath the Mountain has been remastered and pressed to vinyl for the very first time. This is an opportunity to own a unique piece of the Mizmor Hell history.Sorceress was a band that existed from 2008-2011 in Salem, Oregon, inspired by the mid-2000’s stoner-rock doom-metal explosion. Formed out…
The new Pixar film Soul imagines that every person on earth comes pre-installed with a soul formed and perfected in a cosmic realm. Jamie Foxx plays a middle-school music teacher on earth who dreams of playing at legendary New York jazz club, The Blue Note. After the wrong step into an open sewer grate, Joe slips back…
Limited Indie Exclsuive Deep Purple Color VinylThe follow-up to Soul Asylum s 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union fell victim to heightened expectations, but, contrary to the majority of criticism in the alternative music press, this was no major label sell-out. While it was true that Let Your Dim Light Shine boasted such radio-friendly tunes…