Coming off of Ced Gee s Delta 5 track, Ced Gee & Kool Keith regroup for a new Ultramagnetic MC s record. Both were members of the legendary Ultramagnetic MC s. Kool Keith is established as one of hip hop s best MC writers in the stream-of-consciousness style that spawned rappers like MF Doom and…
Double vinyl LP pressing. Half Speed master. Includes bonus LP containing non album tacks. Quartet was Ultravox s third album with Midge Ure on vocals, which followed two hugely successful albums, Vienna and Rage In Eden. The previous albums were produced by German producer, Conny Plank, for this they look at George Martin to take…
This is a new Steven Wilson Stereo Mix of Ultravox s Rage In Eden album from 1981. Taken from the deluxe CD box set release of Rage In Eden , this vinyl version of the mix is exclusive to RSD. Like 2020 s RSD SW mix of their Vienna album, the second disc contains an…
Umberto is an artist whose work is distinctly cinematic. Composer Matt Hill’s performances and delicate compositions taken together have the cumulative ability to surprise. Hill, whose Umberto moniker is an homage to director Umberto Lenzi, is an experienced and active film composer, most recently scoring the film All That We Destroy. In addition to film…
Asking For A Friend – Umphrey s McGee – Recorded during the pandemic, David Fricke calls Asking for a Friend, the best and most emotionally direct album Umphrey s McGee have ever made. NOTHING TOO FANCY MUSIC
14 songs deep and proudly devoid of gimmicks or distractions, Slaughter On First Avenue is a riveting and raw account of Uncle Acid in full flight. From early classics like I’ll Cut You Down and Death’s Door (both from Blood Lust), to more recent works of lysergic aggro like Shockwave City (from Wasteland) and sinister…
A disorientating journey through Kevin Starrs (aka Uncle Acid) wonkiest dreams, Wasteland glides majestically from punchy and direct psych-rock anthems like I See Through You and Shockwave City to the viscous, somnambulant ooze of the eight-minute No Return and the twinkly-eyed bad trip of the album s mesmerizing title track. Recorded at the legendary Sunset…
Seminal alternative country-rock group Uncle Tupelo was formed in the Midwestern backwater of Belleville, IL by high school friends Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heldorn. Their marriage of punk rock animus with the simplicity of American roots music ignited a major movement heralding rock s return to traditional country origins. Heldorn had departed, Ken Coomer signed on, and in 1993…
What if the antihero in your favorite film or book had no chance to repent, reconcile, or redeem himself? There s no victim to rescue. There s no evil to thwart. There s no tyranny to turnover. Instead of saving the day against his better judgment, he just walks a Sisyphean circle of existential malaise…
Emerging from rampant hedonism and isolation is II, the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The musical vision of Portlander-via-New Zealand Ruban Nielson started as an anonymous home-recording project that fused psychedelia, soul, choppy percussion and funk. UMO came to life in basements and bedrooms after Nielson moved from his native New Zealand to Portland, Oregon with his family….
Improvised Munitions is the unreleased first Unsane album originally slated to be released in 1989 by Circuit Records. Following the band s approval of the test pressings, Circuit folded. A huge letdown at the time, Unsane managed to use a couple of tracks for singles and re-recorded some of the tracks to put on the…
By 1991 Unsane had perfected a unique extreme sound that established them as an important part of the NYC noise scene. With a couple singles and an unreleased 12 EP ( Improvised Munitions eventually released in 2020), vocalist and guitarist Chris Spencer explains We got offered a CBGB s show with Sonic Youth, although we…
On 1998 s Steve Fisk-produced Challenge For A Civilized Society, the Olympia, Washington trio Unwound toyed with conventional verse chorus form, stacking layers of noise and distraction on top of tightly constructed melodies. The Mount Everest of punk rock. The Muhammed Ali of guitar noise. The Clash of the Titans of sound. The weirdest song titles in history. The…
Every feedback squeal, bass chug, and hi-hat sizzle of what would be Unwound s final 37 shows was taped, the most compelling bits of which have been edited into a cohesive snapshot of a band at the end of an incredible run.
Meeting at the halfway point between Bleach and Damaged, Unwound s 1995 self-titled album arrived years after the original trio of Vern Rumsey, Justin Trosper, and Brandt Sandeno made their Avast Studios debut. Compiling their EPs for Kill Rock Stars and Gravity Records with five more session outtakes, Unwound was released on Rumsey s Punk In My…
SoCal punk pillars Unwritten Law return with a vengeance on this their first studio album of original material in over 10 years! Still lead by founding member, drummer Wade Youman, along with longtime vocalist guitarist Scott Russo, UL epitomize the classic SoCal punk rock sound with massive guitars and monster, hook-filled choruses! Artwork includes hand-illustrated lyric…