Sun Ra, the extraordinary, outlandish, and sometimes controversial pianist, is often described as an acquired taste , with a massive and diverse catalog. This release is a good place to start for uninitiated or dismissive listeners. The album showcases Ra s grounding in the jazz tradition, with unique takes on standards like Time After Time,…
Sun’s Signature is the current project of vocalist Elizabeth Fraser and percussionist Damon Reece. Their stunning, self-titled debut EP was originally released as a Record Store Day exclusive in 2022.Fraser and Reece’s early careers in some of the world’s most heralded musical groups are well documented. Elizabeth, the unforgettable voice of Cocteau Twins and This…
A passion to create uncommonly expressive rock and roll fueled Jeremy Enigk (guitar vocals), Dan Hoerner (guitar vocals), William Goldsmith (drums), and Nate Mendel (bass) from the earliest incarnations of Sunny Day Real Estate. It was quickly clear they’d all stumbled upon something new and exciting. Enigk’s yearning, high-register voice was a direct contrast to Hoerner’s primal delivery, imbuing the music with a previously unrealized level of…
Sunny Day Real Estate s third album, How It Feels to Be Something On, is now back in print on vinyl, after more than a decade of fetching high prices on the collectors market. In 1997, Sub Pop approached Sunny Day s members for help in compiling a rarities album. Because there were so few usable tracks, band founders Jeremy…
New, limited edition, yellow vinyl 1LP. Cut from master audio files. Original single B-Sides from the 3CD version of the recently remastered re-issued classic hit album, Rings Around The World , Super Furries most successful, celebrating its 20th anniversary
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. In March of 1999, Superchunk traveled to Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago to record the tracks that would become Come Pick Me Up. The addition of producer Jim O Rourke allowed Superchunk to advance their sound with more experimentation, including horn and string accompaniments. Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, and Bob…
Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007-2023 is Superchunk s fourth singles compilation, a massive 4-LP or 2-CD collection covering their triumphant return from hiatus. The amount of ground covered within it s gorgeous packaging is staggering: 50 songs (16 of which are on physical media for the first time) sourced from out-of-print releases,…
***8.0 review in Pitchfork. CHECK STOCK. Majesty Shredding is a powerful document of SUPERCHUNK as a band, augmented as needed with well-placed harmonies, keyboards, and guitar overdubs (and some backing vocals courtesy of the MOUNTAIN GOATSÕ JOHN DARNIELLE). Since releasing their first 7-inch in 1989, Superchunk has run the gamut of milestone albums: early punk…
Recorded one musician at a time from home end of 2020 into early 2021, Wild Loneliness steers away from the anger of What a Time to Be Alive to instead refocus on gratitude. Wild Loneliness includes guest performance by Sharon Van Etten, Teenage Fanclub, Mike Mills, Tracyanne Campbell & more!
Barreling straight into song after song, Boston Massachusetts outfit Superdown live each note like there is no tomorrow. Vocals move from gentle to guttural at a moment s notice. The music heightens and breaks into a driving force that feels like it is carrying you to shore through a violent sea. If Samiam and Hot…
The mighty SUPERSUCKERS switch gears on this album, taking their rock down a country dirt road, kicking up dust with a bad-ass posse, outlaw singer-songwriter Hayes Carll, acclaimed alt-country songstress Lydia Loveless, Asleep at the Wheel fiddler Jason Roberts, Butthole Surfers member Jeff Pinkus, noted neo-honkytonker Jesse Dayton, and Willie Nelson s longtime harmonica sidekick…
Remastered by Ray Staff at Air Studios in Celebration of the Album s 40th Anniversary Featuring the cream of Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson s songwriting, Supertramp s 1974 masterwork Crime of the Century was the first of the many peaks in the band s illustrious career; an album that had everything to prove and tunes that effortlessly straddled the…
Susan Tedeschi – Just Won t Burn (25th Anniversary Edition) – Susan Tedeschi is a Grammy-winning singer-guitarist and songwriter whose career as a solo artist and co-leader of Tedeschi Trucks Band has established her as one of the significant roots rock musicians of her generation. Hailing from Boston, Tedeschi made her mark on the national…
Sunergy brings together synthesists Suzanne Ciani and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith for the thirteenth installment of FRKWYS, RVNG Intl. s intergenerational collaboration series. For this expanded edition, a panorama of the Pacific Coast provides the place and head space for exploratory Buchla synthesizer passages that meditate on a life-giving form vast and volatile with change. This…
A newly remastered version of Suzi s second album, taken from the recently released 8CD Box The Rock Box . This edition features the original album on LP1, but with a bonus vinyl of non-album singles, b-sides and outtakes. Includes the worldwide hits: The Wild One and Devil Gate Drive. There are no current plans…