Free Love thrives on collaborative frisson – two people pushing one another into new territories with the shared assurance of knowing they re in good company, a sort of trust fall in reverse. Yes, these 10 songs are some of electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso s most direct. And most delicate. And most intricate. And most urgent. Free Love carries the…
As far as difficult second albums go, Sylvan Esso s 2017 sophomore effort sounds anything but, as evidenced by the assured single Kick Jump Twist. It s a bombastic cut complete with bleeping, burping, and bellowing synths that rise and fall in layers, underpinned by Amelia Meath s rhythmic vocal. In short, it s the…
Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue Sylvia Robinson s super rare soul LP released in 1975 on her Vibration label, part of her All-Platinum Stang Turbo empire. A few years later, she would launch Sugarhill Records and put hip hop on the map with Rapper s Delight in 1979 and The Message in 1982. Sweet Stuff…
The intensity of metal, the social commentary of rap and a plethora of influences – ranging from the band s Armenian heritage to jazz to Middle Eastern melodies to the nightly news – has made System Of A Down an international powerhouse. The members shared and diverse musical and personal experiences created such an explosive musical mine…
The intensity of metal, the social commentary of rap and a plethora of influences – ranging from the band s Armenian heritage to jazz to Middle Eastern melodies to the nightly news – has made System Of A Down an international powerhouse. The members shared and diverse musical and personal experiences created such an explosive musical mine…
Toxicity is the second studio album by the Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on September 4, 2001 by Columbia Records. Featuring the heaviness and aggression of System of a Down s debut studio album, Toxicity features more melody, harmonies, and singing than the band s aforementioned album.
SZA, one of the redefining voices of today s contemporary music era, entered the music scene in 2012 with her first critically acclaimed EP, See.SZA.Run. Following that, she released S in 2013 and Z in 2014, both to rave reviews. In 2013, SZA signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, being the first female artist to join the label. SZA wrote and performed on Rihanna s Anti single…
The members of Szun Waves may not have been collectively in the same country, let alone room, for over two years, but that hasn’t prevented them from realising their third album, Earth Patterns. The trio – comprised of producer Luke Abbott, saxophonist Jack Wyllie (Portico Quartet) and drummer Laurence Pike (Triosk PVT Liars) – recorded…
At once sardonic, flamboyant, and trashy, T. Rex s uncommonly unique Electric Warrior catapulted leader Marc Bolan to stardom, triggered an ongoing fascination with glam rock, and launched a movement that soon involved David Bowie, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, and more. Yet none of those namesake artists ever released a record that out-glammed, out-innuendoed, out-thrusted, or out-camped Electric Warrior.The sound is…
T. Rex s The Slider is the definitive soundtrack to the Marc Bolan mania that swept most corners of the globe circa 1972. It was boom-time for manufacturers of lipstick-sized phials of glitter. The music press had a field day, too, seizing the opportunity to debate the rabid tensions between playful pop and sensible rock. But to the many…
Strange Orchestra is a rarities album of the first incarnation of Marc Bolan s Tyrannosaurus Rex featuring Steve Peregrine Took. The first LP collects all the tracks from the early first two sessions from the summer of 67. The second LP collects rare and unused alternate versions recorded over the following two years until the departure of Took….
Gold Nugget Vinyl. The cover album to end all cover albums. Aptly entitled On Top of The Covers, T-Pain is back with his first full-length release since the 2019 album, 1UP. Delivering his own rendition of iconic songs such as Sam Cooke s A Change Is Gonna Come, Journey s Don t Stop Believin ,…
The essence of ZIP GUN remains firmly in the funky pastures which characterized ZINC ALLOY, with the only significant difference lying in the presentation. Decades on, each of Bolans latter day albums retain a hint of their original controversy, but hindsight lends them an impact (and, for what it s worth, a credibility) which contemporary…
Described as the quiet before the storm that was the band s Electric Warrior album, T. Rex s self-titled 1970 LP contained a certain amount of the folkie sensibilities that they d already been displaying whilst still going under the much more substantial name of Tyrannosaurus Rex. It s a rather unknown album to some fans, given that it…
The second in a series of classic vinyl reissues featuring original artwork painstakingly restored and hot-stamped with gold foiling. Beneath The Shadows is the second studio album by the American hardcore punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1982 through Alternative Tentacles. With the addition of keyboardist Greg Kuehn to the lineup, the…