The Jesus Lizard s second album followed in the vein of the first with little immediate variation: loud, excellently produced by Steve Albini, plenty of space in the recording to emphasize the sheer force of McNeilly s drums and Sims bass, and more besides. The little-remarked-upon ability of the rhythm section to kick out some…
Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold As Love on 180g Vinyl LP Cut at Sterling Sound from the Analog Masters by Legendary Engineer George Marino and Pressed at QRP: Do Not Miss This Outstanding-Sounding Pressing of Jimi Hendrix s 1968 Masterwork Very few albums radically change the musical and cultural landscape, altering our perceptions by way of a mad…
What got into John Mayer? Sometime after the release of his 2003 sophomore album, Heavier Things, a perfectly pleasant affair that expanded on the dreamy, mellow adult pop of his breakthrough hit, Your Body Is a Wonderland, he decided that he just didn t want to follow that direction anymore. He started penning a monthly…
Imploding the Mirage is The Killers highly anticipated sixth studio album. Following-up 2017 s Wonderful, Wonderful, the new LP was produced by the band in conjunction with Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado of Foxygen and recorded in Los Angeles, CA and Park City, UT. It s the first album of their career to be created outside of their hometown of Las Vegas, NV. The…
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Sam s Town is the second studio album by alt-rock band The Killers, released in October, 2006. Regarding the album, vocalist and primary lyricist Brandon Flowers noted that he wanted to create an album that captured, chronologically, everything important that got me to where I am today . Sam s…
The Kinks – Everybody s In Show-Biz (2022 Standalone) Everybody s in Show-Biz – Everybody s a Star was a double album that featured a studio disc of new songs and a live disc recorded at the band s two-show engagement at New York s Carnegie Hall in March of 1972. The studio portion includes…
1966 s Face To Face features the No. 1 single Sunny Afternoon as well as a plethora of other classic Ray Davies compositions rife with his signature sardonic wit. He skewers the vapid Don Juan of Dandy and the self-absorption and hypocrisy of the wealthy elite on tracks like House in the Country and Most Exclusive Residence…
1964 debut album from one of the world’s greatest and most successful rock bands, featuring a mixture of popular R&B covers and the band’s own compositions. Features the US Top 10 (UK No.1) chart hit “You Really Got Me,” the group’s third single, written by Ray Davies and builtaround a heavy guitar riff played by…
Between 1965-1967, The Kinks enjoyed their first commercial peak, scoring nine British and seven US chart hits including Ray Davies hymn to the Thames on the peerless Waterloo Sunset which anchored the band s fifth studio effort, Something Else. As Ray s songwriting developed, he emerged as a witty, compassionate social commentator, chronicling the absurdities and…
Lemonheads’ seminal album ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’, lovingly reissued for its 30th Anniversary. Reissue includes a slew of extra material, including an unreleased ‘My Drug Buddy’ KCRW session track from 1992 featuring Juliana Hatfield, B-sides from singles ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Confetti’, a track from the ‘Mrs. Robinson Being Round’ EP, alongside…
The Lillingtons are best known for their catchy tunes about the paranormal, but twenty years ago they surprised us all with the release of The Backchannel Broadcast, an album of high adventure with songs about the Wild West and Russian Spies. The vinyl for this masterpiece has been out of print for 15+ years, so…
Multi-platinum selling Grammy-nominated band The Lumineers are back with their fourth record, Brightside. Coming off the success of their darkly cinematic third record III, co-founders co-songwriters Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites latest work features alongside their ever-more-sophisticated songwriting and arranging, with production from longtime producer and friend Simone Felice. Brightside marks The Lumineers first new music in more than two years as well…
2016 album from the Grammy-nominated outfit. It took four years for The Lumineers to follow up their platinum-plus self-titled debut – which spent 46 weeks on the Billboard 200 and peaked at #2 – but Cleopatra is well worth the wait. During that time, The Lumineers – whose original members Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites…
The Lumineers new album III is audacious: every note, every syllable, and every moment of silence in between is emotionally charged. It s darker in tone than previous albums and is presented in three chapters, with each one centering on one main character from a fictitious family known as the Sparks, who span three generations in the…
In 2011, an eponymous, self-recorded EP led to touring, and before long The Lumineers started attracting devout fans. They re drawn by songs like Ho Hey and Stubborn Love, Americana-inflected barn burners in the vein of the Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons. The roots revival of the last few yeas has primed listeners for…
Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered and expanded edition featuring 6 tracks previously unreleased on vinyl, new liner notes, and all-new packaging with exclusive behind the scenes photos. The Lumineers breakout debut album captured hearts of fans and critics worldwide in 2012, leading to two Grammy-award nominations and a #2 Billboard chart peak. It…