I MEAN ALARMED: the Toulon-Pedro Connect is a project conceived by US punk icon Mike Watt and Régis Laugier of the French experimental trio Hi Fi Klub. The collaboration pairs 24 musicians from the cities of Toulon, France and San Pedro, California, including members of bands such as At Dawn We Are Kings, Bara Bandai,…
The spiritual sequel to Dante Carfagna s landmark Black rock mix tape Chains and Black Exhaust, this 13 track compilation exhumes forgotten brilliance from the Afroamerican underground of the 1970s. Awash in fuzzed-out guitars, wah-wah pedals, lysergic-soaked grooves, and enough inflation depression to fill the tank of a shag wagon, If There’s Hell Below imagines…
The groove connoisseurs of Jazz Dispensary take you back to the summer of 1978, to an imaginary hotel deep in the heart of the French Riviera, for a day of love, abandonment and a whole lot of psychedelia, soundtracked by the sweet themes of Dizzy Gillespie, The Blackbyrds, Dorothy Ashby and many more. Psych-Sunset Orange…
RECORD STORE DAY 2022 RELEASE LIMITED TO 2,000 COPIES WORLDWIDE LIMITED TO 1,650 COPIES IN NORTH AMERICA The first-ever compilation of the rare and unissued garage and rockabilly from Jetstar Records! Largely done under the watchful eye of Dale Hawkins (who penned “Suzie Q”) including an unearthed blistering version of Q, lost tracks from the…
What an outstanding compilation of artists who played at the International Pop Underground Convention in 1991. You read the performers list; from Bratmobile, to Courtney Love, to Bikini Kill, to Nirvana, to 7 Year Bitch. This is a beautiful snapshot of the best of the early 90 s west coast, and perhaps more importantly and…
The Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation shows what s cookin in the new German jazz scene. Young German bands and a few of the international musicians working in Berlin now. Fresh artists that combine jazz, krautrock, Afro, hip-hop and electronica in a new way. The first volume of the compilation came out in 2020 (KRY 013LP) and was…
Swan Records is more than just The Beatles and Link Wray; from the late ‘50s through late ‘60s they doled out a magnificent array of records which shaped the early Philadelphia sound. This record celebrates the female voices of the Swan roster. During the late ‘50s, Philadelphia was an epicenter of northeastern teen rock’n’roll. Close…
Texan Roky Erickson was one of the true mind-blowing pioneers of psychedelic music. The original leader of the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators formed in 1965, Erickson and band invented a brand new style of rock & roll, one that was slightly unhinged while it explored the consciousness-expanding influence of LSD on music. After three years,…
For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, inspired by the record industry s metric trunkload of cruising compilations, legitimate and otherwise, that soundtracked an entire subculture. This getaway ride mixtape strips aesthetics from the timeless East Side Story series, and poaches music from the…
Ebalunga!!!, Everland and Dundgol invite you to discover the rich and diverse world of Mongolian music. Mongolian Music from 70s – vol. I opens the gates to the golden era of Mongolian music. This period, spanning from the 1970s to the early 1980s, is considered as the brightest and most influential period in history of…
More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith is an all-star tribute to the legacy of the GRAMMY award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Featured artists include Brandy Clark, Shawn Colvin, Iris Dement, Steve Earle, Mary Gauthier, Emmylou Harris, Sarah Jarosz, Lyle Lovett and Kathy Mattea, Ida Mae, John Prine and Kelsey Waldon, Todd…
The second volume of the well-received collection of analogically recorded sessions held at the Odd Funk Studio in the tradition of spiritual jazz, post-bop and free improvisation.
Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. Its pocket cassette players, bleeping video games, and gleaming cars boomed worldwide, wooing pleasure points and pumping Japanese pockets…
When Light In The Attic released _Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986_ in 2019, it was the first collection of it s kind to be released outside Japan. It proved to be just what music fans had been waiting for-a compilation of sought-after tracks that had been nearly impossible to obtain unless…
Light in the Attic s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings-the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the 70s- 80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar…
You and Me by Penny & the Quarters simply refused to stay lost. For 40 years, the song sat silent in a box of reels before heartthrob Ryan Gosling selected it to star in 2010 s indie weeper Blue Valentine. The power of the track set off an international treasure hunt in pursuit of the…