Using Rich Robinson s descending chord progressions as a base, and the addition of a new guitarist and keyboardist, the band grooves its way through a remarkably freshsounding collection of Faceslike rockers and ballads, tearing into the material with flair and confidence and really coming into its own as a topnotch rock & roll outfit
Black Duck captures a band already deeply in tune with one another. The three-piece super-group consists of Douglas McCombs, Charles Rumback, and Bill MacKay each have distinct musical voices that are instantly recognizable, yet blend seamlessly with one another. Their time performing together, playing to the moment and reading each other and the spaces they’re…
Tribute to Architects of Mississippi Hill Country Blues featuring Covers of John Lee Hooker, R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough Among Others! The Black Keys follow-up 2019 s Let s Rock with their tenth studio album, Delta Kream. The record celebrates the band s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers,…
THE BLACK KEYS MAGIC POTION (LP) Magic Potion, the Black Keys fourth album, is a spectacularly stripped-down set of sneakily melodic blues-besotted rock concocted in the Akron, Ohio basement studio of drummer Patrick Carney. Guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach is possessed of a compelling, hurt-beyond-his-years voice and an approach to lead guitar that is both wildly expressive…
The follow up to the widely successful ‘Good Bad Not Evil’, the 2009 album is a perfect amalgam of their high-end live shows and subculture songwriting, meshed tightly to the Lips’ distinctive howl. Finally back on vinyl and part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from…
The Black Lips return with their 10th studio effort ‘Apocalypse Love’, scorched with their trademark menace, it cryogenically mutates all recognised musical bases; it spins yarns about vintage Soviet synths, Benzedrine stupors, coup de’ tats, stolen valor and certified destruction, all set against a black setting sun. Since the turn of the decade the band…
The Black Lips return with their 10th studio effort ‘Apocalypse Love’, scorched with their trademark menace, it cryogenically mutates all recognised musical bases; it spins yarns about vintage Soviet synths, Benzedrine stupors, coup de’ tats, stolen valor and certified destruction, all set against a black setting sun. Since the turn of the decade the band…
The seventh studio album from the mighty Black Lips is finally back on vinyl, part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. Featuring fan favourites such as ‘Boys in the Wood’ and ‘Funny’, this is an essential slice of Black Lips history. The band…
black midi’s follow-up to Schlagenheim is a dynamic, hellacious, inventive success. Cavalcade, their second studio album for Rough Trade, scales beautiful new heights, reaching ever upwards from an already lofty base of early achievements.
On Monday May 9th we kick off our next black midi campaign for the band s sophomore album Hellfire, with the single & Gustaf Holtenäs ( Slow ) directed video Welcome To Hell . Hellfire will be out on July 15th. The album was written in London 2021 and produced by Marta Salogni and black…
Black Midi – Georgie Greep (vocals guitar), Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (vocals guitar), Cameron Picton (vocals bass), and Morgan Simpson (drums) – have a dynamic energy, playing as a musical unit that s constantly in a state of flux and development. Schlagenheim was recorded with Speedy Wunderground producer Dan Carey, who the band praises for his quick, unfussy approach. For the…
THE LANDMARK FIRST LP FROM BLACK MOON. In conjunction with their string of successful remix singles, this album ground out a pocket in hip hop belonging strictly to Black Moon and affiliates. Weed talk and gunclap lyrics paired with the smoothest of rough styles and king pin jazz beats. The combination made my eyes bleed… No question they stepped…
Black Pumas is led by the creative partnership between Grammy Award-winning guitarist producer Adrian Quesada and songwriter Eric Burton. The latter is a relative newcomer who arrived in Austin in 2015 after busking his way across the country from Los Angeles, while Quesada has a storied reputation for playing in bands like Grupo Fantasma and Brownout. After the two…
Black Pumas is led by the creative partnership between Grammy Award-winning guitarist producer Adrian Quesada and songwriter Eric Burton. The latter is a relative newcomer who arrived in Austin in 2015 after busking his way across the country from Los Angeles, while Quesada has a storied reputation for playing in bands like Grupo Fantasma and Brownout. After the two…
Recorded direct to acetate – all live, no overdubs – Capitol Cuts: Live from Studio A captures a powerful moment in time. After months of cancelled shows Black Pumas went to Los Angeles in Fall 2020 and laid down eight explosive tracks at the famed Capitol Studio A. The recording brims with pent up energy, nearly bursting through the…