The complete aural presence that is Oshkosh, WI’s CAVERNLIGHT returns with “As I Cast Ruin Upon the Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw “, an all-encompassing journey that could very well be one of the best post-metal sludge releases of the last 5 years. Recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago and mixed Scott Evans (Kowloon…
The son of a professional flautist and Cambridge University s director of music, Robin Skinner – who s performed under the name Cavetown since 2013 – has musical talent literally embedded in his DNA. At age 14, he started posting original songs and covers on YouTube alongside daily musings and behind-the-scenes vignettes, creating a barrier-free…
The son of a professional flautist and Cambridge University s director of music, Robin Skinner – who s performed under the name Cavetown since 2013 – has musical talent literally embedded in his DNA. At age 14, he started posting original songs and covers on YouTube alongside daily musings and behind-the-scenes vignettes, creating a barrier-free…
The Nike Foamposite is reintroduced in the new collaboration with Comme des Garçons. As part of Comme des Garçons Homme Plus’ collection, the design features an experimental take on the iconic model. The traditional striped molded foam upper features swirling circular patterns that extend throughout the forefoot and midfoot. A signature Nike Zoom unit is…
Remastered and Reissued As Part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue Campaign The second of only two historic recordings free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor cut for the Blue Note label following Unit Structures (also in 1966), Conquistador! finds the gifted pianist in an inventive sextet with the likes of Bill Dixon (trumpet), Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone), Henry Grimes  Alan Silva (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums) performing a pair of…
Cecil Taylor s solo piano set at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1974 drew critical acclaim, earning five star reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide and All Music s Scott Yanow. The set features Taylor s five-movement work Silent Tongues, along with two encores. After being out of print for nearly four decades,…
Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series Edition of Cecil Taylor Unit Structures on All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany The intrepid free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor made his Blue Note debut with the explosive 1966 album Unit Structures featuring trumpeter Eddie Gale, saxophonists Jimmy Lyons and Ken…
Emperor s Return is the second release by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost. It was released in 1985 as an extended play and was their first record featuring American drummer Reid Cruickshank (a.k.a. Reed St. Mark ). The band s bleak publicity photographs from this period had an influence on the fashion and…
Chagall Guevara s 1991 self-titled debut can still be heard wherever fine music is streamed. But their live show is a fading memory for those who saw them back-in-the-day performing in clubs, a handful of music festivals, and as the opening act for Squeeze on their U.K. tour. On November 15th of 1991, at the…
The Chain Gang of 1974, the synth-pop project of Kamtin Mohager, releases new album FELT June 23 via Caroline. Produced with Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous, the album demonstrates an evolved, technicolor soundscape. Mohager embraces a sound that is equal parts pop appeal and strikingly honest, human experience. Following lead tracks I Still…
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean is a doom metal band based out of Western Massachusetts. Obsession Destruction is the band s first full-length coming on the heels of 5 sold out releases spotted over the last 5 years. Chained has found a fan-base winning over crowds with unprecedented volume and uncompromising live sound….
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Soulgramma present a reissue of Chakachas self-titled album, originally released in 1972. Gaston Bogaert aka Tito Madinez (percussion) was the leader of this Belgian band often mistaken for an Afro-American combo, due to their music and unmistakable aesthetics. Released in 1972 on local Blue Elephant imprint, their self-titled album is…
Pre-Bird (later re-released as Mingus Revisited) is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker, hence the title Pre-Bird. It was released on Mercury Records in September 1961.
A massive jazzrock album in the vein of SOFT MACHINE; MILES DAVIS and THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA which even resembles German Krautrock acts from time to time. A colorful cocktail of many influences from funk and soul to free jazz, Indian and Eastern European traditional music kept together by the brilliant saxophone play of leader Charles…
Chicago-born composer, producer and arranger Charles Stepney is known to some for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire, Deniece Williams, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection, Minnie Riperton, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Terry Callier, and many more. In the decades since his untimely death in 1976, the presence of his name in liner notes has become…
Vinyl LP pressing. Growing up in San Benito, Texas, the hometown of Freddy Fender, and hitch-hiking across the country exposed Crockett to street life at a young age. Charley returned home to Texas and released his debut solo album titled A Stolen Jewel in 2015, receiving a Dallas Observer Award that year for Best Blues…