Redeye Label of the Month Q&A
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This Issue: Responses from the whole label team, and Denny Stilwell, Head of Mack Avenue Music Group
When and where did the label begin?
Mack Avenue was founded in 1999 by business woman and philanthropist Gretchen Valade from the Detroit area and very much has historical roots there. While we had a very early office in Seattle, Washington which closed around 2005 (and where our head of A&R, Will Wakefield, is still located), we opened an office in Los Angeles in 2006 along with an admin and warehouse facility in the suburbs of Detroit.
Is there a genre that you would consider to be the label’s “signature style,” or is it a mix?
Certainly jazz! Although it really is a mix of genres that we consider jazz-adjacent. That said, recent ambitions and operational changes have energized our A&R outlook and we are open to a variety of artists and genres. You probably will not see any rap, traditional country or metal releases on our near future release schedule but we don’t rule out most genres.
What is the meaning behind the name for the label?
We wish there was a sexier answer to this question! The first office was on Mack Avenue in the Detroit area, hence the name. Pretty simple!
How would you describe the average fan of the label?
Passionate. Knowledgeable. We seem to have a lot of committed fans and repeat customers who love what we do. And as we’ve rolled out some classic jazz reissues from the Strata East label, Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner, more collectors have become fans of the label.
Who or what has been a new find (on the label or otherwise) you’d like to rave about?
That’s easy. Check these out: Zohar and Adam, and Ekep Nkwelle. Both have fantastic debut albums coming from us this year.
We know you can’t choose, but what’s been your favorite label release, and why?
Denny Stilwell: You are right, we can’t choose! That is such a hard question. Recently we’ve been honored to be the caretaker for the Strata East imprint from the ‘70’s and that series of high quality reissues has been a joy to release. So much terrific music and there are more reissues coming this year. Our ongoing relationship with the Oscar Peterson Estate is also a bright spot for the label. We have a gorgeous 6-LP / 4 CD box set coming in a few months called ‘World Tour’ to celebrate his centennial.
Adam Zelinka, General Manager: This is a really hard question… I have favorites for different reasons… so I’m going to give you three.. and these are by no means in order or definitive.. this is what comes to mind at this particular moment… I’m not even numbering this group: Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, Jackets XL by Yellowjackets, and Be Water by Christian Sands.
What is your stance on color vinyl? What’s the most unique color LP or overall packaging you’ve ever seen or released? We have several colored vinyl in the Mack Avenue catalog. When it works with the artist and the release, we partake. There are certain releases that aren’t suited for color vinyl (ie, the previously mentioned Strata East line) so we look for other unique elements to highlight those releases. Color is always an option in our back pocket, though.
The most unique package that we released was the Erroll Garner “Liberation In Swing: Centennial Collection” in 2021. Four 180 gram LP’s, twelve CD’s, five 45’s, 60-page hard bound book, a cassette…it was a fully custom package. It’s sold out (there are probably a few on Ebay) but we still have a few of the companion piece, “The Complete Symphony Hall Concert” which is contained within the 60 page hardbound book. It’s also a spectacular piece.
How do you feel about the rising costs of vinyl records? And what about the continued popularity of the CD format? No one likes rising costs. We do what we can to keep reasonable margins so that fans find our vinyl affordable. We put a lot of love and energy into every piece of vinyl and we want them in homes not in a warehouse somewhere.
The CD market is still there! At least for our adult fans/buyers. From an audio standpoint, it’s a great format. Hi quality sound in a fairly portable format. We are continuing to make CD’s (the Oscar Peterson box that was mentioned earlier will be available in a 4-CD package with a 20 page booklet) and we will until the market tells us there is no longer demand.
How do you view the issue of being environmentally sustainable within the music industry?
It’s critical to reduce plastic from our products, for sure. That is, and has been, a challenge. Mack Avenue stopped using CD jewel cases about 12 years ago in favor of digipaks. We removed plastic from our digipaks around 2016 or ‘17 and got pushback from fans about it because the digipaks were so thin. So, we modified our digipaks to contain less plastic but haven’t yet eliminated it altogether.
How important are issues like mental health and social justice to you and the label?
Our policies and health plans have always contained resources for employees that have been impacted by mental health while our values statements support DEI initiatives. I think all of us at Mack Avenue have been touched personally by both of these issues. Supporting them is an important part of the employee experience here.
Want to shout out a personal favorite record store or retail establishment? Now’s your chance:
Denny: It’s no longer there but when I was in middle school there was a store called The Underground in my hometown. It was where I bought my first vinyl album which I played on a hand me down vinyl/cassette/8-track player. When I moved to LA, The Record Surplus in West LA was my go-to spot near my house. I am glad it’s still there and when I am in that neighborhood I stop in.
Will Wakefield: Daybreak Records & Jive Time Records in Seattle.
FLYING LOTUS
BIG MAMA
Release Date: February 13th, 2026
Flying Lotus, born Steven Ellison, is a GRAMMY Award winning producer, musician, composer, and filmmaker from Los Angeles. Known for his boundary-defying approach to music and storytelling, FlyingLotushasemergedasoneofthemostinfluential and creative voices in modern experimental music and visualart.Overthespanofhiscareer,FlyingLotushas earned over 608M streams on Spotify alone. Flying Lotus' first release on Brainfeeder will be a frenetic EP, which has been described as bombastic, esoteric andcompletelyunique.
Flying Lotus first gained recognition with his 2006 debut 1983, but it was Los Angeles (2008) and Cosmogramma (2010) that firmly established him as a pioneer in the LA beat scene. Cosmogramma blended jazz improvisation with cosmic textures, and is rightly regarded as one of the greatest electronic albums of all time. Subsequent albums like Until the Quiet Comes(2012)andYou’reDead!(2014)showcasedhis growingambition.You’reDead!,aconceptalbumabout the afterlife, featured Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat, and Herbie Hancock, and is widely considered a modern classic. In 2019, he released Flamagra, an expansive and cinematic album featuring Anderson .Paak, Tierra Whack, and David Lynch. It further solidified his reputation as a producer who creates immersiveworldsratherthanjustalbums.
CAT NO: BF157
UPC: 5054429205473
Box Lot: 20
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￫ Includes 12” sticker sheet
￫ Artwork by Christopher Ian Macfarlane
SIDEA- CONTINUOUS MIX
1. BIG MAMA
2. CAPTAIN KERNEL
3. ANTELOPE ONIGIRI
4. INTHE FOREST- DAY
5. BROBOBASHER
6. HORSE NUKE
7. PINK DREAM
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Genre: Alternative / Electronic
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Recommended if you like… Oneohtrix Point Never,AphexTwin, Squarepusher, Knxwledge, Karriem Riggins, Nujabes, J Dilla
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WARCHILD HELP(2)
HELP(2) is a brand new collaborative album, inspired by the landmark 1995 release HELP, which brings music lovers together in support of War Child’s vital work delivering immediate aid, education, specialist mental health support, and protection to children affected by conflict around the world. The new album, like the original, speaks to the urgency of the situation for the 1 in 5 children globally living through war today. Recorded in a single day in 1995, the original HELP album raised over £1.2 million, enabling the charity to provide vital support to thousands of children caught in the Bosnian conflict, and was hailed as “the best charity album ever made” by critics.
HELP(2) carries forward the spirit of the original HELP album and was recorded (predominantly), thanks to their generosity, at Abbey Road Studios, across one special week in November 2025. Under the stewardship of acclaimed producer James Ford, HELP(2) features
Selling Points
• All proceeds from this album support War Child UK to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living through conflict around the world.
• Executive Produced by James Ford
• Recorded at Abbey Road Studios
• Creative Direction by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Glazer
an incredible line-up of contributors including Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys, Arlo Parks, Arooj Aftab, Bat For Lashes, Beabadoobee, Beck, Beth Gibbons, Big Thief, Black Country, New Road, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Depeche Mode, Dove Ellis, Ellie Rowsell, English Teacher, Ezra Collective, Foals, Fontaines D.C., Graham Coxon, Greentea Peng, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest, King Krule, Nilüfer Yanya, Olivia Rodrigo, Pulp, Sampha, The Last Dinner Party, Wet Leg and Young Fathers… amongst other musicians, engineers, mixers and producers.
In addition to the stellar cast of musicians involved, renowned filmmaker Jonathan Glazer and his team at Academy Films generously helmed the Creative Direction for HELP(2) , overseeing both the filming and art direction for the project.
All proceeds from this album support War Child UK to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living through conflict around the world.
HELP(2) represents hope for children whose lives have been torn apart by war. It is a testament to the generosity of artists and the music industry for making a positive difference towards securing a safer, brighter future for those children. Because no child should be part of war. Ever.
Available from: March 6th 2026
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Suzanne Vega Flying With Angels
Deluxe 2CD Out Now
A hardbound book pack with a 36-page booklet, many exclusive photos, and 6 track CD of Suzanne's demos for the Flying With Angels album
Flying With Angels is Suzanne Vega's first studio album of new songs in eleven years. "Each song on the album takes place in an atmosphere of struggle," Vega notes, "struggle to survive, to speak, to dominate, to win, to escape, to help someone else, or just live."
Tour Dates
Dec 12 - Manhattan, NY - Town Hall
Tracklist
CD1
1. Speakers' Corner
2. Flying with Angels
3. Witch
4. Chambermaid
5. Love Thief
Feb 6 - Phoenix, AZ - Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)
Feb 7 - Phoenix, AZ - Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)
Feb 10 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
Feb 11 - Palm Springs, CA - Plaza Theatre
Feb 12 - Malibu, CA - Smothers Theatre
Feb 14 - Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre
Feb 15 - Los Angeles, CA - Largo at the Coronet
Feb 17 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s 365 Club
Feb 18 - Redding, CA - Cascade Theater
Feb 20 - Medford, OR - The Holly Theatre
Feb 21 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
Feb 22 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
6. Lucinda
7. Last Train From Mariupol
8. Alley
9. Rats
10. Galway
CD2
1. Flying with Angels (Demo)
2. Speakers' Corner (Demo)
3. Witch (Demo)
4. Galway (Demo)
5. Lucinda (Demo)
6. Rats (Demo)
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Composer Nala Sinephro presents The Smashing Machine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) The film, directed and written by Benny Safdie, tells the story of prolific UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
TRACKLIST
1. Dawn 2. Grand Prix
3. The Smashing Machine
4. The High 5. Mark 6. KO
7. Mark II
8. Dawn II
KIM GORDON
PLAY ME
Kim Gordon’s third album, PLAY ME, is distilled and immediate, expanding Gordon’s sonic palette to include more melodic beats and the motorik drive of krautrock. “We wanted the songs to be short,” Gordon says. “We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident.” The follow-up to 2024’s Justin Raisen-produced, two-time Grammy-nominated The Collective processes, in her inimitable way, the collateral damage of the billionaire class: the demolition of democracy, technocratic end-times fascism, the A.I.-fueled chill-vibes flattening of culture - where dark humor voices the absurdity of modern life. Despite its frequent outward gaze, PLAY ME is an interior record, one in which a heightened emotionality pulses through physical jams, rejecting definitive statements in favor of an inquisitiveness that keeps Gordon searching, ever in process.
• LIMITED WHITE VINYL AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT INDIE RETAIL
• NORTH AMERICAN TOURING PLANNED FOR 2026
• THE COLLECTIVE (2024): 13M STREAMS, 40k SOLD W.W.
• THE COLLECTIVE NOMINATED FOR TWO GRAMMY AWARDS,
• TOP 10 ALBUMS OF ‘24: P4K, NPR, WASH. POST, NY TIMES
• PERFORMED ON KIMMEL & JOHN MULANEY IN 2024
“A lifelong radical still at the peak of her powers.” - New Yorker
“A poet of modern life, offering abstract, spoken vocals that speak to both the banality and volatility of our world.” - New York Times
TRACKLIST
01. PLAY ME
02. GIRL WITH A LOOK
03. NO HANDS
04. BLACK OUT
05. DIRTY TECH
06. NOT TODAY
07. BUSY BEE
08. SQUARE JAW
09. SUBCON
10. POST EMPIRE
11. NAIL BITER
12. BYEBYE25!
MDOU MOCTAR
Ilana (The Creator)
Praise for Ilana (The Creator)
“A streaking, white-hot comet.” Pitchfork
“The most insane psychedelic guitar album of the 21st century.” NPR
Praise for Funeral for Justice (2024)
“Fearless, inventive and urgent... rock revolutionaries remain wildly exciting.” NME (*****)
“A language that refuses to be misinterpreted.” Pitchfork
“An amps-on-11 polemical masterpiece that warrants worldwide respect.” MOJO (*****)
“This is how free rock & roll should sound.” Rolling Stone
“Dazzling... powerful... unstoppable.” The Observer (*****)
SELLING POINTS
• FIRST PRESSING OF THE CLASSIC 2019 ALBUM BY MATADOR
• 20k UNITS SOLD, 10m STREAMS TO DATE WORLDWIDE
• GLOBAL TOURING TO CONTINUE IN 2026, PERFORMED IN NORTH AMERICA (COACHELLA), EUROPE, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA IN ‘24 - ‘25
Blistering and hypnotic, Ilana (The Creator) (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero’s first album recorded with a live rock band and perfectly captures the heavy, psychedelic sound – part Tuareg desert blues, part ZZ Top –that the quartet had honed through endless touring and which would come to explosive fruition on Afrique Victime (2021) and Funeral For Justice (2024). Ilana was the first step and its songs remain setlist standbys for the quartet’s soaring performances.
TRACKLIST
1. KAMANE TARHANIN
2. ASSHET AKAL
3. INIZGAM
4. ANNA
5. TAKAMBA
6. TARHATAZED
7. WIWASHARNINE
8. ILANA
9. TUMASTIN
The Sophs
GOLDSTAR
Friday March 13th, 2026
TRACKLISTING
THE DOG DIES IN THE END
GOLDSTAR BLITZED AGAIN
SWEAT HOUSE
SWEETIEPIE DEATH IN THE FAMILY A SYMPATHETIC PERSON
They Told Me Jump, I Said How High I’M YOUR FIEND
SELLING POINTS
• Debut Album
• Festival Bookings including SXSW, Bandland Festival, Code Orange Festival, Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona and Porto, Bergenfest, OpenAir St. Gallen, Roskilde Festival, Eurockéennes Festival, Pohoda Festival and Treefort.
LP: RT-0562-LP LP: RT-0562-CD
The Sophs’ honesty, flamingly intrusive thoughts, and genre-spreading caught the attention of Rough Trade founders Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee immediately. When Ramon sent a demo reel out to his favorite indies, he wasn’t expecting any replies. But Travis and Lee were in his inbox the next day, asking if he’d hop on a call.
Rough Trade heard the sort of creativity and variety — and “don’t expect me to act pretty” sentiment — that could get The Sophs — including Ramon, Sam Yuh (keyboards), Austin Parker Jones (electric guitar), Seth Smades (acoustic guitar), Devin Russ (drums), and Cole Bobbitt (bass) — a slot on nearly any stage.They heard a five-song seed of their debut record GOLDSTAR, out March 13th, 2026
At any moment, The Sophs are entering pop-punk; blazing through funk; talk-singing to the audience. Their enthusiasm for every iteration is evident, and Ramon’s rich, full voice deftly nestles into endless categories, utterly chameleonic.
“We never try to be as versatile as we end up being,” Ramon said. GOLDSTAR has a Delta Blues-style song; it has a ZZ Top-inspired tune. To some degree, The Sophs see song creation like pop art: they’re focused on the idea of reproducing something over and over again until it’s meaningless.
The genre mix comes on the heels of sparks of inspiration: Ramon will bring Yuh a song and pull out a piece (e.g., “I want drums like that”) and they’ll create something altogether new. Take the vaudevillian “THE DOG DIES IN THE END.” In an aughts pop-punk croon, Ramon takes listeners through a laundry list of intrusive, cruel thoughts, cresting over Yuh’s accordion. On sunny-rock “DEATH IN THE FAMILY,” he’s similarly disaffected, with the tongue-in-cheek refrain “I need a death in the family” seeking pity and attention that covers up any misdeeds.
LP:
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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
Barsuk Records is pleased to release Death Cab for Cutie’s beloved debut LP Something About Airplanes on attractively-priced standard weight vinyl.
This black vinyl pressing is packaged with the original spot-color printed die-cut jacket design, with a new boat-and-water-ripples lyrics insert
TRACKLISTING
Bend To Squares President Of What? Champagne From A Paper Cup Your Bruise Pictures In An Exhibition Sleep Spent The Face That Launched 1000 Shits Amputations Fake Frowns Line Of Best Fit
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STREET DATE: MARCH 13, 2026 www.barsuk.com
ANJIMILE
You’re Free To Go
Anjimile has forged a distinctive musical path characterised by unflinching introspection and deep honesty. 2020’s Giver Taker, hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the year’s best albums, positioned him as a compelling voice exploring enduring themes of spirituality, identity, and liberation. With The King (2023), Anjimile intensified his examination of Black and trans existence amid personal and societal turbulence, reaffirming his courageous commitment to navigating discomfort as a means of liberation.
You’re Free to Go, picks up where The King left off, but with its hands open wide - a central question being: what happens when you let go and let love in? On You’re Free to Go, he learns to trust life again. The album’s title symbolises Anjimile’s expansive perspective on love and personal freedom, influenced profoundly by his relationship with his partner and their joyful embrace of nonmonogamy. Elsewhere, You’re Free to Go explores heavier, darker truths; But even in its most searching moments, the record radiates light. Each song holds space for healing – for turning pain into something tender, communal, and free.
Spirituality remains the heartbeat of Anjmile’s work.
“Songwriting feels like a prayer, a plea, or a question,” he says. Across the album, sacredness feels alive and imperfect — a practice of breathing, wondering, forgiving. The album hums with that same sacred energy: messy and full of grace.
You’re Free to Go is a portrait of transformation — not as a wound, but as an opening. Richly textured, this collection of songs is an honest reflection of life’s fluctuations. It holds space for contradiction and finds liberation in tenderness. In every note, Anjimile provides space for each listener to reflect and uncover their own truths, while gently reminding us that freedom isn’t the absence of pain, but the courage to love, to ask, to keep beginning again.
Tracklist
01 You’re Free to Go
02 Rust & Wire 03 Waits for Me 04 Like You Really Mean It 05 Turning Away 06 Exquisite Skeleton
Press
07 The Store 08 Ready or Not 09 Point of View 10 Afarin
11 Destroying You 12 Enough
“Radically gentle and confident.” – Pitchfork “The inventive nature of Anjimile is really fascinating.” – NPR Music
“Making his return, [Anjimile] picks up where ‘The King’ left off. A tender piece of songwriting, he peels back the layers of his sound for a message for selfreliance, and hard-fought freedom.” – CLASH
Selling Points
• Produced by Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Mavis Staples)
• Collaborators: Nathan Stocker (Hippo Campus), Matt McCaughan (Bon Iver), and guest vocalist Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)
Available from: March 13th 2026
DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT PRESERVERS OF THE PEARL
CATALOG: YC -07 1
FORMAT: LP/DIGITAL
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 13, 2026
TRACKLIST:
Preservers Theme / Unseeable Root / Harmless / The One/The Many / Firebreather / Preservers of the Pearl / Cardinal Star / Autopoiet / Play with the Wild / Phantasy / Soft Vigilance / Abstract Stone / Secret Of The Eye / Metanoia YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS 123 Pauline Ave. Toronto, ON M6H3M7 info@youvechangedrecords.com www.youvechangedrecords.com
The Outfit present a career defining new album, Preservers of the Pearl, asserting themselves as messengers of the new wave of underground rock and roll, pushing the movement forward alongside fellow trailblazers Mystery Lights, Sheer Mag, Shadow Show, Uni Boys + more.
Everything has been leading here. Daniel Romano shifts from his position as sole writer, opening the floor to Outfit stalwarts Ian Romano and Carson McHone, and welcoming into the fold longtime friend and legendary Canadian rock-nroller, Tommy Major. The band is functioning as a true collective multiple voices and perspectives all serving one creative pulse. The result is both a new beginning and a homecoming, a complete and fearless statement
Tracked to tape at their own Camera Varda studio, the album captures the band live in the room breathing, musing, and believing. It’s the sound of human hands and hearts at work, in a shared moment of co-creation, preserved in real time in stunning hi-fi.
Here is music as communion rock n roll as experience Preservers of the Pearl rejects the flattening forces in modern times what the band calls “the mono-agriculture of the mind.” In a “target culture”, condemned to homogeny and banality, The Outfit refuse polish and uniformity, embracing imperfection as truth, and promoting curiosity through creativity. At the center of it all is a deep spiritual current what The Outfit calls Rock & Roll Magick: the belief that music is a sacred act, a force that can reconnect the individual to what is larger.
The Outfit are making music that is purposeful and profoundly urgent. Preservers of the Pearl is an invocation - it’s fearless in a time of great compromise, and resolute in an age of peripheral bullshit. Here is a band serving something greater than themselves.
Also available: Outfit – Live In Oslo
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Philippe B
CIGALE
Philippe B takes an empathetic look back on his past on Cigale,his most autobiographical album to date. He once again proves his mastery of the art of songwriting by relying on minimalist arrangements, allowing us to fully admire his gorgeous melodies and powerful lyrics.
Somewhere between the sophisticated songwriting of Leonard Cohen and Jacques Brel, the rugged folk of Bob Dylan and Neil Young, the acoustic pop of Simon & Garfunkel, and the haunting melancholy of Nick Drake and Elliott Smith, there is Philippe B, who reminds us of the depth that can be conveyed with nothing more than a guitar and a few words.
Recently heard on “Heated Rivalry” (HBO)
7th album in career
Philippe B also arranged, mixed, and produced his new album
JUNOS, ADISQ and Polaris nominated artist
TRACKLIST:
A1. Ulysse
Street date: March 13, 2026
A2. La jeunesse est un autre pays
A3. Ovni
A4. La chanson de l'été
A5. 1999
B1. La ballade de Johnny Crève-cœur
B2. Avant/Après
B3. La Cadbury
B4. Hôtel Tadoussac
B5. Futurologie
B6. Boule miroir
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Contact Label: label@bonsound.com bonsound.com
Paul Dunlea & Trevor Mires
Silfra
02/06/2025
The twin trombone frontline is an esoteric but noble tradition in jazz, harking back to the famed 1950s recordings of Kai Windings and JJ Johnson.Whilerespectingthetradition,theinternationallyrenowned trombonists Paul Dunlea (from Cork) and Trevor Mires (from London) are not traditionalists, and their collaborative project Silfra showcases their thoroughly contemporary skills as composers and arrangers to create a fascinatingly diverse set of trombone led music. Silfra is the name of a place in Iceland where the tectonic plates of Europe and America meet and rub together. "I scuba-dived between the two plates and touched them both at the same time," says Dunlea, and the album presents a true transatlantic meeting of talent. The project was conceived after Paul and Trevor worked together on a project at London's famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and the music was recorded at the legendary New York studio of RudyVanGelderwithaspeciallyassembledbandoftheirfavorite US musicians.
For the drum chair, Trevor chose Billy Kilson, famed for his long associationwithDaveHolland,whilePaulselectedbassistIkeSturm (Donny McCaslin) and pianist Jim Ridl (Kurt Elling, Joe Locke). Ryan Keberle contributes a third trombone to some of the sections to create a full, lush sound. The result is a stunning album that combines influences from both the leaders' multi-faceted careers, Paul's Irish heritage, and their deep love of the jazz tradition.
Silfra is a beautifully realised album from two master musicians completely at ease in their surroundings.
Tracklisting
1. Frongoch
2. Cypher Nutria
3. Silfra
4. Watashi
5. Don't Give Up On me
6. 176 PZK
7. Saoirse
CD
Item number: WR4837
UPC: 5065014356845
Packaging: Digpak CD
Boxlot: 30
LP
Item number: WR4837LP
UPC: 5065014356852
Packaging: 2LP set, black vinyl
Boxlot: 12
JAZZ
JACKIE MITTOO Get Up And Get It / Keep On Dancing
Single 13th March 2026
Jackie Mittoo makes it clear why he's the funkiest reggae musician ever to live on earth.
'Get Up and Get It' is simply one of the TOUGHEST reggae/funk tunes ever on this crisp new 45.
Similarly, 'Keep on Dancing' shows why Jackie Mittoo was the KEYBOARD KING at Studio One. 100% essential BULLET!
Release Date: 13th March 2026
Artist: Jackie Mittoo
Title: Get Up And Get It / Keep On Dancing
Tracks: A: Get Up And Get It (2:45) AA: Keep On Dancing (2:40)
Label: Soul Jazz Records
Format 1: 7” Single, Cat. No: SJR580-7 UPC: 5026328005805
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Street Date: 3.20.26 | Order Date: 2.27.26
Tinariwen – Hoggar
Release Date: 20th March 2026
1 • Vinyl
Description: 1LP white vinyl in gatefold sleeve with printed inners
Cat No: WEDGELPC0226
UPC: 5056818805974
2 • CD
Description: 6pp digipak CD + 24 page booklet
Cat No: WEDGECD0226
UPC: 5056818805
Tinariwen evolve once again on their brand new album, connecting with a younger generation of Tuareg musicians to produce a vibrant album of undulating grooves rooted in their nomadic community. Also featuring guest appearances from José González&Sulafa Elyas
Fierce advocates for their people’snomadic culture that existsin the desert borderlandsbetween Mali and Algeria, Tinariwen’s bluesy, guitar-driven music has found global acclaim over the past two decades for its lively blend of Tamasheq-language politicism, syncopated rhythmsand soaring melody
While previous records like 2023’s Amatssou saw the group collaborate with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson producer Daniel Lanois, on Hoggar the band look closer to home, and stake their claimas eldersof this Tuareg musical tradition Going back to their early years of songwriting with acoustic guitars and communal singing around the desert campfire, while also passing the torch onto a younger generation of featured musicians who can continue to keep the flame of rebellion and defiance alive
Vinyl Tracklist:
A
1. Amidinim Ehaf Solan
2. Imidiwan Takyadam (feat. José González)
3. Erghad Afewo
4. Tad Adounya
5. Asstaghfero Allah
6. Sagherat Assani (Feat. Sulafa Elyas)
7. N’ak tenere Iyat
8. Amidinin Wadar Nohar
9. Khay Erilan
10. Dounia Tau Ray
11. Aba Malik
CD Tracklist:
1. Amidinim Ehaf Solan
2. Imidiwan Takyadam (feat. José González)
3. Erghad Afewo
4. Tad Adounya
5. Asstaghfero Allah
6. Sagherat Assani (Feat. Sulafa Elyas)
7. N’ak Tenere Iyat
8. Amidinin Wadar Nohar
9. Khay Erilan
10. Dounia Tau Ray
11. Aba Malik
BRATMOBILE
The Real Janelle + The Peel Session
STREET DATE: MARCH 20, 2026
• The Real Janelle back on vinyl! • Vinyl debut of 1993 Peel Session!
vinyl edition • All tracks remastered for maximum fidelity!
Bratmobile’s 1994 EP The Real Janelle wields sharpened fangs and focus—offering fiercely personal & political takes on gender, identity, betrayal, and survival. Urgency meets polish in a celebration of unapologetic grrrlhood and feminist punk.
Includes, for the first time on vinyl, their blistering 1993 John Peel Session—jagged hooks, chainsaw fuzz, and riot grrrl vitriol. Flipping the script on who takes power and who gets punished.
NUBIYAN TWIST
CHASING SHADOWS
As the world sinks deeper into screens and algorithms blur the line between creation and imitation, Nubiyan Twist return with Chasing Shadows, a record that reclaims the pulse, warmth and spontaneity of human connection.
The band’s fifth studio album is a rich and restless blend of jazz, afrobeat, hip hop and electronic textures, exploring the space between the organic and the digital. It’s music that moves, sweats, and breathes, made by real people in real rooms with heavyweight features bringing together varied voices from the music community which they inhabit
Bandleader and producer Tom Excell explains: “We wanted to make something that felt joyous and defiantly human something that couldn’t exist without that connection between people You can get an AI to write a fugue in seconds, but it can’t capture the chemistry and chaos that happens when musicians lock in together Chasing Shadows is our way of holding onto that.”
Following 2024’s acclaimed Find Your Flame, praised by Rolling Stone, Jazzwise, NPR and more, Chasing Shadows pushes the band’s sound further into new soulful territory under Excell’s expert guidance, featuring bright new vocalist Eniola and a glowing cast of icons and innovators Malian star Fatoumata Diawara lights up the title track on a powerful slice of Afrobeat, Joe Armon Jones leads the dub workout ‘Rhythm Of You’ and the band take it back to their hip hop roots on great collabs with The Pharcyde’s Booty Brown, Ghanaian MC M anifest and London dancehall favourite, Mr Williamz
On Chasing Shadows, Nubiyan Twist continue to look outwards with their music but keep the focus firmly on humanity and positivity It is an album which crosses continents and which shamelessly celebrates our collective strength.
Side A
A1. Azimuth
A2 Red Herring (Ft Booty Brown)
A3 Chasing Shadows (Ft Fatoumata Diawara)
A4 How Far (Ft M anifest)
A5 Body Flows
Side B
B1 Mlonje: Voices Joined (Ft The Zawose Queens)
B2. Echoes
B3 Message (Ft Mr Williamz)
B4 Sunlight
B5. Rhythm of You (Ft. Joe ArmonJones)
Key Points
RELEASE DATE: 20 March 2026 th
ARTIST: Nubiyan Twist
TITLE: Chasing Shadows
CAT NO. LP: STRUT507LP / STRUT507CD
FORMAT: Yellow Vinyl LP / CD
BARCODE LP: 4062548130881
BARCODE CD: 4062548130904
TERRITORY: WW
The Sistering
Kate McGarry, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Lois Deloatch, Nnenna Freelon
AIRPLAY STARTS 3/6/2026
Suggested Airplay Tracks 7, 11, 2, 1
T h e S i s t e r i n g
AUBREY JOHNSON THE LIVELY AIR
THRILL JOCKEY
The compositions of Colleen, aka multi-instrumentalist Cécile Schott, are as richly varied as they are precise. Each of Colleen’s albums are shaped by her predetermined distinct instrumentation and parameters, including works composed entirely of music boxes, pocket synthesizers, and antiquated stringed instruments. The connective essence of Schott’s music is in her ability to create pieces within this transcendent specificity that are both expansive and imbued with profound emotions. Libres antes del final is an album that reaches for the hope and desire to be truly freed from unnecessary suffering and harmful thoughts before reaching the end of one’s life cycle.
“In April 2024, I decided that deeply impacted me, one on which I had procrastinated for years: learning to swim again, in the sea, after 30 years of water phobia. I came to see and live the journey of learning to swim again as an adult, with each successive step feeling like a personal victory and milestone, in the unstable environment of the sea, with the discomfort it can bring, and the reality of facing your own limitations with the body and mind you have right now, a powerful metaphor for what it’s like to have to learn to live and go through life every single day. I was especially blown away by the fact that it took me way longer to start to swim 5 cm away from where my feet still touched the ground, than it subsequently took me to swim 250 meters away from the shore. Could this mean that everything in life works this way, that the first small step really is the hardest to take?” - Colleen
Schott composed and performed Libres on the Moog Matriarch, centering the record on a pulse-driven, bubbling energy with constant momentum. She then reamped the music in one of her favorite spaces in Barcelona, Casa Montjuic, accentuating the album’s sense of movement. The reamping process adds a literal physicality to the album, as carefully chosen and placed microphones (including the famous Neumann KU100 binaural head) capture both the venue’s PA sound itself and the venue’s acoustics.
Colleen’s music translates snapshots of Schott’s life into singular pieces, often instrumentally transmuting a dense web of sensations into wondrous sonic terrain. Schott’s deft manipulation of the Moog Matriarch makes each subtle adjustment feel monumental. The tender “Mis armas se habían caído al suelo” skitters sonar-like echoes across a warm pool of organ chords before giving in to a gentle wash of oceanic feedback. The bounce of “Puertas de mi cuerpo” is transformed by every textural shift where the steady arpeggio of “Antídoto” is broken apart by dizzying shifts in pulse. “Aguas abiertas” (or, “Open Waters”) stands as the cinematic centerpiece to the album as each movement dives deeper beneath the surface and reflects the magic of discovering microcosms on every level one plunges further down. Title track “Libres antes del final” harnesses the album’s sense of urgency as the intensity swells and undulates into a climactic conclusion unlike any piece Schott has made before.
Colleen’s music ruminates on central existential questions: To what extent are we responsible for our thinking, feelings and actions? Can we ever be freed from the endlessly spinning twin wheels of our own brain and heart? Libres antes del final answers them with an exuberant release, a work of rejuvenation and revitalization, of finding light in facing the unknown.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM Colleen:
Le jour et la nuit du réel CD/LP (Thrill 596)
The Tunnel and the Clearing CD/LP (Thrill 541)
Captain of None CD/LP (Thrill 387)
Colleen
Libres antes del final
Thrill - 652
CD
BOX LOT CD 50
LP
BOX LOT LP 25
Color LP
BOX LOT LP 25
Vinyl is non-returnable
GENRE: Electronic / Alternative
FILE UNDER: “c” for Colleen
RELEASE DATE: 20-March-2026
NO EXPORT
TRACK LISTING:
790377065220
1. Mis armas se habían caído al suelo
2. Puertas de mi cuerpo
3. Antídoto
SALES POINTS
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Colleen recorded in her home studio in Barcelona, Spain. The album recordings were reamped and mixed with Oswaldo Terrones in Casa Montjuic, Barcelona and Lisbon, Portugal respectively and mastered by Damien Schwartz in Madrid. The album’s cover photo is by Spanish photographer Luis Torroja.
Colleen composed, recorded and produced the album using almost exclusively Moog instruments, primarily the Moog Matriarch.
Colleen’s music has been featured in many films, art installation and dance performances including Skins, Duck Butter, Kumiko The Treasure Hunter, The Walking Dead, High Maintenance and more.
Colleen will be touring throughout the UK and Europe as well as North America in support of Libres antes del final.
Libres antes del final is available on CD and LP, with a limited quantity of Cloud Color LPs available. All formats include a digital download card.
Colleen’s albums have been cited in “best of” lists by NPR, Paste, Aquarium Drunkard, and more.
“A singular musician; no one else makes music like Colleen’s. Her songs offer a completely unique window on the world.” - The New Yorker
“A quietly devastating album defined by Schott’s enviable economy of expression.” - Pitchfork
“Instrumental landscapes that exalt simple abstract wonders” - NPR
Cécile Schott seems an easy shoe-in for Moog music canonisation.” - The Quietus
“Delicately, intensely intricate... [Colleen’s music] possesses a charm and innocence that’s genuinely disarming.” - MOJO
4. Aguas abiertas
5. Libres antes del final
THRILL JOCKEY
more eaze is the moniker of Brooklyn-based composer, orchestrator, and multiinstrumentalist, mari maurice. A renowned collaborator both in performance and on recordings, maurice’s own work is a fantasia, a reflection of her curious and explorative musical mind, encompassing entire spectrums of sound from a wide sonic pallet of electro-acoustic textures, folk traditions, and pop forms that pirouette into fully realized ecosystems. sentence structure in the country is a definitive statement of the matchless quality of more eaze’s skill as player and musical thinker. The album relishes the ecstatic in performance and collaboration with an inviting wit and incisive compositions, imbuing tenderness, frustration, and joy into each passage.
The title is an acknowledgement of the vernacular that shaped maurice’s musical production. As Coltrane said, “It all has to do with it.” maurice grew up playing fiddle in traditional folk and country tunes, and while playing on her album is entirely different, her reverence for the evolution of folk forms and her playing remain integral to those performances. Informing her production choices were maurice’s well- chosen collaborators: Wendy Eisenberg on electric guitar, piano and voice, Henry Earnest on electric guitar, Alice Gerlach on cello, Jade Guterman on acoustic guitar, and Ryan Sawyer on drums. maurice explains how her collaborators helped sculpt the album’s sound: “There are ways Jade or Wendy choose to voice chords that are not how I’d play them in this context, but that’s kind of the point. Their voices redefine what I’m making but also help me define my own.”
sentence structure in the country centers on using the vernacular of all of these revelations and perspectives through experience in a new context. The album’s compositions evolved over a number of years. Each iteration is informed by both the context of maurice’s performances and the musicians she elected to perform them with. With variable speeds, the piece’s structure developed into their recorded arrangements. The pieces equally took new shapes based on maurice’s own evolutions, her perspectives altered by a cross-country move and work or relationship changes. New perspectives personally or musically proved fertile ground for creative evaluations. maurice’s reflections on the work evoke the personal: “It’s hard to reckon with the big changes in the moment and so it takes alot of reflection and working through that after the fact” and the musical: “I couldn’t let go of the heart of the material and what it was trying to tell me. Playing with these different combos helped me determine what the very core elements of the pieces were and then the songs also took on a life of their own this way. It’s like a feedback loop: as we continue to perform them, there’s this precedent that is set with what the piece could be.”
sentence structure in the country is a collection of compositions, each beautifully realized, self-contained worlds. maurice’s dexterous, tasteful arranging lays bare her influences and obsessive fascinations with remarkable congruency while foregoing any sense of indulgence. Her music holds a density not only in the lush compositions and embellishing flourishes, but also for those moments of spare, minimalist beauty sentence structure in the country is a textural marvel, a mosaic of ethereal electronics and loamy acoustics sculpted around deeply moving, enduring songs.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM more eaze: more eaze and claire rousay - no floor CD/LP (Thrill 625)
more eaze sentence structure in the country
Thrill - 648
CD
BOX LOT CD 50
LP
BOX LOT LP 25
Color LP
BOX LOT LP 25
Vinyl is non-returnable
GENRE: Alternative / Folk
FILE UNDER: “m” for more eaze
RELEASE DATE: 20-March-2026
NO EXPORT
TRACK LISTING:
1. leave (again)
2. distance
3. bad friend
4. crunch the numbers
5. biters
790377064827
790377064810
790377648119
6. the producer 7. a chorale
8. healing attempt
9. sentence structure in the country 10. move
SALES POINTS
All songs composed, produced and performed by mari rubio. The album is mixed by mari rubio, and mastered by stephan mathieu. Cover art by Rachel Goodyear.
sentence structure in the country features Henry Earnest on guitar, Wendy Eisenberg on guitar, piano and vocals, Alice Gerlach on cello, Jade Guterman on acoustic guitar, and Ryan Sawyer on drums.
In addition to her own solo work, more eaze performs in Water Damage and is a frequent collaborator with claire rousay, Wendy Eisenberg, Lomelda, Michael Pisaro, Richard Kamerman, Seth Graham, Nate Wooley and Christina Carte.
more eaze will be touring throughout North America and the EU in support of sentence structure in the country
As an arranger or producer, more eaze has worked with Faye Webster and Benet, Rainy Miller and Space Afrika, Bloomsday, Cassandra Jenkins, Babehoven, Lomelda, Adeline Hotel, Mister Water Wet, and Ben Bondy
sentence structure in the country is available on CD and LP, with a limited quantity of Opaque Red LPs available. All formats include a digital download card.
“[more eaze] stares down the ephemeral with tenderness and camaraderie; beneath the wistfulness lies a sense of warm gratitude.” - Pitchfork
“Something about the intimate, voyeuristic tone of more eaze’s music puts me in mind of Arthur Russell.” - Resident Advisor
“[more eaze’s songs] strive to amplify the magic in the everyday. No doubt More Eaze’s compositions are coloured with a vibrant palette of weird sonics, but sneaking into these are stealthy, lovely melodies.”The Quietus
“Bizarre and strangely affecting... built around dilapidated staccato instrumentation that accents maurice’s tender, windswept twangs. It’s almost like Bang on a Can does Gram Parsons” - Boomkat
“From pedal steel atmospherics and droning violins to Auto-Tuned pop songs to abrasive noise, her inquisitive spirit has yielded a prolific output.” - Bandcamp
ANNA CALVI IS THIS ALL THERE IS?
TRACKLISTING
1. God's Lonely Man (feat. Iggy Pop)
2. I See A Darkness (feat. Perfume Genius)
3. Computer Love (feat. Laurie Anderson)
4. Is This All There Is? (feat. Matt Berninger)
CATALOG NUMBER: RUG1328
RELEASE DATE: February 6, 2026
FILE UNDER: Alternative “C”
CD
Boxlot: 30 UPC: 887829132828
12" w/DOWNLOAD
Boxlot: 20 UPC: 887829132811
Vinyl is non-returnable
OVERVIEW
Is This All There Is? is the new EP from Anna Calvi
SELLING POINTS
• 12" EP includes a download card.
ALAN BRAXE & FRED FALKE INTRO (25TH ANNIVERSARY)
TRACKLISTING
1. Intro (Remastered 2023)
2. Intro (Fred Falke Remix)
3. Intro (Alan Braxe Remix)
CATALOG NUMBER: SMGLR924
RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2026
FILE UNDER: Electronic “B”
12"
Boxlot: 20 UPC: 192152092412
Vinyl is non-returnable
OVERVIEW
Released in 2000, Alan Braxe and Fred Falke's “Intro” is five minutes of faultlessly melancholy, perfectly elegant, dance music that nudged French House into the future.
“Intro” is now being re-released for its 25th birthday, using the remastered version of the song from the 2023 re-issue of Alan Braxe, Fred Falke & Friends - The Upper Cuts album, with Braxe and Falke also making new remixes of their golden child. Given that “Intro” was pretty much perfect the first time around, the results are astoundingly strong.
Falke’s remix takes “Intro” into new dimensions, cosmic and suspiciously dubby, a newly-recorded bass line sending the mix on its psychedelic way. Braxe’s remix is raw and dirty, a “hotel room edit” as he calls it, that nods to the history of French House as it sparkles up the spine.
Both tunes are evidence that - actually - you can remix the un-remixable, so long as it is done with infinite love and incredible skill.
SELLING POINTS
• Pioneering French House architect Alan Braxe is known for his part in creating some of the most iconic house and pop records of the late 90's and early 2000s, alongside a slew of underground hits. Braxe's work includes “Music Sounds Better With You” as Stardust with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, official remixes for Beyoncé, Kelis, Kylie Minogue and more.
• 140g 12" format includes a full sleve design in homage to the original release and comes with a download card.
SMUGGLERS WAY
20 Jay Street, Suite 626 Brooklyn, NY 1 1201
718.797.4229 / dominorecordco.com
Contact: Cyrus Lubin cyrus@dominorecordco.com
REDEYE
505 Eno Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Contact: Jill Wheeler jillw@redeyeworldwide.com
On tour in April!
Label: Slumberland Records
Catalog Number: SLR 40
Street Date: March 20, 2026
Territory: World
RIYL: The Field Mice, Stereolab, Unrest, The Aislers Set, Black Tambourine, Peel Dream Magazine
TL;DR: “A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness” is a certified indiepop classic, blending heart-tugging pop tunes with buzzing organs and irrepressible jangle.
CD UPC: 749846004024
Packaging: Gatefold eco-wallet
LP UPC: 749846004017
Packaging: White/bone swirl vinyl with DL code
April 09 San Francisco, CA at The Chapel
April 10 Sacramento, CA at The Starlet Room
April 11 Los Angeles, CA at The Teragram Ballroom
April 16 Seattle, WA at The Sunset Tavern
April 17 Portland, OR at Mississippi Studios
One of the clearest examples of an album that crafts a strange and beautiful world not quite like any other is Rocketship’s 1996 full-length debut A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness. Even upon arrival, this was an experience unto itself, and 30 years later, these eight songs of bittersweet bliss still feel new.
Rocketship spiked their deliciously melodic indiepop with buzzing organs, spacey interstitials and motorik repetition, aligning them with mid-90s peers like Stereolab and Unrest. A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album of unrepentantly vulnerable melodies, unusual seventh chords, lingering ambient interludes, and soft sentiments released at a time when unfriendly, selfconscious punk rock was the order of the day, a bold move indeed.
Returning to A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness with fresh ears, it becomes more obvious how quietly influential the album was. After several different waves of shoegaze revivalism, grunge distillation, and new bands perfecting the ‘90s slacker pop aesthetic yet again, elements of Rocketship’s intricate creative world have begun to surface in the sounds of subsequent generations.
Slumberland is delighted to release a 30th Anniversary edition of this instant classic, bringing it back on limited edition color vinyl and CD after being out-of-print for years and tantalizing music fans with it's limited availability for decades.
Contact: Stephen Svacina
email: stephen@redeyeworldwide.com
tel: 1.877.733.3931
30th Anniversary Edition on Swirled White vinyl!
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS PRESENTS
THE GLADIATORS
Bongo Red
7” Single 20th March 2026
Stone-cold ROOTS CLASSIC from the legendary Gladiators, recorded for Studio One in the early 1970s and now on this freshly cut new crisp 45.
This is THE SEMINAL ground-breaking release from one of the most influential ROOTS groups of all time led by the great Albert Griffiths.
Comes with superb minimal dub and the flip. Bullet tune!
Release Date: 20th March 2026
Artist: The Gladiators
Title: Bongo Red
Tracks: A: Bongo Red (2:49)
AA: Bongo Red Version (2:48)
Label: Soul Jazz Records
Format 1: 7” Single, Cat. No: SJR581-7
UPC: 5026328005812
Nick Stamey, 877-733-3931 x277
nick@redeyeworldwide.com
No shipments outside of USA & Canada
Violent Vira is an electrifying alternative rock/metal vocalist and songwriter, celebrated for her powerhouse performances and distinctive sonic edge She made her striking debut in September 2021 with “I Don’t Care,” which exploded online and has amassed over 69 million streams to date Building on that momentum, she delivered the fierce “God Complex” in April 2022, solidifying her presence in the rock scene.
Her 2023 debut EP , Till’ Death Was Never Enough, marked a major leap in her artistry, sparking a sold-out self-booked 34 city tour and landing her on the 2024 Sick New World festival lineup where she captivated a massive crowd
In January 2025, Vira unveiled “Saccharine” via Mom+Pop Music, produced by Grammy Award winner Jennifer Decilveo, diving deep into themes of inner conflict and the search for validation She followed with the incendiary “Burn Me With A Bible,” which she describes as, “It’s not anti-faith, it’s about burning down the lies I was told in the name of it ” Her singles “Saccharine,” “Burn Me With A Bible,” “I Don’t Care” (64M+ Spotify streams and counting with 100K+ daily), and “God Complex” have gone viral, collectively driving 100M+ Spotify streams in the past year alone
Often compared to Hayley Williams of Paramore, Violent Vira channels raw emotion through soaring vocals, gritty guitar-driven hooks, and unapologetic intensity, carving her own lane as one of the most compelling new voices in modern rock
HIGHLIGHTS
Upcoming 26-City Chasing Ghosts Part II - North American Tour
Self-booked and SOLD OUT debut U S headline tour across 32 cities (18K tickets sold)
Performed at Sick New World Festival (2024) and upcoming performances at Aftershock, Louder Than Life, and Riot Fest
TOUR DATES
Featured on multiple Spotify editorial playlists like ALLURE, Hard Rock, New Noise
Overall social footprint of 1.5M+ followers including Instagram, TikTok, Spotify, and YouTube.
TRACK LISTING
SPENCER THOMAS CYNICAL VISION
Atlanta based artist and former Futurebirds keyboardist, Spencer Thomas, returns with Cynical Vision, his third and most incisive album yet, available March 20th 2026 via Strolling Bones Records.
Wry and sardonic, this new album balances humor and existential dread in equal measure. The music is a fusion of eras and genres, mixing retro synthesizers, vintage drum machines, and fuzzed-out electric guitars into an intoxicating blend of analog and electronic sounds, tipping its hat to everyone from Randy Newman and Lou Reed to Warren Zevon and Tom Petty as it holds a mirror up to the civilization we’ve created for ourselves, a whip-smart meditation on the sobering absurdity and tragic beauty of living and loving in the 21st century.
1.THIS IS YOUR LIFE NOW
2. HOENY BURNE
3. GRAB ENLIGHTENMENT BY THE HORNS
10. SO LUCKY WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYS STREETDATE: MARCH20,2025
4. THE WORLD IS FUCKED AND I LOVE YOU
5. VIDEO FARM
6. HONEYMOON SUITE
7. JIM
8. REBORN
9. CYNICAL VISION
Sel #: SB66 CD
CD CONFIG: Wallet UPC: 607396066117
Genre: SingerSongwriter, Alt Rock
VINYL
Sel #: SB66 LP
CONFIG: SIGNED Jacket, Black Vinyl, Insert UPC: 607396066131
Genre: SingerSongwriter, Alt Rock
Midding –.44
Tough Love
Almost a year to the day from the release of their debut EP, Cardiff-based quintet Midding return on 6th February with a new five song collection entitled .44, an oblique reference to Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz and his connection to The Process Church of the Final Judgment cult. The Process Church carries a damaged reputation (in part by association), but in its infancy its spiritual radicalism, aesthetic manipulations and commitment to a burgeoning counterculture make good source material for future inspirations. Like Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Skinny Puppy before them, Midding understand there's equal fascination to be found in their dark as the light.
Made between Rat Trap Studios and Fairoak, their own home-built recording set-up, these new songs represent the first time they've set live drums to record. The results are marked, shifting from the linear pulse of that first EP to something more dynamic and agile. A bedroom project has now become a fully functioning group. As with the previous EP, all five songs were recorded to tape, which gives .44 its in-room feel, imbuing a sense of claustrophobia that neatly matches the subject matter of the lyrics, referencing cultdom, serial killer fanaticism, depression and, ultimately, ecstatic release. Tracks like 'All For You' and 'Nuisance' flex with a melodic confidence that's both accessible and off-kilter, though the greatest transgression can be heard on 'For A Little While', a churning spacerock blast overlaid with indecipherable, automatic writing-derived lyrics that suggest some kind of Lovecraftian portal may have been opened up in Wales this past year. Into that portal we might follow...
Luka Kuplowsky’s voice is a paradox at times too hushed to be captured, as if it’s going to disappear like smoke, then it's as big as the sky It is a voice that bends the ear to listen and whose music carves out a unique space for poetic language and improvisatory playfulness In the last half-decade his songwriting has blossomed into a kaleidoscope of sounds that hinge on the interval between genres; somewhere between folk, jazz, ambient, blues, avant-pop and electronic
The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows adapts Ukrainian poet Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-37) to song, placing his words into a world of surreal and sensuous sonics Kuplowsky wrote the record in what he described as a trance state, simultaneously writing and tracking over six days, arranging and collaging Antonych’s poetry into music. Months later, with his band, the record opened into a wide scope of jazz, new age and cosmic balladry
While Kuplowsky’s 2024 album How Can I Possibly Sleep When There Is Music embraced process in the web of poetic connection that arose in interpreting the poems of Zen Buddhist poet Ryōkan Taigu, The Grass Grows... narrows its focus, drawing upon Antonych’s poetry to explore his philosophical preoccupations with Lemko paganism, modernist poetry, and a search for eternity If How Can I Possibly Sleep stretched out from Ryōkan towards a millenia of poets, Antonych’s poems are a vehicle for stretching out towards everything, taking in plants, bugs, and the cosmos, offering a song of transcendence, earthly and spiritual. And Kuplowsky, a century later, enters the cyclical stream of Antonych’s mythopoetic travels.
Luka Kuplowsky
The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows
artist: title: label: release date: formats: cat #: UPC: Luka Kuplowsky
The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows Росте
Next Door Records March 20, 2026 Digipack CD CD-NDR-9488 6-23339-9488-2-1
XYLITOL BLUMENFANTASIE
LABEL: PLANET MU RECORDS STREET DATE: 20th MARCH 2026
Side A
Chromophoria (with Sculpture)
Blumenfantasie
Tilted Arc
Melancholia
Mirjana
Side B:
Sudwestwind
Lights
Bowed Clusters (with The Leaf Library)
Halo Falling
REDEYE WORLDWIDE
505 ENO STREET, HILLSBOROUGH NC 27278, USA redeyeworldwide.com 877.733.3931
BLACK VINYL LP: ZIQ484
UPC: 5056321683229
Xylitol, aka producer and DJ Catherine Backhouse, shifts up the refinement and musical breadth for her second album Blumenfantasie, the follow-up to her Planet Mu debut Anemones.
With Blumenfantasie, Xylitol wanted “to make space and for the music to float and propel at once”, finding routes through the pointillistic figures, cascading synths and the meditative stillness of kosmische musik and bolder breakbeat programming. She reaches this delicate balance through careful subtraction, hoping “to convey a sense of intimacy and sadness but without sentimentality” which she manages with a feel and sound that's raw and intuitive.
Blumenfantasie rolls through detailed jungle workouts that flutter and bleep, through beatless ambience, taking a rare dip below 160 bpm for the elegiac Mirjana, the album’s most explicit nod to Krautrock with a drum break chopped up from Amon Duul II’s anthemic ‘Archangel’s Thunderbird’, through to Halo, a bare bones grime rhythm that calls to mind the missing link between industrial pioneers Nurse With Wound and Wiley's Eskibeat.
Catherine cast her net to draw in experimental audiovisual duo Sculpture and Reading based post-rock band The Leaf Library as collaborators, pulling the former’s whirling eddies of musique concrète into a slice of sublime aquatic jungle, and the latter’s radiophonic folksong into a dark and disorientating breakbeat workout equally indebted to Source Direct as to Broadcast.
Blumenfantasie moves with a confident, self-effacing fluidity which has been informed by DJ Bunnyhausen’s more regular DJ gigs. She speculates ‘if this album feels more cohesive than its predecessor it's likely because I've been DJing a lot more, with Worthing Techno Militia, with central and eastern european electronica collective Slav to the Rhythm, as well as being part of Italo Disco crew Flex. Moving between these zones seemed to open up hidden pathways between the disparate musical trajectories they represent.'
While Anemones contrasted the rough and the delicate, its successor is an album built for the head, hips and heart, with painterly sounds and a sense of intimacy that encourages deep listening while keeping its eyes on the strobelight and its feet on the dancefloor.
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