Where do you go to search for new music? Who or what has been a new find you’d like to rave about?
Most of the artists I work with are playing in one of the music scenes or communities we work with. I’ve always approached running the label much more like a documentarian rather than a curator so it’s always been less about my personal taste as much as it is about what’s going on.
Is there a genre that you would consider to be the label’s “signature style,” or is it a mix?
I’ve always been much more interested as a listener and a label owner in what is being expressed rather than how it is being expressed.
We know you can’t choose, but what’s been your favorite label release, and why?
I don’t have any tattoos but I imagine this would be like asking someone to pick their favorite.
What is your stance on color vinyl?
How did you personally get started in the music industry?
I’m still trying to figure out if I’m actually in the music industry or not, but about five or six years after the label began I started to have a goal of getting our releases distributed and known nationally.
When and where did the label begin?
New Brunswick, NJ even though I was living in Boston at the time, in 2003 or 2004 depending on how accurate you want to be.
What is the meaning behind the name for the label?
It comes from the movie Dirty Work but doesn’t really have any meaning behind it other than liking the way it sounded. If I knew I would still be doing the label all these years later I probably would have tried to think of something even dumber.
How has the label changed since it started?
The goals of providing a viable alternative to a corporately controlled music industry that can level the playing field and allow artists to be relevant nationally on their own terms, and putting artists and art first really hasn’t changed much since starting the label.
Describe the general makeup of your team at the label. I’m still handling almost everything myself the same way I did when I started but I’ve been really fortunate to be able to pay friends to help with things from time to time. Right now Mike Campbell handles press for us, and Jon Herroon fulfills our mail-order, he also runs his own label called Fire Hazard Records which I encourage you to check out.
What has been the biggest challenge for you and the label during the Pandemic?
All of it.
Is the label tied to a specific geographical area? How is this reflected in your releases?
I’ve always been very community focused and so when the label started for our first ten years or so we only worked with bands in New Brunswick, NJ and the surrounding area. The internet and especially web 2.0 forced me to re-think what the community we were serving was a bit and so now it’s a little less region focused and the label has grown to serve a couple of different communities.
I abhor it and think it’s for children. Small children. I get that grown ups are into it but grown ups will also buy legos and go to disneyland without children.
Forget about the vinyl boom - how are you and your label responding to the ever-increasing popularity of cassette tapes? CDs??
I’ve never really understood the cassette thing but CDs are the main format I listen to so we’ve always tried to make them for the same reason we made vinyl when no one understood why.
How would you describe the average fan of the label? I wouldn’t
In your opinion, how important is it to be environmentally sustainable within the music industry these days?
It is so important it should be mandated and regulated and it’s depressing that it’s not, at least within the independent community. What in your opinion has been the biggest change in the music industry from when you first started compared to now?
When I started Major Labels would illegally collude with Best Buy and WalMart to drive independent labels and local retail out of business. Today, large tech companies collude with each other and Major Labels to drive independent labels and local retail out of business.
Want to shout out a personal favorite record store or retail establishment? Now’s your chance:
Princeton Record Exchange (Princeton, NJ), Angry Mom Records (Ithaca, NY), Record Lounge (Lansing, MI), and Double Decker (Allentown, PA) are some of my personal favorites.
They say our sun will explode in about 5 billion years or so- how would you like the label to be remembered?
Never been super concerned about that kind of thing and more concerned with relevance while the label is active so I appreciate you giving me the chance to talk about it!
Street Date: March 17th 2023
Cat #: Slang50140XX
UPC: 4250506843090
Gold Vinyl Edition
Limited to 700 units world wide
Genre: Indie/Math-Rock
The movie is nominated for eleven Academy Awards® including Son Lux just released the 49-track EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE score
best original sore / best original song
On „Brighter Wounds“, Son Lux’ fifth full-length LP, the trio finding in command of a daring, multidirectional sound, expressing naturally the proclivity for surprise and contrast
Praise for „Brighter Wounds“:
“Music like this opens windows and doors, letting in the fresh airs of possibility of what can come
„Brighter Wounds“ was long out of print on vinyl This gold vinyl is the first repressing since 2018 that characterize he project's output. from whipping the backside of imagination and watching it run free.”
Under the Radar His albums treat crisp, minuscule detail with cinematic grandeur.“
“Ryan Lott is the kind of songwriter who can turn the most intimate moments sweeping and majestic.
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“Each year unearths previously unknown exceptional artists to us all at Lonesome Highway; it’s one of the joys of our enterprise. For this writer, Florence Dore is most certainly one of the discoveries of 2022.”
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The title of the sixth album from Californian singer-songwriter Nick Waterhouse is more than just the name of one of its tracks. The Fooler is both a clue and a red herring. The Fooler is the observed and the observer, narrator and subject, truth and lie. The Fooler is the shadow and reflection of a city the artist knows sufficiently well to wander with his eyes closed, and a place which very possibly never even existed. The Fooler is not so much an unreliable narrator as a constantly shifting perspective.
The Fooler is the new album by Nick Waterhouse, and it’s a lot. Recorded by Mark Neill (Black Keys; Los Straightjackets; Dave Cobb) in Valdosta, Georgia, it’s a song-cycle of sorts, the arc of the album telling a tale of a city and its denizens. “Many of the stories come from a feeling of plasticity,” says Waterhouse. “What is memory? What is time? What is love between two human beings like in this imaginary city? A phase shift occurred writing this record. I had a breakthrough in how to tell stories in songs, like an epiphany. I started realising how I could bend time in a lot of the things that weave through the record. I have a perspective as a narrator now, instead of being the occupant of the songs.”
Waterhouse released his debut album, Time’s All Gone, in 2012. His last record, Promenade Blue, came out in 2021. In his music you will hear echoes of things you might think you know, or believe you remember, filtered through the lens of a unique artistic perspective. You will hear rhythm and blues, garage rock, radio soul and wee-small-hours balladry – but reconfigured, made new. In Waterhouse’s music, the time is both now and then. The past is the present is the future. The sound is classic yet unclassifiable.
The Fooler was produced by Neill in his Soil of the South studio in Valdosta, Georgia. A former room in a ballet school, Soil of the South is in the great tradition of American studios such as Chess and Sun. “Not the place that looks like a spaceship, more like the place that
looks like a dentist office in 1965,” says Waterhouse. They tracked the album fast near the end of 2021. A further handful of days for overdubs and mixing early in 2022 and it was finished. “Making this record was like going to see the kung fu master on the mountain,” says Waterhouse. “You can probably draw a through line from my first record to this one, but this is something else entirely. The sonic landscape Mark designed is so much further into space, with reverb and depth.”
The result is a record that offers up new riches and fresh perspectives with every spin. From the hidden corners of ‘Hide & Seek’ and the roadhouse soul of ‘Play To Win’ to the primitive, attitudinal, chugging two-chord thrill of ‘Late In The Garden’, it builds inexorably to the drama of the title track and pulsing roll-and-rock of the final pay off, ‘Unreal, Immaterial’. Play it once and it sounds immediately like a collection of great songs. Play it again – and you will – and it feels like a novel or film slowly unveiling its secrets, kaleidoscopic in its narrative complexity. “Especially during this record, I started just becoming what Allen Ginsberg called a pure breath,” says the artist. “I was becoming pure breath with my ideas.”
"His style is all his own" - NPR
"Brisk, self-contained, a little mysterious, and catchy enough to revisit again and again" - Paste Magazine
"Waterhouse remains as spirited as he is studious, crooning and belting at all the appropriate moments with a little bit of swagger."All Music
"The second coming of soul, infusing a distinctly California surf-rock spin to the genre" - Vogue
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Packaging: Tip-On Mini LP Jacket
LP Box Lot: 30
Packaging: Tip-On Jacket & Download Card
Vinyl is non-returnable
Catalog: IL2100
Release Date: March 31, 2023
Genre: Rock/Indie/R&B/Soul
For Fans Of: For Fans Of: Leon Bridges, Lee Fields, Curtis Harding, Thee Sacred Souls, Black Pumas, Jon Batiste, Charles Bradley, JD McPherson, Van Morrison, Ty Segall, Allah-Las
e GRAMMY® Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers have always traveled long distances in their grand adventures outward (songs inspired by their camping trips on the Mississippi River, Appalachian Trail, and Continental Divide). But for their next musical adventure, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing have wandered deep inside the forest of imagination. Brambletown (release date: March 31, 2023) is a woodland creature mosaic where "critters can talk, trees can walk and nothing’s as it seems."
You’ll be guided by Junkyard Raccoon, Doctor Mole, Fox and Hare, Possum, and Old Badger. ey’ll take you on a journey full of mysterious dreams, rowdy celebrations, tempting distractions, and ancient wisdom. e Brothers' gorgeous melodies and unfussy lyrics ease listeners through these woods on a path that is both ancient and reborn. e songs bring up meaningful family conversations around topics like environmental concerns, interconnection, plant and animal wisdom, and how taking care of ourselves and our relationships is part of taking care of the world. In the end, Brambletown is a story of learning, or better yet, remembering how deeply all of us are connected. So, into the forest we go!
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Street Date: March 31st, 2023
Highlights:
• GRAMMY® Winning Artists
• Engaging for children and adults
• 17 Songs
• Forthcoming Animated Visual Album/Short-Film
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• Also Available: GRAMMY® winning album: Can You Canoe? and GRAMMY® nominated albums: rough the Woods, Saddle Up, Winterland, and Songs for Singin'
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“Simplicity, sincerity … et voilà!”
If you want to understand how French producer Alan Braxe ended up making some of the most important house music records of the late 1990s and early 2000s, you need to understand his modus operandi.
Everything has to be simple; and everything has to be sincere. You hear this time and again in Braxe’s music, from the golden emotional minimalism of Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You”, a worldwide hit he produced with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and singer Benjamin Diamond, to the perfectly uncluttered house music strut of “Intro”, his underground anthem with Fred Falke.
TRACKLISTING
1. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Most Wanted
2. The Paradise - In love With You
3. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Radio Edit)
4. Alan Braxe & Fred falke - Intro
5. Shakedown - At Night (Alan Braxe Remix)
6. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Love Lost
7. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Palladium
8. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Arena
9. Alan Braxe- & Fred Falke - Rubicon
10. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Penthouse Serenade
11. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Chrystal City - Bonus Track
12. Alan Braxe - Voices - Bonus Track
13. Britney Spears - Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remix) - Bonus Track
14. Alan Braxe - One More Chance (Feat. The Spimes) [Redux] - Bonus Track (new version)
15. Alan Braxe - True Love - Bonus Track (new song)
16. Alan Braxe - Never Coming Back (Feat. Annie) [12 “ Dub Version] - Bonus Track (new song)
17. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - You'll Stay In My Heart (Instrumental)
CATALOG NUMBER: SMGLR004
RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2023
FILE UNDER: Electronic “B”
CD Boxlot: 20 UPC: 192152050429
Vinyl is non-returnable
2xLP w/ DOWNLOAD
Boxlot: 20 UPC: 192152050412
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The Upper Cuts, originally released in 2005, is a compilation that rounded up several of Braxe’s greatest hits. This newly reissued version of that album adds seven bonus tracks, including the classic Braxe / Falke production “Chrystal City,” which originally appeared on the “Rubicon” single; Braxe’s iconic remix of Britney Spears’ “Anticipating,” “You’ll Stay In My Heart,” a tear-jerking Braxe / Falke work that was never properly released; and two completely new tracks that show Braxe at his best.
“My music is simple,” Braxe (né Alain Quême) explains. “The drums are very simple; the production is simple and the construction is basic. And if you respect that, then your music can be timeless.”
• 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.
• Long out of print on vinyl and re-mastered from original masters and includes 7 bonus tracks, with 2 new songs to this edition, including the long sought-after Braxe remix of Britney Spears – “Anticipating"
• Features new artwork paying homage to the original iconic design by Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay.
• All LP formats come with a download card. 2xLP (ltd) is a Rose Pink and Baby Blue vinyl pressing.
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The No Ones are Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen and Frode Strømstad. Consisting of members from R.E.M., The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, and I Was a King, the bi-continental collaborators share their third collection of songs, My Best Evil Friend, paying tribute to the artists that inspire them and populate their turntables. Through their upbeat 60s-style indie sound infused with psychedelic flourishes, The No Ones honor Nick Lowe, Pamela Polland, George Harrison, Jenny Lewis, and Phil Ochs, among others. The group enlisted contributions from friends Debbi Peterson (Bangles), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), and Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) for backing vocals, Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven) on bass, and strings from Marin Stallemo Bakke.
HIGHLIGHTS:
☛ Second album from the supergroup of Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, The Minus 5), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen (I Was a King) and Frode Strømstad (I Was a King).
☛ First Edition LP is pressed on orange and purple vinyl + includes 6 tracks not available on the CD nor digital album.
☛ Features musical contributions from Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Debbi Peterson (Bangles), Norman Black (Teenage Fanclub), Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven) and more.
☛ Songs feature musical tributes to Nick Lowe, Pamela Polland, George Harrison, Phil Ochs, Jenny Lewis and their many other musical heroes.
☛ 2020 record The Great Lost No Ones Album debuted at #9 on the Billboard Alternative New Artist Albums Chart.
☛ Lellie Capwell of LPC Media is US publicist.
☛ Jorg Timp at Starkult Promotion is DE publicist.
☛ Paddy Forwood is UK publicist.
☛ Johan Alm at Fading Trails PR is Nordics publicist.
☛ Planetary Group is radio promoter for AAA and College radio.
LP TRACK LISTING:
(*bonus tracks not included on CD nor digital album)
1. KLIV
2. Set List*
3. 304 Molino Way
4. Blue Cheer Captain
5. Phil Ochs Is Dead
6. One Night at the Fillmore
7. Throwdown in Whispertown
8. Time Sent Lewis
9. Cameo Parkway
10. J.E.D.*
11. Song for George
12. All the Stupid Days*
13. Band with No Head
14. Solo in the End*
15. Kick Out the Dwarf*
16. Slow Down*
17. We Are Your Band
18. The After Party
CD TRACK LISTING:
1. KLIV
2. 304 Molino Way
3. Phil Ochs Is Dead
4. Song for George
5. Blue Cheer Captain
6. Cameo Parkway
7. One Night at the Fillmore
8. Throwdown in Whispertown
9. Time Sent Lewis
10. Band with No Head
11. We Are Your Band
12. The After Party
FIRST EDITION LP:
ARTIST: The No Ones TITLE: My Best Evil Friend
CATALOG NUMBER: LP-YEP-3048C
UPC: 634457107199
PACKAGE: 2xLP Gatefold Jacket w/ Violet and Orange Vinyl BOX LOT: 25 TERRITORY: Worldwide
CD:
ARTIST: The No Ones TITLE: My Best Evil Friend
6 34457 10719 9
CATALOG NUMBER: CD-YEP-3048
UPC: 634457104914 PACKAGE: Digipak
BOX LOT: 25 TERRITORY: Worldwide
6 34457 10491 4
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Originally released in 1979 and long-out-of-print, Nick Lowe’s Labour of Lust album has been remastered to its original glory and now includes both the U.K.-only track “Endless Grey Ribbon” and the U.S.-only track “American Squirm,” along with the bonus B-Side “Basing Street.” Hailed by Trouser Press as “a brilliant piss-taker that pairs sprightly pop and savage lyrical wit” and by Rolling Stone as “...a hookfest full of barbed wit,” the album features Nick Lowe’s worldwide mega-hit “Cruel to Be Kind” amongst other fan-favorites.
HIGHLIGHTS:
☛ Nick Lowe’s 1979 masterpiece finally back-in-print!
☛ Remastered for vinyl.
☛ Features Nick Lowe’s mega-hit “Cruel to Be Kind” amongst other alltime Lowes such as “Without Love” and “Cracking Up.”
☛ Features liner notes from Will Birch, pub-rock historian and author of Cruel to Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe.
☛ Includes the U.K.-only track “Endless Grey Ribbon” and the U.S.only track “American Squirm,” along with the bonus B-Side “Basing Street.”
1. Cruel to Be Kind
2. Cracking Up
3. Big Kick, Plain Scrap
4. American Squirm
5. Born Fighter
6. You Make Me
7. Skin Deep
8. Switchboard Susan
9. Endless Grey Ribbon
10. Without Love
11. Dose of You
12. Love So Fine
13. Basing Street
Grammy Nominated
“These Times are more difficult that ever. I make music for the purpose of providing warmth and companionship in a difficult world.” —Peter Case
Itry to take things I love and use them in a new way,” said triple Grammy-nominated singersongwriter Peter Case of his 16th solo album Doctor Moan. Case brings his considerable songwriting ability to an 11-song collection, largely performed on piano, including his first solo recorded instrumental. Released by Sunset Blvd Records on March 31, Case’s piano-based songs are emotionally, sonically and stylistically rich.
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Have You Ever Been In Trouble?
That Gang Of Mine • Downtown Nowhere’s Blues • Eyes Of Love
Give Me Five Minutes More • Wandering Days
Ancient Sunrise • The Flying Crow
Girl In Love With A Shadow • 4D
Brand New Book Of Rules
RELEASE DATE: 03-31-2023
ARTIST: PETER CASE
TITLE: DOCTOR MOAN
CONFIGURATION: DIGI PAK / SINGLE CD
CAT. #: CD-SBR-7033
UPC: 708535703327
BOX LOT: 45 UNITS
GENRE: FOLK/AMERICANA
• All Tour Dates Supported With Radio Co-sponsorship
• Internet Marketing Plan Inclues Extensive Campaigns on Facebook, Google, Instagram
• First Single “Downtown Nowhere’s Blues” On All DSPs January 24th
• First Single Dropping To Radio February 7th
• Appearing on NPR, Mountain Stage in April, 2023
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• CONTACT: Lori Miller: lori@redeyeworldwide.com
Singer/Songwriter • First Album Of Original Songs in 7 YearsBefore Sesame Street or Yo Gabba Gabba made art for kids that their parents understood on a whole other level, there were Hip Fables. Pop prose originally put to pulp by the pen of Steve Allen circa the ‘50s, which inspired a popular album and even a book titled Hip Fables (Simon & Schuster). The original recording featured Steve Allen on the piano accompanied by King Cool himself, Chicago DJ and Impulse! recording artist Al Jazzbeaux Collins!
In 1983, under the watchful eye of original producer Bob Thiele, Jazzbeaux and Allen were brought together once again. This time joined by ace percussionist Ray Mantilla (here referred to as “Watermelon Face” due to a swollen jaw), and one of the original hipsters, Slim Gaillard, to create an updated bilingual take on the cult favorite. In addition to the latin percussion Mantilla brought to the party, Gaillard shadowed Jazzbeaux to translate the madness into what they ultimately called Spanglish!
The results are four fab fables lling out the sides of an LP that’s suitable for jazz heads, beatniks, or children with strange taste.
Artist: Silm Gaillard, Al Jazzbeaux
Collins, Ray Mantilla & Steve Allen
Title: Steve Allen’s Hip Fables
Violet Vinyl LP
Box lot quantity: 30 LP
File Under: Jazz, Beat, Children’s LP-MH-8265 UPC: 09077-18265-1-0
TRACK LISTING
Little Red Riding Hood (11:06)
The Three Little Pigs (10:17)
Goldilocks And The Three Bears (8:22) Jack And The Beanstalk (13:02)
60’s Minny-beat nuggs of bouncy bliss. Along with their Twin City topping cover of “Sugar & Spice” their Kay Bank studio master tapes featured stellar takes on Beau Brummels, Hollies, Pickett, & Yardbirds tunes, yet the best cuts are the swarm of Grasshoppers originals!
In the mid-to-late ‘60s, The Grasshoppers were kings of the Twin Cities music scene. They had it all — sweat-stained rock ‘n’ roll bona des, radio-ready pop songcraft, and harmonies tighter than a monk’s entertainment budget. They took their act all over the Midwest, from Iowa to Wisconsin to North Dakota, sometimes generating a Beatlemania-like female frenzy along the way.
But for all their regional renown, The Grasshoppers only released one single during their ve-year run, and not a note of their original material. More than ve decades after their breakup, Let It Be That Way rights that wrong, containing not only their lone 45 but 14 unheard tracks, including those original tunes.
INCLUDES:
Artist: The Grasshoppers
Title: Let It Be That Way
CAELIFERA GREEN LP / CD w bonus track
• CUT FROM THE KAY BANK MASTER TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AT COHEARENT AUDIO!
Box lot quantity: 15 LP / 60 CD
File under: Rock
LP BR 177 UPC: 090771017710
SC BR 177 UPC: 090771901729
Sugar And Spice (The Searchers) (2:31)
• Still In Love With You Baby (Beau Brummels) (2:38) Riding In My Car (3:09)
• With This Kiss (2:10)
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• FIRST EVER GRASSHOPPERS (MN) LP, FEATURING THEIR TWIN CITY TOPPIN' 45 PAIRED WITH A LUCKY 13 MORE GLORIOUS NUGGETS!
Words Of Love (1:42)
• Paper Cup Beggar (2:05)
• The Mu n Man (1:45)
• Our Love (2:48)
• Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett) (3:16)
• Look Through
• Watch People (1:49) • Let It Be That Way (2:00) • Mister, You're A Better Man Than I (Yardbirds) (3:23)
Any Window (The Hollies) (1:55)
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Lonely Me (3:00)
• Very Last Day (Peter, Paul and Mary) (2:46)
• Chini Wong* (2:21) *CD only
• ON CAELIFERA GREEN VINYL PRESSED IN THE USA AND STUFFED WITH SOME GREAT JIM ALLEN LINER NOTES!
A track about an African king recorded in the back of a car wash commands $1,600.
At the makeshift Man-Ray Studios in Akron, Ohio, where barrels of soap were rolled away to make room for recording, guitarist Wilbur Niles and his then-girlfriend, Machelle McNeal, recorded "Ja Ja " Niles, a history major, titled it after King Jaja, who rose from slavery to become a wildly successful broker of palm oil in the 19th century
T The humid tranquil track would lead off the pair's first and only album together, 1979's Thrust It begins with an elliptical little electric-piano hook by McNeal, an accomplished musician without much jazz experience, accompanied by wind sounds The effect is of sparkles of sunlight through an otherwise dense sheet of fog
T Thrust exists in that blurry, liminal space between jazz, funk, soul, and R&B; ‘70s-era CTI comes to mind, but the unpolished vibe sloughs off that comparison, too. Even when “Summer Fun” goes for a four-on-the-floor feeling, the mid-fidelity production renders it diaphanous The more strident “Punk Funk” is a nod to Devo, whose road crew ran Man-Ray (“They’re punk; I’m the funk!” Niles explained with a laugh, on the Sounds Visual Radio podcast )
Y You’ll swear you ’ ve heard Thrust sampled somewhere in the hip-hop sphere; pull up “Ja Ja” on YouTube, and you’ll see a comment to that end: “Pete Rock sent me here ” (Google comes up short on that one, but WhoSampled cites the following track, “Summer Fun,” as appearing in Canadian house/electronica producer Daphni’s “Hey Drum” and British techno/house DJ and producer Trus’me’s “At the Disco.”
All in all, its place in the hip-hop and DJ worlds remains to be fully understood. But due to its charm and scarcity, Thrust remains undoubtedly popular among crate-diggers hence the hefty price of an original copy
The album’s ramshackle quality places it less in Kool and the Gang territory than something ripe for reappraisal by the Williamsburg set fitting nicely between one ’ s Arthur Russell, Ata Kak, and Little Beaver LPs And this carries through the rest of Thrust "Hypertension," "Untitled," "Quiet Isle," and "One Slave, One Gun "
- Mo Morgan Enos
● Sundown is the new album from “low-key R&B legend” singer and songwriter Eddie Chacon, out this March on Stones Throw.
● Across the album’s 8 tracks, Eddie collaborated with producer and label mate John Carroll Kirby
● Sundown follows singles “Holy Hell”, “Comes and Goes” & “Step By Step”
Key Selling Points
Artist Eddie Chacon
Title Sundown
Cat # STH2478 (Standard LP)
STH2478-2 (CD)
Label Stones Throw Records
Genre R&B
UPC 659457247812 (Standard LP)
659457247829 (CD)
Format LP, CD
Retail Date March 31, 2023
● Collaborators on the album include John Carroll Kirby, saxophonist Logan Hone
● Eddie recently reemerged in the music scene in 2020 with Pleasure, Joy and Happiness, following his massive success in the ‘90s neo soul duo “Charles & Eddie”
● Artwork by Justin Sloane
● Videos for singles by Sissy Chacon and live perfor mances around Sundown’’s release
● Top tier press campaigns in key territories.
● Press: The Fader, Sterogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Norther n Transmissions, Aquarium Drunkard & more
● Radio: BBC 6 Music, KEXP, KCR W, NTS, Worldwide FM, Byte FM, Kiss FM, J-WAVE & more.
● For fans of Ronald Langestraat, Sam Gendel, & Carlos Niño
Like many debut solo albums from musicians in bands, Jared Mattson’s Peanut didn’t originally come from a need to break away. As a composer for the Mattson 2, Jared Mattson was working up a batch of new songs through the winter of 2019-2020, looking ahead to the next album he and brother Jonathan Mattson, the blitzkrieging drummer, would record. As the pandemic hit stateside, Jared holed up in his home studio and kept developing the new music. And during that process it became increasingly clear to them that this wasn’t shaping up to be the next Mattson 2 album. This was a Mattson 1 album.
Jared had been absorbing the guitar work on records by reggae stalwarts Aswad and Burning Spear, and also the Police’s Andy Summer and the ways he gives songs space. And Jared wanted a prominent bass sound, too, where the guitar itself sometimes settles into the passenger seat so that the bass can drive. Lyrically, the album taps into our rattled world, where anxiety, loss, violence, and regret are sometimes pierced by the promise of love. The time spent working on the album was a profoundly introspective time as he reflected on past relationships while living through and writing during the pandemic, he also never lost sight of this truth about himself: Life is great with music.
One of the album’s standout highlights is “Burn Down Babylon,” which is propelled by the bass’s funk-you-say groove. You don’t often encounter many pop songs with so blunt an opening line as, “I got punched in the face last night by a neo-Nazi,” -- a true experience that was delivered many years ago in a bar brawl in Carlsbad, California. But to hear the music that goes along with this tale manages a vibe that is less melee and more backyard jubilee.
When “Please Come Here,” with an intro that slinks along like a Cadillac on a Sunday morning drive, kicks in, it’s typical of the album’s melodic pop flourishes, but the twist here is that the vocals are in Japanese (The Mattson 2 have toured Japan 20 times and covered many Japanese pop songs on 2018’s Vaults of Eternity: Japan). Ween’s “She Wanted to Leave” is the lone cover, but the way Jared reimagines the song makes it fit seamlessly within the album’s sonic template. The song’s inclusion was also a personal way to honor one of Jared’s best friends, who died from cancer two years ago. The two had always bonded over the song and marveled at its inherent beauty. Ultimately, Mattson’s solo debut unfolds like a string of fascinating clouds: These are not songs in a hurry; they shift around as they float by, and, most notably, they carry their unique kind of electric charge.
• North American publicity by Ramp Global PR
• Radio promotion by Terrorbird
• Sync licensing by Terrorbird
• Debut solo album from guitarist of The Mattson 2
• Music videos for “Please Come Here” and “Burn Down Babylon” in the works
• Pressed on Bone vinyl and includes digital download card
• Spring 2023 touring
JARED MATTSON
PEANUT
CHI17
Street Date: March 31, 2023
File Under: Indie/Psychedelic
LP UPC = 677517301717
CD UPC = 677517301724
box lot = 25
DISTRIBUTION CONTACT
jillw@redeyeworldwide.com
1. Peanut
2. Please Come Here
3. Burn Down Babylon
4. She Wanted To Leave
5. Don’t Run
6. Life Could Be So Much Better
7. Dry
8. Nish Nish Tahee Loosh
9. Exit
RIYL BadBadNotGood Khruangbin Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Toro y Moi
Conan Mockasin
ALSO AVAILABLE
Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 Star Stuff LP
UPC 677517300710
The Mattson 2 Paradise LP UPC 677517301335
The anticipation is there in Elizabeth Stokes’ solo guitar riff under the opening lines of “I’m Not Getting Excited”: a frenetic, driving force daring a packed Auckland Town Hall to do exactly the opposite of what the track title suggests.
As the opener of The Beths’ Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 expands to include the full band, the crowd screeches and bellows. It’s a collective exhalation, in one of the few countries where live music is still possible.
The album title, and film of the same name, deliberately include the date and location, lead guitarist Jonathan Pearce says. “That’s the sensational part of what we actually did.” In a midpandemic world, playing to a heaving, enraptured home crowd feels miraculous.
In March 2020, everything seemed on track for another huge year for The Beths. Home after an 18-month northern hemisphere tour, they had just finished recording sophomore album Jump Rope Gazers and were primed for more extensive touring. But within days, New Zealand’s lockdown split the band between three separate houses. All touring was cancelled.
“It was existentially bad,” Stokes says. As well as worrying about economic survival, they lost something crucial to the band’s identity: live performance. “It’s a huge part of how we see ourselves... What does it mean, if we can’t play live?”
The band found an outlet through live-streaming, returning to the do-it-yourself mentality of their early days to connect with a global audience. The album and film have their genesis in that urge to share the now-rare experience of a live show, as widely as possible.
The fuzzy-round-the-edges live-streams pointed the way aesthetically. Native birds, wonkily crafted by the band from tissue paper and wire, festoon the venue’s cavernous ceiling while house plants soften and disguise the imposing pipes of an organ. The presence of the film crew isn’t disguised: much of the camerawork is handheld; full of fast zooms and pans.
With much of the material still fresh, the band was less focused on re-invention than playing “a good, fast rock show”, Pearce says. The tempo is up on crowd favourites “Whatever” and “Future Me Hates Me” (released as a live single on its third anniversary) as both band and audience feed off the mutual energy in the room.
Certain songs have taken on special resonance post-Covid. Pearce has found “Out Of Sight”, a tender rumination on long-distance relationships, hits particularly hard with live audiences.
Album closer “River Run” visibly brings Stokes to tears as a mix of achievement and relief kicks in. “You can finally relax at that point … You play the last note, breathe out a sigh and look up - and you’re in a giant room full of people happy and smiling.”
HIGHLIGHTS
• North American publicity by Pitch Perfect PR
• College/Non-Commercial radio by Terrorbird
• Sync licensing by Terrorbird
• Full-length concert film available on YouTube
• Features music from Jump Rope Gazers, Future Me Hates Me and Warm Blood
• Double LP comes with digital download
CAK128
Street Date: March 31, 2023
File Under: Alternative/ Indie Rock
LP (Orchid vinyl)
UPC 677517115703
CD UPC 677517015720
DISTRIBUTION CONTACT
jillw@redeyeworldwide.com
TRACKLISTING
1. I‘m Not Getting ExcitedLive
2. Great No One - Live
3. Whatever - Live
4. Mars, the God of War - Live
5. Future Me Hates Me - Live
6. introduction
7. Jump Rope Gazers - Live
8. Uptown Girl - Live
9. bird talk
10. Happy Unhappy - Live
11. Out of Sight - Live
12. thank you
13. Don’t Go Away - Live
14. Little Death - Live
15. Dying to Believe - Live
16. River Run - Live
RIYL
Alvvays
Courtney Barnett
Lucy Dacus
Death Cab For Cutie
Phoebe Bridgers
ALSO AVAILABLE
Expert In A Dying Field LP
UPC 677517016413
Future Me Hates Me LP
UPC 677517112825
Jump Rope Gazers LP
UPC 677517114331
Warm Blood EP UPC 677517012774
This very special installment of Bob Corritore’s “From the Vaults” series features great recordings from spectacular blues women from a wide geographic and stylistic spectrum. Featured vocalists include: hit making Gulf Coast legends Barbara Lynn and Carol Fran; the heavy Chicago Blues of Koko Taylor, well known as the Queen Of The Blues; Phoenix’s soul/blues/gospel diva Francine Reed, who has toured for years in Lyle Lovett’s band; vocal powerhouse Diunna Greenleaf from Houston Texas; the gentle wonderment of Tennessee’s Valerie June, a rising star on the Americana scene who got a start streetbusking at the King Biscuit Blues Festival; Mississippi’s Shy Perry who’s deceptive name and stature deliver a powerhouse Wang Dang Doodle; and Aliya Primer, the daughter of Chicago blues great John Primer, with her very first recording done with great authority at age 17!
1. You’re Gonna Be Sorry (feat. Barbara Lynn)
2.I Just Need A Friend (feat. Carol Fran)
Harmonica Ace/Produceer Bob Corritore has recorded all of these wonderful woman artists with great sensitivity to their stylistic and personal indivuality. Behold a collection of spectacular, female voices, which collectively demonstrate both the undeniable power and empowering vulnerability of the feminine Blues voice.
BOB CORITORE & FRIENDS
WOMEN IN BLUES SHOWCASE
Label: VizzTone/SWMAF
Genre: Blues/Americana
Territory: Worldwide
Compact Disc - Digipak
Cat. # VT-SWMAF-23Street
Date: 3/31/23
UPC: 634457117372
3. Crawdad Hole (feat. Valerie June)
4. What Kind Of Man Is This (feat. Koko Taylor)
5. Wang Dang Doodle (feat. Shy Perry)
6. Be For Me (feat. Diunna Greenleaf)
7. Te Ni Nee Ni Nu (feat. Aliya Primer)
8. I Needs To Be Be’d With (feat. Carol Fran)
9. Don’t Mess With The Messer (feat. Diunna Greenleaf)
10. You Don’t Have To Go (feat. Barbara Lynn)
11. Walkin’ Slipping’ And Slidin’ (feat. Carol Fran)
12. Why Am I Treated So Bad (feat. Francine Reed)
Street Date: March 31, 2023
SIDE A
1. Some Poor Soul
2. Rocket To Nowhere
3. Lazy (And I Know It)
SIDE B
1. Pine Needle Fire
2. Even The Sunlight
3. I’ve Got Faith In You
SIDE C
1. Another Shining Morning
2. Manningtown
3. Built To Last
SIDE D
1. Don’t Get Me Started
2. Never Be Another Day
3. My Lucky Day
Sel. #: NW5463
CONFIG: 2xLP, Black Vinyl
UPC: 607396546312
Box Lot: 20
Genre: R&B, Singer-Songwriter
When singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett began compiling the songs that would eventually make up his 12th and newest studio album, Pine Needle Fire, it wasn’t with any particular musical or lyrical direction in mind. But viewed through the lens of the dozen tracks on the now completed set, it’s apparent there was a theme there all along. A lot of time has passed.
Throughout Pine Needle Fire, Bramblett provides a clear-eyed and engagingly detailed study of lives conservative and crooked, loves resilient and vanished and moments that have passed and are also yet to come. He expresses these stories in a voice that is gruff and resolute, but also sympathetic and flecked with just the right amount of southern charm and whimsy.
With Pine Needle Fire, Bramblett continues to channel his singular voice and unique storytelling approach and experiences into something insightful, tuneful and incredibly soulful. This title is now available on standard black vinyl for the first time.
1. Dolonia
2. Half and Half
3. You'll See My Ghost
4. Won't Go My Way
5. I'm So Happy
6. Going Alone
7. Blend Into Walls
8. What's Wrong
9. Shapeless
10. By the Train
11. Cruel World
“If you’re looking for an album that teleports you into a barren apartment on an overcast day, check out “What’s Wrong” by Elliott Fullam. It is the perfect guide on how to be sad in a sonically pleasing way.”
– Charlotte Jones, IDS, 9/12/22
“Aptly titled “What’s Wrong,” Elliott Fullam’s debut album is the type of music you’d listen to on a casual trip to your local cemetery.”
– Hannah Weaver, THE STUDENT LIFE, 10/27/22
Elliott Fullam is a New Jersey artist who conjures the magic of when loneliness meets hope with his ghostly vocal melodies and gentle guitar tracks that bring a tranquil feeling to the listener. All of Elliott’s songs are recorded in his bedroom at home and mastered by the world-renowned Alan Douches of West West Side Music. His teenage goal was to release his first album by the time he turned 18 and he achieved that goal with the release of his debut album “What’s Wrong” on his 18th birthday of September 2, 2022.
Elliott is also an actor, playing the co-starring role as Jonathan in the film Terrifier 2 which made a big smash at the box office as an uncut and unrated horror film. And as a dedicated music fan, Elliott has interviewed many musicians since the age of 9 including James Hetfield of Metallica, J Mascis, Ice-T, Jay Weinberg of Slipknot and many more. He always held his passion for music in high regard while finding inspiration in his favorites Elliott Smith, Duster, Mazzy Star, Broadcast, Radiohead and Nick Drake. With nothing else in his life plans aside from the pursuit of creating the best music he possibly could while sustaining his promising acting career, Elliott will continue to release music and play shows for as long as he exists on this planet in hopes that he may be a small part of the force for good in this trying world.
Release date: 31st March 2023
“When I got pregnant, I had a lot of energy at first, but later on, my pregnancy was
A1 Seed
A2 Howl
A3 Fawn
A4 Cleave
A5 Peeve
A6 Scale
B1 Meat
B2 Brute
B3 Chaw
B4 Tame
B5 Melt
Format: 1xLP (Transparent Red Vinyl)
Catalog No. HTH170
UPC/EAN 5060845322304
Format: CD
Catalog No. HTH170CD
UPC/EAN 5060845322311
Houndstooth Records
77a Charterhouse Street
London, EC1M 6HJ, UK
fabriclondon.com - +44 207 549 4168
Rob Butterworth - rob@fabriclondon.com
Rob Booth – rob.booth@fabriclondon.com
Redeye worldwide
505 Eno St.
Hillsborough, NC,27278
redeyeworldwide.com
Release date: 2023/03/31
This product features eight full-length tracks from New Zealand-born Londonbased brothers Louis and Ben aka Chaos In The CBD The cuts have been selected from their fabric presents mixed compilation for and alongside their own exclusive ‘Higher Elevation’ with its delicate dreamy keys, fluffy bass and a groovy loop, there are seven other rare house tunes remastered and brought back to life across double vinyl. Black inners with reverse board printed artwork and download card make this double vinyl physical format a collector’s piece.
Highlights:
• Vinyl cut by award winning engineer Matt Colton
• Chaos’ compilation-exclusive 'Higher Elevation’ is cut to A1 and features piano by Lewis Moody.
• The fifteenth 2XLP in the fabric presents series
Tracklist
A1 Chaos In The CBD - Higher Elevation
A2 Ronin - Romantic Yearnings
B1 J.D. Hall - Into You (Johnathan Morning Mix)
B2 Raymond Castoldi - The Jungle
C1 Hanna - You & Me
C2 Miquifaye ft Java iria Ali - Never Let You Go (Cosmic Vision Vocal Pass)
D1 Psychedelic Research Lab - Tarenah (Chill Mix) - 2021 Remaster
D2 Z-Formation - Secret Departure
Format: 2XLP
Catalog No. FABRIC215LP
UPC/EAN: 5060845321864
fabric Records
77a Charterhouse Street
London, EC1M 6HJ
fabriclondon.com - +44 207 549 4168
Rob Butterworth - rob@fabriclondon.com
Kate Malcolm – kate@fabriclondon.com
Redeye worldwide
505 Eno St. Hillsborough, NC,27278
redeyeworldwide.com
Release Date: Marc 31, 2023
One of music’s most innovative artists, Queen of Electronic Music and the Avant-Garde, Róisín Murphy is back with much anticipated new music in collaboration with the legendary producer DJ Koze. Having last collaborated on DJ Koze's critically acclaimed album Knock Knock, the two friends join forces once again. ‘Can’t Replicate’ marks the first new music from Róisín since her critically acclaimed album Róisín Machine, and it’s companion EP Crooked Machine.
Róisín Murphy is a multifaceted singer, songwriter, producer, fashion icon, creative director, podcast host and screen actor, having recently appeared in Netflix’s The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself. Róisín has been covered by The New York Times, Vogue, Pitchfork, The Guardian, W Magazine and many more. She’s toured the globe and played prominent sets at Coachella, Glastonbury and Primavera. With the ‘Can’t Replicate’ 12”, Róisín is ushering in a whole new era. .
Side A
1. Can’t Replicate 12” Edit -
Side B
2. Can’t Replicate 12” Edit (Instrumental)
LP: ZEN290W
UPC: 5054429172997
Box Lot: 20
￫ Limited to 1,000 units
world wide
￫ 12” in white disco sleeve
Genre: Electronic, Art Pop
Key Markets: Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto
Recommended if you like… Robyn, Jessie Ware, Fever Ray, Bat For Lashes, Pantha Du Prince,
￫ Hand stamped center label naretail@ninjatune.net
ninjatune.net
RELEASE DATE:
FORMAT:
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31 March 2023
12” EP SNDW12050
Funk, Jazz, Dub
United States, Canada, Mexico
New Zealand / Australia
JULIEN DYNE, SURPRISE CHEF’S STUCKEY AND MORE SHINE IN JAZZ-FUNK EP
OVERVIEW:
Drawing inspiration from the depths of late 70’s NYC proto-rap disco instrumentals, Nigerian boogie, Jamaican dub and modern jazzy house - The Lahaar is a Trans-Tasman collaboration between Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna and Surprise Chef’s Lachlan Stuckey, featuring Mara TK and Toby Laing on vocals.
The EP embarks on a 5-track rollercoaster - kicking off with “Doin’ It”, fast-paced jazz-funk peppered with marimba and organ riffs, balanced out by the siren vocals of Mara TK.
“Step 2” suddenly brakes and swerves into cruise mode, repurposing the trumpets and dub echoes - picking up tempo in the soulful melancholia of “Work Work Work”. In the last two tracks the organs and guitars make a frenetic comeback by way of disco-house, ending with a nod to 70s cop movie funk.
TRACKLIST:
SIDE A
1. Doin’ It
2. Step 2
SIDE B
1. Work Work Work
2. Super (Kiki)
3. Chase Scene Part 1
FOR FANS OF:
Julien Dyne, Surprise Chef, 30/70, Ezra Collective, Jitwam, Makaya McCraven, Lord Echo, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange
LISTEN LINK:
https://soundcloud.com/ soundway-records/sets/thelahaar-julien-dyne-horatio-lunalachlan-stuckey/s-ktVODNajMX3
SNDW12050
5060571362025
cassette: December 9, 2022 // vinyl:
August 2023
Topshelf Records
TSR258
Home market: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
le under: electronic experimental rock shoegaze slowcore
Info:
• Download Code Yes
• vinyl UPC 18007827892
• CS UPC 634457114562
Export Worldwide
• Box Lot 30 vinyl / 15 CS
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Sport is a split offering from the genre-de ant groups They are Gutting a Body of Water and A Country Western Elements of breakcore, shoegaze, and obtuse slacker rock nd home on An Insult, at times with no bridge at all between the disparate styles In TAGABOW’s “The Brazil”, a stop-on-a-dime is the only thing that separates hazy slowcore and adventurous drum n bass, unambiguous evidence of the band’s penchant for iconoclast composition. A Country Western’s side of the split entertains similar stylistic mashups, opening with the atmospheric jungle of “Lung” before lurching into the alt-rock “Keeping up with the Joneses”, whose fuzzedout lead riff calls back to bygone eras On paper, the combination of styles may read as cacophonous or incompatible, but the end result is instead a measured contrast of sounds, a re ection of the inescapable in uence of our chaotic time and the groups’ environments.
For Fans of: Swirlies, Horse Jumper of Love, Blue Smiley, Spirit of the Beehive, Pinback, Alex G, Machine Girl, Pachinko, Drop Nineteens, Astrobite, and other Topshelf artists: CLIQUE, Crisman, No Joy, Really Big Pinecone, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, Us and Us Only, Weatherday
Selling Points:
• US college radio campaign through Pirate Promotions
• Press campaign handled by Will Osiecki
• Spotify pre-save campaign running through show co
• Support by Stereogum, Audiotree, WXPN, Post-Trash, BrooklynVegan, and more
• Nationwide US tour dates, with Pachinko, booked around release of EP for October and November 2022.
• 40k organic monthly listeners on Spotify, with no editorial or marketing assistance to this point
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Catalog#: CURED024
UPC VINYL LP: 850014131647
UPC CD: 850014131722
UPC DIGITAL: 850014131739
Having been a founding member of one of the most revered power pop bands of all time tends to be a footnote that follows you around Yet Jody Stephens’ contribution to the pop canon goes well beyond his beginnings in Big Star, helping to refine alt-country with Golden Smog and shaping the Ardent Records legacy well into the current era Following the outpouring of love around the documentary, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, Jody reached out to his longtime friend, producer and songwriter Luther Russell to join him for some promotional appearances A comfortability on stage became a kinship in the studio and eventually led to two albums as Those Pretty Wrongs The comfort between the duo is key to what makes Those Pretty Wrongs work Luther and Jody bounce ideas off of one another with the kind of natural symbiosis that all bands shoot to achieve
Heading into their third album, the band found themselves a new haven in the rising California outpost of Cosmic Americana, Roots, and Power Pop: Curation Records Following the reissue of their two previous albums by the label in May, Holiday Camp finds Those Pretty Wrongs crafting a record that’s autumnal, searching for solace, and yet unsettled The title is a nod to both wistful summers at bygone British institutions, the favored gig fodder for their ‘60s heroes, and the more sinister implications of Tommy’s Holiday Camp communal, but with a cost There’s a promise of hope in that turn of phrase, but there’s a slightly dark undercurrent peeking out behind the wallpaper Those cracks break through most prominently on the simmering frustrations of “Scream,” and the disheartened pleas of “Paper Cup ”
Holiday Camp finds more than a few friends turning up to lace songs with their contributions Recorded from their own home studios, string arrangements from Chris Stamey, moog from Wilco’s Patrick Sansone, and glockenspiel from Mitch Easter all bolster the record’s mercurial grace The physical distance does little to dampen the sense of communal ease that holds tight at the album’s core
With shades of home-grown Memphis power pop, nods to Apple Records alums, and an appeal that trickles down to fans of open-hearted pop from Emmit Rhodes to The Elephant 6, Those Pretty Wrongs draw the listener into an environment that’s familiar and fragrant Luther’s arrangements have a timeless temperance that wraps around the listener Jody’s songwriting is as honest as ever It’s a hand reaching out in the darkness, and a shoulder cry on From the sunset serentity of “New September Song,” to the pastoral chamber folk of “Brother, My Brother,” the songs blanket the listener in a bittersweet bliss Jody and Luther’s harmonies have taken on a sublime alchemy Like lost brothers found once more, they weave wonder into the pensive meditations on “This Painted Sky,” and the hopeful send-off of “The Way,” With their full catalog in the steady hands of Curation, the band members find themselves poised to re-examine their past while excited to enter a new era with their most affecting album on the way
Marketing & Selling Points
● New single + Video ‘Paper Cup’ from Those Pretty Wrongs, the duo that feat legendary Jody Stephens from BIG STAR and Luther Russell from The Freewheelers
● J o d y S t e p h e n s w i l l b e p a r t o f t h e B I G S T A R 5 0 t h c e l e b r a t i o n & D o n ' t L i e T o m e T o u r
● Those Pretty Wrongs Double Vinyl Reissue of the duo’s out of print first two albums was released summer of 2022 with to great reviews in Mojo, Shindig! etc
LISTEN TO - Holiday Camp:
https://soundcloud com/user-182728278/sets/those-pretty-wrongs-holiday-camp-wavs-2/s-qQYuVvkUXNB?utm sour ce=clipboard&utm medium=text&utm campaign=social sharing
DOWNLOAD MP3 for HOLIDAY CAMP:
https://drive google com/drive/folders/1rntOKp3RHcMoZ5MbldKRGCCqOIw58fOx?usp=share link
SIDE A
1. Can Chaser
2. Useless
3. On The Ranch
4. Leavin’
5. In The Mornin’
SIDE B
1. Matches
2. Gates Of Hell
3. Does Your Mother Know
4. The Rooster And The Hen
5. Get On With It
Sel. #: NTR2036 LP
Config: Jacket, Opaque Blue Vinyl, Limited to 750
UPC: 607396203611
Box Lot: 20 Count
Genre: Country, Americana
Emily Nenni’s critically acclaimed record, On The Ranch, was widely regarded as one of the best country records of 2023. The record was released on the heels of a nationwide tour that found Nenni touring with the likes of Charlie Crocket, Kelsey Waldon and Teddy and The Rough Riders. This spring, Emily Nenni will be kicking off a headlining tour across the US with a limited edition vinyl release of On The Ranch. Catch her live and pick up a copy of this one time pressing!
#6 Album of the year. - Holler
“Stop what you’re doing and listen to Emily Nenni’s new album On the Ranch. Right now.” - The Tennessean
“ ...On the Ranch looks to country music’s past to help reshape its future.” - Brooklyn Vegan
“On the Ranch is a barnburner.” - No Depression
“... an irresistible vintage-country masterwork.” - Nashville Scene
March 21, 2023 - Manitou Springs, CO - Lulus Downstairs
March 22, 2023 - Denver, CO - The Black Buzzard @ Oskar Blues
March 23, 2023 - Greenley, CO - Moxi Theatre
March 24, 2023 - Salt Lake City, UT - The DLC
March 25, 2023 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
March 28, 2023 - Seattle, WA - Conor Byrne Pub
March 29, 2023 - Portland, OR - Show Bar
March 31, 2023 - Mariposa, CA - The Grove House
April 1, 2023 - San Francisco, CA - Amado’s
April 2, 2023 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
April 4, 2023 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
April 5, 2023 - Costa Mesa, CA - The Wayfarer
April 6, 2023 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets
April 7, 2023 - Tucson, AZ - 191 Toole
April 8, 2023 - Prescott, AZ - The Raven Cafe
remedymusicsweden.com
Debut album
“The best debut album I’ve heard in years”
“Outstanding music from the first note to the very last”
Sweden Rock Magazine (SWE)
Rock United (FIN)
Remedy’s debut album was a massive success in Europe, selling out in just two weeks. The album has also made it to the top ten album chart in Sweden, alongside notable artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, ABBA, and One Direction.
The band, formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 2022 by Rolli Forsman, is a sophisticated modern melodic rock group composed of members from Jimi Jamison, W.E.T, Royal Hunt, Tiamat, and Dynazty. Rolli himself has an impressive background, having been selected by Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen as a guitarist for “We Will Rock You” and serving as a Musical Director and guitarist for various Swedish pop icons and Billboard artists throughout his career.
Band Remedy
Title Something that your eyes won’t see
Website remedymusicsweden.com
Facebook facebook.com/Remedymusicsweden
Format CD
Label S- Rock Music
CD # REMCD-001
Barcode 7320470264669
Distribution redeyeworldwide.com bordermusic.eu
Fireworks Rock&Metal Magazine (UK)
Remedy’s sound is heavily influenced by the 80’s but with a contemporary twist. The band is known for their energetic guitar riffs, powerful vocals, and catchy songs that blend elements of rock, pop, and metal. Their unique sound and exceptional musicianship and songwriting skills are what sets them apart from other bands.
Critics have been raving about Remedy’s album, calling it “album of the year” and praising it for its exceptional quality. The band is quickly gaining international recognition for their work.
“By far the best melodic rock album of the year ”1. Living on the edge 2. I wanna have it all 3. Marilyn 4. Scream in silence 5. Sundays at nine 6. Stranger 7. Thunder in the dark 8. My devil within 9. Sinners and saints 10. Lifeline
This 25-year Anniversary release sounds like it could have been recorded last week in Nashville or fifty years ago in New York. Remastered by Richard Dodd (Tom Petty, Wilco) and remixed by Martin Sexton and Danny Bernini (The Fray, James Blunt) from the original analog 24-track reels The new mix further highlights the nuances and magic of these performances by bringing out the classic b3, grand piano and old Fender amps and guitars through vintage Neumann microphones and captures what RollingStone calls Sexton's "soul-marinated voice " Known as the album that put Sexton on the map with songs like "Diner" and "Glory Bound,” Black Sheep is a critically-acclaimed favorite that continues to garner praise and multiple film and television placements year after year
Genre Singer-Songwriter, Americana, Folk Similar Artists Ray Lamontagne, Brandi Carlile, Ben Harper
Highlights
● Remastered by Richard Dodd (Tom Petty, Wilco) and Remixed Danny Bernini and Martin Sexton from original 24-track analog reels
● Patty Griffin backing vocals
● Pressed on pearl white vinyl
Quotes
● “The real thing, people” Billboard
● “His outstanding taste in songwriting as well as a soul-marinated voice that can easily be compared to the likes of a young Steve Winwood or Van Morrison ” Rolling Stone
● "Master of dynamics, reducing a room to silence with his blustering baritone, then teasing that silence with a fluttering falsetto " –Acoustic Guitar Magazine
● “Mr Sexton as an impassioned performer can bring women and men to tears when they see him live”
Wall Street Journal
● “He jumps beyond standard fare on the strength of his voice, a blue-eyed soul man’s supple instrument," adding that "his unpretentious heartiness helps him focus on every soul singer ’s goal: to amplify the sound of the ordinary heart " –The New York Times
ANNIVERSARY
SIDE 1
1 Black Sheep (4:28)
2 Glory Bound (4:22)
3 Diner (3:02)
4 Freedom of the Road (4:59)
5 Caught in the Rain (4:57)
SIDE 2
6 Love Keep Us Together (3:58)
7 Over My Head (3:35)
8 Gypsy Woman (4:41)
9 Candy (4:58)
10 Can’t Stop Thinking ‘Bout You (6:27)
11 America the Beautiful (1:28) RELEASE
● March 31, 2023 LP and Digital Release
● US and Europe 2023 Touring supporting release martinsexton com
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Digital CD (original version only)
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ARTIST: Dan Tepfer TITLE: Inventions / Reinventions
ITEM #: SSS-49 GENRE: Classical / Jazz
BOX COUNT: 40 PACKAGE: Digipak
EXPORT: N. America Only UPC: 634457127371
RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2023
On his new album Inventions / Reinventions, pianistcomposer Dan Tepfer performs each of Bach’s beloved 15 Two Part Inventions interleaved in chromatic sequence by 9 of his own free improvisations in the “missing” keys to create a new full, and fully transporting 24-key experience, a 55-minute mix of the timeless and the contemporary. 300 years ago in 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach initially composed his Two Part Inventions as keyboard exercises for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. While remaining essential studies for burgeoning musicians, these pieces have also long been cherished by generations of music lovers, and recorded by iconic pianists. Tepfer captured Inventions / Reinventions in nighttime recording sessions that he engineered himself in an intimate salon next door to the Paris apartment where he grew up. His improvisations explore the narrative structure Tepfer divined in Bach’s inventions, where the hero, a musical idea, starts off in the home key, goes through wild harmonic adventures through foreign keys, and finally makes it back home. What Tepfer finds fascinating is that Bach plays out this dense musical narrative in just a couple minutes. Dan’s longer, free improvisations get at what he hears as Bach’s powerful subsurface, the mechanisms at play deep below. Tepfer sees classical and jazz, which most consider to be so different, as two sides of the same coin. Playing Bach alongside his own free improvisations is a meditative journey for him, and he hopes “when people who listen to the album hear music that was composed 300 years ago juxtaposed with music that was just improvised in the 21st century, they feel the kinship between the two.”
Title:
Lesson One
Label: That’s Entertainment / Apollon Records
Genre: Punk Rock, Alternative, Rock N Roll
other bands at the time ‐ John playing rhythm guitar in The Yum Yums, and Arne doing lead vocals and leading The Kwyet Kings. Both had songs which didn’t quite fit in with their main bands, so they decided to join forces and get the songs released. John said he dreamt the band name, and The Bittersweets was born in t he fall that year.
The template for The Bittersweets’ music was pop punk along the lines of Ramones, The Queers, Riverdales and Hard‐ons among others. Tomas Dahl (ex Abusers, The Yum Yums, later Vikings, Wonderfools, Turbonegro and Caddy) joined on drums, Kåre Pedersen (ex‐Kåre and The Cavemen, Abusers, The Kwyet Kings, later Gluecifer, Rejects, Euroboys and Cavebones) on guitar, Bjørn Haukaas (ex T‐Zers and Fuck Ups) on bass and Lars Dehli Johnsrud (later Mensen and The Good Bad And The Zugly) on organ.
The album was recorded over two weekends during spring 1996 at Athletic Sound Studio in Halden, Norway with Kai Andersen as engineer and co‐producer. The recordings were released on CD in the summer of 1996 on That’s Entertainment Records.
Kåre quit right after the recording and was replaced by Mads Husvik (ex The Basement Brats, later The Nuggets) on guitar and the band played two gigs during winter/spring in Osl o and Halden respectively. Bjørn was then replaced by Lars Kristian Gulbrandsen ‐ Zugly (ex Abusers, later Wonderfools and The Good Bad And The Zugly) on bass. The plan was to record a second album, but Arne left for work in Asia and the band faded slowly away.
This reissue is remastered and for the first time on vinyl.
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For fans of The Cosmic Dropouts, The Lust‐o‐Rama, of Ramones, The Queers, Riverdales + + +
TRACKLIST:
1.Love Can't Buy Me
2. Good Looks
3. All Set to Go
4. Out of Here
5. I Surrender
6. Story of Love
7. I'm Gonna Miss the Ramones
8. Hear What I Say
9. Anything From You
10. Love It to Death
11. Colour of Day
12. My Baby is Cool
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The Wonderful Grey Horse
Eppie Morrie
Kilbogie
The Lichtbob’s Lassie Young Airly
Bob Norris
Drimindown
The Convict Maid
The Bonny Moorhen
The Baron o’Brackley
Mary Mild
The Holland Handkerchief
Other Albums from Alasdair Roberts
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No Earthly Man
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Too Long In This Condition
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What News
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The Old Fabled River (w/Völvur)
DC788 LP
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Street Date: March 31, 2023
No Export to Europe/Japan/Australia/NZ; Send Grief to All Elsewhere.
Critically-acclaimed, criminally-overachieving Glasgowbased singer and guitarist Alasdair Roberts is known as a superlative original songwriter as well as an interpreter of traditional songs from Scotland and beyond. For the past twenty years, his recordings have alternated between these two complimentary poles, with ‘pop’ records such as The Amber Gatherers and A Wonder Working Stone nestling in his expansive back catalogue alongside “folk” albums such as No Earthly Man and What News (with Amble Skuse and David McGuinness). Additionally, all of these records possess a further dimension, derived from their collation of songs together into one album-length statement. This is part of Alasdair ’s great achievement in his career for him, this thing of music and song hasn’t come the eons it’s travelled to simply entertain. These impulses fully present and well honed, Alasdair returns to his roots with Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall, his fifth full-length collection of traditional song. Recorded live in the studio, it is an entirely solo collection of twelve traditional ballads and songs sparsely arranged for acoustic guitar, piano and voice. The majority of the songs originate in Alasdair ’s homeland of Scotland, with a couple from Ireland and one from Prince Edward Island on Canada’s eastern seaboard too.
The record takes its title from a line in the final verse of one of its songs, “The Baron o’ Brackley” a ballad of feuding clans and matrimonial betrayal from the north-east of Scotland. Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall: it’s a title which goes some way towards encapsulating many of the record’s themes. Collectively the songs treat of various conflicts and tensions those of gender; of class, status and position; and of geography and tribal belonging and the roles and responsibilities expected at the various intersections of these constructs. That we should never forget!
As with many of Alasdair ’s recordings, Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall contains ballads aplenty: tragic (“Bob Norris”), supernatural (“The Holland Handkerchief”) and dramatic (“Eppie Morrie”). There are love songs (“The Lichtbob’s Lassie”) and anti-love songs (“Kilbogie”). There are rare, seldom-heard pieces (“Young Airly”) and much more well-known ones (“Mary Mild,” a version of “The Queen’s Four Maries”). Woven through all of this a thread of levity, perhaps is a triptych of zoological allegories a panegyric to a mystical steed (“The Wonderful Grey Horse”), a lament for a lost cow (“Drimindown”) and a paean to a regal waterbird (“The Bonny Moorhen”), which serves to highlight the intersection of the mythic, the eternal and the mundane at which we all find ourselves in every day of our life on Earth.
Grief In the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall was masterfully recorded by Sam Smith at Green Door Studios, Glasgow over an economical two days, and mixed in one day. Its brevity on all levels is an aspect of its expression. Alasdair ’s renowned acoustic fingerstyle guitar is understated yet questing, ever in service to the needs of the song, underpinning his soulful tenor voice. Three songs eschew his habitual acoustic guitar in favour of simple piano arrangements. The spare setting and Alasdair ’s deeply committed performance gently reminds of the meanings and melodies of these old songs, chosen instinctively and with care, for all to hear and sing in 2023, and the world beyond that is ever coming.
Track Listing
Nearly five years on from their last transmission, Ulrika Spacek resurface from self-imposed exile with their third album, a collection of songs that function as a chance treatise of sorts for our current collective condition.
In its first phase of life, Compact Trauma documented a band striving to perfect an idea while the universe around them seemed to want to shut down. And then, at an impasse and with a record halfway complete, it suddenly did. If they were a band in need of the breaks applying, it was the force of a global pandemic that made it happen. As the world stood still, Compact Trauma was filed away, unfinished and unheard by the wider world, possibly to remain that way forever
As the shutters came back up, they found themselves drawn back towards Compact Trauma. They rediscovered a record that seemed to preempt the shared grief of a global pandemic, addressing existential freak out, displacement, substance reliance and self-doubt.
The fear and panic is palpable. Take ‘The Sheer Drop’: a wire-taut exercise in tension-and-release rendered in three parts, a whimsical synth opening giving way to chiming guitars before a nailbiting coda sets its controls for the heart of the sun or the end of the world, whichever comes first. The title track, addressing itself or some unknown assailant, demands they “take your hands and your head off the table”, spiralling around a breathless riff fuelled by infectious anxious energy, before shifting to a lullaby-like finale, concluding with the ominous thought, “compact trauma? Or full blown disaster? I'll be back in an hour (Or so i think)”. It’s a fitting encapsulation of a highly complex record. They could have left it alone, but in coming back to what they knew, Ulrika Spacek found their best work yet.
The Founding member of the rock group, Superdrag - John Davis released two solo records along with multiple records with his bands The Lees of Memory and The Rectangle Shades. Goldstar Recordings has had the pleasure of working with John on several “The Lees of Memory” records as well as the re-release of this gospel flavored soulful debut solo album for the first time on vinyl. John’s prolific career and incredible songwriting prowess truly bring some spark to the Goldstar catalog.
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songwriter-inventor THOMAS TRUAX joins forces with ex -Slits/Banshees drummer BUDGIE to produce a gemstone of art-rock, post-punk and surreal Americana. Thomas Truax is (pronounced troo -aks) an imaginative American singer / songwriter and inventor who has been touring and releasing records for 2 decades, usually performing solo with his own ‘band’ of self-made (sometimes mechanical) instruments. His music evades easy pigeonholing as his songs flit between art rock, post-punk, and a distinctive brand of surreal Americana. UNCUT Magazine wrote: "Truax is shaping up nicely as one of the great rock eccentrics. ”. Mother Superior is the third in a series of motorized mechanical drum machines built by Thomas. She’s made primarily from recycled parts including bicycle wheels, hubcaps, spoons, a horn, and other percussive bits. She is widely celebrated for her ability to play steadily and make quite a din. Allusions to dreams are woven throughout Dream Catching Songs, whether they be literal night dreams, aspirations, fantasies or broken dreams. It was while they were both performing at a festival event that Thomas and Budgie had a chance to get properly acquainted. Thomas: “We had a great conversation over dinner. I’d been a fan of his work since my teenage days in Denver but he didn ’t know mine. My performance was scheduled for later and he said he’d watch it. I warned him that sometimes human drummers take offense to Mother Superior, seeing that something so mechanical could, in a way, threaten to take their place. ” “But when I finished my set I went backstage and there was Budgie, waiting in the wings, very enthusiastic about my set. He was even holding a flower for Mother Superior, and said he was in love with her.” From the gentle allure of the opening title song through its final sweeping orchestrated mini-movie of a track, Dream Catching Songs is an inspired and powerful entry in Thomas ’s catalog of recorded work, and a shining example of Budgie at his dynamic best.
1. Dream Catching Song
2. Everything ’s Going To Be All Right 3. Birds & Bees
4.The Anomalous Now 5. Free Floaters 6. A Wonderful Kind Of Strange 7.Origami Spy Arrives In Paper Boat 8. A Little More Time 9. Big Bright Marble 10. The Fisherman’s Wishing Well Prayer
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1. Submerge FM
2. For Granted
3. Fever
4. Passed Me By
5. With A Hammer
6. I’ll Remember For Me, I’ll Remember For You
7. Done (Let’s Get It)
8. Ready or Not (feat. K Wata)
9. Michin (feat. Enayet)
10. Away x5
11. Happy (feat. Nourished by Time)
12. 1 Thing To Smash (feat. Loraine James)
13. Be Alone In This
STREET DATE: April 7th, 2023
Yaeji is a NYC-via-Seoul producer, DJ, and vocalist, whose introspective, dancefloor-ready tracks have made her a global icon occupying a space all her own. After breaking out with her 2017 debut EPs that featured singles “Raingurl” and “Drink I’m Sippin On,” the multifaceted artist featured on Charli XCX’s 2019 album Charli, has gone onto produce remixes for Dua Lipa, and Robyn, collaborate with the beloved Seoul-based polymath OHHYUK, sell out two headlining worldwide tours, and launch her bespoke lifestyle webstore JI-MART. Born in Flushing, Queens in 1993, she has roots in Seoul, Tokyo, Atlanta, and New York City, all serving as the backdrop for her singular, hybridsound that synthesizes influences of Korean indie rock and electronica, late ‘90s and early 2000s hip hop and R&B, and leftfield bass and techno. With her critically-acclaimed 2020 mixtape WHAT WE DREW 우리가
그려왔던 she sharpened her vision as a musician who is creatively unbounded by language and geography, leading to partnerships with PACMAN and Heaven by Marc Jacobs. Named by Pitchfork as one of the “25 Artists Shaping the Future of Music” in 2022, she’s also graced the cover of Crack, The FADER, MixMag, and Burdock, among others, and has been featured in programming at the V&A Museum, Serpentine Gallery, and MoMA PS1. Her highly anticipated debut album, With A Hammer, arriving April 7, 2023 via XL Recordings, sees Yaeji excavating her inner world with full force, resulting in her most thrilling and personal work yet.
“Yaeji is redefining house music for a multicultural generation” - GQ
“Yaeji’s music has always been about communion and friendship, portals into other possible time lines around the globe.” — The New Yorker
“It’s exactly her intuitive ability to move between languages, and genres — house, hip-hop, pop — that makes When We Drew feel like the next logical step for pop’s best and most interesting impulses.” — Uproxx
In the past few years, 25-year-old Sabrina Teitelbaum has transformed into a songwriter without fear. The loud-quiet excavations that comprise her hook-filled self-titled debut as Blondshell don’t only stare traumas in the eye—they tear them at the root and shake them, bringing precise detail to colossal feelings. They’re clear-eyed statements of and about digging your way toward confidence, self-possession, and relief.
Sabrina shed her previous, pop-leaning project and the process emboldened her. Subtracting self-consciousness became a catalyst for the lucid songs of Blondshell, on which her experiences all coalesce to form her truest expressions of self yet. “It was me, as a person, in my songs,” she says. When she showed a few to producer Yves Rothman (Yves Tumor, Girlpool, Porches), he encouraged her to write an album, joining a chorus of friends saying, “This is you.”
Powered by brilliant, crystalline melodies, Teitelbaum’s eloquent writing takes root in the concrete: every line is literal, a keyhole to a bigger truth. “I think you watched way too much HBO growing up,” goes “Joiner,” a blunt address of formative damage. Blondshell is about learning and unlearning, about untangling the ways we’re taught to accept bad behavior, about peeling the layers back. These intelligent songs often contain the epiphanies of therapy sessions more than pop sessions, even when the hooks are simply a blast.
Blondshell is a Spotify Fresh Finds artist (featured on Times Square billboard), an Amazon 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch, one of Zane Lowe’s 23 Artists to Watch in ’23, and part of YouTube’s Independent Release program
500K monthly listeners on Spotify with over 6 million track streams Press support includes Rolling Stone (“Artist You Need to Know”), Pitchfork, New York Times, Stereogum, NME (“the alt-rock hero that the future deserves”), FADER, SPIN, Flood, Consequence, LA Weekly, Gorilla Vs Bear
US support tours with Suki Waterhouse and Porridge Radio
US headline tour scheduled for Summer 2023
Triple A/Non-Comm, Alt Specialty, and College radio campaign is already underway. Early support from SiriusXM Alt Nation, WXPN, KCSN, WNXP, WUNC, WCNR, Radio Milwaukee
Album campaign, including 3 official music videos, will focus on shortform video content, prioritizing Instagram (20K followers) and TikTok, where several videos have already gone viral (over 200K views/video)
Limited edition patch for indies while supplies last!
Even the notorious music business curmudgeon Bob Lefsetz is a fan!
Blondshell
Blondshell
April 7th 2023
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RELEASE DATE: APRIL 7, 2023
LABEL: LUAKA BOP
FORMAT: LP
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You won’t hear Vijaya Anand sing on this record. Nor will you hear him play any of the instruments. He is the invisible presence behind each of these songs. He’s the Musical Director, here to dream up sequences and carefully produce sophisticated South Indian pop perfection.
Anand was part of the first wave to use electronic instruments in Indian film scores. Almost all sung in glorious Telugu. Thirty years after its original release, Asia Classics 1: The South Indian Film Music of Vijaya Anand - Dance Raja Dance is available on vinyl for the first time.
Release Date: April 7, 2023
Label: Luaka Bop
Format: LP
Catalog Number: LP-LBOP-0015
It’s been thirty years since we originally released this retrospective from the Okinawan icon Shoukichi Kina. There’s a lot we could say about the legendary Kina and his influence on popular Japanese music but we’ll let Ry Cooder, who’s featured on most of the songs here, take it away:
“I first met Shoukichi Kina in 1979. David Lindley and I were on tour in Japan, and were getting well worn out. Kina and a translator met up with us in Osaka and we all sat down in the lobby of this giant tourist hotel, which Kina hated. He just sat there, staring straight ahead, saying nothing for an hour.
One year later, a round-trip plane ticket to Hawaii came in the mail, with a note that read: “ALA MOANA HOTEL, COMMERCIAL RECORDING STUDIO, PLEASE. KINA.”
Kina had a habit of throwing himself down onto the floor and kicking his feet when he liked a playback. I remember thinking, this beats “one more for us, guys!” When Kina’s wife, Tomoko, put down the vocal on “Flowers For You Heart,” he lay down and stayed down, making the engineer play it back over and over until he had wrung himself out—a real playback party, Okinawan style. Right about then you know you’re ready to start recording for real, but it never works out that way. You squeeze off one or two, say adios, and go to the house. Then later, maybe four people discover your little contribution, and then someone wants to reissue the album and there you go.”
- Ry Cooder, 1993
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / INDIE / ROCK
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Ever since their emergence in early 2016 HMLTD, avid advocates of the Gesamtkunstwerk, have always striven to give audiences more. On their wildly ambitious second album, they are realising these aims on a truly epic scale.
Created over the course of two years with a cast of 47 musicians – including a gospel choir and a 16-piece string orchestra – The Worm is less a concept album than a fully-fledged musical universe, transcending genre and medium. Set in a disorienting anachronistic version of Medieval England – as steeped in dystopian sci-fi fantasy as it is folklore and Old English mythology – it’s part political polemic, part deeply moving psychological journey.
Though always admired for their defiantly genre-agnostic approach, The Worm sees HMLTD pushing sonic experimentation to a whole new level, from dissonant free jazz riffing to vintage soul and English folk fusions to rock opera. Major musical touchpoints included Stravinsky’s ‘Rite Of Spring’, Pink Floyd and Nina Simone’s rendition of ‘Sinnerman’ and references for the world of The Worm included 14th century texts The Canterbury Tales and The Decameron, Aleksey German’s 2013 sci-fi film Hard To Be A God, Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev and the hopeful narrative arc of 90s mecha anime series ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’.
“Thrilling and unsettling.” - THE GUARDIAN
“Rich with avant-garde flair and provocateur spirit” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT
“one of few bands with a serious claim to artistic vision and sonic uniqueness” – PASTE
“Extravagant and ridiculous” – UNCUT
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Producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist AngelMarcloid records musicunderthemoniker Fire-Toolz.ThoughMarcloid’soutputemerges inalitanyofdistinctaliasesandprojects—fromthejazzfusion/new ageof NonlocalForecast tothevaporousnostalgiaof MindSpring Memories —the Fire-Toolz catalogremainsthecentralfocusofthe prolificartist’smusicaluniverseandahomeforMarcloid’smost ambitiousandcombinatorywork. IamupsetbecauseIseesomethingthat isnotthere.,thefifth Fire-Toolz albumtojointheHausuMountain catalogsince2017,follows2021’ssprawlingdouble-album Eternal Home and2022’sself-releasedEP Iwillnotusethebody’seyestoday. I amupset offerslistenersaprismaticcross-sectionofjuxtaposedgenres andcompositionalcontortionstoexplore,maintaining Fire-Toolz’s signaturedensityandcomplexitywhiletighteningthescopeof Marcloid’sexperimentationintotheproject’smostfocusedsongcycleto date.Perhapsmorethananyprevious Fire-Toolz album, Iamupset presentssomeformofpopmusic,carriedinMarcloid’spassagesof cleanvocals,inthebrightsynthandkeyboardtonesthatanimateits tracks,intheyearningsaxophonelinesthatpourintoviewandwhiskthe narrativeontoanewpath.Theformatofaone-person“band”carries adifferentweightinalandscapeofsoloartistscraftingabstract modernistproductionsthatdon’talludeintheslightesttovarious twentieth-centuryrock-relatedtraditions. Fire-Toolz existsonbothsides ofthisdivide.
Artist: Fire-Toolz
Label: HausuMountain
Album: IamupsetbecauseIseesomethingthatisnotthere.
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“Intermsofasound,IthinkAngelhasstumbledupon somethingspecialhere.Herclassic,raspy,ghoulish,black metalstylevocalsbringaseriouskicktotheglossyand idyllicbedsofsynthsthatpaintalotofthesecuts.Ina wayitsortofillustratesjusthowmuchcommonground blackmetal,vaporware,andNewAgemusicactually havebecausethereissomethingsimilarlyatmospheric, cold,isolating,andsingularaboutthesoundthesegenres traditionallycreate.” - TheNeedleDrop
“ThemusicofFire-Toolzhasalwaysshuckedconventions ofgenre,shiftingfluidlybetweenatmosphericsound design,progressivemetalcore,andsmoothjazzina matterofminutes.”- BandcampDaily
“EternalHomemakes,say,hyper-popfeelquaint,treating experimentalsoundsnotasafashionstatement,butasa governingprinciple.Ifyouhaveyettowanderintothe topsy-turvyworldofFire-Toolz,there’snotimelikethe present.”- PasteMagazine (#46albumof2022)
Themusicof Fire-Toolz drawsenergyonamoment-to-momentbasis fromtheconstantfluctuationbetweenseeminglydisparatestyles,yet Marcloidpullsofftheimpossiblefeatagainandagainofmaking chaoticdeviationsandimprobablejump-cutsbetweenideassound holistic,asifsuchcompositionalgambitswerealreadylogicaltobegin with.Burstsofharshtexturalnoisecutintodriftsofnewagesynthbliss, whileminiaturescreamoversesbookendpassagesofhyper-technical jazzfusion.Thedance-adjacentbranchoftheproject’ssoundexpands on Iamupset intomoreadvancedexperimentswithbreakbeats,which collidewithdeathmetal-inspireddrumprogrammingintocybernetic spikesofintensity.Whileideaspluckedfrom Fire-Toolz’sbottomless musicalarsenalflybyatarapidclip,onevocabularyemergesasa typeofhomebasetowhichMarcloidfrequentlyreturns:progand80s arenarock,withitsglisteningkeyboardsandeffects-drenchedsax andguitarsolos—atouchstonefortheartistsinceearlychildhood. Songselasticallystretchineverydirectionfromthefoundationof progressiverock,asifflashingbacktoMarcloidplayingalongonthe drumsto Rush and DreamTheater asachild,jumpingaheadtothe pitatanu-metalormathcoreshow,andpushingforwardtoquiet eveningsyearslaterlisteningto ECMrecords whilelookingoutona freshlycutlawn.Theoverarchingrhythmofa Fire-Toolz songlaysout asinewaveofinhalationsandexhalations,anetworkofsudden detonationsthatpunctuatetheflowbetweenmeditationand progressivemaximalism.
Though Fire-Toolz weavestogetherfar-flungelementsofMarcloid’s musicalupbringing,theprojectneverengagesinoutrightnostalgia. Thesedistinctvocabulariesarenotrelicsofthepastdustedoffand presentedasnovelties.They’relivingtraditionsthattheartistworks withinthepresenttense.Somemomentsof Iamupset paintamental pictureoffiveMarcloidsbehindrockinstrumentsonstage,hammering outknottyprogriffsorswayingalongtopromnightballads,while otherpassagesbarelyhintathumanpresenceatall,asifMarcloid hasevaporatedintoadisembodiedmistthathangsoverthetrack. Insteadoftryingtoteaseoutthetensionbetweenheart-on-sleeve pop/rocksongwriting,electro-industrialbeatcraft,andexperimentsin puretexture,Marcloidtriestogetustoseethroughthedelusionthat thesethingsareanydifferentinthegrandscheme.Theyallexistwithin Fire-Toolz,nottuckedawayinneatlittleseparatecompartments,but floatingtogether,melteddownandformedintoaperfectspherethat hangsoverthehorizon.
SIDE C
11. “Spacefighters” – MonoNeon
12. “Crystalline Climbers” – Cardioid & pink paint
13. “Me and The Moon” – Devon Gilfillian
14. “Endless Sea” – Red Fang
15. “Ghost Of The Nautiloid” – Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band
SIDE D
16. “Forgotten Land” – Deru & Arooj Aftab
17. “Topolah’s Song” – Wizard of Waz
18. “chaotic.evil.astral.elf” – Califone
19. “The Door To Endlessness” – Shabazz Palaces
• Deluxe double LP housed in a triple gatefold foil stamped LP jacket with printed inner sleeves and 12x24 poster.
• Indie Exclusive “Maroon & Purple Galaxy Vinyl” Edition Limited to 900 copies.
BARDS.
For nearly five decades, Dungeons & Dragons has inspired generations of creative people to make movies, novels and, yes, music. Now that relationship is even more distinct with the release today of an album of music created by cutting-edge bands and musical acts all inspired by Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. The far-out storytelling in the world’s greatest roleplaying game’s latest offering is fertile ground for composing some of the most original songs you’ll hear this year from bands like Magic Sword, Shabazz Palaces and OSEES
Spelljams features a double LP’s worth of tracks from artists all produced by Chris Funk, guitarist from The Decemberists who plays D&D with many folks in the music scene in Portland, OR. Chris Perkins, story architect at D&D and lead designer of Spelljammer, worked with Funk to recruit artists to bring the Flash Gordon-esque soundtrack to life.
Quote from Perkins: “You know what they like on the Rock of Bral? Rock music! The brilliant Chris Funk has assembled a motley crew of bards to create Spelljams—music inspired by our newest Spelljammer adventure, Light of Xaryxis. I encourage Dungeon Masters use Spelljams as background music during their D&D game sessions or listen to it while dreaming up future hijinks. Everyone else: enjoy the music of Wildspace!”
Quote from Funk: “Helping facilitate bringing this world to life through music and the amazing artists' visions that were selected was an honor of a lifetime. I am of the opinion when people think of Dungeons & Dragons that there a preconceived underscore of what these worlds might sound like. With this bold return to Spelljammer we were excited to push the boundaries “deep into Wildspace,” working with artists from diverse musical backgrounds that could challenge what music in the multiverse of the world’s greatest roleplaying game might sound like. Each artist was given a character or plot prompt from the storyline, then challenged to write an original composition based on Light of Xaryxis. We hope you enjoy the result!”
SIDE A
1. Hope
2. What Else
3. Ignore Everything
4. Tom Kelly
5. Easier
6. Like a Bird
SIDE B
7. One More Time Won't Kill You
8. I Fucking Hate You
9. Rain
10. Bleed It Out
11. Breathe (bonus track)
12. Camouflage (bonus track)
• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL AUDIO SOURCES
• LP & CD INCLUDE 2 BONUS SONGS
• PRINTED INNER SLEEVE WITH PHOTOS AND CREDITS
• LIMITED EDITION LIME VINYL PRESSING
• AVAILABLE ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME
Shamir's art is a synthesis of the full spectrum of human emotion; sensual, furious, yearning, joyful. The freedom in his self produced and released Hope, although tethered through style to greats (like Miss Nina Simone, Prince, and Taylor Swift) is based almost entirely in a hyper specific, fully autonomous, embodied expression of personhood. Originally––and somewhat begrudgingly––released via SoundCloud in 2017, Hope was received with the sort of enthusiasm that marks this work as a truly iconic, world building project that only Shamir could have constructed. The original vinyl pressing was quick to sellout, and now, via the venerated label Kill Rock Stars and following its 5 year anniversary, Hope finds itself remastered on color vinyl, in a gatefold jacket and featuring two never-before-heard bonus tracks; marking a maturation all the way from Shamir's bedroom 4-track to platforms available worldwide.
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Artist: Model Citizens
Title: NYC 1978 - 1979
Red Vinyl with Insert / CD w bonus tracks
Box lot quantity: 30 LP / 60 CD
File Under: Post Punk
LP-MH-8266 UPC: 090771826619
CD-MH-286 UPC: 090771826626
The John Cale produced '79 Model Citizens EP is nally available again, and with it comes unheard live recordings from Hurrah, Max's, and CBGB! "Model Citizens, attacking their instruments with poetic yet strangely ironic frenzy, re ect the frightened, scattered, painful (yet edge-of-ecstatic) world of the moment." (NY Rocker) This short lived vanguard out t now gets its due on red vinyl, with an insert featuring liner notes from Tim Page.
Model Citizens was conceived as a collective art project not only to make rock music but to be about rock music as well.
The music was dissonant, aggressive and succinct. A song might start with a standard boogie-woogie ri only to be drowned immediately in a chaos of percussive rat-tat-tats, carnival organ, electric violin, mallet instruments, and anxious stabs to the guts of the guitars. There were no solos, no jam sessions and, while there was hard lyricism aplenty in Model Citizens songs, you had to seek it out, as you did in the city itself.
More than 40 years later, you hold its legacy in your hands. Put it on and turn it up.
- Tim Page (abridged from his liner notes)
• THEIR 1979 JOHN CALE PRODUCED EP IS JOINED BY UNHEARD LIVE TRACKS FROM MAX’S & HURRAH!
• LP CUT BY KEVIN GRAY AND PRESSED ON RED VINYL!
• CD CONTAINS 4 ADDIONAL LIVE RECORDINGS, 4 CUTS FROM CBGB!
THIS SHORT LIVED VANGUARD OUTFIT FINALLY GETS ITS DUE AS MORE THAN THE BAND THAT SPAWNED THE DANCE , THE DOTS, POLYROCK , 2YOUS, & TOMEK!
Shift The Blame 1:54
Animal Instincts 2:19
I Am Honest 2:03
You Are What You Wear 4:53
My TV Is On (Hurrah 1979) 2:46
Foreign Tongue (Hurrah 1979) 3:09
Even You Can Be Somebody (Max’s 1979) 2:23
You Are What You Wear (Max’s 1978) 4:25
I Am Honest - Tschinkel (Max’s 1979) 2:50
Do Like It Matters (Hurrah 1979) 2:04
Animal Instincts (Hurrah 1979) 2:43
Shift The Blame (Hurrah 1979) 2:21
Do Like It Matters (CBGB 1979)* 5:38
Real Time (CBGB 1979)* 3:59
Who Do You Think You Are (CBGB 1979)* 3:41
I Really Like You (CBGB 1979)* 5:41
*CD Only
On The Beths’ new album Expert In A Dying Field, Elizabeth Stokes’ songwriting positions her somewhere between being a novelist and a documentarian. The songs collected here are autobiographical, but they’re also character sketches of relationships -- platonic, familial, romantic -- and more importantly, their aftermaths. The shapes and ghosts left in absences. The question that hangs in the air: what do you do with how intimately versed you’ve become in a person, once they’re gone from your life?
The third LP from the New Zealand quartet houses 12 jewels of tight, guitar-heavy songs that worm their way into your head, an incandescent collision of power-pop and skuzz. With Expert, The Beths wanted to make an album meant to be experienced live, for both the listeners and themselves. They wanted it to be fun in spite of the prickling anxiety throughout the lyrics, the fear of change and struggle to cope.
Most of Expert was recorded at guitarist Jonathan Pearce’s studio on Karangahape Road in Ta–maki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) toward the end of 2021, until they were interrupted by a four-month national lockdown. They traded notes remotely for months, songwriting from afar and fleshing out the arrangements alone. The following February The Beths left the country to tour across the US, and simultaneously finish mixing the album on the road, culminating in a chaotic three-day studio mad-dash in Los Angeles. There, Expert finally became the record they were hearing in their heads.
The album’s title track “Expert In A Dying Field” introduces the thesis for the record: “How does it feel to be an expert in a dying field? How do you know it’s over when you can’t let go?” Stokes asks. “Love is learned over time ‘til you’re an expert in a dying field.” The rest is a capsule of The Beths’ most electrifying and exciting output, a sonic spectrum: “Silence is Golden,” with its propulsive drum line and stop-start staccato of a guitar line winding up and down, is one of the band’s sharpest and most driving. “Knees Deep” was written last minute, but yields one of the best guitar lines on Expert
Stokes strings it all together through her singular songwriting lens, earnest and selfeffacing, zeroing in on the granules of doubt and how they snowball. Did I do the wrong thing? Or did you? That insecurity and thoughtfulness, translated into universality and understanding, has been the guiding light of The Beths’ output since 2016. In the face of pain, there’s no dwelling on internal anguish -- instead, through The Beths’ music, our shortcomings are met with acceptance. And Expert In A Dying Field is the most tactile that tenderness has been.
• North American publicity by Pitch Perfect
• College/Non-Commercial and Commercial Specialty radio by Terrorbird, Commercial Alternative radio by Uncle Promo
• Digital Marketing by Blackstar
• Sync licensing by Terrorbird
• Pressed on Bone vinyl and includes digital download card
• Third studio album following two award-winning albums Future Me Hates Me and Jump Rope Gazers and their live album/film Auckland, New Zealand, 2020
• Music videos for “Silence Is Golden,” “Expert In A Dying Field,” and “Knees Deep” available now
• Extensive touring in 2023
CAK164
Street Date: April 7, 2022
File Under: Alternative/ Indie Rock
LP (bone vinyl) UPC 677517116427
CD UPC 677517016420
CS UPC 677517116403
Distribution Contact jillw@redeyeworldwide.com
1. Expert In A Dying Field
2. Knees Deep
3. Silence Is Golden
4. Your Side
5. I Want To Listen
6. Head In The Clouds
7. Best Left
8. Change In The Weather
9. When You Know You Know
10. A Passing Rain
11. I Told You That I Was Afraid
12. 2am
RIYL
Alvvays
Courtney Barnett
Lucy Dacus
Death Cab For Cutie
Phoebe Bridgers
Future Me Hates Me LP UPC 677517112825
Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 LP UPC 677517115703
Jump Rope Gazers LP UPC 677517114331
Warm Blood EP UPC 677517012774
Following a collection of self-released internet mixtapes and albums as Saint Pepsi that garnered a cult internet following amongst the vaporwave community, Ryan DeRobertis signed to Carpark Records and changed the project’s name to Skylar Spence, cementing the legitimacy of his young recording career. For his Carpark Records debut in August 2014, Skylar Spence took a step away from the more genre-shuffling styles of his Internet releases to focus his skills on high-power pop. The title track of the “Fiona Coyne” 7-inch is an uplifting tribute to fantastical romance and the joyous dreams pop culture can provide. Mastermind Ryan DeRobertis lays down a funky guitar riff and bass line of Chic-quality to tease our senses before tickling us silly with the chorus’ ecstatic horns. “My love’s on the silver screen/ she’s always playing make believe,” sings the then 21-year-old songwriter, playing a bit of make-believe himself. The song, named after a certain graduate of Degrassi Community School, acts out the fantasy of dating a TV star and plays with the idea that music can be something of a catalyst for romance.
The b-side, “Fall Harder,” is a lovelorn hit about a somewhat unattainable beauty. “You’ve got me under your spell/ and baby, I couldn’t fall harder,” DeRobertis sings over an Orange Juice-worthy riff and electronic subtleties like the sound of a Galaga battle. For this 7-inch, DeRobertis wrote danceable love songs with a nostalgic aesthetic to the production “because I think nostalgia is inherently narcissistic and I’m currently very into the idea of exploring the connection between nostalgia and narcissism,” he says.
These two singles would later appear on his debut album, Prom King, which was met with widespread critical acclaim. The buzz led to international touring, transforming Skylar Spence from a home-recording project to a four-piece live band, sharing stages with Madeon, The Knocks, and several festival appearances. Long out-of-print, “Fiona Coyne/Fall Harder” is available again on Baby Blue vinyl on April 7th, 2023.
BULLET POINTS
• Available on vinyl for the first time since 2014
• Repressed on colored vinyl for the first time
• Pressed on Baby Blue vinyl and includes digital download card
SKYLAR SPENCE FIONA COYNE/FALL HARDER
CAK99
Street Date: April 7, 2023
File Under: Indie / Dance
SI (Baby Blue vinyl) 677517009910
DISTRIBUTION CONTACT jillw@redeyeworldwide.com
TRACKLISTING
1. Fiona Coyne
2. Fall Harder
RIYL
The Avalanches Daft Punk George Clanton Neon Indian
• If There Was Ever a Movie That HAD to Have a Good Soundtrack, It Was 2008’s Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
• The Title Alone Meant That Taste in Music Played a Big Part in the Film
• But the Plot Involved Desperately Trying to Locate a “Secret Gig” Featuring Mythical Indie Rock Legend “Where’s Fluffy?”
• Which Meant That the Soundtrack Not Only Had to Be Good, It Had to Be Hip
• Fortunately, the Movie Really Delivered, Featuring Such Indie Rock Stalwarts as Vampire Weekend, Devendra Banhart, We Are Scientists, Band of Horses, and Richard Hawley
• Plus, Some Surprises Like Chris Bell of Big Star
• And a Score Contribution from Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO
• All in All, a Legit Snapshot of the (Mostly) NYC Indie Scene Circa 2008
• Never Before Reissued on Vinyl and Original Copies Go for Triple Figures
• 2-LP Set
• 15th Anniversary Release
• Gatefold Jacket Featuring Stills from the Film with School Scrapbook Graphics
• Yellow Vinyl Pressing to Match the Color of Michael Cera’s Yugo
(15TH ANNIVERSARY 2-LP “YELLOW YUGO” VINYL EDITION)
STREET DATE: APRIL 7, 2023
With a title like that, and a plot that revolves around desperate attempts to attend a secret show by a mythical, legendary indie rock band (“Where’s Fluffy?”), Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist HAD to have a good soundtrack or be subject to withering putdowns from the alternative music press. Well, the movie really delivered, providing a snapshot of the (mostly) NYC independent music scene circa 2008 with tracks from such stalwarts as Vampire Weekend, Devendra Banhart, We Are Scientists, Band of Horses, and Richard Hawley (along with some surprises like Big Star’s Chris Bell). And who better to compose the score than Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO, who chips in with “Nick & Norah’s Theme” to wrap up the album!? Unbelievably, this concentrated dose of musical hipness has NEVER seen a reissue on vinyl, and OG copies go for triple figures…for its 15th anniversary, we’ve created a beautiful, “scrapbook” gatefold jacket with production stills to hold two records pressed in yellow to match the color of Michael Cera’s Yugo!
SIDE ONE
1. Speed of Sound—Chris Bell
2. Lover—Devendra Banhart
3. Middle Management— Bishop Allen
4. Ottoman—Vampire Weekend
SIDE TWO
1. Riot Radio—The Dead 60s
2. Fever—Takka Takka
3. Xavia—The Submarines
4. After Hours—We Are Scientists
SIDE THREE
1. Our Swords—Band of Horses
2. Silvery Sleds—Army Navy
3. Baby, You’re My Light— Richard Hawley
4. Very Loud—Shout Out Louds
SIDE FOUR
1. How to Say Goodbye— Paul Tiernan
2. Last Words—The Real Tuesday Weld
3. Nick & Norah’s Theme— Mark Mothersbaugh
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FORMAT: 2-LP Regular Weight “Yellow Yugo”
Vinyl
PACKAGING: Gatefold Album Jacket
BOX LOT: 15
• Vocalist Mary Mundy Only Made One Album and Some Scattered Singles During Her Brief Recording Career
• But She Made Her Mark with Mother Nature, Her 1980 LP for the Image Label
• Sells for Hundreds of Dollars If You Can Find It At All
• Features Mundy’s Powerful, Agile Voice Floating Above Bass-Heavy Disco-Soul Grooves
• First Reissue in Any Format
• Remastered for Vinyl by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision
• Pink Vinyl Pressing
• Limited to 1000 Copies
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FORMAT: Regular Weight Pink Vinyl
PACKAGING: Album Jacket
LIMITED EDITION: 1000 Copies
BOX LOT: 60
• The Duo of Charles McCloud and Roslyn Johnson Made Only Two Albums During Their Career
• But Those Two Albums (Everything Must Change and Spirit of the Living God, Made Under the Name Roslyn & Charles for the Cheri Label) Rank Among the Most Collectible Records Ever Made in the Gospel Genre
• Everything Must Change Flexes Its Muscles on the First Track with a Slow-Burning, Soulful Take of the Old Chestnut “Amazing Grace”
• Also Features a Cover of the Donny Hathaway Tune “Someday We’ll All Be Free”
• Produced by Julius Brockington, Who Worked with Larry Young and Led Some Ensembles Under His Own Name
• A Crossover Album That Blends the Spiritual Fervor of Gospel with the Danceable Grooves of Soul and Disco
• First Reissue in Any Format
• Black Vinyl Release
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UPC: 848064015239
FORMAT: Regular Weight Black Vinyl
PACKAGING: Album Jacket
LIMITED EDITION: 1000 Copies
BOX LOT: 60
(LIMITED PINK VINYL EDITION)
STREET DATE: APRIL 7, 2023
Lord knows we have put out some rare R&B records here at Real Gone Music, but this one may take the cake! Mary Mundy’s 1980 album for the obscure Image label goes for hundreds of bucks if you can find it at all (which, as of this writing, you can’t). Loaded with bassheavy, disco-soul grooves over which Mundy’s voice floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee, Mother Nature lives up to the collector hype. That Mundy’s discography consists of this album and a few scattered singles just adds to the mystique of this intriguing one-off, which sees its first reissue in any format here. Remastered for vinyl by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision. We’re only making 1000 copies and you better not tarry…pink vinyl pressing!
STREET DATE: APRIL 7, 2023
The duo of Charles McCloud and Roslyn Johnson made only two albums during their career…but those two albums (Everything Must Change and Spirit of the Living God) are among the most collectible records ever made in the gospel genre. In fact, they are so hard to find that we’re still searching for Spirit of the Living God to scan the artwork, but we managed to snag a copy of their 1981 debut Everything Must Change on the obscure Cheri label (though we may have to pass a collection plate to recoup the cost!). It’ll just take the first track to show you why these records are in such demand; you have never heard such a soulful (check out those harmonies!), slow-burning rendition of that hoary chestnut “Amazing Grace” in your sanctified life! And with able production by keyboardist Julius Brockington, who played with Larry Young and headed up several outfits of his own, Everything Must Change is a crossover album in the best sense of the word, blending the spiritual fervor of gospel with the danceable grooves of soul and—dare we say it?—disco. Don’t miss the Donny Hathaway cover “Someday We’ll All Be Free,” too. Black vinyl release, first ever reissue in any format…limited to 1000 copies!
SIDE ONE
1. Amazing Grace
2. Was Not Intended
3. Everything Must Change
4. Come Go with Me
SIDE TWO
1. Told to Tell You
2. Someday We’ll All Be Free
3. Forever
4. Sing
• Dionne Warwick Ranks Second Only to Aretha Franklin as the Biggest Hitmaker of the Rock Era, and Is a Five-Time Grammy Winner
• Dionne and the Songwriting/Production Team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David Attained Heights Reached by Very Few with Their Historic String of Hit Singles for the Scepter Label
• In Little Over Ten Years, Dionne Notched 40 Charting Pop Hits and 29 Charting R&B Hits for Scepter
• These Recordings Changed Pop Music Forever, Bringing a New Level of Sophistication to the Medium
• But There Has Never Been a Comprehensive and Definitive Compilation of This Monumental Body of Work…Until Now
• The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 Presents the A and B-Side of Every Single Dionne Cut for Scepter
• 3-CD Set
• 74 Tracks in All
• Features Such Iconic Tracks as “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Walk On By,” “Message to Michael,” “(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Alfie,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Trains and Boats and Planes,” “This Girl’s in Love with You,” and “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”
• Also Includes as a Bonus the Single She Cut for Musicor Featuring the Hit “Only Love Can Break a Heart”
• All Original (Mostly Mono) Single Mixes Just Like They Played on the Radio Back in the Day
• Remastered from Tape Sources by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision
• Annotated by Long-Time Music Journalist and Billboard Contributor Paul Grein
• Includes Rare Photos
• A Timely Release Coinciding with the Premiere of the Dionne Documentary Don’t Make Me Over
• A Cornerstone of Any Pop Music Collection, and the Essential Dionne Warwick Release
• Limited to 3000 Copies
Very, very few artists have reached the heights attained by Dionne Warwick and the songwriting/production team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David on their historic string of hit singles for the Scepter label. Over the course of a little over ten years, Dionne scored no less than 40 charting Pop hits and 29 charting R&B hits for Scepter, propelling Dionne to a ranking second only to Aretha Franklin among female singers with the most chart hits in the rock era, not to mention five Grammy nods. More importantly, Warwick, Bacharach, and David brought a new level of sophistication to popular music…and by doing so, created some of the most indelible recordings of all time. However, despite its brilliance and lasting influence, there has never been a collection at music retail that truly captured this incredible body of work…until now. The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 offers the A and B-side of every single Dionne cut for the Scepter label (with the bonus inclusion of her single for Musicor featuring the hit “Only Love Can Break a Heart”), all original, (mostly) mono single versions remastered by Mike Milchner of Sonic Vision from original tape sources and annotated by veteran music journalist and Billboard contributor Paul Grein. Among the 74 (!) tracks on this 3-CD set are some of the most hallowed sides in ‘60s pop, including “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Walk On By,” “Message to Michael,” “(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Alfie,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Trains and Boats and Planes,” “This Girl’s in Love with You,” and “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.” But really, pretty much every track in this collection is a masterpiece…and remember, the single mixes you’re hearing on this collection is exactly what folks thrilled to when they turned on their radio back in the day. A cornerstone of any pop music collection…and a timely tribute coinciding with the release of the new Dionne documentary Don’t Make Me Over We are limiting this release to 3000 copies…don’t “Walk On By!”
DISC ONE
1. DON’T MAKE ME OVER
2. I SMILED YESTERDAY
3. THIS EMPTY PLACE
4. WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’
5. MAKE THE MUSIC PLAY
6. PLEASE MAKE HIM LOVE ME
7. ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART
8. THE LOVE OF A BOY
9. WALK ON BY
10. ANY OLD TIME OF DAY
11. YOU’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN (IF YOU BREAK MY HEART)
12. A
• Voïvod Is Nothing Short of a Legend in Their Native Canada
• They Started as a Thrash Metal Band, but These Two Records Marked a Shift in Their Sound
• 1989’s Nothingface Inched Down the Prog-Rock Path with a Fantastic Cover of Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine”
• But It Remains Quintessential Voïvod with Tricky Time Changes and Sci-Fi Imagery
• Metallic Red Vinyl Pressing
• 1991’s Angel Rat Went Even Farther Out into Spacy Psychedelia with Such Songs as “Golem” and the Title Track
• Produced by Terry Brown of Rush Fame
• Originally Released on Vinyl Only in Europe
• Metallic Blue Vinyl Pressing
• Both Albums Remastered for Vinyl by Peter Moore
• First Time Widely Available on Vinyl at Music Retail in Over 30 Years
We’re revisiting two key releases from the catalog of Canadian progthrash metal legends Voïvod, both of which haven’t been widely available on vinyl to music retail in over 30 years!
STREET DATE: APRIL 7, 2023
Voïvod’s commercial peak and one of their many artistic peaks, 1989’s Nothingface marked a move away from the Quebec metal band’s thrash beginnings to a more progressive rock sound epitomized by their fantastic cover of Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine.” But it remains quintessential Voïvod, complete with sci-fi themes and tricky tempo changes. Long out of print on vinyl, Nothingface returns with a metallic (natch!) red vinyl pressing remastered for vinyl by Peter Moore.
VOÏVOD: Nothingface (Metallic Red Vinyl Edition)
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UPC: 848064015383
FORMAT: Regular Weight Metallic Red Vinyl
PACKAGING: Album Jacket
BOX LOT: 60
VOÏVOD: Angel Rat Metallic Blue Vinyl Edition)
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FORMAT: Regular Weight Metallic Blue Vinyl
PACKAGING: Album Jacket
BOX LOT: 60
Metallic Blue Vinyl Edition
STREET DATE: APRIL 7, 2023
This album originally came out on vinyl only in Europe, so there is still a lot of pent-up demand for a new LP reissue of this 1991 classic from the Voïvod catalog (especially in Canada, where the band is worshipped). Produced by Terry Brown of Rush fame, Angel Rat moved the band further into spacy psychedelic territory with such tracks as “Golem” and the title track. A mesmerizing, moody head trip of a record. Metallic blue vinyl pressing. Remastered for vinyl by Peter Moore.
• During His Long Career at the Helm of the Labels Collectors’ Choice Music and Real Gone Music, Gordon Anderson Has Overseen the Release of Close to 4000 Reissues
• But He Has Also Been Honing His Craft as a Singer-Songwriter
• In 2020, He Released the Critically-Acclaimed Solo Album Moon Man
• But He Found an Unlikely Collaborator For His Next Project
• His Family and the Other Families in His COVID “Pod” Were Hanging Out in the Summer of 2021 When the Kids Went into His Friends’ Garage to Bang Around on Some Instruments
• Suddenly, to the Strains of Hole’s “Malibu,” He Heard Somebody Playing Drums As If They Had Been Playing All Their Life
• It Turned Out to Be His Then-14 Year-Old Daughter Edie, Who Had Never Held a Drumstick in Her Life
• The Family Quickly Bought a Drum Kit off Craigslist, and Gordon and Edie Started Jamming Nightly in Their West Hollywood Garage
• After Their Cousin Will Kast Moved to Town and Opened a Recording Studio, Gordon and Edie Resolved to Record All the Material They Had Been Working On
• So When Spring Break 2022 Rolled Around, the Duo Got to Work Recording the 15 Songs That Comprise Where Did We Go Wrong?
• The Album Veers Wildly but Seamlessly from Driving Psychedelia (“A Little Insane”) to Hardcore Punk (“Energy Star;” “Block Party”) to Power Pop (“Bad for My Health”) to Alt-Country (“Last Gasp;” “Paying My Disrespects”) to Shoegaze (“House of Mirrors”) and Beyond
• All Given a Little Extra “Ooomph” by Teenage Drummer Edie (Who Also Sings and Plays Guitar on the Album)
• Lyrics Take On Everything from Environmental Degradation to Social Media Obsession to COVID (Which They Both Caught While Recording Where Did We Go Wrong?)
• The Last Task Was to Settle on a Band Name
• NXTOFKIN Seemed to Sum It Up
• “The Anderson Family Singers” This Ain’t…This Is High-Wire, Hard-Hitting, Stay-Up-Past-YourBedtime Rock and Roll
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Nothing special…just your average psychedelic-hardcore punk-power pop-alt-country-shoegaze fatherdaughter project! Where Did We Go Wrong? is proof that there is a silver lining in every cloud, even a cloud as dark and pervasive as COVID. In the Summer of 2021, Real Gone Music label co-founder Gordon Anderson was hanging out in the backyard of one of the three families comprising his pandemic “pod” when the kids—who’d all known each other since preschool—started banging around on some instruments lying around the garage. Suddenly, from the unmistakable if uncertain strains of Hole’s “Malibu,” came the sounds of somebody playing drums…and playing really well! Turns out it was Anderson’s then 14 year-old daughter Edie, who, though she had taken guitar lessons for a few years, had never held a drumstick in her life. So, the Andersons bought a drum kit off Craigslist, and Edie and Gordon started jamming nightly in their West Hollywood garage.
UPC: 848064014881
FORMAT: Compact Disc
PACKAGING: Jewel Case with Booklet and Insert
BOX LOT: 30
The collaboration deepened, though, when their cousin Will Kast moved to town and opened a recording studio in his apartment. Suddenly, the idea dawned on Gordon and Edie that they could actually make a record and preserve for posterity all the new songs they were developing together. So, when Spring Break rolled around in 2022, the duo got down to work, laying down tracks for 15 songs that veer wildly but seamlessly from driving psychedelia (“A Little Insane”) to hardcore punk (“Energy Star;” “Block Party”) to power pop (“Bad for My Health”) to alt-country (“Last Gasp;” “Paying My Disrespects”) to shoegaze (“House of Mirrors”) and beyond, with a little extra octane (and faster tempos than those found on Gordon’s critically-acclaimed 2020 solo album Moon Man) provided by the teenage drummer. The lyrics, which feature some co-writes between Gordon and Edie, take on everything from environmental degradation to social media obsession…and, of course, COVID (which they both caught while recording Where Did We Go Wrong?). When it was all done, only one thing remained: deciding on a band name. NXTOFKIN seemed to sum it all up. “The Anderson Family Singers” this ain’t… this is high-wire, hard-hitting, stay-up-past-your-bedtime rock and roll.
STREET DATE: April 7, 2023
TRACK LISTING:
SIDE A:
1. 9 Volt
2. Preacher
3. Roadkill
4. Hands
5. Navigate
6. Flatcar
7. Scale
SIDE B:
1. Birdsville
2. Florida
3. Prison
4. Smokestack Monkey
5. Animals
6. Little Man
CD
Sel. #: SB9 CD
CONFIG: Digiwallet + Sticker
UPC: 607396009114
Box Lot: 40 Count
Genre: Alt Country, Rock, Blues
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“Georgia’s Fall Line is a geologic boundary marking the prehistoric shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean as well as the division between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of the state. Rivers below this line tend to be slower moving, larger, and easier to navigate than those above.
This album was influenced by the stories, people, and sonic images from either end of the Georgia Fall Line. The coast, ancient and otherwise, is where we all grew up. It’s the crossroads. It’s where geology and geography, trade and commerce, history and the keeper of science met to discuss the mechanics of the sun lift and the sunset. Our album Fall Line is intended to navigate you deeper into these stories, people, and images seen through the lenses of The Chickasaw Mudd Puppies.”
Fall Line is set for release on April 7, 2023 via Strolling Bones Records.
VINYL
Sel. #: SB9 LP
CONFIG: 1xLP, Gatefold, Booklet, Signed Posrcard, Sticker
Vinyl Color: Orange
UPC: 607396009138
Box Lot: 35 Count
Genre: Alt Country, Rock, Blues
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Side A:
1. Carly Simon
2. She Gets All The Girls
3. Fun In The Dark
4. (She’s My) Vampire Girl
5. Lonely Planet Boy
6. Have Your Way With Me
Side B:
1. (She’s Got a) Brain Scrambling Device
2. Outbreak
3. The Spell Is On
4. Ivy Says
5. Laugh At Me
6. Let’s Go To The Moon
7. Don’t Make Me Kill You Again
GREEN DOOR is over the moon to announce the release / reissue of one of the most popular, fun, and essential GROOVIE GHOULIES albums of all time: ‘FUN IN THE DARK’!!!
FUN IN THE DARK was the Groovie Ghoulies’ fifth official full length studio album. Produced by the legendary MASS GIORGINI at SONIC IGUANA STUDIOS in Lafayette Indiana, the album was originally released on the once popular LOOKOUT! RECORDS label, and has been out of print for years!!!
Chock full of hits from the title track to the forever fave “(SHE’S MY) VAMPIRE GIRL”, Fun In The Dark is endless melody and energy! “CARLY SIMON” kicks off the record, and the party never stops! “SHE GETS ALL THE GIRLS” (also recorded by CHIXDIGGIT!),
“HAVE YOUR WAY WITH ME” (covered by NIKKI CORVETTE) , “IVY SAYS”, “(SHE’S GOT A) BRAIN SCRAMBLIN’ DEVICE”, and a fantastic rendition of the NEW YORK DOLLS’ “LONELY PLANET BOY” keep this disc in the hall of fame in the hearts of many fans.
The record received a favorable review in SPIN magazine upon its release, and the line up is a classic stripped down KEPI on vocals and drums, B-FACE on bass, and ROACH on guitar!
For fans of: RAMONES, GREEN DAY, THE QUEERS, CHIXDIGGIT!, NEW YORK DOLLS, KEPI GHOULIE
Artist: Groovie Ghoulies
Title: Fun In The Dark
Format: LP & CD
Label: Green Door Recording Co.
Catalog: Green Door 3050
Street: April 7th 2023
B-FACE IS BACK TOURING WITH KEPI GHOULIE SO WATCH FOR UPCOMING TOURS FEATURING MANY OF THESE GHOULIE CLASSICS! ON TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL WITH BLACK SMOKE!
Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed debut, ST album, San Diego's sweet soul saviors are back with two seriously soulful sides. A highlight of their countless sold out shows (on both sides of the Atlantic), and previously unreleased, “Running Away” finds the group turning up the heat with an up-beat burner that exemplifies just how versatile this band really is. On the flip is “Love Comes Easy”, a grooving, mid-tempo fan-favorite that's making its debut on the 45rpm, 7" format.
ARTIST................................................THEE SACRED SOULS
TITL E . .......................RUNNING AWAY b/w LOVE COMES EASY
LABEL...............................................................PENROSE
CATALOG NO..............................................................PRS-1020
RELEASE DATE..........................................................APR 7, 2023
FORMAT........................................... 45 RPM 7” VINYL ONLY BOX LOT........................................................................25 NO EXPORT
one of Pitchfork’s 25 New and Rising Artists Shaping the Future of Music in 2023
• 1st vinyl pressing of Rachika’s debut album
• Lastest album named best of 2022 by Pitchfork, The Fader, Bandcamp, All Music, NPR Music, Paste, The New York Times, A Closer Listen, Cracked, Post-Trash, etc.
• 2023 US and Eu tour dates and festival plays tba
Street Date: April 07, 2023
Catalog #: NNA 136
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
RIYL: M83, Grouper, Tim Hecker, Kelly Moran, Julianna Barwick, Loop pedals, Midwest emo guitar without Midwest emo vocals, dreaming about raving, pretending your life is a JRPG
7th April 2023
‘Mind Maze’ is the new album by Trees Speak on Soul Jazz Records. The first pressing only of the album comes with a bonus seven-inch single containing two tracks that are not available on vinyl anywhere else.
Mind Maze is, amazingly, Trees Speak’s fifth album to be released on Soul Jazz Records in the space of little over two years – an output matched only by the intensity of their music created during this short time.
As with all their previous releases, ‘Mind Maze’ is a mind -boggling tightrope walk across an array of musical influences that seamlessly create the unique present-day world of Trees Speak.
The band’s sound is characterized by a combination of German krautrock motoric-beat rhythms, angular New York post-punk attitude, 60s spy soundtracks, psych, rock, jazz, and 70s synthesizers and vocoders. There is also a cosmic spatial awareness to their sound; both personal inner space and galactic outer space, as well as a wilful pushing of sonic boundaries.
Trees Speak are a musical duo based in Tucson, Arizona, composed of Daniel Martin Diaz and Damian Diaz. Their music is heavily influenced by the cosmic magic of the natural desert landscapes of Arizona, creating a unique and captivating sound that is both experimental and innovative. ‘Mind Maze’ was recorded in Brooklyn, New York with special guests Gabriel Sullivan, Alex Pope, Craig Dreyer, Ben Nisbet and Stephani Guilmette.
Here you will find the myriad sounds of 1970s German electronic music (everything from Can to Cluster, Popul Vuh to Tangerine Dream); 1980s New York post-punk and synthcore (from No Wave to Suicide); John Barry’s 1960s movies, John Carpenter’s 1970s horror. You will also hear the influences of French and Italian progressive rock (Magma, Goblin) as well as cosmic, new age and experimental space soundscapes an almost endless list of diverse influences that ebb and flow like an ocean of sound, in the process creating a truly unique soundscape that Trees Speak have made wholly their own.
The name Trees Speak reflects their interest in the concept of using future technologies to store information and data in trees and plants, with the idea that trees communicate coll ectively. This interest in nature and technology, combined with their passion for experimentation, has led Trees Speak to create a truly one-ofa-kind listening experience that is both unique and engaging.
If you ever wanted to hear Can, Neu!, Destroy All Monsters, Pere Ubu, electric eels, John Cage, Liquid Liquid, Tangerine Dream, Suicide, Laurie Spiegel, Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Barry, Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company, Sun Ra, Stockhausen, John Carpenter, Electro -Acoustic and Musique Concrète and Mars in one band
then this is it! Trees Speak are a band that defies categorization and offer an eclectic listening experience, both exciting and memorable.
The two bonus tracks (‘Seraphim’ and ‘Orpheus’) included with the album give us a further window into the complex mind maze of the group – two stunning acoustic tracks that explore a distinct early 70s sound of Yes, Argent and other progressive rock acolytes.
1. Mind Maze (2:32)
2. Minotaur (3:08)
3. Syndrome (2:00)
4. Sospetto (3:08)
5. Illusions (1:51)
6. Scanner (1:47)
7. Burner (1:43)
8. Rare Earth (4:25)
9. Pathways (3:27)
10. Skip Breath (1:28)
11. Odyssey (3:44)
12. Passage (0:28)
13. Signals (3:07)
14. Black Phone (2:29)
15. Mirror (0:35)
16. Stone Tape (4:37)
Bonus 7” single (with LP format , first pressing only)
A. Seraphim (3:45)
B. Orpheus (3:07)
Street date: 7th April 2023
Artist: Trees Speak
Title: Mind Maze
Label: Soul Jazz Records
Format 1: LP
UPC: 5026328005270
Cat. No. SJRLP527
Format 2: CD
UPC: 5026328105277
Cat. No. SJRCD527
Nick Stamey, 877-733-3931 x277 nick@redeyeworldwide.com
No shipments outside of North America
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Upon first listen, Matthew Logan Vasquez’s new record As All Get Out (April 7, 2023 on Nine Mile Records) might seem all over the place. “I don’t like linear albums,” admits Vasquez of this eclectic set of songs. “I have enough from each genre that I could probably organize more cohesively, but I’m more interested in collections of stories than sound-alike songs. Disorder is intentional. Life can be disorderly.”
When it comes to stories, When Vasquez is in no shortage. As the lead singer, guitarist, and most prominent songwriter for rock stalwarts Delta Spirit, he’s toured the world many times over, including appearances at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Newport Folk Festival, and Austin City Limits, as well as TV appearances on Late Night With Conan O’Brien and Later With Jools Holland. He’s accumulated the mileage to warrant a diverse tracklist.
Recently sobe sober, married with two sons, and living in the pastoral Hill Country outside of Austin, Texas, Vasquez describes the last few years as contemplative. He’s done well not only to reflect, but embrace new sorts of stories, discern which are worth telling, and craft each with intention. Vasquez’s perspective on As All Get Out is at its most evolved—a nuanced fusion of the raw, ragged energy which has propelled his rock and roll career, and the more quietly grinding tact of adulthood’s demands.
Mapache consists of Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci. Born and raised in Glendale, California, the duo's breathtaking harmonies and heartfelt sound verges on cosmic West Coast Pop Americana. Their sound is not an exercise in pop nostalgia, but rather a distinctly independent link in a chain that stretches far behind and ahead of them.
“A groove so strong you can basically hear the sunshine.” — NPR Music
Restock Date: April 7, 2023
Genre: Indie/Alternative/Singer-Songwriter
For Fans Of: Big Thief, Holy Hive, Cut Worms, Allah-Las, Cass McCombs, Kevin Morby, CSNY, Gram Parsons, Iron & Wine, Eagles, The Everly Brothers, Grateful Dead Label: Innovative Leisure/Calico Discos
Vinyl is non-returnable
UPC: 810874026224
LP Box Lot: 30
Packaging: Standard Jacket
Youngn's Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci, the Mapache boys, were barely in their 20s and already rising to the top of the new wave of West Coast Cosmic Americana. Born and raised in Glendale, California, their breathtaking harmonies and heartfelt yet heady sound, was honed by surfing the beaches and exploring the deserts and canyons of their native California. Clay spent time in Northern California while Sam worked in Mexico, living out what would become the songs on their debut self-titled album.
The lineage of Mapache has blood running back to the first wave of psychedelic country revivalists Beachwood Sparks. Clay is a cousin of Beachwood main man Chris Gunst. Chris and I went to bat for Mapache by helping them score their first club shows and recording sessions with Dan Horne. Dan eventually produced this album at the time-travelled halls of legendary Valentine Recording Studios, where the tape rolled and captured the live spirited harmony, skillful strumming and genuinely well-crafted songs that everyone from Chris Robinson to Jonathan Richman have fallen in love with. The real charm lies in the simplicity of their voices and the songs that recall a young Gene Clark, The Louvins, Crosby, Stills and Townes ... it's all there and more.
One memorable night they showed up to a GospelbeacH gig with deep surfer tans and big white circles around their eyes just like raccoons...(Mapache is Spanish for Raccoon). The boys set up on stage, sang and played their timeless and soon to be classic songs into a single microphone. Time stood still, and the normally chatty LA crowd closed their mouths and opened their ears and their hearts to Mapache. At that very moment I knew they were on their way. - Brent Rademaker Los Angeles 2017
Mapache "From Liberty Street" CALICO-011
UPC: 810874026231
LP Box Lot: 30
Packaging: Standard Jacket w/ Printed Inner Sleeve
"This record is about as close to the sound of home as you can get." says Mapache's Sam Blasucci. "We recorded it with a bunch of our friends in the house where we were living in a neighborhood that we loved. It's a family vibe through and through."
It made perfect sense, then, for Mapache to name their new album in honor of the place at the heart of it all: Liberty Street. Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Horne (Cass McCombs, Allah-Lahs), From Liberty Street captures Mapache at their
finest, blurring the lines between past and present, between retro and modern, between traditional folk and cosmic country. The songs here draw on everything from Mexican boleros and Hawaiian-steeped surf to Bakersfield twang and lonesome cowboy campfire tunes, and Blasucci and his musical partner, Clay Finch, deliver them with the kind of easygoing charm and natural intuition usually reserved for blood brothers or married couples. It's an instantly engaging chemistry they share, a captivating musical bond that mirrors the comfort, closeness, and camaraderie of the album's homespun roots.
Mapache "Roscoe's Dream" CALICO-005
UPC: 810874025081
LP Box Lot: 30
Packaging: Gatefold Jacket w/ Custom Printed Polybag & Download Card
Roscoe is a road dog. The 14-year-old Boston Terrier has been there for the whole ride of Mapache, Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci’s band, which has grown from being the casual project of two longtime buds to one of the most formidable cosmic-folk acts around. “Roscoe’s been through a lot of shit,” says Blasucci, the dog’s formal owner. “He’s been all around the country, come on tour a little bit.” With some bemused pride, Finch points out that, for a few years, he and Blasucci bunked together in a room in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles that was just big enough to fit two twin beds. “It was the two of us and the dog,” he laughs.
Naturally, Roscoe has found himself the subject of a good handful of Mapache songs in the past—and on Roscoe’s Dream, the band’s third LP of originals, he takes center stage. (That’s him in quilt form on the album cover.)
Just as much an easygoing trip with Gram Parsons into the desert as a mad dash with the Grateful Dead away from the law, Roscoe’s Dream is the purest distillation yet of the distinct Mapache sound, which has been brewing for many years now.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING I HAVE MADE
SIDE A
1. Damn the word 2. Hum with the worms
3. James' drink 4. Angela 5. Birdcage
SIDE B
6. Pictures of Elvis 7. Water for your bedside
8. What a beautiful thing i have made 9. Steve 10. Alligators 11. First time for everything
• SONGWRITING TRIO OF KATI CLABORN & LUKE YDSTIE (BLIND PILOT) WITH HALLI ANDERSON (RIVER WHYLESS)
• 1ST PRESSING ON SILVER VINYL
The title track to The Hackles’ third studio album, What a beautiful thing I have made is about longing, regret and all the things that can’t be controlled in life — and how we try to make peace with that reality. The themes weave through the album, personal and weighty but with a sly side of fantasy novel references. (Can you spot the nod to Terry Pratchett? Hint: It’s not turtles all the way down)
Formed in 2017, The Hackles are Kati Claborn (vocals/guitar/banjo/clarinet) and Luke Ydstie (vocals/guitar/bass/keys) of Blind Pilot, and Halli Anderson (vocals/violin) of River Whyless and Horse Feathers. Claborn and Ydstie also play regularly with Horse Feathers as well as folk legend Michael Hurley and “cosmic country lawn gnome” Bart Budwig.
The Hackles’ new album pushes the trio’s experimental folk sound and interest in playing with harmony, voice and genre. It is an album firmly rooted in place, written from their homes above the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore., and recorded in the Astoria-based Rope Room studio.
LP-JBR-223LE
CD-JBR-223
Catalogue Number : SI-HBD-145
Street Date : 04.07.2023
Format : 10-INCH
UPC : 5056321638144
Box Lot : 20
Building on the themes of her most recent album, ‘Medieval Femme’, Fatima Al Qadiri’s newest release sees her pairing up with fellow Kuwaiti vocalist Gumar. The EP - also titled ‘Gumar’, Arabic for "moon" - is an homage to a style of lamentation singing that both Fatima and Gumar grew up with and were heavily influenced by, and for which the latter received formal training as a teenager.
On these four short songs, Fatima provides a minimal counterpoint to Gumar's elegant vocals, a coalescence that powerfully and sympathetically complements and extends with cosmic, almost elemental depth. Serious and mournful in tone, the record ruminates on the subject of unrequited love, arguably the most common theme in Arabic music past and present.
The cover is an original artwork by Kuwaiti artist Khalid al Gharaballi, Fatima's bestie and long -time collaborator.
A1. Gumar (Moon)
A2. Fidetik (I Lay Down My Life For You)
B1. Mojik (Your Waves)
B2. Meriem
Label: Slumberland Records
Catalog Number: SLR 273
Street Date: April 7, 2023
A: Coming To Your Town
B: Love You More
Territory: North & South America
File Under: Alternative - U
TL; DR: Great new jangle-pop from the fertile San Francisco indie scene. Another classic SLR 7”!
RIYL: early Primal Scream, The Springfields, Biff Bang Pow!, The Razorcuts, the Creation and Sarah labels
7” Vinyl UPC: 749846027313
Packaging: 7” vinyl in poly bag
Box Lot: 20
Following up their *very* well-received 2021 self-titled debut album, Chime School are back with more perfect pop, this time on that most pop of formats, the 7" single. "Coming To Your Town" was recorded while sick with COVID and rather fittingly is a feverish attempt to describe the reactionary political moment that seemed to infect the Bay Area during the pandemic. Leave it to Chime School to pen a classic 12-string jangle pop tune about the breakdown of civil society. It's not all cats and motorbikes chez Chime School!
On the flip side we have the band's lovely Brighter/Field Mice-esque take of Buzzcocks' "Love You More." Originally released on the Oakland Weekender Buzzcocks covers cassette, it's available on vinyl here for the first time and adds a whole new dimension to the Chime School story.
Vinyl UPC: 749846826015
Packaging: New pressing on transparent magenta vinyl.
Also in stock: “Chime School”
Magenta Vinyl Repress LP/CD
Contact: Stephen Svacina
email: stephen@redeyeworldwide.com
tel: 1.877.733.3931
Box Lot: 20
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CD UPC: 749846026026
Packaging: Gatefold wallet
Box Lot: 50/200 master 7 4984602602 6
7 4984602731 3Topshelf
le under: math rock rock
Info:
JYOCHO’s music exudes pure emotion It’s chaotic, non-linear, poetic, and gorgeous When the opportunity to work together arose, it was an easy choice Their peerless musicianship and body of work share many threads with the history of our label, so we’re simply thrilled to partner with them and help share their music with a wider audience
Track List:
1 New Reminiscences
2. All the Same
3 Gather the Lights
4 Stay in the Circle
5. Turn into the Blue
6 The End of Sorrow
7. Measure the Dawn
8. Never Forget
For Fans of: toe, Elephant Gym, The Polyphonic Spree, Standards, Tricot, Yvette Young, Uchu Conbini, Mass of the fermenting dregs , and other Topshelf artists: A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Elephant Gym, LITE, Lunarette, No Vacation, Really From, toe, tricot
Selling Points:
Quote by Porter Robinson on obi strip
• Track #2 "みんなおなじ / All the Same" featured on anime series Banished From the Brave Man’s Group, I Decided to Lead a Slow Life in the Back Country Band featured in theme song for new Net ix series Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre.
• LP includes 180g blue and white coloured vinyl, OBI strip, and Download codes CS printed on clear shells with standard J card
• Press campaign handled by Will Osiecki 99k monthly listeners on Spotify
• Download Code Yes
• LP UPC 6 34457 12467 7
CS UPC 6 34457
JYOCHO make music that is one-of-a-kind Daijiro Nakagawa's projects always feel so wistful and effortlessly beautiful, never getting lost in their own complexity but instead always enriched by it "The End of Sorrow" makes me feel something I can't describe -Porter Robinson
Thank you for your interest in our catalog! Over the last thirteen years, Topshelf has released 250+ albums by 100+ artists from all around the world Our roster s catalog spans a wide and eclectic array of musical styles and genres To check out hand-picked suggestions for other artists on our roster we think you might also enjoy, visit: topshelfrecords com/like
LP 12” maxi9singel
Label: Welfare Sounds & Records
Catalog number: WSR105
UPC/EAN: 7320470258552
Indie rock, Dream pop
blurb
Starting out in 2000 as a passionate, yet naïve rock band from a the Swedish town of Jönköping, the Mary Onettes have been on a long journey containing a few downhill slopes and a lot of brick walls, but the band have managed to stay together because of their love for music and each other Although development is crucial for a band one thing has remained the same, the songs The band revolves around Philip Ekström’s songwriting and although some songs have been stripped down, rebuilt or even thrown away they have kept coming
Cola Falls - LP 12” maxi9singel
The Mary Onettes return with an LP containing the celebrated single ‘Cola Falls’ along with the b-side ‘Wait Out A Ghost’ and last years single “What I Feel In Some Places” These songs return the dreamy, overcast pop that we’ve come to love from The Mary Onettes while being framed around a simple, lyrical storyline Ekström says that ‘Cola Falls’ conjures the “high, relentless sound of running water” bubbling forth from a waterfall in his hometown - a waterfall that, as a kid, he imagined flowing with soda.
Tracklist
1 Cola Falls
2 Wait Out a Ghost
3 What I Feel In Some Places
4 Cola Falls (instrumental)
Team
*Project Manager: Olle Björk / Welfare Sounds & Records
*Asst Project manager: Erik Toresson Hellqvist / Welfare Sounds & Records
*USA press: Daniel Gill / Force Field PR
*Distribution: Border Music / Redeye
*Agent: Welfare Sounds & Records
Examples of press
Stereogum The FADER Under the Radar Pitchfork The Line of Best Fit Consequence
Featuring
More than a decade into their already-storied career, beloved Brisbane indie-rock four-piece Babaganouj are returning to the fray with their long-awaited debut album Jumbo Pets. Since 2011, Babaganouj have been making waves across the Australian scene with their distinctively dreamy, harmony-laden brand of power-pop, featuring the triple-threat songwriting and vocal attack of Charles Sale (guitar/vocals), Harriette Pilbeam (bass/vocals), aka Hatchie and Ruby McGregor (guitar/vocals) as well as the powerful percussion chops of George Browning (drums).
CATALOGUE # CBS-013
Limited Edition: 300 Worldwide
150g Aquamarine Vinyl
12" Vinyl & CD Digipak
AVAILABLE VIA REDEYE
COLOUR LP UPC: 634457130685
CD UPC: 634457130678
This album contains the first recordings of modern music from the Sahara and mark the birth of the genre that is known in the West as ‘Desert Blues’ or ‘Desert Rock’. Ahl Nana changed the folk music of the Sahara to modern, cosmopolitan music by using Western instruments like the electric guitar. They paved the way for artists like Ali Farka Touré, Tinariwen, Mdou Moctar or Bombino. Although the group is still active today, they only recorded 2 LPs and a handful of singles. All these recordings took place in 1971 at the Boussiphone studios in Casablanca. The records were never distributed and therefore remained unknown for almost 50 years, until Radio Martiko discovered a batch of unsold factory stock a few years ago. On this album, you will find a selection of these revolutionary recordings.
Lost recordings that defined the modern sound of the Sahara.
Emperor Of New Orleans CD-SBR-7026 (2 CDS)
Love Letters: Allen Toussaint Sessions
CD-SBR-7937
CD-SBR-7983 (2 CDS)
ARTHUR “BIG BOY” CRUDUP
That’s All Right (Mama)
CD-SBR-7022
THE
If I Didn’t Care: An Anthology
CD-SBR-7017LE (2 CDS)
Toronto Rock ’N’ Roll Revival 1 969 CD-SBR-7995
You
LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS Mojo Hand: The Complete Fire Sessions
CD-SBR-7028
SAM & DAVE Soul Classics CD-SBR-7014 (2 CDS)
JOE SIMON Nine Pound Steel CD-SBR-7015LE (2 CDS)
IKE & TINA TURNER
The Bolic Sound Session
CD-SBR-7950X (2 CDS)
JAMES BROWN Super Bad Live! CD-SBR-7030
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS Essential 1961-1965
INK SPOTS
JOHNNY ADAMS Only Want To Be With
CD-SBR-7027 (2 CDS)
CHUCK BERRY
ERNIE K-DOE
AARON NEVILLE
PRS-1001 THEE SACRED SOULS "Can I Call You Rose?" • "Weak for Your Love"
PRS-1002 THEE SINSEERS "Seems Like" • "Seems Like (Instrumental)"
PRS-1004 THE ALTONS "When You Go (That's When You'll Know)" • "Over and Over"
PRS-1005 LOS YESTERDAYS "Tell Me I'm Dreaming" • "Time"
PRS-1006 VICKY TAFOYA and The Big Beat "Forever" • "My Vow to You"
PRS-1007 THEE SACRED SOULS "Will I See You Again" • "It's Our Love"
PRS-1008 LOS YESTERDAYS "Nobody's Clown" • "Give Me One More Chance"
PRS-1010 THE ALTONS "Tangled Up In You" • "Soon Enough"
PRS-1011 THEE SACRED SOULS "Trade of Hearts" • "Let Me Feel Your Charm"
PRS-1012 JENSINE BENITEZ "Ilusión de Amor" • "The Sparkle in Your Eyes"
PRS-1014 THEE SACRED SOULS "Easier Said Than Done" • "Love Is the Way"
PRS-001 VARIOUS ARTISTS PENROSE RECORDS, VOL. 1
THEE SACRED SOULS
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