Troy Kingi
The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar (LP) [ Triple A Records / LP - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Multi-award winning artist Troy Kingi take us on a deeply personal discovery through an album dedicated to 70s funk, lost souls and memories. The Ghost of Freddie Cesar is Troy Kingi's most personal work to date - one that invites the listener to... |
Various
The Daisy Age (Double Gatefold LP) [ Ace Records / 2 LP - released 30/Aug/2019 ] It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that permeated pop, R&B, and hip hop at the turn of the 90s. Playfulness and good humour were central to De La Soul's 1989 debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising", which... |
Various
The Daisy Age [ Ace Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that permeated pop, R&B, and hip hop at the turn of the 90s. Playfulness and good humour were central to De La Soul's 1989 debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising", which... |
Various Artists
Celestial Blues: Cosmic, Political and Spiritual Jazz 1970 - 1974 [ BGP / CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] Progressive jazz from the 1970s: music which has influenced Kamasi Washington and the Brainfeeder crew. Something strange happened to jazz in 2015, an album by a previously under-the-radar session saxophonist broke through to international... |
Various Artists
Celestial Blues: Cosmic, Political and Spiritual Jazz 1970 - 1974 (Double LP) [ BGP / 2 LP - released 16/Sep/2016 ] Progressive jazz from the 1970s: music which has influenced Kamasi Washington and the Brainfeeder crew. Something strange happened to jazz in 2015, an album by a previously under-the-radar session saxophonist broke through to international... |
Various Artists
London Brew (LP) [ Concord / 2 LP - released 14/Apr/2023 ] London Brew is inspired by the legendary Miles Davis' album, Bitches Brew. Recorded in December 2020 at The Church Studios in London, this three-day recording session brings together 12 London based artists, collectively known as "London Brew":... |
Various Artists
The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso (Double Gatefold LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 27/Oct/2017 ] The Original Sound of Burkina Faso follows the hugely successful 'The Original Sound of Mali' compilation released earlier this year. Here we have a collection of songs that pay tribute to a truly golden age of music; touching on folk, funk,... |
Vera Ellen
Ideal Home Noise [ Flying Nun / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Ideal Home Noise is a record unearthed from much introspection and an attempt to find some comedy and lightness in an otherwise dark period for Vera Ellen. With two "voices" battling throughout the album, the instrumentation is sometimes light -... |
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
Ali [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] Ali Farka Touré trekked the world, bringing his beloved Malian music to the masses. Dubbed "the African John Lee Hooker," one could hear strong connections between the two; both employed a bluesy style of play with gritty textures that elicit calm... |
Wajatta
Don't Let Get You Down [ Brainfeeder / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Wajatta (pronounced wa-HA-ta) - the musical duo of Reggie Watts and John Tejada - return with their second album, Don't Let Get You Down, on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder. Coming from different worlds, but sharing a passion for the rich history of... |
The War On Drugs
A Deeper Understanding (2LP) [ Atlantic / 2 LP - released 25/Aug/2017 ] This is the band's first album since 2014's universally acclaimed 'Lost In The Dream'. For much of the three and a half year period since the release of 'Lost In The Dream', The War On Drugs' frontman, Adam Granduciel, led the charge for his... |
The War On Drugs
A Deeper Understanding [ Atlantic / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] This is the band's first album since 2014's universally acclaimed 'Lost In The Dream'. For much of the three and a half year period since the release of 'Lost In The Dream', The War On Drugs' frontman, Adam Granduciel, led the charge for his... |
Wax Chattels
Clot (Blue Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Baby blue coloured vinyl. Wax Chattels announce their cathartic sophomore album, Clot. After a knock-out entrée with 2018's self-titled LP, the anticipation that surrounds Clot is immense. Much like Wax Chattels, the writing process for Clot took... |
Weyes Blood
Front Row Seat To Earth [ Mexican Summer / CD - released 6/Nov/2016 ] Natalie Mering, the being behind Weyes Blood, embeds her sublime song in a harmonic gauze of arpeggiated piano, acoustic guitar, druggy horns, & outer space electronics. Propulsive, spare drums carry us across the album's course. There is a faded... |
Weyes Blood
Front Row Seat To Earth (LP) [ Mexican Summer / LP - released 5/Nov/2016 ] Natalie Mering, the being behind Weyes Blood, embeds her sublime song in a harmonic gauze of arpeggiated piano, acoustic guitar, druggy horns, & outer space electronics. Propulsive, spare drums carry us across the album's course. There is a faded... |
Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising [ Sub Pop / CD - released 5/Apr/2019 ] "Titanic Rising is a revelation. These opulent, sculptural songs have sacrificed none of Mering's idiosyncrasy, or ability to unnerve." - Mojo |
Whitney
Light Upon The Lake [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ] To say that Whitney is more than the sum of its parts would be a criminal understatement.Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek (ex-Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra),the band itself is something... |
William Onyeabor
World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor? [ Luakka Bop / CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] Little is known about William Onyeabor and that's the way he likes it. Who IS William Onyeabor and how did he come to make such amazing African electronic music? |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Cool It Down [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] It could only be called alchemy, the transformative magic that happens during the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' most tuned-in moments in the studio, when their unique chemistry sparks opens a portal, and out comes a song like "Maps" or "Zero" or the latest... |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Cool It Down (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] It could only be called alchemy, the transformative magic that happens during the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' most tuned-in moments in the studio, when their unique chemistry sparks opens a portal, and out comes a song like "Maps" or "Zero" or the latest... |