Comprised of James Patterson and Ben Ruttner, the duo have been producing a dizzying array of danceable New York inspired music for a decade now, bringing their DJ sets and live performances around the world alongside industry heavyweights such as The 1975, Ellie Goulding, and Justin Bieber, among others.

They have released 3 full length albums, 5 EP's, and performed their hit singles on US late night TV shows including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers. Known for their collaborative prowess, The Knocks have worked with artists across the musical spectrum, ranging from indie [Foster The People, MGMT, MUNA], hiphop [Cam'ron, Big Boi, Method Man], dance [Purple Disco Machine, ODESZA, Sofi Tukker], and pop [Carly Rae Jepsen, MNEK, Charli XCX]. In addition, they founded and run the independent record label Black Clay/HeavyRoc Music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Revelation
2. Love Me Alive
3. Foolish Pleasure
4. The Hero
5. Keynote
6. Friday Night
7. Dreams
8. Thorn
9. Let My Love Open The Door

When Nina Hagen does something, she does it with full conviction. And when she released 'Personal Jesus' in 2010, she surprised us with an album that dives uncompromisingly into the world of gospel. Since her return to the Christian faith, she has expressed her religious devotion in 'Personal Jesus' by combining gospel with a mixture of blues, rock, soul and funk - powerful, passionate and without irony.

Her version of 'Personal Jesus' (originally by Depeche Mode) in particular attracted attention: where the original remains cool and minimalist, Hagen turned it into a moving gospel anthem full of spiritual ecstasy.

Now, 15 years later, 'Personal Jesus' is being released on vinyl for the first time - as an anniversary edition on colored vinyl. As a special highlight, this edition contains the previously unreleased bonus track 'I Was Born to Preach the  Gospel', which is the first track on the b side of the vinyl and fits seamlessly into the album as if it had always been part of it.

TRACK LISTING

1. God´s Radar
2. I´ll Live Again
3. Personal Jesus
4. Nobody´s Fault But Mine
5. Down At The Cross
6. Just A Little Talk With Jesus
7. I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
8. Mean Old World
9. Help Me
10. Take Jesus With You
11. On The Battlefield
12. Run On
13. Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven

Funk Machine marks a second release on Big Baba Records for Elado who goes big with four electrifying tracks that are perfectly tooled for open-air and summer dancefloors. The title cut brings big, bright, bold disco-house anthem vibes with full-throttle vocals and piano stand, 'People' has a more Italo-disco vibe with an infectious vocal hook and nice retro bassline and 'Jah Noon' is a club-ready remix of a rare Yemeni groove that melts disco and indie-dance with an oriental twist. Last of all is the acid-infused Kwaito cut 'Johna' with classic cowbells and snaking bass. These are big tunes but they don't lack class.

TRACK LISTING

Funk Machine
People
Jah Noon (feat Nissim Garame)
Johna

The Funkyjaws label is back with a second in its Discolifting series and once again it's the sort of 12" that you cannot pass up. Markus "Delfonic" Lindner is the man behind this project and is no stranger to blazing hot grooves on labels like Razor-N-Tape and Disco Disco. Here he turns things up once more with the red hot 'Sister' getting things underway on a nice organic groove, 'Disco Party' then brings some funky undertones, 'You Can Get It' has a steamy edge and plenty of soul worked into the melodies and 'Roommate' shuts down with another irresistible mix of the old and the new.

TRACK LISTING

Sister
Disco Party
You Can Get It
Roommate

DUB TREES is one of Youth’s most revered dub projects, it helped define the Liquid Sound Design sound that fans around the world hold dear. This project is the third in a triptych of albums Youth has made with a specific Celtic / Hindu fusion. Starting out with the classic Celtic Cross ‘Hicksville’ 20 years ago, featuring the mythical Simon Posford (Shpongle) through to ‘East of the River Ganges’ (ft Klaus Shultz / Tangerine Dream amongst many others) in 2004 followed by the last piece of this mystical puzzle ‘Celtic Vedic’ ,released on compact disc only in 2016 , which charts the journey of the Celt from Northern India to Snowdonia. The idea stems from Youth’s firm belief that there is a strong correlation between Celtic and Vedic cultures and their Northern Indian roots. Youth has assembled a host of collaborators to weave their labrynthine magic on ‘Celtic Vedic’: Jah Wobble (PiL) on bass, Matt Black/Coldcut (Ninja Tunes) on warped soundscaping duties, Galician Celtic pipe and flute player Daniel Romar, Bollywood contemporary Indian singer Shridevi Keshavan and Elfic Circle. It features many field recordings made by Youth on his various Indian odysseys and is all harnessed together with cutting-edge electronica that the Liquid Sound Design team pioneered 20 years ago. The team today are still pioneering new directions within ‘Downtempo Electronica Music’ and beats that create 3 dimensional landscapes for the helioscopic imagination to explore and psychoactive maps for the inner astronaut in all of us. ‘Celtic Vedic’ promises unchartered bass annihilation and heliotropic soundscapes, pounding basslines overlayed on 3D holographic beats and wrestles with serpentine melodies and psychedelic textures.

TRACK LISTING

1. Return To The River Ganges (Distant Green Shore Dub)
2. Mediolana (Ambrosirus Dub)
3. The Galicians Of Asia Minor
4. Indika Keltika (Fiery Pharoah Mix)
5. Dhaka Corinthia
6. Delfic Tongue (Hercynian Forest Dub)
7. Voyage Of The Pytheas (Pagan Dub)
8. Benares Eternal City (Eryri Dub)
9. Sumerian Odyssey
10. King Of The Faeries (Demnoriax ‘King Of The Lower World’ Dub)
11. Deer Hunter (Aeduan Druid Odyssey Mix)
12. Atmabodha (Ritual Focus Dub)

Over the decades, the image of Kompakt as a pirate ship has taken root in our minds, braving the dangers of the seven seas of the music market. Sometimes it glides with a tailwind through calm waters, sometimes it has to survive violent storms. When we set sail in 1993, we never would have dreamt that our journey would still be going on after more than three decades and with 500 releases to date.

In our fast-paced business, the 500 mark is rarely reached, so we want to celebrate it with a lavish 5LP box set. In a democratic process, we have selected 50 pearls from the thousands of tracks released over the last 33 1/3 years and pressed them onto 5 brightly coloured vinyls. Alongside many Kompakt evergreens, there are also some real rarities from the early ‘Kompakt Sound of Cologne’, which have been lovingly remastered here to shine in new splendour.

The box also contains a 144-page book that tells the story of Kompakt from 1993 to today with detailed texts and images. In addition to the manifold musical and graphic achievements of Kompakt, the multidisciplinary links to the visual arts are also highlighted here.

The Bonus Picture Disc opens with the symbolic tolling of 500 bass drums, followed by 50 locked grooves from the 5 Kompakt founders, looping into infinity at 133 1/3 BPM, and the ‘33 1/3 Years Loop Opera’ – in which the loops are combined into one track that, in its reduced essence, is more than the sum of its individual parts. The magic of groovy loop minimalism and the ‘art of omission’ are once again brought to the proverbial point.

On 23 May 2025, the big KOMPAKT 500 art exhibition will open at the venerable Kölnischer Kunstverein to coincide with the release. The entire visual cosmos of Kompakt will be shown here in an unprecedented way on three floors, with the participation of many renowned artists. Of course, there will also be dancing and partying at the vernissage party, with DJ sets and live shows by the Kompakt Allstars.

The last one turns off the bass drum.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen (Superpitcher / Wassermann Mix) (Edit
2. Kaito - Everlasting (Edit)
3. Terranova - Paris Is For Lovers (My Love) Feat. Tomas Høffding (Edit)
4. Justus Köhncke - Timecode (Edit)
5. Heiko Voss - I Think About You (Edit)
6. Leandro Fresco / Thore Pfeiffer - Neo (Edit)
7. The Bionaut - Everybody’s Kissing Everyone (Edit)
8. Ada - Lovestoned Feat. Raz Ohara (Edit)
9. Superpitcher - Mushroom (Edit)
10. Rex The Dog - Prototype (Edit)
11. Dettinger - Blond 1 (Edit)
12. The Field - Over The Ice (Edit)
13. Robag Wruhme - Calma Calma (Edit)
14. Saschienne - Unknown (Dixon Mix) (Edit)
15. Max Würden - Circles (Edit)
16. Gas - Pop 1 (Edit)
17. Triola - AG Penthouse (2. Epoche) (Edit)
18.Thomas Fehlmann - Making It Whistle (Edit)
19. Scsi-9 - All She Wants Is (Wighnomy Bros. Mix) (Edit)
20. Jürgen Paape - Reval 1 (Edit) 
21. The Modernist - Pearly Spencer (Edit) 
22. Aril Brikha - Berghain (Edit) 
23. T.Raumschmiere - Augen Zu (Edit) 
24. Reinhard Voigt - Superskunk (Edit) 
25. Schaeben & Voss - Dicht Dran 1 (Edit)
26. DJ Koze - Brutalga Square (Edit)
27. The Orb - Masterblaster (Edit)
28. Michael Mayer - Pride Is Weaker Than Love (Edit)
29. Laurent Garnier - From The Crypt To The Astrofloor (Edit)
30. Anna & Kittin - Forever Ravers (Edit)
31. Mike Ink - Rosenkranz (Edit)
32. Reinhard Voigt - Stille Hände (Edit)
33. Forever Sweet - The Bionaut (Edit) 
34. Wassermann - W.I.R. (Sven Väth Mix) (Edit) 
35. Blank Gloss - Coiling (Edit) 
36. Michael Mayer / Matias Aguayo - Slow (Edit)
37. Wighnomy Bros. - Wurz + Blosse (Edit)
38. John Tejada - Unstable Condition (Edit) 
39. Sam Taylor-Wood Produced By Pet Shop Boys - I’m In Love With A German Film Star (Gui Boratto Mix) (Edit)
40. Jürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie (Edit) 
41. Matias Aguayo - Walter Neff (Edit) 
42. Voigt & Voigt - Tischlein Deck Dich (Edit) 
43. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Edit) 
44. Kölsch - Goldfisch (Edit) 
45. GusGus - Rivals (DJ Hell Mix) (Edit)
46. Closer Musik - Maria (Edit) 
47. Wassermann - Fackeln Im Sturm (Edit)
48. Jürgen Paape - Take That (Edit) 
49. Superpitcher - Happiness (Michael Mayer Mix) (Edit) 
50. Markus Guentner - Regensburg (Edit) 

Reissue of Micah P Hinson's debut album, pressed on limited white double vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

1.Close Your Eyes
2.Beneath The Rose
3.Don't You (Part 1 & 2)
4.The Possibilities
5.As You Can See
6.At Last, Our Promises
7.I Still Remember
8.The Nothing
9.Stand In My Way
10.Patience
11.You Lost Sight On Me
12.Caught In Between
13.The Day Texas Sank To The Bottom Of The Sea
14.Can't Change A Thing

Tristeza’s Y2K sophomore album and debut for Tiger Style, back in print a quarter century later. Tracked in Chicago—the post-rock capital of the world— 'Dream Signals In Full Circles' weaves together shimmering counterpointed guitars, mathlete precision percussion, synth glaze and dramatic strings into a trance-inducing sonic screensaver. Do they ID at this bar?

TRACK LISTING

1. Building Peaks
2. Respira
3. City Of The Future
4. Shifty Drifty
5. Auroura Borealis
6. I Am A Cheetah
7. Chiaroscuro
8. Are We People
9. Opiate Slopes

East of Underground was a multi-ethnic seven-piece band formed by American soldiers stationed in Germany in 1971, eager to make music and create a home away from home during their stay in Germany as the war in Vietnam was at its height. That year, the Army staged what they called "The First Annual Original Magnificent Special Forces Entertainment Showband Contest," and East of Underground were one of many groups that entered the competition. Playing a tough, enthusiastic fusion of R&B, funk and pop/rock tunes of the day (including numbers by James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Sly & the Family Stone, and Santana), East of Underground's sound was dominated by the vocal harmonies of Bobby Blackmon, Larry Watson, and Austin Webb, accompanied by tight, concise arrangements laid down by guitarists Lewis Hitt and Gus Marquez, and the rhythm section of bassist Ronald Hall and drummer George Daniels (the latter claimed to have worked with James Brown). East of Underground won second place in the contest; one of the judges was Kurt Loder, who later became a respected rock journalist, and in a review of the show he described them as "a beautiful soul band with three exceptionally good singers." Along with the first, third, and fourth place winners, East of Underground were given studio time in the Armed Forces Radio Network's recording facility in Frankfurt, Germany as one of their prizes, and they cut an album's worth of material. East of Underground's studio session was issued as a promotional album by the Army, but it received scant distribution and quickly fell into obscurity, and after the group's members finished their military commitments, the band broke up. Many years later, the album came o the attention of the crate diggers at the magazine Wax Poetics, and in 2007 the magazine launched their affiliated record label with a reissue of East of Underground's LP. At the time, little was known about the group and its members, and Wax Poetics produced a short film (also called East of Underground) about the album and the efforts to unravel the mystery of the band. So far, guitarist Lewis Hitt is the only member of East of Underground whose whereabouts have been confirmed; he works as an ambulance pilot in Alabama and still plays guitar in his spare time.

Vampisoul are pleased to make this wonderful and highly sought-after album available again.

The recording perfectly captures the spirit of young America through songs written by Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, and Burt Bacharach (via Isaac Hayes, of course). High-level soul and funk performed by brilliant anonymous musicians. Virtually impossible to find in its original edition, Vampisoul are now reissuing it once again thanks to a collaboration with Now Again. Pressed on 180g vinyl.

Often, the most prized records by collectors hold unexpected stories. When they also feature incredibly high musical quality and only a few original copies are available, they become the holy grails of collecting. This is the case with this album.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Want To Take You Higher
2. Smiling Faces Sometimes
3. (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below, We’re All Going To Go
4. People Get Ready
5. Getting Over
6. I’ll Bet You / California Dreamin’
7. Pop Corn / Oye Como Va
8. I Love You For All Seasons
9. East Of Java
10. Walk On By

GoGo Penguin, the Manchester trio that has inspirationally blended jazz, classical, and electronic influences since forming in 2012, has reached a thrilling moment with their new album, 'Necessary Fictions'.

This release finds pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Jon Scott digging deep internally to reach their integral and authentic qualities at this moment in time. This entails some of their boldest moves to date, such as incorporating modular synthesizers into their sound more than ever before. For the first time, GoGo Penguin expanded their familiar three-man formation to invite guest players, including the Manchester Collective led by creative director and violinist Rakhi Singh. Additionally, 'Forgive The Damages' features the debut appearance of a human voice on a GoGo Penguin recording, belonging to singer-songwriter Daudi Matsiko.

All told, 'Necessary Fictions' is an album of ambitious fresh developments from a band fully at ease with who they are: confident enough to open the door to collaboration, excited about where they can explore next, and keen to have fun doing so.

TRACK LISTING

1. Umbra
2. Fallowfield Loops
3. Forgive The Damages (feat. Daudi Matsiko)
4. What We Are And What We Are Meant To Be
5. Background Hiss Reminds Me Of Rain
6. The Turn Within
7. Living Bricks In Dead Mortar
8. Naga Ghost
9. Luminous Giants (feat. Rakhi Singh And Manchester Collective)
10. Float (Loi Krathong, 2003)
11. State Of Flux (feat. Manchester Collective)
12. Silence Speaks

The first vinyl reissue of 'Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection' features enduring highlights of Krauss’ solo work, Union Station tracks, and covers. Originally released in 1995, this Double-Platinum-certified album includes the Gold-certified single, 'When You Say Nothing At All', along with the GRAMMY®-winning 'Baby, Now That I’ve Found You' and other timeless classics. Upon its first release, Rolling Stone said of the album, “A crystalline soprano, [Krauss] sings with riveting emotion.” 

TRACK LISTING

1. Baby, Now That I've Found You
2. Oh, Atlanta
3. Broadway
4. Every Time You Say Goodbye
5. Tonight I'll Be Lonely Too
6. Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Crew
7. Sleep On
8. When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart
9. I Will
10. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
11. In The Palm Of Your Hand
12. When You Say Nothing At All 

Over the course of nearly a decade making music, Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith have charted a distinctive course through the history of pop, evoking influences as varied as the 60s folk of early Fairport Convention and Vashti Bunyan, the sunshine pop of Margo Guryan and Laura Nyro, and indiepop touchstones like Dear Nora, Marine Girls and Dolly Mixture.

Their new album, 'How Long Can It Last', finds Jeanines grappling with themes of personal upheaval and self-excavation, adding weight to their finest set of songs yet. With Alicia’s lyrics incisively interrogating connections, ruptures, and time and its reverberations, songs like 'Coaxed a Storm', 'What's Done Is Done', and 'On and On' combine rich melody with co-composer Jed’s crisp arrangements (along with contributions from longtime live show bassist Maggie Gaster) to stellar effect.

Where 'How Long Can It Last' really shines is, as always, in the songs. While the themes are sometimes heavy, the melodies and harmonies are simply heavenly, elevating these economical songs to give each the feeling of a lost classic. From the first notes of opener 'To Fail' to jaunty closer 'Wrong Direction', this album announces itself as the work of a band in full command of their art (and craft).

TRACK LISTING

1. To Fail
2. You Can’t Get It Back
3. You’ll Figure It Out
4. Coaxed A Storm
5. That’s What You Say
6. What’s Done Is Done
7. On And On
8. What’s Lost
9. What You Do
10. One Art
11. Satisfied
12. How Long Can It Last
13. Wrong Direction

Carrying on the long tradition of sentimental jangle pop songwriters, Lightheaded distil decades of lovelorn tunes into sounds for modern softies. They have the sunshine sparkle of The Left Banke and Margo Guryan, the C86 charm of Dolly Mixture and Would-Be-Goods, and the cinematic swell of Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura.

Formed on the shore of New Jersey in 2017 by Cynthia Rittenbach and Stephen Stec, Lightheaded took time to hone their sound with a rotating crew of drummers, guitarists and backup vocalists. They found a community of like-minded bands in a vast but tight-knit international indie pop scene, which eventually led them to the iconic California label Slumberland Records. Their debut cassette EP 'Good Good Great!', a collection of five perfect pop songs, landed in 2023, followed by the full-length 'Combustible Gems' in 2024. A European tour and gigs opening for bands like Heavenly, The Softies and The Ladybug Transistor rounded out their breakout year.

The band signed to Skep Wax Records for 'Thinking Dreaming Scheming', their most collaborative and earnest release to date. A slate of five brand new songs is combined with the five tracks from 'Good Good Great!', now available on vinyl for the first time. Recorded bi-coastally with Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor) and Alicia Vanden Heuvel (The Aislers Set, Poundsign) and drenched in lush reverb on tape by Fred Thomas (Saturday Looks Good to Me), the new songs are rendered in a dreamy soft focus that perfectly suits their starry-eyed themes. Adding to all the fun are the cameos and contributions from the new generation of New York indie pop goodness, featuring members of Starcleaner Reunion and Trinket, pushing the songs on this record to a high point in the young band's discography.

TRACK LISTING

1. Same Drop
2. The Lindens, The Lindens, The Lindens
3. Me And Amelia Fletcher
4. The View From Your Room
5. Crash Landing Of The Clod
6. Mercury Girl
7. Orange Creamsicle Head
8. The Garden
9. Patti Girl
10. Love Is Overrated

Kermit the Frog made his very first television appearance in 1955, and seventy years later, we’re celebrating him and all of The Muppets in their seven decades of singing, dancing and making people happy! To commemorate this anniversary, 'The Muppets: The Green Album' is now available for the first time on green vinyl, with a special message from Kermit the Frog.

TRACK LISTING

1. OK Go - Muppet Show Theme Song
2. Weezer - Rainbow Connection
3. The Fray - Mahna Mahna
4. Alkaline Trio - Movin' Right Along
5. My Morning Jacket - Our World
6. Amy Lee - Halfway Down The Stairs
7. Sondre Lerche - Mr. Bassman
8. The Airborne Toxic Event - Wishing Song
9. Brandon Saller - Night Life
10. Andrew Bird - Bein' Green
11. Matt Nathanson - I Hope That Something Better Comes Along
12. Rachael Yamagata - I'm Going To Go Back There Someday

Through the interaction of dulcet textures and harmonious melodies, infused with Greek bouzouki string plucks, sporadic piano and violin, enigmatic Alexandria, Virginia born musician Gabriel Brady laments the everyday with daring simplicity on his lustrous ambient / alt-folk debut 'Day-blind' for the Tonal Union imprint.

Attracted by the sensibilities of old French film scores, especially those by Michel Legrand and Jean Constantin and the sheer simplistic beauty of forbearing composers Debussy, Satie and Ravel, Brady cites inspiration in a warm earnestness to the melodies; and the complete, unmediated feeling that such scores and orchestrations create. Written and produced in his bedroom dorm at Harvard, in Cambridge Massachusetts, Brady recorded organic instruments (violin, bouzouki) before routing them through a compact modular synth setup acting as a sound chamber for further manipulation (loops, effects, textures). In striving to make sense of the ordinary, on 'Day-blind', Brady’s works are invariably imbued with a sense of serenity and tension as he explains:

“There’s a way in which everyday life can be a source of deep pain and melancholy, intensely disquieting and dull and leaden, and yet it can also be a place of deep peace and conscious attunement to the present moment, and it’s this tension that the album is built around.”

The woozy opener ‘Womb’ accesses deep and personal emotional spaces with its textural synth swells alternating between two simple chords, a gentle piano interlude and grainy textures that induce a day-dream state. The intentional unhurried-pace of the track ‘Ordinary’ drifts between two key centers of doleful Wurlitzer chords, hand in hand with the listener who might only register the tonal shifts on a subconscious level. Another distinct feature is the warm enveloping presence of an eight string Greek bouzouki (a longnecked, string instrument) as heard on ‘Land and Sea’, after Brady fell in love with its unique timbre that echoes a filmic quality to that of Jean Constantin’s 400 Blows score to depict a sense of yearning. ‘Attune’ enters with slowed-down synths and bouzouki, looped over itself, delayed, and then resynthesized to create a strange but seamless blend of acoustic and electronic as Brady moves the centre of gravity. This deliberate intervention takes the ordinary instruments and defamiliarizes them, making their source/origin not readily apparent therefore removing any blanket of association.

'Day-blind' too explores themes of memory, nostalgia, and melancholia which emanate from its lo-fi, intimate and sensitive nature. Through a hazy smokescreen of delays, tape loops and decays Brady contemplates a typical post modern-era dilemma of wistful longing and lonesome nostalgia, existing parallel/alongside contentment and staying in the present moment. The bare, reflective ‘Streetlight’ with its pitch-shifted and vari-speed piano, spliced with a weeping violin melody performed by Kalman Strauss, precedes the re-constructive ‘Untitled’ with a heavily filtered looping piano and rhythmic pulse. ‘Ambrosial’, dims the spotlight to a close being the most textural-laden track, combining loose sonic materials similar to Eno’s Ambient 4 collage techniques. By channelling his own acute musical sensibilities by means of evocative voicings, Brady momentarily deconstructs, warps and reshapes reality, posing questions about perception and our states of being as the album's curious title mysteriously suggests.

Across its seven vignettes, 'Day-blind' is life animated as Brady makes possible an everyday encounter with the transcendent.

TRACK LISTING

1. Womb
2. Ordinary
3. Land And Sea
4. Attune
5. Streetlight
6. Untitled
7. Ambrosial

Sex Mask is a 3 piece post-punk/alternative rock band based in Melbourne, Australia, drawing members who hail from various parts of the globe.

The self-contained writing/production unit comprises Vicente Moncada on drums/production, Ry Gray on vocals and lyrics, and Kaya Martin on guitars and synths.

Their music is described as "vague pop instilled with the ancient genius of your own blood," suggesting a blend of introspective lyrics, innovative soundscapes, in a context of absurdist punk.

Sex Mask has released several tracks, including "Tv Movie," "How To Be Cool At Parties," and "Birds." They have a growing organic base of listeners on streaming platforms.

Their captivating live show in 2024-25 has seen them support Fcukers, Big Special, Fat White Family and festival stages around Australia.
Following an exciting Bigsound Brisbane and SXSW Sydney in late 2024, the chaotic trio will embark on their first UK tour this spring, covering stages at Dot To Dot, Great Escape, Get Together as well as their debut headline show in London.

TRACK LISTING

A. How To Be Cool At Parties
AA. Circe

Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the 'godmothers of grunge' have been revered by punk, queer, feminist and indie pop artists alike. The Raincoats reimagined the nature of experimental music and DIY design and went on to inspire Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and an entire generation of Riot Grrrl and queercore musicians.

Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats tells their astonishing story in three
extraordinary lives. In The Raincoats' first life, they recorded three full-length albums now regarded as classics and were the first punk band to play behind the Iron Curtain in Warsaw. Nearly a decade later in 1992, the band's second life took off when Kurt Cobain's love of the band catalysed their renaissance.

In 2001, The Raincoats emerged from their five-year hiatus into their third and ongoing iteration marked by performances in art museums such as New York's MoMA, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and London's National Portrait Gallery. The Raincoats have and continue to be a singular phenomenon and influence for so many.

Featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen images from The Raincoats' archive, Shouting Out Loud is the ultimate, authorised biography of this pioneering group of women - and the must-have account of a legendary band that holds a vital place in twentieth and twenty-first century sonic history.

Aitch, one of Manchester's most successful rappers, is back with his highly anticipated sophomore album, '4'. After a year-long hiatus, Aitch has reasserted his dominance in the UK music scene with hit singles like 'A Guy Called?' and 'Raving In The Studio'.

Known for his lyrical prowess and industry impact since his early releases, Aitch continues to evolve, balancing his career with personal growth and charitable efforts. '4' marks a new chapter, blending transparency and authenticity, and promises to deliver the raw, emotive music fans have come to love. Get ready to experience Aitch at his finest.

TRACK LISTING

TBC

New Candys are set to make a powerful return in 2025 with the release of their highly anticipated fifth album, 'The Uncanny Extravaganza', via Fuzz Club. Marking a bold evolution in the band’s sound, the latest from the Venetian outfit blends their psych-rock roots with fresh electronic influences and cutting edge production by Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher). It’s a genre-defying sonic experience that could be their most compelling work yet – veering between aggressive, gritty sounds, synth-driven rhythms, and dreamy, melancholic minimalism.

TRACK LISTING

1. Regicide
2. Crime Wave
3. Breathe Me In
4. Night Surfer
5. You'll Never Know Yourself
6. Aquawish
7. Cagehead
8. Wild Spaghetti West
9. Gills On My Lungs
10. Final Mission 

Released in 2015, Get To Heaven is the third studio album by British art-rock band Everything Everything. The album blends elements of indie rock, electronic, and experimental pop, showcasing the band’s signature complex rhythms, sharp lyricism, and dynamic vocal performances by frontman Jonathan Higgs. Featuring standout tracks like Distant Past, Regret, and No Reptiles, the album explores themes of political unrest, media influence, and societal anxiety, wrapped in vibrant, high-energy production. Get To Heaven received widespread critical acclaim for its bold sound and thought-provoking lyrics, solidifying Everything Everything as one of the most innovative bands of the 2010s. With its infectious hooks, intricate instrumentation, and emotionally charged songwriting, Get To Heaven remains a defining album in modern alternative music, appealing to fans of intelligent, genre-blending rock. This much sought-after cult classic is now reissued on vinyl for the first time in a decade, newly expanded with 12 bonus tracks,B-sides and previously unreleased outtake demos.

TRACK LISTING

VINYL:
Side A
1. To The Blade
2. Distant Past
3. Get To Heaven
4. Regret
5. Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread
6. The Wheel (Is Turning Now)

Side B
1. Fortune 500
2. Blast Doors
3. Zero Pharaoh
4. No Reptiles
5. Warm Healer

Side C
1. We Sleep In Pairs
2. Hapsburg Lippp
3. President Heartbeat
4. Brainchild
5. Yuppie Supper
6. Only As Good As My God

Side D
1. Pressure
2. Magnetophone
3. Live Intro
4. To The Blade (To The Bone)
5. Indigo (Demo)
6. Give Me Your Blood (Demo)

CD:
1. To The Blade
2. Distant Past
3. Get To Heaven
4. Regret
5. Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread
6. The Wheel (Is Turning Now)
7. Fortune 500
8. Blast Doors
9. Zero Pharaoh
10. No Reptiles
11. Warm Healer
Bonus Tracks:
12. We Sleep In Pairs
13. Hapsburg Lippp
14. President Heartbeat
15. Brainchild
16. Yuppie Supper
17. Only As Good As My God
18. Pressure
19. Magnetophone
20. To The Blade (To The Bone)

Overcoming life-threatening illness and finding fresh perspective on true priorities, English alt. rock supremos Dinosaur Pile-Up roar back from the brink with defiant fifth album 'I've Felt Better'.

Struggle. Vulnerability. Pain. Resilience. Love. It's been a hell of a journey. In many ways, brilliant, shapeshifting opener - and lead single - ''Bout To Lose It' begins at the end, dropping us into the shoes of a frontman chomping at the bit to get back to business but low on confidence, unsure if fans still give a damn after so much time away: 'I guess I'm back on the edge / Maybe I never left! / Would have been nice if you cared / But what did I expect?!' He needn't worry. Bursting with attitude, 'I've Felt Better's hook-laden title-track is both confirmation that DPU haven't lost a step and subtle expansion of the broader themes of strength in the face of adversity, transforming from lament for lost momentum to damning critique of a pop-cultural landscape gone mad.

TRACK LISTING

1. 'Bout To Lose It
2. I've Felt Better
3. Punk Kiss
4. Sick Of Being Down
5. My Way / Big Dogs
6. Big You And Me
7. Love's The Worst
8. Quasimodo Melonheart
9. Sunflower
10. Unfamiliar
11. I Don't Love Nothing And Nothing Loves Me

'Mustang Island', the third album from Austin-based band Little Mazarn, is a gentle force. Waves of grief crest like surf on the Texas coast. Wild horses break through long-shuttered gates, only to come back around. Lead songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Lindsey Verrill (she/her) joins bandmates Jeff Johnston (he/him) and Carolina Chauffe (they/them). The ten-song collection continues work with Dear Life Records. A full-throated romp through the capabilities of community-minded songcraft, 'Mustang Island' is both naturalistic and futuristic, completely recasting Little Mazarn’s origins in primitive folk. Instead, the band reaches towards sonic experimentation and spacious expansion.

Lindsey’s heart-opening vocals and Jeff’s singing saw, both trademarks of the project, mix with unexpected bombastic drums, dissonant synthesizers, and a chorus of orchestral oddities. This mid-career ode dances confidently in the creative liberties granted by decades in the game – more dazzlingly lively, and honestly somber, than ever before.

The band’s crossroads branch across prominent Southern outsider music: On cello, Lindsey has recorded with Patty Griffin and Dana Falconberry. The Oklahoma-born Verrill didn’t write her first song until age 34. Jeff has played in Bill Callahan’s band, now drums with Thor & Friends and Orange Mothers, and still works on experimental puppet work. Little Mazarn has also collaborated with Thor Harris (Swans), Honey Island General Store (2023), following two previous LPs on Dear Life and Self Sabotage Records, and past LPs released by Keeled Scales (2022) and 10 (2019).

Alongside this new record, Lindsey directs music from Kate Wolf and Bob Wills to Six Texas Playboys, giving direct musical roots to Mustang Island. Lindsey left her job at a hearing clinic to help call a hot check in school. Recording also aligned with the death of Lindsey’s father, a career educator.
In Jeff and Lindsey’s hometown of Dallas.

“Grief, and the avoidance of grief, is a big part of being human,” says Lindsey.
“You make a choice, and then you grieve for the other choice. Or you finish a meal and literally grieve that it was so good. If you really befriend grief, you’re like, ‘oh, it’s here, in this pancake, which I loved so much that I ate the whole thing, and now it’s gone.’”

TRACK LISTING

1. Crystal Cave
2. New New San Antonio
3. The Cloud And The Snail
4. Dark Pleasure Of Endless Doing
5. Remember The Night
6. Mustang Island
7. The Gate
8. Murmuration
9. The Great Divide
10. The Golden Hour

In 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' (1976), Roy Ayers seamlessly blends genres, creating a timeless sound that continues to influence musicians and DJs around the world. He makes the vibraphone the central instrument, a jazz-funk approach hat defines his unique style.

Over time, the album has remained an essential reference in Roy Ayers' discography and in the history of 70s Black music.

Summertime soul classic!

TRACK LISTING

1. Hey, Uh-What You Say Come On
2. The Golden Rod
3. Keep On Walking
4. You And Me My Love
5. The Third Eye
6. It Ain't Your Sign (It's Your Mind)
7. People And The World
8. Everybody Loves The Sunshine
9. Tongue Power
10. Lonesome Cowboy

Long out-of-print, Norman Greenbaum’s 1969 debut, 'Spirit in the Sky', returns on vinyl. Anchored by its beloved, iconic title track, 'Spirit in the Sky', the album merges rock, gospel, and psychedelia, while hidden gems like 'Marcy', 'Tars of India' and 'Skyline' highlight Greenbaum’s distinctive songwriting style. This reissue arrives in a paper-wrapped jacket with lacquers cut from the original tapes (AAA)—truly a defining classic of its era.

TRACK LISTING

1. Junior Cadillac
2. Spirit In The Sky
3. Skyline
4. Jubilee
5. Alice Bodine
6. Tars Of India
7. The Power
8. Good Lookin' Woman
9. Milk Cow
10. Marcy

This is music. Has drums and wiggly bits. Check it out. See if you like it.

Here is a super-limited one from DFA – new UK-based signing Proper Monday Number will be releasing their debut EP in June. Before that, we have a one-track 12” featuring a DFA Edit of one of the EP tracks ‘High horse’, by none other than James Murphy and Matt Cash.

The Nigerian princesses of afro-funk arrived on the international scene with 1976’s 'Danger' and never looked back. Produced by multi-instrumentalist Adeniyi “Biddy” Wright, the six-song LP is a low-slung affair, awash in dreamy psychedelic guitar, crisp hi-hat shuffles, and telepathic harmony vocals from twins Taiwo and Kehinde. This 2025 remaster is housed in a deluxe tip-on jacket and includes lyrics in both Yorurban and English. Danger, danger, danger please come on back.

TRACK LISTING

1. Danger
1. Amebo
3. Life’s Gone Down Low
4. Cashing In
5. Bobby
6. Lord Have Mercy

British synth wizard James Holden and Polish clarinet guru Waclaw Zimpel (Saagara, Shackleton) continue their fruitful collaboration with the blissful escapism of lush album debut 'The Universe Will Take Care Of You'.

A deeply emotive warm and fuzzy delight, the rich textures and beguiling sound palette of the entrancing 'The Universe…' roams freely between bucolic pastorals, insistent arpeggios and shimmering euphoria.

Embracing the playful, experimental approach of their Krautrock forefathers to explore their deepest improvisational urges, this is the joyful convergence of two like-minded masters of their craft, weaving in violin, percussion, lap steel guitar and the Indian twin pipe algoza flute amongst the expected modular synth and clarinet.

TRACK LISTING

1. You Are Gods
2. Sunbeam Path
3. Time Ring Rattles
4. Sparkles, Crystals, Miracles
5. Incredible Bliss
6. The Universe Will Take Care Of You

Acclaimed director and musician Jim Jarmusch and experimental lute player and composer Jozef van Wissem met nearly 20 years ago, forming a close bond after they ran into each other on the streets of New York City. In 2011, they began performing and producing records together.

The duo weaves an intricate Lute and guitar string tapestry of droning, minimal free-folk compositions destined to captivate listeners with their dark hypnosis. This time vocals and electronics are added as well.

Van Wissem’s work comes from a tradition of avant-garde minimalism and lends itself well to the director’s stark cinematic works. Jarmusch has played guitar in bands on and off since the late ‘70s. Van Wissem’s compositional style involves hypnotic circular musical phrases that allow for a lot of contemplative space between the notes.

TRACK LISTING

1. CONCERNING CELESTIAL HIERARCHY. 3:50
2. THE DAY THE ANGELS CRIED 4:22
3. THE FIRST LANGUAGE 4:22
4. SHE BURNS IN DEVOTION, HER VIRTUE SWEET LIKE HONEY
5. THERE IS NO ANSWER
6. TO THOSE WHO MOURN
7. CONCERNING THE LAW OF ANGELS 4.19

For more than a decade, Black Honey have been conjuring vivid cinematic universes alongside across their three albums, scoring top 10s, playing shows with IDLES, Liam Gallagher and The Libertines and relentlessly touring. The new album 'Soak' is a very different proposition to behind 2023’s 'A Fistful of Peaches', let alone 2021’s 'Written and Directed' or the band’s self-titled debut of 2018. Two years sober and enjoying a thriving career as a tattoo artist, front person Izzy Phillips is still a force of nature but has found healthier outlets for her boundless energy.

Needless to say, it’s not been easy, but the band are reaping the benefits now, enjoying deeper levels of self-acceptance as a byproduct of all their emotional labour. On the album Phillips says, “'Soak' is me processing a decade of touring and creating music and art as an addict. It’s me picking at the layers of messy, romantic, confusing, woozy, beautiful and fucked up things. Who I thought I was, who I was supposed to be and who looks back at me now are all so different but I’m kind of here for it.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Insulin
2. Dead
3. Psycho
4. Carroll Avenue
5. Soak
6. Sad Sun
7. Shallow
8. Drag
9. Vampire In The Kitchen
10. Slow Dance
11. To The Grave
12. Medication

The Canadian folk singer renowned for her purity of voice and composer of the ever-fresh ’Morning Dew’; once at the heart of Greenwich Village heyday when she sang at Gerdes Folk City with the likes of Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan. The UK’s premier purveyors of Cosmic Americana riding a wave of creativity and acclaim, with two successive classic albums 'Hollow Heart' and 'On A Golden Shore'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Baby's Got The Blues
2. Trouble
3. Don't Look Down
4. On A Morning Like This
5. You Don't Know
6. Stay With Me Tonight
7. Get Together
8. Dreams

'Showbiz!' is the tenth solo album by MIKE, released via his own label 10k. Widespread acclaim includes Pitchfork 'Best New Music', who proclaimed it's "the young artist’s greatest accomplishment thus far". It sets a new benchmark for himself and his contemporaries as he steps into the next chapter of his career as a proven, essential voice in hip hop this decade. The record features 454 and duendita, alongside guest production from Thelonious Martin, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Jacob Rochester, Anysia Kym, Harrison (SURF GANG), ShunGu, Laron and redLee

TRACK LISTING

1. Bear Trap
2. Clown Of The Class (Work Harder)
3. Then We Could Be Free..
4. Watered Down
5. Man In The Mirror
6. Artist Of The Century
7. What U Bouta Do?/A Star Was Born (feat. 454)
8. Belly 1
9. Da Roc
10. The Weight (2k20)
11. Lost Scribe
12. You're The Only One Watching
13. Lucky
14. #82
15. Too Hot (Interlude)
16. Pieces Of A Dream
17. Strange Feeling
18. Zombie Pt.2
19. Burning House
20. Showbiz! (Intro)
21. Spun Out
22. Miss U (feat. Duendita)
23. When It Rains
24. Diamond Dancing (Broke)

Expanded to include all related single, EP and bonus tracks – plus a selection from The Loft's archive of live in-studio performances and previously unreleased alternate mixes and demos. Includes Wilco classics "Art of Almost", "Dawned on Me”, "Sunloathe” and many others. The triple Black LP Vinyl format was previously a RSD exclusive release and is very limited. 

A deep, hypnotic, sonic excursion of Afro-Cuban/mambo rhythms to get lost within. Released in 1978, there are a number of different pressings of the album coming out on labels including GRC, Desca Records and Sound Triangle Records. Stripped-back and low-fi, this is a pulsating hit of instrumental Latin-jazz dance magic.

Predominantly made up of just percussion and bass, the album comes courtesy of Carlos "Rico" Ramirez on bass, Carlos Patato on congas, timbales by Nelson Padron and Lazaro Pla aka Manteca as band leader. A Cuban legend, Manteca rose to fame playing with Ernesto Lecuona and the Cuban Boys. Although he featured on numerous recordings in his home of Cuba, only a handful exist of his as featured soloist or band leader.

A whirlwind of percussive brilliance, 'Ritmo Y Sabor' is brimming with energy regardless of the tempo of the track. An instantaneous ability to make you move, the grooves come alive with each new rhythm introduced. Take for instance, the track 'Afro Funky' that more than lives up to its name. A breakbeat Latin-funk workout, with a mighty fine walking bass line that provides the basis for the drummers to vibe off. Elsewhere, 'Rumbon En Casa De Cando' is fast and furious perfect for the jazz dance specialist, whilst 'Sabor A Mantecado' keeps you on your toes with its trance- like repetitive bassline and percussive interplay. 'Cosa De Manteca' is another heavy-Latin funk gem with a rough and raw feeling of relentless yet groove-driven percussion.

A must-have Afro-Cuban, rhythmic funk triumph, that shows Manteca and his band in full flight.

TRACK LISTING

Rumbon En Casa De Cando
Afro Funky
Sabor A Mantecado
Abacua
Son Montuno
Cosas De Manteca
Gozando El Timbal

First released in 1996 – this 2025 reissue of 'Second Toughest in the Infants' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black double vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Juanita : Kiteless : To Dream Of Love
2. Banstyle/Sappy's Curry
3. Confusion The Waitress
4. Rowla
5. Pearl's Girl
6. Air Towel
7. Blueski
8. Stagger

First released in 1995 – this 2025 reissue of 'Dubnobasswithmyheadman' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black double vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dark & Long
2. Mmm…Skyscraper I Love You
3. Surfboy
4. Spoonman
5. Tongue
6. Dirty Epic
7. Cowgirl
8. River Of Bass
9. M.E.

First released in 1999 – this 2025 reissue of 'Beaucop Fish' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black double vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cups
2. Push Upstairs
3. Jumbo
4. Shudder/King Of Snake
5. Winjer
6. Skym
7. Bruce Lee
8. Kittens
9. Push Downstairs
10. Something Like A Mama
11. Moaner

First released in 2010 – this 2025 reissue of 'Barking' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black double vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bird 1
2. Always Loved A Film
3. Scribble
4. Hamburg Hotel
5. Grace
6. Between Stars
7. Diamond Jigsaw
8. Moon In Water
9. Louisiana"

"I have seen the madness in my area" sings Mr Smith on track 4 of this record. That sentence sums up a lot of The Fall's appeal to me: they looked at The North, the place I was brought up in, and saw something alien and inexplicable in it. Not "Gritty Northern Realism" but rather "Snotty Northern Sur-realism". A welcome alternative to all that Hovis advert, brass-band, "Ee by gum", "Last of the Summer Wine" schtick you normally got whenever The North was mentioned in the mass media. According to The Fall, people in the North of England also had dreams and sometimes saw "monsters glowing on the roof" of the local disco and had to deal with City Hobgoblins on a daily basis. This was great news. Incredibly great news for an 18 year-old who had just left school and was on Social Security and was trying to make it in a band, which was quite difficult because the rest of said band had been forced to go to university by their parents. Plus, The North was (pardon my French) completely fucked by 1981: its industries closed down by the Thatcher government, leaving the entire population in a severe state of shock. We needed something new to believe in. A band to believe in.

"We are Northern White Crap that talks back" was another inspirational quote at this time (you can hear it in the introduction to "Psykick Dance Hall" on this record). Because that was what I was aspiring to do: I was attempting to find a voice. Attempting to find out who I could be. Tough job.

The Fall had always been helpful to me in matters like these: Pulp's first mention in the local press, whilst I was still at school, had likened us to "a cross between ABBA and The Fall" (best review ever!), which was encouraging, to say the least. Then I went with my sister to see them at The Leadmill which led to an argument between us as to whether what we had just witnessed was "really" music or not. Never mind that question -- what about all the rest? Are you allowed to be that repetitive? Do all the instruments have to be in tune? Is the singer allowed to hang his jacket on the mic stand if he gets too hot? Yes, no, yes. The Fall provided possibilities. Showed possible escape routes. They said, "Anyone can do this -- as long as you do it your own way". That meant you had to make your own rules and find your own subjects to write songs about amongst the rubble of the newly post-industrial North. Get to work.

This record brings back those days of inspiration and exhilaration. I know these songs by heart even though I never bought a Fall single back then; John Peel always played The Fall releases so I taped them off the radio. Sorry. I'm sure you're familiar with them too. But to hear them live, in the heat of the moment, really brings back the spirit of The Fall. The giddiness and excitement. The palpable hunger to find something new to sing about and believe in. This music never gets old.

The Fall are still the perfect antidote to the "madness in our area". Long may they reign.

Jarvis Cocker, December 2024

TRACK LISTING

1. It’s The New Thing (Live)
2. Various Times (Live)
3. Rowche Rumble (Live)
4. In My Area (Live)
5. Fiery Jack (Live)
6. 2nd Dark Age (Live)
7. Psykick Dancehall #2(Live)
8. How I Wrote Elastic Man (Live)
9. City Hobgoblins (Live)

"I have seen the madness in my area" sings Mr Smith on track 4 of this record. That sentence sums up a lot of The Fall's appeal to me: they looked at The North, the place I was brought up in, and saw something alien and inexplicable in it. Not "Gritty Northern Realism" but rather "Snotty Northern Sur-realism". A welcome alternative to all that Hovis advert, brass-band, "Ee by gum", "Last of the Summer Wine" schtick you normally got whenever The North was mentioned in the mass media. According to The Fall, people in the North of England also had dreams and sometimes saw "monsters glowing on the roof" of the local disco and had to deal with City Hobgoblins on a daily basis. This was great news. Incredibly great news for an 18 year-old who had just left school and was on Social Security and was trying to make it in a band, which was quite difficult because the rest of said band had been forced to go to university by their parents. Plus, The North was (pardon my French) completely fucked by 1981: its industries closed down by the Thatcher government, leaving the entire population in a severe state of shock. We needed something new to believe in. A band to believe in.

"We are Northern White Crap that talks back" was another inspirational quote at this time (you can hear it in the introduction to "Psykick Dance Hall" on this record). Because that was what I was aspiring to do: I was attempting to find a voice. Attempting to find out who I could be. Tough job.

The Fall had always been helpful to me in matters like these: Pulp's first mention in the local press, whilst I was still at school, had likened us to "a cross between ABBA and The Fall" (best review ever!), which was encouraging, to say the least. Then I went with my sister to see them at The Leadmill which led to an argument between us as to whether what we had just witnessed was "really" music or not. Never mind that question -- what about all the rest? Are you allowed to be that repetitive? Do all the instruments have to be in tune? Is the singer allowed to hang his jacket on the mic stand if he gets too hot? Yes, no, yes. The Fall provided possibilities. Showed possible escape routes. They said, "Anyone can do this -- as long as you do it your own way". That meant you had to make your own rules and find your own subjects to write songs about amongst the rubble of the newly post-industrial North. Get to work.

This record brings back those days of inspiration and exhilaration. I know these songs by heart even though I never bought a Fall single back then; John Peel always played The Fall releases so I taped them off the radio. Sorry. I'm sure you're familiar with them too. But to hear them live, in the heat of the moment, really brings back the spirit of The Fall. The giddiness and excitement. The palpable hunger to find something new to sing about and believe in. This music never gets old.

The Fall are still the perfect antidote to the "madness in our area". Long may they reign.

Jarvis Cocker, December 2024

TRACK LISTING

1. It’s The New Thing (Live)
2. Various Times (Live)
3. Rowche Rumble (Live)
4. In My Area (Live)
5. Fiery Jack (Live)
6. 2nd Dark Age (Live)
7. Psykick Dancehall #2(Live)
8. How I Wrote Elastic Man (Live)
9. City Hobgoblins (Live)

First released in 2016 – This 2025 reissue of  'Barbara Barbara We Face A Shining Future' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Exhale
2. If Rah
3. Low Burn
4. Santiago Cuatro
5. Motorhome
6. Ova Nova
7. Nylon Strung

First released in 2007 – this 2025 reissue of 'Oblivion With Bells' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black double vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Crocodile
2. Beautiful Burnout
3. Holding The Moth
4. To Heal
5. Ring Road
6. Glam Bucket
7. Boy, Boy, Boy
8. Cuddle Bunny Vs The Celtic Villages
9. Faxed Invitation
10. Good Morning Cockerel
11. Best Mamgu Ever

First released in 2002 – This 2025 reissue of 'A Hundred Days Off' is pressed on 180gsm heavy weight black double vinyl. Cut at half speed and meticulously checked for the highest quality audio, this double gatefold has the classic design from the original pressing but with added spine detail to showcase your collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mo Move
2. Two Months Off
3. Twist
4. Sola Sistim
5. Little Speaker
6. Trim
7. Ess Gee
8. Dinosaur Adventure 3D
9. Ballet Lane
10. Luetin

Karman Line Collective - the group fka BE - release a new album on 20th May 2025. To Be arrives on the UK’s National Bee Day and will be quickly followed by a pair of instore gigs at Rough Trade shops in Liverpool (22nd May) and London East (23rd May).

To Be is the first album release from Karman Line Collective. Recorded by artist Wolfgang Buttress with Kevin Bales and Tony Foster (Spiritualized, Julian Cope) and Justin Goodyear, To Be is a phenomenal, immersive new soundscape for Buttress’ latest art installation - BEES: A Story of Survival - a multi-sensory experience at World Museum, Liverpool. This exhibition highlights the essential role these ingenious pollinators play within the planet’s ecosystems, as well as the existential threat faced by both bees and humanity alike due to our mistreatment of the planet.

Eight years ago, along with thousands of bees, Wolfgang Buttress worked with Bales and Foster as BE to soundtrack his multi award-winning art installation The Hive in Kew Gardens, London. The album ONEcollected that soundscape and was released on Caught by the River’s Rivertones label to much critical acclaim and featured in multiple best album of the year lists, including those of Rough Trade, The Quietus and The Guardian.

The soundscape for BEES: A Story of Survival builds on and evolves the group’s previous work on The Hive and develops it as one of the exhibition’s main narrative devices. Buttress has likened moving through the exhibition to following the contours of a song: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, middle eight, drop, chorus, chorus - much like how the eight installations in the piece meld into and inform each other. The music - along with light, sound, projection and scent - take the visitor on an emotional and sensorial journey into the secret world of bees.

Created over three years of writing and recording, To Be beautifully combines previously unheard recordings of bee communications with deeply enveloping meditative music. These unique bee communication sounds are used as raw musical stems within the composition; some are processed through guitar pedals to augment the music creating an entirely new library of sounds. Throughout the record, the listener will hear bees communicating in various ways, from the vibrations produced by their famous ‘waggle dance,’ to the sounds melittologists refer to as bees’ tooting, quacking and purring.

Over the course of the record, Karman Line Collective take the listener on a reflective journey, making connections to the changing seasons of life and our increasingly fragile relationship with nature. The music flows with it’s own mysterious beauty offering a sense of empathy and connection where the sounds of bee and human are harmoniously integrated..

To Be was recorded, mixed and produced by Karman Line Collective (Kev Bales, Wolfgang Buttress, Tony Foster, Justin Goodyear) with help from Camille Christel (words, vocals), Deirdre Bencsik (cello), Robert Howard (guitar), David Harris (trumpet) and Ian Downing (saw).

TRACK LISTING

1. Melittology
2. Portal
3. Meadow
4. Be
5. Swarm
6. Vanishing
7. Memory
8. Symphony 

Going belly up, guess it’s always a possibility.

Following the release of their latest acclaimed record 'You Never End' (Pitchfork, The Quietus, RA) Moin follow up with their latest EP - 'Belly Up'.

TRACK LISTING

1. SEE
2. I’M REALLY FLAGGING (OR I TRUSTED U)
3. YOU LEAVE ME BREATHLESS
4. X.U.Y.
5. I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK
6. THE DAY

Venetian Snares’ classic orchestral breakcore album, 2005’s 'Rossz Csillag Allat Született' is reissued on black vinyl for it’s 20th anniversary. What if, for just a day, we could both be pigeons? Sometimes one moment in time can take on such an important significance that it becomes an endless world unto itself and everything outside of that moment, past and future spots in time, become the folklore of that world. What if we could both fly over the Királyi Palota and see it just as these pigeons do? A beautiful culture of dissimilar angles as donkey angels above this city. But even in the world of the infinite moment, we cannot choose the feather of our bird and the pigeon may long to be the goose, the donkey the pigeon and so on. Furthermore as our world blossoms out of this single tick in time, it is for one pigeon a swirling romantic flood of euphoric possibility and fascination, for the other an inferior life of shitting on everyone from the sky, awkward and ashamed, resigning themselves to be the wretched nuisance they are painted as by those they shit on. Ultimately, as quickly as our world blooms, our world is discordant, and our pigeons are wounded, and as our world dies, we die, and we are extinct. If only we could kill ourselves over and over until we get it right. So just as an entire genre of music can be born out of one sped up ten second breakbeat, a full symphony orchestra can come together in harmonic unison to create that perfect moment in time, thus every moment can give birth to an entirely new world, and every world can house the perfect moment, and just as that breakbeat may be broken beyond any recognition, that orchestra may combine to bring forth a dissonant barrage of colossal sorrow, and so the moment disintegrates it's world and that world suffocates the moment under it's collapse.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sikertelenség
2. Szerencsétlen
3. Öngyilkos Vasárnap
4. Felbomlasztott Mentökocsi
5. Hajnal
6. Galamb Egyedúl
7. Második Galamb
8. Szamár Madár
9. Hiszékeny
10. Kétsarkú Mozgalom
11. Senki Dala

Having endured no less than three long-players and a brace of singles featuring the caterwauling of Messrs Hampshire and Childish, the Milkshakes’ audience figured it might be time for an instrumental outing. In response the group gave them just that. But this was to be no run-of-the-mill effort – no Dick Dale-esque surf marathons or Shadowsy twangers are apparent here. These tunes are more ‘rhythm-and-mood’-based compositions; occasionally leaning more towards the Link Wray end of the spectrum – as you would probably expect. This IVth album (hence the name) was recorded in 1983 at Oakwood Studios – as were all previous releases – but this was the first in their new facilities in a converted church near Canterbury, which opened up a whole new golden vista of shimmering, silvery sounds in atmospheric conditions. Of course, the Milkshakes were having none of that. We suggest you plonk the wax on your gramophone and let whatever happens happens. Hasty bananas.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1 – Chatham Drive
2 – General Belgrano
3 – Scapa Flow
4 – The Wrong Man
5 – The Klansmen Kometh
6 – Thunderbird
7 – Mumble The Peg

SIDE B
1 – The Yorkshire Ripper
2 – Flatfoot
3 – Dogwatch On Monkey’s Paw
4 – Every Corner
5 – Can You Tell?
6 – Dreadnaught
7 – Shed Country ‘83

After endless requests for a Czarface and Dr. Octagon collaboration, the comic book inspired supergroup Czarface takes a turn for the cosmic, creating a funky full length adventure with the spacey Kool Keith! When the record is playing, they become a counterpart character that can even give the mighty Czarface a run for his money- Stress Eater! You can expect a rich blend of what makes both acts so special: block-rocking beats and bizarre, mind-bending lyricism...all served up with a cover from Czarface artist Lamour Supreme.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. The Hunt For Czarface
2. Rocket Science
3. Here’s Some Homicide (feat. Ice-T)
4. Cold Wave
5. People Want Sugar
6. Willrow Hood
7. Top Men Of Rap

Side 2
1. Mecha And The Sole Brother
2. Genuine Lifestyle
3. Off The Bone
4. Space Cowboy
5. Aladdin’s Castle (feat. Mega Ran)
6. Giving Back To The Universe.

These ultra heavy industrial metal tracks were recorded over two sessions at the iconic Maida Vale studios: 28th April 1991 and 30th March 1993 and were sourced directly from the BBC Archives (with thanks), with careful remastering for CD and vinyl. The 1991 session was recorded during the same period as "Industrial" (Deaf Records / Peaceville), with the 1993 session recorded around the time of "Desensitized" (Earache). "If you look on your PITCHSHIFTER albums you will see that we always credit John Peel. He was instrumental in getting the band out there and often played our music on the radio when no one else dared. The 'Peel Sessions' we did were a great honour and every time I met John he was always such a great guy... a legend" (JS). Founded in Nottingham in 1989, PITCHSHIFTER's early style was heavy industrial metal, being cited as one of the originators of the genre along with Godflesh - a style which they termed "Death Industrial". These sessions and albums mark the end of that classic period, before a shift towards the more commercial, beat-driven Industrial style from the mid-90's onward that they are still known for.

TRACK LISTING

1. Gritter
2. Tendrill
3. Dry Riser Inlet
4. (A Higher Form Of) Killing (Radio Phuque Edit)
5. Diable (Wayco Survival Mix)
6. Deconstruction (Reconstruction).

On one hand, their fifth album, Information Retrieved, is the logical and accessible realization of a sound Pinback have been developing and refining for over a decade. However, that consistency that we've taken for granted is what makes Information Retrieved such a euphoric surprise; their finest and most fully realized album, a dozen years deep into a career that includes bona fide modern classics like "Good To Sea" and Summer In Abaddon. Simply put, this is better than we ever could have expected. They could have coasted on automatic pilot to another lauded album that likely would have made it onto plenty of year-end lists, but instead they shot the moon, and the result is a major triumph.

The touchstones are still there: Zach Smith's stunningly unique bass guitar acrobatics driving both rhythm and melody in lock-step unison; the incredible immediacy of Rob Crow's voice that could make a phone book sound compelling; and the musical and lyrical interplay between the two of them that made Pinback so special in the first place. The difference now is their exquisite control over dynamics and a greater emotional resonance throughout. It's the most complete and soulful Pinback album by a fair distance, the finest moment in the career of a band whose unfettered brilliance we've come to count on, but will never again take for granted.

TRACK LISTING

1. Proceed To Memory (3:51)
2. Glide (3:59)
3. Drawstring (3:45)
4. Sherman (3:37)
5. His Phase (3:18)
6. Diminished (3:54)
7. True North (3:54)
8. A Request (3:56)
9. Denslow, You Idiot! (2:59)
10. Sediment (4:57)

The vintage age of mix CDs may be long over, but listen to 'Midnight Ragas', the new album by legendary downtempo electronic music producer Eric Hilton, and you’ll think it never left. Imagine an even more laid-back Khruangbin, soundtracking a vintage Billy Dee Williams Malt liquor advert, remixed by Zero 7, and you’re in the right zipcode. Midnight Ragas - an addictive listening experience of crushed velvet grooves and late-night slow burners.

TRACK LISTING

1. Life (In The Deep End)
2. Leave It All (feat. Puma Ptah)
3. Je Ne T’aime Plus (feat. Natalia Clavier) Video
4. Behind My Eyes (feat. The Infinite Daisy Chains)
5. All I Want (feat. Puma Ptah)
6. Burkina Faso
7. Midnight Raga
8. Sol Interior (feat. Natalia Clavier)
9. Galactic Shine
10. Madame Asha
11. L’Ocean (feat. Natalia Clavier)
12. Beautiful Moment (feat. The Infinite Daisy Chains)

JOIN THE BEAT REVOLUTION!

Beat Revolution is the new 14-song album by MUCK AND THE MIRES featuring their smash radio singles “Cool Imposter” and “Beat Revolution” + 12 brand new revolutionary tracks. On BEAT REVOLUTION, their 7th full-length album, we find the band marching forward into the sounds of Powerpop (“Overnight Delivery”), Punk Rock (“Julia’s Got a Boyfriend”), and pure Nuggets-era Garage Rock (“She’s Too Good For You”).

“With a blend of ‘50s kitsch, late ‘60s garage rock guitar and one of the most repetitious hooks ever, ‘Cool Imposter’ quickly marked out a place as one of their strongest tracks to date.”- Real Gone

“Now here's a political campaign we can all get behind! “ ‘Beat Revolution’ features the signature Muck sound — recalling '64 era Beatles if they'd somehow time travelled into the future and heard the Ramones. Be sure to volunteer today! Faster and Louder
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’Beat Revolution’ is pure classic early garage rock 'n' roll, and who doesn't need that sound more often? - If It’s Too Loud

Boston's Muck and the Mires, have been described as a blend of the HAMBURG era BEATLES and the CBGBs era RAMONES. They have built a worldwide following through relentless touring, radio and satellite airplay and a string of recordings (considered by many to be cult classics) produced by Kim Fowley and Jim Diamond. The band gained worldwide recognition when they were featured on MTV as the winners of Little Steven Van Zandt's (E-Street Band/Underground Garage) national battle of the garage bands contest. Beat Revolution is the followup to their highly successful album, Greetings From Muckingham Palace, which earned a Coolest Song in the World (“I’m Your Man”) on the Underground Garage SIRIUS XM show.

TRACK LISTING

1. Beat Revolution
2. Because Of You
3. Overnight Delivery
4. Julia (I Want To Kill Your Boyfriend)
5. Lemon And Lime
6. You Can't Try It (Before You Buy It)
7. The World's Gone Mad
8. She's Too Good For You
9. Down In The Underground
10. Mary Ann Man
11. Cool Imposter
12. One Hit Wonder Of Love
13. Carefree
14. Beat Revolution 9

In the vibrant streets of Tembisa, South Africa, amidst the sprawling urbanity connecting Johannesburg and Pretoria, the story of Moskito began. Formed in 2001 by Mahlubi “Shadow” Radebe and the late Zwelakhe “Malemon” Mtshali, the group first emerged as a powerhouse of pantsula dancers. However, their undeniable passion for music soon led them down a new path— one that would cement their place in kwaito history. Spending countless hours on the street corners of their township, where they were born and raised, Shadow and Malemon danced and sang with an infectious energy that attracted crowds. It wasn’t long before the duo decided to channel their talents into a kwaito group, and after adding friends Patrick Lwane and Menzi Dlodlo, Moskito was born. (Pantsula dancing emerged in the 1950s among Black South Africans in townships and continually evolved until it became intertwined with kwaito music culture. The stylized, rapid foot movements and characteristic low-dancing became associated with kwaito as it took over South African urban culture into the early 2000s.) With limited resources, the group displayed immense creativity, recording demos using two cassette decks and instrumental tracks from other artists. They would rap and sing over an instrumental playing on one deck while the second deck records their performance. Their determination paid off when they submitted their demo to Tammy Music Publishers, who were captivated by Moskito’s style. “Kwaito was the thing ‘in’ at the time. If you did music you did kwaito. We wanted to fit in and actually it was easy,” says Radebe. “We didn’t have engineers in the group, so the first time in a real studio was with Percy and Thami to record Idolar.” That same year, the group released their debut album, Idolar, under Tammy Music. The album was an undeniable success reaching gold status selling over 25,000 units and earning them a devoted fan base across South Africa and neighboring countries like Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Moskito collaborated with industry legends such as Chilly Mthiya Tshabalala, who was known for his work with Thiza and Spoke ”H.” They drew inspiration from Thami Mdluli a.k.a Professor Rhythm, who had dominated the disco scene back in the 80s and 90s. Mdluli helped with musical arrangements and executive produced the album and signed on producer-engineer Percy Mudau, while Shadow and Malemon took pride in composing most of their songs. Like many of the rising kwaito artists of the time, they didn’t have music production or engineering backgrounds so they required support from engineers together their ideas down on tape. They were inspired from South African kwaito icons like Trompies, Mdu, Mandoza, and Arthur Mafokate, alongside international heavyweights like Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, 2Pac, and R. Kelly, Moskito created a sound that was uniquely theirs—a perfect blend of local flavor and global influence

TRACK LISTING

1. Idolar
2. Why Wena
3. Kwenzenjani
4. Impohlo
5. Thula Msindo
6. Mashonisa
7. Woza
8. Sdudla
9. Baby
10. Izozo

A LEGENDARY SOUL DUO!

Kelly Finnigan has teamed up with soul music legend Renaldo Domino for his next 45, out May 23rd via Colemine Records. The A-track 'Keep Me In Mind' is a catchy, straight-down-the-middle soul tune in the classic dual male duo style of Sam & Dave, Eddie & Ernie, and Bob & Gene. Featuring organ and classic horn stabs, Kelly and Renaldo's voices blend harmoniously and make for a killer cut. The B-side, 'Let Me Count The Reasons,' is a track from Kelly's critically acclaimed new LP 'A Lover Was Born.' Slower in tempo and full of love and heart, the tune is a masterclass in romantic soulful sounds.

TRACK LISTING

A. Keep Me In Mind
B. Let Me Count The Reasons

Czarface returns from the shadows with "Knull & Void", a bone-rattling 12” straight from the film Venom: The Last Dance. Featuring Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and the elusive Frankie Pulitzer, and rounded out with a never-before-heard B-side "Safe Haven", this one's destined to be a collector's grail. Whether you're a hip-hop head or a Marvel-maniac, these tracks hit harder than Venom himself...grab it before it vanishes into the void!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Knull & Void (feat. Method Man & Frankie Pulitzer).
2. Knul & Void (Instrumental).
3. Knull & Void (Acapella).

Side 2
1. Safe Haven.
2. Safe Haven (Instrumental).
3. Safe Haven (Acapella).
4. Bonus Lick – Beef & Brockoli

‘Safe’ is precisely what fans would want from their band: their core shoegaze/dream-pop sound elevated with a new self-confidence, a tight, masterly control of hooks, and broader touch points such as Pavement and Sonic Youth. In short: their ethereal elements feel more alluring than ever; the visceral moments are more selective and dynamic but hit just as hard; and their songs are simply a leap in sophistication beyond ‘Madra’.

Its first single, ‘Entertainer’, encapsulates their growth. Julie’s vocal glides like a conversation with an imaginary friend, while every touch - her slacker rock cadence, distorted stabs of guitars, foreboding synth flourishes and drums which flow from spacious to savage - embeds itself in your mind and refuses to let go.

“The song is about entertaining other people’s idea of who you should be,” explains Julie. “I'm only learning now that I just need to shut out the noise and do what makes me feel comfortable.”

In fact, the entire EP rotates around similar introspective conflicts: being a people pleaser but standing up for yourself; realising that success brings a fresh wave of unexpected challenges, adapting to their new lives in an often overwhelming London. But musically it shows that NewDad should have no fears as whatever they can imagine they can thrillingly bring to life.

It’s a trait present as the title track erupts into a fierce denouement. It’s there as Fiachra’s personal favourite, ‘Puzzle’, lurches into a seasick grunge waltz with lyrics inspired by Norman Mailer’s ‘The Executioner’s Song’. And it’s especially there with the affecting string arrangement on ‘Be Kind’ - something that Sean affirms that they would’ve have previously recreated using synths. Julie: “It was a thrill. We’re some random kids from Galway with no music education, and the most incredible musicians came in and played what we asked them to, and we’re really grateful for that.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Entertainer
2. Safe
3. Puzzle
4. Be Kind

Wunderhorse is the alias of British musician Jacob Slater. Jacob fronted The Dead Pretties, a London band who arrived in a haze of hedonism and hype, bowing out before the dust had time to settle. Blink and you'd have missed them. Time-stamped yet timeless. If there's any justice, he'll soon be played out live in sticky basement rooms up and down the country, limbs everywhere, sweat dripping from the walls. An absolute mess, but what a beautiful one.

TRACK LISTING

1. Butterflies
2. Leader Of The Pack
3. Purple
4. Atlantis
5. 17
6. Teal
7. Poppy
8. Mantis
9. Girl Behind The Glass
10. Morphine
11. Epilogue

In an industry where bands routinely burst onto the scene with meteoric intensity only to fade just as quickly, We Are Scientists have quietly crafted one of alternative rock's most remarkable sustained careers. For over two decades, the New York-based outfit — comprising founding members Keith Murray and Chris Cain — has consistently delivered sharp, infectious indie rock, maintaining the rare ability to evolve without losing their essential DNA. Now, with their ninth studio album, 'Qualifying Miles', the band continues to defy expectations, this time by looking back even as they push forward.

TRACK LISTING

1. A Prelude To What
2. Starry-Eyed
3. Daed Letters
4. The Big One
5. Please Don`t Say It
6. The Same Mistake
7. What You Want Is Gone
8. A Lesson I Never Learned
9. I Could Do Much Worse
10. I Already Hate This
11. The Mall In My Dreams
12. Promise Me

King Gizzard’s 22nd album and spiritual successor to ‘Made In Timeline’, ‘Laminated Denim’ features two 15-minute tracks, including fan-favorite “Hypertension”. Package includes a single lucky rainbow-colored LP made from recycled vinyl, housed in an embossed single-pocket jacket with flood printing. Artwork by Jason Galea.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Land Before Timeland
2. Hypertension

It is with a certain sadness for his fans across mediums that Donald Glover has declared 'Bando Stone and the New World' the last Childish Gambino album. The ostensible soundtrack to a feature-length movie of the same name, the hour-long project includes snippets of dialogue that hint at the film’s apocalyptic subject matter. The fact that the soundtrack is preceding the actual film is part of Glover’s strategy: He wants listeners to work to figure out what they’re listening to. “The soundtrack forces the audience to participate in a way that I don't feel like most things force you to participate,” he says. “It forces you to have an imagination. I already see people being like, 'This is very cinematic, this must be the part that... This feels like a credit sequence.' A lot of stuff feels flat because it's not asking you to participate. Art used to be you had to participate on some level and have some sort of thought process on it. You can't just be like, 'Oh, this is mid.'” Even without the benefit of the full visuals, these 17 tracks make for a satisfying swan song that synthesizes what came before with fresher ideas gleaned from the threshold of finality.

TRACK LISTING

1. H3@RT$ W3RE M3@NT T0 F7¥
2. Lithonia
3. Survive Feat. Chlöe
4. Steps Beach
5. Talk My Shit Feat. Amaarae & Flo Milli
6. Got To Be
7. Real Love
8. In The Night Feat. Jorja Smith & Amaarae
9. Yoshinoya
10. Can You Feel Me Feat. Legend
11. No Excuses
12. Cruisin' Feat. Yeat
13. We Are God
14. Running Around Feat. Fousheé
15. Dadvocate
16. Happy Survival Feat. Khruangbin
17. A Place Where Love Goes

Machine Girl's iconic debut album 'WLFGRL' turned 10 in 2024. It launched Machine Girl into underground folklore, created a thriving scene for outsider, freaks and weirdos, and building the foundations for a massive fanbase of approaching 1 million worldwide. The reissue will be launched with a one off livestreamed show at Trans-Pecos in Brooklyn, an important venue for the band over their 10 year career. This album has never been distributed to physical retail, and has never been on CD before.

TRACK LISTING

CD Tracklisting:
1. Mg1
2. Ionic Funk (20XXX Battle Music)
3. Krystle (URL Cyber Palace Mix)
4. Ginger Claps
5. Ghost
6. Frenesi (GabberTrap Mix)
7. Out By 16, Dead On The Scene
8. Post Rave Maximalist
9. Hase α
10. (Phase β)
11. Excruciating Deth (Phase γ) 04:53
12. Hidden Power (Phase δ)
13. Mg2
14. Lifeforce2
15. WLFGRL ACID
16. Phantasy13
17. Night Saber
18. A Lot 2 Me (2013 Demo)
19. Incan (2013 Demo)
20. All U Got (2013 Demo)
21. My Favorite Stuff (2013 Demo)
22. ACIDPUNK!!!! (2014 Demo)

LP Tracklisting:
1. Mg1
2. Ionic Funk (20XXX Battle Music)
3. Krystle (URL Cyber Palace Mix)
4. Ginger Claps
5. Ghost
6. Frenesi (GabberTrap Mix)
7. Out By 16, Dead On The Scene
8. Post Rave Maximalist
9. Hase α
10. (Phase β)
11. Excruciating Deth (Phase γ) 04:53
12. Hidden Power (Phase δ)
13. Mg2
14. Nightsaber
15. Lifeforce2
16. WLFGRL ACID
17. Phantasy13

Swedish trio Death And Vanilla follow their much-praised re-imagined soundtracks to ‘Vampyr’ (2017) and ‘The Tenant’ (2018) with their interpretation of the soundtrack to cult 1968 TV show ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ via Fire Records.

At a time when post-ambient electronica and bedevilled folk music are co-habiting, and the public’s interest in Pagan rites and rituals has been sparked by a new generation of fans. The bizarre storyline of Whistle And I’ll Come To You seems even more pertinent… and strangely haunting.

The Jonathan Miller-adapted 1968 ghost story was originally part of BBC’s Omnibus series and featured Michael Horden as a fussy professor who discovers an ancient whistle which summons up the spirits. A black and white folkloric tale in the style of The Wicker Man, the original TV programme received rave reviews.

The esoteric live score was recorded at the Hypnos Theatre in Malmö. The 42-minute soundtrack utilises stuttering tape loops on ‘Intro’ before breathing new life into the primitive John Carpenter-like drum machine on ‘Supernatural Breakfast’, while ‘Walk On The Beach 2’ sounds like a hauntological rendition of a Broadcast classic. Indeed, that effect is amplified on ‘Nightmares’, with its swirling wind and other-worldly choral effect, before the feeling of some supernatural presence is suggested on the penultimate cut ‘Evidence Of Spiritualism’.

TRACK LISTING

1. Intro
2. Arrival
3. Has It Been Good Here?
4. Spooky Breakfast
5. Walk On The Beach
6. Whistle
7. Supernatural Breakfast
8. Walk On The Beach 2
9. Nightmares
10. Evidence Of Spiritualism?
11. The Apparition

Live at the Acropolis captures the band's unforgettable live performance at the historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus, an open-air amphitheater beneath the Acropolis in Athens

Recorded on the 10th of July, 2023, this album transports listeners to that magical night, where James along with along with a 22 piece orchestra conducted by Joe Duddell and an 8 piece choir, delivered a powerful set against the backdrop of ancient history.

TRACK LISTING

Magic Bus
We're Going To Miss You
The Shining
Dust Motes
The Lake
Beautiful Beaches
Say Something
Space
Ten Below
Moving On
Nothing but Love
Born Of Frustration
Sit Down
Love Make A Fool
Medieval
Someone's Got It In For Me
Alaskan Pipeline
She's A Star
Hello
Riders
Laid
All The Colours of You
Many Faces
Tomorrow
Sometimes
Top Of The World

Electroacoustic saxophonist, improviser and composer Cole Pulice traffics in shimmering, otherworldly beauty. On the meditative ambient jazz of ‘Land’s End Eternal’, Cole adds a welcome new texture with the introduction of the electric guitar, an instrument previously unheard in their music, which took on a central role as a compositional and sonic tool for this record.

Cole Pulice is a saxophone player from Minneapolis. An improviser of ambient jazz who earned their merits touring with Bon Iver, working with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and releasing wonderful electroacoustic gems with the groups Iceblink (Moon Glyph) and LCM (Orange Milk).

Performed at Pitchfork Music Festival London 2024 alongside Still House Plants and Mabe Fratti.

TRACK LISTING

Fragments Of A Slipstream Dream
In A Hidden Nook Between Worlds I
In A Hidden Nook Between Worlds II
In A Hidden Nook Between Worlds III
In This & Every Life
After The Rain

Get This In Ya is the second EP from QLD shed-rock outfit The Chats who have garnered worldwide fame since their catchy lead single ‘Smoko’ went viral back in 2017 Self-proclaimed shed-rock band the Chats were thrust into the spotlight when their song ""Smoko"" and its accompanying video went viral. Josh Price (guitar), Matt Boggis (drums), and Eamon Sandwith (bass, vocals) founded the band in 2016 on Australia's Sunshine Coast, Queensland, in high school. The trio cited the Sex Pistols, Ramones, and Black Flag as early influences, and the classically scrappy D.I.Y. sound of punk could be heard across their self-titled debut EP, which appeared in 2016. But it would be their follow-up EP, Get This in Ya, that garnered the band attention with the catchy lead single ""Smoko"" in 2017.

TRACK LISTING

1. Smoko
2. Bus Money
3. Nambored
4. Casualty
5. Left Right
6. How Many Do You Do
7. Temperature

Originally released in 2016 as a digital download, The Chats self-titled debut EP is now available on limited edition "Mull" coloured vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

1. Yeah Nah
2. Don't Stop The Blues
3. Wrong Way Sekisui
4. I'm The Best Person In The World
5. VB Anthem
6. Mum Stole My Darts
7. I Feel Good

Needle Mythology, the label founded by music writer, author and broadcaster Pete Paphides, is honoured to announce the release of "Think Once More - A Journey with The Montgolfier Brothers", the first ever anthology by the feted duo made up of Mancunian musicians Roger Quigley and Mark Tranmer.

The Montgolfier Brothers released three acclaimed albums between 1999 and 2005. Roger Quigley had released music as Quigley and At Swim Two Birds, while Mark Tranmer has released music both as GNAC, in his own name and with Vetchinsky Settings.

The Montgolfier Brothers’ music is perhaps best compared to that of artists such as The Durutti Column, Yann Tiersen, Young Marble Giants and Robert Wyatt – artists whose music is celebrated for its ability to arouse deep emotion by the sparest of means.

Working closely with the family of Roger Quigley who passed away in 2020, Think Once More was sequenced by Mark during the summer of 2024. Think Once More gathers together music from the albums Seventeen Stars, All My Bad Thoughts and The World Is Flat.

Featured on the album is Between Two Points, interpreted by David Gilmour and Romany Gilmour on the recent UK number one album Luck and Strange. Prior to the album release this was also a single and, across all platforms, has surpassed 10 million streams. Of its 14 songs, nine songs featured on Think Once More have never previously been released on vinyl. As well as David Gilmour, other well-known fans of The Montgolfier Brothers include Tim Burgess and the celebrated author Jonathan Coe, who has written liner notes for the release of Think Once More.

Think Once More comes in specially created artwork by esteemed Philadelphia-based Creative Director Timothy O’Donnell. It is also first Montgolfier Brothers release to feature Roger and Mark on its front cover – the photograph (by Olivier de Banes) captures the duo in 1997, following a French show two years prior to the release of Seventeen Stars. 

The songs were all mastered for this release by Miles Showell at Abbey Road.

TRACK LISTING

1. Even If My Mind Can't Tell You
2. Pro-Celebrity Standing Around
3. Seventeen Stars
4. In Walks A Ghost
5. Between Two Points
6. Fin
7. Be Selfish
8. The World Is Flat
9. Think Once More
10. Inches Away
11. The First Rumours Of Spring
12. Koffee Pot
13. Brecht's Lost Waltz (Summer Is Over)
14. Journey's End

Returning with 'caroline 2', the eight-piece collective embrace a bolder, more expansive sound. Going beyond their debut's explorations of repetition, slowness and space, the new album pushes further into dynamic contrasts — organic and electronic, raw and refined. Launched with the striking single ‘Tell me I never knew that’, featuring Caroline Polachek’s unmistakable vocals, caroline 2 showcases a fearless interplay of layered instrumentation, warped vocal processing, and moments of both euphoria and melancholy. Intentional and immersive, this next chapter solidifies caroline as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary music.

TRACK LISTING

Total Euphoria
Song Two
Tell Me I Never Knew That (ft. Caroline Polachek)
When I Get Home
U R UR ONLY ACHING
Coldplay Cover
Two Riders Down
Beautiful Ending

Perth’s finest, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, continue their onslaught on 2025 with the release of a brand new single & announcing details of their 7th record due in May 2025. ‘Carpe Diem, Moonman’ promises to be another weird & wonderful journey through the mind of Jack McEwan, the talisman of the Perth 5-piece. It’s announced alongside brand-new single ‘Weird World Awoke’, another ferocious blast of inimitable rock & roll, with a lyrical rollercoaster to keep pace with the relentless tempo & guitar slaloms.

McEwan himself had this to say about the new record: “Carpe Diem, Moonman” is an entanglement of chaos, the bi-product of excessive touring, an explosion of doubt, wonder, excitement, dog bites, Greek philosophy, death, weekend benders and a partridge in a pear tree, a mongrel of sorts. There’s so many genres, flavours, cream crackers and fairground amusements packed into CDM. It blasts out the gates, takes you for a spin then leads you off into somewhere beautiful, fun and enthralling. I want people to come back and find something new with each listen.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Another Reincarnation
2. March On For Pax Romana
3. Qwik Maff
4. Weird World Awoke
5. As The Hummingbird Hovers
6. Scapegoat
7. Incubator (V2000)
8. Winter In Parachutes
9. Out The Universe Pours
10. Concrete & Cola

Companion album to 2024's "Flight B741" album and recorded during the same sessions, "Phantom Island" sees King Gizzard expanding their sonic palette to include a full blown orchestra across it's 10 tracks!

 Blending their signature psych-rock energy with sweeping orchestral arrangements, King Gizzard take you on a psychological journey into the mind as it creates its own “phantom island” of illusions, fears and chaos.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
A1. Phantom Island
A2. Deadstick
A3. Lonely Cosmos
A4. Eternal Return
A5. Panpsych

SIDE B
B1. Spacesick
B2. Aerodynamic
B3. Sea Of Doubt
B4. Silent Spirit
B5. Grow Wings And Fly

‘On The Wing’ is the debut album from Yoshika Colwell - a captivating and sophisticated collection of eleven songs that traverse the outer regions of folk, it is a record of acceptance and self-discovery, rooted in solitude and personal healing, from one of the UK’s most exciting new singer-songwriters.

Life, for us all, comes in seasons: the bitter frosts and balmy awakenings that herald the literal passing of time, but also the periods of retreat and re-emergence that bookmark our own individual paths along this mortal coil. For Yoshika, the last decade has found her existing at both ends of the spectrum. Following a period of complete dislocation fuelled by a move to a new town, lockdown and a traumatic break-up all striking in quick succession, it would take a stretch of restorative isolation to bring her back to full creative and personal health. Now, however, all of that sadness and pain, acceptance and slow-dawning hope has been channeled into ‘On The Wing’. Speaking about the album, she says:

“This album is a bit of a shrine I suppose to all of the pivotal experiences that shaped me during my twenties and it’s also, I feel, a tentative lean towards hopefulness for the future.

It is, at its core, an album about acceptance and release, and freedom from old binds. It was an extremely emotional and cathartic record to make. It was a challenge to put all of the things I was scared to say into these songs, to finally let them out of my head without shying away from the ugly or unpalatable emotions, but it felt like the only thing to do.

The process felt quite ritualistic, akin to writing down the things you know you need to let go of on a piece of paper and burning it.”

Produced by Oli Bayston (Barry Can't Swim, Rachel Chinouriri), the album was recorded at Studio Orbb, where Yoshika recorded her critically acclaimed debut EP ‘There’s A Time’. Since then, a string of releases have seen support from The New Cue, BBC 6Music, Paste, The Line of Best Fit and Stereogum, to name a few, whilst Yoshika has played her first shows in the US at SXSW. This summer she plays The Great Escape, Moseley Folk Festival and End of the Road.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
On & On
Last Night
In Bloom
Turn My Face Away
It’ll Never Be Enough
Into The Water

Side B
There’s Got To Be A Loser Babe
Fighting On The Wing
A Poem About Walking
Once In A Blue Moon
Maybe

On the outskirts of the Parisian sprawl, we drift through the evening hush, our steps tracing the edges of a world half-lit.
The air crackles - charged, restless. Somewhere, we hear the city hums, a distant, roaring tide.
And there is this stranger, curious, starry-eyed, looking at us.
We stop, tilt our heads together, a faint smile :

« I scream, you scream ! Everyday is a new *silence*
It was all paradoxical
Fullness in the crisis

Silence is priceless »

RIYL: James Ferraro, Maria Minerva, vintage Not Not Fun, Dean Blunt, Ariel Pink etc. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Helen Island continue to plot their own singular path to destination weird. Tropical wave & ethereal shoegaze converge to create a unique musical lifeform that's strangely alluring.

TRACK LISTING

Me Who
Hot Zone Regular Day
Fame Gang
Ghost Guns
Invincibl
Forever Starts Today
Indivisibl
I Know 3 45
Stalker Guardian Angel
Get Rid Of Yourself
Its Going Better
Capital Collectiv
Feeling The Sun Its Lit
Missing Flowers I Think
Restless Lovers
Gore Lore

Listening to the remarkable 'Nilam', it seems implausible now that its inception might ever have been in doubt. So astonishing is its stillness, so profound its communication of sentiment, it feels as if it was always meant to be. A celebration of the ties that bind, and possibly the most tender-hearted music we’ll hear this year, it’s intimate and honest, a poignant expression of gratitude for the blessings which keep us grounded, if only we’ll recognise and welcome them. Indeed, it could have been transmitted directly from soul to stereo, from the way ‘Not A Burden’ lifts a weight off the world’s shoulders to the peaceful ‘Sees Fire’, with ‘Land’’s gentle groove full of space, ‘Nine Jeweled Prayer’ serenely precious, and, throughout, GANAVYA’s vocals like ripples on a lagoon.

Yet the truth is it owes its existence to chance – an entity, like truth, to which GANAVYA is forever faithful – and the few days between her 2024 Berlin sold out debut and another sold out performance at London’s Union Chapel. This opportunity, she was persuaded by LEITER’s co-founder Felix Grimm, could be exploited to capture at last songs she had often performed live. And so, accompanied by long-time touring companions, bassist Max Ridley and harpist Charles Overton – with whom she’s toured over a decade, describing them as “two of [her] most precious friends and teachers” – she entered the hallowed Funkhaus with Frahm behind the desk.

'Nilam’s central theme, GANAVYA confesses, is “doing what we need to do to keep carrying on.” This perhaps isn’t surprising given her touring not one but two albums in a single year. Earlier in 2024, she’d released the equally acclaimed like the sky i've been too quiet, recorded with Shabaka Hutchings, and a debut single for LEITER, ‘Draw Something Beautiful’, arrived soon after in July. “I feel like I barely made it out this past touring cycle,” she says. “Some days are good, and some days are bad. But the actual singing is always good. I realised, with every bone in my body, that unless you absolutely, absolutely want to be a musician, there's just no sense doing this professionally. And still... I wake up every day and I am certain that I want to keep singing.”

'Nilam' takes its title from “nil”, the Tamil word for ‘land’, a decision made instinctively, and not just because firm ground was what she was seeking during a difficult period of touring. “The word ‘nil’ can be a command either to move or to stay still,” GANAVYA points out. “To the person being senselessly quiet, it is a command to stand up for what is right. To the person being senselessly loud, it is a command to stand still. To me, it is balance, the heart of the true rhythm of life, of change, of land, of landing.” All the same, the word perfectly describes these songs she’s played, on and off, across the years with Ridley and Overton. “The world changes and shifts and everything becomes dizzying as the earth keeps disappearing from under you,” she concludes, “but these songs have always been a place for me to stand, a place for us to be in a way that I don't really know how to describe. Music has always been the one true land...”

TRACK LISTING

1. LAND
2. SONG FOR SAD TIMES
3. NOT A BURDEN
4. SINATHAVAR MUDIKKUM
5. NINE JEWELED PRAYER
6. PASAYADAN
7. SEES FIRE

Mamalarky thrive in the in-between, a tri-coastal outft straddling Atlanta,
Austin, and Los Angeles, crafting a sound that feels both meticulously
constructed and effortlessly unspooled.

Their brand of indie rock is delightfully askew-- swirling psych fourishes meet wiry guitar tangents, all anchored by tender, off-kilter hooks that burrow deep. It's music that invites you into its strange little universe, full of inside jokes and late night musings turned into melodic gold.

Formed in Austin in 2016, Mamalarky's lineup has since scattered across time zones, but their chemistry remains unmistakable. Guitarist Livvy Bennett (formerly of Cherry Glazerr), keyboardist Michael Hunter (White Denim), drummer Dylan Hill, and bassist Noor Khan (Faye Webster's touring bassist) operate like a band that's spent years fnishing each other's musical sentences. Their songwriting thrives on kinetic interplay-- nimble and restless, yet always landing in some deeply satisfying pocket.

While indie- pop might be the easiest tag to slap on them, Mamalarky dodge the genre's more predictable trappings. Instead of settling into breezy melancholy, they embrace complexity-- knotty time signatures, rubbery basslines, and melodies that feel like they're winking at you. It's heady but never pretentious, the kind of music that rewards repeat listens, each spin revealing a new hidden corner.

TRACK LISTING

1. Broken Bones
2. Won't Give Up
3. The Quiet
4. Hex Key
5. Anhedonia
6. #1 Best Of All Time
7. Take Me
8. MF
9. Blow Up
10. Blush
11. Nothing Lasts Forever
12. Feels So Wrong
13. Here's Everything

Venice-based DJ and collector Zaffa is next up on the ever-superb Scruniversal label with a couple more delightful disco dancers. 'Trip Through The Galaxy' is a slow-motion cosmic trip that is vast in scale and high on soul thanks to the warm vocal that floats amidst funky riffs and glowing keys. Things stay just as sensuous and steamy on the flip with 'Supernova Child', another fluid and funky jam with oodles of synth magic and gentle grooves all soothing mind, body and soul. The real kicker is the vocal samples that add extra spaced-out funkiness.

TRACK LISTING

Trip Through The Galaxy
Supernova Child

The PS7 label continues to impress a year after first launching with more soul-drenched sounds and lazy grooves. P Sol is again the NYC beat maker behind this 7" which kicks off with the deep, laid back swing of 'Trust'. A range of vocals, from backing tunes to r&b females and smoky males, all coalesce around a most organic groove with hooky pads. 'Harlem World (7" Edit)' then has even more of a noodling funk bassline and deconstructed, slow motion groove full of hip-hop style conscious lyrics and serene string sweeps. Two real heart warmers which will likely sell out, just like all previous releases.

TRACK LISTING

Trust
Harlem World (7" Edit)

Funkyjaws Music kicks off a new series here with a focus on hefty disco jams. Bodgan RA is first up to flex his muscle with 'Taboo' which is full of bright synth lines and gorgeous vocal harmonies best to some lush guitar riffs. 'Buffalo' then brings some old-school energy with chopped-up beats and scratching that eventually unravel into a feel-good 80s disco sound. The joyous vibes flow on freely through 'La Battaglia' with its cosmic guitar leads, horns and raw claps then 'Detective' shuts down with the most steamy cut of the lot complete with brilliant funky undertones and expressive synth solos.

TRACK LISTING

Taboo
Buffalo
La Battaglia
Detective

NYC quintet Slow Fiction release this limited edition 7" on Speedy Wunderground as part of the Speedy Singles series.

'When' finds the band sprinting toward a finish line, willing themselves forward across an urgent and confrontational three minutes. "You are a clock without a face, You are a mouth without the taste", come the opening words from vocalist Julia Vassallo, as the band wrestles with the idea that something is missing from the world. When's precise, controlled intensity is the sound of Slow Fiction attempting to forge some calm from the chaos of finding yourself in a downward spiral, looking out on a world that can often let you down.

Vassallo comments: "I think everyone has had a moment where their expectation of the world, a relationship, the audience they are performing for falls short, and it sends you into a wild spiral downwards. Losing faith feels so desperate, like falling into a pit of snakes. And the snakes all have faces that seem familiar, and they're talking, but the words are all garbled. I guess this was trying to get to the bottom of that pit of disillusionment, or maybe get out of it altogether."

Slow Fiction is a landmine of sound, inspired by the raw, sweeping fuzz of the likes of Sonic Youth and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Familiar elements of noughties era guitar shine through, confronted with cutting contemporary angst to create a nostalgic yet intoxicating sound.

TRACK LISTING

A-side: When
B-side: Who Is The Dub

'Horizon' is a new collaborative album by Resavoir & Matt Gold. Across the 10 tracks the two Chicago-based producers combine their distinct sensibilities to create a hypnotic and inviting love letter to their shared admiration for '60s and '70s Brazilian music. Resavoir leading man Will Miller the acclaimed trumpeter, composer, and producer who's worked with SZA, Whitney, and more makes room at the table for Gold — a seasoned multi-instrumentalistand accomplished guitarist who has collaborated with the likes of Makaya McCraven and Greg Ward - and the results are distinctly new for both of them. The sunny and expansive tunes on Horizon are as immersive as they are endlessly replayable, a dynamic and joyous body of work.

TRACK LISTING

1. Canopy
2. Memento
3. Dewy
4 Zero Gravity
5. Diversey Beach
6. Ahhh
7. Horizon
8. Hazel Canyon
9. Metropoli
10. Tomorrow

Home Is Where is a renowned alt-emo band from Palm Coast, Florida. 'Hunting Season' is their third full-length album. It is the much-anticipated follow up to 2023's 'The Whaler', which received praise from Pitchfork, Paste, Stereogum, and more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Reptile House
2. Migration Patterns
3. Articial Grass
4. Black Metal Mormon
5. Stand-up Special
6. Bike Week
7. Everyone Won The Loto
8. Shenandoah
9. Milk & Diesel
10. Mechanical Bull
11. The Wolf Man
12. Roll Tide
13. Drive-by Mooning

Demi Riquisimo brings together a motley crew of label favourites and newcomers alike on the ‘Love State’ V/A, the 22nd release on his Semi Delicious imprint.

The EP brings together the talents of Demi himself with Clint, Swoose, Lulah Francs, Dukwa, Anastasia Zem & Asa Tate across six discerning cuts exploring modern club music, rooted in the traditions of what came before.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Demi Riquisimo & Clint - Love State
A2. Swoose - Re/Vision
A3. Lulah Francs - I Do Declare
B1. Dukwa - Tangled
B2. Anastasia Zems - Eternal Beauty
B3. Asa Tate - Dog Years

The Oh Sees wasted no time in racing headlong into nightmarish battle with the mighty 'Orc', clawing even farther up the ghastly peak stormed so satisfyingly by their previous 'A Weird Exits'. The band is in tour-greased, anvil-on-a-balance beam, gut-pleasingly heavy form, nimbly braining—with equal dashes of abandon and menace—on this fresh batch of bruisers and brooders, hypnotically stirred into to the cauldron of chaos you’ve come to expect.

On 'Orc', fresh blood Paul Quattrone joins Dan Rincon to form a phalanx of interlocking double drums, alternately propelling and fleet-footing shifting ground to pinion John Dwyer’s cliff-face guitars to the boogie. Tim Hellman keeps it swinging like a battle-axe to the eyebrows. The tunes veer toward the violence of their live shows, with a few tasty swerves into other lanes: heavy to lush, groovy to stately. Throughout, it remains sinister in its swaggering skulk, manic in its fuzz-fried fugues. They hit all the sweet spots the heads foggily remember, and there’s plenty to sweat over if you just hopped into the sauna.

More evil…more complex…more narcotic…more screech… more blare…more whisper…there’s even more Brigid. Less “Thee,” but more of everything else.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Static God
2. Nite Expo
3. Animated Violence
4. Keys To The Castle
5. Jettisoned
6. Cadaver Dog
7. Paranoise
8. Cooling Tower
9. Drowned Beast
10. Raw Optics

We all know the type: prolific bands that commit every loose thought, stray idea and 90-second song fragment to tape. Bands that pay no attention to little inconveniences like “release cycles” or “self-editing,” and instead decide that quantity equals quality, creating a discography more labyrinthine, imposing and—ultimately—exhausting than the cast of creatures in a sci-fi novel. Here is why none of that applies to THEE OH SEES. Because each of the dozen-plus albums they’ve released since 2004 possesses a distinct personality and represents a different point along the path of JOHN DWYER’s slow transformation from auteur of woozy, bare-bones four-track psychedelia to goggle-eyed garage rock marauder backed at long last by a band that both shares and stokes his singular vision. Because drop a needle on any record and—to their great credit—it takes several songs before you’re convinced it’s Thee Oh Sees. The seasick hundred-bottles-of-rum shanty 'What the Driven Drink', from 2007’s delirious 'Sucks Blood' exists in a different galaxy than the rollercoastering 'Chem-Farmer' from 'Carrion Crawler / The Dream'; the doomy doo-wop of 'Blood on the Deck' hardly seems like the product of the same band that delivered the yelping 'Ruby Go Home' in 2009.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Come From The Mountain
2. Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster
3. The Floating Coffin
4. No Spell
5. Strawberries
6. Maze Fancier
7. Night Crawler
8. Sweets Helicopter
9. Tunnel Time
10. Minotaur

'Greatest Heads' is the fourth album by the radical Basque-Berlinesque group Al Karpenter. A deconstruction of structured “rock” music, here Al Karpenter re-imagine “the band” to explore the intersection between Free music, afro-beat, the avant garde and gonzo rock.

TRACK LISTING

1. We Are All Karpenters
2. Mundo Chabola
3. Izugarrizko Buruak (Greatest Heads)
4. A Brand New Astrophobia
5. The Most Grudgeful Lie
6. Tout Avant De Devenir Rein
7. Stop The Genocide!
8. Worm City
9. Death Song
10. Perfect Love

SoiSong is the bright, stunning, and short-lived project conceived in 2007 by Ivan Pavlov(CoH) and Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (of Coil). The duo combined Pavlov’s uncompromisingly visceral digital aesthetics with Sleazy's decadent, dark and whimsical approach to creation. Primarily located on the Eastern Pacific Rim, the two named the project after the Thai word for ‘two’ (song), as well as the seedy red-light quarters ("gloomy Soi’s, or alley-ways") of Bangkok. Together, they developed a unique, elegant, yet rather cryptical musical language. SoiSong’s debut full-length 'xAj3z' is a digital reference to jazz: seemingly acoustic, effervescent, boundary-breaking, digital-era entertainment where light rays and tropical heat are backed up by zeroes and ones. The album is a defining statement, and an arbiter of the possibilities in the (then-)developing late-2000s music landscape. Without the desire to be commercial, or convenient, SoiSong was not beholden to the conventions of easily defined tagging, and, in their own, "new, as-yet-un-categorizable genre," with 'xAj3z' being its masterwork. 'xAj3z' freely mixes musical styles and combines various approaches to music making: artificial vocalists are accompanied by real drums, jazz-noir arrangements meet the delicate melodics of the South Seas, and computers are made to sound warm and organic.

The album shows no apparent respect for genre-definition and aims at communicating with the listener at highest levels of emotional intensity, often lyrical, sometimes dark, on occasions amusing and even uplifting."Our songs, like Angels, are largely Mathematical." Within the album's clear emphasis on bass, a distinct element are also the artificial vocalists: beautiful, otherworldly, organic yet distinctly alien. Utilizing an image of a bespoke virtual singer created by the external members of the collective Han Li Chiou and Yuu Soijinsan Omiya, as Pavlov noted in 2025, "the voice nothing else but an instrument that operates with syllables, which is what makes the performance reminiscent of a language...Yet, regardless of how poetic it might sound to a human ear, that sequence of syllables remains completely meaningless. "In collaborating with Pavlov as SoiSong, Christopherson found the music's development natural: "I wouldn’t say thatSoiSong really resembles anything that’s come before, particularly. But if you know, and appreciate what we both did before, then that knowledge will bring more appreciation and understanding to what we do now. It’s a progression from the past to the future."On the original liner notes, Peter Christopherson provides "Melodic Primitives and vocalists" with Ivan Pavlov on "instruments and Pentium jazz processing."A standout ofxAj3z, "Dtorumi" is one of the most breathtaking songs in the catalogue raisonné of Christopherson & Pavlov’s combined output, dripping in pseudo jazz and trip hop atmospheres. With heavily gated drums, bass synthesizers and ghostly syllabic non-vocals, "Dtorumi" is a masterclass in post-90s Warp electronic music. The influence of the Eastern Pacific is a wash on "J3z", with digital bird chirps, harpsichords, upright bass stabs, and the sounds of sunlight shimmering on 3D rendered shores-reminiscent of the geographically adjacent Susumu Yokota. And new to the Dais reissue is "Lom Tum Lai Kwee", a new mix of what was originally a live track only."Lom Tum Lai Kwee" is an exercise in stereo separation, step sequencers and hallucinogenic grandeur, where the subs build into bells, twinkles, and horns, recalling the heights of Tangerine Dream’s imperial era. Album closer"Ti-Di-Ti Naoo", which in the SoiSong studios had a utopian provisional title "Thai Olympics Anthem", is reminiscent of the transformation of a concert hall from soundcheck to recital: a polite piano is carefully joined by live brass and strings, as the repeated non-lyric "ti diti naoo" echoes around the room.As 'xAj3z' ends, there’s warmth from the sun: a new dawn on the horizon line, where possibilities are endless.

TRACK LISTING

1. Amkhapaa
2. J3z
3. T-Hu Ri Toh
4. Mic Mo
5. Paer Tahm
6. Dtorumi
7. Lom Tum Lai Kwee
8. Ti-Di-Ti Naoo

Sometimes records reflect life with an unsettling precision, your own breath sticking to a mirror, confounding or transforming reality. J.H. Guraj, real name Dominique Vaccaro, is back with ‘The Flip Side’, an accomplished work of grace and sprawling elegance documenting struggle and a near-death experience that summons ghosts of Western primitive masters, rollicking free folk, minimalist orchestrations, weeping guitars and smooth psychedelics.

Time stopped for J.H. Guraj in 2021 following a brush with mortality, extensive forced recovery and subsequent hints of depression after an almost fatal bike crash, leaving our wandering soul, once again, at the edges. While his previous record ‘Introspection / Migration’ hinted at Middle-Eastern influences and merged the artists’ Arbëreshë upbringing with stoic ecstasis, free-form structures and guitar wizardry under sepia tone curtains, ‘The Flip Side’ twists, turns, falls down and rises to new heights, the widescreen breadth of Dominique Vaccaro’s cinematic vision projects new colours, a stark contrast of pastoral emerald green and pitch black asphalt, urban decay and mercurial mystery.

Like passages from some archaic songbook what astonishes is how detailed the new compositions are, a warm embrace like ‘Way To Long Goodbye’, counterpoint pianos leading the way down a Gershwin avenue; ‘You Got It All Wrong So Did I’ with its Van Dyke Parks arrangement; the 9 minute epic ‘Us As Ghosts’ a haunting ballad that resolves into kosmische landscapes; the muted symphony of ‘Fake Af’ and the spectral disorientation of ‘Nothing I Can Do But Flow’. Gentle drumming from collaborator Gianluca Panici augment the eeriness of ‘The Flip Side’, motions that create a sense of suspension and yearning.

Vaccaro’s long standing career in electroacoustic music informs the record directly with a rich textural approach that blends looping, tape manipulation and electronic synthesis creating the perfect backdrop for his acoustic and resophonic guitars.

J.H. Guraj’s musical realm bridges avant-garde, harmonic song-styling, silky piano-guitar interplay, musique concrète, abstract restraint and modern chamber music. A world where Charles Ives, Dirty Three, Branko Mataja, Dead Moon and Loren Connors collide.
J.H. Guraj might be still looking for belongingness but us listeners are already far ahead of him, we already know he resides with the greats. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Leap Of No Faith
2. Ask The River
3. Way Too Long Goodbye
4. Spleen On Speed
5. You Got It All Wrong So Did I
6. Fake AF
7. Slowdown Attempts
8. Nothing I Can Do But Flow
9. Everything Sideways
10. Us As Ghosts

WORDS FROM JARVIS ON “MORE”

“This is the first Pulp album since “We Love Life” in 2001. Yes: the first Pulp album for almost 24 years.

How did that happen?

Well: when we started touring again in 2023, we practiced a new song called 'Hymn of the North' during soundchecks & eventually played it at the end of our second night at Sheffield Arena. This seemed to open the floodgates: we came up with the rest of the songs on this album during the first half of 2024. A couple are revivals of ideas from last century. The music for one song was written by Richard Hawley. The music for another was written by Jason Buckle. The Eno family sing backing vocals on a song. There are string arrangements written by Richard Jones & played by the Elysian Collective.

The album was recorded over 3 weeks by James Ford in Walthamstow, London, starting on November 18th, 2024. This is the shortest amount of time a Pulp album has ever taken to record. It was obviously ready to happen.

These are the facts.

We hope you enjoy the music. It was written & performed by four human beings from the North of England, aided & abetted by five other human beings from various locations in the British Isles. No A.I. was involved during the process.

This album is dedicated to Steve Mackey.

This is the best that we can do.

Thanks for listening.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Spike Island
2. Tina
3. Grown Ups
4. Slow Jam
5. Farmers Market
6. My Sex
7. Got To Have Love
8. Background Noise
9. Partial Eclipse
10. The Hymn Of The North
11. A Sunset

Arm's Length was formed in early 2019 in the small Canadian town of Belleville, Ontario when best friends Allen Steinberg and Jeremy Whyte nally began writing music together after years of knowing each other. Setting out to create a great new indie infused emo sound with shades of pop-punk, Arm's Length made waves in this scene with the release of their first two EPs, 'Whats Mine Is Yours' and 'Everything Nice' in 2019 and 2021 respectively, including coverage on Pitchfork, NPR, and more. They have since released their debut album, 'Never Before Seen, Never Again' Found in 2022, and are releasing a new album in 2025.

TRACK LISTING

1. Theme Song
2. No Sleep
3. Gallows Humour
4. Safer Skin
5. Eve (Household Name)
6. Garamond
7. Watercolour
8. Talking With My Hands Again
9. Loathe
10. Blank Slate

Made across 2024 between London and Amsterdam, 'WITH A VENGEANCE' (or WAV for short) is the sound of uptempo catharsis, of SHERELLE making sense of a turbulent and difficult moment in time in her personal life. Determined to write one track a day, the studio became a safe space for SHERELLE to channel anger and feelings of betrayal, her hard and fast club tracks turning darkness into the cerebral joy of overcoming adversity. From those intense daily writing sessions has emerged a sharp, finely-crafted 10-track LP that is powered by fierce feminine energy and reflects the hard/soft and light/dark dualities of the dancefloor and life itself.

'WITH A VENGEANCE' is also a rally cry for the 160 scene, designed to push the tempo in new, exciting and as yet undiscovered directions. Inspired by SHERELLE’s foundational influences such as Kode9, Scratch DVA, Machinedrum, Lone and SBTRKT as well as the soundsystem-shaking groove of grime’s R&G sub genre, the album is designed to change perceptions of what 160 can be. But don’t get it twisted: this isn’t a concept album. WAV is for the dancefloor, delivering shades of London, New York, Detroit and Chicago in ways that are guaranteed to raise gun finger salutes. 

TRACK LISTING

1. ENTER THE VOID
2. DON'T WANT U
3. WITH A VENGEANCE
4. XTC
5. FREAKY (JUST MY TYPE) - SHERELLE & George Riley
6. READY, STEADY, GO!
7. SPEED (ENDURANCE)
8. XTC SUSP3NDED
9. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
10. THRU THE NITE

Brazilian-born, L.A.-based Gabriel da Rosa is a bossa nova and samba artist who puts his own twist on traditional Brazilian music. Cacofonia, his second LP, celebrates his Brazilian heritage with an L.A. touch.

After the release of his debut record 'É o que a casa oferece' in 2023, Gabriel went home to Southern Brazil, where he grew up, for the first time in eight years. As soon as he returned to L.A., he pledged to himself to “never disconnect from my people and roots for this long again”.

His new album is dedicated to memories of home and loved ones, and celebrates the people and traditions of Brazil against a colorful musical backdrop. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Intro
2. Pê Patu Pá
3. Seu João
4. Abusei
5. Sabor Humanidade
6. No Fundo
7. Desconforto
8. Nunca Mais
9. O Pacto
10. Walker
11. Menino Índio

Set for release on July 11th via Brownswood Recordings, ‘Tuff Times Never Last’ is a spirited and vibrant collection of songs serving as an optimistic reminder to tightly hold and embrace the many dualities that occur in life. Over the course of the 11-song suite, the album explores togetherness, community, sensuality, childhood, loss and above all perseverance.

Initially drawing inspiration from a viral social media meme, co-bandleader Onome Edgeworth said of the title’s origins and meaning: “It’s true! Although we’re reflecting on joy and celebration, you realize that a lot of that beauty comes out of challenges and difficulties. It felt like a natural truth that we discovered whilst writing”.

The accompanying artwork was painted by Luci Pina, the acclaimed illustrator whose work has been sought and commissioned by the likes of The Cut, Soho House, DICE, Apple Music and It’s Nice That. Embedded within the image is Kokoroko’s ode to London in the summer. Speaking on its design, co-bandleader Sheila Maurice-Grey said: “The remit was summer in London, family and sense of everyone being in a congregation-like audience, and us being the musicians”.

The artwork’s imagery and colour was inspired by feelings of innocence and nostalgia - coming of age in London and those rare summer nights where everything felt full of hope. The cityscape also pays homage to Spike Lee’s 1994 film ‘Crookyln’ and Rick Famuyiwa’s 1999 opus ‘The Wood’. The band saw these movies as heartwarming representations of black family, community and resilience that served as a balm for them as Londoners. Speaking further on this, co-bandleader Onome Edgeworth said: “‘Crooklyn’ is very emotional, but also very uplifting. It felt like how I grew up. This album is us sharing our own feelings, hopes and dreams. We didn’t always have those stories in the UK”

Three years on from their debut album ‘Could We Be More’ which peaked at No.30 on the UK Albums Chart and received acclaim from The Guardian, The Telegraph, Financial Times, Jazzwise, CRACK Magazine and Downbeat Magazine, ‘Tuff Times Never Last’ sees the London band with careless abandon expand their wide-ranging palette and influences.

While the afrobeat jazz of their previous work is still a core part of the record’s sonic design, the new album largely pulls from British R&B from the 80s, neo-soul, West African disco, bossa nova, lovers rock and funk. Sonically taking cues from the likes of Loose Ends, Don Blackman, Common, Sly & Robbie, William Onyeabor, Patrice Rushen, Ofori Amponsah and Cymande. Throughout this instinctive evolution, the septet's seasoned musicianship preserves the essence of who Kokoroko are as masterful jazz artisans.

Speaking on the band’s progression in sound, co-bandleader Sheila Maurice-Grey said: “Innately, we’re jazz musicians but we've tried not to kind of box ourselves into one sound. So there is a level of freedom we're starting to feel. We want to continue being as creative as possible without feeling any boundaries”.

The unveiling of the new album comes alongside the LP’s lead single ‘Sweetie’, a tantalising first taste of the new record that bridges the gap between where the band has been and where they’re going. A tribute to the playful bond between lovers, ‘Sweetie’ is a horn-led and wonky-sounding tune saluting West African disco. It expands upon the band exploring more electronic sounds and toying with obscure drum machine and synth sounds.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Never Lost
A2 Sweetie
A3 Closer To Me
A4 My Father In Heaven
A5 Idea 5 (Call My Name) [feat. LULU.]
A6 Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)
B1 Time And Time (feat. Demae)
B2 Da Du Dah
B3 Together We Are
B4 Just Can’t Wait
B5 Over / Reprise

Green Day is not your savior.

But the spirit of rock n roll might be. And as the greatest punk band alive, they’re the loudest vessel we have... to flip-off the oligarchy.

Now, a year into their Grammy-nominated and UK #1 Album 'Saviors' era—one that’s reignited the music world (and Coachella stage) by storm. Green Day shows no signs of slowing down.

This expanded version includes 7 bonus tracks: the explosive 'Smash It Like Belushi', 'Fuck Off', 'Ballyhoo' and 'Underdog', a reflective 'Stay Young', plus acoustic renditions of 'Suzie Chapstick' and 'Father to a Son'. Together, they amplify the fire that 'The American Dream Is Killing Me' first sparked—now more Molotov cocktail than SOS flare.

Amazingly, 'Saviors' represents Green Day's 14th studio album, yet somehow this enduring power trio -- Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt -- remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed 3 East Bay punks in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

The album was recorded in both London and Los Angeles under the audacious ear and Rock prowess of Green Day's longtime friend & collaborator, GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo.

Need a little inspiration to fight the good fight another day? 

TRACK LISTING

1. The American Dream Is Killing Me
2. Look Ma, No Brains!
3. Bobby Sox
4. One Eyed Bastard
5 .Dilemma
6. 1981
7. Goodnight Adeline
8. Coma City
9. Corvette Summer
10. Suzie Chapstick
11. Strange Days Are Here To Stay
12. Living In The ’20s
13. Father To A Son
14. Saviors
15. Fancy Sauce
16. Smash It Like Belushi
17. Stay Young
18. Fuck Off
19. Ballyhoo
20. Suzie Chapstick (Acoustic)
21. Father To A Son (Acoustic)
22. Underdog*

'The Making Of Five Leaves Left' includes unaccompanied demos, studio outtakes and previously unheard songs that tell the story of how Nick Drake’s debut album ‘Five Leaves Left’ came to be released on Island Records in 1969.

This Nick Drake Estate authorised edition comprises over 30 previously unheard outtakes from the sessions, compiled across three discs. The final disc to complete the package is the original Joe Boyd produced album. The whole set has been mastered by John Wood.

Accompanied by a 60 page book printed on special textured paper stock, written by Neil Storey in collaboration with Richard Morton-Jack, complete with full track recording details, charts and recording history.

TRACK LISTING

LP/CD1 - 1st Sound Techniques Session Aka The Beverley Martyn Demo & Alt Takes From February 1968 To April 1969:
1. Mayfair - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
2. Time Has Told Me - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
3. Man In A Shed- 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
4. Fruit Tree - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
5. Saturday Sun - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
6. Strange Face - 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
7. Strange Face – Rough Mix With Guide Vocal – September 1968
8. Day Is Done – Take 5 – April 1968
9. Day Is Done – Take 2 – November 1968
10. Day Is Done – Take 7 – April 1969
11. Man In A Shed – Take 1 – May 1968
12. My Love Left With The Rain – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968

LP/CD2 - Paul De Rivas Reel – October 1968 / Out-Takes November 1968:
1. Blossom – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
2. Instrumental – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
3. Made To Love Magic – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
4. Mickey’s Tune – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
5. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
6. Day Is Done – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
7. Time Has Told Me – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
8. Three Hours – Take 2 – November 1968
9. Time Has Told Me – Take 4 – November 1968
10. Strange Face – Take 1 – November 1968
11. Saturday Sun – Take 1 – November 1968
12. Fruit Tree – Take 4 – November 1968

LP/CD3 - Out-Takes From December 1968 To April 1969:
1. Time Of No Reply – Take 3 Into Take 4 – December 1968
2. ‘Cello Song – Take 4 – January 1969
3. Mayfair – Take 5 – January 1969
4. River Man – Take 1 – January 1969
5. Way To Blue – Cambridge – Winter 1968
6. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane – Take 2 – April 1969
7. Saturday Sun – Take 1 Into Take 2 – April 1969
8. River Man – Take 2 – April 1969

LP/CD4 - The Original Album – Released 3rd July 1969:
1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Way To Blue
5. Day Is Done
6. ‘Cello Song
7. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
8. Man In A Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun

'Hurry Up Tomorrow' is the sixth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. The album contains guest appearances from Playboi Carti and Anitta. Production was handled by the Weeknd himself, Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Pharrell Williams, Mike Dean, Ojivolta, Twisco, and Sean Solymar, among others. The album was supported by three singles: 'Dancing in the Flames', 'Timeless' (with Playboi Carti) and 'Sao Paulo' (featuring Anitta).

TRACK LISTING

1. Wake Me Up
2. Cry For Me
3. I Can't Fucking Sing
4. São Paulo
5. Until We're Skin & Bones
6. Baptized In Fear
7. Open Hearts
8. Opening Night
9. Reflections Laughing
10. Enjoy The Show
11. Given Up On Me
12. I Can't Wait To Get There
13. Timeless
14. Niagara Falls
15. Take Me Back To LA
16. Big Sleep
17. Give Me Mercy
18. Drive
19. The Abyss
20. Red Terror
21. Without A Warning
22. Hurry Up Tomorrow

Following the success of her critically acclaimed 2023 album 'Version Girl', Rhoda Dakar returns with ‘Version Girl In Dub’ a deep, immersive journey into the heart of her signature interpretations, stripped down and reconstructed in classic dub style. Reworking the tracks from ‘Version Girl’, this album shifts the spotlight from the lead vocals to the intricate musical details that often sit just beneath the surface. In Rhoda’s words: “A dub mix affords an opportunity to highlight parts of a track integral to the overall sound, but which remain in the background, in deference to the lead vocal. Performances that are stellar, yet brief are here thrust into the limelight. Dub is where the mix is the performance.” Each track is deconstructed and rebuilt with hypnotic basslines, spacious echoes, and reverb-drenched instrumental flourishes, shining a new light on the musicianship that shaped 'Version Girl'. From classic ska and reggae foundations to adventurous sonic landscapes, 'Version Girl In Dub' is a masterclass in the art of the remix, staying true to the tradition of dub while bringing Rhoda’s unmistakable style to the forefront. 

TRACK LISTING

1. The Man Who Dubbed The World
2. Peace, Dub And Understanding
3. A Wonderful Version
4. Dub Hurts
5. As Dub Goes By
6. Dub Don’t Mind
7. Everyday Is Like Sunday Dub
8. Dubbin’ ‘Round
9. Midnight Skank
10. Siren Dub
11. Sobbin’ Dub
12. Comme Un Arbre (VD - Vérsion Dub)
13. Version Girl Dub