The world still needs them and Hip-hop's favourite superheroes - Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts - return with a new yellow vinyl version of their acclaimed album

So, grab your capes, don a pair of tights and load up the turntable ready for the show to continue. This is 'Adventures Of A Reluctant Super Hero' - prepare for the Purple Assassin and the Scratchman as they come and save your city, the scene and hip-hop as we know it.

Featuring a who's-who of collabs and guest appearances from hip-hop royalty, this 14- track record takes you to just about every corner of the genre, leaving no stone unturned. With Lyrics Born and Gift Of Gab joining on 'Guard The Fort' to deliver a serious statement of intent to open the LP, the rest of the record is an adventure through funk, breaks, rolling basslines, buckets of groove and everything in-between.

Throw in a generous portion of expertly delivered bars and vocals from genre sidekicks like Harry Shotta, Skye (Morcheeba), Omar, Dynamite MC and more, and you're left with a hip-hop record that not even the comic books could have conceived.

TRACK LISTING

Endtro
Guard The Fort - Ft. Lyrics Born & Gift Of Gab
Bruce 2na
Distance
Superheroes Anonymous - Ft. Jake, Ang 13, Dynamite, MC Spyce, Harry Shotta, Jake The Detonator
South Coast Rocks
Superhero Kit
Black Vapor
Feel The Power - ft. Skye (Morcheeba)
Worth Fighting For - Ft. Omar
Waste No Time - Ft. Dynamite MC
Stay Tuned
Heartbroken Ft. Skye (Morcheeba)
Skillz - Ft. Joe Charman
SHands High

"Further Adventures Of The WTF Band", because three letters are cheaper than
therapy. The Idjuts and Minjung Kate Kim continue their campaign to replace BPM with LOL, deploying two wigged-out, psychedelic drug chuggers littered with incomprehensible vocal murmurings, flange-attacked & echo-drenched perc hits, and wild free improv stylings. Perfect for soundtracking your next ketamine fueled art launch or a psychedelic tea party on Mars. Bonkers /// brilliant - it's the Idjut Boys alright! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: WTF indeed! Idjuts stick to their remit - delivering an audio injoke which only the most seasoned acid house casualty will be able to decipher. Jokes aside, if you enjoy playing wigged out music to freaks in dark rave caves, this disjoined and discombobulated number should sit nicely next your records by Toulouse Low Trax, Madteo, Don't DJ and other drugged-out warehouse mutations.

TRACK LISTING

A1. WTF - Word Salad Version
B1. WTF - Conical Squares Version

In the making of his fourth full-length, the Atlanta-based singer/songwriter dreamed up a batch of songs exploring the longing and unease of being far from home--a true-to-life refection he soon expanded into an elaborate concept album about a pilot lost in space.

The latest addition to an acclaimed catalogue including his 2017 breakthrough Face Your Fear (co-produced by Danger Mouse), 'Departures & Arrivals: The Adventures of Captain Curt' merges the lavish scope of a space opera with the pure feeling of classic soul--ultimately bringing an even greater potency to his wildly eclectic sound.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Gorgeously evocative soul music rendered in laid-back country rock guitars and rolling basses, reminiscent of the chill of Khruangbin / Leon Bridges' 'Texas Sun' or Jalen Ngonda's Daptone hit, 'Come Around And Love Me'.

TRACK LISTING

1. There She Goes
2. Out In The Black
3. Banh Me
4. Time
5. Hard As Stone
6. The Power
7. True Love Can't Be Blind
8. I'm With You
9. Felt It Inside
10. The Winter Soldier
11. Running Outta Space

Acid Jazz’s Mod-Soul warriors return to the fold for their third album on the label ‘What Kind Of World’ on the 29 August.

A fantastic journey through the ever-expanded world of songwriter and frontman Nick Corbin, it charts a growing maturity, but no lack of bite, as he takes on the challenges and joys of everyday life.

New Street Adventure made a name for themselves around 2010, with their smart take on soul music by a guitar band. Their songs had a gritty edge that took a wry and sometime angry look at life in the UK under austerity, whilst also remembering the things that made it worthwhile.

Songs such as ‘Big AC’, ‘On Our Front Doorstep’ and ‘What’s So Good About Happiness?’ became anthems at their sold-out shows at venues including the 100 Club and 229.

After a return to the live stage last year to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their debut album, the group have returned to the studio and present ten new songs, including advance singles ‘Get You Back’ and ‘What Kind Of A Woman’.

Produced by Nick, mixed Colemine Records associate Rafferty Swink and mastered by JJ Golden, this is New Street at their most impressive, and sounding better that they ever have.

The fabulous photography of Dean Chalkley ensures that this looks as amazing as New Street Adventure albums always do, available on LP and CD alongside digital platforms.

TRACK LISTING

1. What Kind Of World?
2. Get You Back
3. A Taste Of Love
4. Busy With My Baby
5. What A Woman
6. The Next Chapter
7. Everyone’s A Music Maker
8. Let Me Loose
9. Too Good Together
10. When I See You With Him

Following the release of her debut album, 'Stay Alive' (2020) and its follow-up 'Hole In My Head' (2024), Emmy-nominated artist, author, musician, activist and Against Me! founder/songwriter, Laura Jane Grace, returns with her fourth full-length album, Laura Jane Grace in the Trauma Tropes - 'Adventure Club' - a powerful new statement featuring some of her most intense and thought-provoking work to date. 'Adventure Club' was recorded in Athens, Greece and made possible by a grant through the Onassis Air Program, "an artistic research, residency, and fellowship program that fosters artistic process and experimentation by bringing together creative practitioners from a variety of geographies and practices", which Grace was awarded a fellowship through.

The album features notable performances from outside collaborators known as the Trauma Tropes, including Grace’s wife, Paris Campbell (vocals), as well Athens based musicians Jacopo Fokas (bass) and Orestis Lagadinos (drums). On standout, 'Your God (God’s Dick)', Grace and Campbell belt out some of Grace’s most anthemic lyrics ever penned, with an a capella intro channeling the stadium power pop of Queen. On 'Wearing Black', Grace critiques the corporatization of and police presence at Pride events, with her signature punk ethos and raw, unabashed outlook on full display. 

TRACK LISTING

1. WWIII Revisited
2. Wearing Black
3. I Love To Get High
4. Active Trauma
5. New Years Day
6. Mine Me Mine
7. Your God (God’s Dick)
8. Fuck You Harry Potter
9. Poison In Me
10. Espresso Freddie
11. Free Cigarettes
12. Walls

Legendary indie travellers Half Japanese return with their new album 'Adventure'. The prolific outsider combo, helmed by the ever-optimistic Jad Fair, delivers a heartwarming set of upbeat sonnets celebrating the power of love, affection, and maturity.

More than 50 years since Jad and his brother David emerged from their lo-fi bedroom in Uniontown, Maryland, USA, Adventure takes the latest incarnation of the band down new and more refined avenues. Recorded in London at Vacant TV and produced by Jason Willett and Jad, Adventure presents a more pristine and polished canvas for Jad to expand upon. The addition of Euan Hinshelwood to the sonic palette, with saxophone, harmonica, and piano, creates a smoother backdrop for the band’s less lubricated sound.

'Lemonade Sunset' is an ode to the world of wonder, a spacious overture built with melancholy in mind but relishing the positivity of life. By contrast, 'Step On Up' revolves around a glorious rising piano motif that hints at Steely Dan if they were high on energy drinks and spinach rather than their usual tipple. It’s a light-hearted evocation of the good times.

'Magnificent' is a homage to living in the present tense, powered by the bittersweet saxophone, with a glorious piano-led sub-melody offsetting Jad’s positivity: “magnificently magnificent,” no less. Elsewhere, ringing percussion and sharp arrangements provide Jad with a sturdy and far reaching soundtrack to lament over. 'Adventure' sees Half Japanese covering new ground, with Jad’s considered soliloquies set in a sumptuous setting.

The lineup for Half Japanese on Adventure includes Jason Willett (bass, keyboards), Gilles-Vincent Rieder (drums, percussion), John Sluggett (guitar, piano, bass), Mick Hobbs (guitar), Euan Hinshelwood (guitar, saxophone, piano, harmonica), and Jad Fair (vocals, percussion). Sadly, longstanding member Mick Hobbs passed away last year.

TRACK LISTING

1. Beyond Compare
2. Step On Up
3. Meant To Be
4. Possibilities
5. Things
6. That's Fate
7. Adventure
8. The Summer Of Love
9. Stars Don't Lie
10. Lemonade Sunset
11. Magnificent
12. Blame It On Your Smile

Released for the first time ever, here is the Dandelion Adventure session that they recorded for the John Peel show in 1990. These tracks have never been released before on any album and were recorded exclusively for Peelie. Featuring a double drum attack (Geoff and Jason), bass (Ajay), guitar (Stan), and vocals (Mark). Recorded on 13 May 1990 at Maida Vale Studios, and broadcast on 18 June 1990. Engineered by Mark Farrar and produced by Dale Griffin….it’s a monster sounding session.

The flip side of the album showcases the group’s very first release….a demo tape they recorded in Blackpool in 1988 on a 4-track recorder (including fan favourite “Speed Trials”). Plus a couple of songs that were recorded in their Oyston Mill rehearsal space in Preston. The whole album is a perfect capsule of the first and last thing the group ever recorded, and a brilliant reminder of the genius that this band exuded.

All on 180g blue vinyl with an insert full of photos, posters, reviews, gigography.

Dandelion Adventure were one of the greatest underground bands to emerge from Lancashire in the late 80s. At a time when the UK was fizzing with great groups like My Bloody Valentine, Bog-Shed, The Pastels, A Witness, bIG fLAME, and whilst more “established” underground giants like The Fall, The Nightingales, and Spacemen 3 were all going strong and steady, Dandelion Adventure certainly held their own. A band tendering the kind of leviathan rhythms that only early ‘80s Fall could have competed with, time changes that would make Captain Beefheart proud, and an experimental streak to get the pulse racing of any On-U-Sound fan.

Starting with their first show in 1988 in Blackpool (they had played 2 loose shows in 1986 and 1987 respectively but 1988 was the launchpad), they fizzed and crackled for 2 years, finishing with their final show, again in Blackpool, in September 1990. In that period they released two albums (both on Action Records from Preston), and recorded a John Peel session…Peel loved the group and supported them with much airplay. In the short period they existed, the likes of My Bloody Valentine and The Pastels specifically asked for DA to open for them. Such was mbv’s love for the band, that they appeared at one show with all 4 members (Kevin, Bilinda, Debbie and Colm) of the group wearing Dandelion Adventure t-shirts onstage. Dinosaur Jr. were big fans of DA and J Mascis can be seen wearing a Dandelion Adventure t-shirt in the “Freak Scene” video. Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth stated in 1989 in Melody Maker : “How’s the British music scene? Is it dead? The only bands I hear there are The Vaselines and Dandelion Adventure. They’re awesome”.

TRACK LISTING

1. Exit Frenzy Revisited 04:08
2. Bing Crosby's Cathedral 04:38
3. Don't Look Now 03:36
4. All The World's A Lounge 04:58
5. Speed Trials (The Weedkiller Tapes) 02:20
6. Death Is A Beautiful Carpark (The Weedkiller Tapes) 03:28
7. Chickenfeed (The Weedkiller Tapes) 02:35
8. King Burger Autopsy (The Weedkiller Tapes) 04:13
9. Disneytime (rehearsal 2 August 1988) 02:11
10. There Goes The Neighbourhood (Rehearsal 19 July 1988) 05:18

To mark the 10th Anniversary of their debut ‘No Hard Feelings’, New Street Adventure return with a special edition colour vinyl reissue. The release coincides with a tour throughout the UK in the autumn of 2024.

One of the most beloved Acid Jazz releases of the last decade, the original pressing – pressed just before the recent vinyl boom – fetches large sums on record collector sites. A measure of the enduring quality of the songs, and the continued popularity of the band, Acid Jazz respond with this special edition.

The album is pressed on distinctive transparent Olive Green vinyl with printed inner sleeve, adorned by unseen candid and live photographs (including by leading UK music photographer Dean Chalkley), with newly remastered audio.

TRACK LISTING

1. On Our Front Door Step
2. Keep It Burning
3. A Little Alarmed
4. Be Somebody
5. Hunted
6. Middle Of The Road
7. Foolish Once More
8. Foot In The Door
9. She’s An Attraction
10. Lucky Lady
11. The Crunch
12. Say You’re Lonely
13. The Big AC

There were only a handful of people in the world who still really believed in Suede at the time, and five of them were in the band. Brett Anderson, Suede. Suede were Marmite at the time, and I was expecting the press to trash them.

Every meeting I had with the record company, I was told they were done for. Ed Buller, Coming Up producer. How did they do that? Comeback of the century.

Select magazine cover, November 1996. Here They Come with Their Make-Up On examines in exquisite detail how Suede emerged from the chaotic, ruined remnants of their career and somehow managed to conjure up their most joyously evocative and celebrated album to date. Coming Up the extraordinary record in question stumped the band s most ardent critics and hit the jackpot, with sales that eclipsed those of their first two releases combined.

As the band s publicist throughout that period, Jane is uniquely placed to reveal exactly how they did it. This book is also a personal journey into the heart of an album that Jane loves if not unconditionally then as a piece of work that has ultimately survived the ravages of time and the brutish, nasty, and not-so-short nature of the media scrutiny that had threatened to confine the band to the dustbin of history. In addition, it features yet more outlandish tales from Jane s time with Suede and those around them back then, as well as new interviews with band members Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, and Neil Codling, and Coming Up s producer, Ed Buller.

Recording technology was completely revolutionized in the 80s by the multitrack recorder, with the popularity of 24-channel SSL consoles sweeping the world. Japanese pop music created during this wave of digital improvement is now recognized worldwide as ""City Pop."" Techno Pop was another offshoot born of the same revolution.

Precise, computer-controlled beats produced by groups like Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) introduced a different type of sound to the masses. By now, these works have been brought into the international limelight and continue to be a major influence on today's music.

At the center of Tokyo’s Techno Pop scene was ALFA/YEN Records. The label left behind an impressive body of work, but much of it wasn't made widely available... until now!

This new, definitive compilation focuses on the music archives of the YEN Records catalog, available for the first time exclusively at Light in the Attic. This is a true celebration of Japan's Techno Pop scene of the 80s, reissued with the intent that future generations, internationally, will be able to discover, enjoy, and appreciate ALFA/YEN and its significant contributions to the sonic landscape of the 80s and beyond.

TRACK LISTING

1. SEOUL MUSIC - YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
2. ZOOT KOOK - SANDII
3. Sakisaka To Momonai No Gokigen Ikaga One Two Three - You An’ Me Orgasmus Orchestra
4. Drip Dry Eyes - Yukihiro Takahashi
5. SUKI-SUKI-DAISUKI - Jun Togawa
6. Parallelisme - Miharu Koshi
7. Bikkuri Party No Theme - Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi
8. Sakasa Kenjin Eagas - Apogee & Perigee
9. Yumemiru Yakusoku - Haruomi Hosono
10. ROCK - Hajime Tachibana
11. Riot In Lagos - Ryuichi Sakamoto
12. Radarman - Jun Togawa
13. Platonic - Haruomi Hosono
14. BEAT THE RAP- Super Eccentric Theater
15. Rap Phenomena - YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
16. LEXINGTON QUEEN - Ryuichi Sakamoto
17. Chanel No #5 No On The Rock - Sheena
18. Beach Girl - TESTPATTERN
19. FLASHBACK - Yukihiro Takahashi
20. Automne Dans Un Miroir - Tamao Koike
21. Ascending - INTERIOR

Action Adventure is DJ Shadow's seventh solo LP, an inward-looking project, made for Shadow alone without any collaborators. DJ Shadow explains, “This album is about my relationship to music. My life as a collector and curator. All my records and tapes.”

“Ozone Scraper” is the lead single of the album campaign. It represents the feeling of transportation, of jet engines lifting the passenger somewhere impossible. It's one of DJ Shadow's favorites on the album, as it's an invitation to strap in and also sets the table for the kind of deep listening Shadow loves.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: It's DJ Shadow! You know you're getting a perfectly produced mix of cut-up hip-hop beats and funky electronica business. It's obviously brilliant, and sounds more like Entroducing than anyone else could muster to this day. Classic Shadow.

The highly sought-after Japanese disco funk soundtrack from 1977 featuring the cream of the Tokyo scene gets officially reissued for the first time outside of Japan. The ‘imaginary’ soundtrack to the adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke, the cult detective book series by writer Seishi Yokomizo is on many DJ want-lists. Arranged by soundtrack master Kentaro Haneda and featuring a mysterious group of the best 70s Japanese Funk musicians, the album is pure undiluted Disco Funk. This reissue is the album's first official release outside of Japan. Remastered from the original tapes, it features artwork by renowned illustrator Ichibun Sugimoto, OBI strip and a 4 page insert with a new introduction by Anton Spice Writer Seishi Yokomizo is an institution in Japan. He could be compared to Agatha Christie with his series of novels based on the adventures of detective Kosuke Kindaichi. The fictional character was born in 1946 with Yokomizo's first novel in the series and solved mysteries until the late 70s under Yokomizo's pen before the death of the writer in 1981. Kindaichi is a peculiar character. He is a sort of goofy, yet scrupulous detective, not dissimilar to Columbo, and has become legendary in Japan over the decades. Yokomizo's novels have been a prime source for film and TV scenarios, so when, in 1977, Japanese label King Records decided to record a concept album based on the Kindaichi novels, it made complete sense. The writer was slightly surprised though. As he wrote on the back of the LP sleeve "When I first heard an album was being made based on my novels, I felt very strange. I could understand if my novels were turned into films and then soundtracks were recorded based on these films. But this time, the music created was directly inspired by my novels. I felt very intrigued, yet very excited." The concept album was arranged by pianist Kentaro Haneda, a key TV and film composer who has worked on many anime films and is also famous outside of Japan for composing the music for the video game 'Wizardry'.

For "The Adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke" album, he assembled a supergroup of some of the best Tokyo funk and City Pop musicians. The long list includes jazz pianist Hideo Ichikawa who played on the 1971 'Joe Henderson In Japan' album, Jun Moriya (ds), who is on Joe Hisaichi's cult 'Wonder City Orchestra' album, Tadaomi Anai (perc) who played with Disco singer Eri Ohno, Koji Hadori (tpt) who's featured on Haruomi Hosono's "Pacific" album. Also present on the album are Takeru Muraoka (sax) who plays on many Tatsuro Yamashita cult albums including "For You" and "Spacy", Kimiko Yamauchi (koto) who's on Akiko Yano's landmark "Japanese Girl" and, last but not least, Koji Yamaguchi (fr horn) who plays on Yazuaki Shimizu's "Kakashi" album Together they lay the funk on ten instrumentals filled with pur disco and funk breakbeats, making the album one of the highly-coveted Japanese LPs on international cratedigger scene. This reissue which Wewantsounds is delighted to officially put back on the market, features OBI strip and a four page insert faithfully reproduces the original artwork plus audio remastered from the original tapes.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kindaichi Kosuke No Theme
2. Yatsuhakamura
3. Kamen Butoukai
4. Honjin Satsujin Jiken
5. Gokumontou
6. Akuma No Temariuta
7. Meirosou No Sangeki
8. Akuma Ga Kitarite Fue Wo Fuku
9. Mitsukubitou
10. Inugamike No Ichizoku

• 4 CD box set celebrating the Madchester/baggy scene and the indie dance crossover.

• Featuring The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Charlatans and more.

• With tracks presented in their extended mixes as played at clubs such as The Hacienda.

As the Berlin Wall came down and a new decade beckoned, indie and dance collided and bands like The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and The Charlatans spearheaded a new music movement dubbed ‘baggy’ or ‘Madchester’. While the focus was on Manchester, it was an explosion that stretched from the Glasgow area with The Soup Dragons and Primal Scream to Liverpool with The Farm, Leeds with the Bridewell Taxis and Flowered Up in London.

The ‘Madchester’ sound incorporated elements of 60s psychedelia, 80s indie, 70s funk and contemporary house and hip hop; 808 State were an electronic dance act, The Stone Roses, a guitar band with a funky rhythm section, Inspiral Carpets used a Farfisa organ associated with 1960s garage punk and Happy Mondays played a truly unique blend of indie funk.

The Hacienda night club in Manchester co-owned by New Order was a catalyst and cultural centre for this music explosion, having played US house music from 1987. Another influence was the increasing availability of MDMA in the city.

Remixes were an important part of the indie dance crossover scene and 12” remixes here include Paul Oakenfold ’s pioneering ‘Think About The Future Mix’ of Happy Mondays’ ‘W.F.L.’, Terry Farley’s mixes of Primal Scream’s ‘Come Together’ and The Soup Dragons’ ‘I’m Free’ and Andy Weatherall’s reconstruction of James’ ‘Come Home’.

Also included are other indie bands who embraced dance music after discovering sampling and the new music technology including Aberdeen’s The Shamen who’d started out as a psychedelic guitar band before evolving into a dance act and Stourbridge’s self-styled grebos, Pop Will Eat Itself whose music metamorphosised from pop punk into a hybrid of rock, hip hop and dance.

Hits include The Stone Roses ‘Fool’s Gold’ (UK #9) and Happy Mondays ‘Step On’ (UK #5) plus there’s dancefloor favourites such as The Charlatans’ debut Hammond groove ‘Indian Rope’ and rarities including the excellent but forgotten ‘Perfect Person’ by Sinister Groove.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE:
1 Happy Mondays - W.F.L. ‘Think About The Future’ Mix (The Paul Oakenfold Mix)
2 Inspiral Carpets – Joe
3 808 State – Pacific State – Origin (12” Version)
4 James - Come Home (Weatherall Remix A.k.a. Skunk Weed Skank Mix)
5 The Farm - Stepping Stone (12” Ghost Dance Mix)
6 Hypnotone – Dream Beam (Ben Chapman Remix)
7 New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Big (Baka)
8 Paris Angels – All On You (Perfume) (12” Version)
9 The Bridewell Taxis – Spirit (LFO Decision Remix)
10 Electronic – Get The Message (DNA Groove Mix)
Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea (12” Original Mix AKA Dali Mix)
11 The Beloved – The Sun Rising (Danny’s Love Is… Remix)
12 The Times – Manchester (Single Version)
13 Candy Flip – Strawberry Fields Forever (Raspberry Ripple Remix)

DISC TWO:
1 The Stone Roses – Fools Gold 9.53
2 The Charlatans – Indian Rope
3 Moonflowers – Get Higher (Rather Large In The Bristol Area Mix)
4 Northside - Shall We Take A Trip (12” Version)
5 The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
6 Spin – Scratches (In The Sand)
7 World Of Twist – She’s A Rainbow (12” Version)
8 Sinister Groove – Perfect Person
9 Spirea X – Re: Action
10 The Candy Skins – For What It’s Worth
11 Honey Smugglers – You Are The Sun
12 Airhead – Counting Sheep
13 The Telescopes – Celeste
14 The Hollow Men – Thrilled
15 Spacemen 3 – Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here) (12” Version)

DISC THREE:
1 Primal Scream – Come Together (Terry Farley
Extended 12” Mix)
2 Flowered Up – It’s On
3 Saint Etienne – Kiss And Make Up (Midsummer Madness Mix)
4 Inspiral Carpets – Commercial Reign
5 The Shamen – Pro>Gen (Land Of Oz Mix)
6 Intastella – Century (12” Version)
7 Happy Mondays – Step On (Twisting My Melon Mix)
8 The Primitives – You Are The Way (Re-Ravishing Mix)
9 The Wendys – The Sun's Going To Shine For Me Soon
10 Chapterhouse – Pearl (12” Version)
11 Raintree County – Mad Dog
12 King Of The Slums - Bear Wiv Me (Flourescent Mix)
13 A Certain Ratio – Twenty Seven Forever (12” Version)

DISC FOUR:
1 The Soup Dragons - I’m Free (Terry Farley Boys Own Remix)
2 Stereo MC’s – Connected
3 Ruthless Rap Assassins – And It Wasn’t A Dream (Dare To Be Aware Mix)
4 MC Tunes Versus 808 State – Tunes Splits The Atom (Original Rap)
5 That Petrol Emotion – Tingle (Hard Boppin’ Mix)
6 Julian Cope – Love L.U.V. (Beautiful Love Remix)
7 Jesus Jones - Real Real Real (Rhythm 3 - Ben Chapman "Spaced" 12” Mix)
8 The Charlatans – Opportunity Three
9 The Dylans – Lemon Afternoon
10 Pop Will Eat Itself – X,Y And Zee (Electric Sunshine Style)
11 Stan – My Delight (Extended Mix)
12 Cud – Magic (Extended Farsley Mix)
13 Blow-Up – World (Long Version)
14 The Popguns – Crazy
15 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine – After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)

Mark is one of the most indomitable yet gentle spirits I ve ever met. He will always be one of my favorite artists I ve ever worked with. And someday when I grow up, I want to be just like him.

Alice Cooper. This book is a puzzle. The outside frame pieces are about me, but the picture wouldn t be complete without the perspectives of all the people telling you about me.

Mark Volman. Mark Volman has led a storied life, and many of those stories are contained in Happy Forever. A true son of southern California, he has gone from topping the charts with The Turtles ( Happy Together ) to underground cred with Frank Zappa and beyond.

As Flo & Eddie, Mark and his longtime singing partner Howard Kaylan were the not-so-secret ingredient on many other artist s records, taking Bruce Springsteen into the Top 10 for the very first time and helping T. Rex dominate the British charts. Then came The Ramones, U2, Blondie, Duran Duran, and so many more; the list of credits is long and varied.

Happy Forever covers all of that, along with subsequent forays into animation, a stint as a radio personality in Los Angeles and New York, and a midlife return to academia, which led Mark to create and run innovative college programs in LA and Nashville. But this is not the world according to Mark Volman, and it is not your average musical autobiography. Alongside his own comments, this uniquely insightful book contains contributions from more than one hundred of Mark s peers, friends, and lovers who share their thoughts on the man himself and on topics that span the social and cultural landscape of past half-century.

Happy Forever s cast list reads like a who s who of popular music, featuring members of The Doors, The Monkees, The Byrds, The E Street Band, and many more; producers Tony Visconti, Bob Ezrin, and Hal Willner; voice actors from The Simpsons and the Firesign Theatre; and key figures from the worlds of radio, animation, and academia. The book also includes previously unseen photographs and forewords by Alice Cooper and Chris Hillman.

Andrew Tuttle's Fleeting Adventure is a musical adventure through a reimagined journey from the Australian ambient producer and banjo player. A crew of fellow travellers - including Steve Gunn, Chuck Johnson, Luke Schneider and Balmorhea - help navigate a cosmic trip into subtropical landscapes. Golden plucks of banjo, gauzy electronics and cosmic guitar shimmer into gloriously expansive melodies that conjure peace and space, comfort and wonder.

A deepening sense of life, love, health, loss, and luck shaped the outlines of Tuttle’s fifth, and most collaborative album to date. Following a surprising exhilaration and exhaustion from the hitherto most innocuous of moments in mid-2020 - a half-hour drive to collect an online order, the furthest distance he’d traveled in months; Tuttle commenced working on new musical ideas loosely based around navigating the aftermaths and interregnums of a restless era. “I was thinking about what’s going on in the world and how localised it has become for so many of my friends in different places,” Tuttle explains. “Not in a negative way but more so focusing on how lovely it is when things are good.”

Thinking of musician friends and peers around the world – each confined to their own immediate surroundings – Tuttle’s generative and collaborative musical practice became a silvery through-line, connecting American innovators Steve Gunn, Chuck Johnson, Luke Schneider and Michael A. Muller (Balmorhea), to French/Swedish violinist Aurelie Ferriere and Spanish guitarist Conrado Isasa, back to Australian friends such as Voltfruit (aka Flora Wong and Luke Cuerel) and Darren Cross (Gerling) – among many others – each fitting seamlessly into Tuttle’s vibrant musical world.

Whilst previously a feature of Tuttle’s music, the exploration of space and texture found within Fleeting Adventure feels particularly vast and generous. The involvement of Chuck Johnson and Lawrence English mixing and mastering the album respectively, as with their work on Tuttle’s previous and breakthrough album Alexandra (Room40, 2020), inspired Andrew to develop songs that are as serene and patient as he’s ever sounded. Stripping elements back, the idea of pulling the songs apart somewhat, was just as important as adding the work of Andrew’s collaborators. “It is spacious through intent, process and assistance,” he confirms. "I thought carefully about what instruments - both what I played and what I asked others to provide based on my unadorned banjo track - would best work with what I was wanting to create.”

The road to Fleeting Adventure has been both long and short, but it sits as a tender and perhaps even vital reflection of an era in progress, in retrospect and in anticipation. A poignant contemplation on the many bonds that make up our lives from friends and family to the myriad places we inhabit and pass through along the way. The idea that an adventure doesn’t necessarily have to be a grand statement Andrew Tuttle has gathered up a number of his contemporaries and crafted something quietly spectacular, a new beginning to familiar habits. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Beautiful flickering banjo melodies and hazy instrumental Americana. Reminiscent of Balmorhea or Alexander Tucker, and resulting in a wonderfully immersive and balmy sound bath. Thoroughly stunning.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Overnight's A Weekend
2. Next Week, Pending
3. Correlation
4. Freeway Fle
Side B
5. New Breakfast Habit
6. Filtering
7. There's Always A Crow 

• A 2 LP set, drawing together all their Top 100 hits.
• Featuring full length versions of the top 10 hits ‘The Message’, ‘White Lines’ and ‘Step Off’.
• Plus the rare UK Mastermix of ‘White Lines’ and full length versions of other hits such as ‘Scorpio’, ‘Message II (Survival)’, and ‘Jesse’.
• A new anthology showcasing the recording career of hip-hop pioneers Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel And The Furious Five in a gatefold sleeve.

Starting out in the 1970’s, Grandmaster Flash made waves on the New York scene as one of the hottest DJs around, thanks to his inimitable mixing style. Expanding his act to incorporate a team of talented MCs, Flash soon caught the eye of Sylvia Robinson at Sugarhill Records, leading to an impressive run of ground-breaking singles.

Tracks such as ‘Freedom’, ‘The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel’ and ‘It’s Nasty’ were successful club records, all leading up to their mainstream chart breakthrough, ‘The Message’ (UK #8) in 1982.

Although Flash departed in 1983, the band continued with Melle Mel at the helm and enjoyed further UK top 10 hits with ‘White Lines (Don’t Do It)’ (UK #7) and ‘Step Off’ (UK #8), as well as eight other Top 100 entries.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1 The Message
2 Scorpio
3 Message Ii (survival)
Side B
1 New York, New York
2 White Lines (don’t Do It)
3 Beat Street
Side C
1 Jesse
2 Step Off
3 We Don’t Work For Free
Side D
1 Pump Me Up
2 World War Iii
3 White Lines (don’t Do It) (uk Mastermix)

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2021 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY JULY 17TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 6PM ON THE SAME DAY (SATURDAY JULY 17TH).

The time has finally come to grab your capes, don a pair of tights and load up the turntable ready for the show to begin. This is "Adventures Of A Reluctant Super Hero" - prepare for the Purple Assassin and the Scratchman as they come and save your city, the scene and hip-hop as we know it.

Featuring a who’s-who of collabs and guest appearances from hip-hop royalty, this 14-track record takes you to just about every corner of the genre, leaving no stone unturned. With Lyrics Born and Gift Of Gab joining on "Guard The Fort" to deliver a serious statement of intent to open the LP, the rest of the record is an adventure through funk, breaks, rolling basslines, buckets of groove and everything in-between.

Throw in a generous portion of expertly delivered bars and vocals from genre sidekicks like Harry Shotta, Skye (Morcheeba), Omar, Dynamite MC and more, and you’re left with a hip-hop record that not even the comic books could have conceived.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Hip Hop continues to be a dominating force as trap, grime and rap vie for the spotlight. Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts bring that old skool boom-bap flavour and keep us noddin' till sun down. Ffffressh!

TRACK LISTING

Endtro
Guard The Fort - Ft. Lyrics Born & Gift Of Gab
Bruce 2na 
Distance
Superheroes Anonymous - Ft. Jake, Ang 13, Dynamite, MC Spyce, Harry
Shotta, Jake The Detonator
South Coast Rocks
Superhero Kit
Black Vapor 
Feel The Power - Ft. Skye (Morcheeba)
Worth Fighting For - Ft. Omar
Waste No Time - Ft. Dynamite MC
Stay Tuned
Heartbroken Ft. Skye (Morcheeba)
Skillz - Ft. Joe Charman

Adventures Of Salvador have clearly been working hard since 2016's 'Chocolates & Drugs', because whilst it clearly had all the spirit and drive we see in their latest offering, 'Welcome To Our Village' is a more precise, more rawkous and more improved offering in every way. 

We kick things off with 'Girl With The Broken Face', showcasing AOS' dedication to a snappy distorted guitar riff and chanty singalong backing vox, flitting perfectly between almost spoken word vocals and minimal percussive backdrop into a momentum-filled, soaring rock and roll number. This drive continues into the fuzzy basses and southern rock attitude of 'Uncle Walt' and 'Retroman', with the former slightly more downbeat, with it's galloping percussives and hammond organ solo, and the latter relying heavily upon a perfectly fuzzed out bass guitar and crescentic culmination through its brief four minute duration. 

Later on, things get a little more punk, eschewing the surf-tinged rock and rollers of the first half and opting for the snapping 12-bar and Idles-esque vocal snarl of 'Prettier Than You', or the catatonic heft and scrappy sludgey oy vibes of 'King Kong'. 

Adventures Of Salvador really are one of the most prominent acts in this scene right now, forming a perfect culmination of instrumental skill, songwriting prowess and all-out rock power. A brilliant return, and one that will surely be as well recieved as their last outing. Lovely stuff. 

TRACK LISTING

1 Girl With The Broken Face
2 Uncle Walt
3 Retroman
4 Welcome To My Village
5 Prettier Than You
6 King Kong
7 Moody Blues
8 Now Look What You Made Me Do

‘The Adventures of Selfie Boy Pt. 1’ is released via 1965 Records.

Our hero, Raf Rundell (DJ by night, acoustic guitar picker by sunset, sometime music biz impresario and fulltime member of 2 Bears alongside Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard), emerges bleary-eyed from a studio high in a garret clutching the first fruits of a solo recording session. A session that saw the studio’s saloon door banging as queens, kings, crazies, painted ladies, ravers, rockers and ragamuffins partied night after night, each of them adding inspiration and perspiration to Rundell’s embryonic recordings to help the man realise his distinctive musical vision.

1965 Records (visionary home of modern psych, electro-roll and North London deep south boogie) chased down Rundell and begged to be the sole outlet for his sonic art. Bending to their iron will, Raf eventually surrendered the mastertapes which is where our story really begins.

TRACK LISTING

Carried Away
Right Time
Shoppin’ For A Shaman
Poor Bitch
Cosmos Boss
Llama Farmer

The debut album by Ex-Fenster member Rémi Letournelle. Following a 7" split single on Berlin DIY label Späti Palace and Steps, a six-track EP released on Morr Music last year, Adventures is the first LP of the French man. His bubbling vintage synths (together with an impressive variety of instruments) will take you on a strange trip through imagined galaxies and secret deep-sea worlds. Call it weird, but this is amateur pop in all its glory, and the most natural outlet for Slow Steve. Think of Ariel Pink, John Maus, early Future Islands, old Krautrock luminaries or Arthur Russell - a whole school of alternative pop music that Rémi is very likely to join. Adventures is more than just an application. When Rémi moved to Berlin, he met psychedelic pop outfit and fellow Morr signees Fenster. Rémi has been part of their live shows as well as contributing to their first two albums. There are certain familiarities between the washed-out sound of Fenster and Slow Steve, but Adventures sees Rémi doing his own thing.

37 Adventures are proud to present ‘Hoops’, the new single from Jones.

Raised in East London, at an early age Jones began to turn her most private diary entries into songs. Since then she’s been gradually letting others into the world she’s created; namely XL’s resident producer Rodaidh McDonald and multifaceted Ninja Tune artist Raffertie, plus alt-pop mastermind (and brother of Jai) A K Paul.

‘Hoops’ has been co-produced by rising talents XO and Josh Record. It’s a gutsy, introspective, innovative track about heartbreak wrapped up in an intrically layered production that references grime and electronica in its R&B / pop styling.

With one of the most anticipated debut albums of the year, the Jimmy Fallon-approved Brooklyn trio Wet bring their minimalist, beat driven R&B production to ‘Hoops’ on this intimate remix that strips the original back to a skittering ballad.

‘Hoops’ is pressed on a hand-stamped 12” vinyl and is backed with the original version of the Jones track.

TRACK LISTING

Hoops (Wet Remix)
Hoops

For Adventure’s 2011 album, "Lesser Known", mastermind Benny Boeldt dived deep into pop songcraft. Unlike Adventure’s self-titled debut, this record was full of earworm vocal hooks - a big leap from the chiptune-indebted songs of his first album.

Boeldt’s third Adventure LP, "Weird Work", remains in the same sonic space as "Lesser Known" but abandons its sing-alongs. The album veers from a Square Enix-style video game soundtrack (“Alone”) to a strange lecture leaking from a high school’s ceiling PA (“Constantly”). The frenzied "Laser Blast" and the smooth "Nervous" encourage dance floor crowding. Weird Work is the result of Adventure’s 8-bit tendencies running free in an IDM landscape built on Aphex Twin and early Warp Records.

Stepping back from the strictures of pop music, Boeldt was once again free, with only an allegiance to his creative muses. “This record is about taking away any restrictive guidelines to the way I play or compose,” Boeldt says. “It's about isolation, confusion, doubt, growing up, growing out, losing control.” Despite the lack of deliberate confines on the music, there is still a feeling of control to these tracks. The music came into existence freely, but has found order.

In today’s digital age, when so many try to find definition with online tools and seek identity in downloadable content, it’s nice to know that Adventure has it figured out with Weird Work. “This record is about recognizing myself again,” Boeldt says.

“This record is about realizing who I am as a musician, and what I sound like. For better or for worse.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Days Off
2. Laser Blast
3. Nervous
4. Flower
5. Reality Shift
6. Alone
7. Constantly
8. Catching Up
9. Happiness

Perfectly executed chamber pop that hints at everything from Sufjan Stevens to Antony & The Johnsons. The CD compiles all the tracks from two, now deleted, double 10" EP's that were self released by the band.

The beautifully packaged CD, comes in a hinged wooden box, and includes a bonus CD featuring five tracks from a Solo Live Performance from Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, a lyric sheet and two prints.

Jonathon Whiskey have released a series of mailorder only singles, all limited to 200 copies. This CD compiles some of the best tracks from this series, 14 tracks all for the price of a CD single - bargain! Includes exclusive tracks from: Billy Mahonie, Chicks On Speed, Rothko, Hood and of course the infamous "Lady Porno" by Twisted Nerve's resident rockers Mum & Dad.