"For as long as I can remember folks have been asking me to tell my story," says Stone. "I wasn't ready. I had to be in a new frame of mind to become Sylvester Stewart again to tell the true story of Sly Stone. It's been a wild ride and hopefully my fans enjoy it too."
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"For as long as I can remember folks have been asking me to tell my story," says Stone. "I wasn't ready. I had to be in a new frame of mind to become Sylvester Stewart again to tell the true story of Sly Stone. It's been a wild ride and hopefully my fans enjoy it too."
One of the few indisputable geniuses of pop music, Sly Stone is a trailblazer who created a new kind of music, mixing Black and white, male and female, funk and rock; penned some of the most iconic anthems of the 1960s and 70s, from "Everyday People" to "Family Affair"; and electrified audiences with a persona and stage presence that set a lasting standard for pop culture performance. Yet he has also been a cautionary tale, known as much for how he dropped out of sight as for what put him in the spotlight in the first place. As much as people know the music, the man remains a mystery. In Thank You, his much-anticipated memoir, he's finally ready to share his story - a story that many thought he'd never have the chance to tell. Written with Ben Greenman, who has written memoirs with George Clinton and Brian Wilson among others, Thank You will include a foreword by Questlove. The book was created in collaboration with Sly Stone's manager Arlene Hirschkowitz.
"For as long as I can remember folks have been asking me to tell my story," says Stone. "I wasn't ready. I had to be in a new frame of mind to become Sylvester Stewart again to tell the true story of Sly Stone. It's been a wild ride and hopefully my fans enjoy it too."
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Mine says: Sound Metaphors are coming through with the big hitters again. One of my all time faves is finally available on big wax again and I'm a very happy camper. Don't snooooze!TRACK LISTING
1. Night Train To Nowhere (Vocal)
2. Night Train To Nowhere (Instrumental)
3. Night Train To Nowhere (Castro's Disaster To Nowhere)
“Torture Cube / Dead Dog In A Ditch” is a slab of guitar fury filtered through Nine Inch Nails’ industrial metal and Full of Hell’s blunt - force hardcore plus a healthy dose of humour fed by one too many nights soundtracked by donk pranksters Lobsta B and DJ Fingerblast.
Speaking on the release, vocalist/guitarist Freddy Vinehill - Cliffe says, “This was our first time in the studio with our friend and Leeds avant - metal legend Steve Myles on drums, and like a lot of our peers it marke d a return to honing tunes in a grotty rehearsal spot rather than writing remotely. The result feels like it has that pent up, fraught, fidgety energy of our first EP, combined with the more ambitious arrangements we started to experiment with on our debut LP ‘Thoughtless Cruelty’. Personally, I think it’s quite good actually.”
Thank formed in 2016 out of Leeds’ notorious DIY collective, CHUNK. Over the next half - decade they gained acclaim for the EPs ‘Sexghost Hellscape’ and ‘Please’, toured in mainland Eu rope, and caught the attention of heavy hitters like Idles with their combination of anxious disco grooves and harsh noise freakouts.
Thank become the latest in a string of artists to release via Yard Act’s Zen F.C. label, following on from the likes of Nu ha Ruby Ra, Baba Ali, Benefits and Yard Act themselves all of who’s 7” broke into the UK vinyl singles charts and Sheffield’s one man rave collective Acid Klaus who’s Step On My Travelator LP was released in November 2022.
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A. Torture Cube
AA: Dead Dog In A Ditch
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- 2xColoured LP
- £28.99
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- FLO00016LP
- Release date
- 16 Jun '23
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- FLO00016CD
- Release date
- 16 Jun '23
“NO THANK YOU” is yet another delicious left field turn for 29-year old Simbiatu Ajikawo. Sleek, succinct and utterly propulsive, it’s Simz’ defiantly punk rock, two fingered salute to conformity and fame, and all the expectations and restrictions that come with. Recorded with her regular collaborator Inflo, this is Simz at her most free, daring and spontaneous. In her own words: 'emotion is energy in motion. honour your truth and feelings. eradicate fear. boundaries are important.’
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Millie says: Returning strong with big orchestral interludes and quickfire rap from Little Simz in her new album ‘NO THANK YOU’. The album alludes to challenges faced releasing music with a tone of self-reflection but this album feels stronger than ever, with her talent shining through each track on the album despite the obstacles and healing that took place. “Gorilla” was a track that really grew on me, it reminds me of her incredible stage presence during her live performances; of being at ease like she’s always been destined to be there. It feels layered with polished production with that large Simz energy and intangible confidence. Another standout for me has to be “Heart on Fire”, you can feel the atmosphere building like a rising in your chest, it’s evident that this soulful music comes from the heart. Paired alongside the backing choir vocals, it only accentuates her unmissable dynamic sound that Simbi always nails.TRACK LISTING
1. Angel
2. Gorilla
3. Silhouette
4. No Merci
5. X
6. Heart On Fire
7. Broken
8. Sideways
9. Who Even Cares
10. Control
Gunther Buskies & Jonas Engelmann
Thank For The Lovely Day: 11 The Go-Betweens Songcomics
Ventil Verlag
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- Hardback Book
- £23.99
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- ZB243260
- Release date
- 16 Jun '23
- Format Info
Hardcover, coloured, 128 pages.
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In 1977, friends Robert Forster and Grant McLennan founded The Go-Betweens in Brisbane, Australia and within a few years their folky indie rock, songs such as 'Right Here', 'Love Goes On' and 'Streets of Your Town' helped make them an international force in the indie world. In 1989, the band disbanded after six successful albums, only to return in 2000 with a new album 'The Friends of Rachel Worth’ - recorded together with the members of Sleater-Kinney - followed by 'Bright Yellow Bright Orange’ in 2003 and ‘Oceans Apart’ in 2005 after which the sudden death of Grant McLennan in May 2006 put an end to recording activity.
Since then, Robert Forster has been nurturing the band's legacy; helping re-release and present their early works in the form of two box sets by Domino Records, telling the story of the Go- Betweens, as a story of true friendship, in his autobiography "Grant and I” as well as releasing numerous solo albums and touring them around the world.
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- LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- M9442UKLP
- Release date
- 28 Apr '23
- Format Info
Black vinyl edition.
Black vinyl edition.
The Dream Machine take their name from ‘Dream Machine’ an invention that recreates hallucinations similar to psychedelics without taking substances with their music being portrayed as enigmatic, mysterious and very psychedelic. Formed in 2021, the band have already gained widespread support including Steve Lamacq, Radcliffe & Maconie and Chris Hawkins on BBC Radio 6 Music, John Kennedy on Radio X, Gary Crowley on BBC Radio Londo, Dave Monks on BBC Introducing in Merseyside as well as repeat plays across Amazing Radio.
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Martin says: The Dream Machine brilliantly toe the line between jangling psychedelic 60's influenced pop and soaring northern indie. It's both melodically rich and full of hooks, but never strays into pastiche.TRACK LISTING
1. Lola, In The Morning
2. Tears
3. Children, My England
4. Sweet Mary
5. TV Baby/Satan's Child
6. The Time Around
7. White Shadow Blues
8. Intermission
9. Away For The Summer
10. The Last Temptation
11. Always On My Mind
12. Angel Of The North
7" With Dinked Edition Only:
Side A
Before The Rain
Side B
01. Rama Go
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- FIRECD507
- Release date
- 31 Jan '20
TRACK LISTING
1 Strange Town
2 Darkness Is No Friend
3 Soldier
4 Thank Christ For The Bomb Side
5 Ship On The Ocean
6 Garden
7 Status People
8 Rich Man, Poor Man
9 Eccentric Man
10 Garden (Radio 1 Sessions)
11 Eccentric Man (Radio 1 Sessions)
12 Garden (Live At Leeds)
13 Eccentric Man (Live At Leeds)
14 Soldier (Radio 1 Sessions)
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- LP
- £19.99
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- FIRELP507
- Release date
- 25 Oct '19
- Format Info
50th Anniversary reissue with Gatefold sleeve + Bonus tracks as a Download.
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A thinking man’s rumination on alienation, the album is a game of two halves; side one tackling the thermo nuclear threat while side two traces riches to rags alienation in everyday London. First of a trio of ground-breaking albums that steered the band from the Blues into a heavier, more prog-based sound and a true reflection of their much-praised live sound.
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Side A:
1 Strange Town
2 Darkness Is No Friend
3 Soldier
4 Thank Christ For The Bomb.
Side B:
5 Ship On The Ocean
6 Garden
7 Status People
8 Rich Man, Poor Man
9 Eccentric Man
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- Ltd LP
- £19.99
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- AUK007LP
- Release date
- 17 Nov '17
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- Ltd 7"
- £7.49
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- MEX2407
- Release date
- 18 Aug '17
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- £26.99
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- 88985377871
- Release date
- 13 Jan '17
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- 88985377872
- Release date
- 25 Nov '16
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1. The Space Program
2. We The People...
3. Whateva Will Be
4. Solid Wall Of Sound
5. Dis Generation
6. Kids...
7. Melatonin
8. Enough!!
9. Mobius
10. Black Spasmodic
11. The Killing Season
12. Lost Somebody
13. Movin Backwards
14. Conrad Tokyo
15. Ego
16. The Donald
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- CD
- £7.99
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- BELLA512CD
- Release date
- 23 Oct '15
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Andy says: Beach House wowed us this year with their gorgeous comeback LP "Depression Cherry" and now, only 2 months later, they do something fairly unique in pop by releasing a second, brand new collection. This is not an odds'n'sods out-takes jobby. This is a just as brilliant sister record, totally beautiful in it's own right, but with an even better sleeve! Swoon again.TRACK LISTING
Majorette
She's So Lovely
All Your Yeahs
One Thing
Common Girl
The Traveller
Elegy To The Void
Rough Song
Somewhere Tonight
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- LP
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- DFA2472
- Release date
- 4 Sep '15
- Includes MP3 Download Code.
‘Thank You For Stickin’ With Twig’ is to date the most sonically immersive album in Twig’s discography.
Where some records have focused explicitly on sample-based songwriting, while others have been completely live-recorded, the new album arrives at a perfectly produced fusion of fidelities. Twig flirts here with a variety of vibes, most often opting for a three-dimensional approach whereby a warped tape aura is overlaid with colourful laser-cut keyboard and guitar melodies. A fetishization of analogue texture is married to a digital approach.
It's a fuzz-heavy psych-pop fest with hints of early Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd.
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Slippin’ Slidin’
A Woman’s Touch (It’s No Coincidence)
She Stickin’ With Twig
Textiles On Mainstreet
Stone Rollin’ (Musical Emotion)
Roll Red Roll (Song For Steubenville)
You Got Me Goin’…
Fog Of Sex (N.S.I.S)
Fadeout Killer
Trip Thru Bells
… Out Of My Mind
Live In, Live On Your Era
Cannabis