Humanity's path since then makes his message even more urgent today. Years after Herman Poole "LeSony'r Ra" Blount "left the planet" he's still trying to reach us, to wake us up and to change our destiny.

Sun Ra and the Arkestra weren't a traditional studio band, and every star in the vast galaxy of their discography reflects this. The origins of these records can be hard to pinpoint at times, but when it comes to Thunder Of The Gods, it's a bit easier. "Calling Planet Earth - We'll Wait For You" was discovered on tapes from Ra's, Universe In Blue, believed to be recorded in '71. The raucous title track and "Moonshots Across the Sky" are unearthed from the '66 Strange Strings sessions. Modern Harmonic has once again paired Ra's sonic art with the visual art of "The Father of Modern Space Art," Chesley Bonestell, whose 1952 work "Formation of the Earth's Continents" spralls across the front and back covers.

TRACK LISTING

1. Calling Planet Earth - We'll Wait For You
2. Moonshots Across The Sky
3. Thunder Of The Gods

The original release of Nurse with Wound's gargantuan "Thunder Perfect Mind" in 1992 coincided with that of Current 93's homonymous genre-defining album. Legend has it that the gnostic name initially appeared to Steven Stapleton in a dream as the title of Tibet's then still nameless upcoming album. Both records feature contributions from David Tibet, Colin Potter, Rose McDowall, John Balance of Coil, Alan Trench of Orchis and Joolie Wood amongst others. The title and the partial overlap of the personnel on both albums isn't quite where the similarities end, both albums have since become undisputed milestones in their respective artists' oeuvre. At the core of the definitive 2023 Infinite Fog re-release fully overseen by Steven Stapleton are the two original tracks "Cold" - a classic unsettling rhythmic Nurse collage-fest, significantly closer to jittery psychelia than the oft-cited "industrial feel" and the epic "Colder Still", easily one of the most mind-bending breathtaking NWW compositions up to this point and well beyond. The track soothes ghostly atmosphere and reveals new surprises with every listen, not least of which is a direct link to its sister release from c93 as well as the first appearance of the signature rhythm loop that would mutate and re-emerge on several later tracks. The album also is the first full-length collaboration with genius sound wizard Colin Potter who has since become a ubiquitous sidekick both on Nurse albums as well as in live performances. As a follow-up to what is widely acknowledged as one of the best-loved exercises in drone of the 20th century "Soliloquy for Lilith", TPM is a much more varied but at least equally rewarding experience. Infinite Fog are beyond pleased to be able to offer a significantly enhanced, remastered and extended 3 LP version for old and new fans alike.

*PLEASE NOTE THE 3LP VERSION IS A PICTURE DISC COLLECTIBLE FORMAT AND NOT AN AUDIOPHILE FORMAT.

‘One sick party record bursting with overdriven guitars, triumphant trumpet lines, and battling drum assaults that seem to break through walls with the barrelling force of a thousand Kool-Aid men’ Pitchfork 8.7 BNM

The Go! Team burst onto the scene back in 2004 with their debut album “Thunder, Lightning, Strike” putting the disco in discordant & red limiting all the levels. They scored Pitchfork Best New Music, a Mercury music prize nomination and, from a small bedroom concern in Brighton, UK, emerged to take on the world, lighting up stages on every continent.

Nineteen years later The Go! Team, led by main man Ian Parton and MC Ninja, are still releasing brilliant, ever more eclectic albums (see this year’s Get Up Sequences Part 2).

TRACK LISTING

1. Panther Dash
2. Ladyflash
3. Feelgood By Numbers
4. The Power Is On
5. Get It Together
6. We Just Won't Be Defeated
7. Junior Kickstart
8. Air Raid GTR
9. Bottle Rocket
10. Friendship Update
11. Hold Yr Terror Close
12. Huddle Formation
13. Everyone's A V.I.P. To Someone 

The Greatest High School Band Of All Time Plays Hard Soul, Funk And Jazz On This Double LP. The word is out The Kashmere Stage Band was the greatest high school band - ever. The bandleader at Kashmere High School, Conrad Johnson, transformed a bunch of rough-hewn Houston high schoolers into a band that could compete with any in the nation – professional, or otherwise. Forget high school bands, we're talking about sixteen year old kids who would give the JBs a run for their money! The Kashmere Stage Band released a total of eight albums and three 45s on Johnson’s Kram label. The band’s best tracks are collected on Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974

TRACK LISTING

A1. Boss City
A2. Burning Spear
A3. Take Five
A4. Super Bad
A5. Keep Doing It
A6. Thunder Soul
B1. Do You Dig It, Man?
B2. Headwiggle
B3. Do Your Thing
B4. Scorpio
C1. Thank You
C2. Al’s Tune
C3. All Praises
C4. Shaft
D1. Kashmere
D2. $$ Kash Register $$
D3. Zero Point – Pt.1 & Pt. 2 (45 Version)
D4. Getting It Out Of My System

A comprehensive anthology of music from the mythic first leg of Bob Dylan's groundbreaking Rolling Thunder Revue, this 14CD box set includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from that tour that were professionally recorded. The collection also provides the listener with an intimate insider's seat for recently unearthed rehearsals at New York's S.I.R. studios and the Seacrest Motel in Falmouth, MA plus a bonus disc showcasing one-of-a-kind performances from the tour.

The collection features 148 tracks in all, with more than 100 of those never previously released. Included in the box set is a 52-page booklet featuring rare and never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue photos and a revelatory essay by novelist/musician Wesley Stace. Concurrent with the release of the 14CD box set will be a reissue of The Bootleg Series Volume 5 on vinyl, back in print for the first time since 2002 as a 3LP set with a 64-page booklet.

Launched in the fall of 1975, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue flaunted the touring conventions of the time by featuring an eclectic cast of characters and playing small and unusual venues with little advance notice. The shows would often stretch to more than four hours long, generating some of the artist's most dramatic and dynamic on-stage performances ever. Dylan debuted the new songs he'd written for his forthcoming Desire album (which became one of the most acclaimed and popular in his canon) with a fire and intensity that Dylan had reached ten years earlier with his incendiary tours with musicians who became The Band. He also took wild, interpretative rides through his back catalog and broke-out some unexpected covers.

Dylan gathered amazing friends and collaborators for his ensemble – dubbed Guam for the tour – that included T Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson, Joan Baez, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Bobby Neuwirth, Scarlett Rivera, Ronee Blakly, Steven Soles, David Mansfield, Rob Stoner, Howie Wyeth and Luther Rix. Poet Allen Ginsberg and Joni Mitchell also brought their talents to the show’s encores. Dylan, the consummate band leader, managed to take these musicians from various backgrounds and sensibilities and mold them into a tight musical unit on stage. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There's never any need really to tell you what Bob Dylan sounds like, but it's definitely worth noting how this package is almost certainly the most precise and engrossing live recordings you're likely to hear. Full of unreleased gems, official soundboard recordings and previously unearthed live-only experiences, this is an essential purchase for any and all fans of Bobby D.

TRACK LISTING

CD BOX SET TRACKLISTING

DISC 1
October 19, 1975 – S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY
1. Rake And Ramblin' Boy* [incomplete]
2. Romance In Durango* [incomplete]
3. Rita May*
4. I Want You# [incomplete]
5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit* [incomplete]
6. She Belongs To Me* [incomplete]
7. Joey [incomplete]
8. Isis
9. Hollywood Angel [incomplete]
10. People Get Ready#~
11. What Will You Do When Jesus Comes?#
12. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
13. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
14. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)*
15. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
16. This Land Is Your Land
17. Dark As A Dungeon*

DISC 2
October 21, 1975 – S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY
1. She Belongs To Me#
2. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
3. Isis
4. This Wheel's On Fire/Hurricane/All Along The Watchtower
5. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
6. If You See Her, Say Hello
7. One Too Many Mornings#
8. Gwenevere [incomplete]
9. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts [incomplete]
10. Patty's Gone To Laredo#
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

DISC 3
October 29, 1975 – Seacrest Motel Rehearsals, Falmouth, MA
1. Tears Of Rage
2. I Shall Be Released
3. Easy And Slow
4. Ballad Of A Thin Man
5. Hurricane
6. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
7. Just Like A Woman
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

DISC 4
November 19, 1975 – Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA
1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
4. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
5. Romance In Durango
6. Isis
7. Blowin' In The Wind
8. Wild Mountain Thyme
9. Mama, You Been On My Mind
10. Dark As A Dungeon
11. I Shall Be Released

DISC 5
November 19, 1975 – Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA
1. Tangled Up In Blue
2. Oh, Sister
3. Hurricane^*
4. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
5. Sara
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
8. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 6
November 20, 1975 – Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA
1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain't Me, Babe#~^
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
4. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry*
5. Romance In Durango^*
6. Isis
7. Blowin' In The Wind*
8. Wild Mountain Thyme
9. Mama, You Been On My Mind^
10. Dark As A Dungeon
11. I Shall Be Released

DISC 7
November 20, 1975 – Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA
1. Simple Twist Of Fate^*
2. Oh, Sister
3. Hurricane
4. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
5. Sara
6. Just Like A Woman#
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door#^
8. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 8
November 21, 1975 – Afternoon – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA
1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. Romance In Durango
6. Isis
7. The Times They Are A-Changin'
8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
9. Mama, You Been On My Mind
10. Never Let Me Go
11. I Shall Be Released^

DISC 9
November 21, 1975 – Afternoon – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA
1. Mr. Tambourine Man^
2. Oh, Sister
3. Hurricane
4. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
5. Sara^
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
8. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 10
November 21, 1975 – Evening – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA
1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll^
4. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry#^
5. Romance In Durango
6. Isis^
7. Blowin' In The Wind^
8. The Water Is Wide^
9. Mama, You Been On My Mind
10. Dark As A Dungeon
11. I Shall Be Released

DISC 11
November 21, 1975 – Evening – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA
1. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. Tangled Up In Blue#^
3. Oh, Sister^
4. Hurricane
5. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)^
6. Sara
7. Just Like A Woman^
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
9. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 12
December 4, 1975 – Forum De Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll*
4. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You^
5. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall#^*
6. Romance In Durango#
7. Isis#~
8. Blowin' In The Wind
9. Dark As A Dungeon
10. Mama, You Been On My Mind
11. Never Let Me Go#~
12. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine*
13. I Shall Be Released

DISC 13
December 4, 1975 – Forum De Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue^
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit^
3. Tangled Up In Blue
4. Oh, Sister
5. Hurricane
6. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)#* 7. Sara#
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
10. This Land Is Your Land

Disc 14
BONUS DISC - RARE PERFORMANCES
1. One Too Many Mornings*
October 24 – Gerdes Folk City, New York City, New York
2. Simple Twist Of Fate*
October 28 – Mahjong Parlor, Falmouth, MA
3. Isis
November 2 – Technical University, Lowell, MA
4. With God On Our Side
November 4 – Afternoon – Civic Center, Providence, RI
5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
November 4 – Evening – Civic Center, Providence, RI
6. Radio Advertisement For Niagara Falls Shows
Niagara Falls, NY
7. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes*
November 16 – Tuscarora Reservation, NY
8. Your Cheatin' Heart*
November 23
9. Fourth Time Around
November 26 – Civic Center, Augusta, Maine
10. The Tracks Of My Tears

VINYL BOX SET TRACKLISTING

DISC1
A1 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
A2 It Ain't Me, Babe
A3 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
B1 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
B2 Romance In Durango
B3 Isis

DISC 2
C1 Mr. Tambourine Man
C2 Simple Twist Of Fate
C3 Blowin' In The Wind
C4 Mama, You Been On My Mind
D1 I Shall Be Released
D2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
D3 Love Minus Zero/No Limit
D4 Tangled Up In Blue

DISC 3
E1 The Water Is Wide
E2 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
E3 Oh, Sister
E4 Hurricane
F1 One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
F2 Sara
F3 Just Like A Woman
F4 Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Mutual Benefit, the songwriting outlet for multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordan Lee,announces a new album Thunder Follows The Light via Transgressive Records.

Following his last outing, 2016’s acclaimed Skip A Sinking Stone, Lee marks his return with a patient and prismatic collection of songs accrued over the past two years.

Lee — who grew up in Ohio and is currently based in New York — has crafted pop experiments for almost a decade, blending orchestral instrumentation and ambient electronic sounds. His new album features an array of friends and many returning collaborators.

He has also confirmed an all-too-rare solo UK show - playing London’s The Lexington this week (May 24th).

Commenting on New History, one of the two first tracks to be taken from the album, which features vocals from Johanne Swanson (of Yohuna), he says:

“I think people in power benefit greatly from a general lack of historic memory in the US. I’ve been wondering if the first step to imagining a more just world is to study our history better, not just the linear revisionist one that is oft-repeated but all the unsung champions of equal rights as well as the acts of unthinkable cruelty that humans are also capable of.”

New History is the album’s truest folk song, with twangy harmonica and slide guitar. Its inspiration came to him while spending time in the economically depressed area of Ohio where his parents grew up.

The other song shared today, Storm Cellar Heart, is an ode to taking shelter and the fraught impulse to hide from the loudness of the outside world. It’s more of a long question than an answer: “Is it storms that help make the heart grow?”

Says Lee: “Writing this provided a reminder that while moments of recharging are important, I didn’t want to get too entrenched in escapism instead of the messiness of living.”

It was whilst sitting through a huge storm in rural New England that Jordan found himself becoming transfixed by the time in between the lightning and thunder – “The silence thick with inevitability”, he notes, before continuing that, “While I was writing the record, everywhere I looked, I saw massive societal strain on both people and the environment, and began to wonder if this is the lightning before some thunderous change. If we are living in that in-between time.”

TRACK LISTING

1 Written In Lightning
2 New History
3 Storm Cellar Heart
4 Shedding Skin
5 Come To Pass
6 Waves, Breaking
7 No Dominion
8 Mountain's Shadow
9 Nightingale
10 Thunder Follows

Devendra Banhart has emerged as one of the most fascinating, unpredictable and inspiring artists of his generation. For the writing and recording of "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon" Banhart set up housekeeping in a rustic hillside home in the longstanding bohemian enclave of Topanga, North of Los Angeles. Basic tracks were laid down using a core lineup of Banhart (guitar, piano, Cuatro, psaltery), Georgeson (zither, guitar, backing vocals, Hammond B-3, bass, et al), Luckey Remington (bass, guitar, background singing, water drum and freedom chime), Greg Rogove (drums, tablas, supporting vocals, geese and duck calls, pots and pans, mop stomp), and Pete Newsom (piano, keyboards, backing vox). The other musical contributors being Rodrigo Amarante (from Brasil's Los Hermanos on guitar and harmony vocals), Andy Cabic (guitar, vocal support) and Otto Hauser (drums). Where Devendra's previous album "Cripple Crow" sounded like Devendra trading licks with a never ending caravan of passing musical gypsies, "Smokey…" is very much the work of a band. The vocal arrangements are noticeably more intricate and ambitious with lush harmonies running through many of these numbers. The instrumental performances are comfortably loose but in-the-pocket - a rich blend of acoustic and electric guitars, understated drumming and gentle percussion, diffident bass and a variety of downhome keyboards, subtly coloured with the occasional lightest touch of strings or woodwinds.

"Crash Of Thunder" is the third 'all-killer-not-a-single-filler compilation from Vampisoul, following "Explosivos" and "Action (Speaks Louder Than Words)". The 20 tracks have been specially compiled for the label by fantastic NYC DJ Mr. Fine Wine, from his personal favourites of the King records catalogue. we are talking about 'raw-soul' and 'crude-funk' here, including ultra-rare tracks by Wayne Cochran, Lord Thunder, Jeb Stuart, Marie Queenie Lyons, Robert Moore, Frank Howard & The Continentals, Leon Austin, Eddie Kirk, Peggy & Artie, Charles Spurling, James Duncan and many more.