In 1971 Henry and Stanley were approached by guitarist Adolphus “Bunny” Luthuli to get a band together to compete in the Alco Best Band Competition at Jabulani Stadium in April 1971. Bunny had played with Henry in Almon’s Jazz 8. This approach was the genesis of South Africa’s greatest soul jazz band The Drive comprising…
Akeldama is the debut studio album by technical death metal band The Faceless. It was released on November 14, 2006 through Sumerian Records. The title of the album is Aramaic for Field of Blood . It was produced by Michael Keene
The Falcon is Brendan Kelly, Dan Andriano, Neil Hennessy, and Dave Hause. That s some fiiiiine pedigree and plumage, but this rare bird only takes flight when the time is right. Their first album—2006 s Unicornography —is the all-time best-selling release on Red Scare and the world is eager for them to spread their wings…
Back on vinyl for the first time in years, it d the debut album from The Falcon. Made up or members of Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio and Rise Against There’s everything from Clash-esque ska to balls-out rock reminiscent of Guns N’ Roses. And unlike the EP where everything was tracked in their bedrooms and kitchens, they…
he Fall were an English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line-up changes, with vocalist and founder Mark E. Smith as the only constant member. A journalist once described them as a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through…
Fight Test was the third single released from The Flaming Lips hugely popular and successful albumYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Released in June 2003, the single entered the US Billboard Top 100 and peaked at #28 in the UK singles chart. The 7-track EP was included in the 6 CDYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 20thAnniversary…
Garage rock legends The Fleshtones released their Yep Roc debut Do You Swing? in 2003 to wide-acclaim, with AllMusic saying “Do You Swing? shows they ve still got the rock — and if anything, they re getting better at serving it up.” Produced by Southern Culture on the Skids’ Rick Miller at his infamous Kudzu…
The Frightnrs escort Daptone into the world of long-playing reggae with both the sweetest and the roughest record of the decade. Crafted under the meticulous eye of black-belt reggae mastermind producer Victor Axelrod (AKA Ticklah), Nothing More to Say is a rocksteady masterpiece the likes of which has not reared it’s head since the golden era…
For New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms, working on new music has always been therapeutic, but on their forthcoming new album You Are Who You Hang Out With, having complete and utter fun took top priority for the duo of Brian Sella and Mat Uychich. It’s this carefree and laid-back mindset that colored the sessions for…
At the end of the century, The Fucking Champs spread Total Music™ across the planet, touring relentlessly and producing albums full of undeniable note choices, sounds and songs. For III’s 25th anniversary, the band remastered the original master tapes, assigned John Golden to expertly cut lacquers and oversaw artwork restoration by forensic experts in Drag…
Long out of print, this is a reissue in its original format of the iconic debut LP by The Future Sound Of London, “Accelerator”. It contains the innovative, award winning single “Papua New Guinea” that signalled the birth of IDM. It comes on the 30th Anniversary of the original release on 17th February 1992
The Game s follow-up to the Dr. Dre produced, The Documentary was 2006’s G.A.M.E. He preaches the hardcore gospel with as much fervor as its predecessor, serving up narratives of street hustling hardships as gritty and lean as any of his contemporaries. The sound is still steeped in Dre s trademark languid, hazy G-funk grooves,…
US LP pressing. With American Slang , The Gaslight Anthem makes an extraordinary leap forward towards that very goal. The New Jersey-based band s third long player reveals a remarkably powerful rock n roll outfit honed by two years of nearly non-stop touring. Singer guitarist Fallon s passionate lyrical approach has grown more personal and…
First time this amazing score has been available on vinyl! Audio pulled from original tapes Liner notes by the composers Gatefold packaging w pop-up, full-color inner sleeve, mock Sacrifyx outer Album artwork layout by Earl Kess
The Go! Team have announced their new album Get Up Sequences Part Two , due on February 2023. Over their six albums The Go! Team have taken sonic day trips to other lands – musically dipping into other cultures. But now on this, their seventh, they ve bought a round-the-world ticket… Benin, Japan, France, India, Texas…
‘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…