Back in 2003, during an incredible period of growth and reinvention for legendary artist MF DOOM, he introduced us to one of his numerous alter egos, Viktor Vaughn. As the story goes, Viktor Vaughn was an interdimensional time-traveling MC from an alternate realm where Hip-Hop was banned. He’d been exploring time and space looking for…
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Vince Guaraldi Trio s breakthrough, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, this deluxe and expanded reissue offers 16 bonus tracks, including 12 previously unreleased selections, with outtakes and alternate takes of nearly every track on the album. Produced by Nick Phillips, the original album is cut from the analog master, while the…
Vince Staples has returned with his fifth studio album Ramona Park Broke My Heart, out via Motown Records. The record, which follows up his 2021 self-titled album, pays tribute to the Romona Park neighborhood in Long Beach, California where Staples grew up. I am often told the lie that life is what you make it. For over…
Esteemed hip-hop artist Vince Staples delivers his new self-titled LP via Motown Records. His first full-length release since 2018 s critically acclaimed FM!, the 10-track LP delves not only into Staples upbringing in Long Beach, but his psyche as he learns to cope with his yesterdays and strides toward new tomorrows, picking others up along the way. Of…
Vio-Lence is an American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout its existence, they released demo tapes, one EP and three studio albums. Vio-Lence is often credited as one of the leading lights of the second wave of the genre. This compilation covers their entire demo discography: Rehearsal demo…
Mastered from the Original Tapes and Cut at Capitol Mastering The Violent Femmes platinum-certified self-titled debut has reached a legendary status that few albums ever attain. Originally released in 1983, Violent Femmes became one of the most distinctive records of the early alternative movement and remains an enduring cult classic. By combining elements of Jonathan Richman and The…
Why Do Birds Sing? is the 5th studio album from the textbook American cult band, Violent Femmes. First released in 1991, it was their last studio album with original drummer, Victor DeLorenzo. The darkly humorous and sharp-edged folk-rock collection features the infectious hit American Music, well as a fan-favorite cover of Culture Club s Do…
We Are Busy Bodies explores the recordings of Venezuelan pianist Virgilio Armas with the reissue of his 1970 album De Repente and 1973 s Espejismo. Espejismo finds Armas and his quartet improvising and experimenting with latin jazz rhythms and sounds.
We Are Busy Bodies exploration of Vis-A-Vis catalogue continues with a remastered reissue of their album Di Wo Ho Ni. The band continued to be the backing band of choice of some of Ghana s biggest and most famous musicians all while recording their own albums. The album has been remastered by Noah Mintz at…
As both a popular live act and in-demand studio musicians, Vis-A-Vis released 13 albums between 1975 and 1982, of which Obi Agye Me Dofo remains the most sought after. Led by vocalist Isaac “Superstar” Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu on bass and Gybson “Shaolin Kung-Fu” Papra on drums, Vis-A-Vis helped propel…
As both a popular live act and in-demand studio musicians, Vis-A-Vis released 13 albums between 1975 and 1982. Led by vocalist Isaac “Superstar” Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu on bass and Gybson “Shaolin Kung-Fu” Papra on drums, Vis-A-Vis helped propel K. Frimpong to fame as one of Ghana’s most popular stars…
We Are Busy Bodies returns with a remastered reissue of The Best of Vis-A-Vis in Congo Style. The album finds the the young band in great form, with six new songs. The album was one of three released by the band in 1976. The band continued to be the backing band of choice of some…
It was 1979 when Boston teenagers Jason Shapiro and Mike McGlinchey saw the wide-open door of punk as it turned to art-punk and no wave, and scurried straight in. Shapiro was 14. McGlinchey was only a few years older. Neither had played an instrument for long when Vitamin formed. Eventually, violinist Margie Politzer and drummer…
***ON LIMITED VIOLET W BLACK SPLATTER VINYL!!! Upon the release of the first full length album Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel it was instantly revealed that VoidCeremony were treading a path few walk. The album proved that death metal can be performed with the gliding, controlled chaos and smooth fluidity of a jazz quartet, while…
This album originally came out on vinyl only in Europe, so there is still a lot of pent-up demand for a new LP reissue of this 1991 classic from the Voïvod catalog (especially in Canada, where the band is worshipped). Produced by Terry Brown of Rush fame, Angel Rat moved the band further into spacy…