For WEMA, collaboration is a state of mind. The five-piece collective – consisting of Tanzanian multi-instrumentalist Msafiri Zawose, producer Photay and Penya members Magnus P.I, Lilli Elina and Jimmy le Messurier – is an artistic pursuit founded on community; a space in which to harness the transformative power of connection.
Wendell Harrison was born in Detroit in 1942 where he began formal jazz studies for piano, clarinet and tenor saxophone. At 14, while still in high school, Harrison started performing & recording professionally with artists such as Marvin Gaye, Grant Green, Sun Ra, Hank Crawford… and many others. In 1971, Harrison began teaching music at…
The iconic West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording (1957) on exclusive gatefold double vinyl is here. Enjoy the legendary score of Leonard Bernstein s music and Stephen Sondheim s lyrics as they come to life in the comfort of your home. Get yours on sleek colored 2LP with the stand-out cast including Tony Award Winners Carol Lawrence,…
Technological agitation. Narcissism fatigue. A galaxy of isolation. These are the new norms keeping Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) up at night and the themes at the heart of her latest release, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow. The celestial-influenced folk album is her follow-up to the acclaimed Titanic Rising. (Pitchfork, NPR, and The Guardian admiringly named it one of…
The phantom zone, the parallax, the upside down – there is a rich cultural history of exploring in-between places. Through her latest, Titanic Rising, Weyes Blood aka Natalie Mering, has designed her own universe to soulfully navigate life s mysteries. Maneuvering through a space-time continuum, she plays the role of melodic, sometimes melancholic, anthropologist. Tellingly, Mering classifies Titanic Rising – which…
Reissue, originally released in 1972. The highly sought-after reissue of a soul classic by Baltimore band. A mix of ballads and groovy tracks produced by George Kerr and Michael Watson. The Whatnauts emerged from Baltimore in the late 60s. This eight-song original LP has become a classic 70s soul album, mixing ballads and groovy tracks. While You Forget…
Ty Segall meets a new non-rock challenge head-on; soundtrack music for the documentary film Whirlybird. A variety of synth sounds, electric keyboards, drums, percussion and saxophone (and yeah, a few guitars) form a shifting impressionist counterpart, instrumental music that dialogues with and serves to frame the film’s compulsive themes and images.
It’s been over five years since White Lung released any new material. After their explosive break-out album in 2014, Deep Fantasy, and the critically acclaimed follow-up, Paradise, the punk band have taken a long yet unintentional hiatus. Now, singer Mish Barber-Way, guitarist Kenneth William, and drummer Anne-Marie Vassiliou are back with their latest release, Premonition….
While revealing the band s roots in American folk music, the White Stripes  final album Icky Thump (2007) is an explosive, revolutionary assault that brings together garage rock, every blues style of the past 100 years, nouveau, flamenco, Jack White s fastest guitar solo ever recorded, hard country, speed metal, a slide-guitar epic, surf music, spoken word and even bagpipes….
180g Vinyl LP Mastered from the Original Analog Source by George Ingram with Input from Third Man Records! The record that kick-started the garage-rock revival, The White Stripes  White Blood Cells serves as the band s commercial breakthrough, going gold and yielding the Top 20 modern rock hits Fell In Love With A Girl and Dead Leaves…
Here is where it all begins. Spare, minimal, and economical, the White Stripes  1999 debut set the tone for the legendary releases that would follow. Featuring booming sounds made with just voice, guitar, and drums, the self-titled record relishes pounding drums, jagged guitar riffs, howling vocals, and bashed-out rhythms fueled on fuzzed-out effects and primal passion….
The first-ever official release of The White Stripes Peel Sessions on 2 stuffed-to-the-brim discs. Capturing Jack and Meg at the precipice of international renown in the hubbub of White Blood Cells, their two live sessions with famed BBC DJ John Peel are arguably the best document of the White Stripes at that time.
Originally released in 1995, Astro-Creep: 2000 is the equally as impressive follow-up to White Zombie s breakthrough 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 and final studio offering before Rob Zombie went on to a solo career. Awash in futuristic themes thus the title and incorporating multiple programming techniques, samples, film dialogue and other effects with reckless abandon, Astro-Creep: 2000 also boasts a more…
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume 1Â was both a critical and commercial success for White Zombie, climbing up the charts in the US and gaining massive MTV video airplay and mainstream rock radio airplay with Thunder Kiss 65 and Black Sunshine . The album s sound is a mix of groove metal and funk metal with…
40th Anniversary Edition Colored 180g Vinyl 2LP Remastered at Half-Speed from the Analog Tapes and Expanded with Bonus Studio Outtakes and Live Tracks from 1981 Rockaplast Show Color Of Vinyl Subject To Change Without Notice Call To Confirm Colored Copies Are Still Available Face Dances is The Who s ninth studio album, originally released in 1981…