1998 s Moon Safari is the acclaimed full-length debut from French postmodern electro duo Air – acronym for Amour, Imagination, Reve (love, imagination, dream) – comprised of sound auteurs Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel. The pair originally recorded Moon Safari s basic tracks on a Fostex D80 in Saint-Nom and then flushed the songs out in Gang Studios in Paris while the album s…
90s 4AD band Air Miami s debut album gets a long overdue repress! Remastered from the original analogue tapes by Pete Weiss, this new deluxe edition pulls together all of the album session tracks for the first time, spreading 16 tracks (3 new to the album) over two LPs: Warm Miami May (not on original…
Phoenix-based indie punk band, AJJ, is back with their 10th studio album, Disposable Everything. After years of cult-like indie success and underground critical acclaim, AJJ has continued to evolve with each album, adding more layers and texture musically, while still maintaining their trademark wit and irreverent lyricism. Not every band can juxtapose apocalyptic despair with…
Indie-pop sibling trio AJR s third full-length album, Neotheater was entirely self-produced by the group in Ryan and Jack Met s NYC apartment with portions recorded in Los Angeles. The 12 original songs spin a coming of age tale that hears the band coming to terms with the sacrifices that come with growing older now that they are in…
By the time of 1974 s Al Green Explores Your Mind, this version of the Memphis sound was the production style for only a handful of artists. Producer Willie Mitchell used a lighter touch for his most famous artist, and it s all but crafted into the Al Green sound. Despite his skills, Green never…
50th Anniversary Vinyl LP Reissue with Lacquers Cut from the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Al Green s Call Me, and to celebrate, Hi Records Fat Possum will reissue the 1973 R&B classic on vinyl with lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Ryan Smith…
Alabama Shakes  Grammy-nominated 2012 debut Boys & Girls marked the arrival of a major new rock n roll band. Peaking at No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, it serves up a vibrant fusion of swampy, dirty Southern rock, blues and soul delivered with punk rock fervor. From the highly…
Alabama Shakes Grammy-nominated 2012 debut Boys & Girls marked the arrival of a major new rock n roll band. Peaking at No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, it serves up a vibrant fusion of swampy, dirty Southern rock, blues and soul delivered with punk rock fervor. From the…
2021 is shaping up to be the year of Alan Vega. Every year should be but, this year is definitely it. The announcement of the opening of the Alan Vega archives which will be unleashing an untold amount of unreleased material dating back to 1971 via Sacred Bones, the release of Mutator (a lost album…
Alan Vega s work with Suicide is revered by just about every electronic music artist who s tapped a keyboard or moved a mouse; his snarling, rockabilly-styled vocals teamed with Martin Rev s ominous, repetitive soundscapes blazed a trail for post-punk, synth pop, industrial rock, techno…the list goes on. Vega s solo career substantially overlapped…
First New Studio Album Since 2012 s Havoc And Bright Lights! Revered singer songwriter Alanis Morissette returns with her highly anticipated ninth studio album, Such Pretty Forks In The Road. Morissette s first original album since 2012 s Havoc And Bright Lights is introduced by the urgent pop tracks, Reasons I Drink and Smiling, which were co-written by Alanis and…
Alanis Morissette s The Collection on 2LP Available for the First Time Internationally renowned singer songwriter and folk-rock high priestess Alanis Morissette released her greatest hits album The Collection nearly 20 years ago, and now – for the first time ever on vinyl – this collection of hit records is being reissued as a double LP. Beautifully assembled and repackaged…
Alanis Morissette s The Collection on 2LP Available for the First Time Internationally renowned singer songwriter and folk-rock high priestess Alanis Morissette released her greatest hits album The Collection nearly 20 years ago, and now – for the first time ever on vinyl – this collection of hit records is being reissued as a double LP. Beautifully assembled and repackaged…
A meetings of minds and cultures well-suited to the Alasdair Roberts’ syncretic fervor: responding to the invitation of Norwegian fiddler Hans Kjorstad, he found a group of musicians well-versed in folk, jazz and free-playing. Their diverse musics deeply inform this collection of Roberts’ originals and Scottish and Norwegian traditional song