1973: the sexual revolution was on, streaking was taking college campuses by storm, and Deep Throat was edging pornography ever closer to the mainstream. Against this backdrop, a talented New York band with the unlikely moniker of Pool-Pah teamed up with up-and-coming singer-songwriter, musician, and arranger Rupert Holmes to write and record an unforgettably far-out […]
Setting, befitting its name which can be read as noun or verb, and simultaneously suggests the sun, or any star in the firmament from our earthbound perspective; a story and its surroundings, its scenic context or mise en scène; or a psychedelic experience, as in the prescription to mind one’s “set and setting” arose outdoors, […]
2 CD 1 Times Change (Live at MIF) 2 Whos Joe (Live at MIF) 3 Dream Attack (Live at MIF) 4 Disorder (Live at MIF) 5 Ultraviolence (Live at MIF) 6 In A Lonely Place (Live at MIF) 7 All Day Long (Live at MIF) 8 Shellshock (Live at MIF) 9 Guilt Is A Useless […]
4 LP + 2 X 10 inch + 3 X 7 inch The two full-length records that Jeff Mangum made as Neutral Milk Hotel sound both in and out of time. Like translations of a shared subconscious, 1996’s On Avery Island and 1998’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea give voice to the perennial spirit […]
The long lost 1968 debut album by singer-songwriter, Scott Fagan, once tipped to be bigger than Elvis, is set for release on 9th February 2024 via Earth Recordings. ‘South Atlantic Blues’ will be reissued for the first time in its original artwork, with an iconic portrait of Fagan by famed rock photographer, Joel Brodsky, following […]
CD1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Remastered 2023 by James Guthrie in gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet CD2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, 1974 Mixed by Andy Jackson in gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet LP1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Remastered original studio […]
2 CD Mojo – 4**** review – Feb 22 ‘A slowcore post-rock take on Nu-Jazz for fans of Cinematic Orchestra or BADBADNOTGOOD’ Uncut 7/10 review – Feb 22 plus track on covermount CD To approach a text explaining Monodrama is to take on a genuine challenge. Like Faust when ordered by Mephistopheles to “invent words, […]
The first-ever reissue, a decade in the making and the first in an archival series, of Roxy Gordon’s scarce and long out-of-print 1988 album, his first widely distributed set of recordings. Deluxe LP features 140g virgin vinyl; a gatefold jacket with restored, new, and alternate art and photos; and a 48pp. chapbook with lyrics, essays, […]
2 CD 2CD Disc 1 1. Do You Read Me 2. Moonchild 3. Bought And Sold 4. Calling Card 5. Secret Agent 6. Tattoo’d Lady 7. A Million Miles Away 8. I Take What I Want 9. Walk On Hot Coals Disc 2 1. Out On The Western Plain 2. Barley & Grape Rag 3. […]
In the mid-1960s, the runaway success of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy gave rise to an explosion of similar productions. Filmmakers by the dozen sought to capitalize on this new, uniquely Italian take on the western, which was characterized by their deeply cynical outlook, morally compromised antiheroes and unflinching depictions of savage violence. This specially curated […]
