Clamshell Box, Box Set ‘Pushin’ Too Hard’ is a 94-track celebration of 1960s garage punk, a retrospectively named genre first compiled on Lenny Kaye’s seminal 1972 collection ‘Nuggets’. This is raw, exciting music with tons of attitude – fuzz guitars, swirling organs, wailing harmonicas, thumping drums and tough vocals are plentiful. In the mid 1960s, […]
Final instalment of the sci-fi saga’s original trilogy. Following the events of ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’ (1980), Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) save Han Solo (Harrison Ford), who has been frozen in carbonite, from Jabba the Hutt. While Luke […]
Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to return the […]
LP – 180g Black Vinyl in 300gsm jacket + 300gsm inner, both printed LE-UV on reverse board.Includes DL card. Unfolding is Jessica Moss’s most meditative and plaintive solo album, and perhaps the first in the Montréal violinist/composer’s decade-spanning discography that could properly be called ambient.The ex-Silver Mt Zion member and Black Ox Orkestar co-founder draws […]
Formed in 1984, Fields of the Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy.Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day.You can hear their influence on bands like Swans, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Explosions In The Sky, Wolves […]
CD On their new album The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation, Montreal’s The Besnard Lakes return with their post-rock psych; but this time around, with a lightness and optimism at play. Unique among their furrowed brow peers, The Besnard Lakes are unafraid to marry textured, questing headphone sonics to the honeyed pleasure of radio […]
THE PARADIGM-SHIFTING FOURTH STUDIO OPUS FROM THE NORWEGIAN PIONEERS.PRESENTED ON DOUBLE GATEFOLD COLOURED VINYL FORMAT & INCLUDING A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE ALBUM COURTESY OF WRITER JEFF WAGNER. ‘Themes from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell’ is the fourth studio album by Norwegian experimentalists Ulver. Having been known for their more folklore-tinged black […]
Album of the Week: Stereolab – Instant Holograms on Metal Film Staff Review They’re back! After a 15-year hiatus, Stereolab return with Instant Holograms on Metal Film, a brand-new album from the beloved avant-pop pioneers. Unsurprisingly, anticipation has been sky-high… and we’re happy to report it’s an absolute gem. If you’re new to the groop […]
Montréal post-rock luminary Rebecca Foon (Esmerine, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Set Fire To Flames) is joined by award-winning violinist Aliayta Foon-Dancoes for a soundtrack of atmospheric post-classical chamber music on which the sisters play cello and violin respectively, along with piano by both. This debut fulllength collaboration, produced by Jace Lasek (The Besnard Lakes, Patrick […]
Collection of all eleven episodes from the first two series of the BBC documentary programme narrated by David Attenborough examining the lives of different animal species. The show follows the animal families as they try to overcome numerous threats to their existence and raise their young in environments ranging from Antarctica and India to Patagonia […]
