2 LP Originally released in 2014, Strut re-introduces Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997, the highly sought-after definitive retrospective of one of Chicago’s most important and innovative house music labels. Emerging as a raw alternative to the powerhouses of Trax and DJ International during the mid- ‘80s, Dance Mania continued to represent street-level Chicago club […]
The Moonlandingz are back with their second album ‘No Rocket Required’ with ‘Give Me More’ on Monday 24th of February. The track is the second offering from the album, which is due April 25th via Transgressive Records. The Moonlandingz have finally returned – not when we wanted them but now that we need them – […]
On Chrystia Cabral’s fourth album as SPELLLING, the Bay Area artist transforms her acclaimed avant-pop project into a mirror. Cabral’s lyrics for Portrait of My Heart tackle love, intimacy, anxiety, and alienation, trading the allegorical approach of much of her previous work for something pointed into her human heart. The album’s thematic forthrightness is echoed […]
Rhiannon Giddens reunites with her former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson on What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music. Produced by Giddens and Joseph “joebass” DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle, with the duo playing eighteen of their favourite […]
Horsegirl — the New York-via-Chicago trio of best friends Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece — announce their second album, Phonetics On and On, out February 14th. Produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at The Loft in Chicago, the band’s original and sonic home, Phonetics On and On is an exploration of the […]
51 track 6CD boxset of live recordings from 1991 – 2002. Includes Undertow, Sober, Prison Sex, 46 & 2, Flood, Stinkfist, Opiate, Swamp Song, Hush, Lateralus and many more!They’ve been together over 30 years and have survived more of American Rock’s sub-genres than any other band still relevant today from Thrash to Grunge, Nu-Metal to […]
The Beths from New Zealand occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics.Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, forthcoming on Carpark Records, delivers an astonishment of roadtrip-ready pleasures, each song hitting your ears with an exhilarating endorphin rush like the first time you heard The Breeders/Jale/Veruca Salt..Front and […]
LP – Indies Exclusive Limited Edition ‘Red Dusk’ Colour Vinyl.Includes a deluxe 4-panel insert with bonus artwork, lyrics, and credits. Teethe re-emerges with Magic Of The Sale, a soft but steely full-length album where the Texas band’s four distinct songwriters, singers, and artists ask a series of interlocked questions about what it means to build […]
Meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor), a naive computer-programming natural. For him a keyboard is a weapon – and, as a result, Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Christopher Reeve reprises his signature role, deepening his character’s human side as Clark Kent sees Lana Lang (Annette O’Toole) at a Smallville High class reunion. And […]
The Cape Verde singer, Cesária Évora, is treated to a host of remixers, treating her vocals with great reverence. It takes an open mind to hear the “Queen of Morna”, nicknamed the “Barefoot Diva”, remixed and pro-tooled by todays hot remix stars. The great opening “Petit Pays” by Chateau Flight comes in mesmerizingly different beat […]
