2 LP Pop/rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is the lead & rhythm guitarist and songwriting member of the GRAMMY® and BRIT Awards-winning band The Strokes. He has released 4 solo albums to date, most recently the acclaimed “Francis Trouble” in 2018 which spawned the radio single “Far Away Truths”. In the 4 […]
Press play on Lanois’ captivating new instrumental collection, Player, Piano, and you’ll be transported, too. Each song here is a portal, an invitation to lose yourself in the moment and disappear into a world of imagination and memory. Lanois recorded the entire collection himself, capturing a series of gentle, exotic piano performances at his studio […]
Album of the Week: billy woods – GOLLIWOG (Staff Review) GOLLIWOG is the latest album from billy woods, the New York-based rapper known for Aethiopes (2022), Hiding Places (2019), and Maps (2023), the latter two in collaboration with producer Kenny Segal. He’s also one half of Armand Hammer, the duo with Elucid responsible for […]
“Heimat” = German for “home / homeland / native land” – a term that merely refers to a relationship between people and spaces but has nevertheless always been highly emotionally charged. Often misused, it sometimes causes discomfort, lively discussions and battles over interpretation. Maik Weichert (guitar) comments: Heimat is not meant as the narrow-minded end […]
Few bands cut through the noise and distractions of the world to bring you a pure, elemental truth or feeling like Sigur Rós. As you hear on Átta, released in 2023, there’s a new compulsion and drive to the band that comes with the new formation of the lineup. Multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson returns (having left […]
’Beck-Ola’ is the second album by Beck and the first credited to The Jeff Beck Group.It was released in 1969 and broke into the US top 15 of the Billboard 200 and top 40 of the UK album chart.Beck had purposefully made personnel changes to the band in order to take them in an even […]
Nashville’s Jess Kerber first picked up a guitar at the age of 12, and her precocious drive to experiment with different tunings and picking styles – influenced by kindred spirits like Joni Mitchell and Susan Tedeschi – led to the development of a unique sonic palette and authentic, personal approach to songwriting. Inspired equally by […]
In a history so rich, there’s always more to know. Nothing illustrates the point better than this compilation of rare and previously unissued Motown recordings. It summons the work of artists, familiar and unfamiliar, committed to tape at the company’s headquarters at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit between 1961 and 1968 – arguably Motown’s golden […]
2 LP TRACK LISTING Side 1: 1) Down To Joy 2) If It Wasn’t For Ray 3) Haven’t Lost My Sense Of Wonder 4) Love, Lover and Beloved Side 2 5) Cutting Corners 6) Back To Writing Love Songs 7) The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours 8) Once In A Lifetime Feelings Side […]
Time Flies… 1994 – 2009’ is Oasis’ complete singles collection.Now available with remastered audio, this quadruple Vinyl Deluxe Box Set is released to celebrate its 15th Anniversary and ahead of the band’s eagerly anticipated Oasis Live ’25 tour, and includes a Limited Edition Print. Released on Big Brother Recordings, the tracklisting spans fifteen years across Oasis’ staggering seven consecutive number one albums. 1994’s ‘Definitely Maybe’, […]
