Three Lobed Recordings and Divide by Zero Records have teamed up to release “Tennessee And Other Stories…”, the debut solo album from D. Charles Speer & The Helix pianist (plus Jack Rose collaborator), Hans Chew.  This album is a honky-tonk journey through the south, not something I would normally be into, but it has something [...]

It’s really hard to have to many too many graveyard folk albums, there just isn’t enough material out there to saturate your collection. Svart Records is looking to help you offset that a little bit by issuing Steve Von Till’s If I Should Fall To The Field on LP, a grim and melancholy disc if [...]

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These recordings from Jack Rose playing with D. Charles Speer & The Helix were caught live to tape, and capture the late guitarist spooling out some jubilant jams with a band of talented musicians. This is golden-tinged, country raised rock ‘n’ roll at it’s peak, fueled on by Kentucky Straight Bourbon and backporch vibes. The [...]

Sunnyside psychedelia from the Type imprint, just in time for the summer heat and iced coffees. The Alps play a particularly endearing brand of pastoral music, sparsely injected with weird bits of experimental sound but for the most part radiating warm and cozy vibes. Currently available for purchase from boomkat.com. Now being distributed by forcedexposure.com, [...]

Break out your rawhide blouses and battle maces, gentlemen. This epic 7xLP tome has been ensconced in a wooden box, hewn from the plank of a tree failed by a lumberjack wearing panda makeup and spiked amulets. In all seriousness though, these 3 albums from occult-folksters Agalloch have been out-of-print and fetching large sums on [...]

This one kind of came out of nowhere for me, but I’m always excited to hear a new Murder by Death album.  If you haven’t heard their brand of punk-flavored Americana yet, check the tune below, you just might get hooked.  “Good Morning, Magpie” is available in two editions:  Simple (200 gram orange LP, edition [...]

Over three years in the making, this album from midwesterner Ryan Davis’ State Champion project is now ready to be savored by the public.  Before getting into the music, let me share a bit of the label’s writeup on this release:  “Having created a sound that is a product of its upbringing, with Sweetheart of [...]

We like Three Lobed Records a lot, and we hope you do too.  That being said, this release won’t be for everyone, but it should make some people really happy.  Hans Chew is the piano player in D. Charles Speer & The Helix, so you can already imagine that this new 7″ picture disc is [...]

The third full length release from Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never is now available from No Fun Productions. Previous releases on Arbor and No Fun have all but disappeared completely, so methinks you had better hop on this one quickly if you are into this guy or if you are just into bizarre synth [...]

This record is so amazingly great, yet so hard to describe in words.  Both of us have been eagerly anticipating Animal Hospital’s “Memory” being released on vinyl.  In fact, I can’t think of an album I’ve anticipated MORE in recent months.  Barge Recordings is out of Brooklyn, while Animal Hospital is the work of Kevin [...]

The fine folks at Three Lobed Records have two very interesting new releases up for preorder.  First up is D. Charles Speer & The Helix “Distillation”.  This is a different kind of release for sure, it is pretty much a perfect blend of country and psychedelia.  Beautiful Americana flavored stuff here.  It will be released [...]

Aural Exploits just dropped this bomb of a release, and I couldn’t be more excited.  Ween’s “1996-2000″ box set will include LP versions of “12 Golden Country Greats”, “The Mollusk”, and “White Pepper”.   Everything will be pressed on 180 gram colored vinyl, and the box will be numbered in a limited edition of 1000 pieces.  [...]

I am in love with the new record by Chicago alt-country mainstays, The Handsome Family.  I am not usually into country-related music, but this stuff really works for me (just listen to the haunting song below from the perspective of a Praying Mantis).  They are often covered by Andrew Bird (think “The Giant of Illinois”), [...]