You probably could have predicted our reaction, but we think this new Flying Lotus record is fucking amazing and recommend you order it immediately. Doubters can stream the entire album at npr.org. Many of us have been waiting all year for more news about this record. Not much to say. Flying Lotus stands alone; the [...]

Jazz noir from out of nowhere via Important Records. What else do you expect from the label at this point? I’m unclear on the full extent of all the collaborators on Night Within, but it sounds like Ben Frost was involved, and that’s not to be taken lightly. Daniel Lea and Matthew Waters seem to [...]

The debut album from Tortoise, long out-of-print on vinyl, is back in an edition of 500. With a custom silk-screened chipboard jacket and insert, this repress is just like the original – now remastered and weighing in at 180 grams per platter. This small edition simply will not last. Get wise: thrilljockey.com.

We could not possibly be any further behind on posting, and I could not possibly be any more excited about an album being reissued. Millions Now Living Will Never Die represents a seminal entry in the Tortoise catalog, an album that deserves endless spins, and one that has also been out of print for several [...]

4 Men With Beards continue their winning streak with a pair of new reissues from the coolest cat to ever grab a trumpet. It’s always funner to find these types of blistering electric jazz fusion LPs in a dusty bin at a thrift store marked at a quarter each, but get real – that’s not [...]

So, since 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, Thrill Jockey is taking it upon themselves to repress damn near the entire Tortoise catalog on the vinyl format. Starting apparently, with Standards, the group’s standout album from 2001. The post-rock genre has bled out magnificently, but this band’s entire discography still sounds fresh and needless [...]

Light In The Attic Records is off to a helluva start with their Modern Classics series. Entry number two is none other than the classic (indeed) 90′s recording Cure for Pain by everyone’s favorite saxophone wielding alternative rock trio Morphine. Featuring remastered audio on 180 gram vinyl, not to mention the very first U.S. pressing [...]

Heavy. Fucking. Deeds. Dark Magus is a live album from 1974, recorded by Miles Davis and his electric group at the alleged pinnacle of the bandleader’s addiction to cocaine and painkillers. The term “heavy” gets pretty much nonstop dropped when folks are discussing this music. It is a classic recording, and has been all but [...]

Well, color me embarrassed. I was fully unaware that Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs had been awarded “Modern Classic” status. 9.3 from Pitchfork? Wha? I didn’t even realize Pitchfork was around when I was in high school. In any case, great to see this one on vinyl – it is indeed a classic. Pick it up [...]

If you haven’t already been giving this one heavy play, prepare to be introduced to one of your favorite records of 2011. Thundercat (aka Stephen Bruner) is playing an absolutely authentic blend of smoothed-out jazz and funk from a bygone era. This shit just sounds too good, too pure to be from 2011. Bruner is [...]