You really can’t beat these ultra-obscure reissues from the folks behind Sublime Frequencies (the label’s Hisham Mayet produced this one). Secret Museum III collects a whopping 24 recordings, all transferred from original 78s, of head-spinning indigenous music from around the world. Everything is incredibly raw and primitive, nothing but the straight dope. The 2xLP comes [...]
If you’re deep into the reissue scene, you already know that the Analog Africa label is almost impossible to beat. Their “African Scream Contest” compilation is one of my favorites of all time. This time pulling from Ghana, they’ve unearthed “Funky Rob Way”, the stunning debut album from ROB. Long out of print and highly [...]
This record from Simon Henneman sat in vinyl limbo for over five years, but has finally been given a proper LP release. “Black Magic & Moustache” is, quite simply, a near-perfect jazz record. Henneman plays all instruments on the record himself and fearlessly plows through every crack and crevice the experimental jazz genre has to [...]
This month’s batch of records from Thrill Jockey is a mix of well-traveled and completely new directions for the label. First up is “H-p1″, the latest full-length from shredders White Hills. This is, believe it or not, my favorite record from them yet. The jams here are huge and cathartic, but also have room to [...]
We’re big fans of the Sublime Frequencies label, so we were quite happy to see some new records from them in the mail. Turns out they’re reissuing some of their first ever releases (which have been CD-only until now) on vinyl. Just like the rest of their catalog, “Princess Nicotine: Folk and Pop Sounds of [...]
In addition to the excellent Eternal Tapestry album we wrote about last time, Thrill Jockey has two really great new records up for sale. For “Arghiledes”, D. Charles Speer temporarily dropped his band the Helix, making it his second proper solo album. The music here and worldly and psychedelic, mainly focusing on acoustic instrumentation and [...]
I love that Bathetic has gotten into vinyl, the grapevine tells me they’ve got some awesome records in the works. Their new 7″ from High Wolf is sounding great. This mysterious Frenchman will weave a fluid, intoxicating brand of world-psych through your headspace, give it a close listen. The 7″ has an edition of 300 and costs [...]
Kickstarter links are pretty rare for us, but this is a very good one. Director Leigh Iacobucci seeks funding for her film “Take Me Away Fast”, a documentary about a DJ that travels through West Africa to dig up ultra-rare Afro-Beat and Afro-Funk records. The crate-digger in all of us yearns to see this. There [...]
Stones Throw is the best hip-hop label in the world, fact. They’re selling a stunning debut record from J.Rocc, “Some Cold Rock Stuf”, and they went all-out on the packaging. As the label puts it, “This is not a “DJ album”. Not a “beat album”. Not a mix tape. This is an original work of [...]
If you’ve read this site for awhile, you probably know we are absolutely in love with Grails. They are one of the bands that led us to much of the music we’re into today. They’ve got a brand new album up for preorder and it sounds awesome so far. Their approach is still otherworldly, constantly [...]
