Sophomore studio album from Sonic Boom s Spectrum. Highs, Lows, and Heavenly Blows was originally released in 1994 and continued Peter Kember s exploration of trance inducing musical space. Working with past collaborators like guitarist Scott Riley, Kember crafted songs bathed in endless reverb and delay. The music washes over you one layer at a…
Spiritualized is back with their 7th full length effort! And Nothing Hurt marks the first new album from the English space rock band in six years, following 2012 s Sweet Heart Sweet Light. Rumor has been floating around that this may be the band s final album, but here s hoping that is not the case….
Maybe the best album from J. Spaceman s Spiritualized. At least that seems to be what the critics thought. We ll let the fans argue amongst themselves. Whatever the case, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space stood out amongst the Britpop from bands like Blur and Oasis that were big at the time….
Maybe the best album from J. Spaceman s Spiritualized. At least that seems to be what the critics thought. We ll let the fans argue amongst themselves. Whatever the case, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space stood out amongst the Britpop from bands like Blur and Oasis that were big at the time….
Second studio album from Jason Pierce s Spiritualized. Pure Phase was originally recorded in between 1993 and 1994, and finds Pierce in the midst of working out what Spiritualized would be come. He seems most fascinated by noise and ambience; traditional songs are squeezed between long, droning passages. You can easily lose yourself in the…
Seventh studio album from English space rock band Spiritualized. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light was originally recorded and mixed over the course of three years while frontman Jason Pierce was undergoing chemotherapy. The album touches on familiar themes for Pierce – religion, drugs, sickness and redemption – presented in grandiose and brawny fashion. This is Spiritualized…
Spoon formed in 1993 in Austin, TX, naming themselves after the beloved song by Can. By 1995 they had signed to the fledging indie Matador, with early critics comparing them to Pavement, The Pixies, and Wire. These are pretty typical influences for an indie rock group in the present day, but Spoon’s blend of post-punk…
Swing dancing is really fun, and this 1996 album from Squirrel Nut Zippers will certainly get the swingers (not the mom-and-pop kinds that congregate afterhours but more of the Mike Peters Trent Walker type I guess?) going. The Chapel Hill band consisting of James “Jimbo” Mathus” and co., released Hot in 1996, and the album…
Sophomore studio album from Brooklyn’s St. Lucia. Matter was the first time that frontman Jean-Philip Grobler started working with other songwriters. He flew to Los Angeles, and after a little apprehension, he spent time writing with Tim Pagnotta, the Bleachers Jack Antonoff, and tapped Chris Zane for production duties. The result is a collection of…
One of the quintessential movies of the 1980s! Stand By Me is a classic coming of age tale featuring some 80s heavy hitters at the beginning of their careers. How could Rob Reiner have gone wrong with a cast that included River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Kiefer Sutherland, and a story written by Stephen King? The…
weightless tunes about heavy subjects. Beware Of The Dogs is an album of contrasts – airy acoustic instrumentation with grim subject matter, crass jokes mixed with political activism. Often compared to her contemporaries Angel Olsen and Soccer Mommy, this album also bring to mind early PJ Harvey. Anguish is both internal and external on “Boys…
The possibilities are open… Third and final compilation collecting Stereolab’s 7” and 10” output from the 90s. Originally released in 1998 on Warp, Aluminum Tunes (aka Switched On Vol. 3) is by far the most extensive of the series, containing a whopping 25 tracks spread across 6 sides of vinyl. Includes the full Music for the…
La Resistance! Second of three compilations collecting Stereolab’s 7” and 10” output from the 90s. Originally released in 1995 on Duophonic, Refried Ectoplasm features increased presence of synthesizers and experimental production techniques compared to their early singles. Contains rarities from a number of singles released in collaborations with other artists on various labels, including two collaborations with…
The only impossible thing is to delimit the impossible… First of three compilations collecting Stereolab’s 7” and 10” output from the 90s. Originally released in 1992 on Too Pure, a few months after Peng!, their debut album; Switched On sports a more stripped-down sound kit than their lauded synth-infused work, owing to classic krautrock sides…
Groundbreaking 1993 album from Stereolab. Not only was Stereolab heavily referencing Krautrock before most of us knew what it was, the band threw in the easy listening space age curve ball that became their calling card. Broken up into Easy Listening and New Wave sides, this album only gets better with age. This 2008 reissue…
Expansive triple LP reissue of Stereolab s 1993 album Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements. This was The Groop’s second album of “marxist background music”, krautrock-inspired indie pop with a rock edge. “Jenny Ondioline” was the (18 minute!) lead single and a charmingly meandering mission statement, wall-of-sound guitar freakouts held at bay by rigid motorik drums. “I’m…