Something Else was the last Cranberries album released before Dolores O’Riordan’s untimely passing earlier this year. It follows 2012’s Roses, their last full LP of brand new material, with a slew of their best tracks performed unplugged with a string quartet at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Something Else gets right down to business leading…
Constantly evolving in sound through each of its albums, Sonic Temple, originally released in 1989, saw The Cult breaking the glass ceiling of the indie outsider. Produced by Bob Rock (Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Metallica), it s the British band s most commercially successful record with chart toppers like Fire Woman, Edie (Ciao Baby), Sun…
Cure hits, remixed. 1990 s Mixed Up brings together some of The Cure s most celebrated songs in extended remix form. Looking at the tracklist reads like a greatest hits comp ( Close To Me, Lullaby, A Forest, etc.), but these mixes aren t the album versions you re probably accustomed to. Many of these versions were actually previously released on…
180g vinyl reissue of The Cure s debut album. It is hard to believe The Cure formed in the mid 70s when their commercial peak and introduction for many was arguably the mid to late 80s. Coming into the music world at a time when Bowie and Roxy Music reigned supreme (for the music nerds)…
Just fancied doing some remixes. The Cure frontman Robert Smith follows up 1990 s remix compilation Mixed Up with an all new set of remixes of his own making. Torn Down is meant to be the sequel to Mixed Up and was originally supposed to consist of remixes made by The Cure s favorite bands. For whatever reason, that plan fell through,…
The soundtrack to Wes Anderson s hit film The Darjeeling Limited makes it to vinyl! The soundtrack itself consists of a mix of classic rock & roll (i.e. The Rolling Stones, The Kinks) juxtaposed against traditional Indian folk and vintage Indian film themes by Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The combination was the perfect backdrop for the…
Third studio album from Jack White helmed supergroup, The Dead Weather. Dodge And Burn was recorded at Third Man Studio in Nashville, Tennessee between 2013 and 2015. The sound is muddy blues, filled with heavy riffs and unhinged punk energy. They ve laid it all out on the table with this one and seem to…
Eighth full-length from Portland indie rock heavy hitters The Decemberists, and first since 2015’s What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World. This time around the band linked with producer John Congleton (David Byrne, Blondie, St. Vincent), who outfitted the crew with an arsenal of synths that lend a certain freshness to their tried and…
Third studio album from Portland, Oregon s The Decemberists. Picaresque was originally recorded in August and September of 2004 and was the band s last album for Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson s Kill Rock Stars imprint. Produced by Death Cab for Cutie s Chris Walla, the album received wide acclaim and showed a new…
double LP plus 7 vinyl edition of 500 new interviews with Kendra Smith, producer Chris D., & Paul B. Cutler, ephemera from the Dennis Duck archives An exceptional early ‘80s guitar-powered gem, remastered in full and includes the band’s debut indie EP and both tracks from main protagonist Steve Wynn’s earlier combo 15 Minutes. With…
Limited edition pressing for Record Store Day 2018! Original copies of The End s 1969 full length, Introspection, fetch upwards of $800 on the used market. Diggers and beat freaks should head straight towards the drum heavy opener, Dreamworld. It does not seem that too many producers have chopped this one up; now s your…
The only Fall record any normal person need own. That s according to legendary critic Robert Christgau. 458489 A Sides was originally released in 1990 and collects songs from The Fall s Brix Smith era, arguably their most cohesive and fulfilling years. It serves as an excellent introduction to the mountain of music the band…
The Fire Theft formed in 2001, collecting most of the former members of Sunny Day Real Estate following the implosion of their (ironically named) label, Time Bomb Records. Formed in 1994, Sunny Day Real Estate diversified what was then known as ‘emotive hardcore’, recording at a slower tempo, in line with their labelmates at Sub…
The test begins…. now! Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was a huge leap for The Flaming Lips, initially known for slacker rock singalongs like “She Don’t Use Jelly” before moving into grandiose, over-budget, high-concept self-flagellation (Zaireeka), eventually hitting their stride on the acclaimed and atmospheric Soft Bulletin. The Lips delve deeper into this experimental zone on Yoshimi, with the studio…
Debut EP from The Format reissued on limited colored vinyl. Originally released in 2003, the simply titled EP was the first we ever heard from vocalist Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means. Combining their love for 60 s music with their own distinct indie sound, the duo deliver a unique brand of desert pop as The Format. This 5 track EP…
Nate Russ and Sam Means formed The Format in 2002, and the Arizona duo signed w Elektra based on the strength of its first single, “The First Single.” Snails came three years later in 2005 on Atlantic Records, and the EP consists of some new material and acoustic versions of three songs from the band’s…