Debut studio album from Sydney grunge brats The Vines. The band were lumped in with the sweeping garage revival (The Strokes, The Hives; also known as the “The” bands) but in actuality, Highly Evolved falls somewhere between Nirvana and britpop. The album initially received a limited vinyl pressing in the UK but has been out…
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Official pressing of The White Stripes legendary BBC Session! Initially broadcast in 2001, these sessions capture Jack and Meg with famed BBC DJ John Peel and are arguably the best document of the White Stripes at the time. These have been widely bootlegged since the original broadcase, but this is the first official and authorized release in celebration of their…
Official pressing of The White Stripes legendary BBC Session! Initially broadcast in 2001, these sessions capture Jack and Meg with famed BBC DJ John Peel and are arguably the best document of the White Stripes at the time. These have been widely bootlegged since the original broadcase, but this is an official and authorized repress of the 2016 release in celebration of their 15 year anniversary….
Record Store Day Exclusive. The Wipers crucial debut 45 gets a limited reissue just for RSD 2017. Originally released in 1978, Better Off Dead gave the world its first taste of the Portland band s raw punk sound. The group remained relatively unknown for many years until another PNW band caled Nirvana covered them, and the…
Sophomore album from Emo explorers. TWIABP… finds their calling on the latest release in their catalog. Smoothing out what was a bit rough on their earlier work, Harmlessness takes it to new heights. Not necessarily a concept album, the album plays out like one in scope. There are highs and lows with some beautiful ambient…
I See You, the highly anticipated third LP from London indie-pop darlings The xx, is slated to drop in mid January, and here is the lead single, On Hold. It s the first from the gang since 2012, and it s really good. Jamie xx lays down a chill, dance-y foundation with tasteful drums bass,…
Twenty-first (!) studio album from California s (Thee) Oh Sees. Smote Reverser takes an even sharper turn towards the prog rock that the over caffeinated psyche rockers explored on 2017 s Orc. They deftly mix a burbling stew of noise, metal and punk while driving everything with pounding rhythms. After the double drum onslaught of…
California alt-rockers Thin White Rope formed in 1982ish and released Exploring The Axis in 1985. Associated with the Paisley Underground and Desert Rock movements, they honestly sound more like American New Wave bands such as Wall Of Voodoo, The Weathermen, and Television. You’ll hear dueling dual guitars, expertly manipulated feedback, and obscure lyrics across these…
Third studio full length from This Wild Life. Petaluma is easily the Long Beach pop punk duo s most accessible work to date. The album comes following 2016 s Low Tides and is filled to the brim with upbeat vibes and infectious melodies. Vocalist guitarist Kevin Jordan goes so far as to call it our best shit yet. But if you…
New Jersey s Thursday made a strong impression on the emo scene with Waiting. Their 1999 debut hinted at the balance of high drama and hardcore that they eventually perfected on 2001 s Full Collapse. However, it s the more raw sound of Waiting that introduced the band to the world. This expanded 15th anniversary…
Tim Armstrong fronted Rancid, and he was also a part of the influential ska-punk band Operation Ivy. A Poet s Life is Armstrong s solo debut, originally released in 2007, and he links with The Aggrolites, a reggae band from Los Angeles, to deliver a set of mid-tempo rocksteady jams that successfully capture the vibe…
Where Brooklin at? Sincerely, Future Pollution is the sixth studio full-length from Brooklin, Ontario four-piece Timber Timbre. S,FP picks up right where 2014 s Hot Dreams left off, with the band continuing to implement synthesizers and drum machines in their hodgepodge of forward-thinking folk. Comparisons can be drawn to other acts who have juxtaposed bucolic songwriting with electronic textures (Bon…
Must have 7 for the fans! Canada s Tobias Jesso Jr. delivers melancholic lines over soft and subtle instrumentation. He s won over fans and critics with his 2015 debut album, Goon, carrying traces of Paul McCartney and Randy Newman over the pearly whites of his piano. With this 7 for True Panther Sounds he…
Originally released in 1978, Blue Valentine is the 5th studio album from Tom Waits. Produced by Bones Howe, the 10-tracker opens w a brilliant cover Somewhere from West Side Story, and the grizzled singer-songwriter unveils raw, blusier numbers that trade in the piano for the guitar, which is a departure from earlier works of Waits….
Twelfth studio album from American singer-songwriter Tom Waits. Mule Variations was originally recorded in 1998 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California. Waits worked with his wife and longtime musical collaborator, Kathleen Brennan, on the album. It was his first solo outing since 1993 s The Black Rider, and built on the ragged sonics…