Originally released in 2005, Shinola Vol.1 is a compilation album from Ween. Most of the tracks have appeared in demo form over the years (recorded between 1990 – 2005) on miscellaneous projects, but for this release, the Pennsylvania weirdo alt rockers deliver previously unheard versions of the songs. Check out Gabrielle, which appeared in the…
The next album is going to feel like an urban environment, night-time and gritty and hopefully a lot more modern sounds, synthesized sounds, samples maybe. I like to break away from the distorted power-chord thing but it’s hard ‘cos it works so well.” – Rivers Cuomo 13th studio album (and sixth self-titled) from the American power-pop…
Front Row Seat To Earth was Weyes Blood’s second LP for Mexican Summer, a solid step on a long path from the noise and dissonance of her earlier releases to the gilded folk-pop of Titanic Rising. Produced by Chris Cohen and Natalie Mering, this record would sound perfect on 70’s AM radio. “Be Free” is…
BOB SEGER MEETS ENYA AND JONI MITCHELL PRODUCED BY BRIAN ENO are just two of the recipes I have found for Titanic Rising, the fourth full length by Weyes Blood. They’re apt in their own ways, encapsulating the sequenced din of “Movies” and the eerie strings of “Andromeda”, the tug of war between chamber-folk and 70’s FM psychedelia. Weyes Blood aka Cali-based singer-songwriter Natalie Mering s lyrics…
Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave, and Jack Lawrence-Brown are White Lies, and Five is the Earling, London band s fifth studio album. Formerly known as Fear of Flying, the trio s earlier works drew comparisons to Joy Division. White Lies sound has progressively lightened up w each album release, and for Five, the group takes a decidedly more pop direction, although…
It s almost as if it wall was never supposed to happen. White Zombie s industrial thrash music had been brewing since 1985, but it was not until 1992 s La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One that the band found mainstream success. With the weight of that album s platinum certification weighing on them, and…
Recorded live at Southern Illinois University Arena in Carbondale, IL on December 1, 2000, this very special multi-track recording features all original band members including late guitarist Michael Houser. 5x black vinyl LP boxset first time on vinyl high-quality multitrack recording tracklist: Side A Let s Get Down to Business 4:44 Tall Boy 7:29 Rock…
”In looking at how this September 1997 tour was structured, this could have been a show to skip…or maybe not. This was the fourth show in a row to open the tour, on a Monday night, involved crossing an international border, at a real small place, so it might be real crowded.” 6x black vinyl…
Fifth studio album from Chicago s Wilco. A Ghost Is Born was originally recorded between November 2003 and March 2004 with producer Jim O Rourke behind the boards. O Rourke encouraged front man Jeff Tweedy to develop his guitar skills for the album. His guitar playing drew influence from bands like Television. The songs take…
Sophomore studio album from Chicago s Wilco. Being There was originally recorded between September 1995 and July 1996 and found front man Jeff Tweedy moving in a more psychedelic and surreal direction. Includes the songs: Outtasite (Outta Mind), Someone Else s Song, Dreamer in My Dreams, and Misunderstood. Nineteen tracks in all. Released by Nonesuch…
Third studio album from Chicago s Wilco. Summer Teeth was originally released through Reprise Records on March 9, 1999. It was the band s first record to be heavily overdubbed in the studio, and it s lyrics were influenced by twentieth century literature. Jeff Tweedy, Wilco s front man, and the band s multi-instrumentalist, Jay Bennett,…
When you ve exhausted the New Order and OMD back catalogs, and want to get deeper into darker new wave sounds, Wire is a band you should checkout. This is a new repress of the once pricey import album, the last in series of three Wire 1970s albums that are unofficially referred to as the…
Sophomore studio album from London s prost-punk progenitors Wire. Chairs Missing was originally recorded in 1978 and featured a slightly less austere sound than the band s debut, Pink Flag. There s a slightly more developed structure to the album, provided in part by producer Mike Thorne. Joining the core elements of guitar, bass and…
Debut studio album from Montreal s Wolf Parade along with their early EPs. Apologies to the Queen Mary was originally recorded between 2004 and 2005 in Portland, Oregon and Montreal. The band was made up of a powerhouse of musicians and songwriters including Frog Eyes and Sunset Rubdown s Spencer Krug, Dante DeCaro of Hot…
Wolf Parade made 3 albums that helped define the 2000s indie rock sound, but in 2010, the Montreal band announced that it would go on indefinite hiatus. 7 years later, the pack is back with a roaring new album, Cry Cry Cry, and it s all about the soaring choruses, rousing anthems, sprawling guitars and…
10th Anniversary pressing of Wolfmother s breakout album. To celebrate Modular has given the Australian rockers debut the deluxe reissue treatment on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl, with bonus B-sides, demos, and remix tracks. Originally released in 2005, the band rocked and shocked the globe with an authentic psychedelic hard rock sound that won them a Grammy for…