Month: September 2016
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Sax titan BRANFORD MARSALIS and jazz-vocal master KURT ELLING have teamed for a new album called Upward Spiral, and now they’re touring together, too!
“Branford himself and his warrior improviser associates for years have set an Olympic standard for modern jazz playing and composing, add vocalist Kurt Elling and things just get moreso. And don’t even get me started about the supa badness of Joey Calderazzo!” – Gene Berger
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NEW RELEASES, 9/30: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, JOHN PRINE (!!!!), MANDOLIN ORANGE, PIXIES, BON IVER and a LOT more!
Holy cow, y’all, do we have some new stuff for you this week. We were already pumped about the new Drive-By Truckers, and then we got new John Prine, Mandolin Orange, The Growlers, The Pixies, Danny Brown, Van Morrison, and a wonderfully heartbreaking album by Luke Winslow-King. Read on… DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, American Band (CD/LP) Drive-By…
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TOMPKINS SQUARE RECORDS presents Imaginational Anthem Vol. 8 : The Private Press, out now on CD & 2xLP!
Tompkins Square label presents the 8th volume of Imaginational Anthem, the acclaimed series focusing on acoustic guitar, particularly in the American Primitive vein. Since 2005, the series has revived interest in old masters of the genre while also giving many folks their very first taste of artists like William Tyler, Steve Gunn, Chris Forsyth or…
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NEW STUFF 9/23: WARPAINT, BEACH SLANG, GAME THEORY, JOHN SCOFIELD, RECKLESS KELLY & BRUUUUUUUCE!!!
Gracious! We’ve got new stuff from Warpaint, Dwight Yoakam, Beach Slang, Game Theory, a Billy Bragg/Joe Henry duo album and more, plus some great reissues from Fleetwood Mac and the legendary Elmore James. WARPAINT, Heads Up (CD/LP) Warpaint, Los Angeles-based mistresses of the art-rock slow jam, have made a sideways swerve on their third album.…
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NEW RELEASES 9/16: DAWES, AGAINST ME!, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, ROBERT GLASPER, THE DEVIL MAKES THREE & more!
And the amazing crop of newness continues from last week to now. The new DAWES is out, along with the long-awaited AGAINST ME release, and stuff by AMANDA SHIRES, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, THE DEVIL MAKES THREE, ROBERT GLASPER & more! DAWES, We’re All Gonna Die (CD/LP) On their four previous albums, Dawes were…
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Former SILO and current badass WALTER SALAS-HUMARA is headed to the cozy confines of Greenville’s CAFE & THEN SOME on MONDAY, OCT. 10th!
A Cuban-American whose parents fled Castro’s Havana with him still in the womb, Walter Salas-Humara was raised bilingual just across the Florida Straits in Fort Lauderdale. College at University of Florida in Gainesville and a residency with the Vulgar Boatmen left him with a lifelong habit of Mudcrutch/Tom Petty-style crunchy guitar riffs. Chasing the punk…
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We finally got a SETH WALKER BAND show at Horizon Records, and Austin’s roots-rock bard did NOT disappoint! His new album, GOTTA GET BACK, is in-stock on CD & LP now!
They came, they played, they rocked it, we loved it. Seth Walker & Co. gave us an hour or so of Austin-Nashville-New Orleans funk-soul-rock. The crowd was dancin’ and a good time was had by all. We still have copies galore of his new album, Gotta Get Back, in-stock on vinyl & CD! Join the event…
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WILCO’s new album, SCHMILCO, is out now on INDIE-RECORD-STORE-ONLY PINK VINYL! Thanks to all who came that day!
Mostly an acoustic collection, Schmilco bears neither the vicious, fuzz-glam guitars of Star Wars, nor the dazzling, baroque-ish arrangements that fans have come to expect from Wilco. But in their place is a spaciousness and chaos that might feel welcome after 20-some years of enjoyed but now-familiar Wilco releases.
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NEW RELEASES 9/9: Holy cow, we’ve got new stuff galore by WILCO, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, THE HEAD & THE HEART, ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES, DANIEL LANOIS w/ ROCCO DELUCA, JOSHUA REDMAN AND BRAD MEHLDAU and much more!
Lordy, do we have a pile of new stuff for you this week! WILCO! NICK CAVE! THE HEAD & THE HEART! ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES! JACK WHITE! DANIEL LANOIS! And a ton more, plus a JOSHUA REDMAN/BRAD MEHLDAU duo album to warm Gene’s heart and some incredible reissues! Read on… WILCO, Schmilco (CD/LP) After…
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NEW RELEASES 9/2: ANGEL OLSEN, NATHAN BOWLES, CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, FRIGHTNRS, BUTCH WALKER, THE WARLOCKS, and even a new FLESHTONES!
A small but fierce list of new stuff this week, including the lovely Appalachian drone of Nathan Bowles, a fantastic slice of alt-folk from Angel Olsen, some new dusty hardbitten gems from Butch Walker, and some truly raw reggae from the Frightnrs. ANGEL OLSEN, My Woman (CD/LP) Angel Olsen’s third album is immediately and enormously…