Month: August 2023
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Hip-hop genius MF DOOM has reissued his 2003 album VAUDEVILLE VILLAIN, released under the name VIKTOR VAUGHN. It’s in-stock NOW on CD and silver vinyl 2xLP!
In 2003, MF DOOM introduced us to one of his most intriguing alter egos, VIKTOR VAUGHN. Now, his sole album under that pseudonym, VAUDEVILLE VILLAIN, has been reissued on CD and 2xLP silver vinyl! Get your copy HERE. As the story goes, Viktor Vaughn was an interdimensional time-traveling MC from another realm where Hip-Hop was…
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Shoegaze giants SLOWDIVE return with “EVERYTHING IS ALIVE,” the work of a classic band continuing to pitch its unmistakable voice to the future. It’s in-stock NOW!!
EVERYTHING IS ALIVE, the fifth album from shoegaze giants SLOWDIVE, contains the duality of a familiar internal language mixed with the exaltation of new beginnings.
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MIGHTY POPLAR is a bluegrass supergroup supreme with a dynamite new self-titled debut album, and they’re bringing that acoustic virtuosity to the Grey Eagle in Asheville on Sept. 19th!
A new all-star roots project featuring Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse, Noam Pikelny and Chris Eldridge of Punch Brothers,
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THE WHEEL SESSIONS, Greenville’s most adventurous jazz concert series, rolls on with performance #102 on FRIDAY, SEPT. 8th. It’s the KEVIN BALES TRIO!
Pianist KEVIN BALES headlines THE WHEEL SESSIONS #102 on FRIDAY, SEPT. 8th, with bassist MIKE HOLSTEIN and drummer/series founder KEVIN KORSCHGEN. Get your tickets HERE. By some measures, Kevin Bales was a latecomer to jazz, already 17 when he encountered the sounds and structures and became captivated by the freedom and corresponding challenges of…
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The marvelous KEITH DAVIS TRIO plays at the SIGAL MUSIC MUSEUM THIS THURSDAY at 7:30pm!
First things first: The world-class local pianist KEITH DAVIS is coming to the SIGAL MUSIC MUSEUM THIS THURSDAY at 7:30pm with drummer JUSTIN WATT and bassist RON BRENDLE. This is going to be a spectacular evening of piano-trio jazz that you don’t want to miss! Get your tickets HERE. Keith Davis lives in Greenville, SC, where…
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RHIANNON GIDDENS returns with her first-ever album of all original songs called YOU’RE THE ONE, and it’s right here on CD, LP and indie-store-only “milky clear” vinyl!
The album is the GRAMMY, MacArthur and Pulitzer-winning singer, composer, and instrumentalist’s third solo studio album and her first of all original songs.
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The marvelous BETTYE LAVETTE’s new album, LAVETTE! takes on the songwriting catalog of one of our favorite artists, Mr. RANDALL BRAMBLETT! It’s out NOW on CD and LP!
The result is revelatory for both artists. Drummer/producer Steve Jordan returns for the third time to produce these eleven Bramblett tunes,
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BONNIE PRINCE BILLY returns with KEEPING SECRETS WILL DESTROY YOU, a remarkably intimate, soulful album that’s in-stock NOW!
The presence of so many local players and music educators in the band lends not only to a flow of moments so fluidly encompassing of a wide range of musics from classical to Japanese acid folk and elsewhere
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BRAD, the haunting and heavy side-project of PEARL JAM’s STONE GOSSARD, is out now on a 30th anniversary reissue!
If you weren’t there, it’s difficult to describe the shadow that PEARL JAM cast in the ’90s. Their blend of hard-rock riffs, emotional vocals and pounding rhythms captivated millions, to the extent that the band members were able to launch successful side-projects in the wake of their success. Guitarist STONE GOSSARD’s band BRAD was one…
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“TEATRO,” the dazzling 1998 collaboration between WILLIE NELSON and DANIEL LANOIS, has FINALLY been reissued on vinyl, and Horizon has it right here!
Reinvention is key on Teatro, with Nelson revisiting a number of songs he first wrote in the 1960s, including 1968’s “I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye”