Month: March 2016
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NEW RELEASES April 1st: CHARLES BRADLEY, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, LAURA GIBSON & more!
Let’s just pretend there’s a tired pun about how we’re not foolin’ you about this week’s New Releases and move on, ‘kay? Because we’ve got too much new-and-reissued awesomeness to waste time. Some lovely violin pop from Andrew Bird, a soul gem from Charlie Bradley, some fresh eclectica from Elephant Revival and MUCH more. Read…
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Stones Throw Records reissues the hip-hop classic DONUTS by J DILLA!
The best albums create their own world. Through music and lyrics and production, they immerse the listener in whatever universe they’ve conjured through the speakers. Donuts, the 2006 masterpiece by rapper and producer J Dilla is one of those great records. After rising from the rap underground in the mid 90’s as part of the…
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NEW RELEASES 3/25: BOB MOULD, ERIC BACHMANN, RJD2 & more!
This week’s crop of new stuff includes Bob Mould’s stunning new album, some mellow introspective piano pop courtesy of Merge Records & Eric Bachmann, a new RJD2 album that snuck up on us and some Gene-centric jazz and classical goodness. Read on… NEW GOODIES: BOB MOULD, Patch The Sky (CD/LP) Bob Mould, the alternative-rock torchbearer,…
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LUTHER DICKINSON’S new “BLUES & BALLADS” album is one for the ages; a stripped-down collection of juke-joint rhythms and low-down acoustic blues.
“When community, word of mouth, firsthand experience, books, records and art still ruled.” We’re pretty much fans of everything Luther Dickinson has done. He’s made some incredible modern electric blues with the North Mississippi Allstars and created a killer raw, raucous, slide-guitar-happy side-project with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo and Indigenous guitarist Mato Nanji called Three…
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Record Store Week: THE MATT FLINNER TRIO! Sizzlin’ string-jazz-grass and roots TOMORROW in The Bohemian Café at 5pm!
Led by one of the most respected mandolinists in today’s acoustic scene, Matt Flinner and his trio partners, Ethan Ballenger (guitar) and Eric Thorin (bass), are sonically founded in bluegrass, jazz, classical and American acoustic music. Over the past decade, the Matt Flinner Trio has been on the cutting edge of the 21st century string band…
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OUT TODAY, 3/18/16: DAMIEN JURADO, IGGY POP, CORY HENRY & more!
This week in New Release-land, we’ve got a pot-pourri of good stuff in all kindsa genres. Damien Jurado has served up a dreamy slice of modern-day psychedelia, The Bonnevilles bring the dirty duo-blues, and Gene adores the electronic/classical hybrid of Max Richter. Read on…. DAMIEN JURADO, Visions Of Us On The Land (CD/LP/3x LP Deluxe…
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NEW RELEASES 3/11: KENDRICK LAMAR, BRIAN FALLON, PETE YORN JEFF BUCKLEY & more!
This week, Kendrick Lamar drops a surprise album of genius on us all, former Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon steps out with a solo album, Pete Yorn returns to form, Jeff Buckley speaks to us from beyond and Gene gets a Classical Corner album by Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim to play incessantly. It’s all…
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HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER plays solo acoustic at INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ALE HOUSE on Weds., March 9th!
M.C. Taylor, aka Hiss Golden Messenger, is one of modern music’s great musical alchemists. He somehow finds common ground between alt-country’s ragged twang, the richly produced, laid-back Laurel Canyon rock of the 1970’s and the most incisive folk singer/songwriters of the past few decades, but instead of seeming chaotic or awkward, the sounds all fit…
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OUT TODAY: NEW STUFF by LORETTA LYNN, M WARD, FRANK SOLIVAN, RAY LAMONTAGNE & more!!
Horizon welcomes an eclectic slate of new releases this week, as the Queen Of Country, Loretta Lynn unveils her first new album in a decade, Frank Solivan gets out of the Dirty Kitchen, M Ward gives us the bad news, and Robert Pollard is guided by different voices. Read on…. NEW GOODIES FRANK SOLIVAN,…