The first thing that hits is the funk. Ellison’s more upbeat productions have always had a squelchy, roly-poly quality, but thick wah-wahs and clavinet gives the beginning of Flamagra the feel of mid-’70s Stevie Wonder. Boisterous jams with Anderson .Paak (“More”) and George Clinton (“Burning Down The House”) come off like Ellison strutting
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Each song is dedicated to a corresponding body part, which is weird but also delightful. On “Until The Next Full,” she sings, “Our eyeballs are hollow/but presently hold shape/around a gooey filling” is obviously dedicated to her eyes, as is the sultry “Thang” with its purring demand that you “sink into your hip,”
Read more →Mac has struck gold with a long-overdue new release from one of its own favorite sons. MAC MCCLOUD’s deeply personal new solo effort, My Heart is Sinking is more than rocket science; it’s the blues. It’s Mac’s first album since 2002, and he sounds better than ever. What we got here is six songs split evenly between solo acoustic numbers
Read more →Well, Greenville and neighbors near and far, this has been (and is still rollin’ steady) a real treat and a blessing of a Record Store Day ; so much love it’s hard to process, so many nice peoples, a GREAT set from the awe inspiring Tyler Ramsey. Good food and vibe from The Bohemian Cafe, supa staff at team Horizon Records. We are so grateful. Rock on y’all.
Read more →Our Record Store Day festivities got kicked up a notch with an in-store performance from TYLER RAMSEY, who regaled us with tunes from For The Morning, his first new album in seven years. The long-awaited new record, out now on CD and vinyl LP,
Read more →“Are You Open?” Seth Walker sings on his transfixing new album of the same title. More than just a question, it’s a challenge, an invitation, a dare. “To me, being open means being vulnerable and exposed,” explains Walker, “but that’s where the little nuggets of creative gold come from.
Read more →Thanks so much to FRANCES CONE for hanging around town after their sold-out show at The Radio Room last night to play a special in-store concert. We’re serious fans of their new album, Late Riser, and it was great to hear those tunes in our humble abode.
Read more →HORIZON RECORDS was proud to host a PRE-RELEASE DAY LISTENING PARTY in celebration of MANDOLIN ORANGE’s new CD/LP Tides Of A Teardrop om Thursday, Jan. 31st, and we were blown away by Greenville’s response.
Read more →JB knows. As an avid music collector, a bodacious drummer, a true connoisseur of sonic wonderment trends in modern rock and related music each year The Indicator offers us his distillation of the year’s expansive releases dialed down to 10-sih must-haves.
Read more →Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s new Live From The Ryman is a bit of a well-deserved victory lap summation from a four-year period that vaulted the one of our favorite singers, songwriter, guitarist and bandleaders to Americana icon status.
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