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SNODGRASS, JON
Five state record
Nach zwei Jahren nun endlich das zweite Jon Snodgrass (Drag The River , Armchair Martian) Soloalbum als Vinyl - only Release. 10 kraftvolle Songs eingespielt unter Mithilfe einer Menge Freunde (u.a. Chris Wollard von Hot Water Music mit seinen Ship Thieves, Cory Branan, Brian Wahlstrom, Stephen Egerton von All / Descendents etc.) die dieser Platte eine Menge Dampf und Leidenschaft verleihen. Eine sehr gelungene Mischung aus richtig rockigen aber auch sehr nachdenklich und eher ruhigeren Stücken. Entstanden und Aufgenommen ist die Platte in fünf verschieden US – Bundesstaaten (Colorado, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas und New York) während Jon’s endlosen Touren über die staubigen Highways und verschwitzten Bars im ganzen Land. Daher auch der Titel ‚five state record’. Diese Platte und dieser Typ rocken einfach und das nicht zu knapp!!! Im Herbst auf Europatour mit Joey Cape und Tony Sly. Downloadcode inklusive.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 04.11.2011
- 01. Re My One Week Song
02. Renaissance Man
03. Bad New Lands
04. Footage
05. Backstage
06. Don’t Break Her Heart
07. BoysIIem
08. 1-2-3-4
09. The Sequel
10. Perfect Match
11. Indoor Outdoor Type
12. Go Baseball
13. TaceSNODGRASS, JON
Tace
[engl] Jon Snodgrass was born and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri, and later settled in Fort Collins, Colorado, before forming Armchair Martian in the early ‘90s. In 1996, he started recording songs with ALL singer Chad Price under the moniker Drag The River. Since then, he has continued putting out music with both bands, as a solo artist, and as a member of Scorpios. Snodgrass has toured North America and Europe endlessly and has provided support from everyone from Frank Turner to Flogging Molly to Descendents to Chuck Ragan to Cory Branan. FOCUS TRACKS: Renaissance Man (feat. Joey Cape), Don’t Break Her Heart (feat. Stephen Egerton), Footage, BoyzIIMen (feat. John Moreland), The Sequel (feat. Tim McIlrath), Bad Newlands (feat. Stacey Dee). First 1000 LPs come with a FOIL STAMPED jacket.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 09.10.2020
- EAN
- EAN 857445007336
- Format
- CD
- Release-Datum
- 09.10.2020
- EAN
- EAN 857445007343
SNODGRASS, JON
Visitors band
Jon Snodgrass Sänger von Drag the River und Armchair Martians tut das was er schon immer tat und am besten kann - Musik schreiben und aufnehmen. Im Jahre 2008 nahm er diverse Homerecordings auf, Gäste u.a. Two Cow Garage, Chad Rex, Joey Erg, Chris Pierce, Eric Powers. Und das Resultat kann sich mehr als hören hören lassen - 10 Tracks zwischen dem kantigen Rock der Armchair Martians und eben jenen Country Songs von Drag The River - zählt sicherlich mit zu dem besten was Snodgrass je gemackt hat. Farbiges Vinyl und Download Code gibt’s außerdem.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 15.04.2009
- 01. Assisted Thrills
02. Accolade
03. It's Summer and I Don't Feel Like Smiling
04. Night Thirst
05. Alone Not Lonely
06. PoltergeistsSOOT SPRITE
Poltergeists
[engl] New EP from Exeter's Soot Sprite! 6 songs on a one sided 12"", purple smoke vinyl limited to 500 copies. The rising trio have seen Soot Sprite grow from a one-woman lo-fi bedroom pop project to a fully-fledged touring alt-indie shoegaze outfit. This new EP is yet another collection of heartfelt songs that see lead singer Elise Cook learn how to find self-acceptance and belief.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 29.10.2021
- EAN
- EAN 0619793366363
- 01. Galaxy Gramophone
02. Grand Canaria
03. Instant Repeater ’99
04. Greatest Hit Providers#
05. Retired Teenage Angst
06. Four Ages Part 1
07. Rest In Peace
08. Endless Song
09. Cleaning Session Raga
10. Four Ages Part 2SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES
Homo Habilis Blues / Romelanda Sessions 1995
[engl] Swedish mantra sliders The Soundtrack of Our Lives dug deep into the backyard of rock history from day one. The five songs on their debut EP Homo Habilis Blues from 1996 move seamlessly through all sorts of sonic spheres without losing their timeless, distinct T.S.O.O.L. sound. It’s mysterious and ominous and at the same time only rock ’n’ roll. And we like it. Now the EP is finally released on vinyl just as God intended. The remastered songs sound better than ever and the album has been expanded with tracks from the legendary Romelanda sessions. The journey through time and space for the last really great rock band couldn’t have taken off any better.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 23.04.2022
- EAN
- EAN 7393210633018
SPARROW STEEPLE
A Aardvark
[engl] Sparrow Steeple are a band out of time. Featuring three original members of Philadelphia’s legendary Strapping Fieldhands (Bob Dickie, Jacy Webster, and Jeff Werner), Sparrow Steeple continue down the path laid out by their peculiar muse -- “future pastoral” (as an early Strapping single declared). The follow-up to last year’s critically-lauded debut LP: Steeple Two, A Aardvark is a five-song 12” EP that belies its modest first impression. Sparrow Steeple balance their innate sense of majestic melody with the small-scale drama of everyday life. “Candy Apple Kid” is a perfect blend of twinkling folk-rock and searing garage-rock, two time- tested forms that rest comfortably in Sparrow Steeple’s hands. “Crank Of Awnings” is both a result of, and a remedy to, your hangover; try and wipe the melancholy from your weary eyes, it seems to be crying out. The first side closes out with “Frank N’ Cliff,” a character sketch spiced up with mouth-harp and sweet lashings of wah-wah guitar. Side Two of A Aardvark sprawls out a bit more with the lyrically-biting but sonicallysmeared “Rancher’s Standoff.” Here, Sparrow Steeple are tending to a heretofore unknown parcel of land that is hosting a psychedelic campfire singalong featuring both Bardo Pond and The Carter Family. Closing out this perfectly succinct 12” on Ever/Never Records, Sparrow Steeple slowly ratchet up the urgency of their grammatically- challenged title track. “A Aardvark” fades out as sounds of the river mesh with subtle wisps of surrealistic feedback and a man talking on a loudspeaker. Here then is the pastoral future. -e/n- Format
- 12''
- Release-Datum
- 01.12.2017
STAFFERS
In The Pigeon Hole
[engl] Staffers is the brainchild of Ryan McKeever, a DC-by-way-of-Omaha musician and songwriter. After several years of extensive touring, McKeever assembled a full-fledged band and a new cassette, In The Pigeon Hole, on New York City’s Ever/Never Records is their first release with the unit. Staffers specialize in smart-guy post-punk pop as epitomized by “Pastor Carson,” a song that could easily make the cut for the next Parquet Courts album. “Fuck The Brixton” is a sort of sea-shanty that tells a whimsical tale of getting booted from a favorite bar. Exile shouldn’t sound so fun, but Staffers have a knack for twisting expectations. “The Gutter” soars with anthemic chime and “Jeremy” slashes and burns like an indie classic from the ‘90s. “Getting Thinner” is brief and bruising like Tyvek at their best, while “New Artifact Salesman” pairs a clever title with a quirky energy that recalls Half Japanese. “Just Another Tuesday” wraps the proceedings up like a last-call so-long at the bar that they finally let you into again. After all, Staffers get treated well in the end. -e/n- Format
- TAPE
- Release-Datum
- 16.10.2020
- 01. 20.000 Meilen unter dem Mond 02. Hausmann
03. Pusch
04. Der Monat
05. Bewegung
06. Aufgehoben
07. Das RasenSTATION 17
Oui Bitte
[engl] After a period of distance Station 17 just wanted to stand in a room together again and make some music, so they drove out of Hamburg to a remote site in the hills of the Hohe Geest in Schleswig-Holstein and played some new song sketches together – all day and late into the night. Afterwards they wanted to play the results live at a concert in Fabrik, a venue in Hamburg. No one in the band expected that the sessions would result in an entire album, but the music told them once again: what had been created here in the radiance of the moment could not be reproduced. A moment of happiness for the band collective. "Oui Bitte", Station 17’s 11th album had been born – quite unexpectedly, between pool and trout pond. It shows again and par excellence that Station 17's is a pleasure to listen to. Why is that? You can either follow the intuitive reference play, the traces of genres (so to speak: listening with knowledge), or you can be geared to the dense interplay between driving, elegiac rhythms and a flowing, aesthetic stream of consciousness, either lying down or dancing with a liberated mind and body. Everything seems possible in the boundlessness of their music. The seven songs are irrigating these candid invitations into a flowing aesthetical stream bundling them into a pleasure which lets you forget your own disposition. “Oui Bitte” shows Station 17 as a band of experts in a kind of acoustic transcendence. Their music tenderly forces you to engage in all of this at the same time. Already in the field recordings of the Elbe shore with which “20.000 Meilen unter dem Mond” begins you are being offered a pact: Hand over all control to the music, swim out to the open sea and be thrown back to yourself – just so you can indulge in the sonic waves. That prelude seems programmatic: In the following 40 minutes you are being carried along, you are being amused, catapulted, earthed, moved. “Oui Bitte” manages to douse the resonance body, to drift away, to wash ashore, to take off. The landing: always soft! The biggest continuity is the positive vibe, a reliable air host, pleasant, more shell than irritation. Station 17 do not produce cracks in the dam, they are smoothing out riverbeds. “Bewegung” then appears as the highlight of the album, a manifestation of the idea Station 17. Move your mind and move your body, as Birgit Hohnen says here, a deceased companion of the group who is being projected into the present of the song through a sample. With your eyes closed this track allows you to take off meditatively. And then there’s the latent melancholy which finds its way in. This futuristic music of the past stays warm, stays cordial, stays inviting: to the sonic utopia of a more beautiful world which has already been established by this album at this point and by this band in any case. In the end the record takes its time, a wide room is designed, meters are being covered. In the calmness of the last song a contradiction pops up: “Das Rasen” (“The rushing”). But the contradiction dissolves: If you listen closely, you are gliding through the high grass (“Rasen”) on which to lie down and listen to “Oui Bitte” invites. Yes, please: Repeat!- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 19.05.2023
- 01. 20.000 Meilen unter dem Mond (Efdemin's 7/4 Version)
02. Hausmann (Paul Frick ist müde Remix)
03. Pusch (Pantha du Prince Sharing Lunch with Apes RMX)
04. Der Monat (Toto Belmont Sophisti-Dub)
05. Bewegung (Mense Reents Remix)
06. Aufgehoben (Ada Remix)
07. Das Rasen (Durch die Nacht mit Lawrence Pt. 2)STATION 17
Oui Mixe
[engl] Remix albums have already become a tradition in the 30-year history of the collective: In 2001, the legendary label Mute Records released the album "Mikroprofessor" with remixes by DJ Koze, Thomas Fehlmann, Justus Köhncke and To Rococo Rot. In 2011, the "Goldstein Variations Remixes" followed, including versions by Erobique, Tobias Thomas, but also by Ada and Mense Reents, who we will meet again here. Timidly, the band began to ask their favourite producers most of whom agreed without hesitation. Soon, a top-class remix album with a Who’s Who of the local electronic music landscape was ready and even if only the bases of the pieces are recognisable, a completely new listening experience has been created here. It's grown into an independent work through the versatility of the participants and their expertise and can be enjoyed detached from the original material. As if by magic, a simultaneously stringent and diverse vibe has emerged that makes "Oui Mixe" more than just an addition to "Oui Bitte". We start with Berghain regular Efdemin, who takes on the instrumental song '20.000 Meilen unter dem Mond'. Efdemin, real name Phillip Sollmann, belonged to the core of Dial Records and now releases on Ostgut Ton. He is considered one of the most important protagonists in contemporary techno, because in his work he understands like no other how to care for the dancefloor as well as the loudspeakers at home. In addition to his records as Efdemin, he also regularly presents and produces other experimental, avant-garde projects. ‘Hausmann', the origin of the remix idea, in the hands of Paul Frick is transformed into a Hi-NRG house number. Paul Frick is not only one third of Brandt-Brauer-Frick, but currently also a member of the legendary Tangerine Dream - a favourite band in the house of Station 17. Paul's version is a floorfiller for people who think they are tired and are proven wrong by the penetrating sound. Pantha du Prince picks up the energy of the whole album rebuilding "Pusch" on a pressing bass drum. Pantha du Prince, who has released modern classics of electronic music with 'This Bliss' and 'Black Noise', was in Thailand during the production. While he was producing the remix in the studio on the island of Ko Pha- ngan, a gang of monkeys stole his nuts: "Pantha du Prince Sharing Lunch with Apes RMX" - a poetry that only life can write. The Andreas Dorau number "Der Monat" is handled here by Toto Belmont from Helsinki. His association with the Hardwax Spectrum are clearly audible, but Kimmo Saastamoinen, as he is actually known, has long since found his own sound: Subtly driving, always slightly melancholic and peppered with billowing delays that you want to immerse yourself in. The number of projects in which Mense Reents has already participated is enormous. Let's limit ourselves here to his electronic projects Egoexpress and Die Vögel - and of course Die Goldenen Zitronen, among whose incredibly accomplished musicianship he is a big part of. The song "Bewegung" is given a subtle dancehall riddim and so many amazing details are flying around in the sound so that close-listening is recommended here without doubt. The biggest surprise is probably delivered by Ada: instead of moving the track "Aufgehoben", recorded again with Dorau, to the club, she simply wrote new music around the vocals, singing over them herself while picking up the trace elements of the original. In a club, this song could take on the role of the last track after a wild night: The lights come back on, but the body is still in the middle of it - and so the soul lifts itself with the music into a sphere reserved only for it: bliss. Michaela Dippel has ventured furthest away from the foundation and yet remains true to it: she picked up the melody that was lying there (according to the text) on the floor, sang it - and it sounded beautiful. Content and form combine and result in a new form, from which one can recognise the creative freedom that Station 17 generate. Finally, we drive slowly with Lawrence from the Forellenhof back to more urban realms. At night, through the province, until more and more lights appear and we finally find ourselves in the middle of a city that doesn't seem to sleep: With a lot of dub, "Das Rasen" thus becomes a deep house track in the hands of Dial Records founder Pete Kersten. A pleasantly soft stomping bass drum drives the melancholic arpeggiator synth. Station 17 are alive and kickin' - in their own and in other people's clothes.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 08.09.2023
- EAN
- EAN 4015698669626
STEFAN CHRISTENSEN
American Pastoral Again
[engl] STEFAN CHRISTENSEN has been a staple in the New Haven, CT scene for the last decade, playing in, among many others, ESTROGEN HIGHS, EHRGEIZIG, PERMANENT FEELS and MEDICATION; recording Sex, Worn Leather, Pieces of Fruit; collaborating on the C/Site label and with the venue Popeye’s Garage. And while it would seem that Stefan has always lived a shark’s life—I’ll drown if I stop swimming—it is really only in the last year that he has entered his most prolific phase. All that other stuff has been… practice? In the prior twelve months, Stefan has released two full lengths and a pair of EPs on cassette via the esteemed labels Loki, Night People, and C/Site. American Pastoral Again is the debut vinyl outing from this eponymous artist issued by ever/never records. Channeling Gate, Jim Shepard, Crystalized Movements, and Shakey himself, the twelve minute title track consumes the entire A-side in a melancholic dirge. It is backed by four quick blasts that introduce elements of pop, noise, and more dirge. With varied approaches, Stefan’s songs are written from a unique and developed voice. A unifying thread through these works is the careful craftsmanship, each song tailored perfectly—knowing when to let it breathe, when to ramp up tension—for the most impact. Had Stefan cut his teeth in a more insular scene, in a more glamorous town, he’d have been a hitmaker, but we are thankful that was not the case. As American Pastoral Again demonstrates, he is onto something much more fulfilling and unforgettable.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 09.09.2016
- 01. Crystal Chandeliers
02. Skateboard
03. The Story Of Agnes
04. All We Ever Got From Them Was Pain
05. Hospital Verses
06. Athlete Of Seoul
07. Horrid Prayers
08. When The Saints Come Crawling Home
09. Cracks Of The Modern WorldSTEFAN MURPHY
Hospital Verses
[engl] Debut solo album from Dublin-born singer/songwriter Stefan Murphy who's spent his time fronting The Sleeveens, The Mighty Stef, and Count Vaseline. On this release, he backed by members of the Sleeveens. Recorded by James Mechan at 302 Sound, and mastered by Jim Diamond.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 01.12.2023
- 01. Einfach
02. Ich bin cool
03. Mes copines
04. Cinemascope
05. Methedrine
06. Die Dachkatze
07. My Idol
08. Hass-Satellit
09. Brezel says
10. Le Spleen
11. Sur un fil
12. Dancing with a Memory
13. Keine Musik
14. ElektroschocktherapieSTEREO TOTAL
Ah! Quel Cinéma! - Bonus Track Edition
[engl] New album by Stereo Total. Released on CD, LP & limited 2-LP version (300 copies with blue vinyl, six bonus tracks & gatefold sleeve).- Format
- LP lim
- Release-Datum
- 16.08.2019
- EAN
- EAN 4015698863260
- LP1 Oh Ah
LP2 Monokini
LP3 Juke-Box Alarm
LP4 My Melody
LP5 Musique Automatique
LP6 Do the Bambi
LP7 Carte postale and other raritiesSTEREO TOTAL
Chanson Hystérique (1995-2005)
[engl] Since their first release in 1995 Stereo Total have spoiled us with their entertaining over-the- top-songs, always way beyond mass taste. The anti-diva Françoise Cactus and the multi-non- instrumentalist Brezel Göring have released a total of 16 albums - including soundtracks and theatre works. The box set "Chanson Hystérique" presents the first ten years of the bands history and, due to the death of Françoise Cactus on 17th February 2021, also unfortunately represents the last Stereo Total release in which t- Format
- LP Box
- Release-Datum
- 05.11.2021
- EAN
- EAN 4015698227000
- 01. New Situation
02. Stars
03. I Drink
04. Outside
05. Dirty Sheets
06. Almost Lost
07. Try Me
08. Unsure
09. The Night Before
10. Women In Magazines
11. Came To Say Hello
12. I Know NowSTEREOTYPES
Stereotypes
The Stereotypes verbinden wunderschöne Rickenbacker Hymnen mit australischem 80er Power Pop und dezenten Velvets Feedbackteppichen zu wirklich erstklassigen, vielschichtigen Garage Pop Songs. Wenn bei Songs wie "The night before" dann noch diese leicht verzerrten "Megaphon Vocals" dazu kommen, darf man auch mal getrost an die Strokes denken. Die absolut perfekte Sommer Platte!!- Format
- CD
- Release-Datum
- 01.01.2005
- EAN
- EAN 4260016920617
- Format
- LP 180gr
- Release-Datum
- 13.07.2005
- EAN
- EAN 4260016920600
- 01. Mach die Tür zu, es zieht
02. Telekomm
03. Baustoffhandel, 1. Stock
04. In Klammern
05. Wichtig
06. Anfang verpasst
07. Rockmühle
08. Alles oder niemand
09. Sowieso drin
10. Untitled
11. Jenseits von Eden
12. Meine Oma
13. Idiotensport
14. Unter Geiern
15. Hier
15. Fickt das System
16. Unkonzentriert
17. Alles wird teurer
18. Anfang verpasstSTERNE, DIE
Wichtig / Fickt das System
Das hatte man so bis dato nicht gehört: Die Band als Sampler, die Songs als Collage. Eine Indie- Band mit Funk, eine deutschsprachige Band die Parliament genauso viel schuldet wie Ton, Steine, Scherben. Rhythmus ist genauso wichtig wie die Gitarre und dann auch noch mit Orgel anstatt mit zweiter Gitarre. Man kann und soll sogar zu der Musik tanzen, die Texte eher Hip Hop und fluide. Köpfe explodieren, Aufruhr in Indiehausen! So war das 1993. 30 Jahre später veröffentlichen wir das bahnbrechende Sterne-Album „Wichtig“ neu inklusive der Tracks der nicht minder legendären „Fickt das System“-EP von 1992. Seither sind Die Sterne zu Recht eine der einflussreichsten und interessantesten Bands hierzulande. Checkt aus wie alles begann. Hört, kauft und streamt „Wichtig“ und „Fickt das System“!- Format
- DoLP
- Release-Datum
- 03.03.2023
- EAN
- EAN 4015698106442
STIRLING SAYS
Balboa
Wirklich gelungene Mischung aus alten SST-Helden. Stirling Says erinnern oftmals an frühe Dinosaur Jr, Screaming Trees und Leaving Trains, fühlen sich aber auch pudelwohl bei Eric´s Trip, Seaweed und Sebadoh. So klingt ja heutzutage keiner mehr - und gerade das macht diese Scheibe so erfrischend anders.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 26.06.2010
- 01. Nothing To Me
02. 21st Century
03. Gun Man
04. Bound To Lose
05. Out And Down
06. The One
07. I Don't
08. Headache
09. Buried Again
10. Turpentine
11. DeadweightSTRAIGHT ARROWS
On Top
[engl] New album from Sydney’s fuzzed out, psychedelic punk quartet STRAIGHT ARROWS. Overflowing with unbridled energy, you’d be forgiven for thinking On Top was the band’s debut album, but the third record for the Sydney quartet sounds as vital and as exciting as ever. Having spent years touring their incendiary live show around Australia and the world, Straight Arrows have honed their fresh, reverb-laden, fuzzed out, psychedelic punk sound into pointed perfection with On Top. From the frantic buzzsaw of “Nothing To Me”, to the break-beat groove of “21st Century”, to the tender outsider folk of “Dead Weight”, to the mind-melting psych-out that is “Buried Again”, this is the sound of a band that isn’t short on ideas and isn’t afraid to push the envelope of what people expect a Straight Arrows record to be. “Nothing's more boring than a bunch of the same guitar bullshit over and over again. We’ve taken the guitar bullshit, made it occasionally a little faster, and sometimes even a little slower too,” says vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter Owen Penglis with a cheeky grin. Clearly he and his bandmates have cast a wider sonic net this time around, largely influenced by Penglis’ love of crate digging and his vast musical knowledge of the detritus of pop culture’s past. “Over the writing of this thing I was listening to a lot of 60s and 70s private press LPs from the USA, weird bubblegum, private press 45s from Australia, and a whole heap of 60s Jamaican rocksteady singles. Al (Grigg guitar/vocals) reckons 'Gun Man' sounds a little rocksteady-ish, but I think he’s wrong and it’d be embarrassing for a bunch of Australians to attempt these sounds.” Much like everything else they’ve done, On Top was completely created on their own terms. Produced and mixed by Penglis himself, the album seems to be more direct than the band’s previous efforts, bringing a clarity to their sound without losing any of the ramshackle charm that has earnt Straight Arrows a worldwide cult following. This aural evolution is something that has happened more by chance than by any conscious choice. “As a group of gifted amateurs it sometimes happens that through repetition and long tours we've improved at our craft, despite our best efforts to the contrary,” laughs Penglis. Released in the Northern Hemisphere by Agitated / Forte Distribution in November, On Top is the riveting next episode in the ongoing Straight Arrows saga.“The first album is It’s Happening, the second is Rising, so it only makes sense by this point that we'd eventually make it On Top!!” says Penglis. “Plus it’s WAY more flattering than 'Peaked'.”- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 09.11.2018
- EAN
- EAN 5060446122679
- 01. Underworld
02. Sci-Fi Children
03. Weekend
04. Face to Face
05. Croix Blanche
06. I Feel Alright
07. Sally Bell
08. Lobotomized
09. The Naked TruthSTRONG COME ONS
Underworld
[engl] Here it is! The third album by STRONG COME ONS from old Orleans - France. Heavy restless bass, scratchy ardent guitars, unstoppable frenetic drums, fuzz on the loose, feedback on the skid, 9 punchy firebrands of soul power rock'n'roll with screamin' vocals! The perfect record if you need to burn your house down to cheat your insurance without leaving evidence.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 31.03.2023
- EAN
- EAN 4059251579496
- 01. Plains Of Nazca
02. Exploding In Your Mind
03. Magic Flight
04. World Without Time
05. She's Looking All Around
06. Lorne BluesSUN DIAL, THE
Other Way Out
[engl] Originally released in 1990. Lead by british composer Gary Ramon, THE SUN DIAL clearly worshiped psychedelic music but rather than trying to copy the sound of the '60s, they invented their new sonic genre with clouds of thick basslines, fuzzy guitars, splashy drumming (...) in an embrace of drifting melodic structures.- Format
- LPcol
- Release-Datum
- 10.10.2023
- EAN
- EAN 3701037701614
- 01. Reflecter
02. Easy For You
03. I Don't Mind
04. Slow Motion
05. Tremelo
06. Never Fade
07. Sunstroke
08. Mind TrainSUN DIAL, THE
Reflecter
[engl] The second album of the British psychedelic band released in 1993 shows their sound evolution more heavily accented on guitar rather than keyboards. It sounds like the 90’s, it’s more shoegazy and noisy than their early 60’s psych influences. An underrated album than any 90’s music fan must have!!!- Format
- LPcol
- Release-Datum
- 10.10.2023
- EAN
- EAN 3701037701621
SUPERCRUSH
Melody Maker
[engl] Supercrush are back to administer another dose of impossibly infectious guitar pop with their new EP, Melody Maker. The Seattle-based group–led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Palm along with bassist Phil Jones and drummer Allen Trainer–named their latest batch of songs after a simple student model electric guitar and a weekly rock mag of yesteryear. It’s a winking tribute to the rock n roll continuum that the band so lovingly embraces, but also a fitting nod to the band members themselves and the amount of genuine songcraft that goes into making music that sounds so effortlessly catchy. Recorded during the same sessions as Supercrush’s 2020 debut album, SODO Pop, the five songs on Melody Maker are far from throwaway leftovers. Engineered by Jones and longtime collaborator Jackson Long and then mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato, the music on Melody Maker highlights Supercrush’s split personality: equal parts soft sentimentality and loud rock bravado. “When I started doing Supercrush it was a return to my earliest musical interests,” says Palm. “I got into catchy melodic stuff and grunge bands before I even got into punk and extreme music. There was a big alt rock thing happening in eastern Canada when I was growing up, with bands like Sloan and the Doughboys getting played on MuchMusic all the time, so I was exposed to all of that. In my mind any band that’s melodic and guitar-based is fair game to be an influence on Supercrush–from The Beatles, to My Bloody Valentine, to Boston. The closing track, 'Rewind’, especially demonstrates this different approach as it forgoes percussion altogether and utilizes mantra-like lyrical repetition and the juxtaposition of layers of chaotic noise, static, and feedback over a cyclical chord progression to bring this collection to it's cathartic conclusion. Although, upon reaching that conclusion it's likely that the listener will find themselves echoing the lyrical sentiment of the final song: "I just want to start again from the beginning.” Luckily, in this case starting again is as simple as flipping the record and dropping the needle. While not a carbon copy of any one band or scene, the sounds of Supercrush will likely appeal to those with a taste for much of the "alternative" music of the early 1990's, from both North America and the UK. From Brits Swervedriver and Teenage Fanclub, to American counterparts like Sugar and Smashing Pumpkins, and even often overlooked Canadians like The Doughboys and Sloan, the common denominator is meticulously crafted pop gems, something that Supercrush also strives to achieve. Ten blissful, hook-filled, syrupy-fuzz-pop anthems; so classically '90s, yet so now.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 04.08.2023
01. Lifted
02. Melt Into You (Drift Away)
03. I Don't Want To Be Sad Anymore
04. How Does It Feel (To Feel Like You)
05. I've Been Around
06. Brutal Honesty
07. I Can't Lie
08. Walking Backwards
09. Hidden Worlds
10. RewindSUPERCRUSH
Never Let You Drift Away
[engl] What a time to be alive. We're thinking the West Coast jangle-pop trio have done an outstanding good job of upping their (and our) serotonin levels, with four amazing 7"s so we decided that the world needs all of them on one proper Collection LP. Although best known for playing in a long lineage of hardcore, punk, and metal bands, Mark Palm's focus has always been song- craft and pop sensibility. After finally embracing all that is sweet and sublime as the primary songwriter of San Francisco's shoegaze darlings MODERN CHARMS, Palm continues to explore the saccharine side of things with this latest project, SUPERCRUSH. Supercrush is currently in the studio completing work on their debut full length album. However, in the meantime the band is releasing a collection of all their previous material. For the past handful of years Supercrush has been employing a drip-feed approach to releasing new music. Every so often a new two song 7" single of power-pop excellence would appear out of nowhere. And then all would go quiet until the next pair of gems inexplicably materialized out of the silence. Here we have all four supersingles, along with two previously unreleased bonus tracks, collected as one ten song release. From the fuzzed-out guitars of 'Lifted' to the tasteful organ and glockenspiel accents of 'Walking Backwards' it's all here in one attractive package with cover art featuring an eye-catching assemblage in the colorful style we've come to expect from Supercrush. ? The two bonus tracks were recorded in the winter of 2015/2016 as part of the same group of sessions that yielded the 'I've Been Around' and 'I Can't Lie' singles. However, this pair of songs finds the band taking a temporary detour from the short and sugary simplicity of their superpop formula to explore a more spacey approach, recalling the shoegazing dreamy-ness of the outro of 'Melt Into You' from their first single, or perhaps even some of Mark Palm's work with his previous group, Modern Charms. The closing track, 'Rewind’, especially demonstrates this different approach as it forgoes percussion altogether and utilizes mantra-like lyrical repetition and the juxtaposition of layers of chaotic noise, static, and feedback over a cyclical chord progression to bring this collection to it's cathartic conclusion. Although, upon reaching that conclusion it's likely that the listener will find themselves echoing the lyrical sentiment of the final song: "I just want to start again from the beginning.” Luckily, in this case starting again is as simple as flipping the record and dropping the needle. While not a carbon copy of any one band or scene, the sounds of Supercrush will likely appeal to those with a taste for much of the "alternative" music of the early 1990's, from both North America and the UK. From Brits Swervedriver and Teenage Fanclub, to American counterparts like Sugar and Smashing Pumpkins, and even often overlooked Canadians like The Doughboys and Sloan, the common denominator is meticulously crafted pop gems, something that Supercrush also strives to achieve. Ten blissful, hook-filled, syrupy-fuzz-pop anthems; so classically '90s, yet so now.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 28.02.2019
- 01. Unsafe
02. Cease to Exist
03. Mouth
04. Fears
05. Lifesaver
06. Swim
07. Pelican Pete
08. Hale-Bopp
09. The Skin
10. Used to ItSUPERMILK
Four by Three
[engl] Second album from London's, Supermilk, (the solo indie rock project from ex-Doe drummer Jake Popyura). Arriving just over a year after debut Death Is the Best Thing for You Now, the album showcases a more gentle and personal side to Popyura's songwriting whilst retaining the urgent fuzz-pop and post-punk of previous releases.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 13.08.2021
- EAN
- EAN 619793366332