Albert Ayler’s Love Cry Newly Remastered from Original Analog Sources and Pressed on 180g Vinyl LP at Third Man Pressing in Detroit as Part of the Verve By Request Series 1968’s Love Cry mixes Albert Ayler’s free jazz with a catchy combination of nursery rhythms and brass band marches, resulting in a peak example of experimental jazz…
Albert Hammond BODY OF WORK – From gutsy opener Don t Bother Me Babe through the wistful Looking Back and closing with the reflective Goodbye LA, Body of Work is an album for the ages, crafted with 50 years of words, experience, and wisdom.
Released to celebrate Albert King s centennial, this new edition of the legendary artist s first album for Stax Records, Born Under A Bad Sign with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl. The album has been inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame and is included in Rolling…
Over the course of six self-recorded and mostly self-released LPs, Alex G has built a body of work unassuming in it s presentation but astounding in it s depth. Beach Music, his seventh full-length and his debut with Domino Recording Co., was written and recorded in Giannascoli s apartment between the Fall of 2014 and…
Beach Music was the first occasion on which (Sandy) Alex G (Alex Giannascoli) did not write all of the album s songs in one sharp burst. Instead, he wrote the songs around his touring schedule, the result of which is an eclectic album that oscillates wildly in style, depending on what he was listening to…
“God” figures in the new album from Philadelphia, PA based Alex Giannascoli s LP’s title, its first song, and multiple of its thirteen tracks thereafter, not as a concrete religious entity but as a sign for a generalized sense of faith (in something, anything) that fortifies Giannascoli, or the characters he voices, amid the songs’…
“God” figures in the new album from Philadelphia, PA based Alex Giannascoli s LP’s title, its first song, and multiple of its thirteen tracks thereafter, not as a concrete religious entity but as a sign for a generalized sense of faith (in something, anything) that fortifies Giannascoli, or the characters he voices, amid the songs’…
On House of Sugar, his third full-length for Domino and ninth overall, (Sandy) Alex G inhabits a diverse range of musical and emotional points-of-view (often simultaneously), in turn illuminating the tension that hides in the shadow of desire. Giannascoli began writing these songs in the fall of 2017, having just finished a tour for House…
House of Sugar – (Sandy) Alex G’s ninth overall album and his third for Domino – is a highly meticulous, cohesive album: a statement of artistic purpose, showing off his ear for both persistent earworms and sonic adventurism.
TRICK and RULES, two early albums from the prodigious Philadelphian singer-songwriter Alex G, are now back in stock on vinyl. Alex’s third and fourth albums were originally self-released digitally on his Bandcamp, but received the physical attention they deserved following the release of his breakthrough fifth album DSU, remastered and issued on vinyl in 2015…
Mellow Moon is the debut album from Alfie Templeman – an album that feels like something of a miracle, landing somewhere between an otherworldly trip and a joy-filled ode to life back on earth . Like all journeys, the change in mood is palpable throughout Mellow Moon, with songs like the nostalgic 3D Feelings or…
With each subsequent release, Jazz Is Dead continues to exalt the legacies of iconic musicians who have shaped the fabric of Jazz across generations, genres, and continents. For their latest installment, the label connected with the late great Tony Allen, best known for his foundational work as the drummer for Fela Kuti s Africa 70,…
To be an independent artist means to not only be free to share your most ambitious artistic impulses, but to retain ownership of them, working tirelessly to market and produce a body of work that stands apart from corporate decision-making and interference. For Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison, it was this guiding principle that led…
Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert Alice Coltrane s The Carnegie Hall Concert is a previously unreleased recording of a historic 1971 concert. The original multi-track recording was commissioned by Impulse but wasn t released at the time. Features an all-star group including Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell and…
“Hello Hooray,” a new version of BILLION DOLLAR BABIES, is on the way as Alice Cooper’s delightfully subversive sixth album returns in all its snakeskin glory for an extended 50th-anniversary celebration. After hitting #1 on the album charts in America and the U.K. in 1973, the record remains a highwater mark for the original lineup,…