The Bureau B label reissues You s Electric Day, first released in 1979 on the small German label, Cain. As synthesizers grew more popular from the mid- 70s onwards, an increasing number of groups swapped the classic instruments of a rock band for sequencers and synthesizers. Pioneers (and paragons) of this electronically-created music included, of…
Heavy Heavy is the fourth studio album by the Scottish indie group Young Fathers. It was released on Ninja Tune on 3 February 2023. The album was shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize
In the spring of 2020, Ben Cook – a.k.a. Young Governor, Young Guv, or just Guv – was holed up in the New Mexico high desert, his U.S. tour having been abruptly covid-cancelled during a southwest swing. He and his bandmates were living moment to moment in something called an Earthship, a solar-rigged adobe structure…
Produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, The Shins, My Morning Jacket), mixed by Michael Brauer (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios and Kingsize Studio, Young The Giant s self-titled 2010 debut is an arresting collection of bright, melodic rock that ushered in the band as a fresh and vital presence. Comprised of…
Youth Brigade is an American hardcore punk band formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1980 by the brothers Mark, Adam, and Shawn Stern. 1983 s Sound & Fury is now considered one of the greatest punk records of all time not just because of the songs and cultural context, but because it features the…
LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2020 release, Yung Lean s seventh full-length following 2018 s Poison Ivy. Starz includes previously released singles Boylife in EU, Violence, and Pikachu. Much like Lean s overall catalog, the album feels almost impossibly cohesive. In part, that s thanks to production entirely from longtime collaborator whitearmor – they kept…
Yung Lean started his career with a sound check. 10 years later, his voice can be heard across the globe. Since emerging as a teenage outsider-artist, he has released 4 albums and 4 mixtapes, constantly building momentum with no sign of slowing down. Creatively restless, Yung Lean s influence spills out from him uncontrollably. He…
A truly sensational find, Atlantis Lullaby presents a never-before-heard performance recorded in Avignon, France. Featuring Yusef Lateef in a quartet set with fellow stars Kenny Barron, Bob Cunningham and Albert Tootie Heath. Among the highlights are a fantastic flute piano duet by Lateef and Barron playing the pianist s beautiful ballad, A Flower, as well…
Originally released in 1962, jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef s album, Eastern Sounds, fuses hard bop with middle eastern music as he is joined by Barry Harris on piano alongside Ernie Farrow (double bass rabaab) and Lex Humphries (drums). Original Jazz Classics Series is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original…
Zac Brown Band s third major-label studio album, Uncaged, is the first with new member percussionist Daniel de los Reyes, and features guest spots from Amos Lee and Trombone Shorty, as well as songs co-written with Jason Mraz and fellow Southern Ground artists Nic Cowan and Sonia Leigh. The album, conceived and recorded as a…
Zac Brown Band has been hitting it hard on the road for years, and while they have plenty of original material to choose from, they ve slipped in some great covers for fans. Now they ve released an album s worth of them with From The Road, Vol. 1: Covers. The country rock outfit celebrates a…
American Heartbreak is Zach Bryan s major label debut album. The meaning, importance, and heart of this album is best described in the artist s own words. This album to me is all the trials we face day-in and day out and I wrote all the stories on it hoping someone, somewhere might relate or…
The new self-titled album from singer-songwriter-producer Zach Bryan is an expansive yet intimate 16-track set that explores the Grammy-nominated artist’s Oklahoma roots as well as his vast and varied confluence of musical and literary influences. Written and produced by Bryan himself, his new album is a raw and unfiltered communique from the songs’ creator directly…
The new self-titled album from singer-songwriter-producer Zach Bryan is an expansive yet intimate 16-track set that explores the Grammy-nominated artist’s Oklahoma roots as well as his vast and varied confluence of musical and literary influences. Written and produced by Bryan himself, his new album is a raw and unfiltered communique from the songs’ creator directly…