CDs + Vinyl:
Antaeus – Condemnation CD (Season Of Mist)
New album from the French black metal band. “At only nine songs (one of which is the aptly-named 51-second intro track, ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’) and just over forty-one minutes long, Condemnation is one lean, mean, murder-machine of an album, with only the occasional moment of ominous, oppressive calm (such as occurs during the second half of ‘End Of Days’) to provide respite from the roiling, boiling chaos.” – No Clean Singing
Tony Bennett – Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 CD (Sony)
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 is the companion to Tony’s birthday celebration event, that was filmed in front of a live audience at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on September 15th, 2016. This celebration featured performances by Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli, Kevin Spacey, Tony Bennett and many others. Additionally, performances by Billy Joel and Elton John were taped at alternate locations and on the CD.
Black F**king Cancer – Black F**king Cancer CD (Osmose)
“Black F**king Cancer is uncompromising, disease ridden, chaotic black metal from the USA. Influenced by a hatred and disgust for the human cancer.”
Bond St. District – A Church On Vulcan CD (Friends Records)
“About two summers ago local Baltimore hip-hop giant DDM ran into producer Paul Hutson and formed Bond St. District. A few short months later and they dropped their debut EP, Everybody’s So Sleepy. With guest appearances by Katrina Ford, Josephine Olivia and EZE Jackson – people were hyped on the release and still are all these months later. Now though, they’ve got their full length, A Church On Vulcan … it’s a got a lot of bells, whistles and throwbacks” – Coming Up Magazine. [Vinyl edition due January 6.]
John Cale – Fragments Of A Rainy Season [Reissue/1992] CD/2xLP+MP3 (Domino)
Fragments Of A Rainy Season is the first live John Cale album to feature him performing solo and “unplugged” – before that term became a mid-’90s buzzword. In contrast to the jaundiced punk truculence of Sabotage/Live (1979) or Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1986), Fragments gives us Cale at his most melodic and moving, a mellowed and certainly a soberer man in a Yamamoto jacket and a lopsided haircut running through a selection of his prettiest songs.
Call Of The Void – AYFKM CDEP (Translation Loss)
New five song EP from Colorado’s grinding hardcore cult. [Vinyl edition due January 6.]
The Candles – Matter + Spirit CD (The End)
With two records under their belt, The Candles have earned a reputation for weathered, back-alley roots rock. But with their third album, Matter + Spirit, the quartet adds a layer of wind-blown dust, embracing the open space and honest sensitivity of the American heartland. Formed in 2009 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Josh Lattanzi – a veteran sideman who has toured and recorded with artists like Norah Jones, The Lemonheads and Albert Hammond, Jr., for more than a decade – The Candles also include guitarist Jason Roberts, keys player Pete Remm and drummer Greg Wieczorek, allowing Lattanzi to step confidently into the spotlight and lay his well-travelled soul on the line. Recorded at Brooklyn’s Degraw Sound with producer Ben Rice, Lattanzi took a new approach to the nine tracks on Matter + Spirit, committing himself to focused stories capable of standing on their own – no matter the arrangement. What emerged was a sound forged in the sunset rock of the ‘70s but tempered by twang, proudly placing slippery dobro and steel guitar alongside ethereal harmonies, all laced with an element of casual, big-city cool.
Deathspell Omega – The Synarchy Of Molten Bones CD (Season Of Mist)
New four-song EP from the French black/prog metal titans. “No single minute on this EP sounds the same as the last, with every moment bringing a new chaotic riff or change of speed. From the cacophony of the opening title track to the classic black metal in the middle of ‘Famished For Breath’ to the 10-minute ‘Onward Where Most With Ravin I May Meet,’ the project is a constant attack on the listener’s senses, from every direction. Harkening back to their most recent full-length record, Paracletus, the band go through multiple phases with each song, some melodic, some destructive, all of them crushing in their intensity.” – Exclaim
Fred Eaglesmith – Milly’s Café CD (AML)
Raw, bare-boned 16th album from the veteran singer/songwriter. With Milly’s Café, Eaglesmith’s smoky voice delivers songs that expose everything from the hard knock life of truckers (“18 Wheels”), thieves and cowboys, (“Milly’s Cafe,” “Rocky”) to the soft twilight beauty of the prairies (“Kansas”).
Face To Face – Don’t Turn Away [Reissue/1992] CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Face To Face – Big Choice [Reissue/1995] CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Face To Face – Face To Face [Reissue/1996] CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
The California punk rockers recently reunited for this year’s Unity. In celebration of their 25 years as a band, they have just reissued their first three albums on CD and vinyl.
Michael Giacchino – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story CD (Walt Disney)
Music from the new Star Wars side-story.
Fela Kuti – The Complete Works of Fela Anikulapo Kuti 29xCD+1DVD (Knitting Factory)
51 albums on 29 CDs spanning Fela’s entire career. This new Deluxe Edition includes bonus rarities plus two previously unreleased tracks. The box set also contains the DVD documentary A Slice Of Fela, which features live performances from the Berlin Jazz festival and Glastonbury, as well as a 52-page booklet with Fela’s biography and album commentaries by Chris May.
The Lox – Filthy America…It’s Beautiful CD (Roc Nation)
First new full-length in 16 years from the hip-hop trio of Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch.
Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook 3xCD (Nonesuch)
Released late last September on vinyl – now available on CD. Nonesuch’s Randy Newman Songbook series—comprising solo recordings of songs from throughout Randy Newman’s five-decade career—previously included two volumes, released on CD in 2003 and 2011. Sixteen additional songs from a newly released third volume, along with five bonus tracks from the first two volumes round out this new complete Songbook collection.
Other Colors – Natural Motion CD/LP (Friends Records)
Other Colors is an exploratory pop group from Baltimore comprised of longtime collaborators William Ryerson and Daniel Whatley, with a rotating cast of characters. New album Natural Motion draws stylistic inspiration from forgotten AM radio hits and the smoother side of krautrock, conjuring tender soft-rock vibes through the fractured lens of contemporary underground pop.
Brad Paisley – Life Amplified World Tour: Live From WVU CD+DVD (City Drive Films)
Straight off the wildly successful “Life Amplified World Tour,” this show was recorded/shot with 20 cameras in front of over 30,000 people at West Virginia University in front of a home town crowd. [Stand-alone DVD edition also available.]
Don Rich and The Buckaroos – Guitar Pickin’ Man CD (Omnivore)
There are many reasons Buck Owens and his Buckaroos were one of the hottest bands in the world in the 1960s and 1970s, but one is certainly the work of multi-instrumentalist Don Rich. As evidenced on the 2013 reissue of That Fiddlin’ Man, Don certainly knew his way around four strings, but his guitar work was his calling card. Guitar Pickin’ Man showcases Rich’s skill and innovative playing by collecting 17 tracks from 10 releases from Buck and The Buckaroos, and adding the previously unissued title track recorded for and during their time on the television classic, Hee Haw.
Rush – 2012 [Reissue/1976] 2xCD+DVD/3xLP/2xCD+DVD+3xLP (Mercury)
Deluxe 40th Anniversary edition of the Canadian trio’s classic 1976 album. Disc One is the Abbey Road Studios remaster of original album. Disc Two contains rare, live and previously unreleased material including newly-recorded tracks from 2112 by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and Nick Raskulinecz, Alice In Chains and others. The DVD contains newly restored 1976 Capitol Theatre concert footage of Rush, a Grohl/Hawkins/Raskulinecz video, Billy Talent video, plus a new interview featuring Alex Lifeson and Terry Brown. Features newly designed artwork by Hugh Syme and extensive liner notes by rock historian Rob Bowman. [Triple 200gm vinyl pressing with custom etching and Starman turntable mat also available. A Super Deluxe box set edition gathers all plus a DVD featuring newly restored video and audio of the band’s Capitol Theatre 1976 concert as well as other bonus items.]
Savoy – Lackluster Me [Reissue/1997] CD (Apollon/Karisma)
Savoy is a Norwegian-American rock trio consisting of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (famous from Norwegian band a-ha) (vocals/guitars/bass/keyboards). Lackluster Me is the band’s sophomore album, originally released in 1997. “An astonishing masterpiece: dangerously catchy and unpredictably intellectual in its gloomy, monumental beauty” (Stavanger Aftenblad, October 1997). [Vinyl edition due January 6.]
Jody Talbot – Sing [Original Motion Picture Score] CD (Backlot Music)
Talbot is a British composer who has written for a wide variety of purposes and an accordingly broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and works for dance.
Zion I – Labyrinth CD/LP (Jah Works)
Zion I is a staple in West Coast independent hip-hop. From their start in the early 00’s they have held the torch high for the Bay Area and the hip-hop culture at large. Their new album features production from buzzing producer, Mikos Da Gawd, and more and takes us through the Labyrinth of what Zumbi has been up to the past few years from trials and tribulations, family loss, and more.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
Love And Rockets – Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven Blu-ray Audio (Beggars Banquet)
Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven is Love And Rockets darkly psychedelic debut album, and it was released by Beggars Banquet in 1985 and marked the beginning of a career that would span an impressive 14 years and 7 albums. This special Blu-ray Audio reissue features a high definition 96 kHz/24 bit surround mix created by Neil Wilkes from the analogue multi-tracks and also includes three additional bonus tracks from the original session including the single “Ball Of Confusion” and a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Lucifer Sam.”
Brad Paisley – Life Amplified World Tour: Live From WVU DVD (City Drive Films)
Straight off the wildly successful “Life Amplified World Tour,” this show was recorded/shot with 20 cameras in front of over 30,000 people at West Virginia University in front of a home town crowd.
Pixies – Doolittle Blu-ray Audio (4AD)
Hi-res Blu-ray Audio edition of Pixies classic 1989 album featuring both 5.1 surround sound remix and the original stereo mix.
This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:
Frankie Ballard – El Rio LP (WB)
Released last June on CD – now available on vinyl. El Rio is the country music singer/songwriter’s third studio album release, mostly recorded at a remote Texas studio on the Mexican border.
Blondie – Blondie [Reissue/1976] LP (Capitol)
Blondie – Plastic Letters [Reissue/1978] LP (Capitol)
Blondie – Parallel Lines [Reissue/1978] LP (Capitol)
Blondie – Eat To The Beat [Reissue/1979] LP (Capitol)
Blondie – AutoAmerican [Reissue/1980] LP (Capitol)
Blondie – The Hunter [Reissue/1982] LP (Capitol)
180gm vinyl reissues of the iconic new wave band’s first six albums.
Kweku Collins – Nat Love LP+MP3 (Closed Sessions)
Kweku Collins is a 19-year older rapper/producer/songwriter from Evanston, IL that has been making music for most of his life. Pitchfork has bestowed an 8.0 review on new album Nat Love.
Crowded House – Crowded House [Reissue/1986] LP+MP3 (Capitol)
Crowded House – Temple Of Low Men [Reissue/1988] LP+MP3 (Capitol)
Crowded House – Woodface [Reissue/1991] LP+MP3 (Capitol)
Crowded House – Together Alone [Reissue/1993] LP+MP3 (Capitol)
Crowded House – Afterglow [Reissue/1999] LP+MP3 (Capitol)
180gm vinyl reissues of the Australian/New Zealand pop band’s first four albums and their 2000 B-sides/rarities collection.
The Doors – London Fog 1966 10”+CD (Elektra)
Before The Doors took the music scene by storm in 1967, they were the house band at the London Fog, a Sunset Strip dive bar located just footsteps away from the world famous Whisky A Go Go, the future home of many of the band’s most legendary performances. The Doors open a virtual time capsule with London Fog 1966, a Collector’s Edition boxed set that features unearthed audio recorded at the club in May 1966. Previously unreleased and not even known to exist until recently, this marks the earliest recordings of the band and finds the quartet mixing blues covers with early versions of Doors originals. This is the first of many special activities and releases coming to celebrate The Doors’ 50th Anniversary in 2017.
Keith Emmerson – Nighthawks: OST [Reissue/1981] LP (Varese Sarabande)
Reissued last summer on CD – now available on vinyl. The original motion picture soundtrack from the 1981 film — Emerson’s first major American film score. The soundtrack includes his vocal of the Stevie Winwood classic “I’m A Man.” The album has been unavailable on CD for more than a decade, and it features new liner notes.
Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree [Reissue/2005] 2xLP (Island)
Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (Island)
180gm reissues of the pop punk band’s second and third albums (the first two they did with a major label).
Flatbush Zombies – 3001: A Laced Odyssey LP (Glorious Dead Recordings)
Released last March on CD – now available on vinyl. Moody and introspective twelve-song opus 3001: A Laced Odyssey features Brooklyn emcees Elliott, Meechy Darko, and Zombie Juice in prime form with their trademark dark humor.
Angelica Garcia – Medicine For Birds LP (WB)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “Angelica Garcia’s songs take unexpected swoops. Sometimes it’s the music, which is steeped in country-rock and blues, with flickers of indie-rock desolation; sometimes it’s her voice, which is sure and conspiratorial, bendy and grounded. Most often, though, it’s her words, which come together in surprising patterns, a blend of old-timey formalism and magical storytelling.” – The New York Times
Guster – Lost And Gone Forever [1999] LP (Nettwerk)
Guster’s third studio album is now available on vinyl for the first time. Included in Pastemagazine’s 90 Best Albums of the 1990s, Lost And Gone Forever is Guster’s bestselling album to date and was recently performed live in its entirety to sold out crowds in Los Angeles and San Francisco last year.
Helloween – Pink Bubbles Go Ape [Reissue/1991] 2xLP (Sanctuary)
Helloween – Chameleon [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Sanctuary)
Helloween – Better Than Raw [Reissue/1998] 2xLP (Sanctuary)
Helloween is one of Germany’s most respected metal exports and considered the founders of German melodic speed metal. The band’s fourth, fifth, and eighth albums are back in print on 180gm vinyl.
The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America [Reissue/2006] 2xLP+MP3 (Vagrant)
Boys And Girls In America is the third full length offering from the NYC via Minneapolis acclaimed bar band and celebrated storytellers, The Hold Steady. Recorded in the summer of 2006 with John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Alice Cooper, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Dylan), the album is ripe with anthemic choruses, genre-defining and mind-blowing guitar solos, lyrical wit, and a masterful mix of keyboards, drums, and bass. From evocative and heartfelt ballads to bombastic barroom rock anthems, Boys And Girls In America successfully captured the essence and dynamic off-the-cuff musical mastery that has become The Hold Steady signature.
I’m Glad It’s You – The Things I Never Say LP (6131)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. This new album from the Redlands, CA band is a ‘90s alt-rock throwback recorded and mixed by Alex Estrada (Joyce Manor, Silver Snakes, Touché Amore).
I See Stars – Treehouse 2xLP+MP3 (Sumerian)
I See Stars combine rock and metal with electronic elements. [Limited transparent purple and transparent cloudy clear vinyl pressings available.]
Jim James – Eternally Even LP (Capitol/ATO)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “As frontman of My Morning Jacket and collaborator in various Americana side projects, Jim James has made music synonymous with escape: rollicking and dreamy soundscapes, loose themes of nature and spirituality, a voice that nearly curdles with sheer abandon. Eternally Even, his second solo outing, plants him dead-center in the rubble of modern sociopolitical rot—the result is an album steeped in textures of drone and tones of dismay, with a sort of ramshackle grit tuned to frequencies of urgency and naïveté. Eternally Even is musically meticulous — sometimes corroded and minimal, sometimes fascinatingly warped, the music is a vivid interpretation of a broken system, or of a system breaking. The album opens and closes with songs—‘Hide in Plain Sight’ and ‘Eternally Even,’ respectively—that combine skittering percussion and grinding organ loops, while the two parts of ‘We Ain’t Getting Any Younger’ revive the flow of ‘Hide In Plain Sight’ at double time, adding additional paranoia. ‘Same Old Lie’ rides a similarly dark carnival-esque groove until the outro, when a distorted organ and banging conga drums conjure up an unsettling, eerily militant atmosphere. The grainy automation of these tracks grows identifiable by the end of the album, which is eerie given how eccentric it initially feels. Other songs on Eternally Even slide nicely into James’s comfort zone of psychedelic armchair R&B, yet he works deliberately as a producer to disturb their familiarity.” – Slant
Judah And The Lion – Folk Hop N’ Roll LP (Judah The Lion, LLC)
Released last March on CD – now available on vinyl. Folk Hop N’ Roll is the second full-length album from Nashville-based band Judah And The Lion. They have created a new genre called “folk-hop,” and again have partnered with producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton) to mesh the sound of the Beastie Boys with Mumford & Sons and a few other things in between.
The Kinks – The Mono Collection 10xLP (Sanctuary)
Ten discs from 1964–1969 all on 180gm heavyweight vinyl. The Mono Collection packages The Kinks’ first eight albums in glorious mono, including Live At Kelvin Hall. The set also includes the bonus double-LP compilation, The Kinks (aka The Black Album) plus a hardcover 48-page book including rare photos and new interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory.
Jesper Kyd – Assassins Creed: The Best Of Jesper Kyd LP (Spacelab9)
Limited edition picture disc LP features ten fan-favorite tracks from the iconic best-selling video game series including two exclusive, previously-unreleased tracks from award-winning composer Jesper Kyd (Assassin’s Creed series, Borderlands series, Hitman series, State Of Decay series).
Lady Gaga – Joanne 2xLP (Interscope)
The fifth studio album from the best-selling singer/songwriter is now available on vinyl. Gaga collaborated with several producers on the record, including Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, BloodPop and RedOne, and co-produced the majority of the material. The music of Joanne features “stripped-down” soft rock and dance-pop styles in order to emphasis the singer’s vocal abilities, unlike on Artpop. Lyrically, the album delves on the theme of family and life’s emotions, with the death of her father’s sister, Joanne Stefani Germanotta, having a deep influence on the record.
John Legend – Darkness & Light 2xLP+MP3 (Sony)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. John Legend’s new 12-track album was produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes), and features multiple guest collaborations including Chance the Rapper, Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, and Miguel.
M83 – Go! 12” (Mute)
Limited edition blue color vinyl pressing. “Go” seems at first like a characteristically “epic” M83 song. Taken from 2016’s Junk, it opens with breathy vocals from French singer Mai Lan and lyrics that suggests romantic situations that teenagers always seem to find themselves in.
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Live! [Reissue/1975] 3xLP (Island)
Bob Marley and the Wailers were at the peak of their artistic powers when they arrived at the Lyceum London for two shows on July 17 and 18, 1975, having just released Natty Dread the year before and about to unleash Rastaman Vibration on the world. The Rolling Stones mobile studio was on hand to record both shows, with seven songs from the second released as Live!, in December of that same year. This triple-LP edition of Live! Includes the two full shows for the first time.
Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off [Reissue/2013] 2xLP+MP3 (Rostrum)
Limited vinyl edition of Mac Miller’s 2013 album. Features guest appearances from Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, Schoolboy Q, Jay Electronica and Tyler, The Creator. Red with white splatter color vinyl.
William Michael Morgan – Vinyl LP (Warner Music Nashville)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “Mississippi native William Michael Morgan is an up and coming country artist who has already made quite the impression on the industry and critics alike with his debut single, ‘I Met A Girl,’ which has reached number 34 on the Country Airplay chart. [Title track] ‘Vinyl’ finds Morgan serenading his lady love, telling her that their love is classic, like a vinyl record, and lasting. I can’t help but think of Joe Nichols when listening to Morgan; they have similar voices, both real country voices. If you’re looking for some great, traditional sounding country music, this is the one for you.” – For The Country Record
Moss Of Aura – Moss Of Aura LP (Friends Records)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Moss Of Aura is the solo instrumental project of Gerrit Welmers (the synth-wiz behind Baltimore’s art-pop force Future Islands).
Owel – Dear Me LP (Equal Vision)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Sophomore album from the New Jersey-based indie outfit.
Panic! At The Disco – Pretty. Odd. [Reissue/2008] LP (Fueled By Ramen)
Panic! At The Disco’s second full-length, Pretty. Odd. found them ditching a lot of the pop punk/emo influences that saw them shoot into fame.
Protest The Hero – Pacific Myth LP+MP3 (Razor & Tie)
Six songs from the band’s exclusive membership series they did only for fans. 180gm purple swirl vinyl with download of instrumental mixes.
Rihanna – Studio Albums Vinyl Box 15xLP (Def Jam)
Includes all eight of Rihanna’s studio albums and a 186-page hardback book that features oversized reproductions of all the booklets that came with the original CD releases, tracing each turn in the pop icon’s career. Housed in a high-gloss slipcase with her foil-stamped signature, the set also features a signed slipmat.
Social Distortion – The Independent Years: 1983-2004 4xLP (The Bicycle Music Company)
The Independent Years collects Social Distortion’s indie label releases from their rough and tumble punk rock beginnings to the roots rock sound that defined their later career. Includes Mommy’s Little Monster (1983), Prison Bound (1988), Sex, Love And Rock ‘n’ Roll (2004) and the compilation Mainliner (Wreckage From The Past) (1995), each on a unique color vinyl.
Soundtrack – La la Land [OST] LP (Interscope)
Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Original soundtrack to the 2016 romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, and J. K. Simmons. Composed and orchestrated by Justin Hurwitz, the soundtrack features vocal performances from Stone and Gosling, with lyrics written by Pasek and Paul. Limited color vinyl pressing.
Spill – Top Ten LP+MP3 (No Sleep)
Recorded at The Headroom (Joyce Manor, Hop Along) with Kyle Pulley (Thin Lips) and featuring a guest appearance by Chris Diehm (1994! Thin Lips, Year Of Glad). Top Ten is an instant beer and blood-soaked Rickenbacker rock n roll signaling. [CD version due January 6.]
Stone Sour – Come What(ever) May [2006] 2xLP+MP3
Limited black and gold first-time vinyl edition of the hard rock band’s second album.
Taj Mahal – Labor Of Love LP (Acoustic Sounds)
Previously unreleased late 1990s recordings on 200gm vinyl.
Rhett Thomas – Tangled Up Deluxe 2xLP (Valory)
Deluxe double-LP expanded edition of the platinum-selling, rising country star’s sophomore album.
The Trouble With Templeton – Someday, Buddy LP+MP3 (Bella Union)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The Trouble With Templeton weren’t slouching on 2013’s Rookie, where frontman Thomas Calder and company wedded vibrant melodies and multifarious alt-rock flavors — epic, jangly, glam — to a core of emotive cogency. On Someday, Buddy, however, their personality emerges sharper and clearer.
Valencia – This Could Be A Possibility [2005] LP (I Surrender)
Red color vinyl pressing of the pop punk band’s debut album.
The Vandals – Internet Dating Superstuds [Reissue/2002] LP (Kung Fu)
Internet Dating Superstuds is the ninth studio album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, originally released in 2002. Much of the album is characterized by the pop-punk music and humorous lyrics for which the band is known. Limited white color vinyl reissue.
Various Artists – Merritone Rock Steady 2: This Music Got Soul 1966-1967 2xLP (Dubstore)
The birth of rock steady portrayed in a consummate collection from the vaults of Federal Records. Most of them drawn directly from Ken Khouri’s master tapes this miscellany of cool rock steady includes marvelous music from the originator of the genre, the one and only Lynn Taitt, alongside an array of Jamaica’s greatest singers and vocal harmony group.
Wing Dam – Glow Ahead LP (Friends Records)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “Following their trademark quiet-loud-quiet style, the local trio’s sound is bigger and bolder than ever, with smashing drums, resonant vocals, and the fill-your-ears fuzz of grunge guitar. Anthemic and energetic, each song is California-ready—just enough sun, plenty of grit, and filled with urgency, like all the dreamers of the Golden State.” – Baltimore Magazine
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