Clik here to view.
VA – Kouté Jazz: A Collection of Rare Jazz Tracks from the French West Indies...
This new compilation follows upon Freedom Jazz France released in 2013 and already compiled with digest Digger. It is about the First compilation exploring abundant french West Indies jazz scene of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics (2015)
Following his phenomenal Metal Dance collections of industrial and post-punk tracks, DJ/producer/ graphic designer Trevor Jackson was asked to compile an extensive retrospective of British producer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Nu Yorica! Culture Clash in New York City: Experiments in Latin Music...
Two decades after its initial release this excellent exploration of Latin music in the Big Apple between 1970 and 1977 is back with new tracks, a stellar remastering job, and plenty more to make it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Cardinal Fuzz Presents Sonic Attack at Liverpool Psych Fest: Stay Holy...
The Cardinal Fuzz label, for those few who remain unaware, has established itself at the forefront of the modern psych/space/kraut scene. It’s releases, both original and represses, show impeccable...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Keep a Hold on Him! More Garpax Girls (2015)
Ace’s 2015 compilation Keep a Hold on Him! More Garpax Girls opens with the Idols mimicking the Ikettes on the dynamic “Just a Little Bit More,” a hell of an opening salvo for this decade-delayed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Saint Marie Records: Static Waves 4 (2015)
The forth annual compilation release by the sonically-driven label Saint Marie Records. Specializing in shoegaze, dreampop, indie-pop and electronica. Featuring tracks exclusively from the Saint Marie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Mojo Presents: Best of 2015 (2015)
1. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best 2. Sleater-Kinney – Bury Our Friends 3. New Order – Restless 4. Songhoy Blues – Soubour 5. Gaz Coombes – 20/20 6. Bill Ryder-Jones – Two to Birkenhead 7. Jim...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Senegal 70: Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70’s...
Few sounds capture tropical heat-induced laziness better than a full Latin orchestra in a reverie. Unpick those sounds, and each member of the orchestra is essential to a groove that lasts as long as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – I Never Meta Guitar Three (2015)
The 3rd issue from Elliott Sharp’s compiled series of guitar work in the 21st century, demonstrating new sounds, processes, techniques, melodies, riffs and gestures from a who’s-who of modern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Morning Comin’ Down (2015)
Having been the drummer in the Jesus & Mary Chain as well as the singer in Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie’s career in music has now spanned four decades, as well as two of the most pivotal bands...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Small Town Country, vol. 1 (2015)
Though Nashville was already long established as the country music industry’s capital by the 1960s, attracting dreamers from all over the American south in pursuit of a well-polished piece of studio...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Cruising: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980, Audio Fidelity 2015)
Director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) was never one to shy away from controversy. And so was the case with his 1980 film Cruising. Al Pacino starred as NYPD Officer Steve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – 30th Century Records Compilation, Volume I (2015)
In the summer of 2015, Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) announced details about 30th Century Records, his imprint in collaboration with Columbia Records. The first release that comes from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Ain’t Gonna Hush: The Queens of Rhythm & Blues (2015)
Compiled by Lois Wilson, this collections draws from the mid-’50s to early ’60s, collecting impassioned, forceful female recordings that revel in their grit and musicality. Aretha Franklin’s Rough...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Christians Catch Hell: Gospel Roots 1976-79 (2015)
Producer and label owner Henry Stone, who passed away last August at the age of 93, was the kind of mythic record label executive who turns up midway through music biopics, or as the “other guy” in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Ork Records: Complete Singles (2015)
At the epicenter of New York’s most significant music scene was an instantly-forgotten record label: Ork Records, the first punk label and the original “indie.” Co-founded by Television manager Terry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Buried Country 1.5: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music (2015)
To coincide with 2015’s second edition of the Buried Country book through Verse Chorus Press, Warner Music in Australia released a new rebooted version of the Buried Country CD called Buried Country...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels: The Blissed-Out Birth of Country Rock,...
Kicking off with Doug Sahm’s song about his hometown — a wild, rangy “(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone” — this sixth volume of Bear Family’s ongoing country-rock history Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll (2015)
40 years ago: April 17, 1975, Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge and Cambodian rock and roll was no more. Its star musicians were targeted and killed, record collections were destroyed, clubs were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA – Oxford American: Southern Music Issue No. 17 featuring Georgia (2015)
Oxford American magazine’s annual music issue, with its companion compact disc, has become one of the most expected and anticipated publications of the year among music and literary enthusiasts....
View Article