The reappearance of These Were The Earlies for its 21st-anniversary is a surprise. Although The Earlies‘ debut LP received a maximum-marks review from NME on its 2004 release – and widespread praise in general – it is not an album instantly shouting “cult item.” Nonetheless, as the reissue and a tie-in reformation of the band show, there is a residual affection.
Playing These Were The Earlies confirms why. From its opening seconds, it sets itself up as top-notch modern psychedelia, with references – some overt, some subtle – to The Beach Boys, Love and, more contemporaneously, Mercury Rev. A lyric with the words “Mother Mary” cannot have been written without knowing The Beatles would instantly spring to mind.
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The Grateful Dead performed at The Warfield in San Francisco on October 4 and 6, 1980, as part of a historic 15-night residency celebrating the band’s 15th anniversary. These shows featured a unique three-set format: one acoustic set followed by two electric sets.
As an original member of Magazine and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 
This is the soundtrack for the acclaimed Netflix documentary Cover-Up, co-directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus centered on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh.
1. Pullman – Kabul
…newly remastered by East of Lincoln Productions and Blind Owl Records.
…The remixed and remastered expanded edition of ‘Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong’ includes ten previously unreleased bonus tracks presented as a ‘mini’ album.
In late 1967, the BBC launched Radio 1 as an attempt to fill the void created by the banning of the pirate radio stations that had been beaming pop music into homes around the nation. Leaving the more experimental sounds to John Peel at night, the DJs played a bright and sunny mix of pop music, something that the minds behind Grapefruit’s 2025 collection 
Príncipe have been championing the music coming out of Lisbon’s suburbs for the better half of two decades. The dominating style has been batida, a mashup of two Angolan rhythms — kuduro and kizomba — bound together by whatever sonic glue a producer sees fit. Following the success of batida’s first wave, an increasing number of producers have begun experimenting with this style of music; despite the label’s best efforts, it’s becoming nearly impossible for them to house this ever-expanding pool of talent.
One of several recordings issued by the Art Ensemble’s own label and the only one to document the group as a whole, 
As the name implies, 
…remixed from the original tapes in Nashville, TN by Brad Jones and Robyn Hitchcock at Alex the Great Studios in June 2025.
1. The Soft Boys – I Wanna Destroy You
Julee Cruise was a remarkable enough talent in her own right that it seems a shame to emphasize her links with David Lynch, but he’s an inescapable presence on this 2-CD set. That’s because 
“This is our last concert, ever. And we’d love to do you for now on our last concert ever…” After the words peter out, a ragged, yet blistering, five-minute version of “(I Can’t Get no) Satisfaction” explodes from the stage. Show over, The Rolling Stones leave Hawaii’s Honolulu International Center to…what?
Convex was the only LP Conrad Schnitzler released in 1982, though he continued recording an untold amount of cassettes, as he did throughout his lengthy career. On this record, he utilized a sample-and-hold generator, which converted sounds into random sequences of tones. Using sequencers and generators rather than keyboard-based synthesizers, he created slowly unfolding pieces which were left up to chance. While the compositions often have an unhurried pace, they seem far from relaxed or tranquil, and it would be a misnomer to refer to them as ambient. They’re generally hypnotic and often quite busy, and even when they aren’t, they sound like an exploration of an alien planet. “Convex 2” contains high-pitched, semi-melodic pulsations over…