…This limited edition release is part of the Corb Lund – Dark Horses Club. New West Records will be releasing unreleased records and material from Corb Lund throughout 2025 and 2026.
You gotta give it up for those proud men of the army, this fine nation would collapse into the sea if it wasn’t for the influence of ex-military dudes and the jobs they perform. Whether they’re barking orders at us in PE lessons, refusing us entry to nightclubs because our shoes are “fucking casual, mate”, holding up the one arm they have left whilst begging for change outside of Jubilee Line Underground stations, or just simply raping and killing a bunch of women: the real life soulja boys are an essential part of the fabric of our society. And more than worthy of having…
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…featuring unreleased demos and a pair of previously unheard tracks from the original sessions.
Life in Slow Motion is an appropriate name for David Gray’s sixth album, since this languid, deliberate album crawls out of the speakers at a speed that suggests everything is stuck in molasses. Not that this is a bad place for Gray to be, or that it is even a big change of pace for him. As the years passed, he’s trimmed away the faster tempos from his music, leaving behind an even-keeled, meditative, soft reflective folk-pop that brought him a hit in 2000 with “Babylon” from his fourth album, White Ladder.
Life in Slow Motion isn’t too far removed from that album, although it does lack…
…This new remaster, lovingly rendered from an almost impeccable source, is a revelation for anyone who wished to hear more of how this music was meant to sound. Our longtime collaborator Jessica Thompson carefully restored it with updated tools in her state-of-the-art studio.
Struggling artists looking for a break can take comfort in knowing that today it’s not just hard work and dedication that can get you heard. You might need a little patience though: over twenty years in the case of Yaw Atta-Owusu aka Ata Kak. He joins the ranks of the “Sugarmen”, among them Detroit proto-punkers Death, soft-pop balladeer Lewis, and the original Sugarman, Sixto Rodriguez, who remained oblivious for many years to the roaring success of his ‘flop’…
The Numero Group kicked off their 200 line of titles in 2017 with Savage Young Dü, an unprecedented archival dive into the early works of Minneapolis punk trio Hüsker Dü. Fifty entries later in that chapter of the label’s discography, Numero has a new Dü title that takes a special look at what may be their most pivotal year as a band.
1985: The Miracle Year is a 2CD that chronicles the group’s biggest gambles yet, through the filter of their blistering live shows. Kicking off with a powerful 23-song local set at First Avenue not even a month into that year and following through with another 20 tracks recorded around the globe over the next nine months, The Miracle Year offers an alternate path through the year that saw the group issue third and fourth albums…
…expanded 25th anniversary edition featuring additional live bonus tracks from other periods in Wilson’s solo touring career.
When Brian Wilson took to the stage at Lou Adler’s Roxy on the Sunset Strip in April 2000, the tiny, 500-capacity venue was filled with love. Friends (Nancy Sinatra, Jackie DeShannon, Don Was), fans (Jon Bon Jovi, Bette Midler, Lindsay Buckingham), and family members (daughters Carnie and Wendy, nephews Jonah and Patrick, wife Melinda) packed into the venue to see the Beach Boys’ leader reinvent himself as a solo artist. Though a famously recalcitrant live performer, he’d embarked on his first full solo tour in 1999 and emerged triumphant. The Roxy shows on Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8, 2000 would cap off that…
The Cranberries performed on MTV’s Unplugged in 1995 in promotion for their sophomore album, ‘No Need to Argue’, but the audio has never been released, until now. Released in the full 9-song, 45-minute performance.
…Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with a string section during the promotion of No Need to Argue, the broadcast featured favorites from the new album (“Zombie,” “Ode to My Family”), the already-sterling “Linger,” a few songs that would appear on their next album, 1996’s To the Faithful Departed (“Free to Decide,” “I’m Still Remembering”), and the fan favorite “Yesterday’s Gone,” which never made any of their albums but was beloved enough to be licensed for inclusion on the last expansion of No Need to Argue.
Nina Simone burst into the world with 1959’s Little Girl Blue, and music would never be the same. For over five decades, Nina entertained, enthralled, and educated listeners across her extraordinary recording and performance career.
After a triumphant concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1992, Nina was approached by Elektra A&R executive Michael Alago (whose previous work at the label included Tracy Chapman and Metallica). When asked if Nina was ready to record again, she replied, “Get me the money… then we can talk!” Modeled around two of Simone’s favorites, Frank Sinatra’s A Man Alone (The Words and Music of Rod McKuen) and Billie Holidays’ Lady in Satin — with the common element that both were recorded with full orchestral accompaniment,…
Following the July release of their first 3 albums, Cherry Red have released the last 3 albums from rock band Be Bop Deluxe. The Albums 1976-1978 featuring the two latter-day studio records, Modern Music and Drastic Plastic, as well as their 1977 live work, LIVE! In the Air Age.
Recorded in June and July 1976 at Abbey Road Studios, Modern Music was the fourth album by Be Bop Deluxe and the second to feature the line-up of Bill Nelson (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Charles Tumahai (bass, vocals), Andy Clark (keyboards) and Simon Fox (drums). A top twenty hit in the UK, the album followed on from the success and critical praise for the band’s previous album Sunburst Finish and was once more co-produced by Bill Nelson and John Leckie.
…includes five previously unreleased recordings. These include Lucinda Williams’ ‘Sweet Old World’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘Every Grain of Sand’, both of which featured on “Wrecking Ball”. The additional tracks include Tom Petty’s ‘Thing About You’ and Bill Monroe’s ‘Get Up John’ along with ‘All I Left Behind’ which was co-written by Harris with Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
This live project, which includes the talents of the always great Buddy Miller, is an interesting reflection of an American icon. Eclectic, it is reflective of Emmylou Harris‘ excursions into areas of music beyond the country and rock spheres she has already conquered. But it is the country arena that best showcases her ever-flowering ability with a song. “I Ain’t Living Long Like This”…
Since first bursting onto the scene with her classic Number One hit singles ‘Can The Can’ and ‘Devil Gate Drive’, Suzi Quatro has sold over 50 million records worldwide and is recognized as a true rock ‘n’ roll legend and feminist icon. Over her 50-year career, Suzi has inspired countless artists from Joan Jett to Debbie Harry and KT Tunstall. She is also known for her role as the Leather Tuscadero in ‘Happy Days’.
A’s, B’s & Rarities is a collection putting the spotlight on her classic ‘70s singles. Packed with hits including ‘The Wild One’, ‘Devil Gate Drive’, ’48 Crash’ and ‘Can The Can’, alongside the Quatro-penned B-sides which accompanied those iconic rock singles.
Out-of-print on CD for almost two decades…
…Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings partner once again to issue a new deluxe edition of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s seminal second album from 1968. Retitled simply Bold As Love and available on four CDs or five LPs and a Blu-ray, the box set include the original album in its original stereo and mono mixes, along with a wealth of rare outtakes and live tracks from the period (28 of which are previously unreleased).
With Axis: Bold As Love, Hendrix started to come into his own as a studio visionary. Working again with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the team of producer Chas Chandler and engineer Eddie Kramer behind the boards, the album featured more expansive original…
…Unlike the Wingspan compilation from 2001, this new collection sticks strictly to songs from Wings albums (and Wings non-album singles) and so doesn’t include any solo hits adjacent to this era (such as ‘Another Day’ or ‘Coming Up’) or anything from 1971’s Ram (credited to Paul and Linda McCartney), despite ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ being a US No 1 hit single in September 1971.
The 32 tracks on 3LP, 2CD and blu-ray audio formats all feature songs from the seven Wings studio albums (Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway, Band on the Run, Venus and Mars, At the Speed of Sound, London Town and Back to the Egg) along with non-album hits such as ‘Hi Hi Hi’, ‘Junior’s Farm’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Mull of Kintyre’ and ‘Goodnight Tonight’.
Willie Nelson spent much of the summer out on the road with the Outlaw Festival, so it’s only appropriate that his new studio album is paying tribute to a fellow Outlaw.
Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle finds Young celebrating his late friend Merle Haggard, with whom he recorded three albums between 1983 and 2015. Willie’s 78th original album, Workin’ Man features a host of Hag favorites including “Okie from Muskogee,” “Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” “Mama Tried,” and “If We Make It Through December.”
…The album was recorded at Nelson’s Pedernales Studios in Austin and marked the final recordings that Nelson made with a pair of members in his longtime Family band: drummer…
No orchestra’s interpretation of a composer’s material is ever definitive, yet it would be hard to imagine another bettering the Orchestre National de France’s performances of works by Maurice Ravel. With its Music Director Cristian Macelaru conducting, the orchestra celebrated the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth by presenting his major orchestral works at an early 2025 Ravel festival in Paris, the first concert on February 28th and the last March 13th.
This expansive three-hour document of the shows includes Ma Mère l’Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and the complete Daphnis et Chloé (with the Chœur de Radio France joining the ONF for the latter), plus stellar renditions of La Valse, Une barque sur l’océan, Pavane pour une infante…
Remastered by Mark Beazley.
After the calm, measured beauty of Sakura, versatile Japanese producer Susumu Yokota followed a comparatively experimental and eclectic path on Grinning Cat.
The beats are more prevalent (though never as floor-friendly as his voluminous house, trance, and techno releases), the instrumentation is more varied, and the overall feel shifts markedly from track to track. Piano is the dominant instrument here, just as guitar was for Sakura. But Yokota’s skill with context finds him tailoring the sound of the instrument to suit each individual track. “Imagine” uses a hazy piano loop and vocal samples seemingly lifted from sacred music to achieve a thoughtful, meditative effect.
A new box set from Rhino offer nearly all the studio material of Athens, Georgia alt-rock icons The B-52’s. The Warner Reprise Years brings together the six albums and two EPs the quirky quintet put together between 1979 and 1992 – a period where they went from cult favorites to unlikely hitmakers. The collection feature the group’s 1979 self-titled debut, 1980’s Wild Planet, the 1981 and 1982 EPs Party Mix and Mesopotamia, Whammy! (1983), Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986) – the last album to feature all five original members – plus Cosmic Thing (1989) and Good Stuff (1992).
…The box is a nearly complete chronicle of the group’s output, minus a few major omissions. Some single-only rarities and exclusive material has been released on two compilations by…