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The best relationships between singers are symbiotic yet mystical. They bear the demands of the song and revolve around what it needs without discussion. Whether it's a shared sixth sense or finely tuned intuition, no one has to ask who takes what part. It doesn't matter anyway — they are of equal importance when two voices nestle seamlessly into a melody, almost imperceptibly gliding across each other when it's time to switch. It's not a trick but a sacred dance.

Sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer, now with twenty-four albums and Grammy, Oscar, and many other kinds of awards and nominations between them, share that kind of transcendent musical bond. It's as deep, haunting, knowing, and beautiful as the Alabama woods they once called home. Both sang as soon as they could form words, but music is the only language they have ever needed to communicate with and understand each other. Not Dark Yet offers a glimpse into that understanding for the first time and finally, after years of trying to get it made, at the right time. Produced by Teddy Thompson and recorded in Los Angeles during the summer of 2016, the album provides a potent look at their individual and collective artistry through eclectic song choices from writers ranging from the Louvin Brothers, Nick Cave, Kurt Cobain, and back to Jessie Colter. Shelby and Allison wrap their arms around the past, plant their feet in the present, and nod toward what's around the bend with a co-written Is it too much,' to close out the ten-song set.

Not Dark Yet is not a duet record. It is no ordinary collaboration. It is not a creation, but rather a celebration of something that has always been, two voices becoming one and finding home within each other.

Mit ihrem neuen Studioalbum - Rise & Shine sprengen SIMO nicht nur musikalische Grenzen, sondern haben ein nuancenreiches Album produziert, das all ihre Ansichten, Talente und vor allem ihr persönliches Wachstum widerspiegelt.
Im letzten Jahr ließ das Trio aus Nashville - bestehend aus Sänger, Gitarrist und Namensvetter JD Simo, Schlagzeuger Adam Abrashoff und Bassist Elad Shapiro - die Heimat zurück und spielte 215 Shows in neun verschiedenen Ländern. Währenddessen arbeitete die Band am Nachfolger ihres Top 10 Blues Albums - Let Love Show The Way . Sie besprachen Akkordwechsel in Hotelzimmern und feilten während des Soundchecks an neuen Arrangements. Es war eine Zeit des Wachstums und der Erkenntnis für jeden einzelnen, die sie zu besseren Freunden, Musikern und Menschen machte.
Neugierig darauf, unbekanntes Terrain zu erforschen, versucht sich die Band an rauchig-langsamen Soulballaden (- I Want Love ), psychedelischen Wüstenrock-Instrumentals (- The Climb ), hartkantigen Bluesnummern (- Light The Candle ) und Stax-würdigen Funkrockern (- Meditation ). Alles zusammen macht das Charisma und die Chemie des Trios aus, das 2016 mehr als 300 Tage miteinander verbracht hat. SIMO nicken nicht nur lächelnd der Vergangenheit zu, sondern blickt entschlossen der Zukunft entgegen.

Arthur Russell epitomised the spirit that defined downtown NYC in the 70s and 80s. Yet his inability to complete projects resulted in limited output. Be With now present the reissue of Event Horizon, an album Arthur did finish with his cult group The Necessaries. Criminally neglected for 35 years, its scarcity on vinyl has caused it to evade his most diehard fans and its relative obscurity has rendered it largely unknown, even amongst Arthur acolytes.

Arthur played keys in the new wave/power pop quartet, as well as writing half the songs and contributing his inimitable vocals and avant-garde cello. Fronted by the muscular guitar of lead singer Ed Tomney, the band was rounded out by Ernie Brooks (The Modern Lovers) on bass and drummer Jesse Chamberlain (ex-Red Crayola). The record was produced by the legendary Bob Blank and featured the pulsing trombone of Peter Zummo.

Event Horizon represents the partial overhaul given to The Necessaries' first record Big Sky (1981). Renamed and relaunched in 1982, The New York Rocker described the revised LP as benefitting from "some shuffling, some trimming of deadweight and the setting of real gems in their place. The biggest plus - "More Real" - is easily the prettiest song the Zombies never wrote". That track, as well as the towering "Driving And Talking At The Same Time" (below), "Detroit Tonight", "On The Run" and "The Finish Line", came from the pen of Arthur. They are undoubtedly the best tracks on the album, wonderfully capturing Arthur's softer, more melodic approach to pop.

With an uncompromising post punk attitude, The Necessaries blended distorted guitars and loud drums with melodious, intelligent songwriting. It's weird and minimal, but it's still resolutely pop. Like much of Arthur's work, the songs are warm, shimmering and modern, catchy, hypnotic and utterly timeless. As well as handling a lot of the lead vocals, he arranged the tracks too, stripping away some of the new wave poppiness and adding his signature beautiful moodiness. It sounds like the most transcendent idea of what pop music could be.

Event Horizon should've been one of the most influential records in rock music history. Like most slept-on classics, it didn't make the immediate impact it intended to, and was forgotten by Sire and, eventually, by fans. Nevertheless, Arthur forged ahead with his solo career after abruptly quitting the band by jumping out of the van at the mouth of the Holland Tunnel in New York, while on the way to an important gig.

Whilst Event Horizon will appeal to all Arthur Russell completists, it demands further examination beyond his fans. It's long been an elusive missing piece to the lore of the downtown scene, but it won't be for much longer. Art Pop Jangle Pop Power Pop Whatever. Far ahead of its time, this is pure pop for now people.

The original, iconic artwork has been faithfully restored whilst Simon Francis' dextrous mastering adds real clarity throughout. As ever, the record has been pressed at a reassuringly weighty 180g. Additionally, the album features extensive liner notes on a printed inner sleeve by renowned writer and friend of the downtown scene Mikey IQ Jones.

The Offen Music label follows up In the Moon Cage, its collection of recordings from the archives of Sao Paolo-based, Serbia-born auteur Suba (Mitar Subotic), with something completely different but equally intriguing.
Toresch were formed last year by Detlef Weinrich, Viktoria Wehrmeister and Jan Wagner and if there's anything that links them to Suba, it's the fact that they are also cultural adventurers with fascinating back stories.
Weinrich is a resident DJ at Düsseldorf's Salon des Ameturs club, where his idiosyncratic sets were once described by Resident Advisor as 'the stuff of local legend'. He also records as Tolouse Low Trax and is a member of post-kosmische electro-acoustic band Kreidler.

Wehrmeister meanwhile is a Mexico-born sculptor and artist who also played in the band La! Neu with Klaus Dinger, the inventor of the motorik groove. Live, Weinrich and Wehrmeister are augmented by the visuals of artist Wagner, director of the Filmwerkstatt in Düsseldorf. The recordings for their debut mini-album Essen Fur Alle were enhanced by the mixing and editing of Gordon Pohl from the Kunstkopf label.

Essen Fur Alle is a work of dark industry and no little magic, sometimes sinister and austere, sometimes raw and spontaneous - playful, even - and at moments almost tender in its barbed caress. Noises surge in and out from the shadows, mysterious voices murmur disembodied messages and beats hammer and clank like the rhythms of the factory floor, as Wehrmeister declaims her mesmeric invocations and this music from the hidden reaches infects the consciousness.

Following on from their debut album 'Freedom' in 2016 here follows 'Reasons', Wangel's second longplayer with a full international release.

Wangel is a collaboration between Peter Wangel and producer Kasper Ejlerskov Leonhardt and their music revolves around Peter's characteristic, low voice and Kaspers spherical sound.

The album 'Reasons' is a collection of wonderful, emotional and very personal songs. Written and performed by Peter Wangel, the lyrics are inspired by multi award winning, temporary Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgrad and deal with very personal subjects from his own life.

'The previous releases were about the 'lonely' feelings; the feelings that only existed in me, the feelings I wanted to set free for a long time. The new album is about my life as it is right now; about all the thoughts, expectations, worries and the happiness that comes with a new life as a family. This is a very personal album, but I also hope to express something very ordinary and something that most people can relate to."

Also musically the album is a big step forward for Wangel, the melodies are still subtle, but offer more nuances and colors.

"We have moved to new places on this album. The song Faith is, for example, somehing very new to the Wangel universe. It has this dusty vinyl sound and goes in a 6/8 beat. The song Emotion Pill has a HipHop feel to it and is inspired by the sounds of Rihanna and Jay Z. When Peter brought the idea to the table, I was overjoyed. I have always wanted to do a Wangel song with this type of beat.' says Kasper Ejlerskov Leonhardt.

Samantha Urbani may be best known as the front-woman for conceptual punk pop chart crashers Friends but, now with her long awaited solo project, she is about to cut her own unique swathe through the music landscape all over again, cementing her position as unparalleled pop contrarian bar none.

We Are Vinyl' reissue - 15 track single black 180gm vinyl with digital download code. Marketing.

The Barr Brothers haben sich zu einer der führenden Americana-Bands entwickelt und präsentieren mit "Queens Of The Breakers" ihr bislang ausgereiftestes Album. Das Werk umfasst 11 wundervolle Songs mit hypnotischem Flow und einem thematischen, roten Faden, nämlich die elementare Kraft von Reflektion, Vergebung, Verlust und Erwachsenwerden. Mit seinem dritten Longplayer erkundet das kanadische Trio, bestehend aus den Brüdern Brad (Gitarre) und Andrew Barr (Drums) sowie der Harfenistin Sarah Page, die Außengrenzen des Folk, Blues, Rock und Americana nördlich der US-amerikanischen Grenze.

The third album by San francisco psychedelic synth wave trio BRONZE.

Bronze is Brian D. Hock, Rob Spector and Miles Friction. This trio coalesced in 2006 when Hock returned to San Francisco from Berlin after splitting with his former band The Vanishing and moved into a warehouse with Spector, who was a long time collaborator in the S.F. musik scene. Friction was enlisted shortly thereafter and the three began experimenting with synthesizers, samplers, vocals and heavy repetitive rhythm via live drums. After a european tour opening for Erase Errata and grip of singles they recorded their first album 'Copper' released on New York's 'RVNG Intl' in 2011. Numerous U.S. and European tours followed and in 2014 they released their 2nd full length 'World Arena' on Los Angeles label 'Not Not Fun' The sound of 'Bronze' is influenced by psychedelic synth musik, punk, wave, industrial and jazz, blended into a heavy cocktail of sonic witchery. 2015 will see also the release of a live album on John Dwyer's (Thee Oh Sees) Castleface Records.

Edition: Mastered by Rude 66 / Tape edition through Not Not Fun records

'Few bands perplex like San Fran riddler trio Bronze but ever fewer have managed to hatch and hone such an obliquely singular sound. The group's third long-player, In Stone, twists and burns through eight new iterations of their classic oscillator-fusion psychedelia, inflected with shades of post-punk raga, skronk lurch, modal incantantion, deep space narcosis, lizard kingmanship, and home-wired industrial dementia. As an album, these recordings skew tenser, twitchier, a touch paranoiac, bloodshot tweakers stalking steep foggy streets. The alchemy of drummer Brian Hock, vocalist Rob Spector, and electronicist Miles Friction is always riveting in the live sphere but In Stone feels like more of a studio document, exploratory and expressionistic, full of ideas and psychic interplay. Bay Area burnout rendered as psychotropic sculptural waveforms. Confusion isn't sex, it's something stranger. Black tapes mastered by Ruud 66 with J-cards designed by the band.'

YEAH!!!! WE GOT SOME MORE OF THIS STONE COLD MURDER PUNK CLASSIC!!!!

Official reissue of the classic Aussie-Punk smasher , pressed on a 45rpm 12" for maximum volume. For those unfamiliar this is First Wave PUNK from 1978. The tracks have not been remixed so they sound just as killer , if not better as the did on the original 7". 1st Edition of 500 copies. And yes, to say were excited to get hold of some of this, is pretty much an understatement!

Now here is a special event for all lovers of classic Australian rock & roll, a deluxe vinyl reissue of the Coloured Balls' awesome 1974 LP, Heavy Metal Kid' . Released hot on the heels of
1973's killer album Coloured Balls' (yes, soon also to be reissued by Desperate on LP), Heavy Metal Kid is one of Coloured Balls' Lobby Loyde's finest recordings, and has been out of print in this format since its release (40 years!), with originals going for hundreds of dollars.
is a true proto-punk slab of dynamite, right up there with similar recordings by the likes of the MC5 and the Pink Fairies. Featuring a mix of growling punkers (the title track, 'Private Eye'), '50s rockers (a cover of '(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care', 'Need Your Love'), hi-energy boogie ('Do It', 'Dance To The Music'), cosmic rock ('Back To You', 'Metal Feathers') and even a ballad in there, it's an eclectic mix held together by its outlaw sense of purpose. Along with , is sound of the great Sharpie stomp of 1970s Melbourne. This edition on Desperate is fully licensed from Loyde's estate, expertly remastered by Aztec Records' Gil Matthews from the original tapes (it sounds amazing) and comes housed in an exact replica of the original gatefold sleeve with a heavy-duty tip-on cover,as well as an insert with lyrics and decorative obi strip.
It's pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl from Rainbo in the US.
In other words: this limited edition is the one to get.

The world that inspired Spirit of The Golden Juice nearly 50 years ago has moved on. F.J. McMahon moved on with it. Originally pressed in a small quantity and scattered along the California coastline in 1969, F.J. McMahon's first and only album, Spirit Of The Golden Juice, is a spell-binding blend of singer-songwriter emotion and spiraling guitar accompaniment with a raw, adventurous character all its own. Well-chronicled and loved since its rediscovery, Spirit Of The Golden Juice is an album concerned with memory and mystery and the preservation of the two. It's also about the weight of personal experience and how we tow it around with us. F.J.'s simple, personal approach to songwriting allows us the space to fill in our own colors and our own faces. Its themes are there in plain sight, but the questions it asks are sometimes left for us to answer for ourselves. The simple notes on the back side of the album still say it best: F.J. McMahon is an artist with something to say and he says it in a simple earthy style.
Includes 8.5" x 8.5" Risograph booklet with liner notes and newly seen photographs and ephemera.

Cage Tropical, Frankie's 4th album is awash with vintage synths, painterly effects pedals, upside down atmosphere and reverberating vocals. It evokes a new wave paranormality of sorts that drifts beyond the songs themselves. "My references aren't just music," says Frankie, "I love old sci-fi. They Live is one of my favorite movies ever, same with Suspiria. 80's sci-fi movies with a John Carpenter soundtrack, with silly synths - that makes it into my file, to the point that I'll write lyrics incorporating that kind of stuff. It's in there." Beginning with the shimmery, cinematic and percussive sparkling of the album's opening track "Love in Rockets," the song's refrain of "a wheel, a wheel of wasting my life: a wheel, a wheel of wasting my time" immediately alludes to those darker circumstances that led to the creative origins of Cage Tropical. "It's all essentially based on what happened to me in Los Angeles and then a return to Brooklyn," says Frankie. "Misery turned into something good. The whole record to me is a redemption record and it is the most positive one I've made" "I feel like I am finally free from worrying about an outcome. I don't care. I already lost everything. I already had the worst- case scenario. When that happens, you do become free. In the end, it's about me rescuing myself via having this record."

Hard Working Americans combines the talents of Todd Snider, Widespread Panic's Dave Schools and Duane Trucks, Chris Robinson Brotherhood's Neal Casal, Great American Taxi's Chad Staehly, and Jesse Aycock -We're All In This Together is the 2nd Live album from Hard Working Americans, showcasing performances from HWA's critically-acclaimed 2016 release Rest In Chaos, as well as their self-titled debut. Recorded Summer 2016. Previous Releases: Hard Working Americans (2013), The First Waltz (2014), Rest In Chaos (2016) The 13 track album includes a brand new track -- "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)" -- originally performed by Chuck Berry. Special, limited-edition 2xLP features patriotic translucent Red & Blue vinyl.

Paul's new album ' Life Is fine' will be release on August 25th and will follow with tour dates throughout in UK , Europe Australia and USA.

Paul Kelly's fascinating and extraordinary career has spanned four decades, in which he has released over 20 albums. It's seen him revered as a songwriter and an exceptional lyricist - an Australian Dylan.

Paul has won several awards, including ten ARIA Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and three APRA Awards from eitherthe Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) alone or together with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. APRA named "To Her Door", solely written by Kelly,and "Treaty", written by Kelly and members of Yothu Yindi in their Top 30 best Australian songs of all time in 2001.

Kelly was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997, alongside the Bee Gees and Graeme Bell. He has won six Country Music Awards from the Country Music Association of Australia, and four Mo Awards (Australian entertainment industry). David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise."

Quietly catchy & surprisingly confrontational. Soccer Mommy is the project of Sophie Allison, a nineteen-year-old Nashville native & musical wunderkind. Collection compiles the best of Sophie's DIY Bandcamp work as well as a few new songs. Sophie sings of toxic relationships & infatuations. Or, as Sophie describes her subject matter, crush stuff with a hint of bad to it.' The songs can be sweet, they can be happily melancholic or melancholically happy, but they always cut deep. They belong on playlists & mixes, to be shared among friends & belted out during road trips. 'Allison,' a gorgeous meditation on the bittersweet feeling of hurting someone you love while pursuing your own dreams, showcases Sophie's talent for home recording, with multi-tracked vocals layered to perfection. On 'Out Worn,' a searing takedown of the desire for male validation, is relatable & anthemic, striking the perfect balance between anger & sugary pop bliss. As long as records like Collection exist, there will be no shortage of young artists bashing their hearts out on guitars for years to come. You can't say indie rock is dead,' says Sophie. It's just being taken over by women.'

The Lurking Fear is no longer just the title of a classic H.P. Lovecraft horror story. It now represents a new five- piece death metal band featuring some of the finest musicians to come out of Sweden. What makes this tale of musical mayhem and violence of particular interest is that it features members of long established acts such as At The Gates, Skitsystem, Disfear and God Macabre, who presumably didn't have time to invest in a project outside their respective bands. But, as Tomas Lindberg - best known as the frontman for At The Gates - states above, The Lurking Fear were in fact very inspired and made the time to create something truly personal and also special.

Inspired by Autopsy, Possessed, Death and early Morbid Angel

The Woggles have been shaking venues' rafters to the core for the past two decades as four-man delivery system for 200-proof, nitro fueled rock 'n' roll. Their die-hard fans around the world know music fads and fashions may come and go, but The Woggles share a vision and blaze a trail with the same insanity as the true Wildman originators of three-chord mayhem. Now, The Woggles have announced their newest album, Tally Ho! Available August 11 via Wicked Cool Records The Austin Chronicle applauds, For two decades, The Woggles have marched forth from Georgia like Sherman in reverse, leveling nightclubs with their hip-shaking, windshield-steaming garage rock fusillade.' From songs that shake the rafters to shows that make for a dance party rave-up that could melt Dick Clark's face off' - Village Voice Go see a Woggles show. It will change your Life' - Meredith Ochs, NPR

Track premiere on Brooklyn Vegan

Coolest Song In The World on Little Steven's Underground Garage (Syndicated Globally) -
Released on Little Steven (Bruce Springsteen, Sopranos) Wicked Cool Records - Album cover by Jim Stacy, Emmy award-wining illustrator and chef - Full EU Tour in Spring 2018

"I hit a wall," says Will Hoge. "I was doing the best touring of my career and I had a great, steady gig writing songs, but I was falling out of love with being in a band. I had to figure out what was next." For Hoge, what came next was a quest to reclaim the joy and the magic that had drawn him to music in the first place. He let his band go and hit the road for roughly a year of solo shows, crisscrossing the country by himself with just a guitar and a keyboard. He felt rejuvenated by the freedom and began writing material that reenergized him, that made him feel like a kid falling in love with rock and roll all over again. Those songs ignited a dormant flame somewhere deep within his soul, and now they form the bulk of Anchors, his strongest and most nuanced album to date. Recorded with an all-star band comprised of drummer Jerry Roe (Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Darius Rucker), bassist Dominic Davis (Jack White, Wanda Jackson), and guitarists Brad Rice (Son Volt, Ryan Adams) and Thom Donovan (Lapush, Ruby Amanfu), the album is a prime showcase for Hoge's soaring, gritty vocals, as well as his remarkable gift for crafting complex characters with real emotional depth and plainspoken profundity.

Features Sheryl Crow on track 3 'Little Bit of Rust'. Rolling Stone compared him to Bob Seger and John Mellencamp. Nominated for a Best Country Song Grammy award.

Special Love Songs for Hardworking People in Alarm Clock Britain is the new 12' album release on Creepy Crawl. Bringing together 5 tracks with only one previously released on a 50 copy only mailorder cdr (the version on this 12 is a heavier proposition with added Dik Mik audio generator skree). Jan Birth Jam is over 17 minutes of heavy jams in a LRD vein. The new tracks consist of the wah-heavy Broughton misery of No One Likes You, the sludge horror of Pigsquealer, the throbbing electronic cottage of Model 000 and spaced out Hawkwind folk of Cardinal Drag. All recorded in various places and times over the last few years and housed in a TG sleeve as devised by Sam Giles, Rebecca Cleal and prof. With thanks to Agathe Max, Isambard and the 127.

500 COPIES ONLY ON GRIM BROWN VINYL / HAS DL CODE WITH IT.

140gm black vinyl with a digital download code insert. An 8 track single album originally released in 1976. Marketing activity.

San Francisco tripmakers-supreme Carlton Melton return with a new 25 minute-plus three track 12" EP for Agitated Records, their first release since their widely received 2LP "Out To Sea" in 2015 and ,indeed the accompanying 2016 RSD "Aground" 12"
release..

Deluxe 4 x LP set of David's incredible concert in the 2,000 year-old Pompeii amphitheatre in July 2016.
148 minutes of amazing performance across 21 tracks in a hardback slipcase containing 4 x LPs with poly liner bags,
2 x gatefold sleeves and 24-page large format photo booklet.
Produced by David Gilmour. Mixed by Andy Jackson and David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins.
Vinyl half-speed mastering by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London.

Blu-ray+CD box (deluxe edition-2 x CDs, 2 x Blu-rays, special packaging) including South America / Wroclaw concert footage / documentaries, BBC documentary, booklet, Pompeii Guide, postcards, poster.

4-disc definitive collector's version of David's incredible concert in the 2,000 year-old Pompeii amphitheatre in July 2016.
Card box with lift-off lid contains 4 discs in wallets: the concert on 2 x audio CDs, the concert on Blu-ray and bonus Blu-ray with 208 minutes of extra content: 11 songs filmed in concert in stereo and 5.1 surround (5 from South America, 5 from Wroclaw, Poland, with an orchestra, plus Comfortably Numb with Benedict Cumberbatch at London's Royal Albert Hall).
Plus 5 documentaries totaling more than 2 hours.
Also included: hardback photo book, 'Pompeii Guide' leaflet, 2-sided poster and 4 x postcards. Total package timing: 509 mins


Deluxe CD/BD: (TO BE CONFIRMED)
CD 1 (same as CD)
CD 2 (same as CD2)
BD 1 (Concert Pts 1 & 2 - same as standard BD)
Bonus BD (Music - 80 mins, Documentaries 132 mins)

BD Bonus: Total extra music tracks: 77 mins 43 secs approx.

2 x CD set of David's incredible July 2016 concert in the 2,000 year-old Pompeii amphitheatre.
148 minutes of amazing performance across 21 tracks in a hardback CD deluxe format inc. 24-page photo booklet.
Produced by David Gilmour. Mixed by Andy Jackson and David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins.

2x DVD (Standard package) - Pompeii concert (22 tracks - 155 mins)
Stereo PCM, 5.1 Dolby Digital, 5.1 DTS + Pompeii Doc - 7 mins = 155 mins


DVD 1 - 68 mins
DVD 2 - 91 mins inc 'Pompeii Then And Now' doc

1 x Blu-ray (Standard package) - Pompeii concert (22 tracks - 155 mins)
96/24 PCM Stereo & 96/24 DTS MAA + Pompeii Doc - 7 mins = 155 mins

The film of David's incredible concert in the 2,000 year-old Pompeii amphitheatre in July 2016, shot in 4k by director Gavin Elder.
Includes 21 songs PLUS documentary 'Pompeii Then And Now - 159 minutes in total - plus 24-page photo booklet).
Audio in 96/24 PCM Stereo & 96/24 DTS MAA (documentary stereo only). 1080p.
Directed by Gavin Elder. Produced by Dione Orrom.

Blu-ray (all concert on one disc)

4x140g vinyl LP set with 3' mini CD - Limited edition vinyl colours.

Includes 6 never before heard bonus tracks from the archives and several additional audio clips.

Contains huge double sided poster and liner notes by Jerry Casale of DEVO.

Petri Dish = Clear vinyl with blue and white splats.

For decades DEVO have been working non-stop at Recombo DNA Laboratories on a new kind of research to keep up with the mutating world around us! That extensive research is now ready for public consumption.

For the first time ever on vinyl FUTURISMO present unhindered access into DEVO's labs, documenting the scientific analysis and demonstrations as conducted by the band between the years 1977-2008! This tireless research has manifested itself in Recombo DNA...an unmissable collection of studio demos and unreleased rare tracks that span DEVO's entire recording career, from their original basement days to their famed 'Freedom Of Choice' era, right the way through to unused demos from their last studio album, included as part of the six bonus tracks taken from the archives that have never been released, or even heard before.

This incredible limited edition 4xLP set is a sonic fusion of demos, alternate versions and outtakes, demonstrating the true breadth and talent of one of America's most important bands. Yet, this set doesn't stop at four beautiful slabs of mutated vinyl, oh no! also included is 'The Somewhere Suite' served up on the format it was originally intended to be back in the May of '89, although it was never actually released at the time, it's contained here in all it's glory on 3' Mini CD!

This summer FUTURISMO give every DEVO fan the release they've been waiting for, a one time pressing of DEVO's Recombo DNA! Each set includes 4x140g limited edition coloured vinyl in the choice of 'Petri Dish', 'Emergency Codes' or 'Molecular Mutation' and a 3' Mini CD. Contained within the wide spined sleeve alongside this fanatastic devolved collection of recordings and bonus tracks, is a huge A1 poster, colour inner sleeves, download code and brand new liner notes by Gerald V Casale of Devo.

DEVO's Recombo DNA is an essential addition to the collection of any science fearing spud, so grab you're lab coat and witness audio mutation in action! Only while stocks last.

Summoned to play it the old way in a new age, Trondheim, Norway quintet Dunbarrow draws inspiration from freezing winter nights, unpolished demo tapes from the 70's and the Swedish throwback rock from the beginning of the 21st century. The result is Norwegian proto-doom with a back-to-basics sound, from Pentagram and Witchfinder General to Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Dunbarrow's clean, unadorned sound shares the unpretentious brilliance of classic heavy progenitors playing basements and barns, before the big budgets and bloated habits diluted hard rock into an echo chamber awash in reverb and layered in distant, screeching hobbits. The band's 9-track self-titled album is a classic in the sense that every song becomes instantly recognizable after just one listen.
With lyrics like the clever paean to a young witch mother's birth of Lucifer's Child', Dunbarrow has a wealth of gloomy sentiments: Can you understand my young mother's plight / Away from the comforts that burn at the stake / She gave birth to a venomous snake / On her great pyre she smiled / For she carried Lucifer's child.'
Dunbarrow is based in the far northern Norwegian city Trondheim, but is originally from Haugesund on the west coast of Norway. The band has been playing together for over 8 years through different band names and genres. In 2014, vocalist Espen Andersen joined the band upon the departure of original singer/bassist Richard Chappell. Sondre Berge went from playing drums to playing bass. Kenneth Lønning and Eirik Øvregård are still on the guitars, with Pål Gunnar Dale taking over the drums permanently in 2016. Espen Andersen recorded and mixed the debut album at Stoy Studios. Dunbarrow is hitting the studio for their second album this summer.

Fleetwood psychonauts return with their second album of 2017. Whereas 'Zen Bastard' was a re- imagining  of ancient songs from the back catalogue, 'Ascent to Godhead' consists of brand new compositions improvised in the studio. No Hawkwind-esque generators are to be found which are synonymous with the space rock genre.

Instead we have a calamitous howl more reminiscent to the Birthday Party than to Gong. Earthling Society's unique song writing abilities remain however; where no song starts and ends the same, constantly morphing into something new. Jazz and eastern rhythms are at the forefront of 'Ascent to Godhead'. Taking inspiration from Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Far East Family band, Tidori Takada amongst others.

This is no hippy claptrap from the sunshine playroom, it's an album that ties your brain in knots, and oozes spiritual meaning.
 
Also included is the long lost garage rocker 'Can You Levitate' Recorded in 2009 and only unearthed earlier this year. Proving that earthling Society were belting this stuff out long before the current psych scene with it Elevators' call to arms and Butthole Surfers splashdown.





 

Greg Ashley has tracked across the States' metropolises, fringes and sticks for years now, releasing records under his own name and earlier on with black magic psych cult The Gris Gris.
Now together with the Western Playboys, you can hear the dusty technicolor Rio Grande owing in the veins of these new recordings. Many of these songs are Greg's indomitable take on waltz, country swing and golden honky-tonk songwriters like Cowboy Joe Babcock and Hank Mills, but lest we forget the cover of Estrus records' nest garage rock nihilists The Makers. This 12' EP plays out from start to nish like a band in a washed out juke joint at a desert outpost from a Barry Gifford novel - strung out, sharp-witted and never dull.
Square it up and spin it now!