VINYL:
Bad Religion – Stranger Than Fiction
Collectible red vinyl reissue of the Southern California-based band’s Atlantic Records 1994 debut album (and eighth of their career). Mastered from the original analog tapes, featuring guest riffs from the MC5’s Wayne Kramer.
Bikini Kill – New Radio 7
Reissue featuring feminist punk anthem “Rebel Girl” and produced by Joan Jett, Still relevant.
Billy Childish – Archive From 1959: The Billy Childish Story 3xLP
This 51-track collection offers a look at the more rock & roll aspects of Childishs career.
Discovery – LP LP+MP3
Now available on vinyl.
DJ Premier – Instrumental World Vol. 39 3XLP
Here he has compiled 40 DJ Premier produced instrumentals. Hits from the likes of Gangstarr, Nas, Big L, Jay-Z, Lord Finnesse, Notorious B.I.G and many more. Perfect for DJs!
I Roy – Original Deejay At King Tubbys
A collection of some of his greatest works to date. I Roy (born Roy Reid) worked as an accountant for the government in the mid-60s, during this time he saw DJing as more of a hobby. Due to the rise in popularity of DJs in the late-60s he established and operated Turbo Sonic Sound. He then started to take the business more seriously and went on to record a string of hits with various producers of the time. Bunny Lee, one of Jamaica’s finest producers, produced some of I Roy’s most popular tracks which we have right here on one big album. All tracks recorded and mixed at King Tubby’s Studio.
Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine
Magnolia Electric Co.’s fifth full-length, Josephine is a concept album that pays tribute to the life and spirit of fallen bassist Evan Farrell. It contains some of the strongest songs Jason Molina has written. He’s approached the universal loneliness before, but never in such a focused, directed manner.
Modest Mouse – Perpetual Motion Machine 7
Limited edition — b/w History Sticks To Your Feet.
Fats Navarro – Fats Blows
Trumpeter Fats Navarro is largely considered one of the lost geniuses of the bop movement.
Chuck Regan / Brian Fallon – Gospel Songs split 7
Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music has a new full-length solo album coming out in August. This track, “Gospe”, is from that yet-to-be-titled release. The B-side features “Tin Pan Alley”, the first solo song released by Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem.
Sun Ra – Live in Paris at The “Gibus”
Young Widows / My Disco – Young Widows Split Series: Volume 4 7
Young Widows have assembled an all-killer-no-filler split single series, featuring new, unreleased Young Widows jams, split up over four separate 7-inch singles, accompanied by a handful of their favorite friends and artists on the flip side. All songs by all artists are new and exclusive to this series and are limited to a one-time pressing of 2,000 copies. The artwork of the four releases fits together to form one large, beautiful puzzled image. This split features Young Widows and My Disco.
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2009.
