19 March 2013, 23:48
Pepe Deluxé is an inter-continental collective orchestra from Finland directed by James Spectrum (baron of Sealand) and Paul Malmström (explorer of worlds both know and unknown). They released their 4th album last year, 'Queen Of The Wave', a new, in-your-face, kind of eccentric thing, from bizarre pop to 60's psychedelic rock, from science-fiction to metaphysics, from heavy drums to pastoral...
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03 December 2012, 10:29
You can't be serious and offer mp3s for Xmas, can you? In those mp3 times, it's good to see some fine workmanship from labels and artists avoiding the boring CD plastic case scenario too. So If you seek the perfect gift, Fink's first live album comes at the right time. The CD documents the 'Perfect Darkness' 2011 tour in Europe (From Copenhagen to Prague, From Paris to Vienna, London,...
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20 November 2012, 23:11
After an astonishing Jazz rework of his reggae tune 'Could Be Bitter', Carlton Livingson gets the heavy funk/blues rocking treatment from The Silverstrokes, a new band led by producer Grant Phabao with French keyboards maestro Guillaume Méténier (Soul Sugar), and featuring essential French DJ/producer Erik Rug on additional guitars. 'Jackie Statement' is the fourth single extracted from Carlton...
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07 June 2012, 13:23
Marco Benevento - This Is How It Goes (7") The Royal Potato Family, RPF 1118, 2012-04-21 Our good friends at Royal Potato Family recently sent us a package of vinyl, CDs and mp3s, including fantastic music from Lettuce, Neal Evans, Billy Martin & Wil Blades, Alan Evans… and this marvelous (and limited to 500 copies only!) 7 inch from keyboard maestro Marco Benevento…. This is the first...
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03 February 2012, 12:09
Pepe Deluxé - Queen Of The Wave (CD/LP) Catskils RIDCD23, 2012-01-30 Queen of the Wave is the fourth record from Finnish duo Pepe Deluxé. Their first album, Super Sound, released in 1999 on Catskills Records, has aged quite much since then. Their second one, Beatitude, from 2003, saw them starting to write real songs, with arrangements to be filed between DJ Shadow, The Herbaliser and The...
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16 January 2012, 13:22
The Real Tuesday Weld - Songs for The Last Werewolf (CD/Digital) Six Degrees Records, 2011-07-12 (US and digitally everywhere) (Special Edition CD) Crammed Discs, 2012-01-16 (Europe) A widescreen cinematic emotional cabaret, Soundtrack for the Last Werewolf is the sixth The Real Tuesday Weld album and follows the Sunday Times and The Independent album of the week The London Book of the Dead. It'...
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19 December 2011, 12:23
Lanu - Roosevelt Blues & Acoustic EP (Digital single) Tru Thoughts TRUDD038, 2011-12-19 Out digitally on 19th December, this third single release from Lanu's acclaimed Her 12 Faces album brings the limelight to rest on the beautifully folksy Roosevelt Blues featuring Megan Washington, an infectiously fanciful and evocative song telling imagined tales of soirees spent rubbing shoulders with...
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29 October 2011, 14:40
Mushroom - I Don't Remember Yesterday, Today It Rained (Live at the Tip Top Inn, San Francisco March 1st, 2000) (Limited CDR 100 copies/Digital) 4 Zero Records FZ008, 2011-07-11 Mushroom has been ranks among the top 5 psychedelic rock bands out there for so many years I've stopped counting. It's just one of my favorite bands ever, and either you're a good friend of mine and read/heard about...
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27 October 2011, 12:31
Piers Faccini - My Wilderness (CD/Digital) Six Degrees Records, 2011-10-11 Piers Faccini is a soulful and expressive singer/songwriter whose music fuses folk and West African textures. His debut album found critical acclaim in Europe and brought comparisons to classic artists like Nick Drake. His latest release, My Wilderness, adds even more colors to his musical palette with contributions from...
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24 October 2011, 16:33
Various - ¡Chicas! - Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974 (CD/2xLP) Vampisoul VAMPI130, 2011-07-11 An irresistible collection of ye-yé, rock & roll, twist, beat, garage, rhythm & blues, soul and Latin sounds! From the early 60s and a difficult political and social context, Spanish female singers - and those who moved to Spain- disregarded conventions and overcame all barriers to be part of a...
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