New Releases

http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-beyond-the-shades wrote:Spleen Arcana is the work of French songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Julien Gaullier. Influenced by 70′s progressive rock, Julien’s work is driven by melancholia and forsaken landscapes, inspired by musical heroes like Pink Floyd, Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Astra, Black Mountain, Marillion, Camel...

http://www.badhrecords.com/posse wrote:Posse is Paul Wittmann-Todd, Sacha Maxim, and Jon Salzman. Posse formed in 2010 shortly after Paul & Sacha met at the local lesbian bar and bonded over music stuff. Jon, a former band mate of Sacha's, was soon added on drums.

http://www.moodymonkeyrecords.com/play-along-with-the-teamsters.html wrote: From the deepest depths of North London, and in particular Archway where they walk 'The Kentish Mile', come THE TEAMSTERS, the latest beat combo to hail from this great British city. As a label based in Hamburg, it was inevitable that Moody Monkey would release such a fantastic young and new band like The Teamsters, especially because there is no other band like them. This Londoner trio are certainly anchored in today's beat sound, writing their own material in their special Teamsters' way, however with an undeniable 60s influence and worthy of their heroes who once roamed the slums of St. Pauli. The mothers of these boys from London, Manchester and Copenhagen have (or so it seems) breastfed their offspring large doses of Mersey Beat and R'n'B. However this was not enough for them, and they completed their musical education at the elementary state school of The Milkshakes, The Kaisers and everything in-between; indie and punk influences also come through, which finally give them that raw, gross sound of a current garage band. The first side of this EP, "Diggin' an early grave", has a repetitive, juvenile leit-motiv which - and i promise you - will quickly get you hooked. It's a real hit for me and I can't get it out of my mind. The second track "Girl (how could ya?)" is harmonically speaking a true, wonderful beat pearl, which lead Sir Bruce Brand  to call The Teamsters founding fathers of the “re-beat” movement. Wahooo! The B-side kicks off with "Don't come back home", an angry and rebellious hit. Same as "Diggin' an early grave", which i can't help myself dance and jump to with madness. I admit Thee Vicars and Black Lips spring to mind, but nevertheless, this is definitely The Teamsters' trademark sound! The last number is called "A girl named Linda" which rounds off the EP with a composition exercise. Bo Diddley would have a word or two to say about it. But it's just another wonderful ditty part of the large bank of songs written by the bands song-writing team that is 'Bolton / Wing'. Our trio are obsessed with Medway delta music, and in fact they recorded this phenomenal 45 "Play along with ... The Teamsters" at the Ranscombe Studios' in Rochester. This brand new group have already performed at many great gigs on the sceptred isle. Very soon, you will expect to find them playing in your local town, and the release of a debut LP soon to follow. Until then, play along with The Teamsters on this fabulous extended player available now! Be swift and get this record limited to 500 pieces! (Release: Jan 31st, 2014)

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Ginger-Baker-Why-5594385.php wrote:Yes, drummer extraordinaire Ginger Baker became a brand name back in the days of Cream, Blind Faith, and Air Force. However, listening to Why?, Baker's first album in 16 years, you'll forget all that. Instead, you're likely to feel you're traveling to a time before fusion jazz when players and their acoustic instruments banded together in small "combos.


Baker is the major composer for the album as well, including the humorous title song with its one word lyric. "Aiko Biaye" is a reworking of a song Baker first recorded with his Air Force back in 1970, this time without the Graham Bond vocals. Likewise, "Ain Temouchant" is a Baker composition he first recorded with the Ginger Baker Trio on 1994's Going Back Home. Baker's lovely tribute to British blues pioneer, "Cyril Davies," punctuated by maracas and Latin flavorings, is another updating of an older track, this time from Baker's 1999 Coward of the County. From that same album, trumpeter Ron Miles' "Ginger Spice" becomes the Why? opening track,

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http://exystence.net/blog/2014/12/03/sonny-simmons-moksha-samnyasin-nomadic-2014/ wrote:Nomadic is the latest psychedelic exploration of absolute free jazz legend Sonny Simmons. At 82 years old, Simmons has joined forces with Moksha Samnyasin, a bass-drums-sitar trio consisting of French musicians Thomas Bellier (Spindrift, Blaak Heat Shujaa), Sebastien Bismuth (Abrahma) and Michel Kristof (Other Matter).
Nomadic stands at the peak of Simmons’ quest for Middle-Eastern, psychedelic sonorities, the latest sonic accomplishment of a career spanning seven decades, during which Simmons has investigated and deconstructed every form of mind-expansive music. Moksha Samnyasin lays a heavy, vibrant, and improvised foundation that gives Simmons’ alto sax and English horn the space to explore the sonic spectrum and push the boundaries of……conventional psychedelia. Unfolding visions of the Far East, hinting at the minimalism of free jazz, the result is a peyote-laced Bitches Brew making way for a brand new form of “jazz fusion”. Recorded between Paris and New York, the album was mastered by Grammy Award-winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Deftones).

http://hologramskies.com/?p=3219 wrote:New single track ”Animal” from Moon Duo. The track will be included in their upcoming album ”Shadow Of The Sun” which is expected to be released on March 3, 2015 via Sacred Bones Records. Pre-orders for the new LP/CD are available on amazon and digital download on iTunes store

http://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/album/nepenthe wrote:This album was mostly recorded throughout 5 days in June on a farm in regional Victoria. Working almost around the clock we completed 12 songs, 8 of which you see here with 1 bonus track.

http://backseatmafia.com/2014/10/25/album-review-half-man-half-biscuit-urge-for-offal/ wrote:There’s a good argument for Half Man Half Biscuit being the greatest indie band of all time. After thirty years they still remain utterly loyal to the tiny Probe Plus record label, releasing thirteen albums and five EPs laden with equal parts pithiness, wordplay and the most spot on cultural references.

Half Man Half Biscuit don’t do much in the way of promotion of their new releases, so the release of their latest album, Urge for Offal, was only (quietly) announced last month. No singles released ahead of the album, no articles in the mainstream press hyping the release, no global electronics giants buying all their users a copy (whether they want one or not), just a quiet announcement on their (decidedly unofficial) website giving a release date and showing a reassuringly amusing tracklisting and the sort of artwork that can only be that of a Half Man Half Biscuit album.

http://sulabassana.bandcamp.com/album/disappear-split-lp-with-3am wrote:split album by 3AM (chino burga from la ira de dios, peru) and sula bassana. out in november 2014 as limited vinyl edition (300 copies black, 200 copies marbled vinyl) on headspin-records from the netherlands.
here, on this site, you only get sula bassana's tracks!!!
all songs (music and words) by dave schmidt/sula bassana 2013/2014.
vocals and space echo in disappear by komet lulu.
recorded, mixed and produced, guitars, fretless bass, drums, korg & moog synthesizers, philicorda, mellotron, minipops, vocals, toy-spiral,
space echo, effects... by sula.