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Release Date: 2001-10-22, Audio CD, Dischord Records

Release Date: 2012-09-10, Vinyl, Stolen Recordings

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Adam Green is the first solo album offshoot from the Moldy Peaches. It features the same blend of obscene playground humour, touching observations and bedroom lo-fi that dominated their debut and indeed much of the so called anti-folk scene. But, without Adam's accomplice in crime, Kimya, this is a more gentle affair--sadly, gone are the noisy stomps about how to grow up super cool or, ahem, crack. In fact, other than the Stones and Dylan inspired mash of Baby's Gonna Die musically at least, this is relatively subtle stuff compared to Moldy Peaches. Adam focuses on strum-and-hum-alon g acoustic numbers with the odd splattering of saxophone (My Shadow Tags On Behind) or suitably lo-fi computer effects that are more ZX Spectrum than Cubase (Apples I'm Home, Computer Show). But it's the... Less

Release Date: 2007-10-01, Audio CD, V2

Release Date: 2012-05-21, Audio CD, Highline Records

Over his lengthy career, singer- songwriter James Taylor has proved himself more than adept at mastering other people’s songs. Previous hits such as Handy Man, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) and You’ve Got A Friend have all been successfully transformed by Taylor’s mellow, flawless vocals and savvy arrangements-- but it’s also true that some renditions have failed to ignite in quite the same way. Covers, Taylor’s first dedicated collection of covers, is similarly mixed. It’s an ambitious collection, covering everything from soul and country to good old-fashioned rock & roll. But while he manages to pull off convincing versions of soulful classics like The Drifters' On Broadway, The Temptation’s “It’s Growing” and George Jones’ evergreen country shuffle Why Baby... Less

Available from Amazon UK Review Mànran are an exceptionally talented bunch of young guys that are taking the music world by storm with their high energy, stomping tunes and phenomenal Gaelic/English songs. --Donald Shaw CD Description Mànran have quite literally rocketed to the top of the Scottish music scene with their powerful combination of Gaelic/English songs underpinned by driving Accordion, Fiddle, Flute and a backline of drum and bass to make any mouth water. Mànran are also the only band to host Highland and Uilleann pipes together in one line up to create a sound like no other. It was clear in June 2010, that the time had come for the 6 friends to unite and uphold the fresh, unstoppable sound of modern Gaelic Scotland. Since then, they have already performed at festivals in... Less

Release Date: 2012-06-11, Audio CD, Rootbeat

Metal Urbain! The name punches through like a burst of machine gun fire. From 1977 to 1979, 6 young men (Clode Panik, Pat Lu?ger, Rikky Darling, Eric Débris and Zip Zinc, Hermann Schwartz), born of this universe, transcend it with a definitively beautiful, yet convulsive music.This complete set contains: // CD 1: The album Metal Urbain, as it'd have come out in 1978, had things been different: all the singles from 77-78, + the tapes from 2 demented studio sessions recorded at Maidavale. All songs sung by Clode Panik. No remix or additional recordings have been added. An album that should have changed the future of the group. If it had come out in time...// CD 2: The album from Doctor Mix & The Remix - tribute to the Metal Urbain influence, recorded in the summer of 1979 by Lu?ger,... Less

Is this Nine Below Zero in disguise Well, it's Glenn Tilbrook, once founder of Squeeze, backed by the UKs foremost blues/Rock band, thus producing a more polished record. Pretty good. - Green packaging. GLENN TILBROOK - voc/gtr, DENNIS GREAVES - voc/gtr, MARK FELTHAM - hca, GERRY McAVOY - bass, BRENDAN O'NEILL - drums.

WILKO JOHNSON 'RED HOT ROCKING BLUES' Founder guitarist and songwriter for the 70's r&b band DR. FEELGOOD, Wilko Johnson's manic performances and choppy rhythm/lead style became their distinguishing trademark. Four groundbreaking albums,Down By The Jetty, Malpractice, Stupidity (a UK no. 1 chart-topper) and Sneakin' Suspicion,put Wilko and the Feelgoods firmly on the rock landscape from 1974 to 1977. In that era, their high-energy dirty R&B and be-suited appearance was a mini-revolution, bringing rock'n'roll back to the roots and giving inspiration to the fledgling punk scenes. Splitting from the Feelgoods,Wilko formed the SOLID SENDERS and signed to Virgin for an eponymous album. Then under his own name he released further albums,including Ice On The Motorway,Barbed Wire Blues and Going... Less

ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis 75 (2009 UK 75-track 3-CD album set - 2010 will be a year-long celebration of Elvis 75th birthday and the impact his life and music continues to have on the world. Elvis 75 is an ultimate career-spanning collection that demonstrates Presley at his best. The three CD collection runs from Heartbreak Hotel the classic that first made Elvis name in the UK back in 1956 to the hugely popular 2002 #1 JXL remix A Little Less Conversation that reaffirmed the British adoration for the hip-swivelling King of rocknroll. Offering fans an unprecedented range of essential material Elvis 75 provides a generous selection of the biggest UK smash hits encompassing many genres and amazingly all 75 of these songs were Top 20 hits including Hound Dog All Shook Up Jailhouse Rock Are You... Less

GLASVEGAS Glasvegas (2008 UK Special Edition 2-disc [CD/DVD] set - Glasvegas are a 4 piece from the tough East End of Glasgow who fuse a wall of sound noise that is equal parts Jesus and Mary Chain Elvis and Phil Spector combined with a pop sensibility inspired by 60s girl pop and Doo Wop. This their highly anticipated self-titled 10-track debut album includes the singles Geraldine & Daddys Gone; plus a Bonus Region 0 PAL DVD featuring 5 tracks performed live in their hometown of Glasgow 2 music videos and more... presented in a tri-fold digipak picture sleeve)

When co-founder and principal songwriter Mark Olson left the Jayhawks back in 1995, many predicted the imminent demise of the band. Two albums later they have never sounded stronger. Front man Gary Louris has matured as a singer- songwriter of greatness, his subtle, bittersweet lyrics and poignant harmonies recalling Lennon and McCartney transplanted to the American Midwest. 1997's emotionally exhausting Sound Of Lies revealed Louris and Co. in a pensive, turbulent mood following Olson's departure and the demise of their record label. As the title suggests, Smile shows the band's sunnier side, leaving their alt. country roots far behind to forge a new, radio-friendly AOR sound. If What Led Me To This Town or Better Days fondly look back to the Jayhawks of old, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me... Less

‘On A Bedroom Wall’ is a beautifully uplifting 80s influenced indie synth pop album laced with melancholy and longing. Led by Sean Rawls of Masters Of The Hemisphere Still Flyin’s 2009's much loved ‘Never Gonna Touch The Ground’ established the band's fun-loving credo and saw them touring the world 15-members strong with a little help from the likes of Isobel Knowles (Architecture In Helsinki) Mark Monnone (Lucksmiths) Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) Josephine Olausson (Love Is All) and Yoshi Nakamoto (Aisler Set). 2012 sees the band streamlining their setup to bring a tight new ethos to their production and songcraft mixed with a healthy dose of ingenuity and fun. These tracks will appeal to fans of Architecture In Helsinki Cut Copy Of Montreal and M83.

‘On A Bedroom Wall’ is a beautifully uplifting 80s influenced indie synth pop album laced with melancholy and longing. Led by Sean Rawls of Masters Of The Hemisphere Still Flyin’s 2009's much loved ‘Never Gonna Touch The Ground’ established the band's fun-loving credo and saw them touring the world 15-members strong with a little help from the likes of Isobel Knowles (Architecture In Helsinki) Mark Monnone (Lucksmiths) Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) Josephine Olausson (Love Is All) and Yoshi Nakamoto (Aisler Set). 2012 sees the band streamlining their setup to bring a tight new ethos to their production and songcraft mixed with a healthy dose of ingenuity and fun. These tracks will appeal to fans of Architecture In Helsinki Cut Copy Of Montreal and M83.

1-Looking The World OverWHISPERING SMITH 2-A Thousand Miles From NowhereWHISPERING SMITH 3-Deep South MoseWHISPERING SMITH 4-Cold Black MareWHISPERING SMITH 5-Storm in Texas aka Texas FloodWHISPERING SMITH 6-Baton Rouge BreakdownWHISPERI NG SMITH 7-Baby Please Don't GoWHISPERING SMITH 8-Dry Chemical BluesHOGAN, Silas 9-I Didn't Tell Her To LeaveHOGAN, Silas 10-Hoo-Doo BluesHOGAN, Silas 11-Honey Bee BluesHOGAN, Silas 12-Just Give Me A ChanceHOGAN, Silas 13-Cooling BoardEDWARDS, Clarence 14-Lonesome Bedroom BluesEDWARDS, Clarence 15-Let Me Love You BabyEDWARDS, Clarence 16-I Want SomebodyEDWARDS, Clarence 17-Worried Life BluesGRAY, Henry 18-Showers Of RainGRAY, Henry 19-Can't Last Too LongGRAY, Henry 20-Gray's BounceGRAY, Henry 21-Somebody Stole My Baby And GoneKELLEY, Arthur Guitar 22-How... Less

3 DOORS DOWN Seventeen Days [UK Bonus Edition] (2005 UK Special Bonus Edition 15-track CD album - their third studio album recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville Tennessee and produced by Johnny K [Finger 11 Disturbed] features twelve original songs including the road-weary ballad Landing in London featuring Bob Seger. Also includes three acoustic bonus recordings of Here Without You Away From The Sun & Let Me Go recorded only for this release of the album)

Release Date: 2009-07-28, Audio CD, Rhino Flashback

If you really want to know where Sixpence None the Richer has been the past two years, you have two choices. You can spend 15 minutes reading the oh-so-finely crafted story that graces the cover of this very magazine, or you can spend 15 minutes (give or take a few seconds) listening to the first three tracks on the band's new release, its self-titled debut on Steve Taylor's new label.Those songs, especially Anything and The Waiting Room, possess a seamless segue and a common denominator of being the quietest indictment of the music industry ever to be burned into a compact disc.If you've followed Sixpence's saga over the past couple of years, you know of the struggles and travails the band experienced in trying to get out of its previous record deal. These two songs force you to come to... Less

300 signed copies of Ruby Blue will be randomly allocated to customers buying from Amazon.co.uk. Solo albums are usually an opportunity for rock’s egos to shed that excess baggage (ie: fellow musicians) and find new ways of pursuing their personal vision (ie: start making bland records). Not so with Ruby Blue, the debut solo album from Moloko vocalist Roisin Murphy. Recorded with sometime Björk collaborator Matthew Herbert, a sampling maverick with a skill for making the experimental palatable, tracks like Sow Into You and Night Of The Dancing Flame drop Murphy’s honeyed purr in amongst a strange brew of fine-diced samples, twitchy bossanova, warm brass, and organic-feeling jazz hustle-and-bustle. Highlights are many: Dear Diary combines a passionate Northern Soul vibe with a lush,... Less

Boo Hewerdine's Anon is another beautiful, intelligent album from this excellent songwriter. Of all the tribes that make up the UK music audience, there's one that's never addressed by the press, no doubt because it's so thoroughly unexciting. This is the hundreds of thousands who simply like a literate song, well-crafted and performed. Image, angles and contemporary histrionics are not their bag at all. And one of their heroes is Boo Hewerdine, formerly of The Bible. Aside from providing songs for the likes of Natalie Imbruglia, and acting as guitarist in Eddi Reader's band, Hewerdine has released a string of soft and thoughtful albums dealing with life in all its complex glory. Anon (such a Hewerdine title, that, so aggressively unassuming) continues on that path. Accompanied by sweet,... Less

Invicta is the 13th studio album from cult symphonic rock band, The Enid. Maintaining the band's tradition for narrative, the record will mark the second edition in a planned trilogy of releases, building upon musical motifs of 2010 predecessor, Journey's End. Exploring the relationship between one and the many, the record aims to interpret wider themes of what humanity is able to achieve as a collective; celebrating greatness yet acknowledging adverse extremes. From the immense choral arrangements of The Whispering, featuring over 200 vocal layers, contrasted with the hauntingly beautiful solo tones of One and the Many, Invicta laments on the power of the whole. Individually we are all alone but together we are invincible. Formed in 1974 by acclaimed composer and pianist, Robert... Less

Guero marks Beck Hansen's highly anticipated return to his partnership with the Dust Brothers, and the sound captured distinguishes this as the spiritual follow-up to Odelay. Guero is a lovingly crafted soundscape with few lulls and many peaks. High points include the opening one-two of E-Pro and Guero, both of which are insidiously catchy and smartly humorous; Black Tambourine, which sounds like a miniature reinvention of the Stone Roses' classic Fools Gold; Hell Yes, in which Beck, armed with vocoder, returns as a great wielder of irony, taking potshots at hedonism; and the dustbowl rootsy blues of Scarecrow and Farewell Ride, adverts for the neglected genre that are strong enough to make a next generation pick up harmonicas and slip on cowboy boots. As with Odelay, Guero's... Less

These Selected Recordings come with a light-hearted note from Surman concerning imaginary suggestions from musicians and friends on how to choose from the wide variety of material he has recorded for ECM. One of the suggestions is that Surman should choose a piece from the album he made with the Hilliard Ensemble, to which Surman replies That's not me, you clot, that's Garbarek! Like the great Norwegian, Surman is blessed with both an instantly recognisable sound (whether on soprano or baritone saxophone, or bass clarinet) and a surpassing melodic gift that he expresses in ways that are related to Garbarek's but in essence very different. This attractive, far-ranging and well-sequenced selection of material from 13 ECM albums makes an excellent case for the affecting originality of... Less

Shakatak are the most successful group to have emerged from the UK's late 1970s/early '80s jazz-funk scene. From their early days performing at jazz-funk 'all-dayers' and 'weekenders' to their superstar status in the mid-1980s, when they enjoyed a string of Top 40 chart hits, the original line-up - minus Nigel Wright (keyboards) and Keith Winter (guitar) - of Bill Sharpe (keyboards), George Anderson (bass guitar), Roger Odell (drums) and Jill Saward (vocals) remains intact. This Vocalion release comprises 'Night Birds', their second album and the one that really put them on the map, as well as two tracks previously only available on 12-inch singles. 'Night Birds' established Shakatak's trademark smooth and sophisticated jazz-funk sound, and contains two of the band's biggest hits, Easier... Less

RINGO STARR Y Not (2010 UK 10-track CD album - For the first time ever Starr produces himself on his most personal album yet. Y Not sees Ringo joined on writing & musical collaborations by old and new friends including longtime pal and recentbrother-in-l aw Joe Walsh Dave Stewart longtime Roundheads member Steve Dudas on guitar Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on keyboards Don Was and Mike Bradford on bass as well as some special guests featuring Joss Stone BenHarper and Richard Marx on vocals Ann Marie Calhoun on violin and Tina Sugandh [aka Tina The Tabla Girl] on tabla and chanting. Yet no collaborator featured on Y Not is likely to receive as much attention as Starrs former bandmate and longstanding mate Paul McCartney who adds a characteristicall y brilliant bass part... Less

1980s UK jazz-funk outfit Shakatak make their second appearance on the Vocalion label with Invitations (1982), their third album. Following hot on the heels of the band's Night Birds album, which had produced two Top Twenty singles, it had much to live up to, yet Invitations proved to be a worthy successor, both musically and in terms of commercial success. Within weeks of being issued it achieved Gold status, ultimately reaching No.30 in the UK album chart and going on to yield a Top Forty single in Invitations (No.24, September 1982). The line-up of Bill Sharpe/Nigel Wright (keyboards), Keith Winter (guitars), George Anderson (bass guitar), Roger Odell (drums) and Jill Saward and Jackie Rawe (vocals) was by now firmly established, and their ensemble cohesion shines throughout the album... Less