Review: Earth Luminous – Erik Wøllo and Byron Metcalf
The latest album by Erik Wøllo, as a collaboration with ambient artist, Byron Metcalf, is a tribal rhythm grandeur. It is an unrelenting set of tracks, eight in all, that…
Mirage by Fleetwood Mac To Be Massively Revisited With LOADS Of Good Things
While I’m not too much a late-era Fleetwood Mac fan, I respect what they have done. I even love a few songs (“Sara”BIG TIME, “Gypsy”, “Warm Ways”, “Little Lies”). My…
Discoveries: Daniel Spaleniak (Poland)
If you catch the samples of songs played at beginnings, ends, and middles of any TV show, then you know just how frenetic it gets when you find something so…
Dead Can Dance Titles Reissued On Vinyl Beginning In July
The unique and unusual duo of Dead Can Dance has created a strong and enduring body of work that started with their self-titled debut back in 1984, and terminated with…
Bad Company’s Live 1977 Featuring Houston ’77 Show On 2LP Vinyl In July
If you’re a Bad Company fan AND a vinyl enthusiast, then you can be happy at the upcoming 2LP set extraction of Live 1977 from the 2CD set released on…
R.E.M. Transitions To Concord Records With Re-Release of WB Years Catalog In July
A few short R.E.M. notes today. With the recent sign-off of R.E.M.’s Warner Brothers years catalog to Universal-distributed Concord Records, the new label will be putting the affected titles into…
7LP Box For Ray Charles, The Atlantic Years – In Mono, Set For July
Last week, I posted the news for the Coltrane Box, The Atlantic Years In Mono. In that post, I mentioned Ray Charles (thanks to Stephen) as a possible inclusion into…
A Tsunami Of Vinyl (Pink Floyd, Prince, Madonna, John Denver, Radiohead, ELO, David Bowie, And More)
There’s a literal vinyl flood coming. Some titles are near essentials. Of the top arriving LPs on the calendar, my first choice are the staggered releases of the Pink Floyd…
In Memoriam: Isao Tomita (Tomita)
As it becomes more readily apparent that 2016 knows little compassion, we now learn that ambient pioneer, Isao Tomita has passed at the age of 83. While I was already…
[UPDATE] New Blues Pills Album, Lady In Gold, Arrives In August
If you like your Soul and Blues filled to the core with Rock n Roll, then you really don’t need to look much further than Blues Pills. Their standard of…
Box For John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years In Mono, In June
The mere mention of John Coltrane brings a reverential awe into the air. The man was a master of the saxophone, especially his chosen alto sax. Once he was discovered…
AIR Gets A 31-Track Collection, Twentyears, In June
When you think of Air, the French electronica band, you can arrive at several preference points. The first is, of course, their melodic and dance-able approach to the genre. That’s…