Flash back, to a time of big men and bigger babies! A time not unlike today — but what, simpler-like? Shit. January, 2016. The times: scary. Tomorrow: kiss it goodbye.
Joyce Manor are California pop-punk legends and I Used To Go To This Bar is this epochal band operating at the top of their game. They deliver relentlessly satisfying rock music in a manner that makes it look simply effortless.
Warmer Than Gold, is a document of a life in music, a critical and celebratory travelogue, an attempt to transcend the homogeneous and status-obsessed conditions of the contemporary world through the use of big beats, big choruses, and distortion.
A bold and innovative musical visionary, the late Toumani Diabate transformed the sound of the kora - the 21-stringed African harp - and introduced it to the world stage.
After the critical successes of both Griselda Ghost (along with Westside Gunn) and No One Mourns The Wicked, it seemed like a no-brainer that the two would likely team up once again
Kingston in the early 70s was on fire with new music, and Herman Chin Loy put on the afterburners to release Aquarius Dub, probably the world's first dub LP.
Shine was more finely tuned, optimistic and delicately abrasive, with the reconstructed line-up admirably marrying Hacke's post-punk-into-blues guitar with Adam's feathered violin and Bonney's gruff vocals.
Loscil (aka Scott Morgan) returns to Kranky with Lake Fire, a nine-track offering of ash-laden sonics that mine the tension within the cycle of destruction and rejuvenation.
Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the release of "Touch," a selection of tracks produced by Yuji Ohno, one of the most revered producers and arrangers on the Nippon music scene.
Their final LP, recorded with Jeremy Lemos, Purple On Time dropped in late 2003, and found new drummer Adam Vida cannily replacing the fairly departed Pat Samson.
The resulting set of songs was a bigger, denser and more muscular sounding recording compared to earlier efforts, with exhilarating distorted guitars and drums and vocals to the fore.
