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Hope is important is Idlewood's debut album recorded in 1998, the first full length release filled with distortion, Roddy Woomble's screeching vocals and utter chaos. This transitional album marks the beginnings of boys becoming men. A raw emo-punk album full of energy, laying out the path this band is going to go on in the future.

A 30-song career spanning compilation from this long-running female fronted Bay Area punk band. BAD DADDIES (aka B.D.), run the gamut from hard-core noise-bursts, to '90s-style rock through to straight up pop-punk sensibilies. This compilation takes in a smattering of tracks from their 2011 self-released uber-rare debut singles, (editions of just 83 copies and 137 copies), to 2016's self release demo cassette (edition of 70 copies). Initial copies of this LP include an extensive zine, with band interviews, original artwork and track by track commentary. RIYL the Bags, the Urinals, Sonic Youth, Bikini Kill, Melt Banana.

Night Shop is the new solo project from Justin Sullivan, drummer for Kevin Morby, The Babies and Flat Worms. His debut 12-inch was recorded at comp-ny Studios in Los Angeles, engineered by Drew Fisher (Kevin Morby, The Babies, Girl Pool) and is chock full of world-weary, melancholy songs with trace elements of optimism. He is joined by Will Ivy on electric guitar and Tim Hellman (Thee Oh Sees) on bass

A shotgun marriage of '80s jangle pop and nervy, tongue-in-cheek lyrics are the wedded bliss of SOB STORIES' eponymous debut EP. Lead singer and songwriter JOEL CUSUMANO never met a hooky chord progression, or a dark turn of phrase, he didn't like. Prior to forming Sob Stories, Cusumano played with Oakland power-poppers TALKIES—after recording with Terry Six (Exploding Hearts) and releasing a full-length cassette on Burger Records, he parted ways with the group to form Sob Stories. Other Bay Area pop pros (members of RAZZ, COCKTAILS) fill out the Sobs' lineup. The band's debut is a whirlwind of guitar pop tunes that all clock in under 2:30, and cover the rock geek milieu—heartbreak, regret, and baked Alaska.

tenebrous LIAR developed as the result of a musical urge felt by photographer Steve Gullick in 2005, much frantic sound bending & home recording resulted in an album released by Fire records the following year. It quickly became apparent that Gullick needed a band in order to perform live, he enlisted the help of an eclectic & ever evolving line-up of friends who made a further five albums in as many years and played shows with a very diverse selection of artists including Scout Niblett, Josh T. Pearson, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Foo Fighters, Duke Garwood, Oxbow, Soulsavers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Ed Harcourt & Cindytalk.
In 2016 tenebrous LIAR (Brendan Casey on bass, Ben Edgar on drums & Steve Gullick on guitar & vocals) set about writing & recording their new album in Coventry rehearsal rooms & in Gullick's home, the idea was to record improvisations to create a freer sounding record, the band channeled psychedelic era Miles Davis, early PIL & their love for Neil Young's 'Dead Man' to create 'The Cut'.

Emotional Response are proud to announce a compilation of home grown talent, featuring two songs each from eight current Arizona pop acts. ELECTRISAD, LIL BOBBY JR, GENE TRIPP, AMATUER HOUR, THE ENGLISH TEETH (BOYRACER), NANAMI OZONE, CEREAL MILK, and DINERS. Limited edition of 300 copies with insert and download.

EVANESCENCE return this fall with SYNTHESIS, their fourth studio album, slated for a Fall 2017 release. The group today, August 14, announced the Synthesis Live' tour will launch this fall beginning October 14 on the west coast (confirmed dates below). Like the album, Synthesis Live' will feature a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE's best-loved songs with the spotlight on full orchestra, electronics combined with the band and Amy Lee's virtuoso piano and voice.

This is a total passion project for me. There are so many layers in our music, underneath the huge drums and guitars,' explains AMY LEE of EVANESCENCE. I've always wanted to shine a light on some of the gorgeous David Campbell arrangements and programming elements in our songs, and that idea snowballed into completely re-doing them with full orchestra, not just strings, elaborate programming and experimentation. This will be our first time touring with orchestra and I'm so excited to perform this way-really focus on the vocals, and the emotion and the story we've built over the years. I'm also really excited about the new material on the album. Besides the two new songs, there are some really beautiful instrumental in-between moments. The whole thing flows like a big, dynamic soundtrack.'

The two-time, GRAMMY® Award-winning group is currently in the studio finishing the new album through August with producers Will Hunt and orchestra arranger and composer David Campbell. In addition to the re-imagined catalog songs, the forthcoming SYNTHESIS album will feature two new EVANESCENCE songs.

2017 promises to be the biggest year for EVANESCENCE yet, as their intense live performances and timeless songwriting combined with a powerful live orchestra and electronics will truly deliver a transcendent experience.

Award-winning Swiss producer, electro-innovator and cycling enthusiast, David Langhard celebrates the rhythmic rush of life on two wheels with the release of HOGOFOGO. A four-strong live band, a 15-date UK and European Tour, including a date at The Social, London is announced to coincide with the release.

Inevitable comparisons with Kraftwerk aren't shyly rejected, but recognised and warmly embraced by Langhard, who cites the band's 1981 album, 'Computer World' as one of the best albums to cycle to, alongside up-tempo tracks by Pixies, The Specials and the canon of classic 1950s rock and roll. Renowned and praised for his work underpinning the recordings of fellow Swiss export, Klaus Johann Grobe, Langhard's work as an innovative producer is matched by his own, artistic restlessness. A diverse and energetic career has seen Langhard awarded the Winterthur Kulturpreis, acclaimed by city officials in September 2017 for being an experienced, stylish and versatile musician, whose influence and charisma reaches far beyond Winterthur.'

Touring Europe as a member of Howlong Wolf and Admiral James T, Langhard's work on the fifth studio album from Neutral Zone extends a trip into synthesised sound that started in 1995 with nothing more than classic Casio SA-5 and Intersound PK-380 keyboards and a tape recorder. The growth of his own DALA Studios in his home city, alongside an ever-developing collection of vintage, analogue recording equipment (alongside the racing bikes) has seen a personal side project take to the fast lane and now, 22 years later, he presents an underground masterpiece.

Youth) spent an afternoon improvising. Charles Hayward on drums and Thurston Moore on guitar.

This LP is the result.

Improvisations is a vinyl only release, limited to 500 copies worldwide.

The seven tracks are unnamed but are identified by the side and order in which they appear ie., A1-3 and B1-4.

This was the third time Hayward and Moore played together. The session was recorded at Lynchmob studios through the famous 1969 Neve console originally built for the BBC.

Charles Hayward has been a prominent figure in British music over the last 40 years: Gong at 19 years of age, Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno, Camberwell Now and of course the revered This Heat now touring the world in its phoenix-like rebirth as This Is Not This Heat.

Thurston Moore spent thirty years fronting the groundbreaking and massively influential Sonic Youth, in addition to numerous collaborative and experimental side-projects and running the SYR imprint as well as his own Ecstatic Peace label.

CCFX are a new trio from Olympia, Washington, featuring Mary Jane Dunphe (Vexx, CC Dust), David Jacques (CC Dust) and Chris McDonnell (TransFX). Collectively coming from a background of punk, new wave and shoegaze, all three members embody Olympia's historical ethos of DIY and join forces for a record that is a showcase of what is currently coming out of the Pacific Northwest.

Recorded and mixed with Captain Tripps, the release is a testament to the nostalgic properties of 80s UK chiming and melodic guitar parts that counter and complement Mary Jane's emotional vocals. Undeniably indebted to the sounds of The Cure, New Order, The Smiths and My Bloody Valentine, Chris McDonnell has made much of the kinship he feels between Olympia, Washington and Manchester, England. CCFX strike that delicate balance between heartfelt and gloomy but there is an earnest sincerity to these tracks that sets the band apart.

The timbre of the music is warm and just slightly fuzzed out and the expressive quality of Mary Jane's voice is pushed to the front. These four songs allow access to suppressed and forgotten feelings from youth - punk's not dead and neither are its descendants. This is the stuff indie dance nights are made of.

Grammy® Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day will release Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band on 17th November. The playlist includes 20 hits spanning the band's prolific 21 years as a band, plus a brand new song called Back In The USA' and a new duet with award-winning Country Music superstar Miranda Lambert on Ordinary World.' Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong previously collaborated with Lambert at the 56th annual Grammy® Awards in 2014 for a live duet in tribute of the late Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers.

On 22nd March, God miraculously came down to the Ed Sullivan Theatre to introduce Green Day as God's Favorite Band' on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. When God speaks people listen, and he granted Green Day the title: Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band. The collection chronicles the sonic journey of one of the most essential and dynamic rock bands in recent history. Formed in 1986 in Berkeley, CA, Green Day achieved breakout success with 1994's Dookie which has sold over 10 million copies to date in the U.S. alone. Widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock, Green Day would go on to release Insomniac (1995), Nimrod (1997), and Warning (2000). In 2004, Green Day released the rock opera American Idiot which captured the nation's attention and sold more than six million copies in the U.S. Mojo declared It's exhilarating stuff, the kind of record that sets new parameters as to what is possible from a punk rock'n'roll band in the 21st century.' In 2010, a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway. The band went on to release the critically acclaimed 21st Century Breakdown (2009) and the album trilogy Green Day ¡Uno!, Green Day ¡Dos!, and Green Day ¡Tré (2012).

Green Day is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. The group has won five Grammy Awards. On April 18, 2015, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of the 2015 class in what was their first year of eligibility for induction. Green Day's 12th studio album Revolution Radio was released on 7th October, 2016 and debuted at No. 1 on the UK Official Album Chart. Upon its release, People proclaimed: The punk vets still have a tattooed finger on the national pulse.'

Christa Päffgen aka Nico has been a femme fatale extraordinaire, a woman always searching for and always running from something. She began her career as a model and actress, but soon got addicted to music and all kinds of unhealthy relievers for her spiritual pain, which in the end caused a bad health and helped to generate the circumstances for her untimely death at the age of 50 in 1988. A few months prior to her passing due to a bicycle accident on the Spanish isle Ibiza, she performed her last show with mostly new and unheard tracks, plus one classic tune from her proto-gothic album The end' (originally released in 1974). If you are familiar with her avantgarde type music you may guess what awaits you here but I think I should explain it to all those who have never heard of Nico before. She had one of the most captivating and outstanding voices in the whole music scene during her active years, with an utterly dark and manic expression even while performing her vocals absolutely flawless. Besides her unique voice, Nico also performed as a supermodel, which flatened her path to the hearts and music of several well known artists from that time, like Andy Warhol, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne, Jimi Hendrix, Danny Fields, Iggy Pop and Alain Delon. Andy Warhol connected Nico to Lou Reed, who's band THE VELVET UNDERGOUND she joined for the first album as a singer on Warhol's wish. Her later backing band THE FACTION created a thick carpet of pulsating melodies and rhythms with a spacey feel and a morbid atmosphere. Peter Murphy of BAUHAUS once called Nico's albums The marble index' (1968) and The end' (1974) to be the first ever true GOTHIC style records and he was right. Even twenty years after her first records Nico still had this gloomy but majestic charme and the older she got, the better and more intense her music became. With these accessible but still mind twisting songs on Nico's last concert: Fata Morgana' we get a rough idea where she wanted to go. All in all this is one of those cult albums from the 80s dark psychedelic music scene, which certainly deserves to be heard by current generations for it easily stands the test of time. Just phreakin awesome.

- Playing Cal Jam 17 with a swag of swell bands on October 7th
- Long deleted on vinyl
- Original artwork faithfully reproduced

First album originally released in 1990 by BABES IN TOYLAND.

Spanking Machine was recorded in Seattle by now legendary Jack Endino at the now equally legendary Reciprocal Recording Studio.

Spanking Machine was the record that kicked down many doors for BABES IN TOYLAND.

Personally asked by Thurston Moore to support Sonic Youth on their European tour promoting Goo, appearing in the documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke, fixtures on the John Peel show among much more.

Damo Suzuki in performance with Château Laut, recorded at Ausland, Berlin, 30.iv.2010 by Stephan Laackman. Mastered for cassette format by Mark Van Hoen.

Illustration - SavX.


Château Laut's Stefan Fähler writes: "I contacted Damo in 2009. He didn't reply immediately and at one point I just forgot about it... So, it was a huge surprise when he replied, exactly a year to the day later, explaining his email's calendar was weird and he had only just now received my mail. Quickly, we arranged all details for our concert-to-be.

We first met a couple of months later, at the airport. We picked him up in the morning and were stoned just an hour later in our kitchen. The energy for the whole day was so peaceful and warm. On the way to soundcheck we saw barricades and police vans on the streets in readiness for 1 May - a date famous in Berlin for rioting and protest. We joked about this "predictable riot", marked in calendars for all to see.

The gig at Ausland proceeded organically. We shared many beautiful moments, both on and off stage. Damo was so much into the atmosphere and the crowd that, after our main set, we went on-stage a second time. Afterwards, we crashed at our place, downing a couple of whiskeys before going to sleep, happy.

We kept in touch. He became something close to a spiritual mentor for me. He gave us contacts around the globe for travels and put me in touch with many nice people. He once said to me, one of the most important things in life is to travel. We were glad he stopped by our place on his journey." - Stefan Fähler, Berlin, 23.viii.2017

Martin Kohlstedts Opus »Strom« ist ein Handstreich der Unbarmherzigkeit, das Klavier den Elementen auszusetzen. Im Fluss der 9 Stücke löst sich der Komponist auf und macht Musik in ihrer ureigensten Dynamik erfahrbar. Man wird Zeuge davon, wie sich Nähe und Intimität zu Weite und Gewalt wandeln, sowie Schönheit in alledem zu finden ist - vor allem aber im Vergehen. Konsequent entwickelt »Strom« dabei verschiedenste Formwelten, erscheint neblig gefährlich, dann wieder ganz direkt, fast verspielt, bis hin zum Erstarren vor der eigenen Größe. Dabei wurden für »Strom« keine Pointen erdacht und keinerlei Maß genommen. Stattdessen wirkt es so, als ob Martin Kohlstedt es geschafft hätte, der Intuition ein Monument zu bauen.

Dabei sind unabänderliche Denkmäler gar nicht Kohlstedts Spezialität, ganz im Gegenteil. Bekannt geworden ist der Thüringer vor allem für die Energie und Unberechenbarkeit seiner Konzerte. Nach zwei Solo-Piano Alben legte er Schablonen für das Instrument ab und entwickelte seine eigene Selbstverständlichkeit, Elektronik und Effekte so zu spielen, als seien sie nur weitere Tasten auf der schwarzweißen Klaviatur. »Strom« ist Martin Kohlstedts drittes Studioalbum und ebenso ein Destillat dieser Entwicklung wie auch ein Blick in die Zukunft: Bevor der Komponist auf sein Publikum trifft, prallt er in diesem ersten aller Räume mit sich selbst zusammen. Inszenierung ist hier fehl am Platz. Sound und Struktur treten hinter den Wunsch, mit der Musik andere Orte zu erreichen. Man hört dem nach - seinen Händen - die all die Arbeit verrichten, feinfühlig und größenwahnsinnig zugleich. Und bleibt doch ganz bei sich, wie auf seinen Konzerten. Mehr braucht man über Martin Kohlstedt nicht zu wissen.

The New Faith release their debut album 'Me On You' on 27th October. With a distinctly British sound evoked by a yearning heart and the dizzy inertia of youth, TNF's uproarious soundtrack to growing up is the product of small town dreams, failure, control and loss. Balancing melodic genius with lyrical brilliance, their grandiose yet melancholic sound features gospel choirs and orchestral strings, laced with an addictive pop sensibility that is at once haunting, beautiful, uplifting and heartfelt. The album follows two singles, 'Fritter Away' and TNF's debut release, 'Too Sad To Be Young', an evocative exploration of music making that was well received in the media (see quotes below).

Hailing from Brighton, TNF is fronted by singer and songwriter Will Charlton, whose sublimely controlled baritone croon sits a-top a wall of guitar and the orchestral arrangements of a band whose sound flits between tender and grandeur. Based around family, love and personal battles, youth and adulthood, and co-written with guitarist Sam Baldwin, the record's fourteen reflective songs narrate Charlton's different relationships as he relocated between towns and territories. Describing the content of 'Me On You', he states that "The tracklisting reflects the story. From beginning to end, I moved to Berlin to follow a European dream, had a break up and moved to Brighton not knowing where I really wanted to be. I wanted to write songs to close the chapter. The idea is that as well as being a narrative of the past, the album is also an account of my relations with other people." 

The opening track, the anthemic 'There, There', is about being young and naive, "all those things you're warned about in your youth that you inevitably become,' continues Charlton, with 'Look The Other Way', 'Berlin' and 'Sometimes Are' being  the most telling and representative of the album's theme, each about a different person, a different place and a different time, trying to come to an understanding of how things always seem to turn out the same.' The new single 'Fritter Away' "is written as a letter to my nephew to warn him what happens as you get older, the transition between youth and adulthood and the emotions he is still too young to understand,' while 'Thirst For The Living Water' Parts 1 to 3 bookend a letter written in a more reflective tone, "from the fallout of excess to ending up where you didn't ever want to be.'

'Me On You' is mixed and produced by Dave Izumi, who's flair and flavour comes from his beautifully crafted Echo Zoo Studios in Eastbourne.  It's full of reel to reel tape machines, old synths, steinway pianos, a rhino's head, a mousse's head and Tony Visconti's old mixer..." and sees the band reproduce their highly original songs, handpicked from late night sessions and hours of bedroom recordings and demos. Two years and a day since Dave first heard the band and called saying he wanted to take on the album, The New Faith have created a peerless union of relatable lyrics, traditional songwriting and audacious arrangements, a stunning song-book filled with variety and colour.

To Kill A King have today released their new single 'Spiritual Dark Age' and announced a headline tour for January 2018. Described by singer Ralph Pelleymounter as "a bit of comfort for the long dark night of the soul," 'Spiritual Dark Age' is To Kill A King at their irrepressible best. Marrying memorable, thought-provoking lyrics with dynamic production and outrageously catchy hooks, 'Spiritual Dark Age' grabs from the off and never lets up. 'Spiritual Dark Age' and recent single ''The Good Old Days' will feature on the To Kill A King's third album due early 2018.

The band's twelve-date UK tour starts at Sheffield Plug on January 11th and will culminate at Islington Assembly Hall on January 27th. "We are so excited to get back on the road and play for you all, it's been too long since we've seen a lot of these parts,' says Ralph. Roll on 2018!"

Earlier this year To Kill A King played three consecutive London headline dates (at The Borderline, Oslo, and Omeara), and this week they return to their DIY roots with a European 'Living Room Tour', which starts in Belgium on Thursday.

After releasing two acclaimed albums, 2013's 'Cannibals With Cutlery' and 2015's self-titled follow-up 'To Kill A King', and touring incessantly since 2010, To Kill a King took a well deserved break in 2016, Ralph using the time to write with Rag'n' Bone Man and Zibra, while keyboardist Ben Jackson produced albums for Childcare and Little White Things.

To Kill A King: Ralph Pelleymounter (vocals, guitar), James Ball (bass), Ben Jackson (keyboards), Grant McNeill (guitar), and Josh Taffel (drums)

Felt, The Wake, Orange Juice, The Pastels, Feelies, Belle and Sebastian, Rat Columns. David West is a musical artist from Western Australia based in New York City. He's been active in the shifting sands of underground pop for over a decade. Not dissimilar to the main character in Star Wars, his musical career began in a backwater desert village, in this case, Perth, before he migrated to more glittering metropolises like San Francisco and Melbourne, and finally landing in his current home of New York. He presently plays in the contemporary outfits Rat Columns, Rank/Xerox and Liberation. In the past he has participated in such groups as Lace Curtain, Burning Sensation and Total Control. DW began releasing eponymous platters in 2015 with the Night People/Happy Endin' full-length cassette Drop Out Of Collage. This was followed in 2016 by the Peace Or Love LP which featured the radio semi-hit 'Dream On Dreamer'. DW's move into the "own-name" category of artists came as his other bands began to develop defined identities. He felt that recording under his own name would be an excellent umbrella for both roving experimentation and a more frivolous, post-modern style of pop music that would not fit in the frameworks of his other projects. Also, after crafting band names for over a decade, it was just time. Cherry On Willow is DW's audio pop vision for 2017. It differs from the last two DW releases by introducing a more collaborative framework, creating the backing group Teardrops - an open ensemble of friends and collaborators, including Bob Jones of Eaters, Louis Hooper of Rat Columns, Mikey Young of Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Raven Mahon of Grass Widow, dynamite drummer Griffin Harrison and other supremely talented individuals from the past and future. The recordings were quite live and spontaneous, hoping to catch some of the magic involved in speed and improvisation, harvesting creative sparks from his musical colleagues and himself. The album was recorded in various places in the latter half of 2016 - by DW in his practice space in New York City, in a rental rehearsal room in Glasgow, and a garage studio in Guildford, Western Australia, where Rat Columns' recent LP Candle Power was also recorded. Cherry On Willow was recorded quickly and with a 'first thought best thought' philosophy, to capture an old-school pop feeling, with rough edges intact, human movements tracked and uncut. Swiping liberally from various strains of underground pop, glam, rock'n'roll, synth-pop and disco.

Remixes from Ruede hagelstein & Amin Fallaha, Scuba, Julien Bracht and Tom (Alt-J) Hymn to the Night is the debut album from rising electronic post-punk duo, Lea Porcelain. The album was writt en and recorded over a two year period in Berlin's FUNKHAUS, a broadcasti ng house created under Soviet supervision that now houses the world's biggest recording studio. We are proud of what we have made and we have learned a lot through the process,' recall the band. The spectrum of the album is extremely wide.

Every song works together, playing with very different moods. We would describe it as atmospheric, cinemati c and melancholic'. Including the singles, 'Bones', 'Out Is In', and 'Warsaw Street' The song is rich in vibrant synthesizers and gentle vocals laced with percussion as lively as a marching band, creati ng a track as quixoti c as a lucid dream. - Stereogum

Ominous motorik kraut rumblings and the thudding electronic trickery of prime era Underworld. - Godisinthetvzine

Music-wise, we're thinking of smooshing together Joy Division with Echo & The Bunnymen (sure) coupled with the modern-downbeatness of The XX. So everything dressed in black basically. Brilliant stuff . - Killing Moon

An electronic duo from Frankfurt, Lea Porcelain have a dark, twisted yet oddly enti cing sound. - Clash Magazine

Friendship Fever is working closely with Jason Lytle of Grandaddy to give this seminal album the deluxe treatment it deserves. It will include the beautifully re-mastered original album intact, as well as an extra LP featuring unreleased demos from 1997 that include sketches of songs that became legendary Grandaddy tracks, like Bjork ELO Xanadu and the Birth of Chartsengrafs' and the fan-favorite For The Dishwasher.' Grandaddy was meticulous about documenting their early years and has also provided folders of raw original artwork elements for Under the Western Freeway, candid photographs, original flyer artwork, tour logs, doodles, and much more. New liner notes will be written by Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals. Our hope is that this release serves as an unparalleled time-capsule of this seminal Central-Valley California masterpiece. Ahead of its time, sitting peacefully alone in the universe.

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"The Wave Pictures are conjure up some of the most gleeful, magnificent pop in town." The Guardian
"Their confessionals drip with a yearning for something more than the humdrum. Its so grimy and intimate you can smell the cigarettes and red wine on Tattersall's breath." MetroProducing seductively shabby love songs, with unsurpassed dexterity and an authenticity born out of obscurity, The Wave Pictures released their debut album Instant Coffee Baby in 2009. With lead singer David Tattersall and bassplayer Franic Rozycki growing up in Wymeswold near Loughborough, the roots of The Wave Pictures lie far from the scene centric commerciality of the prevailing mainstream. Instant Coffee Baby is an album so lyrically of its time it should be placed in the Blue Peter time capsule, and yet it's production is timeless, it's touchstones myriad and the performances little short of virtuoso.

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The Best Damn Thing is the third studio album by Avril Lavigne, originally released in 2007. The album represents a musical departure from her earlier studio album Under My Skin (MOVLP1772) which incorporates more elements of post-grunge music.

The Best Damn Thing is seen by critics as Lavigne's most commercial album and was noted as her first effort to feature a wide range of producers for the studio album, including Matt Beckley, Rob Cavallo, Dr. Luke and Lavigne herself. The album received positive reviews from music critics, many praising her transition from grungy alternative rock music to more pop-punk music, with it being catchy and very radio-friendly.

The album debuted at number one in charts from the US, Austria, Canada, United Kingdom and many other countries. The album became one of the best-selling albums of 2007.

Four singles were released from the album. Its lead single Girlfriend' peaked at number one on the in the Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached number one in twelve other countries across the world including Australia, Canada and Japan, making it one of the best-selling singles of 2007 worldwide. Other singles, When You're Gone', Hot' and The Best Damn Thing' were successful around the globe.

2017 marks the 10th Anniversary of The Best Damn Thing. The album is now available on vinyl for the first time. This first, limited edition run is pressed on 180 gram solid pink vinyl.

Only 2,500 copies are available.

Terry's second seven inch with three new songs exploring themes of patriarchy in politics, mass consumption versus lifestyle choices and the dating scene.
'8 Girls' is a pop nugget that references female politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, controversial leader of the One Nation party Pauline Hanson and Senators Penny Wong and Jacqui Lambie, who on the cover looks to be dressed as a sumo wrestler.
Divide Terry into four and you get Al Montfort (UV Race, Total Control, Dick Diver), Amy Hill (Constant Mongrel, School Of Radiant Living), Xanthe Waite (Mick Harvey Band) and Zephyr Pavey (Eastlink, Total Control, Russell Street Bombings).
Originally released on a short run by Aarght records in Australia, this version on transparent vinyl housed in a reverse board sleeve, limited to 400 copies!

Flat Worms belt-sanded everyone with their 7-inch on Volar, and Castle Face is proud as new papas to present their debut album. The band continues their ride on a buzz-saw wave of feedback-tipped riffs into the middle distance, the smog-choked sunset receding in the rearview, with a thousand-yard dead pan stare surgically pinned to a high octane set of boredom-energized punk pistons. This is an ear-ringing missive from the end of the cul-de-sac, a mirage wavering above a mid-sized American suburb at dusk, with the constellations bleached black by the sprawl. A little Wipers, a little Wire, and a lot of late-capitalist era anxious energy—Flat Worms scratch the itch quite nicely.

Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, live on Tampa Bay's WYNF 'Radio Clash' program on April 26th 1992. Before signing a national record deal, Marilyn Manson cultivated a strong regional following in Florida. This LP features material from a broadcast on Tampa's WYNF on April 26, 1992, more than two years before the release of their first album. Included are earlier versions of songs from 1994's Portrait of an American Family, as well as a few that wouldn't make it onto that or their subsequent records.

Following last year's interim track, the 25 minute opus 'Blackened Cities', Melanie De Biasio makes her return with news of a brand new album 'Lilies'. Classically trained and revered in her native Belgium De Biasio uncovered fans in the shape of Gilles Peterson - who heralded De Biasio as one of the most exciting artists in the jazz world and Radiohead's Phillip Selway with the release of her second album, 2014's 'No Deal'. Earlier this year also saw the Eels remix of 'I Feel You', featured in the trailer for Ridley Scott's 'Alien: Covenant', lifted from 'No Deal' - it once again cements the ever- growing and widespread regard from her peers.
The nine-track 'Lilies' continues to enthral, from openers 'Your Freedom Is The End Of Me', with its immersive narrative underpinned by piano. An up- tempo, entrancing collection of tracks that ventures to stimulate both lyrically and musically whilst enticing the listener into an expressive and atmospheric environment.
LP format includes a copy of the album on CD

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Let Go is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, originally released in 2002. The album was credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002, and was certified 6× Platinum. She became the youngest female solo artist to have a number-one album in the UK.

As of 2013, Let Go had sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming Lavigne's highest-selling album to date. According to Billboard magazine, the album was the number 21 top-selling album of the decade. A Rolling Stone readers' poll named Let Go as the fourth best album of the 2000s.

The album is considered as one of the albums that changed the pop punk music scene, because it helped to bring pop punk music into the mainstream, contributing to the rise of female fronted pop punk bands and female-driven punk-influenced pop music.

2017 marks the 15th anniversary of Let Go. To celebrate this, the album is released on vinyl for the first time. This first, limited edition run is pressed on 180 gram solid white vinyl. Only 3.000 copies are available.

With The Object Isn't There UK guitar player and producer Jack Allett has made a deeply personal masterpiece based around cyclical guitar parts and electronic percussion. Playing like a half remembered fever dream with an aesthetic that is ragged, hypnotic and spacey, its two side-long pieces touch on minimalism, kraut-infused dub and euphoric dance floor optimism. As comfortable being played after Manuel Göttschings E2-E4 as right before a Terekke lo-fi house anthem, it is laced with the melancholy of an early morning post-rave comedown. Yet for all the references and name-checking, it's a record that is hard to compare to anything else, past or present.



BIOGRAPHY



Jack Allett works as a producer in London and has been active for many years as an experimental guitar player, releasing a solo record on Blackest Rainbow and collaborating with UK avant-guitar player Cam Deas. The Object Isn't There was written, recorded, and mixed in Camberwell and Camden, London, UK. 2012-2016.



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This record is about - insofar as instrumental music need be about anything - hallucinations. The title The Object Isn't There serves as a concise definition, derived from the quote 'An hallucination is a strictly sensational form of consciousness, as good and true a sensation as if there were a real object there. The object happens to be not there, that is all.' (William James, The Principles Of Psychology, 1890)



Having experienced constant tinnitus - a form of auditory hallucination - for the last 13 years, Jack has long questioned the distinction of something experienced as being either there or not-there. Even if, strictly speaking, an hallucination is something that's not there, if the reality of how it affects day-to-day existence is undeniable then to any extent that matters, it is there. But The Object Isn't There is no tale of woe, nor simply a response to this one condition, and tinnitus need not be considered only as distressing or distracting. Allett sees it merely as one example of many things in life that cross this uncertain terrain:



There are obvious parallels here with the notion of active listening. There is room for emotion too, particularly the kind of overwhelming, -all-consuming emotion that, once it fades, is hard to believe was actually how you felt. Essentially the music here is concerned with being overwhelmed by a sensation, never really being sure to what extent you are conjuring it up yourself, to what extent it exists independently of you, but ultimately deciding that it doesn't much matter; the sensation itself was undeniable.

— Jack Allett

A swirling haze with a plenitude of sounds bobbing to it's surface it's a heartfelt

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- GATEFOLD SLEEVE
- INCLUDING 4 PAGE BOOKLET WITH LYRICS
- INCLUDES GALAXIE', SKINNED' AND NEW LIFE'
- RANKED NUMBER 357 IN ROCK HARD MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF 'THE 500 GREATEST ROCK & METAL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME'
- LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 NUMBERED COPIES ON YELLOW VINYL

Soup is the second studio album by American rock band Blind Melon, released eight weeks before vocalist Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose.

The album proved to be a challenging, gripping record that is just as strong and perhaps even more rewarding than their debut album.

2 X 4' is about Hoon's experience at a drug detox, Galaxie' is about Hoon's experience with his car, a 1964 Ford Galaxie and Skinned' is about serial killer Ed Gein.

The producer of the album, Andy Wallace, is seen on the cover, sipping soup.

In 2005, Soup was ranked number 357 in Rock Hard magazine's book of 'The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time'.

This album is now available as a limited edition of 1500 numbered copies on yellow vinyl. The records are housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with the original 4 page Menu' booklet.