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Coming to Peripheral Minimal is a classic of the synth-pop scene (at the time received criticism for alleged lack of emotion and musicianship), that exploded into the glare of the music press and into the bedrooms of thousands of trendy teenagers in the UK at the tail end of the 1970s and early 1980s. A time when technology was rapidly becoming affordable for the plethora of part-time synth addicts and electronic experimenters.
V-Sor,X (pronounced VEE-SORE-EX), originate from the midlands town of Lichfield (known as, rather disturbingly, 'field of the dead', in Latin!), an important (historically speaking) but unremarkable place. Founded in 1979 as a vehicle for Morgan Bryan, who influenced by the post-punk protagonists and the new-wave of electronic musicians, formed a band.
Here we present the first single by, 'V-Sor,X' entitled, 'Authors 2', originally released in 1982 on DOX Music, in a very limited edition of 300. The single commands prices of almost £100 on Discogs, and is a highly collectable artifact of an era of experimentation that perhaps no longer exists in today's world of instantaneous downloads and ridiculously expensive LP re-issues in almost (it seems) unlimited quantities.

From the V-SOR,X Website:

The Inception:

The glory of punk was fading but every month there were hundreds of groups releasing 7" singles with their own money. Lichfield was a pretty, middle class city just outside Birmingham, England. Very conservative and very safe. I had been in a punk band called 'the Nurses' and was only just getting to grips with my instrument, the guitar. I was desperate to start a new band so that I could improve my skills. There was also a great feeling of brotherhood between musicians at that time, predominantly because there was content behind lyrics and music was an opportunity for the dispossessed.

This new group was set-up by myself, Morgan Bryan, and Ian ('Rolls') Rowlands. Shortly after we enlisted a singer called Irene Keyes. Irene was a short, layered, giggling teenager with a stunning voice and a warm personality. At this point we were called Ambush Infancy but both name and singer didn't quite fit the image, which was more Stranglers than X-Ray Specs. After quite a number of rehearsals Rolls and I realised it wasn't happening and we asked Irene to leave the band. I never kept in touch with her but I hope she did well as she was very talented, unfortunately the parting wasn't completely amicable.

Many positive things came out of this union but mostly a good collection of tough songs which had been well rehearsed.

The Name:

Ambush Infancy was a comment on education in 70's Britain. This was the bus station approach to youth development. Thousands of travellers on too few buses that were all going one way to the same place. It was a bit too personal and a bit dated for the style of music that was being delivered.

We decided that a new name should be created that would/could only mean one thing, and that was the band. This was the era of The Police, The Cure, The Jam, The Stranglers, etc so 'the' was also out. A list was drawn up and the band and close friends were asked to pick their favourite. Amongst the names on the list were:

T-Tes-T (pronounced Tay-Tez-Tay)
Photas R
Qit
V-Sor, X

There seemed little debate, V-Sor, X was by far the most popular name on the list. As for pronunciation there was only ever one way, Vee Sore Ex, but we could live with 'Veeser X'. The best derivation I heard was 'Phise Or P' . . . . well your guess is as good as mine. Was it a good choice Yes for the reasons it was chosen, i.e. it was totally unique. Unfortunately it was a marketing man's nightmare. A product that no one could pronounce and that punters couldn't second guess. Was it a band or a chemical treatment I still love the name but would advise others against taking this route.

* 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
* First Time On Vinyl, Includes "rosie"
* Limited First Pressing Of 500 Individually Numbered Copies On White Vinyl

The Dutch Rock And Roll Band Claw Boys Claw Released Their Sixth Studio Album $uga(r) In 1992. It's One Of Their Most Successful Albums When You're Looking To The Commercial Side Of Their Career. On The Album They're Reaching Out For A Musical Style In Which The Rock And Roll Is Combined With Garage Rock And Blues, Known As "swamp Rock". The First Single From The Album, "rosie", Made It To The Charts And Is Still Their Best Known Track. Front Man Peter Te Bos Vocals Sounds Warm And Gentle And He Is Drifting Away From His Angry Observations. The Subtlety Can Also Be Found In The Guitar Melodies By John Cameron. Even When They're Reaching Out For A More Subtle Way, Their Loud And Integrating Music Is Audible In Songs Like "sound Of The Psycho" And "y.o.y.".

During The Years Claw Boys Claw Established A Reputation For Their Stage Performances. With Their Energetic Live Shows And Critically Acclaimed Albums They Developed Themselves To Become One Of The Best-known Bands From The Netherlands.

$uga(r) Is Available As A Limited First Pressing Of 500 Individually Numbered Copies On White Vinyl.

Intimate and affecting indie pop from Stockholm based Nora Karlsson, originally from Umeå in the north of Sweden, the debut LP Rest In Peace is the culmination of a journey that started with writing her first original songs at age 17. Now 22, Nora's already toured around the world as the guitarist of Swedish psych pop outfit HOLY, and her songwriting's matured beyond her years. A far cry from the lo-fi home-recording of her first EP's Rest In Peace is an accomplished works by one of Scandinavia's finest songwriters, one that's already been praised in-ternationally by the likes of Gorilla vs. Bear, Stereogum, The Line of Best Fit, GoldFlakePaint and many more

Das Erste Neue Studioalbum Der Alternative Rock-band Belly Seit Über 20 Jahren

Die 1991 Von Tanya Donelly Und Fred Abong Gegründete Alternative-band Belly Startet Nun Nach 23 Jahren Endlich Ihr Comeback. Ihr Neues Album - dove Besteht Aus Wunderbaren Songs Mit Ausgeklügeltem Und Gereiftem Songwriting, Macht Jedoch Stets Die Musikalische Heimat Der Bandmitglieder Im Alternative Rock Deutlich.
Produziert Wurde - Dove Von Tom Gorman Und Paul Q. Kolderie (u.a. Bekannt Durch Arbeiten Mit Radiohead, Hole, Throwing Muses, Warren Zevon).

2018 Reissue Lp, First Time And Exclusive To Thi Pressing On 180g Vinyl (& Download Code )

Connan Mockasin's New Album 'caramel' , Excpect Nothing But Yet Another Prome Example Of Shocking Great Weird Ness - A Total Standout In Todays Pop!

2018 REISSUE LP, first time and exclusive to thsi Pressing on 180g Vinyl (& Download Code ) Connan Mockasin´s Superclassic Debut Album is being repressed for the first in a HQ 180g Vinyl Edition (+Download). Back by popular demand!

Robert Smith Has Remastered The Cure's Remix Album From 1990.

The First Word Of The Album Says It All: 'bang!' On Their New Album Midnight In A Moonless Dream The Buttertones Dig Deep And Discover Something Dark. Where Their Previous Album Gravedigging Played Like The Soundtrack Of A Good Spaghetti-western Heist Movie, Midnight Moves To The Dark Cityscapes Of '70s New York And Tells The Story Itself - A Perfect And Intricate Crime Executed By A Crew Of Professionals Under Cover Of Night, A Biting Sound Befitting Of Cbgb's While Staying True To Their La Roots. There Are Echoes Of Suicide And Bauhaus, Nods To The Spirit Of Sax And Violence That Powered The Deadbeats. Midnight Is Music Made For Dancers But Also For Doomed Romancers That Will Appeal To Fans Of The Cramps, The Gun Club, Car Seat Headrest, Black Lips, King Tuff, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, And Parquet Courts.

Supported By Noisey, I-d And More Full European Tour Around Album Release, Dates Are Listed Below

For Fans Of The Cramps, The Gun Club, Car Seat Headrest, Black Lips, King Tuff, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Parquet Courts
Released On Innovative Leisure, The Indie La Label Behind Artists Such As Allah-las, Nick Waterhouse, Badbadbnotgood, Hanni El Khatib, Bass Drum Of Death And More

1lp Gatefold Jacket + Download Card

Building off the sultry electronic art-pop blueprint of her acclaimed 2013 debut 'Everlast', Perera Elsewhere returns with her sonically adventurous, dystopian second full-length 'All Of This'.

Apostille is a man who's torn through enough sound-systems to know the difference between gesture and meaning. Alongside running his own acclaimed DIY record label NIGHT SCHOOL RECORDS , Glasgow native, Michael Kasparis has spent the last few years making forays into the realm of hardcore punk with his groups Anxiety and The Lowest Form.
Throughout all this, his solo electronic venture, Apostille has continued to evolve with each twist and turn of the world. What started off as a quest to whip up a mood and force that into a song has steadily become more of a mission in communication.
His audacious 2015 debut album 'Powerless'  self-released through Night School set the template by hooking up his honest delivery to some manic expositions in electronic pop. At once minimal and courageous with intent to connect, Apostille songs race off with unchecked abandon, skittering drum machines, thick walls of sequenced synth and decidedly elastic basslines. The resultant live shows, noted for their frenzy and ragged vision, soon left Kasparis wanting to reach out in a more imaginative way than through volume and conflict

'Choose Life' is both the album Apostille chose to make and had to make. He dialled down the clown, built up a new-found confidence in his voice and melody in general and began to feel more at home in the refuge of pop music (with a capital P). As Kasparis explains 'Choose Life began as a chronicle of a bad time. Many of the songs were written as some sort of catharsis, an escape from a tumultuous couple of years. The album title was intended as ironic at first but as the writing process went on the album began to feel more playful, I was finding revelatory threads in it I hadn't intended. Choose Life became an imperative.' All the truest pop music speaks to us of escape and through this new album Apostille allows its transformative power to fully manifest. It's an album full of life and energy, as disobedient as it is heroic in its pursuit of liberation.Recorded with Lewis Cook (of Happy Meals, The Cosmic Dead) at his home studio Full Ashram, 'Choose Life' came together in serial fashion through 2017 with Kasparis calling in when each new song was ready to commit to tape. Cook in turn engineered the recordings and in some instances helped produce the material. The subsequent final mixes were then mastered by Mikey Young in early 2018. 'Fly With The Dolphin' opens the album like a cork rocketing from a bottle, dashing to the horizon with a rampant beat, synth pop throttle and acidic edge. Kasparis implores us to swim, walk, drive and fly away, even resorting to pressing the ejector seat on everything he wants to leave behind. Melody and purpose is pushed to the fore, backed to the hilt by some brutish rhythmic production. 'Feel Bad' is similarly equipped, with Kasparis sounding more himself than ever. Nothing is cloaked in reverb, obscured or distorted, this is Apostille in the broad daylight, ambitious, open-armed and vulnerable. 'If there's something I know, it's that I'll see you again, I'm losing everything I know, I would walk into the ocean just to give you a rest' confesses Kasparis in his sleek setting of glossy drum programming and buoyant refrains in the melancholic key. This is pop music as redemption, the drawing of a line, songs that step anew unto the dawn.In parallel to this emergent resolution there's also an acknowledgement of dissonance and 'black-sky thinking' employed in many of the tracks, including 'The Mordant', 'Without Me' and 'In Control', that turn a cracked mirror back onto Kasparis. The effect is often nightmarish and threatens to overwhelm, yet as the songs advance a certain deadpan humour leaks through the exaggeration leaving the punch cushioned. 'Thirteen Minutes' relies on a similar transgressive approach, 'let the bomb drop' demands Kasparis, daring the worst whilst triggering the countdown. The electronic hand claps sting, the bassline continues mercilessly ever forward. Kasparis is using the song to make himself uncomfortable. This is fight or flight made sound, it's forcing us all to make that jump. It dares to test extremes of emotion until they become caricatures and lose their power to constrain. Kasparis affirms this further with his realisation upon completing the record that he used the experience 'to grab life by the throat', having wanted to transcribe in music that stupor that comes with feeling too much. 'I wanted to write a song that sounded like you were full but hadn't had enough, so 'Choose Life' is eight of them' admits Kasparis. This act of always becoming, never arriving is at the heart of Apostille, the project only exists in a state of flux, mutable and moving in both senses of the word.

Recorded with his band in Manchester at Marr's Crazy Face studios, 'Call The Comet' is the third solo record from the Smiths guitarist and follows 2013's critically acclaimed The Messenger and 2014's Playland, both of which made the UK top 10. Call The Comet is set in the not-too-distant future' says Marr, and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society. It's my own magic realism.' Songs include Actor Attractor, Walk Into The Sea, Bug, and recent live favourite Spiral Cities. The characters in the songs are searching for a new idealism, although there are some personal songs in there too. It's something that people like me can relate to.' Says Marr.

Recorded with his band in Manchester at Marr's Crazy Face studios, 'Call The Comet' is the third solo record from the Smiths guitarist and follows 2013's critically acclaimed The Messenger and 2014's Playland, both of which made the UK top 10. Call The Comet is set in the not-too-distant future' says Marr, and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society. It's my own magic realism.' Songs include Actor Attractor, Walk Into The Sea, Bug, and recent live favourite Spiral Cities. The characters in the songs are searching for a new idealism, although there are some personal songs in there too. It's something that people like me can relate to.' Says Marr.

- Audiophiles 180g Vinyl
- Inkl. Einleger
- Inkl. der 5 Singles: Superman's Dead, Clumsy, Automatic Flowers, Carnival & 4am
- Limitierte Erstauflage von 500 nummerierten LPs auf WHITE/BLACK MARBLED Vinyl!

Clumsy ist das zweite und mit über 2 Millionen verkauften Tonträgern gleichzeitig das erfolgreichste Studio-Album der kanadischen Alternative-Rockband Our Lady Peace. Die
Veröffentlichung dieses mit Spannung erwarteten Albums fand in der zweiten Hälfte der 90er Jahre statt, als der Alternative-Rock die wichtigsten Elemente des Grunge-Sounds für sich in Anspruch nahm. Dieses Follow-Up Album zum Debüt Naveed von 1994 konzentriert sich inhaltlich auf die In-Live-Erfahrungen sowie die persönlichen Ziele und Ansichten der Band.
Our Lady Peace werden als eine der erfolgreichsten Bands Kanadas für ihren einzigartigen Sound und ihre verschiedenen musikalischen Ansätze bis heute gefeiert. Nach 25 Jahren ist die Band immer noch aktiv, so dass die Rock'n'Roll Show auch nach den vielen Auszeichnungen, die sie im Laufe ihrer Karriere bekommen hat (darunter 4 Juno's und 10 Much-Music Video-Auszeichnungen) weiter geht.
Clumsy ist als limitierte Auflage von 500 nummerierten LPs auf weiß/schwarz marmoriertem Vinyl erhältlich.

* Still Circles announce the release of their debut album, 27:36, available March 30th via Killtone Records.

* Currently at 7 in the chart on the Josh Hannen show Amazing Radio

* Session for Alan Raw BBC Introducing on Sat March 3rd 2018

* Comprised of Natalie Kolowiecki and Jack Donnison, the Bradford based duo bridge the worlds of trip-hop and ambient music: splicing slo-mo beats, grainy atmospherics, haunting melodies and soft-wax drones. Their first single, 'Only Noise' is testament to this - with its manipulated vocals, heavy bass line and lurching percussion, the track's stark surrealism evokes the thrum of their northern English town.

* Upon the surface, 27:36 has the indelible markings of the band's influences: Brian Eno, Poliça, Adrian Sherwood (to name a few) - but the duo never settle into pure pastiche. Instead, they contort the sounds of these artists into something all their own. 27:36 is an alien vision of what pop music could be.

Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, the debut album from Discharge originally released in 1982, is widely considered to be a defining statement of hardcore and punk in general. Coming on the back of several well recieved EP's and singles, with this album Discharge laid down the blueprint for a new sound in punk rock. The songs are short, played at a constant high speed, abrasive and minimalist. Riffs were a near constant wall of ferocious strumming, aided by a constant, monotonous percussion that would become quickly known as 'D-beat'. Lyrically Discharge were leftist in nature, dealing with anarchist and pacifist morals that, when coupled with Cold War era fear, created nihilistic and alienating themes. Discharge were true originals on the punk scene who are now credited with helping to the shape the sound of everything from thrash metal to crust punk and grindcore. Another 80s UK punk classic reissued on Radiation!

Confidence Man, das Pop-Quartett aus Brisbane, Australien schickt sich weiter an, in diesem Jahr der heißeste Export aus Down Under zu werden. Nicht umsonst bennent triple j die Band schon als "the best up-and-coming live band in Australia". Seit fast einem Jahr bringt die australische Band fantastische Videos raus, lässt sich remixen oder remixt selbst. Einen Namen haben sie sich aber vorallem mit ihren Live-Shows gemacht! Nun ist es endlich soweit, die elf Songs des Debütalbum Confident Music For Confident People erscheinen am 13. April 2018 auf Heavenly Recordings.

Incubus carved their own musical niche and earned a huge following by tireless touring and releasing ever-improving quality albums.
A Crow Left Of The Murder came out in 2004, and hit the album charts at number two. The album was produced by Brendan O’Brien, who’s known for his Pearl Jam production work. O’Brien shaped an album that Incubus needed in this stage of their development: crisp and clean, but still heavy enough to allow for an effective variation between heavy riffing and fine acoustics.

A Crow Left Of The Murder is available as a limited edition of 2000 numbered copies on transparent red coloured vinyl.

Renowned for their trademark indie guitar sound and distinctive Celtic tinged lilting vocal style, The Cranberries rise to global fame in the early-90s was nothing short of meteoric. Home to the omnipresent singles "Linger" and "Dreams," their 1993 debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. alone and was No. 1 in several territories across the globe including the U.K. It re-entered the UK album charts in 1994 at No. 1, with The Cranberries being one of only four performers ever to achieve this major feat. First widely available vinyl release after being out of print on vinyl for over 24 years. Cut from the original stereo tapes by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios. 180g LP plated and pressed at QRP. Housed in a Stoughton old style tip-on gatefold jacket.

No band captures the DIY punk ethos better than The Mekons. As one critic wrote of the group, "Those who couldn't play tried to learn and those who could tried to forget."Their debut EP first appeared on Fast Product in 1978, featuring the collective's original six-piece lineup and delivering three startlingly original songs - "Never Been In A Riot," "32 Weeks" and "Heart And Soul" - that never appeared on any of their albums. Like fellow Leeds misfits Gang of Four and Delta 5, The Mekons form a rowdy and illuminating piece of the UK post-punk puzzle, fusing everyday political concerns with a no-holds-barred approach to performance.This first-time vinyl reissue comes with the original sleeve design. Limited edition clear vinyl.

RSD 2018, ltd. edition incl. Flexi Disc (2 tracks), incl. mp3

The Feelies percussionist, Dave Weckerman, takes center stage as the primary singer / songwriter for Yung Wu, a 1987 Feelies side project that includes all of the Good Earth era members plus John Baumgartner, keyboardist for The Trypes and Speed the Plough. Shore Leave leans towards more acoustic guitars and simplified drumming that trades the Feelies' neurotic intensity for a more pop gentleness.

Produced by Glenn Mercer and Bill Million and originally released on Coyote Records, it was largely overlooked at the time but is considered among Feelies enthusiasts to be an important part of their discography. Shore Leave is a minor classic of 80s jangle pop ripe for rediscovery.

Limited edition LP + Flexi Disc contains 1980 Dave Weckerman single with the original version of the title track "Shore Leave" along with a rare b-side "Out of Baby's Reach".

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT
- FIRST TIME ON VINYL
- LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 NUMBERED COPIES ON SILVER VINYL

The in 1994 formed music act Amen combines elements of punk, heavy metal and hardcore in their ongoing rock riffs. Their self-titled second album is a collection of punk-metal songs with uncompromising lyrics on serious topics. In comparison to the 1994 debut album Slave the sound is less heavy and leans towards nu-metal. The rawness is to be found in the intensity of the songs, like the crushing finale of Resignation / Naked and Violent' and the galloping drums of the title track Coma America'. All the aggression they put in their music is both audible in their harsh and expressive songs and the more on punk pop focused songs.


The album is available as a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies and will be released on silver vinyl.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT WITH SONG LYRICS AND CREDITS
- FIRST TIME ON VINYL
- LIMITED FIRST PRESSING OF 1.000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON GREEN VINYL

Hoobastank is an alternative 4-piece rock band from California (USA), formed in 1994 and the three remaining original members are still performing, recording and touring to this day. Their self-titled certified platinum debut album was released in November 2001 and the first single Crawling In The Dark' was a breakthrough hit. The youthful enthusiasm is hearable in the modern rock songs of the album. The second single Running Away' reached No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on The Modern Rock chart. Hoobastank toured internationally in support of their LP and gained a huge following in Europe and Asia. They sold over 10 million albums and recorded their iconic smash hit The Reason'.


Hoobastank is now available for the first time on vinyl, exclusively mastered for vinyl, pressed on 1.000 individually numbered copies on green vinyl and includes an insert with song lyrics.