The spectacular Wooden Shjips are back with a new LP chock full of their trademark space-rock to share with you; 'West' is their third album (Fifth in total if you count the singles collections) and see's the band develop their hallucinogenic kraut jams. Get your copy here.
A brace of tunes for you to get your rocks off too over the bank holiday weekend; for the more sedate moments here's Lee Marvin's 'Wand'rin' Star' from the 'Paint Your Wagon' soundtrack. Perfect for a little star-gazing.
A mighty fine reissue to fill you in on today from the good folk over at Light in the Attic; Aka originated from Surabaya, Indonesia in the early 70's and went on to record 11 studio albums:
Very sad to hear about the passing of Nick Ashford at the age of 70. The Ashford & Simpson (Valerie, his wife) writing partnership spawned a stupendous amount of popular hits for artists such as Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan & oodles more. From 1968 here's Marvin & Tammi doing 'You're All I Need To Get By'. RIP.
A wonderful slice of bubbling, break of day acid for you in the shape of Kassem Mosse's '7am'. Perfect for those velvet mornings; Available on 7" from Juno.
Sepalcure have just launched a new release into the stratosphere; The duo comprising of Praveen Sharma & Travis Stewart (Who is also MachineDrum) have enlisted some choice producers for their 'Love Pressure Remixed' EP. We get a selection of distinguished reworks from the likes of Daedelus, Falty DL & Jimmy Edgar. It's the latter who we feature here, a splendid low slung electro version that'll give your bass bins a proper work out. Out now on Hotflush Recordings.
Some wonderfully slippery disco to shove your way; Boof is one of the nom de plume's of Maurice Fulton, a man whose production back catalogue is long & mighty (You may remember the excellent Syclops record on DFA a few years back).
Bill Callahan's latest opus 'Apocalypse' has been out for a few months now; It confirms the Smog man's status as one of the foremost lyricists of our generation. The record continues in the same vein as his recent output, stripped back production allowing Callahan's splendid timbre to take centre stage. Get your copy here.
Musically speaking, the worse thing about the riots has been the loss of the Sony PIAS/Warehouse. PIAS represent independent music and the burning of the warehouse means real problems for many indies including Border Community, Chemikal Underground, Kompakt, Turk, Warp & XL Recordings amongst many others (Full list here). Way too stick it to the man, kids.
Jeez, what is it with 2011? Seem to be lurching from one catastrophe to another in double quick time.
The Mixtape returns for a summer edition; Featuring the likes of SebastiAn, Yacht, Deerhunter, Machinedrum amongst others. Hosted by Me (JT)
A comprehensive retrospective of 'the fearless trailblazers of psychedelia and one of the most kick-ass rock bands ever..' for your perusal today; The 13th Floor Elevators were THE original kaleidoscopic band, you can now pick up 'The Album Collection' which contains their three studio albums (The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor, Easter Everywhere & Bull Of The Woods) plus a live performance.
Following on from yesterdays lost sixties artifact, here's a similar gem from the 1970's; Gary Higgins debut long player 'Red Hash' came out in March 1973, unfortunately for Higgins he was already locked up in a maximum security prison, the victim of a cannabis bust. He was also one of Nixon's first victims in the newly declared 'War On Drugs' (How's that working out for ya?) and spent many years behind bars.
The great thing about the music that emanated from the 1960's is the sheer volume of bands who produced one 45 and then vanished from the musical landscape all together; A very good case in point being The Hush who came together for one session in 1968, (and as far as we know) 'Elephant Rider/Grey' was the only thing they ever put down on tape.
More excellence from Mr Weatherall in the shape of his rework of Toddla T and Roots Manuva's 'Watch Me Dance'; He takes the original & shoves it through his own sonic blender, the results being a low slung piece of 7am tackle.
