Pixies – Head Carrier (2016)
Though they crafted a signature — and endlessly copied — style, Pixies’ music never stayed in the same place for long. During their early years, the band relished change, moving from Come on Pilgrim‘s...
View ArticleRadiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Special vinyl edition includes a companion CD containing two non-album B-Sides: “Spectre”, the unused theme for the most recent James Bond film, and “Ill Wind”. After the mysterious leaflets, complete...
View ArticleTemple of the Dog – Temple of the Dog [25th Anniversary Edition] (2016)
2CD deluxe edition features new mix of the album by longtime Pearl Jam associate Brendan O’Brien, plus three alternate mixes from the original multitracks by Adam Kaspar plus seven demos (including...
View ArticlePlacebo – A Place for Us to Dream: 20 Years of Placebo + Lifes What You Make...
A Place for Us to Dream: 20 Years of Placebo celebrates the nihilistic English alt-rock veterans’ first two decades via a handsome two-disc set that also boasts a 32-page book of pictures curated by...
View ArticleOmar Rodríguez-López – Cell Phone Bikini (2016)
Cell Phone Bikini is the thirty-third studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist and his seventh to be released through the series initiated by Ipecac Recordings. Unlike the previous 6...
View ArticleBlonde Redhead – Masculin Feminin (2016)
Before they made intricate, transporting pop for labels like 4AD, Blonde Redhead took inspiration from ’70s no wave and released singles and albums on Smells Like Records, the label of Sonic Youth...
View ArticleFeeder – All Bright Electric (2016)
If awards were given out for unbridled consistency, Feeder would surely be among the nominees. Active for nearly a quarter of a century. In that time they’ve put out a plethora of records cementing...
View ArticleZeal and Ardor – Devil Is Fine (2016)
“Slave music mixed with blues, a little jazz, electronics and black metal and all that with a dark Satanic theme? Zeal and Ardor is a band that simply can’t becompared with anyone else.” — Reflections...
View ArticleAlejandro Escovedo – Burn Something Beautiful (2016)
Born in 1951, Alejandro Escovedo is at an age where most rock musicians are happily coasting on their past accomplishments, if they’re still making new music at all. Thankfully, Escovedo is and always...
View ArticleCows – Cunning Stunts (1992, Reissue 2016)
Cunning Stunts is the fifth studio album (if you count their phantom first LP, 1987’s Taint Pluribus Taint Unum) by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows, released on September 9, 1992 by...
View ArticleYo La Tengo - Murder in the Second Degree (2016)
In 2006, indie rock superstars Yo La Tengo released one of their most exciting releases; Yo La Tengo Murders the Classics. The unusual record was made up of a series of cover songs the group performed...
View ArticleThe Men – Devil Music (2016)
Before Devil Music, Brooklyn noise punks The Men used to release an album every year, experimenting with folk and Americana, zipping through personnel changes and working out how to handle a higher...
View ArticleTerminal Cheesecake – Dandelion Sauce of the Ancients (2016)
Forming in London in 1988 Terminal Cheesecake made waves releasing an uncompromising blend of psych, dub and industrial grooves across two EPs, six albums and a now infamous session for John Peel....
View ArticleVanishing Life – Surveillance (2016)
Two years after introducing themselves with their debut single, punk supergroup Vanishing Life seal the deal with Surveillance, their first long-player. A collaborative effort from punk/hardcore...
View ArticleR.E.M. – Out of Time [25th Anniversary Edition] (2016)
After an ’80s spent as the most critically revered band on the planet, R.E.M. finally became global superstars with 1991’s Out of Time and its extraordinary lead single ‘Losing My Religion’. It...
View ArticleSoundgarden – Badmotorfinger [Super Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Super Deluxe Edition include the remastered album, a disc of studio outtakes (newly mixed from the multi-tracks) and the complete Paramount Theatre Concert from March 6, 1992 (across two CDs). Bidding...
View ArticleOmar Rodríguez-López – Zapopan (2016)
Omar Rodríguez-López (the Mars Volta, At the Drive-In) is releasing 12 albums every two weeks over the second half of this year. The series has ranged from folk-rock to electro-pop to the...
View ArticleKing Dude – Sex (2016)
King Dude are some of the most qualified spelunkers to the darkest corners of the mind. If you’re among that certain class of civilians in the world who enjoy depth to the point of peril and...
View ArticleThe Afghan Whigs – Black Love [20th Anniversary Edition] (2016)
The band’s fifth studio album has been remastered and expanded with nine previously unreleased demos, outtakes and studio jam sessions. The Afghan Whigs hit a high-water mark with 1993’s Gentlemen, an...
View ArticleOneida & Rhys Chatham – What’s Your Sign? (2016)
After performing on stage together in 2012 at New York’s Ecstatic Music Festival, fellow rock experimentalists Oneida & Rhys Chatham joined forces to create a collaborative LP that comes off even...
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