Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
Ali [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] Ali Farka Touré trekked the world, bringing his beloved Malian music to the masses. Dubbed "the African John Lee Hooker," one could hear strong connections between the two; both employed a bluesy style of play with gritty textures that elicit calm... |
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
Ali (LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 23/Sep/2022 ] Ali Farka Touré trekked the world, bringing his beloved Malian music to the masses. Dubbed "the African John Lee Hooker," one could hear strong connections between the two; both employed a bluesy style of play with gritty textures that elicit calm... |
Wajatta
Don't Let Get You Down [ Brainfeeder / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Wajatta (pronounced wa-HA-ta) - the musical duo of Reggie Watts and John Tejada - return with their second album, Don't Let Get You Down, on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder. Coming from different worlds, but sharing a passion for the rich history of... |
Wax Chattels
Clot (Blue Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Baby blue coloured vinyl. Wax Chattels announce their cathartic sophomore album, Clot. After a knock-out entrée with 2018's self-titled LP, the anticipation that surrounds Clot is immense. Much like Wax Chattels, the writing process for Clot took... |
Weyes Blood
Front Row Seat To Earth [ Mexican Summer / CD - released 6/Nov/2016 ] Natalie Mering, the being behind Weyes Blood, embeds her sublime song in a harmonic gauze of arpeggiated piano, acoustic guitar, druggy horns, & outer space electronics. Propulsive, spare drums carry us across the album's course. There is a faded... |
Weyes Blood
Front Row Seat To Earth (LP) [ Mexican Summer / LP - released 5/Nov/2016 ] Natalie Mering, the being behind Weyes Blood, embeds her sublime song in a harmonic gauze of arpeggiated piano, acoustic guitar, druggy horns, & outer space electronics. Propulsive, spare drums carry us across the album's course. There is a faded... |
Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising [ Sub Pop / CD - released 5/Apr/2019 ] "Titanic Rising is a revelation. These opulent, sculptural songs have sacrificed none of Mering's idiosyncrasy, or ability to unnerve." - Mojo |
Whitney
Light Upon The Lake [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ] To say that Whitney is more than the sum of its parts would be a criminal understatement.Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek (ex-Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra),the band itself is something... |
William Onyeabor
World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor? [ Luakka Bop / CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] Little is known about William Onyeabor and that's the way he likes it. Who IS William Onyeabor and how did he come to make such amazing African electronic music? |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Cool It Down [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] It could only be called alchemy, the transformative magic that happens during the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' most tuned-in moments in the studio, when their unique chemistry sparks opens a portal, and out comes a song like "Maps" or "Zero" or the latest... |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Cool It Down (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] It could only be called alchemy, the transformative magic that happens during the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' most tuned-in moments in the studio, when their unique chemistry sparks opens a portal, and out comes a song like "Maps" or "Zero" or the latest... |
Yo La Tengo
This Stupid World (Limited Blue Vinyl LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by... |
Yo La Tengo
This Stupid World (LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by... |
Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "Life is contrast," said Young Fathers after releasing the first track from their newly-reunited recording sessions in 2022. Coming just under five years after the previous Cocoa Sugar, their fourth album Heavy Heavy exemplifies this wisdom... |
Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy (Deluxe Limited Edition White Vinyl LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "Life is contrast," said Young Fathers after releasing the first track from their newly-reunited recording sessions in 2022. Coming just under five years after the previous Cocoa Sugar, their fourth album Heavy Heavy exemplifies this wisdom... |
Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy (Limited Red Vinyl LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "Life is contrast," said Young Fathers after releasing the first track from their newly-reunited recording sessions in 2022. Coming just under five years after the previous Cocoa Sugar, their fourth album Heavy Heavy exemplifies this wisdom... |
Young Fathers
Heavy Heavy (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "Life is contrast," said Young Fathers after releasing the first track from their newly-reunited recording sessions in 2022. Coming just under five years after the previous Cocoa Sugar, their fourth album Heavy Heavy exemplifies this wisdom... |
Yussef Kamaal
Black Focus [ Brownswood Recordings CD / CD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Yussef Kamaal are shaped by the sound of London. Growing up in the capital, they frame jazz within the bass-saturated, pirate radio broadcasts of the UK capital. The pair, made up of Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), have had little in... |
Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla
Terrouzi [ Sahel Sounds / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla plays instrumental electronic keyboard in a style known in Mauritania as WZN, or in Arabic simply "music." Born into a musical family tradition (his father is a renowned tidnit player from Traza), today Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla is one... |
Chris Cohen
Chris Cohen [ Captured Tracks / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Ritual Howls create a cinematic blend of twangy industrial-rock that could fuel a post-apocalyptic dancefloor. A collaboration between Paul Bancell (vocals, guitar), Chris Samuels (synth, samples, drum machine), and Ben Saginaw (bass), the Detroit... |