In 1972, Curtis Mayfield was on the cusp. “Move On Up,” released the previous fall on his debut solo album Curtis, had become both a commercial breakthrough and a statement of […]
In 1972, Curtis Mayfield was on the cusp. “Move On Up,” released the previous fall on his debut solo album Curtis, had become both a commercial breakthrough and a statement of […]
Join us next Tuesday, January 20th for a Past, Present, Future listening session at Zizou celebrating Maghreb Psychedelic Funk & Raï. As authoritarian regimes continue to rise around […]
The band recently announced a final run of shows after more than 35 years. Last month, British dance-pop mainstays Saint Etienne, the trio of vocalist Sarah Cracknell and […]
Now available in our store: The hushed, luminous return from the Japanese experimental pop icon, now available on vinyl with beautiful packaging and artwork by Ippei Matsui. You’ve […]
“A time-capsule of youthful abandon, freed from the silence it was once consigned to, and finally able to be heard on its own terms.” From the world of […]
A conversation about her listening habits and life with music ahead of the January 24th performance at the Wallis in Beverly Hills. Arooj Aftab is a Pakistani American […]
Step into one of the largest and most beloved online record shops in the world… While the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles continue their playoff run to a possible […]
From Louisiana to Los Angeles to ‘Sensitive Devil,’ these are some songs that have stayed close. Crash Richard has lived a few musical lives by now. Some people […]
In this interview from the 1980s, Marshall looks back at the forces that shaped his music, from early tape experiments and West Coast freedom to the darker emotional […]
Okada’s latest album channels the spirit of ‘Afro-Mingei,’ bridging Japanese folk craft and Black musical traditions in a meditation on connection, influence, and enduring beauty. When Takuro Okada […]
A world of Latin and Caribbean dance music at Mission District staple Discodelic Discos Viajantes. There are certain record shops that you visit because you know they’ll have […]
In 1972, Curtis Mayfield was on the cusp. “Move On Up,” released the previous fall on his debut solo album Curtis, had become both a commercial breakthrough and a statement of […]
“…just three guys who really like records trying to make a case for their collective obsessions,” writes Coley. The just published book Now Jazz Now took decades to […]
At 80, British singer and songwriter Vashti Bunyan remains careful about when she records and why. After decades away, she returned in 2005 with Lookaftering, a record that […]
Cliff’s breakout performance helped ignite global attention, yet it was the full soundtrack — Toots and the Maytals, The Melodians, The Slickers, Dekker — that turned one movie […]
Read an archival 1984 Musician Magazine interview with cult favorite Detroit mutant funk duo Was (Not) Was. “When black people hear our music,” proclaims Don Fagenson, “they know […]
A brash, short-lived music magazine that defined Britpop’s swagger, celebrated the fringes, and even charted the dawn of the internet is resurfacing online. Its scans reveal just how […]
EM Records has rescued a lost 1967 performance of Lucier’s Music for Solo Performer, featuring Cage, David Tudor and Toshi Ichiyanagi. Available for pre-order from In Sheep’s Clothing. […]
Two records, two sets of constraints: Brendan Eder’s Cape Cod Cottage and Therapy limited repress available via In Sheep’s Clothing. The story behind Cape Cod Cottage carries the quiet allure of a […]
Previously unreleased, Chuck Bynum’s “You Worked Your Miracle” is available now via The Sound Council. It’s becoming rarer in the record digging community, but sometimes a song comes […]
A decade on, the repress revives Nicolas Jaar’s Pomegranates and its shadow-score to Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates. Ten years ago, Nicolás Jaar released Pomegranates as if […]
Cliff’s breakout performance helped ignite global attention, yet it was the full soundtrack — Toots and the Maytals, The Melodians, The Slickers, Dekker — that turned one movie […]
Paradise is a Frequency’s double LP with Numero Group, ’The Style of Life,’ reminds us that some of the most revealing parts of a record never make a […]
