Kingston meets Miami on this 1983 reissue with reggae guitar legend Ernest Ranglin joining forces with disco maestro King Sporty for a four on the floor and dub riddims mini-LP.
The boogie knows no boundaries.
Purchase Ernest Ranglin’s “Be What You Want To Be” reissue out now via Emotional Rescue.
All 35mm photos by D. Walker
Purchase Long Hots’ new 7” Nickel & Dime b/w Give & Take out now via Third Man Records.
Purchase David Nance Group’s new 7” Meanwhile b/w Credit Line out now via Third Man Records.
All photos by Ryan Miller
The Breeders
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The D-Rays
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Death Cab For Cutie
Death Valley Girls
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The Coathangers
On the crumbling edge of existential doubt, M.C. Taylor found a foothold in the love and support of his kith and kin and a purpose to share the songs that would become his upcoming record Terms of Surrender out 9/20 via Merge Records. Surrounded by his talented collaborators (Aaron Dessner, Jenny Lewis, Phil & Brad Cook, Josh Kaufman) Taylor extends the raw and rootsy Hiss Golden Messenger catalog, digging in deepest where the heart beats loudest.
Preorder Hiss Golden Messenger’s upcoming record Terms of Surrender out 9/20 via Merge Records. Find Hiss Golden Messenger’s upcoming tour dates here.
Compiled from the fruits of a perennial hunt for rare music, Mountain Movers/Headroom member Rick Shaki presents Puro Tayta Shanti, a collection of traditional rhythms of the people from the Peruvian sierra of the Andes Mountains. The 16-track record pressed by Little Axe Records is a full-body hypnosis of raw percussion and intricate folkloric melodies.
Purchase Puro Tayta Shanti out now via Little Axe Records.
The glittery psych of Twen’s latest single “Holy River” glides in the slipstream of their fever-dreaming veterans Slowdive, Mojave 3, and Cocteau Twins. The track follows “Waste,” an equally melty and dark offering, which both appear on a forthcoming LP via the band’s new home at Frenchkiss Records.
Purchase the new single and find Twen’s upcoming tour dates here.
Stream the new video directed by Ryan O’Toole for “Michael K” from the debut self-titled record by Blue Material which finds songwriter Thom Gillies wandering through a 90s police drama aesthetic befitting of his nostalgic lo-fi funk.
All photos by Madelyn Matthews
Purchase Florence + The Machine’s latest record High As Hope out now via Universal. Find Florence + The Machine’s upcoming tour dates here.
As the lyrics “I’ll follow you” faded out in repetition to close 2016’s instant classic Light Upon The Lake, the wait began for the second chapter of the lovelorn story behind Chicago’s beloved country-soul bucks Whitney. Co-writers Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek revive the heartache with “Giving Up,” the first single from their upcoming album Forever Turned Around out August 30th via Secretly Canadian produced by the crack team Brad Cook and Jonathan Rado.
Preorder Whitney’s upcoming record Forever Turned Around out 8/30 via Secretly Canadian. Find Whitney’s upcoming tour dates here.
Nearly two years since releasing Living Water, Shannon Lay’s debut record and pioneering work for Mare Records, the Los Angeles psych-folk songwriter presents “Nowhere” from her upcoming sophomore record and first on Sub Pop, August. The track arrives with a self-directed music video starring Lay with her trademark tangerine locks standing against fluttering, light-leaking film frames of busy California highway and bloomed flowers; apropos scenes for her expansive psychedelic folk.
Preorder Shannon Lay’s upcoming record August out 8/23 via Sub Pop. Find Shannon Lay’s upcoming tour dates here.
All photos by Madelyn Matthews
Purchase The Mystery Lights’ new record Too Much Tension! out now via Wick Records. Find The Mystery Lights’ upcoming tour dates here.
All photos by Nicolette Ender
Purchase Lee Fields & The Expressions’ new record It Rains Love out now via Big Crown Records. Find Lee Fields’ upcoming tour dates here.
All photos by Angela Betancourt
Preorder Mattiel’s upcoming record Satis Factory out 6/14 via ATO and Heavenly Recordings. Find Mattiel’s upcoming tour dates here.
All photos by Dave Scholten
Purchase Kevin Morby’s latest record Oh My God out now via Dead Oceans. Find Kevin Morby’s upcoming tour dates here.
“Wild Rose Pass” is the newest dusty breeze of West Texas folk from RF Shannon and his first with the Lone Star State authority Keeled Scales who will house his upcoming record Rain On Dust coming later this summer.
Purchase RF Shannon’s new single “Wild Rose Pass” out now via Keeled Scales.
It’s Pride Month and we’d like to remind everyone that it costs $0 and takes 0 seconds to let people love who they want.
Years ago, Chapter Music compiled an incredible collection of funk, folk, and rock from the gay liberation movement between 1972 and 1981.
Purchase Strong Love - Songs of Gay Liberation (1972-81) out now via Chapter Music.
Back with his first record since 2017’s heady Peace Potato, Doug Tuttle delivers a powerful collection of sunburned rock ‘n’ roll on Dream Road. The slightly-stoned twang of Tuttle’s open highway hit-making guitar music moves to an open-throttle state with on-brand psychedelic buzzing and reverberating tones driving through his homemade Mi-Fi Electronics effects pedals.
Purchase Doug Tuttle’s latest record Dream Road out now via Burger Records.
All photos by Noel Woodford
Purchase Weyes Blood’s latest record Titanic Rising out now via Sub Pop. Find Weyes Blood’s upcoming tour dates here.
