180-gram black vinyl. Stain is the third album by Living Colour, released in 1993 after previous albums Vivid and Time s Up. It is the first album to feature bassist Doug Wimbish (whose credits included work with Jeff Beck, Madonna, Mick Jagger, etc). Stain features a much heavier and aggressive Living Colour, containing elements of…
180-gram black vinyl. Time s Up is the second studio album by the band Living Colour, originally released in 1990. It was the follow-up to their successful 1988 album Vivid and spawned the singles Love Rears It s Ugly Head and Solace Of You . Time s Up features a wide range of genres and…
Vivid is the debut studio album by American rock band Living Colour, released on May 2, 1988, by Epic Records. It was one of the most popular albums of 1988, peaking at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart and being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
2018 marks the 25th anniversary of Liz Phair’s landmark Exile in Guyville album. On May 4th, Matador Records will release Girly-Sound To Guyville, an extensive limited edition box set to celebrate the anniversary. The box set contains the first ever official release of the legendary Girly-Sound songs, which have been restored from their original three…
Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Liz Phair is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Liz Phair, originally released in 2003 on Capitol Records. Why Can t I? and Extraordinary were released as singles. Initially, Phair worked on tracks for the album with songwriter Michael Penn as the producer. Phair also collaborated with The…
Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Unlike her previous two albums, which dealt heavily with themes of sex and relationships, Whitechocolatespaceegg focused more on motherhood and family, as Phair had recently gotten married and given birth to a son. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, Liz Phair attempted to start a musical career…
LL Cool J s egotism is his M.O., his sex appeal, his greatest strength. He d been on top of the world since he started scoring hits as a teenager, but anyone who s been in the rap game for five years, as he d been when Mama arrived, has something to prove. So he…
Hip-hop legend LL Cool J returns with The FORCE, his first new album in more than a decade. Produced in it s entirety by A Tribe Called Quest s Q-Tip, The FORCE (an acronym for Frequencies Of Real Creative Energy) represents years of intense work. The result is an album that sounds thoroughly modern –…
Experimental metal trio Locrian are a prophetic voice of decline and a pioneering force in the world of metal. Their sonic tapestry weaves elements of black metal, ambient, and experimental music, creating a genre-defying experience that pushes the boundaries of conventional metal norms. Their new album End Terrain is the proper follow-up to 2015’s Infinite…
Double vinyl LP pressing. Logic returns with No Pressure, reuniting with legendary super-producer No I.D. Logic, 6ix and No I.D. come full circle for a sequel to his debut album, Under Pressure, with the first new music since Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind.
Gaithersburg, MD native Logic (born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) has amassed a large, dedicated fan base over the years, whom he calls the RattPack and BobbySoxers. Logic grew up in a hectic environment, full of racism, drugs, and alcohol abuse. He dropped out of high school, was kicked out of his mother s house, and soon found himself living…
Ultra 85 is known across Logic’s fanbase as the album that never was. It has become the Maryland rapper’s “Detox.” Logic first announced he was working on this album in 2017 and is highly anticipated by his fanbase. Despite his many acclaimed projects since then, Logic’s fanbase, The Rattpack have not been able to let…
Lonnie Liston Smith cut his teeth as a sideman with legendary bandleaders like Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis. He first appeared on a Flying Dutchman LP when he played piano on the Leon Thomas album Spirits Known And Unknown – released in 1969. Bob Thiele later signed Smith and his debut LP Astral…
Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes’ groundbreaking albums for the Flying Dutchman label don’t get the attention from jazz fans that they should. In fact, among the many distinguished alumni of Miles Davis’ fusion bands, keyboardist Smith and his cohorts arguably ran with Davis’ stylistic breakthrough the farthest. In five albums stretching over four…
The second in our Mr Bongo series opening the vault on classic recordings from the fabled Groove Merchant Records catalogue. This time the spotlight turns to the Hammond B3 organ maestro Lonnie Smith, as we proudly present a reissue of his cosmic jazz-funk journey, Afro-Desia . Originally released in 1975, this much-loved album was produced…