Beautiful reissue of retro jingles viewed through a highly experimental lens Crammed Discs Deeply engaging and thoroughly thought-provoking, this album is truly like no other. Originally released in 1987, composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu set out to create an album full of short (mostly between...
A ridiculously rare yet much-lauded folk album gets reissued Anthology Recordings Largely forgotten after its minimal 1969 release, F.J. McMahon’s Spirit of the Golden Juice is a DIY folk treasure trove. With original pressings fetching upwards of $300, it’s a real boon to have a true-to-form vinyl...
An audiophile-grade reissue with colorful extras Real World Records / Experience Vinyl It’s perfectly normal to be nervous when you see one of your favorite albums reissued; God knows I felt it when I read that Peter Gabriel’s third solo album Peter Gabriel (aka “Melt”) was next on the Experience...
An anniversary reissue which fails to excite Hear Music Just in time for its 10th anniversary this coming January is the vinyl debut of Sia’s fourth album, Some People Have Real Problems. The album, which started to cement the Australian singer in the mind of listeners the world over, is quite interesting,...
10th anniversary vinyl debut of a Midwestern indie-pop classic High Dive Records Breezy and seemingly effortless, the 10th anniversary vinyl edition of Fourth of July’s On the Plains comes just at that point in the summer where the heat’s left everything baked dry, while all you really feel like...
A new spin on a classic tale Cadabra Records In a relatively short amount of time, Cadabra Records has perfected their business model; spooky tales on ornately colored vinyl, narrated by talented voice actors, and scored by experimental acts such as Theologian and Maurizio Guarini. Judging by their rabid...
