Alternative

Artist: Radiohead Label: XL Recordings

Artist: Various Artists Label: Light in the Attic

Artist: Will Butler Label: Merge Records

Artist: Throttlerod Label: Small Stone Records

There wouldn't be a better definition for the Londrina based "Outlaw Bluegrass" band from Brasil. The initial line-up was formed by musicians from Mary Lee and The Sideburn Brothers, Outlaw Habits, The Lost Fellows . The band has composed their own original material, with lyrics in Portuguese and English, as well as a few well chosen versions. Them Old Crap has just released their first album: "OLD MAN" with 13 tracks. The band played a tour of two months + 43 shows in Holland; Belgium and Germany in 2015 and they will return in 2016 for another 2 months tour to Europe!. The influences ...Hillbilly; Bluegrass; Country Outlaw; Punk; Metal; Gothic .. In short, a big party with a lot of "scream, shooting, running and chair blowing!!!" Record Label: Broken Neck Records/Crazy Love Style: Alternative Country

Previously unreleased studio recordings from 1986. LP Includes digital download code. The slow-burn sounds of Sonic Youth's 1986 rehearsals to score Ken Friedman's spooky highway film Made In USA are yet another mile marker in the band's long and varied existence, now being issued as Spinhead Sessions (named for the North Hollywood studio used by SST label acts like Black Flag and Painted Willie). These jams were later built upon for a full-on (and quite different) soundtrack production, but the rough sketches here find the band taking time with truly new and introspective sound worlds. It was basically a brand new way of working for Sonic Youth, albeit a challenging one, under the auspices of major Hollywood film production overlords, routing their way into the world of soundtrack scoring. And it all comes at a key time and place. It's no secret that 1986 was a transformative year for the band in many ways. The gravitation to the beloved SST stable, in addition to Steve Shelley, now drumming, certainly gave Sonic Youth a renewed vigor and vocabulary. They were already an international touring machine, and gaining considerable steam with critics (even spinning the heads of detractors who had dismissed their arty downtown boho sensibilities prior to '86's EVOL). Their cultdom with fans had concrete roots by this point, and the influences that were swarming in the band's orbit marked an exciting time, where almost any trajectory seemed possible, and they were going for it. Friedman's film worked on a relatively darker frame for a mainstream Hollywood flick; characters played by stars Chris Penn and Adrian Pasdar made a cross-country journey that started out in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a real-life, anthracite coal producing town that had to relocate all its residents due to a decades-long, inextinguishable underground fire. The Sonics passed through this haunted-looking locale on their next tour after the sessions, and are pictured on the sleeve standing amidst smoldering embers. For the sounds they made at Spinhead, this image seems a fitting mental picture. Guitar harmonics billow like smoke, heavily reverbed drumming and shimmering cymbals echo from what sounds like the bottom of a deep mine. This newly born Spinhead Sessions release once again defines Sonic Youth in a raw and engaging state of discovery at a terrific time. Is it a missing link between the complex, crafted cavernosity of EVOL and the frayedelectric powerline sizzle of Sister? Yes and no. It's an entirely unique animal, a meditative album where you can soak in the template of tapping overtones, sedate explorations of new chords, even sounding at times like AMM trying to play the VU's Sweet Sister Ray bootleg or something similar. It's trademark Sonic Youth at the core, and in an unfettered, dreamy state and time, there and gone like smoke. -Brian Turner, WFMU Music Director. Record Label: Goofin Style: Alternative Rock

Red vinyl! Mirror Travel's limited edition UK 10" release of "Mexico" features four songs from their 2013 full-length debut of the same name. Anton Newcombe approached the Texas-based three piece about releasing their brand of swirling psych-rock on his Berlin based A Recordings Ltd. after catching the band's blistering set during Austin Psych Fest. The songs of "Mexico" were recorded in the small desert town of Marfa, TX and the result is loose, grungy garage at its finest. Each song travels at such an unhurried and hypnotic pace that you may feel you've driven across the desert yourself. Mirror Travel are "garage dwelling daydreamers" [SPIN] who "know psych rock and aren't afraid to drench your ears in it"[Indieshuffle]. TRACKLISTING: 01. MEXICO 02. PARTIES 03. IN DREAMS / FOR SUMMER 04. STONER Record Label: A Recordings Style: Indie Rock

Previously unreleased studio recordings from 1986. LP Includes digital download code. The slow-burn sounds of Sonic Youth's 1986 rehearsals to score Ken Friedman's spooky highway film Made In USA are yet another mile marker in the band's long and varied Record Label: Goofin Style: Alternative Rock

FOR FANS OF: MONO, Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Cult of Luna, EF, Caspian, Russian Circles PG.Lost is a Swedish band of many directions. Their sound is throbbing with great melancholy, but there is also a healthy dose of dirty, crushing rock n' roll in Record Label: Pelagic Style: Post-Rock

FOR FANS OF: MONO, Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Cult of Luna, EF, Caspian, Russian Circles PG.Lost is a Swedish band of many directions. Their sound is throbbing with great melancholy, but there is also a healthy dose of dirty, crushing rock n' roll in Record Label: Pelagic Style: Post-Rock

In the 80s, Valerie Dore was among the most famous and successful artists of the Italo Disco / Italo dance scene. From 1984 to 1986 Valerie Dore had 4 great chart hits; „The Night“, „Get Closer“, “It‘s So Easy“ and „Lancelot“! For the first time there, no Record Label: Zyx Style: Italo-Dance

Elements of psychedelia and shoegaze, Krautrock, early electronica, highlife, Afrobeat and even classic disco get molded into a wash of tape saturation. For fans of a.o. Klaus Johann Grobe, Trouble In Mind, Jacco Gardner, Mac Demarco, Real Estate, DIIV… Record Label: Thischarmingman Style: Indie Rock

TheClosedCircle, the new band produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa. A fresh start for fans of bands like HIM, Delain, Apocalyptica, etc... In their debut album 'Love, Shine & Die' they created a new style combining heavy guitar riffs and great catchy melodies tha Record Label: Inverse Style: Rock

The history of underground Death Metal is crammed with bands that never got to make it past the demo stage. However, only a handful of them actually deserved much better in terms of both longevity and recognition. Such was the case with the obscure yet am Record Label: Memento Mori Style: Death Metal

Artist: Steve Gunn Label: Matador Records

Artist: Pixies Label: Sonic Boom

Artist: Xeno & Oaklander Label: Ghostly Int. (Cargo Records)

Artist: Combichrist Label: 99999 (rough trade)

Artist: Combichrist Label: 99999 (rough trade)

Artist: Soren Jull Label: 4AD