Releases – May 2022

“Discarnate Ails” the new album from Texas-based progressive deat/black metal band HAUNTER is thefollow up to 2019’s acclaimed “Sacramental Death Qualia” (named as Stereogum’s 2019 metal album ofthe year) which will unveil HAUNTER as one of the most enlightening and dynamic bands and one of itspioneering prospects within the current movement.With “Discarnate Ails” HAUNTER have tapped into the next level unparalleled with their most complex,advanced, and their most furious and heaviest release to date. The three epic chapters that comprise“Discarnate ...

“Discarnate Ails” the new album from Texas-based progressive deat/black metal band HAUNTER is thefollow up to 2019’s acclaimed “Sacramental Death Qualia” (named as Stereogum’s 2019 metal album ofthe year) which will unveil HAUNTER as one of the most enlightening and dynamic bands and one of itspioneering prospects within the current movement.With “Discarnate Ails” HAUNTER have tapped into the next level unparalleled with their most complex,advanced, and their most furious and heaviest release to date. The three epic chapters that comprise“Discarnate ...

NY-based industrial/electronic black metal duo LUMINOUS VAULT, consisting of Mario Diaz De Leon(vocals/guitars/synthesizers/programming) and Samuel Smith (bass/vocals), have completed work on their debut fulllength LP “Animate The Emptiness” which follows the unit’s two previous EPs, “Communion” (2015) and “Charismata” (2017) respectively.With “Animate The Emptiness”, LUMINOUS VAULT sees musical culmination of the two members’ creative repertoire in a new expression. With De Leon’s experience and work within the realm of classical music and his Oneirogen project along with Smith’s work in Artificial Brain and Aeviterne, ...

NY-based industrial/electronic black metal duo LUMINOUS VAULT, consisting of Mario Diaz De Leon(vocals/guitars/synthesizers/programming) and Samuel Smith (bass/vocals), have completed work on their debut fulllength LP “Animate The Emptiness” which follows the unit’s two previous EPs, “Communion” (2015) and “Charismata” (2017) respectively.With “Animate The Emptiness”, LUMINOUS VAULT sees musical culmination of the two members’ creative repertoire in a new expression. With De Leon’s experience and work within the realm of classical music and his Oneirogen project along with Smith’s work in Artificial Brain and Aeviterne, ...

The Golden Age of TV are an off-kilter guitar pop band from Leeds. With driving hooks and angular riffs setting the pace for enticingly melodic vocals, The Golden Age of TV have established growing support with their spiky art-rock sound, augmented with their own playful musical outlook.So far this striking approach has seen acclaim from key UK tastemakers in DIY, Clash, The Line of Best Fit and DORK Magazine as well as spins on BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music, as well as ...

LATEST RELEASE IN BEAR FAMILY’S ‘THE DRUGSTORES ROCKIN’’ CD‐SERIES1‐CD (Digipak) with 36‐page booklet, 36 tracks, total playing time approx. 79 min.Capitol Records was in the enviable position of having two challengers to Elvis’ regal status in 1957: Gene Vincent, who may have appeared just a little too threatening for full‐on mainstream embrace in the states, and the more clean‐cut Tommy Sands. He was no mere teenage idol; Tommy really did possess the vocal chops to convincingly rock, as he proves throughout this jam‐packed compilation.Although ...

AN UNCONVENTIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE SOUNDS OF SUN RECORDS1‐LP (12inch) 140‐gram vinyl, black, 16 tracks. Total playing time approx. 41 min.If you trust the rare published resumes, Mack Stevens was born in the mid‐fifties in Corsicana, southeast of Dallas, Texas. His musical love is for original rockabilly, as it was produced at that time when he came into the world, especially in Memphis by Sam Phillips for his Sun Records label in his Sun studio.It took a while to Mack Steven’s first own ...

ORIGINATOR OF THE FAMOUS EARLY ‘60S HAMBURG SOUND AND TEACHER OF THE BEATLES1‐CD with 36 page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 min. Tony Sheridan was second only to Bill Haley in catalysing the German Rock & Roll scene. Sheridan was a prime force during the legendary Star Club era, and he helped create the Hamburg Sound. However, he was reduced to a mere footnote in the Beatles saga as time went by. Due to his partnership with ...

LEGENDARY COUNTRY SINGER’S COMPLETE SECULAR RECORDINGS INCL. 14 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MASTERS2‐CD (Digisleeve, 6‐plated), 52‐page booklet, 67 tracks. Total playing time approx. 155 min.Bill Carter was born in 1929 in Eagleton, Arkansas, moved with his family to Oklahoma in 1937 and six years later to Indio, California. His family encouraged the teenager’s interest in music and paid for his singing lessons. Before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1949, he had already performed on several local radio stations. During his military service in California, he formed ...

Deep in the Berkshire suburbia lives a man named Mordecai Smyth. He was the first artist to sign to the independent record label Mega Dodo back in 2011. That year saw the release of the pop-psych album, “Sticky Tape and Rust” and the single, “Georgina Jones”. In 2017, Mordecai released a more progressive sounding album, “The Mayor of Toytown is Dead” to critical acclaim: it was voted “album of the year” in the American Goldmine magazine’s “Spin cycle” section by Dave Thompson.2022 sees the ...

Deep in the Berkshire suburbia lives a man named Mordecai Smyth. He was the first artist to sign to the independent record label Mega Dodo back in 2011. That year saw the release of the pop-psych album, “Sticky Tape and Rust” and the single, “Georgina Jones”. In 2017, Mordecai released a more progressive sounding album, “The Mayor of Toytown is Dead” to critical acclaim: it was voted “album of the year” in the American Goldmine magazine’s “Spin cycle” section by ...

LE CHIFFRE is a secret ORGAN‐ization of French origin and instrumental equivalent of our favouriteFrench gentlemen, the fabulous GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENTS. They are the 4 treasurers of the Groove and Music Illustration Union, controlled by the Hammond Organ Meridional Syndicat (HOMS). After their first two fabulous singles on vinyl they now present you with a fantastic 12 inch of the name “The Loved Ones”. Listening to those titles you may be able to discover the secret mission of this ORGAN‐ization distributed by their closest collaborator ...

Boney And The Shakers stand for female‐fronted acoustic Rockabilly combined with classic Rock’n’Roll, Country and Folk, delivered in an exciting and uniquely cool way! The acoustic‐trio evolved around the unmistakable and powerful voice of incredible frontwoman and stand up drummer Boney Shaker. She unbelievably never sang in a band before and only learned how to drum while playing the first streetgigs with the trio, who have been friends long before the band started. Together with guitarist Schorni Walker (THE SEWER ...

Boney And The Shakers stand for female‐fronted acoustic Rockabilly combined with classic Rock’n’Roll, Country and Folk, delivered in an exciting and uniquely cool way! The acoustic‐trio evolved around the unmistakable and powerful voice of incredible frontwoman and stand up drummer Boney Shaker. She unbelievably never sang in a band before and only learned how to drum while playing the first streetgigs with the trio, who have been friends long before the band started. Together with guitarist Schorni Walker (THE SEWER ...

THE PARTNERS IN CRIME and TOPSY‐TURVY RECORDS are happy to present “Chain Breakers”, the second album by the Sicilian / Florentine band active since 2015. This album follows the highly acclaimed debut album “Hoodoo Souls”and the “Locked up” digital EP (GOOMPA REC). This is a record that digs deep with a dark but never pessimistic sound and a hint of irony. It is a handbook of American Roots Music so loved by the band, which is treated with great respect for tradition but at ...