Amoeba Music

My favorite Saib project yet. Mostly lush mellow instrumentals with the stray up-tempo track & a vocal feature from Masta Ace. Read more

Brazilian jazz instrumental covers of Madlib beats. Great selections & balance between beats & jazz noodling. Read more

Intercontinental super crew snuck in a late entry for album of 2022. Moder classic jazzy boom-bap with mic's crushed throughout. Read more

Presented as a sweeping three-hour epic, this drone piece conceived for guitar, cello, and sine wave oscillators generates compelling new rhythms and sounds from the time of pandemic lock-down. Read more

It's difficult for me to imagine this LP being 28 years old already, but time is temporal. The three records released by Flying Saucer Attack in this period ‘Chorus’, ‘Distance’ and ‘Further’, were self recorded at home on a 4-track cassette in stark opposition to the digital age big labels and bands were celebrating. Often in times of personal disintegration I'll put this LP on and dream myself forward. The melodies beneath the feedback providing grit removal for the soul. The sound that David Pearce and his collaborators created explores real alternatives, a term that has been derided to be deemed almost meaningless. Read more

Collected from the twelve months leading up to the release of the album HUNKY DORY in December 1971. In this sets 4-CDs/Blue-Ray/2-Books bring together home demos, BBC radio sessions and live and studio recordings. Brilliantly flawed box set but a worthwhile peek inside the process of an artist at work. Read more

Understatement is key to Dal Forno’s approach on this her fourth full length LP, both in her lyrics and arrangements. Dal Forno constructs delicate dream pop devoid of disorienting layers of sound, what remains is ominous and haunting yet still equally inviting. Read more

Compilation of archival tracks from Jamie Hodge's '90s Pulse 8 Records-era and early '00s oddities. Ambient Bleep Jazz. Read more

A sunnier turn for Dal Forno but still a hazy glide of an album. Read more

A brief but exhilarating trip through various jazz genres from master (and Thom Yorke's favorite) drummer. Read more

Chill and transportive LP from Melt Yourself Down, Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming saxman. Read more

Cosmic Jazz/Electronic hybrid face melter. Read more

This album came out right before my 14th birthday in 1992 ! I won tickets on the radio to see hear it premiered with a laser light show at the Hayden planetarium in NYC. Then I got tickets to see them live at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island for my birthday. Oh yeah the album is great ! And now you get a 2nd disc with demos / live tracks. I also bought the LP picture disc ! Great memories ... Read more

The Tall Dwarfs were a strange duo from the New Zealand 1980's Flying Nun scene. They are somewhat similiar to The Clean but way more lo-fi / experimental. Most songs consist of acoustic or electric guitars or hammered pianos & vocals that seem loud & quiet all at once. This compilation contains some of their best songs ... You must hear this ! Read more

Scalpy Gonzales is the project of L.A. based musician Bennett Koss. This tape recorded on 4-track Cassette is far out! Bennett attacks his instruments & screams his poetry with a lust for life I haven't heard in years! It's like the Velvet Underground if they lived on a farm in Kansas but only had a banjo & maybe one beat up electric guitar. Download & / or buy this tape now ! ( https://scalpygonzales1.bandcamp.com/ ) Read more

This is the 3rd official album from L.A. based indie pop artist Songs by Thom. It was recorded on 8-track reel to reel tape at home. These 14 songs dealing with Escapism expand on his usual guitar jangle & gentle voice with harpsichord, piano, violin, mandolin, banjo, trumpet & kazoo! A light bouncy album with plenty of dark corners - Check it out! ( https://songsbythom.bandcamp.com/ ) Read more

My favorite & the best Beatles album (in my humble opinion). Recorded & released in 1966 the best year (in my humble opinion). Need I say more... It comes with 2 discs of bonus material (outtakes, alternates, new mixes, unreleased, etc). Read more

Shalom’s Sublimation is one of the most enjoyable, most assured debuts in recent memory. The Brooklyn-based, South Africa-raised artist creates urgent yet catchy-as-hell music that combines elements of power pop, punk, garage, indie, and even ‘90s alterna-pop. Shalom and producer Ryan Hemsworth (Quarter-Life Crisis) have crafted a super tight album that chronicles the ultra-loose and messy experiences of self-medicating, watching creative opportunities fall apart, and getting sick of being yourself. The joy of Sublimation, though, is the journey listeners go on as Shalom finds herself and her will to fight once again. Shalom is one to watch, to be sure, and this album will likely be on many year-end “best of” lists.

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Fever Ray is back with their first album in five years, Radical Romantics. The album title is an accurate synopsis of this left-field electro-pop production; as you’d expect, the songs are glittering and strange, filled with twists and turns both lyrical and melodic, all rooted in a deep love for both the darkness and the (heavily filtered) light. Fans of The Knife will rejoice to hear that Karin Dreijer has recruited their brother and The Knife bandmate Olof Dreijer for the first several songs, creating a vibe that eventually shifts into more buoyant, technicolor sonic territory as the album goes on. Fellow travelers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross contribute, as do Nídia, Johannes Berglund, Peder Mannerfelt, and Vessel.

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Thes One delivers the strongest instrumental hip hop release of the first quarter of 2023 with this loving tribute to his deceased friend and former partner in People Under the Stairs, Mike Turner aka Double K. The album plays like a photo album of memories of times that Chris spent together with Mike, from hanging on the porch together in the 90s to partying at Chris’ bachelor party in Rosarito. Fans of production from People Under the Stairs’ albums will love the funky sounds on display here, with vibes that are positive and uplifting but also deeply emotional and touching. The album plays out like a cohesive album with a full band sound, courtesy of live instrumentation from a variety of musicians, including the Bay Area’s own Kat 010 and Headnodic. Much more than a collection of beats, this album honors the memory of Double K and gives him a send-off that any hip hop head should be able to appreciate. Read more