In summer of 2015 Seattle’s doom fixtures Bell Witch released “Four Phantoms” on Profound Lore Records, the highly anticipated doomed follow up to the band’s now classic debut full-length “Longing” (2012). But “Longing” was not the band’s first effort. Bell Witch first appeared in 2011 with a well-received demo that was simply titled “Demo 2011.”…
Pacific Northwestern doom metal monolith Bell Witch is releasing their new album Future s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate. For this new album, bassist vocalist Dylan Desmond and drummer vocalist Jesse Shreibman exploded Bell Witch s bounds. Like 2017 s lauded Mirror Reaper, The Clandestine Gate is a single 83-minute track composition that pulses…
Longing is the debut studio album by the Seattle-based doom metal band Bell Witch, released on November 13, 2012 through Profound Lore Records. The album began Bell Witch s trend of slow, low, and mournful music for which the band would become known.
Ben Böhmer announces his debut album on Ninja Tune, “Bloom”. Available on peach vinyl and CD. Ben’s new album “Bloom” is guided by the power of collaboration and sees Ben experimenting with a wide range of genres and moods that go beyond the dancefloor. It features exciting collaborations with Lykke Li, Oh Wonder, Enfante Sauvage…
Ben Burgess is the pride of East Dallas, a renaissance man with a golden pen. After landing his first career cut with Jonas Brothers Chillin In the Summertime, he packed up a blossoming career born on Austin s 6th Street to chase dreams in Los Angeles, but quickly relocated to Nashville shortly thereafter when his…
Ben E. King will be forever known as one of the original classic soul pioneers like Ray Charles, Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett who had a knack of creating infectious hit recordings drenched in gospel, soul, rock and pop. As a member of the The Five Crowns, Ben formulated a distinct vocal sound that would…
“More than anything, I wanted to make an album that was generous, that was useful,” says Ben Folds. “I want you to finish this record with something you didn’t have when you started.” Indeed, Folds’ masterful new collection, What Matters Most, isn’t so much a statement as it is an offering, an open hand reaching…
Ben Webster s final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the States. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated. Webster s tone has rarely sounded more beautiful than on Someone to…
Originally released by iconic death metal pioneers Benediction from Birmingham, UK in 1998, this legendary album is set to return on September 19, 2024 delivering it s bone-crushing riffs and raw energy to a new generation of metalheads and rekindling the fire for long-time fans. This reissue of Grind Bastard has been meticulously remastered to…
Strut present an exclusive collaboration between two jazz greats, Bennie Maupin and Adam Rudolph, on Symphonic Tone Poem For Brother Yusef , originally commissioned by the Angel City Jazz festival in Claremont, to mark the late, great Yusef Lateef s 100th birthday on 9th October, 2020.
Contemporary Records 70th Anniversary Series 180g Vinyl LP Reissue All-Analog Mastered from the Original Tapes by Bernie Grundman! 2021 marked 70 years of Contemporary Records, the Los Angeles-based audiophile jazz label that both defined and radically expanded the sound of West Coast jazz. Throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s, Lester Koenig s artist-friendly company released…
You may recognize this fine fellow as the bass player for such acts as Spoon, Lee Fields Expressions, Reigning Sound and The Jay Vons. Or perhaps you’ve heard the man himself wailing away on several well-received 45s released on Wick Records–compiled on the 2022 digital EP Hey Lovers? With Do You Still Think of Me, his…
Benson Boone s intimate, diaristic pop songs are constantly evolving as he quickly becomes a global hitmaker. His latest single, the smash hit Beautiful Things, quickly soared into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 after topping charts across the globe such as #1 Billboard Global 200 and #1 Billboard Global Excl. US for…
Just A Man reveals an early version of Lover s Rock Master, Beres Hammond; an R&B Disco crooner – and quite a convincing one. This 1979 album, presents a who s who of reggae heavyweights and contains the highly sought after UK Soul hit Do This World A Favour, plus 7 other full length and…
Bernard Purdie is one of the most well known drummers of all time, and probably the most recorded in history. From his early days as a session player, Purdie rose to become Aretha Franklin’s musical director, did overdubs for The Beatles, and recorded with the likes of Steely Dan, Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Hall &…
rnard Purdie has played drums on so many recordings, by such a mind-numbing list of artists (Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Steely Dan, and on and on) that it’s easy to forget he also records under his own name—at least 25 albums as a leader. Cool Down is his first new one since 2009…