If you’ve ever read a comic book, watched a science fiction movie, played freeze tag, or undertaken a top-secret intergalactic space mission, then you know all about the value of a good force field. Tokyo Police Club surely do, and in the four years since the band’s last album, our brave heroes from Toronto spent…
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits on 180g 2LP It s been 40 years since Tom Petty and his extraordinary band, The Heartbreakers, unleashed their eponymous debut. In the subsequent decades, Petty – both as a solo artist and as leader of the band – has sold over 80 million records worldwide, earned 18 Grammy nods and has been…
The true test of originality for any musician comes when you hear an instrument being played and you instantly know who’s playing it. For electric guitarists, certainly Hendrix qualifies; Page and Clapton, too. Maybe Eddie Van Halen before the legion of imitators. You probably have your own list, but to us, standing toe-to-toe (or pick-to-pick)…
An accurate description of Tom Verlaine s career would read much like a thesaurus entry for influential. He has truly shaped the sound of modern music, from his early days with the Neon Boys and Television, throughout his solo career, and most recently as the guitarist in Patti Smith s band. Always ahead of the…
Tom s recent passing has put focus back on these albums with an increased appreciation. These albums have not been available on LP since they were originally released. Box Set of the first four solo albums by Tom Verlaine from 1979 to 1984, after the two acclaimed Television albums. Includes: * Tom Verlaine (1979) *…
The true test of originality for any musician comes when you hear an instrument being played and you instantly know who’s playing it. For electric guitarists, certainly Hendrix qualifies; Page and Clapton, too. Maybe Eddie Van Halen before the legion of imitators. You probably have your own list, but to us, standing toe-to-toe (or pick-to-pick)…
Limited edition 180g Raspberry Beret color vinyl to celebrate the 50th anniversary for The Heart Of A Saturday Night. Rolling Stone included this 1974 LP in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in admiration of it s bewitching blend of after-hours hipster jazz, ageless acoustic- piano songs and intimate introductions to the lonely ghosts…
2002 s Alice is a haunted, moody chamber piece devoted to the obsessive, forbidden love of Charles Dodgson for Alice Liddell, for whom Alice in Wonderland was created. Piano, pump organ, cello, theremin and stroh violin are the main instruments employed for these melancholy and comic musings on death, longing, and the random meanness of life. Tom Waits adapts…
2002 s Blood Money is based on the true story of Woyzeck, a conscripted German soldier, who murders the mother of his child after being driven mad by army drug experiments. This is a darkly rhythmic record, illuminating life s bleak carnival with songs like Misery is The River of the World and God s Away on…
2023 marks fifty years since Tom Waits released his landmark debut album Closing Time. Called a minor key masterpiece filled with songs of late-night loneliness by All Music Guide, Closing Time features the distinctly lyrical storytelling and blending of jazz, blues and folk styles that would come to be associated first with Waits. This 50th anniversary edition is presented…
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, originally released in 1974. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. The album cover is based on In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra. It is an illustration featuring…
After signing with Asylum Records in the early 1970s, Tom Waits recorded a series of acclaimed albums whose noir tales about the after-midnight underworld transformed the seedy into the sublime in songs laced with both dark humor and profound longing. Decades and several musical evolutions later, Waits Asylum years still hold a special place in the hearts…
An infectious blend of funky blues, gritty soul and hard-driving house rockers, plus a jam-packed schedule of red-hot live performances, have made Tommy Castro one of the most beloved artists in roots music. Stompin Ground features a dozen irresistible tracks split between fresh Castro originals and revitalized versions of songs that inspired Tommy when he…
Vinyl re-release with a new color! Highlighter yellow vinyl version of this raucous, multi-song tale of a young man bitten by the blues bug. A striking collection of songs tell the story in vivid lyrics brought to life by Castro s patented roadhouse rock, soulful ballads and deep, greasy grooves. One of the brightest stars…
180-gram black vinyl. Tonic is the American rock band, formed by Jeff Russo and Emerson Hart in 1993. Sugar is their second studio album, includes the charting singles Knock Down Walls and You Wanted More, and was released in 1999. The track You Wanted More was also included in the coming-of-age teen comedy American Pie…