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Bleach Lab proudly call themselves perfectionists. The South London band formed in 2017 as a duo of bassist Josh Longman and guitarist Frank Wates, they then recruited vocalist Jenna Kyle before reaching their final form at the start of 2021 with the recruitment of drummer Kieran Weston. After releasing three EPs, they are now gearing up for their debut album “Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness”, where the band felt free to experiment, always keeping true to their alternative nature. The songs on it are packed with widescreen, dreamy soundscapes that pushed their aesthetics forwards and continued the experimentation that exists at the heart of the project.

With wave after wave of shiver-inducing shoegaze, glistening indie rock, and dream pop wash over the ears as Bleach Lab’s debut album drenches its audience not just in breath taking sound, but in visceral emotion. Released September 22nd, 2023 via Nettwerk Music Group, “Lost in a Rush of Emptiness” is the apotheosis of everything the London quartet have built over the last four years: As enchanting as it is achingly intimate, their first full-length is an immersive collection of inner reckonings and soul-stirring reflections on what it means to be alive. They plunder the depths of their own hearts and souls, ultimately delivering an experience that is at once wondrous and wistful, thought-provoking and deeply evocative.

It feels like everything that’s come before – the grief and trauma of “A Calm Sense of Surrounding” the heartache and vulnerability of “Nothing Feels Real” the haunting beauty and seductive, raw reverie of “If You Only Feel It Once” – has been leading up to this moment.

“This album is the result of years of work,” vocalist Jenna Kyle says. “Years experimenting, finding our sound, and finding out what our music meant to us. 

On this record, more than any other, you’re listening to our most personal stories, emotions, feelings, and each track means so much to us. All we hope is that you find a way to connect with these songs as much as we have.”

Bleach Lab – “Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness” released through Nettwerk Records

A band Combining two loves — music and baseball — The Baseball Project is a true indie supergroup. Featuring Mike Mills and Peter Buck, of R.E.M., Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, leader of both The Minus 5 and and Young Fresh Fellows, and Linda Pittmon of The Filthy Friends, the band took the members’ baseball fandom and turned that into a passion project of songs about America’s Pastime.

With baseball’s more than century-long history, there is a lot of material for the group to write about, from a song about current phenomenon, Los Angeles Angels DH/pitcher Shoehi Ohtani, to legends like the Boston Red Sox Ted Williams.

One of the standout cuts on the band’s new album, “Grand Salami Time” (a term for a grand slam home run), is “Disco Demolition,” a song that looks back on one of baseball’s most infamous nights.

On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox hosted “Disco Demolition Night,” a radio stunt gone horribly wrong. A local DJ hosted what was supposed to be a promotion, where fans got together and destroyed disco albums during the height of the disco backlash. But a riot ensued and the second game of the double header was canceled.

Thought of as a publicity stunt gone wrong at the time, the whole event has been rewritten in history as one that was actually racist and homophobic. Wynn writes about that in the song. But knowing the message of being open minded has to be delivered in a palatable way, the band found a brilliant way to do so, enlisting James Blagden, who did the animated video showcasing pitcher Dock Ellis’ very famous 1970s no-hitter, thrown while Ellis was on acid, to do an animated “Disco Demolition” clip, premiering here.

“Grand Salami Time” released on Omnivore Recordings June 30th, 2023.

“It’s been incredible making this,” he says. “Despite all the life stuff that’s happened, it has brought me immense happiness. I’ve always railed against it when people ask if making a record is cathartic but I’d have to admit that this one really was.”

Beautifully produced and rich in scope – ‘Iechyd Da’ is Bill Ryder-Jones’ most ambitious record to date. At times joyous and grand, at others intimate and heartbreaking, the past few years spent producing other artists have provided that gentle nudge to expand into new territory, from kids choirs and tender strings to dramatically re-contextualised disco samples.

“Iechyd Da” is Ryder-Jones’ first new record since Yawn in 2018. “I love this album,” says Ryder-Jones, “I haven’t been this proud of a record since “A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart.”

This exceptional album is released by Domino on January 12th. “Iechyd Da” is available to pre-order from the Domino store on exclusive coloured vinyl (with postcard), a Dinked-edition coloured vinyl (with exclusive Big Softies 7” & signed sleeve), Indies-exclusive coloured vinyl, standard vinyl, CD and digitally.

Bill Ryder-Jones has released a new track, “This Can’t Go On”, which is taken from his forthcoming album, Iechyd Da. on Domino Recordings

RC 550 will hit – skim across the surfaces of – the shelves like a shiny pebble from the past. The cover story might be something you’ll be invested in: a rundown of the greatest gigs at arguably rock’s greatest venue. Bowie’s 1980 Floor Show? Hendrix, Who, Hot Rods? How many did you attend? Elsewhere we interview Paul Young and Pete Townshend, Glenn Hughes and Cliff Bennett, Arthur Baker and Corinne Bailey Rae. We review the latest releases, reissues, books and singles, rate all the rarities you could want and de-murk the memorabilia.

In celebration of Cherry Red’s ‘45s at 45’ series, here comes Felt’s iconic anthem “Primitive Painters”, pressed on clear 10″ vinyl and and featuring the classic 7” single “Penelope Tree” on the B-side as a bonus!,

On its release in 1985 the song shot to the top of the Independent Singles Chart and has remained a firm favourite with fans ever since. Produced by Robin Guthrie and featuring the skyscraping vocals of Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.

For this special release Lawrence has commissioned Douglas Hart to direct a beautiful meditation of the group at the time. Featuring unseen Super 8 footage of characters from the scene including Alan McGee and Martin Duffy.

Felt did not make any videos during the eighties but Lawrence always wanted to make a film for this classic song. Now 38 years later we are proud to present their very first promotional film.

Released December 1st, 2023

This reissue of Justin Townes Earle’s debut EP originally banged out over a weekend to sell on tour has been remastered from the original, high-resolution sources by 5-time Grammy-winning producer, engineer, and artist, Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Waylon Jennings), cut at 45 RPM by Jeff Powell, and pressed on gold, 180-gram vinyl. The new packaging features new liner notes by JTE’s friend, collaborator, and art director, Joshua Black Wilkins, plus full lyrics, and a print of a previously unpublished photo of Justin from the EP’s cover shoot.

This is a 2023 Black Friday Record Store Day release.

Milly is a rock band from Los Angeles fronted by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brendan Dyer. Their sound melds together elements of classic shoegaze, slowcore, and lo-fi indie rock, coalescing into an intense, singular musical impression. Milly began as Dyer’s home recording project in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut before finally taking its current formation as a live band in Los Angeles.

One year ago today MILLY released their debut album “Eternal Ring”, which Rolling Stone called “a blend of the woozy, guitar-driven vulnerability of Swervedriver and the noise-laden introspection of Nineties post-hardcore trailblazers Hum.” For the album’s one year anniversary, Milly have unveiled six demo versions of songs off “Eternal Ring“

demos recorded in 2019 and 2020

“The debut album from this LA-based duo led by Brendan Dyer is a potent ‘90s-steeped blend of shoegazer psych-rock, emo, slowcore and grunge, combining fuzzy guitars, muscular rhythms and lyrics of anxiety, hope and renewal.”- KEXP “a band that fuses the wall-of-guitar sounds of Hum and Catherine with early emo like Sunny Day Real Estate and minimalist beauty à la Belly, resulting in a warm bath of fuzzed-out indie rock that nonetheless balances the riffing with gentler moments of airy shoegaze”

released September 30th, 2023

The new album from Lauren Denitzio’s ever-evolving project Worriers is the product of much upheaval — from the open-heart surgery they endured at age 25 to a recent move to Los Angeles where they connected up with Atom Willard of Against Me! and Rocket From The Crypt. The music that came out of all of that experience has a defiant edge; deeply emotional in its lyrical explorations of gender identity, unsteady relationships and psychological turmoil, but somehow rousing and flourishing musically. The mood of the album never does seem to drag either Denitizo or their listeners into a mire of bad vibes or morose sounds. With some key assists from Hold Steady keyboardist Franz Nicolay and bassist Allegra Anka, the album pulses with life and the stomp of punk-glam arrangements.

After shifting into singer-songwriter mode earlier this year for their fourth LP “Warm Blanket”, Lauren Denitzio is already back with the follow-up Worriers record “Trust Your Gut”, which announced itself as leaning back into the power-pop territory the project’s come to be known for when the album’s title track was revealed a few months back. Yet the other pre-album singles tell a different story: “Cloudy and 55” is a sparse piano ballad, while “Top 5” is a simmering anthem.

Meanwhile the sound of “Trust Your Gut” remains rooted in the type of rousing pub-rock The Hold Steady have come to define, with that band’s keyboardist Franz Nicolay contributing keys across the record to further differentiate these songs from those penned by previous iterations of the band. It’s no wonder, then, that Denitzio looked to that group for inspiration when crafting this record. 

“Neil Young Archives Vol 1: 1963-1972”, the first in a series of archival box sets encompassing Young’s entire career, originally released in 2009, is being reissued. The collection, out of print for over a decade, will arrive in three formats: a 10-disc deluxe edition in either Blu-ray or DVD and an 8-disc CD box, on November 10th, 2023, via Reprise Records.

The 8-CD box set is being re-issued in its original format – housed in the “Garypak,” a unique package designed by Young’s longtime art director, the late Gary Burden. Each CD has its own custom sleeve.

The start of a musician’s career is not only an intriguing collection of what happened, but maybe even more important is a gaze into what their future might hold. With musical artist “Neil Young, Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972” offers the sounds of his first decade, but just as importantly holds a light on the future of what’s to come. Young’s world of sound and spirit remains a never-ending adventure. It starts here. “Neil Young Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972” is the first in a series of archival box sets encompassing Young’s entire career. Vol. I was originally released on June 2nd, 2009

From the September 29th announcement: The start of a musician’s career is not only an intriguing collection of what happened, but maybe even more important is a gaze into what their future might hold. With musical artist “Neil Young, Archives Vol 1: 1963-1972” offers the sounds of his first decade, but just as importantly holds a light on the future of what’s to come. Young’s world of sound and spirit remains a never-ending adventure. 

At the time of release in 2009, 13 of the songs had never been released before. A further 34 tracks were previously unreleased live or alternate versions. The repertoire covers the first decade of Neil Young’s career, including material from the Squires, Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and his early solo albums.

Step into a musical time capsule with the re-issue of ‘Archives Vol 1: 1963-1972’ CD Box Set. originally Released 17th November, this collection encapsulates the pivotal moments of Neil Young’s early career, from his days with the Squires to his collaborations with CSNY. Experience a decade of musical evolution, with 13 songs that had never been released before 2009. The 8 CD Collection is meticulously housed in the iconic “Garypak”, designed by the late Gary Burden. Along with the music, you’ll receive a 24-page booklet and a special Archives poster. Secure your piece of musical history and immerse yourself in the legacy of Neil Young.

The box set comes with a 24-page booklet and a large fold-out Archives poster.