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To celebrate the 50th anniversary year of ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, Original Pink Floyd member Roger Waters pays homage with a brand new, full-album re-recording of the timeless original.

Waters says ‘when we recorded the stripped down songs for the lockdown sessions, the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ was looming on the horizon. it occurred to to me that the ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ could well be a suitable candidate for a similar re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album.

I discussed it with Gus and Sean, and when we’d stopped giggling and shouting ‘you must be ****ing mad’ at one another we decided to take it on. it’s turned out really great and I’m excited for everyone to hear it. it’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable. but it is a way for the seventy nine year old man to look back across the intervening fifty years into the eyes of the twenty nine year old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my father, “we did our best, we kept his trust, our dad would have been proud of us”. and also it is a way for me to honoUr a recording that Nick and Rick and Dave and I have every right to be very proud of.’

Hawkwind have shared details of the 50th Anniversary reissue of their thunderous 1973 live album “Space Ritual”, to be released by Cherry Red Records on September 29th.

A Super Deluxe 10CD/Blu-Ray Edition includes a new remaster of the original album, along with new mixes of all three complete concerts recorded on the tour at Liverpool Stadium, Sunderland Locarno and Brixton Sundown, all mixed by Stephen W Tayler.

The set comes with a region-free Blu-Ray disc featuring a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of the album, plus a 68-page illustrated book with new essay and a reproduction of the rare “Space Ritual” poster-format tour programme.

Atomhenge, the home of Hawkwind’s back catalogue, is proud to announce the release of a deluxe 50th Anniversary remixed edition of Hawkwind’s legendary live album “Space Ritual”. Recorded on the band’s UK Tour of December 1972, which followed the release of the band’s recent studio album “Doremi Fasol Latido”. The live show was a continuous performance linked by poetry recitation by Robert Calvert and was a complete audio-visual experience. Featuring the dancers Stacia, Miss Renee and Tony Carrera, the concerts also featured an elaborate light show by famed lighting designer Liquid Len. The Space Ritual tour followed the huge success of the “Silver Machine” single (although the song did not feature in the live set) and three concerts were captured on tape by the Pye Records mobile unit.

The resulting double album was adorned with memorable artwork by designer Barney Bubbles and was a Top Ten hit in the UK upon its release in May 1973. This 50th anniversary 2 CD set features a stunning new mix of the album by Stephen W Tayler, from te original 16-track master tapes. The set includes the complete unedited versions of “Brainstorm” and “Time We Left This World Today” and the encore of “You Shouldn’t Do That”. With a illustrated booklet with new essay this new release is the ultimate tribute to this legendary album.

“Space Ritual” will also be available in 2CD and double transparent vinyl editions. 

“(I’m) Stranded” was the first punk rock record to come out of Australia, one of the earliest punk singles from anywhere, and one of the greatest seven inches ever!.

To prime the pump for the upcoming 1977 box set “In The Red” are dropping next year, they are proud to announce this reissue of the 1976 debut single from The Saints. “(I’m) Stranded” was the first punk rock record to come out of Australia, one of the earliest punk singles from anywhere, and one of the greatest seven inches ever! , 47 years on from the original Fatal label release of (I’m) Stranded by Australian proto-punks The Saints comes the first ever reissue of the iconic single.

“In the red” is over the moon to put their fingerprints on this monster! for this reissue the label has replicated the original UK, USA and Dutch picture sleeves, each with a unique colour vinyl variant. 47 years on from the original fatal label release of “(I’m) Stranded” by Australian proto-punks The Saints comes the first ever reissue of the iconic single. manufactured originally at Astor Records Melbourne and received by guitarist Ed Kuepper on August 2nd 1976 in Brisbane the limited run of approx. 530 copies of “(I’m) Stranded” were split up and sent variously to overseas music publications, a handful of Australian shops plus Rough Trade London and Greg Shaw’s Bomb mailorder usa.

What happened next is history and paved the way for three of the greatest albums not just of the era but any era; “(I’m) Stranded”(’77), “Eternally Yours” (’77) and “Prehistoric Sounds” (’78). proudly presented by In The Red Records the 2023 7” edition of “(I’m) Stranded” appears in a limited run of 2000 copies across three different coloured vinyl versions and three different sleeves using the original 1977 artwork.

Los Angeles El Monte trio the Red Pears have picked up right where they left off with their 2021 album,
“You Thought We Left Because The Door Was Open But We Were Waiting Outside.”

The new single from the garage-rock trio of Henry Vargas, Jose Corona and Patrick Juarez is “The Way You Talk,” co-produced with Kelwin Hernandez, featuring their characteristically bristling guitars, staccato beats and vocals with a hint of acidic detachment in tracing the arc of a relationship circling the drain.

Three albums in, the Red Pears have gained a passionate following who don’t give a hoot about the Strokes comparisons.

Another legend from the past is being celebrated. Singer songwriter band leader Leon Russell  the brilliant songwriter and musician who played, wrote or produced over 400 recordings with artists including Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Elton John is celebrated on a new album called “A Song For Leon”. Artists covering Leon’s songs on this new record include Bootsy Collins, Pixies, Orville Peck, Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price. Here is the latter’s version of Leon Russell’s “Strangers in a Strange Land” along with the original

Among those contributing covers of Leon Russell songs are Margo Price, Pixies, Orville Peck, Hiss Golden Messenger and US Girls . Hear Price’s take on “Stranger In A Strange Land”

“I’ve always loved Leon Russell’s vibe and approach to music and life in general,” says Price. “I had the pleasure of briefly meeting him at a show many years ago in the hallway. I always remember what he said during the live interview that day, which was that ‘It was his job to misinform the press.’ He was an old man at the time, but I’ll never forget how mischievous he seemed.

“After my band and I cut “Stranger In A Strange Land”, we decided to perform it live at many shows. The monologue in the middle is my favourite. It still seems absolutely pertinent, and its subject still matters today. He’s talking about the afterlife and equality and goes off about starting a new race where we all just learn to love each other. We can all learn a thing of two from Leon Russell.”

 Leon Russell tribute album, “A Song For Leon“, will be released by Primary Wave Music on September 8th.

“Reverberations (Travelling In Time)” is the debut Primal Scream album that never was: 16 perfectly formed pop nuggets weighing in at just under 35 minutes. Boasting eleven previously unreleased BBC session recordings plus all five songs from the band’s first two Creation Records singles.

The Primal Scream debut that never got released with bonus never-before heard BBC live sessions. A gem amongst the great treasure chest of indie.

“Reverberations (Travelling In Time) – BBC Sessions & Creation Singles 1985-1986” is being released a week today on Friday 28th July.

The album gathers 11 previously unreleased John Peel and Janice Long session recordings, plus all five tracks from the band’s first two Creation singles – with sleeve notes by Bobby Gillespie, Bob Stanley, and the original guitarist / co-songwriter Jim Beattie.

“This music proves we really had something special going on back then. I’m really proud of this album, I’m glad these sessions are finally being released.” – Bobby Gillespie.

The LP is beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve with specially commissioned artwork by by renowned British illustrator and designer Julie Verhoeven. The record also includes a printed inner sleeve plus a large format 8 page booklet with essays by Bob Stanley, Jim Beattie and Bobby Gillespie and 28 period photographs of the band.

Limited clear and black vinyl editions, as well as a CD, are available for pre-order now exclusively from the official Primal Scream store here: primalscream.lnk.to/reverberations

Los Angeles art rock band Mamalarky makes music for sunny summer days spent in swimming holes participating in nature’s aquatic ballet. When the band broke out with their debut EP ‘Fundamental Thrive Hive,’ in 2018, the indie quartet’s dynamic fusion of quirk and melody fit right in alongside peers like Wombo, Floatie, and Cherry Glazerr. With the release of their 2022 album ‘Pocket Fantasy,’ Mamalarky made it clear they’re a band defining its era in real time.

The band’s powerful sound is a diamond-like refraction of dream pop, post-2000s psychedelia, Nintendocore, math rock, jazz fusion, and freak folk. Check out Mamalarky on Audiotree Live! Recorded on March 9th, 2023 in Chicago, IL.

Kristin Hersh’s new album ‘Clear Pond Road’ (out 8th September) is a cinematic road trip; a series of personal vignettes from a fiercely independent auteur, sitting plush with layers of all-consuming strings and mellotron. It’s a watershed moment in a career overflowing with creative firsts and inspirational thinking; an elegant piece of personal reportage, a home movie caught in time.

Previously, the juxtaposition of light and dark has been essential to the drama of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE, but this solo set is something of a departure; more inward looking, quieter but outspoken, underpinned by background noise for ambience and awkwardness.

“Clear Pond Road” continues the juxtaposition of dark and light –dark sunshine, as Hersh puts it– that characterizes Hersh’s legendary work with Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave but goes even further inward as it explores the intimacy and complexity that sits alongside Hersh’s fierce independence. A cinematic road trip; “Clear Pond Road” is a series of personal vignettes from a fiercely independent auteur, plush with layers of atonal, edgy-dreamy strings and mellotron. It’s a watershed moment in a career overflowing with creative firsts and inspirational thinking, an elegant piece of personal reportage: a home movie caught in time.

Kristin Hersh announces new album ‘Clear Pond Road’. Watch the video for ‘Ms Haha’ now

About the song Kristin Hersh says: “Mr Bones is my man and Ms Haha is me, ripped off from a Truman Capote story. So heavy. Love is goofy gravity”. Manipulated and distorted visuals feature throughout the music video directed by Jonny Sanders. It compliments Hersh’s performance of the song that shifts with different and varying elements.

Available on Rough Trade LTD Ed. Transparent Blue Vinyl with Lyric Book,

“A fearless rock innovator” The New York Times

09th Oct: Metronome, Nottingham, UK

Following a series of line-up changes, Vanishing Twin is now the tightly honed collective of singer and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas, drummer Valentina Magaletti (Holy Tongue, Tomaga, Moin) and bassist Susumu Mukai (Zongamin). Harnessing the diverse touchstones of its members; Lucas’ left-field song-craft, Magaletti’s singular approaches to experimental percussion, and Mukai’s long history in the production of electronic music, the band has refined a hypnotic sound at the juncture of minimalism, kosmische, post-punk, and dream-laden, psychedelic pop. Vanishing Twin embark upon a new multifaceted journey that collectively culminates as the bands most forward-thinking and groundbreaking release to date.

Vanishing Twin further their exploration of decidedly experimental territories with new album ‘Afternoon X’ (Out 6th October). Available in Limited Edition White Vinyl + Risograph Print Booklet (Rough Trade Exclusive), Black Vinyl 

“A band that fearlessly floats in the hazy space between the real world &
 an imagined one” Pitchfork