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“Witching Hour Test Pressing UK Addresses Only Sold Out,” there must be some music-collector somewhere who is extremely bothered by the existence of this artifact

“Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone. ” — Berry Gordy, Jr. Last weekend we had the opportunity to take in the ‘Magic of Motown’, a combination history lesson and music concert. Think The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Commodores, The Jackson Five. It’s hard to conjure up an image of a Motown tune without waxing nostalgic… humming a few bars,…

Bandcamp Friday - 7th August 2026. I only just remembered to to get this one in the nick of time with a little over a hour to go on. I’m a big fan of this type of heavy dub steppas productions of traditional cultural sounds. This is Violinbwoy’s take on a Belarusian traditional song. A beautiful interpretation by Laboratorium Pieśni remixed for sound system play by Violinbwoy in his laboratory. A tune gathering the ancient spirits - from that time to this time… play it loud and feel the…

“I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Live)” by U2 Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that feels like a prayer. That isn’t by Madonna? Hmmm (I mean like a prayer sure does feel uplifting, right? What a song!) In that case I’ll take a specific version of a song that always makes me feel uplifted and joyous —I don’t pray, is that what it feels like for believers? The original version of this lives on a classic album, a top 20 of all time…

Lynn Roberts on covertracklistBelina - An Jenem Tag (Those Were The Days).mp3 Brenda Burns I'll Come Running.mp3 Joyce Harris - Baby, Baby, Baby.mp3 Judy Stone - Be My Baby.mp3 Lynn Roberts - Beatnicks.mp3 Madame X - Ain't Worth The Pain.mp3 Mae West - Shakin' All Over.mp3 Marga Benitez - Geechie Goomie.mp3 Miss Chuckle Cherry - S.O.S..mp3 Patti Morrow - If I Could Paint A Picture As Beautiful As You.mp3 Pony Sherrell - Jungle Ungle, Um, Bai.mp3 Shirley Goodman - Tell Me So.mp3 WoM21

Suburban stories, fractured friendships, puncturing power: Showtunes from the Shadows is here for you on #BandcampFriday!https://helenmcc.bandcamp.com/album/showtunes-from-the-shadows

It’s Friday! That means new music of course, but it’s also Bandcamp Friday. So let’s find some good stuff we like and support some artists we love. Hails! Temple of Dread - death - GermanyBrainBath - death - UKHorrifier - death - NorwayMiscreation - GermanyVertiginous - death - IndonesiaNew Sūn - death/groove - ItalyF.A.M - death/grind - PolandCasketSnack - death/deathcore - USABreath of Sindragosa - deathcore - USASarof - melodeath - FinlandHulder - black - USADark Plague - black -…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 10th June 1986 Rediscovering earth-shaking debut records is the bread and butter of the Anniversary Series, and few shook as much earth in the doom genre as Swedish icons Candlemass, and their ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’ debut from 1986. An album whose name you’ll never forgot, paired with songs that once you hear you’ll never forget, this was a real epoch altering record. Forty years later, this is still an album that resonates deeply within the doom…

Magical musical musings care of the marvellous John Matthews. Music To Watch Seeds Grow By is an ambient imprint, curated by Ran$om Note’s Wil Troup and Tia Cousins, that aims to provide a soundtrack to gardening, plant cultivation and to assist in unwinding the mind. To quote Tia from an interview with Ban Ban Ton Ton’s Kristen Caryl, “I was given a lot of seeds for my birthday, so that became a hyperfixation for a while. I get really excited seeing the seeds sprout for the first time and even…

Flying Saucer A light suspended from the ceiling over a dining table. Quote of the Day ”Fashion is the performance of leisure.” Thorstein Veblen Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Richard Wagner | Prelude to Lohengrin | Simon Rattle Link Mesmerising. Long Read of the Day The Heated Debate In Europe Over Air Conditioning Given the heat dome that we have been living in, this essay by Nathan Gardels is interesting and timely. Recently, Elon Musk stirred controversy across a sweltering…

Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' album Revolver. It is my favourite Beatles album and I consider it the greatest album ever made. It is also one of two Beatles albums on which my favourite song is by George Harrison. In the case of Revolver, it is "Taxman." Today I will share with you another song "Here, There and Everywhere." It is my favourite song by Paul McCartney and he also considers it his favourite song. The Beach Boys' song "God Only Knows" served as…

British musician Charli XCX released her eighth studio album, Music, Fashion, Film, in July 2026. Not so much of the glitchcore this time around, though there’s one or two (digital) scratches in the mix.

Rivers’ bold treatment of the classics. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Stellar title with Rivers playing and deconstructing standards in a beautiful way, with avant touches sprinkled in throughout. Rivers remarkable ability to thread the line between the past and the future is simply stunning. These older tunes gets a new lease on life and becomes something…

A retrospective included with the August 2022 issue of Musica Jazz, tracing the distinct, bittersweet trumpet voice of the late Polish master across a slew of ECM recordings. The title Songs seems almost provocatively plain for an artist whose music could turn breath into a philosophical emergency. His trumpet worried at a composition’s hidden seam until grief entered the room. Grainy at the edges and luminous within, that sound belongs to modern jazz history because it made European…

Casimir Liberski has produced two of the finest The Legend of Zelda inspired jazz albums I have ever heard—and I listen to a lot of Zelda jazz and lo-fi. The Z Suites and Zelda Suites (The Live Album) are instant additions to the daily music and writing rotation. Thanks Kottke for the notice. Tangentially related: It's been a very good season for new music for me and my listening habits. We got Nintenhogs DS (Official Soundtrack) - Louie Zong and the score for the final season of The Bear,…

“California Dreamin' (Single)” by The Mamas & The Papas Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you think of your parents? My Dad loved folk music, my Mum loved pop. They had a lot more depth to their musical tastes of course —both enjoyed classical music and sang in choirs— but those are the genres I associate with both. This song instantly takes me to our family home, the tape deck in the kitchen is on, it’s summer and the windows are open. As…

The Beatles - Rubber Soul SessionsWill the powers that be ever stop finding new ways to sell old Beatles albums to us? Probably not. To wit: there’s a Rubber Soul “special edition” coming out in early October, boasting one of those semi-questionable remixes, a disc of outtakes, and so forth and so on. I’m sure there will be some interesting stuff — hey, a previously unheard/un-bootlegged demo of something called “Little Girl” that just might be an early Lennon draft of “I’m Only Sleeping”?…

I was looking at my Blaugust posts from last year, and I have one titled Hidden Gems on Bandcamp, wherein I shared some of my favorite lesser-known albums on the platform. Since there is another Bandcamp Friday coming up tomorrow, I thought it'd be a great time to revisit this idea and share some more albums with you. If you purchase any albums on Bandcamp tomorrow, 100% of the proceeds go directly to the artists. Moons by Megan Carnes I recommend all of Megan's music, but Moons is a particular…

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The Juilliard School announced a multimillion-dollar acoustic renovation to its legendary Morse Recital Hall this week. Known for its intimate setting, the upgrades will enhance the reverberation and tonal warmth for both soloists and small ensembles. The space has long been celebrated as the premier venue for musicians demanding absolute acoustic fidelity.“The new paneling will allow performers to fully explore the dynamic range of the room,” said Juilliard’s director of contemporary…

Heather Williams on covertracklistAbbie Neal & Her Ranch Girls - Newton's Law.mp3 Babe Wayne - Dance The Whiz Wosh.mp3 Barbara Compton - Mining Men.mp3 Bonnie Bombshell Lee - My Rock And Roll Man.mp3 Choo Choo Collins - Baby's Gone.mp3 Dusty Springfield - La Bamba.mp3 Heather Williams - Celebration.mp3 Lady Nell - Loving Daddy.mp3 Marva Allen - I'm Thru With You.mp3 Mona Kerry - Don't Hang Around My Door.mp3 Peggy Phillips (& The Patterns) - Is That So.mp3 Tanya Day - His Lips Get In The…

So, bad news everyone: I’ve been dealing with a really nasty ear infection over the past week and a half which is made it difficult for me to even listen to music, much less write anything. Normally, there’d be a Pressing Concerns today, and if you’re looking for weekly recommendations for stuff that comes out Friday, I can point you towards albums from the Mountain Goats, Why Bother?, Public Opinion, and Ceremony that I heard and enjoyed before I got afflicted with my current condition.…

The Guardian newspaper website has run an article about how a pop single has been at the top of the UK pop charts for a record breaking 19 weeks, yet a large contingent of people in the UK claim not to have heard it. The single in question is called "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean. Its lack of impact on the UK public conbsciousness was noted in the Guardian article which reported how a "swathe" of social media commenters were expressing ignorance of both the track and artists'…

The Guardian newspaper website has run an article about how a pop single has been at the top of the UK pop charts for a record breaking 19 weeks, yet a large contingent of people in the UK claim not to have heard it. The single in question is by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean and is called Rein Me In. I'm one of those people who have not heard this song, so I just fired up YouTube and gave it a listen. It's a pleasant enough, guitar-driven, mid-paced song with impassioned vocals about a breakup or…

Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A SoundCloud account is helpful but not required.) There’s no pressure to do every project. The Junto is weekly so that you know it’s there, every Thursday through Monday, when your time and interest align. Tracks are added to…

In-depth interview, and dispatch from Ibiza, care of gentleman abroad, Chris English. Next year will mark two decades living on this strange island. I don’t really know how I got here, let alone stayed for so long. It’s been five years since my first contribution to Ban Ban Ton Ton. The past five years have been some of the most inspiring for me. I have met some lovely like-minded individuals who managed to reinvigorate my love for this place. In the next batch of Dispatches From A Small…

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyondE. E. Cummings Released with the December 2021 issue of Musica Jazz, this compilation traces Carla Bley’s compositions and arrangements across the ECM and WATT universes. Some performances feature Bley herself; others entrust her music to artists who understood her impact. Her pieces migrate between ensembles and disclose chambers hidden within their original forms. The album becomes a study of transmission, following one imagination through…

It's a new month and it's a new set of off-the-cuff word salad about what's been happening in my musical adventures across the month. New Music Immediate ImpressionsA fair bit of new music this month! Acloudyskye - In a While This Will All Be Gone Sometimes I am fully deluded in thinking that I have a vague awareness of what's happening in the grand world of furry music, and then reality slaps me and I realise how genuinely vast that world was. I bumped into Acloudyskye so randomly I don't even…