Tag: 2010s
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Jesus and Mary Chain, Send Me Away: Early Demos, 2011 on Swingshift Records.
Jesus and Mary Chain, Send Me Away: Early Demos, 2011 on Swingshift Records.
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The Secret Sisters, You Don’t Own Me Anymore, 2017 on New West.
The Secret Sisters, You Don’t Own Me Anymore, 2017 on New West. Great album with productiin and some guest spots from Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins and a beautiful cover of Kathy’s Song by Paul Simon. (“I hear the drizzle of the rain, like a memory it falls . . .”)
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Chewing, Pacific Ocean Blue, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen.
Chewing, Pacific Ocean Blue, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen. Full album cover of Dennis Wilson’s 1977 solo LP of the same name, by Nik Ewing from Local Natives.
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Quilt, Spirit of the Golden Juice, 2017 on Turntable Kitchen.
Quilt, Spirit of the Golden Juice, 2017 on Turntable Kitchen. Full album cover of F.J. McMahon’s 1969 Spirit of the Golden Juice, a lo-fi folk classic
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Juliana Hatfield, Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police, 2019 on American Laundromat Records.
Juliana Hatfield, Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police, 2019 on American Laundromat Records. American Laundromat puts on lots of interesting cover/tribute albums. Love Juliana Hatfield and the Police and the concept works well here
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Steve Earle & The Dukes, Guy, 2019 on New West.
Steve Earle & The Dukes, Guy, 2019 on New West. Tribute album for Earle’s mentor Guy Clark, who died in 2016. Cover art (as for so many Steve Earle records) by Tony Fitzpatrick
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Nikki Lane, All Or Nothin’, 2014 on New West.
Nikki Lane, All Or Nothin’, 2014 on New West. Lane’s second full length, followup to 2011’s Walk Of Shame. Produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys who also gets cowriting credit on five songs and duets on “Love’s On Fire”
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JD McPherson, Undivided Heart & Soul, 2017 on New West.
JD McPherson, Undivided Heart & Soul, 2017 on New West. McPherson and Co. opened for Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on their tour after Raise the Roof
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Ava Luna, Histoire De Melody Nelson, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen
Ava Luna, Histoire De Melody Nelson, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen A full album cover of Serge Gainsbourg’s 1971 album with Jane Birkin Recorded at Gravesend in Brooklyn
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Gems, Imagine, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen
Gems, Imagine, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen Brilliant full LP cover of John Lennon’s Imagine album (1971) by Gems It’s all solid but I especially enjoy “Oh My Love” which can get overlooked on the original
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The Waterboys, Puck’s Blues, 2015 via Kobalt Label Sevices.
The Waterboys, Puck’s Blues, 2015 via Kobalt Label Sevices. 10″ EP – home demos recorded leading up to Modern Blues. Limited release from in 2015. Die cut outer sleeve revealing the photo on the inner sleeve I don’t normally buy many 10″ records but couldn’t pass this one by at Dyno Records in Newburyport
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Quitapenas, Tigrada, 2019 on Cosmica Records.
Quitapenas, Tigrada, 2019 on Cosmica Records. “This record is dedicated to the diasporic Afro indigenous communities of the America’s that have informed much of our music” Lovely surprise, this record – @quitapenasmusic
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Jessica Pratt, Quiet Signs, 2019 on Mexican Summer.
Jessica Pratt, Quiet Signs, 2019 on Mexican Summer. She has a really idiosyncratic voice – this was her first studio recording but it avoids becoming overly polished
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Painted Palms, Horizons, 2015 on Polyvinyl
Painted Palms, Horizons, 2015 on Polyvinyl Second full length from chillwave duo of Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme Definitely 80s new wave influences here – I dig it via VNYL
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Tracey Thorn, Tinsel and Lights, 2012 on Merge
Tracey Thorn, Tinsel and Lights, 2012 on Merge Too early for holiday music? Great set of tunes by Tracey Thorn (of Everything But The Girl) including a cover of “River” by Joni Mitchell.
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Sleater-Kinney, The Center Won’t Hold, 2019 on Mom + Pop.
Sleater-Kinney, The Center Won’t Hold, 2019 on Mom + Pop. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition with original artwork by Charlie Engman Love this album – may be my favorite from Sleater-Kinney. But then I also liked the most recent Dinosaur Jr. So maybe I’m just getting old. Production by St. Vinvent and…
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Fishdoll, Noonsense, 2018 on Paxico Records
Fishdoll, Noonsense, 2018 on @paxicorecords Technically the vinyl edition is 2021 but original relase was 2018 Lovely electro soul indeed
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Kane Strang, Two Hearts and No Brain, 2017 on Dead Oceans
Kane Strang, Two Hearts and No Brain, 2017 on Dead Oceans By name alone I expected Kane Strang to be a country singer but the reality was much better. 😉 New Zealand indie / Lofi via VNYL