In 2000 Oasis wisely dispensed with theatrics and concentrated on being the world’s greatest stadium-sized pub-rock band. And so, with just three mammoth video walls in tow, they toured the world. Big as the video screens were, however, the band’s straight-ahead rock and Liam Gallagher’s mouth were even bigger, and contributed much to the drama, tension, and entertainment …
Released for the first time on CD in the UK, The Rutles album was the soundtrack to the original TV spoof documentary film All You Need Is Cash. The brainchild of Neil Innes and Eric Idle, this expanded CD adds six tracks to the 14 track vinyl version first released in 1978 and comes in a vinyl replica …
The 1993 release of Wild Wood single handedly changed Weller’s persona. No longer was he only ‘Paul Weller of The Jam/Style Council’, now he was the larger than life ‘Modfather,’ the patriarch of Britpop, championed by groups like Oasis and all things hip. Led by a renewed creative spark and expanded influences including Nick Drake, Traffic and even …
Kasabian are the great heretics of British rock; 21st century renegades with a romantic’s heart, a poet’s lust for life and a lysergic vision to sear the eyeballs of anyone who would doubt them. Two years in the making, WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM is the sound of a band at the peak of their powers. A fifty-two …
PAUL OAKENFOLD’s Perfecto Records presents PERFECTO CHILLS VOL. 1. This chillout collection includes a combination of big name tracks, hard to find remixes, and undiscovered gems on a 2XCD set that combines the best in instrumental electronic chill cuts with a selection of gorgeous singer/songwriter-electronic hybrids. The track listing includes standout contributions from COLDPLAY (an extremely …
With the charge of the Clash and the social consciousness of Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg has left behind a truly stunning body of work. He can also write a beautiful love song to go along with the politically minded material; this 2-CD set brings you the best of it all: A New England; Sexuality; A Lover Sings; The …
Dear Mr. Fantasy Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic
In January 2007 a fantastic line-up of guests gathered at the Roundhouse in London to pay tribute to the late Jim Capaldi of Traffic and to raise money for his children’s charity The Landmark Trust. Old friends such as Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), Pete Townshend of The Who, Joe Walsh of The Eagles, Jon Lord of Deep …
This Project Began in 2004 When Damon Albarn and Simon Tong Travelled to Nigeria to Record with Afrobeat Pioneer Tony Allen. Much Later, Albarn Gave the Tapes to Producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton and his Attitude Changed, Feeling Like He Would Just Write the Songs but Not Sing. Danger Mouse Helped Gel the Project and Albarn Just Wanted …
UK digitally remastered two CD set features their ace 1995 album which includes the hit singles ‘Mis Shapes’, ‘Common People’, ‘Disco 2000’ and ‘Sorted For E’s & Wizz’ plus a bonus disc which brings together a collection of bonus material (personally selected by leader Jarvis Cocker) which features single b-sides, four previously unreleased recordings and ‘Whisky in the …
We Love Life-produced by Scott Walker–is best thought of as the calm after the storm. Pulp’s previous album, 1997’s This Is Hardcore, was the kind of record often made by intelligent and sensitive people who become famous after a lifetime assuming that being famous was what they wanted. Like Radiohead’s The Bends, Elvis Costello’s This Year’s Model , …