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Eugene McDaniels' Soul Classic 'Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse' Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue
Influential and endlessly sampled LP to be reissued on vinyl in U.S. for first time since 1971
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Beatles Producer George Martin: Secret EDM Pioneer?
Two unearthed electronic recordings from producer as "Ray Cathode" set to be reissued in May
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Joseph Arthur Talks 20th-Anniversary Reissue, Support From Peter Gabriel and Dave Grohl
“The cast of characters who made that project brings back so much love in my heart about it," he says
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Eighties Metal Band Formed by 5 Finnish Teens Returns on 2019's Coolest Reissue
New comp collects the complete discography of Santa Lucia, which wove together metal, prog, punk, and pop into a weird yet captivating whole
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Stone Temple Pilots Announce 'Purple' Super Deluxe Edition
25th anniversary edition of album will include demos, unreleased live recordings
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Bouquets From a Cloudy Sky
Founded in London in 1963 by singer Phil May and an original Rolling Stone, guitarist Dick Taylor, the Pretty Things took their name from a 1955 Bo Diddley single and covered four of his tunes on their debut LP. The Pretties also supercharged Diddley's iconic shuffle and tremolo strum into an avenging-R&B mayhem — caught right […]
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Dread Prophecy
As Bob Marley took reggae to the world in the Seventies, singer-producer Vivian Jackson, a.k.a. Yabby You, was filling the wake in Jamaica with righteous and sensual singles — the sublime debut, "Conquering Lion," the poised confrontations "Jah Vengeance" and "Run Come Rally" — that fused dread sermons and R&B-vocal class. On this three-CD set, Jackson (who […]
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Doolittle 25
This three-disc 25th-anniversary package gives the Pixies' surreal 1989 breakthrough the monument it deserves. Along with the original LP, B sides and Peel Session performances illuminate the frenetic process leading up to classics like "Debaser" and "Gouge Away." Best of all are the unreleased 1988 demos: Recorded in a basement under a hair salon near […]
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Alive 2007 (Reissue)
Musically, this deluxe vinyl set is everything Daft Punk's 2013 triumph, Random Access Memories, wasn't: primarily electronic beats aimed at dance floors – specifically, Bercy Arena, in the group's hometown, Paris. Recorded on the duo's 2006-07 tour, a landmark of stadium-pop showmanship, Alive 2007 proves the music equaled the spectacle. With clever teases (the flickers […]
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When You Land Here, It's Time to Return
In the late Nineties, James Mercer was just another indie-rock journeyman, living in Albuquerque with a head full of melodies. This crisply remastered 1997 set is a lost Shins album in all but name: Backed by the same crew who joined him on early Shins outings, Mercer was already writing top-shelf sad-sack anthems. "Deluca" and […]
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