Euphonics

A top tier funk group pulling the groove from many points across the globe. The entire discography is solid and would be an excellent candidate for a reissue series. Since the labels they originally released on are all defunct now, I fear that these... See full review

"Jull" goes so hard. Witch is obviously cool but Earthless really brought it for this one and I've always considered this track to be a standout of theirs. They managed to capture the power of their 20-minute shred fests in a compact way and it... See full review

A lot of folks (some who know jazz and some who don't) will push Bitches Brew as this album that really changed jazz. They're definitely right in many respects. But what they get wrong is this idea that Miles was out there on his own doing... See full review

It certainly used to be rare. The album was very niche in its time and was initially only released in a very small edition and sold at a couple consumer retailers (not even music shops). Original vinyl copies were extremely scarce to come by, much... See full review

Coming up on a score like that after 13 years is the stuff of legend, I'm jealous but congrats.

Interesting bit of historical lore: the brothers running the show at BJR did a number of innovative things on their releases. One of them was their 'double-cover' tactic. Their thinking, as the story goes, was that people flipping through record store... See full review

FedSpins
where would Omnium Gatherum sit on this list? thank you

Good question. I have given it some thought and added both Omnium Gatherum and Made In Timeland to the list.

Omnium felt especially hard to place. It offers a... See full review

There was a time when naive but tremendously creative kids from New York City would come together and form musical groups. They didn’t have a plan or a goal or a brand. They signaled their own sense of quaint eccentricity with names like The Books and... See full review

Hey can someone please reply to this comment when the news breaks about a vinyl release? I get tired checking their website every 9 months for the last 18 years.

Yeah, a "reset" might be a good way of putting it. By the way, anyone feeling engaged by this dialogue would do well to explore the material of that 'recently departed' member. His name is Matthew Tavares and his 2021 album Danica is a remarkable... See full review

Completely agree with you. That said, "Faust IV" from 1973 is up there among the finest Kraut ever recorded. If you only seek out one... that's the one.

jdkuberka84
Why should it matter whether it's "white" boys or any other kind of boys?

Because I am a suburban white boy and the things that our cohort tends to obsess over are oftentimes pretty lame. Lol. But thanks for your concern.

Superb debut from the Brazilian duo. Right up there with the works of Marcos Valle, Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben. Fun mix of traditional samba, MPB and light sprinkles of fuzz for an accessible psychedelic atmosphere. Love the pure joy that is evident... See full review

In the Summer of 1965, electric instrumentation entered folk music via three separate avenues: Fred Neil, The Byrds, and Bob Dylan. People played around with the augmented style for a couple years, and then somewhere between 1969 and 1971, it was... See full review

So you know those million-dollar Strata East/Tribe/Nimbus rarities that you pine so dearly for? Put an ear on this and you'll wonder why the hell people dropping such crazy money on Mtume Umoja and Shamek Farrah when they could hear "The Hajj" for... See full review

The birth, death, and epitome and the American Primitive genre. The Swan Song. The piece de resistance. The "Led Zeppelin IV" of fingerstyle guitar music.

I felt the same way you did, then... And I feel the same way you feel, now.

Hype usually turns me off. Hoards of suburban white boys nerding out over something to the degree that there are entire message boards, fansites, bootleg merch, and astronomical prices for one-hour-old "collectibles" doesn't typically draw me in. I'm... See full review

Another effervescent slice of shimmering textures and swirling melodies from the singular Vinyl Williams. Though other musicians sometimes appear on his records, the material on Azure is almost entirely a solo outing. Despite what feel like... See full review

HOLY SMOKING SOUL! This pupper's got it all... Rare grooves! Chunky licks! No cover! Dubious legality!

...Yes, it's true that not much is known about this little compilation (I was the one who added it to the database six years ago, and not much has... See full review

This album is a smashing hit and a clear standout even when weighed against the staggering vibrancy of the Brazilian music scene at this time. Another discogs reviewer mentions bands like CTA and Blood Sweat & Tears, and though I've never made that... See full review

This is truly an uplifting listen. So raw, so joyful, so purely in it for the good fight. Labels like SHADOKS had been re-issuing this type of stuff for a while, but the whole Zam-Rock scene really seemed to gain recognition around 2009 when hip hop... See full review

Truly one of the greatest psychedelic behemoths of all time. Sometimes you realize an album gets weaker as you grow out of teenage naïvety. Riffs you thought were the meanest lose their punch. Concepts that used to keep you up all night gain a layer... See full review