King Tubby & August Pablo – King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
Originally released in 1977 on Clocktower Records Later pressing
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Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
Released in 2009 on Graveface Records Format: LPx2, Stoughton Foil Sleeve Includes 24″x24″ poster RSD 2010 Pressing
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Gene Clark – No Other
No Other is a masterpiece of Cosmic Americana from Gene Clark (Ex-Byrds). Here his amazing songwriting is complemented by lush instrumentation, psychedelic production, and grandiose choir arrangements.
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Bert Jansch – L.A. Turnaround
Style: Singer/Songwriter, Folk Baroque, Country-Influenced
Vibes: Laid Back, Morning, Sunny, Peaceful, Pastoral, Loner
Instrumentation: Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel, Fiddle, Mandolin, Piano, Electric Bass, Drums
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Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids – An Angel Fell
An Angel Fell is a call to action for protecting and healing our planet, using folklore, group vocals, uplifting themes, deep grooves, and expressive improvisations to deliver the message. While not as wild and loose as the dense free jazz the Pyramids made back in the 70s, this record is an organic and vibrant fusion of spiritual jazz, dub, and Afrobeat that will give fans of musical geniuses such as Sun Ra, King Tubby, Fela Kuti, and Pharoah Sanders plenty to vibe to.
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MGMT – Congratulations
Style: Psych Pop, Surf, Progressive Pop
Vibe: Surreal, Sunny, Warm, Retro, Playful, Existential, Psychedelic
Musical Qualities: Lush, Melodic, Catchy, Progressive
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Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink [Deluxe Edition]
Information: Originally released in 1971 This deluxe pressing was released in 2013 on Klimt Records Format: LPx2 (second LP contains bonus tracks)
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Dr. Dog – Easy Beat
Style: Psych-Pop
Vibe: Sunny, Happy, Catchy
Musical Attributes: Simple, Vocal Harmonies, Lyrical, Melodic
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Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance
After a prolific career as a noise/improvisational/experimental guitarist and a few forays into folk and chamber pop, Jim O’Rourke surprised his audience with an album closer to straightforward rock than his audience could have ever expected of him. Yet underneath it’s catchy, cheery, and polished exterior, his lyrics are full of humorously bitter resentment. Like his debut singer/songwriter album Eureka, Insignificance is full of the meticulous and lush arrangements that Jim would become known for.
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Neil Young – Harvest
Album Information: Released in 1972 on Reprise Records 2009 reissue, mastered from original analog tapes
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Do Make Say Think – You, You’re a History in Rust
LP, Released in 2007 on Constellation Records
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Neil Young – Comes a Time
Country-tinged love songs that feel like a continuation of Harvest
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Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Album Information: Released in 2002 on Nonesuch Records Produced by Wilco Mixed by Jim O’Rourke Recorded at the Loft, Chicago Format: 180g LPx2, includes CD
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Jeff Parker – The New Breed
“Classic creative bop melodies and golden era beat memories woven into a vibrant new thread of psychedelic soul jazz”
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Vinyl Williams – Into
Kaleidoscopic pop driven by round, groovy bass locked in with funky, motorik drumming, all floating through layers of swirling, delayed guitars, shimmering synths, and dreamy vocals. Recommended to anyone looking for a smooth, sugary middle ground between Stereolab, Toro y Moi, and Neu!
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Iron & Wine – Ghost on Ghost
Charming 70’s AM Pop vibes with elaborate string and horn arrangements and a jazzy rhythm section, including the legendary Brian Blade on drums. Great songwriting from Sam Beam, as usual.
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Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Jazz Fusion-inflected Folk Rock with poetic lyricism, ethereal atmospheres, spacey synths, and a lot of fretless bass.
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Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Psychedelic, cosmic country with a raw emotional core.
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Jim O’Rourke – Bad Timing
An introspective, instrumental journey of pastoral fingerstyle guitar, occasionally joined by piano, synth and horn arrangements
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Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
For fans of eclectic psych rock, communal freakfolk celebrations, and references to Kurt Vonnegut and Pharoah Sanders
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J.J. Cale – Naturally
The debut LP from this unpretentious songwriters’ songwriter offers a quality collection of warm & uplifting songwriting with economic guitar genius and top-notch rootsy arrangements, featuring the heavenly, dreamy reflections of “Magnolia”.
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Ryley Walker – Primrose Green
Jazzy Folk-Rock with dynamic songwriting, passionate vocals, and acoustic shredding accompanied by fluid drums, watery vibraphones, distorted keys and groovy upright bass. FFO Astral Weeks, Joni Mitchell, John Martyn, and Tim Buckley
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Dead Recipe – Day of Mangoes [Review]
“Day of Mangoes” is overstimulation at it’s finest. Just imagine floating down a river through an unexplored tropical paradise where every corner brings a new array of colorful sounds. Warm synths gliding over clunking piano give way to chorus-drenched highlife guitars strumming over thick synth basslines. Manipulated vocal samples emerge from nowhere and then disappear into radio static just as quickly…RIYL: Animal Collective, King Sunny Ade, & Madlib
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