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Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

Released 5th April 2024 Only God Was Above Us is the fifth studio album from Vampire Weekend. The...

Released 5th April 2024 Only God Was Above Us is the fifth studio album from Vampire Weekend. The album is inspired by and infused with the essence of the band’s birthplace of New York City, though recorded all over the world, from New York to Los Angeles to London and Tokyo. The album was produced by Ezra Koenig, and longtime collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid. The album title is lifted directly from the album artwork, which is a photo taken from a Subway graveyard in New Jersey in 1988 by photog...

Van Morrison - Accentuate the Positive

Released 3rd November 2023 Van Morrison unveils his 45th studio album, ‘Accentuate the Positive’....

Released 3rd November 2023 Van Morrison unveils his 45th studio album, ‘Accentuate the Positive’. This electrifying homage to rock ‘n’ roll is launched alongside its first single, a new take on the Johnny Kidd classic ‘Shakin’ All Over’.Like this year’s acclaimed ‘Moving On Skiffle’, ‘Accentuate The Positive’ sees Van Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions: this time rock ‘n’ roll. Growing up in Belfast shortly after World War II, he was immensely inspired by the heady sounds of ...

Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Volume I

Released 7th May 2021. Van Morrison’s status as an artist of integrity and distinction is self-ev...

Released 7th May 2021. Van Morrison’s status as an artist of integrity and distinction is self-evident: his reputation precedes him. For the release of his 42nd studio album, , there is real ambition to make a difference by engaging new ears, eyes and minds to the project. A rapid evolution of the marketing mix provides us with energy for fresh perspective to illuminate the classic and timeless quality of the most important element throughout – the music itself: Thank God for the Blues.

Van Morrison - Move On Skiffle

Released 10th March 2023. It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspi...

Released 10th March 2023. It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he’d hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton. So when he heard Lonnie Donegan’s take on ‘Rock Island Line’ he intuitively understood the music he was creating. Before long, Van Morrison was pl...

Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou

Released 15th October 2021. There’s a mystery to Vanishing Twin – from their name to the multitud...

Released 15th October 2021. There’s a mystery to Vanishing Twin – from their name to the multitude of sounds that inhabit their music. They don’t sound like many but they hint at plenty. ‘Ookii Gekkou’ (Japanese for Big Moonlight) is the sound of ordinary life under a different set of rules, a record conceived and created in dark times – a sort of dream catcher for all the madness of the past year.Vanishing Twin explore new ground on ‘Ookii Gekkou’ incorporating elements of afrofunk, outer ja...

Various Artists - Aphelion Volume 1 (RSD 2021)

This is a Record Store Day 2021 release. Record Store Day exclusive’s ‘Aphelion Vol.1’ and ‘Aphel...

This is a Record Store Day 2021 release. Record Store Day exclusive’s ‘Aphelion Vol.1’ and ‘Aphelion Vol.2’ bring together a selection of rare remixes from the Rocket Recordings back catalogue - all but one track are being released on vinyl for the first time. The LP’s bring together tracks by Rocket favourites like Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, Sex Swing, Gnoomes, Bonnacons of Doom and many more. These classic Rocket tracks have been pushed, pulled, stret...

Various Artists - Aphelion Volume 2 (RSD 2021)

This is a Record Store Day 2021 release. Record Store Day exclusive’s ‘Aphelion Vol.1’ and ‘Aphel...

This is a Record Store Day 2021 release. Record Store Day exclusive’s ‘Aphelion Vol.1’ and ‘Aphelion Vol.2’ bring together a selection of rare remixes from the Rocket Recordings back catalogue - all but one track are being released on vinyl for the first time. The LP’s bring together tracks by Rocket favourites like Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, Sex Swing, Gnoomes, Bonnacons of Doom and many more. These classic Rocket tracks have been pushed, pulled, stret...

Various Artists - Bill Brewster: Late Night Tal...

Released 4th August 2023 This July the esteemed scribe, proper DJ, and discreetly deft twiddler B...

Released 4th August 2023 This July the esteemed scribe, proper DJ, and discreetly deft twiddler Bill Brewster, drops the latest instalment in his ‘After Dark’ series, for Late Night Tales. A throbbing, louche and leisurely affair, groove is very much at the heart of this freestyle selection, a vibe which Bill de- scribes as “a basement, a red light and a sound system. Or, as the Beastie’s once rapped, slow and low, that is the tempo”. There’s Hawaiian drum machine bossa balearica from Islan...