The title to Spineshank’s third (2003) album sadly proved to be prophetic, as the band broke up shortly after its release, even though—stop us if you’ve heard this one before—Self-Destructive Pattern was their most commercially successful record. In fact, they even garnered a Grammy nomination for the single “Smothered!” But Spineshank’s continued evolution away from…
Eternal Blue is the debut studio album by heavy metal band Spiritbox. Work began in 2018 but was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spiritbox relocated to Joshua Tree, California, and completed the songwriting process for the album, which former Volumes guitarist Dan Braunstein and the band s guitarist Mike Stringer produced. Eternal Blue contains…
***BACK IN PRINT!!! Received an 8.8 Best New Music rating from Pitchfork. ÒWhen you make a record, it has to be the single most important thing in your world. This time around, I wanted to do something that encompassed all I love in rock ÔnÕ roll music. ItÕs got everything from Brštzmann and Berry right…
Fucked Up Inside is a 1993 live album by the British space rock band Spiritualized. It was originally available only via mail order, and the name comes from the song Medication . Recorded on the first Spiritualized US tour at the Crest Theatre in San Diego and the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA 21 November…
Received a 7.7 rating from Pitchfork. The long awaited new album from SPIRITUALIZED. From the opening lullaby of ÒA Perfect MiracleÓ through to the Morse Code fadeout at the close of ÒSail on Through,Ó Spiritualized wrap layer upon layer of gloriously transcendent sound together to create a mesmerizing and cinematic collection of songs. There are…
Received a 7.8 rating from Pitchfork. J. Spaceman plays 16 different instruments on Everything Was Beautiful which was put down at 11 different studios, as well as at his home. All these layers, all these details, the year-long mixes, the making sense of it all and the lives lived within these lyrics; for somebody so…
30th anniversary edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on red & black marbled 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Detroit-based rock band Sponge was formed in 1992 and consisted of vocalist Vinnie Dombroski, guitarist Mike Cross, bassist Tim Cross, drummer Jimmy Paluzzi and guitarist Joey Mazzola. Their biggest hits to date include Plowed and Molly (Sixteen Candles) ,…
For the first time on vinyl, Wax Ecstatic the second studio album by Detroit-based rock band Sponge. Includes the hit singles Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) and Have You Seen Mary . Pressed Gold vinyl.
Originally released in 1998, Spoon’s sophomore album A Series of Sneaks has not only become a favorite amongst the most diehard of Spoon fans, but is widely considered an overlooked classic in the band’s exceptional repertoire. With all but three of the 14 tracks coming in under three minutes, A Series of Sneaks is a…
“One of the most astoundingly consistent discographies in the last 20 years of rock music” – The FADER “Hearing a band grow up without losing sight of what made them so vital in the first place… It’s worth cherishing.” – Pitchfork
Hot Thoughts is the bravest, most sonically inventive work of Spoon’s career. With all due respect to earlier efforts that have made the quintet both critically acclaimed and a commercial contender, preconceptions about this band are about to be obliterated. That’s not to say Hot Thoughts doesn’t have a requisite supply of infectious earworms but…
“One of the greatest American rock bands of all time.” — Time “The greatest rock band of the 21st century.” — The Ringer One of the most consistently excellent bands.” — Stereogum “Couldn’t make a bad record if they tried.” — Entertainment Weekly “One of the most astoundingly consistent discographies in the last 20 years…
On the heels of what Rolling Stone calls “maybe Spoon’s best record ever,” Lucifer on the Sofa, Spoon has announced a collaborative reconstruction of the studio record with legendary dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood (ON-U Sound). Lucifer on the Moon comes at the end of an action-packed 2022 for “one of the greatest rock bands of…
Coming February 11th: Spoon’s tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, is alive, vital and inarguably the band’s heaviest work to date. The first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown, Austin, in more than a decade. Written and recorded over the last two years – both in and out…
Coming February 7th: Spoon’s debut LP Telephono is back in print for the first time since its initial release nearly 25 years ago. Newly recut from the original masters, the 14 tracks are available as a single LP or as a CD that includes the five song 1997 EP Soft Effects.