Chakalaka Jazz, the Original Sound of Mali, Vashti Bunyan, Her Space Holiday, Dizzy Reece, Desire and Gnonnas Pedro.
Bookending today's essential not-new music with trips to South Africa, Mali and Benin.
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Madvillain, Big Thief, Toumani Diabaté, The Lemonheads and ‘The Cobra Label’.
The most iconic duo, Big Thief’s breakout and other excellent not-new sounds.
Studio, Yo La Tengo, Sufjan Stevens, Frank Black, Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker and Michael Head and The Strands.
Friday was a big one for the new stuff and today is a big one for the not-new stuff. Proper record shop action folks.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Freddie Hubbard, Greg Freeman and Fairport Convention.
Fast and winding jazz tones, crunching and whining country tones.
Nina Simone, Neil Young, Cal Tjader, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lonnie Smith and Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
A couple of stone cold classics, some serious cocktail party ammunition and a full set of Penguins too!
Mercury Rev, Burial, Nahawa Doumbia, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Rollins, Jack Kerouac, Hank Mobley, Freddie Roach and Run The Jewels.
Some stone cold jazz classics alongside epic heartbreakers, textural production magic and Malian treasure.
‘Nigeria Special’, Bill Callahan, CAN, The Special AKA, Matthew Dear, McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson.
Nigerian scorchers, Smog at the BBC, piano meditations, CAN ripping it live and jazz at Slugs’
‘Weird Scenes from The Hangout’, Alvvays, Talking Heads, John Cale, Fairport Convention, Buffalo Tom, Cass McCombs and Aphrodite's Child.
If you’re interested in something new-not-new for the stereo, we have so much to tell you about.
‘Even the Forest Hums’, Lou Reed, Ayo Ke Disco, Weezer, Royal Trux, Chet Baker, Bobby Hutcherson and Terry Riley.
Rock and roll rawness, psychedelic disco, transcendental floats, post punk… and we haven’t even mentioned Ukraine yet!
Slint, Songs: Ohia, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Mudhoney, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Squarepusher, Kiasmos and Daisy Rickman.
Dark and enthralling treasures, the biggest harmonies, contemporary bangers and other sublime sounds.
Big Star, Interpol, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Roots Manuva, ‘Eat Your Own Ears’ and The Velvet Underground.
We see clearer than most, sat here contented with this cheese on toast…
Hot Chip, William Basinski, Tucker Zimmerman, Fela Kuti, Harry Beckett, Deadly Headley and Cosmic American Music.
Lots of exciting routes in new, not-new releases for your stereo. Ends up getting cosmic!
