Review: Some Furtive Years - A Ned's Anthology is an excellent collection from the 90s Britpop band Ned's Atomic Dustbin, known for their edgy blend of punk and funk-influenced pop songs that impressed the UK fans and beyond from 1991 to 1995. This compilation, assembled with the band's input in 2007, includes 16 of their most beloved tracks, such as 'Grey Cell Green,' 'Kill Your Television,' 'Until You Find Out,' 'Not Sleeping Around,' and 'Cut Up.' Furtive Years effectively highlights the best of Ned's Atomic Dustbin, showcasing the band's high-energy, post-"Madchester" alternative rock sound and proving just how underrated they were. For the first time, Some Furtive Years - A Ned's Anthology is available on vinyl as a limited edition release. This 2LP set is pressed on yellow-colored 180-gram audiophile vinyl with an etched D-side and includes an insert.
Review: A fantastic new pressing of a band who were an important part of the grebo scene in the late 80s and early 90s. Having earned a loyal fanbase with God Fodder, which is their electronically-tinged grunge and pop-punk leaning debut album, this follow-up showed them buck the trend of the difficult second album and deliver the goods. The chart-bothering single 'Not Sleeping Around' is a banger with Stone Roses-y wah guitars, an infectious vocal melody and urgent, hard-hitting rock structure. The same year this was originally released they headlined the NME stage at Glastonbury and cemented their reputation as one of the best live bands in Britain of that time.
All I Ask Of Myself Is That I Hold Together (4:27)
Floote (5:34)
Premonition (3:46)
Talk Me Down (1:59)
Borehole (1:15)
Your Only Joke (3:52)
Stuck (4:00)
To Be Right (4:00)
I Want It Over (4:00)
Traffic (4:00)
Song Eleven Could Take Forever (1:19)
Review: Ned's Atomic Dustbin's final studio album, Brainbloodvolume, marks a departure from the Stourbridge earlier pop roots, embracing a diverse array of styles and experimental approaches. Released initially in the U.S. in March 1995 before reaching the U.K. in July that year, the album received a mixed reception due to the overwhelming Brit-pop wave at the time. However, it stands out as an ambitious and energetic release, showing the band's evolution with ultramodern production, electronic elements and adventurous sampling.
Review: Most people will remember the New Radicals from their international hit single (well, certainly UK and US hit single) 'You Get What You Give' - a Waterboys-esque slice of emotionally charged indie with rousing message about how putting in is the only real means of receiving anything good. Releasing just one album - this one, from which that song was taken - diving into the full record now, 24 years on, is intriguing.
While that statement track might have convinced many otherwise, newcomers will find that Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too is actually a pretty wild ride through psychedelic-leaning poppy rock. Or rocky pop, it's hard to know which order to punt for. Fundamentally, though, this is a way more complex and fascinating outing than That Big Anthem would have you expecting, nodding to early-Aerosmith, INXS and more.
The Marriage Of Figaro/Duettino - Sull 'Aria' (3:45)
Lovely Racquel (3:00)
And That Right Soon (2:48)
Compass & Guns (3:49)
So Was Red (3:02)
End Title (0:58)
Review: For many people of a certain generation. Shawshank Redemption was the first grown-up film they ever saw which is why it is atop so many best-ever lists. No matter when you see it though, it remains a classic with an engaging story, great characters and an immersive soundtrack. To mark the 30th anniversary of the great movie, that soundtrack has now been pressed up on limited, numbered 180-gram audiophile black & white marbled vinyl with an insert. Plenty of the film's musical motifs and most memorable scenes feature and make for a great stand-alone listen.
Review: Pharoah Sanders, the legendary saxophonist known for his spiritual jazz and drummer Norman Connors, another key figure in the genre, deliver a blistering live performance at 1978's Montreux Jazz Festival set. The duo, both with decades of experience shaping the sound of free jazz, blend complex rhythms with expansive melodies, weaving through tracks like 'Babylon' and 'Casino Latino.' Sanders' saxophone improvisations glide between tension and release, while Connors' drumming provides a solid yet dynamic foundation. This recording encapsulates their mastery of blending the spiritual with the free, two jazz icons at the height of their craft, delivering a performance that is at once urgent and transcendental.
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