Past Releases

King Khan "Murderburgers (Ernest Jenning)"

King Khan has put many records out with many bands over the years. With The Shrines. With the Almighty Defenders. Of course, there is also the King Khan and BBQ Show. But here we are, in 2017, and for the first time ever King Khan is releasing a solo record. Simply credited to King Khan, Murderburgers (Khannibalism/EJRC) is unequivocally KK however. Full of the garage-soul sounds you’ve come to love and expect from Mr. Khan, and backed up here from the reformed Oakland band The Gris Gris, and produced by Greg Ashley from The Gris Gris as well. Bite into the juicy world of Murderburgers with “It’s A Lie.”

Roz & the Rice Cakes "Devotion (Team Love)"

Let’s all thank Team Love Records for two things. 1) for releasing a new LP from Roz and the Rice Cakes, and 2) for making this blurb very easy to write. After all the press for Devotion, their newest art-pop gem describes their sound as succinctly as it gets when they say “a cross roads where Fleetwood Mac and Henry Cow mingle with Bettie Serveert and Gwen Stefani… equal parts experimental and catchy, energetic and bookish, daring and sugarcoated.” Sure, I could spend hours trying to describe RATRC’s sound, but someone in New Paltz did all the work for me already. Thanks! Check out the first single, the angular “Do You.”

Canon Blue "Lasso Yo (Temporary Residence)"

Recorded over the last 6 years, during Daniel Johnson’s increasing bouts of isolation as brought on by deepening anxiety and depression, Lasso Yo (Temporary Residence), the new one from Canon Blue, betrays its weighty back story with it’s transcendent, ethereal sound that falls somewhere between ‘80s art-synth-pop a la The Eurythmics, solo Peter Gabriel, late ‘80s Beach Boys, and modern indie sultriness a la CANT (you know, Chris Taylor from Grizzly Bear’s solo project). I know, that’s a weird combination, but when a record gets as personal as this one, some strange bedfellows are bound to turn up. Check out the anxious build of “Beholden.”

Mister Heavenly "Boxing The Moonlight (Polyvinyl)"

If I told you there was a band that sited Krautrock band Faust as a major influence, as well as hip-hop production of the ‘80s and ‘90s, you’d be interested. If I also told you that the band included members of Man Man, Honus Honus, Islands, Unicorns, Cold War Kids, Modest Mouse, and the Shins, you’d likely either do one of two things. 1.) You’d freak out and push me down the steps to get ahold of a copy of their album (shame on you! I was about to give it to you anyway). 2.) You’d say “Oh, Mister Heavenly have a new album out? I’m a HUGE fan!” Hopefully you fall into the latter, non-violent group. If that’s the case, get your ears wrapped around Boxing The Moonlight (Polyvinyl), the newest from the eclectic Mister Heavenly! Check out the electrifying electro-janglewave sounds of “Makin’ Excuses.”