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*STOP PRESS!!* Actually, keep pressin'! We've got a special zine launch in the shop this Sunday! Issue No. 1 of @slush.poppy will be available with appearances from Peter Cat, Chloe Robertson and Peter Johnstone. #FreeEntry and on from 2pm! #glasgow #glasgowsouthside #zinelaunch #music #slushpoppy #freeevent

Scots Whay Hae!

Unfortunately we will be closing at the slightly earlier time of 4.30 today due to a 4 year old’s party commitments... but the good news is we’ll be open again tomorrow from 10!

New Releases this week

🎧📣New Release Friday!📣🎧 We've had cartons of new releases, restocks and customer orders arrive over the last few days - as always, check the website to keep up-to-date with all that's in stock! First up today, on Griffiths Record, we have indies only clear vinyl pressings of Augustus Pablo Meets King Tubby - The Messenger. Pablo's melodica was perfect for the King Tubby vision, Pablo’s playing producing a sound that was melodic, harsh, edgy, and soulful over Tubby's shuffling rhythms and maelstrom of sound. The Messenger is now upon us, an album cut at some point in the 70s and which remained in the vaults.This is music that upholds the very high stars of their past, music which fires itself on imagination and strength, a collusion and collaboration of immense proportions, music that provides and creates moods with such purpose and drive. Pablo’s melodica is centre stage but is counterpointed by contagious rhythms and touches of inspiration as horns and bass lines mesh in and out of view, held down by an ever steady barrage of sturdy drums and bass and a never ceasing source of imaginative and delightful sounds. The sound constantly changes and because it does the album contains a staggering array of moods, from upbeat into deep waters. We have limited edition gold pressings of Ghost Funk Orchestra - Song For Paul on Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records. Described as 'mysterious groove-based psych' for fans of Temples, Allah-Las, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Khruangbin, David Axelrod et al.Ghost Funk Orchestra are a mystery. Plain and simple. Dirty, soulful production, 'verbed and fuzzed out guitars & mysterious vocals that feel like a lost score to a Quentin Tarantino film. The brainchild of one-man producer / musician / arranger Seth Applebaum, GFO is forging new territory and blurring the line between soul and psychedelic, just in time for that BBC3 Woodstock documentary everyone's been banging on about! When Modern Nature released their eponymous EP earlier this year, it received a significant amount of airplay in the shop, so we've been really excited to get their debut album "How To Live" in, which is released today on Bella Union. The city and the country both have distinct, vibrant energies - but there’s something happening in between, too. As factories give way to fields, and highways drift into gravelly roads, the friction can be palpable, the aura electric. The lines between city and country were on Jack Cooper’s mind when he named his new band Modern Nature. He took the phrase from the diaries of filmmaker Derek Jarman, written on the coast of Kent in his Dungeness cottage. Visiting Jarman’s home, Cooper was struck by what he calls a “weird mix of urban and rural” - such as the way a nuclear power station sits next to open grasslands. Urban and rural cross into each other on How To Live. Plaintive cello strains melt into motorik beats. Pastoral field recordings drift through looping guitar figures. Rising melodies shine with reflective saxophone accents, placing the record somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle between the expansive motorik of Can, the Canterbury progressiveness of Caravan and the burgeoning experimentalism of Talk Talk’s ‘Colour Of Spring’. Here is also the highly anticipated second album from Tropical Fuck Storm, 1.5 years after their critically acclaimed debut LP. Featuring members of the now-defunct band The Drones. For Fans Of: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Nick Cave, The Slits, Protomartyr, The Drones, Gang of Four, IDLES. Tropical Fuck Storm were formed around 2017 in the city of Melbourne, Victoria along Australia's south-eastern coast. The band released their debut long-player A Laughing Death in Meatspace on Joyful Noise Recordings in 2018. Each of the band's four members bring considerable experience to the group. Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin were part of the long-running and critically-acclaimed act The Drones, while Erica Dunn and Lauren Hammel have performed in a variety of well-received projects. Perhaps it's that wealth of rock and roll experience that allows Tropical Fuck Storm to so expertly deconstruct and distort the genre's norms. We've also got some very delicious NEW White Chocolate and Raspberry Tarts in for the weekend, check them out when you're in to spy our records!

Night School Records

The enigmatic and wonderful @j.mcfarlanesrealityguest are playing at The Hug and Pint tonight! Their latest album Ta Da has been one of our highlights over the last month so if you can't bear the thought of standing in a big muddy field in Bellahouston Park tonight then this is a nice wee alternative!

Search results for: 'Last Night From Glasgow'

For followers of the brilliant Last Night From Glasgow label, we have two new releases to watch out for: First, the debut from Fifers Domiciles - This Is Not A Zen Garden, out on 16th August. It's a beautiful sounding record which journeys into the depths of sound, and will be launched at The Old Hairdressers on it's launch date. Second up, LNFG have partnered up with pals Olive Grove Records to release Broken Chanter's eponymous debut, out on 6th September. Featuring the debut single "Wholesale" and soon to be released second single "Should We Be Dancing?". Anyone subscribing to Last Night From Glasgow's vinyl service, you have your copies in shop to pick up! And for those who have yet to subscribe, we have both records available to pre-order from the link below!

Melting Pot

Sharing this for anyone it might apply to! Tough decision, but it makes sense!

New Releases this week

🎧📣New Release Info for 9th August! 📣🎧 We expect the following to be landing on our doorstep some time this afternoon (the delivery has yet to arrive...)! First up, we have a repress of David Axelrod's Seriously Deep, his lone album recorded for Polydor, and an unheralded gem of jazz-rock fusion. The rediscovery of the music of David Axelrod in the 1990s was a revelation to the scores of hip-hop and breakbeat DJs that sampled him, but his composition genius was on display as early as the 1960s. On Seriously Deep, Axelrod dispenses with the heavily orchestrated measures of previous works to conduct a powerhouse crew of session musicians, including Leon Ndugu Chancler of Santana on drums, Mailto Correa on percussion, Jim Hughart on bass, Joe Sample on electric keys, and many others, with production from frequent Axelrod collaborators Cannonball Adderley and Jimmy Bowen. Seriously Deep is an obscure release, but also one of David Axlerod's tightest, and most exploratory ones. Across six tracks, Axelrod and his collective of players dip in and out of bounding jazz-funk, Afro-Latin grooves, cinematic flourishes, psychedelic synth washes, and blaring big band horns. It's a singularly insular curiosity of musical impressionism that's equal parts brooding and joyous, and a definitive part of Axelrod's discography. Another repress next, this time on white vinyl: Sleeping Bag Records and Traffic Entertainment Group is proud to present Dinosaur L’s “24->24 Music“ for the first time ever on double LP. Includes the original album tracklisting plus rare 12” remixes and edits. Dinosaur L is an alias donned by Arthur Russell, a man whose contribution to dance music from the late seventies and through the eighties was formidable but only quietly acknowledged. His innovative and left field dance records were way ahead of what people were used to hearing at the time. He was a cellist who studied classical and Indian music. As well as his great strides in dance music he was also involved in the New York downtown avant-garde music scene and produced some albums in a more avant-garde/ experimental vein as well as trying his own unique approach to pop. He scored several hits on the underground New York dance scene at clubs like The Paradise Garage (Larry Levan was a huge supporter). His biggest tunes, “Go Bang!” and “Is It All Over My Face?” were worldwide club hits and are still played today as classics. His records have influenced the scene from his first dance record in 1979 to the present day and his work continues to be sampled to this day. Sadly Arthur died in 1992, but his music lives on and his influence is still felt on the dance music scene, his tunes still sound great and are still moving many dancers around the world, and his records are still getting repressed! Twenty years since their orange boiler suit arrival, and 5 years since their last release, Iowan extreme metal nine-piece Slipknot return with We Are Not Your Kind. The hype of this release reminds us of when their highly acclaimed 2nd album, IOWA, came out in 2001, and we've not been disappointed at all. We Are Not Your Kind is, of course, an angry, painful and misanthropic record - unabashedly "four to the floor", a juggernaut soundscape with searing riffs and dustbin snare driving each track - but The 'Knot bring a new, more grown up element to their sound this time. Taylor's vocals are exceptional both clean and with his trademark gravelly scream, still managing to draw a distinct line between the Stonesour sound and Slipknot's revulsion-led rage. Practically every riff is so hooky it's imprinted in your mind on the first listen, the breakdowns are perfectly placed and as effective as ever. This record was designed to be played live; you can already see how the crowds will react, where the chants will go, and where the pit will open up and the thrashing will begin. Understandably not for everyone, but if you ever had a teenage soft-spot for Slipknot, this record will definitely scratch an itch and provide some much-needed catharsis for Maggots around the world. Next up, guitar-pop from Matthew Sweet in the form of Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu. Originally released on CD in Japan in 2003 as a love letter & thank you to his Japanese fans, it now sees a vinyl release. Recorded at home, produced, engineered & mixed by Matthew Sweet (bass, guitars & vocals) with the classic ‘Girlfriend’ era lineup of Ric Menck (drums), Greg Leisz (guitars) and the genius electric lead guitar of Television’s Richard Lloyd. The sleeve art is by renowned artist Yoshimoto Nara. In the liner notes, Sweet describes the album's title as an attempt at reverse English: "If I did it correctly, the title should seem a little strange or wrong, but still meaningful! The true definition is supposed to be a 'love you' life, one devoted to loving someone or something, even life itself!" It's cute, lovely and very, very Matthew Sweet. Beyond The Blue Sky comes from Southern Californian outfit Monarch, a band rooted in psychedelia and experimental prog, with a view towards broader horizons on El Paraiso Records. There's something refreshing about Monarch's take on psychedelic rock: they aren't afraid to weave allman brothers-esque dual guitar lines with synthesizers and saxophone. They can be heavy, but there's an unmistakable panoramic quality to their compositions too, reflecting the rich and diverse environment they've grown up in, with dazzling pacific coastlines, mountains and desert highways. It’s an album that’s meticulously crafted and with sights set on new musical territory. Their songwriting has matured since their debut, and each track feels like a mini-epic, travelling unexpected routes before reaching their sonic destination. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the album's centerpiece, the three-part Beyond The Blue Sky/Phenomena/Counterpart, where Monarch manages to fuse all their influences into one mammoth composition. Also hitting our shelves today: 7" from Brainstory and Darondo Mantronix - An Anthology 1985-1988 We've also received a bunch of Fugazi restocks this week, Anderson .Paak's latest Ventura is back in stock and Minor Threat records, too!

Bon Iver - i,i

If you're not quite as plugged in as superfan Faye is in the shop, you might not have noticed Bon Iver dropping their new album, "i,i", on streaming sites earlier today, so now you know! We've just listed the vinyl pre-sale on our website, too, so you can earmark your copy for the 30th August, when it's officially released. If you select 'pick up from SGR HQ' at checkout, we'll make sure and stamp your loyalty card!

Really gutted to learn of the passing of David Berman today 😢 Silver Jews were always excellent, and Purple Mountains looked set to be such an exciting new avenue for a great poetic mind. RIP.

It's all happening for metalheads this week, with Slipknot dropping their new album on Friday and Tool coming out with their first song in 13 years today! To add to that, we've restocked some essential Meshuggah, Code Orange and Deftones titles this afternoon too... Break out your baggies circa 2002! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DfQMPmJRI&feature=youtu.be

New Releases this week

🎧📣New Releases on our shelves this week!📣🎧 We have some particularly colourful artwork on display with the new releases this week, beginning with Dorian Concept's new (strictly limited) 12" edition of two previously unreleased classics, Toothbrush / Booth Thrust. The Austrian producer and prodigiously gifted keyboardist originally shared ‘Toothbrush’ with a handful of DJ friends, and it was subsequently rinsed by Rustie, Mark Pritchard and Modeselektor, while an early incomplete demo of ‘Booth Thrust’ was posted on his Soundcloud profile. Neither have ever seen an official release. However, both tracks have remained staples of Dorian Concept live sets. Released on BRAINFEEDER, you can still pick up DC's LP release from last year, The Nature Of Imitation, in SGR, too! We mentioned earlier in the week how excited we were for NÉRIJA to be following up to their earlier self-titled EP with Blume, out today on Domino Recording Company. Rooted in friendship, Nérija is a collective whose breakneck shifts in tempo and style rely on a deep understanding of mood, temperament and expression, a solid show of trust that extends beyond the usual bonds between musicians. The overarching goal with Blume was to simply capture the rawness, warmth, joy and the spirit of their relationship and performance. One of the recording aims was to channel the feel of Teo Macero and Stanley Tonkel’s records with Miles Davis during his Columbia years, thinking “forward” as they did but for this band, capturing the controlled chaos and frame it with a timeless elegance. Blume is a truly breath-taking collection of compositions that perfectly encapsulates everything Nérija; vibrant, engaging, infectious and truly current. For just over an hour, they take us on a sprawling wonderful journey, arriving at what is a majestic body of work; their personal and collective experiences and inspirations over the last half decade or so. It's been a year and a half since Ty Segall released Freedom's Goblin, but he is now back with an introspective set with First Taste. These are serious indoor moods, but with Ty, there’s a moment that always comes, a joke or something to crack the bubble and let some air in. It all comes together with volcanic energy. This production is insane, far-out, stranger than known, tones and rhythms that expand before our ears. These colors are weird. Together, they float like a flag, flashing binary lines like sirens to our eyes. There’s tons of drums, and acoustic sounds, too. First Taste is arch, full of high-energy jams, with a thing in each mix always insistently different. Ty’s song design’s all over the place — not even a surprise anymore — but unlike the freewheeling feast style of Freedom’s Goblin, these twelve numbers form a tightly revolving cycle of song and sound that focuses thoughts. We've been really excited to get in indies only gold vinyl editions of Russian Circles's Blood Year, out today on Sargent House. The LP is less a musical exploration and more a statement of authority, lest there be any doubt that Russian Circles remain a force to be reckoned with on the stage and in the studio. They continue to reign as one of instrumental music’s supreme champions, with this, their seventh studio album. The Chicago trio have always explored the dynamics of volume and timbre, with their albums often vacillating between caustic attacks and blissful respites. Tracked in Steve Albini's Electrical Audio, the sound of Blood Year is that of a band unafraid to flaunt their hard-earned prowess. It's big, it's loud and it's dynamic. For Fans of Shellac, This Will Destroy You, Pelican, Team Sleep, Mastodon. Fuzz Club presents us with the European pressing of Cosmonauts' Star 69 to coincide with a run of European tour dates. Seven Sisters, the first single from the record, is a perfect insight into the new record set against hypnotising visuals of them playing on a rooftop. ‘Seven Sisters’ is a piece of primal, visceral garage-psych that sounds like Spacemen 3, The Stooges and The Jesus & Mary Chain left out to bake in the California sun for a little too long. Also out today: The Animals - BBC Saturday Club '65... And More The Rolling Stones - Sunday Night At The London Palladium 1967 Tom Jones - Soul Man (BBC Sessions 1965-1967) David Axelrod - Earth Rot Otis Redding - Ready Steady Otis! (Otis Redding Live!) AND Erin Durant - Islands (On Keeled Scales), bringing comparisons of Joanna Newsom, Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor and Julie Byrne... Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (Featuring an all-star cast of genreredefining players incl. Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Tomeka Reid, Joel Ross, Brandee Younger, Jeff Parker…) on International Anthem As always, there is plenty more where that's come from, so stop by the shop if you can for a cuppa and a browse and you'll not leave empty handed!