Early 70s British proto-progressive band that someone once compared to the harmony soaked late Beatles sound mixed with Joy of a Toy era Kevin Ayers!

“Formed in Bristol in 1969, Stackridge were one of the most unique British bands of the era. Their initial line-up featured Andy Davis (guitar, keyboards, vocals), James Warren (guitar, vocals), James “Crun” Walter (bass), Michael “Mutter” Slater (flute, vocals), Michael Evans (violin) and Billy Bent (drums). Possessing a gift for melody...

Early 70s British proto-progressive band that someone once compared to the harmony soaked late Beatles sound mixed with Joy of a Toy era Kevin Ayers!

“Formed in Bristol in 1969, Stackridge were one of the most unique British bands of the era. Their initial line-up featured Andy Davis (guitar, keyboards, vocals), James Warren (guitar, vocals), James “Crun” Walter (bass), Michael “Mutter” Slater (flute, vocals), Michael Evans (violin) and Billy Bent (drums). Possessing a gift for melody...

"Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) wrote music for more than 40 films, including classics of the Polish cinema by Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda, and Polanski brought him to Hollywood to work on Rosemary's Baby. His soundtrack music, however, was only...

“During the last five years of his life, ex-Bonzo Dog Band solo artist Vivian Stanshall was working on a final album of music to follow up his much-loved 1981 album ‘Teddy Boys Don’t Knit’, which featured classics such as ‘Terry Keeps His Clips On’, ‘The Cracks Are Showing’ & ‘Ginger Geezer’. Stanshall had spent his time in the 1980’s working on ‘Stinkfoot’, his ‘English Comic Opera In The Grand Tradition’, Stinkfoot, which first ran at the Old Profanity Showboat in Bristol Harbour in 1985, with a later...

“Can’t See the Forest is the third studio album from Star Period Star and our first release in 15 years. It features songs about camping trips gone bad, people that taste colors and smell pictures, and landfills creeping into the sea. It's a...

The Stargazer's Assistant is the solo pseudonym for Dave Smith, drummer and co-leader of Guapo. Until this album was released I had no idea that he had a seperate career as a sculptor. This album of disquieting ambient music was created for a...

"Starless & Bible Black make beautiful spirited & catchy songs in the grand tradition of classic British folk rockers Pentangle and John & Beverly Martyn straight on up through the halcyon days of early 4AD records. On their debut self titled outing...

Even though he released it and it might be considered 'cheating' by some of this world's harshest critics, this is Kavus' favorite album of 2014.

"Stars In Battledress is a British duo. Brothers Richard and James Larcombe write and perform...

"In 1998, Starving Weirdos began crafting a body of staggeringly beautiful, unsettling freeform soundscapes, unbeknownst to all but a tiny circle of friends and neighbors in their native Humboldt County, California. The duo's recorded works had not...

“One of the greatest things about pop music is that rules can be summarily ignored. Ninety-nine times out a hundred, however, there is a tendency to stick to those very same rules, failing to break the chains of market forces or stem the tide of expectations. Whatever. Station 17 are not amongst those who follow well-trodden paths. This band, all too often referred to as a "project", can look back on a richer history than most, amassed over thirty years. To mark this anniversary, a new album entitled...

One of the originators of the Klezmer Revival, Andy Statman is one of the most important figures in modern Jewish Music. A talented instrumentalist, composer and bandleader, his recent music looks out from the traditional towards a more modern Jewish s...

"Over two years after Steamboat Switzerland hit the (post-) improv and (post-) noise scene with their Live CD, only now do the long awaited follow up CDs appear. If the debut CD presented a patchwork of improvisation, own and foreign compositions and rock pieces, Budapest and ac/dB [Hayden] are compact, integral and equally imploring monolithic works. And yet the two CDs couldn't be more different. Budapest is the result of a purely improvised concert they gave in Danube metropolis in the Fall of 1999...

Undeservedly obscure UK power trio who started as a blues band, but by the time of this 1972 album had moved way beyond that to something akin to a more complex Guru Guru. One of the pinnacles of early 70s power-trio music!

"Musically, Steamhammer was the cream of the crop of all rock bands from their thriving primordial era. In the realm of power rock trios, they were comparable to Cream. Yet this band is far superior in every way, but they failed to get the rave reviews and critical attention...

"This is the 1991 cult-classic of rock in Just Intonation tuning. The self-titled CD from Jon Catler (La Monte Young) and Hansford Rowe delivers rock like you've never heard it before, for real! Jon Catler (JI and fretless guitar), Hansford Rowe (JI...

From the opening bars of "Little Sir Hugh" an extraordinarily brisk and upbeat sounding treatment of an incredibly grim song the band playing on Commoner's Crown scarcely sounds like the same group on Now We Are Six or Parcel of Rogues. Now a full-fl...

Tim Hart - guitars, vocals
Maddy Prior - vocals
Rick Kemp - bass, vocals
Nigel Pegrum - drums, percussion
Martin Carthy - guitars, keyboards, vocals
John Kirkpatrick - accordion, vocals

“Recorded Live at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, on the 11th Febuary 1978.
Steelye Span, (pioneers of British folk rock) marry traditional English folk music with a harder, electric sound. Captured here in an intimate live gig.”

Throughout their existence, and even today, 'the Dan' stood for solid, hard craft in both songwriting and performance. Could a band that was so clever and classy and smart and witty and cynical ever be this huge in the modern age? Doubtful, says I...

Throughout their existence, and even today, 'the Dan' stood for solid, hard craft in both songwriting and performance. Could a band that was so clever and classy and smart and witty and cynical ever be this huge in the modern age? Doubtful, says I...

Throughout their existence, and even today, 'the Dan' stood for solid, hard craft in both songwriting and performance. Could a band that was so clever and classy and smart and witty and cynical ever be this huge in the modern age? Doubtful, says I...

I have long enjoyed the work of Simon Steensland, a Swede who has released a number of very good albums over the last 15 years or so. He is a multi-instrumentalist and releases heavy, zeuhl/Univers Zero-flavored heavy and dark progressive albums. This...

"Poste E Telegrafi is the debut solo album from Italian guitarist Allesandro Stefana. Featuring an all-star cast including Mark Ribot & Leo Abrahams, Stefana creates a dreamy world of instrumental perfection and beauty. Inspired by the work of Ennio...

Jason Stein, bass clarinet / Jason Roebke, double bass / Mike Pride, drums.

"On this second Locksmith Isidore release on Clean Feed Records, Jason Stein continues to redefine the bass clarinet as a lead instrument. Stein has developed his own...

"Fan’s of the Chicago free jazz scene may recognize Jason Stein from his work in Ken Vandermark band Bridge 61, collaborations with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Jeff Parker, and featured roles in other Midwestern ensembles. Stein started his musical life as a bl

"Mario Schifano was a leading Italian pop artist, and a friend of The Rolling Stones and other prominent 1960s countercultural figures. Inspired by Andy Warhol's association with The Velvet Underground, in 1967 he decided to sponsor a band. The album...