[Music] Simple Minds: From Beauty to Bombast, the early 1980s — Progarchy

For those of you who read progarchy, you know that we often (maybe not often enough, but often) review things that are, at best, vaguely prog. We often veer into art rock and art pop. My favorite genre outside of “straight” prog is progressive pop such as PET SOUNDS, SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR, and […]

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[Music] Coming Soon: ‘Twin Peaks’ Original Score, Reissued on Vinyl — Heathen Harvest

As we nervously await the rebirth of Twin Peaks on television, we’ll at least be able to do our fretting to some dreamy music. Death Waltz Recording Company will be reissuing Angelo Badalamenti’s iconic soundtrack for the original TV series later this month. The reissue will a deluxe affair, in a die-cut, gatefold cover, with David Lynch-approved artwork and […]

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[Music] Various Artists – Nightingales & Canaries, Vol. 1: “Oriental” Women on Record, New York & Istanbul, 1928​-​55

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3272306330/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/New York City was home to a vibrant musical scene filled with singers from Anatolia, Istanbul and the region of Roumelia.  Christians and Jews joined together in making some rather bawdy music.

This treasure was released by Ian Nagoski’s Canary Records, a label filled with some absolute gems.

[Music] Various Artists – The Lost 45s of Sudan (ShellacHead Annual 2015)

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=116760391/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/

I feel like I struck solid gold today! Thanks to the brilliant lads over at Shellac Head, a fine reissue label one should explore deeply, I’m able to dig into a pile of fine Sudanese music. Only the most committed bin divers know about these tracks. At $5, it’s a steal!