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More unreleased Trane! In a weird, bold, unexplained move by 1964 standards, John Coltrane’s “Naima” serves as the opening theme for Gilles Groulx’...

“The first dub albums we listened to were records mixed by Scientist. Laura Lee learned to play bass by listening to Scientist Wins the World Cup. ...

The first of 3 James Brown studio double albums. The centerpiece of Good Foot is of course the title track. Half the song is one long breakdown (on...

When I Get Home is an expansive, intuitive, and heady statement from singer, songwriter, producer, and actress Solange Knowles. Her records have al...

"I hope to see you." Originally released in 1977, Iroha Ni Konpeitou found Akiko Yano at a creative peak, and arguably at her funkiest. Here the ch...

First ever official pressing of this mythical French soundtrack, courtesy of Born Bad Records. As the story goes, Jean-Pierre Mirouze's Le Mariage ...

The vast sea of J-Jazz can be hard to navigate, but this is as good a place as any to start. While American players were being swept into the splin...

Cuphead Classics Compiled! 2017’s Cuphead is a retro game like no other - a wonderland of 30’s style hand-painted animation with a bumping soundtra...

Long out-of-print 1979 fusion excursion from Haruomi Hosono with Masataka Matsutoya (Seaside Lovers, Tin Pan Alley) and accomplished session guitar...

The enigmatic Gabriella Wilson aka H.E.R. has a gift for "channeling the pain and ecstasy of life through a variety of sonic moods." On 2017's H.E....

"It's not music for dancing, but maybe it can make you dream." Cosmic, ethereal synthesizers play with drum machines to interpret ancient Saharan f...

'As Michael K. Bourdaghs noted in his book, Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon, this music was, “Deconstructing the line between imitation and authe...

"Calibrating the synths on the meridian of Vesuvius." From the Mediterranean coastal city of Napoli comes the bonkers new synth-funked Afro-cosmic ...

Nicknamed "Álbum Branco" (White Album in Portuguese) and originally released in '69, Caetano Veloso's eponymous second album as a solo artist was a...

Turntable Lab NYC hosted a live in-store performance of The Shacks earlier this year, and Danny Akalepse of Big Crown Records delivered a fire open...

I Thought It Was You. Kimiko Kasai's sought-after 1979 collaboration with Herbie Hancock finally sees an official reissue, courtesy of the good fol...

"My grandpa would always ask me 'Como me quieres?' ('how much do you love me'?), and he'd only ever accept one response. 'Con todo el mundo' (With ...

2015's Coming Home is Leon Bridges's stellar debut. The 28-year old Texan singer-guitarist, who grew up listening to Ginuwine and Usher and was act...

Hot!!! Soundway follow up their killer Doin’ It In Lagos comp with three plates of like-minded sounds from further south. These 16 tracks represent...

2 feelgood cuts from Earth Wind & Fire’s All 'N All album, touched up and extended by NYC’s reigning edit king, Danny Krivit. Here’s our OG La...

Founded in the late '60s by former Blue Note artist Kenny Cox, Detroit's Strata Records only released a handful of titles but gained a cult-like fo...

Clutch reissue of Gal Costa’s rare 4th album, originally released in 1973 on Philips. Her Tropicalia classic 1969 self-titled album retained elemen...

Music plays a huge part of Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, much in the same way it did in its predecessor. We’re treated to what is arguab...

Highly anticipated solo debut by Night Slugs / Fade To Mind first lady Kelela, on indie-exclusive clear double vinyl with deluxe gatefold sleeve, 8...

If you're like me, you already own and cherish every Bjork LP up to the release of Greatest Hits (and none of the ones that came after. But if not,...

Ninth studio album from Bob Marley & The Wailers. Exodus was originally recorded in 1977 after Marley had moved to London following an attempt ...

It's here! Thundercat's anticipated third album, pressed up as a deluxe quadruple 10" boxset on special edition red colored vinyl, courtesy of Brai...

The song titles speak volumes for A Seat At The Table: "Don't Touch My Hair," "Rise," "F.U.B.U.," "Where Do We Go," "Borderline (An Ode To Self Car...

Pop oriented studio album from American singer-songwriter Nina Simone. I Put A Spell On You was originally recorded in 1965 and is considered one o...

Heavy, heavy, heavy... The Budos Band are back with their fourth full length for DapTone and it's a doozy. Following 2010's III, Burnt Offering not...

Originally released in 2010, I learned the Hard Way is the fourth album from Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings. The album delves further into the auth...

Debut album from late soul singer. Frank didn't happen for Amy Winehouse. The album didn't tank but it wasn't the monster that was her sophomore al...

One of Coltrane's most profound musical statements. A Love Supreme - The Complete Masters collects many of the pieces of material that were recorde...

Retro soul revivalist debut album. You know when old timers look at someone that seems out of place and they're like 'you got an old soul'? Pretty ...

She tear trouser, he tear pant! Roforofo Fight was the first true classic album from the insanely prolific Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (they released...

Sweden's finest export since Ikea. Gothenburg's Little Dragon changed trajectory with Ritual Union, skyrocketing them into indie celebrities. Thoug...

Before the critically acclaimed Ritual Union came Machine Dreams, Little Dragon's sophomore effort from 2009. By know you've probably heard all the...

Official pressing of The Weeknd's sophomore mixtape! By this point in the Weeknd's burgeoning career we were started to get a better picture of the...

Masterful Modern Jazz. In The Moment captured 48 hours of live, improvised performances from Makaya McCraven and company recorded at 1 venue over 1...

D'angelo's 1995 debut reissued on double white vinyl! Remember how blown away you were when you first heard "Brown Sugar"? Dude was playing a B3 or...

Long lost Colombian funk filled soft pop from the early 1970s. The duo of sisters Elia and Elizabeth Fleta had a short lived career that produced t...

Simply put, this is one of the most important records of all-time and a damn good listen to boot. If you don’t already own it, you should pick up t...

One of Fela Kuti's most notorious albums! The title track chronicles an attempt to charge Fela for possessing weed with some funny details. The Afr...

Stix records (an offshoot of Favorite Recordings) has established its own niche, almost exclusively dealing with Reggae-Disco-Dub covers of classi...

In my hardcore diggin days, I scoffed at reissues and best of compilations, but how times have changed. Give me this best of compilation on pristin...

Special mono reissue of Miles' most iconic record. Kind Of Blue is the most popular straight-jazz album of all time, the one that even those people...

The special sauce to some of SBTRKT and Jessie Ware's top tracks, Sampha drops his first solo release. Beyond the vocals and keyboard play he's bec...