LARD
1990. Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys and Alien Jourgensen from Ministry, what a scary combination! And it works on most tracks. The cover of Napoleon III's 'They're Coming To take Me Away (Ha ha)' is a gem...
RALLIZES DENUDES/TAJ MAHA
2019. Japanese experimental group Les Rallizes Denudes are the ultimate rock'n'roll enigma. Sometimes referred to as Hadaka no Rallizes or even as Hadaka no Rarizu, each appellation a variant of the name "Fucke..
JARRETT KEITH
2019. 'denryoku hall, japan, 20. 10. 1986' - the gifted american pianist keith jarrett is one of the jazz world's greatest musicians. Born in suburban allentown, pennsylva..
ERICKSON ROKY
2019. Roky Erickson's 1985 solo mini-LP 'Clear Night For Love' was produced at Music Tracks in Austin by bassist/guitarist Speedy Sparks, with former Joe "King" Carrasco and Delbert McClinton drummer, Erni..
REICH STEVE & ENSEMBLE M
2019. As noted on Alternative Fox's 'Live In Berkeley 1970' and 'Information Transmission, Modulation And Noise' releases, the New York-born composer and abstract keyboard artist Steve Reich was one of the most imp..
COOKE SAM
2019. 'My Kind Of Blues' was recorded for the label in 1961 (just as Cooke was launching his own SAR Records imprint), being a collection of show tunes and jazz standards, delivered in a soulful blues style by Cook..
HIGHWAY
2019. Obscure Minnesota-based power trio Highway has a long and convoluted history. In 1965, guitarist/vocalist Steve Murphy joined The Epicureans, a band formed from the ashes of The Pacers and The Corsairs, both p..
BROWN PETE & PIBLOKTO
2019. 1970's 'thousands on a raft', pete brown & piblokto!'s debut album for harvest, clocks in at the hard-rock and experimental jazz edge of prog, as heard on the extended instrumental interludes of..
LACY STEVE/ALVIN CURRAN/
2019. The disparate and often discordant album 'Threads' was recorded in Rome at Mama Dog studio in 1977 for filmmaker-turned-record producer Aldo Sinesio's Horo Records label; comprised of six of Lacy's own composi..
HARRIS EDDIE
2019. Tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris is best-known for his composition 'Freedom Jazz Dance,' which Miles Davis brought to prominence in 1966, and for being a pioneer of the electric saxophone, yet his career is long..
JOYCE
2019. The Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Joyce Silveira Moreno was born and raised in the middle of Copacabana, a short beach stroll from the epicentre of the bossa nova universe. Her father was a Dane t..
AYLER ALBERT
2019. On this double album, the Albert Ayler Trio consisted of Ayler, bassist Torbjörn Hultcrantz and drummer Sune Spångberg; four dissonant songs from their live performance on 24 October 1962 would be i..
REDDING OTIS
2019. This album, which surfaced at the start of 1964, reached the top 20 of the US R&B chart and also hit the Billboard Hot 100; this edition has an alternate track listing that includes the Trans World debut ..
UMILIANI PIERO
2019. In 1961, Piero Umiliani and Chet Baker joined forces again for the soundtrack of the film 'Smog', a complicated courtroom drama about an Italian lawyer's travels to Los Angeles, which resulted in all manner of..
EVANS BILL
2019. Produced in a permissive atmosphere with Creed Taylor and engineer Ray Hall in February 1963 and subtitled 'A Searching Look Into The Genius Of Bill Evans', this album features a multi-tracked Evans playing o..
WILLIAMS MARY LOU
2019. Pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams played with nearly every major jazz performer during her long, illustrious and varied career, in addition to recording many solo works. Born Mary Winn in Atlanta in 1910 ..
NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY FIV
2019. The short-lived quintet known as the New York Contemporary Five had a lasting impact on the free jazz movement. It was formed in 1962 with trumpeter Don Cherry, who had been working with free jazz pioneer Orne..
SANDERS PHAROAH
2019. Pharoah Sanders live at the Antibes Jazz Festival in Juan-les-Pins, July 21, 1968. Pharoah Sanders' status began to rise upon joining John Coltrane's band in 1965, where his discordant solos formed a strong co..
UMILIANI PIERO
2019. Italian film composer Piero Umiliani enjoyed a long and illustrious career, creating nearly 200 film soundtracks, along with 40 music library LPs and some 35 television themes. Born in Florence in 1926, he was..
REICH STEVE
2019. Alternative Fox delivers a landmark release in the history of minimalism with a live performance documented from one of the genre's key figures - Steve Reich. Recorded live at Berkeley University in the 1970s..
LES RALLIZES DENUDES
2019. One of the strangest and most enigmatic groups in the history of rock'n'roll, Les Rallizes Denudes, also known as Hadaka no Rallizes or Hadaka no Rarizu, were a Japanese experimental rock band that is often ci..
LIBEREZ
2018. Recorded with a renewed line-up, this 2018 full-length by Liberez is composed of flamenco time signatures, Italian avant-garde moods, UK industrial harshness, world-weary minimalism and post-rock, delivered in..
TOTAL CONTROL
2017. An eight-track EP from the Australian band. The potency of the atmosphere that Total Control has mustered across 'Laughing At The System' registers as a deeply commanding, though bleak, psychedelicism for the..
DEAD ENDING
2017. A politically charged full-length by the chaotic hc band featuring Jeff Dean (The Bomb), Vic Bondi (Articles Of Faith), Derek Grant (Alkaline Trio) and Nathan Voorhees (Enign, Vision).
SNFU
2000. Original Skate-punks with 5 track 12" EP produced by David Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy and Nine Inch Nails fame.
DISASTER STRIKES
2016. Boston's DISASTER STRIKES delivers HC/punk with impactful lyrics about social justice and workers' rights. 'The Age of Corporate Personhood' is a blue-collar, HC juggernaut featuring a vocal guest performance ..
DISASTER STRIKES
2016. Boston's DISASTER STRIKES delivers HC/punk with impactful lyrics about social justice and workers' rights. 'The Age of Corporate Personhood' is a blue-collar, HC juggernaut featuring a vocal guest performan..
PANSY DIVISION
2016. The 2016 full-length from SF's queercore institution Pansy Division, active since 1991. Featuring clever lyrics and catchy melodies , 'Quite Contrary' is the perfect follow up to 2009's 'That's So Gay'. This v..
PANSY DIVISION
2016. The 2016 full-length from SF's queercore institution Pansy Division, active since 1991. Featuring clever lyrics and catchy melodies , 'Quite Contrary' is the perfect follow up to 2009's 'That's So Gay'...