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Idles: Crawler [Vinyl LP]

I can do whatever I wanna all by my lonesome<br/>If that's a problem well you can't say shit<br/>Cause I'm going my way<br/>Livin' and dyin' - NIKKI LANE<br/><br/>From the first bass note within the driving drum beat you can tell something is different about the new record from Nikki Lane. The backbeat feels like a gutsy strut while the lead guitar feels like a revved up engine shifting gears. Denim & Diamonds comes out firing, spit shining the cowboy boots and tossing on a jean jacket.<br/>Produced by Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Denim & Diamonds has the Highway Queen embracing a more rock-oriented sound while still maintaining the heartfelt outlaw country sound she has developed across her previous three releases. Denim & Diamonds still has the fuck-off flare of which Nikki has come to be known. Her stylized, story-telling lyrics are all there as well as her catchy country hooks. The outlaw country sound is now balanced out with a gritty guitar and a machine gun snare that echoes the sound of 70's rock.<br/>Nikki Lane has made a record that sounds new and old. Familiar and surprising. She embraces where she has come from, ("First High", "Born Tough") the lessons learned along the way, ("Good Enough", "Try Harder") all while doing things her way, ("Denim & Diamonds", "Black Widow").

Turner Ike & Tina: On the road (Picturedisc) [Vinyl LP + DVD]

Dark rock from Sweden.

Charlatans' front man Tim tillsammans med New York's Peter Gordon, och tillsammans tar dom Tim's idéer in i ett NYC-Arthur-Russel-land på någe vis. Bra, annorlunda - framtiden? Coolt är bara<br/>förnamnet.

Swedish alternative rock group Omni of Halos enters the stage with their self-titled debut album. "Omni of Halos", a guitar-driven explosion of noisy pop music, contains the four tracks from the 2022 EP "Care Free" (previously only released digitally) from plus six new, until now unreleased songs. This collection of skewed, bittersweet, and beautiful tracks was recorded and produced by Per Stålberg (Division of Laura Lee, Pablo Matisse, etc) in Welfare Studios. Offering a unique mixture of distinct vocals, vibrant rhythms, and rich pedal steel guitar melodies, "Omni of Halos" stands out from its kind while still communicating a sound firmly rooted in the expressive soundscapes of the alternative '80s and '90s. The album was mixed by John Agnello, known for his work with Dinosaur JR, Sonic Youth, and Kurt Vile, to name a few.

North Mississippi Allstars följer upp 2019 års Grammy-nominerade album "Up and Rolling" med "Set Sail". Plattan innehåller tio spår producerade av Luther och Cody Dickinson. Bland gästerna märks bland andra Stax-legendaren William Bell, som sjunger på en av plattans höjdpunkter "Never Want to Be Kissed".<br/><br/>Inför inspelningen av "Set Sail" valde bröderna Dickinson att addera två nya medlemmar till bandet; basisten Jesse Williams och sångaren Lamar Williams Jr, son till Allman Brothers-basisten Lamar Williams Sr.<br/><br/>På "Set Sail" skapar North Mississippi Allstars en funky mix av folk, blues, soul och psykedelisk rock. Djupt rotad i tradition men samtidigt i rörelse framåt. Eller som bandet själva säger; Primitiv modernism.