SLOW SEASON - 'S/T'

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• EZRDR060 - LP

  603111999814

• EZRDR060CD - CD

  603111999821

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Central California quartet Slow Season have a revamped version of their 2012 self-titled debut album to be released on RidingEasy Records. The band's sound effortlessly nods to greats of the 60s-70s like Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath, et al, without sounding like a caricature. Rather, as one can immediately hear, this is hypnotic, heavy, and howling rock 'n' roll that defies both musical and temporal categorization. The Visalia, CA band -- Daniel Rice (vocals, guitar), David Kent (guitar), Hayden Doyel (bass), and Cody Tarbell (drums) -- scale new heights, while recognising where it all began. Having recorded both of their albums live on reel-to-reel at Tarbell's home studio, the band eschews the digital trappings of music today to give their analog sound its crackling, kinetic energy. "Working with the limitations of tape really pushed us to play our best," Rice says. "You have to prioritize your ideas. You can't layer too much on there. You also have to nail the takes. You don't get to go back and cut 'n' paste. You have to feel it when you're playing it. When everything comes together, it really shines because we're all playing together on tape."

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1; HEAVY

2; DAYGLO SUNSHINE

3; EVIL WORDS

4;DEEP FOREST

5;RUAH

6; COCO-A-GOGO

7; NO BRIDGE RAG

8; BARS & BARS

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SLOW SEASON - 'SUPERNAUT / ONE WAY OR ANOTHER'

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• EZRDR063 - 7"

  603111700175

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Black Sabbath cover versions have to be amazing, as the originals are really hard to better…or even equal. Well shoot us down if Slow Season don’t ramp it up and drop a killer, absolutely tight and wild version of Supernaut… YEAH!! This Limited edition 7” has an original “One Way of Another” on the flip..and get the bell bottoms out, we’re going loonsome for this Zep-tastic wig out… Riding Easy for President!!!

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ORNETTE COLEMAN - 'TO WHOM WHO KEEPS A RECORD'

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• SV086 - LP

  857176003485

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In the late 1950s, Ornette Coleman set the jazz world on fire. From his own unique playing style to his fundamental deconstruction of harmony and complete rethinking of group performance, Coleman at once confounded critics and inspired a new generation. This revolutionary music eventually became known as free jazz, but Coleman’s influence extended well beyond – into avant-garde rock and art circles – and today his name is synonymous with artistic freedom. Originally released in Japan only, To Whom Who Keeps A Record collects outtakes from Coleman’s legendary Atlantic period, sessions from Change of the Century and This Is Our Music that are as emotionally transfixing as intellectually rigorous. Featuring the classic quartets with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins and Ed Blackwell, this collection is striking for its brilliant compositions and scorching solos. The song titles themselves lay out Coleman’s central philosophy: “Music always brings goodness to us all. Unless one has some other motive for its use.” This first-time vinyl reissue includes liner notes by Byron Coley. • First-time vinyl reissue • Collection of outtakes from Coleman’s Atlantic period • Originally released in Japan only • Featuring Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell • Liner notes by Byron Coley

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1. Music Always
2. Brings Goodness
3. To Us
4. All
5. P.S. Unless One Has
(Blues Connotation No. 2)
6. Some Other
7. Motive For Its Use

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THE RENDERERS - 'IN THE SODIUM LIGHT'

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• BING110 - LP

  600197011010

• BING110CD - CD

  600197010020

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The seismic rumbling of The Renderers goes beyond the fiendish pastoralia of their music. Long-time Christchurch residents, Brian and Maryrose Crook witnessed the earthquakes crumble the city. That, and Maryrose’s developing career as a painter (she is self-taught, only starting in her late thirties), inspired them to move to America and concentrate on touring here. So, where do they move? Obviously, a rock-throw’s distance from the San Andreas Fault, to Joshua Tree. Not surprising, given the tenacity of the Crooks. Through endless band lineups and continual challenges, they have maintained a focused sound and approach to their music. A Renderers song creates its own space, one that threatens dissemblance at every turn. With two of the most distinct voices in New Zealand rock, they trade off vocal duties, and both contribute toward burying their songs in layers of swelling and swirling guitars. For their new record, In the Sodium Light, The Renderers take a step back from the furious chug of their last album, A Rocket Into Nothing. Instead, they appear to be representing the landscape of their new home. Songs creep out of holes, seep and spread, permeating the room. The album is a languid, calm-waters drift over the abyss in a glassbottomed boat. Let the tide take you.

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1. Omaharsh
2. Seaworthy
3. Remembering Room
4. Mr Pulse
5. Strange Love
6. Hiding
7. Not Really Falling
8. Black Saturn
9. You Raise Me

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FEELS - 'S/T'

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• CF071CD - CD

  814867021005

• CF071 - LP

  814867020992

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Get a load of Castle Face’s first local release from their new home in East LA: native Angeleno four-piece Feels and their debut self-titled LP. Scuzzy, slanted guitar interplay, a little grrrlish swagger, flashes of raw emotion and a cement chip of punk attitude propel these songs directly to your dome and down the brain stem. Kinetic, omnivorous, and easy to get stuck in the noggin, Feels has charm and grit to spare and is pushed deeper into the red, weird wilds by Ty Segall’s home-cooked production.

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KANE STRANG - 'BLUE CHEESE'

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• BING112 - LP

  600197011218

• BING112CD - CD

  600197011225

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Kane Strang’s first proper album, Blue Cheese, picks up on the rough disaffection of his earlier demo collection, A Pebble and a Paper Crane, which he recorded in a WWII bomb shelter in Germany. Back in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand, Strang spent two curious months alone, housesitting for his parents. Re-nested, yet still isolated, Strang composed all of Blue Cheese over those quiet days. Lead-off track “The Web” channels pummeling bass lines punctuated by a twinkling synth that calls upon microscopic pop principalities of restlessness (“Yeah, I met someone else / Without leaving my little house / No, I haven’t held her yet / I met her on the internet”). Its abrupt ending parallels Strang’s own disconnect. “She’s Appealing” weaves Day-Glo guitar motifs into distant, detached ’80s garage pop vocals. “Never Kissed a Blonde” is driven by a slapping delay on both vocals and guitar. Strang’s path toward a melody is always surprising, and he never misses a hit-on-the-head-obvious-in-retrospect memorable line. Strang amassed a band and has started playing his distinct psych-pop live. He will tour the United States in 2016.

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1. The Web
2. Things Are Never Simple
3. Full Moon, Hungry Sun
4. Run Rings
5. What?s Wrong
6. The Canyon Her River Carved
7. She?s Appealing
8. Never Kissed a Blonde
9. Scarlet King Magnolia

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MONDO DRAG - 'THE OCCULTATION OF LIGHT'

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• EZRDR061 - LP

  603111700014

• EZRDR061CD - CD

  603111700021

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It's no minor thing to pack up and leave your home. Heavy psych mavens Mondo Drag relocated from Iowa to Oakland, California, after recording their self-titled second album (released on RidingEasy in 2015), and the move is central to understanding the progressive turn that their third record, The Occultation of Light, represents. "Each of our albums has directional changes in songwriting and this third chapter is no exception" says vocalist/keyboardist John Gamino. "Since moving to Oakland, we've been privy to the large amount of music that flows through a major cultural center. We've seen legendary acts like Magma, King Crimson, Goblin, and Yes. We are always trying to expand our sonic range and we definitely explore some new areas on the new album that we've not been to before" Most of The Occultation of Light was recorded live, tracked and mixed on analog tape by Phil Manley (Trans Am, The Fucking Champs) at El Studio in San Francisco. Mondo Drag had just come off the road after a month out with labelmates Electric Citizen and Slow Season, and their stage-honed, hard-won chemistry bleeds into every second of the record. Songs are warm, psychedelic and grooving, but have a poise born out of classic prog as well. And as much as their new home is a factor, that just wouldn't be possible without the road time."Since moving to Oakland in Spring '13, we've been developing and playing out the material that now comprises The Occultation of Light in San Francisco and Oakland" Gamino explains. Born out of a tumultuous history of varied lineups and geography since the release of their 2010 debut, New Rituals, Mondo Drag realize a defining moment with their third offering that builds on their past accomplishments even as it embarks boldly on new era for the band. Tour plans for 2016 are forthcoming. Mondo Drag is John Gamino (vocals/keys), Nolan Girard (guitar/synth), Jake Sheley (guitar), Andrew O'Neil (bass) and Ventura Garcia (drums). For fans of MK II Era Deep Purple, Uriah Heap “ Demons & Wizards" ¦as well as modern contemporaries, Graveyard, Kadaver

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1;INITIATION

2;OUT OF SIGHT

3;RISING OMEN

4;INCENDIARY PROCESSION

5;THE EYE

6; IN YOUR HEAD - PARTS I AND II
7; DYING LIGHT


CD BONUS TRACK:
RIDE THE SKY

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