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Stream: Seu Jorge and Almaz Album Preview at NPR – “The Melancholy Musical Voyager…”

You can now read a glowing review and check out Seu Jorge and Almaz in its entirety via NPR before the album is released next Tuesday. An excerpt from NPR’s review:

“Seu Jorge and Almaz mostly consists of cover songs, which in any other artist’s hands could be a recipe for disaster or mediocrity — but, boy, can Seu Jorge pull off a good cover song. He manages the perfect balance between adding his own distinct style and keeping the essence of the original. The results are portraits of complex emotions, such as his take on Kraftwerk’s “The Model.” With Jorge’s raw vocals and an Old West guitar that feels like a distant memory, the song becomes a strange cocktail of lust and sadness — not an uncommon feeling, but not commonly discussed in rock ‘n’ roll, either.”

Link: Seu Jorge and Almaz Preview at NPR.

Sneak Peak – Rikki Ililonga/Musi-O-Tunya “Dark Sunrise” Package

They’ve just arrived – the first samples of our hard-bound, 2 CD set/3 LP box set of Zambian psych-rockers Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya’s Dark Sunrise. And they look great! Check out the photos of the hard-bound CD and full color booklet: MORE

Exclusive Pre-sale: Lloyd Miller and The Heliocentrics Out Now At Stones Throw!

The collaborative album between Dr. Lloyd Miller and The Heliocentrics is set for release on Strut on August 2nd on CD/Itunes (vinyl will come out on August 31st). But CDs are in and shipping over at Stones Throw NOW – and vinyl pre-orders are being taken. Vinyl will ship around August 5th.

Get this monster of an album – inspired by Millers’ frequent tours and ceaseless study of Middle Eastern music and culture, full of the rock solid rhythms that the Heliocentrics are known for and blessed by Miller’s genius on an array of instruments that would cause even the most talented of jazzers to pause – now!

Download: Lloyd Miller and The Heliocentrics – “Fantasia Part. 1.”

Official L.A. Listening Party – Seu Jorge and Almaz

Seu Jorge and Almaz is out next Tuesday, their North American tour starts this Friday in Miami, and this Sunday here in LA we’re going to be serving up feijoada, mixing caipirinhas from scratch and listening to the album over at Palate Food + Wine. Come on through – CDs and LPs will be available for sale on a first come, first serve basis.

Discovered – Photos of Carleen and The Groovers

We’ve been looking for photos of drummer Carleen Jean Butler since Egon offered the first official reissue of Carleen and The Groover’s monstrous funk anthem “Can We Rap” on The Funky 16 Corners anthology a decade ago. In the interim, we released a vinyl anthology that contained the band’s four known recordings, compiled “The Thing” on Cold Heat, and even tracked down Carleen’s first drum teacher in search of some documentation that this woman actually existed!

And now, nearly forty years after he first received these promo shots in the mail, an East Coast club owner made these two photos available for sale. They now reside in the collection of producer and funk enthusiast DJ Shadow. And they prove that Carleen did indeed play a double kick-drum – better than the rest of ’em. Take that Lars Ulrich!