Being one of the slowest of months when it comes to new releases, January always seems like a good time to clear the desk of releases from the past year which for one reason or another, just never made it …
Lil’ Cap’n Travis …In All Their Splendor Glurp GLP005 The cover artwork for the latest release from the band Li’l Cap’n Travis is that of a pickup truck from the rear heading down a sandy road towards the setting sun …
Compact Capsules Favorites for 2004 Welcome to the 13th annual Compact Capsules favorites of the year in which an attempt is made to single out a baker’s dozen of new releases from the past year that hit the sweet spot …
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Holy smokes, folks, the holidays are upon us and it’s that time of the year again when we dive into the latest batch of rock ‘n’ roll and assorted music hooch from reissue house Norton Records. Headquartered in Brooklyn, Norton …
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Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken Anti 86740-2 Over the course of three independent solo albums, one EP, countless compilation appearances, a collaboration with Canadian Carolyn Mark as one half of the Corn Sisters duo, and as part of the …
Seems with every passing day that DVDs are becoming as much the medium of choice for music-related releases as their audio counterpart the compact disc. It also seems that labels, mostly those from the independent side of the tracks, are …
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This week is the second installment of what is planned as a multi-part roundup of country reissues. Last week the focus was on Coxsackie, New York-based reissue house Sundazed Music and its new “Truckstops, Broken Hearts & Honky Tonk Heroes” …
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Country reissues are once again in the spotlight. Over the next month or so, we shine the Compact Capsules spotlight on a slew of country-and-then-some reissues and hits packages that have come out since the summertime. We begin in this …
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