Electric Fetus

Recording remotely over the past year from their respective homes, The Wombats�have been working hard to produce some of the most captivating, inventive and forward-thinking music of their career to date. With Murph�in Los Angeles, bassist Tord �verland Knudsen in Oslo and drummer Dan Haggis in London, they discussed each day�s plan via Zoom, then recorded separately, sending individual files to producers Jacknife Lee (U2, The Killers), Gabe Simon (Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey), Paul Meaney (Twenty One Pilots, Nothing But Thieves) and Mark Crew (Bastille, Rag�n�Bone Man) to mix into the finished tracks. �It was pure madness, to be honest,� explains Murph.�

�We�re so excited for people to hear this new album! We�ve explored new genres and pushed ourselves further than ever musically. It will always stand out for us in our memories from our other albums as we recorded it across three cities during lockdown, and we weren�t all in the same room at the same time!� says Dan Haggis.

The blue vinyl is limited to 500 copies in North America and Electric Fetus is the only place to get it.

Double LP on grey & white marble vinyl housed in same packaging as the standard version. Side D is an etching. Autographed. Ltd to 400 total. Full album download included.

The never-ending psychedelic web of Kurt Wagner's Lambchop continues to unravel on September 30th with a new album titled The Bible.

The story of The Bible begins with Wagner up in the middle of the night during the first year of the plague, watching his new friend from Minneapolis, Andrew Broder, play a Wurlitzer on Instagram Live. Broder was one in a group of Minneapolis musicians Wagner had met prior to the pandemic through mutual friend Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). After watching the livestream, he called Broder up. �Dude, I�ll get you in a studio,� he says, �you just go in there for like three or four hours and do your thing.� Broder sent him back twelve 20 minute-long pieces. And then Wagner found himself in Minneapolis, in the sweltering summer of 2021, in a decommissioned paint factory turned practice space. Wagner would find an immediate musical spark with Broder & his musical partner Ryan Olson (Gayngs, contributor to Taylor Swift's Evermore). Olson contributes greatly to the album, both with arrangements & production. �Ryan and Andrew, they�re like two sides of my personality,� Wagner says. �And if you put them together as a team, they represent me.� Good thing, because this would be the first time Wagner let somebody else�people who weren�t even from Nashville�produce a Lambchop record.

The music on The Bible is more unpredictable than it�s ever been on a Lambchop record. Jazz careening into country, into disco, into funk, and back to country. All tied together with Wagner�s own voice, born from a perspective on his own life inspired by taking care of his father at the end of his life. The sounds all jumbled together with snatches of observations, words torn from the headlines in Minneapolis�bumper stickers on the freeway, or graffiti from outside that decommissioned paint factory. Through the weeks, musicians (local & non-local) would come & go, putting their own thumbprints on this bible. Perhaps most strikingly, contributions from two different vocal choirs (Bells of the Lakes & Lutheran Bells) & gorgeous string arrangements courtesy of yMusic co-founder C.J. Camerieri (who has also arranged strings for Sufjan Stevens, Antony & the Johnsons & The National).

In yet another surprising chapter in their already unexpected pairing, Com Fly Wid Mi was born out of a �crazy idea� Sting had while on tour with Shaggy a few years ago, as detailed here. The new album boasts reggae interpretations of some of �Ol� Blue Eyes� most beloved songs, kicking off with the uplifting ode to resilience �That�s Life,� followed by �Come Fly with Me.� The album also includes the sultry, �That Old Black Magic,� the metaphoric euphoria of being in love embodied on �Fly Me to the Moon,� and the misery of lost love on �Angel Eyes.� �Luck Be a Lady,� �Witchcraft,� and �Under My Skin,� among other fan favorites.

Sting explains, �This idea of getting my friend to sing ten iconic songs from the Frank Sinatra songbook in a reggae style had been brewing for a while�I know, it sounds crazy! But every time the idea crossed my mind, it made me smile. And what does the world need now, more than anything else�something to smile about!�

�I�ve always been a Sinatra fan,� says Shaggy. �As a child, Frank�s music was often playing in our house and on Sundays, all of the Jamaican radio stations would play the greats � Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, et cetera.� He continues, �It�s great to be working with Sting again. He�s the brother I never knew I needed!�

The Last Bandoleros (Diego Navaira on vocals/bass, Emilio Navaira on vocals/drums and Jerry Fuentes on vocals/guitar) lovingly refer to their unique sound - a mix of Rock, Pop and Latin flavor - as "Tex Flex." On Tex Flex, the band further explores their melodic sound and Latin heritage through a collection of songs brimming with irresistible vocal lines and nylon string counterpoint.

"Maldita" has already been awarded a prestigious Premio Tejano Mundial award for "Crossover Song of the Year" and "California Moon," a hauntiing duet with singer/songwriter Hannah Brier has been garnering radio airplay on L.A.'s KCRW and KCSN.

Minneapolis indie pop rebels Hippo Campus return with their third full-length, LP3, on February 4th. Their strongest and most complete work yet, LP3 is a freshly-inked portrait excavating young adulthood, identity and, more importantly, how that personal identity fits into a larger camaraderie.

Describing their first three albums as a trilogy that is now complete, Meath and Sanborn see No Rules Sandy as the beginning of a new period, with songs that are �wilder and stranger and more cathartic than the band used to be,� as Nick Sanborn puts it. �It feels like who we actually are,� Amelia Meath adds. �It just feels like us. We�re not trying to fit into the mold, just happily being our freak selves.�

Cruel Country�Wilco�s universally-acclaimed 12th studio album will be available for the first time on vinyl and in a standard retail CD format via dBpm Records on January 20th. The double-disc packages are comprised of 21 Country Music inspired tracks, recorded at the band�s Chicago studio�The Loft.

Originally released in May 2022 (digital only) and in a limited �pre-release� CD edition for the June RSD drop, lead tracks �Falling Apart (Right Now)� and �Tired Of Taking It Out On You� have already become staples on non-commercial, public and AAA radio. Cruel Country songs and graphics have been featured throughout the band�s June European tour and August/September/October North American tour.

A new music video for �A Lifetime To Find� will be released in conjunction with the pre-order announcement.

Bandleader Jeff Tweedy has commented a length on the concept and recording process of Cruel Country in numerous podcasts, online interviews and print articles:

�There have been elements of Country Music in everything we�ve ever done. We�ve never been particularly comfortable with accepting that definition, the idea that I was making Country Music. But now, having been around the block a few times, we�re finding it exhilarating to free ourselves within the form, and embrace the simple limitation of calling the music we�re making Country.�

Jon Pareles in The New York Times wrote: �Wilco makes an understated magnum opus. Its tone is naturalistic and understated; the album was recorded largely with Wilco playing live in the studio as a six-man band, quietly savoring the chance to make music together after pandemic isolation.�

Jon Dolan in Rolling Stone wrote: �Their latest is a beautifully rootsy album with a broken sense of patriotic concern.� ****

Tagged in multiple publications� mid-summer Best of Albums of 2022 (so far) Lists including
Variety, Rolling Stone, Spin, Uproxx and Paste.

�The plan was to start driving north and not go home to Los Angeles until I was done with a record,� Five Easy Hot Dogs is a collection of instrumental recordings from Mac�s time on the road. �Kind of like being on tour, except there weren�t any shows and I�d just be burning money.� All of the songs on Five Easy Hot Dogs were recorded and mixed in the corresponding city from each song title and the tracklisting reflects the chronological order in which the songs were produced.

�Lovage� is defined as �an herb that is said to be a benefit for relieving abdominal pains due to gastrointestinal gas�also touted to reduce flatulence when consumed as a tea.� But when placed in the able hands of sonic mastermind Dan �The Automator� Nakamura, recording under the guise of musical lothario Nathaniel Merriweather, the result is a concept album of �music to make love to your old lady by.� With the help of collaborators such as Mike Patton (vocals), Jennifer Charles (vocals) and Kid Koala (turntables), Merriweather serves as your personal guide to the sensual side of life, painting a satirical, darkly funny portrait of love and sex with left-field hip-hop and instrumentals as only he can do.

One can't speak of California's famed desert rock movement without mentioning the visionary producer/musician Chris Goss. The so-called Godfather of the Joshua Tree-centered scene, Goss has produced famed and acclaimed albums by groups like Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Kyuss, Screaming Trees, and numerous others. Before he was known as a renowned producer though, he was the singer/guitarist�and only consistent member of one of the most influential-yet-forgotten hard rock groups of all time: Masters of Reality. Masters Of Reality (Whose name was appropriately taken from a Black Sabbath song) had the distinction of being the only group signed to two different hip-hop labels of historical note: Def Jam and Delicious Vinyl. Originally label mates with Public Enemy and Slayer, Masters Of Reality's self-titled debut album was released by Def American in 1988. Two years later, Delicious Vinyl founders Matt Dike and Mike Ross, huge Masters fans, bought the band's contract from Rick Rubin and re-released the album with new cover artwork to renewed acclaim and commercial success. So many years later, Masters Of Reality's debut still feels like a hard-hitting breath of fresh air in a modern landscape of over-produced rock music