Patti Smith - HorsesIt isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on her debut album, which anticipated the new wave by a year or so: the simple, crudely played rock & roll, featuring Lenny Kaye's rudimentary guitar work, the anarchic spirit of Smith's vocals, and the emotional and imaginative nature of her lyrics all prefigure the coming movement as it evolved on both sides of the Atlantic. Smith is a rock critic's dream, a poet as

It's pitted with potholes

Available on limited rust vinyl

Nature and Man operate under different logics

The album contains some of Richard’s most beautiful songs including “”For Shame Of Doing Wrong””

Partnered with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records

Alex Macfarlane recorded the band in their lounge room direct to 4 track

Japanese master and Oscar winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr

as it unfurls in hypnotic and infectious grooves - teasing snippets of songs as they weave in and out - the mix plays out like a classic 12” extended mix

ThisåÊis pop music executed with the no-frills precision ofåÊhardcore‰Û_

which is why Strange To Explain by Woods is such a welcome turning of new colors

John Armstrong's new compilation Afrobeat Brasil features 14 blazing tracks from 2011 to 2017 that nod towards Nigeria

“a nuanced piece of music would emerge organically