You may not know it, but we almost never had a Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats to groove with! In 2015, just before his first single "S.O.B." hit #1 on the US AAA Chart, Rateliff was prepared to hang it all up and return to his previous career as a gardener. The group's self-titled first album, released in June of 2015 on legendary Memphis soul label Stax Records, propelled them into the spotlight, solidifying Rateliff's decision to stick with writing music.
Incorporating and blending heavier electronic elements into their newest album, Violence, Editors' sought the help of Blanck Mass aka Benjamin John Power. The results speak for themselves. Swelling, guitar-driven choruses are surrounded by synths and samples at each refrain. Programmed drums pulse throughout title track "Violence", creating a tense feeling that slowly subsides with second half standouts "No Sound but the Wind" and "Counting Spooks". "Darkness at the Door" and "Nothingness" are pop anthems that'll stay with you long after listening. Arguably the best song on the album, "Magazine" was originally written for Editors' fourth record The Weight of Your Love, but was shelved when guitarist Chris Urbanowicz quit and the band nearly broke up.
Over the last 18 years, Jack White has become a household name in Rock and Alternative music. Six records as the White Stripes (1999 - 2007), two records with the Raconteurs (2006, 2008) and three with the Dead Weather (2009, 2010, and 2015). His first solo record was Blunderbuss (2012) followed by 2014's Lazaretto. He also released a double LP Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016 which contained unreleased tracks, b-sides and alternate versions of songs from his career catalogue. That album released in the fall of 2016. So, at this point, his career has cultivated a pretty amazing collection of material.
In 2013, Ben Harper did something that nobody saw coming. He teamed up with Charlie Musselwhite to record Get Up!. It was Harper's eleventh studio album and Musselwhite's twenty ninth! Musselwhite was 68 at the time while Harper was 43. But what may have seemed an unlikely pairing turned out to be an amazing match. Get Up! won a Grammy for Best Blues Album in 2014.
The first American Recordings album released by Johnny Cash came out in 1994. It was Cash's 81st studio release, but was the first in a series of albums all the way up until Cash's death that featured collaborations with famed producer Rick Rubin. This first release was simply titled CASH, but it came to be known as the American Recordings.
On April 13th, 1981, Billy Squier released Don't Say No, his second album since signing as a solo artist with Capitol Records. Squier's first record, Tale of the Tape, was only moderately successful. Although it peaked at #169 on the Billboard 200, it still spent three months on the chart at a time when the top 200 albums really meant something. In need of a producer for his second album, Squier reached out to Queen guitarist Brian May, who had to decline due to scheduling. May suggested that Squier reach out to Reinhold Mack (longtime studio engineer for E.L.O.) who was currently producing Queen's The Game (which garnered a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1981). So Squier met with Mack, and he ended up co-producing the record.
In 2012, Durand Jones left his home in Louisiana and enrolled in the Jacobs School of Music in Indiana. He plays the Alto Sax and never planned on being a singer. But not long after starting school, he put a band together and found himself singing soul and R&B classics. That's band ended up becoming the Indications.Their first single, “Smile”, was heard by Terry Cole of Colemine records. Cole pressed up a batch of 45s. Durand Jones & The Indications initially found acceptance in the vinyl community. They were inspired by a handful of dusty and obscure 45s baring names like the Ethics, the Brothers of Soul, and the Icemen, the Indications set out to make a record steeped in heavy drums, blown-out vocals, and deep grooves.
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