Hot Hot Heat - Hot Hot Heat - VINYL LP

There's an irony inherent in the term 'postpunk.' Many of the groups that define the genre (think Pere Ubu or Cabaret Voltaire) existed for several years before punk. But these outfits had little hope of finding an audience until punk stirred up an appetite for the extreme, while also spawning a new breed of independent labels that could support challenging music.This Heat are a prime example. Formed in early 1976 by drummer Charles Hayward, guitarist Charles Bullen and 'non-musician' Gareth Williams, the group were initially unaware of what was brewing elsewhere in London, yet they were driven by similar impulses to make noise expressive of the era's turbulence. Instead of punk's crude reduction of rock 'n' roll, This Heat took their bearings from expansive inspirations free jazz, Captain Beefheart, musique concrète, and reggae's disorienting dub techniques.InchVital to their evolution was Cold Storage, a disused meat fridge in Brixton where the band rehearsed. Produced by This Heat with David Cunningham and Anthony Moore, their 1979 debut was collaged out of cassette tapes and recordings made during ultra-cheap graveyard shifts at The Workhouse. The jump-cuts in sound quality were deliberately designed to make the album more unsettled and jarring.InchThe first two principles of This Heat's mission statement-'All possible processes. All channels open.'-could have been co-signed by many pre-punk experimentalists. It's the third part-'24 hour alert.'-that makes This Heat archetypally post-punk, crystallizing the 'totally-wired' mood of paranoid vigilance they shared with peers like Scritti Politti and The Pop Group. Soft power-the mind-control of television and advertising-was an obsession; several tracks take their titles from the gogglebox ('Testcard, Horizontal Hold'). But hard power-in particular, geopolitical dominance-is also addressed in tracks like 'The Fall

The Freecoasters create a fresh and original sound by infusing the best of American southern soul with infectious reggae and rocksteady rhythms. Specializing in tuneful, danceable originals, their broad repertoire is influenced by classics such as Toots & The Maytals, The Skatalites, The Beatles, and The Temptations to contemporary acts like Amy Winehouse, Alabama Shakes, and Sharon Jones. Whatever the song, The Freecoasters' sound is unmistakably authentic and original, lead by powerhouse vocalist Claire Liparulo. Their second album, InchA Different Kind of HeatInch features a dozen songs once again produced by Jesse Wagner and recorded/mixed by Roger Rivas, both from California reggae superstars The Aggrolites. Arguably one of the most soulful & heartfelt releases to emerge from the ska scene in years, it truly is a modern day classsic. Album Tracks 1. Look What You've Done 2. Seven Falls 3. Shook 4. Listening Now 5. When I Go 6. Watch It Burn 7. Magnolia 8. Deliver Me 9. Get By 10. Securite 11. The Other Side 12. Power

Totally Real is the debut album from Total Heat, a chameleon music project led by Ross Wallace Chait. Taking leads from the musical legacy of Laurel Canyon, where he was raised, he's always admired the rock n' roll songwriting craft despite an insatiable tendency toward experimental music and improvisation. Love of music guided him through a slew of bands in his teenage years, deep experiences playing jazz, countless noise cassette releases, two years as Randy Newman's right hand man, ties to the Coltrane family, international tours on drums with Girlpool among others, and, most significantly, a truly unique stylistic sensibility that blends it all. The album is a testament to how music can capture the life experience of an individual not only by what it says, but by how it sounds. On this debut album, Chait sets out to loudly and proudly state that a life lived for music is the strangest and most beautiful life there is. Recorded (mostly) at home with a characteristic Inchmid-fi,Inch jazzy, noisy mood, this record comes from the mindset that humor and honesty, references and exploration, form and formlessness can all coexist in an album or even a song if the attitude's right. Album Tracks 1. A1 Get Started 2. A2 the Actor 3. A3 Life Is Beautiful 4. A4 Free Life 5. A5 Believin' 6. B1 Rock N' Roll Star 7. B2 in My Head 8. B3 Up All Night 9. B4 Shakin' 10. B5 You Gotta Sing What's in Your Heart 11. B6 Just 4 U