Sonic Universe - It Is What It Is - VINYL LP

Danko Jones - Born A Lion [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/21/2002

The Sonics finally ended their four-decade hiatus in November 2007, with a pair of rapturously received shows in New York. Although the band had intended those shows to be a one-time-only event, word of the performances quickly circulated amongst Sonics fans, resulting in performance offers from around the world, and turning the temporary reunion into a permanent one. Since then, The Sonics have performed for rabid crowds across the United States as well as England, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and Norway. Having reconquered the live stage and built a new, multi-generational fan base, the reactivated Sonics have set their sights back on the recording medium, enlisting noted producer Jim Diamond (White Stripes, Dirtbombs) to record InchThis Is The SonicsInch -the Sonics' first album of new material in nearly half a century-at Diamond's Detroit studio Ghetto Recorders. The 12-song set finds The Sonics channeling their original savage, primal essence on such new originals as InchChaos,Inch InchSugaree,Inch InchBad BettyInch and InchI Got Your Number,Inch while continuing their tradition of audacious cover material with raucous reworkings of Ray Charles' InchI Don't Need No Doctor,Inch Bo Diddley's InchYou Can't Judge A Book by the Cover,Inch the Kinks' InchThe Hard Way,Inch Hank Ballard's InchLook At Little SisterInch and the rousing Motown nugget InchLeaving Here.Inch

Double vinyl LP pressing including . What It Is is the second LP from Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and producer Sly5Thave; his first new music since the critically acclaimed project The Invisible Man An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre. Having spent the past three years performing the project with orchestras around the world, What It Is sees Sly5Thave retain the high-quality that fans and critics alike have come to expect from him while stepping out with something considerably different, delving deeper into the worlds of hip hop, jazz and soul.