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31 March 2026
2020 - Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One Strange Timez (Deluxe)
2020 - Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One Strange Timez (Deluxe) @320
Gorillaz started the year with Episode 1 - ‘Momentary Bliss ft. slowthai and Slaves’ - of Song Machine, a whole new concept from one of the most innovative bands around. Now, six episodes in, Noodle, 2D, Murdoc and Russel have visited Morocco and Paris, London and Lake Como, as well as travelling all the way to the moon, and Gorillaz is ready to bring you the full collection titled Song Machine: Season One - Strange Timez, out on 23rd October 2020.
Song Machine is the ongoing and ever-evolving process which has seen Gorillaz joined by an expanding roster of collaborators captured live in Kong Studios and beyond. The result is an expansive collection of tracks embracing a myriad of sounds, styles, genres and attitudes from a breath-taking line-up of guest artists including Beck, Elton John, Fatoumata Diawara, Georgia, Kano, Leee John, Octavian, Peter Hook, Robert Smith, Roxani Arias, ScHoolboy Q, Slaves, Slowthai, St Vincent and 6LACK, as well as CHAI, EARTHGANG, Goldlink, Joan As Police Woman, JPEGMAFIA, Moonchild Sanelly, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Skepta and of course Tony Allen.
Virtual band Gorillaz is singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist Noodle and drummer Russel Hobbs. Created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. (Amazon)
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Various - Slitherama - Teen Trash From Psychedelic Tokyo '66 - '69 Vol 3 (1991) 320
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The Sences – Better Than Before (2024) 320
* Garage rock band from Thessaloniki, Greece. *
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Various Artists
Dream Babes Volume 2
Reflections
(2001)
320
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30 March 2026
CosmasMix 196
Here's my latest monthly mix to catch you up on all the new and newly re-released indie gems that have been coming out this past month. Another mix with 59 tracks for your listening pleasure.
Exclusively new (and newly reissued) indie releases from mid February to mid March 2026, featuring: Nothing, Wavves, Dika Bagja, Cola, Memorials, Prism Shores, Salt Lake Alley, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sister Ray Davies, Happypills, Soft Kill, Castlebeat, Mute Swan, lowsunday, Velvet, Beach Vacation, Slow Crush, SPC ECO, Youth Valley, Sun Shines Cold, Seefeel, Deary, Lucid Express, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, "Gorillaz, Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda, Black Thought", Bomb the Bass, Cabaret Voltaire, A Place To Bury Strangers, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Television, The dB’s, Talking Heads, Wall of Voodoo, Talk Talk, Re-Flex, New Order, Follytechnic Music Library, The Cairn String Quartet, The Cure, The Smiths, Andy Partridge, Arctic Monkeys, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, The Early Years, The Wave Pictures, Fort Not, Victoryland, New Candys, Stone, TV Sound, MX LONELY, Sunday Mourners, GHOSTWOMAN, Juliana Hatfield and Eric Payne, Liz Cooper, Kim Gordon, Rachel Love, and The Kitchenettes.
1996 - Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals (Deluxe Edition 2011)
1996 - Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals
(Deluxe Edition 2011) @320
(Deluxe Edition 2011) @320
2x12" LP Re-issue Of Indie Rock LP - Following a successful reissue for Record Store Day, on red vinyl, we present the black vinyl edition of this classic album. Originally released in 1996, at the height of ‘Britpop’, the album reached no. 2 in the UK, and amassed 92 weeks on the charts and sold a million copies world-wide!
‘Moseley’ takes its name from an area in Birmingham, ‘Moseley Shoals’ is a tribute to Muscle Shoals, the legendary soul recording studios in Alabama. A low-key start to their career was boosted by two things – the endorsement of two of Britain’s biggest pop stars – Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher, and the exposure given to the first single, The Riverboat Song, by Chris Evans on his hit TV show ‘TFI Friday’.
The album was produced by Weller’s producer at the time – Brendan Lynch, giving it a strong, organic R&B feel (influenced by the Small Faces and Weller’s solo recordings) with a pronounced 60s flourish, mixing in traces of Beatles and Stones, as well as elements of prog-rock and psychedelia, adding an even more eclectic flavour to their sound.
By the time Ocean Colour Scene released their debut album in 1992, they were already considered has-beens. The band had formed during the height of Madchester, but they never released their first album until the scene was already dead, which left them without a following. But between their debut and their second album, 1996's Moseley Shoals, a strange thing happened -- the band was taken under the wings of two of Britain's biggest pop stars, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher.
The band suddenly catapulted back into the spotlight because of its superstar connections, but the music actually deserved the attention. Ocean Colour Scene had spent the time between their two albums improving their sound. On Moseley Shoals, they are looser, funkier, and have a strong, organic R&B vibe that was inherited from the Small Faces and Weller's solo recordings. They sprinkle Beatlesque and Stonesy flourishes throughout the album, as well as the odd prog rock flair, adding an even more eclectic flavor to their traditionalist pop/rock. Ocean Colour Scene are still developing their songwriting skills -- the sound is more impressive than the songs throughout Moseley Shoals -- but their second album is an unexpectedly enjoyable record.(Global Groove)
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Various - Jungle with a ReggaeRagga Edge - Volume 1 - Jungle A to C 2026 (VBR)
Volume 1 - Jungle A to C
1. 4am Kru - 2 Time Loser (Extended Mix)
2. 6Blocc - Serious (Vocal 6Blocc Refix)
3. A Zone - Calling the People (Remix)
4. Baraka - A Million And One (Original Mix)
5. Barrington Levi - Here I Come (Ridley Don Remix)
6. Barrington Levi & Beenie Man - Under Mi Sensi (X-Project Remix)
7. Bay B Kane - Unda Mi Sensi
8. Benny Page - Crying Out (Serial Killaz Remix)
9. Bizzy B - Heads High Junglist Kill
10. Blackout JA, Mikey Tenor - Roll Call (Retro Jungle Mix)
11. Blend Mishkin - Foundation Style (Danny T, Tradesman & Jakey Banton Remix)
12. Bounty Killer&Beenie Man - Borderline Mobster
13. Cardopusher - Caffeine rich kola nut
14. Chaka Demus - Bad Bad Chaka
15. Channel 2 - Hide And Seek
16. Chase & Status - Duppy Man (Original Mix)
17. Chatta B - Dub On Fire
18. Chopstick Dubplate - Badboy Patrol (Feat Daddy Freddy) (Serial Killaz Remix)
19. Chopstick Dubplate - Bounty Hunter (feat Cheshire Cat)
20. Chopstick Dubplate - Girls Dem Dada (feat. Mr Williamz)
21. Chopstick Dubplate - Soundboy Gone (Samurai Breaks Remix)
22. Chopstick Dubplate feat. Cheshire Cat - Just the Herbs (2018 Remix)
23. Chopstick Dubplate feat. General Jah Mikey - Herb Affi Bun (Original Mix)
24. Chopstick Dubplate feat. Mad Cobra - Gundelero (Junglist VIP)
25. Congo Natty - Code Red (94 Mix) (feat. Conquering Lion, Super Cat & Reggie Stepper)
26. Congo Natty - Junglist (feat. Peter Bouncer)
27. Congo Natty - Wickedest Sound 2014 (Jungle Remix) (feat. Tenor Fly)
28. Conquering Lion feat. Beenie Man - Rastaman
29. Conrad Subs - Batty Rider
30. Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS remix)
31. Cutty Ranks - Hitman (Marvelous Caine Remix)
32. Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb
33. Cutty Ranks - Original Ranks (Just Jungle remix)
* We have a new series for you all on Vibes, if you collected Rob's Reggae Mix then I am sure this will be up your street as well, I listened to this when it was sent to me by General Confusion, who compiled these home made comps. I have 6 volumes, if people like them I will ask General Confusion to compile us some more. But I know he's busy working on a big continuous mix, so we will see *
* If you like these or don't then please take the time to comment and tell us why you like them or why you don't. *
* So far I have only had the time to listen to volume 1 in the series, but will listen to volume 2 before I share it next week. *
* Many thanks to General Confusion for submitting these home made mixes to Vibes, and the work involved in compiling them and making the covers. *
* These comps are in Variable Bit Rate just so you know. *
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Various - Box Of Vibes No. 29 (C-R-A) (2026) 320
* So Box of Vibes day, today we share Box 29, which is started by eight selections from Concha, then comes my tracks from 9 to 16 and Andy closes the Box with his selections from 17 to 24. *
* As always a mix of music from many decades and musical styles, including alternative, cover version & maybe the odd live version. *
* We hope you discover new artists and then explore their back catalogues for more music.*
* I have not listened to this again, just moved it into the laptop from the HD, will listen while I browse the net. *
* If you like these home made comps, then drop a comment in the box and tell us, and if you don't like them, please take the time to tell us why, feed back is good for us. *
* Next week we share Box 30, so I will also make another post with the links for all the Boxes 1 to 29. *
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Various Artists
Dream Babes Volume 1
Am I Dreaming?
(1994)
320
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29 March 2026
The Dancing Did – And Did Those Feet (2007 CD Reissue) 320
* Well while cleaning in the D folder I found this, so I thought ok will share here on Vibes, the bit rate said 320 ok great, well tested it once into the laptop and in fact it's only 192, well good enough to listen too!! But I decide to search for a better copy to share here for you @320 (supplied by a good friend via email and a link for a flac copy) cheers Craig D (sorry 8m Burnley are going down). *
*A few years ago in a very old HD I discovered a lot of wma files and they were all ripped at 64 only, it was when I first got a computer and the HD was so small ( I later exchanged it for a much bigger one) so to have more music in there I ripped everything at 64, when I took a listen, they were ok to be honest, so transferred many onto a pen drive for use in the car. Many tracks for very little space. *
* The Dancing Did were an English folk influenced post-punk group. Formed in Evesham, Worcestershire in 1979 by Tim Harrison (vocals) and Martyn Dormer (guitar). And Did Those Feet was the only album they released in 1982. This is the expanded CD reissue from 2007, with many bonus tracks. I did have a copy ripped fron the original vinyl, but that seems to have disappeared in the mist somewhere. If you don't know this band, I think you will find it an interesting listen. *
* This CD is Cherry Red's re-release of the band's sole vinyl album, "And Did Those Feet", with bonus material.
The bonus material collects some songs from the band's 7" vinyls (originally released on Fruit & Veg, Stiff, and Kamera Records) plus previously unreleased live recordings made at Cheltenham College in 1981. *
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Ramones - Acid Eaters (1994) Wav
* I had decided yesterday to share some rock this week, after all the soul & Funk last week, and posted an all female hard rock band "Black Sabbitch" yesterday, then I opened the site mail to find this submitted to us from Moezeke. It's a fresh rip from the CD to Wav. So perfect, strange how things happen sometimes. Thank you Moezeke for another great share. *
* Anybody can submit an album they love to us at Vibes, just upload it somewhere send us the link with the albums details togther with your name so we can thank you properly on the post. Send your shares to us via 4vibessite(at)proton.me, just swap (at) with @ .*
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Newtown Neurotics - 45 Revolutions Per Minute (1994 CD reissue) 320
* I shared a lot of Soul / Funk stuff last week, so we are gonna rock, this week!! *
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Lord Huron
Strange Trails
(2015)
320
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28 March 2026
2012 - Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again (Deluxe Version)
2012 - Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again (Deluxe Version) @320
Earlier this year Michael Kiwanuka saw off tasty competition from hot tips Frank Ocean and Azealia Banks to be named the BBC’s Sound of 2012 winner by a panel of critics who clearly saw greater long-term potential in the London-born singer-songwriter than in his more obviously hip rivals. If they're minded to, Ocean and Banks have a right to feel aggrieved – the critics were 40 years out. Kiwanuka couldn't be more Sound of 1972 if he was teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony.
This isn't pejorative. It's not as if Kiwanuka is weeping salt tears over his Puppy Love or co-opting the Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. He's got taste. He's "getting it together in the country" with Steve Winwood and Traffic, or beachcombing with Terry Callier, because Home Again is a folk/soul album, warm and understated with a breath of psychedelia. It might not heave with originality, but it's run through with a faith and sincerity that just about overpowers reservations.
And faith is a big thing for Kiwanuka, who peppers I'm Getting Ready – relaxed and summery like early solo Paul Simon – with calls to the Lord, and makes deep promises to his brother man on the gospel-soaked I Won't Lie. Even the less obviously devotional stuff like the slow-burn blues of Worry Walks Beside Me, the Moondance-era Van Morrison of Rest or the mariachi jazz of Always Waiting has the feel of a kind of pilgrimage – Kiwanuka is perpetually on the hunt for something, peace of mind, relief, the return home.
Produced by The Bees' Paul Butler, the album betrays hints of the Isle of Wight analogue dandies' free spirit in its more abandoned moments. Opener Tell Me a Tale is a glorious combination of fluttering jazz flute and Tempations swing, while I'll Get Along – with its nifty, crystal guitar and louche handclaps – is a quiet riot.
But all this spiralling through folk, soul and jazz settles on Kiwanuka's voice, a rich, weathered instrument that appears to carry more than 24 years' experience. If the occasional song is man-and-guitar by numbers, he's got the cords to conjure a bit of depth, whatever the decade. (BBC)
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