“The satellites are spinning / A better day is breaking / Great happiness is pending / The planet Earth’s awakening.” The first lyrics on the Sun Ra Arkestra’s long-awaited Swirling (Strut), sung by Tara Middleton, sound like a dispatch from a world infinitely more promising than our own. That dogged optimism carries the entire studio […]
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Countrified rockers Possum River emerged from the breakup of the Cryan’ Shames
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Strut Records collects the 70s psychedelic soul of Tanzanian band Sunburst
The new Ave Africa compiles the entire output of Sunburst, who played a sort of Tanzanian analogue to Zamrock.
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Stream Paul Johnson’s contribution to Strut’s forthcoming Dance Mania compilation
Johnson’s “Feel My M.F. Bass” is the kind of raw, raunchy house music that’ll get you on the dance floor.
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Three Beats: Absolutely no twinklecore at the Swerp Records showcase
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