The Lions – “This Generation”

LISTEN:  The Lions – Sweet Soul Music  (from YouTube) The Lions moved to Stones Throw last year and their new album “This Generation” finally has a February 26th release date.  The band is influenced by classic reggae music and really strive for that vintage 1970′s Jamaican sound.   The group is made up of a bunch [...]

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Yabby You – “Deeper Roots”

LISTEN:  Smith & The Prophets – Valley Of Joeasaphat “Deeper Roots: Dub Plates & Rarities 1976-1978″ (released late last year by the excellent folks at the Pressure Sounds label) features obscure and remixed tracks produced by Yabby You at a time when he was responsible for some of the finest roots reggae being made (many [...]

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Lee “Scratch” Perry – “The Sound Doctor”

Lee Perry The Sound Doctor

LISTEN:  U Roy – 006 (Original Mix) Pressure Sounds does it again with “The Sound Doctor”, a great looking collection featuring productions from Lee “Scratch” Perry.  Where they keep finding all these Scratch tracks is a mystery, but who can complain about 24 remastered rarities from the original Upsetter.  Lots of hard-to-find stuff from The [...]

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The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry – “Hold Me Upsetter”

LISTEN:  The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry – Hold Me Upsetter I am admittedly not a huge fan of The Orb – I appreciate what they do, it’s just not my thing (I’m still not entirely sure what Ambient House music is).  However, my respect for them just went up ten-fold with their new album “The [...]

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The Lions

LISTEN:  The Lions – “This Generation (Dub)” The Lions are made up of current and former members of Breakestra, Sound Directions, PlantLife, Orgone, and Hepcat among others.  They put out a killer album of reggae, dub, soul & funk on Ubiquity back in 2007 and have now moved over to Stones Throw.  No date yet [...]

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