is music. Gibbs and Madlib replace Crockett and Tubbs for a follow up to the blaxploitation inspired “Pinata: The 1974 Version”, with the 80s fueled “Pinata: The 1984 Version.” Though we promise, no mullets or ugly Ferraris. Tracks: A Side. 1. Supplier 2. Scarface 3. Deeper 4. High (ft. Danny Brown) 5. Harold’s 6. Bomb (ft. Raekwon) 7. Shitsville 8. Thuggin’ 9. Real 10. Uno. B Side. 1. Robes (ft. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt) 2. Broken (ft. Scarface) 3. Lakers (ft. Ab-Soul & Polyester the Saint) 4. Knicks 5. Shame (ft. BJ The Chicago Kid) 6. Watts (ft. Big Time Watts) 7. Piñata (ft. Domo Genesis, G-Wiz, Casey Veggies, Sulaiman, Meechy Darko, & Mac Miller)

Full Time Hobby to great critical acclaim, Anne, If presents a slightly more expansive vision of what Ghost Woman can offer. The sound of Anne, If is certainly in keeping with past output: the music was performed and recorded (almost) entirely by Uschenko himself on his trusty Tascam 388 tape recorder, during what he describes as a “strange new chapter” in his life, living in a large, expansive house with nothing to do except record music, watch old VHS movies, and cook meals over an open fire in the backyard. “The ability to be making sounds and recording at any time of the day had a big influence on the way I worked and what was produced,” he says. And the results are stellar; Uschenko manages to cover more stylistic ground than ever while maintaining a strong throughline from start to finish. Though some songs seem to almost directly reference certain bands and eras of rock music, none of it is ever pure imitation; Uschenko's melodic sense – at once detached (in a Pavement kind of way) and yearning (the winsome melodies and harmonies of Crosby, Stills, and Nash are summoned more than once) – glues the album together. Spot-on late-60s-style drum fills on title track could be lifted from any number of tracks on the Nuggets compilation; “Street Meet” betrays an interest in the endless horizon feel of bands like Can and Neu!, and the chiming 12-string guitar sounds pervading the album (see “The End of A Gun”) would be right at home on classic sides by The Byrds, Love, and Jefferson Airplane.

*** Having been part of the fabled ‘Canterbury scene’ along with luminaries such as Robert Wyatt and Pip Pyle the irrepressible Australian guitarist-vocalist-songwriter Daevid Allen formed Gong with Welsh vocalist Gilli Smyth in Paris at the end of the ‘60s as France was in state of ferment. Magick Brother introduced Gong as one of the great oddities of the psychedelic and space rock age. The nucleus of Allen, Smyth and Malherbe was able to create a musical vocabulary very much of its own all the while searching for essential metaphysical truths. “The band made strong political statements that comes through loud and clear on this re-mastered version of Gong’s debut album...” Kevin Le Gendre, 2022 Tracklisting 1. Mystic Sister - Magick Brother 2. Change The World 3. Glad To Sad To Say 4. Chainstore Chant - Pretty Miss Titty 5. Fredfish - Hope You Feel Ok 6. Ego 7. Gong Song 8. Princess Dreaming 9. 5 And 20 Schoolgirls 10. Cos You Got Green Hair 11. Est-Ce Que Je Suis ? 12. Hip Hypnotise You

emboldened by the power of this lineup now on their fourteenth album together since 2017. The prettiest stuff is prettier than ever (“Queen Of Spaces”) and odder, more complex songs like “Slowly On The Wheel” combine minimalism, whimsy, and cinematic inclinations. There are the exquisite power pop bangers that fans come to expect like “Ballroom Etiquette” and “Pockets.” Tracks like “Instinct Dwelling” and “Caution Song” effortlessly display a cranked-up weight and complexity most bands could never muster. Celebrating forty years in 2023 with their thirty-eighth album, GBV has lately been garnering rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Uncut, MOJO, Shindig, Paste, Popmatters, The Quietus and many more Tracks 1. Released Into Dementia 2. Ballroom Etiquette 3. Instinct Dwelling 4. Queen Of Spaces 5. Slowly On The Wheel 6. Cousin Jackie 7. Wild Kingdom 8. Caution Song 9. Face Eraser 10. Pockets

USE YOUR ILLUSION I – LP1 Side 1 RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL DUST N’ BONES LIVE AND LET DIE DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL) PERFECT CRIME Side 2 YOU AIN’T THE FIRST BAD OBSESSION BACK OFF BITCH DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE USE YOUR ILLUSION I – LP2 Side 3 NOVEMBER RAIN* THE GARDEN GARDEN OF EDEN DON’T DAMN ME Side 4 BAD APPLES DEAD HORSE COMA * Previously unreleased

ILLUSION II – LP2 Side 3 PRETTY TIED UP LOCOMOTIVE SO FINE Side 4 ESTRANGED YOU COULD BE MINE DON’T CRY (ALT. LYRICS) MY WORLD

appointed to the Antioch college music department as an assistant professor and had followed a similar path to avant-garde pioneer, Cecil Taylor. "They both came from the classical tradition," explains Ackamoor, "but also understood jazz and avant-garde improvisation." Ackamoor and Knibbs started as a duet before Ackamoor met three musicians from Wright-Patterson Air Force base near Dayton. Ackamoor continues, "They would come to Yellow Springs because they could find marijuana there. They were called 'the three Steves': Steve Maniscoso, an Italian, Steve Rumboat, a white American and Oakland Steve, a black musician playing flute. Oakland Steve left the air force and then Margaux Simmons arrived - that is the quintet featured on these recordings. You also hear a vocalist called Peggy Pettitt, another Antioch student who became quite famous in movies; she starred in the film Black Girl soon afterwards in 1972. This concert is the only professional recording of The Collective from a performance at Kelly Hall in August 1971. "After this, I think the Steves went back to Wright-Patterson," continues Ackamoor, "and The Collective just naturally evolved and transitioned into the Pyramids. I felt like The Collective was my birth as a composer; we created such a tapestry of sound because Lester had the talent to play enormous arpeggios and colours on the piano, both classically and as improvisation. Our music was just a natural expression, coming from our souls, our hearts and our minds. A channel from above... But it was not pre-designed in any way. `Idrissa's Dream' is fully remastered from the original tapes by The Carvery and the package features an interview with Idris Ackamoor alongside previously unseen photos.

So Good - Little L - You Give Me Something SIDE BCorner of the Earth - Love Foolosophy (Radio Edit) - Stop Don't Panic SIDE C Black Crow - Main Vein - Twenty Zero One SIDE DPicture of My Life - So Good to Feel Real