Comedown Machine (Coloured Viny LP) Soul Funk & Disco

Comedown Machine (Coloured Viny LP) Soul Funk & DiscoIndies only limited edition pressed on yellow and red marbled wax. The Strokes fifth studio album, Comedown Machine with a minimal cover design that resembles an RCA demo tape. It's their best album since they hit perfection with their debut. They sound like themselves those taut rhythmical jabs, stabs of guitar underpinning Casablanca's dozily sighed vocals but nothing like themselves at the same time. 04 08 23

shaped respectively by Furman's love of '50s doo-wop and Springsteen

long before he found the international pop-jazz-entertainer fame of Breezin' and White Rabbit

One that draws on a familial history of activism

Having spent all their lives in the relative isolation of Cleveland means their music has developed into a vital

rocksteady and reggae are starting to cut their teeth on these tracks

Spring 1982: Grégory Ken and Valli

For Jimetta - whose resume includes collaborations with Miguel Atwood Ferguson

Not much longer than a half hour from start to finish

producers and musicians for a sound that is her fullest and richest to date

with the only mention being an advert in the local press

a virtually unknown and previously unreleased album

' sure signs of the demise of Factory Records