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SFTRI 815LP
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"The groundbreaking album, Beauty and the Beat was released in 1980 ... Every track is a treasure, a mini teen drama immediately appealing, relatable and memorable ... From the very start they were instantly identifiable and maybe a little out of step ... They indeed had a unique vision ... It wouldn't be long till they would charm the pants off the entire world ... They had everything ... The Go-Go's seemed to be more talented than most of their peers and they were always a few steps ahead ... In 1982 they claimed the number one spot on the Billboard chart and stayed there for six weeks and of course it eventually went double platinum ... The Go-Go's were the first all female band that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to achieve that massive distinction... They soon proved to be a blueprint and an undeniable inspiration for like-minded girls and they spearheaded a deluge of hopeful girl bands ... Pretty much any successful female artist of the past 40 years will swiftly site The Go-Go's as an important influence. Now Sympathy is releasing a tribute album to the girls who conquered a male dominated industry and essentially changed everything successfully rewriting the rule book... This tribute, If You Gotta Go-Go, Go-Go Now features 24 bands... Included in the line-up are a few big-hitters and others you'll likely be hearing for the first time... I've been working on this since last year with the rather amazing Travis Ramin and tirelessly he has helped turn it into an impressive reality... This was in fact a daunting task and sadly some artists we would of liked to have recruited were unable to participate... Produced by Travis Ramin and with the Mighty GEZA X at the helm tying it all together we are confident it will be an amazing/heartfelt artifact honoring the brilliantly talented and ever-lovely Go-Go's... The good news is that the project has The Go-Go's blessings (they each wrote a tiny note to be included) and it has turned out amazing! Gatefold cover, custom color vinyl, etc..." --Long Gone John xx
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SFTRI 801LP
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2019 release. "For those of you paying attention, Fog Window lives in the extended family of Devin, Gary & Ross, the bizarro psych trio who have been frothing in the fringes for the last decade or so. The players themselves have been on the horizon even longer. Gary Panter issued a single with the Residents, did design work for Pee Wee's Playhouse, contributed comics to RAW and knocked out a Yo La Tengo cover painting and you barely thought to say 'thanks.' Panter hooked up with Devin Flynn, also a purveyor of fine comics and illustration (Y'all So Stupid, Adult Swim, Yo Gabba Gabba), as a duo LP on Ecstatic Yod/Feeding Tube in 2011 and eventually they pulled in fellow psychedelic traveler Ross Goldstein to the fold. The partnership set the scene for two LPs of melatonin-mad psych-folk goo that'll warp yer wagon if you let 'em, 2011's Four Corners and 2014's Honeycomb of Chakras. They've absorbed a couple more campfire cosmonauts into the mix for the lovely sprawl that is Fog Window's debut -- with Lily Rogers and Curtis Godino of the band Worthless rounding out the roster here."
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SFTRI 792LP
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2018 release. "Beloved Sirens of the blues, Mr. Airplane Man return with their hypnotic magic groove! After a 13-year break, legendary two-woman garage blues combo Mr. Airplane Man is back with their sexiest, most sublime, soul-bending grooves yet, Jacaranda Blue on Sympathy for The Record Industry. Recorded in a magical shack right on the beach north of San Francisco Jacaranda Blue is full of ocean California sunshine and Mr. Airplane Man's unique dark sounds. The first single/song explodes on the A-side with the crackling Alan Vega slash John Lee Hooker inspired freak-out of blues and lust 'I'm in Love' and weaves through Morphine-ish atmospheres, swampy Dr. John type hoodoo, dark Jesse Mae Hemphill inspired trance blues and dance floor soul rockers. Deep blues and garage punk fans will in this latest adult dose of sex love and magic conjured from earthly rhythms and ethereal desire. Mr. Airplane Man is back and more powerful than ever."
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