Tuesday, July 21, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions
Chet Baker's legendary 1965 Prestige recordings, unreleased on vinyl for over fifty years. Cut in a single New York week just after his return from Europe, they capture a pivotal turn toward a more direct, expressive style. This deluxe 5LP box gathers Boppin', Smokin', Groovin', Comin' On and Cool Burnin' — a quintet with George Coleman and Kirk Lightsey — remastered all-analog by Kevin Gray on 180g pressings.
Concert A Prades Le Lez Vol. 1 & 2
Led by French free-jazz pianist François Tusques, the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra recorded live at Prades-le-Lez near Montpellier in 1974. New Orleans, Brittany and North Africa collide into an exuberant, dance-charged, militantly joyful free-jazz suite.
Nine Inch Noize
One of this year's Coachella surprises: industrial titans Nine Inch Nails join German producer Boys Noize, a pairing sparked by their Tron: Ares work. Built atop NIN's self-titled album with fresh arrangements, it welds abrasive industrial to German techno's dancefloor sheen. 180g double vinyl.
Honest Feeling
New work from Hakushi Hasegawa, the first Japanese artist signed to Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder. Folding alternative and jazz into a distinctly Japanese sensibility, it turns toward band-centred arrangements for greater spatial depth and grander orchestral scope. White-smoke marbled vinyl.
American Football (LP4)
Chicago emo forefathers American Football return after seven years with their fourth, self-titled album (LP4), produced by Sonny DiPerri (My Bloody Valentine, M83) with guest vocals from Turnstile's Brendan Yates, Wisp and Rainer Maria's Caithlin De Marrais. Described by Polyvinyl as 'unflinchingly heavy.'
Juice
A cult favourite among Japanese jazz-funk collectors, this 1976 New York session from the late guitar master Ryo Kawasaki has been sampled endlessly by Diamond D, Puff Daddy and Kool G Rap. A collaborator with Elvin Jones and Chico Hamilton — and a pioneer of the guitar synthesizer — this is a landmark of Japanese jazz fusion.
Ask Me Tomorrow
Mojave 3's 1995 debut, all but a continuation of Slowdive but trading the shoegaze guitar wall for warmer, slower country-tinged slowcore. A nocturnal, hushed and beguiling starting point.
Out of Tune
Mojave 3's 1998 second album — languid and expansive, warmed by country and dream-pop hues, a defining statement of their slowcore aesthetic.
Excuses for Travellers
A 2000 album finding Mojave 3 at their most refined and restrained, spare lines sketching a traveller's tender solitude.
Spoon & Rafter
Their 2003 album broadens the palette, laying warm, pastoral textures over that familiar slowcore base.
Puzzles Like You
A rare bright, upbeat turn from 2006, embracing sunlit '60s-pop melodies — the liveliest entry in the series.
Keyboardist Mikio Masuda — a veteran of Terumasa Hino's group and Sadao Watanabe's quartet — formed the fusion band Mickey's Mouth after returning from the US, releasing this 1976 crossover classic. Dreamy Fender Rhodes lines meet Kosuke Mine's tender saxophone across the tropical 'Hello Jess' and the eleven-minute 'I Saw The Light.' Originally on the legendary East Wind label, reissued here on translucent yellow vinyl.