***Devon Ross made her musical debut in September 2023, releasing her first ever recorded single, the stunning song "Swim" to swooning fans, and followed it up with a sultry and high energy tune entitled "Killer" in December 2023 in advance of her very first concert which took place at London's legendary 100 CLUB on December 13, 2023. Inspired by '60s and '70s legends, such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, The Stooges and Television, Devon Ross is finally debuting her first four recordings on the forthcoming EP, entitled Oxford Gardens. Oxford Gardens was recorded in Paris and mixed and mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London and set for release on Thurston & Eva Moore's indie record label, The Daydream Library Series. "When she's not stalking the catwalk as a Gucci model or acting in the likes of HBO's Irma Vep, Devon Ross can be found thrashing out '70s-vibed post-punk on a Fender Mustang. A guitar player since childhood, Ross' angular chord stabs are indebted to Patti Smith and Television, but her effortless cool cuts its own sonic figure."—Guitar World Magazine
12" $25.95
03/01/2024
***2020 repress on gold vinyl. The first record in the Daydream Library series is London's black feminist punk band Big Joanie 's debut album Sistahs . Big Joanie are Stephanie Phillips (singer/guitarist), Estella Adeyeri (bass) and Chardine Taylor-Stone (drums). The band formed in 2013 and released their first EP, Sistah Punk in 2014 and the single Crooked Room in 2016. As part of London's thriving DIY punk scene Big Joanie have played with locals Shopping , toured with US punks Downtown Boys , and Dutch punk band The Ex . Inspired by The Ronettes , Nirvana , Breeders , and Jesus and Mary Chain , Big Joanie have described themselves as being "similar to The Ronettes filtered through '80s DIY and Riot Grrrl with a sprinkling of dashikis." Big Joanie recorded Sistahs at Hermitage Works Studio with producer Margo Broom . The album title derives from the band's belief in sisterhood and female friendship. One of the main reasons for coming together was to create an atmosphere to be "completely ourselves as black women and discover what was possible to realize in those spaces." The album cover features Steph's mum Joan , whom the band is named after, and her aunt on holiday in Wales. The Daydream Library Series of records and tapes is the independent house label of Thurston Moore ( Sonic Youth ) and Eva Prinz 's publishing imprint Ecstatic Peace Library. The Daydream Series was established in 2018 to provide a label for emerging musicians, both local...
LP $29.95
12/04/2020
***Received a 7.8 rating from Pitchfork. This is Thurston Moore's seventh solo album, and features musicians Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine) on bass and backing vocals, Jon Leidecker aka "Wobbly" (of Negativland) on electronics, James Sedwards on guitar, and Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, as well as Jem Doulton, alternating on drums. "Hashish," the first single from the album, is described by Moore as "an ode to the narcotic of love in our shared responsibility to each other during isolation." The song includes a video with footage from The Thurston Moore Group's tour in early 2020 in Europe, as well as footage of Thurston quarantined in his home during the past few months "with respect to the sacred healing truth of nature." Prior to isolation during the COVID pandemic, Thurston worked in recording studios in North London until the third week of March 2020 to complete this album. While the musicians may not immediately tour, Thurston was adamant to release By The Fire in 2020, and with Daydream Library, has released this quote: "By The Fire is music in flames. 2020 is our time for radical change and collective awareness and Thurston Moore has written nine songs of enlightenment, released to a world on fire. Taking a cue from Albert Ayler's 'music is the healing force of the universe,' this recording offers songs as flames of rainbow energy, where the power of love becomes our call. These are love songs in a time where creativity is our dignity,...
CD $15.50
10/30/2020
2XLP $29.35
11/13/2020