giant panda guerilla dub squad follows up steady - their billboard reggae chart topping release from 2014 - with an americana/jam/country album. recorded concurrently with steady, again working with producer craig welsch (10 ft. ganja plant), bright days features this unique band further establishing themselves as the only reggae band that can moonlight sounding like american beauty-era grateful dead and early neil young. the record features a harmonica guest spot by g. love on *humboldt county gold*.

passafire has built their reputation up through relentless touring and a series of studio albums that have upped the ante each time out with its songwriting, musicianship and production. the band’s fifth studio album, vines, is their strongest yet, featuring a super tight set of songs that draw on reggae and alternative rock in equal measures. produced by the band and mixed by paul leary (sublime, slightly stoopid, pepper, meat puppets). the limited vinyl release includes a download code.

gentlemans dub club have been rocking the uk and europe since forming in leeds in 2006. theyve built a reputation for one of the most energetic live shows to emerge from the uk bass music scene, seeing the gents antics astound crowds from goa to glastonbury, bestival, v fest, and more, as well as at the biggest bass music festival in the world, croatias outlook festival. partnering with easy star records, gdc is unleashing their second full length album - the big smoke - and expanding their devoted following to north america, europe, australia, and anywhere else they can. the record features 11 tracks including guest appearances by uk reggae singer natty and tenor sax star josh arcoleo.

the green returns with their first full-length release since 2013’s award-winning hawai’i 13. that record debuted at #1 on the billboard reggae chart and cracked the top 100, as well, before going on to win an unprecedented three na hoku hanohano awards in the band’s native hawaii. after years of touring to support that release, the band focused on making their next record with some longtime musical partners, including producers leslie ludiazo (j boog, hot rain) and christian mochizuki (graves). the band also solicited songwriter/producer brian fennell (ryan tedder, one republic, the fray, third eye blind) to help explore some new elements in their sound. the new release has an amazing mix of pop-influenced lovers rock along with the green’s patented island reggae. guests include jamaican dancehall superstar busy signal, grammy-nominees j boog and rebelution’s eric rachmany, as well as island music veterans fiji and the mana’o company.

das neue album des englischen gentleman s dub club auf dem amerikanischen easy star label folgt dem 2015er release -the big smoke-. für -dubtopia- ist das konzept den fokus aus songwriting vom vorgänger mit dem bassbetonten, uptempo drive ihrer liveauftritte zu fusionieren. das album wurde vom bassisten der band, toby davies ,produziert und featured gäste wie taiwan mc, lady chann, eva lazarus and parly b. die lp erscheint als limitierte transparente edition mit download code.

following up on the hugely successful reggae tribute albums of dub side of the moon (2003), radiodread (2006) and easy stars lonely hearts dub band (2009) comes the reggae adaptation of the greatest selling record of all time – michael jacksons thriller. easy stars thrillah brings back several of the reggae stars from previous albums, such as vocalists michael rose (black uhuru), steel pulse, luciano, mojo morgan (morgan heritage), alongside the diverse playing of guests yossi fine (david bowie, lou reed, stanley jordan), joe tomino (dub trio/matisyahu), andy farag (umphreys mcgee), and horn tracks courtesy of israels highly-acclaimed funk/hip-hop band hadag nachash.

following the widespread critical and commercial success of 2003’s dub side of the moon and 2006’s radiodread, easy star records announces the easy star all-stars’ complete reggae re-imagining of the beatles’ sgt. pepper’s lonely hearts club band.

with the band’s 2012 album having debuted at #1 on billboard’s reggae and independent charts, and at #13 on the top 200 albums chart, rebelution follow up with count me in, their fourth full-length release. the 180 gram vinyl lp is housed in a gatefold sleeve and comes with a download code.

first light is the first full-length album of original songs from easy star all-stars. the easy star all-stars have built a huge following around the world, having sold over 350.000 records and played shows in over 30 countries on 6 continents. the band - a collective from the nyc scene overseen by producer/guitarist michael goldwasser - has always played original music in its live set, some of which was released on until that day, an original ep in 2008. first light is an important step in the band’s story, demonstrating a wide range of approaches to reggae, from progressive to classic, roots to futurist, confirming the all-stars place as one of the most influential acts on the us reggae scene. the album includes 12 songs and one dub, with guest appearances by the meditations, cas haley, junior jazz, lady ann and tony tuff.
the vinyl release includes a download code.

kings and queens marks the return of john brown s body with their finest album yet. featuring 12 songs by lead singer elliot martin and the usual amazing drum and bass anchor from tommy benedetti and nate edgar, along with intense horn work from the jbb horns, kings and queens is a deep record sure to please jbb fans new and old. the vinyl lp includes a download code.

giant panda guerilla dub squad, the boundary-pushing reggae band from rochester, ny, release its latest studio album, steady, in its first collaboration with independent reggae label easy star records.

following the announcement of their signing with celebrated label easy star records, reggae-dub four-piece the skints are excited to reveal their highly anticipated third album, fm.
set on the hottest day in the city on record at imaginary london pirate radio station the big fm / frequency murderation, 103.skints, the album is inspired by a time when the young band used to drive around in guitarist josh waters rudge’s car, tuning in to the radio and trying to find new music.
comes on blue & white coloured vinyl with download code included.