Archive for the ‘Mowest’ Category

Mowest anthology featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered”

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

This is from last month, but we just realized we never put this awesome feature up on the blog. So blog, consider yourself complete…for now. Aaaanyway, the always excellent Oliver Wang (who wrote the notes for our Betty Davis reissues and who also writes the essential Soul-Sides site) reviewed Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love on NPR’s All Thing Considered.

Check out the full review and listen to the 5 minute spot too: “The Strange Sound Of Motown’s Early Hollywood Years” on NPR’s All Thing Considered!

“Motown’s Mowest Story” reviewed in the Guardian!

Friday, July 1st, 2011

The Friday, July 1, 2011 edition of The Guardian features an excellent article by Graeme Thomson about our latest release Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973. Run out and pick up a copy now! Or…check it out guardian.co.uk!

DJ set/Mowest Party @ Amoeba Music LA – Sunday, June 19th!

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

This Sunday, June 19th at 5PM, Matt and Patrick are heading back to Amoeba Music Los Angeles for the Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973 release party and DJ set. We’ll be spinning cuts from the release in addition to other current obsessions. Also, we’ll be doing some sweet giveaways, so come on down for your chance to win a 2xLP or CD copy of the record (Amoeba will also have copies on hand for purchase)!

Check out the Amoeba site for more details!

V/A “Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973″ OUT NOW!

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Oh yeah, just in time for Summer, we give you the much-anticipated Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973! Available NOW! This release, the first ever Mowest anthology, features 16 tracks–with lovingly re-mastered audio (from the original tapes!)–and extensive liner notes by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes with rare photos. The deluxe 2xLP set is housed in an old-school gatefold Stoughton “tip-on” jacket (with a 4-page insert), as it should be.  And the CD edition gets the same treatment with a heavy card-stock Digipak and a 32-page booklet! Featuring Odyssey, Syreeta, The Sisters Love, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Commodores, and more, this is a slice of Motown like you’ve never heard before.

For more info, audio samples, and to order v/a Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973 (LITA 064 CD | 2xLP) click HERE!

****Pssst! – there’s more…****

To celebrate the release, we’re offering one free copy of either the 2xLP set or the CD to a lucky winner. To enter the contest, follow us on Twitter and tweet some love, along with your name, our way. This Thursday, June 16th at 12PM PST, we’ll announce the winner via Twitter. So keep them eyes peeled!