Captured Tracks

It's been almost 10 years since the release of Saâda Bonaire, the compilation that reacquainted the eclectic German studio project with the world. At the time, we thought we'd heard all there was to hear from them – until now. A miraculous basement discov

“As I’m getting older, chip up on my shoulder...” is the opening line from Mac DeMarco’s second full-length LP Salad Days, the follow up to 2012’s lauded Mac DeMarco 2. Amongst that familiar croon and lilting guitar, that initial line from the title track

Before you ancients out there turn your heads and scoff at the premise of a 20-something rock-and-roll goofball calling himself an old-anything, consider this: said perpetrator, he who answers to the name Mac DeMarco, has spent the better part of his time

Mac DeMarco, formerly Makeout Videotape, is the anti-thesis to your stereotypical singer/songwriter. Disregarding the seriously somber moments in Rock and Roll Nightclub, he refuels throughout with moments whimsical and youthful spontaneity, whilst retain

One day in 2019, Mike Sniper of Captured Tracks stumbled upon the Bandcamp page for Mouth Congress, got in touch with Paul Bellini and Scott Thompson, and suggested assembling a compilation of the best recordings to be officially released for the very fir

Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 is the first volume of Captured Tracks' new venture into compilations – Excavations. Inspired by Pebbles, Killed By Death, Soul Jazz and Numero Group compilations, Excavations is a series dedicated

The fantastic disco/world music project from Bremen, Germany that was never meant to be. Formed by Bremen DJ Ralf Behrendt in 1982, Saâda Bonaire was a unique concept band centered around two sultry female vocalists (Stefanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld) a