italians do it better

As the world waits with bated breath for Dear Tommy, the prolific Italians Do It Better continues to quietly share a wealth of amazing new and/or rare material in 2017. The label just dropped a sprawling new deluxe version of CHROMATICS' 2016 Cherry LP, featuring a handful of reworked tracks alongside the title track and previously released jams like "Hands in the Dark" + the group's dre

Italians Do It Better is releasing a couple of obscure, long out-of-print records today, including GLASS CANDY's 2006 I Always Say Yes LP on lavender marble vinyl with "5 unreleased outtakes & alternate mixes From the original tapes", and CHROMATICS' little-heard NITE LP, recorded in 2004-2005 before Ruth Radelet joined the band...

Italians Do It Better just quietly dropped a limited new "autumn 12" bundle" on their site, featuring releases from Invisible Conga People, Andrew Douglas Rothbard, and Twisted Wires, pressed on "transparent blue mist, emerald, & fog" 180g vinyl...

Johnny Jewel just dropped his sprawling, excellent (and frankly somewhat overlooked) solo LP Windswept on vinyl earlier today, and the "cherry" red first vinyl pressing sold out in a matter of hours, so he's just released a second limited edition of 1000 records on "milk" white vinyl here...

LA electro-R&B luminary Ramona Gonzalez -- aka Nite Jewel -- follows up one of the best records of 2017 with a glowing new 10-track, bandcamp-exclusive b-sides record, featuring demos, alternate mixes, and previously unreleased jams from the Real High sessions (including the absolutely gorgeous "Never Show", featuring string arrangements by Ramona, "inspired by her concurrent wo

Psyched to premiere this absolutely lovely new one from young Montreal musician and photographer Tess Roby, taken from her new 12", out today on Italians Do It Better, and streaming below. The pensive, dreamily swaying "Ballad 5" will also appear on Roby's new record, coming later this year on Italians...

After performing the song on the amazing season premiere of the new Twin Peaks, Chromatics "Pay Tribute To David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" & The Legendary Julee Cruise" with this new video for "Shadow", directed by Rene & Radka, and shot in Los Angeles on Valentines Day 2016:

The mysterious Johnny Jewel-produced group shares the slow-burning and romantic title track (a cover of this classic) from their debut 12" EP Lonesome Town, out next week on 180 gram vinyl via Italians Do It Better. Watch the "Lonesome Town" video by CHROMATICS + check the 12" art below:

Beautifully seductive and dramatic new track from new Italians Do It Better act HEAVEN. Produced by Johnny Jewel and described as "Teardrop rock...Suicide meets Julee Cruise", with some heavy LDR and Chromatics vibes in there too. "It's Not Enough" is the first track from the group's debut EP, out next month via Italians Do It Better. Video starring Hana Vagnerova, directed by

We mentioned this one yesterday, but now you can stream Nite Jewel's new 5-song Obsession 12" EP, featuring "alternate mixes and b-sides from the (Real High) recording sessions", in its entirety. Artwork by Johnny Jewel. Obsession is out now on limited (500 copies) "pink champagne" vinyl via Italians Do It Better...