New Releases for February 25, 2022

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Blood Incantation – Timewave Zero CD/CD+Blu-ray/2xLP+MP3 (Century Media)

Spawned in 2011, Blood Incantation has spent the past decade establishing a reputation for creating powerful atmospheric death metal with progressive elements, while gradually incorporating more psychedelic and ambient components with each new release. Epitomizing their cosmic essence and experimental nature, Timewave Zero reveals an alternate dimension for experiencing the mind-bending songwriting of Blood Incantation´s dense otherworldly sonic landscapes – beyond the limitations of genre and free to travel among the stars. Echoes of Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Lustmord, Popol Vuh and Dead Can Dance synthesize in an archaic planetarium soundtrack, taking the listener on a cinematic journey. [A deluxe digipak CD edition featuring a Blu-ray of album tracks “Io” and “Ea”.]

Dashboard Confessional – All The Truth That I Can Tell CD/LP/Cassette (Hidden Note)

Dashboard Confessional’s ninth studio album, All The Truth That I Can Tell, is both a remarkable renewal and fortunate step forward for the band’s songwriter, front man, and founder, Chris Carrabba. All The Truth That I Can Tell stands among Carrabba’s finest – a strikingly potent musical look at himself through a rediscovered keyhole, both an achievement of vision and a vital burst of artistic clarity; less like reading someone’s diary and more like reading their eyes. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive dark blue/green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Early Eyes – Look Alive! CD/LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

It’s a foreboding time to make pop music. But like a sunbeam peering through a haze of wildfire smoke, Early Eyes have somehow persevered through dashed dreams, fractured relationships, historic social justice uprisings in their own hometown, and a society tearing apart at the seams to make an album that is both responsive to the chaos and wearily optimistic. Look Alive! vibrates with angst, punctuated by computerized glitches and disintegrating threads of abandoned melodies that echo in the distance before roaring back to life.

Gang Of Youths – angel in realtime. CD (WB)

Gang Of Youth’s new music fuses their knack of soaring melodies, indelible hooks, and dynamic rock uplifts with a love of neoclassical, minimalist composers and experimental sampling. They’re embarking on the most vital phase of their career so far. Although the album is eclectic – influences range from American minimalism and contemporary classical, to drawing upon the legacy of Britain’s alternative/indie scenes, from drum ‘n’ bass to the most transcendent moments of Britpop – it’s equally rooted in David Le’aupepe’s Samoan heritage, with most tracks featuring samples from David Fanshawe’s recordings of indigenous music from the Polynesian islands and the wider South Pacific. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive pink color vinyl pressing is due March 18.]

The Ghost Inside – Rise From The Ashes: Live At The Shrine CD/2xLP+MP3 (Epitaph)

The Ghost Inside’s new live record was taken from the metalcore band’s 2019 sold-out comeback show in Los Angeles, CA in the parking lot of The Shrine. Originally meant to take place at the historic Shrine Auditorium, tickets sold out so quick that the gig had to be moved to the parking lot. On an early morning in November 2015, The Ghost Inside was involved in a head-on collision that took the life of their bus driver as well as the driver of the other vehicle. Jonathan Vigil (vocals) suffered a fractured back, ligament damage, and two broken ankles. Zach Johnson (guitar) had 13 surgeries for a femur injury and Andrew Tkaczyk (drums) lost his right leg above the knee. The future of the band was completely unknown throughout 2016, as everyone struggled to heal their extensive injuries. The road to recovery was both mentally and physically extensive but the band determined to get back to doing what they love. Nearly four years later, they did just that, returning to the stage July 2019, 1,333 days after their bus accident. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

Robert Glasper – Black Radio III CD/2xLP (Loma Vista Recordings)

Four-time Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Robert Glasper delivers his highly anticipated third installment to the Black Radio album series. Black Radio III, much like both of its predecessors (2012’s Black Radio and 2013’s Black Radio 2), is a cultural moment that celebrates black love and resilience, features an eclectic group of talented collaborators, and is composed by Glasper who the New York Times proclaims is “probably the most prominent jazz musician of his generation.” [A limited-edition indie store exclusive lime green w/ yellow marble color vinyl pressing is available.]

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin CD/2xLP (Provogue)

The A Tribute To Led Zeppelin setlist is a perfectly-curated sampling of the band’s majesty. The 9-track album features a mix of Zep essentials and fan favorites. Beth musters empathic emotionality on the album’s elegant version of “Stairway To Heaven”, conjuring the aching beauty of the timeless tune with her own dramatic flair. “I wanted to connect to the feeling of the original track. For me, I started thinking of a woman who lost her way, and was in a horrible loveless place,” Beth recalls. Reflecting back on the album and its epiphanic recording sessions, Beth says “I was able to exorcise a lot of demons making this record. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive translucent orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

Avril Lavigne – Love Sux CD (New Elektra)

Lavigne’s seventh studio album marks a return to her return to her pop-punk roots after 2019’s Head Above Water. “While her previous ballad-heavy album certainly had its moments and offered an impressive showcase of Lavigne’s power-house vocals, at its worst it was something Lavigne’s music up until that point had never been: boring. You can say what you want about Lavigne’s follow-up Love Sux, but boring it certainly is not. Buoyed by classic pop-punk deference to power chords and the exhilarating drumming of Travis Barker, Love Sux brings the energy up to a 10 almost immediately and rarely turns it down across the album’s 33 minutes.” – The Line Of Best Fit

The Left Banke – Strangers On A Train CD (Omnivore)

The Left Banke arrived in 1966 with their hit singles “Walk Away Renee” and “Pretty Ballerina”, which placed them on the forefront of the genre now known as baroque pop. Founder Michael Brown left the band before their second album (The Left Banke Too featuring “There’s Gonna Be A Storm”), going on to involvement in other influential groups including Montage, Stories, and The Beckies. In 1978, original members Steve Martin Caro, Tom Finn, and George Cameron reunited to record tracks for Finn’s new publishing deal. The tracks would emerge nearly a decade later in the US as Strangers On A Train (they also appeared in the UK under the title Voices Calling). For the first time, that release is available again on CD, expanded with six bonus tracks recorded in 2001 during a brief reunion.

Lo Moon – A Modern Life CD/LP (STRNGER Recordings)

Like pausing a VHS tape, music freezes the frenetic motion of daily existence. Even if just for an instant, it calms the feedback loop of routine, engages respite, and provides perspective. Siphoning guitar transmissions and a dynamic vocal push-and-pull through a lens of cinematic production, Lo Moon deftly balance expansive soundscapes and eloquent songcraft. The Los Angeles based quartet ultimately use music to make sense of each day on their sophomore offering, A Modern Life. Following a tour with CHVRCHES, the musicians entered the studio with producer Yves Rothman (Yves Tumor, Miya Folick) to record what would become their next body of work. Their old friend Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie), who co-produced their debut, eventually joined them for some of the finishing touches on the album A Modern Life. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1 – 4 CD/2xLP (BMG)

In the wake of his time leading The Healers, Johnny Marr’s solo career has given rise to three UK Top Ten albums – The Messenger (2013), Playland (2014) and 2018’s Call The Comet. He now returns with his most expansive work to date, Fever Dreams Pts 1 – 4. It was created during the long, uncertain period that followed the arrival of the UK’s first lockdown, when his focus was pushed into both his interior life and evoking the emotional states of others. “It’s an inspired record, and I couldn’t wait to get in and record every day,” he says. “But I had to go inwards.” The new album reflects his multi-faceted past but takes his music somewhere startlingly new. “There’s a set of influences and a very broad sound that I’ve been developing – really since getting out of The Smiths,” he says. “And I hear it in this record. There are so many strands of music in it. I think it’s the most ambitious solo record I’ve done.” [A limited-edition indie store exclusive turquoise color vinyl pressing is available.]

Carson McHone – Still Life CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)

Carson McHone’s new album, Still Life, quivers like a tightrope, with songs about existing within the tension of the in between and surviving beyond the breaking point. These are stories of sabotage, confusion, and surrender. The album is a testament to the effort of reaching, sometimes flailing, for understanding and for balance. Still Life invites us to gasp at our own reflection and acknowledge the unsettling beauty in this breath. McHone wrote the songs of Still Life in quiet moments between tours in her hometown of Austin, then recorded in Ontario with Canadian musician and producer Daniel Romano. The phrasing and tones recall John Cale, The Kinks, Richard and Linda Thompson – like-minded artists of the late ’60s and early ’70s, another era of transition and innovation. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive purple color vinyl pressing is due March 11.]

The Moldy Peaches – Origin Story: 1994–1999 CD/LP/Cassette (ORG Music)

Adam Green and Kimya Dawson originally crossed paths at an open mic night in Mount Kisco, New York in the early ‘90s. From there they went on to record a surplus of home recordings with various friends under the moniker The Moldy Peaches, and eventually became staples in the NYC anti-folk scene of the late ‘90s/early 2000s. After releasing several albums that gained traction in the US and UK, the group broke into the mainstream when their song “Anyone Else But You” appeared in the hit indie film Juno (2007). Origin Story: 1994–1999 is a collection of songs, unreleased demos, live tracks, and poems from the early years of The Moldy Peaches and outline the tale of how the band came to be. Liner notes written by Adam and Kimya detail the stories behind each track and rare photos included in the packaging help to illustrate the life and times of the duo when they were young.

Pike vs. The Automaton – Pike vs. The Automaton LP/2xLP (MNRK Music Group)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl (including a limited-edition indie store exclusive opaque orchid color double-LP edition). Matt Pike: “The album title, Pike vs. The Automaton, wasn’t an ego thing for me. Billy and Jon said, ‘Dude, you should use your name in this. This is your solo project.’ I said, “I don’t want to do that.” The Automaton, in Greek mythology, is the big robot that’s the guardian of the Gods, basically. It’s a soulless, big machine named Talos. The big machine that’s working against mankind at this moment. In Jason and The Argonauts, Jason and The Argonauts must battle this big machine guy that protects the island. Basically, what the album title is saying, metaphorically, is ‘Pike against the World.'” “I made a psychedelic rock record that Sleep and High on Fire fans would like,” Pike says when asked for a CliffsNotes description of Pike vs. The Automaton. “And maybe if you’re not a Sleep or High on Fire fan, you might like it too. I think it’s interesting; it has d-beat punk, two-step. It’s got everything and it still works together, it doesn’t sound odd. It’s just an off-the-wall psychedelic rock record.

Superchunk – Wild Loneliness CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)

Like every record Superchunk has made over the last thirty-some years, Wild Loneliness is unskippably excellent and infectious. It’s a blend of stripped-down and lush, electric and acoustic, highs and lows. On Wild Loneliness you’ll hear echoes of Come Pick Me Up, Here’s To Shutting Up, and Majesty Shredding. After the justifiable anger of What A Time to Be Alive, this new record is less about what we’ve lost in these harrowing times and more about what we have to be thankful for. It feels like the band is refocusing on possibility here, and possibility is built into the songs themselves, in the sweet surprises tucked inside them. The “secret ingredient” – is always surprise. [A limited-edition indie store exclusive green and yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point CD/LP/Cassette (Concord)

Some forty years into one of music’s most impactful partnerships, Tears For Fears has arrived together at The Tipping Point – the group’s ambitious, accomplished and surprising first new studio album in nearly two decades. An inspired song cycle that vividly recalls the depth and emotional force of the group’s earliest triumphs, The Tipping Point is the bold, beautiful and powerful sound of Tears For Fears finding themselves together all over again. The Tipping Point sees Orzabal and Smith joined by longtime collaborator Charlton Pettus, along with producers and songwriters Sacha Skarbek and Florian Reutter. “Before everything went so right with this album, everything first had to go wrong,” says Roland Orzabal. “It took years, but something happens when we put our heads together. We’ve got this balance, this push-me-pull-you thing – and it works really well.” [Indie store exclusive editions of the CD (digipak), vinyl (green color) and cassette are available. The CD and vinyl editions include a lithograph.]

White Lies – As I Try Not To Fall Apart LP (PIAS America)

Released last week on vinyl – now available on CD. Arguably one of the biggest guitar bands in the UK, it’s been well over a decade since the White Lies’s breakthrough single “Death” introduced a group for whom the fragility of human existence has been a constant touchstone. Now in his 30s, chief lyricist Cave’s outlook on the great unknown has evolved. “I think the side of death or mortality that I always find interesting is the fact we all know it’s going to happen,” he says, “and how different people navigate that.” As I Try Not To Fall Apart is their most expansive record to date, taking in explosive rock, electro-pop bangers, prog-inspired invention, funk-tinged grooves and some of their most indelible hooks yet. [An indie store exclusive cream color vinyl pressing is available. Limited copies include a value-added autographed print.]

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JW Francis – WANDERKID LP (Sunday Best)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. WANDERKID is the sophomore album from New York’s next lo-fi legend, JW Francis and in an appropriately maverick move, has been released whilst its creator is in the middle of trekking 2000 miles along the Appalachian Trail. With support for JW’s debut album flooding in from BBC 6Music, DIY Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Wonderland, NME, The Independent, HMV to name a few, JW is fast making a name for himself as one of the most exciting new artists around. Musically, he takes his lead from the greats of the Downtown scene – Patti Smith, The Velvet Underground, Television, Talking Heads, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – and is fast emerging at the forefront of the next generation of New York greats.

Palomino Blond – ontheinside LP (Limited Fanfare)

Released last week on CD and cassette – now available on vinyl. The long-awaited debut album from the Miami, FL-based quartet, produced by the band and Jonathan Nuñez (of Torche). “… An impressive work that furthers the chunk and fuzz of 1990s indie rock on up to wuthering shoegaze heights.” – Bao Le-Huu, The Orlando Weekly

Scorpions – Rock Believer CD/2xCD/LP/2xLP/Cassette (Spinefarm)

Legendary rockers Scorpions return with their new album, Rock Believer, which was created in the studio during the lockdown in their home base Hannover. “The album was written and recorded in the style of the classic Scorpions DNA with core Schenker/Meine compositions. We really went back to the essence of what defined us in the first place,” says front-man Klaus Meine. He goes on to explain how the new songs came to have such incredible, fresh energy and fervor: “We recorded the album as a band, live, in one room, like we did back in the ‘80s.” The sound of the new album has massive energy, delivers a real adrenaline rush, and shows uncompromising quality. [Limited deluxe double-CD and double-LP editions featuring five bonus tracks are available. All editions include a value-added enamel pin (while supplies last).]

Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita LP (High Top Mountain)

Released last August on CD – now available on vinyl. Inspired by such classic concept albums as Willie Nelson’s Red-Headed Stranger, Sturgill Simpson’s The Ballad of Dood & Juanita is the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter’s third album in twelve months, and his most ambitious project to date. Written and recorded in less than a week and featuring the same ace musicians who played on 2020’s Cuttin’ Grass albums, the record tells a classic American story of a Civil War-era couple torn apart by violence and reunited by love – what Sturgill calls “a simple tale of either redemption or revenge.” The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita is Simpson’s first album of all new original music since the release of 2019’s Grammy-nominated Sound & Fury. Special guest Willie Nelson is the featured lead guitarist on the track “Juanita.”

Sixx: A.M. – Sixx: A.M. Hits 2xLP (11-7 Recording Corp.)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. Sixx: A.M. Hits is the ultimate Sixx: A.M. collection featuring the first new song in six years and song that compliments his new book – The First 21, two more unreleased tracks and new mixes of “Talk To Me”, “Skin” and the iconic “Life Is Beautiful”. Sixx: A.M. formed in 2007 by Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, renowned guitarist DJ Ashba, and producer /songwriter James Michael, and is best known for their debut album The Heroin Diaries soundtrack and the #1 hits “Life Is Beautiful” and “Lies Of The Beautiful People”.

White Lies – As I Try Not To Fall Apart LP (PIAS America)

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The 8^th Wonders Of The World – The 8^th Wonders Of The World CD/LP (Beatrocket)

With space-age psychedelia, a toe dipped into surf rock, some distortion-drenched garage grit, and even some Fab-Four feels, this platter will leave you wondering how in the hell only six minutes of it was ever released. For a band that only released one 7” single, The 8th Wonders Of The World had a heavy history. It’s documented here sonically in a story that shifts between British Invasion-style stompers and bewitching psychedelic rock that expertly split the difference between the prefixes of ‘pop’ and ‘garage,’ employing some trailblazing techniques along the way. [A limited orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

Allegaeon – Damnum CD/2xLP (Metal Blade)

Over the past fifteen years, Colorado’s Allegaeon has built themselves a unique place in the musical landscape, forcing both technicality and melody to the forefront as they create tumultuous and riveting death metal.

ARD – Take Up My Bones CD/2xCD/LP (Prophecy)

The concept behind the debut album Take Up My Bones from this insular doom metal solo project created by composer and musician Mark Deeks revolves around the legendary relics of the famous Northumbrian saint Cuthbert (634 – 687) and their long journey. ARD (a name taken from an Old English word meaning “native land”) built its artistic quest for heritage and identity upon a solid doom metal foundation. [A limited-edition double-CD book edition featuring bonus tracks is available.]

At The Movies – The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 1 CD/LP (Atomic Fire)

At The Movies – The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 2 CD/LP (Atomic Fire)

The Swedish all-star band featuring members from Pretty Maids, HammerFall, King Diamond, Therion, The Nightflight Orchestra, Royal Hunt, and more cover their favorite movie songs from the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Bad Omens – The Death Of Peace Of Mind CD (Sumerian)

The works on the metalcore band’s new album The Death Of Peace of Mind have multiple destinations. When you get to each of them in every song you realize the trip there itself is vital. You can’t arrive early, and you can’t arrive late. You must simply enjoy the ride if you want to arrive at all.

Bakar – Nobody’s Home CD/LP (Epic)

Bakar’s music is a melting pot of indie, rap, rock, and punk and the young musician even labelled his music style as “schizophrenic.” In an interview with Complex, Bakar explained his iconic sound, “If people saw me and presumed the kind of music I make, 90% of them would say rap or hip-hop. I could be on every single playlist and feel at home there.” [A limited-edition white color vinyl pressing is available.]

The Band Of Heathens – Remote Transmissions Volume One CD/LP (Boh)

With their professional lives on hold during the pandemic, The Band Of Heathens found a year-long creative workaround. Every Tuesday night, the five-piece group came together via Zoom from their respective homes – from L.A. to Asheville – to host the Good Time Supper Club, a ninety-minute variety program. That segment of the show, called Remote Transmissions, became a much-anticipated fan favorite each week. And it is now the title of their latest album, featuring covers of ten classic songs with guest vocals by the likes of Margo Price, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Charlie Starr. [A limited color vinyl pressing is available.]

Blood Incantation – Timewave Zero CD/CD+Blu-ray/2xLP+MP3 (Century Media)

Bronski Beat – The Age Of Consent [Reissue/1984] CD/LP (London)

This era defining, pop classic includes debut single “Small Town Boy”, a huge global hit, which continues to resonate across generations and remains a dance-floor staple. Remastered from original 1984 analogue tapes, this reissue includes new sleeve notes from Jimmy Somerville, Mike Thorne and Paul Flynn.

Cobra The Impaler – Colossal Gods CD (Listenable)

A band of brothers and a pantheon of five, Cobra The Impaler is headed by guitarist Tace DC (ex-Aborted, Hæster, Horses On Fire) who confesses to a ravenous craving to write heavy guitar-based music combined with melodic vocals. Joining Tace is an ensemble of respected metal heroes from the Belgian and international metal scene, who all have some sort of connection to the designer-axeman. [A limited-edition red color vinyl edition is due March 11.]

Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, Ziv Ravitz – Naked Truth CD (ECM)

There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen’s trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped during a remarkable recording session in the South of France, Naked Truth takes the form of an extemporaneous suite.

Dashboard Confessional – All The Truth That I Can Tell CD/LP/Cassette (Hidden Note)

Dream Theater – Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Awake Demos (1994) CD/2xLP+CD (Inside Out)

Remixed and remastered, Awake Demos (1994) showcase one of Dream Theater’s most iconic discography entries in its original form. Featuring fan-favorites “6:00”, “Space-Dye Vest”, “The Mirror” and more, this original demo recording of Dream Theater’s third studio album, a follow-up to the legendary Images And Words, uniquely showcases an inside look at the quintet’s unparalleled history. [A limited aqua color vinyl pressing is available.]

Craig Duncan – Whiskey In The Jar: Irish Pup Party Music CD (Green Hill)

Multi-instrumentalist and prolific producer Craig Duncan returns to the Celtic music genre with a unique and authentic collection of instrumental renditions of traditional and beloved Irish drinking songs.

D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings – Troika CD/2xLP+CD (Inside Out U.S.)

Nick D’Virgilio (Big Big Train, Spock’s Beard), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, NMB, Spock’s Beard), and Ross Jennings (Haken, Novena) unveil the formation of their new trio D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings. [Vinyl edition features an etched D-side.]

Early Eyes – Look Alive! CD/LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

Eight Bells – Legacy Of Ruin CD/LP (Prophecy)

With their third album, Portland metal experimentalists Eight Bells has sharpened their songwriting approach to create a soundtrack for the end of the world. Legacy Of Ruin again features the trio’s trademark haunting vocal harmonies along with sometimes blistering, and sometimes impressionistic guitar riffing to create heady atmospheres of dark and light. [A limited clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Embryonic Development – Heresy Of The Highest Order CD (Unique Leader)

New release from the death metal band, the follow-up to their 2014 album Reptilian Agenda. [Vinyl edition due May 6.]

Lannie Flowers – Flavor Of The Month CD (Big Stir Records LLC)

New release from the Texas-based pop singer/songwriter. Beginning his career with the legendary power pop band The Pengwins in the late 1970s, Lannie Flowers has released a series of excellent – and criminally-overlooked – albums over the years. Flavor Of The Month is a collection of digital-only singles that Lannie released in the lead-up to his excellent 2019 album Home.

Gang Of Youths – angel in realtime. CD (WB)

The Ghost Inside – Rise From The Ashes: Live At The Shrine CD/2xLP+MP3 (Epitaph)

Robert Glasper – Black Radio III CD/2xLP (Loma Vista Recordings)

Hammerfall – Hammer Of Dawn CD/LP (Napalm)

The Swedish heavy metal band returns its twelfth studio album.

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin CD/2xLP (Provogue)

Hexen – Being And Nothingness [Reissue/2012] CD/LP (M-Theory)

CD and vinyl reissue of the sophomore album by the California neo-thrashers.

In The Woods… – Omnio [Reissue/1997] CD/2xLP (Soulseller)

In The Woods…’s 1994 debut Heart Of The Ages is a classic of the Norwegian black metal scene, and saw the band go on to explore more progressive terrain by the end of the ‘90s, resulting in the release of 1997’s Omnio and 1999’s Strange In Stereo. They split in 2000, and were reformed in 2015 by Anders Kobro, Christian and Christopher Botteri and joined by James Fogarty. X: Botteri and C.M. Botteri left the band in 2016. 2016’s Pure and 2018’s Cease The Day bring the band’s catalog up to date. [A limited-edition clear and limited-edition white color vinyl pressing is available.]

Chris Isaak ‎– Baja Sessions [Reissue/1996] CD (Chris Isaak)

Chris Isaak ‎– Always Got Tonight [Reissue/2001] CD (Chris Isaak)

Chris Isaak ‎– Best Of Chris Isaak [Reissue/2006] CD (Chris Isaak)

The heartbreak-blues singer’s sixth and eighth albums, as well as his 2006 hits collection, are back in-print on CD.

Jail Socks – Coming Down CD/LP (Counter Intuitive)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. “If you’re tuned into the emo scene you may well have heard the buzz behind the Charlotte, North Carolina-based band Jail Socks. The band first made waves in 2018 with their debut EP, No Promises, and then followed quickly with their 2019 EP It’s Not Forever. Those two years already showed a band growing by leaps and bounds. The riffs got tighter, the hooks catchier, and their energy was undeniable. Coming Down, the band’s debut album only continues the trend with what is easily Jail Socks’ most potent set of songs yet.” – Under The Radar

Duquette Johnston – The Social Animals CD/LP (Single Lock)

For more than twenty years, Duquette Johnston has been amongst the vanguard of Alabama music. From the founding of the seminal indie-rock band Verbena, his work in Cutgrass and the Gum Creek Killers, to his acclaimed solo releases Etowah and Rabbit Runs A Destiny, Johnston has consistently pushed the boundaries of what Southern American music can sound-and feel-like. On his latest, The Social Animals, Johnston partnered with producer John Agnello and an all-star cast of players including Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley to create his boldest and most powerful music to date. In a career that’s taken him from stages with Pavement, Foo Fighters and The Strokes, to the Etowah County Correctional Facility.

Kanaan – Earthbound CD (Jansen)

Released last November on vinyl – now available on CD. The Norwegian trio returns with a new album. Recorded by the bass player Esk in Oslo, Earthbound features 8 songs and a heavier vibe: stoner rock with a unique twist.

Killing Joke – Killing Joke [Reissue/2003] CD (Spinefarm)

Killing Joke is the eleventh studio album by English rock band, Killing Joke, originally released in 2003. The album was produced by Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill, and features Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums. [A limited-edition purple color double vinyl pressing was released last month.]

Kissin Dynamite – Not The End Of The Road CD (Napalm)

Founded in 2007, German heavy metal band Kissin Dynamite has made a name for themselves over six studio albums. The band’s trademark style is characterized by modern sounds, massive anthems and catchy hooks paired with an ‘80s stadium rock attitude.

Avril Lavigne – Love Sux CD (New Elektra)

The Left Banke – Strangers On A Train CD (Omnivore)

Lo Moon – A Modern Life CD/LP (STRNGER Recordings)

Lonely Guest – Lonely Guest CD/LP+MP3 (!K7)

Lonely Guest was conceived and put together over the last 18 months by one of British music’s true innovators: Tricky. But as he’s keen to make clear: this ain’t no Tricky album. Rather it’s a thrilling meeting of musical mavericks, with the likes of Lee “Scratch” Perry and Idles’ Joe Talbot all pitting their unique approaches to songwriting against Tricky’s otherworldly production. From an unsettling tale of isolation courtesy of Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith “Christmas Trees” to the grunge stylings of Marta’s “Move Me”, via the tense storytelling of London rapper Kway’s “On A Move”, these diverse statements come together as a bold artistic statement of their own. [A limited-edition white color vinyl pressing is available.]

Lonerider – Sundown CD/LP (Escape Music)

In 2019, the debut album Attitude by Lonerider was released, a band that not only features Steve Overland (FM, Solo, Shadowman), Steve Morris (Heartland, Shadowman) and Chris Childs (Thunder) but legendary drummer Simon Kirke of Free and Bad Company fame. The band come across like Bad Company mixed with Shadowman and their debut Attitude was loved by many. Lonerider have the feel of that classic Bad Company that we know and love, yet the songs are modern, fresh, and vibrant. [A limited-edition smokey grey color viny pressing is available.]

Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1 – 4 CD/2xLP (BMG)

Mass Worship – Portal Tombs CD/LP (Century Media)

Emerging from Scandinavian shadows like an unstoppable, shape-shifting bulldozer, Mass Worship has swiftly become one of the most praised and talked-about bands in the metal underground.

Carson McHone – Still Life CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)

Metal Cross – Soul Ripper CD (MNRK Music Group)

Show Ripper contains the classic heavy metal of their now cult ‘80s demos “Crucifying The Virgins” and “M.A.D.H.O.U.S.E.” with a renewed power and energy. It will indeed rip your soul and leave you thirsty for more from this Scandinavian heavy metal powerhouse. It all began in 1983. [Vinyl edition due March 11.]

The Moldy Peaches – Origin Story: 1994–1999 CD/LP/Cassette (ORG Music)

Bruce Molsky – Everywhere You Go CD (Old Time Tiki Parlour)

Known and respected internationally for decades as a master fiddler, preserver of American music traditions, and multi-style collaborator, Bruce Molsky’s first musical love was finger-style guitar. On Everywhere You Go, Bruce finally dives into intimate and unique arrangements of a wide swath of tunes and songs through his own musical lens, from African, Scandinavian, Scottish, Irish, American; both old and new.

Morning Reign – Taking Cover CD/LP (Sundazed)

Unsung heroes Morning Reign combined the butt-shaking rumble of their ’60s PNW brethren with sophisticated songwriting chops, a big bag of influences from folk to soul, and the sweetest four-part vocal harmonies east of San Francisco. A downpour of originals holds their own alongside Motown, pop, and & blues covers, almost all of which are previously unissued. [A limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Movietone – Peel Sessions CD/LP Textile (Textile)

Movietone was part of the Bristol scene in the 1990’s that contained Flying Saucer Attack, Third Eye Foundation and Crescent. Band members from all three of these bands played in Movietone, with Kate Wright being the main songwriter. Signed to Planet Records, Movietone did their first John Peel Session a few weeks after the release if their debut single “she smiled mandarin like” in 1994. They went on to do three Peel Sessions in total between 1994-1997 and moved to Domino Records and Drag City in 1997. These sessions do not exist online and have never previously been heard by anyone other than those who listened to the original broadcasts.

Mystic Circle – Mystic Circle CD (Atomic Fire)

Founded in 1992 in Ludwigshafen/Germany, Mystic Circle quickly riled up the underground with their first three demos and established themselves as the biggest national black metal band in 1998 with Drachenblut. If you grew up listening to the likes of Possessed and Morbid Angel as well as idolized acts like Dark Funeral and Marduk, you will love Mystic Circle in its current reincarnation. [Vinyl edition due April 29.]

Youn Sun Nah – Waking World CD (Arts Music)

Hailed as “one of the most beautiful voices in contemporary jazz” (Le Figaro), Seoul-born singer Youn Sun Nah never thought she was ready to take on the role of composer – until now.

Joe Nichols – Good Day For Living CD (Quartz Hill)

The country music singer-songwriter’s new studio album features a Blake Shelton collaboration and a song written by Chris Janson and his wife. Good Day For Living also features the recently released single “Home Run”.

Persefone – Metanoia CD (Napalm)

Hailing from Andorra, outstanding progressive/melodic death metal outfit Persefone is known for their band of rich soundscapes and technically precise work that sets new standards in modern extreme progressive metal. [Vinyl edition due June 10.]

Preachers – Stay Out Of My World CD/LP (Beatrocket)

Things happened fast in the ‘60s, especially in the up-tempo world of rock ‘n’ roll. The Preachers were together for less than eighteen months, but they packed a hell of a lot of action into that brief lifespan, racking up three terrific 7” single releases in the space of five months, making TV appearances, and playing countless live gigs in the Los Angeles area and as far afield as Tucson and Las Vegas. In the short time they were together, the Preachers did better than all right. Decades later, “Who Do You Love” and “Stay Out of My World” were hailed as outstanding examples of pure, visceral ‘60s garage punk. A sonic leap forward on their known repertoire fortified with previously unissued tracks making their punkin’ debut right here. [A limited white color vinyl pressing is available.]

Ruth – Polaroïd /Roman//Photo [Reissue/1985] CD/LP (Born Bad)

Originally released on Paris Records in 1985 Ruth’s LP sold just 50 copies and was relegated to obscurity until the track “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo” started appearing on bootlegs and compilations in the early ‘00s, slowly becoming the cult synth pop classic it is nowadays. he lineup of Ruth was collaborative and fluid, brass mingles with prototype drum machines, and squalling experimentation sits alongside sultry French girls across 40 minutes of edgy pop innovation that sounds remarkably undated alongside contemporary pop music. [A limited blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Sasami – Squeeze CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)

Sasami (Sasami Ashworth) releases her second studio album. Squeeze hammers home a sentiment of ‘anti-toxic positivity’ and showcases her vicious honesty and brutally uncompromising vision, partially inspired by the Japanese y’kai folk spirit called Nure-onna (translation: wet woman), a vampiric deity that has the head of a woman and the body of a snake. [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

Scorpions – Rock Believer CD/2xCD/LP/2xLP/Cassette (Spinefarm)

Sepulchral – From Beyond The Burial Mound CD/LP (Soulseller)

Hailing from the Basque country of Spain, the wretched entity Sepulchral crawled out of the coffin in 2016. Main composer, Dusk, gathered some ghouls to deliver an unrelentless form of putrid metal of death in the form of two demos and one EP. Now Sepulchral arise from the tomb with their first full-length, packed with catchy, putrid, crusty death metal. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is available.]

Shape Of Despair – Return To Void CD/2xLP (Season Of Mist)

The Finnish funeral doom icons return from the wintry Nordic gloom on a new album.

Shark Island – S’cool Buss [Reissue/1986] CD (Deko Music)

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1986 album. Shark Island is a hard rock/glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1979 under the name Sharks. The band changed its name to Shark Island in 1985. For fans of Ratt, Michael Schenker Group, Contraband, and arena rock.

Yasuaki Shimizu – Kiren CD (Palto Flats)

By the early 1980s acclaimed saxophonist, producer, and composer Yasuaki Shimizu had established himself on the Japanese new wave scene, producing many important experimental pop records and releasing several albums as the bandleader of Mariah. Following the release of his widely regarded solo classic Kakashi, from 1982, and the otherworldly Utakata No Hibi, by Mariah in 1983, he went into the studio the following year with frequent collaborators, producer Aki Ikuta and Morio Watanabe (bassist of Mariah), to record a mystifying collection of experimental dance music. Utilizing cutting-edge technology and studio trickery, Kiren showcases Shimizu’s trademark playfulness, marrying richly layered production techniques to off-kilter, sometimes traditional sounding rhythms and melodies. Unreleased until now, Kiren represents an important period of Shimizu’s artistic expression, an artist at his peak, while successfully exploring the intersections of fusion, synthpop, new wave, and jazz. [Vinyl edition due March 25.]

Silent Skies – Nectar CD (Napalm)

Evergrey vocalist Tom S. Englund teams up with piano virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar for an atmospheric walk-through of Scandinavian melancholy and cinematic soundscapes.

Sonata Arctica – Acoustic Adventures – Volume One CD/2xLP (Atomic Fire)

With a unique trademark sound that is instantly recognizable even through a massive block of ice, Finnish melodic power metal overlords Sonata Arctica never fail to enthrall their audience with captivating hymns of Nordic splendor and magic. [A limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Sophie & The Broken Things – Delusions Of Grandeur CD/LP (Petaluma)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. Debut full-length album from the Nashville-based Americana band.

Curtis Stigers – This Life CD/2xLP (Pandemic Poodle)

On Curtis Stigers’s new release This Life, this multi-platinum artist takes a look back with new versions of his international hits “I Wonder Why”, “Never Saw A Miracle”, and “You’re All That Matters To Me”, as well as “This Life”, the theme song to the TV show Sons Of Anarchy, and (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding” from The Bodyguard soundtrack. Stigers revisits these classics and more, in his signature laid back, jazzy, bluesy style.

Superchunk – Wild Loneliness CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)

Svartsot – Kumbl CD/LP (Mighty Music/SPV)

Kumbl features 12 tracks that present a mixture of some relatively unknown and other more popular folk and late medieval songs from Denmark and across Northern Europe. [Regular and color vinyl editions due March 11.]

Swamp Dogg – I Need A Job…So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune CD/LP (Don Giovanni)

At 78, Swamp Dogg is as sharp of a singer and songwriter as ever. His raunchy yet charismatic sense of humor takes a more forward role on I Need a Job… So I Can Buy More Autotune, with earnestly delivered lyrics about all day sex and an entire song dedicated to the perils of “Cheating in the Daylight.” [A limited-edition pink color vinyl pressing is available.]

Tankard – For A Thousand Beers 7xCD+DVD/9xLP+DVD (Sanctuary)

Packaged in beer box with a hardback book, For A Thousand Beers contains all Tankard albums which were released by Noise. Tankard was founded in 1982 and is a German thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main. Along with Kreator, Destruction and Sodom, they are one of the big four of German thrash metal. Stylistically at home in thrash metal, their songs are mainly about alcohol. [The 9xLP+DVD version is pressed on multicolor vinyl.]

Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point CD/LP/Cassette (Concord)

Thunderor – Fire It Up CD/LP (Boonsdale)

JJ Tartaglia and Jonny Nesta (also band members of world-renowned Skull Fist) have joined forces once again to form Thunderor, an ‘80s-infused heavy metal/hard rock sensation that delivers hook-driven stadium caliber songs with an untamed spirit.

Sven Väth – Catharsis CD/3×12” (Cocoon)

The first solo album in nearly 20 years from one of Germany’s most enduring and internationally known techno DJs/producers.

Wiegedood – There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road CD/2xLP (Century Media)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. As the world circles the abyss at gathering speed, Wiegedood have returned to provide a perfectly vicious soundtrack. Formed in 2014, the Belgian trio has built an unassailable reputation as purveyors of visceral and bleak black metal in its purest and most destructive form.

Yonder Mountain String Band – Get Yourself Outside CD/LP (Frog Pad)

Pioneers. Innovators. These are but a few of the monikers that Yonder Mountain String Band has worn since their inception. From the first Yonder shows in the fall of 1998 to their drive-in tour of 2020, this touring force has brought their adventurous musical spirit to countless venues for nearly a quarter century. Yonder’s early success was fueled by their desire to make a sound distinctly their own, whether performed on crowded stages or selling out the hallowed Red Rocks Amphitheater. Their traditional take on bluegrass sound was fused with their diverse musical influences ranging anywhere from punk rock to the Grateful Dead. Get Yourself Outside is Yonder’s ninth studio album.

This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:

Abysmal Dawn – Nightmare Frontier 12” (Season Of Mist)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. During the height of the worldwide apocalyptic dystopia of 2020, Abysmal Dawn persevered and released one of the greatest albums of their career, Phylogenesis. Now, the technical death metal icons are picking up where they left off and unleash a solid four-song EP. The sampler includes an original track, a newly re-recorded version of the 2006 demo “Blacken The Sky”, and two epic cover songs that showcase the band’s musical versatility and limitless talent.

Angel Witch – Angel Witch [Reissue/1980] LP (Culture Factory)

Translucent orange color vinyl reissue of the debut album by the British heavy metal band. The album made Angel Witch one of the key bands in the new wave of British heavy metal movement.

Anti-Flag – Die For The Government [Reissue/1996] LP (New Red Archives)

Picture disc pressing of the hardcore punk band’s politically charged 1996 debut.

ANTiSEEN – Eat More Possum [Reissue/1993] LP (Bang)

Eat More Possum is ANTiSEEN’s most acclaimed album, originally released in 1993 and now remastered for this vinyl reissue. ANTiSEEN is an American punk rock band formed in Charlotte, North Carolina by Jeff Clayton and Joe Young in 1983. Musically, ANTiSEEN is influenced by groups such as the Ramones and Stooges, employing short, heavily distorted power chord-driven songs largely free of guitar solos or advanced musicianship.

Erykah Badu – Worldwide Underground [Reissue/2003] LP (Motown)

Limited purple color vinyl pressing of the third studio album from Erykah Badu. Worldwide Underground features the singles “Love Of My Life Worldwide” and “Danger”.

Bio Ritmo – Piragüero b/w Asia Minor [Reissue/1996] 7”+MP3 (Merge)

The pioneers of indie salsa celebrate nearly 30 years of their career with this reissue of their 1996 single.

David Bowie – A Reality Tour [Reissue/2016] 3xLP (Friday Music)

Blue color vinyl reissue. David Bowie’s A Reality Tour is an extensive live and final overview of his greatest hits, popular album tracks, along with artist and fan favorites, performed live during his amazing performance in Dublin, Ireland. The 2004 show was captured on film for DVD, and later released on CD and vinyl. Featuring almost three hours of music on six sides of audiophile vinyl, the songs are simply some of his finest from the classic and modern rock eras.

Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal [Reissue/2015] LP (Sony)

Vinyl reissue of the 2013 album by the Sheffield metalcore masters. Produced by Terry Date (Linkin Park).

Luke Bryan – Born Here Live Here Die Here [Deluxe Edition] 2xLP (Capitol Nashville)

Double blue color vinyl pressing. Includes six new tracks in addition to the 10 tracks from the standard version of the 2020 album.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Golden Butter – The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band [Reissue/1972] 2xLP (Friday Music)

In 1972, Elektra awarded The Paul Butterfield Blues Band the very extensive Greatest Hits package Golden Butter which collected 18 of their most important songs from their legendary albums released from 1965-1972. Right from the start you get a healthy serving from their first monster release The Paul Butterfield Blues Band along with more solid tunes from other fine albums like East West, The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshaw, In My Own Dream, Live and Keep On Moving.

Christine And The Queens – Charleur Humane LP (Because Music)

A huge star in her native France, Christine And The Queens partially rerecorded her radiant debut album in English. The language shift has diluted nothing from the LP’s allure.

Corrosion Of Conformity – Deliverance [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (Red Music Legacy)

More than 25 years after its anticipated release in 1994, Deliverance, the classic ‘90s masterpiece of heavy metal legends Corrosion Of Conformity is available again as an exclusive vinyl version featuring three bonus tracks, expanded artwork and photos as well as an extensive oral history documenting the making of the album. [An indie store exclusive color vinyl pressing is available.]

Ryan Culwell – Run Like A Bull LP (Missing Piece)

Limited-edition orange, green, and clear vinyl edition. Run Like a Bull is the third album from singer/songwriter Ryan Culwell and his first new album in over three years. His 2018 album, The Last American, was praised by the Associated Press, NPR, Wide Open Country, and Rolling Stone who said, “It took three years for this Texas-born singer/songwriter to follow up his bleak but marvelous LP Flatlands – and this 180 from that 2015 release’s spare sound was worth the wait.”

Daemonicus – Eschaton LP (Black Lion)

Old school Swedish death metal for fans of LIK, Dismember, and Entombed A.D.

Deaf Center – Neon City LP (Miasmah)

Armed with young optimism and a sense of musical experimentation, Deaf Center started sampling everything around them, be it an old television broadcaster, tape recorders, a game of table tennis or conversations on film and merging it with pianos, plucked guitar, strings and anything in-between. The record turned out as something unique in the fields bordering post classical and ambient music, though without landing on any set genre.

Jameal Dean – Primordial Waters 2xLP (Stones Throw)

Primordial Waters sees the prodigiously talented young musician take his explorations in jazz and hip-hop to new heights. Inspired by Orisha stories and Jamael’s Los Angeles roots, the album is heavily infused with Yoruba spirituality and celestial themes. Several of the tracks interpolate traditional Yoruba songs and feature vocals from frequent collaborator Sharada Shashidhar.

Deerhoof – Actually You Can LP (Joyful Noise)

Released last October on CD – now available on olive green color vinyl. Over eighteen boundless albums as experimental as they are pop, Deerhoof has continuously quested for radical sounds and daring storytelling. 2020’s Future Teenage Cave Artists explored fairytale visions of post-apocalypse, welding intrinsic melodies with absurdist digital recording methods. It’s sequel Love-Lore, a live covers medley, channeled futurist mid-century artists – Parliament, Sun Ra and Stockhausen, to name a handful – into a patchwork love letter to the anti-authoritarian expressions that inspire the band. Galvanized by the challenge of unifying many styles of music, Deerhoof landed on their next record’s concept: baroque gone DIY. Actually, You Can is a genre-abundant record that uses technicolor vibrancy and arpeggiated muscularity to offer a vital shock from capitalism’s purgatorial hold.

The Devil Wears Prada – Zii 10” (Solid State)

Limited green colored 10” vinyl pressing. The Devil Wears Prada can always be counted on to challenge themselves – and the world around them with their music. The band – Mike Hranica [vocals], Jeremy DePoyster [vocals, guitar], Mason Nagy [bass], Kyle Sipress [guitar], Jonathan Gering [keys, synthesizers], and Giuseppe Capolupo [drums] – refuse to be hemmed in by boundaries.

Diamond Dogs – Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous 2xLP (Wild Kingdom)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New release from the Swedish rockers. [A limited-edition blue and yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Difference Machine – 4^th Side Of The Eternal Triangle LP (Full Plate)

The Difference Machine is a psychedelic hip-hop group from Atlanta, Georgia. Since 2011, they’ve been at the vanguard of the city’s underground scene, creating gritty, mind-expanding anthems that explore the unifying lines between conscious rap and abstract soundscapes, the dividing wall between the blood-stained realities of twenty-first century urban America and the sublime mysticism of an opaque universe. The group’s latest sonic attack, The 4th Side Of The Eternal Triangle, bumps and soars, breathing additional fire and compositional daring into their already formidable style.

Dillon – Dillon Ain’t Playin’ (10th Anniversary) LP (Full Plate)

Originally released in 2011, Dillon’s solo rap manifesto is the more aggressive follow-up to his acclaimed debut Studies In Hunger. The album features what would eventually become the core of Full Plate with production by Diamond D, Supa Dave West, Paten Locke (RIP), Batsauce, Anthony Accurate and Willie Evans Jr., who also rhymes on the album along with Detroit’s own, Boog Brown. In true Dillon fashion, each song of this chef d’oeuvre is equal parts comedy, confidence & conflict; with all the components on display that make Dillon such a potent lyricist today.

Dusted – III LP (Total Dust)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. Brian Borcherdt (aka Dusted) is the founding member of Holy F*** as well as Lids which includes members of Metz and Constantines. III is the follow up to the acclaimed 2018 release BlackOut Summer and provides a welcome musical shot in the arm for fans who have anxiously waited three years for new music from him.

El Goodo – Coyote LP (Strangetown)

Limited color vinyl pressing. El Goodo’s second harmony-drenched 2021 digital-only album gets a physical release. Based in South Wales, the band recorded Coyote in their own studio before going on to mix it with Cian Ciaran from Super Furry Animals at the controls. Indeed, El Goodo (named after the classic Big Star tune) first came to the public’s attention when SFA released their self-titled debut on the Placid Casual label.

Cynthia Erivo – Ch. 1, Vs. 1 2xLP (Verve)

Released last September on CD – now available on vinyl. Ch. 1, Vs. 1 is a record of what one writer calls “the unfolding of a self,” of what it means to do away with the pretense and masks we wear as a means of survival. It’s eclectic, but not in the nice-nasty way “eclectic” is often used to convey displeasure. Rather, it’s the perfect soundtrack to a still-unfolding talent ready to be seen in her fullness, beyond the stage and screen and high fashion red carpet gowns and extravagant nail art. [Double-vinyl with an etched D-side.]

Emigrate – Persistence Of Memory LP (Emigrate Productions)

Released last November on CD – now available on clear vinyl. Industrial rock. Rock with electronic elements. Always melodic, rousing, and deep.

Pete Flux & Parental – Traveling Thought 12” (Akromegalie)

The transatlantic collaboration between emcee Pete Flux and producer Parental has taken their music to a new level on their first full EP Traveling Thought. Right from the get-go, the twinkling keys and adamantine kick drums on the opening track Science set the tone for a strong ‘90s boom bap throwback experience. While the sonic stylings are most reminiscent of hip-hop’s golden era, the beats and raps never sound remotely dated.

JW Francis – WANDERKID LP (Sunday Best)

Released last October on CD – now available on limited color vinyl. WANDERKID is the sophomore album from New York’s next lo-fi legend, JW Francis and in an appropriately maverick move, has been released whilst its creator is in the middle of trekking 2000 miles along the Appalachian Trail. With support for JW’s debut album flooding in from BBC 6Music, DIY Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Wonderland, NME, The Independent, HMV to name a few, JW is fast making a name for himself as one of the most exciting new artists around. Musically, he takes his lead from the greats of the Downtown scene – Patti Smith, The Velvet Underground, Television, Talking Heads, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – and is fast emerging at the forefront of the next generation of New York greats.

Gates – Here & Now 12” (Wax Bodega)

Cobalt color vinyl pressing. The new EP from Gates, the New Jersey band’s first release in five years, chronicles a period of tumultuous darkness and graceful rebirth, a process that culminates in its titular sentiment: a commitment to the here and now, rather than an endless looking backward, an eternal mourning of the past and what isn’t anymore.

Joywave – Cleanse LP (Hollywood)

Joywave’s fourth album, Cleanse, (“A nice and light little indie record” – Sputnik Music) features the singles “Cyn City 2000”, “After Coffee”, and “Every Window Is a Mirror”.

Kesha – High Road 2xLP (RCA)

Double orange and red color vinyl pressing of the 2020 album from the modern pop icon and the follow up to her 2017 Grammy-nominated album Rainbow. High Road is filled with emotional and stylistic range and is a blend of heavenly highs and emotional depths. Kesha’s swagger is front and center, with frisky, rap-based tracks that show-off her skills as a lyrical spitfire, and a folksier side that emerges. With a dream-pop ode to a best friendship, a reflective ballad about growing up without a father, and plenty of lust and laughter, High Road traverses the emotional spectrum. Guest collaborators include John Hill, Dan Reynolds, Stuart Crichton, Jeff Bhasker, Drew Pearson, Brian Wilson, Sturgill Simpson, Nate Ruess, Justin Tranter, Stint, Wrabel, and Pebe Sebert, among others.

King Curtis – The Best Of King Curtis [Reissue/1968] LP (Friday Music)

180gm vinyl pressing. King Curtis was one of the greatest R&B instrumentalists of all time. The saxophonist played on hundreds of the most hallowed recording sessions of all time, everything from the Coasters’ “Yakety Yak” to John Lennon’s Imagine album. But Curtis wasn’t just a superstar sideman; he also was responsible for some of the greatest Pop/R&B instrumental albums of all time.

Ben E. King ‎– Ben E. King’s Greatest Hits [Reissue/1964] LP (Friday Music)

Two color vinyl pressings: blue and red. Singer/songwriter Ben E. King personified artistic excellence. In the words of Ahmet Ertegun, “Ben E. King is one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll and rhythm and blues. His style and the tempo of his voice have a magic all their own.” As a solo artist King created some of the most memorable recordings in popular music: “Spanish Harlem”, “Don’t Play That Song”, “I (Who Have Nothing)”, and the iconic, international anthem “Stand By Me” (which King co-wrote). 1964’s Ben E. King’s Greatest Hits collects all the aforementioned evergreens and more.

Thomas Köner – Aubrite [Reissue/1995] 2xLP (Mille Plateaux)

Thomas Köner is one of the most influential modernist minimal composers. His music is often defined as dark ambient or drone, because of the use of low frequencies, material from gongs, shadowy resonances, and boreal ambience, but at the same time it’s sound with constant fluctuation and vulnerability of sonic events, what makes it organic, human, and almost comforting. Köner’s soundscapes are no longer simply dark, the question now is that of a profound blackness. Such is the generic darkness of the abyss, the void and vacuum, the darkness of more than silence, of catastrophe and cataclysm, but also the soundscapes have utopian moments.

Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker – Live! [Reissue/1971] 2xLP (Knitting Factory)

Limited double red color vinyl pressing. It’s impossible to go wrong with Fela Kuti’s work from the 1970s, and Live! With Ginger Baker, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa ’70 and ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, is no exception. Every cut crackles from beginning to end with its mixture of funk, jazz, and traditional Nigerian music, underscoring once again Fela’s revolutionary, indelible contribution to world music.

Katalin Ladik – Water Angels LP (Alga Marghen)

A major part of Katalin Ladik’s work was associated with vocal and instrumental music, although she had no music qualifications, nor was she an ‘amateur musician’, but rather a phenomenon of music excesses and voice miracles, combining music, theatre, and poetry. Her music essentially addresses relations between sound and woman’s body. It was the music of a female body and its motions, transformation, action, and expression: when she produced sounds with her body as a music instrument, playing folk or self-made instruments nude; when she voiced poetry or transformed voice into linguistically inarticulate sounds of phonic poetry; when her voice turned into a scream transforming poetry into acoustic event of music; or when she borrowed her transgressive voice to experimental musicians.

Lindisfarne – Magic In The Air (Live) [Reissue/1978] 2xLP (Renaissance)

Lindisfarne – The News [Reissue/1979] LP (Renassance)

Lindisfarne are an English folk rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1968. The original line-up comprised Alan Hull (vocals, guitar, piano), Ray Jackson (vocals, mandolin, harmonica), Simon Cowe (guitar, mandolin, banjo, keyboards), Rod Clements (bass guitar, violin) and Ray Laidlaw (drums).

Mannequin Pussy – Perfect EP 12”+MP3 (Epitaph)

Mannequin Pussy’s new EP bursts forth from the sprawling months of social isolation and internet-fueled anxiety. The band rages about the practice of condensing your daily life into a manicured stream of images for social media. Right up your alley.

Mom Jeans. – Puppy Love [Reissue/2018] LP (Counter Intuitive)

Limited colored vinyl LP pressing. Mom Jeans is an effortlessly likeable group of friends who proudly embrace their love for sad punk and emo. The Berkeley, CA quartet is lauded for stream-of-consciousness lyrics and energetic performances that prompt audiences to shred their worries and simply bounce along. By trading the sappy for heartfelt and the melodramic for truthful, Mom Jeans have created a brand of emo that’s self-aware but not self-indulgent. 2018’s Puppy Love follows up 2016’s Best Buds and offers up more of that sweet noise that fans of bands like Modern Baseball and The Front Bottoms, will love.

Thurston Moore – Screen Time LP (Southern Lord)

Thurston Moore surprise-releases a new instrumental album, Screen Time. The former Sonic Youth mastermind in a statement expanded upon the project, saying he wanted to compose a soundtrack for an imaginary film noir, with each track representing a different scene.

Napalm Death – Resentment Is Always Seismic: A Final Throw Of Throes LP (Century Media)

Limited red color vinyl pressing. Continuing the fearless exploration of their legendary sound’s outer limits, UK’s grindcore pioneers Napalm Death return with Resentment Is Always Seismic: A Final Throw of Throes, a partner recording to their much-acclaimed Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism album from 2020. Concluding matters through vital, tumultuous grindcore and shockwave ambience, this 8-track mini-album with all previously unreleased material – including Bad Brains and Slab. Cover versions – clocks in at a concise 29 minutes.

Necrophobic – Hrimthursum [Reissue/2006] LP (Century Media)

With thirty years of active, nefarious service under their bulletbelts, Necrophobic are undisputed legends of the death and black metal underground. With 2006’s Hrimthursum, their fifth full-length album, Necrophobic injected its blasphemous attack metal with melody and atmospherics, not to mention a great attention to instrumental detail. [CD edition due March 11.]

Night Shop – Forever Night LP (Dangerbird)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Night Shop is the solo project of Justin Sullivan (Babies, Worriers, Kevin Morby’s band, Flat Worms). Justin co-produced the album with Jarvis Taveniere, and the band on Forever Night includes Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy on bass (they both played in Morby’s band), Evan Weiss (Slang Chickens, Sparks) on guitar and Tiffanie Lanmon (Jess Williamson) on drums.

Sinead O’Connor – So Far…The Best Of [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Chrysalis)

Double clear vinyl pressing. So Far… The Best Of brings together the cream of Sinead O’Connor’s four album releases on the Chrysalis label. Originally released in 1997, it features the Number 1 worldwide hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” as well as her early singles “Troy” and “Mandinka”, it showcases Sinead’s enormous talent and fearless uncompromising style. This is the very first time that this album has appeared on vinyl.

Aoife O’Donovan – Age Of Apathy 2xLP+MP3 (Yep Roc)

Deluxe color vinyl edition featuring eight bonus tracks. Produced by fellow Grammy-winner Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens) and featuring guest appearances from Allison Russell and Madison Cunningham, Age Of Apathy finds Aoife O’Donovan’s gift for poetic imagery and unconventionally alluring melody in full bloom as she confronts the sense-dulling barrage of the digital age. Amid symphonic arrangements that reveal a stunning mastery of her craft, Aoife puts forth a statement of defiance and radical love – one that reaffirms her as one of our most vital songwriters today.

Roy Orbison – The Original Sound [Reissue/1969] LP (Sun)

Limited 180gm vinyl pressing. Celebrate the man to whom Elvis Presley once said, “I love what you do but we’ll never play together because I’ll never follow that.” Originally released in 1969, Sun Records is pleased to share a remastered edition of Roy Orbison’s The Original Sound. This gem includes classic Sun masters “Ooby Dooby” and “Mean Little Mama”, alternate versions of original Sam Phillips recordings, reworked by Shelby Singleton, and featuring an unreleased recording of “Problem Child”.

Palomino Blond – ontheinside LP (Limited Fanfare)

Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams LP (Transgressive)

Recently released on CD – now available on blue color vinyl. Twenty-year-old, London-based musician and poet Arlo Parks has been very steadily climbing the ranks as an artist to watch since the release of her confessional debut single “Cola” in 2018. Arlo has received praise from artists such as Billie Eilish, Wyclef Jean, Clairo, Florence Welsh and Phoebe Bridgers during the past year while growing her fan base exponentially. Arlo’s debut album “is a series of vignettes and intimate portraits surrounding my adolescence and the people that shaped it. It is rooted in storytelling and nostalgia.

Jeff Phelps – Magnetic Eyes [Reissue/1985] LP (Numero)

Much is made of Detroit techno progenitors’ proximity to the auto plants. Similarly, overlooked electronic pioneer Jeff Phelps was raised just blocks from a Western Pennsylvania steel mill-close enough to smell the sulphur and hear the roaring blast furnace. When Tascam released their groundbreaking Portastudio in 1984 – allowing multi tracking on the far more financially inclusive cassette tape – Phelps purchased one immediately, and quickly added a Roland SH-101 monophonic synthesizer, Fender Rhodes suitcase piano, Roland drum machine, and a basic Radio Shack stereo mic. Those basic tools were employed on his first commercial productions for his own Engineered For Sound label: 1985’s Magnetic Eyes. [A green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Pike vs. The Automaton – Pike vs. The Automaton LP/2xLP (MNRK Music Group)

Portugal. The Man – In The Mountain In The Cloud [Reissue/2011] LP (Atlantic)

The sixth studio album by psychedelic rock band Portugal. The Man was recorded over a period of eight months, and produced by John Hill, the band’s frontman John Gourley, and Casey Bates. Originally released on July 19, 2011, through Atlantic Records, In The Mountain In The Cloud is Portugal. The Man’s major-label debut.

Power Paladin – With The Magic Of Windfyre Steel LP (Atomic Fire)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut album from Iceland’s power metal lords.

Prince Daddy & The Hyena – I Thought You Didn’t Like Leaving [Reissue/2016] LP (Counter Intuitive)

Limited blue color vinyl pressing. I Thought You Didn’t Even Like Leaving is the epic 2016 debut from Albany, NY rockers Prince Daddy and the Hyena. Whipped cream power pop punk powered by the hottest riffs in the game.

Puscifer – Existential Reckoning: Live At Aconsanti 2xLP (BMG)

On October 30, 2020, Puscifer held a limited streaming event of a pre-recorded, pre-edited concert film featuring the band performing their newest album Existential Reckoning in its entirety at Arcosanti, Arizona. Here is a recording of that release.

Phil Ranelin – Infinite Expressions LP (ORG Music)

Renowned trombonist and co-founder of Detroit’s famed Tribe Records, Phil Ranelin is back with his first album in a decade. A master trombonist of the J.J. Johnson tradition, Ranelin’s career has spanned over five decades with ten records as a solo artist, four as a Freddie Hubbard sideman, session recordings for Motown, and work with artists ranging from Stevie Wonder and Ella Fitzgerald to Red Hot Chili Peppers and Telefon Tel Aviv.

RP Boo – Established! 2xLP (Planet Mu)

Established! is the 2021 album from RP Boo, his fourth full-length for Planet Mu. RP Boo deliberately labelled his album Established! #because that’s simply what he is. He’s thankful for being bestowed with a unique talent that has not diminished and continues to excite footworkers both locally in Chicago and around the globe. Footwork remains a Chicago-centred art form, under-recognized at home, yet loved worldwide and RP remains it’s grounding point, with his productions being the place the entire scene goes to.

Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita LP (High Top Mountain)

Sixx: A.M. – Sixx: A.M. Hits 2xLP (11-7 Recording Corp.)

Released last October on CD – now available on red w/ black smoke color vinyl. Sixx: A.M. Hits is the ultimate Sixx: A.M. collection featuring the first new song in six years and song that compliments his new book – The First 21, two more unreleased tracks and new mixes of “Talk To Me”, “Skin” and the iconic “Life Is Beautiful”. Sixx: A.M. formed in 2007 by Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, renowned guitarist DJ Ashba, and producer /songwriter James Michael, and is best known for their debut album The Heroin Diaries soundtrack and the #1 hits “Life Is Beautiful” and “Lies Of The Beautiful People”.

Slave – Stellar Fungk: The Best Of Slave Featuring Steve Arrington [Reissue/1978] LP (Atlantic)

Limited red color vinyl pressing. Slave featuring Steve Arrington is reissued on vinyl for the first time since its 1978 release. A vital addition for any funk collector.

Percy Sledge – Best Of Percy Sledge [Reissue/1969] LP (Friday Music)

Two color vinyl pressings: gold and blue. The legendary soul king Percy Sledge began his career singing in Alabama in the ‘60s and soon got the attention of producers Marlin Greene and Quin Ivy who brought him on board at Atlantic Records. In record time, the immortal “When A Man Loves A Woman” burst into the soul charts and quickly hit No. 1. More big hits followed with the likes of “Warm And Tender Love”, “Take Time To Know Her”, and “Cover Me” among others. Percy’s angelic voice is about as sad and soulful as it gets as 1969’s The Best Of Percy Sledge fully showcases.

Starset – Horizons 2xLP (Fearless)

Released last October on CD – now available on blue marble color vinyl (as well as an indie store exclusive red color pressing). A continued voyage through a captivating science fiction narrative, Horizons is a cinematic soundscape that accompanies the listener through pain, love, descent, and triumph. The world has been consumed by synthetic methods of escaping reality, and it is with this technology that we are able to explore life through other users’ experiences – finally, the ability to be someone else.

Suff Daddy – Basically Sober LP (Jakarta)

Berlin-based producer, beatmaker, and all-around big papa Suff Daddy returns with an irresistibly bouncy instrumental long player to herald in the new year.

Taiyamo Denku X Bofaat – Collabzilla LP (Black Buffalo)

Collabzilla is the latest project from Milwaukee emcee Taiyamo Denku and German producer Bofaat. This release is an absolute boom bap monster with features from Sa-Rac, Jadakiss, Snopp Dogg, KRS-One, Kool G Rap and many more.

The Tea Party – The Tea Party [Reissue/1991] 2xLP (Capitol)

The Tea Party is the first album by the Canadian rock group, The Tea Party. Originally recorded as a demo, the album includes newly remixed and remastered audio from the band’s own Stuart Chatwood, as well as new artwork and liner notes. Pressed on 180gm red vinyl.

Teen Daze – Interior LP (Cascine)

Interior by Teen Daze is an ode to electric futures glimpsed in ecstatic heights, from bedrooms to big rooms, it captures first loves refracted through prisms of wisdom, wounds, and wonder.

They Might Be Giants – Mink Car LP (Idlewild Recordings)

They Might Be Giants’ “lost” 2001 album Mink Car was largely overlooked due to the almost instant collapse of Restless Records after the events of 9/11. Recorded in New York City and London this album includes the first collaborations with Langer/Winstanley since the Flood session (“Bangs”, “Cyclops Rock”, “My Man”). The album also includes notable productions with Adam Schlesinger from Fountains Of Wayne (“Man”, “It’s So Loud In Here”, “Yeh Yeh”, “Another First Kiss”).

Tanya Tucker – Church Street Station Presents: Tanya Tucker Live In Concert LP (Dualtone Music Group)

A live record from country music legend Tanya Tucker, including her hit song “Delta Dawn” and her takes on The Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, and Billy Preston’s “You Are So Beautiful”, among other crowd favorites.

Uriah Heep – Demons And Wizards [Reissue/1972] LP (Sanctuary)

Uriah Heep – The Magician’s Birthday [Reissue/1972] LP (Sanctuary)

Picture disc vinyl editions of the British rock band’s fourth and fifth albums.

Valkyrja – Throne Ablaze [Reissue/2018] LP (Peaceville)

Limited blue color vinyl pressing. Valkyrja, one of the prominent acts among the current Swedish black metal scene, was originally founded in 2004, “with the common collective goal of channelling violence, deprivation & loathing through means of extraordinarily potent audio emissions”; a parallel and extension of their own philosophies – boundless and without limitation in their art. Throne Ablaze was the band’s fourth studio album, originally released in 2018 and was a spectacular assault of finely honed Scandinavian black metal, steeped in ritualistic darkness and seething grimness.

Various Artists – Pokémon 25: The Album LP (Capitol)

Yellow color vinyl edition. Pokemon 25: The Album features new tracks by J Balvin, Lil Yachty, Vince Staples, Jax Jones with Sinead Harnett, Mabel, Tierra Whack, Katy Perry, Post Malone and Louane. “I’ve always been a huge Pokémon fan and I jumped at the opportunity to be on the album. I love the record I did for it called ‘Believing’ and I hope it inspires my fans to chase their dreams,” Lil Yachty says about the project. “P25 Music has been an incredible journey in which we’ve been able to collaborate with so many amazing musicians to help us celebrate 25 years of Pokémon,” shares Colin Palmer, vice president of marketing, The Pokémon Company International. “As we countdown to the launch of Pokémon 25: The Album and the culmination of this yearlong adventure, we’re looking forward to Lil Yachty, Tierra Whack, and Jax Jones joining the party and adding their own unique sounds and fresh takes on Pokémon inspired songs to this celebratory compilation.”

Various Artists – Rough Guide To Legends Of The Delta Blues LP (World Music Network)

This collection brings together six pioneering figures whose legacies encapsulate the very essence of the Delta blues – the cornerstone of American popular music and the bedrock of rock ‘n’ roll. Like arrows through time, these seminal tracks belie the age in which they were recorded.

Alan Vega – Invasion b/w Murder One 12” (Sacred Bones)

Transparent red color vinyl. Two tracks from the Vega Vault. One of Alan Vega’s greatest talents was his ability to bring the past and the future together into a suspended place of timelessness. His groundbreaking duo Suicide was often seen as future primitivism and most of his musical output has exemplified this blending of the primordial human condition and visionary thinking. With Invasion b/w Murder One, the next release from the now infamous Vega Vault following 2021’s Mutator, we see this innate power in full effect. The two tracks “Invasion” and “Murder One” were recorded two decades apart from one another in New York City. “Invasion” was recorded toward the end of the 2012-2015 studio sessions for the posthumous album IT and was one of his last recordings, while “Murder One” was recorded in 1997-1998, (after the Mutator sessions) and is part of a cluster of material that was recorded but never mixed prior to the sessions for his album 2007, released in 1999.

Voivod – Synchro Anarchy LP (Century Media)

Recently released on CD – now available on green color vinyl. Closing in on 40 eventful years of existence, Canada’s progressive sci-fi metal innovators Voivod introduce their 15^th studio album Synchro Anarchy. Following 2018’s highly praised and Juno Award winning The Wake album and 2020’s stellar Lost Machine – Live release, Synchro Anarchy reaffirm Voivod as one of the most fervently creative bands on the planet.

Volumes – Happier? LP (Fearless)

Released last November on CD – now available on vinyl. As things change over time, life circles back to key points offering second chances. Volumes find themselves at such a point in 2021. After four years apart, the group-Myke Terry [vocals], Raad Soudani [bass], and Nick Ursich [drums]-reconvenes with original vocalist Michael Barr to perfect a balance of guttural grooves, magnetic melodies, and unbridled hardcore. Volumes pick right up where they left off in 2015 with their fourth full length offering Happier?.

Waking The Cadaver – Authority Through Intimidation LP (Unique Leader)

New album from the death metal kingpins. [Two color vinyl pressings are available: silver and pink.]

White Lies – As I Try Not To Fall Apart LP (PIAS America)

Zachary Williams – Dirty Camaro LP (Dualtone Music Group)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut solo album from the frontman and songwriter of folk-rock trio The Lone Bellow.

Witch Camp (Ghana) – I’ve Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be LP (Six Degrees)

Grammy-winning producer, Ian Brennan (Zomba Prison Project, Tanzania Albinism Collective, Tinariwen) and Italian-Rwandan photographer and filmmaker, Marilena Delli, travelled to rural northern Ghana to seek out the voices of those persecuted for alleged “witchcraft”. The resulting album, I’ve Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be, was recorded across three clandestine villages in northern Ghana housing witches for their own protection. All but one had never played music or written songs before.

Yes – The Quest 3xLP+CD (Inside Out U.S.)

The Quest is the latest studio album from the legendary progressive rock band. Produced by Steve Howe, and featuring the line-up of Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison & Billy Sherwood, this stunning new record sees the band demonstrating why they are still such a revered group of musicians. [A limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Young Culture – Young Culture 2xLP (Equal Vision)

Albany, NY alternative-rockers Young Culture’s 2020 self-titled debut album encompasses the struggles of trying to find your way in your early 20s. With familiar themes of young love, the highs and lows of friendship and struggles with mental health, Young Culture has created not only a highly relatable album, but a lively group of songs to jump around and sing along to.

Cassettes:

Dashboard Confessional – All The Truth That I Can Tell (Hidden Note)

The Moldy Peaches – Origin Story: 1994–1999 (ORG Music)

Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point (Concord)

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