CDs + Vinyl:

The Alchemist/Oh No (Gangrene) – You Disgust Me CD (Mass Appeal)
Producers extraordinaire Alchemist and Oh No have been working together as Gangrene since 2010. The duo’s seventh collaborative project in five years, You Disgust Me, features guest contributions by Havoc, Sean Price, Action Bronson, Chuck Strangers, Your Old Droog, and more. Vinyl version due September 25.

Will Archer (Slime) – Company CD (Weird World)
Company is the debut album by Slime, the nom-de-plume of producer and multi-instrumentalist Will Archer. At a time when electronic music feels dominated by bombast and hype, these ten elusive, unsettling and emotional tracks offer a master-class in nuance and sincerity. Coalescing into one unique statement, Company feels borne of that same late-night 3AM spiritual culture that defined late ‘90s electronic/instrumental hip-hop: songs that are large, but personal and private. Vinyl version due August 28.

Rayland Baxter – Imaginary Man CD/LP (ATO)
“Baxter is the son of moderately-famous slide guitar player Bucky Baxter, who jammed with Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams and R.E.M., and it’s easy to imagine son eagerly listening and internalizing each of these artists while his father was off recording or touring. Raised in Nashville, Baxter eventually struck out as a musician in 2012 with Feathers & Fishhooks. Three years later he’s left such explicit signifiers in the past, and emerged with an impeccable sophomore break-out. And it’s immediately clear why he’s escaped the country/roots pigeonhole: his voice has the same pliant dreaminess as Marcus Mumford. Arguably, Mumford’s gorgeous tenor is a huge part of the reason his folksy band shot to fame, he’s that compelling a vocalist — but Imaginary Man doesn’t go anywhere near the blender-bluegrass and always-soaring heights of Sigh No More or Babel. Instead, it’s all about balance.” – Stereogum

Marco Beltrami – Fantastic Four [Score/OST] CD (Sony Classics)
Original soundtrack to the recent motion picture with music composed by Academy Award winner Marco Beltrami and Academy Award nominee Philip Glass.

Bullet For My Valentine – Venom CD/2xLP (RCA)
“What do you do when your last two albums have drawn receptions that have been, at the very best, decidedly muted? When you’re sliding down festival bills and the venues you headline are getting smaller? Well, if you’re Welsh metallers Bullet For My Valentine, you go right back to basics. The Bridgend quartet’s fifth studio album cribs from 2005 debut The Poison to the extent that it’s even titled Venom (see what they did there?). It’s full of all the things that made them a success in the first place, namely, dueling guitars, pounding breakdowns and choruses built for fields full of delirious metalheads to scream along to” – NME. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe CD adds four bonus tracks. Deluxe vinyl features a lenticular cover.
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CDs + Vinyl:

Gregg Allman – Gregg Allman Live: Back To Macon, GA January 14, 2014 2xCD/2xCD+DVD/2xDVD+Blu-ray/3xLP (Rounder)
Captured at the venerable Grand Opera House in the town where the Allmans got their start, Gregg performs 16 fan favorites with the help of his eight-piece band and special guest Devon Allman. Includes: “Whipping Post,” “Melissa,” and “Midnight Rider.” Also available on stand-alone DVD and Blu-ray.

Biotoxic Warfare – Lobotomized CD (Static Tension)
Biotoxic Warfare is a thrash/death metal band from Heraklion, Greece, formed in October 2012. Their main influences are European and American thrash and the American old-school death metal scene (Obituary, Morbid Angel, Death).

Biters – Electric Blood CD/LP (Earache)
“It’s been a considerable amount of time since an up-and-coming no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll band has had the natural swagger and sophistication to turn heads in the music scene. The infinite effect and influence from bands like AC/DC and Guns N’ Roses in the height of ‘80’s rock music has had on the genre is still present to this very day and hoping to keep it very much alive in the modern age come four feisty guys from Atlanta, hungry to party hard and channel the spirit of rock under the banner of Biters, and their brand new hard-hitting album Electric Blood.” – Rock Revolt Magazine

Black Fast – Terms Of Surrender CD (E1)
Creating a modern twist on the energetic riffs of metal s glory days, Black Fast harness the spirit of their metal forefathers, whether exploring hand-cramp-inducing riffs or blazing through straightforward thrash.

Mike Bloomfield/Nick Gravenites – Steelyard Blues [OST/Reissue/1972] CD (Real Gone Music)
Digitally remastered edition of this soundtrack composed by former Electric Flag members Nick Gravenites and, in his first release of any kind in three years, legendary guitarist Mike Bloomfield Bloomfield and Gravenites had previously composed the soundtrack to Roger Corman’s notorious B-movie The Trip. The album features performances by a young Maria Muldaur and by former Bloomfield band-mate Paul Butterfield, along with Annie Sampson of Stoneground and Merl Saunders, later to collaborate with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. This soundtrack offers a spirited mixture of blues, rock and country, with stinging guitar licks from Bloomfield.

Dee Dee Bridgewater – Dee Dee’s Feathers CD/LP (OKeh)
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s new album, Dee Dee’s Feathers, is her debut album on OKeh Records. It is also the first collaboration of the three-time Grammy Award®-winning jazz singer and the Grammy Award®- winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), founded by artistic director and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. Dee Dee’s Feathers is a modern vision of New Orleans and features traditional songs such as “Big Chief,” “St. James Infirmary” and “What a Wonderful World” along with new compositions “Congo Square” and “C’est ici que je t’aime.”

Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights CD (Capitol Nashville)
New album from the country superstar.
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CDs + Vinyl:

Adult Mom – Momentary Lapse Of Happily CD/LP (Tiny Engines)
Clever pop songs that offer a glimpse into the journey of a gender-weird queer navigating through heartache, trauma, and subsequent growth.

Armchair Migraine Journey – Magnet Coupling Blood CD-Record (Beta-lactam Ring)
A teaser EP for the forthcoming CD/LP Blood Coupling Magnet by Armchair Migrain Journey. One 20-minute track of acid psych and a three-minute track of LSD induced drone. Issued as numbered edition of 100 copies in a custom made gatefold sleeve, insert and CD-Record. 20 minutes of CD audio and three minutes of audio playable on your turntable.

Bored Youth – Are You Alive: 1982 CD (Alona’s Dream)
Captured at the band’s zenith, the 31 track Are You Alive finds Bored Youth unleashing their unique blend of UK-inspired Midwest hardcore punk across ten tracks originally engineered by then-Necros bassist and Touch and Go Records honcho Corey Rusk in 1982. Also included are tracks from an early incarnation of the band as a three piece in 1981. Live at the legendary Detroit venue Nunzio’s, the trio is no less powerful as they blaze through a set of future hardcore classics and throw in a few fundamental punk covers along the way.
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