New Releases for April 22, 2022

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Ry Cooder / Taj Mahal – Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee CD/LP (Nonesuch)

Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.

With Taj Mahal on vocals, harmonica, guitar, and piano and Cooder on vocals, guitar, mandolin, and banjo—joined by Joachim Cooder on drums and bass—the duo recorded eleven songs drawn from recordings and live performances by Terry and McGhee, who they both first heard as teenagers in California.

Charley Crockett – Lil’ GL Presents: Jukebox Charley CD/LP (Son Of Davy)

Charley Crockett delivers the new album Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley. The fourth edition of his Lil’ G.L. tribute series, produced by Billy Horton, Jukebox Charley is another great example of how Crockett is enlivening country music by looking back for inspiration and crafting his own singular sound whether through his own songs or the songs of others. On this new collection, Crockett mines country music’s past and then processes it through his singular “Gulf & Western” sound – weaving old school blues, R&B, soul, Cajun, western swing and other classic touchstones with country. And while the album features songs written by country legends like Willie Nelson, Tom T. Hall and George Jones, Crockett also shines a light on songs from regional acts like Louisiana’s Larry Brasso or a deep cut from Red Sovine. And even when he’s interpreting songs from country legends, Crockett steers toward lesser-known or underappreciated songs, eschewing staples of the genre.

Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia CD/LP/2xLP (Partisan)

2020’s A Hero’s Death saw Fontaines D.C. land a No. 2 album in the UK, receive nominations at the Grammys, BRITs and Ivor Novello Awards, and sell out London’s iconic Alexandra Palace. Now the band return with their third record in as many years: Skinty Fia. Used colloquially as an expletive, the title roughly translates from the Irish language into English as “the damnation of the deer”; the spelling crassly anglicized, and its meaning diluted through generations. Part bittersweet romance, part darkly political triumph – the songs ultimately form a long-distance love letter, one that laments an increasingly privatized culture in danger of going the way of the extinct Irish giant deer. [A limited-edition opaque red color vinyl pressing, and a deluxe double-LP 45rpm audiophile edition is available. Standard black vinyl edition due May 6.]

Foxes – The Kick CD (PIAS America)

The Kick is the highly anticipated third album from Grammy-winning artist Foxes. It was written and recorded remotely via zoom during the height of the pandemic, offering a form of escapism for Foxes. Inspired by the desire for freedom that the world collectively shared over the last 18 months of lockdowns, the near-animalistic desperation to socialize, and a longing to dance again, Louisa naturally pivoted the sonics to feed that escapism and create a record that simultaneously feels close to her euphoric, dancefloor-filling pop roots that brought us hits like “Let Go For Tonight”, “Youth” and “Body Talk”, while still feeling completely fresh. Unafraid of the art of the well-loved melancholic banger, lyrically The Kick touches on themes of loss and heartbreak, narrating painful places and soundtracking new beginnings to create an album for the post-pandemic world and a summer of never leaving the party early. [Vinyl edition TBD.]

Lani Hall (feat. Herb Alpert) – Seasons Of Love CD (Herb Alpert Presents)

Renowned author and Grammy award-winning singer Lani Hall returns to release her first new studio album in over 20 years, Seasons Of Love. Rising to fame in the 1960s as the lead singer for Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66, Hall has been a prominent vocal talent for decades. She famously sang the title song for the 1983 James Bond film, Never Say Never Again. Her Latin albums in the 1980s yielded multiple gold records and a Grammy award for Best Latin Pop Performance. Hall continues to record and perform with husband Herb Alpert, and this new collection of songs is a major return to form.

Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue CD/LP (New West)

Joshua Hedley is ‘a singing professor of country & western,’ he declares on his raucous and witty new album, Neon Blue. It might sound like a punchline, but it’s not. An ace fiddle player, a sharp guitarist, and a singer with a granite twang, he’s devoted his entire life to the study of this genre. His previous records have showcased his deep knowledge of country music history, in particular the beery ballads of the 1950s and ’60s. Neon Blue, on the other hand, examines a very different, often forsaken era: the early 1990s. Neon Blue asks, “What if that fork had never happened? What if country kept on sounding like country?” Hedley finds something exciting in that old hat-act sound, and Neon Blue plays up the excitement of bigger-than-life choruses, the relatable emotions of those sad-eyed ballads, and the inventiveness of the lively production. [An indie store exclusive autographed CD edition and an indie store exclusive clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Christian Lee Hutson – Quitters CD/LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Christian Lee Hutson starts his new album Quitters with a laugh. In this follow up to his 2020 album, Beginners, Hutson moves away from the focus on growing up to the dread and complications of growing older. The laugh that announces Quitters is the kind you’ll find at the end of John Huston films, one of resignation and release, and somehow a cosmic laugh that says “California”, a place where lonely people gather like birds. Across Quitters’ 13 tracks, Hutson crafts this portrait of the place he’s from. In these short story-like songs, Hutson presents characters who carry this golden light and sinister geography inside them. It’s a place where everything in the end gets blown away and paved over with something new, where even the ocean and fires are always whispering, “One day we’ll take it all back.” This is a Los Angeles in constant transition, where childhood is lost, where home is gone and can never be visited again. [An indie store exclusive translucent purple color vinyl pressing is available.]

Magnolia Park – Halloween Mixtape CD (Epitaph)

Made up of lead vocalist Joshua Roberts, guitarists Tristan Torres and Freddie Criales, bassist Jared Kay, drummer Joe Horsham, and keyboardist Vincent Ernst, Magnolia Park have recorded almost all their output to date with Audio Compound producers Andrew Wade and Andy Karpovck. The first iteration of the band formed in 2019, with a mission of inventively fusing genres while increasing inclusivity in the punk world. ” An up-close portrait of a long-distance relationship, new single “Back Home” took shape from a demo created by Ernst (a dual citizen who mainly lives in Germany). The track perfectly encapsulates the potent tension at the heart of Magnolia Park, unfolding in moody guitar work, dreamy textures, thrashing rhythms, and sing-along-ready melodies. Another track showcasing the cathartic power of their sound, the wildly catchy “Tonight” feat. Lil Lotus also explores a bittersweet emotional experience. The follow-up to their early 2021 EP Dream Eater, Halloween Mixtape features such standout tracks as “Kids Like Us,” an anthem for all those who’ve struggled with being marginalized. [Vinyl edition due June 3.]

Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town CD/LP (ATO/Virgin)

Paint This Town is a return to form for Old Crow Medicine Show, showcasing their ability to merge profound introspection with the rapturous string band revival sound. The album is their most incisive body of work to date and shines a light on the darker aspects of the American experience with character-driven songs underpinned by the band’s vision for a more harmonious future. Old Crow Medicine Show offers a riveting glimpse into American mythology and the wildly colorful characters who populate it. Co-produced by OCMS and Matt Ross-Spang, the album pays homage to everyone from Elvis Presley to Eudora Welty. Paint This Town’s title track is a swinging anthem that fully embodies the band’s carefree troublemaking over the last two decades. [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That… CD/LP (Redwing)

With Just Like That…, her twenty-first album and first new release in more than six years, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt continues to display the vitality and urgency that has defined her legendary career. The mix of sounds and approaches on Just Like That… reveals how, 50 years after the release of her debut album, Raitt continues to personify what it means to stay creative, adventurous, and daring over the course of a life’s work. “On this record, I wanted to stretch,” she says. “I always want to find songs that excite me, and what’s different this time is that I’ve tried some styles and topics I haven’t touched on before.” [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful CD/LP (Fat Possum)

Jason Pierce returns with the ninth studio album from his space-rock Spiritualized project which is ushered in by the soaring lead single “Always Together With You.” Following up 2018’s And Nothing Hurt, Everything Was Beautiful features seven tracks recorded by Pierce (who plays 16 instruments here) and over 30 musicians and singers across 11 different studios, as well as his home. Collaborators include his daughter Poppy, John Coxon, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and more. “There was so much information on it that the slightest move would unbalance it but going around in circles is important to me,” Pierce explains. “Not like you’re spiraling out of control but you’re going around and around, and, on each revolution, you hold onto the good each time. Sure, you get mistakes as well, but you hold on to some of those too and that’s how you kind of… achieve. Well, you get there.” [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

Tame Impala – The Slow Rush 2xLP+2×12”+7” (Interscope)

Deluxe box set edition. The Slow Rush was recorded between Los Angeles and Parker’s studio in his hometown of Fremantle, Australia. The twelve tracks were recorded, produced, and mixed by Parker. The Slow Rush is Parker’s deep dive into the oceans of time, conjuring the feeling of a lifetime in a lightning bolt, of major milestones whizzing by while you’re looking at your phone, it’s a paean to creation and destruction and the unending cycle of life. The album cover was created in collaboration with photographer Neil Krug and features a symbol of humanity all but swallowed whole by the surrounding environment, as though in the blink of an eye. This set includes the regular album on transparent red color vinyl, two remix 12”s, a 7” single featuring two B-sides, an expanded booklet, and The Slow Rush 2050 Calendar.

Undeath – It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave CD/LP (Prosthetic)

[New York-based Undeath have returned from their mutilated tomb to horrify and dominate death metal’s insatiable masses once again. Their blessedly sick new album, It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave, shows the reconfigured quintet-Kyle Beam (guitars), Alexander Jones (vocals), Tommy Wall (bass), Jared Welch (guitars) and Matt Browning (drums) – have retained their mind-infecting sonic savagery but weren’t satisfied in their pursuit to improve it through wicked (yet studied) reformulation. Certainly, Undeath’s 2021 Decibel flexi, Diemented Dissection, paved the way, but it’s tracks like “Fiend for Corpses,” “Rise From The Grave,” and “The Funeral Within” that display Undeath’s terrifyingly insane trajectory. It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave isn’t just an early contender for death metal album of 2022 – it’s destined to be a modern-day classic. [Two color vinyl pressings are available: an indie store exclusive red w/ yellow & violet edition and a purple w/ white edition.]

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Dirty Heads – The Best Of Dirty Heads 2xLP (11-7)

Released last July on CD – now available on gold color vinyl. The Best Of Dirty Heads contains some of the band’s biggest hits to date, including their unprecedented viral smash hit “Vacation”, the song behind the ubiquitous #VacationTransition challenge on TikTok and a new version with guest vocals from multi-Grammy winner Pat Monahan of Train. Over their career, Dirty Heads have been inhaling alternative, hip-hop, reggae and rock and exhaling one irresistible, infectious anthem after another.

CDs + Vinyl:

Poppy Ajudha – The Power In Us CD (Virgin)

Poppy Ajudha epitomizes the uniquely diverse musical culture that exists in London. Her South London, St. Lucian-British background, the scene she has grown up in, and the musicians and creatives she regularly works with have all been pivotal in the forward-thinking, socio-politically blend of R&B, soul, and pop that she creates. Unafraid to stand up for what she believes in, her lyrics speak of feminism, colonialism, gender politics, current social issues and more.

Jason Aldean – Georgia CD (BMG)
Georgia is the second half of Aldean’s Macon, Georgia double album concept. The follow-up to the album Macon, this release includes the single “Trouble With A Heartbreak”.

Robert Ames / Ben Corrigan – Carbs CD (Modern Recordings)

When Robert Ames and Ben Corrigan started crafting the seven tracks on their debut album as Carbs, they were having fun. Corrigan, a composer and podcast host, and Ames, a conductor, composer, and curator, are often the people who bring other artists’ music to life. On Carbs, they had the opportunity to explore their voices as music makers, taking inspiration from their robust history of collaborations and passion for electronic and classical music to create sound that’s both cinematic and danceable, built on lush harmony, catchy patterns and driving rhythms that form an outer space trance. Corrigan and Ames first met three years ago when Ames was a guest on Corrigan’s podcast, excuse the mess.

Archgoat – All Christianity Ends CD/LP (Debemur Morti Prod.)

All Christianity Ends is a brutally focused reminder that while the infamous Finnish black/death metal legends continue to evolve, develop, and even ‘refine’ their hellish sound over recent full lengths, the elemental building blocks of classic Archgoat remain sequenced in their DNA.

Belmont – Aftermath CD/LP (Pure Noise)
Aftermath is driving a chasm between Belmont and their peers with a stunning evolution. Led by the classical training of Inguagiato and Lada, both of whom studied at Berklee College of Music, as well as the pure instinctual prowess of the collective, Aftermath brings never-before-heard influences to the forefront in a brand-new way. In a landscape more genre-less than ever, it’s the seamless, at-times effortless blending of disparate sounds that guides Aftermath on a hyper-modern tour through musical styles – steadied by the pop-punk energy that’s won Belmont legions fans on tours. [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

Bowling For Soup – Pop Drunk Snot Bread CD (Brando)

New album from the Texas-based pop punk band.

Caliban – Dystopia CD/LP (Century Media)

When the gates of the world slammed shut in 2020, German metal spearheads Caliban focused their energies in the studio. The results were nothing short of prolific: at first, Zeitgeister, a collection of classic Caliban songs re-done in their native German, but more importantly, a brand-new album, Dystopia. [A limited-edition translucent w/ pink & black color vinyl pressing is available.]

Cannabis Corpse – The Weeding [Reissue/2009] CDEP/12” (Season Of Mist)

CD and vinyl reissue of the long out-of-print 2009 mini-LP from the world’s dankest death-dealers. This cult recording of thick, groove-laden death set the stage for the world-class pummeling of the ensuing three full-length albums (From Wisdom To Baked, Left Hand Pass and Nug So Vile). [A limited-edition white color vinyl pressing featuring a UV print on the B-side is available.]

Carey – Break Me Open CD/LP+MP3 (Jagjaguwar)
Carey is the moniker of Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Sean Carey. Over the past decade, Carey has fostered his flourishing solo career via themes of nature and sustainability, songwriting built from jazz beginnings, and heartfelt, emotive lyricism. [A clear smoke color vinyl pressing is available.]

Ry Cooder / Taj Mahal – Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee CD/LP (Nonesuch)

Charley Crockett – Lil’ GL Presents: Jukebox Charley CD/LP (Son Of Davy)

Udo Dirkschneider – My Way CD (Atomic Fire)

An album of cover versions that influenced this German heavy metal vocalist. Udo Dirkschneider has had a successful solo career although he is best known for his work as frontman for Accept. [An RSD exclusive vinyl pressing is due April 23.]

Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo – The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime CD/LP (Strap Originals)

The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime is another beguiling left turn by one of our most prolific artists, Peter Doherty (The Libertines) and is some of his finest work to date. Peter’s deft lyricism combined with Frédéric Lo’s delicious francophone musical arrangements is a marriage made in heaven. [Two vinyl colorways – red and white – are available.]

Dorothy – Gifts From The Holy Ghost CD/LP (Roc Nation)

Gifts From The Holy Ghost, Dorothy Martin’s third studio album as frontwoman for their pseudonymous rock band Dorothy, is the album she’s always wanted to make. Born from a sense of diving urgency, it’s their most bombastic rock ‘n’ roll work yet. While the debut album was made on a combination of whiskey and heartbreak, Gifts was built on sobriety, health, and spiritualism, in a way that reverses the cliched “good girl gone bad” narrative.

Electribe 101 – Electribal Soul CD/LP (Electribal)

Electribal Soul is the fabled, previously unreleased second album from UK electronic pioneers Electribe 101. Recorded in 1991 by the quintet of vocalist Billie Ray Martin and Birmingham-based electronic musicians Brian Nordhoff, Joe Stevens, Les Fleming and Roberto Cimarosti, Electribal Soul was conceived as the sequel to the band’s 1990 debut album, Electribal Memories. Electribal Memories had pushed Electribe 101 to the forefront of a crossover electronic scene that fused dance music with pop savvy.

Roger Eno – Turning Year CD/LP (Deutsche Grammophon)

Following the success of Mixing Colours – the 2020 duo release with his brother Brian Eno – Roger Eno returns for his solo debut on the Yellow Label. This time focusing solely on his own compositions, Eno presents a lush collection of lyrical pieces both old and new. “I thought about how our years comprise of moments, days, and the changing months. Of how we live our lives in facets, how we catch fleeting glimpses, how we walk through our lives, how we notice the turning year.” – Roger Eno.

Faust – 1971-1974 7xCD/7xLP+2×7” (Bureau B)

Repress for those who missed out last year. Few bands have been as innovative, influential, or as irrepressible as Faust – the way they revolutionized the history of music in the space of just four years puts them right up there with The Velvet Underground. What began in a Hamburg (Sternschanze) bunker in 1970 would send shockwaves around the world. This box is the first virtually complete collection of Faust works from the years 1971-1974. In addition to the debut album, it includes the 1972 album So Far, the legendary 1973 Virgin UK release The Faust Tapes, Faust IV and, for the first time ever, the mythical, so-called Munich album Punkt, which Faust recorded at Giorgio Moroder’s Musicland Studios in 1974. For one reason or another, this last album never saw the light of day – until now. The bonus albums Momentaufnahme I and Momentaufnahme II also feature unreleased material, simultaneously affording us a fascinating glimpse of Faust’s creativity in their Wümme studio phase.

Fieh – In The Sun In The Rain CD/LP (Jansen)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. The Norwegian neo-soul seven-piece releases the follow-up to their 2019 debut album, Cold Water Burning Skin, which was fittingly described as “future soul” by God Is In The TV and “left field R&B” by Clash Magazine. On In The Sun In The Rain, the band continues in the same vein, although simultaneously broadening their spectrum.

Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia CD/LP/2xLP (Partisan)

Foxes – The Kick CD (PIAS America)

Grabbitz – Time Isn’t Real CD/LP (Hopeless)

Time Isn’t Real isn’t just another album, it’s an experience that’s been the life’s work of genre bending EDM composer, producer, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Lani Hall (feat. Herb Alpert) – Seasons Of Love CD (Herb Alpert Presents)

Hatchie – Giving The World Away CD/LP+MP3 (Secretly Canadian)

The sophomore album from Hatchie is the truest introduction to the songwriter/bassist at the helm of the project, Harriette Pilbeam. Produced by Jorge Elbrecht, Giving The World Away is Hatchie’s most thunderous, sprawling work yet. Featuring input from longtime Hatchie collaborator Joe Agius, it takes the celestial, shimmering shoegaze, and pop sensibilities of her earlier releases, but with the volume knob cranked up tenfold. Built out with percussion from Beach House drummer James Barone, it’s synthed-out, sonic opulence, a more structured and ornate musicality with traces of ’90s trip-hop and acid house influences. [A coke bottle clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue CD/LP (New West)

Audrey Horne – Devil’s Bell CD/LP (Napalm)

Powerful, heavy, melodic, in-your-face. These are the main attributes of Audrey Horne’s music. Formed in 2002, the Norwegians underline with every new album that they are here to stay. The band is an unstoppable energy bomb firing on all cylinders during their live shows. With a weak spot for hard rock’s classics and loaded with an endless amount of passion, these guys are just infectious.

Christian Lee Hutson – Quitters CD/LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Jazz Sabbath – Vol. 2 CD/LP (Blacklake)

Longtime Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne keys and guitar player Adam Wakeman (as Milton Keanes) is back with Jazz Sabbath Vol. 2. According to the liner notes, the UK jazz trio Jazz Sabbath were recording two albums in 1969 when disaster struck. Their debut album was cancelled, and their second album shelved; leaving room for a certain band from Birmingham becoming famous by playing metal versions of their jazz songs; claiming they were their own. Jazz Sabbath were powerless to do anything about it. Their 50-year-streak of misfortune ended in 2020 with the discovery of their debut album master tapes and the following re-release of the album. Now, reunited after 52 years, Jazz Sabbath entered the studio and finished recording their sophomore album.

Jewel – Freesheelin’ Woman CD (Jewel Murray Words)

The first album in seven years from the four-time Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum singer-songwriter. The album presents Jewel’s boldest and most unbridled body of work to date, revealing entirely new dimensions of her breathtaking voice. Includes the single “Dancing Slow”.

Khrysis – Hour Of Khrysis CD/2xLP/Cassette (Board Room Music)

North Carolina producer, Khrysis who is a member of 9th Wonder’s Jamla Records music label and Soul Council production team, steps from the shadows of his crew and into the spotlight with his own production compilation album with a star-studded cast of features that range to some of the biggest names in hip-hop (Busta Rhymes, de la Soul) to some of the best new up and comers on the scene (Reuben Vincent, Ian Kelly).

Laibach – Wir Sind Das Volk (Ein Musical Aus Deutschland) CD (Mute)

Laibach’s 2022 album Wir Sind Das Volk (Ein Musical Aus Deutschland) consists of the music from the band’s political theater production Wir Sind Das Volk (We Are The People), which premiered at HAU (Berlin) in 2020. The piece was based on the writings of Heiner Müller (1929 1995), who was observed as one of the most significant German-language playwrights and poets since Bertolt Brecht. [Vinyl edition due June 10.]

Loop – Sonancy CD/LP (Cooking Vinyl)

“Style-wise, it’s incredibly different, going back to thinking about guitars and guitar sounds. Obviously, you have to take into consideration things like percussive elements such as drums, which I haven’t been using in my other projects; but this is the mindset that makes up Loop.” So says Robert Hampson, the indefatigable visionary behind inspirational sonic architects Loop, whose eagerly anticipated fourth LP Sonancy (Latin for “to create noise”) is the perfect document for these strange times. Dynamic, dystopian, righteously angry, and unashamedly Loop-ian, it’s an album that marks a vital re-emergence for Hampson and Co.

Magnolia Park – Halloween Mixtape CD (Epitaph)

Brian May – Another World [Reissue/1998] CD/LP/LP+2xCD (UMe)

This new reissue of Brian May’s second solo album Another World follows the reissue of his 1992 debut Back To The Light and serves as the latest of his ‘Gold Series’ releases. Bursting with forceful rock anthems, open-hearted yearning, lush melodies and galvanizing guitar work, Another World is a superlative successor to Back To The Light. Featuring such special guests as Jeff Beck and the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, the album birthed four electric singles in “Business”, “On My Way Up”, “Another World” and “Why Don’t We Try Again”. [The double-CD version includes a bonus disc of tracks chosen by Brian and hi team. The limited-edition collector’s box set features a 180gm blue color vinyl LP, the expanded double-CD, plus an exclusive enamel pin badge.]

Charles Mingus – Mingus Three [Reissue/1957] 2xCD/2xLP (Rhino)

The greatest bassist leader jazz has ever known, Charles Mingus, with his spirited playing and spontaneity, always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse. “Mingus was something else, man,” Miles Davis wrote in his own book. “A pure genius, I loved him.” This year marks the birth centenary of Charles Mingus, whose musical legacy is still ongoing. From artists like Kamasi Washington bringing him to a new generation, Chrissie Hynde, whose latest album includes a Mingus cover, Candace Springs, Elvis Costello, to Gang Starr sampling him, and Joni Mitchell writing lyrics to his music. Originally released in 1957 on the Jubilee label, Mingus Three is one of only two albums led by Mingus in a trio setting, featuring pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond. This remastered release includes a whole extra disc of previously unreleased outtakes, discovered by chance, from these sessions, as well as liner notes by Charles Mingus’ friend and colleague Sy Johnson.

Mondo Cozmo – This Is For The Barbarians CD/LP (Last Gang)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. New album from the Philadelphia-born and Los Angeles-based critically acclaimed alternative troubadour and gutter punk poet. For fans of: Cold War Kids, Lewis Del Mar, The Airborne Toxic Event, Jr Jr, Sir Sly, Band Of Horses.

Aldo Nova – 2.0 Reloaded 3xCD/3xLP (MRI Associated)

New release from the veteran Canadian rocker. 2.0 Reloaded features updated versions of nine classic songs from Aldo’s catalog, plus another disc with no lead vocal track and a third disc with no lead guitar track so fans can either sing along or play along with him.

Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town CD/LP (ATO/Virgin)

Our Lady Peace – Spiritual Machines II CD/LP (BMG)

Spiritual Machines II is the tenth studio album from the Canadian alternative rock band. Produced by Dave Sitek, it’s a sequel to their 2000 art rock concept album Spiritual Machines.

Éliane Radigue / Frédéric Blondy – Occam XXV CD (Organ Reframed)

In 2018 experimental festival Organ Reframed commissioned Éliane Radigue to write her first work for organ, Occam Ocean XXV. Radigue worked closely with organist Frédéric Blondy at the Église Saint Merry in Paris before transferring the piece to Union Chapel for its premiere at Organ Reframed on October 13, 2018. The recording on this compact disc was made at a private session at Union Chapel on January 8, 2020. Occam XXV inaugurates the very special record series of works exclusively commissioned by Organ Reframed, the organ-only, one of a kind experimental music festival, carefully curated by Scottish composer/performer and London’s Union Chapel organ music director Claire M Singer.

Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That… CD/LP (Redwing)

Rumer – B Sides & Rarities 2 CD (Cooking Vinyl)

Rumer’s (British singer-songwriter Sarah Shirakbari) second collection of B-sides and rarities features previously unheard and unreleased gems like “Roses”, as well as various cover versions, including Elton John’s “Mona Lisa’s Mad Hatters”.

Sigh – Eastern Darkness 2xCD (Peaceville)

New compilation from the Japanese metal band. With a journey through the strange and the psychedelic, incorporating a whole eclectic mix of genre styles and experimentation throughout their career, Sigh has remained a vital creative force in the avantgarde field. However, at it’s core, Sigh has always remained true to its roots of old school metal. Eastern Darkness contains a comprehensive collection of Sigh’s early rare works showing their swift musical evolution as well as the strong utilization of keyboards in their compositional process throughout. The collection includes the band’s legendary demo tapes, Desolation, and Tragedies, plus their EPs and rarities, as well as contributions to various compilation releases in the mid- ‘90s.

Skull Fist – Paid In Full CD (Atomic Fire)

Toronto heavy metal overachievers Skull Fist has more guts and balls than the police allow. Since their leggy beginnings in 2006, dungeon keeper Zach Schottler and his ruthlessly shredding gang of reckless accomplices have released three archetypal heavy metal almanacs, eaten more dust than is good for their health, endured hardships (henceforth called shitty business partners) and propped up countless beers in countless bars in countless cities. Now, after 15 years on behalf of steel, Zach Schottler is really turning up the heat with the uniquely titled Paid In Full, a heavy metal wonder of the defiant middle-finger variety. [An indie store exclusive white w/ black color vinyl pressing is due June 3.]

Jeon Somi – XOXO [Pink Box] CD (Interscope)

Jeon Somi – XOXO [White Box] CD (Interscope)

Jeon Somi makes her long-awaited full-length debut with XOXO, a high-energy project showcasing her songwriting ability and natural talent as a performer. Four new tracks, including a feature by Giriboy and writing credits from Pink Sweat$, will undoubtedly delight fans and add to Somi’s legacy not only within the K-Pop space, but as a bonafide global pop superstar. [Each set includes a photobook, a poster, a sticker set, a mini note, a postcard, a random Photocard (1 of 6), and a random pin (1 of 2).

Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful CD/LP (Fat Possum)

Vince Staples – Ramona Park Broke My Heart CD (Motown)

Esteemed hip-hop artist Vince Staples follows up his intimate self-titled album with Ramona Park Broke My Heart. “There’s a direct correlation,” Staples says of the two records. “They were kind of created at the same time. I was in a similar state of mind. This album will make even more sense if you heard the previous one, but this one has more answers.” Long Beach’s Ramona Park neighborhood is dear to Vince’s heart. “It’s symbolic of home,” he says of why he dedicated the album to it. [Vinyl edition TBD.]

Becca Stevens – Becca Stevens Attacca Quartet CD (Groundup Music Merch)

Nearly a decade ago, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 Grammy nominee Becca Stevens was approached with an intriguing concept: to reimagine a selection of her songs with string arrangements for a performance at San Diego’s illustrious Mainly Mozart Festival. Little did she know, it would be a life-changing opportunity-introducing her to her future husband, the acclaimed violist, composer, and member of the Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet, Nathan Schram. The concert would also inspire a career-spanning passion project and resulted in the couple’s first collaborative album, Becca Stevens Attacca Quartet.

Stone Broken – Revelation [Deluxe Edition] CD (Spinefarm)

Deluxe edition contains four bonus tracks. 2022 release. For Revelation, Stone Broken decided it was time to turn up the volume by making everything bigger, bolder, and the best version of themselves. The band has long held the desire to add other elements to their music, to give a contemporary sheen to hard rock traditions. These tracks combine their signature emotive style with inventive arrangements venturing into fresh areas, including greater use of backing vocals, piano, and subtle electronics.

Undeath – It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave CD/LP (Prosthetic)

Vollmer – Get Yer Hands Dirty CD (Helix)

CD reissue of this 2017 solo album Helix frontman Brian Vollmer. Get Yer Hands Dirty is a combination of cover versions of songs that influenced his musical career as well as a few originals.

The White Buffalo – On The Widow’s Walk [Deluxe Edition] CD (Spinefarm)

This Deluxe Edition of The White Buffalo’s 2020 contains four bonus tracks, including three live studio session tracks and “Guiding Light” which is available physically for the first time. The White Buffalo is Jake Smith: singer/songwriter, guitarist, teller of stores; an artist whose voice (an emotive timber-shakin’ baritone) seems directly linked to a greater truth; an artist who will not be swayed by fashion or restricted by genre. On The Widow’s Walk is a loosely linked collection of dark thrills produced by Shooter Jennings.

Wire – Not About To Die LP (Pink Flag)

Illegally released as a bootleg in the early 1980s, Not About To Die were recordings made for EMI as demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums Chairs Missing and 154. Now Wire has decided to redress the balance and give the album its first official release.

Stomu Yamash’ta & The Horizon – Sunrise From West Sea Live [Reissue/1971] CD/LP (Wewantsounds)

A mesmerizing performance by Stomu Yamash’ta accompanied by jazz pianist Masahiko Satoh (well known for his involvement in the New Herd Orchestra and his Belladonna Of Sadness soundtrack) and Taj Mahal Travellers founder Takehisa Kosugi on electric violin. The lineup, also comprising Hideakira Sakurai on electric shamisen, is a spaced-out improvisational soundscape.

This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:

GG Allin & The Murder Junkies – Brutality & Bloodshed For All [Reissue/1993] LP (Alive)

Limited color vinyl pressing. The punkest man alive (at the time) G.G. Allin’s last studio album, Brutality & Bloodshed For All was released posthumously in 1993 months after his death in New York City from a heroin overdose at 36 years old. Featuring his final backing band, The Murder Junkies, all of the decadent and depraved songs were written while Allin was in prison serving time for assault.

Animals As Leaders – Parrhesia LP (Sumerian)

Recently released on CD – two colorways are now available: pink and an indie store exclusive orange. The groundbreaking, genre defying instrumental trio release their highly anticipated new album.

Audrey Horne – With The Devil’s Bell LP (Napalm)

Audrey Horne is a rock band from Norway playing a mixture of alternative metal, hardrock and post grunge.

Belmont – Aftermath LP (Pure Noise)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl, including an indie store exclusive pressing. In a landscape more genre-less than ever, it’s the seamless, at-times effortless blending of disparate sounds that guides Aftermath on a hyper-modern tour through musical styles – steadied by pop-punk energy.

Big Nothing – Dog Hours LP (Run For Cover)

Transparent blue color vinyl pressing. Sonically, Big Nothing find themselves borrowing cues from indie mainstays like Superchunk and The Replacements. It’s clear that they are trying to unhinge themselves from patterns they’ve repeated in the past, but they’re also not afraid to blast the tried-and-true methods of rock ‘n’ roll.

Blood Youth – Visions Of Another Hell LP (Rudenetworks, SNC)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Blood Youth return with Visions Of Another Hell, a showcase of the band’s talent for interposing antagonistic metal with stunning melody.

Kate Bollinger – Look At It In The Light LP+MP3 (Ghostly Int’l)

Kate Bollinger’s songs tend to linger well beyond their run times, filling the negative space of ordinary days with charming melodies and smart phrasings. She writes them at home in Richmond, Virginia, letting her subconscious lead, an open-ended process she likens to dreaming. From a chord progression appears a line, maybe a syllable will start to stick, enough to pursue, but she says sometimes the words don’t feel like her own, more like shapes that form in the mind’s sky. While many are personal and deal with the emotions that surface with finding her place in the world, she’d prefer they be whatever you’d like them to be, to connect with listeners in their own way. Bollinger’s musical universe is relaxed, tender, and unassuming; within lives a timeless sensibility, a songwriter’s knack for noticing the little things and their counterpoints. [A limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Calexico – El Mirador LP (ANTI-)

Indie store exclusive metallic gold color vinyl pressing. Calexico’s Joey Burns and John Convertino return in with their luminous tenth studio album, El Mirador; a hopeful, kaleidoscopic beacon of rock, bluesy ruminations, and Latin American sounds. Oscillating between haunting desert noirs and buoyant jolts of cumbia and Cuban son, the album is permeated by longing. The title track “El Mirador” conjures images of a lighthouse, beckoning to lost souls in the night with hypnotic bass lines and cascading percussion. El Mirador also features vocals from Guatemalan singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno, while Spanish rocker Jairo Zavala brings his signature bravado to the track ”Cumbia Peninsula”. By working with friends and recurring collaborators, Calexico also highlights the unique social and linguistic intersections at the US-Mexico border and the magnificent possibilities of a borderless world.

Chicano Batman – Black Lipstick [Reissue/2016] 12” (ATO)

Red color vinyl reissue of the L.A. funk/rock/soul band’s 2016 EP.

Carly Cosgrove – See You In Chemistry LP (Wax Bodega)

Maroon color vinyl pressing. Philadelphia trio Carly Cosgrove’s debut LP, See You In Chemistry, is about growth, but not the tidy, Instagram-ready kind. At its beginning, vocalist and guitarist Lucas Naylor is steady, stable, and happy: the work has been done, progress has been made, things are alright. Over the remaining 11 tracks, and across a complex, earworm patchwork of riotous emo punk, towering post-hardcore, mathy indie rock, and crystalline shoegaze, things fall apart: bands dissolve, friendships end, and self-doubt, depression, and anxiety triple-team their way to victory over happiness.

Ornette Coleman – Genesis Of Genius: The Contemporary Albums 2xLP (Craft Recordings)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Genesis Of Genius: The Contemporary Albums combines legendary jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records. It features his first albums as a bandleader – Something Else!!!! and Tomorrow Is The Question! – both of which were originally recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann and have been newly mastered by Bernie Grundman.

Cute Is What We Aim For – The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch [Reissue/2005] LP (Fueled By Ramen)

Silver color vinyl pressing of the debut studio album by American alt rock band, originally released in 2005.

Martin Denny – Exotica Volume II [Reissue/1957] LP (Jackpot)

Coming hot off the heels of his iconic debut, Martin Denny’s follow-up to the original Exotica is the ultimate companion piece. Originally released in mono in 1957 – mere weeks after the first Exotica album kick-started the new lounge craze – Exotica Volume II further demonstrated Denny’s unique imagination as both a musician and an entertainer. Jackpot Records’ limited-edition reissue of Exotica Volume II is pressed on tropical green color vinyl and brings Denny’s unique space age twist on Pan-Asian and Polynesian music direct to your stereo.

Martin Denny – Primitiva [Reissue/1958] LP (Jackpot)

Originally released in 1958, Primitiva is a rhythmically rich and inimitably exotic Martin Denny experience. Reissued by Jackpot Records on limited edition ocean blue color vinyl, Primitiva highlights the burgeoning sound of ’50s exotica music, with Denny’s diverse soundscape ranging from vibraphones and marimbas to Burmese gongs and Buddhist prayer bowls.

Martin Denny – Afro-Desia [Reissue/1959] LP (Jackpot)

Travelling beyond the tropical waters of the South Pacific, Afro-Desia showcases Martin Denny’s foremost foray into the sounds and rhythms of the African continent. Pressed on flame-orange color vinyl, Afro-Desia‘s twelve tracks burn bright and bring the groove with a chorus of marimbas, timbales, congas, and the sounds of the safari itself. Originally released in 1959, Afro-Desia marks the end of Martin Denny’s ’50s experimentalism before his move into more conventional cocktail jazz.

Dirty Heads – The Best Of Dirty Heads 2xLP (11-7)

Erebe – Aeon LP (Silent Future)

Clear w/ blue & white splatter color vinyl. Aeon is an ambitious blend of progressive rock and post-metal, for fans of Opeth, The Ocean, Karnivool, Katatonia, and The Contortionist. Features a guest appearance by Gorguts’ Luc Lemay and artwork commissioned from Simon Fowler, who also works with Sunn O))).

Eyedea & Abilities – First Born [Reisssue/2001] 2xLP+12” (Rhymesayers)

Micheal “Eyedea” Larsen and Gregory “DJ Abilities” Keltgen first met in the mid- ‘90s and soon began a working relationship that would play a prominent role in the burgeoning indie-rap movement of the time. After numerous successes across nearly every notable MC or DJ battle of the late ’90s and early ’00s, including HBO’s Blaze Battle, the Rocksteady Anniversary, Scribble Jam, the DMC’s and more, they had already cemented their legacies both as individuals in the battle scene and as the dynamic duo, Eyedea & Abilities, for their live performances and showmanship. However, determined not to be dismissed as one-dimensional, they set out to prove they were to be taken just as seriously at writing and recording. The release of their debut album, First Born, revealed their talents to be much more versatile and expansive than previously expected. The boastful arrogance and punchlines that had become synonymous with battling were notably scarce on the album. This limited vinyl package includes two galaxy effect color vinyl LPs and a bonus 12″ pressed on ultra-clear laser-etched and UV printed vinyl featuring four bonus tracks.

Father John Misty – Chloë And The Next 20^th Century 2xLP+2×7”+MP3 (Sub Pop)

Deluxe vinyl box set edition featuring two red color LPs, two bonus 7” singles, a poster, and a hardcover book. Father John Misty returns with Chloë And The Next 20th Century, his fifth album and first new material since the release of God’s Favorite Customer in 2018. Chloë And The Next 20th Century was written and recorded August through December 2020 and features arrangements by Drew Erickson. The album sees Father John Misty – aka Josh Tillman – and producer/multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson resume their longtime collaboration, with Dave Cerminara returning as engineer and mixer. Basic tracks were recorded at Wilson’s Five Star Studios with strings, brass and woodwinds recorded at United Recordings in a session featuring Dan Higgins and Wayne Bergeron, among others. Chloë And The Next 20th Century features the singles “Funny Girl”, “Q4”, “Goodbye Mr. Blue”, and “Kiss Me (I Loved You)”.

Fennesz – Hotel Paral.lel [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Editions Mego)

Hotel Paral.lel, originally released in September 1997, was Christian Fennesz’s debut solo album. Following up from the EP Instrument, it was an investigation into the sonic possibilities residing in guitar based digital music, recorded just before mobile computing devices became the norm. A far more dark and experimental work than what was to follow. Freeform noise, sliced techno beats and subtle ambient textures create a timeless work, which is an essential addition to any collection of pioneering music of the late 20th Century.

Fire In Little Africa – Fire In Little Africa LP (Motown)

Limited translucent orange color vinyl pressing. Fire In Little Africa is a music and multimedia project coinciding with the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The project is made up of more than fifty rappers, singers, producers, and creatives based in the state of Oklahoma and was partially recorded in Tulsa’s Skyline Mansion, a former home to Tulsa Ku Klux Klan leader W. Tate Brady.

friendkerrek – Grilchy Party Favors Vol. 2: Letters From Tomorrow LP (Grilchy Party)

Letters From Tomorrow combines friendkerrek’s signature synthesizer and sample-based soundscapes with the raw sounds that come from working mostly outside of a computer on vintage samplers.

Grey Daze – Amends [Reissue/2020] LP (Loma Vista)

Two vinyl variants: ruby red and picture disc. Amends is third studio album by American rock band, originally released in 2020.

The Lazy Eyes – SongBook LP (The Lazy Eyes)

The debut album by Sydney four-piece The Lazy Eyes is a world unto itself. It’s all journey and all destination, a decidedly modern marvel of psych-rock that’s unpretentious in construction but precious where it counts. SongBook is evidence of an edifice slowly being formed, a trepidatious first footstep by the band into the wider world.

Linqua Franqa – Bellringer LP (Ernest Jenning)

In linguistics, “lingua franca” is a term for a language used to communicate across cultures. For instance, the lingua franca of the Internet is typically English; in post-colonial Africa, French is often the lingua franca. For Athens, Georgia-based rapper, linguist, activist, parent, and politician Mariah Parker aka Linqua Franqa, music is the tool they use to communicate – and educate – across cultural boundaries. Parker is a linqua franqa for the people. Weaving a rich tapestry of hip-hop lyricism and neo-soul hooks, Parker imbues every song with a sense of urgency and keen social consciousness.

Lord Beatjitzu – Night With Phyllis Dilla At The Congo Bongo LP (Grilchy Party)

The enigmatic Lord Beatjitsu returns with a new LP, this time touching on a whole new chamber in his vast archive. Night With Phyllis Dilla At The Congo Bongo is a deep dive lounging on a tropical isle. Here, he delves into another world with his stripped down and dusty loops.

Ella Mai – Time Change Ready 3xLP (Interscope)

This triple color vinyl set compiles the English funk/soul/R&B singer-songwriter’s first three EPs, which were previously digital-only releases.

Hank Mobley – Curtain Call [Reissue/1984] LP (Blue Note)

Originally released on the Japanese Blue Note label in 1984, Curtain Call was recorded on August 18, 1957, and features Mobley, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, bassist Jimmy Rowser, pianist Sonny Clark, and drummer Art Taylor. Reissued on vinyl as part of Blue Note’s ongoing Tone Poet series featuring all-analog masters pressed on 180gm vinyl.

Mortuary Drape – Wisdom – Vibration – Repent 12” (Peaceville)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Cult band Mortuary Drape was formed in Italy in 1986 as a trio, including the long-standing/sole-remaining member, band founder and visionary Wildness Perversion. Highly inspired by the dark arts and combining early influences from bands such as Mercyful Fate and Celtic Frost, Mortuary Drape developed their own unique style of black occult metal.

Mourning [A] BLKstar – The Cycle 2xLP+MP3 (Don Giovanni)

Limited yellow color vinyl pressing. The Cycle is the fifth album by Mourning [A] BLKstar. It’s the Cleveland-based collective’s masterwork – a double LP spanning 20 songs and three singers, touching on neo-soul, hip-hop, and the cosmic expanse in between/beyond. It is a humble addition to the long legacy of James Baldwin’s adage of the artist as witness. It is their song cycle, written in a time that just may need a song or two in support of and in love and power to the living.

Pinhead Gunpowder – Goodbye Ellston Avenue [Reissue/1997] LP (1-2-3-4 Go!)

What began as a recording project had become an enduring band, and this 1997 release is proof. The members brought the sounds of their other groups – Redmond Shooting Stars, Uranium 9 Volt, The Big Cats, and Green Day – but joined together to make something new and unique. Originally released on Lookout Records, this thirteen-song LP has been recut at 45 RPM and comes on limited exclusive color vinyl.

The Ponderosa Twins Plus One – 2+2+1= [Reissue/1971] LP (Numero)

Grassy green color vinyl pressing. An American soul vocal group that would go on to shape the sound of pop music much farther beyond their imaginations, The Ponderosa Twins Plus One featured two sets of identical teenage twins, Alfred and Alvin Pelham, and Keith and Kirk Gardner, along with Ricky Spicer. The group released a couple of singles and a lone album for Cleveland’s Saru label in 1971, breaking up and disbanding as adolescence waned. A recent sample darling of both Kanye West and Tyler The Creator, “Bound” has revealed the Ponderosa Twins Plus One as the real Midwest kid soul deal. This vinyl reissue comprises remasters from the original analog tapes, two previously unissued bonus tracks, and a replica tip on sleeve.

Pretenders – Pretenders [Reissue/1980] LP (Rhino)

Pretenders – Pretenders II [Reissue/1981] LP (Rhino)

2018 remasters. Pretenders is widely regarded as one of the greatest debut albums of all-time. Featuring Chrissie Hynde’s incredible vocals and guitar, James Honeyman-Scott’s glistening guitar, Pete Farndon’s driving bass and Martin Chambers’ drums, the album is quintessential new wave, and a defining album of the ‘80s.

Ruby The Hatchet – Live At Earthquaker 12” (Magnetic Eye)

With sultry, honey-smoked vocals, lush yet crisp guitars and spirit of rock ‘n’ roll organ heroics, it takes just a few seconds for luxuriant opening track “1000 Years” from Ruby The Hatchet’s hot-blooded new EP Live At Earthquaker to firmly sink its hooks into ears and hearts. [A limited-edition red color vinyl pressing is available. CD edition due April 29.]

Sega Bodega – Romeo LP (Supernature)

White color vinyl pressing. Born in Ireland, raised in Glasgow and now based in London, producer, performer, and label head Sega Bodega – AKA Salvador Navarrete – has built a reputation as being one of the UK’s most innovative and precocious creative minds. Inspired as much by his close network of peers as his love of cinematic soundscapes, he has made impacts spanning across music, fashion, and film, soundtracking some of the most important cultural moments in recent years, as well as building a catalogue of prolific and critically acclaimed solo releases that traverse genre, style and composition.

Shlohmo – The End [Reissue/2019] LP (Friends Of Friends)

Limited pink color vinyl pressing. Shlohmo is acclaimed electronic producer, designer and composer Henry Laufer, a staple in the independent Los Angeles music scene since the release of his seminal Bad Vibes LP in 2011. His high-profile collaborations with artists like Chance The Rapper, Jeremih, Joji and others as well as the Wedidit Collective (RL Grime, Ryan Hemsworth, D33J etc.) in which he founded has and roots in the Low End Theory movement brought him international acclaim and a cult-like following clammering for The End, his third full-length and first since 2015. Dread and angst and an eerie sense of calm merge together to create something truly special as this one-of-a-kind artist takes his next step forward into his unique genre-defying depths.

Slipknot – Slipknot [Reissue/1999] LP (Roadrunner)

Limited-edition lemon-yellow color vinyl reissue of the nu metal band’s debut studio album.

Somali Yacht Club – The Space 2xLP (Season Of Mist)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Named after the real-life pirates who attack vessels off the Somalian coast and the peaceful leisure of those with time to kill and money to burn, Somali Yacht Club musically embodies the boundless, wide-open, quiet/loud spaces that atmospheric post-rock and metal occupy. The band’s third full-length The Space finds the trio in full expanse of their sonic elements, delivering six cuts of atmospheric post-rock/metal with dashes of melancholy and introspection.

Spectral Wound – Infernal Decadence [Reissue/2018] LP (Profound Lore)

Vinyl reissue of the Montreal black metal band’s second album. “The beauty of this album is that it manages to be memorable without relying on a specific gimmick: there’s no needless clean chorus, nor pointedly overwrought leads. Each song is built on the best foundation available for a metal band: the almighty riff. With solid riffs dropping out only to make room for other equally enticing sections, it allows the competence of the rest of the band to shine without any showboating or cheese. If only there were more of this in metal.” – Vice

Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana [Reissue/2013] LP+MP3 (Carpark)

Limited orange color vinyl pressing. On their debut full-length, Western Massachusetts’ Speedy Ortiz manages a bit of magic by conjuring the spirits of classic American indie rock, while twisting those ghosts into new shapes. It’s easy to hear the influences of Helium, Jawbox, and Chavez on Major Arcana, as well as nods to their contemporaries including Grass is Green, Pile, and Roomrunner. Sweet vocal harmonies run up against gnarly distortion, aided by basic, chunky bass parts and heavy, fill-laden drums.

Sunny War – With The Sun LP (ORG Music)

With The Sun is Sunny War’s third studio recording – a distinctive Venice creation. Sunny War is more than just an artist; she is a force of nature that is tough to pin down. What exactly is her style? Blues or punk? Think Robert Johnson crossed with Bad Brains. Pressed on brown color vinyl.

Surfrajettes – Rollerfink LP (Hi-Tide Recordings)

Debut LP from the world’s premier surfing combo.

Tatyana – Treat Me Right LP (Sinderlyn)

Clear vinyl pressing. Co-produced with Metronomy’s Joseph Mount, electro-pop artist Tatyana’s debut album is a careful fusion of her classical harp training with her keen sense for pop production and songwriting. Inspired by late-2000s indie pop and Swedish pop auteurs, Treat Me Right is a sparkling, catchy collection of ’80s synths and futuristic auto-tuned vocals.

Ten Years After – Ten Years After Undead [Reissue/1968] LP (Sundazed)

Limited-edition yellow color vinyl pressing. Recorded “Live” at Klooks Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London NW 6.

Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous [Reissue/1978] 2xLP (Friday Music)

This 1/2-speed mastered deluxe double LP reissue includes some of Thin Lizzy’s best songs including “The Boys Are Back In Town”, “The Rocker” and “Jailbreak”. The reissue features original art elements, graphics, deluxe gatefold cover, and was half-speed mastered from the original Warner vault tapes. Two colorways are available.

Tortoise – Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters [Reissue/1995] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)

Tortoise has spent nearly 30 years making music that defies description. While the Chicago-based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub, rock, jazz, electronica and minimalism throughout its revered and influential discography, the resulting sounds have always been distinctly, even stubbornly, their own. One of the thrulines that create that distinctive sound is what might be called a pervasive element of group play, or ensemble-mindedness, as opposed to emphasis on a virtuoso soloist or frontman. Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters follows in this line as Tortoise turned their iconic early songs over to their friends to remix.

Various Artists – The New Heavy Metal Revue Presents Metal Massacre [Reissue/1982] LP (Metal Blade)

Marking its 40th anniversary, Metal Blade Records is proud to present a color vinyl reissue of its debut release, Metal Massacre, available for the first time since 1984. Originally released in June 1982, Metal Massacre showcased the best of Los Angeles, California’s unsigned acts of the time such as Metallica, Ratt and Malice, and has since become a cornerstone of Metal Blade Records.

C.M. Von Hausswolff – Conductor / Life And Death of Pboc LP (Sub Rosa)

Two rare historical recordings (1983 and 1986) originally released as single sides and gathered here for the first time. Carl Michael Von Hausswolff on the pieces: “‘Conductor’ might be my favorite composition and ‘Life And Death Of Pboc’ might be my most sincere. ‘Conductor’ was my first composed piece with no obvious reference points… ‘Life and Death of Pboc’ was the second. These two compositions gave me the title godfather of dark ambient.”

Wax – A Box Of Wax 3xLP (Renaissance)

Wax was a new wave duo in Manchester, England, consisting of American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold and 10cc guitarist/bassist Graham Gouldman. They are best known for their European hit singles “Bridge To Your Heart” and “Right Between The Eyes”. In the US, they were listed as Wax UK, while later releases were additionally credited as Andrew Gold & Graham Gouldman. This three-LP box set includes the albums Magnetic Heaven (1986), American English (1987), and A Hundred Thousand In Fresh Notes (1989).

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