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Alfa Mist – Bring Backs CD/LP (ANTI-)
London based producer, pianist, bandleader and MC Alfa Mist delivers his fourth full-length solo record Bring Backs, his most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form. The album’s nine tracks of groove-based intricacies, lyrical solipsism and meandering fragmentations are tied together by a remarkable poem written by Hilary Thomas expressing the sensuous realities of building community in a new country. Entirely written and produced by Alfa, the album was recorded in London with a core band of longtime collaborators including Jamie Leeming (guitar), Kaya Thomas-Dyke (bass and vocals), Jamie Houghton (drums) and Johnny Woodham (trumpet).
Eric Church – Soul CD/LP (UMG Nashville)
Country hero Eric Church’s new Heart & Soul project, which is his follow-up to 2018’s Desperate Man, will be released in two installments, in quick succession. The collection was made with producer Jay Joyce and a creative team who recorded one track per day in sessions in early 2020 in the mountains of North Carolina. Speaking at the 2020 CMA Awards, Church said: “The interesting thing about this process is that Jay kept asking me the last three or four days, ‘Are we done?’ I kept saying, ‘God, this is going to be really hard. There’s a lot here. Is this a double album? And if it’s a double album, how do we leave out these five or six songs?’ I am the hardest critic on making sure every song deserves to be on the record, and I beat this thing to death going, ‘This can’t be that good. But it was just a special, special time, and a special, special project that I think will be among our best…That’s where Heart & Soul came from. That was everything we had.”
Steve Cropper – Fire It Up CD/LP (Provogue)
The term “Guitar Hero” is bandied about loosely these days. Seems like all you must do is look good holding the thing and you qualify. But if you ask the actual guitar heroes – like Brian May, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton – who their guitar heroes are, Steve Cropper is on the shortlist. If all he had done were the records with Otis Redding that would be enough, but shortly thereafter he was leaving his fingerprints on records by Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Johnny Taylor, Albert King, and virtually anybody worthy who came within earshot of Memphis. He was a Guitarist’s Guitarist, and a Songwriter’s Songwriter. Fire It Up is Steve Cropper’s first album of new soul/R&B material in 10 years.
Dreamer Boy – All The Ways We Are Together CD/2xLP (Slowplay/Harvest)
Wide-eyed Nashville singer-songwriter Dreamer Boy’s (aka Nashville’s Zach Taylor) new album, All The Ways We Are Together wasn’t necessarily written with the turmoil of 2020 in mind, but its ethereal melodies, delicate timbre and empathetic lyrics will surely speak to fans burdened by the state of things. He chose Earth Day as a release date for the album to reflect the global communal spirit he feels with people and our shared environment. On the earnest title track single “All The Ways We Are Together”, Taylor explains that: “I wrote it when I was at a low point and the song represents the voice of a friend who is helping you through a hard time. We must lean on one another in this life and remind each other who we are and what matters. I needed to be reminded I couldn’t hold the weight on my own shoulders, and that having friends to help bear our burdens is a beautiful part of life.” [A limited-edition colored vinyl pressing is also available.]
Dupmstaphunk – Where Do We Go From Here CD/2xLP (The Funk Garage)
Over its past 17 years, Dumpstaphunk has earned its reputation as the most well-regarded next-generation New Orleans live powerhouse, the type of band whose live shows attract sit-ins from legends like Carlos Santana, Bob Weir and Trombone Shorty. Alongside Hall, Daniels, Alex Wasily, Ryan Nyther and drummer Devin Trusclair, cousins Ivan and Ian Neville have built upon their family’s iconic NOLA legacy as they’ve transformed Dumpstaphunk into the city’s pre-eminent 21st century funk-fusion export. The band’s mix of classic and modern influences can be heard throughout the party-friendly mix of R&B, funk, rock, swamp-pop and blues of “Where Do We Go From Here”, from the slap-bass rave “Make It After All” to the band’s contemporary renderings of NOLA R&B rarities (the 1975 Blackmail gem “Let’s Get At It”) and early ‘70s classics (Sly and The Family Stone’s “In Time”). [A limited-edition bronze/gold color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Kaleo – Surface Sounds CD/2xLP (Elektra)
In three short years, Kaleo scored a trifecta of global hits, received a Grammy nomination, watched their first album, 2016’s A/B, go Gold and toured incessantly. Every bit of that lived experience is packed into their sophomore album Surface Sounds. Frontman/songwriter JJ Julius Son has been in the studio off-and-on for two years, allowing for a combination of globe-trotting and meticulous tinkering, resulting in a spectrum of sounds recorded around the world – in North America, South America and across Europe. The final product is refreshingly free of calculation, with Julius Son allowing each tune to dictate its path while simultaneously leaning-in to his blues, folk and rock inclinations. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Lost Horizons – In Quiet Moments CD/2xLP+MP3 (Bella Union)
Lost Horizons is a collaboration between Simon Raymonde, former bassist of the Cocteau Twins, and drummer Richard Thomas, whose past resume includes Dif Juz and The Jesus And Mary Chain. Their haunting, low-key indie pop combines elements of dance-rock and Bowie-esque singer songwriter folk. In Quiet Moments features a distinguished cast of guest singers and a handful of supporting instrumentalists embellishing the core duo’s gorgeously free-flowing and loose-limbed blueprint. While the album has its pockets of loss, they are aligned to the concept of hope, and the result is more about rebirth than death. [A limited deluxe vinyl pressing is also available.]
Todd Snider – First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder CD/LP (Aimless)
First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder is a folk record with funk elements and street singer and psychedelic elements which Todd Snider calls it “P-Folk” or “Folkadelic.” “With this album I had the idea for the sound first, I think. I wanted to do what I was calling funk in back and busking up front with [Beatles’] White Album-y shit scattered about. I had done a lot of listening to and looking into Parliament and James Brown and lots of reggae music, too,” Snider says. The album was borne from Snider’s popular weekly live stream series from The Purple Building in East Nashville (pictured on the album cover).
CDs + Vinyl:
Cindy Alexander – While The Angels Sigh CD (Blue Élan)
While The Angels Sigh is at once a musical affirmation of personal power and grace, and an acceptance of human weakness and fallibility. Cindy Alexander has written a songbook for the sandwich generation, with wisdom for millennials, and gratitude to the generations that came before her.
Alfa Mist – Bring Backs CD/LP (ANTI-)
London based producer, pianist, bandleader and MC Alfa Mist delivers his fourth full-length solo record Bring Backs, his most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form. The album’s nine tracks of groove-based intricacies, lyrical solipsism and meandering fragmentations are tied together by a remarkable poem written by Hilary Thomas expressing the sensuous realities of building community in a new country. Entirely written and produced by Alfa, the album was recorded in London with a core band of longtime collaborators including Jamie Leeming (guitar), Kaya Thomas-Dyke (bass and vocals), Jamie Houghton (drums) and Johnny Woodham (trumpet).
Hasaan Ibn Ali – Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album CD/2xLP (Omnivore Recordings)
Recorded in 1965, Hasaan Ibn Ali’s Lost Atlantic Album showcases the work of the jazz pianist, a contemporary and colleague of John Coltrane. Ali had practiced intensively with John Coltrane in the early 1950s and is thought to have been the influence behind Coltrane’s so-called sheets of sound. He is also partially credited for the harmonic approach that underlay Coltrane’s breakthrough Giant Steps and, alongside Earl Bostic, is one of two role models behind Coltrane’s strict work ethic.
Altarage – Succumb CD/2xLP (Season Of Mist)
Altarage’s fourth full-length, Succumb, is bristling with black and dissonant death metal fury that immediately evokes a plethora of sinister images in the brain. Its origin lies in the destructiveness of nostalgia, among other things.
Big Brave – Vital CD (Southern Lord)
Minimalism and instinct, structure/freedom and meticulous timing form the cornerstones of their precise, rhythmical sound. Lyrically, Vital explores the weight of race and gender, endurance and navigating other people’s behaviors, observation and protest. Big Brave further comment “this album involves what it means navigating the outside world in a racialized body and what it does to the psyche as a whole while finding individual worth within this reality.”
Bodom After Midnight – Paint The Sky With Blood CDEP/10” (Napalm)
New EP from the melodic death metal band. [A limited-edition gold color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Body Void – Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth CD (Prosthetic)
Recorded in June 2020 whilst the United States of America teemed with discordance and conflict under the heat of a sweltering summer and a tyrannical leader, Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth evolved into a document of its surroundings, a product of its environment. At Blackheart Sound in Manchester, New Hampshire the two members of Body Void worked with producer Eric Sauter, to process their feelings – both those that had been long festering, and those which were new and raw – into the four tracks that make up their third studio album. An additional layer of electronic filth was applied with the help of solo noise musician, and Body Void touring bassist, Entresol. [Vinyl edition due May 28.]
Cabaret Voltaire – BN9Drone CD/2xLP (Mute)
BN9Drone is the second drone album from Cabare Voltaire in 2021, following the March release of Dekadrone. Both albums were recorded during sessions for the band’s 2020 full length Shadow Of Fear, their first studio album in 26 years. BN9Drone delves deeper into Cabaret Voltaire’s arsenal of “harsh rhythms and threatening detonations” (Classic Pop). It is an album of transformation and transportation. If you ever wondered what it would be like to meditate on the moon, well wonder no longer. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Capra – In Transmission CD/LP (Metal Blade)
Capra is a metallic hardcore band roaring out of the depths of southern Louisiana. Formed in 2016 by a pair of lifelong friends, Tyler Harper and Jeremy Randazzo, the bands’ dedication to their underground music community has led to rapid growth in the DIY scene. With a sound that reflects a deep web of hardcore influences with particular focus on acts like Every Time I Die and Converge, Capra are the band for their time and place. With high-energy delivery and raging rock and roll hooks, the group has been able to open for bands such as Whores, The Number 12 Looks Like You and local heroes Eyehategod and Thou. [A limited-edition white with pink & black splatter color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Carpenter Brut – Blood Machines [O.S.T.] CD (Caroline)
With Blood Machines, Carpenter Brut reunites with Seth Ickerman film director duo (Raphael Hernandez & Savitri Joly-Gonfard) to continue exploring the universe of Turbo Killer. United by their passion for cinema and 80’s music, the movie follows two space hunters tracking down a ship trying to free itself. [Vinyl edition due May 7.]
Eric Church – Soul CD/LP (UMG Nashville)
Country hero Eric Church’s new Heart & Soul project, which is his follow-up to 2018’s Desperate Man, will be released in two installments, in quick succession. The collection was made with producer Jay Joyce and a creative team who recorded one track per day in sessions in early 2020 in the mountains of North Carolina. Speaking at the 2020 CMA Awards, Church said: “The interesting thing about this process is that Jay kept asking me the last three or four days, ‘Are we done?’ I kept saying, ‘God, this is going to be really hard. There’s a lot here. Is this a double album? And if it’s a double album, how do we leave out these five or six songs?’ I am the hardest critic on making sure every song deserves to be on the record, and I beat this thing to death going, ‘This can’t be that good. But it was just a special, special time, and a special, special project that I think will be among our best…That’s where Heart & Soul came from. That was everything we had.”
Code Quartet – Geneology CD (Justin Time)
Code Quartet is comprised of Christine Jensen on saxophones, Lex French on trumpet, Adrian Vedady on acoustic bass and Jim Doxas on drums. Citing themselves as grown out of a jazz genealogy, they came together with the equal goal of composing and improvising in a cordless quartet setting. The quartet draws on composers from Fletcher Henderson to Paul Bley, Charlie Haden, Ornette Coleman, and beyond. The compositions are inspired by visual art, poetry, the environment, politics, and social movements.
Steve Cropper – Fire It Up CD/LP (Provogue)
The term “Guitar Hero” is bandied about loosely these days. Seems like all you must do is look good holding the thing and you qualify. But if you ask the actual guitar heroes – like Brian May, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton – who their guitar heroes are, Steve Cropper is on the shortlist. If all he had done were the records with Otis Redding that would be enough, but shortly thereafter he was leaving his fingerprints on records by Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Johnny Taylor, Albert King, and virtually anybody worthy who came within earshot of Memphis. He was a Guitarist’s Guitarist, and a Songwriter’s Songwriter. Fire It Up is Steve Cropper’s first album of new soul/R&B material in 10 years.
Dinosaur Jr, – Sweep It Into Space CD/LP (Jagjaguwar)
Sweep It Into Space is Dinosaur Jr.’s first new collection of music since 2016’s Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not, continuing what is perhaps the greatest “second act” of any band ever. Originally scheduled for mid-2020, this record’s temporal trajectory was thwarted by the coming of the Plague. But it would take more than a mere Plague to tamp down the exquisite fury of this trio when they are fully dialed-in. And Sweep It Into Space is a masterpiece of zoned dialing. Dinosaur Jr. has a signature sound as sure as the Stooges or Sonic Youth or Discharge ever did. They continue to expand their personal universe with Sweep It Into Space, without ever losing their central core. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Dirty Honey – Dirty Honey CD/LP (Dirt)
When it came time to record their self-titled full-length debut album, Dirty Honey – vocalist Marc LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverstone – wasn’t about to mess with what was already working. Teaming up with producer Nick DiDia (Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam), who also produced the band’s 2019 self-titled EP, Dirty Honey again captured the lightning-in-a-bottle dynamics and energy of their live sound. The Dirty Honey album indeed builds on the band’s output to date, with airtight songwriting that plays up their strengths: sexy, bluesy, nasty rock ‘n’ roll, melodic hard rock, and soulful ‘70s blues-rock.
Dreamer Boy – All The Ways We Are Together CD/2xLP (Slowplay/Harvest)
Wide-eyed Nashville singer-songwriter Dreamer Boy’s (aka Nashville’s Zach Taylor) new album, All The Ways We Are Together wasn’t necessarily written with the turmoil of 2020 in mind, but its ethereal melodies, delicate timbre and empathetic lyrics will surely speak to fans burdened by the state of things. He chose Earth Day as a release date for the album to reflect the global communal spirit he feels with people and our shared environment. On the earnest title track single “All The Ways We Are Together”, Taylor explains that: “I wrote it when I was at a low point and the song represents the voice of a friend who is helping you through a hard time. We must lean on one another in this life and remind each other who we are and what matters. I needed to be reminded I couldn’t hold the weight on my own shoulders, and that having friends to help bear our burdens is a beautiful part of life.” [A limited-edition colored vinyl pressing is also available.]
Dupmstaphunk – Where Do We Go From Here CD/2xLP (The Funk Garage)
Over its past 17 years, Dumpstaphunk has earned its reputation as the most well-regarded next-generation New Orleans live powerhouse, the type of band whose live shows attract sit-ins from legends like Carlos Santana, Bob Weir and Trombone Shorty. Alongside Hall, Daniels, Alex Wasily, Ryan Nyther and drummer Devin Trusclair, cousins Ivan and Ian Neville have built upon their family’s iconic NOLA legacy as they’ve transformed Dumpstaphunk into the city’s pre-eminent 21st century funk-fusion export. The band’s mix of classic and modern influences can be heard throughout the party-friendly mix of R&B, funk, rock, swamp-pop and blues of “Where Do We Go From Here”, from the slap-bass rave “Make It After All” to the band’s contemporary renderings of NOLA R&B rarities (the 1975 Blackmail gem “Let’s Get At It”) and early ‘70s classics (Sly and The Family Stone’s “In Time”). [A limited-edition bronze/gold color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Field Music – Flat White Moon CD/LP+MP3 (Memphis Industries)
“We want to make people feel good about things that we feel terrible about,” says David Brewis, who has co-led the band Field Music with his brother Peter since 2004. It’s a statement which seems particularly fitting to their latest album, Flat White Moon. Sporadic sessions for the album began in late 2019 at the pair’s studio in Sunderland, slotted between rehearsals and touring. The initial recordings pushed a looser performance aspect to the fore, inspired by some of their very first musical loves; Free, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles; old tapes and LPs pilfered from their parents’ shelves. But a balance between performance and construction has always been an essential part of Field Music. The playfulness that’s evident in much of Flat White Moon‘s music became a way to offset the darkness and the sadness of many of the lyrics. Much of the album is plainly about loss and grief, and also about the guilt and isolation which comes with that. [A limited-edition clear vinyl pressing is also available.]
Peter Frampton – Peter Frampton Forgets The Words CD/2xLP (UMe)
Frampton Forgets The Words comprises instrumental tributes to some of the English star’s favorite songs, and stands as the sequel to Frampton’s Grammy Award-winning instrumental album of 2007, Fingerprints. Frampton and his band reinhabit songs by such fellow greats, some of them personal friends and collaborators of his, including David Bowie, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, and Lenny Kravitz.
Frozen Crown – Winterbane CD/LP (Scarlet)
Winterbane sees Frozen Crown amplifying the classic heavy and power metal components of their sound and toning down the symphonic influences even more, resulting in an aggressive and monolithic album thanks to the tasteful riffs and guitar leads of mastermind and songwriter Federico Mondelli and the astonishing female vocals provided by talented singer Giada Jade Etro.
Gang Of Four – Entertainment! [Reissue/1979] CD/LP+MP3 (Matador)
Gang Of Four – Solid Gold [Reissue/1981] CD/LP+MP3 (Matador)
Two of Gang Of Four’s critical early works, Entertainment! (1979) and Solid Gold (1981) have been remastered from the original analog tapes. Propelled by a political mission and some wicked bass playing, the Gang Of Four released ‘Entertainment’ in 1979. Entertainment! is – without question – one of the most important records from the post punk era. The group’s second album, Solid Gold, celebrated its 40th anniversary on March 1st. It boasts a much deeper, bass heavy sound than Entertainment! and contains the singles “Outside The Trains Don’t Run On Time” and “He’d Send In The Army”.
Guru Guru – UFO [Reissue/1970] CD/2xLP (Cleopatra)
Special deluxe reissue of the landmark 1970 debut album from the krautrock pioneers. Includes newly remastered audio and meticulously reproduced album artwork. [A limited-edition ‘purple haze’ color vinyl pressing also available.]
Imagine Dragons – Follow You / Cutthroat CDEP (Interscope)
Two new tracks from Imagine Dragons – their first since the release of Origins.
The Immediate Family – Can’t Stop Progress CDEP (Quarto Valley)
The Immediate Family (the modern iteration of a legendary studio ensemble known as The Section) is a rock and roll band composed of four of the most recorded, respected and sought-after players in modern music: Danny Kortchmar (guitar and vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar and vocals), Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums) and the addition of prominent touring, session guitarist and songwriter Steve Postell (guitar and vocals).
Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga CD/LP (Everloving)
After the 280 concerts that followed the release of their 2017 album Kin Sonic, Jupiter & Okwess return with new album Na Kozonga, a blast of energy that bewitches the body and feeds the spirit. Since the beginning, the Rebel General and his fellow pyrotechnicians have been drawing the rhythms of the Congo out of obscurity to reveal their superpowers: the powers of rock and funk, ready for every kind of musical coupling and any kind of invitation.
Kaleo – Surface Sounds CD/2xLP (Elektra)
In three short years, Kaleo scored a trifecta of global hits, received a Grammy nomination, watched their first album, 2016’s A/B, go Gold and toured incessantly. Every bit of that lived experience is packed into their sophomore album Surface Sounds. Frontman/songwriter JJ Julius Son has been in the studio off-and-on for two years, allowing for a combination of globe-trotting and meticulous tinkering, resulting in a spectrum of sounds recorded around the world – in North America, South America and across Europe. The final product is refreshingly free of calculation, with Julius Son allowing each tune to dictate its path while simultaneously leaning-in to his blues, folk and rock inclinations. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Dermot Kennedy – Without Fear (The Complete Edition) 2xCD (Interscope)
Deluxe double-CD edition of Kennedy’s 2019 album includes the bonus Lost In The Soft Light Sessions EP. Dermot Kennedy is an emerging singer songwriter from County Dublin in Ireland. He has been playing guitar and singing for about 8 years now and has mastered writing his own unique style of material. His soulful voice coupled with the clear and poetic lyrics of his songs gives Dermot a unique sound.
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band [Reissue/1971] CD/2xCD/6xCD+2xBlu-ray/2xLP (Capitol)
50th Anniversary Edition available in a variety of configurations. Lennon’s debut solo album has been completely remixed from original multitracks, overseen by producer Yoko Ono Lennon, featuring Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston & Phil Spector. [The single-disc edition adds three singles, featuring John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston & Phil Spector. The expanded double-disc edition contains Ultimate Mixes of the original album and singles as well as outtakes of each. The Super Deluxe Edition adds Elements, Raw Studio, Evolution, Demos, Jams & Yoko Live Sessions, as well as two Blu-Ray Audio Discs: 159 new mixes, hi-res 192/24 audio: stereo, 5.1 Surround & Dolby Atmos, a 132-page hardback book with rare photos, memorabilia and extensive notes, a poster and two postcards. The half-speed mastered double-vinyl edition contains a second LP of unreleased stereo outtakes for each song.]
Lillith Czar – Created From Filth And Dust CD (Sumerian Recordings)
“I am Lilith Czar,” begins the artist formerly known as Juliet Simms on her new album’s “Poem Intro”. The rock star’s voice is calm – a bit too calm – before continuing with background and explaining how she was created from filth and dust. With a heavy drum beat and absolute searing guitar, the word dust is screamed through her raspy, devilish vocals, as we’re sent flying down the rabbit hole of reinvention.
Lost Horizons – In Quiet Moments CD/2xLP+MP3 (Bella Union)
Lost Horizons is a collaboration between Simon Raymonde, former bassist of the Cocteau Twins, and drummer Richard Thomas, whose past resume includes Dif Juz and The Jesus And Mary Chain. Their haunting, low-key indie pop combines elements of dance-rock and Bowie-esque singer songwriter folk. In Quiet Moments features a distinguished cast of guest singers and a handful of supporting instrumentalists embellishing the core duo’s gorgeously free-flowing and loose-limbed blueprint. While the album has its pockets of loss, they are aligned to the concept of hope, and the result is more about rebirth than death. [A limited deluxe vinyl pressing is also available.]
Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Ding Dong. You’re Dead. CD/LP (Rune Grammofon)
Only nine months after her momentous debut solo album Ekhidna, guitarist Hedvig Mollestad is back fronting her trio. With their previous album Smells Funny, this explosive and expansive trio experienced a breakthrough of sorts, having gone from strength to strength through five albums since their 2011 debut Shoot!, gathering respect from both rock and jazz camps, sharing big stages with the likes of John McLaughlin and Black Sabbath, and being equally comfortable on jazz and rock stages. [A limited-edition clear vinyl pressing is also available.]
Motörhead – Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin CD+DVD/2xLP (Motörhead Music)
The Lemmy Kilmister/Phil Campbell/Mikkey Dee Motörhead line-up spent decades cracking sound barriers, bending ears and decimating lawns worldwide, consistently delivering the Motörgospel to hundreds of thousands of fans. Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin is a thunderous performance from the band’s 2012 Kings of The Road tour, spanning fifteen classics across all four decades.
NOÊTA – Elm CD/LP (Prophecy)
Something dark, melancholic, and at times even sinister is haunting each of the eight tracks collected on NOÊTA’s sophomore full-length, Elm, which is lyrically based loosely on emotions connected to the eponymous poem by the celebrated American writer Sylvia Plath. The music of the Swedish duo comes with an inherent ethereal beauty, which is carried by Êlea’s both lucent and lucid voice. [A limited-edition gold color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Pærish – Fixed It All CD/LP (Side One Dummy)
New album from Paris-based band Pærish, produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Code Orange, Circa Survive, The Menzingers). Pærish has made friends and toured with a plethora of high-profile American and British bands, from Sum 41 to Silversun Pickups, Moose Blood to Movements – something that’s practically unheard of for a French band to do in the alternative rock scene.
Porcupine Tree – Octane Twisted [Reissue/2012] CD (Transmission Recordings)
Octane Twisted features Porcupine Tree’s The Incident album performed in its entirety in Chicago. The album additionally contains five classic Porcupine Tree tracks also recorded in Chicago, along with three highlights from the band’s landmark show at Royal Albert Hall.
Reach – The Promise Of A Life CD/LP (Icons Creating Evil)
A Promise Of A Life from Reach is the end result of a trio that approach their art with no holds barred, anything goes in the pursuit of the perfect song. There’re echoes of the majestic Queen intertwined with modern pop sheen of Muse, expertly corralled into a unique, fresh package by a young band that has no fear.
The Selecter – Too Much Pressure CD/2xLP (Chrysalis)
40th Anniversary remastered reissue of the British ska band’s debut album.
Sir Sly – The Rise & Fall Of Loverboy CD/2xLP (Cherry Tree)
Sir Sly is made up of long-time friends Landon Jacobs, Hayden Coplen, and Jason Suwito. Their third studio album, The Rise & Fall Of Loverboy, documents a period of intense transformation for lead singer and guitarist Landon Jacobs, a journey from self-destruction to radical self-discovery, offering a real-time portrait of near-catastrophic despair and the gradual reclaiming of purpose and hope, ultimately providing listeners with profound inspiration for navigating darkness with both courage and clarity.
Todd Snider – First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder CD/LP (Aimless)
First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder is a folk record with funk elements and street singer and psychedelic elements which Todd Snider calls it “P-Folk” or “Folkadelic.” “With this album I had the idea for the sound first, I think. I wanted to do what I was calling funk in back and busking up front with [Beatles’] White Album-y shit scattered about. I had done a lot of listening to and looking into Parliament and James Brown and lots of reggae music, too,” Snider says. The album was borne from Snider’s popular weekly live stream series from The Purple Building in East Nashville (pictured on the album cover).
Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies [Reissue/1992] CD/2xLP (Fat Possum)
The Jason Pierce-led space-rock group, Spiritualized, will take you on a voyage into the unknown with this aptly titled 1992 debut. All the sounds on Lazer Guided Melodies are perfectly placed in space making it a masterpiece of economy and expression. It is authentically emotional as silence and simplicity are as crucial as the more complex instrumentation. An album to be heard with a set of headphones in a dark room and, above all, in its entirety. A pinnacle of the dream pop genre. The Spaceman Reissue Program edition of Lazer Guided Melodies promises to give these recordings the fullest spectrum audio and physical treatment they’ve deserved since 1992.
Unsane – Improvised Munitions & Demo CD (Lamb Unlimited)
Improvised Munitions is the unreleased first Unsane album originally slated to be released in 1989 by Circuit Records. Following the band’s approval of the test pressings, Circuit folded. A huge letdown at the time, Unsane managed to use a couple of tracks for singles and re-recorded some of the tracks to put on the first full length for Matador. [Vinyl edition due May 7.]
Alan Vega – Mutator CD/LP (Sacred Bones)
Alan Vega’s name is synonymous with unfettered, tireless creativity. Beginning in the late 1950s, when he was a fine art student at Brooklyn College, through his years playing in Suicide, and all the way up until his death in 2016, Vega was constantly creating. That process naturally led to a wealth of material that didn’t see the light of day immediately when it was recorded, which came to be known as the Vega Vault. Mutator is the first in a series of archival releases from the Vault.
Vexillum – When Good Men Go To War CD (Scarlet Records)
When Good Men Go To War takes the band and the listeners on a mystical voyage across the seas; the overall tone of every chapter is dark and vicious without renouncing to the band’s renowned northern-Celtic folk melodies.
Void Vator – Great Fair Rising CD/LP (Ripple Music)
Heavy, loud and proud, Void Vator return with their latest rapid-fire, take-no-prisoners metal assault, cranking out yet another landmark American metal blast in the form of Great Fear Rising.
The White Stripes – The White Stripes [Reissue/1999] CD (Sony Legacy)
The White Stripes – De Stijl [Reissue/2000] CD (Sony Legacy)
The White Stripes – White Blood Cells [Reissue/2001] CD (Sony Legacy)
The White Stripes – Elephant [Reissue/2003] CD (Sony Legacy)
The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan [Reissue/2003] CD (Sony Legacy)
The White Stripes – Icky Thump [Reissue/2006] CD (Sony Legacy)
CD reissues of The White Stripes’ six studio albums.
The Who – The Who Sell Out [Reissue/1967] 2xCD/5xCD+2×7”/2xLP (Geffen)
Initially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as “The Who’s finest album” The Who Sell Out reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalized as the moment when the counterculture and the ‘Love Generation’ became a global phenomenon and ‘pop’ began metamorphosing into ‘rock’. [The remastered and expanded double-CD and double-vinyl LP editions include 12 bonus tracks. The Super Deluxe edition features 112 tracks, 46 of which are unreleased, an 80-page, hard-back full-color book, including rare period photos, memorabilia, track by track annotation and new sleeve notes by Townshend with comments from the likes of Pete Drummond (Radio London DJ), Richard Evans (designer) and Roy Flynn (the Speakeasy Club manager). The Super Deluxe package also includes nine posters and inserts, including replicas of the 20″ x 30″ original Adrian George album poster, a gig poster from The City Hall, Newcastle, an eight-page program from The Who’s October ’67 show at the Saville Theatre, a business card for the Bag o’ Nails club, Kingly Street, a Who fan club photo of the group, a flyer for Bath Pavilion concerts including The Who, a crack-back bumper sticker for Wonderful Radio London, Keith Moon’s Speakeasy Club membership card and a 1968 Who Fan Club newsletter.]
The Spike Wilner Trio – Aleins & Wizards CD (Cellar Live)
Recorded at the height of the pandemic, Aliens & Wizards features newly composed music by jazz veteran and impresario Spike Wilner, with the addition of several thoughtful renditions of jazz standards.
John Zorn – Chaos Magick CD (Tzadik)
Chaos Magick is a contemporary magical practice based on the ideas of Austin Osman Spare. Remarkably inclusive, it embraces and has influenced the work of William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, Aleister Crowley and many others. Inspired by these magical practices, Zorn enlists the three members of his most powerful 21st century ensemble Simulacrum with special guest Brian Marsella on electric piano into this eclectic new quartet Chaos Magick. A fast moving, improvisational and intensely focused ensemble that draws upon classical, jazz, funk, improvisation, metal and more.
This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:
Altın Gün – Gece [Reissue/2019] LP (ATO)
Limited sky wave color vinyl pressing. Altin Gün was inspired by founder Jasper Verhulst’s deep passion for Turkish folk and psychedelia. The band’s second album Gece (2019) led to a Grammy nomination and firmly established them as masterful interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk legacy, and as a leading voice in the emergent global psych scene.
Animal Collective – Crestone [Original Score] LP+MP3 (Domino)
Crestone is the debut feature written, produced and directed by Marnie Ellen Hertzler. Set in the desert of Crestone, Colorado over the course of eight days and set to an original score composed by Animal Collective’s Geologist & Deakin, the story follows a group of SoundCloud rappers who live in solitude, growing weed and making music for the internet. When an old friend arrives to make a movie, reality and fiction begin to blur.
Archspire – Relentless Mutiation [Reissue/2017] LP (Season Of Mist)
Limited orange color vinyl pressing. In 2017, Vancouver’s Archspire returned with their third full-length slab, Relentless Mutation, a blast of supreme technical death metal.
Ashe – Moral Of The Story: Chapter 1 & 2 LP (Mom + Pop Music)
Prolific singer-songwriter Ashe continues to build on her electrifying momentum of her hit single, “Moral Of The Story” which was featured in the Netflix hit sequel To All The Boys… PS I Still Love You. The track features contributions from Grammy award winning producer FINNEAS and lyrical contribution from Billie Eilish.
The B-52’s – Wild Planet [Reissue/1980] LP (WB)
Vinyl reissue of The B-52s’ sophomore album. Wild Planet features the songs “Private Idaho”, “Give Me Back My Man”, and “Party Out Of Bounds”. The B-52s are an American new wave band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. Rooted in new wave and 1960s rock and roll, the group later covered many genres ranging from post-punk to pop rock. The guy vs. Gals vocals of Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson, sometimes used in call and response style are a trademark.
Brainticket – Cottonwoodhill [Reissue/1971] LP (Lillith)
Brainticket – Celestial Ocean [Reissue/1973] LP (Lillith)
Limited clear vinyl pressings of the Krautrock band’s first and third albums.
Carla Bruni – Best Of LP (Verve)
With brilliant and elegant words and sober and refined melodies, Carla Bruni has established herself in the musical landscape by combining the delicacy of her interpretation and the quality of her writing. From her collaborations with Louis Bertignac or Julien Clerc to her cover of Jacques Brel, let yourself be soothed by a delightful, captivating artist.
Buffalo Killers – Alive And Well In Ohio LP (Alive)
Limited starburst color vinyl pressing. Touring companions to the Black Crowes, Black Keys, CRB and the North Mississippi Allstars, Buffalo Killers sound just as American as their name. Their music is gritty, loud, and with plenty of vocal harmonies.
Cadaver – D.G.A.F. 7” (Nuclear Blast)
Limited cyan color vinyl pressing. Featuring Satyricon’s Anders Odden and Megadeth’s Dirk Verbeuren, Cadaver is a long running and respected Norwegian metal band firmly rooted in the ‘80s Scandinavian underground. With a sound that mixes the raging brutality of Possessed and Death to a distinctly Norwegian sense of discord and disquiet, Cadaver was a first of its kind.
The Chameleons – Live At The Gallery Club 2xLP (Lantern)
Live archive release from the Manchester post-punk band recorded in 1982.
Citizen Cope – The Pull Of Niagra Falls LP (Rainwater)
Citizen Cope’s new solo acoustic album, The Pull Of Niagara Falls, includes “Scared Of Heights” plus nine never-before-heard songs; some brand new and some from the LP Shotguns, which was never released.
Consolidated – We’re Already There 2xLP (The End Of Records)
Consolidated, the political dance/industrial music band from the early ‘90s joined again for a studio session in San Francisco last summer, resulting in a new album. The new recordings are an innovating mix of industrial, to hip-hop, to rock and funk with mixtures of live instruments and electronics topped with left political activism and politically radical lyrics address issues such as America, Covid and ecocide.
Currents – The Way It Ends LP (Sharptone)
Limited picture disc vinyl pressing. Currents is a death metal-infused metalcore band who channel their own unique perspective and personal experience.
Deep Purple – Rapture Of The Deep [Reissue/2005] LP (earMUSIC)
Limited color vinyl pressing of Deep Purple’s 18th studio album. Rapture Of The Deep was the second work featuring Don Airey but it was, by all means, the first LP where the current line-up functioned as a true unit, preparing for the following success of Now What?!, Infinite and most recently Whoosh!.
Martin Denny – A Taste Of India [Reissue/1968] LP (Pleasure For Music)
A Taste Of India stands as one of the best later Denny’s work. Here the king of exotica injects his gorgeous instrumental arrangements with tons of sitars and tanpuras as the main ingredients of another stylized sound trip. The album highlights include a memorable version of The Strawberry Alarm Clock’s “Incense And Peppermints” and Denny’s own masterpiece, Hypnotique.
Depths Of Hatred – Inheritance LP (Prosthetic)
With a new vocalist, a new sound and a new energy to kick off 2021, Canadian five-piece Depths Of Hatred has lost none of the technical edge that made them stand out from the death metal pack.
The Dopamines – Cincinnati Keys: Collection LP (Rad Girlfriend)
An exhaustive collection of every 7”, B-side, compilation track, rarity, cover and unreleased song from The Dopamines dating back to 2006. Clocking in at over an hour, Cincinnati Keys spans the band’s entire career starting with the Soap and Lampshades EP.
The Electric Prunes – Stockholm 67 LP (Munster)
Recorded by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation at the Concert Hall in Stockholm in December 1967, right at the end of The Electric Prunes’ European tour, this album proves these guys were not just a studio-controlled group but seasoned psych rockers.
Eleine – Die From Within 12” (Black Lodge)
New release from the Symphonic metal powerhouse.
Erra – Augment [Reissue/2013] LP (Tragic Hero)
Limited color vinyl pressing. Erra’s 2013 sophomore full-length, Augment stands among the pioneering albums for the modern melodic tech-metal genre.
The Fall – Interim [Reissue/2004] LP (Let Them Eat Vinyl)
Interim is an album by English post-punk band The Fall, compiled from live and studio material originally released in 2004 by record label Hip Priest. Interim features the first officially released versions of “Clasp Hands”, “Blindness” and “What About Us?” – all of which were later included on the band’s next studio album Fall Heads Roll (2005) – as well as the instrumental “I’m Ronnie The Oney”. The remaining tracks are all new versions of previously released songs, mostly from studio rehearsal recordings.
The Fall – Live at Cedar Ballroom, Birmingham 20/11/80 LP (Let Them Eat Vinyl)
The Fall – Live: Assembly Rooms, Derby UK 05 Jun 1994 LP (Let Them Eat Vinyl)
The Fall – Live At The Phoenix Festival ‘95 LP (Let Them Eat Vinyl)
Post punk band The Fall was always at their best on stage.
Gazelle Twin & NYX – Deep England LP (NYX Unchained)
Rooted in English pagan and sacred music, Deep England is an electronic-choral expansion of Gazelle Twin’s 2018 album Pastoral. Here, tracks from Pastoral, an album whose political themes have only intensified since its original release, are radically reworked and presented alongside original compositions by NYX, Paul Giovanni and William Blake.
Handsome Jack – Do What Comes Naturally LP (Alive)
Limited translucent orange color vinyl pressing. “Some people call it a vibe and some people call it a groove. We call it boogie soul.”
Yoshinori Hayashi – Pulse Of Defiance 2xLP (Smalltown Supersound)
Hayashi has studied under Japanese avant-classical composer Mica Nozawa. When not DJing, he works in a record store in Tokyo.
Dick Hyman – The Age Of Electronicus [Reissue/1969] LP (Pleasure For Music)
In his long career, Dick Hyman has covered a great variety of music fields, from Broadway through music for film and television to jazz, classical, pop, and electronic music. The Age of Electronicus is one of his electronic pop jewels. A breathtaking sequence of reworked hits of the day including outstanding electro-versions of Lennon/McCartney’s classics such as “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and “Blackbird” and Bacharach’s “Alfie”. A whole feast of analog Moog sounds, primitive drums machines, repetitive bass lines, and lots of robotic beats.
Hypnosonics – Drums Were Beating: Fort Apache Studios 1996 LP (Modern Harmonic)
Prior to founding the band Morphine, Mark Sandman launched Hypnosonics, built around a stripped-down drum kit with no toms and a piece of plywood in place of cymbals, played by Jay Hilt. With funk in its heart, Hypnosonics was originally a five piece with Sandman on guitar and organ, Tom Halter and Russ Gershon of the Either/Orchestra on trumpet and sax, and Mike Rivard, who later founded Club dâ’Elf, on bass. After Morphine took off, Dana Colley joined Hypnosonics, Hilt added hi-hat cymbals to his kit, and the horn section started singing.
Infinity Knives – Dear, Sudan LP (Phantom Limb)
Dear, Sudan is a vibrant and polymathic labyrinth of moods and colors from African-born, Baltimore-based experimental hip-hop producer Infinity Knives, aka producer and musician Tariq Ravelomanana. The album runs like a masterful showreel of deftly balanced disparate elements, a late-night channel-hopping between multiple, vital, powerful musics. Tariq himself offers experimental, drone, hip-hop, leftfield minimalism, neo-classical and Baltimore as his key styles.
Linda Jones – Let It Be Me [Reissue/1972] LP (Pleasure For Music)
Born and rooted in the Newark Gospel scene, Linda Jones was a true and splendid soul sister active between 1963 and 1972 when she suddenly died too young of diabetes complications. Her strong gospel-influenced vocal style shines through the magnificent songs contained in Let It Be Me, her classic album originally released on Turbo Records in 1972. A powerful work full of love and deep soul vibrations.
Masabumi Kikuchi – Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording LP (Red Hook)
Masabumi Kikuchi was a Japanese jazz artist of legendary stature with a vast discography that ran the gamut from straight-up post-pop and vanguard classical to fusion recordings, solo synthesizer dates and even digital dub. Hanamichi is his final studio album before his passing in 2015.
Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno – Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno LP (Free Dirt)
Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno’s self-titled record is old-soul roots music to its core. Though just out of college, the duo’s musical talents extend far beyond their years.
The Mars Volta – La Realidad de los Sueños 18xLP (Clouds Hill)
A box set anthology of all of The Mars Volta’s studio albums and EPs on vinyl. In addition to 18 pieces of vinyl, it includes a photo book with new liner notes and two pins. The collection, which is limited to 5,000 copies, includes Landscape Tantrums, the band’s unfinished early recordings for their 2003 album, De-Loused In The Comatorium, before they began work on the record with producer Rick Rubin. The Comatorium deep-dive also includes two previously unreleased songs from the album sessions: “A Plague Upon Your Hissing Children,” which has never come out despite lyrics and melodies from it appearing in their 2006 song “Day of the Baphomets,” and “Eunuch Provocateur,” which had previously come out in a different form on the 2002 EP Tremulant. These songs have been pressed to double-etched vinyl. The rest of the contents include pressings of Tremulant (2002), De-Loused In the Comatorium (2003), Frances The Mute (2005), Amputechture (2006), The Bedlam In Goliath (2008), Octahedron (2009), and Nocturniquet (2012). The band went on hiatus following the release of the last album and announced its breakup in 2013. Since then, Rodríguez-Lopéz and frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala have variously reunited in Antemasque and At the Drive-In.
Menagerie – Many Worlds LP (Freestyle)
Nine-piece Melbourne-based jazz ensemble Menagerie features some of Australia’s finest musicians, including pianist Mark Fitzgibbon, drummer Daniel Farrugia and saxophonist Phil Noy, and was founded by producer, guitarist, DJ Lance Ferguson. Inspired by both the post-Coltrane generation of the ‘70s, labels like Strata-East, Impulse! and Tribe, along with the current ‘New Wave Of Jazz’, Menagerie aligns with the world of Kamasi Washington, Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia, whilst also bringing their own unique twist.
Zola Mennenöh – Longing For Belonging LP (Figureight)
Copenhagen/Cologne-based songwriter (and former student of Jenny Hval) Zola Mennenöh joins Shahzad Ismaily’s Figureight records for the release of her eloquent debut album Longing For Belonging. Known – and highly in demand – as a session musician in her native Germany and her adoptive second homes in Denmark and Norway, Zola Mennenöh is a singer, guitarist, flautist and sound artist of huge talent. She has toured the world over, specializing in jazz, improvisation and experimental and avant garde choral music, both as a performer and as composer. It is through this experience and years of honing that Longing For Belonging comes into existence. Her debut solo album is a collection of delicate treasures: graceful, expressive and elegantly poised, exploring the great depth of her abilities as a musician and the cultured poetry of her lyrics.
Mission To The Sun – Cleansed By Fire LP (Felte)
Limited bronze color vinyl pressing. Mission To The Sun synthesizes ambient, post-industrial landscapes with expansive arrangements and haunting vocals. Comprised of Christopher Samuels (synths, samples, programming) of Ritual Howls and Kirill Slavin (vocals), the Detroit-based duo creates an atmosphere of lamentation for a world left behind. Fragments of industrial noise and hypnotic synths fill Samuels’ foreboding, alien terrain, and it’s in this vastness that Slavin’s voice mourns the drudgery of everyday life and the loss of universal consciousness.
Nails – I Don’t Want To Know You 7” (Nuclear Blast)
Limited picture disc pressing of the 2019 single from one of the most vicious bands in metal.
Israel Nash – Topaz LP (Israel Nash)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. A triumphant rock-and-roll experiment, full of fat horns, gospel choruses, swagger, hope, and pain. [A limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing is also available.]
Nervous SS / Rat Cage – Skopje Vs Sheffield LP (La Vida Es Un Mus)
Both following up storming debut LP’s with five new tracks plus a local cover each, Nervous SS and Rat Cage clash head to head on this 12-song barrage of hell for leather punk rock.
Nordgeist – Frostwinter LP (Kunsthall Produktionen)
Limited white color vinyl pressing. Nordgeist were conceived in the Siberian city of Bratsk in the Irkutsk Oblast at the junction of the rivers Oka and the mighty Angara. This territory once belonged to the nomadic Buryat people, who are related to the Mongolians and renowned for their close relationship to nature. Bratsk lies in the subarctic climate zone, which results in dark, long cold winters. It is therefore quite easy to see, where T, the mysterious mastermind and musician behind Nordgeist took inspiration from. Her approach to black metal is obviously shaped by the Nordic scene, with which T’s music shares a penchant for majestic melodies and cineastic soundscapes, but also delivers an extra dose of vicious fury.
Ken Nordine – Word Jazz [Reissue/1957] LP (Pleasure For Music)
Vinyl reissue of the debut album by voice-over and recording artist Ken Nordine with the Fred Katz Group which was released on the Dot label in 1957.
The Prize Fighter Inferno – The City Introvert LP (Evil Ink)
Limited bone color vinyl. 14 years after the release of My Brother’s Blood Machine, Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez has revived his electronica/folk pop side project The Prize Fighter Inferno for his second LP, The City Introvert.
Terri Rae – It’s Raining [Reissue/1968] LP (Pleasure For Music)
Here’s another unearthed gem from the late ‘60s American jazzy pop scene. Terri Rae was a quiet and yet creative girl from Ohio, and this is her first and definitive classic album. Backed by a fine orchestra arranged and directed by pianist Sammy Beskin, Rae’s fresh voice interprets a superb selection of little known but excellent songs. The perfect record to bring the sunshine on a rainy day.
Thom Rotella – Thom Rotella Band [Reissue/1987] LP (DMP)
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, Thom Rotella was one of the absolute cracks of the fusion guitar.
Sabaton – The Royal Guard 12” (Nuclear Blast)
Transparent black marble color vinyl pressing. For the 500th anniversary of one of the oldest military establishments in the world – the Swedish Royal Guard – power metallers Sabaton return with an epic hymn to celebrate and synchronously satisfy the wish of thousands of fans to sing in Swedish again.
Satomimagae – Hanazono LP+MP3 (RVNG Int’l)
Satomimagae’s Hanazono is an invitation to revel in your immediate and imagined surroundings, to make time and space for guileless curiosity and garden variety enchantment. A tribute to everyday mysticism, Hanazono is an ecology of simple, cyclical refrains and elegiac entreaties cross-pollinating with ludic and layered folk vibrations.
Bunny Scott – To Love Somebody [Reissue/1975] CD/LP (Freestyle)
The first ever reissue of this rare Black Ark-era Lee Scratch Perry production from the late Bunny Rugs, best known as the frontman for legendary reggae band Third World, but prior to that he completed an apprenticeship at Lee Perry’s Black Ark resulting in this solo LP, originally released in 1975 and credited to Bunny Scott. The album captures the laid-back sessions of the early Black Ark, with a few surprising innovations lurking amongst the soul covers and love ballads.
Sia – Music: Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture LP (Atlantic)
Nine-time Grammy nominee and multi-platinum global superstar, Sia’s eighth studio album, Music: Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture is comprised of new pop songs, including the singles “Together” and timely call to action track “Courage To Change” that were released in 2020.
Richard Skelton – These Charms May Be Sung Over A Wound LP (Phantom Limb)
Over the past sixteen years seminal British experimental musician Richard Skelton has developed a signature sound, often comprised of strings, piano and other acoustic instrumentation. Since 2013 he has increasingly buried these organic sources in layers of detritus and static. The process, as he articulates it, is to use signal-degradation as a means of reflecting the processes of decay and transformation in the natural world. These Charms May Be Sung Over A Wound is Skelton’s first on vinyl in over a decade, and a standout record in his own catalogue.
Sleep – Iommic Life 2×12” (Third Man)
Surprise 4/20 release. Iommic Life is a collection of the stoner metal band’s post-reunion singles “The Clarity” and “Leagues Beneath”, packaged together in a gatefold LP jacket, along with a repress of “The Clarity” 12” single, and all-new merch. The double 12” single contains stunning all new artwork and B-side etchings by Dave Kloc and was entirely remastered by Bob Weston of Chicago Mastering Service. Limited color vinyl variants are available.
Elliott Smith – Roman Candle [Reissue/1994] LP+MP3 (Kill Rock Stars)
Elliott Smith – Either/Or [Reissue/1997] LP+MP3 (Kill Rock Stars)
Elliott Smith – An Introduction To Elliott Smith [Reissue/2010] LP+MP3 (Kill Rock Stars)
Vinyl reissues of the singer-songwriter’s first and third albums, as well as the posthumous compilation An Introduction To Elliott Smith.
Smith & Burrows – Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough LP (PIAS America)
Editors frontman and multi-instrumentalist Tom Smith, and the similarly multi-facetted musician and songwriter Andy Burrows, release their second full length collaboration as Smith & Burrows. As songwriters, both Tom and Andy have scored some big hits. Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough is a collaborative writing experience and the pair share vocal duties across its tracks from the propulsive power-pop of “All The Best Moves”, to the calypso-tinged virtuosity of “Buccaneer Rum Jum” and the engaging traces of OMD amidst “Bottle Tops”.
Soft Cell – Tainted Love 12” (Cleopatra)
Limited color vinyl pressing. Celebrate the ’80s dance club classic “Tainted Love” with this collection of remixes and versions. Includes never-before-released instrumental mix, a vocal-only mix and a brand-new remix by German producer DJ Hell. Bonus track features a rare duet with Andi Sex Gang from 1983.
Sonic Boom – Almost Nothing Is Nearly Enough LP+MP3 (Carpark)
Neon color vinyl pressing. To Sonic Boom’s Pete Kember, re-imagining the past can lead to ways forward on life’s natural, interconnected path. In April of 2020, he released his first album in over 20 years called All Things Being Equal, a lush and psychedelic record full of interwoven synthesizers and droning vocal melodies, concerned with the state of humanity and the natural world. An entire year later, Kember has re-imagined his last release and created an album of self-remixes of six tracks from ATBE and two tracks previously released exclusively on CD in Japan, called Almost Nothing Is Nearly Enough, inspired by the spirit of late ‘70s, early ‘80s records by artists like Kraftwerk, Blondie and Eddy Grant. His new album, set up to be a grooving, nighttime record is hypnotic and moody, holding onto the existential framework of the original, but exposes a fresh, beating realm of possibility.
Tyshawn Sorey – Verisimilitude [Reissue/2017] LP (Pi)
Pi Recordings is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a series of limited-edition vinyl reissues of some of the highlights from their distinguished history. They kick things off with Verisimilitude from drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey, whose continuing effort to shatter the jazz piano trio tradition by extending the form to encompass the influence of the likes of Feldman, Debussy and Xenakis.
Sweet – Fox On The Run: Rare Studio Tracks LP (Cleopatra)
Picture disc vinyl pressing of a greatest hits collection from the proto-glam rockers. Includes alternate mixes and rare versions of the band’s biggest singles including “Ballroom Blitz”, “Little Willy”, “Blockbuster!” and more.
Tangled Shoelaces – Turn My Dial: M Squared Recordings And More 1981-84 LP (Chapter Music)
Pink & blue cloudy swirl vinyl. Reissue of ridiculously catchy early ‘80s new wave pop recordings by Australia’s youngest original band, aged 10-14.
Terrorizer – Live Commando (Commanding Europe 2019) [Reissue/2019] LP (Blueline)
White color vinyl pressing. Terrorizer is a grindcore band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel, Napalm Death and Nausea. To date, Terrorizer has released four studio albums, and broken up twice.
Unwound – Repetition [Reissue/1996] LP (Numero)
Unwound – Challenge For A Civilized Society [Reissue/1998] LP (Numero)
Dead-eyed post-punk from Olympia’s reigning noise-niks – back in-print on vinyl.
Various Artists – If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop Vol. 3 LP (Death Is Not The End)
A third and final volume of Jamaican doo wop & R&B records taken from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. These records represent a period in which sound-systems were beginning to dominate the island, with Duke Reid and Sir Coxsone Dodd stepping up their rivalry by beginning to make and release their own records rather than rely on US imports for use in their dances. Many of these records are more-or-less imitations of the American records, as the uniquely Jamaican ska sound was yet to take hold – however many of the future stars of ska, rocksteady and reggae were beginning to cut their teeth in the industry on these records, including Alton Ellis, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Harriott and more
Scott Walker – The Moviegoer [Reissue/1972] LP (Pleasure For Music)
Produced in summer 1972 and released in autumn of the same year by Phillips Records, this is one of the most obscure and controversial albums in Scott Walker’s discography. The Moviegoer is a declared journey through pop arrangements of iconic film music themes.
Yob – The Illusion Of Motion [Reissue/2004] 2xLP (Metal Blade)
Yob – The Unreal Never Lived [Reissue/2005] 2xLP (Metal Blade)
Limited multicolor vinyl pressings. Eugene, OR’s Yob has an accomplished song craft that is as much their own sound as it is paying homage to the doom metal greats of both times of yore and present.
Yoke Lore – Far Shore [Reissue/2016] 10” (If This Then)
Limited blue color vinyl pressing of the 2016 release by the indie rock alias of Adrian Galvan (formerly of Walk The Moon).
YYNOT – Pieces LP (YYNOT)
A collection of tracks from the prog rock band’s eponymous debut and their follow-up Resonance plus a brand-new track “Burning Bridge”.
Cassette:
Queen Najia – misunderstood (Capitol)
Debut album from the R&B/funk/soul singer-songwriter. “18 tracks full of beauty and true raw emotion, displaying great talent and even more potential for the continuously rising star.” – Eastern Echo
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