New Releases for April 29, 2022

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Bloc Party – Alpha Games CD/LP (BMG)

“Alpha Games was conceived on the road, playing in front of amazing crowds on our last tour and then brought to life with the fire and the frustrations of 2020,” says Kele Okereke on Bloc Party’s first new album in seven years. The first Bloc Party album written and recorded with a new lineup, adding the musicality of Justin Harris (bass) and the unbridled energy and power of Louise Bartle on the drums to capture the spark of their live shows. Produced by Nick Launay and Adam Greenspan (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES), the 12 tracks of Alpha Games veer from the intense and confrontational (“Traps”, “Day Drinker”) to melodic and introspective (“If We Get Caught”, “By Any Means Necessary”) and marks a new and important chapter in one of music’s most important voices in Kele Okereke. [An indie store exclusive red color vinyl pressing is available.]

Bob Moses – The Silence In Between CD (Astralwerks)

Grammy Award-winning duo Bob Moses delivers their highly anticipated third album, The Silence In Between. One of the most anthemic moments here, “Love Brand New” finds Vancouver-bred musicians/producers Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance tapping into their deep-rooted love for ’90s alt-rock and left-of-center dance music. Written with Michel Zitron and John Martin (a Swedish production duo known for their work with the likes of Avicii and Swedish House Mafia), the track encompasses a glorious collision of moody guitar tones, mercurial textures, and wildly propulsive beats as Bob Moses channel the dizzying euphoria of new romance. As their boldest and most viscerally charged output to date, The Silence In Between amplifies the unbridled energy that’s made Bob Moses a repeat winner of Resident Advisor’s Best Live Act prize.

Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album LP (Eternal Yip Eye Music)

Diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist Daniel Johnston is highly regarded in the lo-fi and alternative music scenes for his cassette recordings which are notable for their pure and childlike soul. He gathered a cult following when Kurt Cobain was seen wearing a t-shirt featuring the artwork from Johnston’s 1983 album Hi, How Are You and named checked fellow 1983 release Yip Jump Music as one of his Top 50 albums of all time. Johnston’s songs have been covered by the likes of Tom Waits, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Bright Eyes, Teenage Fanclub, Beck, Wilco, Spiritualized and TV On The Radio among others. Johnston’s sixth self-released album, Hi, How Are You, is the inimitable artist’s most famous, as he claims he suffered a nervous breakdown while making it and never completely finished the tunes. That hasn’t prevented it from drawing widespread critical acclaim and influencing a smattering of indie-rock artists in its wake.

Lola Kirke – Lady For Sale CD/LP (Third Man)

Lola Kirke stands out like a flash of neon magenta in this nostalgic landscape of Americana tintypes. While many of her singing, songwriting peers look further back for inspiration, Kirke’s sweet spot is decidedly in the excess of the ‘80s. Anyone only familiar with Kirke through her on-screen performances (Mistress America, Gone Girl, Mozart In The Jungle) may be surprised by just how dazzling Lola-playing-Lola can be. Just a few lines into “Better Than Any Drug”, it’s clear no written role could reveal more of Kirke’s wit, lust for life, and sense of humor than this record captures with the help of producer Austin Jenkins (White Denim, Leon Bridges). The 10-song sophomore full-length LP showcases Kirke’s unselfconscious, country-twinged vocals alongside a brightly colored candy shop of glam-twang guitar riffs, department store TV commercial synth stylings, and swooping, lilting, unabashedly feminine background vocals. [An indie store exclusive green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Miranda Lambert – Palomino CD/2xLP (Sony Music Nashville)

For superstar Miranda Lambert, each of her seven consecutive No. 1 albums has presented a chance to explore a new theme while pushing herself across varying sonic landscapes. With the progressive 15-song album, Palomino, Lambert has crafted a record that explores the world and the people in it, seeking beauty and adventure all around. A line from the first song written for the album perhaps sums up the project as a whole best: “there’s always been a stranger in my soul / who loves a good goodbye and a good hello,” she sings in “Tourist”. On Palomino, her inner stranger travels lyrically from Fort Worth to the Mojave Desert; Battambang, Cambodia to Maine; the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield to the Rocky Mountains and beyond. In each destination and with every character met along the way, Lambert’s freewheeling trek is a work of unbridled freedom and self-discovery without painful introspection.

Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons CD/LP/LP+MP3 (Transgressive)

Let’s Eat Grandma released their second album, I’m All Ears, in 2018. It came out to a blaze of critical glory, thrilled fans who’d been with them since I, Gemini, and won them interested new listeners as they widened their musical scope. The band’s new album, Two Ribbons, tells the story of the last three years from both Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton’s points of view. As a body of work, it is astonishing: a dazzling, heart-breaking, life-affirming and mortality-facing record that reveals their growing artistry and ability to parse intense feeling into lyrics so memorable you’d scribble them on your backpack. The band has been through a lot in the last three years, and Two Ribbons is the artefact that signals progression out of very distressing times; a story of loss, change, and of survival; a proof of life. [The Deluxe CD vinyl editions include a bonus 7” single. Cassette version due May 20.]

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Emotional Eternal CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)

Emotional Eternal, the third studio album from Melody’s Echo Chamber, is a deeply human collection of songs full of prolonged moments of sonic transcendency – a record that clearly exhibits its maturity but still regards the world with a childlike wonder. Having swapped Paris for the clean air of the Alps, Melody hopes “the record has that uplifting quality. I made some big and impactful decisions and changes to my life. It took me to where it is peaceful, and I think the record reflects this.” [An indie store exclusive red color vinyl pressing is available.]

[Vinyl edition due May 13.]

Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time CD/LP (Legacy)

Willie Nelson is back with his seventy-second solo studio album A Beautiful Time. A full-fledged collection of new studio material produced with long-time collaborator Buddy Cannon, it’s released just in time for Willie’s 89th birthday and shows off just how prolific he continues to be as it includes some of his finest songwriting and performances in years. The fourteen tracks include five amazing new Nelson/Cannon compositions, new songs from Chris Stapleton & Rodney Crowell (the first single “I’ll Love You Till The End Of Time”) and a cadre of top Nashville songwriters, plus a couple of plum covers by Leonard Cohen (“Tower Of Song”) and The Beatles (“With A Little Help From My Friends”) given expert interpretation by Willie.

Seratones – Love & Algorhythms CD/LP (New West)

Love & Algorhythms is an interstellar synthesis of astral soul, R&B, and sci-fi funk. Working with producer Paul Butler (The Bees, Micheal Kiwanuka, Caroline Rose, Hurray For The Riff Raff), Seratones have taken the invitation to knock at the door of the cosmos. A.J. Haynes’s voice dances with soul-stirring devotion at the altar of Black Feminisms: weaving the words Toni Cade Bambara, Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis multiverse, echoes of bell hooks, and Audre Lorde’s Uses Of The Erotic: The Erotic As Power. With drummer Jesse Gabriel’s machine-like precision and the transcendental touches from guitarist Travis Stewart, the album oscillates between Alice Coltrane-inspired bliss and Giorgio Moroder’s ecstatic release. Each song hovers and pulsates in the wide, dark matter – constellations guiding a journey through the subtle body, the vast fullness of the human experience and the irresistible potential of liberation. [An indie store exclusive color vinyl pressing is available.]

Caroline Spence – True North CD/LP (Rounder)

True North, the fourth album from Caroline Spence, showcases the singer/songwriter’s refusal to exalt or commodify her own experience, and instead reaches for a far more magnanimous exploration of grief, growth, and the endless complexities of human nature. The result is a body of work that affirms Spence as a truly incomparable artist, reinforcing her profound capacity to pack so much insight into songs that illuminate and mesmerize.

Tomberlin – i don’t know who needs to hear this… CD/LP+MP3/Cassette (Saddle Creek)

Tomberlin is Sarah Beth Tomberlin, a pastor’s kid born in Florida, raised in rural Illinois. She wrote most of her debut, At Weddings (2018), while living at home. For a while after leaving home and church, she lived in Louisville, Kentucky. She worked a day job and kept writing songs. She posted some of these songs to Bandcamp, which led to her signing a record deal with Saddle Creek. It all happened fast: Less than a year after her first live show, she performed on Jimmy Kimmel and she ended up moving to L.A. which is where she wrote Projections (2020), her EP follow-up to At Weddings. During the pandemic, Sarah Beth was all over the place, physically and mentally. Louisville. Los Angeles. Back home in Illinois for a bit. Brooklyn, where she’s now settled, she says. Brooklyn is also where her new album i don’t know who needs to hear this… was recorded. [An indie store exclusive translucent orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

Robin Trower – No More Worlds To Conquer CD/LP (Provogue)

The iconic Robin Trower returns with his new studio album, No More Worlds To Conquer. For more than six decades, Trower’s career has known no bounds. At the age of 76, the British guitarist can reflect on a journey in which he has planted flags across the musical sphere and played every role imaginable. Few would dispute that the title of Trower’s latest album is a fair summary of the thumbprint he has left on the musical universe. But as he reminds us, it should not be misinterpreted as his mission being accomplished. “I definitely feel like I’m still reaching,” he says. “With the guitar, and the songs, and everything else. With every album, the music is the best I can do at that time. I think that’s what it’s about. This album is an evolution.”

Sofi Tukker – Wet Tennis CD (Sofi Tukker LLC)

Sofi Tukker, the genre-defying duo of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern, is celebrated for their inclusive and global perspective on electronic music as well as their work’s themes of liberation, unity, and self-empowerment. Wet Tennis is an acronym: When Everyone Tries to Evolve, Nothing Negative Is Safe. Wet Tennis is about forward movement, optimism and growth, no matter what the challenge. Wet Tennis is a dedication to constantly evolving and celebrating aliveness. Wet Tennis is a lifestyle. It says: everything’s better when wet. Wetness is excitement, mother nature, movement, flow, sweat, and juice. It’s athletic and elegant. It’s loud and bright. All these qualities will be on full display when Sofi Tukker comes to town, both on stage and in the audience. [Vinyl edition – including a limited-edition picture disc version – due August 19.]

Ann Wilson – Fierce Bliss CD/LP (Silver Lining Music)

With Fierce Bliss, legendary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ann Wilson – recognized as one of the greatest singers of all time and co-founder of multi-platinum stars Heart – has created a supremely lavish, warm and seductive slice of rock ‘n’ roll which provides an instant soundtrack whether on the freeway or in front of the fireplace. Recorded between Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL and Power Station, Waterford, CT, Wilson got together with famed Nashville session guitarist Tom Bukovac and invited several friends (including Warren Haynes, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Vince Gill) to help fashion an album which carries the glow of an ochre sunset and the pristine vocals of a rock legend who still has every single unique octave at her fingertips.

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Melissa Aldana – 12 Stars LP (Blue Note)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana joins the Blue Note Records family with the release of 12 Stars, her debut album as a leader for the legendary label following her appearance on the acclaimed 2020 album by the collective Artemis. The Brooklyn-based tenor player from Santiago, Chile has garnered international recognition for her visionary work as a band leader, as well as her deeply meditative interpretation of language and vocabulary. 12 Stars grapples with concepts of childrearing, familial forgiveness, acceptance, and self-love, and was inspired by her deep interest in tarot.

Alfa Mist – Two For Mistake 10”+MP3 (ANTI-)

Alfa Mist is one of the driving forces behind a young and vibrant scene of UK musicians, who’ve taken on jazz as their musical narrative. On his latest album Bring Backs, the producer, self-taught pianist and rapper takes us on a sonic trip back to his beat-making past on the streets of East London, through the depth and musicality he discovered composing and playing jazz. Following the release of Bring Backs, London based producer, pianist, bandleader and MC Alfa Mist releases a new two track EP, Two For Mistake.

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.

Norah Jones – Come Away With Me [Reissue/2002] 3xCD (Blue Note)

Norah Jones’ seminal debut album, Come Away With Me, became a global phenomenon reaching #1 in 20 countries, selling nearly 30 million copies, and sweeping the 2003 Grammy Awards with eight wins including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. This remastered 20th Anniversary Edition captures the emergence of a singular talent on this now-classic album. [Vinyl edition due May 20.]

CDs + Vinyl:

Asian Dub Foundation – Enemy Of The Enemy [Reissue/2003] CD/2xLP (X-Ray Production)

Asian Dub Foundation – Tank [Reissue/2005] CD/2xLP (X-Ray Production)

CD and vinyl reissues of the alternative electronica band’s fourth and fifth albums. Asian Dub Foundation is a genre unto themselves. Their unique combination of tough jungle rhythms, dub bass lines, and wild guitar overlaid by references to their South Asian roots and militant high-speed rap has established them as one of the best live bands in the world. The Enemy Of The Enemy features Sinéad O’Connor, EOB, Mark Stewart, Adrian Sherwood, and The Bug. Tank features Mad Mike, Perry Farrell, Adrian Sherwood, San J, and Shiva Sound System.

Bloc Party – Alpha Games CD/LP (BMG)

Bob Moses – The Silence In Between CD (Astralwerks)

Bill Bruford – Making A Song And Dance: A Complete-Career Collection 6xCD (BMG)

Making a Song and Dance is a new box set highlighting the considerable career achievements of legendary drummer Bill Bruford. A young Bruford came to prominence in the late ’60s with Yes, before joining King Crimson in the early 1970s and then going on to play live with a Gabriel-free Genesis in 1976. The period from 1975 to the early ‘80s saw albums by his band Bruford, a record with prog-rock supergroup U.K., and various collaborations, including with Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz and Chris Squire. Bill was back with King Crimson in the 1980s (he’d return for a third spell in the ’90s) and later in that same decade started the jazz fusion band Earthworks, who would go on to record five studio albums (three between 1987 and 1991).

There have been numerous appearances on other people’s records, including Roy Harper, Akira Inoue, Kazumi Watanabe, Steve Howe & many more.

Bonham-Bullick – Bonham-Bullick CD (Quarto Valley)

Deborah Bonham (sister of Led Zeppelin’s drummer, the late John Bonham) and Peter Bullick, along with their band and special guests, release a blues, rock, and soul inspired album. Bonham-Bullick is a joint project songbook of some great and obscure composition interpretations spanning seven decades. Set includes covers of O.V. Wright, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King and Ann Peebles together with more modern-day luminaries such as Bernard Fowler and Mark Lanegan.

Dälek – Precipice CD (Ipecac)

For their 2022 release – and eighth album overall – Precipice, Dälek unleashes a work that is practically bristling with fury and power. Predominantly the work of the core duo, Will Brooks, aka MC Dälek and Mike Manteca (Mike Mare), Precipice features a guest appearance of Adam Jones of Tool on one of the album’s tracks. [Vinyl edition – including an indie store exclusive gold color pressing – is due May 13.]

Devil Master – Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night CD/LP (Relapse)

Philadelphia’s Devil Master’s roots in ritual magick have never been more prominent than on Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night. Recorded live to analog tape by Pete DeBoer (Blood Incantation, Spectral Voice), Ecstasies expands on the warped riffing and dark atmospheres that have already propelled Devil Master as one of the underground’s most unique and unfettered bands. [A limited-edition violet color vinyl pressing is available.]

Diane Coffee – With People CD/LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)

After 2019’s exquisite Internet Arms, which Paste described as “a heady exploration of the distinctions between online and authentic personas,” Diane Coffee, the versatile and ambitious pop project of Shaun Fleming, returns with their fourth album, With People. [A clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Bill Evans – Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert At The Teatro General San Martin, Buenos Aires 2xCD (Resonance)

The first official release of pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera captured live on September 27, 1979. Remastered from the original tape reels and includes an extensive booklet with rare photos from the actual concert, plus essays and new interviews with Marc Johnson, Joe LaBarbera, and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi.

Frog Eyes – The Bees CD/LP (Paper Bag)

After a brief stint as Soft Plastics, Frog Eyes – comprising Carey Mercer (vocals, guitar), Melanie Campbell (drums), and Shyla Seller (synthesizer, electric piano) – has chosen 2022 to release their latest album, The Bees. The Bees is ten songs that feel expansive-taking the listener on a whirlwind adventure to meet the ghosts of Frog Eyes past, present, and future-each track possessing the tempo necessary to incite a room filled with people to move.

Tigran Hamasyan – StandArt CD/LP (Nonesuch)

Pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan releases his first album of American standards. StandArt includes songs from the 1920s through the 1950s, by Richard Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Jerome Kern, David Raksin, and others; it also includes a piece Hamasyan improvised with his bandmates-bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Justin Brown-and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who is featured on two of the album’s tracks. Other special guests include saxophonist and label-mate Joshua Redman on Charlie Parker’s “Big Foot” as well as saxophonist Mark Turner on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s “All the Things You Are”.

Helms Alee – Keep This Be The Way CD/LP+MP3 (Sargent House)

Across the span of their first five studio albums, Seattle trio Helms Alee have consistently refined their signature sound, blend of lilting siren songs, crushing thunder and sludge, and heady guitar pop filled with lush guitars and elaborate three-part vocal harmonies that reach widely across various subgenres of the heavy music world. On their latest album, Keep This Be The Way, the band expanded their palette by delving into the production possibilities afforded by recording the album themselves, creating their most dynamic and technicolored work to date.

Chris Janson – All In CD (Warner Nashville)

Chris Janson brings ’80s and ’90s country Influences to his new album All In, which includes collaborations with Eric Church and Travis Tritt.

Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album LP (Eternal Yip Eye Music)

Norah Jones – Come Away With Me [Reissue/2002] CD/3xCD (Blue Note)

Kaipa – Urskog CD/2xLP+CD (Inside Out U.S.)

Legendary Swedish progressive folk-fusion band Kaipa return with their 14th studio album, Urskog. A breathtaking musical journey through the Swedish wilderness and the changing seasons.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Shahbaaz [Reissue/1991] CD (Real World)

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party lose themselves in this collection of ancient songs whose lyrics recall Sufi poetry and stories. Shahbaaz is intense, ecstatic and uplifting. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (d. 1997) is one of the key artists on Real World Records and certainly one of the most influential. His voice is universally recognized as one of the greats in musical history and he was key in bringing the Qawwali music tradition-a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia-to the Western world. In his lifetime, Khan collaborated with many Western musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Eddie Vedder, and Michael Brook.

Kitchen Dweller – Wise River CD/LP (No Coincidence)

Hailing from Bozeman, MT, Kitchen Dwellers embody the spirit and soul of their home with a sonic palette as expansive as Montana’s vistas. The quartet – Shawn Swain (mandolin), Torrin Daniels (banjo), Joe Funk (upright bass), and Max Davies (acoustic guitar) – twist bluegrass, folk, and rock through a kaleidoscope of homegrown stories, rich mythology, American west wanderlust, and psychedelic hues.

Lola Kirke – Lady For Sale CD/LP (Third Man)

Miranda Lambert – Palomino CD/2xLP (Sony Music Nashville)

Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons CD/LP/LP+MP3 (Transgressive)

Raul Malo – Quarantunes 1 CD (Monu Mundo)

A 30-song “mixtape” of songs recorded during The Mavericks frontman Raul Malo’s Quarantunes livestream series, which started in March 2020 during the onset of the COVID pandemic. The songs, including both covers and original songs, were recorded and mixed live at Raul’s home studio, and feature special guests The Mavericks, Band of Heathens, and Hector Tellez Jr.

Mamas Gun – Cure The Jones CD/LP (Candelion)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. Mamas Gun conjure the spirit of conscious ’70s soul on their bold and big-hearted new album.

Mein Kopf Ist Ein Brutaler Ort – Ton Steine Sterben CD/LP (Metalville)

With their third album Ton Steine Sterben, the Frankfurt thrash/metal core band Mein Kopf Ist Ein Brutaler Ort consolidate their reputation as the German Lamb Of God.

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Emotional Eternal CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)

[Vinyl edition due May 13.]

Charles Mingus – The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s 3xCD (Resonance)

The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s is an unreleased live recording of jazz icon Charles Mingus from Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in London captured in August 1972. It features alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist Bobby Jones, trumpeter Jon Faddis, pianist John Foster, and drummer Roy Brooks.

Movements – Outgrown Things [Reissue/2016] CDEP (Fearless)

Recently reissued on color 10” vinyl – now available on CD. Outgrown Things is the debut EP from the Southern California emo/post-hardcore band, produced and engineered by Will Yip.

Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time CD/LP (Legacy)

Ted Nugent – Detroit Muscle CD/LP (Pavement Ent.)

The Motor City Madman and Overall Asshole returns with a new album.

Paddy and The Rats – From Wasteland To Wonderland CD (Napalm)

With their sixth full-length the vigorous Celtic punk outfit serve a top-notch pirate party fueled by a heavy dose of punk, polka and folk, turning the world into a giant pub.

Ann Peebles & The Hi Rhythm Section – Live In Memphis CD/LP (Memphis Int’l)

Live archive performance by soul queen Ann Peebles features backing by many of the same musicians with whom she recorded the jewels of her catalog. Live In Memphis is the only known live recording of Peebles and Hi Rhythm, the ensemble numbering a total of nine players behind Peebles as she offered her best-known repertoire on the night of February 7, 1992, on a program billed An Evening of Classic Soul.

Proper. – The Great American Novel CD/LP/Cassette (Father/Daughter)

Channeling the heavier music he listened to during his adolescence-from post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In to progressive metal band System of a Down-Garlington and the rest of Proper. – bassist Natasha Johnson (she/her) and drummer Elijah Watson (he/they) – push themselves in ways they haven’t before, culminating in an ambitious project that showcases the new sonic territory the band is heading in. [A limited-edition bone grey color vinyl pressing is available.]

Rammstein – Zeit CD/2xLP (Virgin)

Zeit, the eighth album from the Berlin musicians follows their untitled No. 1 album that shot the band straight to the top of 14 international charts in 2019, after the longest break between albums of their career to date. Till Lindemann (vocals), Paul Landers (guitar), Richard Z. Kruspe (guitar), Flake (keyboards), Oliver Riedel (bass) and Christoph Schneider (drums) spent two years working on the eleven songs on the new album. They were once again assisted by Berlin producer Olsen Involtini. Zeit was recorded at La Fabrique Studios in St. Rémy de Provence, France. Lindemann’s commanding baritone resonates over solemn piano chords and an angelic chorus of sirens on the epic eponymous first single. [Two CD editions are available, each featuring unique packaging. A limited-edition 10” maxi-single of “Zeit” is also available this week.]

Josh Ramsay – The Josh Ramsay Show CD (604 Records)

New solo album from the Canadian singer-songwriter and frontman of the pop band Marianas Trench.

Eli Paperboy Reed – Down Every Road CD/LP+MP3 (Yep Roc)

Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed pays homage to country legend Merle Haggard by putting a soulful spin on some classic tunes. Recorded in Brooklyn with longtime collaborator Vince Chiarito (Black Pumas, Charles Bradley), Reed taps into all the heartache of Haggard’s iconic catalog and channels it into explosive, high-octane performances that blur the lines of genre, geography, and race to reveal the common, distinctly American threads tying them all together.

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

Released last week on vinyl – now available on CD. 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.]

Oumou Sangaré – Timbuktu CD/LP (World Circuit)

Oumou Sangaré is renowned worldwide for her vibrant and powerful music, which often features revolutionary messages about women’s rights, tradition, and poverty. Timbuktu is a stunning collection of songs, fusing her distinctive Malian sound and voice with elements of blues, folk, and rock, resulting in a timeless body of work, free from borders and genres.

Seratones – Love & Algorhythms CD/LP (New West)

Sparks – Balls [Reissue/2000] CD/2xLP (BMG)

Sparks – Lil’ Beethoven [Reissue/2002] CD/2xLP (BMG)

Sparks – Hello Young Lovers [Reissue/2005] CD/2xLP (BMG)

Remastered and expanded CD and vinyl reissues of the veteran pop duo’s 18^th, 19^th and 20^th albums.

Caroline Spence – True North CD/LP (Rounder)

Parov Stelar – Moonlight Love Affair CD/LP (Le Plan)

With his ninth studio album, Moonlight Love Affair, Austria’s Parov Stelar returns to his exploration of the love affair between electronic dance music and organic elements.

Thunder – Dopamine CD/LP (BMG)

Thunder is the last of the true British rock giants. Dopamine is the latest in succession of some of the most highly regarded rock albums of the past 30 years. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is available.]

Tomberlin – i don’t know who needs to hear this… CD/LP+MP3/Cassette (Saddle Creek)

Toro y Moi – Mahal CD/LP+MP3/Cassette (Dead Oceans)

Toro y Moi’s seventh studio album, Mahal, is the boldest and most fascinating journey yet from musical mastermind Chaz Bear. The record spans genre and sound-encompassing the shaggy psychedelic rock of the 1960s and ’70s, and the airy sounds of 1990s mod-post-rock-taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they’re riding in the back of Bear’s Filipino jeepney that adorns the album’s cover. [A limited-edition silver color vinyl pressing is available.]

Trombone Shorty – Lifted CD/LP (Blue Note)

An album that captures the energy of his legendary live shows, Lifted combines classic New Orleans sounds (funk, gospel, street rhythms, Mardi Gras Indian chants and second lines) with modern lyrics, melody and beats to create something fresh and unique. Part Jimi Hendrix, part James Brown and all New Orleans, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is the bandleader and frontman of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a hard-edged funk band that employs brass-band beats, rock dynamics and improvisation in a jazz tradition.

Trouble – Revelations Of The Insane – Demos & Rarities 2xCD (Hammerheart)

This double CD combines two releases previously only available on vinyl: Revelations (Life Or Death) – Demos & Rarities Part 1 and Victim Of The Insane – Demos & Rarities Part 2, both released in 2011.

Robin Trower – No More Worlds To Conquer CD/LP (Provogue)

Sofi Tukker – Wet Tennis CD (Sofi Tukker LLC)

Vanir – Sagas CD/LP (Target)

Now available on CD (two color vinyl pressings were release a few weeks ago – gold and gold w/ black). From the sagas of old, to the halls of Valhalla, from Danish and Germanic battlefields with their bloody battles and fierce warriors, Danish Viking/folk metal warriors Vanir return with an epic new epic album.

Various Artists – Pop Ambient 2022 CD/LP+MP3 (Kompakt)

The who’s who of Pop Ambient is once again at work, led for the first time by the highly trafficked Californian duo Blank Gloss, whose debut album Melt this year was certified by The Guardian as nothing less than “heart aching beauty”. Yui Onodera’s “Chrome” as well as “Kari”, a cooperation of Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth, could also be imagined in the score of Denis Villeneuve’s new film version of Dune – however, colleague Hans Zimmer managed that quite well without the three. After such wonderful and stylish contributions by Reich & Würden, Triola and Thomas Fehlmann, the ear then lingers a bit longer on the ghostly “Weiht” by Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella, a track like a temple of sound, a deep electronic immersion in a Japanese onsen. In this sea of immeasurable time, you could sink forever, but with the tracks of Andrew Thomas, Thore Pfeiffer and Max Würden & Pepo Galán the journey slowly comes to an end.

Various Artists – The Rough Guide To Delta Blues (Vol. 2) CD (World Music Network)

The origins of the Mississippi Delta blues are as deep and wide as the river itself. From the towering influence of Charley Patton and Son House to lesser-known artists shrouded in mystery, these seminal recordings helped lay the foundations for the electric blues and rock explosion to come.

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

Catharsis is Sven Väth’s first solo album in almost 20 years, and the 50^th album to be released on his incomparable label, Cocoon Recordings. Produced alongside Gregor Tresher, it is a musical autobiography that charts Sven’s most extraordinary life in techno.

Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain CD/LP/Cassette (Nuclear Blast)

Seventh studio album from the black metal band. [A limited-edition red w/ rainbow splatter color vinyl pressing is available. An indie store exclusive white color vinyl is due May 6.]

Ann Wilson – Fierce Bliss CD/LP (Silver Lining Music)

With Fierce Bliss, legendary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ann Wilson – recognized as one of the greatest singers of all time and co-founder of multi-platinum stars Heart – has created a supremely lavish, warm and seductive slice of rock ‘n’ roll which provides an instant soundtrack whether on the freeway or in front of the fireplace. Recorded between Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL and Power Station, Waterford, CT, Wilson got together with famed Nashville session guitarist Tom Bukovac and invited several friends (including Warren Haynes, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Vince Gill) to help fashion an album which carries the glow of an ochre sunset and the pristine vocals of a rock legend who still has every single unique octave at her fingertips.

Neil Young – Official Release Series Discs 13, 14, 20 & 21 4xCD/4xLP (Reprise)

This box set continues the chronological re-releasing of Neil Young’s official releases, remastered where analog tapes exist. The fourth volume in the series, Official Release Series Discs 13, 14, 20 & 21, includes Hawks & Doves from 1980 (ORS 13), Re*Ac*Tor (with Crazy Horse) from 1981 (ORS 14), This Notes for You from 1988 (ORS 20), and Eldorado from 1989 (ORS 21). These albums bookend the period 1982-1987 when Neil recorded for Geffen Records, hence the non-sequential ORS numbers. This is the first official vinyl release of Eldorado, a 5-track mini-album (previously only released on CD in Australia and Japan) and it includes two much sought-after tracks, “Cocaine Eyes” and “Heavy Love”.

DVDs + Blu-ray:

Deep Purple – From Here To InFinite Blu-ray (earMUSIC)

A documentary on the making of the 2017 album InFinite from the legendary rockers. Includes a vast array of bonus material, including music videos, behind the scenes footage, outtakes and interviews.

This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:

Melissa Aldana – 12 Stars LP (Blue Note)

Alfa Mist – Two For Mistake 10”+MP3 (ANTI-)

As I May – Karu LP (Mighty Music/SPV)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. As I May is a four-piece modern melodic metal band from Mikkeli, Finland. Formed in 2016, the band sounds like a modern day mix of In Flames and Amorphis.

The Cactus Blossoms – One Day LP (Walkie Talkie)

One Day is the third album from the Cactus Blossoms – featuring eleven songs written, produced, and harmonized by brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum. Recorded and mixed by longtime collaborator Alex Hall using a mobile rig in Page’s Minneapolis basement, the album continues the evolution of the band’s signature blend of country, soul, and ‘60s rock sounds, all anchored by the brothers’ core sibling harmony vocal style.

Glen Campbell – Greatest Country Hits LP (Curb)

Greatest Country Hits contains Glen Campbell’s last four country top ten hits from the 1980s (“The Hand That Rocks The Cradle”, “Still Within The Sound Of My Voice”, “I Have You” and “Gone, Gone, Gone”) plus some other single and album tracks taken from his 1990 Liberty album Walkin’ In the Sun together with three of his biggest hits from 1975-1977.

Chicago – Chicago II [Reissue/1970] 2xLP (Friday Music)

For those whose sole purpose in life is to collect every iteration of Chicago II, you’ll be thrilled to know it’s been reissued on translucent blue color vinyl.

Cloud Nothings – The Shadow I Remember LP+MP3 (Carpark)

Green color vinyl pressing Cloud Nothings’ 2021 (seventh) album. “As the Cleveland band returns to Electrical Audio at full force, they retain their penchant for rueful concision and world-weary chronicles of pandemic existence.” – Pitchfork

Coco Lagos Y Sus Orates ‎– Descargas [Reissue/1967] LP (Vampisol)

Vinyl reissue of the 1967 album by Peruvian percussionist Coco Lagos.

Coil ‎– Musick To Play In The Dark² [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (Dais)

After leaving London in 1999 for the sleepy seaside retiree town of Weston-super-Mare, Coil co-founders John Balance and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson set up shop in a palatial eight-bedroom estate to pursue the outer reaches of the group’s heightening cabalistic chemistry. Among the staggering string of late-era masterpieces they produced is lunar opus Musick Is To Play In The Dark, widely hailed as an artistic zenith upon its release. The sessions that birthed it were in fact so fruitful that a second LP took shape during the creation of the first one. Aided by the recent addition of Welsh multi-instrumentalist engineer Thighpaulsandra, Coil mined further into the recesses of surrealist eldritch electronica Balance termed “moon music” – post-industrial spellcasting at the axis of narcotic and nocturnal energies. Musick To Play In The Dark² spans a full witching hour of bad acid sound design, synthesizer voyaging, opiated balladry, Luciferian glitch, and subliminal hymnals, alternately ominous, oracular, and absurd. [Several limited-edition colorways are available.]

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman [Reissue/1963] LP (Impulse!)

John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman, released by Impulse! Records in 1963, was recorded on March 7, 1963, at the Van Gelder Studio. Coltrane and Hartman had decided on 10 songs for the album, but en route to the studio they heard Nat King Cole on the radio performing “Lush Life”, and Hartman immediately decided that song had to be included on their record. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

Cowboy Junkies – Songs Of The Recollection LP (Proper)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The new Cowboy Junkies album Songs Of The Recollection features covers of well-known songs by the likes of David Bowie, Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, and The Cure.

John Craigie – Mermaid Salt LP (Zabriskie Point)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Portland, OR-based singer, songwriter, and producer John Craigie adapts moments of solitude into stories perfectly suited for old Americana fiction anthologies. Instead of leaving them on dog-eared pages, he projects them widescreen in flashes of simmering soul and folk eloquence. On his 2022 full-length album, Mermaid Salt, we witness revenge unfurled in flames, watch a landlocked mermaid’s escape, and fall asleep under a meteor shower. [An indie store exclusive ‘smoke swimming pool’ color vinyl pressing is due May 6.]

Alice Damon – Windsong LP (Morning Trip)

A masterworks of new age music. Gently propelled by Damon’s haunting breath-of-life vocal winds reminiscent of Joan La Barbara underscored by field recordings and Damon’s fretless bass sound calling to mind mid- ‘70s Joni Mitchell, Windsong is traveling music, for the roads or for the skies. Instantly moving, it conjures vistas both romantically familiar and cosmically mysterious – waterfalls and wind, the voice of the earth, as heard through heavenly prisms.

Mitch Davis – The Haunt LP (Arbutus)

Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Mitch Davis steps out on his own with debut LP The Haunt, a singer-songwriter tour de force for which he wrote all the songs and played all the instruments, made in his home studio during the 2020 lockdown, with much of it recorded on equipment that he also built himself. The result is a uniquely personal statement brimming with color and optimism, even as it ponders universal themes of introspection and loneliness.

Jesse Dayton – Beaumonster LP (Blue Élan)

Beaumonster is the companion album to Jesse Dayton’s debut memoir Beaumonster published by Hachette Books. The album finds Dayton performing songs written by the many talented musicians and songwriters featured throughout his memoir. It zigs and zags from Waylon Jennings to Social Distortion and Townes Van Zandt to Willie Nelson – all who shared a connection with the storied Beaumont guitar slinger.

Dead Head – Slave Driver LP (Napalm)

New album from the ‘80s-influenced thrash metallers.

Death Angel – Bastard Tracks 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)

Clear w/ brown, green & orange splatter vinyl pressing. 15 deep cuts and rarely performed songs by the thrash metal band, recorded and live streamed on May 22, 2021 in San Francisco’s legendary Great American Music Hall during the pandemic lockdown.

The Drones ‎– Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By [Reissue/2005] LP (Bang!)
The sophomore album from Australian indie band was inspired by the likes of Neil Young and The Birthday Party, though it has been described by lead singer/guitarist Gareth Liddiard as a punk rock album.

Drudkh – They Often See Dreams About The Spring [Reissue/2018] LP (Season Of Mist)

Limited gold color vinyl pressing. Drudkh is a black metal legend. True to the values of this extreme genre, the enigmatic Ukrainians refuse to follow the rock ‘n’ roll rulebook and provide no answers, no statements, no shows – all that matters to them is their music. Drudkh’s recent albums and split singles have drawn heavily on 20th century Ukrainian poetry for lyrical inspiration.

Julius Eastman – Two Extended Pieces For Four Pianos 2xLP (Sub Rosa)

Live recording on September 28, 2019, at Festival Musica in Strasbourg (France) with the help of La Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

From Autumn To Ashes – Holding A Wolf By The Ears [Reissue/2007] LP (Vagrant)

2007’s Holding A Wolf By The Ears is the fourth studio album from Long Island’s From Autumn To Ashes. Many look at the band as one of the first to introduce a melodic voice into their music to offset the murderous screaming that brings the band’s heaviness to the forefront. That ying-yang vocal style has since been copied by hundreds of bands around the world, none of whom can match FATA’s song writing and catchy hooks.

Fuzztones – Horny As Hell [Reissue/2008] LP (Bang!)
Vinyl reissue of the sixth studio album by the American garage rock band.

João Gilberto ‎– João Gilberto [Reissue/1961] LP (Sowing)

Vinyl reissue of João Gilberto’s self-titled third album. Originally released in 1961, João Gilberto is the fruit of the collaboration between Gilberto and the great composer and arranger Antonio Carlos Jobim and Walter Wanderley and his ensemble. This is one of the greatest releases in the field of Brazilian music.

God Dethroned – The Christ Hunt [Reissue/1992] LP (Vic)

Blue color vinyl pressing of the Dutch death-metal band’s debut album.

Green Lung – Black Harvest LP (Svart)

Limited red colored vinyl pressing. Black Harvest, the sequel to Woodland Rites, is a more colorful, widescreen reimagining of the band’s sound – Dawn Of The Dead to its predecessor’s Night Of The Living. Recorded at Giant Wafer Studios in rural mid-Wales over the course of two weeks with longtime producer Wayne Adams (Petbrick, Big Lad), it’s a more expansive and textured record than anything the band have done before, boasting a cinematic quality and more attention to detail.

Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers – American Babylon [Reissue/1995] 2xLP (Cleveland Int’l)

Joe Grushecky and his band had been a club fixture in the Northeast for nearly 25 years when they released American Babylon in 1995. The Pittsburgh band had proven themselves to be the consummate bar band with occasional flirtations with national success. American Babylon found them teaming up with Bruce Springsteen, who handles production, plays on several tracks, and wrote two songs for the album. This 25^th anniversary deluxe vinyl double-LP reissue also includes bonus live tracks from The Houserockers’ legendary October Assault Tour recorded at an enthusiastic hometown show that same year.

Sam Henshaw – Untidy Soul LP (Dorm Seven)

Opaque red color vinyl pressing. Debut album from the British singer/songwriter. Untidy Soul spans a myriad of genres and sounds. Saxophone swoons through hazy production before the bass kicks in on “Take Time” [feat. Tobe Nwigwe]. Simultaneously, a high-register harmony underscores Henshaw’s hypnotic hook. Elsewhere, “East Detroit” cruises on a skittering beat draped in an airy loop as he croons, “Baby, it’s 4am in East Detroit, and I’d do anything to hear your voice.” Elsewhere, guitar and horns entwine on the simmering “Enough”. Interludes such as “Mr. Introvert” and “Mr. Introvert Reprise” expand the album’s cinematic scope, while this journey concludes on a rapturous note during “Joy”.

Honeyglaze – Honeyglaze LP (Speedy Wunderground)

Debut album from the British indie band.

Infamous Stringdusters – Toward The Fray LP (American Vibes)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Grammy Award-winning bluegrass, folk and Americana outfit release their first full-length since 2019’s Rise Sun. Toward The Fray is the band’s first release on Americana Vibes in partnership with Regime Music Group. The album was recorded at Denver’s Mighty Fine Studios and was all written in response and reaction to the events of 2020.

Jacky Boy – Mush LP (Darling)

The Bloomington, IN-based band’s sophomore record slides easily into the lane carved by fellow emotive power pop outfits like Mike Adams At His Honest Weight or Angel Du$t. [A limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

John 5 & The Creatures – Sinner LP (Big Machine)

Limited picture disc vinyl pressing. An eclectic showman and horror-obsessed pop culture maverick, John 5’s tastes and talent are as vast and diverse as his renowned collection of guitars and as robust as his expansive discography. Sinner is ten tracks of pure John 5, summoned with the same mix of vibrant energy and passionate emotion beloved by fans of his work as guitarist for Rob Zombie and David Lee Roth.

Jonquan – Easy Star Presents Jonquan & Associates LP (Easy Star)

Though Jonquan is relatively new to the reggae scene, you’d never know it by listening to the music on Easy Star Presents Jonquan & Associates. Working closely with two-time Grammy winner Victor Rice (Easy Star All- Stars, Bixiga 70, Ticklah), Jonquan fashions brand new tunes that evoke the majesty of the golden age of reggae.

Edward Ka Spel & Motion Kapture – Anagramma LP (Rustblade)

Color vinyl pressing. Psychedelic electronic music with ambient elements and old synthesizer sounds with the great voice of Edward Ka-Spel (legendary pink dots). A conceptual voyage through space/kraut rock and meditative ambient atmospheres in extended visionary ballads.

King Tubby meets The Scientist – In A Revival Dub [Reissue/2009] LP (Radiation Roots)

Incredible collection of rare King Tubby vs. Scientist tracks. These were some of the last “classical” dub works created before dancehall ultimately mutated into a technologically driven sound that largely did away with organic instruments and although these works already point in that direction, they still sound entirely fresh today because of the superb musicianship of the Roots Radics and the guiding hand of Jah Thomas in the producer’s chair, as well as Scientist and his cohorts, working their dub magic at King Tubby’s studio.

The Kinks – Face To Face [Reissue/1966] LP (Sanctuary)

180gm violet color vinyl pressing. Face To Face, released in 1966 on Pye Records in the United Kingdom and on Reprise Records in the United States, is the fourth UK studio album by The Kinks. A major artistic breakthrough for Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies, the LP represents the first full flowering of Davies’ use of narrative, observation, and wry social commentary in his songs.

Sondre Lerche – Avatars Of Love 2xLP (Sondre Lerche LLC)

Having relocated to his native home of Norway in 2020, indie-pop auteur Sondre Lerche returns with his boldest, most expansive work yet: Avatars Of Love. Written and recorded within the span of a year, the album, as Lerche tells it, “burst into being during a very intense and hyperactive year of my life.” Produced by Lerche and his team of longtime collaborators Matias Tellez (girlinred) and Kato Adland, it features guests AURORA, CHAI, Mary Lattimore, and Felicia Douglass of Dirty Projectors.

Limousine Beach – Limousine Beach LP (RT Lable Group LLC)

Drawing inspiration from bands such as The Sweet, The Dictators, Van Halen, The F***ing Champs, Nazareth, Sheer Mag, KISS, Jaguar, and Boston, Pittsburgh PA’s triple lead guitar outfit Limousine Beach combine concentrated songwriting and nimble fretwork with soaring vocal harmonies to become the world’s first “sizzle rock” band.

Loose Fit – Social Graces LP (FatCat)

Debut album from the Australian post-punk outfit. The band’s rhythm-heavy sound contains echoes of UK post-punk titans such as PiL and A Certain Ratio. Color vinyl pressing.

Mall Girl – Superstar LP (Jansen)

Debut album from the Norwegian art-pop outfit.

Market – The Consistent Brutal Bullshit Gong LP (Western Vinyl)

Transparent dark blue color vinyl pressing. Recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Nate Mendelsohn and his band use lyrical maximalism for the powers of good. Where Market’s previous home recorded releases shifted genre restlessly, on The Consistent Brutal Bullshit Gong Mendelsohn took a core band of longtime collaborators to a house in rural Massachusetts where they carved out space for his words to speak through with humor and intensity. [CD version due May 6.]

Ken McIntyre – Year Of The Iron Sheep [Reissue/1962] LP (Sowing)

Recorded intermittently between June and September 1962, Year Of The Iron Sheep was Ken McIntyre’s third album, the fruit of various studio sessions featuring three different personnel line-ups. Here the great multi-instrumentalist, mostly known for his collaborations with the likes of Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, and Charlie Haden, is heard on alto sax and flute while the rhythm section variously features pianist Jacki Byard, bassists Ron Carter and Ahmed Abdul-Malik, drummers Ben Riley, Louis Hayes, and Warren Smith. An amazing cast of players for a great and yet forgotten post-bop gem.

Midnight ‎– Satanic Royalty [Reissue/2011] 2xLP (Metal Blade)

Midnight ‎– No Mercy For Mayhem [Reissue/2014] LP (Metal Blade)

Midnight ‎– Sweet Death And Ecstasy [Reissue/2017] LP (Metal Blade)

Limited-edition color vinyl reissues. Black heavy metal is the law, and Midnight subjugated all comers in 2011 with their highly anticipated debut album after nearly a decade of EPs and splits. Satanic Royalty is both a distillation of first-wave black metal magik and an extension into harder-rocking territories rampant with lust, filth, and sleaze. The name Midnight was a cult one for years, but here they proved what they were really made of beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Migos – Culture III CD (Quality Control)

Released last September on CD – now available on vinyl. Culture III is the third installment and finale of Migos’s blockbuster Culture trilogy. As a knockout climax, it spotlights their nimble ad-libs, bulletproof bars, head-spinning hooks, and irreplaceable chemistry. And it’s stacked with A-list co-stars: Cardi B, Drake, Future, Justin Bieber, Polo G, Youngboy NBA and the late Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke to name a few. The streets, the internet, and the game have been begging for Culture III for three years, and now Migos have delivered.

Moon Duo – Circles [Reissue/2012] LP (Sacred Bones)

Moon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun [Reissue/2015] LP (Sacred Bones)

Color vinyl reissues. Moon Duo is a side project of psychedelic-space-drone rock band Wooden Shjips.

Mystic Circle – Mystic Circle LP (Atomic Fire)

Recently released on CD – now available on limited-edition color vinyl. Founded in 1992 in Ludwigshafen/Germany, Mystic Circle quickly riled up the underground with their first three demos and established themselves as the biggest national black metal band in 1998 with Drachenblut. If you grew up listening to the likes of Possessed and Morbid Angel as well as idolized acts like Dark Funeral and Marduk, you will love Mystic Circle in its current reincarnation.

Near Death Condition – Ascent From The Mundane LP (Unique Leader)

Limited color vinyl pressing. French/Swiss/Canadian hybrid death metal for fans of Immolation, Akercocke, Morbid Angel and Celtic Frost.

Willie Nile – The Day The Earth Stood Still LP (River House)

Released last July on CD – now available on vinyl. While many of us have struggled to salvage a sense of purpose from a year’s worth of isolation, veteran New York rocker Willie Nile has tapped into his own lockdown experience as a source of inspiration for the set of haunting new songs that comprise his emotion-charged new release, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Although the veteran singer-songwriter borrowed its title from the beloved 1951 science-fiction movie classic, the album was inspired by the sight of Nile’s beloved hometown of Manhattan temporarily turned into a desolate ghost town.

Oddisee – The Odd Tape [Reissue/2016] LP (Mello Music Group)

Oddisee is an everyman with extraordinary talent. Both a rapper chronicling the perils and joys of ordinary existence, and a virtuosic producer attuned to the vibrations of how life sounds. But don’t mistake 2016’s The Odd Tape for the noise of birds chirping, idle chatter, or car alarms; it’s that internal soul-jazz reverberating at the back of your brain. [An indie store exclusive copper color vinyl pressing is available.]

Sofiane Pamart – LETTER 2xLP (PIAS)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Born in a suburb of Lille and based in Paris, Sofiane Pamart is known as the rebel pianist of French music for his habit to break the elitist codes of classical piano with his compositions, also bringing his neoclassical style in rap and hip-hop.

Pattern-Seeking Animals – Only Passing Through 2xLP+CD (Inside Out U.S.)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Pattern-Seeking Animals, the California-based band featuring current and former members of Spock’s Beard – Ted Leonard (lead vocals & guitars), Jimmy Keegan (drums & vocals), Dave Meros (bass) and John Boegehold (keyboards) – release their third studio album. Features an etched D-side.

Pink i – Kings Of Oblivion [Reissue/1973] LP (Future Shock)

Kings Of Oblivion is one of the best-kept secrets of hard rock – and an important part of its history. If you like your rock and roll “real,” it doesn’t get much more real than this. Just don’t go expecting Judas Priest, AC/DC or Black Sabbath; this is high-energy rock that truly belongs on the streets, and a landmark album in its genre.

Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets [Reissue/1968] LP (Pink Floyd Records)

Released as a limited edition for Record Store Day in 2019, the original mono mix of Pink Floyd’s A Saucerful Of Secrets has been remastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman from the 1968 analog tapes. Pressed on 180gm vinyl, this edition is presented in a black, poly-lined inner sleeve inside a reproduction of the original LP sleeve.

Rammstein – Zeit 10” (Virgin)

Limited-edition 10” maxi-single with remixes by Ólafur Arnalds & Robot Koch.

Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. – Area 52 [Reissue/2012] 2xLP (ATO)

Area 52 was produced by the legendary Peter Asher and contains nine of Rod and Gab’s favorite songs from their own catalog re-arranged and re-configured for a 13-piece Cuban orchestra comprised of some of Havana’s finest young players, collectively known as C.U.B.A. Pressed on red/blue splatter color vinyl.

David Lee Roth – Eat ‘Em And Smile [Reissue/1986] LP (Friday Music)

Remastered 180gm audiophile vinyl edition. Armed with an incredible batch of tunes (including the Top 40 singles “Goin’ Crazy” and “Yankee Rose” plus the deep cuts “Ladies Nite in Buffalo”, “Elephant Gun” and “Tobacco Road”) and his super power trio of legendary shredders Steve Vai (guitars), Billy Sheehan (bass) and Gregg Bissonette (drums), David Lee Roth’s 1986 solo debut Eat ‘Em And Smile stands as one of Diamond Dave’s most enduring and critically acclaimed works.

Sambrasa Trio – Em Som Maior [Reissue/1965] LP (Vampisoul)

Vinyl reissue of a 1965 samba jazz gem.

Penelope Scott – The Junkyard 2 LP (Many Hats Endeavors)

Green & white marbled color vinyl pressing. Listening to Penelope Scott’s music is like sitting aboard a deranged theme park ride, twisting, and turning through caves of Gen Z malaise and satire. This college-student-turned-TikTok-sensation writes songs that contain the absurd humor of meme culture, an acute awareness that virtually every institution is broken, and the frankness of someone earnestly trying to wrestle with their demons. They’re cathartic, thought-provoking, and laugh-out-loud funny, and the artist behind them is far more interested in capturing specific feelings than abiding by the confines of genre.

Skeletonwitch – Devouring Radiant Light [Reissue/2018] LP (Prosthetic)

White color vinyl pressing. Devouring Radiant Light is the fifth full length and first to feature vocalist Adam Clemans, who debuted with Skeletonwitch on the band’s 2016 EP The Apothic Gloom. It picks right up where the EP ended, mixing their classic blackened thrash attack with atmospheric, post rock soaring melodies.

Speckmann Project – Fiends Of Emptiness LP (Target)

Black marbled color vinyl pressing. New album from extreme metal pioneer Paul Speckmann (Master, Deathstrike) and Swedish death metal-savant Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader, Revolting).

Suicidal Tendencies ‎– How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today [Reissue/1988] LP (Red Music Legacy)

Originally released in 1988, Suicidal Tendencies’ third LP, How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today, was a major turning point for Mike Muir and his Venice, CA crew. Led by Muir’s sardonic sneer, How Will I Laugh… grinds with beyond-punk prowess and biting social commentary that pushed Suicidal from Pendelton n’ bandana’d clad, Pepsi-chuggin’ hardcore heroes to flexible skateboard-obsessed thrashers who would give legends like Anthrax, Slayer and Metallica a run for their money. [An indie store exclusive blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

The Sully Band – The Sully Band LP (Blue Élan)

Anchored by Grammy Award-winner, slayer of the bass, James East (Eric Clapton, Elton John, Michael Jackson, and many others), The Sully Band is composed of seasoned, accomplished players who hail from exotic places like Japan, Panama, and the island of Lemon Grove. The horn section features sax-flute-harp-man Tripp Sprague (Kenny Loggins, The Little River Band, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Four Tops) and trumpet and flugelhorn player Steve Dillard (The Righteous Brothers & Lynyrd Skynyrd).

Sunless – Ylem LP (Willowtip)

Released last November on CD – now available on vinyl. Part two of a trilogy, Ylem builds upon the concept and lyrical theme of the band’s independently released debut album, Urraca, by reinforcing the mysticism of the previous album while exploring new themes of displacement, fear, wonder, and transcendence. With the addition of a new drummer and an evolving approach to songwriting, Sunless further develops their signature sound with increasingly diverse, dense, and technical offerings.

Harvey Sutherland – Boy LP (House Anxiety)

Melbourne-based producer, DJ and instrumentalist, Harvey Sutherland recorded his debut album Boy between London, Los Angeles and Harvey’s own Swimming Pool Studio with a string of special guests including the inimitable DāM-FunK, who features on lead single, “Feeling Of Love”. Boy takes the base elements of funk and fires them through a prism of influences – the hyper-produced studio pop of Todd Rundgren, the luscious grooves of New York boogie and the harsh snap of coldwave. [A green color vinyl pressing is available. CD edition due May 13.]

Tall Heights – Juniors LP (Tall Heights)

The third full-length from Tall Heights, Juniors emerged from a period of profound turmoil and revelation for the Massachusetts duo. In the span of five months, Paul Wright and Tim Harrington experienced a convergence of events that included major health and substance-abuse crises among their closest loved ones, saying goodbye to Harrington’s grandfather and to a beloved grandfather figure for Wright, and-in far happier, yet still intense news-the announcement that each of their wives was expecting. Compounded by a series of shake-ups in their professional life, that upheaval coincided with the start of the pandemic. Rather than succumbing to the tremendous pressure of that point in time, Tall Heights chose to confront the chaos by creating within it. [Two colorways are available: red & white swirl and an indie store exclusive blue & white swirl.]

Robin Trower – Coming Closer To The Day [Reissue/2019] LP (Mascot Label Group)

Yellow color vinyl pressing. Robin Trower, the iconic guitarist who rose to fame with the legendary Procol Harum, returned in 2019 with Coming Closer To The Day. It’s rare to find a ’60s legend still on trailblazing form in their eighth decade. But while Trower’s peers recycle the old hits or retreat from view, the 73-year-old guitarist finds himself in a golden late-bloom of creativity. Even at this career pinnacle, Trower admits he “just can’t stop.”

Urethane – Chasing Horizons LP (Cyber Tracks)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut album from the pop-punk outfit featuring legendary Hall of Fame professional skateboarder and guitarist Steve Caballero. Chasing Horizons is jam-packed with catchy choruses and melodic hooks that range from mid-tempo sing-a-longs to aggressive fist-pumping screamers.

Various Artists – 12 Compost Disco Years 2xLP (Compost Disco)

A brilliant cocktail of disco-ish tunes by Dimitri From Paris and DJ Rocca, AN-2, Mark E, Ed Lee, Manuel Tur, Chocolate Garage Production, Velmondo, Ron Deacon, and some other suspect alter egos. Destined for the sunset crew, for the hip shaking, for the gym, for those who are open minded with disco anyways, for more parties, last but not least for salvation. The variety range across the floor from boogie, Italo, new wave, classic soulful, Balearic, neo-disco, house-y, downbeat, fusion, garage, to tech disco.

Various Artists – Essential Sun Records: The Ultimate Collection LP (Sun)

Sam Phillips created the label where rock ‘n’ roll was born, Sun Records. He and Shelby Singleton produced and released countless hit records, spanning many genres. From the original recording of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line”, Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls Of Fire”, and The Dixie Cups “Chapel Of Love”, to reimagined classics like Dave Dudley’s “Six Days On The Road” and everything in between, Essential Sun Records celebrates the 70^thanniversary of the iconic label.

Heiko Voss – 3:30 Minute To Live LP (Imara)

Heiko Voss has earned near mythical status as a torchbearer for the emotional, deeply felt and quietly radical style of electronic music. There is something definitive and newly confident in 3:30 Minutes To Live that has it feeling like a real statement of intent if compared to his earlier releases. Voss describes his aesthetic as “indie pop music with a lot of guitar, electronic elements, and a great love for melancholic ’80s synth-lines.”

Ways Away – Ways Away LP (Other People)

Limited yellow color vinyl pressing of the eponymous debut album by the band featuring members of Samiam, Knapsack, Boysetsfire, and Stick To Your Guns.

The Weeknd – Dawn FM 2xLP (Xo)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Dawn FM is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd. The album is narrated by Jim Carrey, and features guest appearances from Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne. The production was handled by The Weeknd himself alongside Oneohtrix Point Never – who produced most of the tracks-as well as Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House Mafia, among others. The album serves as a follow-up to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). [An indie store exclusive cassette edition featuring alternate cover art is also available this week.]

The Wicked Lady ‎– The Axeman Cometh [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Guerssen)

Wicked Lady ‎– Psychotic Overkill [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (Guerssen)

If you are looking for raw, psychedelic hard rock, look no further. All tracks purportedly recorded between 1969-1972.

Wolves At The Gate – Eulogies 2xLP (Solid State)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Unrestricted by genre conventions and determined to raise the bar with each successive album, Wolves At The Gate deliver music and a message with a firm commitment to passion and authenticity. Tirelessly seeking out the light in seemingly overwhelming darkness, the Midwestern post-hardcore group balances soaring melodies with unrelenting metal and emotional heaviness.

Cassettes:

Proper. – The Great American Novel (Father/Daughter)

Tomberlin – i don’t know who needs to hear this… (Saddle Creek)

Toro y Moi – Mahal (Dead Oceans)

Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain (Nuclear Blast)

Seventh studio album from the black metal band.

The Weeknd – Dawn FM (Xo)

Indie store exclusive cassette edition featuring alternate cover art. Dawn FM is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd. The album is narrated by Jim Carrey, and features guest appearances from Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne. The production was handled by The Weeknd himself alongside Oneohtrix Point Never – who produced most of the tracks-as well as Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House Mafia, among others. The album serves as a follow-up to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). [A standard cassette edition featuring original artwork is also available.]

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