New Releases for June 24, 2022

Marketing Program/ Banner/ Listening Station Titles Promoted This Week:

Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince: Deluxe Edition CD/2xLP (Verve)

Deluxe offering of Grammy Best New Artist nominee Arooj Aftab’s breakthrough 2021 album Vulture Prince, featuring Grammy Best Global Music Performance-nominated track “Mohabbat”. Aftab’s remarkable voice, backed by a team of renowned musicians, transports listeners to the composer’s world. Intimate piano and swelling orchestral strings unveil mystical passage into Aftab’s emotionally gripping symphonic world – vast with colorful sounds and transcendent of genre.

Alexisonfire – Otherness CD/2xLP (Dine Alone)

Otherness is the first album in over a decade from the group Rolling Stone declared “put Canadian post-hardcore on the map.” Five guys playing aggressive rock grew to a hockey-arena headlining phenomenon while pushing and pulling between spirited guitar leads, melodic might, and emotional weight. The band never sacrificed the punk soul summoned in beat-up vans and basement shows. Blending their classic sound with new and forward-thinking textures, they produced Otherness themselves. As Revolver Magazine noted in 2019: “It’s hard to overstate the influence Alexisonfire had in post-hardcore through the mid-2000s, their combination of singing and screaming setting the blueprint for many artists to come.” [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

The Animals – The Animals [Reissue/1964] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. Eric Burdon’s howling vocals and the dramatic arrangement created arguably the first folk rock hit. Both were featured on the band’s Mickie Most-produced 1964 full-length debut album.

The Animals – The Animals On Tour [Reissue/1965] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. 1965’s The Animals On Tour, the band’s second studio effort, features the singles “I’m Crying” and “Boom Boom” plus strong covers of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles.

The Animals – Animal Tracks [Reissue/1965] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. As with their previous album releases, Animal Tracks, the group’s third studio set, featured Chas Chandler on bass, John Steel on drums and Hilton Valentine on guitar, alongside Eric Burdon and Alan Price, the classic lineup that preceded the arrival of Dave Rowberry and subsequent emphasis on Burdon. Highlights come in the form of the hit singles “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “Bring It On Home To Me”, and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”.

The Animals – Animalization [Reissue/1966] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. However, The Animals first great fully realized album didn’t come until 1966’s Animalization, their fourth full-length. Produced by Tom Wilson, the passionate 12-song set features consummate R&B styled covers of material by John Lee Hooker (“Maudie”), Joe Berry (“Sweet Little Sixteeen”) and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (“I Put A Spell on You”) to go along with a pair of strong originals penned by the group’s Eric Burdon and Dave Rowberry.

Automatic – Excess CD (Stones Throw)

Automatic’s second album Excess rides the imaginary edge where the ’70s underground met the corporate culture of the ’80s – or, as the band puts it, “That fleeting moment when what was once cool quickly turned and became mainstream, all for the sake of consumerism.” Using this point in time as a lens through which to view the present moment, Excess takes aim at corporate culture and extravagance. The overarching themes of alienation and escapism emerged as Automatic put Excess together, taking writing retreats to flesh out the new songs before decamping to the studio for sprint recording sessions with producer Joo Joo Ashworth (Sasami, FROTH). [Vinyl edition – including and indie store exclusive blue color pressing – due July 1.]

Capital Theatre – A Hero’s Journey CD/LP (Amplified Media)

Melodic and edgy, Melodic and edgy, A Hero’s Jouney’s 10 guitar/keyboard-driven tracks take inspiration from Joseph Campbell’s book The Hero With A Thousand Faces, using it’s seminal study of the archetypal hero as a lens for exploring the human condition in chaotic times. “The hero’s journey is the blueprint for so many great stories, and so we decided to map out the album based on that framework,” says Capital Theatre frontman Adam Stevenson. “It begins at the status quo, then moves through coming-of-age and the call to adventure, the trials and tribulations and then finally the moment of triumph over adversity.” A Hero’s Journey was recorded with legendary producer Mike Clink (Guns N” Roses, Megadeth, Steve Vai), who commented “What attracted me to the project is that each song takes you on a journey delivered with conviction through the music and the lyrics.” [An indie store exclusive blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Eric Clapton – Nothing But The Blues CD+CDEP+2xLP+DVD+Blu-ray (Reprise)

Eric Clapton’s lifelong passion for the blues burns brightly in Nothing But The Blues. The audio soundtrack (available on CD and Super Deluxe box set which includes the 1995 PBS film) features 18 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 during the legendary guitarist’s tour supporting his Grammy-winning, multi-platinum blues album From The Cradle. Clapton’s longtime co-producer, Simon Climie, has remixed the audio from those performances from the original multi-tracking recordings. The previously unreleased live performances on Nothing But the Blues serve as a vital counterpart to From The Cradle, which was recorded in the studio. While several songs appear on both (“Motherless Child”, “Standing ‘Round Crying”, “I’m Tore Down”), the performances are entirely different. The release also includes songs that did not appear on From The Cradle, including Jimmy Rogers’ “Blues All Day Long” and Robert Johnson’s “Malted Milk”, as well as the standards “Every Day I Have The Blues” and “Forty-Four”. [Stand-alone DVD and Blu-ray editions of the original 1995 PBS film are available. The Super Deluxe Edition comes with the documentary on Blu-ray, the soundtrack on both double-vinyl and CD, a bonus CD with four extra tracks “Driftin’”, County Jail Blues”, “Kid Man Blues”, and “It’s Too Bad”, and an exclusive hardcover book with memorabilia, including a numbered lithograph,12” x 24” poster, Clapton guitar string set, custom guitar picks, and an exclusive bandana. The stand-alone double-vinyl edition is due July 29.]

Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind CD/2xLP (Roadrunner)

Produced by the band’s own Claudio Sanchez and Zakk Cervini, Coheed and Cambria’s ambitious new album, Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind welcomes us back to “The Amory Wars” as the second installment of the five-part Vaxis arc about a couple on the run from tyrannical forces and their mysterious new addition. For the last 20 years, Coheed and Cambria has continuously broken the mold of what a rock band can be, forging their own path and building a universe around their music unlike any other. Whether it is in the way their genre-spanning approach to songwriting has allowed them to bridge worlds without being contained to one, or the multifaceted story arc of their albums and comic book series which mark the longest running concept story in music, Coheed and Cambria has consistently shaped new standards, never conformed. [In addition to a ‘light blue’ clear vinyl pressing, an indie store exclusive translucent ‘darker blue’ color vinyl pressing is also available.]

Hollie Cook – Happy Hour CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)

With Happy Hour, Hollie Cook matures into the queen of modern-day “lovers rock” – the lush girly harmony reggae style beloved in Britain since the 1970s. Evolution rings from the bittersweet opening title track; tender yet assertive, Hollie’s voice caresses evocative lyrics through the arrangement’s tumbling changes. Hollie dares to invite listeners into her true personality through these alluring songs, which she co-produced with her General Roots band members Ben Mckone and Luke Allwood, and executive producer Youth. [An indie store exclusive ‘orchid & tangerine’ color vinyl pressing is available.]

Martin Courtney – Magic Sign CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)

Second solo album from the Real Estate frontman, following 2015’s Many Moons. When Martin Courtney was a teenager, he knew how to get lost. In the late ‘90s and early 2000s, there’s Martin, loaded into a car with friends. They’re navigating the suburban sprawl of New Jersey with no destination in mind. He and his friends would “get thoroughly confused and look for familiar green signs with arrows pointing to towns we’d heard of. We’d call them ‘magic signs,'” he says. That’s the thing about magic: when you go looking for it, you start to see it everywhere. And you can hear it twinklingly throughout the ten songs on Magic Sign. [An indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook CD/LP (Verve)

Previously unreleased 1958 Hollywood Bowl performance discovered in the private collection of Norman Granz; mixed from the original ¼” tapes by Grammy Award-winning producer/musician Gregg Field. Ella and the orchestra deliver peerless renditions, full of life and warmth, of some of Berlin’s best-known work including such ballads as “How Deep Is The Ocean” and “Supper Time”, the Hollywood songs “You’re Laughing At Me” and “Get Thee Behind Me Satan”, and uptempo numbers such as “Cheek To Cheek”, “Top Hat”, “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”, “Heat Wave”, and “Puttin’ On The Ritz”.

Love – Philadelphia Mississippi CD/LP (Philadelphonic)

Mixing old school blues and folk with new school hip-hop and funk, G. Love’s electrifying new album, Philadelphia Mississippi, brings together both sides of the genre-bending pioneer’s eclectic career in a wildly innovative and deeply reverent sonic pilgrimage to the heart of the South. Produced by North Mississippi All-Stars’ Luther Dickinson, the collection is loose and spontaneous, full of joyful, improvised performances and freewheeling collaborations with a slew of special guests including blues torchbearers like Alvin Youngblood Hart and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and rap icons like Schoolly D and Speech.

Linda Hoover – I Mean To Shine CD (Omnivore)

Unissued Gary Katz-produced 1970 album featuring members of the original Steely Dan line-up. In the summer of 1970, Linda Hoover, then 19, entered Manhattan’s Advantage Sound Studio to cut her first album with Gary Katz, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen leading a team that also included guitarists (and future Steely Dan members) Denny Dias & Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, and Eric Weissberg, saxophonist Jerome Richardson, plus members of the Dick Cavett Orchestra. I Mean To Shine includes three original compositions by Linda alongside The Band’s “In A Station” (from Music From Big Pink) and Stephen Stills’ “4+20” (which appeared on CSN&Y’s Déjà Vu). Almost half of the album was penned by the pre-Steely Dan songwriting duo of Becker and Fagen, including what would become the album’s title track.

Jack Johnson – Meet The Moonlight CD/LP (Brushfire)

Meet The Moonlight, Jack Johnson’s eighth studio album and first full-length release in five years, was produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes, Perfume Genius, Jim James) and recorded in Los Angeles and Hawaii. The creation process marks a major artistic milestone from past work, taking shape from a one-on-one collaboration with Mills, and unveiling an intimate and highly experimental process that involved embedding Johnson’s elegantly stripped-back arrangements with enchanting sonic details. [Limited value-added moon tracker calendar included. An indie store exclusive 180gm clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Just Mustard– Heart Under CD/LP (Partisan)

Heart Under, Just Mustard’s second LP, asks you to forget what you know. At every turn, this remarkable record reconfigures and stretches the ideas and ambition of a rock band and turns a year of lockdown and personal struggles into a breathtaking artistic statement. Across its 10 tracks, the album presents a coherent style and ethos – those scything guitars, Katie’s magical vocals – but still incorporates a wide and untethered vision. There are brooding, atmospheric rock songs (“Still”, “In Shade”) and others that apply a lighter, dreamier touch (“Sore”, “Mirrors”), all tied together with impeccable instrumentation and a united vision. On Wednesday, the band played with dreamier soundscapes and production techniques, and Heart Under serves as the next stage of this development, with every instrument brilliantly pushed to its limit and every boundary of the band stretched. [A limited-edition translucent blue color vinyl pressing is available. Standard vinyl edition due August 19. Deluxe LP due November 1.]

Charles Lloyd – Trios: Chapel CD/LP (Blue Note)

Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than six decades the legendary saxophonist and composer has loomed large over the music world, and at 84 years old he remains both at the height of his powers and as prolific as ever. As a sound seeker, Lloyd’s restless creativity has perhaps found no greater manifestation than on his latest masterwork, an expansive project that encompasses three individual albums that are connected by an overarching theme with each presenting him in a different trio setting – a Trio of Trios. The first, Trios: Chapel, features Lloyd with guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan.

Phil Lynott + Thin Lizzy – Songs For While I’m Away + The Boys Are Back In Town (Live) CD+DVD/CD+DVD+Blu-ray (Mercury Studios)

Songs For While I’m Away is the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became one of Ireland’s greatest rock stars. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. The accompanying film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet, the dreamer. [Also included on CD+DVD (and Deluxe CD+DVD+Blu-ray box set) is Thin Lizzy’s famed October ’78 concert at the Sydney Opera House, featuring remixed audio & cleaned up picture. There is an option on the DVD to play the songs with the lost performances in the order they were performed the day of the show.]

Joan Shelley – The Spur CD/LP (No Quarter)

Joan Shelley returns with The Spur, her first new album in three years. The twelve-song set is a profound meditation on light and darkness, recorded in the spring of 2021 at Earthwave Farm in the Kentucky countryside. James Elkington serves as co-producer (alongside Shelley) and the album features collaborations with Bill Callahan, Meg Baird, and the British novelist Max Porter along with Shelley’s musical partner and husband Nathan Salsburg. Shelley says: “The Spur is the result of a period of opposite extremes: of intellectual hyper-connection and physical isolation. This album will forever be fused with the memory of our marriage, the birth of our child, and the intense joy despite the darkness”. [An indie store exclusive translucent white color vinyl pressing is available.]

Regina Spektor – Home, before and after CD (Sire)

Home, before and after is Regina Spektor’s eighth studio album and most quintessentially “New York” in years. Recorded in upstate New York, produced by John Congleton and coproduced by Spektor, the album is Spektor at her most inspired, heralded by “Becoming All Alone”, a surrealist ballad that swells with arrangements and comes alive in your head.

Additional Social Media Program Titles Released This Week:

Cimafunk – El Alimento LP (Terapia Productions)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. El Alimento (translation: the nutrient) is the monumental second album from Cimafunk, the Cuban medical-student-turned-Latin-funk-star who crash-landed onto the music scene with his debut album Terapia in 2017 and an electric live show that been compared to that of James Brown. The sonically dynamic collection masterfully blends Afro-Cuban sounds and rhythms with global funk, hip-hop and soul—resulting in a progressive, head-bopping celebration of black music’s power to eclipse borders and cross-pollinate across cultures. Written and recorded over the last year, the album served as an alimento for the soul, a motivation to persevere through the pandemic, as Cimafunk spent countless hours studying decades of musical influences to help understand who he is musically and culturally, and thus, where he wanted this album to take him. As innovative funk forefather George Clinton (Parliament-Funkadelic), who sings alongside Cimafunk on the opening track “Funk Aspirin”, says: “Cimafunk takes it back there while keeping it in the now. It’s what we do, always reinventing the Funk to keep it fresh.”

Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout LP (Bad Boy/Interscope)

Released in March on CD – now available on vinyl. Originally called Born With Horns, Mainstream Sellout is the sixth studio album from the multi-faceted rapper turned rocker Machine Gun Kelly. Following up on the pop-punk sound of 2020’s Tickets To My Downfall, he described the project as TTMD if he “turned the lights off.” With a harder rock sound than TTMD and references to the journey of his career, Mainstream Sellout is an introspective project that reflects on his musical adventures

CDs + Vinyl:

Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince: Deluxe Edition CD/2xLP (Verve)

Alestorm – Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum CD/2xCD/LP (Napalm)

It’s time to put on your pirate hat and inflate your rubber ducks as the world-famous pirate metal drinking crew releases their seventh studio album. [A deluxe double-CD edition is available.]

Alexisonfire – Otherness CD/2xLP (Dine Alone)

The Animals – The Animals [Reissue/1964] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. Eric Burdon’s howling vocals and the dramatic arrangement created arguably the first folk rock hit. Both were featured on the band’s Mickie Most-produced 1964 full-length debut album.

The Animals – The Animals On Tour [Reissue/1965] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. 1965’s The Animals On Tour, the band’s second studio effort, features the singles “I’m Crying” and “Boom Boom” plus strong covers of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles.

The Animals – Animal Tracks [Reissue/1965] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. As with their previous album releases, Animal Tracks, the group’s third studio set, featured Chas Chandler on bass, John Steel on drums and Hilton Valentine on guitar, alongside Eric Burdon and Alan Price, the classic lineup that preceded the arrival of Dave Rowberry and subsequent emphasis on Burdon. Highlights come in the form of the hit singles “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “Bring It On Home To Me”, and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”.

The Animals – Animalization [Reissue/1966] CD/LP (Abkco)

English rhythm and blues group The Animals emerged in 1964 with their debut single “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”, but it was runaway second single, “House Of The Rising Sun” that truly catapulted them to international fame. However, The Animals first great fully realized album didn’t come until 1966’s Animalization, their fourth full-length. Produced by Tom Wilson, the passionate 12-song set features consummate R&B styled covers of material by John Lee Hooker (“Maudie”), Joe Berry (“Sweet Little Sixteeen”) and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (“I Put A Spell on You”) to go along with a pair of strong originals penned by the group’s Eric Burdon and Dave Rowberry.

Automatic – Excess CD (Stones Throw)

Bhleg – Faghring CD/LP (Nordvis)

Fourth and final chapter of Bhleg’s album tetralogy Ár. Faghring features a range of unconventional instruments such as lyre, hurdy-gurdy, mouth harp, nyckelharpa, flute, bullroarer, and birch trumpet. Guest vocalists specialized in different aspects of the Scandinavian folk-tradition: Andreas Pettersson from Saiva, Êlea of Noêta, and Swedish author Lars Magnar Enoksen. [Vinyl edition – including an limited-edition green and blue splatter color vinyl pressing – – is due July 8.]

Blackhawk – Blue Highway CD (BFD)

A collection of previously unreleased recordings by the country music group. These recordings feature all three original members – Henry Paul, Dave Robbins and the late Van Stephenson.

Black Stone Cherry – Live From The Royal Albert Hall… Y’all! 2xCD+Blu-ray/2xLP

On Wednesday September 29, 2021 – the year of the band’s 20th Anniversary – Kentucky’s favorite sons, Black Stone Cherry, realized their childhood dream of playing at the legendary Royal Albert Hall, London.

BoDeans – 4 The Last Time CD (Free & Alive)

New release from the veteran Americana/roots rock band.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees CD (A. Records)

Recorded in Berlin and remotely between 2020 and 2021, The Brian Jonestown Massacre returns with their 19th full-length studio album. Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees is the beginning of a thrilling new phase for Anton Newcombe and his band. Joining him in the studio and remotely for this album were Ricky Maymi (guitars), Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt (keyboards), Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson (bass), and Uri Rennert (drums). Originally, Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones’ psychedelic phase – the name comes from Stones guitarist Brian Jones combined with a reference to cult leader Jim Jones. But his work in the 2000s has expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK shoegaze genre of the 1990s and incorporating influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian music. [Vinyl edition due July 8.]

Arthur Brown – Long Long Road CD/2xCD/LP/2xCD+LP+7” (Prophecy)

Long Long Road effortlessly shifts from progressive rock and soul to pristine blues rock, with the much-loved singer summoning his full vocal range with a mature mastery that comes only with the experience of a lifetime. Wild, vibrant, and crammed with rich musical textures, this album is quintessentially Arthur Brown and can easily be construed as the apex and summary of a fascinating career that has spanned several decades. [A limited-edition red color vinyl pressing, an expanded double-CD edition, and a deluxe box set version are available.]

Caamp – Lavender Days CD/LP (Mom + Pop Music)

Lavender Days was written in the aftermath of a period of loss and heartache suffered by Taylor Meier. A great love, a great dog, his livelihood, his sanity… all gone in the same period when touring and every bit of human interaction was taken from him and the rest of the world. It was a humbling experience, and one that placed him firmly back in the spot that Caamp so often writes about – his Midwestern home and the life he lives there in the state of Ohio. It’s the romanticism that Caamp approaches that simple life with that speaks to their volume of fans and is even further ruminated on in Lavender Days. It’s about the in between days – the small pleasures and the forgotten disappointments. [A limited-edition pink and purple color vinyl pressing is available.]

Candy – Heaven Is Here CD/LP (Relapse)

Candy is poised to break past the conventions of metal, hardcore, and punk with one of 2022’s most extreme and unique records. Heaven Is Here puts together so many disparate elements with the confidence and care to graft their relativities together under what sounds like extreme duress. Candy specifically strives to replicate moments of impact and anxiety, obsessive compulsive thinking, and extreme cynicism – aiming to provide the listener with an aural journey that allows for an outlet for these overwhelming feelings. [An indie store exclusive yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Capital Theatre – A Hero’s Journey CD/LP (Amplified Media)

Eric Clapton – Nothing But The Blues CD+CDEP+2xLP+DVD+Blu-ray (Reprise)

Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind CD/2xLP (Roadrunner)

Luke Combs – Growin’ Up CD (SME Nashville)

Produced by Combs, Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton, Growin’ Up is Combs’ third studio album following 2019’s 3x Platinum What You See Is What You Get and his 4x Platinum debut, This One’s For You. The new album consists of twelve songs, including Combs’ first single “Doin’ This”, which has topped the charts at country radio.

Elizabeth Cook – Balls [Reissue/2007] CD/LP (Thirty One Tigers)

Elizabeth Cook commemorates the 15^th anniversary of her pivotal album Balls with a reissue that will include a repressing of the long out of print CD, and remastered audio for a first pressing on vinyl, and repackaged artwork. “It’s been 15 years,” Cook says. “In a way, I hardly recognize the sound of the girl on this record, but I recognize her drive for independence and stubborn insistence on freeing her voice. And it is an honor and awe-inspiring in this hard-knock town to still be standing today and have the opportunity to celebrate that.”

Hollie Cook – Happy Hour CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)

Martin Courtney – Magic Sign CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)

Darkane – Inhuman Spirits CD (Massacre)

Intense, brutal, groovy and catchy melodic death/thrash metal. [Vinyl edition due July 22.]

Tetel Di Babuya – Meet Tetel CD (Arkadia Jazz)

Tetel Di Babuya is a Jazz-influenced Brazilian singer-songwriter and violinist. She performs and composes in both English and Portuguese, creating a compelling sound that blends (and stirs) jazz, blues, bossa nova and standards, old and new. As an accomplished professional violinist, Tetel Di Babuya has played with some of the most renowned orchestras in Brazil, and in her solo career, audiences are drawn to her passionate and entertaining live performances. Her songwriting is deeply personal, melodically original, and lyrically surprising, displaying a subtle and ironic sense of humor. Her debut album, Meet Tetel, introduces listeners to Tetel’s musical inventiveness and compelling storytelling. Her unique style reflects the influence of Amy Winehouse and Ella Fitzgerald, while tapping into an emotional evocativeness reminiscent of Nina Simone, Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday, and the sensitivity of Melody Gardot, Madelaine Peyroux, and Norah Jones.

Dream Theater – Lost Not Forgotten Archves: The Number Of The Best (2002) CD/2xLP (Inside Out U.S.)

Recently released on vinyl – CD edition now available. Originally released on Dream Theater’s YtseJam Records in 2005, this one-of-a-kind performance sees DT performing – in its entirety – the legendary Iron Maiden album from 1982. This 2002 performance in front of a French audience at La Mutualite in Paris, France is the only available recording of this one-off event.

The Driver Era – Girlfriend CD/LP (BMG)

Second album from the alt-pop duo comprised of brothers Ross and Rocky Lynch. [An indie store exclusive green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Einherjer/Aurora Borealis – Leve Vikingånden CD/LP (Soulseller)

Classic Norwegian black/Viking metal material reissued. Einherjer’s 1994 Aurora Borealis demo and their 1995 Leve Vikingånden 7″ EP presented as one six track collection. [Limited edition brown colored vinyl LP pressing is available.]

Emery – Rub Some Dirt On It CD (Tooth & Nail)

New release from the South Carolina post-hardcore band. Includes the single “I Don’t Know You At All”.

Entrails – The Tomb Awaits [Reissue/2011] CD (Napalm)

Entrails – An Eternal Time Of Decay CD (Napalm)

Although Entrails was formed in the early ’90s, thus belonging to the ‘First Wave Of Old School Swedish Death Metal’, they resurrected in the year 2008 only to become an emblematic member of what can be rightly designated as the ‘New Wave Of Old School Swedish Death Metal’ in the following years. 2022’s Eternal Time Of Decay straddles both waves.

Mikey Erg – Love At Leeds CD/LP+MP3 (Don Giovanni)

A swift 25-minute-long grunge-pop tour de force.

Final Light – Final Light CD/LP (Metal Blade)

Final Light, a one-time only project featuring Perturbator and Cult Of Luna’s Johannes Persson, deliver their self-titled album.

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook CD/LP (Verve)

The Flower Kings – Stardust We Are [Reissue/1997] 2xCD/2xLP+CD (Napalm)

The Flower Kings – Flower Power [Reissue/1999] 2xCD/2xLP+CD (Napalm)

Double-CD and double-LP reissues of the third and fourth albums from the Swedish progressive rock legends.

Ray Fulcher – Spray Painted Line CD (Black River Ent.)

Debut album from the country music singer. Includes the single “All Gas No Brakes”.

Love – Philadelphia Mississippi CD/LP (Philadelphonic)

Goose – Dripfield CD/LP (No Coincidence)

Goose fluidly traverse genres with head-spinning hooks, technical fireworks, and the kind of chemistry only possible among small town and longtime friends. [A limited-edition white color vinyl pressing is available.]

Conan Gray – Superache CD/LP (Republic)

Conan Gray has emerged as one of the pre-eminent pop superstars of his generation. After the commercial success of the global multi-platinum hits, “Heather” and “Maniac”, his music maintains its unflinching authenticity and originality. Gray’s debut album, Kid Krow, reached #5 on the Billboard 200, #1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was the biggest new artist debut of the year. [A limited edition ruby red color vinyl pressing, and an indie store exclusive autographed CD are available.]

Linda Hoover – I Mean To Shine CD (Omnivore)

Inclination – Unaltered Perspective CD (Pure Noise)

New release from the Louisville, KY-based straight edged hardcore band.

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage And Joy [Reissue/2017] CD (Fuzz Club/Cooking Vinyl)

Reissue. Originally released in 2017 on the band’s own label Artificial Plastic and now being reissued by Fuzz Club Records, Damage And Joy is the seventh studio album from Scottish alt-rock legends The Jesus and Mary Chain. The long-awaited follow-up to 1998’s Munki, Damage And Joy was the band’s first studio album in nearly two decades and contained brand new material alongside reimagined versions of songs that had been released in various forms by the Reid brothers in between the Mary Chain’s 1999 break-up and 2007 reunion.

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Live At Barrowland CD (Fuzz Club/Cooking Vinyl)

Live archive release. In November 2014, The Jesus and Mary Chain celebrated three decades of their incendiary cult-classic debut album, Psychocandy, with a run of tour dates in which the infamous Scottish group played the album in full for the very first time in the band’s history. As part of the Psychocandy tour, the Mary Chain descended on Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom – a legendary venue down the road from where the Reid brothers grew up in neighboring East Kilbride – and tore through the songs that would propel them to worldwide acclaim upon Psychocandy‘s release in 1985.

Jack Johnson – Meet The Moonlight CD/LP (Brushfire)

Jungle Rot – A Call To Arms CD (Unique Leader)

Essential for fans of Celtic Frost, Vader, Obituary and S.O.D – Jungle Rot was founded in 1992 and remain a staple name in the death metal genre. The band’s moniker refers to Jungle rot, an infection of the skin that occurs in tropical climates. A Call To Arms is a brutal culmination of the band’s past sound melding with a slick, devastating polish bringing them firmly into 2022. [Vinyl edition due July 29.]

Damien Jurado – Reggae Film Star CD (Maraqopa)

25 years since his debut album Waters Ave S. came out, Jurado is more prolific, driven, and creative than ever. The twelve mystical songs on Reggae Film Star are gorgeously cinematic and feature a rich production and diverse sonic textures. [Vinyl edition due July 8.]

Just Mustard – Heart Under CD/LP (Partisan)

Elizabeth King – I Got A Love CD/LP (Bible & Tire)

After releasing the standalone stunner What You Gonna Do? in late 2021, Elizabeth King is back with a new collection of sacred soul recordings. Most of the material on the album was drawn from pioneering ‘70s gospel DJ/producer Juan D. Shipp’s D-Vine Spirituals Records catalogue.

Charles Lloyd – Trios: Chapel CD/LP (Blue Note)

Phil Lynott + Thin Lizzy – Songs For While I’m Away + The Boys Are Back In Town (Live) CD+DVD/CD+DVD+Blu-ray (Mercury Studios)

Janiva Magness – Hard To Kill CD (Label Logic)

Hard To Kill is a new album of blues originals from Blues Entertainer of the Year and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Janiva Magness. It features the single, “Don’t You Forget About Me”.

Steven Malcolm – Tree CD (4 Against 5)

The third studio album from 5x GMA Dove Award-nominated hip-hop artist Steven Malcolm is a triumphant milestone. Malcolm has blossomed into one of the most influential voices in hip-hop, like a rose from concrete. The Grand Rapids native described by Dirty-Glove as “Michigan’s best-kept secret” digs deeper into the roots of his inspiration with Tree. The album includes several award-winning artists such as Snoop Dogg, Shaggy, Social Club Misfits, and KB.

John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down CD/LP (Forty Below)

Released earlier this on CD – now available on vinyl. Blues legend John Mayall teams up with a stellar cast to deliver a funky soulful affair punctuated by brass, violins, harmonica, and electric ukulele. Special guests include, The Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell, fast rising roots rocker Marcus King, Americana icon Buddy Miller, Scarlet Rivera of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review, Chicago blues guitar mainstay Melvin Taylor and Hawaiian ukulele star Jake Shimabukuro.

Christine McVie – Songbird (A Solo Collection) CD/LP (Rhino)

First ever compilation from rock & roll hall of famer highlights songs from her solo career, newly remastered by Glyn Johns, along with two unreleased studio recordings. Also includes new orchestral version of Fleetwood Mac classic “Songbird”. [An indie store ‘brick and mortar’ exclusive green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Nick Mulvey – New Mythology CD/LP (Verve Forecast)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. Nick Mulvey’s work pushes boundaries in songwriting and sound. It’s music both traditional and experimental, acoustic, and electronic. On his latest album, New Mythology, he explores the vulnerability of the everyday human experience; becoming a father, sickness, and death, navigating the pandemic, but also Nick’s journey to compute the scope and scale of his feelings. It’s an attempt to embody the personal all the way to the planetary and grasp their true inseparability.

MUNA – MUNA CD/LP (Saddest Factory)

MUNA is working the source code of pop that pulls at your heartstrings; the album is full of longing and revelation and hard-won freedom. They’d made their first album themselves, with free plugins, in a home studio; they’d made the second one in proper sessions with co-producers, thinking they ought to professionalize. With MUNA, they did it all by themselves again, with newfound creative assurance and technical ability – in terms of Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin’s arrangements and production as well as Katie Gavin’s songwriting, which is as propulsive as ever, but here opens into new moments of perspective and grace. [A limited-edition olive-green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Munya – Voyage To Mars CD/LP (Luminelle Recordings)

Josie Boivin’s dream has always been to be a musician. Well, that and to go to Mars. “I love space. I love aliens. I love thinking that we’re not alone in this big, strange universe,” says the Montreal-based singer and multi-instrumentalist who records as Munya. “Those things give me hope.” Both the longing to make music and the desire for interplanetary travel come together in Boivin’s new album, Voyage To Mars. Named for Georges Méliès’ classic silent film Le Voyage dans la Lune, the record feels beamed in from another planet, suffused with an otherworldly light. It’s music that looks out to great darkness of the sky and the stars beyond for the inspiration to pursue your dreams. [A limited-edition orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

Nayeon (Twice) – Im Nayeon [A Ver.] CDEP (JYP Ent/Republic)

Nayeon (Twice) – Im Nayeon [B Ver.] CDEP (JYP Ent/Republic)

Nayeon (Twice) – Im Nayeon [C Ver.] CDEP (JYP Ent/Republic)

Nayeon (Twice) – Im Nayeon [D Ver.] CDEP (JYP Ent/Republic)

Debut solo album from Nayeon, a member of K-Pop group Twice. Each collectable version includes a photobook, a poster, a sticker, and more.

Franky Perez – Crossing The Great Divide CD/LP (Black Sea Music)

Songwriter Franky Perez filmed a documentary that saw him crossing the United States on his motorcycle, performing for healthcare workers and talking with fellow artists during the peak of the pandemic in 2020. It was this unique experience that inspired the songs that would ultimately become his new album, Crossing The Great Divide.

Christina Perri – Lighter Shade Of Blue CD (Elektra)

Christina Perri is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Philadelphia. The singer’s first album, lovestrong., grappled with the aftermath of a breakup, signaling Perri as an honest, genuine artist ready to share her emotional journey with her fans. [Vinyl edition due December 9.]

Phase Fatale – Burning The Rural District CD/LP (Hospital Productions)

Burning The Rural District overcomes eight tracks of heavy rhythmics, cold sequences and blue flame atmospheres related to experiencing a closed society. Recorded over many years entirely in Tbilisi, Burning The Rural District is influenced by the emerging super strong techno scene thriving in Georgia, despite that there is a lingering homophobia outside of the vast club culture. This is a snapshot putting a different window on that time of displacement, newness and ultimately creation.

Poliça – Madness CD/LP (Memphis Industries)

Minneapolis-based project Poliça return with the new album Madness. Recorded mostly from 2020-2021 in Ryan Olson’s Minneapolis studio with lyrics written and recorded by Channy Leaneagh, Madness is an experimental expansion of the 4-piece family band to include the anthropomorphic production tool “allovers(c)”, designed by Olson and fellow producer and sound-artist Seth Rosetter. Madness continues within the collaborative enclave in which Poliça resides and includes co-production by Dustin Zahn Alex Ridha and Alex Nutter. The lyrics and startling artwork for Madness are summed up by Channy as follows: “I am here for you all and I am never truly myself here. I am her for you all and I am never truly her”. [An indie store exclusive yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Porcupine Tree – Closure / Continuation CD/CD+Blu-ray/2xLP/3xLP (Kscope)

Over the years Porcupine Tree (featuring Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison) has constantly evolved as their expansive music has shifted from pastoral psychedelic rock and ambient electronic soundscapes to experimental pop and eventually – with 21st century masterpiece In Absentia – a propulsive metal sound all of their own. Their latter records effortlessly combined each of those genres and allowed Porcupine Tree to occupy a musical universe unique to them. One of the UK’s most forward thinking, genre defying rock bands, returns in 2022 with their first new music in twelve years. [A deluxe CD+Blu-ray boxset with three bonus tracks, instrumental versions, and high resolution 96/24 stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixes presented in an exclusive art book, and an indie store exclusive white color vinyl pressing, are available. The Deluxe triple LP color vinyl version plays at 45rpm.]

Projected – Hypoxia CD/LP (Rat Pak)

13 brand new songs from the heralded quartet consisting of Sevendust guitarist John Connolly, Alter Bridge/Creed drummer Scott Phillips, Sevendust bassist Vince Hornsby and Tremonti guitarist Eric “E-ROCK” Friedman.

Quinquis – SEIM CD/LP+MP3 (Mute)

Émilie Tiersen has, over the course of two albums and several years, made music as Tiny Feet and is now known as Quinquis. The name change is symbolic, paying homage to her personal and family history by referencing her maiden name, as well as representing a fresh start musically. SEIM is a collaboration with Gareth Jones, the celebrated producer who has worked with groups such as Liars, Depeche Mode, Apparat and Yann Tiersen. The result of their work is one that merges sparse electronics, immersive atmospherics, and deft melodies, all of which are carried by Émilie’s tender yet quietly soaring vocals. [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is available.]

Reverend Baron – From Anywhere CD/LP/Cassette (Colemine)

From the academy of deep soul and no ego, Reverend Baron delivers visions of liquor store East L.A., the off-the-freeway dry mirage of slow-motion graffiti and lonely seagulls. A nylon stringed zen fog with themes of woozy love, layered dimensions of nostalgia and glazed neighborhood tales that roll in with a natural ease. After notching a permanent status in the skateboarding orbit as Danny Garcia, he transferred his effortless style, dedication, and authenticity into music. [An indie store exclusive powder blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

RXPTRS – Living Without Death’s Permission CD/LP (Metal Blade)

RXPTRS is a new wave of British rock. The energetic quintet combines ferocious grit with an ear for melody. Built upon the backdrop of the UK, the fiercely creative, long-term friends set out with a sonic mission statement to not succumb to a single barrier, to push boundaries and go beyond the limit of genres, creating a raw sound that is unmistakably their own. Each raucous track is laced with lyrical depth as RXPTRS lay it all on the line. [A limited-edition pink color vinyl pressing is available.]

Saor – Origins CD/LP (Season Of Mist)

Saor means free, without obligations, unconstrained. All these characteristics are intrinsic to the music of Saor, the musical entity spearheaded by sole member Andy Marshall. As a lone wanderer proudly shouting the tales and myths of his people, his culture, and his region from the tops of misty Caledonian mountains for the wind to carry, Andy has carved a solitary, yet strikingly inspiring path with Saor. Now, the award-winning Caledonian metal pioneer has returned with Origins, the mastermind’s fifth full-length album that delivers his profoundly atmospheric hybrid of black and folk metal that takes the listener deep into the Scottish heartlands.

Savage Master – For Those Who Hunt At Night CD/LP (Shadow Kingdom)

Fourth album from one of the most exciting and electrifying bands in today’s occult heavy metal scene.

Sepultura – Live in São Paulo CD+DVD/2xLP (BMG)

Live In São Paulo is the second live album by Sepultura and includes tracks recorded on April 3^rd, 2005. The film of this concert appears on the DVD, which also includes a documentary about the band from 1998-2005, some official videos, and the making of the album. [A silver color double-LP pressing, without DVD, is also available.]

Serpents Oath – Ascension CD/LP (Soulseller)

Second album by Belgian black metal horde. [A limited-edition gold color vinyl pressing is available.]

Sessa – Estrela Acesa CD/LP+MP3 (Mexican Summer)

São Paulo’s Sessa returns with Estrela Acesa, an enchanting collection of songs adorned with elegant strings and hypnotic rhythms, honoring post-Tropicalia masters like Arthur Verocai, Jorge Ben, and Milton Nascimento. [An indie store exclusive turquoise color vinyl pressing is available.]

Severe Torture – Fisting The Sockets CDEP (Season Of Mist)

First new EP from the Dutch brutal death band in twelve years.

Joan Shelley – The Spur CD/LP (No Quarter)

Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever CD/LP/Cassette (Loma Vista)

Sometimes, Forever – the immersive and compulsively replayable new Soccer Mommy full-length – cements Sophie Allison’s status as one of the most gifted songwriters making rock music right now. The album finds Sophie broadening the borders of her aesthetic without abandoning the unsparing lyricism and addictive melodies that made earlier songs so easy to obsess over. To support her vision, Sophie enlisted producer Daniel Lopatin, whose recent credits include the Uncut Gems movie score and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM. [An indie store exclusive pink w/ black color vinyl pressing and an indie store exclusive CD featuring alternate cover art, are available.]

Spacey Jane – Here Comes Everybody CD/LP (Spacey Jane)

The beginning of Spacey Jane’s astonishing success in Australia came behind closed doors. Their debut album Sunlight was received with the backdrop of a continuing lockdown in June 2020. The balance of introspective lyrics and hopeful, sun-kissed instrumentation struck a chord; it provided a guide with which to get through the current moment, as well as a glimpse of what could follow when it was all over.

Regina Spektor – Home, before and after CD (Sire)

Suffers – It Starts With Love CD (Missing Piece)

Third album from the eight-piece Gulf Coast soul band. The album was crafted in collaboration with Swedish writer/producer and longtime friend Johan Karlberg. [Vinyl edition due July 22.]

Supersonic Blues Machine – Voodoo Nation CD/2xLP (Provogue)

New release featuring special guests Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Eric Gales, Joe Louis Walker, Ana Popovic, Kirk Fletcher, King Solomon Hicks, Josh Smith, and Sonny Landreth. “The general discontent in the world at the moment is so widespread, we get told to embrace it because that’s life,” says bassist Fabrizio Grossi. “No, that’s not life,” he asserts. “It’s how we’re forced to live nowadays. Voodoo Nation refers to the times we’re living in, at least here in the States, but I guess the whole world can relate. We’re getting to the point where we’re living out life almost as Zombies. We’re little machines.” But there is always hope, which is what Supersonic Blues Machine has always been about.

Tegan and Sara – Still Jealous CD/LP (Sire)

Tegan and Sara revisit the indie-pop duo’s 2004 breakout album, So Jealous, on a new version of the record titled Still Jealous. It features the original’s 14 tracks, all of which have been re-recorded acoustically, with the twin sisters singing each other’s songs. The idea to record the new album came in the spring of 2020 as they were preparing to launch a fundraiser for the Tegan and Sara Foundation, where the grand prize was two guitars used to record So Jealous. To promote the campaign, Sara decided to record an acoustic version of “You Wouldn’t Like Me”, one of the songs Tegan wrote for the album.

The Tragically Hip – Live At The Roxy CD/2xLP (UMe)

Live At The Roxy was recorded on May 3, 1991, originally for the Westwood One Radio Network. Prior to its inclusion on the 2021 Road Apples deluxe package, the full concert had never been officially available and was a much sought-after show for the bootleggers and die-hard Hip fans. The 15-song set includes the legendary “Killer Whale Tank” version of “New Orleans is Sinking” and “She Didn’t Know”.

Trixie Mattel – The Blonde & Pink Albums CD/2xLP (Peg)

The Blonde & Pink Albums is a double album set and the fourth studio album by American drag queen and singer-songwriter Trixie Mattel. The album was promoted by the singles “Hello Hello”, “This Town”, and “C’mon Loretta” and includes collaborations with Shakey Graves and Michelle Branch.

Werewolves – From The Cave From The Grave CD/LP (Prosthetic)

From The Cave To The Grave keeps up the searing pace of the first two Werewolves albums, with a mix of black and death metal and unprecedented aggression that is coalescing into a style of its own. [A limited-edition red/gold/black multi-color vinyl pressing is available.]

Zola Jesus – Arkhon CD/LP (Sacred Bones)

There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus, wields a voice that does that. When you hear it, it is like you are being summoned to a place that’s already wrapped inside you but obscured from conscious experience. This place has been buried because it tends to hold pain, but it’s also a gift, because once it’s opened, once you’re inside of it, it can show you the truth. Zola Jesus’s new album, Arkhon, finds new ways of losing this submerged, stalled pain. [An indie store exclusive sand color vinyl pressing is available.]

DVD + Blu-ray:

Eric Clapton – Nothing But The Blues DVD/Blu-ray (Reprise)

Eric Clapton’s lifelong passion for the blues burns brightly in Nothing But The Blues. The film – which was broadcasted once in the US on PBS in 1995 and nominated for an Emmy Award – has been upgraded to 4K for its long-awaited official release. Written and produced by Scooter Weintraub and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the documentary includes an in-depth interview with Clapton conducted by Scorsese. Throughout the interview, Clapton discusses his love for the blues and the profound impact bluesmen like Muddy Waters and B.B. King had on his music. Many of those artists (Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker) appear in the film through vintage performances, interviews, and photographs. The film also features 20 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 during the legendary guitarist’s tour supporting From The Cradle, his Grammy-winning, multi-platinum blues album.

This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:

Adult. – Resuscitation [Reissue/2001] 2xLP+MP3 (Ghostly Int’l)

Available for the first time in a new red and black marble colorway. When it first dropped in 2001, Resuscitation served as a de facto introduction to the duo, collecting a bunch of songs on CD that had only previously been available on hard-to-find singles and EPs. Eleven years later, it does the same thing, except this time around, we can see just how influential it’s creators’ work has been – and Adult.’s music only sounds more remarkable with the benefit of hindsight. At the time, Resuscitation‘s combination of crisp beats, squelch-laden synths and Nicola Kuperus’ detached monotone sounded like a broadcast from the future, steeped in the analog synth sounds of forebears like Kraftwerk but possessed of an ultramodern sheen all its own.

Joey Alexander – Origin 2xLP (Mack Avenue)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. On Origin, celebrated pianist and bandleader Joey Alexander has written the next chapter of his career: composer. His longstanding trio featuring Larry Grenadier and Kendrick Scott is the backbone of his creative freedom, with Chris Potter (a previous collaborator) and Gilad Hekselman joining the fray to bring to life the spectacular vision of Alexander’s first full length release of all original music.

All Else Failed – Most Bitter Season [Reissue/1997] LP (Translation Loss)

The 1997 debut full length from Philadelphia metallic hardcore hybrid All Else Failed is available on vinyl for the first time.

Holland Andrews – Wordless / Forgettings LP (Leiter Verlag GMBH)

Frequently highlighting themes surrounding vulnerability and healing, American composer and performer Holland Andrews arranges music for voice, clarinet, and electronics. As a vocalist, their influences stem from a dynamic range including contemporary opera, theater, and jazz, while cultivating their own unique vocal style, integrating these influences with language disintegration and vocal distortion.

Animals As Leaders – Weightless [Reissue/2011] LP (Prosthetic)

Blue w/ black & white splatter color vinyl pressing. When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker Animals As Leaders in 2009, few would have predicted the band’s meteoric rise over the next two years. Although Abasi earned acclaim as the lead guitarist in the Washington, D.C.-based metalcore act Reflux, it was still a long-shot that an instrumental album of progressive metal with jazz, electronic and ambient flourishes would develop anything more than a cult following. Whereas the group’s self-titled debut was a collaboration between Abasi and Periphery’s Misha Mansoor, 2011 sophomore effort, Weightless features the recording debut of Animals As Leaders, the true band.

Atrophy – Violent By Nature [Reissue/1990] LP (Massacre)

Vinyl reissue of the second album from the US thrashers.

Azymuth – Fênix [Reissue/2016] LP (Far Out)

Limited color vinyl LP pressing. The Brazilian mavericks recreated the energy of their spellbinding ‘70s sessions which would launch them into international recognition and confirm their status as one of Brazil’s most successful bands. 2016’s Fênix is a ten-track journey through the full spectrum of Azymuth’s brilliantly colored expressionist fusion, with all the cosmic energy and masterful musicianship you’d expect from one of the world’s greatest three-man orchestras.

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

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

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Screaming Gun Demos LP (Cobraside)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – B.R.M.C. [Reissue/2001] 2xLP (Cobraside)

This standalone companion album to the deluxe triple-LP reissue of B.R.M.C collects demo versions from the 1999 Screaming Gun sessions which have never seen release. The tracks “Sulk”, “Soul Searching” and “Motor Bass” have never been released period. The other tracks are different versions of the tracks from their B.R.M.C. album (reissued this week as a double-LP) and from the original Screaming Gun, which also has never been released.

Blake Babies – Sunburn [Reissue/1990] LP (American Laundromat)

‘Leaf green’ opaque color vinyl reissue. “Sunburn is not only the Blake Babies’ best album, it’s in many ways the last great college rock album.” – All Music Guide.

Priscilla Block – Welcome To The Block Party LP (Mercury Nashville)

Released last February on CD – now available on vinyl. Listed as a MusicRow 2021 Next Big Thing Artist and a 2021 CMT Next Women of Country inductee, Block is undoubtedly the breakout female country star of the past year and is poised to become one of Nashville’s acclaimed truth-tellers with a voice for her generation.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Real 10” (A. Records)

This 10” EP (white color pressing also available) contains two new new tracks recorded in Berlin and remotely between 2020-2021. The opening track “The Real” is from the new album Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees (which is out on CD this week, with the vinyl edition due July 8.)

Ray Charles – A Message From The People [Reissue/1972] LP (Tangerine)

Originally released in 1972, A Message From The People remains one of Charles’ most celebrated albums, as well as the most socially-conscious work of his six decade career. The record directly confronts societal ills of poverty and injustice while offering a universal message of brotherhood and hope for peace; topics that are as relevant today as they were 50 years ago.

Chrisman – Makila LP (Nege Nyege Tapes)

Black & white splatter color vinyl. While Chrisman’s Ku Mwezi EP mostly explored gqom and trap influenced Afrohouse mutations, his debut album heads in a different direction. On Makila, Chrisman provides an experimental vision of the taraxina sound: a molasses-slow fusion of the Angolan kuduro and kizobma dance templates that dips in-and-out of fuzzy drones and syrupy gqom.

Cimafunk – El Alimento LP (Terapia Productions)

Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 2 LP (Cwktwo Corp.)

The epic tale of Cold War Kids has long been informed by deeply personal songcraft, enthusiastic experimentation, and an avowed commitment towards forward motion.

Converge – Bloodmoon: I 2xLP+MP3 (Epitaph)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl, including an indie store exclusive pressing. Converge release their new album with Chelsea Wolfe, her frequent collaborator and bandmate Ben Chisholm, and Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky. It’s called Bloodmoon: I and was produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, and the musicians began collaborating for the prospective project in 2016. “The project stretched my vocals in new ways,” Wolfe said in a statement. “It’s so different than what I normally sing over that I was able to open up and be vulnerable with my vocals.”

Dave – We’re All Alone In This Together 2xLP (Geffen)

We’re All Alone in This Together is the second studio album by British rapper Dave, originally released in 2021.

Dengue Fever – Dengue Fever [Reissue/2003] LP (MRI Associated)

Dengue Fever – Escape From Dragon House [Reissue/2005] LP (MRI Associated)

Dengue Fever – Venus On Earth [Reissue/2008] LP (MRI Associated)

Los Angeles based Cambodian and American band Dengue Fever released their first album (2003’s self-titled) with no idea how it would be received. Was Khmer-rock, or the very idea of covering lost classic Cambodian songs, even something that would resonate with music fans? Would anyone in the indie community want to hear songs in Khmer? Would anyone in the world music community want to hear psych or garage rock? More than a decade and many releases later, the answer to all those questions is an emphatic yes.

The Distillers – Sing Sing Death House [Reissue/2002] LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

Limited 20th Anniversary ‘doublemint’ color vinyl pressing of the second studio album by punk rock band The Distillers, originally released in 2002. The song “Seneca Falls” was featured in the game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4.

Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk [Reissue/1958] LP (Blue Note)

Lou Donaldson had already helmed seven Blue Note sessions by the time he made his undisputed masterpiece Blues Walk in 1958. Joining the saxophonist were Herman Foster on piano, Peck Morrison on bass, Dave Bailey on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas for a 6-song set that yielded one of his most memorable themes with the cool struttin’ title track. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.

Esplendor Geométrico – Mekano-Turbo [Reissue/1988] LP (Geometrik)

Vinyl reissue of the fourth album by the influential Spanish industrial cult band.

Fickle Friends – Are We Gonna Be Alright? LP (Cooking Vinyl)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl, including an indie store exclusive color pressing. New album from the English indie pop band from Brighton, East Sussex, England.

Firefall – The Best Of Firefall LP (Friday Music)

Two limited-edition colorways are available – red and blue. In an age where new bands come and go, Firefall has enjoyed a career that spans multiple decades and shows no sign of slowing down. Firefall’s commercial success includes three Gold albums, two Platinum albums and eleven chart-topping singles. The band’s biggest hit, “You Are the Woman” has been played on commercial radio more than seven million times and has also appeared in multiple movies and television shows.

First Hate – Cotton Candy LP (Cascine)

New album from the Danish alternative pop duo. Includes the singles “Commercial” and “In My Head”.

Fortunate Youth – Good Times (Roll On) LP (Controlled Substance)

Released last October on CD – now available on vinyl. With Good Times (Roll On), Fortunate Youth rekindles the spirit of halcyon days, grillin’ and chillin’, and reuniting, once again, with their fans. The title track turns a slightly nostalgic eye to the band’s humble beginnings playing backyards and college parties. The lyrics strongly portray bringing back the good times that we all missed in the past. “We’re trying to change the world through the music we write and play, and the lives we live out performing onstage,” says singer Dan Kelly. “We always hope our music can change the outlook of anyone’s day.”

Thomas Gray / Liam Ebbs – Real Life Feeling 12” (Bedroom Suck)

From mimicking drum sounds with their mouths and then processing the result to create a world of intricate, intimate sound; to recording a short EP’s worth of work at the snail’s pace of a minimum 12 months, the Sydney based duo Thomas Gray and Liam Ebbs approach their work with a fascinating blend of impulse and consideration. Sounds can be carefully sculptured, massaged, edited and reworked, only to be thrown at the window and replaced with a whole new set of material at a moment’s notice.

Great Big Pile Of Leaves – Pono LP (Topshelf)

Limited white, green, and blue color vinyl pressing. Produced by A Great Big Pile Of Leaves and recorded primarily at their home studio, Pono was mixed by touring guitarist Matthew Weber at Gradwell House Recording and mastered by Dave Downham (Beach Slang, Into It. Over It.). With eight years between releases, the band recalls how the recording process of Pono felt like they were making their first record, adding “we worked at our own pace with no preconceived notion of what it needed to be.”

Gunship – Gunship [Reissue/2015] LP (Horse In The Hedge)

The sixth-anniversary gold color vinyl release of the synth-pop group’s self-titled debut album. This set is inspired by the legendary gold Nintendo World Championship cartridges. The jacket features handwritten liner notes and doodles by the band detailing the cinematic influences that inspired the creation of the album.

Gwar – Carnival Of Chaos [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Metal Blade)

Formed in Antarctica in 1984 by manager Sleazy P. Martini, Earth’s favorite interplanetary warriors have forged a path of debauchery for well over 30 years. Gwar’s mythology is rich in political and social satire and their cult-following is galvanized by their controversial, indefatigable and ostentatious live performances, where crowds of willing slaves are subjected to ripe humor and theatrical imagery… and lots and lots of blood, vomit and other bodily fluids. 1997’s Carnival Of Chaos is Gwar’s experimental sixth studio album and longest to date.

Haai – Baby, We’re Ascending LP+MP3 (Mute)

Two colorways are available – limited-edition splatter and blue marble. Baby, We’re Ascending marks Haai’s debut full-length album and her most collaborative, energetic, and vibrant collection to date. The album is a 13-track sonic adventure that takes you along for the ride; from hardcore, echoey beats to sweeping, colorful synth lines and bright, warped vocal samples. The voices on the album are vast and eclectic including Jon Hopkins and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor to singer Obi Franky and spoken word poet and activist Kai Isaiah Jamal.

Hypnopazūzu – Create Christ Sailor Boy [Reissue/2016] LP (House Of Mythology)

A transformative union of two idiosyncratic tellers, Hypnopazūzu sees Current 93 speller David Tibet joining forces with the eternal Youth, famed not only for his work as bassist with Killing Joke but for production and collaborative work with an outlandishly eclectic list of artists from Alien Sex Fiend to Paul McCartney. Together, they’ve created a singular hallucinatory vision that marries symphonic splendour to indignant gnostic intensity.

Jam & Lewis – Jam & Lewis: Volume One LP (BMG)

Grammy-winning producers and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis is one of the most successful production duos with an astonishing amount of hit records. They started this journey in music over 30 years ago creating hits for countless artist such as Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, The Time, Usher, Mary J. Blige, New Edition, and the list goes on. The dynamic duo has created a body of work in Jam & Lewis: Volume One which represents the celebration of their journey. This album is another one of their timeless bodies of work with features from Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Toni Braxton just to name a few. [CD version due July 9.]

Jasmyn – In The Wild LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Jasmyn is the new solo project created by Jasmyn Burke, former singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the critically acclaimed Canadian band, Weaves. Having two JUNO nominations for Alternative Album of the Year and two SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominations, Burke has established herself as one of Canada’s most exciting and fresh voices. With this new project, she has decided to use her own name, Jasmyn, to mark the start of exploring her own unique sound as a solo artist. Collaborating remotely with Los Angeles-based producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten) on a body of work she had compiled over months of being in lockdown. Finally in the Spring of 2021, Jasmyn went to L.A. to record with Congleton, exploring themes of finding patterns in life and how to perhaps change them.

Jesu – Jesu Reissue/2004] 2xLP/5xLP (Avalanche Recordings)

Justin K Broadrick started the Jesu project in 2003 and it has gone on to be as critically acclaimed and beloved as his previous band Godflesh. Jesu is credited as being at the forefront if not the very beginning of the post-metal movement and the hybrid of metal and shoegaze. The self-titled Jesu album was the first full length from the project, debuting on the legendary Hydra Head Records in 2004. It is heralded as a classic album and is Broadrick’s follow up release from Godflesh. Out of print for many years, this standard vinyl double-LP reissue was remastered by Broadrick in 2021. [A deluxe 5xLP box set version is also available.]

JoJo – JoJo [Reissue2004] 2xLP (Blackground)

Originally released in 2004 by Da Family Entertainment and Blackground Records, JoJo’s self-titled debut features pop and R&B influenced tracks and vocal maturity well beyond typical 13-year-olds. Features the explosive single, “Leave (Get Out)”.

Lunatic Soul – Lunatic Soul [Reissue/2008] LP (Kscope)

Lunatic Soul is the solo project from Mariusz Duda, the creative force, lead singer & talented multi-instrumentalist behind Poland’s progressive rock shooting stars Riverside. Since the release of their debut album in 2003, Riverside has built a solid fan base in a genre that boasts the likes of Porcupine Tree, Opeth & Dream Theater. Lunatic Soul added another name to this new post-progressive stable.

Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout LP (Bad Boy/Interscope)

The Magnetic Fields – The House Of Tomorrow [Reissue/1992] 12”+MP3 (Merge)

Cast your mind back to notable landmarks of 1992. Outside the Twin Cities, Mall of America opened to the public. Frank Gehry’s enormous golden fish sculpture, El Peix, welcomed Barcelona Olympians. And The House of Tomorrow, a four-song 7-inch on a small indie label, ushered in a new era for The Magnetic Fields. Never released as a 12”, this 30^th anniversary remastered edition includes the additional track “Alien Being” plus a vinyl etching on side B.

Leyla McCalla – Breaking The Thermometer LP+MP3 (ANTI)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Haitian American artist Leyla McCalla draws upon her experience as a bilingual multi-instrumentalist and New Orleans resident to create distinctive music that reflects both her past and present. Her new album, Breaking The Thermometer, is captivating, fueled by rich, sophisticated melodic work and intoxicating Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and the juxtaposition of voices – English and Kreyòl, personal and political, anecdotal and journalistic – is similarly entrancing, raising the dead as it shines a light on the enduring spirit of the Haitian people. McCalla isn’t just some detached observer here, though; she writes with great insight and introspection, examining her own personal journey of growth and self-discovery as she uncovers the Radio Haiti story as well as the broader understanding of what Democracy and unalienable human rights means to each of us, no matter where we’re from.

Noahfinnce – Stuff From My Brain/My Brain After Therapy LP (Hopeless)

Recently released on CD – now available on blue color vinyl. Stuff From My Brain/My Brain After Therapy is a collection of songs written before and after therapy. The debut double EP collection features guest vocals from Chris Freeman of Hot Mulligan and builds the world of Noahfinnce’s unique, hyperactive brain. The project tackles issues like depression, anxiety, ADHD, past trauma, and the path toward prioritizing mental health. Deeply personal, but always expressed with a cheeky, quirky, not-so-serious sense of humor, Noahfinnce showcases the big personality that has amassed a huge YouTube following and has led him toward being a leading voice in Trans/LGBTQ+ youth issues.

Ted Nugent – Detroit Muscle LP (Pavement Ent.)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The Motor City Madman and Overall Asshole returns with a new album.

Painted Shield – Painted Shield 2 LP (Loosegroove)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Sophomore release from Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s new project, Painted Shield. The group also features Mason Jennings, Matt Chamberlain, and Brittany Davis. [A limited-edition Coke bottle green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Repentance – Volume I – Reborn 12” (Century Media)

Marbled color vinyl pressing. New EP from the aggressive modern metal band.

The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks 1964-1971 [Reissue/1971] 2xLP (Abkco)

Vinyl reissue of the Rolling Stones’ first anthology and one of their all-time best sellers. The album’s 21 tracks feature most of the band’s biggest hits, including “Get Off My Cloud”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. While the emphasis is on the hits, Hot Rocks also includes several iconic album tracks such as “Play With Fire”, “Under My Thumb”, and “Gimme Shelter”.

Daniel Romano – Visions Of The Higher Dream LP (You’ve Changed)

In 2020, Daniel Romano and his increasingly exalted band The Outfit were forced home, faced with the cancellation of tours and all live engagements at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Almost immediately, Daniel instigated a near legendary run of new albums, releasing 10 full-length albums in the span of nearly the same number of weeks. Genre-spanning, astoundingly distinct artist achievements of an unprecedented order, these albums were originally released exclusively in digital only formats on Bandcamp. They were direct and immediate missives from one of the most talented, prolific, ambitious, and exciting artists of his generation. We are thrilled to begin releasing these albums now in very special limited-edition vinyl pressings. Visions Of The Higher Dream is an expression of rich, Beatles-esque (but so much more) psychedelia, visionary, powerfully arranged and immaculately performed, and thoroughly beautiful in its scope and details.

Savatage – Gutter Ballet [Reissue/1989] 2xLP (MRI Associated)

Savatage – Streets: A Rock Opera [Reissue/1991] 2xLP (MRI Associated)

Color vinyl reissues of two albums by the heavy metal legends.

Jack M. Senff – Low Spirit LP (Skeletal Lightning)

Low Spirit, recorded in collaboration with the Rolling Hill Band, finds Jack M. Senff at his folkiest & most optimistic yet. While the record dives into the deepest pits of American disillusionment, touching on police brutality and imperialism, a layer of hope remains. The album blends seamlessly, but beneath each track is a wayward feeling pulled from worldly uncertainty. Low Spirit is intended to feel like a sonic and thematic odyssey that trawls the depths and tries to figure it out.

Aime Simone – Say Yes Say No LP (Because Music)

Aime Simone is a young singer and songwriter making flamboyant, epic and minimalistic pop songs. Previously based in Berlin, where he crafted his sound and found his voice, Aime is now based in Paris. Since he started making music a few years ago, he has been working fully self-produced and self-distributed.

Eric Slick – Palisades [Reissue/2017] LP (ORG Music)

Palisades is the sophomore album from Eric Slick. Originally released in 2017, the album is steeped in psychedelia and often features a noticeably darker sound than his other work. Accented by reverb-drenched bursts of guitar and colorful synths, the record takes the listener on an introspective journey influenced by his experiences with meditation and dream therapy. The 8-song collection showcases Slick coming into his own as a songwriter, with Relix magazine calling it “sublime.” Now available on limited-edition silver and indie store exclusive “golden eyeball” color vinyl.

Creates – Malcolm After Mecca 2xLP (Bedroom Suck)

Melbourne’s much loved underground hip-hop dup return with an enormous double LP offering, stacked with features from the finest Australian talent including Tiana Khasi, Krown, Izy, Nelson Dialect & more. Australian hip-hop/neo soul duo SO. Crates is a boom-bap prayer sent live and direct from the heart of two of the culture’s most committed students. The group features Melbourne based beatmaker and DJ Skomes alongside California-via-Adelaide MC & poet Cazeaux O. S. L. O, not to mention the MUSE, a forever changing third party who completes the creative trinity of the Crates.

Suicide Silence – The Cleansing [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (Century Media)

“Ultimate Edition” color vinyl reissue of the deathcore band’s debut album.

These Arms Are Snakes – Oxeneers Or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home [Reissue/2004] LP (Jade Tree)

These Arms Are Snakes – Easter [Reissue/2005] LP (Jade Tree)

Vinyl reissues – including indie store exclusive colorways – of the post-hardcore/mathrock’s first two albums.

Timbaland – Tim’s Bio: From The Motion Picture – Life From Da Bassment [Reissue/1988] 2xLP (Blackground)

Originally released in 1998 by Blackground Records, Tim’s Bio: From The Motion Picture – Life From Da Bassment is the debut solo album from hip-hop & R&B superproducer Timbaland. With guest appearances from heavyweights such as Magoo, Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Plays, Skillz, Nas, Jay-Z & Twista, as well as the debut on-record appearance of acclaimed MC Ludacris, Timbaland took full control of production for the album.

Timbaland and Magoo – Welcome To Our World [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Blackground)

Timbaland and Magoo – Indecent Proposal [Reissue/2001] 2xLP (Blackground)

Vinyl reissues of the first and second studio albums by the Norfolk, VA duo. First released in 1997, Welcome To Our World features guest appearances from artists such as Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Ginuwine, and Playa. Their second album, Indecent Proposal includes early appearances from Jay-Z, Twista, Petey Pablo and Ludacris, as well as looks from Aaliyah, & Static Major. Released nearly two months after Aaliyah’s untimely passing, the album was dedicated to the memory of “Babygirl.”

Cal Tjader – Solar Heat LP (Modern Harmonic)

Limited yellow color vinyl pressing. Vibraphone legend Cal Tjader’s fusion of different genres and styles was an acute influence on Carlos Santana (and Latin rock as a whole). On Solar Heat he stirs in tastes of exotica, funk, and of course Latin and jazz elements on this sultry 1968 set of jazzed-up pop chestnuts and original bossas like the delicious “Fried Bananas”.

Tom Van Der Geld – Small Mountain [Reissue/1986] LP (Black Sweat)

In 1986, the vibraphonist Tom Van Der Geld composed his personal ode to creation, a tonal poem for all natural beings called Small Mountain. It reveals a pure minimalist inspiration, a vibrant style of sound variations that is decidedly more Zen-Impressionistic than the mathematical-metaphysical works of Steve Reich. This music, for four marimbas and other percussion instruments suggests an emotional osmosis with all the elements, a flow of ecstatic progressions that is more immanence than transcendence.

Tyler, The Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost 2xLP (Columbia)

Double vinyl pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes poster. Call Me If You Get Lost is Tyler’s sixth studio album and includes additional guest appearances from 42 Dugg, Lil Wayne, Domo Genesis, Brent Faiyaz, Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell Williams, Teezo Touchdown, Fana Hues, and Daisy World.

Various Artists – Mello Music Group: Self Sacrifice [Reissue/2012] LP (Mello Music Group)

Never on vinyl and featuring original cover art by the legendary Mear One. Includes tracks by Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Roc Marciano, Black Milk, Georgia Anne Muldrow, !llmind and more. [An indie store exclusive color vinyl pressing is available.]

Various Artists – Super Hits Of The ‘70s LP (Numero)

The ninth installment in Numero’s Cabinet of Curiosities is 100% chart smashes. Culled from the depths of the private press, Super Hits gathers 12 magical adaptations from the Me Decade’s introspective songbook. Pop this oversized 8-Track into your Fleetwood Weltron and enjoy a motley crew of lounge singers, wedding bands, synth enthusiasts, trailer park dreamers, accountants, gym teachers, and more as they bring their own unique energy to classics by Steely Dan, War, Boz Scaggs, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Smokey Robinson, The Carpenters, Redbone, The Box Tops, Fleetwood Mac, and more. Tape warble not included. [A gold color vinyl pressing is also available.]

Ben Vaughn Combo – The Many Moods Of Ben Vaughn Combo [Reissue/1986] LP (Munster)

The Ben Vaughn Combo blazed the trail for American music that was way off-kilter compared to the competition. Their tri-state type Tex-Mex sound really shook things up. Their reputation as a live act grew exponentially with every show they played. Theirs was a twist on the roots rock scare with a reach something like The Fleshtones, outside of the standard ’80s ranch stash. The sort of thing that tends to get written out of history despite being timeless, it doesn’t easily fit into any premeditated narrative. When The Many Moods Of Ben Vaughn Combo appeared in 1986, the Combo literally had the world at its feet.

Volturian – Red Dragon LP (Scarlet)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New album from Italian modern metal band.

Mal Waldron – Modal-Air LP (Naked Lunch)

The great Malcolm Earl “Mal” Waldron makes his debut on Naked Lunch with a collection of his own compositions recorded in New York City during the early ’60s in a trio formation with George Tucker on bass and Al Dreares at the drums. The composing skills of Waldron as a post-bop key figure are here on full display on both sides, although pieces like “Modal-Air”, “Summerday”, “Ollie’s Caravan”, and “Quiet Temple” really squeeze the creative juice off the trio’s playing, with Tucker and Dreares laying the rhythmic textures on Mal’s many piano’s inventions.

Eleri Ward – A Perfect Little Death LP (Ghostlight)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. A Perfect Little Death is a whirling combination of Eleri Ward’s two deep loves: the expansive, one-of-a-kind canon of Stephen Sondheim and the sweet, melancholic sounds of artists like Sufjan Stevens straight from the scenery of Carrie & Lowell. Starting from a spontaneous Instagram post in 2019, covering “Every Day A Little Death”, Eleri has now crafted her own niche at the crossroads of musical theater and indie folk music from her original point of view embodied by acoustic simplicity and swirling harmonies.

Waterboys – All Souls Hill LP (Cooking Vinyl)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. After blazing a trail with 2020’s critically acclaimed Good Luck Seeker, The Waterboys waste no time in delivering again with All Souls Hill. Lead track “The Liar” is a creeping, groove-laden masterpiece, taking a powerful, descriptive swipe at Trump and the lies and deceit that infest those in power. “’The Liar’ is a comment on recent and still-current events, and both the song and video speak for themselves,” says frontman Mike Scott. “All Souls Hill is mysterious, otherworldly, tune-banging and emotional,” he continues. “Its nine songs tell stories, explore dreamscapes, and cast a cold but hopeful eye on the human drama.” [An indie store exclusive color vinyl pressing is due August 19.]

Kanye West – Donda 4xLP (Def Jam)

Kanye West delivers a Deluxe Edition of the record-shattering Donda, featuring four bonus tracks plus fan-favorite verses from Andre 3k, Kid Cudi and more.

Winger – In The Heart Of The Young [Reissue/1990] LP (Friday Music)

Two limited-edition colorways are available: red and blue. Originally released in 1990, In the Heart Of The Young is Winger’s second studio album. The album was produced by Beau Hill and contains the mega-hit singles “Can’t Get Enuff”, “Miles Away”, and “Easy Come Easy Go”.

Warren Zevon – Preludes [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (New West)

Following Warren Zevon’s death in 2003, his son Jordan Zevon discovered 126 unreleased outtakes and demos in a piano-sized touring case. This discovery would be distilled down to the best of these recordings and eventually released as a double-CD set titled Preludes released on May 1, 2007. When the album was released, it featured sixteen unreleased recordings from Zevon’s personal archives, as well as six never-before released songs and a five-part 2000 interview with KGSR’s Jody Denberg. This release will be pressed for the first time on black vinyl. This double LP set features all the exclusive bonus tracks as well as a beautiful 20-page perfect bound book, all packaged in a hardbound slipcase.

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Reverend Baron – From Anywhere (Colemine)

Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (Loma Vista)

Sometimes, Forever – the immersive and compulsively replayable new Soccer Mommy full-length – cements Sophie Allison’s status as one of the most gifted songwriters making rock music right now. The album finds Sophie broadening the borders of her aesthetic without abandoning the unsparing lyricism and addictive melodies that made earlier songs so easy to obsess over. To support her vision, Sophie enlisted producer Daniel Lopatin,x whose recent credits include the Uncut Gems movie score and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM.

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