New Releases for March 24, 2023

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Babymetal – The Other One CD/LP (Cooking Vinyl)

Last year Babymetal were “sealed” from the world after a successful 10-year journey. Earlier this year, The Other One restoration project began to recover the Babymetal we never knew existed within a virtual world called the Metalverse. The concept album reveals the other side of the Babymetal story that no one knew existed. A total of 10 songs have been discovered within The Other One restoration project, in which each song represents each theme of the 10 parallel worlds that seem to exist. [Two vinyl colorways are available: transparent and indie store exclusive white.]

The Bouncing Souls – Ten Stories High CD/LP (Pure Noise)

For over three decades The Bouncing Souls have been one of the most reliably joyful bands in punk rock, fostering an incredibly close kinship with their loyal listeners. Now on Ten Stories High, the band have taken this connection even further, creating an album of songs directly inspired by the stories of their fans. Ten Stories High finds The Bouncing Souls – vocalist Greg Attonito, guitarist Pete Steinkopf, bassist Bryan Kienlen, and drummer George Rebelo – making the best of the chaotic past couple of years. With touring on pause during the pandemic, the group turned to Patreon connect with their listener community, including a tier where fans could have a custom song written for them. The process would begin with the band having Zoom conversations with fans. [An indie store exclusive yellow w/ orange & black multicolor vinyl pressing is available.]

Lucinda Chua – YIAN CD/LP+MP3 (4AD)

Conscious to hold space within her music for people to live inside, Chua thought often of YIAN‘s sound in terms of sonic spacing. The hushed, flickering tones of “Autumn Leaves Don’t Come” and swelling strings of instrumental “Grief Piece” sound completely intimate, like she’s singing into your ear, yet capacious, like soft cocoons of sound. “For me, the music is like a home,” Chua explains. Cultivating a Chinese dance practice is as much part of the story of YIAN as the music itself. Chua returned to dance after struggling with the conservative constraints of ballet as a child, finding intuition and affirmation in the fluidity and naturalism of Chinese classical, fan & ribbon and contemporary. Dance is entwined in the very texture of YIAN, with Chua undertaking deep study of Chinese dance forms whilst working on the album. [A limited-edition clear vinyl pressing is available.]

Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Underneath Ocean Blvd CD/2xLP (IGA/UMG)

Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Underneath Ocean Blvd is the ninth studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, comprising 16 tracks and interludes with features from Father John Misty, Tommy Genesis, Jon Batiste, Bleachers and more. She introduced the album with the brooding and swelling title track which was written by Del Rey and Mike Hermosa and produced by Lana, Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, and Zach Dawes. It follows the prolific artist’s 2021 albums Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Blue Banisters. [An indie store exclusive light green color vinyl pressing featuring alternate cover art is available.]

Depeche Mode – Memento Mori CD/2xLP (Columbia)

Memento Mori is Depeche Mode’s fifteenth studio album and its first as the two-piece lineup of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, following co-founder Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher’s tragic passing in 2022. Produced by James Ford, with additional production work by Marta Salogni, Memento Mori‘s gestation took place during the early stages of the Covid pandemic, resulting in themes inspired directly by that period. The album’s 12 tracks chart a vast expanse of moods and textures, from its ominous opening to its closing resolve – running the gamut from paranoia and obsession to catharsis and joy and hitting myriad points between.

Fake Names – Expendables CD/LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

If credibility were currency, Fake Names’ wealth would be off the charts. Composed of Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Dag Nasty), Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, INVSN, The [International] Noise Conspiracy), Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys, Soulside) and the newest member Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites Of Spring), the band is a veritable post-hardcore dream team. However instead of rehashing the past, Expendables is a reinvention that sees the band dialing back the distortion and leaning into the melodies. The result pairs their unparalleled pedigree with a pop sensibility that’s slightly unexpected and wholly satisfying.

Fall Out Boy – So Much (For) Stardust CD/LP/Cassette (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra)

Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy return with their eighth studio album, So Much (For) Stardust. It marks a homecoming for the band on multiple fronts; the first of which found the band reuniting with renowned producer Neal Avron, whom they’ve worked with on three previous albums (From Under The Cork Tree, Infinity On High, Folie à Deux). Additionally, So Much (For) Stardust is released on Fueled By Ramen/Elektra – Fall Out Boy’s first album with the label since their 2003 debut album Take This To Your Grave, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023. [A limited-edition sage green color vinyl pressing is available. Also available: two cassette versions (clear shell and clay red color shell).]

Debby Friday – Good Luck CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)

The usual boom-and-bust cycles of growing up – breaking down, gathering the strength to get up, fumbling hard, doing it all over again – can feel unmooring, to say the least, but, and according to Debby Friday, its tragedies and glories need savoring. Losing illusions, gaining expectations; getting deep into the private, soupy kaleidoscope of what’s possible and what’s futile – Good Luck, her debut, and supernovic, full-length album, is built on welcoming the journey’s complicated drops and mountain highs with something more like grace. On the album’s surface, you’ll hear hints of Santigold’s dub dazzle, the MIDI-crush of Death Grips, but less obviously the plaintiveness of directors like Eric Rohmer, or the grotesque decadence of later-era Sylvia Plath. Few do it like her, though, and Good Luck spans from lucid, acid housey, high-BPM tracks to melancholia and darkness to striking falsetto pop with assuredness and aplomb. [A metallic silver color Loser Edition vinyl pressing is available.]

Lankum – False Lankum CD/2xLP+MP3 (Rough Trade)

From the start, Dublin’s Lankum planned for False Lankum, their fourth record, to feel like a complete piece – a progression and a journey for the listener. They explain, “we wanted to create more contrast on the record so the light parts would be almost spiritual and the dark parts would be incredibly dark, even horror inducing.” The album’s 12 tracks, composed of 10 traditional songs and two originals, show the four-piece using a new palate to color their sound in an increasingly experimental way, alongside longtime producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy.

Ne Obliviscaris – Exul CD/2xLP (Season Of Mist)

Exul personifies Ne Obliviscaris’ distinctive, boundary-pushing ethos. The band’s trademark blend of emotion and beauty is as towering as ever, if not even more compelling, particularly how the haunting violin lines carefully weave their way around the riffs. The duality of Charles’ clean vocals and Xenoyr’s growls remains the narrative anchor, elevating songs that emanate sophistication and are a masterclass in composition. [The limited-edition CD + Blu-ray mediabook edition includes a bonus live concert video.]

Nickel Creek – Celebrants CD/2xLP (Repair/Thirty Tigers)

Grammy Award-winning trio, Nickel Creek – mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins – deliver Celebrants, their first new album in nine years. Their fifth studio album overall, Celebrants marks a highly anticipated return for the beloved trio and explores the inherent dynamics of human connection. Across the 18 tracks, the trio addresses love, friendship, and time with lyrics both poetic and plain-spoken, as they see bridges built, crossed, burned, and rebuilt. Recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A, the album was produced by longtime collaborator Eric Valentine (Queens Of The Stone Age, Grace Potter, Weezer) and features Mike Elizondo on bass. [An indie store exclusive yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Ov Sulfur – The Burden Ov Faith CD/LP (Century Media)

OV Sulfur is the sound of a musical left-hand path that is nothing short of sonically jarring, lyrically blasphemous and utterly epic in its delivery. The Burden Ov Faith is blackened deathcore that challenges the genre’s conventions, while inviting comparisons to Dimmu Borgir or Behemoth in their prime, with an ominous sense of melody dotting their dark musical landscapes. At the center of it, ex-Suffokate vocalist Ricky Hoover reemerges as a force to contend with, condemning the trappings of conservative religiosity on tracks like the album’s volcanic opener, “Stained In Rot” or the unforgettable “Death Ov Circumstance”. [A limited-edition silver color vinyl pressing is available.]

Caroline Rose – The Art Of Forgetting CD/2xLP/Cassette (New West)

With The Art of Forgetting, Caroline Rose took on the dual role of writer and producer. The album encapsulates the feeling of experiencing recent memories, having them turn into old ones and then ultimately forgetting those memories altogether. There is a romantic nature within the sonic landscape of this record. Tape effects and loops emulate the feeling of aging while the juxtaposition of modern acoustic-electronic textures, like lo-fi tape next to hi-fi granular synths result in some of their most mature and honest work to date. [Two vinyl colorways are available: green and deluxe 45rpm audiophile clear.]

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Kate Davis – Fish Bowl LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Across Fish Bowl‘s 12 deeply personal tracks, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Kat Davis traces her very own hero’s journey, from the moment she steps away from her old life to the moment she finds inner peace. She follows these steps through the eyes of Fish Bowl‘s central character, FiBo, who starts out on opening track “Monster Mash” realizing the community she cultivated has turned on her and starts to seek real change. Leading the entire creative process, Davis wove multiple genres – art-rock, pop, and folk – into an intricate, unique tapestry of sound. As she steps into an exciting new stage of her music career, Davis is taking the very meticulousness she developed from her years in the jazz world and applying them to Fish Bowl.

Wage War – The Stripped Sessions LP (Fearless)

Florida hard rock quintet Wage War deliver The Stripped Sessions, an 11-song acoustic-based collection which reimagines songs from the band’s decade-plus career. [An indie store exclusive orange swirl colorway is available. CD version due March 31.]

CDs + Vinyl:

Acid King – Beyond Vision CD/LP (Blues Funeral)

Beyond Vision began as an experiment and became the path to a silver future, marking the dawn of a new era for a band that historically relied almost exclusively on thundering riffage. Recorded by longtime producer Billy Anderson, the album’s songs flow into each other without beginning or ending, propelled by an undulating, lysergic pulse that takes listeners wherever they’d like to go.

Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily – Love In Exile CD/LP (Verve)

Love In Exile asks you to step inside its sense of time, to stretch out alongside these delightful and unhurriedly unfolding songs. Profound impact is achieved with minimal instrumentation: Iyer on pianos and electronics, Ismaily on bass and Moog synth and Aftab’s exquisite Urdu vocals. Subtle musical interrelationships build into moments of deeply felt drama. Shimmering keyboard melodies and stirring vocals, earthy basslines, and hypnotic drones: together they create an album of stunning gravitas and beauty.

Babymetal – The Other One CD/LP (Cooking Vinyl)

Eric Bibb – Ridin’ CD (Stony Plain Music)

The follow-up to his multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed 2021 album, Dear America, Ridin’ is a continuation of the vision that informs Bibb’s artistry as a modern-day blues troubadour. Grounded in the folk and blues tradition with contemporary sensibilities, Bibb’s music continues to reflect his thoughts on current world events and his own lived experiences, whilst remaining entertaining, uplifting, inspirational and relevant. [Vinyl edition due April 14.]

Ken Boothe – Essential Artist Collection 2xCD/2xLP (Trojan)

Arguably the most gifted Jamaican performer of his generation, Ken Boothe is widely regarded as a living legend, having recorded innumerable ska, rock steady and reggae classics over a period spanning some 60 years. After making his recording debut in 1962, Ken enjoyed a hugely successful career in Jamaica before achieving international stardom in 1974 with his chart-topping interpretation of “Everything I Own” and the top 10 follow-up, “Crying Over You”. Both popular tracks are featured on this collection, which forms part of Trojan Record’s new Essential Artist series, which showcases the best-loved recordings of some of Jamaica’s greatest musical talents. This release demonstrates the exceptional vocal talents of one of the finest and most soulful performers to have made their mark on modern popular music scene since the ‘60s.

The Bouncing Souls – Ten Stories High CD/LP (Pure Noise)

Lucinda Chua – YIAN CD/LP+MP3 (4AD)

Chris Church – Radio Transient CD (Big Stir)

New release from celebrated Lenoir, North Carolina singer-songwriter Chris Church. Radio Transient features ten songs in a fresh, sparkling, and propulsive new style for Chris, each framing his renowned melodic instincts, lyrical wit, and unmistakable vocal firepower in a giddy new – and irresistible – context. Chris Church has never made the same album twice, and the surprises born of that adventurous spirit are what fans and critics alike have come to love about his work. In many ways, the clean guitars, dramatic synths, franticly kinetic drums (courtesy of Nick Bertling) and urgent backing vocals from Lindsay Murray (of Gretchen’s Wheel) make Radio Transient Chris’s most “pop” album yet.

Luke Combs – Gettin’ Old CD/2xLP/Cassette (SME Nashville)

Just nine months after Growin’ Up was released, reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs is back with a new companion album, Gettin’ Old. Produced by Combs, Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton, Gettin’ Old is Combs’ fourth full-length album following 2022’s Growin’ Up, 2019’s What You See Is What You Get and his debut, This One’s For You. Across these 18 new tracks, Combs continues to establish himself as one of music’s most authentic and powerful voices, as he reaches new lyrical depths exploring themes of family, legacy, love and personal growth.

Matt Corby – Everything’s Fine CD/LP (Communion)

Everything’s Fine, the third album from award-winning Matt Corby follows on from 2020’s stand-alone singles, “I Never Say A Word” and “Vitamin”, and 2016’s J Award-winning Rainbow Valley.

CVC – Get Real CD/LP (CVC Recordings)

CVC (or Church Village Collective in full) hail from this sleepy village 10 miles north of Cardiff, nestling atop a hill in the Welsh valleys. Their lush three-part harmonies echo the music they grew up on – contemporary pop’s building blocks: the Beatles, Neil Young and the Beach Boys – rich, melodic, and pristine music that’s steeped in rock’s history. [An indie store exclusive gold color vinyl pressing is available.]

Darling West – Cosmos CD/LP (Jansen)

Darling West decamped for a tiny island on Norway’s west coast to begin writing what was to become Cosmos, their fifth studio album. For the first time, the band’s core – married couple Mari and Tor Egil Kreken – have included band members Thomas Gallatin and Christer Slaaen in the songwriting and production process. As a larger united, Darling West has really evolved. Cosmos is indeed the sound of expansion. West coast, cosmic folk, Americana… Call it what you will – there are even hints of afro blues on here – but where the band once fit firmly in the folk/americana category, you might as well just call it pop these days.

Angel Bat Dawid – Requiem For Jazz CD/2xLP (International Anthem)

Composer, clarinetist, singer and educator Angel Bat Dawid announces the release of Requiem For Jazz. A 12-movement suite composed, arranged, and inspired in part by dialogue from Edward O. Bland’s 1959 film The Cry Of Jazz, the album is a wide-ranging treatise on the African American story from one of its most astute narrators. Itself an incisive critique of racial politics in the USA, The Cry Of Jazz draws formal comparisons between the structure of jazz music and the African American experience – as one of freedom and restraint, of joy and suffering – that manifests in the triumph of spirit over the crushing prejudice of daily life. Cutting together archive reels from Black neighborhoods in Chicago with live performance footage from Sun Ra and his Arkestra among others, the film remains a radical and prescient evocation of Black pride and its roots in the history of jazz, from spirituals to blues and beyond. [A limited-edition purple color vinyl pressing is available.]

Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Underneath Ocean Blvd CD/2xLP (IGA/UMG)

Depeche Mode – Memento Mori CD/2xLP (Columbia)

Electric Callboy – Tekkno (Tour Edition CD/LP (Century Media)

Expanded tour edition. Tekkno is the sixth studio album from German electronicore band Electric Callboy, originally released in 2022. With tons of energy and fun on board, the band from Castrop-Rauxel delivers an unprecedentedly fulminant metalcore-firework that is second to none. [A limited-edition translucent blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Fake Names – Expendables CD/LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

Debby Friday – Good Luck CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)

Cody Fry – Symphonic CD/LP (Decca)

“If you’ve ever wanted a full album of only my orchestral music, this is your moment. Enjoy those lush strings, the fluttering woodwinds, and the bounteous, omnipotent French horns. If you’re an orchestra nerd, you’re my kind of person, and this album is for you. Or even if you’re not, still buy one. We pressed a lot of them. I hope you love it as much as I love the key of Db major.”

Andrew Gabbard – Cedar City Sweetheart CD/LP (Karma Chief)

Andrew Gabbard (Buffalo Killers, The Gabbard Brothers, Thee Shams) releases his sophomore effort as a solo artist, Cedar City Sweetheart. The songs evoke a familiar feel for fans of his debut album, but new instrumentation and country-leaning lyrics give us a glimpse of another side of Andrew. “I love when a rock band makes a country album, ” he explained, pointing to The Byrds as a major source of inspiration. Andrew played every instrument on his solo debut, Homemade. This time around, he called on some local musicians to add color. [A translucent yellow & red swirl color vinyl pressing is available.]

Grim – Message [Reissue/1987] LP (Urashima)

Grim is the one-man project of Jun Konagaya – formed from the ashes of White Hospital, his legendary early 1980s noise duo with Tomosada Kuwahara – which, accepting a long hiatus in the middle, has bridged the worlds of industrial music, power electronics, and noise for nearly three decades. Belonging roughly to the first wave of Japanese noise, Konagaya is particularly noteworthy among his peers for casting an eye further afield, drawing influences from bands like Whitehouse and SPK, rather than members of his own scene, as well varied reference points as far afield as the traditional folk music of Tibet.

Hawkline – Milk For Flowers CD/LP (Heavenly)

On H. Hawkline’s fifth solo album, beauty flourishes in the corners of grief’s desecrated church; jewelling the cobwebs, gilding the dust, and making a relic of its creator’s arrow-shot heart. Brought to being in Huw Evans’s hometown of Cardiff, the writing of Milk For Flowers served as the outlet for several dances with the violence of life – a spate of significant events which took his “spectrum of emotion and experience suddenly widescreen”.

Sophie B Hawkins – Free Myself CD/LP (Lightyear)

Hawkins was Grammy nominated for her platinum-selling debut album Tongues And Tails, and it’s iconic lead single “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover”. Her smash hit “As I Lay Me Down” shattered records as longest-running hit single on the Billboard charts. A truly essential singer-songwriter, Sophie’s seventh album Free Myself is rooted in Hawkins’s raw yet poetic lyrics and her distinctive, captivating vocals.

The HIRS Collective – We’re Still Here CD/LP (Get Better)

Completely self-produced (like always) and completely self-managed (the Collective is also a driving force behind Get Better Records, who are handling the release) the Hirs Collective’s We’re Still Here is a statement of bravery and irascible resilience that will be one of their many entries into an already unmatched career whose influence has already started to affect young musicians the nation and world over. [A baby pink color vinyl pressing is available. Cassette version due April 14.]

John Holt – Essential Artist Collection 2xCD/2xLP (Trojan)

After fronting popular Jamaican vocal trio, the Paragons on a succession of best-selling rock steady singles during the late ‘60s, John Holt went on to become one of Jamaica’s most popular solo performers, scoring a series of reggae hits for many of the island’s leading record producers. His international breakthrough came in 1974 with the hugely popular 1000 Volts Of Holt album, which fused raw reggae rhythms with sophisticated orchestral arrangements. The highlight of the long player was a reworking of Kris Kristoffersson’s country hit, “Help Me Make It Through The Night”, which the following year became a global hit. Over the years that followed, Holt remained a giant of the reggae scene with further best sellers and numerous sell-out shows around the world. The very best of his solo work has been brought together on this Essential Artist compilation.

Whitney Houston – I Go To The Rock: The Gospel Music Of Whitney Houston CD (Gaither Music Group)

The unmistakable voice of Whitney Houston is powerful and timeless. She became one of the most accomplished recording artists of all time, but her heart was always in Gospel music. From her first performance in front of an audience to the best-selling Gospel album of all time, The Preacher’s Wife, experience how profoundly Gospel music influenced her personal life and helped shape her career. Join host CeCe Winans and discover Whitney’s deep faith and love of Gospel music. [A stand-alone DVD version is available.]

Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenbloom – 1979 – 1980 [Reissue/2013] CD/2xLP (Unseen Worlds)

Jacqueline Humbert (aka J. Jasmine) is a songwriter of brains and wit on par with Robert Ashley, with whom she’s worked extensively. David Rosenboom’s complex, harmonic electronic arrangements are accentuated brilliantly by percussion from William Winant. Daytime Viewing can happily be added to a small but significant group of work that, through lesser-known paths, engaged in an equally revelatory reexamination of the Great American Songbook as minimalism did with 20th Century composition.

Jimin – FACE [Invisible Face] CD (Bighit Music/Hype)

Jimin – FACE [Undefinable Face] CD (Bighit Music/Hype)

The official solo debut by Jimin of BTS. FACE is available in two collectible versions, each featuring unique photobooks, photo cards, and more.

Elton John – Honky Château [Reissue/1972] 2xCD/2xLP (Mercury)

Released in May 1972, Honky Château is the fifth studio album by Elton John, including singles “RocketMan” and “Honky Cat”. This 50th anniversary edition contains the original album, a newly created selection of outtakes from the original session tapes and a 40-page booklet containing rare photos, memorabilia, and interviews. The double-CD format additionally contains eight live recordings from the Royal Festival Hall show in 1972, where the tracks receive their live debut. The double-vinyl LP edition includes a newly created selection of outtakes from the original session tapes. [An indie store exclusive gold color vinyl pressing is available.]

The Kinks – The Journey Part 1 2xCD/2xLP (BMG)

The Journey is a collection of tracks chosen by The Kinks’ Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory that reflect the trials and tribulations of their journey through life together as a band since 1963. Tracks are taken from all the classic original Kinks albums, including Kinda Kinks, Face To Face, Something Else and the recently remastered 50th anniversary editions of Village Green Preservation Society, Lola, Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody’s In Show-Biz.

Lankum – False Lankum CD/2xLP+MP3 (Rough Trade)

From the start, Dublin’s Lankum planned for False Lankum, their fourth record, to feel like a complete piece – a progression and a journey for the listener. They explain, “we wanted to create more contrast on the record so the light parts would be almost spiritual, and the dark parts would be incredibly dark, even horror inducing.” The album’s 12 tracks, composed of 10 traditional songs and two originals, show the four-piece using a new palate to color their sound in an increasingly experimental way, alongside longtime producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy.

Marianas Rest – Auer CD (Napalm)

Fourth album from the Finnish melodic/extreme/doom metal band.

Katie Melua – Love & Money CD/LP (BMG)

Love & Money is Katie Melua’s ninth studio album; a stunning and personal 10 track snapshot of Katie as both an artist and human. Producer Leo Abrahams assembled an exceptional group of musicians with an astounding track record to complete the sound of the record. The album was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s iconic Real World Studios, before Katie and Abrahams took the tracks back to his own studio in Leyton, built over a WW2 bomb shelter. Love & Money sees Katie reflecting on her place in the world; the bonuses and challenges of being a woman in the music industry and the delicate balance of career and family life, all brought to life in a lush moment of personal acceptance and catharsis. [A deluxe CD edition in a casebound book featuring four bonus tracks is available.]

Merzbow – Tauromachine [Reissue/1997] 2xCD/2xLP (Relapse)

Digitally remastered and expanded 25th anniversary reissue of the Japanese noise artist’s legendary Tauromachine album, remastered by James Plotkin and featuring unreleased bonus material. [A limited-edition gold w/ black splatter color vinyl pressing is available.]

Mork – Dypet CD/LP (Peaceville)

Dypet sees Mork create a miasma of grim and frost-bitten riffs and harsh vocal melodies, marking the next logical evolution to come from the brilliant mind of Thomas Eriksen. The album simultaneously pushes new ideas forward yet still retains the signature foundations of ice cold hypnotic black metal.

Ne Obliviscaris – Exul CD/CD+Blu-ray/2xLP (Season Of Mist)

NewJeans – NewJeans 1^st EP ‘New Jeans’ CDEP (Big Hit Entertainment)

New release from the five-member K-pop girl group. Includes sticker, photos, photocards, and poster.

Nickel Creek – Celebrants CD/2xLP (Repair/Thirty Tigers)

The Nightcrawlers – Get Ready CD/LP (Cellar Live)

The Nightcrawlers’ Get Ready marks a return to the roots of the group: a live recording in the comfort of our local club purely for the joy of playing for our fans and supporters. With the social effects of the pandemic lingering in our communities this recording was a chance for us to celebrate togetherness and the special energizing effect of making music with a live audience.

NMIXX – Experego [A Version] CD (Jyp Entertainment)

NMIXX – Experego [B Version] CD (Jyp Entertainment)

New release from the seven-member K-pop girl group. Each version includes a photobook, photos, photo cards, and a poster.

Novelty Island – Wallsend Weekend Television CD/LP (Think Like A Key)

Novelty Island is the bizarre-pop project of Liverpool-based songwriter/producer, Tom McConnell. Wallsend Weekend Television is an album that has been a long time coming. His body of work started taking shape through various incarnations and projects over the years. In 2018 he made the ultimate pilgrimage from his native north to Abbey Road Institute with over 80 songs in hand. This is where Novelty Island was born, inspired by classic pop, woozy electronica, and northern wordplay.

The Orb – The Dream [Reissue/2007] CD/2xLP (Liquid Sound Design)

Now available on CD. The Dream is the eighth studio album by The Orb released in 2007 on Liquid Sound Design Records and is the only Orb album yet to be released on vinyl. This, a translucent green colorway.

Ov Sulfur – The Burden Ov Faith CD/LP (Century Media)

Palette Knife – New Game+ CD (Take This To Heart)

New Game+, the sophomore LP from Columbus, Ohio’s Palette Knife, encompasses a vast array of rock/emo tunes that are reminiscent of scene stalwarts Into It. Over It, Tiny Moving Parts or a more intricately guitar based Modern Baseball.

Carly Pearce – 29: Written In Stone (Live From Music City) CD (Big Machine)

2021 CMA Female Vocalist and 2022 ACM Awards Female Artist of the Year, Carly Pearce has come a long way from the pain she felt writing 29. Filled only with happy tears, she looks ahead chronicling her critically acclaimed and commercially lauded album with 29: Written In Stone (Live From Music City). The set includes special guests Lee Brice, Ashley McBryde, The Isaacs, Matthew West, and Jenee Fleenor. [A gold color vinyl pressing is due April 28.]

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 CD/LP (Pink Floyd)

2023 live archive release. Original 1973 line drawn cover artwork by George Hardie.

The Police = Greatest Hits [Reissue/1992] 2xLP (A&M)

This double-LP standard vinyl edition of the classic hits collection from 1992 features 16 tracks including “Message In A Bottle”. “Walking On The Moon”, “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”, “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”, “Every Breath You Take”, and more. The collection has been remastered at Abbey Road and pressed on heavyweight black vinyl.

Elvis Presley – Elvis Live 1972 2xLP (Sony Legacy)

Elvis Live 1972 compiles the best of the live tracks from the very recently released 6xCD+Blu-ray box set Elvis On Tour. Recorded at four Elvis tour dates throughout April 1972, most of these tracks are previously unreleased, and appear here on vinyl for the first time.

R.B.L. Posse – A Lesson To Be Learned [Reissue/1992] LP (Right Way Production)

30th Anniversary limited-edition clear with silver & black splatter color vinyl pressing of the classic SF gangsta rap album with killer lyrics and strictly street beats. A Lesson To Be Learned put R.B.L. Posse and San Francisco rap on the map in 1992. Includes intro by Herm and special appearance by Totally Insane.

Reed/Cale/Nico – Bataclan LP (Easy Action)

Complete 1972 concert performance by the former Velvet Underground members.

Reel People – Love2 CD/LP (Reel People Music)

Produced by core collective Oli Lazarus, Mike Patto and Toni Economides, and with a fresh vocal line-up including Raheem DeVaughn, Muhsinah, Chantae Cann, Michael Champion, Paula, Jill Rock Jones, Eric Roberson and Arrested Development’s Speech, this super-fine, 10-track opus marks a further powerful evolution of the Reel People sound. Weaving contemporary R&B sensibilities into the collective’s classic grooved-out flow, Love2 embraces the out-and-out euphoria of love but offers an entirely unique voice.

Benny Reid – The Infamous Live CD/LP (Beeny Reid Prod.)

Reimagining Mobb Deep’s iconic 1995 opus The Infamous, NYC-based saxophonist and composer Benny Reid’s ambitious new project is a collection of acoustic, sample-free renditions, built from the ground up, performed entirely by the multi-instrumentalist auteur. [A limited-edition ‘blue moon’ color vinyl pressing is available.]

Caroline Rose – The Art Of Forgetting CD/2xLP/Cassette (New West)

Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine CD/LP (Nonesuch)

Mélusine features a mix of five originals and interpretations of nine songs, dating as far back as the twelfth century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. Mélusine follows last year’s label debut, Ghost Song, which has received two Grammy nominations and tremendous critical praise, including spots on best albums of 2022 lists from the New York Times and NPR, among others.

Saxon – More Inspirations CD/LP (Militia Guard Music)

British heavy metal legends Saxon return with a second ‘deep dish’ serving of covers; songs which have inspired them over their 40+ year career.

The Scarlet Goodbye – Hope’s Eternal CD/LP (Label Group)

The Scarlet Goodbye (labelled “the most unlikely mash-up in Minnesota music history”) is the creative combination of Daniel Murphy (Soul Asylum, Golden Smog) and Jeff Arundel. Murphy had stepped away in 2012 after 30 years of recording and touring. A chance meeting with the mellow singer/songwriter Arundel led the duo to start writing and recording together. The result is their full-length album, Hope’s Eternal.

Shakespears Sister – Hormonally Yours [Reissue/1992] CD+DVD (London)

Casebound CD+DVD edition. Hormonally Yours is the second studio album by British pop-rock act Shakespears Sister, originally released in 1992. The album went on to become a critical and commercial success and is their best-selling album to date. The album’s second single, “Stay” became the group’s best-selling single, topping the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks.

ThaGodFahim – Iron Bull CD/LP (Nature Sounds)

Atlanta native ThaGodFahim has emerged as a leading figure in hip-hop’s thriving modern underground, captivating listeners with masterful street soliloquies and timeless production. Uninterested in the flashy trappings of the modern rap game, Fahim has channeled his energy into building a phenomenal catalog, blending soulful aesthetics with hard-edged rhymes. Now, the talented emcee is taking a break from his dizzying mixtape schedule to unveil the new studio album Iron Bull. Guests include Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, and Jay NiCE, along with hypnotic production by Nicholas Craven, SadhuGold, Camoflauge Monk, and Fahim himself.

Ally Venable – Real Gone CD/LP (Ruf)

The new album from the blues guitarist, singer and songwriter features Buddy Guy Joe Bonamassa and produced by Tom Hambridge.

Xalpen – The Curse Of Kwanyep CD/LP (Black Lodge)

“This is our path through time and devotion, among living and dead, beyond the barriers of physical distance and far away from musical or spiritual stagnation.” [A limited-edition orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

DVD + Blu-ray:

Whitney Houston – I Go To The Rock: The Gospel Music Of Whitney Houston DVD (Gaither Music Group)

This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:

Omar Apollo – Ivory LP (WB)

Apollo’s long-awaited debut album Ivory brings him to another level in his career. Crossing genre lines as well as language barriers, the full-length showcases even greater musical diversity from the already boundless creator. Despite being at this pivotal moment in his career, Omar feels like he’s just getting started. The artist who once called himself “just a kid from Indiana” is breaking new ground, abandoning all comfort zones, and never looking back. [CD version due May 13.]

Bad Brains – Rock For Light [Reissue/1983] LP (Org Music)

Rock For Light is the second full-length album by Bad Brains, released in 1983. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. This pressing features the original mix of the album, for the first time in decades, as the band originally intended. Most fans will be more familiar with the 1991 reissue, which was remixed by Ocasek and bass player Darryl Jenifer. In addition to new mixes, that version used an altered track order. In coordination with the band, Org Music has overseen the restoration and remastering of the iconic Bad Brains’ recordings. The audio was mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing. This limited-edition variant is on yellow vinyl with red splatter.

The Baseball Project – Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails [Reissue/2008] LP (Yep Roc)

The Baseball Project – Volume 2: High And Inside [Reissue/2011] LP (Yep Roc)

The Baseball Project – 3^rd [Reissue/2014] 2xLP (Yep Roc)

Color vinyl reissues. Rock n’ roll vets Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3) have an unhealthy love for music undermined only by an even more unhealthy love of baseball. The compatriots blend their two passions with The Baseball Project Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails. Their second season finds band members Steve Wynn (The Miracle 3, The Dream Syndicate), Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M.), Linda Pitmon (The Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) drilling down even deeper into the Byzantine, lore-laden annals of baseball history. 2014’s 3^rd continues their tradition of inspired rock songs that provide passionately funny and sarcastically reverent commentary on the sport of baseball. And those who aren’t fans of the sport can still enjoy the music, while brushing up on their knowledge.

Basement Jaxx – Remedy [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (XL)

Basement Jaxx – Rooty [Reissue/2001] 2xLP (XL)

Color vinyl pressings (gold and pink, respectively) of the first two albums by the British electronic dance music duo. A set of incredibly diverse tracks, Remedy is indebted to the raw American house of Todd Terry and Masters At Work, and even shares the a penchant for Latin vibes. Rooty saw Basement Jaxx continue to push the boundaries of pop and club music. The album mixes classic house with generous lashings of punk, funk, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, 2-step and pop songcraft in a mad genre crash that works like a charm.

Jorge Ben – Tudo Ben: Jorge Ben Covered LP (Mr Bongo)

Complied by Mr Bongo, Greg Caz and Sean Marquand, Tudo Ben: Jorge Ben Covered collection features the Brazilian legends Elza Soares, Claudette Soares, and Wilson Simonal, alongside prodigious artists such as Marijô, Os Brazoes, and Doris Monteiro to name but a few. The selection covers a wide range of genres including samba, bossa nova, MPB and batacuda workouts.

The Beths – Future Hates Me [Reissue/2018] LP+MP3 (Carpark)

Green w/ white color vinyl pressing. The Beths occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, produced by guitarist Jonathan Pearce, delivers an astonishment of roadtrip-ready pleasures, each song hitting your ears with an exhilarating endorphin rush.

Bodikhuu – Tokyo LP (Mississippi)

Mongolian producer Bodikhuu takes a sonic journey through Japan in the form of 13 instrumental hip-hop vignettes. A rich collage of cast-off sounds and razor-sharp interpolations of city pop, obscure Japanese jazz, and ‘80s J-pop, all expertly chopped up on one of the few MPC-1000s in Ulaanbaatar.

Botch – American Nervoso [Reissue/1998] LP+MP3 (Sargent House)

15^th anniversary edition. Legendary Tacoma, Washington mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch’s debut full-length American Nervoso features white-hot guitar action, scathing vocals, sweet bass moves, and torrential drums, smashing existing precepts of hardcore and redefining both the word and the music for a generation of kids and grizzled vets alike. [An indie store exclusive translucent purple color vinyl pressing is available. CD version due March 31.]

Carter Tutti – Feral Vapours Of The Silver Ether [Reissue/2007] LP (CTI)

Feral Vapours Of The Silver Ether (2007) was the second album by Chris & Cosey as Carter Tutti after 2004’s Cabal. The project was their concerted effort to explore more sensual, even psychedelic, forms after more than 25 years of defining synth-pop and techno-pop in their own image since departing from pioneering industrial band Throbbing Gristle. Anyone expecting Chris Carter’s puckered, ductile rhythms may be left wanting by this album, but anyone who loves his sleek, layered synth contours, or the intoxicating presence of Cosey’s voice and brass are strongly encouraged to revel in its sexy sensuousness.

Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales [Reissue/1984] 2xLP (Noise)

Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion [Reissue/1984] 2xLP (Noise)

Celtic Frost – Into The Pandemonium [Reissue/1984] 2xLP (Noise)

Color vinyl pressings if the Swiss extreme metal band’s first three albums.

Chasms – Glimpse Of Heaven LP (Felte)

Pink & blue swirl color vinyl pressing. Hawaii-born, L.A.-based musician, singer, producer and professional mastering engineer Jess Labrador, aka Chasms makes deeply personal work that has always felt like an unveiling. Following 2019’s The Mirage, which was a dark, dubby meditation on grief and loss, this new material off an upcoming album is both familiar and different. The third full-length under the Chasms name, Glimpse Of Heaven trades in washes of reverb for starker moments of closeness and intimacy. The project’s somber, rhythm-focused sound has evolved through the years to include elements of dub, techno, and ambient, expanding its initial melancholic mixture of industrial, shoegaze, and dream pop.

Cheap Trick – Authorized Greatest Hits [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)

The historic Greatest Hits collection now available on vinyl. Featuring 18 classics including “I Want You To Want Me”, “Surrender”, “The Flame” and more. Plus track-by-track liner notes by the band.

Chris & Cosey – Muzik Fantastique! [Reissue/1992] LP (CTI)

When Throbbing Gristle disbanded in 1981, Chris and Cosey embarked on a career as a duo that’d see them through four decades (and counting) of constant experimentation, reinvention, and innovation. By the time they released Musik Fantastique!, they were already deep into their journey and had settled into a relaxed groove. With little to prove, they were able to concentrate on slick songwriting and twitchy beatbox and synth work that was pulling in as much inspiration from Detroit techno and electro as it was chilly European pop. Nowhere near as gloomy and sensual as 1987’s well-known Exotika or it’s grinding, industrial follow-ups, this album sounds bright in comparison, with fizzy electronics and fourth-world FM sounds replacing the usual thick Wax Trax-era thump and erotique tension.

Chris & Cosey – Elemental 7 LP (CTI)

Elemental 7 has cast a looming shadow of influence over almost all electronic music since it was made. Elemental 7 is the soundtrack to the film of the same name that saw the duo working once more with John Lacey – Lacey had previously worked with Cosey in COUM Transmissions and introduced Chris Carter to the collective. The album’s highlight and one of their best loved songs, “Dancing Ghosts”, sounds as fresh and relevant today as it must have on its original release.

Suzanne Ciani & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – FRKWYS Vol. 13 – Sunergy [Reissue/2016] LP (RVNG Int’l)

Sunergy brings together synthesists Suzanne Ciani and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith for the thirteenth installment of FRKWYS, RVNG Intl.’s intergenerational collaboration series. For this expanded edition, a panorama of the Pacific Coast provides the place and head space for exploratory Buchla synthesizer passages that meditate on a life-giving form vast and volatile with change. This Pacific blue color edition includes bonus track “Retrograde” and a printed insert with photographs and artist essays.

Gene Clark / Carla Olson – So Rebellious A Lover [Reissue/1987] LP+7” (Sunset Blvd)

Limited blue color vinyl pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Includes bonus 7″ single. An exquisite pairing of talent, Olson’s strident and powerful vocals mesh beautifully with Clark’s slightly world-weary, soulful performances.

Connections – Cool Change LP/Cassette (Trouble In Mind)

Sixth album from the Dayton, Ohio indie rock band. [A limited-edition cool blue vinyl colorway is available.]

Kolby Cooper – Boy From Anderson County To The Moon LP (Wheelhouse)

Debut album from the Bradford, Texas-based singer/songwriter.

Cradle Of Filth – The Manticore And Other Horrors [Reissue/2012] 2xLP (Peaceville)

The Manticore And Other Horrors is the tenth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle Of Filth, originally released in 2012. It is the band’s first and only album as a three-man group rather than its six-man staple.

The Dahmers – Demons [Reissue/2014] LP (Lovely)

The Dahmers – In The Dead Of Night [Reissue/2017] LP (Lovely)

The Dahmers – Down In The Basement [Reissue/2018] LP (Lovely)

Color vinyl reissues of the Swedish horror garage/punk/pop rock band’s first (and to date, only) albums.

Kate Davis – Fish Bowl LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Dead Moon – Echoes Of The Past: The Anthology 4xLP (Arena Rock)

If you love your rock and roll dark and heavy yet accessible, full of Mojo Rising and Ex-Catholic Voodoo and biting power chords and Charlie-Watts-on-speed-drumming, there simply is no better Northwest band than Portland’s immortal Dead Moon. This gluttonously Caligula-generous, near-50-song 4xLP, limited-edition color vinyl anthology box set (with turntable slipmat, beverage koozie, stickers, button pack, and poster) is your gateway into the underworld of this criminally underrated band.

Disney Peaceful Piano – Disney Peaceful Piano LP (Walt Disney)

Sit back and relax by listening to piano renditions of your favorite Disney songs including, “You’ve Got a Friend In Me”, “The Family Madrigal”, and more.

Duster – Moods, Modes 3×7” (Numero)

Explore the Duster universe on the far superior 45rpm format. This deluxe triple 7″ box contains Duster’s first single – 1997’s Transmission Flux (including “Stars Will Fall” & “Orbitron”), 1998’s Apex, Trance-Like (featuring “Four Hours”), plus Stratosphere‘s painfully absent “Echo, Bravo” and the lost 2002 outtake “What You’re Doing To Me”. Housed in replica sleeves and placed in a sturdy two-piece box, Moods, Modes also contains a Duster-branded hanky for those who like to accessorize. [Two colorways are available: blue and ocean blue.]

Enslaved – Heimdal 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)

Recently released on CD – now available on viny. In true Enslaved fashion, the Bergen voyagers’ 16th album, Heimdal, is both a departure and a communion with roots forged over three decades ago in the turbulent birth throes of Norway’s black metal scene.

Ernest – Flower Shops – The Album: Two Dozen Roses 2xLP (Big Loud)

White color vinyl pressing. Nashville’s most unpredictable hitmaker Ernest is “The Charmer” (MusicRow), a triple threat talent and one of Music City’s on the rise artist/writers who is changing the status quo. A 2022 Variety Hitmaker, the chart-topping songwriter fuses influences ranging from Eminem to George Jones, crafting a twist-heavy verse style that’s become his signature, proving it’s mettle, and earning him seven #1 hits to date.

Fastbacks – 1985 Okay LP (Hey Suburbia)

Complete 12 song demo recording from 1985 by Seattle’s own pop punk/grunge pioneers, The Fastbacks. Recorded in Seattle on a 4-track cassette Portastudio with the classic Lulu-Kim-Kurt line-up with Richard Stuverud (of War Babies and Three Fish fame on drums). Remastered by Kurt Bloch in 2021 and unreleased as a whole in any format until today.

Four Year Strong – Rise Or Die Trying [Reissue/2007] LP (I Surrender)

Limited transparent magenta colored vinyl pressing. Rise Or Die Trying is the second studio album from American rock band Four Year Strong, originally released in 2007.

Fredfades &Sraw – Double Density LP (Mutual Intentions)

SP-1200 beats made using postal service. Fredfades and Sraw collaborate through post, exchanging dusty beats for an experimental hip-hop record. The process of sending floppy discs back and forth, where each producer added element over element on their own SP-1200, has been on-going for almost 10 years, slowly building a collaborative body of work. The result is Double Density, an LP that oozes with the character of that infamous instrument which laid much of the foundation for the earliest hip-hop artists and still manages to evoke those raw and visceral sounds of that era.

Free The Robots – Kaduwa LP (Astral Travels)

Free The Robots intentionally marries various electronica genres into a joyous, machine-like syrup that swims between the currents of deep introspection and the depths of the dance floor. Kaduwa is his most recent manifestation, born out of his travels around the world. Especially inspired by his time between Los Angeles, Barcelona, and the island Siargao in the Philippines, Free The Robots translates his experiences into electronic, jazz-centric and sample based beats with sublime tinges of psych, rock, house, and hip-hop. For the most part, these compositions are blunted, funky, and psychedelic.

Gathering – Superheat [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (Svart)

Superheat is a live album by Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering, originally released in 2000. [A limited-edition blue colorway is available.]

Gayle – A Study Of The Human Experience Volume One & Volume Two LP (Atlantic)

The debut EP from chart-topping pop singer songwriter, Gayle, is now available on vinyl. A Study Of The Human Experience Volume One & Volume Two sees Gayle continuing to reveal a larger-than-life personality and willingness to expose her deepest insecurities and desires through her unfiltered yet beautifully nuanced brand of songwriting. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a summation of Gayle’s experiences as a teen, filled with lessons learned and failed friendships,” the EP includes the 17-year-old, Nashville-based artist’s breakthrough hit “ABCDEFU” alongside it’s spirited follow-up, “Ur Just Horny”.

Ghost Bath – Moonlover [Reissue/2015] 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)

Ghost Bath – Starmourner [Reissue/2017] 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)

Ghost Bath – Self Loather [Reissue/2021] LP (Nuclear Blast)

Multicolor vinyl reissues of the second, third, and fourth albums by the North Dakota black metal band.

Glass Coat – Ghostlines LP (Room 126)

White color vinyl pressing. Glass Coat is a solo project from a Parisian producer who has been living abroad for more than ten years, in Copenhagen, Atlanta, Seattle, Taipei, and presently Shanghai. Inspired initially by ‘90s electronic giants from the Warp label (Apex Twin, Autechre) and the trip-hop school of Bristol as well as Scandinavian electro-pop from The Knife to Djuna Barnes and Röyksopp, the project has taken a new direction over the course of the last two EPs, inspired now by experimental and drone music. The new sound is based on static, pieces of found sounds and digital glitches processed through analog equipment.

Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump ….. On A Wooden Piano LP (Dangerbird)

A new recording of the classic album, performed by Jason Lytle on a wooden piano in solitude during the quarantines and lockdowns of 2020. [Two colorways are available: green and indie store exclusive green.]

Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy [Reissue/1993] LP (Chrysalis)

Grant Lee Buffalo – Mighty Joe Moon [Reissue/1994] LP (Chrysalis)

Digitally remastered 180gm clear vinyl reissues of rock band Grant Lee Buffalo’s first two albums.

Hot Mulligan – Pilot [Reissue/2018] LP (Wax Bodega)

Red color vinyl pressing. Pilot is Hot Mulligan’s debut full-length album. The record expanded on the band’s emo-leaning pop-punk sound and opened them up to a wide new audience. This is Pilot‘s first time in retail in years. Hot Mulligan will have a brand new album out in 2023.

Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville [Reissue/2020] LP (Century Media)

Limited transparent red vinyl pressing. Includes booklet. With Alphaville, the enigmatic New York City extreme metal trio successfully broke with all genre conventions and elevated into a realm of avantgarde metal that is as fascinating as it is scary.

Incantation – Diabolical Conquest [Reissue/1998] LP (Relapse)

Blue color vinyl pressing. Diabolical Conquest is the third studio album by the American death metal band Incantation, originally released in 1998.

Iron & Wine – Lori 12” (Black Cricket)

Blue color vinyl pressing. Lori finds Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam drawing from the songbook of noted singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy winner Lori McKenna. Recorded at the famed Sam Phillips Studios (Memphis, TN) with producer Matt Ross-Spang, Beam takes on four of his favorite McKenna tracks with help from Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, known collectively for their work in the indie-art-pop band Finom (formerly known as Ohmme.)

Darren Jessee – Central Bridge LP (Bar/None)

On Darren Jessee’s third solo album, Central Bridge, he invites listeners into his unique artistic world, building the songs with humble instrumentation and plenty of open space to allow people to follow the threads within his plainspoken, yet elegiac lyrics. The nine tracks on Central Bridge are personal to Jessee, but rife with a universality that should resonate deeply within anyone.

Kerala Dust – Violet Drive LP (Play It Again Sam)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Formed out of a growing love of electronic music mixed with a history in indie bands, Edmund Kenny started Kerala Dust at a time when making electronic music on a laptop “seemed like the most sensible thing to do”. Hypnotic elements are a defining force behind Kerala Dust, whose music incorporates blues and americana mixed thrillingly with untraditional electronic beats. [An indie store exclusive orange color vinyl pressing is available.]

B.B. King – Indianola Mississippi Seeds [Reissue/1970] LP (Friday Rights MGMT)

Two colorways: translucent red and translucent blue. Indianola Mississippi Seeds is B. B. King’s eighteenth studio album, originally released in 1970. On this album B. B. King mixed elements of blues and rock music. Producer Bill Szymczyk decided to follow up on the success of the hit “The Thrill Is Gone” by matching King with a musical all-star cast. The result was one of King’s most critically acclaimed albums and one of the most highly regarded blues crossover albums of all time.

Kraut – An Adjustment To Society [Reissue/1982] LP (New Red Archives)

Black w/ white splatter color vinyl pressing. Originally released in 1982, An Adjustment To Society became a flashpoint for the burgeoning hardcore punk scene in NY and features guitar contributions by Sex Pistol Steve Jones. This deluxe version features all new audio mastering from the original tapes, the original printed inner sleeve artwork plus a full-color booklet with liner notes and rarely seen photos.

Lowrider – Refractions [Reissue/2019] LP (Blues Funeral)

Limited cream and magenta color vinyl pressing of the Swedish stoner rock band’s comeback album.

Lucid Express – Floret LP (Kanine)

Previously only available as a digital release, Lucid Express’ Floret, has been remastered and expanded to include remixes from a host of international, acclaimed shoegaze and dream pop artists. Lucid Express is five young dreamers who create a stunning airy blend of shoegaze and indie pop amongst the skyscrapers, mountains, and packed alleyways of Hong Kong. The name itself a modest mission statement of the band’s intent: lucid in the poetic sense of something bright and radiant. Orange color vinyl pressing.

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin’ [Reissue/1973] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire [Reissue/1973] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread [Reissue/1974] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Live! At The Lyceum [Reissue/1975] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Rastaman Vibration [Reissue/1976] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus [Reissue/1977] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Kaya [Reissue/1978] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Babylon By Bus [Reissue/1978] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Survival [Reissue/1979] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Uprising [Reissue/1980] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Confrontation [Reissue/1983] LP (Island)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers) [Reissue/1984] LP (Island)

Limited-edition vinyl reissues, numbered and pressed exclusively at the legendary Tuff Gong International headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica.

Merzbow – Cloud Cock OO Grand [Reissue/1990] 2xLP (Urashima)

Composed and performed on synthesizers, metal devices, noise electronics and string instruments, all recorded at extreme volumes, Cloud Cock OO Grand‘s five tracks present an enthralling sonic assault, deeply driven by the presence of electronic sounds, played against the sparse interjections of Akita’s heavily processed strings, that push toward new territories of the extreme, while subtly nodding toward historical gestures from the early years of the avant-garde.

Nancy & Lee – Nancy & Lee Again [Reissue/1972] LP (Light In The Attic)

Newly remastered and expanded vinyl repress. With Nancy Sinatra playing up the “girly” and Lee Hazelwood doubling down on the “manly,” the duo’s 1968 Reprise album Nancy & Lee turned an unlikely pairing into a vocal-pop delight-and a #13 LP. Four years later, Nancy and Lee reunited for a second album-one that proved to be every bit as endearing and several degrees more ambitious. Ranging from boldly psychedelic to sweetly cinematic, Nancy & Lee Again (1972) features the epic “Arkansas Coal (Suite)”, the sensual “Paris Summer”, the Dolly Parton-penned “Down From Dover”, the country-flavored “Did You Ever” (a #2 UK smash) and more. [Two colorways are available: pink and ‘big red balloon’ swirl.]

Jared James Nichols – Jared James Nichols LP (Round Hill)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. You can’t teach the blues. It’s not something that can be codified in music books or learned on YouTube. It goes much deeper than that and it comes from the inside. It’s about the way the guitar strings are bent, and the sound gets transmuted directly from a player’s soul. It’s simple at the end of the day. Either you’ve got it, or you don’t. Jared James Nichols has got it. The Wisconsin-born, singer, writer and guitarist’s channels blues grit and gusto through bombastic arena-size rock ‘n’ roll. It’s raw, raucous, and righteously real.

Brooks Nielsen – One Match Left 2xLP (Brooks C. Nielsen)

Uncompromising, enigmatic, and wildly ambitious, Brooks Nielsen (lead singer of Southern California surf-psych icons The Growlers) is proud to announce his first full-length solo album One Match Left: a double-vinyl, twenty-song journey into the heart of darkness, and toward the light that eventually remains. Assembling a core team of himself on guitar and bass, Robert Walter (Roger Waters, The Greyboy Allstars) on keys, and Joey Waronker (Beck, Atoms For Peace) on drums, Andrews infuses the material with a lush palette, more akin to Harry Nilsson and Serge Gainsbourg than anything we’ve heard before from Nielsen.

Non-Phixion – The Future Is Now [Reissue/2002] LP (Uncle Howie)

Comprised of group members ILL Bill, Lord Goat (fka Goretex), Sabac Red and DJ Eclipse, The Future Is Now remains the group’s sole full-length effort, garnering much acclaim among both critics and fans alike. Considered by many as an underground classic, TFIN boasts a production dream team that includes DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Large Professor, who have yet to appear credited together on the same album since the release of Nas’s Illmatic. Additional producers tapped include JuJu of The Beatnuts, as well as group affiliate Necro, Dave 1 of Chromeo and T-Ray. The album features guest appearances from Necro, MF DOOM, The Beatnuts, Al Tariq, Marley Metal, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, and Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory.

*NSYNC – *NSYNC [Reissue/1998] LP (Sony Legacy)

*NSYNC’s first album originally released in 1998 now available on black vinyl. The debut smash features 13 tracks including the hits “Tearin’ Up My Heart” and “I Want You Back” among others.

Gary Numan – Pure [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (earMUSIC)

In the year of the millennium 2000, the British cult musician released his fourteenth studio album Pure, which, with its mix of gloomy doomsday sounds and hard guitar staccato, finds its roots in the genres of industrial and gothic rock. Filled with pumping beats and guitars that sound like straight from a machine, Pure is an intense musical journey from start to finish. Limited-edition clear vinyl pressing.

Gary Numan – Scarred – Live At Brixton Academy [Reissue/2003] 2xLP (earMUSIC)

Double white color vinyl pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Scarred is a live album recorded during the 2002 performances at the legendary Brixton Academy in London. The selection of songs covers a large part of his career to date, so in addition to hits such as “Pure”, “Cars”, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, the two previously released studio albums Exile and Pure are extensively covered.

Nyte Skye – Vanishing LP (Sonic Ritual)

A ten-song album of moody melodies, new wave beats, droney rock, and even an electrogroove instrumental interlude.

ÖMSA – Fuga LP (Overseas Artist Recordings)

Not much is known about the Brazilian duo ÖMSA. In fact, emails from their biographer went unanswered. What we do know is that they have constructed a beautiful, other-worldly debut. FUGA was produced by Benke Ferraz of Boogarins.

Ottto – Live Is Gone LP (Org Music)

From the streets of Venice Beach CA, come Ottto, the electric eclectic funk-punk-rock stew who release their first full-length studio album Life Is A Game. Bassist Tye Trujillo, lead vocalist/guitar Bryan Noah Ferretti, and drummer Triko Chavez spill their aggressive groove centric vibe throughout the 10 tracks, Tim Harkins (Korn, Jerry Cantrell) produced album, as Ottto lead the charge on a full-tilt old school giant riff revival with pride and raw, unfettered passion. Double-stuffed with melody, Ottto throw it all down within a potent DIY punk attitude, infused with plenty of alternative chemical imbalance [An indie store exclusive green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Pig Destroyer – Prowler In The Yard LP (Relapse)

Limited orange and black color smoke color vinyl pressing. Prowler In The Yard is the second studio album by grindcore band Pig Destroyer, originally released in 2001. The album follows a dark and twisted story of love, obsession, and gore.

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon 2xCD+2xLP+2×7”+2xBlu-ray Audio + DVD Audio [Reissue/1973] (Pink Floyd)

50th Anniversary box set containing two CDs + two vinyl LPs + two 7” singles + two Blu-rays (audio) + DVD (audio) + 160-page hardcover book + 76-page music book. The new deluxe box set includes CD and gatefold vinyl of the newly remastered studio album and Blu-ray + DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions. The set also includes additional new Blu-ray disc of Atmos mix plus CD and LP of The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974.

Bella Poarch – Dolls EP12” (WB)

Dolls serves as Bella’s first full body of work, compiling six wildly acclaimed singles including “Build A Bitch”, “Dolls”, “Living Hell”, “No Man’s Land” (Feat. Grimes), “Villain” and “Inferno – By Sub Urban & Bella Poarch”.

Zack Rosen – Syzygy LP (Chimera Music)

Zach Golub Rosen was an exceptional acoustic and electric bass player credited on more than a dozen albums. His songwriting was largely unknown outside a small circle of friends and family. He played about ten Syzygy gigs in small NYC venues, sometimes solo, sometimes with a band that included his friend Connor Grant on guitar. Connor is also a guitarist in Sean Ono Lennon’s band, The GOASTT. In 2018, Zack approached Connor about producing his Syzygy project. They were deep into that project at the time of Zack’s death, by suicide in 2019, at the age of 30, leaving the record to be finished posthumously. Throughout that process, as Connor combed through Zack’s home bedroom recordings, many more songs were unearthed that no one had heard but Zack. “A truly brilliant artist. Zack’s songs are astonishing and original. He had a peculiar, poetic, and playful mind.” – Sean Ono Lennon

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Mank (Original Musical Score) 3xLP (UMe)

The critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated score for David Fincher’s 2020 film, Mank, from Academy Award-winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Featuring 90 minutes of new compositions in the style of orchestral, big band, and foxtrot music of the 1940s.

Nino Rota – Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 2xLP (Decca)

The original soundtrack for Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976) sees Nino Rota putting into music Federico Fellini’s opus on the legendary Venetian icon and tombeur des femmes, Giacomo Casanova. Winner of an Oscar for Best Costumes in 1977, the film is one of Fellini’s finest, a grotesque and hyperbolic take on the life of Casanova that is matched by Rota’s compositions.

Sex Pistols – Ever Get The Feeling You’ve Been Cheated?: Live At Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, Ca, 14 Jan 1978 – FM Broadcast LP (Dear Boss)

Pink color vinyl pressing. The Sex Pistols’ 1978 US tour was a complete fiasco. Bassist Sid Vicious was addicted to heroin, and Johnny Rotten was barely speaking with his bandmates. The brief tour wrapped up January 14th at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. It was the biggest venue of the entire tour, the crowd was mainly hippies, curious to see what all the fuss was about. The band closed with a cover of the Stooges’ “No Fun”. When the song ends Rotten asks the crowd, “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” Then he drops the microphone and walks offstage.

Shabaka – African Culture 12” (Impulse!)

Shabaka Hutchings’ debut release under his own name, Afrikan Culture, was originally released on maroon color vinyl for RSD Black Friday in November 2022. Known for his globally acclaimed, groundbreaking groups (Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, Shabaka & The Ancestors), this release finds Shabaka at a quieter, more meditative space than the pulsing, driving material found in his other groups. The seven-track release is primarily made up of Shabaka on various wind instruments with other complimentary instrumentation sprinkled throughout. Standard black vinyl pressing.

The Slackers – The Question [Reissue/2008] 2xLP (Pirate Press)

The Question is a crucial cornerstone in the history of NYC ska/reggae legends, The Slackers, and an essential album in the collection of any fan of the band or the multiple genres they effortlessly fuse together. Originally released in 1998, The Question marked the third LP in three years for the band, and the immediate follow-up to their breakthrough album, Redlight, from the previous year. The album was written and recorded amidst a nonstop schedule of touring and live performances.

Soilwork – Natural Born Chaos [Reissue/2002] LP (Nuclear Blast)

Originally released in 2002, Natural Born Chaos is the fourth full length release from Soilwork. Netting an 8.5 rating on Pitchfork, Natural Born Chaos is revered among the band’s fans as one of the band’s best albums. Out of print for some time, this is a limited edition pressing on white vinyl.

Soul Blind – Feel It All Around LP (Other People)

2022 album from the shoegaze/post-grunge revivalists.

Star Funeral – In The Dark LP (County Your Lucky Stars)

Star Funeral is the full-band solo project of Nikki Esposito. Stepping into the spotlight from behind the bass in Secret Tapes, Esposito adds guitar and lead vocals to her list of duties while drums are handled by Ethan Kreidemaker. Sonically, Star Funeral walks a fine line between pleasant and somber tones- dreamy guitars splash through plodding bass and drums with Esposito’s vocals driving them forward through a flurry of aching longing and regret. This is indie rock at its finest. Silver color vinyl pressing.

Story Of The Year – Tear Me To Pieces LP (Sharptone)

Magenta color vinyl pressing. You didn’t ask, but what’s the sound of Story Of The Year? Loud guitars, massive singalong choruses, and uplifting perseverance.

Sweet Pill – Where The Heart Is LP+MP3 (Topshelf)

2022 release. 180gm red color vinyl pressing. Philadelphia’s Sweet Pill write eruptive emo songs that embrace the edges of pop and hardcore. The result is an amalgam of complex song structures and flourishes of technical acumen, wholly unconcerned with genre, yet evoking the specific styles of touchstones such as Paramore and Circa Survive.

Thousand Below – Hell Finds You Everywhere LP (Rise)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Third album from San Diego post-hardcore/alt-rock band.

Trey Songz – Ready [Reissue/2009] 2xLP (Atlantic)

First-time vinyl pressing. Ready is the third studio album by R&B recording artist Trey Songz, originally released in 2009. The album serves as the sequel to Trey Day (2007). Production for the album took place from 2008 to 2009, which was contributed by Songz’s longtime collaborator and his mentor Troy Taylor, along with Bryan-Michael Cox, StarGate and Los da Mystro, among others.

Stephen Ulrich – Music From This American Life LP (Barbes)

In 2020, Ira Glass’ Pulitzer Prize-winning radio program This American Life commissioned ten pieces from composer Stephen Ulrich to convey the yearning, intrigue, and beauty of the show that has become the benchmark of modern oral storytelling. Unsettling and humorous, shadowy and optimistic, Ulrich’s music weaves a melodic and textural foundation through many episodes of the iconic program. Ulrich, best known for his guitar noir trio Big Lazy as well scores to the HBO series Bored To Death and the Emmy-nominated documentary Art And Craft has made a career of composing music for picture. With a fluid economy and cinematic scale, Music From This American Life tells its own tales in a distinctly American vernacular.

Unearth – The Stings Of Conscience LP (Good Fight Music)

Limited blue, white, and yellow multi color vinyl pressing of the debut album by the Massachusetts metalcore band.

Uni Boys – Do It All Next Week LP (Curation)

With a firmer grasp on the sound they were channeling early on, the band that recorded Do It All Next Week feels baptized in the backroom of Bomp! Records, shaking out their pelvic pulse with bottles of Yellow Pills. The band’s Reza Matin recorded the album in his apartment, ditching their old Tascam for GarageBand and then meticulously mixing it until any wafts of modern technology were whittled away. Like a lost teen b-movie soundtrack to Summer, the band boils the preening, soft punk pout of the L.A. power pop underground into a new generation of singles ready to populate the crates for future diggers. Do It All Next Week is a timeless testament to pining and pacing – songs of love that should have been, songs of love that went sour, songs of love waiting on the dance floor moments from now.

Uzhur – Uzhur LP (Nahal Recordings)

Phases of a journey beyond space-time references, the six tracks of Uzhur’s first eponymous album, summon as many post-apocalyptic visions as there are brains to imagine them – a blackhole where Emptyset, Godflesh, Ben Frost, Khanate and Whitehouse are mixed with a very particular grace, a poetry which takes the time to navigate the extreme and evoke in its turn moments of cinema.

Sharon Van Etten – Tramp [Reissue/2012] LP (Jagjaguwar)

‘Crimson splash’ color vinyl pressing of the third album from the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter. The shimmering sound of Sharon Van Etten’s 2012 Jagjaguwar debut album, Tramp, both defies and illuminates the unsteadiness of a life in flux. Throughout the 14 months of scattered recording sessions, Van Etten was without a home — crashing with friends and storing her possessions between varied locations. The only constant in Van Etten’s life during this time was spent in Aaron Dessner’s garage studio. Tramp contains as much striking rock (the precise venom of “Serpents”, the overwhelming power of “Ask”), as pious, minimal beauty (the earnest solemnity of “All I Can”, the breathtaking “Kevins”, “Joke Or A Lie”); it can be as emotionally combative (“Give Out”) as it can sultry (“Magic Chords”). Contributions from Matt Barrick (Walkmen), Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), Zach Condon (Beirut), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), Julianna Barwick, and Dessner himself add a glowing sheen to the already substantial offering.

v i v – Tear Dance 10” (Stereofox LTD)

The music of v i v (they/them) is a shuttle for your mind to a state of complete zen. And Tear Dance is about a personal self-acceptance. A cinematic lo-fi journey. “I want to show that you can turn pain and sadness into something beautiful. After all, isn’t that what life is all about? This is why, most of the songs have a hint of melancholy to them, but are disguised by beautiful, elegant sounds, melodies, and arrangement.” – v i v

Wage War – The Stripped Sessions LP (Fearless)

Florida hard rock quintet Wage War deliver The Stripped Sessions, an 11-song acoustic-based collection which reimagines songs from the band’s decade-plus career. [An indie-store exclusive orange swirl color vinyl pressing is available. CD version due March 31.]

The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Thank You For Being Here LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

Thank You For Being Here is a live album by The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and is a companion piece to a feature length documentary film of the same name. After multiple delays, the seven-piece band from Connecticut set out on the road in Fall 2021 for a five-week tour to support their critically acclaimed album, Illusory Walls. They brought with them a documentary filmmaker and audio engineer to capture the adventures. This collection of song features fan favorites from the band’s catalog along with a deep dive into their then-latest studio album.

Cassettes:

Luke Combs – Gettin’ Old (SME Nashville)

Connections – Cool Change (Trouble In Mind)

Sixth album from the Dayton, Ohio indie rock band.

Fall Out Boy – So Much (For) Stardust (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra)

Caroline Rose – The Art Of Forgetting (New West)

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