New Releases for November 6, 2020

Social Media Program Titles Released This Week:

Mort Garson – Music From Patch Cord Productions CD/LP (Sacred Bones)

A collection of rare and unreleased recordings from the archives of electronic music pioneer Mort Garson, composer of Mother Earth’s Plantasia. The compilation plays like an ultimate Mort Garson playlist, and includes alternate takes of Plantasia tracks, music for never-aired radio advertisements, themes for science fiction films, erotic oddities, and much more from the prolific composer’s ’60s and ’70s synthesizer oeuvre. This deluxe edition includes art by Robert Beatty and new liner notes by Andy Beta (Pitchfork). [Limited colored vinyl pressing also available. Vinyl reissues of Didn’t You Hear?, Black Mass (under the alias Lucifer) and The Unexplained(his only release under the name Ataraxia) are also available this week.]

Holy Motors – Horse CD/LP (Wharf Cat)

At 22 years old, Eliann Tulve resembles Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, reincarnated as an Estonian cowgirl. She is enigmatic as ever but stands more firmly alongside co-songwriter Lauri Raus, the solidification of their roles perhaps accounting for the more hopeful turn their song writing has taken of late. Holy Motors’ new album Horse finds the band acknowledging the Americana and rockabilly strands of their musical DNA without sacrificing any of the otherworldly mystique that keeps them from neatly conforming to the shoegaze and dreampop labels often applied to their music.

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

Dave Brubeck – Lullabies CD/LP (Verve)

In 2010 at 91 years old, Dave Brubeck recorded peerless takes on best-known children’s songs, beloved standards, and originals as a gift to his grandchildren and as his last studio recording. His playing, ingenuity and integrity, all hallmarks of great Brubeck recordings, are abundantly apparent on Lullabies. Bookended by two versions of “Brahms Lullaby”, the five originals among the covers are “Going To Sleep”, “Lullaby For Iola”, “Koto Song”, “Softly, William, Softly” and “Briar Bush”. Further tracks include “Over The Rainbow”, “Danny Boy”, “Going To Sleep”, “There’s No Place Like Home”, “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” and “Sleep”. “Some of the melodies on this album are like those familiar songs,” says Brubeck. “Some are original pieces that I thought would appeal to a baby as well as an older generation. I hope the littlest ones will respond to this music, and that parents and grandparents will enjoy it as well.”

Heather Trost – Petrichor CD/LP (Third Man)

New Mexico-based artist Heather Trost’s new solo full-length, Petrichor, is fresh, unique, and really good. Sonically, this modern psychedelic pop music is as experimental as it is accessible. Petrichor was recorded between 2018 and 2019 by Trost and her husband Jeremy Barnes at their home studio. These seven lush, beautiful songs defy easy categorization, gleefully mixing elements from multiple genres – but it’s never to impress you or show off. You might not even notice how smart the record is until a fifth listen, a testament to how much work was put into the futuristic and shimmering sound. With Trost’s Petrichor, we have a record that sounds like the soundtrack to what might come next, on the off chance that what comes next really doesn’t suck. “Even though shit had yet to hit the fan when I wrote these songs,” Trost says, “2019 also felt like such a crazy year in terms of what was happening in the world, I felt like I needed to remind myself to have joy and love in my heart. It’s something I meditate on a lot, especially when it seems like the world is ending.”

Wynonna – Recollections CDEP (ANTI-)

The new release from the younger half of country music duo The Judds, Recollections marks both a literal and a figurative homecoming for the Grammy-winning icon, who recorded much of the collection while quarantining on her Tennessee farm in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Forced off the road for the first time in years, she found herself reconnecting with her roots as she sang once again for the sheer joy of it, performing a series of loose and lively covers with her husband, former Highway 101 drummer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Cactus Moser. The resulting EP is a testament not only to Wynonna’s status as a jaw dropping vocalist and electrifying frontwoman, but also a consummate interpreter of song and a dedicated student of craft. She offers her singular take on tracks by Nina Simone, Slim Harpo, John Prine, Fats Domino and the Grateful Dead here, delivering spare, entrancing performances driven by deep empathy and gut intuition. Wynonna drills down to the essence of each song, stripping back layer after layer until she’s laid bare the raw, emotional core of the music. There’s no pretense or posturing on Recollections, just pure heart and soul.

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

Goo Goo Dolls – It’s Christmas All Over LP (WB)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Multi-platinum, four-time Grammy-nominated rockers Goo Goo Dolls release their first-ever holiday record. It’s Christmas All Over is filled with cover renditions of iconic holiday songs such as “Let It Snow” and “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”, as well as two new originals that capture the warmth and nostalgia of classic Christmas favorites. Produced by frontman John Rzeznik in addition to the band’s longtime collaborators Brad Fernquist and Jimmy McGorman, It’s Christmas All Over was recorded during lockdown in 2020. The Union Square 5 appears on the final track “The Christmas Party.”

MisterWives – Superbloom CD (Fueled By Ramen)

An intensely personal reflection on growth in unexpected places, New York City-based group MisterWives’ Superbloom is a 19-track epic (including five tracks also featured on the group’s 2019 EP Mini Bloom), that marks a moment of major transformation for frontwoman Mandy Lee and her bandmates. “This album unfolds my journey of finding a superbloom within the barren desert and the needed juxtaposition of the two in order to grow,” says Lee. Inspired by a trip to California’s Antelope Valley, Lee comments on the title track single, “Standing amongst the vast and vibrant flowers that weren’t supposed to grow in the desert terrain, I was moved by its beauty and accurate representation of where I was at in life. Just like the flowers, I had grown in unexpected places. After experiencing a not-so-graceful and incredibly turbulent fall to rock bottom, I picked myself up and slowly grew through the pain. I felt an awful lot like these resilient little poppies that came out the other side against all odds – and I think that deserves congratulations.” [Vinyl edition due December 4.]

CDs + Vinyl:

Adulkt Life – Book Of Curses CD/LP (What’s Your Rupture)

Debut LP by London band Adulkt Life featuring Huggy Bear’s Chris Rowley, Male Bonding’s John Arthur Webb and Kevin Hendrick, and drummer Sonny Barrett. Huggy Bear led the UK’s answer to riot grrrl, inspired by the “seismic shock” of witnessing a Nation Of Ulysses performance together and galvanized by Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail’s germinal riot grrrl zine Jigsaw. In the 25 years since Rowley played with iconic Huggy Bear, starting a new band hasn’t felt right. But after Arthur Webb, who Rowley met while picking up records at a Rough Trade shop, asked if he wanted to play music together it “suddenly it felt super exciting.” Years later, Webb and Rowley befriended a then-teenage drummer, Barrett, now 23, who worked at a different Rough Trade location. After a mysterious letter from Rowley arrived for Sonny at the shop, Sonny finally decided to check out Huggy Bear, promptly offering to drum in Adulkt Life. The Adulkt Life lineup was finalized when Webb enlisted his best friend and longtime collaborator, Hendrick – who has in recent years turned towards solo industrial noise poetry as Middex – on bass.

Alter Bridge – Walk The Sky 2.0 CDEP/12” (Napalm)

Alter Bridge return with a new EP features six electrifying live versions of the biggest hits and crowd favorites on 2019’s Walk The Sky, recorded during the band’s most recent two-leg headline tour.

Aminé – Limbo CD (Republic)

Rapper/director/innovative artist Aminé moves culture forward for Portland’s music scene. Keeping his promise to change perceptions and defy expectations, the project pays homage to his past on tracks like “Shimmy”, and features a selection of high-profile guest artists, including Young Thug on “Compensating”. [Vinyl edition due November 13.]

Anonymus – La Bestia CD/LP (Bam And Co.)

Formed in 1989, Anonymus proudly carry the torch of producing three decades worth of chaotic and barbaric music.

Ólafur Arnalds – Some Kind Of Peace CD/LP (Mercury KX)

Some Kind Of Peace was born out of the mantra: “We can’t control anything that happens to us. All we can do is control how we react to what life gives us.” Touches on what it means to be alive, daring to be vulnerable and the importance of rituals. A personal journey told through Olafur’s introspective music, against the backdrop of a chaotic world. The collaborators are key, like British musician Bonobo on the luminous, pulsing opener, Icelandic artist JFDR and German singer-songwriter Josin.

Belphegor – Necrodaemon Terrorsathan CD/LP (Nuclear Blast)

Hailing from Austria as far back as 1993, Belphegor has long been known as boundary stretchers in the blackened death metal scene. With nearly a dozen records under their name, the most recent being Totenritual (2017), Belphegor is respected creators in the extreme metal scene. Originally released in 2000, Necrodaemon Terrorsathan is a long out of print record and the third release from the diabolical black death metal band. [Limited grey colored vinyl pressing also available.]

David Bowie – Metrobolist (aka The Man Who Sold The World CD/LP (Rhino/Parlophone)

Originally titled Metrobolist, the album’s name was changed at the last minute to The Man Who Sold The World — the original stereo master tapes were in fact labeled Metrobolist, with the title ultimately crossed out. The 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track “After All” which Tony considered perfect as is and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation.

British Sea Power – Open Season [Reissue/2005] CD/2xLP (Rough Trade)

This expanded reissue of British Sea Power’s majestic second album includes additional live sessions, B-sides and rarities from the period plus extensive new sleeve notes. [Limited vinyl pressing is comprised of a blue colored LP plus a zoetrope picture disc packaged in a gatefold sleeve.]

Dave Brubeck – Lullabies CD/LP (Verve)

Eclipse – Viva La Victouria CD/LP (Frontiers)

First ever official live release from the Swedish hard rock band. [Stand-alone Blu-ray edition also available.]

Eternal Idols – Renaissance CD (Frontiers)

Italian symphonic/melodic metallers Eternal Idol return with a revamped, reenergized line-up.

Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night CD/2xLP (Metal Blade)

Fates Warning has been a formidable presence in progressive metal for more than 35 years, helping to shape and drive the genre without ever compromising their integrity or losing relevance. They return in 2020 with new album Long Day Good Night. [Limited colored vinyl pressing also available.]

The Flat Five – Another World CD (Pravda)

The Flat Five’s focus is harmony. Hardcore junkies for a vocal buzz, they share a vast range of influences from The Free Design to The Three Degrees to Captain Beefheart. The charms of this band are manifest. From the laid-back simple to the oddly romantic to the slightly subversive, a heart of wide-eyed sweetness colors their music. [Vinyl edition due November 20.]

Garmarna – Förbundet CD/LP (Season Of Mist)

More than 25 years in the making, Swedish folk rock pioneers Garmarna continue to invent what music rooted in the Scandinavian tradition is about. New album Förbundet is a hard-hitting record that pushes the boundaries of traditional folk and defines the soul of the band.

Mort Garson – Music From Patch Cord Productions CD/LP (Sacred Bones)

Ian Hendrickson-Smith – The Lowdown CD/LP (Cellar Live)

Saxophonist from The Roots, seen nightly on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Ian Hendrickson-Smith stretches out with a soulful and blues drenched outing. The Lowdown features an all-star New York rhythm section featuring Rick Germanson on piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums. Joining Ian on the front line is tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds.

Holy Motors – Horse CD/LP (Wharf Cat)

Lords Of Black – Alchemy Of Souls CD/LP (Frontiers)

Lords Of Black is a metal band originally formed by two world class Spanish musicians, vocalist Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Vandenberg) and renowned guitarist Tony Hernando. Their new album, Alchemy Of Souls showcases the band’s fondness for the legendary artists and albums that are the blueprint of the genre, while also highlighting their songwriting that incorporates modernity into the overall sound.

Love Tractor – Love Tractor [Reissue/1982] CD/LP (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)

In 1982, Athens, Georgia’s Love Tractor introduced themselves with their eponymous debut album. Their sound fit in nicely with their comrades in their soon-to-be-famous local scene. The jangly bits remind of R.E.M., while their new wave melodies recall Pylon and The B-52s. Yet Love Tractor differed, thanks to their instrumental-only arrangements. The album has been lovingly remixed by David Barbe and Bill Berry, expanded with a bonus track, and features liner-notes from R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, The B-52’s Kate Pierson, and noted writer/journalist Anthony DeCurtis.

Kylie Minogue – Disco CD/LP (BMG)

The Australian singer’s 15^th album is a departure from her previous country-tinged album Golden (2018), and was influenced by 1970s and 1980s disco, as well as modern-day club music. [Deluxe CD edition includes four bonus tracks.]

MisterWives – Superbloom CD (Fueled By Ramen)

MoE with Mette Rasmussen and Ikuro Takahash – Painted CD (Relative Pitch)

New project from the Norwegian rock band.

Neptune – Northern Steel CD (Melodic Passion)

Neptune is a Swedish melodic metal band from the ’80s, who has been seen as one of the earliest pioneers during the NWOSHM era. The band is in the same style as Madison, 220 Volt, Heavy Load, early Europe, Silver Mountain and Glory. The album features guest appearances from guitarists Pontus Norgren (Hammerfall), Euge Valovirta (Cyhra), and Lars Chriss (Lion’s Share). [Vinyl edition due November 20.]

Aaron Neville ‎– Hercules – The Minit & Sansu Sessions 1960-1977 [Reissue/2011] 2xCD/LP (Charly)

Aaron Neville is the third oldest of the four Neville Brothers. The brothers were catapulted to international stardom when they started recording together in 1977, but by this point Aaron had spent the last 17 years building up a substantial catalogue of quality soul and funk. Much of this had been recorded under Allen Toussiant’s guidance for Joe Banashak’s Minit and Instant labels or for Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn’s Sansu Enterprises.

Novo Amor – Cannot Be, Whatsoever CD/LP (All Points)

Ali Lacey contemplates a past soundtracked by songs of quiet hope and longing. “I can still see the lake upstate when I picture Birthplace, the songs sheltered by this place I’ve romanticized that doesn’t actually exist anymore. These new songs feel immediate and noisy in comparison, almost optimistic. If Birthplace is the countryside, then Cannot Be, Whatsoever is the city.

Opening Performance Orchestra/Bill Laswell/Iggy Pop – The Acid Lands CD/LP (Sub Rosa)

The Acid Lands, created by the Prague-based Opening Performance Orchestra, was first heard in public in 2014 at the Movement-Sound-Space festival in Ostrava, to mark the centenary of William S. Burroughs’s birth. The piece was performed live by Opening Performance Orchestra and their guests, the theremin player Martina Potucková, and the poet, musician, and performer Pavel Z as the narrator. The studio version of The Acid Lands was made in late 2019/early 2020 in collaboration with Bill Laswell and Iggy Pop, who undertook the role of the narrator. The piece, which pays tribute to William S. Burroughs, features fragments from the novels The Western Lands (1987) and Junkie (1953). In addition to the title composition, The Acid Lands, the record contains Bill Laswell’s instrumental remix, as well as the collective piece “Naming Seven Souls”, featuring samples of William S. Burroughs reading his own work.

Oranthi – O CD/LP (Frontiers)

First new studio album in seven years from the world class guitarist (Michael Jackson, Carlos

Santana, Carrie Underwood, Alice Cooper).

Charlie Parker – The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection CD (Craft Recordings)

CD configuration of the Charlie Parker LP box set released earlier in the year. The collection highlights Bird’s pioneering bebop recordings for Savoy Records from 1944-1948, featuring jazz legends Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis, Bud Powell, Max Roach and more. The package includes faithfully restored original album artwork, plus a booklet containing vintage photos, rare ephemera and new liner notes by Grammy-winning author Neil Tesser.

Pole – Fading CD/2xLP (Mute)

The exploration of one’s own history relates to the inspiration for Pole’s new record Fading. “The album was mostly inspired by the idea of memory loss,” explains Stefan Betke. “My mum had dementia and I saw her losing all the memory that she had accumulated over her 91 long years. When losing that memory, it turned into what she was probably like in the beginning of her life when she was born – like an empty box.” A concept album this is not however. The role of memory loss was simply a springboard for Betke, an idea for the Berlin based artist to further explore through sound. This approach gave Betke the opportunity to reconnect with his own memory and past. “You can hear some little pops and glitches in the background of this recording, which is a direct reference to the trilogy,” he says. “But you hear it relatively quietly in the background, this is a little bit of a sign from me, as my history is fading away slowly too.” Due to the multifaceted nature of Betke, the end result is an album that feels as suited for immersive headphone listening as it does to being pummeled out through a PA loud enough to feel the bass rattle your ribcage.

PUP – This Place Sucks Ass CDEP/12” (Rise)

After recording their acclaimed 2019 album, Morbid Stuff, PUP was left with a handful of songs that didn’t make the final tracklist, largely because they were too frenetic or too unhinged. And for an album that fantasized about the world exploding, that’s saying a lot. Like all of their material, This Place Sucks Ass is a document of the band PUP is – at times thoughtful and introspective and at other times wildly cathartic.

Pylon – Gyrate [Reissue/1980] CD/LP (New West)

Pylon – Chomp [Reissue/1983] CD/LP (New West)

Pylon – Pylon Box 4xLP (New West)

In the late 1970’s Athens, Georgia was buzzing with a raw but sophisticated music scene. Traditional southern rock had been the Georgia musical export for years before but the turn of the decade began producing new sounds from bands like the B-52’s, R.E.M. and alt rock luminaries, Pylon. Before they were a band, Pylon were art-school students at the University of Georgia: four kids invigorated by big ideas about art and creativity and society. Pylon was less a band, however, and more of an art project, which meant they had very specific goals in mind as well as an expiration date. While their time together as a band was short lived (1979-1983), Pylon had a lasting influence on the history of rock and roll. Throughout their brief history, they were able to create influential work that would help foster the post-punk and art-rock scene of the early ‘80s. Artists like R.E.M., Gang of Four, Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Interpol, Deerhunter and many more claim inspiration from the band. [Pylon Box (CD edition due next year) is a comprehensive look at the band and features their studio LPs Gyrate and Chomp, both of which have been remastered from their original tapes, the 11-song collection Extra which includes rarities and 5 previously unreleased studio and live recordings, as well as Razz Tape, Pylon’s first-ever recording: a 13-song unreleased session that pre-dates the band’s seminal “Cool” b/w “Dub” debut.]

Tony Reed – Funeral Suit: Blood And Strings – The Ripple Acoustic Series Chapter 2 CD/LP (Ripple Music)

Latest chapter in Ripple Music’s new acoustic series, this time featuring Dallas musician/sound engineer Tony Reed.

Darrell Scott – Jaroso CD (Darrel Scott)

Recorded and inspired by Jaroso, the last village in south central Colorado on the New Mexico border, Scott made an album in his friend Mark Dudrow’s adobe church. With no PA system and a small room of attendees arriving only by word of mouth, Scott and his engineer Erick Jaskowiak simplified the album process and made a free flowing, simple, pure, old-style recording.

Sister Hazel – Elements 2xCD (Croakin’ Poet)

A 25-song double-disc set from platinum-selling country band delivers the band’s signature sound via messages of hope, chasing your dreams and dealing with life’s trials and tribulations.

Smash Into Pieces – Arcadia CD/LP (Smash Into Pieces)

The Scandinavian alternative rockers deliver their fifth long player.

Sólstafir – Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love CD/2xLP (Season Of Mist)

Music will always be inspired by the environment in which it is created. With its incredible array of highly diverse landscapes ranging from white glaciers via volcanic bizarreness, moss-green bubble-fields, deep fjords, and frost-cracked mountains to black beaches, Iceland has shaped a host of astonishingly original in Sólstafir. [Deluxe CD box edition includes two bonus tracks, embroidered wristband, magnet, and more.]

Sun Ra – A Fireside Chat With Lucifer [Reissue/1983] CD/LP (Modern Harmonic)

Fireside Chat offers a wide stylistic array, as was the artist’s intent, reflecting his eclectic, seemingly irreconcilable approach to compositional extremes.

Sun Ra Arkestra – Swirling CD (Strut)

The planets align once again as the mighty Sun Ra Arkestra, under the direction of the maestro Marshall Allen, release their first studio album in over 20 years. Recorded at Rittenhouse Soundworks in Philadelphia, the new recording represents the continuation of a heartfelt rebirth of the Arkestra under Allen’s guidance since Sun Ra left the planet in 1993. [Vinyl edition due December 4.]

Tiña – Positive Mental Health Music CD/LP (Speedy Wunderground)

Freud’s process of therapy was famously labeled the ‘Talking Cure’ – through the act of conversation participants received cathartic relief. Positive Mental Health Music (PMHM), the debut album from South East London band Tiña, stems from this idea. Lead singer/songwriter Josh Loftin explains that he used the songs to “work through a mental breakdown,” and that for him “writing is like solving a mystery.” The 11 track LP provides an honest and intimate portrait into this process of self-examination, covering themes of anxiety, depression, love, sex, isolation, fear and failure. [Limited pink colored vinyl pressing also available.]

TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Minisode 1 : Blue Hour CD (Big Hit)

Brand new release from K-pop boy band sensation TOMORROW X TOGETHER, aka TXT. Minisode 1 : Blue Hour features five brand new tracks. The CD deluxe box set comes in three different covers (blue/pink/orange). Packaging contains CD, photobook, lyric sheet, poster, two pixel stickers, photo card (random 1 of 5), postcard (random 1 of 5), and a photograph (random 1 of 75).

Heather Trost – Petrichor CD/LP (Third Man)

Vacant Lots – Damage Control CD/2xLP (A. Records)

Damage Control by The Vacant Lots features two of the New York duo’s EPs – Exit and Berlin. Their music can be described as electro-meets-post punk. Anton Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre produced the EPs as well as lending his musical talents to some tracks.

Laura Veirs – My Echo CD (Raven Marching Band)

My Echo is Laura Veirs’ eleventh studio album, and includes appearances and features from Jim James, Bill Frisell, Karl Blau, Matt Ward and others. [Vinyl edition due November 27.]

Junior Wells – Blues Brothers CD (Cleopatra)

Blues legend Junior Wells lives on with these historic recordings featuring vintage Wells performances enhanced with new recordings from some of the hottest blues players around today. [Vinyl edition due November 27.]

Whitesnake – Love Songs CD/2xLP (Rhino)

Whitesnake brings together some of the most-passionate music of its multi-platinum career on Love Songs, a new collection that contains remixed and remastered versions of the group’s best love songs. The new collection includes a mix of hits and deep tracks that were originally released between 1987 and 2011 on five Whitesnake studio albums and David Coverdale’s third solo album, Into The Light.

The Who –Who [Deluxe & Live At Kingston] 2xCD (Interscope)

The Who release a new version of 2019’s album Who featuring an updated version of “Beads On

One String” newly remixed by Pete Townshend and acoustic tracks from the band’s only live shows of 2020. The songs on the deluxe version of Who were recorded in Kingston on Valentine’s Day this year exactly 50 years to the day since The Who’s seminal show at Leeds which became the infamous live album Live At Leeds. [Vinyl edition due December 4.]

Bobby Wiens – Talking Drums CD (Cellar Live)

In Talking Drums, Bobby Wiens presents a record steeped in pure swing, dynamic group interplay and exploration of the sonic and textural boundaries of the classic jazz quintet. As is the case with many great artists, you can sense the marriage between tradition and innovation as they are inextricably linked within the works presented here.

Wilco – Summerteeth [Reissue/1999] 4xCD/5xLP (Rhino)

Wilco’s third album, Summerteeth, arrived in March 1999 to glowing reviews for it’s daring arrangements, lush harmonies and revealing lyrics. This Deluxe Edition reissue includes a Bob Ludwig 2020 remastered version of the original album along with an entire disc of unreleased studio outtakes, alternate versions and demos that chart the making of the album from songwriting demos to alternate studio arrangements to finished masters. The two remaining discs feature a previously unissued live show. The concert took place late in the Summerteeth tour, on November 1, 1999 in Colorado at The Boulder Theatre, when the new songs had been road-tested and the band was in top form. Sourced from an uncirculated soundboard recording, it features band members Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer and Jay Bennett. Most of the songs on Summerteeth were performed during the show, along with several tracks from the band’s two previous records, Being There (1996) and A.M. (1995), as well as Mermaid Avenue (1999).

Alex Wintz Trio – Live To Tape CD/LP (Outside In Music)

Acclaimed Jazz guitarist Alex Wintz is back with his take on the guitar trio format, Live To Tape, featuring Jimmy Macbride on drums and Dave Baron on bass. Documenting this trio with a half-decade of familiarity, the album juxtaposes modern sensibilities with the recording techniques of the Blue Note era, tracked in one session directly to tape.

Donovan Woods – Without People CD (Meant Well LLC)

For his new album, Without People, Donovan Woods explains: “Anything but protest music feels out of place right now. In the middle of a pandemic, as the truth of our environmental devastation sinks in, in the thick of protests reshaping our thoughts on policing and crystallizing the reality of white supremacy at work in all corners of our society, it feels silly to write about relationships. I was thinking about that when the title Without People came to me. It made me think about the intrusion of real life, other people’s needs and opinions into our internal worlds. It made me think about life as a series of lessons that all seem to be about learning to cope without people you love. And it made me think about how beautiful the world could be without us, and how we’re perhaps the first generation to consider that notion as a real possibility.” [Vinyl edition due November 27.]

Wynonna – Recollections CDEP (ANTI-)

Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band – Jackets XL CD (Mack Avenue)

For Jackets XL, the Yellowjackets’ 25th album the band continues to stretch and reinvent itself with an exciting, full-bodied collaboration with the superb WDR Big Band of Cologne, Germany. The project combines the shapeshifting, multiple Grammy-winning quartet with the renowned big band, re-imagining well-known band originals with dynamic new arrangements that feature twists and turns, textures and colors, moving harmonies and bold solos.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Return To Greendale 2xCD/2xLP/2xCD+2xLP+Blu-ray+DVD (WB)

Return To Greendale is the next installment in Neil Young’s Performance Series (#16) and features a concert (audio & on film) from the historic and unique 2003 tour supporting the release of the Neil Young with Crazy Horse album Greendale. On the 2003 tour, Neil Young and Crazy Horse were joined on stage by a large cast of singers and actors to perform the story Neil Young wrote about the small town of Greendale and how a dramatic event affects the people living there. The ten songs from the powerful original album are performed in sequence, with the cast speaking the sung words – adding to the intensity of the performance. The live album Return To Greendale is available in several formats: a double-CD set, double-vinyl LP, and a limited-edition deluxe box set that includes both CD and vinyl formats, a Blu-ray of the full concert, and a DVD of Inside Greendale (the making of the album documentary).

DVDs + Blu-ray:

The Doobie Brothers – Quadio Box 4xBlu-ray Audio (Rhino)

Blu-ray Audio boxed set spotlights four of The Doobie Brothers’ essential early albums with quadraphonic and high-resolution stereo mixes of Toulouse Street, The Captain & Me, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, And Stampede.

Eclipse – Viva La Victouria Blu-ray (Frontiers)

First ever official live release from the Swedish hard rock band. [Stand-alone Blu-ray edition also available.]

This Week’s Vinyl Exclusives:

Ataraxia – The Unexplained [Reissue/1975] LP (Sacred Bones)

The pioneering electronic composer Mort Garson (Mother Earth’s Plantasia) takes on supernatural phenomena with lush synth grooves on The Unexplained, his only release under the name Ataraxia. Subtitled Electronic Musical Impressions Of The Occult, the album explores tarot, astral projection, seances, and more with Garson’s signature Moog synthesizer serving as the listener’s tour guide to the paranormal. The exploratory, whimsical spirit of its creator is evident throughout the release, but it also takes its subject matter seriously, making it essential for anyone interested in musical conjurations of the occult.

Autopsy – Live In Chicago 2xLP (Peaceville)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. The legendary death metal band’s first official live album was recorded at Reggie’s Rock Club, March 7^th, 2020, and contains 66 minutes of classics spanning their entire 30+ year career.

Barely Civil – I’ll Figure This Out LP (Take This To Heart)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. I’ll Figure This Out, Barely Civil’s sophomore full-length, offers temporary solutions to this existential concern. With Chris Teti (TWIABP, Fiddlehead) joining as producer, the band’s massive live energy translates into concise, yet expansive arrangements. “Box For My Organs” slams sonic triumph against plainspoken self-doubt. Grief and guilt are on the same plane in “Bottom Of The Lake”, while the band contemplates the sustainability of burning their twenties at both ends on “The Worst Part Of December”.

Ronnie Boykins – The Will Come, Is Now LP (ESP-Disk’ Ltd)

Legendary Sun Ra bassist Ronnie Boykins stepped out on his own for his first and only release as a leader on The Will Come, Is Now. He was invited by ESP in 1964 to record his own album, and in February 1974, he told ESP that he was finally ready, and the session took place later that month. This recording not only features Boykins’ solid abilities as a bassist, including his marvelous arco work, but also his talents as a composer and arranger. In addition, one is treated to an all-natural bass sound, a rare sound during this particular era of jazz history.

Geof Bradfield/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall Trio – General Semantics LP (Delmark)

The collaborative trio of Ben Goldberg (clarinet, contra alto clarinet), Geof Bradfield (soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet) and Dana Hall (percussion) explores new directions on General Semantics. Their Delmark Records debut features original music by the trio as well as unique interpretations of Duke Ellington, Cecil Taylor, and Hermeto Pascoal.

Buscrates – Blasting Off LP (Bastard Jazz)

Neo funk rising star Buscrates aims high with Blasting Off, his first full-length album. The Pittsburgh-based keyboard cosmonaut has been grabbing ears since his days hooking up beats with the hip hop crew East Liberty Quarters. I’m a ’90s hip-hop dude, but I grew up on that ’80s funk stuff, Buscrates acknowledges.

Brandi Carlile ‎– The Firewatcher’s Daughter [Reissue/2015] 2xLP (ATO)

Fifth anniversary colored vinyl pressing.

Mariah Carey ‎– Emotions [Reissue/1991] LP+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Mariah Carey ‎– MTV Unplugged [Reissue/1992] LP+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Mariah Carey ‎– Music Box [Reissue/1993] LP+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Mariah Carey ‎– Daydream [Reissue/1995] LP+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Mariah Carey ‎– Butterfly [Reissue/1997] LP+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Mariah Carey ‎– Rainbow [Reissue/1999] 2xLP+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Digitally remastered vinyl reissues including download.

Celestial Season – Solar Lovers [Reissue/1995] LP (Roadburn Productions)

Celestial Season – The Secret Teachings 2xLP (Roadburn Productions)

Nearly twenty years after their last studio effort, Dutch cult doom-metal group Celestial Season return with a new album, The Secret Teachings. Formed in the early ‘90s, the Dutch group attained international acclaim with their first two full-length albums, Forever Scarlet Passion (1993) and Solar Lovers (1995), both still regarded as seminal doom-metal releases right next to Anathema’s Serenades, Paradise Lost’s Gothic and My Dying Bride’s Turn Loose The Swans.

Chrome – Blood On The Moon [Reissue/1981] LP (Cleopatra)

On their 1981 album Blood On The Moon, founding members Helios Creed and Damon

Edge veer towards straightforward rock constructions while keeping with the weird and adventurous spirit Chrome is known for.

Coven ‎– Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls [Reissue/1969] LP (Real Gone Music)

The upside-down crosses, the ‘devil’s horns’ hand’s signs that are commonplace with metal bands both past and present – they all started here.

Danzig – Always On My Mind 7” (Cleopatra)

Companion 7” single to Danzig’s tribute to Elvis. Available in three colored vinyl variants.

Darkim Be Allah / Endemic Emerald – Antediluvian King LP (No Cure)

Wu Tang Clan affiliate Emcee Darkim Be Allah teams up with producer Endemic Emerald to bring the Antediluvian King long player. Darkim Be Allah – renowned since the late ‘90s for his work with the Wu Tang family – educates with the 5% teachings of the Nation of Gods & Earths, which flow seamlessly over the melodic backdrops provided by Endemic Emerald. Features come from Planet Asia, Tragedy Khadafi & Kasim Allah. Gritty, raw, NYC hip-hop at its finest. [CD edition due December 11.]

Cole DeGenova – Really Human LP (Ropeadope)

Somewhere between a soul pop concert, South Side jazz club, slam poetry reading, and punk rock dive bar, lives the music of Cole DeGenova. Combining poignant lyricism with infectious grooves and prodigious musicianship, the music seeks to elevate the audience while transcending genre barriers. As a keyboardist, vocalist, and composer DeGenova has spent most of his life crafting his soulfully eclectic artistic voice, beginning his career at age 16 as a jazz pianist around his native Chicago.

Everclear – The Very Best Of LP (Cleopatra)

Picture disc vinyl LP pressing from platinum selling alt-rockers Everclear as they revisit their old hit singles including “Santa Monica”, “Wonderful” and “Father Of Mine”. The album also includes cover versions of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down”, The Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker”, The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” and more.

Fat Tony – Exotica LP+MP3 (Carpark)

Recently released on CD – limited colored vinyl pressing now available. Storytelling isn’t merely a vehicle for self-expression, it’s a mode of transportation. A two-way mirror in which we process gilded dreams and grotesque nightmares, the transgression of cultural taboos and the upholding of ancient tradition. It’s also the animating idea behind much of the greatest popular music ever made. Consider Exotica, the new album from Houston iconoclast, Fat Tony, the latest brilliant entry in that fabled tradition, what Outkast once described as “shooting game in the form of story rapping.” While hip-hop supplies the foundation of the Third Ward native’s assault on genre, his futuristic soundclash encompasses seductive velour soul, lecherous French chansons, florescent new wave, and even splashes of African pop and reggae; the latter two being the residual effect of Tony’s Nigerian heritage and a sojourn to Jamaica to record the album.

Norman Feels – Norman Feels [Reissue/1973] LP (Tidal Waves Music)

Over the years, Norman Feel’s songs have been sampled by renowned acts from the likes of Ghostface Killah, Nas and Kanye West. The sound his songs emit reminds of the classic soul coming out of New Jersey at the time, but it just has that extra thing going for it… something alternative and exceptional. In 1973 Norman Feels released his self-titled debut album which has become a much sought after funk/soul classic. Behind Norman’s floating (and extremely soulful) voice hides a dark and almost psychedelic instrumentation that makes this album particularly unique.

Kirk Fletcher – My Blues Pathway LP (Cleopatra Blues)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. A real deal bluesman, guitarist and vocalist Kirk Fletcher digs deep into his soul for this passionate and compelling new album. [Limited purple colored vinyl pressing also available.]

Nils Frahm – Empty LP+MP3 (Erased Tapes)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Conceived of just before Nils broke his thumb and composed the similarly intimate solo piano album Screws, Empty is a soothing vessel of eight simple and serene pieces originally recorded as the music to a short art film he shot with his friend and film director Benoît Toulemonde.

Peter Gabriel – Live In Athens 1987 2xLP+MP3 (Real World)

The touring band captured on this, the final stop on a very long tour in Athens, Greece, consists of Gabriel alongside Manu Katché (drums), Tony Levin (bass and backing vocals), David Rhodes (guitar and backing vocals) and David Sancious (keyboards) with a special guest appearance by Youssou N’Dour and Le Super Etoile de Dakar. The album has been half-speed remastered and cut to lacquers at 33RPM, across two heavyweight LPs and includes hi-res 16bit or 24bit download.

Mort Garson – Didn’t You Hear? [Reissue/1979] LP (Sacred Bones)

Digitally remastered edition of this 1970 album from the Canadian-born electronic music pioneer. Garson is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s that were among the first to feature Moog synthesizers.

Gazpacho – Fireworker 2xLP (Kscope)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. For nearly twenty years, Gazpacho have reigned as the kings of atmospheric and affective art rock. Their latest observation, Fireworker, is no exception. Gazpacho’s career has been full of great performances and glowing praise, they have played festivals such as Be Prog! My Friend, Night Of The Prog, Midsummer Prog Festival, and Cruise To The Edge, where they delighted audiences alongside exceptional brethren like iamthemorning, Anathema, Pain Of Salvation, Caligula’s Horse, Riverside, The Neal Morse Band, and Steve Hackett.

Hannah Georgas – All That Emotion LP (Brassland)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. A collaboration with producer Aaron Dessner of The National, Hannah Georgas’ All That Emotion was finalized well-before this unprecedented year of upheaval and features deeply personal songs about reckoning with the past. Yet the record’s warm, enveloping sound and lyrical themes of change and resilience fittingly calm and comfort human hearts frayed by these trying times.

Goo Goo Dolls – It’s Christmas All Over LP (WB)

Henry Grimes Trio – The Call [Reissue/1966] LP (ESP-Disk’)

For The Call Grimes, teamed with highly original clarinetist Perry Robinson (as label owner Bernard Stollman has noted, a virtuoso who merits far wider recognition… and this recording reflects both of their contributions, in equal measure) and stalwart drummer/ESP-Disk’ regular Tom Price. As a bassist, Grimes’s melodic style is well up to the task of being co-equal voice with a horn, resulting in a thoughtful and texturally rewarding LP with a level of quality far above the rote sideman session cliché, and far away from equally clichéd ideas of unrelentingly full-bore free jazz.

Hanoi Rocks – Back To Mystery City [Reissue/1983] LP (Cleopatra)

Vinyl reissue of the fourth album from the Finnish glam rockers. Features the first appearance of Razzle, who subsequently died in 1984.

Beth Hirsch – L.I.F.E. (Love Is For Everyone) 2.0 LP (Last Man)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Beth Hirsch rose to fame for her collaboration with French duo Air on their critically acclaimed debut album Moon Safari, not only making a significant contribution to the album as lead vocalist/co-writer on two of the record’s key moments, the hit single “All I Need” and “You Make It Easy”, but also performing live around the world as part of Air’s live touring band.

John Lee Hooker & The Coast To Coast Blues Band – Live At Montreux 1983 & 1990 2xLP (Eagle Records)

The legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker brought his boogie style blend of rhythm & blues to deliver two blistering performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1983 and 1990. Joined by The Coast to Coast Blues Band they cover an impressive set of hits from across his career including “Boom Boom”, “Crawlin King Snake” and his very first single “Boogie Chillen’”.

INXS – Kick [Reissue/1987] LP (Atlantic)

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing of the best-selling album from INXS, featuring the hit singles “Need You Tonight”, “New Sensation”, “Devil Inside” and “Never Tear Us Apart”.

Jónsi ‎– Go [Reissue/2010] LP (Krúnk)

Sigur Rós front man Jón Jónsi Birgisson released his debut album Go in 2010. Jónsi initially though he would be making a low key, acoustic album until, as he says, somewhere along the line, it just sort of exploded. That explosion resulted in sheer aural fireworks. Not a straight ahead pop record, nor rock, folk, ambient or electronic, it encompasses all of these to create an expansive musical palette that’s been brought to life by Jónsi alongside a number of free-spirited collaborators including the Philip Glass protégé Nico Muhly and the percussive genius of Samuli Kosminen.

Lindsay Lohan – Speak [Reissue/2004] LP (Casablanca)

Originally released in 2004, Lindsay Lohan’s debut studio album Speak is available on vinyl for the first time.

Loscil – coast/ range/ arc // 2xLP (Kranky)

Named after the geographic formations of the seismically volatile Cascadian coastal mountains, Loscil’s coast/range/arc// reissue features new artwork and an additional track. “coast/ range/ arc// represents a solid and compelling expansion of Loscil’s sound” (Dusted). “Vancouver-based sound sculptor Scott Morgan doesn’t make bad albums” (Exclaim!). “This is ambient music in the classic sense” (Boomkat).

Lucifer – Black Mass LP (Sacred Bones)

Digitally remastered edition of this 1971 album from the Canadian-born electronic music pioneer. Garson is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s that were among the first to feature Moog synthesizers.

Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets To My Downfall LP (Interscope)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Tickets To My Downfall is Machine Gun Kelly ‘s fifth studio album and first full project that is unabashedly rooted in pop-punk, following the platinum success of I Think I’m Ok. Produced by Travis Barker and containing previously released hits “Bloody Valentine” and “My Ex’s Best Friend” (with Blackbear).

Malevolent Creation – Australian Onslaught LP (Blueline)

Killer live album from 2009 on vinyl. 8 intensive, raw and brutal songs.

Chris McCarthy – Still Time To Quit LP (Ropeadope)

Still Time To Quit does not conform to any of the stereotypes or that often befall contemporary jazz. This is a carefully curated band of Chris McCarthy’s favorite musicians making each other sound their best, with the natural chemistry in the band being apparent to the listener from the first track. It is abundantly clear that McCarthy is a force to be reckoned with as one of New York’s finest young pianists.

Mekbuda – Convincing Delusional LP (Ubiquity)

Mekbuda, translated from Arabic is the lion’s folded paw as well as a star in the constellation of Gemini and in this case Russia’s preeminent entry into the burgeoning contemporary jazz scene with their debut album Convincing Delusional. Residing on the spacier and cosmic side of the jazz spectrum, the quartet consists of Roman Zyryanov on drums, Dmitry Rubanov on bass, Alex Petrov on Rhodes and keys, rounded out by Igor Shilov on trumpet. Informed by the UK’s jazz and electronic scene, spiritual and modal jazz, along with ambient and a tinge of hip-hop, Mekbuda’s sound is a heady brew of instrumental soundscapes.

Juana Molina – Juana Molina “ANRMAL” (Live in Mexico) LP (Crammed Disc)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. ANRML sees Juana Molina and her excellent bandmates Odín Schwartz and Pablo González at the top of their high-energy shape. It’s her first-ever live album, and will undoubtedly be a revelation to anyone who hasn’t had a chance to attend a recent concert. Recorded at the NRML Festival in Mexico, in early March 2020, a few days before the world came to a halt in a massive lockdown, Juana’s live recording will bear forever the memory of the world “before”. The powerful rock-punk vibe of the whole set gives us hope for a better world to come.

Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes – Heritage Of The Invincible II LP (International Anthem)

A telepathic Afro-Caribbean improvisational duo as they’ve dubbed themselves, Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes are also known as 2/5ths of the revolutionary free jazz quintet Irreversible Entanglements. Navarro ‘ a protégé of Carlos Garnett (whose incendiary woodwind sounds are famously heard on Miles Davis’s On The Corner and Pharaoh Sanders’s Black Unity) Navarro is a Panamanian immigrant, trumpeter, composer & community organizer. Holmes is a life-long drummer & percussionist, born in Brooklyn and raised into a musical Pan- African spiritual community (the Ausar Auset Society). Heritage finds the duo diving deep into the abstract depths of free improvisation, discovering new dialectic survival methods, and surfacing with an ecstatic, advanced articulation of Afro-Caribbean-inflected future folk.

Nickle Creek – Nickle Creek [Reissue/2000] LP (Craft Recordings)

Nickle Creek – Why Should The Fire Die? [Reissue/2005] LP (Craft Recordings)

While Nickel Creek’s earlier recordings showed off their musical prowess, the trio consider their self-titled 2000 release to be their official debut. Released on Sugar Hill Records and produced by Alison Krauss, the album incorporates elements of rock, alternative, jazz, and even classical. Featuring both traditional and original material, Nickel Creek showcases the band’s unique style as well as their deft songwriting skills. As Nickel Creek integrated more rock and pop elements into their music, they went in a new direction with their 2005 album Why Should The Fire Die? – enlisting producers Eric Valentine & Tony Berg.

NIIGHTS – Hellebores LP (Sun Pedals)

Hellebores shifts seamlessly from sparkling dream-pop into heavier shoegaze, juxtaposing ethereal vocals against layers of fuzzy guitar and moments of doom. Themes of despair, hope, and shedding old skin into new beginnings unfold alongside contagious melodies.

Picks & Lighters – TVA/Starvation LP (VG+)

The first-ever reissue of Picks & Lighters’ 1997 private-press LP TVA/Starvation, two sides of tumbling lo-fi guitars-and-drums improvisation that stumbles across the under-explored territory that lies between the rough minimalism of early Terry Riley and the protean drone of Hill Country blues.

Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? LP (Def Jam)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy returns to Def Jam – a cultural institution that they helped build – for their first release for the label in over two decades with What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? The loaded 17-track affair boasts a powerful lineup of guests including Nas, YG, Rapsody, DJ Premier, Black Thought, Questlove, Cypress Hill, Run-DMC, Ice-T, PMD, George Clinton, Daddy-O, Jahi, The Impossebulls, Mark Jenkins, S1Ws Pop Diesel, James Bomb and Mike D and Ad-Rock of Beastie Boys. The album is led by the single “Fight The Power: Remix 2020”, re-conceptualized by Public Enemy with Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, Jahi and Questlove for the 2020 BET Awards in June 2020, and officially released as a single along with the album announcement. It also includes Public Enemy’s recent single, “State Of The Union (STFU)”, produced by DJ Premier. The track holds nothing back as it calls out Donald Trump and his destructive reign.

Raticus – Street Corner Diaries LP (Tenement Music)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. 18 tracks of boom bap hip-hop, representing hoods from around the US.

Linda Ronstadt – Get Closer [Reissue/1982] LP (Friday Music)

Audiophile 180gm translucent red marbled colored vinyl pressing. Produced by Peter Asher, 1982’s Get Closer showed up two years after its predecessor, Mad Love, during which time

Linda Ronstadt had appeared in a Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance and had recorded an album of standards entitled Keeping Out Of Mischief, produced by Jerry Wexler. In the end, Ronstadt opted to cancel the album’s release because she wasn’t happy with how it had turned out, but since she still had an album to fulfill her contract, she returned to the studio with Asher, who she’d worked with previously, and knocked out another album that was – more or less – in line with the material she’d been releasing in the ’70s.

Rotting Christ ‎– Rituals [Reissue/2016] 2xLP (Season Of Mist)

Rotting Christ ‎– The Heretics [Reissue/2018] LP (Season Of Mist)

Vinyl reissues of the twelfth and thirteenth studio albums from the Greek extreme metal band.

Satan – Early Rituals LP (Listenable)

In the 1980s, legendary UK heavy metal band Satan made three different demos which were distributed on cassette tape format. The songs on each demo give the listener a broad indication of where the band was at both artistically and technically. What’s interesting about this release is that it features three different singers and three different drummers. Satan was in a constant state of flux in those early days; energy and free time were all they had.

Sevendust – Blood & Stone LP (BMG)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Heavy metal legends Sevendust deliver their thirteenth studio album, Blood & Stone which sees the band working once again with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Alter Bridge, Tremont, Slash) who helmed 2018’s All I See Is War. From the pulsating intro of album opener “Dying To Live” to closer and single “The Day I Tried To Live”, Sevendust continue to push the sound they have made their own for more than 25 years. Further tracks like “Love”, “Blood From A Stone”, “Kill Me” and “Against The World” showcase why the band has been adored by fans and critics alike. Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery, John Connolly, Vince Hornsby and Morgan Rose have raised the bar with Blood & Stone and the new material will sit perfectly alongside the band’s most seminal tracks.

SKÁLD – Vikings Memories LP (Decca)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Vikings Memories is about the importance of ancestral heritage. It is an invitation to listen to messages from the past to build the future. SKÁLD is inspired by the Doggerland, which is an island that disappeared 20,000 years ago following various natural disasters (tsunami, long winter…). The Vikings tell here the history of the people who preceded them and question the role of man for saving the planet. The sound of SKÁLD is created through two contrasting voices: Justine Galmiche’s warm yet powerful tone, combined with the guttural, vibrant resonance of Pierrick Valence. They work closely with producer-composer Christophe Voisin-Boisvinet, who uses a broad palette of instruments to immerse the listener in an extraordinary musical world. There is an array of percussion alongside stringed instruments, like the nyckelharpa or skáldharpa – which was specially conceived for the group. Underpinning the sounds are arrangements which draw on world music and Celtic influences, with rousing orchestrations.

The Sonder Bombs – Modern Female Rockstar LP (Take This To Heart)

Blending together the folksy and the fiery can be cartoonish if not executed properly. On paper, adding a ukulele to a pop-punk band’s arsenal seems like an eyebrow-raising proposition, calling to mind the hair-teasing days of MySpace’s stronghold over alternative music rather than today’s heart-rending version of the same genre. Luckily for The Sonder Bombs, the uke enhances the band’s self-assured humor and balance, creating a dynamic, nuanced counterpoint to frontwoman Willow Hawks’ acrobatic vocals and shimmering guitars. Limited translucent purple vinyl LP pressing.

The Spits – VI LP (Thriftstore)

Ripping through a portal from the basements of Kalamazoo, MI, The Spits’ new album IV ranges from the weird to the wild. Buzz saw guitars and catchy hooks are mixed with low budget horror effects to create a unique view of a dystopian world.

Swing Kids – Anthology LP (Three One G)

Includes the four original tracks from the Swing Kids’ eponymous 7”, including a harsh version of Joy Division’s “Warsaw”, tracks from their split 10” EP with Spankakorzo, bonus track “El Camino Car Crash” off the Discography release, and updated versions of “Situation On Mars” and “Fake Teeth”.

TesseracT – Altered State [Reissue/2013] 4xLP+2xCD (Century Media)

This deluxe reissue of the djent/jazz metal/experimental/progressive metal band’s second album features the original album over two LP’s, as well as the instrumentals over two LP’s (never before released on vinyl). Each double LP set comes in its own gatefold sleeve, and both are packaged in a slipcase with four individual insert/lyric sheets.

Twain – Adventure LP (Keeled Scales)

Mat Davidson is the songwriter in Twain, who you may recognize as the virtuoso musician in The Low Anthem, Spirit Family Reunion, Buck Meek, Langhorne Slim, and Courtney Marie Andrews’ live bands. While he lends his talents on pedal steel, piano, violin, bass, and guitar to those projects, Twain is his songwriting project, joined by Peter Pezzimenti on drums and Ken Woodward on bass.

Watain ‎– Rabid Death’s Curse [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (Season Of Mist)

Double silver vinyl LP reissue of the debut studio album by the black metal band.

Yob – Our Raw Heart 2xLP (Relapse)

Double violet and gold colored vinyl pressing. Our Raw Heart is Yob at their most aggressive, impassioned and eclectic. The riffs are massive, the vocals captivating and the songwriting sublime.

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Azymuth 2xLP (Jazz Is Dead)

The fourth release from Jazz Is Dead records features Azymuth, one of the bands in Brazilian history, redefining Popular Brazilian Music. Having released almost 20 albums in their career, Azymuth proves to be a consistent source for an innovative mix of jazz, pop, MPB, and electronic music. Composed and produced by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad and recorded in the Linear Labs analog studio.

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