Boo Boo Records

CDs + Vinyl:

The 4 Seasons – Sherry & 11 Others [Reissue/1962] CD (Real Gone Music)
The 4 Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry And Twelve Others [Reissue/1963] CD (Real Gone Music)
Original mono mixes of two of the pop vocal group’s early albums.

John Baker – The Vendetta Tapes: Incidental Music From The 1960s BBC TV Series And Other Radiophonics CD/LP (Buried Treasure)
Brand new compilation of rare material by John Baker from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Displays his skill in fusing groovy tape loops, ambient drones and bass textures with real instruments.

Beirut – No No No CD (4AD)
“Finding a new love sparked the creativity and songwriting that went into the making of No No No. Condon and his bandmates, bassist Paul Collins and drummer Nick Petree, worked on the new album in the fall of 2014, finally recording it in two weeks live in the studio. Last June, videos of Beirut playing several new songs at Brooklyn’s Northside Festival appeared online. One of them is ‘No No No,’ the title track to the nine-song collection. It’s a jaunty, syncopated, playful tune with a simple yet anthemic melody. The horn arrangements bring depth to the song’s spirited repetition. It’s undeniably Beirut — and a joyfully welcome return” – NPR. Vinyl version due October 6.

Better Off – Milk CD (Equal Vision)
“Better Off proudly draws influence from some of their favorite rock bands — Weezer, Foo Fighters, and Jimmy Eat World — to help pour their very own glass of exactly what they’ve been so thirsty for. It only took the band’s 2013 (I Think) I’m Leaving and 2014’s Meth Head to concoct the guitar-driven, personal record that is Milk.” – USA Today/College

Bring Me The Horizon – That’s The Spirit CD/LP (Columbia)
The fifth album from the UK-based metal band is an 11-track, exhilarating ride bursting with huge riffs, soaring vocals and stadium filling monster tracks.

The Buckinghams – The Complete Hit Singles CD (Varese Sarabande)
This new Buckinghams compilation features all of their hit singles from the ‘60s, including their #1 pop smash “Kind Of A Drag.” In addition, the album features “Don’t You Care,” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” and the special radio edit of the hit “Susan.”
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CDs + Vinyl:

Against Me – 25 Live Sex Acts 2xCD/3xLP (Total Treble)

Against Me released Transgender Dysphoria Blues in early 2014, chronicling Laura Jane Grace’s highly publicized gender transition. This double-disc live set includes older fan-favorites “I Was A Teenage Anarchist” and “White Crosses,” along with highlights from the latest album, including the focus track “True Trans Soul Rebel.” (Vinyl version is available as a Regular and Deluxe HQ-180gm gram clear with blue and yellow splatter vinyl.)

Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud CD/LP (Nuclear Blast)

New album from the Finnish masters of melancholic metal.

Anathema – Distant Satellites [Tour Edition] 2xCD (Kscope)

Double-disc tour edition of the British rock band’s 2014 album, expanded with exclusive bonus tracks.

The Arcs – Yours, Dreamily CD/LP (Nonesuch)

The Arcs is a new band led by The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach. The band’s aesthetic isn’t too far removed from the Black Keys’ utilitarian blues-rock, but it puts a little more emphasis on fleshed-out arrangements that recall classic Southern soul. Features contributions from Richard Swift (who has played with the Shins and released a bunch of solo albums), Leon Michels (who worked with Action Bronson and Michael Bublé), Homer Steinweiss (whose drumming credits include Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars), bassist Nick Movshon (another Winehouse collaborator), versatile Nashville guitarist Kenny Vaughan, and the women of New York’s Mariachi Flor De Toloache. “This project was about making music with some of my longest relationships in music,” Auerbach told NPR. “Leon (Michels), Richard (Swift) and I have not only worked in The Black Keys together, but we have produced together, played on various projects of each other’s, and we’ve collaborated longer than a lot of bands stay together. It just kind of came naturally.”

Arkona – Vozrozhdenie CD (Napalm)

Arkona’s debut album Vozrozhdenie was originally released in 2004 and firmly placed both the band and its Russian mother country on the pagan/folk metal map. Frontwoman Masha’s powerful performance plus Slavic mysticism and varied songwriting turned the first release (it’s name means “revival,” by the way) of young Arkona into a success and the beginning of a remarkable career. The band has now re-recorded Vozrozhdenie and not only revisits its roots, it let’s those old songs shine with a massive production and new instrumental skills.

Clarence Ashley – Country Music Pioneer: Selected Tracks 1927-1935 4xCD (JSP)

This set collects a fantastic array of early old-timey country recordings from some of the true giants of the era. Top billing is given to Clarence Ashley and many of his influential early sides, released either as a solo artist under his own name or in conjunction with other artists and groups — including here Ashley & Green, Blue Ridge Entertainers, Ashley & Foster, Carolina Tar Heels, Byrd Moore And His Hot Shots and Ashley & Abernathy. Like many black blues contemporaries, Clarence Ashley found what little wider fame that came his way in the early 1960s, when the folk boom led to his re-discovery and re-emergence as a recording and performing artist.

Backyard Babies – Four By Four CD/LP (Gain Music Entertainment)

New album by the recently reunited Swedish sleaze rockers. “Rock is not dead.” – Dregan

Lou Barlow – Brace The Wave CD (Joyful Noise)

Vinyl version due September 18. “Lou Barlow’s circuitous path as a recording artist has taken him through key roles in Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr., not to mention The Folk Implosion, which cracked the pop charts with ‘Natural One’ back in the ’90s. He’s also put out a bunch of solo work, both under his own name and in the bedroom-recording project Sentridoh, but in recent years he’s focused more on repairing old professional relationships. That’s meant rejoining Dinosaur Jr., in which he once feuded famously with bandleader J Mascis, and putting out 2013’s Defend Yourself, the first new Sebadoh record in 14 years. Brace The Wave keeps Barlow’s sound stripped to its barren bones, an approach suited to the pleas and confessions therein.” – NPR

Dan Bern – Hoody CD (BFD)

Hoody is filled with highlights and surprises, including “Lifeline,” an up-tempo country-rocker featuring guest vocals by original Old Crow Medicine Show member Willie Watson. “Waffle House” is a hilarious live showstopper delineating one of the true dividing lines in modern-day America: “Red states got the Waffle House, blue states don’t.” Another gem on Hoody is the harder rocking “Welcome,” a three-minute indictment of our modern-day information overload. On a lighter note, there’s a charmingly spirited take on Johnny Cash’s novel 1976 country chart-topper, “One Piece At A Time.” The album closes with one of Dan’s loveliest songs ever. “Sky” is a heartbreakingly beautiful love song, not just to a true love, but to life itself.

Black Tongue – The Unconquerable Dark CD/LP (Century Media)

The Unconquerable Dark punishes with claustrophobic atmospheres in the vein of Meshuggah and Neurosis at their most abrasive mixed with the raw, riffed-soaked energy of Remission-era Mastodon and the raw, belligerent brutality of The Acacia Strain.

Black Trip – Shadowline CD/LP (Steamhammer/SPV)

New album from the Swedish hard rockers.

Blank Realm – Illegals In Heaven CD/LP (Fire)

The Brisbane band Blank Realm play a form of DIY guitar-rock that vacillates back and forth between shimmering psych-pop and bluesy punk.

Burn Halo – Wolves Of War CD (E1)

Burn Halo bridge the gap between the evocative sonic power of rock conquerors like Seether, Stone Sour, and Breaking Benjamin and the unrelentingly heavy metallic bite (with big flashes of melody) of All That Remains, Pierce The Veil, and Black Veil Brides.

Joey Cape – Stitch Puppy CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)

Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape releases his first solo album in five years. “Out of all of the older punks to pick up an acoustic guitar in recent years, Joey Cape might be one of the best.” – Noisey/Vice

Captain Beefheart – Live In Cowtown Kansas City 22nd April 1974 CD (United States Dist)

By the time of this April 1974 broadcast, Captain Beefheart — and the 29th incarnation in along line of ever-mutating Magic Bands — had reverted to more traditionally-structured compositions, to the chagrin of some fans. Caught live in Kansas City, Beefheart was amidst an extensive US (and subsequent European) tour promoting his eighth album, Unconditionally Guaranteed.

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