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Better Than Ezra – Super Magick CD/LP (Round Hill)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Better Than Ezra is still going strong: after headlining monumental live shows all throughout 2023, the band releases their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Super Magick. Named one of the “100 Greatest Alternative Artists of All Time” by Billboard, with a legacy that includes inspiring a classic Saturday Night Live skit, Better Than Ezra recently shared the first batch of singles from Super Magick: “Mystified”, “Contact High”, and “Live A Little”.

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs – Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits CD/LP (BMG)

Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits is the third studio album with his solo project the Dirty Knobs, following 2020’s Wreckless Abandon and 2022’s External Combustion. The 2024 release features guest appearances by Lucinda Williams, Graham Nash, Chris Stapleton and fellow lifelong Heartbreaker, keyboardist Benmont Tench. Mike Campbell is best known as the lead guitarist of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers from its inception in 1976 until the passing of Tom Petty in 2017. He has played on four Bob Dylan albums, most Stevie Nicks albums, three Don Henley albums, and albums with Chris Stapleton, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Rob Thomas, Mary J. Blige, Tracy Chapman, Randy Newman and more.

The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again CD/2xLP (Yabb)

For over 20 years, The Decemberists have been one of the most original, daring, and thrilling American rock bands. Their distinctive brand of hyperliterate folk-rock set them apart from the start, releasing nine full-length albums that are unbound by genre and highly ambitious. Now the beloved indie band is back with their first new album in six years, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again – not only the longest Decemberists album to date (and their first intentional, proper double-LP) but also their most empathetic and accessible, its 13 songs like semaphores of mutual recognition for our fraught times and faint hope. [An indie store exclusive ‘fruit punch’ color vinyl pressing is available.]

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Alisa Amador – Multitudes CD/LP (Honest Magic)

Alisa Amador is a bilingual singer-songwriter and the winner of the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Alisa Amador’s music is a synthesis of the many styles she’s voraciously absorbed: rock, jazz, funk, and alternative folk, all wrapped in the spirit of the Latin music she grew up with. NPR’s Cyrena Touros calls her “a pitch-perfect rendition of my wildest dreams,” and NPR’s Bob Boilen calls Alisa “a powerful voice whose tender performance commands attention and fosters connection.” Alisa has opened for artists including Hozier, Lake Street Dive, Madison Cunningham, Watchhouse, Hiss Golden Messenger, and countless others. Alisa’s soulful singing, poetically incisive lyrics, and syncopated rhythms are likely to make you cry, laugh, and dance all within one set. [A purple color vinyl pressing is available.]

Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free CD/2xLP (Jagjaguwar)
At the center of Bonny Light Horseman is, always, the singular combination of three powerful and tender artists, artists who expertly dodge superlatives but are quick to acknowledge that their bond makes each one better, braver and more vulnerable than they’d be on their own. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the force of their voices together, which work with complete trust in one another through the gentlest moments and the most ruthless wails. Bonny Light Horseman’s new album, Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free, is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open. The themes are stacked high and staked even higher: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community, and family, change and time all permeate Bonny Light Horseman’s most vulnerable and bounteous offering to date. [Multiple colorways are available on vinyl, including pink (disc one) and sky blue (disc two).]

Charli XCX – Brat CD/LP/Cassette (Atlantic)

Charli XCX’s sixth studio album Brat is the eagerly awaited follow up to 2022’s Crash, which reached number 1 on the UK’s official album chart. Brat is an exhilarating club record built around high art references and social commentary. Avant-pop and electronic superstar Charli XCX has become an iconic figure in the arts, having helped expand the landscape of popular music over the last decade by seamlessly traversing the underground and mainstream with her artistic output. Over the course of a trailblazing career, the multi-hyphenate creative has earned critical acclaim for her innovative style and entrepreneurial spirit and seen her forward-thinking approach reshape pop culture in the process. [An indie store exclusive clear w/ pink splatter color vinyl pressing is available.]

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Andrew Bird – Sunday Morning Put-On CD/LP (Loma Vista)

Inspired by a lifetime of listening to jazz and woodshedding, Andrew Bird on his new album Sunday Morning Put-On presents his take on the Great American Songbook. Andrew Bird Trio features Ted Poor (drums) and Alan Hampton (bass), and transcends nostalgia, pushing his limits as an improviser. Replacing saxophones with violin solos and showcasing Andrew’s signature vocal prowess, the trio reimagines jazz standards completely live in Southern California’s legendary Valentine Studios. [An indie store exclusive translucent ruby red color vinyl pressing is available.]

DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water CD/LP (Fantasy)

Produced by Chris Coady and written by DIIV (pronounced Dive), Frog In Boiling Water, the band’s fourth full-length LP, is a collection of snapshots that explore the brutal realities of end-stage capitalism and overwhelming technological advances. Across 10 dark and dazzling tracks, DIIV documents the collapse from various angles with unusual sensitivity and depth of purpose while expanding their grand, hypnotic shoegaze to create a transportive, sensual work of hope, beauty, and renewal. [An indie store exclusive green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Lenny Kravitz – Blue Electric Light CD/2xLP (BMG)

Timeless. Explosive. Romantic. Inspiring. How else to characterize Blue Electric Light, Lenny Kravitz’s 12th studio album? Kravitz’s mastery of deep-soul rock ‘n’ roll is a long-established fact. As a relentless creative force—musician, writer, producer, actor, author, designer—he continues to be a global dynamic presence throughout music, art, and culture. Blue Electric Light is an impassioned suite of songs, that broadens this distinction and is the latest contribution of a man whose music—not to mention his singular style—continues to inspire millions all over the world. On the album, Kravitz’s talents as a writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist resonate as he wrote and played most of the instruments himself, with longtime guitarist Craig Ross. [An indie store exclusive magenta and blue color vinyl pressing is available. Also available: a limited-edition picture disc vinyl version and a deluxe media book CD edition.]

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