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Music Releases 03-24-23
- Lana Del Rey
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd [2LP] - Caroline Rose
The Art of Forgetting [Audiophile Collectors Edition Clear Lenticular Cover 2LP]
Video PlayARt - Fall Out Boy
So Much (For) Stardust [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Coke Bottle Clear LP] - Nickel Creek
Celebrants [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Confetti Yellow 2LP] - Fake Names
Expendables [LP]
Video PlayARt - BABYMETAL
THE OTHER ONE [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Solid White LP] - Elton John
Honky Chateau: 50th Anniversary [2LP]
Video - Depeche Mode
Memento Mori [2LP] - Sophie B. Hawkins
Free Myself [LP] - Wage War
The Stripped Sessions [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange Swirl LP] - Diplo
Diplo [LP] - Luke Combs
Gettin’ Old [LP] - Chasms
Glimpse of Heaven [Pink & Blue Swirl LP] - Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon: 50th Anniversary [Box Set] - Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon: Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 [LP] - Grandaddy
The Sophtware Slump [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Bone & Green Swirl LP] - Aoife O'Donovan
Aoife O'Donovan Plays Nebraska [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP] - Debby Friday
Good Luck [Loser Edition Metallic Silver LP] - Carly Pearce
29: Written In Stone: Live From Music City - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Uprising: Original Jamaican Version [Limited Edition LP] - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Legend: Original Jamaican Version [Limited Edition LP] - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Confrontation: Original Jamaican Version [Limited Edition LP] - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Babylon By Bus: Original Jamaican Version [Limited Edition 2LP] - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Survival: Original Jamaican Version [Limited Edition LP]
Current Week
Music Releases 03-31-23
The New Pornographers
Continue As A Guest [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Green/Translucent Blue LP]
Vinyl: $22.98 Buy
Recorded at the band's show at the world-famous Wembley Stadium on 6th July 2019, The Who performed many of their greatest hits as well as songs from their acclaimed recent studio album with the help of the Isobel Griffiths Ltd Orchestra, which gave a new perspective to some of their best-loved material.
This release is available as a 2-CD + Blu-Ray containing an Atmos mix of the entire album and a 3-LP black vinyl edition. Both are housed in a trifold sleeve with an extensive booklet containing multiple photos from rehearsals, backstage, and the show.
City And Colour
The Love Still Held Me Near [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear/White Galaxy 2LP]
Vinyl: $35.98 Buy
The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed. It’s about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort you through those times. For me that has always been writing and recording music, so that’s exactly what I did. - Dallas Green / City and Colour
This historic 1980 Munich concert has the distinction of being the first-ever live, direct-to-digital stereo recording of Zappa. The show was the last of the spring/summer tour with the group playing at peak performance. The entire show is featured on three 180-gram LPs and mastered by Bernie Grundman in 2022. The package features photography and memoir from George Alper (who worked for Frank Zappa), along with liner notes from Arthur Barrow and `Vaultmeister' Joe Travers.
Also Available: Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich [3CD], Zappa ’80: Mudd Club [2LP]
During the 1980 spring/summer tour, Frank Zappa played a set at his favorite NYC nightclub - the famous Mudd Club. Zappa adored the place and ever wrote a song dedicated to it. The complete performance is included on two 45rpm 180-gram vinyl LPs and mastered by Bernie Grundman in 2022. The package features photography and memoir from George Alper (who worked for Frank Zappa and was at the event), along with liner notes from Arthur Barrow, Steve Vai and `Vaultmeister' Joe Travers.
Also Available: Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich [3CD], Zappa ’80: Mudd Club [2LP]
Hermanos Gutierrez
El Bueno Y El Malo [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Black Marble LP]
Vinyl: $24.98 Buy
Did you know that miracles happen every day? We don’t alwayssee it that way. We look at the state of the world and think, “It’ll be a miracle if we make it out alive.” But miracles are what humans do. We’re Earth’s most inventive and unpredictablespecies, when we’re allowed to be. Also the most destructive. Miracle-Level is Deerhoof’s mystical manifesto on creativity andtrust. It celebrates the infinite small wonders of existence that spontaneously present themselves, when not obstructed by our death-driven masters.
Musically, Miracle-Level is vulnerable, brave, and brimming with spicy surprises. Deerhoof’s 19th album is also their their first tobe recorded and mixed in a recording studio. Production was entrusted to Mike Bridavsky, at No Fun Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This is also their first album written entirely in Satomi’s native language. Deerhoof once again speak in asecret code that only their fans understand, in which hooksabound, and genre is nonexistent.
Underneath his mysterious metal mask, MF DOOM hides the cachet underground legends are made of. After his first group KMD’s sophomore album Black Bastards was shelved by Elektra in 1994, and his blood brother Subroc — one half of the sibling rap duo — passed away, surviving frontman Zev Love X slowly mutated into the supervillain MC known as MF DOOM, and the rap world is better for it.
The 1999 release of Operation: Doomsday marked MF DOOM’s official debut, reintroducing a mysterious figure who would soon become one of underground rap’s greatest voices. Within its 19 tracks, Operation: Doomsday reveals the confluence of DOOM’s tragic past, personal interests and daring creativity. His clever rhymes and remarkable schemes stood out against the landscape, and every sound he touched — from cartoon theme songs, to ‘80s soul, to rap classics and more — got reinterpreted into something brand new and surreal.
Decades later, MF DOOM is still celebrated for all facets of his work and influence. In the face of tragedy, DOOM re-infiltrated the rap game on his own terms, and crafted an instant cult classic. Operation: Doomsday stands as a testament to the power of betting on yourself against all odds.
Scott McMicken has always thrived on switching things up. As a founding member of Philadelphia rock mainstays Dr. Dog, McMicken and his bandmates consistently explored new sounds and new ways of writing songs across 10 gleefully eclectic albums before their 2021 hiatus. While McMicken has quietly released solo projects via cassette and vinyl on his own label Press On Records, for his latest effort, he’s done something he’s only done once before: started a band. With Shabang, out March 31, 2023, via ANTI-, comes the debut album from Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING, and he’s made some of his freest and most adventurous music yet: a wonderfully collabora- tive collection of songs that feel lived in and true. By being present and living with these musicians (quite literally: McMicken and collaborator Michael Nau stayed in tents outside the studio) united under one com- mon goal, Shabang is full of life and endlessly candid. “I knew nothing good will come of this unless I am totally free and away from any pres- sure and pretense,” says McMicken. “Such an incredible spectrum of emotion passed through me while making this album. There was this lightness and un-self seriousness. I feel like music and life cruises at that spot: everybody was so wholeheartedly invested and open.”
The 1966 album represented a milestone for The Rolling Stones as it was the first to consist solely of Jagger/Richards original songs. The U.S. version was fleshed out with hit single classics like “Paint It Black,” an eerily insistent #1 hit graced by some of the best-ever use of sitar (played by Brian Jones). Aftermath also strongly features the baroque charm of “Lady Jane.” 180-gram LP.
The #1 Debut Album on black vinyl. Featuring the hits “Baby One More Time” “Sometimes” and “(You Drive Me) Crazy”
“Different Game”, is the long-awaited follow-up to their critically-acclaimed 2015 release “Still Got That Hunger”, which charted in Billboard’s Top 100 and SoundScanned over 12k units in America alone.
The band began working on this album in 2019, shortly after their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, but it was delayed by the Pandemic - they strongly prefer to record together and capture a live band performance in the studio (just as they had to do in the 1960’s). They were not willing to make this album remotely.
This album is the current-day Zombies were meant to make. It has the vintage qualities that made them stand out in the 1960’s, yet still sounds modern, and reflects their continued development as songwriters and musicians. 9 of the 10 tracks are written by Rod Argent, with the closer “The Sun Will Rise Again” by Colin Blunstone. Rod produced the album (with engineer Dale Hanson), which includes a small string ensemble on 3 tracks. Rod arranged the strings for 2 of the songs (“Different Game” and “You Could Be My Love”), with the 3rd (“I Want To Fly”) by Chris Gunning (who scored the legendary string arrangements for Colin’s 1971 debut solo album “One Year”).
In a time when the popular choice is to chase the double yellow line down the road to country radio, Boy Named Banjo thrives on its fringes. The Nashville-raised five-piece is a fusion of contemporary country, Americana and folk-rock stacked on a foundation of bluegrass. The band, which has been together in some iteration since members were in high school, includes Barton Davies (banjo), Ford Garrard (bass/standing bass), Sam McCullough (drums) Willard Logan (mandolin, acoustic/electric guitar) and William Reames (acoustic guitar/harmonica). Reames and Logan played in a middle school garage rock band together, but it wasn't until Reames met Davies in high school that Boy Named Banjo started taking shape. Garrard and McCullough joined later and together the five guys comprise the band Boy Named Banjo that we know today. Boy Named Banjo has crafted a sound that incorporates an energetic blend of country, bluegrass, alt-rock, and folk-pop telling their stories through an honest, emotional, roots-driven perspective. In April 2020, Boy Named Banjo signed a record deal with Mercury Records Nashville and released their debut EP, Circles, the following year. Boy Named Banjo spent 2022 on the road playing some of country music’s largest festivals including Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks and Country Jam, Kip Moore’s Fire on Wheels Tour, they made their CMA Fest debut playing at the Ascend Amphitheatre Nighttime Concert, and played a sold-out hometown show at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl. The band most recently released the tracks “Heart In Motion” and “Heart Attack,” and is currently prepping its next project to be released in spring of this year.
Archetypes Collide delivers massive hooks, soaked in atmosphere, with creative energy and catchiness in their DEBUT Self Titled LP on Fearless Records. Unapologetic choruses and bang-your-head riffs collide. “My Own Device,” “What If I Fall,” and “Parasite,” combine loud bombast with intimate pop. Archetypes Collide demands repeated listening, mixing everything from Linkin Park and Bring Me The Horizon to The Chainsmokers, and Stranger Things-style retro synths, into a unique musical identity.
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Music Releases 04-07-23
- Manchester Orchestra
The Valley Of Vision [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Iridescent Blue LP]
- NF
HOPE [Limited Edition White 2LP]
Video PlayARt - Daniel Caesar
NEVER ENOUGH [2LP]
Video - Ruston Kelly
The Weakness [Indie Exclusive limited Edition Bluejay LP]
- De La Soul
De La Soul Is Dead [2LP]
- North Americans
Long Cool World [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Cream LP]
Video - Linkin Park
Meteora: 20th Anniversary Edition [Deluxe 4LP]
- KISS
KISS Off The Soundboard: Live In Poughkeepsie, NY 1984 [2LP]
Video - Daughter
Stereo Mind Game [Indie Exclusive Recycled Random Color LP]
- Mudhoney
Plastic Eternity [Limited Edition Gray LP]
- Anderson .Paak
Malibu [RSD Essential Orange w/ White Splatter LP]
- Ellie Goulding
Higher Than Heaven [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Random Color Signed Eco Mix LP]
- Various Artists
Spelljams [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Maroon & Purple Galaxy 2LP]
- Wednesday
Rat Saw God [Purple LP]
- Overcoats
Winner [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear w/Black Swirl LP]
- Devon Church
Strange Strangers [Holy Teal LP]
- Various Artists
Late Night Count Basie [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Turquoise LP]
- Jana Horn
Window Is The Dream [LP]
- Brijean
Angelo EP [Pink & Blue Vinyl]
- HMLTD
The Worm [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink LP]
- Devon Gilfillian
Love You Anyway [Milky Clear LP]
- Powerwolf
Interludium [LP]
- Karl Hector & The Malcouns
Sahara Swing [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Clear 2LP]
- Paul Gilbert
The Dio Album [LP]