• New Release Round-Up 02-26-21

  

  Glitterer - Life Is Not A Lesson - Glitterer
  Life Is Not A Lesson is Glitterer’s second full-length album, featuring Ned Russin, bassist/vocalist of seminal hardcore-punk band Title Fight. This time Ned has produced the record himself, notwithstanding some recording and performance help from his twin brother, Ben, and some other friends, as well as mixing and mastering by Arthur Rizk (Code Orange, Power Trip). It may surprise you to hear that, irrespective of worldly doom and gloom, the new songs are even catchier and bigger-sounding than those from his 2019 release, Looking Through the Shades. With roomier drums and more electric-guitars-per-square-inch than ever, Life is Not a Lesson has a way of evoking an alternate-universe version of Guided By Voices, one with a hardcore-punk background. Life is Not a Lesson proves to be a rigorous reckoning with the life of the mind at a time when there’s not much life outside the mind.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist - Epitaph
  Architects are back with their ninth studio album “For Those That Wish To Exist”. The band have confirmed their ascent to the very upper echelons of British heavy music. Few bands, of this modern era or any other, can match the quintet’s ability to blend uncompromising heavi-ness with razor-sharp melodic musicianship.  A versatile metal group based out of Brighton, England, Architects employ a lethal combination of breakdown-heavy guitars, melodic vocals and symphonic-ambient post-metal. That sonic delivery is conducted from a platform built on veganism and environmental activism.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Bones Owens - Bones Owens  
  Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker: 30th Anniversary Edition  
  
  
  Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red 2LP]
  Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Way Down In The Rust Bucket
  Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Summer Sky Wave LP]
  Altin Gun - Yol [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Purple LP]
  Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow 2LP]
  PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
  PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos
  Stereolab - Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4)
  Julien Baker - Little Oblivions [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow LP]
  Pinegrove - Amperland, NY
  Willie Nelson - That’s Life
  Wesley Schultz - Vignettes
  Smerz - Believer
  Melvins - Working With God [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver LP]
  Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
  Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Red 2LP]
  Maximo Park - Nature Always Wins
  NOFX - Single Album
  Steve Lukather - I Found The Sun Again
  Joseph Williams - Denizen Tenant
  Lil' Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. [Pink/Black Mix 2LP]
  Ray Charles - The Best Of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years [Blue 2LP]
  Chaka Khan - Epiphany: The Best Of Chaka Khan [Burgundy LP]
  
  
  
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  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Adult Mom - Driver - Adult Mom
  Adult Mom began as the solo project of Stevie Knipe in a Purchase College dorm room in 2012, and now falls between the playful spectrum of solo project and collaborative band with beloved friends and musicians Olivia Battell and Allegra Eidinger. On Driver, Adult Mom’s third studio release, Stevie Knipe delves into the emotional space just beyond a coming-of-age, where the bills start to pile up and memories of college dorms are closer than those of high school parking lots. Like so many other twenty-somethings, Adult Mom’s third LP seeks to answer the age old question: what now? With an actualized sound, Adult Mom has arrived to soundtrack the queer rom-com they’ve been dreaming of since 2015. Driver incorporates an expert weaving of sonic textures ranging from synths and shakers to ‘00s-inspired guitar tones which convey a loving attention to detail.

  
     
  
  
  

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• New Release Round-Up 02-19-21

  

  Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Zappa Records
  The Soundtrack is a perfect complement to the film available on 3 CDs for the Zappa completist. Showcasing 69 total songs, with 12 previously unreleased recordings from archive along with the 1978 Saturday Night Live performance; 24 additional Zappa songs from the catalog spanning 4 decades; songs from Zappa's labels Straight / Bizarre Records; 2 classical compositions by Edgard Varese and Igor Stravinsky; and 26 Original Score cues newly composed by John Frizzell for the documentary.
  
  Also Available Soon: Crystal Clear 2LP & 3CD

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Icon For Hire - Amorphous - Icon For Hire
  Icon For Hire’s sound is one that effortlessly blends heavy riffs, elements of electronic production and soaring vocal lines into a powerful & bold sonic explosion. However, at the heart of Icon For Hire’s music is a message of positivity, self-love and personal empowerment from the painfully relatable and rousing lyrics of Ariel. For Amorphous, the band worked with Grammy Nominated engineer Romesh Dodangoda (known for his previous work producing the last Bring Me The Horizon album as well as acts such as Don Broco, Busted, and Kids in Glass Houses). The album has been completely funded by fans through Kickstarter. This success was achieved thanks to the band’s highly dedicated ICON Army fanbase that support them on Patreon and have been there for the band though thick, thin, litigation, addiction and more. Having overcome both personal and professional adversity, Icon For Hire are living proof that you can take control of your life—and that’s perhaps the greatest success anyone can hope to accomplish.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Tash Sultana - Terra Firma [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Yellow LP]  
  Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything [Gold/Black 2LP] 
  
  
  The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
  Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump.....On A Wooden Piano
  Mogwai - As The Love Continues [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Yellow LP]
  Edie Brickell and New Bohemians - Hunter And The Dog Star
  nothing,nowhere. - Trauma Factory
  BTS - Be (Essential Edition)
  Ricky Warwick - When Life Was Hard And Fast
  Devonte Hynes - We Are Who We Are (Original Series Soundtrack)
  Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Glow-In-The-Dark LP]
  Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life [Teal LP]
  Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted And Black [Burnt Orange LP]
  Hearty Har - Radio Astro
  Porter Robinson - Look At The Sky [Vinyl Single]
  Geneva Jacuzzi - Lamaze
  The Who - WHO [7in Singles Box Set w/ Live At Kingston CD]
  Hand Habits - Dirt EP [Vinyl]
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 02-12-21

  

  Teenage Wrist - Earth Is A Black Hole - Epitaph
  The world may seem like a pretty strange place right now, but if nothing else that’s forced us into realizing that being human is a shared experience. That sentiment lies at the core of Earth Is A Black Hole, the second full-length from the Los Angeles rock act Teenage Wrist. The album also marks the group’s first release as a duo, with guitarist Marshall Gallagher stepping up as frontman, and longtime drummer Anthony Salazar backing him up in spectacular fashion. Gallagher explains. “I wanted to keep this band going and we didn’t know exactly what that would look like, so I wrote two songs and demoed them myself to see if everyone was still on board.” Those songs turned out to be the jangly power ballad “Yellowbelly” and spacey rocker “Wear U Down”—and with that, a new era of Teenage Wrist was born. The artistic liberation of this lineup change, coupled with the past two years the band spent touring alongside genre-smashing acts such as Thrice, allowed Teenage Wrist to expand on the shoegazing sound that helped establish them as one of the most exciting rock bands around today. From lush, guitar-driven songs like “High Again” to the atmospheric ambience of “Stella” and syncopated aggression of “Earth Is A Black Hole,“—most evidently on the swirling anthem “Silverspoon,“— Earth Is A Black Hole sees the band shifting their songwriting focus to a more modern sound that showcases the limitless potential of the band.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  The Band - Stage Fright: 50th Anniversary - Capitol
  Stage Fright is the third studio album by Canadian American group The Band, released on August 17, 1970. Engineered by Todd Rundgren and Glyn Johns, it features two of the group's best-known songs, "The Shape I'm In" and "Stage Fright", both of which showcased inspired lead vocal performances (by Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, respectively) and became staples in the group's live shows. Product Suite • Super Deluxe Box • 5.1 surround and hi-res stereo mix of album (by Bob Clearmountain) + new bonus tracks + previously unreleased Royal Albert Hall (1970) performance on Blu-ray • CD of new stereo mix album + new bonus tracks and unreleased Calgary hotel demo tracks CD of the Royal Albert Hall performance (stereo) • LP of main album new stereo mix (180gram, 33rpm) • 7” reproduction of original “Time To Kill” b/w “The Shape I’m In” Capitol single (Spanish pressing) Photo booklet with new notes by Robbie Robertson and a reprinting of the original 1970 Robert Hilburn Los Angeles Times album review

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter - MCA Nashville
  Loretta Lynn introduced the world to a crucial aspect of American life that was rarely acknowledged when she released her 1970 autobiographical album, Coal Miner's Daughter. Already a country star with chart-topping singles, this title track, led a string of #1 hits and became her first recording inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall Of Fame. In addition, she was among a notable list of singer/songwriters who brought a woman’s perspective to country music. Celebrating 50 years.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  TOMORROW X TOGETHER - STILL DREAMING - UMe
  'STILL DREAMING' is the first Japanese album from TOMORROW X TOGETHER. The 10 tracks are comprised of Japanese versions of 6 of the group's Korean hits, plus 2 new instrumental tracks, a brand new Japanese original song, "Force," and their Japanese hit "Everlasting Shine:" The album is now available on CD and includes a lyric booklet filled with sunset-time photos. The first press also includes 1 of 5 randomly selected photo cards.

  
   
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Weezer - OK Human [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Splatter LP]
  Sia - Music – Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
  Florida Georgia Line - Life Rolls On
  Django Django - Glowing in the Dark [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Luminescent Green LP]
  The Pretty Reckless - Death By Rock And Roll [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver 2 LP]
  Taylor Swift - evermore [Grey Shell Cassette]
  Humanity's Last Breath - Välde
  Rammstein - Herzeleid - XXV Anniversary Edition
  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear Translucent LP]
  Robin Thicke - On Earth & In Heaven
  Pentatonix - The Lucky Ones
  Moe. - Not Normal EP
  Fletcher - The S(Ex) Tapes
  Public Enemy - Power To The People And The Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits [Limited Edition Blood Red w/ Black Smoke 2LP]
  Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America [Blue LP]
  Curtis Mayfield - Roots [Orange LP]
  R+R=Now - R+R=Now Live
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 02-05-21

  

  Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! - New West Records
  Every now and then an artist comes along who makes you remember why you started listening to albums in the first place: Aaron Lee Tasjan is that artist. With his off-center charm and restless creative dazzle, he makes music with conviction that has its roots in rock’s murky past, armed with an arsenal of songs that spill over with humor, intelligence, irony, and at times prophecy. He updates the idea of androgyny but dispels the emotional and social ambiguity with lyrics that reflect his own geographic and artistic wanderings. Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! is 11 songs. The man who began the album, is not the same man who completed it, transformed both by the experiences that inspired the songs and crafting them. This is not anxious music for anxious times, but rather music as an antidote for anxious times. It is the sound of the future arriving.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  John Mayall - The First Generation 1965-1974 - Snapper UK / Madfish
  There are box sets and then there are BOX SETS. John Mayall’s The First Generation 1965-1974 set sits firmly in the latter category, being substantial both in the artefacts contained within and the superb music it encompasses. The first set of this size to be released documenting John Mayall’s early years sees not only all albums from his much lauded formative career, but also unreleased tracks aplenty. Featuring Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Harvey Mandel, Blue Mitchell, Jon Mark and many more outstanding musicians, this mammoth package contains 35 CDs, a beautiful hardback book and much more. Not for nothing did Mayall earn the moniker ‘Godfather of the British Blues’. For a short but compelling time in the 60s and 70s he recognised raw talent, took it in, nurtured it, and everyone thrived and benefitted as a result. Many of the best musicians of the period passed through the hallowed ranks of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. All are on show here in a stunning set crammed with musical highlights.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  The Weeknd - The Highlights - XO Records
  If you can’t feel your face waiting for the big game this Weeknd, save your tears because we’ve got the perfect soundtrack to carry you to kickoff and all the way through the after hours. Get acquainted with The Highlights – a new greatest hit collection from The Weeknd ahead of his highly-anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance. Or explore The Weeknd’s entire catalog, from his 2013 debut Kiss Land all the way through last year’s multi-platinum smash After Hours. Go ahead, you’ve earned it.

  
     
  
  
  

  
  
  

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Black Country, New Road - For the first time [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]  
  
  
  Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red/White/Blue Marble LP]
  Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue LP]
  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
  The Weather Station - Ignorance [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver LP]
  Various Artists - A Benefit For Equality Vol. 1 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP]
  John Prine - September 78
  Danny Kroha - Detroit Blues [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Turquoise LP]
  The Decemberists - Live Home Library Vol 1 August 11 2009 Royal Oak [LP]
  Hounds - Cattle In The Sky
  The Staves - Good Woman
  Yes - House Of Yes: Live From House Of Blues [Limited Edition Translucent Blue 3LP]
  A.J. Croce - By Request
  Deacon Blue - Riding On The Tide Of Love
  Role Model - Our Little Angel EP
  Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version) [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver 3LP]
  Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Edition) [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue 3LP+2CD Box Set]
  Bob Marley & The Wailers - Songs Of Freedom: The Island Years [6 LP Box Set]
  George Benson - Breezin' [Blue/Badge LP]
  Sugarhill Gang - The Best of Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight [Limited Edition Translucent Gold Audiophile LP]
  TV Priest - Uppers
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 01-29-21

  

  Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams - Transgressive
  Twenty-year-old, London-based musician and poet Arlo Parks, has been very steadily climbing the ranks as an artist to watch since the release of her confessional debut single "Cola" in 2018. Arlo has received praise from artists such as Billie Eilish, Wyclef Jean, Clairo, Florence Welsh and Phoebe Bridgers during the past year while growing her fan base exponentially. Arlo's debut album "is a series of vignettes and intimate portraits surrounding my adolescence and the people that shaped it. It is rooted in storytelling and nostalgia - I want it to feel both universal and hyper specific." On a personal level, Parks struggled with her identity growing up; a self- confessed tom-boy who was super sensitive and "uncool," she says it was like "I'm a black kid who can't dance for shit, listens to emo music and currently has a crush on some girl in my Spanish class." By the time she reached 17, she shaved her head, figured out she was bisexual and produced/wrote an album's worth of material.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Lucero - When You Found Me - Liberty & Lament
  Like the great river that flows through Memphis, the music of Lucero keeps rolling on, twisting and turning through the years, the same dark and brooding steadiness always at work.  Since forming in late the ‘90s, this group of Memphis road-dogs has mixed heartfelt lyrics with the sounds of early rock and roll, classic punk, country-folk, and deep-fried Southern soul. It’s a sound that stands on the pillars of American music, born more of feeling than technique, delivered night after night to legions of fans in dive bars and theaters, and on stages as august as Red Rocks Amphitheater and the Ryman. In short, it’s music that is built to last, impervious to trends.  For their tenth studio album, When You Found Me, the band continues its natural evolution, this time tapping into a more atmospheric, widescreen vision (one that wouldn’t seem out of place on a Reagan-era FM dial) while still staying tethered to its roots.  “I wanted a very classic rock sound for this album,” says songwriter and frontman Ben Nichols. “I wanted it to sound like stuff I heard on the radio growing up. I didn’t want to make a retro record at all, but I did want to reference some of those sounds and tones and moods. I think we struck a nice balance between nostalgia and something that still sounds like contemporary Lucero.”

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Baio - Dead Hand Control  
  
  Steven Wilson - THE FUTURE BITES
  Mike Krol - Mike Krol Is Never Dead: The First Two Records
  The Milk Carton Kids - Live From Lincoln Theatre
  Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose: Live At Brixton
  PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (2020 Reissue)
  PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? - Demos
  Goat Girl - On All Fours
  The Dead South - Served Live
  Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - I Told You So
  Lastlings - First Contact
  Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Best Years Of Our Lives: 45th Anniversary
  BlackPink - THE ALBUM
  Various Artists - Golden Age: 25 Years Of Signature Sounds
  Joan As Police Woman - Live
  The Notwist - Vertigo Days
  John Prine - Storm Windows [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  John Prine - Pink Cadillac [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  John Prine - Bruised Orange [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love
  Public Enemy - Power To The People And The Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits
  Anna B Savage - A Common Turn
  
  
  
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• Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams

  

  At just 20-years-old, Arlo Parks has seen her profile steadily rise since the release of her debut single, “Cola,” in 2018. Parks is quick to note the impact independent record stores have had on her, and her ascension in the music world. “I spent a lot of time in indie record stores when I was a kid and I’m really grateful for all they brought to me,” said Parks. “They’re a place where you can really delve into music, explore new music and discover whole worlds of sonic palates.”
  
  Since releasing “Cola,” Parks, a London-based musician and poet, has emerged as a favorite on “artists to watch” lists thanks to a prolific output of delicately-soulful tracks like “Sophie,” “Eugene” and “Hurt.” Along the way, Parks has received praise from the likes of artists like Billie Eilish, Wyclef Jean, Clairo, Florence Welsh and Phoebe Bridgers.
  
  The next stop on Parks’ journey comes on January 29 with the release of her full-length debut, Collapsed in Sunbeams. Parks describes the album as “a series of vignettes and intimate portraits surrounding my adolescence and the people that shaped it. It is rooted in storytelling and nostalgia – I want to feel both universal and hyper-specific.”

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• New Release Round-Up 01-22-21

  

  The Dead Daisies - Holy Ground - SPV
  The Dead Daisies have started the next chapter welcoming new band member Glenn Hughes. Also known as "The Voice Of Rock", Glenn has taken over lead vocals and bass guitar, joining guitarists Doug Aldrich, David Lowy and drummer Deen Castronovo. With the addition of Glenn Hughes, The Daisies supercharge their front line through his rock solid bass grooves and unmatched vocal intensity. As all fans know, the man is a true original, inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, with a rich history of music that features heavy weights like Deep Purple and Black Country Communion as well as a successful solo career. One might say: "They don't build rockers like him anymore". Followers can expect more High-Voltage Rock songs, indomitable grooves and spellbinding lyrics, all the ingredients that have made this music so timeless, out-living trends of the modern day. The sound of The Dead Daisies is entrenched in the Hard Rock way of life we all love but as a living, breathing rock band, they are constantly evolving & bringing new dynamics to a classic style.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Survival Horror
  Bicep - Isles
  Perry Farrell - The Glitz; The Glamour
  Guided By Voices - Styles We Paid For
  Brian Eno - Film Music 1976 – 2020
  Kiwi jr. - Cooler Returns
  Rhye - Home
  Moon Taxi - Silver Dream
  Seasick Steve - Love & Peace
  Steve Hackett - Under A Mediterranean Sky
  Cub Scout Bowling Pins - Heaven Beats Iowa EP
  Nicholas Lens / Nick Cave - L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S
  Bob Mould - Distortion: 1996-2007
  Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang!... The Greatest Hits Of Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  Spice Girls - Forever [Deluxe LP]
  Old Dominion - Meat And Candy
  Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra - Songs For The Apocalypse
  Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [SYEOR 2021 2LP]
  Genesis - A Trick of the Tail [SYEOR 2021 Easter Yellow LP]
  Genesis - Duke [SYEOR 2021 White LP]
  Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms [SYEOR 2021 2LP]
  Dire Straits - Communiqué [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Dire Straits - Dire Straits [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Dire Straits - Love Over Gold [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Dire Straits - Making Movies [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Dire Straits - On Every Street [SYEOR 2021 2LP]
  Curtis Mayfield - Superfly [SYEOR 2021 Opaque LP]
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 01-15-21

  

  Beach Bunny - Blame Game EP - Mom & Pop Music
  Beach Bunny release their new EP Blame Game out via Mom+Pop Music. The new EP follows the band’s 2020 Billboard Top 10 debut album Honeymoon, which received 4 STARS from Rolling Stone - and a print profile - a multi-page critic’s essay from The New Yorker and features with The Cut, i-D, Paper, Nylon and many more. Where Honeymoon centered on the highs and lows of new love, Blame Game takes aim at toxic masculinity, sexism and the emotional labor of unreliable relationships. Blame Game was written in quarantine and recorded in Chicago over a week in August. The four new original songs are produced by Joe Reinhart (Hop Along, Joyce Manor, Modern Baseball, Remo Drive).

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition)
  Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King
  Tyler Childers - Long Violent History
  You Me At Six - Suckapunch
  Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
  Zayn - Nobody Is Listening
  Accept - Too Mean To Die
  Bill Withers - Greatest Hits
  Why Don't We - The Good Times And The Bad Ones
  DaBaby - BLAME IT ON BABY [Deluxe 2LP]
  Matthew Sweet - Catspaw
  Trampled By Turtles - Blue Sky & The Devil
  Trampled By Turtles - Songs From A Ghost Town
  Fleetwood Mac - The Best Of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
  Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective: The Best Of Buffalo Springfield [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Talk Talk - It's My Life [SYEOR 2021 LP]
  Billie Joe + Norah - Foreverly [SYEOR 2021 Orange Ice Cream LP]
  Danny Elfman - Batman: Original Motion Picture Score [SYEOR 2021 Solid Turquoise LP]
  Danny Elfman - Dick Tracy (Original Score) [SYEOR 2021 Transparent Blue LP]
  Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song/Hey Hey What Can I Do [Vinyl-Single]
  21 Savage / Metro Boomin - SAVAGE MODE II
  Lil Tecca - Virgo World
  Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
  Kurt Vile - Speed Sound Lonely KV EP
  
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 01-08-21

  

  Passenger - Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted - Nettwerk Records
  Mike Rosenberg, better known as Passenger, is a multi-award winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter from Brighton, England. Although still known for his busking, he long ago made the journey from street corners to stadiums – most notably with 'Let Her Go', which reached number 1 in 19 countries and which has now notched more than two billion plays on YouTube. For his latest album "Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted" Rosenberg explains, “I chose the album title because a lot of the songs are about drinking and the emotions felt around it” he explains. There are personal references Rosenberg adds, “I’ve recently gone through a break-up, which is always a rough time but can actually be very inspiring too. I spent a few months going out and drinking too much which was fun and heartbreaking and awful all at once. Some of the material is personal and some of it is about other people, either people I’ve met or fictional characters. That’s always been a Passenger thing: sad stories about people drenched in disappointment with that sense of what could have been.”

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook (Vol. 1) - Capitol
  A lifelong bluegrass and country music fan, legendary singer, songwriter and producer Barry Gibb has long dreamed of a project that would bring him together with some of the artists he admires the most. With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, that dream has become a reality with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook (Vol. 1)—out this week via Capitol Records. Featured artists roster includes Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow and more.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album
  Aaron Frazer - Introducing...
  Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent: Finale
  Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump 20th Anniversary Collection [4LP Box Set]
  Steven Wilson - 12 THINGS I FORGOT [Vinyl]
  Beck - Hyperspace: 2020 Deluxe Edition
  Becca Stevens - Wonderbloom
  Melody Gardot - Sunset In The Blue
  Viagra boys - Welfare Jazz
  Greg Graffin - American Lesion [White LP]
  The Cars - Shake It Up [SYEOR 2021 Neon Green LP]
  K.D. Lang - Invincible Summer: 20th Anniversary Edition [SYEOR 2021 Yellow Flame LP]
  Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues [SYEOR 2021 Sky Blue LP]
  Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [SYEOR 2021 Red Opaque 2LP]
  Strung Like a Horse - Whoa!
  Various Artists - Goodnight Songs For Rebel Girls
  Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation: 10th Anniversary Remix Edition
  Oliver Tree - Ugly Is Beautiful
  Call Me Spinster - Call Me Spinster EP
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 12-18-20

  

  Paul McCartney - McCartney III - Capitol
  50 years following the release of his self-titled first solo album McCartney, featuring Paul playing every instrument and writing and recording every song, Paul McCartney releases McCartney III. Paul hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of “Rockdown,” he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would become McCartney III: a stripped back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work marking the opening of a new decade, in the tradition of 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s McCartney II. Recorded earlier this year in Sussex, McCartney III is mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing, drumming, etc. atop that foundation. McCartney III spans a vast and intimate range of modes and moods, from soul searching to wistful, from playful to raucous and all points between — captured with some of the same gear from Paul’s Rude Studio used as far back as 1971 Wings sessions. And Paul's array of vintage instruments he played on the new album have an even more storied history, including Bill Black of Elvis Presley's original trio's double bass alongside Paul's own iconic Hofner violin bass, and a mellotron from Abbey Road Studios used on Beatles recordings, to name but a few. Just as McCartney’s 1970 release marked Paul’s return to basics in the wake of the biggest band break-up in musical history, and the 1980 avant-garde masterpiece McCartney II rose from the ashes of Wings, McCartney III finds Paul back on his own, turning unexpected circumstances into a personal snapshot of a timeless artist at a unique point in history.

  
    
  
  
  

  

  Aluna - Renaissance - Mad Decent
  The desire for change stirs from the inside. We either listen to it-or not. Aluna chose to listen. After widespread critical acclaim as one-half of multi-platinum duo AlunaGeorge, the singer, songwriter, and producer established an unpredictable and undeniable signature sound on her 2020 solo debut, Renaissance.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Taylor Swift - evermore
  Drive-By Truckers - The New OK
  Mac Miller - Swimming In Circles [4LP]
  Mumford & Sons - Delta Diaries [CD Book Set]
  Conan Gray - Kid Krow [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition CD w/ Autographed Booklet]
  Childish Gambino - Because The Internet [2LP]
  The Brummies - Automatic World
  Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Soul (Original Motion Picture Score) [LP]
  Jon Batiste - Music From And Inspired By Soul [LP]
  The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One
  Fit For An Autopsy - The Sea Of Tragic Beasts [Black/Green/White Splatter LP]
  Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side: 25th Anniversary Edition
  ENHYPEN - BORDER : DAY ONE [Dawn Version]
  Skip Marley - Higher Place EP
  NCT - NCT - The 2nd Album RESONANCE Pt. 2 [Departure Ver.]
  James Blake - Before EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Vinyl]
  Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony
  The Black Keys - Brothers: 10th Anniversary Edition [Deluxe 2LP]
  Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - The Non-Stop EP
  Lil Baby - My Turn [Deluxe]
  George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Live In Boston 1982: The Complete Concert [Deluxe 4LP]
  Between The Buried And Me - Colors [2020 Remix/Remaster 2LP]
  The Wedding Present & Friends - Not From Where I'm Standing
  Maggie Rogers - Notes From The Archive: Recordings 2011-2016
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 12-11-20

  

  Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions) - High Top Mountain
  Since breaking through in 2014 with his Grammy nominated Metamodern Sounds in Country Music album, Sturgill Simpson has established himself as one of the most daring and most acclaimed artists of our time. His music stretches across genres and styles, from the psychedelic soul of 2016's A Sailor’s Guide To Earth (Grammy nominated for Album of the Year and winner for Best Country Album) to the fuzzed-out rock attack of Sound & Fury in 2019. Now Simpson returns to the music of his native Kentucky with his first bluegrass project, Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions). A true "mixtape for the fans", as Sturgill calls it, sees him reimagining songs from across his catalogue backed by some of Nashville's finest acoustic virtuosos.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams - Plastic Bouquet - New West Records
  Every December, Christchurch, NZ  enjoys the start of summer as Saskatoon, SK  begins to freeze over. For as far apart as these places may seem, you would never know it from the sound of Plastic Bouquet, the debut collaborative album between Saskatoon duo Kacy & Clayton and Christchurch singer and songwriter Marlon Williams.  While on tour across Europe in 2017, Kacy & Clayton quite literally stopped Marlon in his tracks. As if playing by divine design through the radio, the pair’s “Springtime of the Year” immediately enchanted him.  Soon thereafter, Marlon hopped a flight to Saskatoon and they wrote and recorded the bulk of what would become Plastic Bouquet. They unlocked undeniable chemistry.  With Plastic Bouquet, these three musicians find common ground in dusty country spun through a kaleidoscope of psychedelic soul and dreamy fifties delivery.  They created an ethnosphere that is more than the sum of its parts. It’s also the beginning of something very exciting.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
  The Kills - Little Bastards
  Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive
  Belle And Sebastian - What To Look For In Summer
  Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume 2: No World For Tomorrow
  Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters [Deluxe]
  M. Ward - Think Of Spring
  Mumford & Sons - Delta Tour EP
  Deftones - White Pony: 20th Anniversary [Deluxe 2CD]
  Various Artists - Willie Nelson American Outlaw (Live At Bridgestone Arena 2019)
  Jeezy - The Recession 2
  The Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No Satisfaction: 55th Anniversary Edition [Limited Edition Emerald 12in Single]
  Soulwax - Nite Versions [Limited 15 Anniversary Edition Pink & White LP]
  The Killers - Imploding The Mirage [LP]
  Big Sean - Detroit 2
  Neil Young - After The Gold Rush: 50th Anniversary Edition
  Def Leppard - Hits Vegas - Live At Planet Hollywood [Limited Edition Translucent Blue 3LP]
  Less Than Jake - Silver Linings
  Puscifer - Existential Reckoning
  John Prine - John Prine Live
  Guided By Voices - Styles We Paid For
  Majestica - A Christmas Carol
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 12-04-20

  

  Shawn Mendes - Wonder - Island
  Grammy nominated Shawn Mendes returns with his fourth studio album Wonder, the follow up to 2018’s platinum Shawn Mendes.  Includes the first single, also entitled “Wonder” and 13 other tracks recorded over the course of 2020.  “Wrote an album. It’s called “Wonder”.  "It really feels like a piece of me has been written down on paper and recorded into song. I tried to be as real and as honest as I’ve ever been.  It’s a world and a journey and a dream and an album I’ve been wanting to make for a really long time.”

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Frank Black - Christmass - Demon
  Demon Records is proud to present a new series of vinyl reissues from American singer-songwriter Black Francis / Frank Black. The first release in this new series is 'Christmass', a collection of acoustic performances from Frank Black's 2006 US solo tour. Recorded both live on stage and in hotel rooms whilst on the road, the album includes tracks from across Black's career. Highlights include stripped back renditions of Pixies' classics 'Where Is My Mind?', 'Cactus' and 'Wave Of Mutilation' along with 'I Burn Today', 'Bullet' and 'Nadine' from Black's solo albums. This new definitive vinyl edition is pressed on two 140g 'cactus' green vinyl.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Green Druid - At The Maw Of Ruin - Earache Records
  2020 release from this metal band spawned in the mile-high city of Denver Colorado, the first city to legalize marijuana. Green Druid was nominated for 'Best Metal Band' at the 303 Magazine Awards. Album closer is a cover of UK trip-hop pioneers Portishead's 'Threads'.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Amy Winehouse - 12x7: The Singles Collection - Republic
  A 7” singles box set comprising all of Amy Winehouse's singles from the Frank, Back To Black and Lioness: Hidden Treasures albums. Tracks include ‘Stronger Than Me’, ‘Rehab’ and ‘Love Is A Losing Game’, all of which won the Ivor Novello Award for Amy in 2004, 2007 and 2008. The set also includes the Grammy Award winning ‘Body and Soul’, a duet with Tony Bennett. The singles are housed in individual picture sleeves and pressed on black vinyl. The box also features a 20-page lyrics booklet and a set of art cards.
  
  Also Available: The Collection [5CD Box Set]

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman: 50th Anniversary Edition - A&M
  Tea For The Tillerman is arguably Cat Stevens’ best known and most cherished album. Originally released in November 1970, Universal Music will be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in style on 20th November 2020 with a multi-format release suite, including a very special 5CD/BD/1LP/12” Live E.P. Super Deluxe Edition reissue of one of music’s most classic albums.  The Super Deluxe set features a brand new 2020 Remaster of the record, as well as a brand new 2020 Mix (overseen by Yusuf Islam producer / engineer David Hefti), with audio mixed from the original 1970 Island Records multi-track master tape. The 2020 Mix also appears on the 1LP which is 100% exclusive to this box set. CD3 features Yusuf’s brand new interpretations of these wonderful songs, Tea For The Tillerman², which is released on stand-alone formats on 18th September 2020. Yusuf has chosen to include it here in order to present the very most complete edition of the original album, and to show how these songs have evolved over their 50 year lifespan. CD4 features demos, outtakes and alternate versions, including two wholly previously unreleased tracks (“Can This Be Love?” and “It’s So Good”), while CD5 features 25x live performances including 5 previously unreleased tracks recorded Live At The Troubadour, 4 previously unreleased live performances from the 8th December 1970 show at Fillmore East, and 6 previously unreleased live from British, French and German TV performances in 1970/71. The Live At The Troubadour performance is also included in full on the live 12” E.P. (exclusive to this box). The Super Deluxe box set is rounded out with a BluRay featuring HD 24bit/96khz audio of the 2020 Mix, as well as 8x previously unreleased live TV performances, 7 tracks performed live at KCNET studios, Los Angeles, and the official “Father And Son” video.
  
   
  
  
  

  

  Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon: 50th Anniversary Edition - A&M
  Back in 1970 and following a period of illness and recuperation, singer-songwriting troubadour Cat Stevens re-emerged with a new record deal with Island Records and a spiritual and artistic rebirth. ‘Mona Bone Jakon’, his first album for Island, showcased a markedly different change in direction for Cat, unveiling with it a remarkable set of new compositions that included classics like ‘Trouble’, ‘Maybe You’re Right’ and the UK hit single ‘Lady D’Arbanville’. To commemorate the album’s 50th anniversary comes this definitive super deluxe box set of ‘Mona Bone Jakon’. Sounding as fresh as the day it was recorded, the original album is represented here by a brand new 2020 remaster of ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road, overseen by original producer Paul Samwell-Smith 2020 on CD, as well as a new 2020 Mix by David Hefti on both CD and LP. The set also includes an exclusive third CD of previously unreleased demos, and a fourth featuring 18 live performances from 1970/71. This box is rounded out with a live 12” etched vinyl E.P. of a rare audience recording of ‘Live At Plumpton Jazz & Blues Festival’ from August 1970, and with a BluRay disc featuring the original promo video of ‘Lady D’Arbanville’, plus eight live TV performances, and the HD audio of the new Mona Bone Jakon 2020 Mix. Also included is a 98-page beautifully illustrated hardcover book with extensive new sleevenotes. Finally there’s also a selection of memorabilia including Island Records press kit, two Island press photos, a replica 1970 Plumpton Jaxx and Blues flyer, a Cat Stevens tour sticker and ‘dustbin’ greetings card and pop art print in a card envelope.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Grandson - Death Of An Optimist - Fueled By Ramen
  Grandson's debut EP trilogy of Modern Tragedy 1, 2, and 3, which turned Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and musician Jordan Edward Benjamin into a vocal spokesperson on some of today's most pressing political and social issues, Death Of An Optimist continues grandson's dynamic search for meaningful change with some of his most clear-eyed and assertive songwriting yet.

  
    
  
  
  

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  Arctic Monkeys - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
  Margo Price - Perfectly Imperfect At The Ryman
  Beyonce - Homecoming: The Live Album
  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - K.G.
  The White Stripes - The White Stripes Greatest Hits
  Deafheaven - 10 Years Gone
  Coldplay - Christmas Lights [Limited Edition Blue 7in Vinyl]
  Stevie Nicks - Live In Concert: The 24 Karat Gold Tour
  Britney Spears - Glory: Deluxe [Opaque White 2LP]
  Steven Wilson - 12 Things I Forgot
  Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Complete Island Recordings [11LP Box Set]
  Khruangbin - Late Night Tales: Khruangbin
  Calexico - Seasonal Shift
  YUNGBLUD - weird!
  Steve Perry - Traces: Alternate Versions & Sketches
  Rich The Kid & YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Nobody Safe
  Sigur Ros - Odin's Raven Magic
  Rory Gallagher - The Best Of
  Various Artists - The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (Original Soundtrack) [Red, Green & Clear Smoke 3LP]
  Twice - Eyes Wide Open (Story Version)
  SuperM - SuperM The 1st Album 'Super One' [Limited Edition Orange Cassette]
  
  
  
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