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• My Morning Jacket - Listening Party & Prizes! Be the first to hear the album before release

  

  My Morning Jacket - Listening Party & Prizes

  Thursday March 13th @6pm - Golden Valley location

  Join us on 03/13 at our Golden Valley location to be the first to hear the new MMJ album and win prizes! This event is free and open to the public and no purchase necessary to win prizes. Pre-Order the Indie Exclusive vinyl now or at the event to reserve your copy for street date. 

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• DJO "The Crux" Listening Party & Prizes at both locations! 03/29 @2pm

  

  DJO - "The Crux" Listening Party & Prizes 

  Saturday 03/29 @2PM - Golden Valley AND Maple Grove locations

  Be the first to hear the album with fellow DJO fans and win prizes.  More details to come but you won't want to miss out on this highly-anticipated release of 2025! This event is free and open the public. No purchase necessary but you can pre-order now or at the event!. Links below

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• Frankie and The Witch Fingers - Free Flexi with Pre-Oder of "Trash Classic"!

  

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• Mumford & Sons - Album Listening Party & Prizes (Golden Valley location)

  

  Mumford & Sons "Rushmere" Album Listening Party

  Tuesday March 25th 6pm - Golden Valley

  Join us and be the first to hear the new Mumford & Sons album before anyone else!  Pre-order the vinyl and you'll receive an exclusive tote bag while supplies last!  Also, attendees can enter to win an AUTOGRAPHED TEST PRESSING.

  This event is free and open to the public.

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• Japanese Breakfast Listening Party & Prizes! March 21st 6pm

  

  Japanese Breakfast - Listening Party & Prizes

  Friday March 21st @6pm - Golden Valley location

  Join us on release day as we spin the new Japanese Breakfast album, "For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)" and give away some great prizes.  We will have POSTERS and EXCLUSIVE RECORD SLEEVES for attendees while supplies last.  This event is free and open to the public, no purchase necessary.  Customers who purchase the vinyl from us will be priority for the record sleeves. You can pre-order to reserve your copy below

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• New Release Round-Up 03-14-25

  
   
  

  Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe

  Coheed and Cambria presents their forthcoming album, The Father of Make Believe, out via Virgin Music Group. The new full-length marks the 10th studio album from the New York band and continues the narrative of The Amory Wars / Vaxis universe, following their 2022 album, Vaxis Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind.

  

  
   
  
  

  Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Warner Records
  

  A Boy Named Goo is the Goo Goo Dolls fifth studio album, originally released on March 14, 1995. Driven by the smash hit “Name”, the album catapulted the band to mainstream success, and it was certified double platinum within a year of the release. The album also included the singles “Flat Top”, “Naked”,“Only One”, and “Long Way Down”.

  
    
  

  Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter - Island

  Lonesome Drifter is the new album from GRAMMY Award-nominated artist Charley Crockett. Crockett co-produced the album alongside multi-GRAMMY Award-winning musician and producer Shooter Jennings. Over the course of just 10 days, they cut 12 tracks live at the legendary Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. Crockett's Island Records debut is a culmination of all that has come before, with the same unapologetic spirit, die-hard work ethic, and no nonsense honesty that has driven his artistry across his 14 previous studio albums. In the end, Lonesome Drifter takes stock of Charley's road in the rearview as it paves a path into the future.

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Clipping - Dead Channel Sky [Ghostly Green LP]

  Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter [180 Gram]

  Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - [2 LP]

  Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe [Indie Exclusive Translucent Light Blue 2 LP]

  Osbourne, Ozzy - See You On The Other Side V2.0

  Courting - Lust for Life, Or: 'How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story'

  Steve Wilson - Overview [Indie Exclusive 180g Half-Speed Mint Green LP]]

  Manntra - Titans [Compact disc]

  Roget Wilbert Ii - Helldivers 2 - O.S.T.

  Warren Zeiders - Relapse Lies & Betrayal

  Whatever The Weather - Whatever The Weather Ii [Dark Green Vinyl LP]

  Nels Cline - Consentrik Quartet [180g 2 LP Signed Insert]

  Godflesh - Streetcleaner (35th Anniversary Edition) [Indie Exclusive Yellow LP]

  Oklou - choke enough [Translucent Black LP]

  Throwing Muses - Moonlight Concessions [Colored Vinyl] (Crem)

  Rose Cousins - Conditions Of Love - Vol. 1 [Colored Vinyl] (Pnk) (Stic)

  Memphis Slim - Memphis Slim, U.S.A

  Jaki Byard - Blues For Smoke

  Nancy Harrow - Wild Women Don't Have The Blues

  Mizik Maladi: Disques Debs International 3 / Var - Mizik Maladi: Disques Debs International 3 / Var

  Ball - Satanic Ecstasy [Colored Vinyl] [Deluxe] (Spla)

  Jonathan Personne - Nouveau Monde

  Traxman - Da Mind Of Traxman 3 [Colored Vinyl] (Wht)

  JP Harris - Jp Harris Is A Trash Fire [Colored Vinyl] (Slv)

  Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play) [45th Anniversary Edition, BLACK & WHITE SPLATTER VINYL]

  Sam Moss - Swimming

  Fightmilk - No Souvenirs (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] (Aus)

  Circuit Des Yeux - Halo On The Inside

  ZZ Ward - Liberation

  Gregory Uhlmann / Johnson,Josh / Wilkes,Sam - Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes

  Snow Patrol - Forest Is The Path [Extended Edition]

  Florence & Machine - Symphony Of Lungs (BBC Proms At The Royal Albert Hall)

  & More .....

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• Ghost - "Skeleta" Pre-Orders are live! Reserve your Indie Exclusive Vinyl or CD now!

  Now.....Just announced......THE NEW GHOST ALBUM "SKELETA"! Pre-Order Now to reserve your copy.  We usually have cool stuff to giveaway with purchase, details TBD.

  

  Ghost - Skeleta (Papa V Perpetua)

  Release Date: 04/25/2025

  Indie Exclusive Vinyl

  Compact Disc

  Cassette

  Click the links below to pre-order and reserve your copy. 

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• New Release Round-Up 03-07-25

  
    
  

  Juice WRLD - The Party Never Ends - Grade A Productions, LLC

  The highly anticipated final Juice WRLD album has arrived. The Party Never Ends as Juice rounds out his legacy with a final gift. The Party Never Ends finds Juice diving down different alleyways of his colorful, complex psyche. With features from Eminem, Fall Out Boy, Nicki Minaj, Offset, The Kid LAROI, and production from benny blanco, Nick Mira, and Cashmere Cat among many more collaborators, the posthumous set is a fitting celebration of a once-in-a-generation artist. See the tracklist below.

  

  
   
  
  

  Caylee Hammack - Bed of Roses - Capitol Records Nashville
  

  Caylee Hammack will release her 2nd full length album that will feature 13 new tracks including the already released songs- “The Hill” & “Breaking Dishes”.    She co-wrote all the songs on the new album and has been featured on several tracks with other artists including- Ashley McBride, Miranda Lambert, and others.  She has been nominated for the ACM-New Female Artist of the Year.

  

  
    
  

  Lady Gaga - MAYHEM - Interscope

  14-time Grammy-winner, Academy Award-winner, and two-time Golden Globe-winner Lady Gaga returns with MAYHEM. Includes previously released singles “Die With A Smile,” and “Disease,” plus the new track, “Abracadabra.”

  

  
   
  

  Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow - Southeastern Records
  

  Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jason Isbell is one of the most respected and celebrated artists of his generation. The North Alabama native possesses an incredible penchant for identifying and articulating some of the deepest, yet simplest, human emotions, and turning them into beautiful poetry through song. Isbell sings of the everyday human condition with thoughtful, heartfelt, and sometimes brutal honesty.

  After releasing multiple albums and touring the world with his band, the 400 Unit, Isbell will begin 2025 with a change of pace. He will hit the road on his own, performing solo this winter and early spring at historic music venues across Europe and the US. In conjunction with these much anticipated shows, Isbell will be releasing a new album featuring only his voice and an acoustic guitar, an all-mahogany 1940 Martin 0-17. These recordings further demonstrate his pure talent as a songwriter and musician. Produced by Gena Johnson and Jason Isbell, and recorded at Electric Lady Studios in NYC, ‘Foxes in the Snow’ is set to be released on March 7th.

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Caylee Hammack - Bed of Roses [CD]

  Juice WRLD - The Party Never Ends [Indie Exclusive 2 Metallic Glacier LP]

  Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow [LP indie exclusive Metallic gold]

  Various Artists - Fortnite Remix Chapter 2 [Indie Exclusive Blue LP]

  Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [2LP]

  Benmont Tench - Melancholy Season [180 Gram]

  Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea [Black/White/Grey LP]

  Rachel Bochner - Lovergirl [Collectible Color Blast ]

  Mould, Bob - Here We Go Crazy [Indie Exclusive Multicolor Smush LP]

  Combust - Belly Of The Beast [Indie Exclusive Colored Vinyl]

  Hinder - Extreme Behavior [Colored Vinyl] (Aniv)

  Cliff Martinez (Blue) (Colv) (Gate) (Pnk) (Purp) - Neon Demon - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

  Lee Hazlewood - Love And Other Crimes (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition]

  Sasami - Blood On The Silver Screen [Indie Exclusive Blood Red LP]

  Pale Blue Eyes - New Place [Deluxe Cherry Red LP]

  Disturbed - The Sickness (25th Anniversary Edition) - [Green LP]

  Neil Young - Oceanside Countryside [Indie Exclusive Recycled Clear Vinyl]

  Lake - Bucolic Gone [Baby Blue Vinyl]

  Balthvs - MACROCOSM [Translucent Galaxy Vinyl]

  Benmont Tench - Melancholy Season [Indie Exclusive Transparent Blue LP]

  Shakira - El Dorado [Gold 2LP]

  Celia Cruz - Regalo Del Alma [Silver 2LP]

  Noah Kahan - Live From Fenway Park [Indie Exclusive Red/Blue 2 LP]

  Alter Bridge - One Day Remains (Deluxe Edition / 20th Anniversary) - [2 LP]

  Curtis Amy / Butler,Frank - Groovin' Blue (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition) [180 Gram]

  Paul Bley - Open To Love (Ecm Luminessence Series) [180 Gram]

  Jeff Buckley / Lucas,Gary - Songs To No One (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] (Wht)

  Mackenzie Carpenter - Hey Country Queen [Colored Vinyl] (Red)

  A Croce .J. - Heart Of The Eternal

  Cruz, Celia - Son Con Guaguanco

  & More .....

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• New Release Round-Up 02-28-25

  
    
  

  Architects - The Sky, The Earth & All Between - Epitaph

  ARCHITECTS are back and charging forward in the heavy rock world with their latest sonic masterpiece, The Sky, The Earth & All Between. After two relentless years on the road—featuring massive European summer tours with Metallica and top billing at festival stages across North America, from Sonic Temple to Aftershock—the band has returned to the studio to deliver their most powerful collection of songs yet.With the creative force of Jordan Fish (Bring Me The Horizon) behind the boards, ARCHITECTS have captured the explosive energy of their live performances while elevating their signature melodic edge. This album reflects the perfect blend of raw intensity, emotional depth, and innovative production. Already making waves, singles like “Curse” and “Seeing Red” have drawn rave reviews from Metal Injection, Alternative Press, and Loudwire. Idobi crowned “Seeing Red” an “anthem powerhouse,” and the track’s global success landed it in the top 10 of charts worldwide—amassing over 45 million streams along the way. The Sky, The Earth & All Between builds on the momentum of their 2022 album, the classic symptoms of a broken spirit, which stormed to the top of the UK Rock and Metal Charts. With this new release, Architects are once again set to push the boundaries of modern heavy music, cementing their status as one of the most exciting and essential bands of our time.

  

  
   
  

  Lola Young - This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway - Island
  

  Lola Young - "This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway" [Clear LP] "Here is my first-born child, a fuck you to all my exes, and basically me just trying to figure out some shit openly and honestly on record. First of many and if you don't like it, then this wasn't meant for you anyway." - Lola Young This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway marks a remarkable shift in Lola's sound as an artist. Recorded in LA and produced by friend and collaborator Solomonophic (Remi Wolf, BROCKHAMPTON, Dominic Fike), This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway is a multi-faceted, fearless concept. As irresistible as it is unexpected, Lola's album is crackling with kinetic energy and lyrically fueled by rage, passion, narrative flair and comedy derision. A contemporary break-up album, This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway encapsulates the sound of what it means to be young and in constant romantic chaos. Released in June 2024, the album is now available on clear vinyl. 

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Lola Young - This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway [Colored Vinyl] (Red) (Uk)

  Eminem - Encore (20th Anniversary) [Royal Blue 2 LP]

  Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart [Pink LP]

  Architects - The Sky, The Earth & All Between

  NIGHTINGALE - Alive Again (Re-Issue) - [LP]

  Lisa - Alter Ego [Photobook - Speedi Version]

  Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures

  Aloe Blacc - Stand Together [Indie Exclusive Silver Vinyl]

  Stereolab - Dots And Loops

  Panda Bear - Sinister Grift [Indie Exclusive Curacao Blue LP]

  Panda Bear - Sinister Grift [LP]

  Mdou Moctar - Tears Of Injustice

  Quasimoto - Yessir Whatever [Colored Vinyl] (Slv) (Stic)

  The Devil Makes Three - Spirits [Indie Exclusive Autographed LP]

  Dub Syndicate - Stoned Immaculate

  Cornelia Murr - Run To The Center [Clear Vinyl]

  Everything Is Recorded - Temporary [Red Vinyl]

  Chills - Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs [Colored Vinyl]

  Bob Corritore & Friends - Doin' The Shout

  Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] (Ylw) (Spla)

  Gunn-Truscinski Duo - Flam [Clear Vinyl] (Pnk) [Indie Exclusive] [Download Included] (Osgv)

  Hot 8 Brass - Big Tuba (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] [Deluxe] (Post) (Purp) (Wsv)

  Huntingtons - Muerto Carcel O Rocanrol Renacido [Colored Vinyl] (Wht)

  Bonnie Trash - Mourning You (Blk) [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition] (Red)

  David Grubbs - Whistle From Above

  Edith Frost - In Space

  Grass is Green - Yeddo [Colored Vinyl] (Pnk) (Red) (Spla)

  Will Stewart - Moon Winx [Colored Vinyl] (Stic) (Ylw)

  Population Ii - Electrons Libres Du Quebec [Clear Vinyl] (Wht)

  Nervous Verbs - Pony Coughing

  Filmmaker - An Invitation To An Accident

  Hylozoists - La Fin Du Monde

  Hhead - Jerk / Fireman

  BANKS - Off With Her Head [Brown LP]

  Darkside - Nothing [Indie Exclusive Red LP]

  Toro Y Moi - Soul Trash [Highlighter Yellow LP]

  & More .....

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• Vote us Minnesota's Best Record Store as we go for gold #5!

  

  The "Drive for #5" starts now! Voting is open for Minnesota's Best and we'd love your vote again this year for MN's best Record Store! (shopping>record store)

  You can vote every day if you'd like to ensure we get the GOLD! 
  

  VOTE NOW

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• Motion City Soundtrack "Panic Stations" Exclusive DITV Pressing on Ocean Blue Vinyl. Limited to 300 copies!

  

  Motion City Soundtrack / Down In The Valley VINYL EXCLUSIVE-- We are absolutely stoked to offer an exclusive color of "Panic Stations" on OCEAN BLUE vinyl, exclusive to DOWN IN THE VALLEY---Limited to 300 copies / Release Date: February 28th
  *TO ORDER---->>> https://downinthevalley.com/UPC/045778745005
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• New Release Round-Up 02-21-25

  
    
  

  Sam Fender - People Watching - Capitol

  Hailing from northeast England, Fender is a British songwriter with a penchant for euphoric, hard-hitting guitar anthems. Bursting onto the scene with a BRITs Critics’ Choice win in 2018, his first two albums, Hypersonic Missiles (2019) and Seventeen Going Under (2021), both debuted at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart and earned Platinum status. With over two billion global streams, Fender has headlined stadiums in Newcastle, toured arenas across the UK and Ireland, and headlined at major festivals like Reading/Leeds, while also supporting icons like The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.
  
  If Seventeen Going Under – Fender’s sophomore album and second to debut at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart – was his “coming of age” album, his forthcoming work is his next step – colorful stories and observations of everyday characters living their everyday, but often extraordinary, lives. Sam produced People Watching alongside bandmates Dean Thompson and Joe Atkinson over two years, working first in London in 2023 with producer Markus Dravs, and then earlier this year in Los Angeles with Granduciel. See below for track listing.

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Sam Fender - People Watching [Indie Exclusive Blue Yolk LP Alternate Cover]

  Sunny War - Armageddon In A Summer Dress [Indie Exclusive Autographed Pink LP]

  Tate McRae - So Close To What [LP]

  Jordan Smith - People's Hymnal

  Paul Thorn - Life is Just A Vapor [LP Opaque blue]

  The Murder Capital - Blindness [Indie Exclusive Gold LP]

  Painkiller - Equinox

  Sunny War - Armageddon In A Summer Dress [Indie Exclusive Autographed CD]

  Rejjie Snow - Peace 2 Da World [Sky Blue Vinyl]

  Wrekmeister Harmonies - Flowers In The Spring [Opaque Pink Vinyl]

  Kenny Wheeler - Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores [Deluxe With Booklet]

  Basia Bulat - Basia's Palace [Download Included]

  Anna Shoemaker - Someone Should Stop Her

  John Zorn - Bagatelles Vol. 2 Erik Friedlander And Michael

  Silkworm - Developer (Bonus Tracks) [Deluxe] [Download Included]

  Mild Minds - Gemini [Download Included]

  Sun Ra - Prophet [Colored Vinyl] (Red)

  Tomek - Love & Hate (Exp)

  Apollo Brown & Crimeapple - This Is Not That [Colored Vinyl]

  Cash & Skye - Just A Stranger

  Roedelius - 90 (Box) [Deluxe]

  Da Gabriel Rosa - Cafune

  Jules Reidy - Ghost/Spirit [Indie Exclusive Translucent Red LP]

  Oddisee - Mental Liberation (Blue) [Colored Vinyl]

  Altons - Waiting / Teach Me To Forget You

  Say Zuzu - Take These Turns (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] [Deluxe]

  Le Nombre - Scenario Catastrophe (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] [Remastered]

  Moriaty - Devil Has A Child [Colored Vinyl] (Red) (Aus)

  Solstein - Solstein

  Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible [Cobalt Blue 2LP]

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