• New Release Round-Up 04-16-21

  

  Greta Van Fleet - The Battle At Garden's Gate - Republic
  After three years, one-million concert tickets sold across five continents, four consecutive #1 singles, a GRAMMY Award, and performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live, Greta Van Fleet is hurtling into the future with its second album, The Battle At Garden's Gate on Lava/Republic Records. Indie Exclusive on white vinyl.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Tom Petty - Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions - Republic
  Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions—the latest offering of Tom Petty music, curated with help from his loving family, bandmates and collaborators—released via Warner Records. The tracks, which were previously released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe 9-LP version of 2020’s Wildflowers & All The Rest, will now be available on limited edition gold vinyl for indie retail, and CD.  A black vinyl release will follow on May 7. Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) features 16 studio recordings of alternate takes, long cuts and jam versions of Wildflowers songs as Tom, band members and co-producer Rick Rubin worked to finalize the album in 1994. The release offers fans further deep access into the writing and recording of Wildflowers, as well as realizing the full vision of the project as Tom had always intended. The collection was produced by Tom’s longtime engineer and co-producer Ryan Ulyate who listened to 245 reels of 24-track tape, revealing Tom and his collaborators’ evolutionary process, and finding the group willing to do whatever it took to discover the essence and magic in the material.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Eric Church - Heart & Soul - EMI Nashville
  Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Eric Church confirmed that new music is on the horizon: "I have [new] albums coming out in April. They came out of my 28 days in the mountains of North Carolina, where the songs were recorded and written. The collection is entitled Heart & Soul."

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Imelda May - 11 Past The Hour - Decca
  The goal of the album is to show Imelda May returning to her most honest self. Truthful beauty, feminine intuition. Intelligence. Visually, we should be showing a soft sense of warm spirited grittiness. Intimate. At home. Behind the curtain Imelda's radiant smile and illuminating laughter. A nod to her roots. Irish Heritage & inherent connection to storytelling. Imelda's words as a lyricist/poet/writer & overall thread to her Irish roots as a storyteller is a key thread within the campaign.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Deftones - White Pony: 20th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Super Deluxe]
  Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White w/ Olive Green Melt LP]
  The Living - 1982 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Canary Yellow LP]
  The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange Crush LP]
  The Network - Money Money 2020 Pt II: We Told Ya So!
  Lucinda Williams - Runnin' Down A Dream: A Tribute To Tom Petty
  Midland - The Sonic Ranch [Limited Edition]
  Norah Jones - ‘Til We Meet Again (Live)
  Fitz - Head Up High
  Havok - Point Of No Return EP
  Garage A Trois - Calm Down Cologne
  The Armed - Ultrapop [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Tan LP]
  Amigo the Devil - Born Against
  Escape The Fate - Chemical Warfare
  Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE3 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Translucent Orange 3LP]
  
  
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  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  John Lennon - John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band The Ultimate Mixes - Capitol
  Completely remixed from original multitracks, overseen by producer Yoko Ono Lennon, featuring Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston & Phil Spector. Ultimate Mixes, Outtakes, Elements, Raw Studio, Evolution, Demos, Jams & Yoko Live Sessions. 2 Blu-Ray Audio Discs: 159 new mixes, 11+ hrs, HiRes 192/24: Stereo, 5.1 Surround & Dolby Atmos. 6 CDs: 102 new mixes, 6+ hrs. 132-page hardback book with rare photos, memorabilia & extensive notes. Poster & 2 postcards.

  
    
  
  
  

  

  Peter Frampton Band - Frampton Forgets The Words - UMe
  On the heels of his recently released New York Times Best Selling memoir, the rock n' roll legend and Grammy winning artist Peter Frampton turns his focus back to music with his new studio album Frampton Forgets The Words. With his 1954 Les Paul Phenix, Frampton brings virtuosic guitar playing to 10 instrumental interpretations of his favorite songs including "Isn't It A Pity" by George Harrison, "Reckoner" by Radiohead, and more. 

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Eric Church - Heart & Soul - EMI Nashville
  Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Eric Church confirmed that new music is on the horizon: "I have [new] albums coming out in April. They came out of my 28 days in the mountains of North Carolina, where the songs were recorded and written. The collection is entitled Heart & Soul."

  
     
  
  
  

  

  The Who - The Who Sell Out: Deluxe Edition - Geffen Records
  The goal of the album is to show Imelda May returning to her most honest self. Truthful beauty, feminine intuition. Intelligence. Visually, we should be showing a soft sense of warm spirited grittiness. Intimate. At home. Behind the curtain Imelda's radiant smile and illuminating laughter. A nod to her roots. Irish Heritage & inherent connection to storytelling. Imelda's words as a lyricist/poet/writer & overall thread to her Irish roots as a storyteller is a key thread within the campaign.

  
   
  
  
  

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• New Release Round-Up 04-09-21

  

  Silver Synthetic - Silver Synthetic - Third Man Records
  In the midst of the thick New Orleans summer of 2017, Chris Lyons of garage punks Bottomfeeders found himself sitting on a small batch of songs that didn’t quite fit the fuzzed-out pileups of that band. The new songs were more chiming, driving but relaxed, full of little corners begging to be filled with classic pop harmonies and wayward country licks. He called in his trusted confidants: Bottomfeeders drummer and longtime musical partner Lucas Bogner—the two started playing music together at the tender age of 15—plus bassist Pete Campanelli, and Kunal Prakash (Jeff the Brotherhood) dug the songs and signed on, and the quartet started playing in earnest, hunkering down in the practice space.  By the time the band played its first gig in late 2018 at the opening of Nola’s ManRay Records, the songs had multiplied and the members of the newly christened Silver Synthetic had become genuine rock & roll craftsmen. In a world that doesn’t seem capable of swaying, Silver Synthetic’s self-titled debut shakes and boogies. It makes sense that the band’s first gig was in a record shop ‘cause folks, this is record nerd-core in a major way, evocative of the LP's first golden era, as the late sixties oozed into the strange 1970s, with the requisite T-Rex stomps, Britfolk twists and turns, and dueling Verlaine/Lloyd guitars. It’s about warmth, and you can practically smell the gently glowing amp tubes on “In the Beginning,” which wafts along on a gust borrowed from Lou Reed’s beatific Coney Island Baby breeziness. With “Chasm Killer,” the boys lean into jammy heartland rock, almost approaching Silver Bullet Band territory at one point! Even when the band kicks into charging lean rock-n-roller, like on the Kinksy “Around the Bend,” there’s a laid-backness that allows more room for the spirit.  You could call Silver Synthetic rock & roll formalists, but the truth is they're more like minimalists, stripping away tired clutter and unnecessary bloat and just zooming in on the essential.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - Entertainment Death [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Maroon, Deep Purple and Coke Bottle Clear Marbled LP]  
  
  Taylor Swift - Fearless: Taylor's Version [2 CD]
  Parker Millsap - Be Here Instead
  Rhiannon Giddens - They're Calling Me Home
  Cheap Trick - In Another World
  The Orb - Abolition Of The Royal Familia - Guillotine Mixes [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Double Blue LP]
  The Pink Stones - Introducing...the Pink Stones
  Luke Bryan - Born Here Live Here Die Here: Deluxe
  Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Dance Songs For Hard Times
  Nick Waterhouse - Promenade Blue
  Ariana Grande - Positions [Coke Bottle Clear LP]
  BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE
  Briston Maroney - Sunflower [Translucent Blue-Green LP]
  The Blips - The Blips
  Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles Keys - Keys
  Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Live: Super Deluxe Edition [2LP/3CD/7in]
  Various Artists - Wilcovered [Red 2LP]
  Pony - Tv Baby
  Show Me the Body - Survive EP [10in Vinyl]
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 04-02-21

  

  Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (The Cowboy Arms Sessions) - High Top Mountain
  After the surprise release of the Cuttin' Grass (Vol. 1): Butcher Shoppe Sessions album—which Uproxx called “the most sublime and delightful music he’s yet made on record”— Sturgill Simpson returns with the next installment of his bluegrass series, Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (The Cowboy Arms Sessions). The genre-defying singer/songwriter reconvened an A-Team of acoustic players (now dubbed "The Hillbilly Avengers") for another round of reinterpretations of his catalogue, this time largely focusing on 2016's A Sailor's Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year. This volume also includes "Jesus Boogie," originally performed by Simpson's first band, Sunday Valley, and two previously unreleased songs, "Tennessee" and "Hobo Cartoon," the latter of which was co-written with the incomparable Merle Haggard—who once said that Simpson was "about the only thing I've heard that was worth listening to in a long time."

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear & Black LP]  
  
  Demi Lovato - Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over
  Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
  The Fratellis - Half Drunk Under A Full Moon
  Flux Pavilion - .Wav
  Haunted Shed - Faltering Light
  Hey, King! - Hey, King!
  Flock Of Dimes - Head Of Roses
  Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones X
  Charlotte Lawrence - Charlotte EP
  Brasstracks - Golden Ticket [Deluxe 2LP]
  Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun
  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Teenage Gizzard [Limited Edition Pink Splatter on Transparent Yellow LP]
  
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 03-26-21

  

  The Antlers - Green To Gold - Anti
  Green To Gold is the much-anticipated new album from New York based, Indie/Folk band, The Antlers. Perhaps what distinguishes Green to Gold from the rest of The Antlers’ canon is its, well, sunniness. Conceived and written almost entirely in the morning hours, Green to Gold is the band’s first new music in nearly seven years, and easily their most luminous to date. ”I think this is the first album I’ve made that has no eeriness in it,” singer and primary songwriter Peter Silberman asserts. “I set out to make Sunday morning music.”  The brighter outlook emerged, paradoxically, after a succession of ominous events. In 2015, Silberman suffered with an auditory condition that made touring near impossible and he retreated to the quiet of Upstate New York to heal. His return in 2017 with a solo album was short lived when he was diagnosed with lesions on his vocal chords, which required surgery and again a quiet rest and recovery period. Silberman explains. “I took these health obstacles as a sign that I should change course for a little while. I hadn’t made a full stop like that since The Antlers began.” But he still felt the strong pull to spend time and work with longtime drummer Michael Lerner, and frequently invited him up to visit the idyllic hamlet he now called home. The two friends’ days typically involved long walks in the woods, but routinely ended up in Silberman’s converted-garage studio. “I would record him playing drums in the studio while he listened to old soul and R&B songs in headphones... and those drum recordings ultimately served as starting points for the songs that followed. At the time, we were merely attempting to make music together again, without really knowing how to approach it, or to what end.” “I think the shift in tone is the result of getting older. It doesn’t make sense for me to try to tap into the same energy that I did ten or fifteen years ago, because I continue to grow as a person, as I’m sure our audience does too. Green to Gold is about this idea of gradual change,” he sums up. “People changing over time, struggling to accept change in those they love, and struggling to change themselves. And yet despite all our difficulty with this, nature somehow makes it look easy.”

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Sara Watkins - Under The Pepper Tree - New West Records
  For two decades, Sara Watkins has been one of the most visible artists in roots music, with her catalog ranging from solo albums and Watkins Family Hour, a duo with her brother Sean Watkins, to her Grammy-winning bands Nickel Creek and I’m With Her. With the nostalgic and gentle new album Under The Pepper Tree, Sara Watkins offers a comforting record for those moments as daily rhythms fade into nightly rituals – and when a child’s imagination comes to life. Made with families in mind, the personal project encompasses songs she embraced as a child herself, as well as the musical friendships she’s made along the way. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Tyler Chester, Under the Pepper Tree brings storytelling, solace, and encouragement to the listener, no matter the age.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  The Dust Coda - Mojo Skyline - Earache Records
  Championed by Sir Elton John on Apple Music Beats 1. From the label that is pioneering the new wave of 21 st century Rock N Roll artists. Following in the footsteps of bands like Rival Sons, The Temperance Movement, Blackberry Smoke, Massive Wagons & Those Damn Crows. Developed a fearsome live reputation with relentless touring up and down the UK. Played festivals such as Ramblin' Man Fair, Planet Rockstock & Winter's End. Chosen for the support slots with the likes of Black Stone Cherry * The Dead Daisies Huge support from major UK Rock media such as Classic Rock Magazine and Planet Rock Radio (1.2 million listeners per week)

  
     
  
  
  

  

  3 Doors Down - The Better Life: 20th Anniversary - Republic
  Anniversary edition of the debut album from 3 Doors Down. The first disc is the album featuring the smash hit "Kryptonite" plus four bonus tracks: The Better Life (XX Mix), Kryptonite (2000 Acoustic), Be Like That (2000 Acoustic) & Wasted Me (Studio Version). Disc two is The Escatapwa Sessions of early home demo recordings, including the never-released "Dead Love" & "Man in My Mind". 2 CD.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Carrie Underwood - My Savior - Capitol Nashville
  Carrie Underwood will be releasing her first ever Inspirational album on March 26th entitled My Savior. Available on Double White Vinyl on April 30th.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  SYML - You Knew It Was Me EP - Nettwerk Records
  With a keen grasp on textural and emotive songwriting, SYML aka Brian Fennell wrote this EP choosing to paint in piano rather than using lyrics to describe his feelings. Says Fennell, "Words can be limiting, especially when the writer isn’t speaking a language you understand. I wanted to make a piece of wordless music that still tells a story."

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Joe Strummer - Assembly [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red 2LP]
  Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition
  Neil Young - Young Shakespeare
  Ariana Grande - Positions
  Evanescence - The Bitter Truth
  Tune-Yards - Sketchy. [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue LP]
  AJR - Ok Orchestra
  Justin Bieber - Anyone / Holy [12in Single]
  Loney, Dear - A Lantern And A Bell
  Xiu Xiu - Oh No
  Tomahawk - Tonic Immobility [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Coke Bottle Green LP]
  The Horrors - Lout [Limited Edition Blood Red 7in Single]
  SG Lewis - Times
  The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Pink & White Swirl LP]
  Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear 2LP]
  Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP]
  World Party - Bang!
  Suzi Quatro - The Devil In Me
  Karol G - KG0516
  Lamb Of God - Lamb of God: Live In Richmond, VA
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 03-19-21

  

  Fleet Foxes - SHORE - Anti
  Fleet Foxes release their fourth studio album entitled SHORE, a collection of 15 new songs, on double-gatefold 2LP vinyl and CD. Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold shares, “SHORE feels like a relief, like you’d feel when your feet finally hit sand after getting caught in a riptide. It’s a celebration of life in the face of death, honoring our lost musical heroes, from David Berman to John Prine to Judee Sill to Bill Withers, embracing the joy and solace they brought to our lives and honoring their memory. SHORE is an object levitating between the magnetic fields of the past and the future.” SHORE was released digitally in its entirety on the fall equinox (9/22) alongside an album length Super-16mm landscape film captured and edited in Washington State by the filmmaker Kersti Jan Werdal. The album was recorded in upstate New York at Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond Studio, in Paris at Studios St. Germain, in Los Angeles at the legendary Vox, in Long Island City at Diamond Mine, and New York City’s Electric Lady.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Steve Earle & The Dukes - J.T. - New West Records
  On August 20, 2020 the world lost an amazing light with the passing of Justin Townes Earle. Justin was a vibrant songwriter who could play the blues, country, and rock n roll all in the same song.  In his short career, Justin released eight albums and one EP that all manage to sound classic and yet inventive.  Justin's father, Steve Earle, pays tribute to his son by recording an album of songs written by Justin titled, J.T.  The album consists of ten Justin Townes Earle songs as well as one song written by Mr. Earle shortly after Justin's passing. J.T. features fan favorites such as "Harlem River Blues," "Far Away In Another Town" and "Champagne Corolla" along with lyrically heavy songs like, "The Saint of Lost Causes" and "Turn Out My Lights."  J.T. is a loving tribute to a loved son and beautiful songsmith who left this earth too early.  But in his wake, Justin left a wealth of beauty.  All proceeds from this release will be put into a trust for Justin’s 3 year old daughter, Etta.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Ringo Starr - Zoom In EP - UMe
  'Zoom In' was recorded at Ringo Starr's home studio from April-October 2020. The 5 new songs "Here's To The Nights," "Zoom In Zoom Out," "Teach Me To Tango," "Waiting for the Tide to Turn" & "Not Enough Love In the World" include contributions from Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper, Dave Grohl, Sheryl Crow, Chris Stapleton, Steve Lukather, Jenny Lewis, Lenny Kravitz, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eric Burton, Yola, FINNEAS, Benmont Tench, Robbie Krieger, Sam Hollander, Bruce Sugar & more.
  

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Chris Cornell - No One Sings Like You Anymore - UMe
  No One Sings Like You Anymore is Chris Cornell's handpicked collection of 10 cover songs, which he personally selected and sequenced to celebrate artists and songs that inspired him, including John Lennon's "Watching The Wheels," "Get It While You Can," popularized by Janis Joplin, a new recording of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," and two songs currently available as digital singles, Lorraine Ellison's "Stay With Me Baby" and Chris's 2020 hit "Patience" originally recorded by Guns N' Roses.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker: 30th Anniversary Edition - American Recordings
  The Black Crowes Present: Shake Your Money Maker, the multi-platinum debut by the seminal rock n' roll band celebrates it's 30th Anniversary with a suite of reissues. The 4LP Super Deluxe version includes the original album, remastered; 3 never-before-heard studio recordings; 2 unreleased demos from the band's early incarnation as Mr. Crowe's Garden; B-sides; a spectacular, high-energy 14-song unreleased concert recorded in their hometown of Atlanta, GA in December 1990; reproductions of an early Mr. Crowe's Garden show flyer, setlist and tour laminate; a 4" Crowes patch; and a 20-page book with liner notes by David Fricke. Limited edition 8"x10" glossy photo print in the box. Only 1000 photos made for the world.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Miami Horror - Illumination: 10th Anniversary Edition - Nettwerk Records
  Founded by Benjamin Plant, Miami Horror extracts ethereal melodies from down-tempo nocturnal soundscapes punctuated by funky struts, glossy electronics, and luminous pop. Miami Horror has generated a staggering 100 million-plus combined streams with a catalog highlighted by anthems such “I Look To You (feat. Kimbra),” “Real Slow (feat. Sarah Chernoff),” and standout singles from the debut album “Holidays (feat. Alan Paloma)” and “Sometimes.” Also, they’ve garnered acclaim from Billboard, NPR Music, Forbes, MTV, Pitchfork, Stereogum, EARMILK and many others. They’ve graced the stages of festivals such as Coachella, Governors Ball, Electric Forest, Splendour in the Grass, Beyond the Valley, Just Like Heaven, Funka Fest in Ecuador, and Corona Capital Festival in Mexico. Now signed to Nettwerk Records, Miami Horror revisit and recharge their seminal debut album Illumination with a 3-LP, 10th Anniversary Edition featuring twelve remixes four B-sides , and a lush 25-minute trip through the entire record entitled “Lucid Stream.”

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Paul Stanley's Soul Station - Now And Then - UMe
  Paul Stanley's Soul Station is a new project from the legendary lead singer of KISS, Paul Stanley. Paying homage to influences of his youth, Stanley has called upon a set of seasoned musicians to record a set of classic Motown covers & five original songs on Now And Then.

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Jon Batiste - WE ARE - Verve
  WE ARE is a career-changing album from musician and activist Jon Batiste. WE ARE celebrates Black American culture and music while exploring themes of lineage, authenticity, excellence and evolution. This album is about honoring roots and traditions, while looking forward to the future and constantly evolving. Featuring Mavis Staples, Zadie Smith, PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty, Kizzo, Autumn Rowe, Steve Jordan, and many more...

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 
  
  Ryan Adams - Wednesdays
  Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow LP]
  Justin Bieber - Justice
  Sam Smith - Live At Abbey Road Studios
  Sara Bareilles - Amidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
  Arcade Fire & Owen Pallet - Her (Original Score)
  Rise Against - Nowhere Generation - Single [Limited Edition 7in]
  Papa Roach - Greatest Hits Vol.2 The Better Noise Years [US Exclusive Smoke 2LP]
  Chad VanGaalen - World's Most Stressed Out Gardener
  Serj Tankian - Elasticity EP
  Sting - Duets
  Loretta Lynn - Still Woman Enough
  Austin Meade - Black Sheep
  Guided By Voices - Propeller
  Harry Connick, Jr. - Alone With My Faith [Limited Edition]
  Devin Townsend - Devolution Series #1 - Acoustically Inclined, Live In Leeds [Indie Exclusive Limted Edition Ruby 2LP]
  
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 03-12-21

  

  Rob Zombie - The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy - Nuclear Blast America
  As a rock icon and filmmaker with a unique vision, Rob Zombie has continuously challenged audiences as he stretches the boundaries of both music and film. He has sold more than fifteen million albums worldwide, and is the only artist to experience unprecedented success in both music and film as the writer/director of eight feature films with a worldwide gross totaling more than $150 million.  October 2020 saw the release of the first new ZOMBIE track and video in over four years - "King Freak: A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition" off of the new full-length album entitled The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. A classic ZOMBIE album through and through with high-energy rages like The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man and Get Loose to heavy-groove thumpers like Shadow Of The Cemetery Man and Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  The Paper Kites - Roses - Nettwerk Records
  'Roses' is the 5th studio album from The Paper Kites. An alluring, dynamic and diverse company, the ‘Roses’ vocalists were hand picked by the band to feature on the new album. Along with Lucy Rose the band have confirmed Julia Stone (AU), Nadia Reid (NZ), Maro (PT), Aoife O’Donovan (US), Rosie Carney (UK), Ainslie Wills (AU), Amanda Bergman (SE), Lydia Cole (NZ) & Gena Rose Bruce (AU) will all be featured on the 10 track album. ‘Roses’ is a testament to sincere, patient and understated songwriting. A deeply moving collection of songs, helmed by a cherished selection of artists.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Nils Frahm - Tripping With Nils Frahm [LP]  
  Roosevelt - Polydans [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red LP]  
  
  
  Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
  Nick Jonas - Spaceman
  Lake Street Dive - Obviously [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]
  Selena Gomez - Revelación [Box Set]
  Andra Day - The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (Music From the Motion Picture)
  Gang Of Four - 77-81 [Deluxe Box Set]
  Eyehategod - A History Of Nomadic Behavior [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Evergreen LP]
  Baby Boys - Threesome [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink LP]
  Dead Poets Society - -!-
  Blackmore's Night - Nature's Light [Limited Edition Yellow LP]
  Stepson - Help Me, Help You [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear With Pink/Purple LP]
  Fu Manchu - Godzilla's / Eatin' Dust / + 4 [Neon Green and White Splatter 2LP]
  Giveon - When It's All Said And Done... Take Time
  Joyner Lucas - Evolution
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 03-05-21

  

  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.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Tindersticks - Distractions [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue LP]  
  
  
  Kings Of Leon - When You See Yourself [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Cream 2LP]
  Neil Young - Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976)
  Ron Gallo - Peacemeal [Green LP]
  Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me [Coke Bottle Green LP]
  Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird - These 13 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Mix Dark Grey LP]
  The Spill Canvas - Conduit [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Half Purple/Half Clear w/ Heavy Pink Splatter LP]
  Pat Metheny - Road to the Sun
  Chevelle - NIRATIAS
  Maple & Rye - For Everything
  Zara Larsson - Poster Girl
  Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - All The Good Times
  A Day To Remember - You're Welcome [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red LP]
  The Explorers Club - Rarities Volume 1
  Chase Atlantic - Beauty In Death [Red & Black LP]
  Various Artists - Coming 2 America (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  Various Artists - Rhythms of Zamunda (Music Inspired By: Coming 2 America)
  Beachwood Sparks - Beachwood Sparks: 20th Anniversary Edition [2LP]
  
  
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• 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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• 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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