• New Release Round-Up 09-24-21

  

  Quicksand - Distant Populations - Epitaph
  Distant Populations, just the fourth full-length album of Quicksand's career, comes as a comparatively swift follow-up to Interiors--which itself came a full 22 years after its predecessor, 1995’s Manic Compression. Critically lauded and deemed very much worth the wait, Interiors succeeded in reestablishing the band as the powerful and contemporary entity they had always been. Distant Populations has a punchier, more up-tempo sound than its predecessor; its 11 songs are concise, carved sonic jewels boasting not a single wasted note; and its raw power, its gripping lyricism, leaps out from the very first listening. It is a striking step up for the band.
  
    

  

  Ringo Starr - Change The World EP - UMe
  Change The World, recorded at Ringo Starr's Roccabella West, includes "Let's Change The World" (Joseph Williams/Steve Lukather) that delivers a welcome dose of hope and optimism, the reggae-infused "Just That Way" (Ringo Starr/Bruce Sugar,) the Country-esque "Coming Undone," Starr's first collaboration with Linda Perry who wrote and plays on the track (also with Trombone Shorty,) and Ringo rocks his version of "Rock Around The Clock" revved up by the unmistakable Joe Walsh on guitar.
  
  

  

  Steely Dan - Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! - Geffen
  Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! is the first live Steely Dan album in over 25 years. Featuring Hey Nineteen, Aja, Reelin' in the Years & more.
  
  

  

  Donald Fagen - Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live - Geffen
  Donald Fagen’s acclaimed solo album performed live by The Steely Dan Band. Featuring I.G.Y., New Frontier & more.
  
  

  

  Various Artists - I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico - Verve
  I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico, is a contemporary tribute to the Velvets debut, with each of the album’s songs performed by one of the band’s noteworthy artistic descendants.  Featured artists include Kurt Vile & the Violators, Sharon Van Etten, Iggy Pop & Matt Sweeney, Michael Stipe, Matt Berninger of The National, Courtney Barnett, King Princess, Fontaines D.C. and more.
  
    

  

  DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....: 25th anniversary [Half-Speed Master 2 LP] - Mercury
  Celebrate the 25th anniversary of DJ Shadow's Endtroducing..... A seminal, incredibly influential hip-hop release, Endtroducing..... is simply one of the defining albums of the ‘90s. Now available as an Abbey Road Half-Speed Mastered Edition LP.
  
  

  

  Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name - Capitol Nashville
  Capitol Nashville’s Mickey Guyton releases her album, Remember Her Name. Mickey co-penned 15 of the 16 songs on the album. Remember Her Name follows the release of her critically acclaimed Bridges EP which included “Black Like Me” for which she went on to receive a historic GRAMMY nomination. Her performance on the prestigious GRAMMY show was the first by a black female country artist and was touted by NPR as “the night’s most affecting live performance.”
  
    

  

  Carrie Underwood - My Gift: Special Edition - Capitol Nashville
  Carrie Underwood releases a Special Edition of her Christmas album, My Gift. This new version includes all 11 tracks from the 2020 release as well as 3 new tracks, including “Favorite TimeOf Year,” “All Is Well,” and “Let There Be Peace/Something In The Water” that was performed on her HBO Max special, My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood.
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Translucent Green LP]  
  
  Angels & Airwaves - Lifeforms [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Aqua with Neon and Magenta Splatter LP]
  Brittany Howard - Jaime Reimagined
  Alessia Cara - In The Meantime
  Taylor McCall - Black Powder Soul
  Migos - Culture III
  X Ambassadors - The Beautiful Liar
  The Connells - Steadman's Wake
  William Shatner - Bill
  Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Olympus Perseus Shield Gold [LP]
  Third Eye Blind - Our Bande Apart
  Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey - The Midnight Miracle
  Anthony Hamilton - Love Is The New Black
  Hiro Kone - Silvercoat the throng [Purple LP]
  Angel Olsen - Aisles EP
  SOJA - Beauty In The Silence
  Badflower - This Is How The World Ends
  Itzy - Crazy In Love
  The Milk Carton Kids - Prologue: 10th Anniversary [3LP Box Set]
  Mac McCaughan - The Sound of Yourself [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Peak LP]
  Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Mettal / Jazz EP
  Twiztid - Rose Petal [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Picture Disc 12in]
  
  
  
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  Roger Taylor - Outsider - UMe
  Rock icon and multi-instrumentalist Roger Taylor introduces his new solo album Outsider. With much of Outsider recorded during lockdown, this new album finds Taylor in a reflective mood, conveying a palpable sense of isolation, concerns over the passing of time, and tellingly dedicated "to all the outsiders, those who feel left on the sidelines". A highly personal project, Outsider's instrumentation is almost entirely performed by Taylor, with his vocals matching the mood-piece atmosphere.
  
  

  

  Strand Of Oaks - In Heaven - Galacticana Records
  To say In Heaven is about conquering grief would be oversimplifying everything Tim Showalter has achieved on the eighth studio album from Strand Of Oaks. A stunning, hopeful reflection on love, loss, and enlightenment, In Heaven is a triumph in music making, and a preeminent addition to the Strand of Oaks discography.
  
    

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• New Release Round-Up 09-17-21

  

  Charley Crockett - Music City USA - Son of Davy
  The album cover you’re looking at might lead you to conclude Charley Crockett is on one hell of a roll. You wouldn’t be wrong. Ten records in six years is some kind of prolific. The latest, a double album, suggests the artist has some songs worth paying attention to. It’s clear that he’s invested as much time in the studio, recording storytelling songs, and making storytelling videos, as he has barnstorming around the United States and Europe playing live shows.  Not bad for a thirty-seven-year-old late bloomer.
  
    

  

  NCT 127 - The 3rd Album 'Sticker' (Sticky Ver.) - SM Entertainment Co., Ltd
  NCT 127’s 3rd full-length album ‘Sticker’ will be released worldwide this week with 11 songs of various genres including the lead single ‘Sticker.’ The album highlights NCT 127’s unique musical sensibility and outstanding performances. In March 2020, NCT 127 became a million-seller with their 2nd album, NCT #127 Neo Zone, which reached #5 on the Billboard 200. The album includes 1 photo book, 1 folded poster, sticker, photo card, postcard (sticker, photo card, postcard: random 1 out of 9). Dimensions 144mm x 205mm x 8.5mm.
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Translucent Green LP]  
  
  José González - Local Valley [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Green LP]
  Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club: 25th Anniversary Edition [Deluxe Bookpack]
  Bob Dylan - Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985)
  The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach [Limited Edition Multi Color 3 LP]
  Royksopp - Lost Tapes
  Carly Pearce - 29: Written In Stone
  James Vincent McMorrow - Grapefruit Season
  Colin Linden - bLOW
  The Plot In You - Swan Song
  Ronnie Wood - Mr. Luck - A Tribute to Jimmy Reed: Live at the Royal Albert Hall [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue 2LP]
  Billy Idol - The Roadside EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue Vinyl]
  Della Mae - Family Reunion
  Mild High Club - Going Going Gone [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Green LP]
  Spiritbox - Eternal Blue [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP]
  Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
  Rumer - Live From Lafayette
  Adia Victoria - A Southern Gothic
  Vince Guaraldi - It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown [Orange Pumpkin Shaped LP]
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 09-10-21

  

  Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed - MCA Nashville
  Kacey Musgraves’ new album star-crossed is a bold, empowering, and personal series of songs that displays the 6x GRAMMY Award winner's continued growth as one of the finest singer-songwriters of our time. It's the follow-up to Golden Hour, which earned Musgraves her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and distinguished her as only the third artist ever to take home Album of the Year at the GRAMMY Awards, CMA Awards, and ACM Awards.
  
    

  

  Slothrust - Parallel Timeline - Dangerbird
  On Slothrust's latest album, bandleader Leah Wellbaum pushed herself to try and understand her own spirituality on a deeper level, putting a lens on the core wound of the human experience, the idea that we’re alone. With Parallel Timeline, Wellbaum explores the feeling of being trapped inside her own consciousness while simultaneously searching for a meaningful connection to the universe, and all the mysteries it contains.
  
    

  

  Low - Hey What - Sub Pop
  Focusing on their craft, staying out of the fray, and holding fast their faith to find new ways to express the discord and delight of being alive, to turn the duality of existence into hymns we can share, Low present HEY WHAT. These ten pieces—each built around their own instantaneous, undeniable hook—are turbocharged by the vivid textures that surround them. The ineable, familiar harmonies of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker break through the chaos like a life raft. Layers of distorted sound accrete with each new verse - building, breaking, colossal then restrained, a solemn vow only whispered. There will be time to unravel and attribute meaning to the music and art of these times, but the creative moment looks FORWARD, with teeth. HEY WHAT is Low's thirteenth full-length release in twenty-seven years, and their third with producer BJ Burton.
  
    

  

  Heartless Bastards - A Beautiful Life - Sweet Unknown Records
  A Beautiful Life is the first new music from Heartless Bastards since 2015’s Restless Ones. The album was produced by Kevin Ratterman (Strand Of Oaks, Jim James, White Reaper). Album performers include Andrew Bird on “The River,” Greggory Clifford (White Denim) on drums, Jesse Chandler (Mercury Rev, Midlake) on keys, flute, clarinet; David Pulkingham (Patty Griffin) on guitar, Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket) on keys. The music is a melange of blues rock, rock and singer-songwriter which surround themes about self-love and awareness, mental health, the environment, and consumerism.
  
    

  

  Elvis Costello - Spanish Model - UMe
  Elvis Costello and award-winning producer, Sebastian Krys, have brought together a stunning international cast of some of the biggest Latin rock and pop artists from around the globe to interpret Elvis Costello and The Attractions' album, This Year's Model, entirely in Spanish. The inspired Spanish-language adaptations are set to the band's classic studio performances, culled from the original master recordings, which have been newly mixed by Krys. Available on black Vinyl.  Also available, This Year's Model, which has been newly remastered. Available on 180-gram black vinyl with the addition of "Big Tears" and "Radio Radio."
  
  

  

  Dori Freeman - Ten Thousand Roses - Blue Hens Music
  Dori Freeman's inimitable signature sound is in peak form on her fourth studio album, Ten Thousand Roses. Raised among a family of musicians in the Blue Ridge Mountains and hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the most authentic vocalists to emerge from the hills of southwestern Virginia in recent years,” she’s a bonafide Appalachian artist, while simultaneously shattering the archetype by empowering the characters in her songs with personal strength and homegrown wisdom. 
  
    

  

  Ray Charles - True Genius - Exceleration Music / Tangerine
  Every Ray Charles album post-1960 is represented here, along with singles not available on any of his previously released albums. Most of these recordings will be available on major streaming services for the very first time in a decade or more. Released on Ray Charles own Tangerine Records and remastered from the original masters, you can now stream all of your favorite hits. The True Genius box set consists of 6 discs including a never before released live concert from Stockholm in 1972. A beautifully designed, coffee table style book includes rare, unseen photos and other Charles memorabilia. The liner notes were written by Quincy Jones, Valerie Ervin and A. Scott Galloway. This prestigious release and the campaign that surrounds it will create long awaited access to Ray’s music to generations of fans around the world as well as target new fans that will hear his music for the very first time.
  
  

  

  Andrea Bocelli - Concerto: One Night In Central Park - 10th Anniversary - Verve
  Digitally remastered 10th Anniversary edition. Andrea Bocelli's One Night In Central Park concert is undoubtedly a seminal moment in his career, the concert was not only a childhood dream turning into reality but the validation of Andrea as one of the world's true superstars. The concert had an all-star cast including Celine Dion, Tony Bennet, David Foster, and more. The original album was one of the best-selling live albums of all time.
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Frances Forever - Paranoia Party EP [Baby Blue Vinyl]  
  
  Andrew W.K. - God Is Partying [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Turquoise LP+Poster]
  Metallica - Metallica: Remastered [Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set]
  The Band CAMINO - The Band Camino [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
  Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear LP]
  Matthew E. White - K Bay
  Samantha Fish - Faster
  Andrea von Kampen - That Spell [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Sky Blue LP]
  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 [English Cover LP]
  Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Deluxe Color 2LP]
  Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow the Rules: The Paramour Session [LP]
  Twiztid - Unlikely Prescription [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Long Box]
  Belly - See You Next Wednesday
  The Vaccines - Back In Love City
  Amyl and The Sniffers - Comfort To Me [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Romer Red LP]
  Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space: Remastered [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Neptune Blue LP]
  UFO - Force It: Deluxe Edition [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
  We Were Promised Jetpacks - Enjoy The View [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange LP]
  Donny Osmond - Start Again
  Chicago - Chicago At Carnegie Hall - Complete [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 16CD Box Set]
  Bela Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart
  Sincere Engineer - Bless My Psyche [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Purple LP]
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 09-03-21

  

  Lauren Alaina - Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World - Mercury Nashville
  Lauren Alaina releases her third studio album, Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World. The 15 tracks include the Top 40 Country hit "Getting Over Him," which features Jon Pardi and her signature powerhouse vocals, as well as "Run" which addresses the rat race of life we are all on.
  
    

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  DJ Seinfeld - Mirrors  
  
  Imagine Dragons - Mercury – Act 1
  Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
  Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red & Yellow 2LP]
  Tedeschi Trucks Band - Layla Revisited [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Translucent Blue 3LP]
  Rudimental - Ground Control [Transparent Green 2LP]
  Nils Frahm & FS Blumm - 2x1=4
  Tipper - The Seamless Unspeakable Something
  Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Capitol Session '73
  Liz Cooper - Hot Sass
  My Morning Jacket - Live 2015 [White 3LP]
  Lady Gaga - Born This Way: The Tenth Anniversary
  Cinderella Original Motion Picture Cast - Cinderella (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  Grizfolk - Grizfolk
  LANY - gg bb xx
  Jinjer - Wallflowers [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Grey LP]
  Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers - Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert (1990)
  Kat Von D - Love Made Me Do It [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Glow In The Dark LP]
  Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World: 20th Anniversary Edition
  Early James - Tumbleweed b/w Mama Can Be My Valentine [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 7in Single]
  
  
  
  
  
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• Down In The Valley - Voted Best Record Store in Minnesota

  
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• The Beatles - Let It Be: Special Edition

  

  Following on from the global success of ‘Abbey Road’, Apple Corps and USM are proud to present the next multi-format Beatles album reissue of ‘Let It Be’. 
  
  January 1969 –The Beatles planned to return to live performance, setting up in Twickenham Film Studios, London, for 21 days of rehearsals. They then decamped to their new studio in their Apple office building in Saville Row and on January 30th performed their last ever live group performance on the rooftop. All of this was filmed for aproposed documentary (eventually released in 1970). During the rehearsal process, they asked Glyn Johns, who had been hired to help with the live sound, to attempt a mix to create an album. This was never released, becoming known as one of the great ‘lost’ albums in rock history and is now included in this Super Deluxe Set. The album was delayed further and in fact became their 12th and final official album release on 8th May 1970 following additional production by American producer Phil Spector.
  
  Watch the unboxing video below and pre-order your copy of the album on Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Picture Disc LP, Super Deluxe 4LP + 12in EP, Super Deluxe 5CD/Blu-ray, Deluxe 2CD, LP or CD.
  
  
  

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• New Release Round-Up 08-27-21

  

  Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Capitol
  Halsey's fourth studio album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is a career-defining body of work. Produced By Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross, the album is a bold concept record that pushes creative boundaries. Halsey has surpassed 60 million RIAA-certified units across albums, singles and features. Worldwide, she has sold over 150 million adjusted singles. If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power follows Manic, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Current Albums chart.
  
    

  

  Madi Diaz - History Of A Feeling - Epitaph
  Rage, confusion, despair, self-deception, and introspection—Madi Diaz cycles through the full spectrum of emotions on History Of A Feeling, her debut on ANTI-. It’s an album that undeniably marks Diaz’s status as a first-rate songwriter, a craft she’s spent years refining, and one wherein Diaz establishes herself as an artist capable of distilling profound feelings with ease. Diaz pulls from a range of folk, country, and pop leanings—she is as much influ- enced by Patty Griffin and Lori McKenna as she is the sonics of PJ Harvey and di- rectness of Kathleen Hanna. On History Of A Feeling, the Nashville based songwriter comes to terms with the dissolution of a meaningful relationship. By the end of it, she wills herself into a self-reflective state where she doesn’t hate herself for being so heartbroken. The songs on History Of A Feeling, are the most direct and introspective songs Diaz has ever written. In the few times she’s gotten to perform them live in front of an audience, Diaz describes the experience as one where she feels acutely present even though she’s singing about emotions that started to take root years ago. It’s relatable to anyone who has experienced heartbreak and great change in some manner, and this profound sense of intimacy and camaraderie she seamlessly weaves into the songs was important to her. “I wanted it to sound conversational, like I had just walked over to your house and we’re sitting and at the end of your driveway talking—just like we’re hashing it out in the same way that you’d call a best friend at one in the morning because you needed to talk about what just happened.”
  
    
  

  

  The Beach Boys - Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 - Capitol
  The Beach Boys ‘Feel Flows’ collection is based on the landmark 1970/1971 albums ‘Sunflower’ and ‘Surf’s Up’. This 4LP features remastered versions of the original albums and has 64 tracks including 44 previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions, alternate mixes and vocals. Available in 4LP, 5CD, 2LP and 2CD sets.
  
  
  

  

  Boris - NO - Third Man Vinyl
  Formed in 1992, Boris boldly explores their own vision of heavy music, where words like "explosive" and "thunderous" barely do justice. Using overpowering soundscapes embellished with copious amounts of lighting and billow smoke, Boris has shared with audiences across the planet an experience for all five senses in their concerts, earning legions of zealous fans along the way. Furiously recorded in the early days of the covid-19 pandemic and surprise-released in July 2020, NO was met with immediate and widespread praise. Meant to serve as a mirror that redirects the negativity of the global lockdown to something more positive, the content on NO can be characterized as “extreme healing music”. Musically, it draws from influential noise-heavy hardcore group Gudon, even including a cover of their song “Fundamental Error”. NO is a classic hardcore thrash record and is one of the band’s strongest efforts from start to finish. This will also serve as the release of NO on streaming services worldwide. "Their most compelling album in more than a decade." - Pitchfork
  
    
  

  

  Boris - Flood - Third Man Vinyl
  Formed in 1992, Boris boldly explores their own vision of heavy music, where words like "explosive" and "thunderous" barely do justice. Using overpowering soundscapes embellished with copious amounts of lighting and billow smoke, Boris has shared with audiences across the planet an experience for all five senses in their concerts, earning legions of zealous fans along the way. This is the first-ever and particularly-anticipated official vinyl release of Boris's essential 2000 album, Flood. The album was originally released in Japan, only on CD. Delivered in four equally important movements, Flood is simultaneously delicate, dense, undulating, devastating, emancipating, hypnotic and triumphant. Each season of the album has its own sense of place, best revealed listen-by-listen. With the album, Boris broaden their vision of musical possibility, with a notable and imaginative influence from visionary American minimalist Steve Reich, weaving in prog, drone and slowcore into a multifaceted symphony. There simply has never been another piece of music like Flood.
  
  
  

  

  Diane Warren - Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1 - BMG
  After three decades of penning massive hits for Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Toni Braxton, and many more, songwriting great Diane Warren is stepping out on her own with The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1, out August 27th via Di-Namic Records/BMG. The album's eclectic guest list mixes legendary artists like Carlos Santana and Celine Dion with contemporary stars G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, Maren Morris, and Luis Fonsi. Other notable contributors include Darius Rucker, John Legend, Leona Lewis, and Lauren Jauregui. Rounding out the features are Rita Ora, Batiste, Pentatonix, Sofia Reyes, Reik, James Arthur, Jimmie Allen, LP, Paloma Faith, and James Morrison.
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  The Bug - Fire  
  
  Chvrches - Screen Violence [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Red LP]
  DMX - Exodus
  John Mellencamp - The Good Samaritan Tour 2000
  OneRepublic - Human
  The Bronx - The Bronx VI
  Mouse Rat - The Awesome Album
  Masego - Capitol Cuts - Live From Studio A
  Donna Missal - Capitol Cuts - Live From Studio A
  Yann Tiersen - Kerber [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]
  TesseracT - P O R T A L S
  Spice Girls - Wannabe 25 [Picture Disc]
  Lil Tecca - WE LOVE YOU TECCA 2
  (Hed) P.E. - Sandmine EP
  Toyah - Posh Pop [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Signed Space Grey LP]
  Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? [Red LP]
  J. Cole - The Off-Season
  Indigo de Souza - Any Shape You Take
  Brian Setzer - Gotta Have The Rumble
  Death Cab for Cutie - The Georgia EP
  
  
  
  
  
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• VIAL - In-Store performance - Friday Aug 20th @ 6pm

  
  Celebrate the release of the new album LOUDMOUTH with a free in-store performance on Friday, August 20th!
  (GV location)
  Masks will be required for this event.
  Pre-Order the LP now on indie exclusive hot pink and orchid color vinyl and you can pick it up at the show!
  
  This will be LOUD!
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• New Release Round-Up 08-20-21

  

  Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood and Juanita - High Top Mountain
  Sturgill Simpson releases his new concept album, The Ballad of Dood and Juanita, on CD, vinyl release will be December 3rd.  This is the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter's third album in twelve months and his most ambitious project to date.. Written and recorded in less than a week, and featuring the same ace musicians who played on last year's Cuttin' Grass albums, the record tells a classic American story of a Civil War-era couple torn apart by violence and reunited by love—what Simpson calls "a simple tale of either redemption or revenge." “I just wanted to write a story—not a collection of songs that tell a story, but an actual story, front to back,” says Simpson. He describes the concept album as a “rollercoaster ride through all the styles of traditional country and bluegrass and mountain music that I love, including gospel and a cappella.” In a career marked by risk-taking and rule-breaking, Simpson has previously challenged genre conventions with 2016’s soul-inflected A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy award for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year, and 2019’s Sound & Fury, which was nominated for Rock Album of the Year. The Ballad of Dood and Juanita is available on an indie record store-exclusive CD that includes a printed illustration from the album artwork. A standard CD is also available. On 12/3/21, the vinyl will be available on indie-exclusive Translucent Natural vinyl, and will include another 11x11 print of the illustration on the front cover. Standard black vinyl is also available. 

  

  Bob's Burgers [TV Series] - The Bob's Burgers Music Album Vol.2 - Sub Pop
  The Bob's Burgers Music Album Vol.2 includes nearly every single musical morsel from seasons 7 through 9. This 90-song smorgasbord will feature the Belcher family - Bob (H. Jon Benjamin), Linda (John Roberts), Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal) - as well as the show’s numerous recurring and special guests. This includes actors, comedians, and musicians Adam Driver, Tiffany Haddish, Jenny Slate, Daveed Diggs, Max Greenfield, Toddrick Hall, Aparna Nancherla, and Matt Berninger (of the National). For fans of the show, enjoying the music of Bob’s Burgers on its own is both an irresistible to-go bag and ultimately a world unto itself. Lose yourself in the strangely epic disco celebration “Hot Pants Rain Dance”, sing along with the musical theater gem, “The Wedding Is My Warzone,” or do whatever you’re gonna do to “Sexy Little Tiger” but don’t miss the Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2. Fans, your order is up.
  
    
  

  

  James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds - New West Records
  In James McMurtry’s new effort, The Horses and the Hounds, the acclaimed songwriter backs personal narratives with effortless elegance (“Canola Fields”) and endless energy (“If It Don’t Bleed”). This first collection in seven years spotlights a seasoned tunesmith in peak form as he turns toward reflection (“Vaquero”) and revelation (closer “Blackberry Winter”). Familiar foundations guide the journey. “There’s a definite Los Angeles vibe to this record,” McMurtry says. “The ghost of Warren Zevon seems to be stomping around among the guitar tracks. Don’t know how he got in there. He never signed on for work for hire.” The Horses and the Hounds is a reunion of sorts. McMurtry recorded the new album with legendary producer Ross Hogarth (Ozzy Osbourne, John Fogerty, Van Halen, Keb’ Mo’) at Jackson Browne’s Groovemaster’s in Santa Monica, California. Hogarth recorded McMurtry’s first two albums, Too Long in the Wasteland and Candyland and later mixed McMurtry’s first self-produced album, Saint Mary of the Woods. Another veteran of those three releases, guitarist David Grissom (Joe Ely, John Mellencamp, Dixie Chicks), returns with some of his finest work.
  
    
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Fink - IIUII [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Bronze 2LP]  
  
  Lorde - Solar Power [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Brown LP]
  Jake Bugg - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
  AJR - Ok Orchestra [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange LP]
  Connie Smith - The Cry of the Heart
  Shannon & The Clams - Year Of The Spider [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Midnight Wine LP]
  Chrissie Hynde - Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan
  Caravan - Who Do You Think We Are? [37 Disc Deluxe Box Set]
  Various Artists - Smithsonian Anthology Of Hip-Hop & Rap [9CD Box Set]
  Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
  Trey Anastasio - Burn It Down (Live)
  Between The Buried And Me - Colors II
  TOMORROW X TOGETHER - The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE [FIGHT version]
  Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Olive Green LP]
  Wanda Jackson - Encore
  Kool & The Gang - Perfect Union
  Martha Wainwright - Love Will Be Reborn
  Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [2LP+7in]
  MG [Martin Gore] - The Third Chimpanzee Remixed
  Switchfoot - Interrobang
  John Coltrane - Another Side of John Coltrane
  Anderson East - Maybe We Never Die [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]
  Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum
  The Offspring - We Never Have Sex Anymore [Translucent Green 7in Single]
  
  
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 08-13-21

  

  Watchhouse - Watchhouse - Tiptoe Tiger Music
  On April 21, 2021 the duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz — who over the past decade have achieved grassroots success as Mandolin Orange, going from coffee shop performers to festival headliners — announced that they are now called Watchhouse. Says the band in a new statement: "This past year has been the first time we’ve stayed still since we were 21, and the pause gave us the opportunity to sit with ourselves and set intentions. We have long been burdened by the dichotomy between our band name and the music we strive to create—if you’ve heard the songs, you know they are personal. Now that we can see a future where music is a shared experience again, we're defining the space we share with you on a stage or in your headphones, and making it one that welcomes our creativity and anyone who wants to listen." Watchhouse's self-titled album is the first under their new name, and is co-produced by Josh Kaufman, who has produced records for The National and Bonny Light Horseman, and also played on Taylor Swift’s folklore and evermore. The album represents a seamless reinvention as a band at the regenerative edges of subtly experimental folk-rock. Challenging as they are charming, and an inspired search for personal and political goodness, these nine songs offer welcome lessons about what any of us might become when the night begins to break. The first single "Better Way" pairs their own honest songcraft with bold, otherworldly sonic explorations that signify a new sense of confidence and ambition for the band.
  
    
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  The Killers - Pressure Machine
  Sheryl Crow - Live From The Ryman And More
  Jennifer Hudson - RESPECT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  Nicki Minaj - Beam Me Up Scotty
  Pop Smoke - Faith
  Jungle - Loving In Stereo [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Marble LP]
  Pachyman - The Return of Pachyman
  Mastodon - Fallen Torches [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Vinyl]
  Sepultura - SepulQuarta
  Rainbow Kitten Surprise - RKS! Live From Athens Georgia
  Dan + Shay - Good Things
  Paul Anka - Making Memories
  Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson - Refuge
  Jade Bird - Different Kinds of Light
  Luke Hemmings - When Facing The Things We Turn Away From
  Various Artists - Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
  Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue: 2021 - Stereo Remaster
  El Michels Affair Meets Liam Bailey - Ekundayo Inversions
  Bendigo Fletcher - Fits Of Laughter [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Violet LP]
  Samia - Scout EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Apple Red Vinyl]
  Pearl Jam - No Code
  Ben Platt - Reverie
  
  
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• New Release Round-Up 08-06-21

  

  Barbra Streisand - Release Me 2 - Sony Legacy
  The only artist to ever achieve #1 albums in SIX consecutive decades, Barbra Streisand's Release Me 2 is yet another musical gem in her unparalleled career.  The follow-up to her acclaimed 2012 album, Release Me, this new collection contains previously unreleased tracks from Barbra’s vault, including duets with Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog. With songs by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Barry Gibb, Paul Williams, Randy Newman, Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Harold Arlen, and Carole King, Barbra describes Release Me 2 as, “A lovely walk down memory lane…a chance to revisit, and in some cases, add a finishing instrumental touch to songs that still resonate for me in meaningful ways.” 
  
    
  

  

  Guccihighwaters - Joke's On You - Epitaph
  Guccihighwaters is the artistic persona of 21 year -old, artist/producer, Morgan Murphy. Since his debut single in 2017, Murphy has exploded in the cloud rap community and his music has been streamed over 200 Million times. His new album, Joke's On You, is his debut for Epitaph Records and will be his first available on vinyl. Guccihighwaters is the keystone to the label's dedication to this sound that we feel is the future of Alternative music. Spending his formative years growing up in rural Ireland, Murphy was shy and when his family returned to their native New York, that shy 15 year-old turned to home recording/bedroom production and starting making his own beats. He began to indulge his musical vision by exploring community on the internet, finding a place to belong that he had not found prior. As a singer, Murphy was a bit of an outsider to the SoundCloud rap world he'd begun to orbit. "I was grouped in because of the time and place and platform," he says. His use of original piano with a classic touch and his angelic singing gave him an original voice within the scene's crowded world. Even if he wanted to blend in, he didn't know how. With Jokes On You, he says, "basically my goal was to make it sound like me. " Some members of that community, like Powfu and nothing, nowhere, feature on the album, adding their voices to Murphy's signature sound. Guccihighwaters is a top digital artist in the Indie Pop/Cloud Rapspace, releasing his music on vinyl for the first time. Album features include lo-fi sensation powfu , top emo rapper Convolk and popular alt/hip hop artist, nothing, nowhere. For Fans of powfu, Lil Peep, nothing, nowhere and Lund
  
    
  

  

  Brian May - Back To The Light: Remastered - UMe
  The original album newly remastered by Bob Ludwig from the original master tapes and personally overseen by Brian May. The CD is presented in a 6 panel digipak with a 24pg booklet containing rare photos and album notes. The second disc, Out of the Light, contains alternative versions, B-Sides and live tracks. The LP is presented in 180g heavyweight white vinyl in spined sleeve with printed inner bag. The whole package comes in a 12” lift lid box with 2 X CD in wallets and enamel badge.
  
  
  

  

  George Harrison - All Things Must Pass: Remastered - Capitol
  In celebration of the 50th Anniversary, George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass is being celebrated with a suite of new releases highlighted by a stunning new mix of the classic album by Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks, overseen by executive producer Dhani Harrison.
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Drive-By Truckers - Plan 9 Records July 13, 2006 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Spring Green 3LP]  
  Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 
  Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better 
  Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 
  
  
  Hippo Campus - Good Dog, Bad Dream EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red Marble Vinyl]
  Kississippi - Mood Ring [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Jawbreaker LP]
  Bob Mould - Distortion: Live [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Signed 140-Gram Clear Splatter 8LP Box Set]
  Movements - No Good Left To Give B-Sides [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Grape Candy Purple 7in Single]
  Leah Blevins - First Time Feeling
  Paul Thorn - Never Too Late To Call
  Benet - Game Over! EP
  Chris Young - Famous Friends
  Sponge - Lavatorium
  BTS - BTS, THE BEST
  Staind - Live: It's Been Awhile
  Liars - The Apple Drop
  Will Young - Crying On The Bathroom Floor
  Night Ranger - ATBPO
  LCD Soundsystem - The Long Goodbye (LCD Soundsytem Live At Madison Square Garden)
  
  
  
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• Down In The Valley Voted Best Record Store in Minnesota 2021

  

  We are honored and humbled to be voted “Best Record Store in Minnesota”!  We very grateful for our loyal customers and VIP Members, who’ve been shopping with us the last 49 years.  Also, we could not be awarded something like this without having a dedicated, passionate, and hard-working staff.  Did someone say 50 years?  Yes, next year we will be celebrating our 50^th years in business and will have many events to celebrate this award and our longevity as a record store in Minnesota! Thank you all!

  Minnesota's Best - Record Store 2021

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