New Releases - 10/15/21

Hitting The Racks

Here's your weekly rundown of what's hitting the new release racks at Grimey's

New Releases

Aeon – God Ends Here LP (Metal Blade)

New album from the extreme metal band. [Limited-edition gold splatter vinyl.]

Julia Bardo – Bauhaus, L'Appartamento LP (Wichita)

Bauhaus, L'Appartamento, produced and mixed by Younghusband's Euan Hinshelwood, firmly establishes Bardo's musical adventurousness and prowess, and marks a cathartic and self-affirming moment for an artist who found her voice by realizing it's been there all along. Each track on the album opens a new door. [Limited edition red vinyl.]

Zac Brown Band – Comeback CD (Warner Nashville)

The seventh album from chart-topping country group Zac Brown Band features guest appearances by guitarist Marcus King and jazz vocalist Gregory Porter.

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies – Halloween Kills (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) CD/LP (Sacred Bones)

The scream team is back with Halloween Kills, and John Carpenter has returned to the studio with son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies to further expand on the iconic score that forever changed the course of horror cinema and synthesizer music. [Limited edition orange vinyl.]

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Sticky CD/LP (Int’l Death Cult)

The new album from Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes is the sonic eruption of a year-plus of suppressed energy. While it's an escapist experience, recent reality is never too far away. It's there in “Go Get A Tattoo”, which was inspired by Carter's experience of having to shut his first London based tattoo parlour, Rose Of Mercy, almost immediately after it opened. It's just as present in “My Town”, a suburban vignette of society's collective mental health quickly unravelling. [Limited edition translucent blue vinyl.]

Cherubs - SLO BLO 4 FRNZ & SXY CDEP/12” (Relapse)

Austin, TX's cult noise rock trio Cherubs return with their new EP. A follow up to their critically acclaimed Immaculada High (2019), the new EP capitalizes on the musical frenzy and shining moments of the latest full length, resulting in another dose of the legendary band's take on punk infused noise rock. [Limited-edition blood red vinyl.]

Cleopatrick – Bummer LP (Nowhere Special)

Cleopatrick's debut album Bummer sees the Canadian duo harness all the magic they've been brewing over their two-decade friendship and funnel it into a record that aims to reinvigorate the rock landscape from the ground up. Recorded with 21-year-old NRM peer and producer Jig Dubé, Bummer is a time capsule of a record – nodding to their insular, small-town beginnings but reaching for something altogether more exciting, utopian and full of life. "We want our music to feel as big as hip hop does in the club – big subs and loud drums and vocals right up front. But lyrically, we want to sing songs that everyone in the crowd feels comfortable singing along to. Luke Gruntz asserts. "We've been comparing the album to the Voyager One probe – it has everything about us in it and we don't know if people will get it or if people will care, but it feels so good to have it out there. It feels like a small way to live forever."

Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres CD/LP (Atlantic)

Coldplay's ninth studio album, Music Of The Spheres, was produced by hitmaker Max Martin and features twelve tracks, five of which are represented by emojis. The British pop-rock giants follow-up to 2019's Everyday Life is introduced by the cosmic lead single "Higher Power" and experimental 10-minute closer "Coloratura", an exhilarating, space-bound epic that includes namechecks for Galileo, Oumuamua and Betelgeuse. The band hints at further sci-fi themes with the note, "Everyone is an alien somewhere." [A limited-edition color vinyl pressing is available.]

Dean & Britta – Quarantine Tapes CD/LP (Double Feature)

Dean & Britta's Quarantine Tapes album was recorded in home studio during the pandemic and released to streaming services in fall 2020, is now presented on CD and vinyl with the added track “The Carnival Is Over”. The record contains other covers of songs by the Bee Gees, the Clash, Kraftwerk, Luna, The Cars, the Seekers.

Dirty Art Club - Basement Seance LP (Paxico Records)

Dirty Art Club calls upon spirits in Basement Seance, conjuring otherworldly energies into instrumental hallucinations. Inspiration has been sourced across decades and genres - from prog rock and 70’s soul to hip-hop smartly blended with rhythmic density. Idyllic soundscapes reflect the beauty of nature, yet allude to the supernatural. In this 23 track odyssey, DAC reminds us that amidst warmth and soulful comfort, the things we fear most always exist in our shadow.

Finneas – Optimist CD/LP (Oyoy, Inc)

Eight-time Grammy-winning artist Finneas delivers his debut solo album Optimist which features 12 new, never before heard tracks, plus the previously released, "What They'll Say About Us", a heartbreaking ballad written in lockdown as a moving dedication to human strength and connection when faced with life's tribulations.

Fuckin Whatever – Fuckin Whatever LP (Born Losers)

Limited clear colored vinyl LP pressing. Featuring Anthony Green of Circa Survive, Adam Lazzara and John Nolan of Taking Back Sunday and additional percussion from Benjamin Homola of Grouplove, Fuckin Whatever is a fluid project born of longtime friendships and late nights on the road, but what it could grow to become is entirely unwritten. Using just their voices and a stomp or two in lieu of percussion ... before they even realized it, Fuckin Whatever was born.

Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth – Utopian Ashes LP (Third Man)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “During the course of a 35-year career, ‘sensitive’ and ‘mature’ are not adjectives that have often been wheeled out to describe Bobby Gillespie’s lyrics. Indeed, the Primal Scream lead singer’s canon of work has generally favored MC5-lite rebel posturing over insight and depth. All of which makes this collaboration with former Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth such a welcome surprise. The pair have written a set of songs located within the wreckage of a marriage that is falling apart, with both parties torn between looking back with remorse and nostalgia on what’s been lost and moving on and making a new start alone. Recorded with Gillespie’s Scream bandmates, as well as Beth’s regular foil Johnny Hostile, as much care has gone into the arrangements as the lyrics.” – The Guardian. [Indie exclusive transparent orange vinyl.]

Gong Gong Gong 工工工 – Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏 Remixed 12” (Wharf Cat)

A globe-spanning collaboration featuring remixes that organically expand the palette of Gong Gong Gong into ambient club tracks, thumping dance music, cinematic soundscapes, and doomy bit-crushed psych.

Sammy Hagar & The Circle – Lockdown 2020 LP (Mailboat)

The Circle is a supergroup consisting of vocalist Sammy Hagar, original Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham, and guitarist Vic Johnson. The band would jam to these tracks as they warmed up before live shows. The set contains covers of classics from AC/DC, Bob Marley, The Who, Buffalo Springfield, Van Halen, and more.

Sinéad Harnett – Ready Is Always Too Late LP (Thairish Limited)

Sophomore album from lauded UK, now Los Angeles-based, R&B singer and songwriter. Through this cohesive body of work, Sinéad delivers uplifting anthems with messages around empowerment, individualism, unity, and community alongside more raw and vulnerable songs that explore how darker times of her past have affected who she is now as an artist.

Hate – Rugia LP (Metal Blade)

New release from the Polish blackened death metal band. [Limited black & silver color vinyl pressing.]

Ryan Hurd – Pelago CD (SME Nashville)

New release from the country music singer/songwriter.

Jerusalem In My Heart – Qalaq LP+MP3 (Constellation)

One of the most renowned and uncompromising entities working in 21st century avant-garde Arab-Levantine art and music, Jerusalem in My Heart presents a newalbum of vital and haunting electronics and electroacoustics, framed by founder and producer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh's spoken and sung Arabic, buzuk-playing and sound design.

Norah Jones – I Dream Of Christmas CD (Blue Note)

Norah Jones has been a steady voice of warmth and reassurance for nearly 20 years since her cozy 2002 debut album Come Away With Me became a familiar musical companion for millions of people around the world. Now the nine-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist has made her first-ever holiday album with I Dream Of Christmas, a delightful and comforting collection of timeless seasonal favorites and affecting new originals that explore the complicated emotions of our times and our hopes that this holiday season will be full of joy and togetherness.

The Joy Formidable – Into The Blue LP+7” (Enci)

The Welsh trio with a predilection for delivering stadium-sized riffs with shoegazey vistas and dreamy post-punk riffage, return with a stunning new album. [Indie exclusive gold & black vinyl.]

Katuchat - Still Life LP (Roche Musique)

"Still Life" has been shaped by French producer Katuchat's various musical influences, such as Arca, Vegyn, Sophie, Boards of Canada, artists who inspire him in the production of complex and detailed rhythms. For his first album, he wanted to experiment with more melodious sounds but also to diversify his music by collaborating for the first time with other artists (e.g. hip-hop artist Chester Watson, singers LIA and Sølv).

Toby Keith – Peso In My Pocket CD (Show Dog, LLC)

Singer/songwriter Toby Keith releases his first all-new in more than five years. Peso In My Pocket was co-produced with Kenny Greenberg and features the highest Billboard Country Airplay chart debut of his career with the lead single "Old School". Though Keith has accomplished much since the 2015 release of 35 MPH Town – perhaps most notably in writing the Clint Eastwood inspired "Don't Let The Old Man In" – a new studio album was long overdue. Peso In My Pocket has more than a little to do with the worldwide pandemic. "My whole musical career, I haven't been off the road this long," Keith says, calling 2020 "a reset button I never would have hit." [Vinyl edition due December 10.]

Pokey LaFarge – In The Blossom Of Their Shade CD/LP (New West)

Pokey LaFarge's seventh studio solo album, In The Blossom Of Their Shade, showcases the positivity of coming out of the darkness and into the light. When the 2020 global pandemic hit, LaFarge's rigorous work ethic powered him through the potentially challenging creative period. As days became a couple months, songs blossomed from embryonic ideas into full-formed ones and he was ready to move on, which typified his mindset as a working artist. With this record LaFarge captures the thematic notion of being the perfect summer afternoon soundtrack...the type of music you want to listen to while having a cocktail with your significant other. It makes sense musically as well – LaFarge intentionally crafted songs that created space and have melodies that can glide throughout a composition that's a far cry from the swing and blues-infused songs of his earlier work. [Limited-edition indie store exclusive vinyl with bonus 7”.]

Le Ren – Leftovers LP+MP3 (Secretly Canadian)

The debut album from Montreal's Le Ren stitches together a patchwork of personal songs about different relationships: those we share with mothers, lovers, and friends. Lauren Spear, the artist behind Le Ren, created a physical quilt to mirror the assemblage of stories that comprise her album: a coming-of-age collage that collects over four years of past experiences and finds their present meaning. [Limited edition opaque yellow vinyl.]

Parker McCollum – Gold Chain Cowboy LP (MCA Nashville)

Born and raised in Houston, McCollum’s been based in Austin since 2013 when he released his first independent single. His debut album, Gold Chain Cowboy, includes the Platinum #1 single “Pretty Heart” and the Top 40 hit “To Be Loved By You”.

Melvins – Five Legged Dog 2xCD (Ipecac)

The Melvins deliver their most ambitious project yet with Five Legged Dog, a 36-song newly recorded, acoustic offering featuring a career-spanning collection of songs, from 1987's Gluey Porch Treatments to 2017's A Walk With Love & Death, the entire gamut of the legendary band's catalogue is represented. "I knew I wanted to do something ridiculously big," explains Buzz Osborne of the band's first ever acoustic offering. "36 songs reimagined by us acoustically is certainly ridiculous, but it works. The magic of the songs is still there regardless of it being acoustic. Since we weren't touring, we had the time to do something of this size. I'm very excited about this record. Dale and Steven did a fantastic job on this. I think it's a very special record. I can't think of anyone else who's done something like this." [Limited edition color vinyl edition due January 28.]

Nils Petter Molvær – Stitches LP (Modern Recordings)

Nils Petter Molvær is one of the most prominent performers within an electroacoustic jazz hybrid that has, since the 1990s, become a genre all of its own. In this domain, sometimes referred to as 'future jazz' or 'nu jazz', the Norwegian composer is both a pioneer and a veteran having been one of the first jazz musicians to embrace the new digital and electronica tendencies at the turn of the century. With his signature sound that brings together poignant trumpet and dynamic electronic soundscapes, Molvær has achieved heavyweight status for showing a path forward for the genre in a new age, a path which, faithful to jazz' past, remains cool all the way.

Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Fire CD (Mom + Pop Music)

Following the 2018 release of his most ambitious album yet, The Atlas Underground, legendary musician and two-time Grammy winner Tom Morello returns with his latest project – a follow-up album entitled The Atlas Underground Fire. Morello's remarkable guitar playing is on full display on the record fusing rock, alternative and electronic music together with collaborations from a mix of music icons and cutting-edge artists. The acclaimed list of collaborators includes Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Chris Stapleton, Mike Posner, Damian Marley and others. [Vinyl edition due April 1.]

Quickly Quickly – The Long & Short Of It LP+MP3 (Ghostly Int’l)

Portland, Oregon-based musician/polymath Graham Jonson straddles jazz, hip hop, R&B, and psych-pop while suggesting a wholly genre-less path forward. [Limited edition forest green vinyl.]

Xenia Rubinos – Una Rosa CD/LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Music maker Xenia Rubinos uses her powerful voice to create beats and melodies from scratch. Her sound grows from a wide palette of influences ranging from Caribbean rhythms and beat music to minimalism and indie rock all delivered with a soulful punk aura. Una Rosa, Xenia's first full-length album in five years, was visually structured before all the music was done - it's a cinematic obra - an imagined nighttime-space where you're transported through the lives of various characters, all of whom are sonically painted in each track. Sonically, the album is somewhat of a departure from her earlier work- rather than striving for pitch-perfect vocals and tight live instrumentation, she cut most of the vocals in a single take, only tinkering with them after the fact. It's also the most electronic music she's ever made - full of layered beats, a driving clave rhythm, bolero, flavors of ‘90s R&B, romance, tragedy, aggressivity, and emotional and theatrical vocals. [Indie exclusive ‘summer sky wave’ color vinyl.]

Santana – Blessings And Miracles CD (BMG)

Multi-Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana returns with the star-studded, masterful new album, Blessings And Miracles. The record's dazzling first single, "Move", sees the music legend and guitar icon reteamed with Matchbox 20 singer Rob Thomas. Blessings And Miracles is one of the most ambitious, inspired and magical albums of Santana's storied career, on which the legendary guitarist aims higher than ever. In addition to Thomas, Blessings And Miracles sees Santana collaborating with a diverse host of brilliant artists, writers and producers including Chris Stapleton, G-Eazy, Diane Warren, Steve Winwood, Chick Corea, Rick Rubin, Corey Glover, Kirk Hammett, Ally Brooke, American Authors and Narada Michael Walden, among others, on genre-bending, hook-filled knockout musical celebrations. The record also features bravura performances from members of Santana's touring band (including drummer Cindy Blackman Santana and singer Tommy Anthony), as well as impeccable vocals and keyboards by the guitarist's son, Salvador Santana, and stunning lead vocals by daughter, Stella Santana. [Vinyl edition due March 18.]

Skepticism – Companion LP (Svart)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The Finnish funeral doom pioneers celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of their sixth full length album, Companion. On the album, Skepticism further refine their signature sound to engulf the listener in a cavernous heavy wall of organ and guitars laid to rest under an ominous cascade of hammering drums.

TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – The Incredible Heat Machine LP (Mama Bird)

Hailing from Portland OR, TK & the Holy Know-Nothings deliver their much-anticipated sophomore album The Incredible Heat Machine. The band is led by frontman Taylor Kingman, whose equally irreverent, delicate, and cerebral first-person narratives somehow merge seamlessly with the group's bar band ethos. The Incredible Heat Machine takes the band's half-facetiously self-described psychedelic doom boogie and delves further into the struggles of the working-class musician with themes of substance abuse and redemption, companionship as salvation, and the ever-present shadow of disillusionment.

Various Artists – Pokémon 25: The Album CD (Capitol)

Pokemon 25: The Album features new tracks by J Balvin, Lil Yachty, Vince Staples, Jax Jones with Sinead Harnett, Mabel, Tierra Whack, Katy Perry, Post Malone and Louane. “I’ve always been a huge Pokémon fan and I jumped at the opportunity to be on the album. I love the record I did for it called ‘Believing’ and I hope it inspires my fans to chase their dreams,” Lil Yachty says about the project. “P25 Music has been an incredible journey in which we’ve been able to collaborate with so many amazing musicians to help us celebrate 25 years of Pokémon,” shares Colin Palmer, vice president of marketing, The Pokémon Company International. “As we countdown to the launch of Pokémon 25: The Album and the culmination of this yearlong adventure, we’re looking forward to Lil Yachty, Tierra Whack, and Jax Jones joining the party and adding their own unique sounds and fresh takes on Pokémon inspired songs to this celebratory compilation.” [Vinyl edition due February 25.]

Dean Wareham – I Have Nothing To Say To The Mayor Of L.A. LP (Double Feature)

Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) returns with his first new songs in seven years, a politically minded collection of indie guitar beauty. Produced by Jason Quever (Beach House, Cass McCombs), I Have Nothing To Say To The Mayor Of L.A.features eight songs by Wareham, plus covers of “Duchess” by Scott Walker and “Under Skys” by obscure Massachusetts late-‘60s band Lazy Smoke.

Lucinda Williams – Lu's Jukebox Vol. 3: Bob's Back Pages: A Night Of Bob Dylan Songs CD/2xLP (Highway 20)

While the first two installments found Williams tackling Tom Petty and southern soul, Lu's Jukebox Vol. 3 features eleven nuanced numbers from the great Bob Dylan catalog including "It Takes A Lot To Laugh", "Not Dark Yet", "Blind Willie McTell", "Idiot Wind", "Make You Feel My Love" and more.

Lucinda Williams – Lu's Jukebox Vol. 4: Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night Of 60's Country Classics CD/LP (Highway 20)

Lu's Jukebox Vol. 4 includes a selection of 60's country classics like "Apartment #9," "Together Again," "Make The World Go Away," "Long Black Limousine," "Fist City," "Gentle On My Mind" and "Funny How Time Slips Away" among others.

Danny George Wilson – Another Place LP (Loose Music)

Danny George Wilson (Bennett Wilson Poole, Danny & The Champions Of The World, Grand Drive) unveils a radically surprising new solo album Another Place to a world coming up for air. Celebrating the future returning with a vibrant and diverse collection of startling, impressionistic songs produced in tandem with Sussex-based, studio-wizard Hamish Benjamin and his frequent collaborator Henry Garratt, helped along by pedal steel maestro Iain Sloan (Peter Bruntnell, Wynntown Marshals), and with memorable guest appearances from Emma Swift (Blonde On The Tracks), Gerry Love (Teenage Fanclub), and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco).

The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong All Stars – A Gift To Pops CD (Verve)

The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong All Stars is the cream of the crop of current New Orleans musicians, paying tribute to the musician who started it all in the Crescent City. Comprised of new arrangements and recordings of music associated with Louis by a rotating cast of key New Orleans players including guest features from Wynton Marsalis, Common, and more. [Vinyl edition due December 17.]

Yes – The Quest CD/2xCD+Blu-ray (Inside Out U.S.)

The Quest is the latest studio album from the legendary progressive rock band. Produced by Steve Howe, and featuring the line-up of Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison & Billy Sherwood, this stunning new record sees the band demonstrating why they are still such a revered group of musicians. [A deluxe double-CD including Blu-ray edition is also available for special order. Vinyl edition due December 31.]

Yves Tumor – The Asymptotical World EP 12”+MP3 (Warp)

The Asymptotical World EP is Yves Tumor's successor to 2020's lauded Heaven To A Tortured Mind, featuring some of Sean Bowie’s most anthemic rock moments to date. A bold outfit of variegated styles across EP highlights, from the progressive climaxes of “Crushed Velvet” to the breakneck pace of “Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them” and the new standard of contemporary stadium music heard on “Jackie”.

Reissues & From The Archives

The Alarm – History Repeating 1981 - 2021 2xCD/2xLP (Twenty First Century)

The Alarm's 40th Anniversary release, History Repeating, is a double album featuring 44 of their biggest singles and greatest songs. Spanning all eras of The Alarm timeline, this collection brings together all the band's crown jewels including a brand new and previously unreleased recording of the title track.

The Beatles – Let It Be [Reissue/1970] CD/2xCD/5xCD+Blu-ray Audio+Book/LP/4xLP+12”+Book (Capitol)

The Let It Be album has been newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell. All the new Let It Be releases feature the new stereo mix of the album as guided by the original reproduced for disc version by Phil Spector and sourced directly from the original session and rooftop performance eight-track tapes. The Special Edition double-CD edition includes bonus CD of outtakes and 40-page booklet. The Super Deluxe Special Edition CD and vinyl box set editions each add a wealth of previously unreleased outtakes, studio jams, rehearsals as well as a 105-page hardbound book. Vinyl box also includes the Glyn Johns produced Get Back LP, released for the first time anywhere!

Big Country – The Buffalo Skinners [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Chrysalis)

Big Country's self-produced sixth studio album, The Buffalo Skinners is an impassioned explosion of rock, pulling themes of working-class masculinity, love of full-throated guitar and sense of political and social outrage together in one rousing, melodic, lyrical onslaught.

Black Stone Cherry ‎– Kentucky [Reissue/2016] LP (Mascot)

Color vinyl reissue. Named after the band's home state, Black Stone Cherry’s fifth album is very much a 'back to their roots' affair, with the four-piece working with the same engineer in the same 'local' studio, Barrick Recording, where they crafted their eponymous debut, eight years prior.

Cannabis Corpse ‎– Left Hand Pass [Reissue/2017] LP (Season Of Mist)

Color vinyl reissue. Turning a classic album title such as Entombed's do into a weedy phrase would normally be punishable by having to listen to the worst of Modern Talking on continued play. Under the influence of the genre legends who preceded them, the trio give rise to an unrelenting piece of crushing, weed-themed death replete with their signature, THC-fueled, horror fiction lyrics.

Chicano Batman ‎– Cycles Of Existential Rhyme [Reissue/2014] LP (ATO)

Color vinyl reissue of the Latin/funk/soul/folk band’s sophomore album.

Marshall Crenshaw – #447 [Reissue/1999] LP (MRI Associated)

Color vinyl reissue. 1999's #447 served as Crenshaw's fourth for the independent Razor & Tie imprint and it finds him further refining the masterful pop songwriting.

David Crosby ‎– If I Could Only Remember My Name [Reissue/1971] 2xCD (Atlantic)

50th Anniversary reissue. If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo record from David Crosby. Recorded in 1970 after the passing of his girlfriend Christine and released in February of 1971, the album explores themes including loss and disorientation. The album features a who's who of contributors from the San Francisco Bay area including Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, and Santana, and his cohort from Los Angeles including Graham Nash, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell. The album has attained a cult status over the last 50 years, hailed for its spooky, psychedelic, and truly unique sounds. [The expanded two CD edition features a full CD of session versions of the songs as well as demos, outtakes, and alternate versions. A vinyl reissue is due 10/29]

The dB’s – I Thought You Wanted To Know: 1978-1981 CD (Propeller Sound)

23 tracks of remastered early singles, demos, and live recordings. Most of these tracks predate the release of Stands For deciBels by two to three years and were the basis of the signing of the band to Albion Records (UK) in 1980. Some songs are being released to the public for the first time in this package. [Vinyl edition due October 22.]

JJ DOOM - Key to the Kuffs 2xLP (Lex Records)

2021 reissue. JJ DOOM is a joint project bringing together the abstract, gruff rhymes of DOOM (aka MF Doom) and the shape shifting hip-hop beats of highly revered producer Jneiro Jarel. DOOM has reinvented himself as a variety of different alter egos in the past, but as metal masked figure MF Doom he displayed an unmatched musical work ethic as a solo and collaborative artist, having worked with Danger Mouse, Madlib, Ghostface, Gorillaz, and Thom Yorke. Brooklyn-born, New Orleans-based producer, rapper and vocalist JJ (Jneiro Jarel) has had similarly alias-orientated adventures, consisting of instrumental beat journeys as Dr Who Dat?, as well as producing remixes for Radiohead, Bjork, and TV on the Radio. Their debut album as JJ DOOM, 'Key to the Kuffs,' is a twisted journey into hip-hop, electronica and warped beats featuring Blur and Gorillaz main man Damon Albarn, Outkast associate Khujo Goodie and Portishead's Beth Gibbons.

Judas Priest – Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music CD/2xLP (Sony Legacy)

16 tracks including remastered studio recordings and seven previously unreleased live cuts from the band's archive ranging from 1978 to 1991.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live In Adelaide '19 3xLP (Drastic Plastic)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live In Paris '19 3xLP (Drastic Plastic)

In 2020, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard put together the "Bootlegger" project: a series of live albums & demo collections that they allowed anyone to put onto any audio format. Needlejuice Records has created stunning vinyl versions of each of these albums.

Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes [Reissue/2011] 2xLP (Atlantic)

This expanded vinyl reissue features Wounded Rhymes in full (with seminal singles “I Follow Rivers”, “Get Some”, and “Youth Knows No Pain”), three officially unreleased Lost Sessions demos, and two remixes from The Magician & Tyler, The Creator.

Nick Lowe – Impossible Bird [Reissue/1994] CD (Yep Roc)
Nick Lowe – Dig My Mood [Reissue/1998] CD (Yep Roc)

Digitally remastered versions of two albums from the veteran British singer/songwriter. [Vinyl editions due February 11. A pink color vinyl pressing of 1979’s Labour Of Lust is also available this week.]

Nick Lowe – Labour Of Lust [Reissue/1979] LP (Yep Roc)

Limited pink color vinyl pressing. Labour Of Lust was recorded and released at the same time as Dave Edmunds' Repeat When Necessary and features the same Rockpile personnel. It led off with “Cruel To Be Kind”, Lowe's only major US hit.

Mac Miller – Faces [Reissue/2014] 3xLP (WB)

Yellow color vinyl pressing. With his first album he became a grassroots rap megastar. With his second he bared his weird soul and was praised for it. His 11 mixtapes boast a couple bucket lists' worth of collaborators, from Bun B and Kendrick Lamar to Rick Ross and Juicy J. And in the same year that he toured the US backed by a psychedelic soul band, he rapped all over Europe with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz. He did indie. He's doing major. He even bought himself a ridiculous house in the Los Angeles hills and made a TV show about it. Hell, he made a jazz record. As if that wasn’t enough, his highest accomplishment was an overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol, which took his life at 26.

Nero's Day at Disneyland (a.k.a. Lauren Bousfield) - From Rotting Fantasylands LP (Deathbomb Arc)

After decades of composing and performing, Lauren Bousfield’s work only continues to evolve in otherworldly directions, but there is one album that listeners have returned to over and over again: ‘From Rotting Fantasylands'. Released under her now retired pseudonym Nero's Day At Disneyland, this is the work that first exposed Bousfield's unique approach in electronics to many of her dedicated fans. Elaborate compositions for keys are carried by the full gale force of a punk rock love for breakcore. Instinctual and intellectual. Unhinged and meticulously arranged. Like all great works of art, it is an album that defies contradiction to simply become its own wonderful thing.

North Americans – Going Steady LP (Third Man)

Originally released in 2018 in extremely limited numbers, Going Steady features North Americans main man Patrick McDermott playing acoustic guitar and Moog alongside contributions from Meg Duffy, Juliana Barwick, Hayden Pedigo, Dylan Baldi, and Joel Williams - creating a gorgeous dusky instrumental album of cosmic pastoral sounds. Each song on Going Steady glimmers and shines and taken in its entirety is like a beautiful sunset transforming into a star-filled evening. It is the American Songbook read, ingested and transformed into something completely newfor our post-everything world. [Limited-edition indie store exclusive pink vinyl.]

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Architecture & Morality - The Singles CD/3x12” (Republic)

40th anniversary set of singles from 1981's Architecture And Morality by electronic pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Includes three international hits, "Souvenir", "Joan Of Arc" and "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)" as well as unreleased demos, studio sessions and live performances of tracks from the album. [Limited edition purple/red/magenta vinyl.]

Omara Portuondo – Omara Portuondo [Reissue/2000] LP (World Circuit)

In 2000, the leading lady of the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, released her debut solo album for World Circuit. Often hailed as the Billie Holiday of Cuba, the stunning affair takes as its theme 'Unrequited Love - love lost and found' and was recorded in Havana with a dream band, orchestrated by Demetrio Muñiz, and including Rubén González, Cachaíto López, Guajiro Mirabal and Jesus 'Aguaje' Ramos. To top it off special guest contributions come courtesy of Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo and Eliades Ochoa. [Limited edition purple vinyl.]

Josh Ritter ‎– Sermon On The Rocks [Reissue/2015] LP (Pytheas Recordings)

Climbing into the top 10 on several Billboard charts, 2015's Sermon On The Rockswas produced by singer/songwriter Josh Ritter and Trina Shoemaker (Queens of the Stone Age, Emmylou Harris). The 12-song album was recorded over two weeks at New Orleans' The Parlor Recording Studio and features Matt Barrick from The Walkmen on drums, Zachariah Hickman on bass, Josh Kaufman on guitar and Sam Kassirer on piano. [Limited edition pink/white/purple splatter vinyl.]

Seether – Vicennial - 2 Decades Of Seether CD (Craft Recordings)

A career-spanning compilation of the RIAA Platinum-selling group's greatest hits, including 16 #1 original singles, as well as the fan-favorite cover of “Careless Whisper”. [Vinyl edition due January 7.]

The Sweet And Innocent & The Memphis Mustangs – Cry Love b/w I Don't Know What You're Full Of [Reissue/1972] 7” (Numero)

A product of North Memphis' segregated Dixie Homes housing complex, The Sweet & Innocent arrived during the Soulsville U.S.A. renaissance in the early '70s. While Al Bell was busy across town turning Stax into a national Black powerhouse, Ron and Sari Bledsoe's short-lived Active imprint operated out of a storefront on Chelsea Avenue, using nearby Manassas High as a talent pool. Rubye James and Linda Royston - Sweet And Innocent - joined a roster that included The Epics, First Company, and The Memphis Mustangs, groups all lost to the tide of time. The Sweet And Innocents are a rare blend of atmospheric blues, post-Beehive girl group harmony, and Jacksons-inspired kid soul.

The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes – Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack 2xCD (Polydor)

This double-CD soundtrack is curated by the documentary's director, Todd Haynes, and music supervisor Randall Poster. It includes well-known and rare tracks from the band as well as songs and performances that influenced The Velvet Underground, including the doo-wop of The Diablos, the groundbreaking rock 'n' roll of Bo Diddley, and the avant-garde compositions of La Monte Young.

Paul Weller ‎– Days Of Speed [Reissue/2001] 2xLP (Craft Recordings)

180gm vinyl reissue. Days Of Speed is an acoustic, double live album featuring songs from across Weller's career including the Jam classics.

Amy Winehouse ‎– Back To Black [Reissue/2006] LP (Republic)

Limited picture disc vinyl pressing of the second and final studio album by Amy Winehouse, originally released in 2006. Influenced by the pop and soul music of 1960s girl groups, Winehouse collaborated with producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, along with Sharon Jones' band The Dap-Kings, to assist her on capturing the sounds from that time period while blending them with contemporary R&B and neo-soul music.

Warren Zevon ‎– Excitable Boy [Reissue/1978] LP (Friday Music)

Limited 180gm translucent red color vinyl pressing of Warren Zevon’s third studio album. It includes the single “Werewolves Of London”, which reached #21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career.