New Releases - 10/20/23
Hitting The Racks
Here's your weekly rundown of what's hitting the new release racks at Grimey's
New Releases
Tristan Allen – In Iso and The Dawn LP (RVNG Int’l)
Across the arc of Tristan Allen's epiphanic, four-part journey, Tin Iso and The Dawn, the New York based composer and puppeteer brings sonic life to a fantastical realm of characters whose universal longings mirror our own. In the first release of this mythic trilogy, intricate sound design and spellbinding leitmotifs make sense of loss and what's beyond. Formative exposures by way of travel through Asia, studies in Gamelan, a paper mache Christmas angel, and their dad's Bread and Puppet Theater artifacts formed a web of inspiration from which Tristan's desire to combine puppetry and their fascination for the narrative power of instrumental music emerged. Years of synchronistic inspirational encounters with "guardian angels" in the form of music mentors and puppeteer masters incentivized Tristan to pursue a project where they could focus on sound and diverse instrumentation.
Anyma – Genesys 2xLP (Interscope)
Clear vinyl pressing. Anyma’s highly anticipated debut album Genesys follows the release of his previous singles “Welcome To The Opera” with Grimes and “Syren”. It explores themes of technology, nature, humanity, and coexistence, featuring a line-up of impressive collaborators including Grimes, Sevdaliza, CamelPhat, Chris Avantgarde, Rebuke, Cassian and more. One half of Tale Of Us, Anyma’s music and performances are an unprecedented blend of mesmerizing visual installations, avant-garde sound engineering, and awe-inspiring stage designs.
David August - VĪS 2LP (99CHANTS)
A lavish four-chapter chronicle that imagines an alternative evolution of mankind through sound, VĪS (Latin for energy or force) is the result of a lengthy process of self-discovery, collaboration and research for Italian-German composer David August. He wrote the album's 13 pieces to play like a linear storyline, tracking the development of culture from its illusory beginnings in Plato's Cave into the wider world and observing its progression and adaptation. August represents these themes with levitational orchestral drones, choirs and bells that slowly bend to long-forgotten ancestral rhythms, inevitably colliding with the digitized chaos of the information age. Motion guides everything, whether it's shadows on a wall projected by dancing flames, or dramatic, overlayed rhythms that vibrate the air and excite the feet. VĪS is a dynamic attempt to show the movement of time on a macro scale, looking backwards in order to move forwards.
Big Thief – Vampire Empire b/w Born For Loving You 7” (4AD)
Limited first pressing available on eco mix vinyl. Recorded and produced by Dom Monks at Guissona, Spain's Teatre de cal Eril Studio during a recent tour, “Vampire Empire” speaks to the beautiful complexity of gender identity and breaking destructive internal cycles. Of the song, Adrianne Lenker adds, "For me, it's about getting out of toxic internal patterns - leaving the empire of energy drains that obscure pure essence, learning about what healthy boundaries are, and finding the power to implement them for the possibility of giving and receiving (both inwardly and outwardly) unbroken and infinite Love."
blink-182 – One More Time… CD/LP (Columbia)
One More Time... is the highly anticipated new album from blink-182, featuring the group’s iconic lineup together again – Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals), and Travis Barker (drums). The trio recorded One More Time... over the course of 2022 and 2023 amid their blockbuster reunion tour, which sold out arenas, amphitheaters, and stadiums across the world. One More Time… features 17 new songs that capture the band at the top of their game, layering in themes of tragedy, triumph, and most importantly, brotherhood. [Indie store exclusive coke bottle green vinyl.]
Blues Traveler – Traveler’s Soul CD (Roundhill)
Grammy Award-winning band Blues Traveler is back with their 15th full-length album, Traveler's Soul. This album, like 2021's Traveler's Blues - a blues covers album that earned the band a Grammy nomination - is a covers album paying tribute to R&B and soul classics with featured artists such as Pat Monahan from Train, Valerie June, Alisan Porter, Daisha McBride, and many more. First single "Fool Ffor You," originally popularized by Curtis Mayfield's The Impressions back in 1968, has a wailing harmonica that gives way to an understated guitar riff and a heavenly piano melody. This ebb-and-flow underlines a smoldering vocal performance from John Popper backed by a rapturous choir. [Vinyl edition due November 3.]
Bombay Bicycle Club – My Big Day CD/LP (MMM)
Heading back to the band's studio in London, Bombay Bicycle Club has lovingly crafted their sixth album, My Big Day. It's a powerful, expansive body of work, replete with an irrepressible dose of joy. My Big Day also found the band's studio door wedged open for a collaborative experience, inviting the likes of Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, Holly Humberstone and Damon Albarn who all contributed as guests. On first listen, Bombay Bicycle Club has opened the curtains and let this revelatory set of vibrant, joyous compositions bask in the sunshine. It's an album that means business, sculpted by one of Britain's best guitar bands. [Indie store exclusive pink vinyl.]
Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Me Vs. Myself 2xLP (Atlantic)
Released in December 2022 on CD – now available on vinyl. Myself is the fourth studio album by American rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. The album features guest appearances from Roddy Ricch, Tory Lanez, Kodak Black, G Herbo, Lil Durk, Don Q, and H.E.R.
Chris Botti – Vol. 1 CD (Blue Note)
Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti gets back to the jazz essence of his artistry on his new album, Vol. 1. The album features beautiful new ballad renditions of standards including “My Funny Valentine”, and “Someday My Prince Will Come”, as well as a cover of Coldplay’s “Fix You” and the vocal feature “Paris” with John Splithoff. Produced by David Foster, Vol. 1 features performances by violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Taylor Eigsti, guitarist Gilad Hekselman and others.
Carpool Tunnel – Don’t Let Them Pass You By LP (Pure Noise)
Bay area psychedelic rock/blues with sunny surf rock to create something that’s both nostalgic and fresh. [Indie store exclusive translucent w/ brown & black tri-stripe vinyl.]
Channel Tres – “Black Moses” 12” (Godmode)
Channel Tres blends the drive of Detroit techno and the silky-smooth grooves of Chicago house with the snarl of West Coast rap. His music is no longer a secret between dance DJs (even if they maybe wished it had stayed that way). Even as artists like Drake and Beyonce are venturing into dance music, Channel Tres has been touted as the impetus for house music's resurgence in pop music by outlets including BET, Billboard, V, Highsnobiety, The Ringer, and more.
Cupid & Psyche – Romantic Music LP (Felte)
Tangerine orange colorway. The dual forces of shadow and light, despair and hope, frustration and catharsis are at play in the music of Cupid & Psyche, the Los Angeles-based indie rock duo of Michael Vidal and Juan Velasquez. First gaining recognition in the late aughts as members of the punk band Abe Vigoda, whose 2010 album Crush was named one of the "Best 50 Albums of the 2010s" by Pitchfork, the two have reunited as collaborators for the first time in a decade.
Dirt Buyer – II CD/LP/Cassette (Bayonet)
Joe Sutkowski (Dirt Buyer)'s new album is a documentation of making it to the other side. Sutkowski grew up in New Jersey, and although he lives in Brooklyn now, he remains "an emo kid at heart," garnering inspiration from bands like My Chemical Romance and Muse, the latter of whose theatrical, dramatic performances inspired the band's own vocal-forward, soaring takes. II represents a foray into heavier material that marks a deeper shift for the band. Now working as a trio, Sutkowski is flanked by Tristan Allen on bass and Mike Costa on drums, a fellow Berklee grad who cut his teeth playing in bands across Boston including past collaborations with Sutkowski. Half-recorded while the band was on tour with Surf Curse, the record finds Sutkowski reaching out for places, people, and beliefs to ground him. Throughout the album he attempts to wrap his head around the idea of fate and how you can brush up against other people and then leave them behind. [Limited-edition red w/ black marbled vinyl.]
Duffy x Uhlmann - Doubles LP (Orindal Records)
After playing in Perfume Genius and Hand Habits, Meg Duffy and Gregory Uhlmann embarked on their first record together, Doubles. A testament to the wordlessness of their musical intimacy, Duffy and Uhlmann take up the guitar in order to make an imprint of the slowness and presence of their improvisational practice. They weave together a sonic meditation, embracing intuition and relying on trust. Side A of Doubles consists of two guitars in conversation: looping feelings, braiding sound, blowing kisses, and finishing each other’s sentences, whereas side B takes on the tone of sonic scavenging, incorporating sounds from their past year of touring together. Taking the self as source material, the second half of the album dismantles the presence of Side A in order to incorporate the tactility of memory.
Markus Floats – Fourth Album LP (Contellation)
The follow-up to his acclaimed Constellation debut Third Album released in lockdown spring 2020, Markus Floats returns with Fourth Album, pushing the Montréal-based artist's distinct abstract electronic compositions into newly evocative terrain (while preserving his record titling literalism). Signature avant-electronic explorations of arpeggiated and timbral transformation, subtle shifts in harmonic consonance and dissonance, and a through-composed praxis that draws conterminously upon free jazz, musique concrète and modern Minimalism, all continue to shape Fourth Album to great effect. But an additional palette of sonic and gestural raw material is now also decidedly "out-of-the-box", charting a wider range of gestures, textures, and temporalities.
Ruth Garbus - Alive People LP (Orindal Records)
Avant-pop singer-songwriter Ruth Garbus' latest release is a studio album full of underground anthems for sensitive people of all ages, but that happened to be recorded in a club with an audience of a hundred. In between the compositions are interstitial improvisations that happened on stage during the performance. These are not presented in sequence. It’s not a lesser copy of a moving experience. It’s an echoing recreation, traveling- out photons bent thru and into a pastel rainbow.
Glen Hansard – All That Was East Is West Of Me Now CD/LP (ANTI-)
Not many heroes of indie folk have won an Oscar or created the basis of a successful stage musical, but Glen Hansard is an artist who can wear both of those feathers in his cap. As a member of the Frames and the Swell Season, Hansard won acclaim for his literate, intelligent, and passionate songwriting, and his nuanced vocals, and he's gone on to win similar accolades as a solo artist. All That Was East Is West Of Me Now is his first solo album in five years. The album demonstrates the Oscar-winning singer-songwriter's unique ability to blend Irish folk with modern rock and the punch of his storied live shows, of which The Guardian says, "Hansard's powerful voice, whether raw with passion or tender with regret, shines above arrangements bursting with swagger." [Indie store exclusive clear vinyl with autographed insert.]
Hauschka – Philanthropy CD/LP (City Slang)
For Volker Bertelmann, aka Hauschka, music is not solely about its sound, but also a means to facilitate the exchange of ideas and foster meaningful interactions between individuals, revealing his fascination with human connection and engagement. Despite being known for his distinctive prepared piano sound, the Academy Award-winning composer intentionally named his 15th solo studio album Philanthropy to express his compassion and openness. The album combines upbeat and pensive pieces, featuring moments of joy, introspection, and peaceful interludes. Overall, Philanthropy showcases Hauschka's compositional prowess and serves as a gift that sparks reflection and celebration.
Knuckle Puck – Losing What We Love LP (Pure Noise)
Chicago’s Knuckle Puck is one of the most celebrated acts in the modern pop-punk scene. Over the last thirteen years the band have nurtured their craft across three albums and have artfully balanced their emotional spectrum, trading in high-tempered and deeply introspective lyricism, but also cutting the tension with an underlying layer of optimism. But now, with the release of their fourth LP, Losing What We Love, Knuckle Puck no longer sugarcoat life’s hard truths. It is a record about coming to terms with exactly that. It is an attempt to lean into the transition between a high point in life to a low point. These songs are a tribute to the familiar while acknowledging that nothing can stay the same forever. [Indie store exclusive split baby pink/baby blue vinyl.]
Dylan LeBlanc – Coyote CD/LP (ATO)
Coyote is the fifth album by Dylan LeBlanc – and the first one he self-produced. Recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, it boasts a cherry-picked lineup of what he calls “killer session players,” such as drummer Fred Eltringham (Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow), pianist Jim "Moose" Brown (Bob Seger) and bass player Seth Kaufman (Lana Del Rey). The record is both autobiographical and a concept album built around the character of Coyote, a man on the run.
Lil Uzi Vert – Pink Tape 2xLP (Atlantic)
Double pink color vinyl pressing. Grammy-nominated Diamond-selling rap superstar Lil Uzi Vert flaunts a vision and fashion sense just as loud as his futuristic sound. Igniting the scene with their own fire, they have exploded into a hip-hop rockstar and become one of today's biggest and most influential artists. Following the Red & White EP (2022), Uzi has made an explosive return last fall with the Jersey club inspired anthem “Just Wanna Rock”, leading to his highly anticipated new album Pink Tape. Over the years, the rap superstar has also collaborated with the likes of Justin Bieber, Tyler The Creator, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Kanye West, Metro Boomin, 21 Savage, Gunna, Lil Durk, Meek Mill, Pharrell Williams, The Weekend and many more. On Pink Tape Lil Uzi Vert fuses his rock and hip-hop influences, stretching their sound in new directions.
L'Orange / Jeremiah Jae – The Night Took Us In Like Family LP (Mello Music)
Jeremiah Jae and L'Orange's noir-inspired opus, The Night Took Us In Like Family stylistically mixes the the alchemy of Madvillain and The Maltese Falcon: a five-part fable of tangled crimes, narrow escapes, and raining lead. Beats bend sinister with imagery aiming for the temples. Jae invokes dark clouds, crowns of thorns and LSD eyes. Bars written in dirt. Samples are disembodied and ethereal. It's like a grand jury indictment doubling as a Greek chorus. [Indie store exclusive silver vinyl.]
Lost Girls – Selvutsletter LP (Smalltown Supersound)
After collaborating for more than a decade, Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden released their first album under the Lost Girls moniker in 2021, Menneskekollektivet. The record received rave reviews, including a Best New Music mark at Pitchfork. Now the duo releases their second album, Selvutsletter. Working in tandem, with Volden creating beats and wild sets of guitar chords and Hval restructuring the parts, creating melodies, words and adding more sounds, they started spiraling into unchartered territory of shorter, more concise, and melodic songs than their debut LP Menneskekollektivet. As the material developed, words already embedded in the chords, guitar sounds and rhythms began to dance around. Lyrics about cities after dark, music rituals and band practices of the ‘90s, and the early days of the internet began to take shape.
The Maine – The Maine CD (8123/Photo Finish)
The Maine's self-titled ninth studio album was produced by Colby Wedgeworth, who the band describe as practically their sixth member. The album's digital release date (8.1.23) also holds significance as it's a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of numbers that hold a lot of meaning to the band. 8123 was in a parking garage where the band members would hang out growing up. 8123 has since been used in their song lyrics, their music festival, on fan's tattoos, and is the title of their own record label.
Duff McKagan – Lighthouse CD/LP (BFD)
Third solo album from the Guns N' Roses bassist. The album features appearances by Slash, Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell, and Iggy Pop. [Deluxe CD and vinyl editions are available – including an indie store exclusive pressing.]
Myrkur – Spine CD/LP (Relapse)
Myrkur (Amalie Bruun) returns with her highly anticipated new album, Spine. The new album is a tour-de-force, amalgamating some of the most exciting, innovative, and genre-defying moments from Myrkur's catalog into something that is haunting, extreme, and brilliant as ever. Spine relates to Myrkur's personal mythology. Written during one of the most difficult times in Amalie Bruun's life - Spine is the direct result of her experiences following childbirth. From the love and euphoria that comes with motherhood, to the fears of the unknown and the mysteries of the journey ahead, Spine is ultimately an album about seeking balance amidst chaos. To Bruun/Myrkur, the record explores the very human nature of what it means to be a mother and finds resonances with Scandinavian mythology to do so. [Limited-edition pink vinyl.]
Oxymorrons – Melanin Punk CD/LP (Mascot)
Debut studio album from NYC's boundary-pushers, Oxymorrons. With a captivating sound that combines elements of hip-hop, rock, and metal, Oxymorrons stand out as leaders in the genre-bending revolution. [Limited-edition white vinyl.]
Pip Blom – Bobbie CD/LP (Heavenly)
Pip Blom has returned with their new album Bobbi. The latest single, “Is This Love?”, which features Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos. [Limited-edition white vinyl.]
Point North – Prepare For Despair CD/LP (Hopeless)
Desperate times call for cathartic songs. Point North meets this need head-on with a heavy, yet hypnotic hybrid of chantable choruses, visceral screams, pummeling riffs, and airy soundscapes topped off with cinematic electronics. [Limited-edition neon green vinyl.]
Quavo – Rocket Power CD (Quality Control)
New album from the American rapper.
Red Rockers – Condition Red LP (Liberty Spike)
Echoing the power, aggression, and highly charged political anger of the Clash's early work, the Red Rockers' debut album began a cult following - their guitars have teeth, the bass is loud and thick, the drums thump and the vocals cry. This is the essence of the band's five years as America's most pure punk band. [CD version due October 27.]
Restless Road – Last Rodeo CD (SME Nashville)
Restless Road’s 18 track debut Last Rodeo features brand new hits and the previously released singles “Last Rodeo”, “I Don't Wanna Be That Guy”, “Sundown Somewhere”, their breakout success “Growing Old With You” and fan favorite “Bar Friends”.
Rival Sons – Lightbringer CD/LP (Atlantic)
“It’s the most old-school Rival Sons song on either of these two records," says frontman Jay Buchanan. "It has all of the early elements of what Rival Sons is and was. It was born out of my love mid- ‘60s rock like The Animals, The Kinks, and the bands I was raised on. It’s a bit of a break from all the heavy subject matter too; it’s a barnburner.” - loudersound.com
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds CD/LP (Geffen)
Hackney Diamonds, the hugely anticipated new album by The Rolling Stones, and follows the release of 2016's Grammy Award winning Blue & Lonesome, which featured brilliant versions of blues tracks that helped shape their sound. Hackney Diamonds also marks the band’s first studio album of original material since 2005's A Bigger Bang. Late drummer Charlie Watts features on two tracks, "Mess It Up" and "Live By The Sword". "Live By The Sword" additionally features bass from former Stones bassist Bill Wyman. "Sweet Sounds Of Heaven" features vocals from Lady Gaga and keys and piano from Stevie Wonder, and "Bite My Head Off" includes bass from Paul McCartney, while "Get Close" and "Live By The Sword" features piano from Elton John. [Available for special order: indie store exclusive ‘baseball white’ color vinyl pressings: each is housed in a pocket jacket that features custom art for each of the 30 MLB teams. The front of the cover displays the band's iconic tongue and lips logo in colors matching each team, and the logo's tongue has been designed to look like a baseball.]
Sampha – Lahai CD/LP (Young)
Sampha releases his sophomore album Lahai. Taken from his paternal grandfather’s name, which is also Sampha’s middle name, Lahai revels in the awe and magic of our existence, synthesizing the exquisite chaos that one experiences confronting the cycle of life and the beyondness. Like its maker, Lahai defies clear categorization. Spanning jazz, soul, rap, dance, jungle, and west African music, Lahai sees Sampha elevating his production and vocal ambition to great new heights. A notable singer, songwriter, and producer, it’s no wonder that artists like Kendrick Lamar, Stormzy, Travis Scott and previously, Drake, Solange, Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, and Alicia Keys have all tapped the artist for his inimitable voice plus songwriting and production contributions to their music. [Indie store exclusive white vinyl.]
Jake Scott – Lavender LP (Elektra/WEA)
Debut album from the singer, songwriter, and musician.
The Shindellas – Shindo CD/LP (Weirdo Workshop)
Since hitting the scene back in 2017, The Shindellas, (Kasi Jones, Stacy Johnson, and Tamara Chauniece), who hail from the music city of Nashville, have been on a mission to impact music with their unique sound and style. Hand-picked by Multi-Grammy-nominated production and songwriting duo Chuck Harmony & Claude Kelly (Rihanna, Miley, Jazmine Sullivan, Ledisi, Fantasia, and more), The Shindellas were fueled by the opportunity to make music that would not only matter to them but ring true to the listeners. As a result, the ladies tapped into retro sounds of R&B/Soul influences to bring forth a sound they dubbed as ‘New American Soul’ with hints of The Clark Sisters, EnVogue, The Pointer Sisters, and LaBelle or their new album, Shindo.
Sparkle Division – Foxy LP (Temporary Residence)
1969. Two gorgeous young interns in the film industry get invited to a glamorous A-list Hollywood party in the Trousdale Estates - in one of those fabulous pavilion-style mid-century modern homes at the top of Beverly Hills. They go in their best mod clewths. Eyes popping at the technicolor scene of Hollywood stars smoking and drinking in the sunken living room, they do as instructed and have some punch and watch - wallflower style as drama ensues... oh, and the house is owned by Foxy, the pimp and drug dealer who everybody there owes munty, hunty... and he's ready to get paid! Oh yeah, and the punch is dosed with LSD25. They manage to make it home, panties and purses and shoes intact and will never forget this party for as long as they live. [Limited-edition red vinyl.]
Rick Springfield – Automatic LP (Symphonic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Rick Springfield describes Automatic as “20 new songs stylistically somewhere between Working Class Dog and Tao.” Sonically, the album sees Springfield returning to his first love of guitar-based power pop and keyboards, while lyrically featuring his favored subjects of love, sex, and death. "My goal was solid three-minute tunes with the biggest hooks I could come up with." As Springfield explains, "the album is called Automatic because the songs just kind of came out on their own."
Sun June – Bad Dream Jaguar LP (Run For Cover)
The first two minutes of Sun June's third album, Bad Dream Jaguar, is a reverie - Laura Colwell's voice floats above a slow-burn, sparse synth, conjuring a tipsy loneliness, a hazy recollection, a disco ball spinning at the end of the night for an empty dance floor. Sun June's music often feels like a shared memory - the details so close to the edge of a song that you can touch them. And as an Austin-based project, their music has also always felt strangely and specifically Texan - unhurried, long drives across an impossible expanse of openness, refractions shimmering off the pavement in the heat. But on Bad Dream Jaguar, Sun June is unmoored. The backdrop of Texas is replaced by longing, by distance, by transience, and a quiet fear. The only sense of certainty comes from the murky past. It's a dispatch from aging, when you're in the strange in-between of yourself: there's a clear image of the person you once were and the places you inhabited, generational curses and our families, but the future feels vast, unclear - and the present can't help but slip through your fingers. [Limited edition purple vinyl.]
Superdown – Return To Sender LP (County Your Lucky Stars)
Doublemint green vinyl. Barreling straight into song after song, Boston Massachusetts outfit Superdown live each note like there is no tomorrow. Vocals move from gentle to guttural at a moment's notice. The music heightens and breaks into a driving force that feels like it is carrying you to shore through a violent sea. If Samiam and Hot Water Music had the sensibility of The Gaslight Anthem, the result would be Superdown.
Upchuck - Bite the Hand that Feeds LP/zine (Famous Class)
Following their 2022 debut Sense Yourself, Atlanta-based punk band Upchuck absconded to SoCal to record Bite the Hand That Feeds, enlisting the production talents of Ty Segall and the airy reprieve of his secluded Topanga Canyon home studio. Upchuck credits Segall, who recorded the entire record live to tape over the span of five days, with helping to elevate the arrangements of their second record to bold new heights. Its heaviest moments are counteracted by bursts of goofy levity, injecting natural breaths of fresh air into the LP’s frantic cadence. The album offers a sonic portrait of what it feels like to be young and caught up in the thrill of it all, coursing between ripping dance grooves and thundering dirges, anti-self-serious crowd anthems and charming pop hooks. Available on black vinyl, limited edition red vinyl, and as a 16-page risograph zine with download code.
Girma Yifrashewa – My Strong Will LP (Unseen Worlds)
My Strong Will is a new album of Ethiopian classical music by Girma Yifrashewa. Recorded with Bulgarian musicians and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, the album is a return to where Yifrashewa completed his own conservatory training in the late 1980s and early 1990s, across both sides of the fall of Communism. Guided by Yifrashewa's piano, these chamber works bring the music of Ethiopia into a Western classical format, uncovering meditative and emotional new vistas for both traditions.
Reissues, Comps, Live Recordings, Vault Excavations...
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Mosaic [Reissue/1961] LP (Blue Note)
The 1961 album Mosaic marked a pivotal moment in the story of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers with the drummer welcoming the arrival of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard (replacing Lee Morgan) and pianist Cedar Walton (replacing Bobby Timmons). The band also expanded to a sextet with the addition of trombonist Curtis Fuller who joined existing members tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Jymie Merritt to establish a powerful new line-up that would perform together until 1964 and record several classic albums including Buhaina's Delight and Free For All.
Blind Guardian – At The Edge Of Time [Reissue/2010] 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)
Blind Guardian – Beyond The Red Mirror [Reissue/2015] 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)
After the success of 2022's The God Machine, Germany's metal powerhouse Blind Guardian continues to reissue color vinyl editions of some much sought-after recent entries in their discography. Now, 2010's At the Edge Of Time and 2015's Beyond The Red Mirror – on curacao and translucent green colorways, respectively, are available.
David Bowie – Pinups [Reissue/1973] LP (Rhino/Parlophone)
October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie's classic collection of cover songs, Pinups, originally released October 19, 1973 - a mere six months after the legendary Aladdin Sane and three months after the infamous final Ziggy Stardust show at Hammersmith Odeon, where he put the Ziggy persona to rest along with The Spiders From Mars. On October 20, 2023, one day after it's Golden Jubilee Pinups is reissued as a limited-edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP. This new pressing was cut on a customized late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer.
Brother Dege – Folk Songs Of The American Longhair [Reissue/2010] CD/LP (Prophecy)
Brother Dege – How To Kill A Horse [Reissue/2014] CD/LP (Prophecy)
Brother Dege – Scorched Earth Policy [Reissue/2015] CD/LP (Prophecy)
Brother Dege – Farmer’s Almanac [Reissue/2018] CD/LP (Prophecy)
Ever since his music was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained as well as the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel, Brother Dege can no longer lay claim to being "one of the best kept secrets in the Deep South." Dege is a musician, writer, workingman, and heir to a long line of unusual characters born and raised in the southern US. Like the mad lovechild of Son House, Faulkner and Patti Smith, Legg has burned a crooked trail to the Promised Land. Following his two previous acclaimed solo efforts (2009's Folk Songs Of The American Longhair and 2013's How To Kill A Horse), Scorched Earth Policy features a mix of newly recorded studio songs, demos, covers and field recordings. [Limited-edition color vinyl pressings.]
Zac Brown – The Foundation [Reissue/2008] LP (Fugitive Recordings)
Zac Brown – Uncaged [Reissue/2012] LP (Fugitive Recordings)
Vinyl reissues of the 2008 and 2012 albums by the country music singer/songwriter.
R.L. Burnside – Come On In [Reissue/X1998] LP (Fat Possum)
Limited pink vinyl. Come On In is a remix album by Delta blues guitarist R. L. Burnside, originally released in 1998. Although the album's fusion of styles was deemed unusual by critics, it received acclaim from music journalists and showed respectable sales, becoming the best-selling album distributed by Epitaph Records in early 1999. The album's sound was explored by Burnside in his later works.
Chvrches – Bones Of What You Believe (Tenth Anniversary) 2xCD/2xLP (Glassnote)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Chvrches’ critically acclaimed debut album The Bones of What You Believe, they have released a newly remastered version. The album spawned seven singles including their massive alternate hit "The Mother We Share". This tenth anniversary version features previously unreleased songs, four from the album session, including "Manhattan" along with five live songs recorded at Ancienne Belgique.
Civic – New Vietnam + Singles LP (ATO)
Clear vinyl pressing. Civic’s breakthrough first EP, 2018’s New Vietnam, plus a collection of early singles originally released between 2018-19, available for the first time outside of Australia.
Coldplay – A Head Full Of Dreams [Reissue/2015] LP (Atlantic)
A Head Full Of Dreams - originally released in 2015 - is Coldplay's seventh studio album. Debuting at #1 on the UK Album Charts, and selling more than 6 million copies worldwide, the album includes fan favorites “Adventure Of A Lifetime” and “Hymn For The Weekend”.
Craft – Void [Reissue/2011] 2xLP (Season Of Mist)
Silver vinyl. Craft embodies the black metal virtue of raw spiritual energy expressed through violent, ripping guitar-work and unholy rhythms enhanced by demonic vocals.
Devo – 50 Years Of De-Evolution 1973–2023 CD/2xLP (Rhino)
Devo marks half a century of de-evolution as the trailblazing band resumes their global tour this fall. Rhino pays tribute to the influential group today, unveiling a new career-spanning set that encompasses all of Devo’s hits and a selection of rarities. Formed back in 1973, US new wave band Devo celebrate their 50th anniversary this year and release a new collection spanning the band’s entire career, 50 Years Of De-Evolution 1973–2023. [Limited-edition red w/ blue vinyl.]
Bob Dylan – Mixing Up The Medicine / A Retrospective CD/LP (Sony Legacy)
Mixing Up The Medicine is a 2023 career-spanning compilation containing 12 of Bob Dylan's greatest songs, including "Knocking On Heaven's Door", "Like A Rolling Stone" and "Hurricane". It serves as the companion piece to the Mixing Up The Medicine book, which offers an unprecedented look into the Bob Dylan Archive. Set for release on Oct. 24, 2023, this magnum opus will include nearly 1,000 images, most of which have never been seen by the public, alongside original essays by prominent writers and artists.
Fields Of The Nephilim – The Nephilim [Reissue/1988] 2xLP (Beggars Banquet)
The second Fields Of The Nephilim album, The Nephilim, was released 35 years ago by Situation Two/Beggars Banquet in 1988, and not pressed on vinyl since then. The album is pressed on golden brown vinyl and is expanded to a double LP. The Nephilim contains their epic, legendary track "Moonchild" plus three bonus tracks. Formed in 1984, Fields Of The Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day.
Future – Pluto [Reissue/2012] 2xLP (Epic)
Future – DS2 [Reissue/2015] 2xLP (Epic)
Future & Young Thug – Super Slimey [Reissue/2017] LP (Epic)
Vinyl reissues of the rapper’s first and third albums along with his 2017 mixtape w/ Young Thug.
Goo Goo Dolls – Live At The Academy, New York City, 1995 2xCD/3xLP (WB)
In November 1995, just as their song "Name" was becoming their first hit, Goo Goo Dolls played their biggest live show to date. It was at the prestigious Academy Theatre in New York City, as part CMJ's Music Marathon - an important annual convention at the time. The entire concert was captured by a mobile recording truck, including the acoustic soundcheck that was performed in front of an audience of competition winners and broadcast on Tom Calderone's show on a local radio station. This release includes the soundcheck, full set and the encores the band played that night. 32 songs that capture this special night and the incredible energy and intensity of the band's performance.
Richard Hawley – Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley 2xLP (BMG)
Richard Hawley is widely recognized as both one of the UK's greatest songwriters and one of its most respected. Alongside two Mercury Music Prize Nominations, a BRIT award nomination and 4 UK Top 10 Albums, the Sheffield native songwriter has collaborated with the likes of Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Lisa Marie Presley, Paul Weller, and Elbow. Curated by Hawley and long-term collaborator Colin Elliot, Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley spans his 20 plus year career, exhibiting all facets of his song writing mastery; marrying his most cinematic moments with his most tender, his best loved work and a host of hidden gems from his early work, to create a collection for both his hardcore fanbase and the perfect entry point for his newest fans.
Roy Head – Treat Her Right – The Backbeat Recordings LP (Surtro Park)
Treat Her Right is the first ever vinyl compilation of the best tracks Roy Head released on the Backbeat label in the 1960s. They are his finest recordings, including the hit that launched his career, “Treat Her Right”. With most tracks produced by The Crazy Cajun himself, Huey Meaux (who also scored hits with Doug Sahm, Freddie Fender and so many others), they are the best examples of early southern swampy pop.
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Munki [Reissue/1998] CD/2xLP (Cooking Vinyl)
Munki is the sixth studio album by Scottish rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, originally released in 1998. After leaving Blanco y Negro, the Reid brothers signed to Sub Pop in the US and Creation, who had released their debut single "Upside Down" in 1984, in the UK. Munki was – up until the Mary Chain’s reformation in 2007 – an experimental rock’n’roll masterclass turned swan song for the Reid brothers, who’s fractious in-fighting culminated in the band’s break-up less than a year after its release. [Indie store exclusive blue & red vinyl.]
Lync – These Are Not Fall Colors [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (Suicide Squeeze)
When the grunge explosion of the early '90s elevated Seattle's flannel-clad misfits out of the divey clubs of downtown and into the mainstream, a new generation of restless artists filled the void left in the Pacific Northwest's underground music scene. The under-21 crowd making music in the wake of Nevermind seemed even less enamored with the slick production values, classic rock nods, and testosterone-fueled moshing culture that came with the Zeitgeist, favoring their own kind of Revolution Summer-style pivot away from the popular sounds of the era towards a more emotionally nuanced, melodic, and inclusive style of punk. The Puget Sound trio Lync perfectly captured the spirit of that era, blending the passionate chaos of the DC and San Diego scenes with the rough-hewn DIY pop sensibilities of Olympia's thriving indie community into one unified sound.
Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club – Love Police [Reissue/2009] 2xLP (Numero)
Provocative post-punk from Israel's undercover goth prince. Megira's lone album with the Modern Dance Club showcased a grimier, more driving vision of his brand of trashy no wave. Spread across 31 tracks and two LPs, Love Police schizophrenically mixes industrial soundscapes, surf ditties, hardcore, swamp pop, bubble grunge, screaming, ecstasy, and enough fuzz to warrant a needle check. [Limited-edition coke bottle clear vinyl.]
Minas – Num Dia Azul [Reissue/1983] LP (Mr Bongo)
Num Dia Azul is a sublime slice of private press bossa nova meets jazzy MPB perfection. Warm and bubbling with youthful spirit, the music is simultaneously loose in swagger, yet slick and tight. The album was originally released in 1983 and reflects the great music coming out of Rio at the time, yet Num Dia Azul wasn't recorded in Rio, but in the US.
Hank Mobley – No Room For Squares [Reissue/1963] LP (Blue Note)
In addition to boasting one of Reid Miles' greatest album cover designs, Hank Mobley's 1963 album No Room For Squares is also a marvel for the music alone. The tenor saxophonist had already notched several hard bop masterpieces in his Blue Note belt including Soul Station and Workout, but No Room For Squares was an even more ambitious effort that found Mobley elevating his game as a bandleader, improviser, and a composer. The album was drawn from two different sessions each featuring a different quintet line-up.
The Mojo Men – There Goes My Mind LP (Sundazed Music)
Lost, way out sound from San Francisco's Mojo Men. There Goes My Mind finds The Mojo Men in full control of their high-wire blend of boy-girl vocals. They had regional, British Invasion-style hits in 1965-66, and even hit national top 40 in 1967. Abetted principally by sparkling keyboard wizardry, winsome vocals, and lavish guitars, this is your ticket to one of West Coast's best psychedelic garage bands.
Movements – Feel Something [Reissue/2017] LP (Fearless)
Movements – No Good Left To Give [Reissue/2020] LP (Fearless)
Reflecting personal changes from a few whirlwind years, Movements realize the full scope of their storytelling, musicianship, and vision. The music addresses the push-and-pull of relationships and explores loss, love, mental health, and intimacy through a prism of newfound clarity of post-punk grit, alternative expanse, heartfelt spoken word, and subtle pop-rock ambition. [Indie store exclusive color vinyl.]
Nina Nastasia – Nina Natasia’s The Blackened Air [Reissue/2002] LP (Touch And Go)
On The Blackened Air (her second album but first for Touch And Go, originally released in 2002), Nina Nastasia and her band are not content to just support a vocal melody; they pry it apart and look down it's throat. The stringed and wind instruments (viola, cello, mandolin, accordion, bowed saw, acoustic and electric guitars) reach up out of the songs into rarefied territory. Little stories of Peeping Toms and the police lights they bring with them, graveyards and impolite family, epigrams against disaster, depression, simple forgetfulness, all delivered so effortlessly that the precision of the delivery registers long after its substance has left its mark. When she sings "I'm not hiding anything / I'm not trying to fool you at all," in a song titled "That's All There Is," it is all the truth.
Willie Nelson – Spirit [Reissue/1996] LP (Island)
Spirit is the 44th studio album, released in 1996, by American country music singer Willie Nelson. It contains tracks such as "She Is Gone", "Too Sick To Pray", "I Thought About You, Lord", and more.
Parcels – Live Vol. 2 2xLP (Because Music)
Following Live Vol. 1 released in 2020, Live Vol. 2 offers a different and new artistic proposal. Parcels, as never heard before, reinvent themselves live and adapt their music for the club. Live Vol. 2 was performed and recorded during a secret Paris gig in October 2022.
Katy Perry – One Of The Boys [Reissue/2008] LP (Capitol)
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream [Reissue/2010] 2xLP (Capitol)
Katy Perry – Prism [Reissue/2013] 2xLP (Capitol)
Vinyl reissues of the pop superstar’s first three albums.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Mojo [Reissue/2010] 2xLP (Reprise)
Limited-edition translucent ruby red double vinyl LP pressing. What makes Mojo special is that it was recorded live in the band's legendary rehearsal space, "The Clubhouse" in Los Angeles. There are no over-dubs or studio trickery. What you hear is what Tom and The Heartbreakers created live at that time.
Liz Phair – Exile In Guyville [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Matador)
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Liz Phair's beloved debut record, Exile In Guyville, which was first released on June 22, 1993 via Matador. The album has been reissued on limited edition purple vinyl. An 18-track double album loosely framed as a song-by-song reply to The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St., Exile In Guyville was dubbed a classic upon arrival. The album's profile has only risen in the ensuing years. It is now regarded as an iconic work and a feminist landmark, recently cracking the top ten of Pitchfork's "Best 150 Albums of the 1990s" (#4) and the top 100 of Rolling Stone's "Best 500 Albums of All Time" (#56).
Primal Scream – Reverberations (Travelling In Time) LP (Acid Jazz)
Boasting eleven previously unreleased BBC session recordings plus all five songs from Primal Scream's first two Creation Records singles, Reverberations (Travelling In Time) perfectly captures what many believe to be a crucial era for one of the UK's most important groups as they went on to influence a wave of emerging bands, most notably The Stone Roses. It's a collection which provides a snapshot of the youthful innocence and uninhibited passion that characterized their early two-minute indie-pop adventures. The album includes a wealth of unseen period photography plus essays by band members Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie as well as music historian Bob Stanley.
The Rolling Stones – Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) [UK Version/Reissue/1969] LP (Abkco)
1969's Through The Past, Darkly is The Rolling Stones' second hits LP. Through The Past made a huge splash on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching #2 in both the US and UK. The album includes numerous Stones' classics including "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Let's Spend The Night Together", and "Honky Tonk Women". The UK version also includes "You Better Move On", "Sittin' On A Fence", and "We Love You". The packaging stays true to the original layout, with its trademark octagonal-shaped album cover.
Salt-N-Pepa – Very Necessary [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Mercury)
Very Necessary is the fourth studio album by American hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa, first released in 1993. In celebration of its 30th Anniversary, this double-CD will feature a collection of 13 bonus tracks and liner notes from Salt-N- Pepa on the making of "Shoop."
Joseph Shabason – Welcome To Hell LP (Western Vinyl)
Red/black vinyl. What does Hell look like? The introduction of Toy Machine skateboard's seminal 1996 video Welcome To Hell with its pulsing overlay of the Stars and Stripes on top footage of police officers, businessmen, and fast food service workers, would appear to paint hell as the mirage of American exceptionalism. A thick, centuries-spanning unreality that may not outwardly trade in fire and brimstone, but if you turn your nose to the wind, you'll smell sulfur. What comes after that scene, born of - or despite - those apparent depictions of damnation, would become a cultural touchstone: skateboarding performed at the highest level, composed, and displayed in a fashion that would influence and endear audiences for decades to come. Welcome To Hell features a unique and progressive patchwork of skateboarders, most of which would become icons in their world, and helped redefine what the modern skateboarding video could be.
The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
This 2023 edition of The Shins's beloved second album, Chutes Too Narrow, celebrates the album's 20th anniversary with a fresh remaster by Adam Ayan, supervised by band leader James Mercer, and lovely new packaging for the vinyl (die-cut sleeve with orange vinyl ‘Loser’ edition). Chutes Too Narrow was recorded in James' basement home studio, with later mixing assistance from Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, David Cross, Les Savy Fav, etc.). And, with 10 songs, clocking in at just over 30 minutes, Chutes Too Narrow is a brief yet entirely scintillating glimpse at chiming, reflective and perfectly skewed pop innovation. It was released to widespread acclaim in 2003, garnering Pitchfork's Best New Music, four stars from Rolling Stone, and raves from the New York Times, MOJO, the Village Voice, SPIN, and tons more. It subsequently made best-of-the-decade lists from The AV Club, NME, Paste, Pitchfork, and Uncut.
The Three O’Clock – Sixteen Tambourines [Reissue/1983] LP (Yep Roc)
Limited transparent green color vinyl pressing. The sophomore album from The Three O'Clock found the band further blending psychedelic pop with contemporary sounds. Producer, Earle Mankey, encouraged the band in their experimentation. The result yielded a college-radio hit, "Jet Fighter," which remains one of the group's most well-known songs.
Tenille Townes – The Worktapes LP (SME Nashville)
The Worktapes collects the Canadian country music singer-songwriter’s The Living Room Worktapes (2018) and Trainwreck Worktapes (2023) EPs on one vinyl LP.
Tyler, The Creator – Wolf [Reissue/2013] 2xLP (Columbia)
Long out-of-print on vinyl, Tyler, The Creator’s classic album Wolf finally receives an official repress. The album is pressed on two pink-color LPs in a gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves and a 12”x 12” insert. The package also includes an oversized sticker of Tyler’s face.
U2 – Zooropa [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (Island)
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of U2's Zooropa, this limited edition transparent yellow vinyl pressing of the Grammy-award winning album coincides with the band's performances at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Initially intended to be just an EP, Zooropa became a 10-track album recorded in six weeks in 1993, making it the fastest U2 album ever produced. It features the singles "Numb", "Lemon", and "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)".
Various Artists - …Still Sad 2xLP+PM3 (Anthology Recordings)
Keep that frown upside down. Following Sad About The Times, Anthology Recordings’ 2019 collection of melancholic music made by maudlin marauders who aspired for success in the golden but crowded age of ‘70s AOR, arrives …Still Sad. Provided a proper vinyl treatment by popular demand, and featuring fittingly campy artwork by Brian Blomberth, …Still Sad continues, and encapsulates, a tradition of musical malaise that feels right even when it feels so wrong. Limited seafoam swirl color vinyl edition.