New Releases - 12/10/21

Hitting The Racks

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

New Releases

Aeon Station – Observatory CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)

Aeon Station's Observatory is an epic statement more than a decade in the making, with miles of timeless melodies and the kind of overpowering songwriting that will reaffirm your belief in life itself. Longtime Wrens member Kevin Whelan's first solo album draws heavily from the perseverance of the soul, resulting in rock music possessing an infectious and inspiring sonic uplift. If you're familiar with Whelan's past work, these ten tracks bear a certain and unmistakable familiarity – but they also mark an exciting new chapter in Whelan's musical career, as he steps out with more vulnerability than ever before. Whelan's scope of musical vision on Observatory is wide open and free with possibilities – at once recalling the reflective wisdom of Bruce Springsteen, Broken Social Scene's huge anthemic burn, and the Wrens' own pulsing-with-life take on rock music. Above all, this is music not only for dreamers but for those who realize and appreciate the enormity of every moment. [A limited-edition cloudy blue color vinyl pressing is available.]

Bria – Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 CDEP/12+MP3 (Sub Pop)

Signed by the band! Limited to one of each format per person. Bria is an intimate and incisive labor of love from multi-instrumentalists Bria Salmena and Duncan Hay Jennings. Catapulted by a deep sense of dread and confusion in the depths of 2020, Salmena decided to forgo writing her own music. "I wanted to listen for what might reflect my life back to me," she says, "six tracks that could be my mirror." The result is a pointillistic knockout of an EP that weaves a landscape both luscious and a little rogue; showing us exactly what good songs can do. Bria's internal turbulence seemed to mirror last year's external instability. When Jennings and back-up singer Jaime McCuaig moved to The Outside Inn, a hobby farm in Hockley Hills, Ontario, Bria soon joined. The farm's living-room-turned-studio proved an ideal setting for the long-time friends to compile a record of handpicked country covers. They went searching for songs that could speak to our everyday loneliness, outside and in. Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 houses it all: well-worn favorites and lesser-known gems. [Limited-edition ‘breeze blue’ vinyl.]

John Carpenter / Chvrches – Turning The Bones (Chvrches Remix) 7” (Sacred Bones)

Scottish synthpop sensations Chvrches remix a standout track from John Carpenter's recent Lost Themes III album. [Blue/pink/clear marble swirl vinyl.]

Civic – Future Forecast CD/LP (ATO)

Driving and tenacious, but never losing sight of a good hook - Civic don't tip-toe around the edges but obliterate them with primal intensity. Finding a home somewhere between ‘80s glam rock and Australia's ‘70s greats, they break the pieces of influence before crafting them into their own beast on debut LP Future Forecast. "On Future Forecast, Civic's first LP, they've added sophistication to their arrangements and songwriting without losing any of the in-your-face-ness of their previous work. Great guitar sounds. This is a really good record. Civic's entire catalog is excellent," hails Henry Rollins. [Limited-edition white color vinyl pressing.]

Claptone – Closer 2xLP (PIAS America)

The third album from Claptone features a string of collaborators and pop icons including Barry Manilow, Seal, James Vincent McMorrow and many others. Closer has been in the making for over three years and showcases a natural development in sound for Claptone. The album has been co-produced by Stuart Price, the three-time Grammy-winning electronic musician, DJ, songwriter, and record producer known for his work with artists such as Madonna, The Killers, Dua Lipa and Pet Shop Boys. [Limited edition white & grey vinyl.]

Common – A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 CD/LP (Loma Vista)

A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 is the continuation of Common's movement music. "Something kept telling me to focus on the good and the things I wanted to see in the world. Music is one of the things that gives me hope and happiness," the artist says. Pt. 1's message lead with love and positivity through difficult times: a pandemic, racial and social justice protests, and a polarizing election. Pt. 2 recognizes there is much work to be done while acknowledging progress and starting to live our dreams.

Doja Cat – Planet Her (Deluxe Edition) CD (Kemosabe)

Deluxe edition of the recently released third studio album by rapper and singer Doja Cat. The album was produced by Doja Cat's frequent collaborators such as Dr. Luke, Y2K, and Yeti Beats, and the rapper herself. Titled after the fictional planet conceived by Doja Cat, Planet Her is an amalgamation of pop, R&B, and hip-hop styles. It features guest appearances from Young Thug, Ariana Grande, the Weeknd, JID, SZA, Eve and Gunna.

Kurt Elling – SuperBlue LP (Edition)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Grammy winning vocalist Kurt Elling returns in style with an album of boisterous funk and indelible beats supported by the funky Charlie Hunter, Corey Fonville and DJ Harrison of groove merchants Butcher Brown.

Foodman – Yasuragi Land LP+MP3 (Hyperdub)

Foodman is Takahide Higuchi, from Nagoya, in central Japan. Yasuragi Land is alive with footwork-inspired musical freedom and the sense that everything is a rhythm. It is breezy and refined; hyper-rhythmic music, made with a few simple tools, dances around your head.

Ghost Bath – Self Loather LP (Nuclear Blast)

Recently released on CD – a black w/ grey swirl color vinyl pressing is now available. Black metallers Ghost Bath break out of the clutches of obscurity with their stunning new album, Self Loather.

Soundtrack [Jonny Greenwood] – Licorice Pizza CD/LP (Republic)

Licorice Pizza is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) & Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) who grow up & fall in love in San Fernando Valley (1973). Written & directed by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits & Benny Safdi also star. Limited movie release in the U.S. 11/26/21 and goes wide 12/25/21. Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood composed the film's score & Paul Thomas Anderson curated the soundtrack. The title pays homage to the California record store, Licorice Pizza. [Indie store exclusive red vinyl.]

Curtis Harding – If Word Were Flowers LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Recently released on CD – an indie store exclusive red color vinyl pressing is now available. Simply calling Curtis Harding a soul man feels reductive. Harding's voice conveys pain, pleasure, longing, tenderness, sadness and strength-a full gamut of emotions. Today his voice takes on an optimistic lilt with his new album, If Words Were Flowers. If Words Were Flowers is Harding's first new music since 2018, a follow up to his critically acclaimed Face Your Fears. It features songs like "Hopeful", where Harding croons with devotion over a classic soul groove, textured with infectious horn playing, background singers and modern psychedelic flourishes. Harding fuels his psychedelic sound with the essence of soul but isn't bound by it. Instead, his songs convey an eclectic blend of genres leaping from the many musical lives he has lived from following his evangelical Gospel-singing mother on tour around the country as a child to rapping in Atlanta, forming a garage band with The Black Lips' Cole Alexander to singing back-up for Cee Lo Green. Through these experiences he fully embraces life's darkest intricacies and conjures dynamic, addictive melodies.

Helm – Axis LP (Dais)

London exploratory industrialist Luke Younger characterizes the creation of his latest collection, Axis, as a liberating return to roots: "It felt like going back to the beginning, it felt freeing." Begun before the pandemic as a soundtrack to a dance performance, the initial vision was for something "visceral, with physical movement in mind." When the project shifted to indefinite hiatus, he reimagined the material in the context of an LP, while retaining its sense of dynamic physicality. The result is grim and gripping, seasick throbs lurching in a low-ceilinged space, strafed with fractured clanging, hissing steam, and grinding spirals of granular haze. Noise in its most elevated and compelling form, from and for the body as much as the mind. [A limited edition translucent purple color vinyl pressing is available. CD edition due January 14.]

The Hold Steady – Open Door Policy LP (Positive Jams)

Limited edition pink vinyl pressing is now available. “The songs on Open Door Policy are about power, wealth, and mental health. They're about technology, occupation, consumerism, freedom, fandom and escape. And although the album was written and recorded in 2019, the themes of this record seem to be underscored and highlighted by this year of virus and quarantine." - Craig Finn

Michael Hurley – The Time Of The Foxgloves CD/LP (No Quarter)

Michael Hurley's first new studio record in 12 years features eleven songs recorded in Astoria, Oregon during the brief time of year when the foxgloves bloom. Hurley had been workshopping the set at home for the past few years. Friends and collaborators came into town and contributed from afar. The songs are lifted by violin, organ, upright bass, banjo, percussion - but at the center, of course, is the enigmatic Snock, whose songs have grown only more unique and more 57 years after his debut album.

Jaga Jazzist – Pyramid Remix 2xLP+MP3 (Brainfeeder)

Double yellow color vinyl pressing. A cast of friends and extended family rework compositions from Jaga Jazzist's ninth studio album Pyramid (2020), a record that saw the legendary Norwegian eight-piece take a deep dive into post-rock, jazz and psychedelia influences. Cosmic disco royalty Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas, André Bratten (Smalltown Supersound) and OKIOK bring the club-ready heat. Meanwhile, OKR of Once And Future Band, Ian Chang (City Slang), Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote) and Swedish producer Petter Eldh (a regular collaborator with Brainfeeder's Jameszoo) veer off to the left into more experimental territory with stunning results.

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

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. 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."

Lunar Vacation – Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp LP (Keeled Scales)

A limited-edition indie store exclusive orange cream color vinyl pressing. Drawing from early influences like Rilo Kiley and Tame Impala and landing a little closer to contemporary favorites like Alvvays and Slow Pulp, Lunar Vacation make bright music replete with bliss.

Makthaverskan ‎– För Allting LP (Run For Cover)

Limited transparent red color vinyl pressing. Gothenburg's Makthaverskan has always seemed to escape traditional genre definition. As Pitchfork wrote of their 2017 LP Ill, they are a band that makes "music for the margins" - and such has been the case since these former schoolmates founded their band (the name of which roughly translates to "powerful woman") over a decade ago. Their fourth full-length album För Allting (which translates to "For Everything") follows a 2019 two song single "Demands/Onkel" as well as their aforementioned third LP and continues right where those songs left off at the intersection of blissful pop and angst-ridden post-punk.

Mouth Congress – Waiting For Henry LP (Captured Tracks)

Mouth Congress – friends Paul Bellini and Scott Thompson of Kids In The Hall fame - wrote and recorded hundreds of songs in the ‘80s without ever putting out a proper release. Alongside various cohorts and conspirators, the band drew on their experiences as gay men to craft hilariously crude punk songs that run the gamut of strange characters and taboo subject matter. Their rag tag approach to songwriting blended various styles from noisy punk to lo-fi new wave and DIY disco, all with a very gay bent. Without trying, they were surprisingly cutting edge. [Limited-edition tan color vinyl.]

Marie Osmond – Unexpected LP (BFD)

Marie Osmond has spent 5 iconic decades in the entertainment business performing as a successful singer, television performer, actor, author, entrepreneur and public speaker. She has continued to maintain relevance, remaining an instantly recognizable figure across the globe. [A limited-edition autographed vinyl edition is available for those dying to get in on some fresh Osmond action.]

Jeff Parker – Forfolks LP (Nonesuch)

Jeff Parker's Forfolks – a new album of solo guitar works – features interpretations of Thelonious Monk's "Ugly Beauty" and the standard "My Ideal", plus six original compositions including "Four Folks" (a tune first written by Parker and recorded in 1995) and "La Jetée" (a tune he recorded with Isotope 217 in 1997 and with Tortoise in 1998). The four totally new original compositions are loop-driven, stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with electronic textures. The album was recorded by Graeme Gibson at Sholo Studio in Altadena, California (aka Jeff's house) over two days in June 2021. [An indie store exclusive limited-edition vinyl pressing is available. CD version due December 17.]

Marissa Paternoster – Peace Meter CD/LP+MP3 (Run For Cover)

Marissa Paternoster began writing Peace Meter immediately after arriving home from a west coast tour cut short due to COVID. Alone in her posthumous Grandmother's empty home, Paternoster sent the skeleton of a song to Andy Gibbs from the metal band Thou with the hopes that he might be able to extrapolate on the original idea. Andy sent his accompaniment back, and that process continued for the bulk of the first wave of quarantine. As the songs developed, Paternoster decided to include two other musicians whom she admired: longtime friend Shanna Polley of the NYC-based band Snakeskin on backup vocals, and the cellist Kate Wakefield from the Cincinnati-based band Lung. [Limited-edition ruby red vinyl.]

Riki – Gold LP (Dais)

West coast new romantic icon Riki returns with her second simulacrum of pitch-perfect synth-pop, aptly titled for the precious substance it is: Gold. Inspired by notions of symbolic power, letting go, and transmutable realms of the heart, the album further refines her rare gift for making swooning melancholia as anthemic as it atmospheric. Working with Telefon Tel Aviv co-founder Josh Eustis at his Pasadena studio, the sessions unfolded fluidly and fruitfully, focusing on "quieter moments" and refining the record's palette and voice. Occasional interruption from a nearby flock of wild parrots infused a mood of California dreaming, purple sunsets dissolving into deepening neon night. [CD edition due January 14.]

Seafloor Cinema – In Cinemascope With Stereophonic Sound LP (Pure Noise)

“We wanted to push ourselves in a new direction by collaborating on an album that quintessentially merged the 'Seafloor' sound with the accessible pop sensibilities our producer Courtney Ballard is known for. We had a lot of fun, and that's what we feel this album offers sonically - pure fun. Everyone in the band is inspired by starkly contrasting styles of music that range from emo, post-hardcore, math rock, pop-punk, EDM, and hyperpop - and we used that to meld genres into a visceral sound that we can only describe as ‘turbo emo’.” [Limited edition bone in clear with double mint splatter vinyl. Uh huh. Oh yeah.]

Nate Smith – Kinfolk 2: See The Birds LP (Edition)

Kinfolk 2: See The Birds is the highly anticipated follow up to the 2017 Grammy-nominated album Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere. Featuring the diverse and all-star talents of Brittany Howard, Amma Whatt, Joel Ross, Kokayi, Michael Mayo, Regina Carter, Stokley and Vernon Reid, Kinfolk 2: See The Birds is the inspired and emphatic album that exemplifies Nate Smith's artistry as one of the most exciting, dynamic and innovative drummer-composers of his generation, adept across multi-genres and styles. [Limited edition pink vinyl.]

Walk The Moon – Heights LP (RCA)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Heights is the fifth studio album by pop rock band Walk The Moon. This is the band's first album as a trio, without bassist Kevin Ray who parted ways with the band in December 2020.

Brian Wilson – At My Piano CD (Decca)

Genius, icon, trailblazer - he revolutionized music as head of the Beach Boys. Now, legend Brian Wilson retraces his steps and reimagines the most iconic songs from his back catalogue into their purest form, him alone at the piano. Featuring “God Only Knows”, “Wouldn't It Be Nice”, “California Girls”, “Good Vibrations” and many more on solo piano. [Vinyl edition due December 17.]

*Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barn CD/LP/LP+CD+Blu-ray/Cassette (WB)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Young (guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals), Nils Lofgren (accordion, guitar, piano, vocal), Billy Talbot (bass, vocal) and Ralph Molina (drums, vocal) - follow-up 2019's Colorado with the new album, Barn featuring 10 new songs that capture the raw, idiosyncratic rock ‘n’ roll spirit and lyrical beauty that epitomizes a classic NYCH collaboration. Recorded in the summer of 2021 under a full moon, in a restored off-grid 19th century barn high up in the Rockies, the Horse was right at home and the album's stunning love songs, reflective ballads and powerhouse rockers naturally burst into life. [An indie store exclusive special-edition vinyl pressing featuring a photo book is available, as well as a deluxe edition box set which includes the album on vinyl LP and CD plus a Blu-ray of the film of the same name. The accompanying Barn film captures this legendary band in their element - in the wild, their easy humor, their brotherhood, their humanity, and of course, the music, live, recorded in their unique spontaneous way.] *The vinyl and deluxe edition did not arrive today. We expect them early next week. We do have the CD.

Reissues, Compilations, Live Recordings & Vault Excavations...

The Band – Cahoots (50th Anniversary) 2xCD/LP/LP+7”+CD+Blu-ray Audio (Capitol/UMe)

The 50th anniversary of The Band's classic fourth album, Cahoots, features an all-new remix and remaster by Bob Clearmountain. Originally released on September 15, 1971, Cahoots contains a number of The Band's best-loved and most enduring songs, including "Life Is A Carnival" and "When I Paint My Masterpiece". [The double-CD edition features all-new liner notes, bonus tracks, alternate versions, instrumentals and the previously unreleased bootleg concert at Olympia Theatre, Paris 1971.The vinyl edition was half-speed mastered form maximum fidelity. The Deluxe box set edition includes the album on vinyl and the double-CD, as well as a bonus 7” reproduction of "Life Is A Carnival" b/w "The Moon Struck One", new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround-sound mixes presented in high resolution on Blu-ray, two classic photo lithographs, and more.]

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings 2xCD/2xLP (Blue Note)

First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo on January 14, 1961 during the band's first-ever tour of Japan. The Jazz Messengers were among the first modern jazz groups to tour the country, and adoring Japanese audiences were enthralled by one of the band's all-time great line-ups featuring the legendary drummer with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass. The concert features soaring performances of well-known jazz staples including Charlie Parker's "Now's The Time", Thelonious Monk's "'Round About Midnight", and Jazz Messenger hits including "Blues March", "Dat Dere", and "Moanin'".

Joe Bonamassa – Now Serving: Royal Tea: Live From The Ryman 2xLP (J&R Adventures)

Standard black vinyl edition. Blues-rock superstar Joe Bonamassa set out to perform his brand-new music for fans amidst a global entertainment shutdown. This led to an incredible live concert at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. This special show includes songs from his latest studio album, Royal Tea, which was inspired by his British guitar heroes Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Cream. Joe also performs a few songs from his debut album, A New Day Yesterday, which helped launch his illustrious career.

Bush Tetras – Rhythm & Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras 2xCD/3xLP (Wharf Cat)

Recently released on vinyl – now available on CD. New York City legends the Bush Tetras has been making paranoid, groove-centered post-punk since 1979, when Pat Place left James Chance and The Contortions to found the group with singer Cynthia Sley, bassist Laura Kennedy and drummer Dee Pop. This LP box set features 29 songs across three LPs pressed onto 180gm vinyl and remastered by Carl Saff. Also included is a 46-page book with never-before-seen photos, an original essay on the band by Marc Masters, and micro-essays by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, R&B legend Nona Hendryx, The Clash's Topper Headon, and more.

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang ‎– Four Foot Shack [Reissue/2014] 2xLP (ATO)

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang is a bluegrass duo formed by Les Claypool and high school friend Bryan Kehoe, initially for a one-off for the famed Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. Four Foot Shack followed and features reworked Primus songs as well as covers of Alice In Chains and The Bee Gees. This new edition comes in a foil-stamped gatefold jacket and is pressed on "gold nugget" color vinyl.

Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet ‎– Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet [Reissue/1968] LP (Blue Note)

Limited 180gm vinyl pressing. Recorded in 1968, Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet was the debut album by this underrecognized Detroit band, led by pianist Kenny Cox and featured trumpeter Charles Moore, tenor saxophonist Leon Henderson, bassist Ron Brooks, and drummer Danny Spencer. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.

DMX – The Legacy 2xLP (Def Jam)

This collection was originally released as a Record Store Day exclusive in November of 2020. It is the definitive official Best Of DMX compilation.

Dream Theater - Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Dramatic Tour of Events: Board Mixes 3xLP+2xCD (Inside Out)

Vinyl repress. Dream Theater, the two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling legends of progressive music, are pleased to announce the Lost Not Forgotten Archives. This series will see the virtuosic quintet's long-standing Ytsejam Records catalogue reissued, alongside some brand-new additions. The latest in the series, Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Dramatic Tour of Events: Board Mixes, is a carefully curated selection of tracks recorded in 2011 and 2012. Initially a holiday fan club release, these Select Board Mixes feature Dream Theater classics including "As I Am", "Peruvian Skies", and "The Great Debate".

Steve Earle – Townes [Reissue/2009] LP (New West)

Limited clear vinyl pressing. Steve Earle's 2009 album, Townes, served as his highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle's friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt.

*Green Day – BBC Sessions CD/2xLP (WB)

Between 1994 to 2001, Green Day would visit the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London four times and record live sessions for Radio 1's Evening Show and its popular DJ Steve Lamacq. This 16-track compilation documents those sessions, and features performances of many of the band's most beloved hits including "When I Come Around", "Basket Case", "Brain Stew/Jaded", "Minority", "Hitchin' A Ride", and "2000 Light Years Away" among many more. [An indie store exclusive limited-edition white color vinyl pressing is available.] *This title did not arrive today. We expect it early next week.

Loney Hutchins – ‘Buried Loot’ - Demos From The House Of Cash And "Outlaw" Era, '73-'78 CD/2xLP (Appalachia)

Buried Loot documents Loney Hutchins's time managing the House of Cash publishing label in the 1970's. In addition to his vast catalog of traditional country music, there are songs never before heard by Hazel Smith and Helen Carter, as well as Johnny Cash penned tunes recorded for the first time. Featuring an A-team of some of Music City's finest session players, Buried Loot is a time capsule from an exciting era of creativity in country music. Includes 8-page booklet with extensive liner notes and photos. Mastered by Grammy nominated engineer and archivist, John Baldwin.

Jackson Conti – Sujinho [Reissue/2008] CD/LP (Madlib Invazion)

Madlib reissues his long out-of-print collaboration with legendary Brazilian drummer Ivan "Mamao" Conti, propellant for lauded jazz fusion archetypes Azymuth, on his own imprint. Alternate cover artwork, photography by B+. When Madlib went to Brazil in 2002 with Mochilla to participate in the production of the Brazilintime documentary, his one mission was to meet Ivan "Mamao" Conti, the drummer of the legendary trio Azymuth. Sujinho is a unique and classic record filled with the angularity and edge of a Madlib production and underwritten by the polyrhythmics of Mamao. [Vinyl version was released for Record Store Day Black Friday and we still have a few copies available.]

King Krule – You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down CD/2xLP (True Panther)

Mere weeks before the world went into lockdown, groundbreaking songwriter and vocalist King Krule performed a handful of concerts following the release of his critically acclaimed third album Man Alive!. Recorded during those final shows, the new live album, You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down offers fans a glimpse into a tour that never came to be and features a setlist of 17 songs that span the acclaimed artist's entire discography including fan favorites "Easy, Easy", "Baby Blue" and more.

Fela Kuti – Vinyl Box #5 7xLP (Knitting Factory)

Knitting Factory Records is proud to release the next installment of long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Vinyl Box #5 was co-curated by Fela's son, world-renowned multi-instrumentalist and Afrobeat ambassador, Femi Kuti, and Chris Martin (yes, that Chris Martin). This volume includes Why Black Man Dey Suffer, Noise For Vendor Mouth, Kalakuta Show, Excuse O, Ikoyi Blindness, Original Sufferhead, and Overtake Don Overtake Overtake.

Lady Gaga – Born This Way (Tenth Anniversary Edition) 3xLP (Interscope)

Triple vinyl LP pressing in custom gatefold jacket with special artwork. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Lady Gaga's iconic album Born This Way, this Tenth Annivesary Edition adds six new versions of songs reimagined by artists representing and advocating for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Lambchop – I Hope You're Sitting Down / Jack's Tulips [Reissue/1994] 2xLP+MP3 (Merge)

Back in 1994, when Lambchop first lurched lackadaisically into public view, they seemed to many people freakish, outlandish, destined at best for the pages of photocopied fanzines and the graveyard hours of specialist radio stations. A sprawling collective of Nashville musicians - eleven were credited on the sleeve of I Hope You're Sitting Down / Jack's Tulips - they'd named themselves after a sock puppet, inexplicably given their album two titles, and stuck a painting on the cover of a small, barefooted child holding a dog whose cock and balls are on proud display. [Indie exclusive opaque red & pink vinyl.]

Lilys – Better Can’t Make Your Life Better [Reissue/1996] LP (Sundazed)

On the heels of our reissue of the Lilys 1999 cult classic The 3 Way, Sundazed is honored to bring you it's predecessor of equal acclaim, 1996"s Better Can't Make Your Life Better. Together they form what most would call the band's pseudo–British Invasion period, and in our opinion, two of the greatest albums to come out of the ‘90s.

Madball – Legacy [Reissue/2005] LP (Good Fight Music)

Limited blue, silver, white 180gm color vinyl pressing of the New York-based hardcore/punk band’s 2005 album.

Reba McEntire – Revived Remixed Revisited 3xLP (MCA Nashville)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Revived Remixed Revisited is a reimagined collection of her most iconic songs. Revived features exciting new arrangements of fan favorites like “Is There Life Out There” and “Can't Even Get The Blues” recorded with Reba's touring band. Remixed takes songs like “Little Rock” and “I'm A Survivor” and spins them in ways like you've never heard Reba before. Revisited, produced by the Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, strips back songs like “Somebody Should Leave” and “Consider Me Gone” to let the raw power of Reba's vocals shine and features a long-awaited pairing between Reba and Dolly Parton on Reba's most famous duet, “Does He Love You”.

The Monkees ‎– Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. [Reissue/1967] LP (Friday Music)

180gm turquoise/aqua color vinyl pressing. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. was one of the most successful albums ever released in classic rock history. The mono mixes are terrific here as you will hear nuances and slightly different mixes than its stereo counterpart.

Moor Mother – Fetish Bones [Reissue/2016] LP (Don Giovanni)
Moor Mother – Circuit City [Reissue/2020] LP (Don Giovanni)

Limited color vinyl pressings. Fetish Bones is the second album by Philadelphia-based musician, artist, and activist, Camae, who performs under the name Moor Mother. It features 13 songs conceived and recorded in Camae's home studio using a variety of machines, field recordings, and analog noisemakers. The music is often harsh and strange, projecting both the visceral anger of punk and the expansive improvisatory spirit of Sun Ra. Her first theatrical work, Circuit City is a futuristic exploration, part musical, part choreopoem, part play, of public/private ownership, housing, and technology set in a living room in a corporate-owned apartment complex. Framed by Ayewa's bold poetry and bolstered by new Moor Mother music performed live by Irreversible Entanglements and the Circuit City Band, Circuit City is an Afrofuturist song cycle for our current climate.

Narrow Head – Satisfaction [Reissue/2016] LP (Run For Cover)

Narrow Head's debut full-length record Satisfaction is available once again on vinyl for the first time since its initial release in 2016. This version of the album includes updated album art and a limited blue color vinyl release. While the band offered a handful of one-off singles and demos prior to Satisfaction's release, this record offers a perfect introduction to the Houston band's world. Revisiting Satisfaction after the release of last year's 12th House Rock finds this younger version of the band honing in their signature blend melody, heaviness and atmosphere.

The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic [Reissue/2000] LP+7”+MP3 (Matador)

Red color vinyl reissue of twelve effervescent and undeniable power-pop gems. [This title shipped late and will arrive early next week.]

Herbie Nichols ‎– The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 LP (Blue Note)

Limited 180gm vinyl pressing. Blue Note founder Alfred Lion considered pianist Herbie Nichols to be as original and important as Thelonious Monk. Little-known in his time, recognition has grown for his unique compositions like The Third World, and 2300 Skidoo. Both volumes (originally released in 1955) are combined on a single LP, with Vol. 1 on the cover, Vol. 2 on the back, and liner notes inside a gatefold jacket. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.

Buck Owens & Susan Raye – Together Again CD (Omnivore)

Buck Owens and Susan Raye's Together Again is a 22-track compendium of duet and solo cuts originally issued between 1970 and 1975. Together Again boasts a dozen Owens/Raye duets and nine solo Raye deep tracks.

Pepper ‎– Pink Crustaceans And Good Vibrations [Reissue/2008] LP (Law)

Reggae-rockers Pepper returned in 2008 with Pink Crustaceans And Good Vibrations, their relaxed and soulful fifth studio album and follow up to the Atlantic Records release No Shame. Named after the fictional album recorded by "Coconut Pete" in the Broken Lizard film Club Dread, the Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers, Sublime) produced affair showcases the band at their most eclectic and captures the summery essence of the Kona Boys arriving in California as seasoned veterans of rock.

Chuck Prophet ‎– No Other Love [Reissue/2002] LP (New West)

Limited red color vinyl LP pressing. Chuck Prophet has been described as "the missing link between Paul Westerberg and Bob Dylan” (Q). No Other Love is a startling blend of dusty country, twangy R&B and lilting folk served up fresh with inventive production, the use of an Omnichord, punchbowl, hip-hop samples and string sections.

Rival Sons – Pressure & Time [Reissue/2011] CD/LP (Sacred Tongue Recordings)

Rival Sons has been heralded as a modern-day mix of the Small Faces, The Who, Led Zeppelin and the Kinks and in Jay Buchanan have a vocalist who attracts attention and acclaim from all quarters. For the majority of Earache Records fans, more familiar reference points are the likes of Firebird, Spritual Beggars and Witchcraft, but with a more contemporary edge. The Rival Sons EP was recorded soon after Buchanan joined the band, and it caught the attention of Earache Records founder Digby Pearson who signed a deal in November 2010 that led to the recording of Pressure & Time in early 2011. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb and released worldwide in May 2011. The band committed to creating an experience that closely matched the attitude and excitement of one of their live performances. Coming straight off a four-week stint on the road, Rival Sons wrote, recorded, and mixed the album in just 20 days, ensuring a rawness for both the listener and the band. Raucous, blues-infused rock. [Indie store exclusive limited-edition opaque white vinyl.]

Todd Rundgren – A Wizard A True Star [Reissue/1973] LP (Friday Music)

Two limited color vinyl pressings. Todd Rundgren's 1973 solo album aptly foreshadowed the contributions of the multi-faceted artist to state-of-the-art music. As with many of his solo projects, Rundgren played all the instruments, sang, wrote 17 of the 19 tunes and handled production duties.

Nina Simone – Nina Simone And Her Friends [Reissue/1959] LP (BMG International)

Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Nina Simone And Her Friends is a 1959 album released by the Bethlehem Records label that compiled songs by jazz singers Nina Simone, Carmen McRae and Chris Connor. All three artists had left the label and signed with other companies by the time Bethlehem released this album. The numbers by Simone were previously unissued "leftovers" from the recording sessions for her debut album Little Girl Blue (1958) and released without her knowledge. The tracks by Chris Connor and Carmen McRae were already issued together this way as Bethlehem's Girlfriends in 1956 accompanied by the debut recording session of Julie London.

The Incredible Jimmy Smith ‎– Home Cookin' [Reissue/1961] LP (Blue Note)

Limited 180gm vinyl pressing. Drawn from three sessions in 1958-59, Home Cookin' stands as one of the most deeply felt, soulful albums from the Hammond B3 organ virtuoso, Jimmy Smith. Featuring tenor saxophonist Percy France, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and drummer Donald Bailey, the quartet covers tunes by Ma Rainey, Ray Charles, and Jimmy McGriff, plus originals by Smith and Burrell. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.

Moses Sumney – Live From Blackalachia 2xLP (Tuntum)

Live from Blackalachia is a live album (and movie) composed of dynamic band arrangements from Moses Sumney's first two albums. It was recorded in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the summer of 2020, on a stage built on a hill nestled within a 72-acre ranch. [Limited edition green vinyl.]

Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up I Am Dreaming [Reissue/2006] LP (Pronounced Kroog)

Though met with praise by fans and critics alike, placing 15th on Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2006, Shut Up I Am Dreaming was never made available on vinyl. Originally released on Absolutely Kosher Records, the debut effort from Montreal's Sunset Rubdown is a project previously reserved for the solo experiments of Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug. [Limited edition pearl color vinyl.]

*Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King / Live Is The King 2xCD (dBpm)

“At the beginning of the lockdown I started writing country songs to console myself. Folk and country type forms being the shapes that come most easily to me in a comforting way. 'Guess Again' is a good example of the success I was having at pushing the world away, counting my blessings - taking stock in my good fortune to have love in my life," comments Tweedy. "A few weeks later things began to sound like 'Love Is The King' - a little more frayed around the edges with a lot more fear creeping in. Still hopeful but definitely discovering the limits of my own ability to self soothe." This deluxe edition includes a second disc of live material, all in the same sequence as the studio recording plus a Neil Young cover bonus track titled "The Old Country Waltz". *This title did not arrive today. We expect it early next week.

Various Artists – Flag Day: Original Soundtrack LP (Republic)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Features songs from Cat Power, Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder & Olivia Vedder.

Various Artists – Tickets For Doomsday CD (Now Again)

Subtitled: Heavy Psychedelic Funk And Soul Ballads And Dirges 1970 – 1975. A batch of rare, largely uncompiled - and sometimes barely heard - heavy psych-rock and funk. [The vinyl version was released for Record Store Day Black Friday and we still have a few copies left.]

Barney Wilen – French Ballads [Reissue/1987] 2xLP (Anagram Music)

Following the unexpected success of his 1987 comeback album, La Note Bleue, iconic French saxophonist Barney Wilen immediately embarked on the follow-up. Released the same year, French Ballads is the perfect synthesis between jazz and the French chanson. Presented here in the newly remastered CD edition from the 24-track analog master tapes by the original sound engineer, Herve Le Guil. French Ballads is, because of its repertoire and approach, a quite unique work in the whole story of jazz.

Reuben Wilson – Love Bug [Reissue/1969] LP (Blue Note)

Limited 180gm vinyl pressing. Love Bug was organist Reuben Wilson's second album for Blue Note. Recorded with an exceptional quintet including Lee Morgan (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Grant Green (guitar), and Leo Morris (drums), it features funky Wilson originals like "Hot Rod", "Back Out", and the title track, alongside R&B hits of the day like "I Say A Little Prayer". Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.

Youth Lagoon – The Year Of Hibernation [Reissue/2011] 2xLP (Fat Possum)

10th Anniversary edition reissue. Includes three bonus tracks on Side D: "Bobby", "Ghost To Me", and a live cover of John Denver's "Goodbye Again", recorded in 2011. Upon its release in 2011, The Year Of Hibernation was received to widespread critical acclaim, earning Best New Music from Pitchfork, which depicted the album as "compulsively listenable music that explodes at just the right moments," while NPR described the songs as, "murmurs that bloom into powerful, otherworldly crescendos."