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• What's New 5-24-24

  

  DIIV

  Frog In Boiling Water

  Fantasy

  After more than two decades as a band, The Avett Brothers have stamped their own name on their 11th album. It's a return in some ways to their original form, too � raucous vocals, with harmonies in just the right places, over simple instrumentation. Here the guitars are electric, and the production is modern, but it�s a classic Avett Brothers theme: the agony and ecstasy of being in love.

  

  Andrew Bird

  Sunday Morning Put-On

  Loma Vista

  Orton�s (Portishead) most personal work to date, the result of a period of sustained reflection and change � �lots of goodbyes,� in Beth�s words. Farewells to family, to friends, even to her former self. These are songs from the mid-course of life, when looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back has a sudden, sharper focus.

  

  Wallows

  Model

  Atlantic

  The songs here are as sincere as they are surreal, rooted in rich character studies and deep reflection. It�s a gorgeous collection of stripped-down bedroom folk wrapped in lush layers of synthesizers and washed out electric guitars, a poignant, expansive exploration of perception and purpose that manages to look both forwards and backwards all at once.

  

  Lenny Kravitz

  Blue Electric Light

  BMG

  Following a five year hiatus and navigating through some notably peculiar circumstances, the Kentucky rockers are prepared to pick up where they left off (Social Cues� 2019�s Grammy winner for Best Rock Album) with the highly anticipated sounds of Neon Pill. It�s the perfect return for a band that has been greatly missed.

  

  Rotting Christ

  Pro Xristou

  Season of Mist

  30 years later, Collective Soul is still going strong and continues to create infectious Alt-Rock music that is loved around the world. Here To Eternity contains 20 tracks of the catchy melodies, driving guitars, and soaring choruses that have defined the band's sound since their early days. This is a love letter to the fans.

  

  Kerry King

  From Hell I Rise

  Reigning Phoenix Music America

  Eilish�s third studio album, her most daring body of work to date, does exactly as the title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way. �This whole process has felt like I�m coming back to the girl that I was,� Eilish says. �I�ve been grieving her. I�ve been looking for her in everything.�

  

  Slash

  Orgy of the Damned

  Gibson Records

  Known for their eclectic Americana/roots fusion of alternative & outlaw country, rock, blues, R&B and Tejano/Tex-Mex influences, The Mavericks appropriately recorded these tracks in Nashville, New Mexico and Louisiana. The result invokes both a timeless feel of a classic Mavericks while again challenging conventions and pushing boundaries.

  

  Twenty One Pilots

  Clancy

  Fueled By Ramen

  Known for their eclectic Americana/roots fusion of alternative & outlaw country, rock, blues, R&B and Tejano/Tex-Mex influences, The Mavericks appropriately recorded these tracks in Nashville, New Mexico and Louisiana. The result invokes both a timeless feel of a classic Mavericks while again challenging conventions and pushing boundaries.

  

  Big Special

  Postindustrial Hometown Blues

  SO Recordings

  30 years later, Collective Soul is still going strong and continues to create infectious Alt-Rock music that is loved around the world. Here To Eternity contains 20 tracks of the catchy melodies, driving guitars, and soaring choruses that have defined the band's sound since their early days. This is a love letter to the fans.

  

  Six Feet Under

  Killing For Revenge

  Metal Blade Records

  Eilish�s third studio album, her most daring body of work to date, does exactly as the title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way. �This whole process has felt like I�m coming back to the girl that I was,� Eilish says. �I�ve been grieving her. I�ve been looking for her in everything.�

  
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• New Release Round-Up 05-24-24

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  Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View
  

  Vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1955 for producer Tom Wilson's short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Byrd's Eye View was trumpeter Donald Byrd's first issued recording as a leader. The date presented Byrd at the helm of what was then the current line-up of The Jazz Messengers with tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Blakey. Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass sparring with Byrd on several numbers, further adding to the album's jovial air of a blowing session. Everyone is in fine form on this 5-song set with Side A consisting of an extended stroll through Watkins' laid-back original "Doug's Blues" followed by some inspired trading between Byrd and Gordon on "El Sino." A beautiful rendition of the ballad "Everything Happens To Me" and two swinging Mobley pieces comprise Side B, bringing this highly-enjoyable date to a close.

  Bobby Hutcherson - Total Eclipse (Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl Series)

  Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold tip-on jacket. Bobby Hutcherson's 1968 album Total Eclipse was the vibraphonist's first recording to feature saxophonist Harold Land who would become a key collaborator for years to come. Rounding out the band were pianist Chick Corea, bassist Reggie Johnson, and drummer Joe Chambers on this impassioned post-bop set. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes

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  Twenty One Pilots - Clancy
  

  Clancy marks Twenty One Pilots� first studio album in three years and follows their RIAA Gold certified LP, Scaled And Icy. With details of the release teased to fans earlier this month via cryptic mailings and covert artswaps on streaming services, �Overcompensate� welcomes listeners back to the band�s immersive world of �Trench.� Layers of synths build over a racing breakbeat in the song - a skilled passage of alternative dynamics, flexing in time, and ready to explode. Having amassed over 33 billion streams worldwide and over 3 million tickets sold across global headline tours, the Columbus, OH based duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun have established themselves as one of the most successful bands of the 21st century and redefined the sound of a generation. �Co-produced by Joseph and Paul Meany, Clancy marks the final chapter in an ambitious multi-album narrative first introduced in the band's 2015 multi-Platinum breakthrough, Blurryface. �Furthermore, Clancy�s forthcoming release on May 17th coincides with the 9th anniversary of Blurryface, which was released exactly nine years prior to the day. Twenty One Pilots extended the ambitious concept laid out in Blurryface with their 2018 Platinum-certified album TRENCH. �Featuring the multi-Platinum and Platinum singles �Chlorine,� �My Blood� and the GRAMMY� Award-nominated �Jumpsuit,� the album graced spots on �Best of� year-end lists by Billboard, KERRANG!, Alternative Press, and Rock Sound�who placed it at #1.

  
  

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  DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water
  

  Produced by Chris Coady and written by DIIV (pronounced Dive), Frog in Boiling Water, the band�s fourth full-length LP is a collection of snapshots that explores the brutal realities of end-stage capitalism and overwhelming technological advance. Across 10 dark and dazzling tracks, DIIV documents the collapse from various angles with unusual sensitivity and depth of purpose while expanding their grand, hypnotic shoegaze, to create a transportive, sensual work of hope, beauty and renewal.

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  Wallows - Model
  

  Wallows / MODEL / The trio - comprised of Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston - recently announced their upcoming album, which is set to drop May 2024 via Atlantic Records. Product info: Indie Exclusive vinyl, Solid Orchid/Translucent Orange Crush

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Twenty One Pilots - Clancy [Indie Exclusive Clear w/Opaque Red Splatter LP]

  Wallows - Model [Indie Exclusive Horizon Colored LP]

  DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water [Limited Edition Indie Exclusive Green LP]

  Lenny Kravitz - Blue Electric Light [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink/Blue 2LP]

  Creed - Greatest Hits [2 LP]

  Andrew Bird Trio - Sunday Morning Put-On [INDIE EXCLUSIVE Limited Edition Translucent Ruby Red LP]

  Rival Sons - Head Down [LP]

  Young Jesus - The Fool [Opaque White LP]

  Paul Weller - 66 [Blue LP]

  Aluminum - Fully Beat [Pale Blue LP]

  Thursday - WAR ALL THE TIME (LIVE) [2 LP]

  Fania All Stars - Latin-Soul-Rock (50th Anniversary) [LP]

  NewJeans - Newjeans 'how Sweet' Standard Ver.

  RM (BTS) - Right Place, Wrong Person (Ver. A, B, C)

  Courettes - Hold On We're Comin' [Colored Vinyl] (Red)

  Travis Denning - Roads That Go Nowhere

  Gyasi - Rock N'roll Swordfight [Limited Edition] (Stic)

  Howlers - What You've Got To Lose To Win It All - Pink Vinyl

  La Luz - News Of The Universe [Colored Vinyl]

  Old Man Luedecke - She Told Me Where To Go [Colored Vinyl] (Grn) (Stic)

  Richey, Kim - Every New Beginning

  Say Anything - Is Committed

  Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here

  Alex Sipiagin - Horizons

  Connie Smith - Love Prison Wisdom & Heartaches

  Spinners� -� Full Circle

  Vegyn - The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

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  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Ringo Starr - Crooked Boy- UMe

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• Samiam -*Astray* Down In The Valley Exclusive Vinyl. Pre-Orders are live so reserve your copy today!

  

  Samiam - Astray *Yellow with Red/Orange Splatter Vinyl

  Release Date: 06/28/24� /� Limited to only 300 copies

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• New Release Round-Up 05-17-24

  

  Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Darkroom/Interscope Records

  Billie Eilish�s third studio album, "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT", released via Darkroom/Interscope Records is her most daring body of work to date, a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs� ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end�does exactly as the album title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way. With the help of her brother and sole collaborator, FINNEAS, the pair wrote, recorded, and produced the album together in their hometown of Los Angeles. This album comes on the heels of her two massively successful albums �WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO?" and "Happier Than Ever" and works to further develop the world of Billie Eilish.

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  Luke Grimes - Luke Grimes - Mercury Nashville

  Luke Grimes self-titled debut album on Mercury Nashville features 13 tracks, including �Burn,� �Hold On,� and �Oh�Ohio.� Known for his role as Kayce Dutton on the hit television series Yellowstone, Grimes has been making music�for years. He closed out 2023 with a sold-out tour after playing fairs and festivals around the country, including
  Stagecoach, Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, Under The Big Sky Festival, and more. Grimes grew up playing�music in church as the son of a Pentecostal pastor. His father also laid the foundation for the music he loves,�introducing him to the works of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. Indie Exclusive
  Clear LP. Limited Edition.

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  Various Artists - NOW K-Pop 2024 - NOW

  Possibly the most long-awaited NOW album since NOW That�s What I Call Music released it�s first album in 1998, NOW That�s What I Call K-Pop will be available May 17th.

  NOW That�s What I Call K-Pop, a first of its kind curation for K-Pop, featuring 20 top hits from major current K-Pop favorites � the full tracklist is below.

  NOW That�s What I Call K-Pop is available in CD digipack, black vinyl

  CD and vinyl editions each include photo cards for all 20 featured artists, a photocard envelope to hold them, and a photo spread of many carefully curated images of the artist

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  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Zayn - ROOM UNDER THE STAIRS [Forest Green/Neon Splatter 2 LP]

  Cage The Elephant - Neon Pill [Indie Exclusive Milky Clear LP]

  The Avett Brothers - The Avett Brothers [Indie Exclusive Light Blue LP]

  Modest Mouse - Good news For People Who Love Bad News (Deluxe Edition)

  Pink Floyd - Animals (2018 Remix) [Audio Blu-ray w/Dolby Atmos Mix]

  Hampton Hawes - For Real! [Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series LP]

  Cold Hart - Pretty In The Dark [LP]

  Bright Light Bright Light - Enjoy Youth [Pink LP]

  Joe Bonamassa - Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra [2 LP]

  ISOBEL CAMPBELL - Bow to Love [Solid Yellow LP]

  Guster - Ooh La La [Mint Green LP]

  Ghostly Kisses - Darkroom [LP]

  Sasha Alex Sloan - Me Again [LP]

  Better Than Ezra - Super Magick [LP]

  Night Sins - A Silver Blade in the Shadow [Green and Black Marble LP]

  Hollywood Vampires - Rise [CD]

  Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation: Live Amsterdam 07/11/22

  Stephen Sondheim / Cast Recording - Here We Are (Original Cast Recording) [LP]

  Kirk Whalum - Epic Cool

  Oppressor - Solstice Of Oppression

  Blitzen Trapper - 100's Of 1000's, Millions Of Billions (Blue)

  Jeremy Camp - Deeper Waters

  Collective Soul - Here To Eternity

  Ana Egge - Sharing In The Spirit [Limited Edition]

  China Forbes - Road

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  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Ringo Starr - Crooked Boy- UMe

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• New Release Round-Up 05-10-24

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  Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (10 Year Anniversary) - HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN RECORDS

  Metamodern Sounds in Country Music is the second studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson. The album was produced and engineered by Dave Cobb and was released on May 13, 2014, through High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers.
  
  'Metamodern Sounds in Country Music' 10 Year Anniversary Edition, to be released May 10, 2024, features fully reimagined album artwork for the CD and vinyl release. The limited edition vinyl variant is packaged in an "old-style" tip-on gatefold jacket and pressed on 180g black vinyl.

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  Def Leppard - Pyromania (40th Anniversary) - MERCURY

  Pyromania (40th Anniversary) [Deluxe 2 LP] - Def Leppard's 40th anniversary reissue of Pyromania has been expanded to a 2-LP set on 180g black vinyl with unheard demos and live tracks from the era. Originally released in 1983, Pyromania launched the band into rock legend status, selling over 10 million copies. Featuring global hit singles "Photograph," "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" and "Rock of Ages." In tribute to this milestone, this deluxe edition has been executive produced by lead singer Joe Elliott and Ronan McHugh with mastering by Andy Pearce.

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Shannon & The Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue w/ Neon Pink + Black Splatter LP]

  dad sports - I Am Just A Boy Leave Me Alone!!! [LP]

  Stephan Moccio - Legends, Myths and Lavender [LP]

  Sonic Universe - It Is What It Is [LP]

  Pokey LaFarge - Rhumba Country [Indie Exclusive Hi-melt Metallic Gold and Autographed Dance Card Included LP]

  Unwed Sailor - Underwater Over There [LP]

  Kings Of Leon - Can We Please Have Fun [Indie Exclusive Apple LP]

  Keane - Hopes And Fears (20th Anniversary Edition) [3 CD]

  Les Savy Fav - OUI, LSF [Indie Exclusive Bloodshot LP]

  Bjork - Fossora [Colored Vinyl] (Grn) [Indie Exclusive]

  Knocked Loose - YOU WON'T GO BEFORE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO [ Indie Exclusive Half Green / Half Yellow w/ Black & White Splatter LP]

  How To Dress Well - I Am Toward You [CLOUDY ORANGE LP]

  Brian Kelley - Tennessee Truth [Gold Nugget LP]

  Julius Asal - Scriabin - Scarlatti [CD]

  Like Moths To Flames - The Cycles of Trying to Cope [Light Blue LP]

  Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Love Hate Music Box [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear]

  Joe Cuba Sextet - Vagabundeando! Hangin' Out [LP]

  Sebastian Bach - Child Within The Man [Indie Exclusive 2 Light Blue LP]

  The Beaches - Blame My Ex [Indie Exclusive Transparent blue LP]

  Bela Fleck and Chick Corea - Remembrance [LP]

  Jimi Hendrix - First Rays Of The New Rising Sun [2 LP]

  Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (Anniversary Edition)

  & More .....
  

  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Darkroom/Interscope Records

  
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  Luke Grimes - Luke Grimes - Mercury Nashville

  
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• Vinyl Pre-Orders this week featuring Gracie Abrams, Daryl Hall, Falling In Reverse, Nick Cave, Kittie, Paul McCartney, and more.

  Here's all the pre-orders you need to see this week

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• New Release Round-Up 04-26-24

  

  St.Vincent - All Born Screaming

  St. Vincent�s first self-produced record, All Born Screaming is Annie Clark at her most unfiltered. All Born Screaming is an invitation to test the limits of what is possible�and to then keep going; �Brought to life with the aid of a highly curated dream lineup of friends � Rachel Eckroth, Josh Freese, Dave Grohl, Mark Guiliana, Cate Le Bon, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Stella Mogzawa and David Ralicke � the album is an unadulterated expression of St. Vincent�s singular vision.

  
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  Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy - Son of Davy

  With $10 Cowboy, Charley Crockett didn�t set out to make a themed record. He had released a concept album in 2022, the critically acclaimed Man From Waco, propelling Crockett to new heights and establishing him as one of the leaders of a sparkling revival of traditional country and folk music. �

  For the follow up album, Crockett wrote freely, over a two-month period, as he wound his way across the United States on the back of a tour bus. The resulting songs�raw, personal, vivid portraits of a country in transition�ended up being connected after all.

  As the album unfolds, you begin to understand that a $10 Cowboy is anyone who has hustled to get by, who didn�t fit in, who has slept on other people�s couches, or the street, who has fallen down, gotten up, and ventured from home chasing a paying gig, or a new start.

  The album was recorded at Arlyn Studios in Austin, produced by Crockett and his long-time collaborator Billy Horton. It was recorded live to tape, with anywhere from 6-12 musicians and backup singers on each track, giving the songs the feel of a live performance. It�s a sound Crockett has been after for years. �Reason I cut it on tape is because when you got the right people in the room, and the great players rise to the occasion when that red light is on and the tape is rolling, you get the magic of a great performance.�

  It's exactly what he achieved with $10 Cowboy. Regular bandmates Fox, Nathan Fleming, and Mayo Valdez are joined by some of the genre�s most talented players�Rich Brotherton, Kevin Smith, Dave LeRoy Biller, T. Jarrod Bonta and others, including a string quartet. Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller sing on the album. While the musicianship and accompaniment are exquisite, they are also subtle, placed joyously, yet judiciously across the album.

  No, Crockett didn�t set out to write a themed record. Or, through his studied eye, to find America. But with $10 Cowboy, he might have done both.

  
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  Laufey - Bewitched: The Goddess Edition - LAUFEY LLC

  Composer, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey continues her story with Bewitched: The Goddess Edition, an expanded version of her 2023 critically celebrated and GRAMMY-winning second album. Since the release of Bewitched, Laufey has proven how staying true to oneself can result in creating a space where people can find themselves. Bewitched has been wildly successful around the world, appearing on multiple year-end best-of lists, sparking an immediately sold-out tour and reaching No. 1 on Billboard�s Jazz charts. The Goddess Edition features four brand-new original songs including lead single "Goddess" and will be available on vinyl, cassette, and CD. The expanded package includes dark blue vinyl, an updated booklet, and a custom board game.

  
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  Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (Expanded Edition) - Capitol/UME

  Rock legend Billy Idol is set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his landmark album Rebel Yell with a deluxe expanded edition due April 26 via Capitol/UMe. Available for pre-order on Friday, March 8, the reissue includes a selection of previously unreleased songs and demos, the Poolside remix of Idol's smash hit "Eyes Without A Face" and the never-before-heard Billy Idol/Steve Stevens original "Best Way Out of Here" from the original sessions. Idol's never-betore-released cover of the Rose Royce single "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Corridor - Mimi [Pink LP]

  Iron & Wine - Light Verse [Colored Vinyl]

  Hovvdy - Hovvdy (Blue) [Clear Vinyl] [Limited Edition] [Indie Exclusive] [Download Included]

  Justice - Hyperdrama

  ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS [Translucent Blue 2 LP]

  Tori Kelly - TORI. [LP]

  The Veronicas - Gothic Summer [Blue LP]

  Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Fuckin' Up [2 LP]

  PARTYNEXTDOOR - PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 [LP]

  Charles Bernstein - April Fools Day (OMPS) [Deluxe Edition 2LP]

  Pet Shop Boys - nonetheless [Indie Exclusive Opaque Gray LP]

  Eric Slick - New Age Rage [Translucent Pink LP]

  Houses Of Heaven - Within/Without [Grey Marble LP]

  Deicide - Banished By Sin [Indie Exclusive Opaque Gold LP]

  Microwave - Let's Start Degeneracy [Indie Exclusive Baby Pink / Clear w/ Purple Splatter LP]

  ILLit - ILLIT 1st Mini Album �SUPER REAL ME� [SUPER ME Ver.]

  The Men - Manhattan Fire [Limited Edition Indie Exclusive Clear LP]

  THE RED GARLAND TRIO - Groovy (Original Jazz Classics Series) [LP]

  Luke Hemmings - boy [LP]

  Full Of Hell - Coagulated Bliss [Indie Exclusive Neon Yellow, White and Olive Green Mix LP]

  Pachyman - In Dub [LP]

  Pachyman - At 333 House [LP]

  Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All [Indie Exclusive Purple LP]

  Cab - Whisper War [Indie Exclusive Black and Light Blue LP]

  Yusuf ( Stevens, Cat ) - Izitso [Limited Gatefold with Lenticular Cover]

  Yusuf ( Cat Stevens ) - Numbers [Limited Edition]

  Marc Anthony - Muevense

  Judith Hill - Letters from a Black Widow [2 LP]

  Lost Dog Street Band - Survived [LP]

  & More .....
  

  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism - Warner Records

  
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  Death Lens - Cold War - Epitaph

  
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• New Release Round-Up 05-03-24

  

  Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism - Warner Records

  St. Vincent�s first self-produced record, All Born Screaming is Annie Clark at her most unfiltered. All Born Screaming is an invitation to test the limits of what is possible�and to then keep going; �Brought to life with the aid of a highly curated dream lineup of friends � Rachel Eckroth, Josh Freese, Dave Grohl, Mark Guiliana, Cate Le Bon, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Stella Mogzawa and David Ralicke � the album is an unadulterated expression of St. Vincent�s singular vision.

  
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  Death Lens - Cold War - Epitaph

  Transparent clear vinyl black splatter (Indie exclusive). Death Lens relentlessly seeks a place in your consciousness, a persistent presence whispering in your ear. Concealing ferocity beneath a stylish veneer, their live shows unleash energy and chaos, leaving spectators disarmed and forever transformed. After successful tours with Militarie Gun and Together Pangea and hometown support, Death Lens is poised to release their latest album, "Cold World," on May 3rd, through Epitaph Records.In recordings, Death Lens forges unyielding rock, blending West Coast surf punk with Britrock's tight, bouncy rhythms. Despite their deceptive chill and vibe-focused portrayal, live performances brim with hardcore intensity. Rooted in slick guitar sonics and sugary backing vocal harmonies, reminiscent of indie punk and shoegaze, Death Lens channels the energy of bands like Turnstile and Militarie Gun on stage, creating soundtracks for indelible memories of high-energy, sweat-soaked singalongs.Hailing from La Puente, the self-described "five Brown boys" transition from showcasing explosive energy in recordings to embodying a refined representation of hard work and early influences gaining traction in their scene. Growing up as minorities east of Los Angeles amidst police harassment and gang violence, Death Lens faced risk factors that could have led them astray. Evolving from a party garage punk band, they now serve as a platform addressing life in heavily policed and immigrant-dominant areas, advocating for immigration reforms, and utilizing resources to support their community. Their experiences form a powerful narrative within their music.

  
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  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Shannon & The Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue w/ Neon Pink + Black Splatter LP]

  dad sports - I Am Just A Boy Leave Me Alone!!! [LP]

  Stephan Moccio - Legends, Myths and Lavender [LP]

  Sonic Universe - It Is What It Is [LP]

  Pokey LaFarge - Rhumba Country [Indie Exclusive Hi-melt Metallic Gold and Autographed Dance Card Included LP]

  Unwed Sailor - Underwater Over There [LP]

  Kings Of Leon - Can We Please Have Fun [Indie Exclusive Apple LP]

  Keane - Hopes And Fears (20th Anniversary Edition) [3 CD]

  Les Savy Fav - OUI, LSF [Indie Exclusive Bloodshot LP]

  Bjork - Fossora [Colored Vinyl] (Grn) [Indie Exclusive]

  Knocked Loose - YOU WON'T GO BEFORE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO [ Indie Exclusive Half Green / Half Yellow w/ Black & White Splatter LP]

  How To Dress Well - I Am Toward You [CLOUDY ORANGE LP]

  Brian Kelley - Tennessee Truth [Gold Nugget LP]

  Julius Asal - Scriabin - Scarlatti [CD]

  Like Moths To Flames - The Cycles of Trying to Cope [Light Blue LP]

  Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Love Hate Music Box [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear]

  Joe Cuba Sextet - Vagabundeando! Hangin' Out [LP]

  Sebastian Bach - Child Within The Man [Indie Exclusive 2 Light Blue LP]

  The Beaches - Blame My Ex [Indie Exclusive Transparent blue LP]

  Bela Fleck and Chick Corea - Remembrance [LP]

  Jimi Hendrix - First Rays Of The New Rising Sun [2 LP]

  Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (Anniversary Edition)

  & More .....
  

  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Darkroom/Interscope Records

  
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  Luke Grimes - Luke Grimes - Mercury Nashville

  
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• New Release Round-Up 04-19-24

  

  Pearl Jam - Dark Matter - Republic Records

  Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees, Pearl Jam, return with their highly anticipated new album Dark Matter. The band�s 12th studio album was produced by Grammy� Award Winning Producer, Andrew Watt.�

  
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  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department [Ghosted White 2 LP Bonus Track]

  Phoenix - Ti Amo

  Bruce Springsteen - Best Of Bruce Springsteen [2 LP]

  Luther - Luther [LP]

  Rene� Rapp / Auli�I Cravalho - Mean Girls (Music From The Motion Picture) [Candy Floss LP]

  Melvins - Tarantula Heart [Ipecac 25th Anniversary Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver Streak LP]

  Various Artists - Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws & Outliers [LP]

  Judith Hill - Letters from a Black Widow [2 LP]

  Thomas Csorba - Windchimes [Denim Color LP]

  Stephanie Lambring - Hypocrite [LP]

  Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon: 50th Anniversary 2024 Remaster [2LP UV Printed Clear Vinyl Collector's Edition]

  Cloud Nothings - Final Summer [Indie Exclusive Half Clear / Half Orange w/ Black Splatter LP]

  Yunchan Lim - Chopin Etudes

  Jan Garbarek Quartet - Afric Pepperbird (ECM Luminessence Series) [LP]

  T Bone Burnett - The Other Side [LP]

  Bill Frisell - Orchestras [2 LP]

  Raffi & Good Lovelies - Penny Penguin [CD]

  SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY - COUP DE GR�CE [Indie Exclusive Black Ice w/ Heavy White Splatter LP]

  BOYNEXTDOOR - HOW? (Indie Exclusive Earth ver.)

  BOYNEXTDOOR - HOW? (Indie Exclusive Wind ver.)

  BOYNEXTDOOR - HOW? (Indie Exclusive Fire ver.)

  Mozzy - Children Of The Slums

  Life's Question - Life's Question

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  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (Expanded Edition) - Capitol/UME

  
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  Laufey - Bewitched: The Goddess Edition - LAUFEY LLC

  
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  Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy - Son of Davy

  
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  St.Vincent - All Born Screaming

  
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• Avett Brothers - Listening Party & Prizes. Pick up the album early! 05/15 @6pm

  

  Avett Brothers Listening Party & Prizes

  Wednesday May 15th @6pm - Golden Valley location

  Can't wait until Friday May 17th to hear the new Avett Brothers album in full? Join us for an intimate listening event where we will play their new self-titled album front to back. Pre-Order for priority entry, and you'll be able to pick up your copy in-store the same day! We'll have special posters, illustrated by Scott Avett himself, while supplies last!� (Pre-order customers are guaranteed a poster). This event is free, all-ages and open to the public, no purchase necessary to attend. However, pre-ordering is suggested to secure your spot and a poster. Pre-order the indie exclusive blue vinyl at the link below

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• New Release Round-Up 04-12-24

  

  Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me - Capitol

  Don�t Forget Me:

  01 It Was Coming All Along
  02 Drunk
  03 So Sick of Dreaming
  04 The Kill
  05 If Now Was Then
  06 I Still Do
  07 On & On & On
  08 Never Going Home
  09 All the Same
  10 Don�t Forget Me

  

  

  Mark Knopfler - One Deep River - Blue Note

  One Deep River offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and influences in blues, folk, rock and beyond, and as usual, reveal their charms with unhurried grace and depth.

  

  

  Tyler Hubbard - Strong - EMI Nashville

  With more than 1 billion streams as a solo artist and two back-to-back #1 singles,�Tyler Hubbard's sophomore solo album,�Strong, features 13 brand-new songs, including "Back Then Right Now," "Turn" and "Wish You Would."

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

  Beyonc� - COWBOY CARTER [2 LP]

  Noah Kahan - Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) [Black Ice 3 LP]

  Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch - All of Us Strangers (Original Motion Picture Score) [LP]

  Harold Land - The Fox [Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series LP]

  Helenor - A public place [LP]

  Leyla McCalla - Sun Without The Heat [LP]

  Aaron Lee Tasjan - Stellar Evolution [LP]

  Necrot - Lifeless Birth [Violet Purple LP]

  Willie Colon - La Gran Fuga / The Big Break [180g LP]

  Belmont - Liminal [Indie Exclusive Electric Blue & Violet Pinwheel LP]

  girl in red - I�M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! [Standard LP]

  BLUE �YSTER CULT - Ghost Stories [LP]

  Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace [LP]

  Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud [LP]

  Linkin Park - Papercuts [Indie Exclusive Black & Red Splatter]

  James - Yummy [Marbled Red LP]

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  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Pearl Jam - Dark Matter - Republic Records

  
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• New Release Round-Up 04-05-24

  

  The Black Keys - Ohio Players

  Ohio Players is The Black Keys� fourth album in five years, a momentum with a simple explanation, Auerbach says: �We never stopped recording.� There was his and Carney�s reunion, after a five-year hiatus, on 2019�s "Let�s Rock�, then the 2021 blast of Mississippi-hill-country covers, Delta Kream. A rapid-fire follow-up of new originals, 2022�s Dropout Boogie, featured the duo working with outside writers for the first time: Greg Cartwright of Memphis rockers Reigning Sound and Angelo Petraglia, who has worked with Kings of Leon and the teenage Taylor Swift. (Cartwright and Petraglia are back for Ohio Players too.)
  �We'd never worked harder to make a record,� Dan Auerbach says. �It's never taken us this long to make an album. We took our time and did it right.�
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  �What we wanted to accomplish with this record was make something that was fun,� Patrick Carney says. �And something that most bands 20 years into their career don�t make, which is an approachable, fun record that is also cool.�
  While making Ohio Players, a title inspired by the legendary Dayton, OH funk band of the same name, The Black Keys were also DJing dance parties in cities around the world that they called �record hangs,� spinning 45s from their own eclectic and growing collections. Mojo reports, �The spirit of those parties infused the album�s DNA. �That�s been the fun of it,� [says] Auerbach. �Letting go a little bit.���

  

  

  Maggie Rose - No One Gets Out Alive

  On her most ambitious album yet, No One Gets Out Alive, singer-songwriter Maggie Rose proves she�s a true original. Though the electrifying record is her fourth release, in many ways it feels like her first. No One Gets Out Alive is a knockout career game-changer. Filled with deeply intimate, relatable songs that showcase her masterful storytelling, the album showcases her soulful, powerful voice and pulls you in immediately. Unencumbered by genre, No One Gets Out Alive reflects Maggie�s varied influences including rock, soul, Americana, pop and folk, all colliding for a deeply satisfying listen. Maggie Rose inhabits her music and distills it into something all her own. With unflinching honesty, she does everything authentically and completely.

  

  

  Phosphorescent - Revelator

  Revelator is an album that speaks to �the grand sadness in life� perennial Phosphorescent subject matter, by�Matthew Houck�s estimation. In some ways, Revelator extends seamlessly from the story begun by Muchacho and�continued by C�est La Vie. It finds Houck further mastering his unique blend of ragged, experiment-y classicism�intertwined with ethereal, lachrymose atmospherics. Across Revelator, Houck sings from a woozy, worn headspace,
  but leads us to a place where dreams and reality mingle.

  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  

  Tori Kelly - TORI. [LP]

  Conan Gray - Found Heaven (Blk) [Colored Vinyl] (Post) (Red) [Indie Exclusive]

  Old 97�s - American Primitive [Green LP]

  Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us [Indie Exclusive Alternative Cover]

  Niall Horan - The Show: The Encore [Red & Gold 2 LP]

  Lil Dicky - PENITH (The Dave Soundtrack) [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Sea Blue / Baby Blue 2LP]

  Katie Pruitt - Mantras [LP]

  Grace Cummings - Ramona [Gold LP]

  Pernice Brothers - Who Will You Believe [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Autographed LP]

  Khruangbin - A LA SALA [Limited Edition Soleil LP]

  Nick Finzer - Legacy

  Luca D'Alberto - In Our Hearts [LP]

  Tony Rice - Church Street Blues [LP]

  Ol' Gorilla Bones - Revenge Vol. 2 [LP]

  Kyle Kimbrell - Easy Truths [LP]

  Palace - Ultrasound [Limited Edition Red LP]

  Lo Moon - I Wish You Way More Than Luck [Indie Exclusive Onyx LP]

  Celine Dion - MY LOVE Essential Collection [LP]

  No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 [2 180g LP]

  Mike Post - Message from the Mountains & Echoes of the Delta [CD]

  Wine Lips - Super Mega Ultra [Indie Exclusive Electric Yellow LP]

  Iron Monkey - SPLEEN AND GOAD [LP]

  The Libertines - All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade [Indie Exclusive limited Edition Clear LP]

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  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  Maggie Rogers - Don't Forget Me - Capitol

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  Mark Knopfler - One Deep River - Blue Note

  
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  Tyler Hubbard - Strong - EMI Nashville
  
  

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