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What's New 11-1-24
Powerflo combines the passionate, chaotic, and authentic urgency of a brand-new band with the unrivaled experience of its trailblazing members. Senen Reyes (Cypress Hill), Billy Graziadei (Biohazard), and Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) are genre giants who shaped heavy music and hip-hop and continue to innovate with Gorilla Warfare.
King of America traces Costello’s musical travels from Hollywood – where the original album was recorded in 1986 – to a brand new take on “Brilliant Mistake” cut in Cape Fear early in 2024, via recording adventures in New Orleans, Oxford, Nashville and Memphis, and guided by his 35-page essay and rare and never-before seen photos.
After nearly three decades, eleven albums, and thousands of shows worldwide, Skillet play louder, fight harder, and sound more rebellious than ever. With Revolution, they deliver an insurgent, infectious, and inimitable body of work with their twelfth full-length offering and first-ever independent album.
One of the most important debut albums of all time, Weezer’s “blue” album celebrates 30 years with an extensive Deluxe 3CD boxset. Includes 50 tracks, 36 of which were previously unreleased, including 8 Kitchen Tape Demos, 22 early practices and live recordings, 6 BBC radio recordings (2 never broadcasted), and 4 tracks from their LMU sessions.
Is this guitar-driven indie rock? Kaleidoscopic psychedelia? Synth-kissed folk? What does one do with an album beginning with “fake tits and diet coke,” then pivoting to train derailments in rural Ohio and never-ending black holes? Well you capture the energy of your live shows—fans crowd-surfing, moshing, crying, and crooning—and infuse it into your latest release.
Though this album’s subject matter feels deeper and darker than the 2022’s Rising, Maia doesn’t fail to bring across playful humor and fascinating detail, which when combined with a new folk pop/rock blend and excellent production, sounds hugely dynamic and will stick in your head for days.
A spirited, soul-searching record built out of real passion and raw emotions, Wilderado’s Talker is a beautifully warm, tender, and achingly vulnerable folk rock reverie that finds the Tulsa, Oklahoma band living in the moment and taking in everything life has to offer them.
The Cure is at an artistic peak on their first album in 16 years: movingly melancholic, with a punchy sound to match the lyrics’ emotional impact. Two more records may be arriving at some point, but this album feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of their career. Mortality may loom, but there’s color in the black and flowers on the grave.
With its full-blown cries for help, and juxtaposing boastful lyrics, Gustav Elijah Ĺhr immediately managed to create a mind-bending sound of his own with this debut project. Within a scene of hundreds of other artists trying to do what Lil Peep could only do, Part One remains a quintessential introduction.
New Release Round-Up 10-25-24
Andrea Bocelli - Duets - 30th Anniversary - Decca
Marking his 30th anniversary, beloved tenor Andrea Bocelli, the most celebrated classical singer in modern history, celebrates his iconic career with ‘Duets – 30th Anniversary.’ This new career-spanning collection features 12 songs with Ed Sheeran, Celine Dion, Matteo Bocelli, Jennifer Lopez, Georgio, alongside brand-new superstar collaborations such as Chris Stapleton, Marc Anthony and KAROL G.
Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
In this riveting journey throughout his 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coupe De Grâce), Eminem delves into uncharted territories, exploring the demise and rebirth of his iconic alter ego. With raw lyrical prowess and captivating storytelling, Eminem delivers an emotional rollercoaster that showcases his evolution. The Death of Slim Shady (Coupe De Grâce) is a bold and groundbreaking chapter in Eminem's discography that will not let any Stans down in the slightest.
Oak Ridge Boys - Mama's Boys - Lightning Rod Records
The Oak Ridge Boys were asking each other, “Who is the person that first taught us about love, living, friends, God, and the other important things in our lives?” We agreed that would be our mothers. Down deep in our hearts, we all felt we were “mama’s boys. In this album, there are heartfelt songs, spiritual songs, memories of growing up, songs about being taught life’s lessons, and fun songs about eating way too much of mama’s home cookin’. We all had a great time singing about the things that mama taught us.
-Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, William Lee Golden, Ben James
The Oak Ridge Boys
Tears For Fears - Songs For A Nervous Planet - Concord Records
The new album from Tears For Fears, Songs For A Nervous Planet, features four new studio tracks plus live recordings of Tears For Fears on tour and at their best. The album features live performances of hit songs like “Shout”, “Head Over Heels”, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, “Mad World” & more. Spanning all eras of the band from The Hurting to The Tipping Point and beyond, this record takes you on the incomparable sonic journey that is a Tears For Fears live show and their career to date.
James Blake & Lil Yachty - Bad Cameo - Quality Control Music/Republic Records
Esteemed Hip-Hop Artist, Lil Yachty Teams Up With James Blake To Release Their First Collaborative Alternative Album Titled Bad Cameo Featuring A Limited Edition 10-Track vinyl.
Ben Folds - Sleigher - New West Records
“Christmas is constant,” says Ben Folds. “Allowing you to take stock of what’s different, to understand who you are and all the ways you’ve grown and changed.” That notion lies at the heart of Folds’ brilliantly titled new holiday collection, Sleigher. Built on an eclectic mix of originals and reimagined classics, the album examines thepassage of time through the lens of Christmas, reflecting on memory, loss, and longing as it explores the variety of ways the yuletide season marks the chapters of our lives. The songs are playful here, full of humor and cheer, but they’re also laced with an inescapable sense of melancholy, a looming darkness that always seems to hover around the periphery of those late December nights. Folds’ performances, meanwhile, flirt with the standards while stretching the boundaries of tradition, at times offering up flashes of Vince Guaraldi and Burt Bacharach while still remaining true to Folds’ singularly virtuosic brand of off-kilter indie pop. The result is not so much a Ben Folds Christmas record as it is a Ben Folds record set at Christmas, a meditation on the inexorable turning of the calendar and our ever changing selves as observed at the most wonderful—and challenging—time of the year.
Bastille - & (Ampersand) - Republic Records
Bastille - "&" / Bastille's fifth studio album '&' is a collection of story songs, including "Intros & Narrators," and "Blue Sky & The Painter." Dan Smith says of the release, "I've always loved writing story songs and using tales of other people as a way into making music and talking about my experiences in life. Over the last few years, I've been working on a whole load of songs about people who I think are fascinating and whose lives really spoke to me." Coke Bottle Clear 2 LP. Gatefold jacket with artwork created by Theo Hersey and Dan Smith. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) [Red & Blue Opaque 2 LP]
Tears For Fears - Songs For A Nervous Planet [Indie Exclusive Cocoa Cream 2LP]
Andrea Bocelli - Duets - 30th Anniversary [LP]
James Blake & Lil Yachty - Bad Cameo [Indie Exclusive Royal Magenta LP]
Oak Ridge Boys - Mama's Boys [LP - Translucent Sea Glass ]
Ben Folds - Sleigher [Indie Exclusive Signed Green LP]
Jesse Malin - Silver Patron Saints [3 LP translucent red, yellow, green]
Flat Black - Dark Side Of The Brain [2 LP]
Bocelli, Andrea - Duets - 30th Anniversary [Deluxe Hardcover Book Edition 2 CD]
Caroline Shaw - Leonardo da Vinci (Original Score) [2 LP]
Amythyst Kiah - Still + Bright [Translucent Forest Green vinyl]
Soccer Mommy - Evergreen [Indie Exclusive Sky Blue Marble LP]
Tess Parks - Pomegranate [Indie exclusive Clear Blue]
Fashion Club - A Love You Cannot Shake [Red Vinyl LP]
Dean, Jackson - On The Back Of My Dreams
Kublai Khan TX - Exhibition of Prowess [3 Color Smush]
Ralfi Pagan - Ralfi Pagan [LP]
Peach Pit - Magpie [Indie Exclusive Clear White With Swirl LP]
Shiro Sagisu (Ofgv) - Music From Shin Evangelion Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 [3LP]
Chuck Ragan - Love & Love [Tri-Color Smush LP]
Iotunn - Kinship [Dark Jade Marbled 2LP]
Gigan - Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus [Random Eco-Mix 2 LP]
Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness [Doing In Me Lungs Edition LP]
Chuck Prophet - Wake The Dead [Colored Vinyl] (Org)
Amorphis - Rarities 1991 - 2001 [LP Light blue]
Living Gate - Suffer As One [LP Galaxy edition]
Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway [Limited Edition Edition Yellow Colored Vinyl]
Ron Sexsmith - Retriever [Limited Edition Blue Colored Vinyl]
Parker, Charlie - Bird In Kansas City [LP]
Benjamin Hastings William - Sold Out, Sincerely
Deadform - Entrenched In Hell [Limited Royal Blue w/ Black Splatter Vinyl]
Ma, Yoyo / Stott, Kathryn - Merci
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt [Indie Exclusive Purple Pinwheel LP]
A Place To Bury Strangers - Synthesizer [Indie Exclusive Glow in The Dark LP]
Queen - Queen I (Super Deluxe Edition) [6 CD/LP Boxset]
Bratmobile - Pottymouth [Colored Vinyl] (Ylw) [Indie Exclusive]
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (25th Anniversary) - [2 LP]
George Harrison - Early Takes, Volume 1 - [LP]
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New Release Round-Up 10-18-24
Dean Lewis - The Epilogue - Capitol
Global superstar Dean Lewis will release his hotly anticipated third studio album, The Epilogue, via Capitol Records. Dean will head off on a global tour to support the album release. The Epilogue Tour will start in Australia in October 2024 and head to the US, UK and EU in 2025. The 12-track album includes his previous singles, “Trust Me Mate” and “Memories” as well as the recently released, “All I Ever Wanted.”
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark (Deluxe) - Geffen
This is the expanded Deluxe Edition of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ classic 1982 album Long After Dark, featuring “You Got Lucky,” “Straight Into Darkness” and “Change Of Heart.” Release is scheduled for 10/18 and includes 12 bonus tracks, 7 of which are previously unreleased.” The new product is timed around the re-release of director Cameron Crowe’s first film, Heartbreakers’ Beach Party, a 1983 documentary special for MTV that has not been seen since its original airing (only aired twice).
Wyatt Flores - Welcome To The Plains - Island
Double vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. Welcome To The Plains is the debut album from Wyatt Flores. Across it's 14 epic tracks, Wyatt writes about home, happiness, family and the place that raised him - Stillwater, Oklahoma. The album is happy on one side and heartbreak on the other. It's powerful storytelling and tight musicianship create a classic album for the ages that is a true front to back experience.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Wyatt Flores - Welcome To The Plains
Dean Lewis - The Epilogue [Bone LP]
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark - Deluxe [Indie Exclusive Turquoise LP]
Mc5 - Heavy Lifting [Indie Exclusive Arctic Pearl Color LP]
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [RSD Essentials Indie Exclusive Purple Jelly Bean LP]
Joe Henry - Blood From Stars [2 LP]
Mariah Carey - Rainbow (25th Anniversary) [rainbow colored vinyl]
Chinese American Bear - Wah!!! [Strawberry Pink]
Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions [RSD Essential Half Orange & Half White LP]
Goodbye June - See Where The Night Goes [RSD Essential Indie Exclusive Half Red & Half White]
Vikingur Olafsson - Continuum [45 RPM]
Midland - Barely Blue [Metallic Marble 12inch EP]
Skegss - Pacific Highway Music [Indie Exclusive Magenta vinyl (various shades)]
Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (Deluxe Edition) [3 LP]
Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked For The Holidays [LP]
Sonora Poncena - Sabor Sureno (50th Anniversary Edition) [LP]
Bishop Briggs - Tell My Therapist I'm Fine [LP]
Carnosus - Wormtales [Random Eco-Mix LP]
Jerry Cantrell - I Want Blood [Red 2 LP]
Rubblebucket - Year Of The Banana [Indie Exclusive]
Iris DeMent - My Life [Colored Vinyl] (Maro) (Aniv)
Blue CheervOutsideinside (Blue) [Colored Vinyl]
Tim Heidecker - Slipping Away [Indie Exclusive Frosted Teal LP]
Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns [Colored Vinyl] (Ylw)
Mary Gauthier - Drag Queens In Limousines [Colored Vinyl] (Ruby)
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite (Blue) [Clear Vinyl] [Indie Exclusive] [Download Included] (Spla)
Humdrum - Every Heaven (Blue) [Colored Vinyl] [Download Included]
Ella Raphael - Mad Sometimes [Colored Vinyl] (Gol) [Indie Exclusive] [Download Included]
Phoebe Rings - Phoebe Rings [Clear Vinyl]
Bonzie - When I Found The Trap Door [LP]
Daniel Johnston - Artistic Vice [Disc 1 - Light Blue, disc 2- Peach Swirl]
Hargrove, Roy ( Roy Hargrove's Crisol ) - Grande-Terre
Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol [Indie Exclusive Crystal Clear LP]
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman
Pete Townshend - Iron Man: The Musical By Pete Townshend [Half-Speed LP]
Pete Townshend - Psychoderelict (Music Only) [Half-Speed 2 LP]
Marty Robbins - Return Of The Gunfighter
DJ Rude One - Upper Space [LP]
Bear Hands - The Key to What [banana peel colored vinyl]
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What's New 10-18-24
Expanded Deluxe Edition of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ classic 1982 album Long After Dark, featuring “You Got Lucky,” “Straight Into Darkness” and “Change Of Heart.” Includes 12 bonus tracks, 7 of which are previously unreleased. Coincides with the re-release of Cameron Crowe’s 1983 documentary special for MTV.
Pianist and composer Aaron Parks returns with the third studio album from his acclaimed band Little Big, featuring guitarist Greg Tuohey, bassist David Ginyard Jr., and drummer Jongkuk Kim. The collective's concise, accessible writing elevates the band's powerfully modern, post-genre concept for improvised music in the 21st century.
Global superstar Dean Lewis releases his hotly anticipated third studio album The Epilogue. Dean continues to write and perform with unmatched vulnerability, vibrancy, and vitality. As such, the album represents both the culmination of an incredible journey thus far and a harbinger for where he may go next.
New Release Round-Up 10-11-24
The Offspring - SUPERCHARGED - Concord Recordings
Following up on the global success of their album "Let The Bad Times Roll,"ť legendary So-Cal punk group The Offspring release their 11th album SUPERCHARGED. Produced by Bob Rock, the record continues the band's legacy with some of their best songwriting to date and unmatched musical energy.
Jelly Roll - Beautifully Broken - Republic Records
Jelly Roll - "Beautifully Broken" [Clear/Gold Splatter LP] Beautifully Broken is the new studio album from Jelly Roll, releasing October 11, 2024 and featuring the hit single "I Am Not Okay. " Clear/Gold Splatter LP. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive. EXPLICIT
Samara Joy - Portait - Verve
Born out of her time on the road, Samara Joy took her touring band into legendary Van Gelder Studios in February of 2024. This record, appropriately entitled Portrait, is a collection of standards (as well as one original) and features her singular voice, alongside arrangements from this tight-knit young group. The recording tells the story of the community she’s created with a new generation of young players and is evocative of the energy of her incredible live show.
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue - Blue Note Records
Guitarist Kenny Burrell debuted on Blue Note Records in 1956 and over the following 7 years made a series of excellent albums for the label that culminated with his masterwork Midnight Blue. Recorded in 1963, the album waded deep into the blues, conjuring an alluring late-night vibe with a profoundly soulful cast including tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Major Holley, Jr., drummer Bill English, and Ray Barretto on congas. Burrell originals including “Chitlins con Carne,” “Midnight Blue,” “Saturday Night Blues,” and the stunning solo guitar piece “Soul Lament” set the tone for this timeless classic adorned by one of the all-time great Reid Miles cover designs.
Hank Mobley - Soul Station - Blue Note Records
Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 7, 1960 with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey, but on that day the quartet laid down what would become his masterpiece: Soul Station. The crystalline six-song set was a showcase for Mobley’s lyrical flow from the breezy opening take on Irving Berlin’s “Remember” through bluesy originals like “Dig Dis” and the title track, and the swinging up-tempo numbers “This I Dig of You” and “Split Feelin’s.” Soul Station endures as a jazz classic for the ages.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Lady Gaga - Harlequin [Red LP]
Linda Lindas - No Obligation [Indie Exclusive Translucent Pink LP]
Various Artists - Punk Goes Christmas [Ruby Red LP]
Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue (20th Anniversary Edition) [White 2 LP]
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco - Celia & Johnny [LP]
Touche Amore - Spiral In A Straight Line [Indie Exclusive Rose-Tinted LP]
Go Team - Thunder Lightning Strike [Indie Exclusive]
Teddy & Rough Riders - Down Home [Indie Exclusive]
Immanual Wilkins - Blues Blood [2 LP]
Ensemble Paramirabo - Voix Jetees [CD]
The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics And Covers [Transparent Amber 2 LP]
Old Dominion - Odies But Goodies
Abstract Crimewave - Longest Night
Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues In My DNA [Blue LP]
Chat Pile - Cool World [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition] (Ylw)
Chesterfield Kings - We're Still All The Same
Current Joys - East My Love - Olive [Colored Vinyl]
Dawes - Oh Brother [Colored Vinyl]
Def Leppard - One Night Only: Live At The Leadmill, Sheffield
Steve Earle - Alone Again (Live)
E L U C I D - REVELATOR [Compact disc]
Myles Kennedy - The Art Of Letting Go [Indie exclusive]
Justin Moore - This Is My Dirt [Dirt Color LP]
Woody Platt - Far Away With You
Propaganda - Propaganda [Colored Vinyl] (Org)
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