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Music Releases 09-22-23
- James Blake
Playing Robots Into Heaven [LP]
Video PlayARt - Petey
USA [LP] - Doja Cat
Scarlet - Briston Maroney
Ultrapure [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Olive Green LP] - Chappell Roan
The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess [2 LP]
Video - Chai
Chai [LP]
Video - SOUTHALL
Southall
Video - Bleach Lab
Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness [LP]
Video PlayARt - Carrie Underwood
Denim & Rhinestones [Deluxe Edition]
Video PlayARt - Stephen Sanchez
Angel Face [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold LP]
Free Stuff - Teenage Fanclub
Nothing Lasts Forever [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Peak LP] - Staind
Confessions Of The Fallen [Limited Edition LP] - Kylie Minogue
Tension [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Translucent Orange LP] - Chase Atlantic
Beauty In Death: Reissue [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP] - Breeders
Last Splash: 30th Anniversary Edition [Deluxe 2LP + 12in] - Denzel Curry
32 Zel [Neon Yellow LP] - Ben Goldsmith
The World Between My Ears [LP] - Devendra Banhart
Flying Wig [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Blue LP] - Paul Rodgers
Midnight Rose [LP] - Andy Taylor
Man's A Wolf To Man [Limited Edition White LP] - Lil Tecca
TEC - Palms
Palms: 10th Anniversary Edition [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White 2LP] - Various Artists
More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith - August Burns Red
Found In Far Away Places [Bone LP] - Yoke Lore
Toward a Never Ending New Beginning [LP] - Cannibal Corpse
Chaos Horrific [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fog LP] - Final Gasp
Mourning Moon [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition SeaBlackGalaxy LP] - Buddy & Julie Miller
In The Throes [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Autographed Seaglass Blue LP] - Brent Cobb
Southern Star [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Coke Bottle Clear LP] - LE SSERAFIM
UNFORGIVEN [Limited Edition A] [CD+Photobook] - Matteo Bocelli
Matteo - Sarah McLachlan
Surfacing [LP] - CRi
Miracles [LP] - Grails
Anches En Maat [LP] - Slaughter Beach, Dog
Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling [Green LP] - Underscores
Wallsocket [2LP]
Current Week
Music Releases 09-29-23
Ed Sheeran is releasing his new album Autumn Variations on September 29 through Gingerbread Man Records. The album has been produced by Aaron Dessner and features 14 new tracks.
“Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded,” says Ed Sheeran.
“When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.”
“My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations’, where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”
Jason Isbell's songs are filled with ghosts. They're haunted by spirits both welcome and unwelcome, by the personal and historical legacies that make us who we are. Nowhere Is this more evident than on his 2013 breakthrough album Southeastern. Isbell offers confessions. reflections. and promises that contront and make communion with those who have come before and remain wIth us still. Its twelve tracks represent an extended meditation on the concept articulated by another celebrated southern storyteller, author William Faulkner: "The past is never dead. It isn't even past."
Wilco’s thirteenth studio album, Cousin, was recorded in the band’s legendary Chicago studio – The Loft – over a period of two years. The ten new tracks are written by band leader Jeff Tweedy and feature musical performances by the longtime lineup of Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, John Stirratt, Pat Sansone and, of course, Tweedy on lead vocals.
After a short detour back into their country-influenced roots via last year’s Cruel Country double album, Cousin sees Wilco back in their more familiar progressive and experimental rock territory. Tweedy’s singular songwriting voice is in full evidence, with lyrics weaving across a variety of topics – from the iconoclastic to the introspective.
Adding a unique and new element to the recording process was the attachment of Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon as producer – the first time an outsider has been actively involved in a Wilco recording session for more than ten years, since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Le Bon brought her unique musical perspective to the band’s trademark sound and provided them with an inspiring new challenge to push their musical boundaries.
Green Day
Dookie: 30th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Deluxe Brown 6LP Box Set]
Vinyl: $174.98 Buy
Green Day’s third studio album Dookie was released in February 1994, and has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the US (RIAA Diamond certified). The album is an iconic punk-rock-pop masterpiece and one of the most influential and defining albums of the 1990’s. It spawned five hit singles that are still hugely popular songs: “Longview”, “Basket Case”, “Welcome to Paradise”, “When I Come Around”, and “She”.
Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Sets (vinyl and CD) will be released on September 29, 2023, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this landmark album.
In addition to the original album, the super deluxe box sets will include a wealth of rare and unreleased material. The legendary Woodstock ’94 performance is included – previously released as a very limited Record Store Day vinyl release. The 6 LPs (or 4 CDs) also feature 17 unreleased demos, 6 studio outtakes (3 unreleased), and a 17-track unreleased club show from Barcelona in 1994.
The deluxe vinyl box features the six LPs pressed on 6 different varieties of brown vinyl, plus a 36-page 12” x 12” book. The box also includes many fun memorabilia items inspired by the “Dookie” artwork: Doggie Poop Bags, Air-Freshener, Poster, Color-in litho, Button Set, Magnet Sheet, Postcard, Bumper Sticker and Paper Plane.
The CD box includes 4 CDs (the same audio content as the vinyl box), 48-page book, Button Set, Air-Freshener, Magnet and two stickers.
At this point, it is almost impossible to say what makes for a classic Animal Collective album; the standard fluctuates with the weather, your temperament, whatever chemicals may or may not waft through your mind. But from start to finish, first listen to last, Isn’t It Now? absolutely lands as a classic, its mix of playfulness and earnestness, glittery pop and tessellated textures seeming to synthesize and update all that has ever made and still makes this band so compelling. It is experienced and wise, energized and young, the work of four people committed to finding the frontier of a beginner’s mind, together. Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Russell Elevado (D’Angelo, The Roots, Kamasi Washington).
Steve Miller Band
The Joker: 50th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold LP]
Vinyl: $29.99 Buy
Steve Miller Band’s eighth studio album, The Joker, was a huge turning point for the band. Released in 1973, the platinum-certified record features the #1 title track which became a worldwide hit. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, this limited-edition gold vinyl pressing is available exclusively through indie retail stores.
Also Available 2CD, Super Deluxe Edition 3LP + 7in, Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold LP
The Family Business compiles the Jonas Brothers’ hit singles together in one collection alongside two tracks from DNCE and four tracks from Nick Jonas’ solo albums. The release serves as a companion piece to their current live show dates (entitled “The Tour”) and their most recent studio release The Album which reached the top 3 in the USA and the UK upon release in May 2023. 2023 has been a busy year for the trio that has also included an appearance on Saturday Night Live, a sold-out residency on Broadway, tour dates at Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field and Dodger Stadium, and a collaboration with TOMORROW X TOGETHER. In July, the recent Streamy Award winners announced an extension for “The Tour” with added dates in North America into December 2023, as well as shows in Australia, New Zealand and across Europe in 2024.
Jorja Smith
falling or flying [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP with Exclusive Booklet]
Vinyl: $29.98 Buy
A first time to vinyl reissue treatment of HAIM’s chart-topping debut album Days Are Gone, in celebration of the 10th anniversary. Featuring the six singles, ‘Forever’, ‘Don’t Save Me’, ‘Falling’, ‘The Wire’, ‘If I Could Change Your Mind’ & ‘My Song 5’, the record hasn’t been reissued since its release in 2013. Housed in an entirely new package, the album features a track list compiled by the band of their favorite demos and remixes on transparent green vinyl. Also features an exclusive fold out poster.
Usher's second album, My Way, established him as a young and skillful R&B artist with slow jams and memorable guest artists. The 25th Anniversary Edition includes alternative album art that pays homage to the original cover from 1997 and a 2nd LP of 3 re-imagined tracks, “You Make Me Wanna… ,” “Nice & Slow,” and “My Way” by James Carr.
RSD Essential 043 * Includes 4 Bonus Tracks* Celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Neighbourhood's debut album "I Love You." with the new 180g 2-LP exclusively at Independent Record Stores as an RSD Essentials title. The new edition includes bonus tracks from the EPs "Thank You" and "I'm Sorry..." as well as the band’s hit songs "Sweater Weather" and “Afraid.”
The story of Howdies All Around is the story of a group of friends getting together to share songs around a campfire. At it’s heart is a love for the hard scrabble heroes of Country Music’s early days and the freewheeling feeling of the Outlaw era. Howdies All Around bares bones that are the musical styles of Appalachia and the old Blues that came together to create a distinctly American art form. The six members of The Howdies each bring a unique musical background that combines to create a singular sound. Their Athens, Ga home has long been an artistic haven for all genres of music and an open forum for shared expression. The result is a place where outsiders flourish and the rules of musical tradition are often bent or even broken with a wink and a smile. Produced by David Barbe and T. Hardy Morris and recorded at Chase Park Transduction, only Athens could create a group like The Howdies and a record like Howdies All Around. A little bit loose, a little bit home made but over flowing with the love of friendship and the sheer joy of creating something new.
Alicia Keys, Kris Bowers, Vitamin String Quartet
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Covers from the Netflix Series) [LP]
Vinyl: $28.98 Buy
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Covers from the Netflix Series) features instrumental covers of modern pop classics from Beyonce, SZA, Whitney Houston, & more, plus a newly recorded reimagining of “If I Ain’t Got You” By Alicia Keys and Queen Charlotte’s Global Orchestra. Also featuring the original song “A Feeling I’ve Never Been” by Kris Bowers and Tayla Parx available on black vinyl.
It’s been four years since Cherry Glazerr released their resplendent third album Stuffed and Ready, but Clementine Creevy has been in no rush. “I’ve spent these years taking a hard look at myself, at my relationships, and writing about it,” she says. “I guess I’m coming to terms with a lot of my bullshit.” Cherry Glazerr has been on the road more often than not since Creevy was still in high school, and when the pandemic hit, she immersed herself in a static existence she’d been deprived of.
Creevy describes Cherry Glazerr’s ambitious new album, I Don’t Want You Anymore, as some of her most personal, raw music to date, a collection of songs that elaborate on this period of self-reckoning. It’s the first she’s produced since Cherry Glazerr’s garage rock debut, Haxel Princess, released nearly a decade ago when Creevy was a teenager.
Escape The Fate
This Wars Is Ours: 15th Anniversary Edition [White w/Red & Green Splatter LP]
Vinyl: $26.98 Buy
After a year of drama and speculation, Escape the Fate return stronger and heavier than ever. Their sophomore release, This War Is Ours, marks the debut of singer Craig Mabbit (formerly of Bless the Fall) and has all the elements that made Dying is Your Latest Fashion such an immediate success. The blistering guitars, beyond-heavy breakdowns and an in-your-face attitude remain, and the addition of Craig’s mad vocal skills - from the deepest growls to the most emotive harmonies - propels ETF beyond the fray. From the formidable breakdowns of “The Flood,” to radio-ready heartbreak in “Something,” to the theatricality of “It’s Just Me,” Escape The Fate proves this is a band destined to triumph. First time pressing on limited edition White with Red & Green splatter vinyl to celebrate the album’s 15th anniversary!
Blonde Redhead return with ‘Sit Down for Dinner,’ their first album in nine years and debut for section1. Its title a nod to the often-sacred communal ritual of sharing a meal with those you love, this immersive, meticulously crafted album appropriately serves an expression of persistent togetherness — a testament to the unique internal logic Blonde Redhead have refined over their three-decade existence. Formed in the 1993 New York indie underground, Blonde Redhead quickly found a place on Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley’s label, Smells Like, before releasing beloved records on Touch & Go and 4AD that traced an arc from angular indie-rock to cosmopolitan art pop. The trio might have been a quintessential ’90s band, if not for the fact that they continuously kept going, growing, never confined to any era but the present. Ultimately, ‘Sit Down for Dinner’ lands as perhaps the strongest record in a 30-year catalog that’s already as illustrious as it is varied. Understated yet visceral melodies charge each song, creating a foil to lyrics about the inescapable struggles of adulthood: communication breakdown in enduring relationships, wondering which way to turn, holding onto your dreams.
Ricky Montgomery - Rick / Richard Owen Holmes Montgomery, known professionally as Ricky Montgomery, is an American singer-songwriter. In 2020, his songs went viral on TikTok, leading to being signed with Warner Records later that year. Vinyl LP pressing.
Multi-platinum artist Thomas Rhett is no stranger to success, having been honored with eight ACM Awards, two CMA Awards, five GRAMMY nominations, plus trophies from the CMT Music Awards, Billboard Awards and iHeartRadio Awards. The hitmaker recently added a new achievement to his growing resume, earning 20 number ones in a matter of just ten years. 20 Number Ones celebrates this career milestone and features his earliest hits as well as more recent chart-topping songs.
‘Metallic Spheres’ by The Orb and David Gilmour, the guitar and voice of Pink Floyd, has been reimagined and remixed as ‘Metallic Spheres In Colour.’ Of this rework, producer Youth says ‘The idea for Metallic Spheres In Colour, was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn't really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets Wish You Were Here. So, I asked him why don't we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it's almost like a completely different album.’
On Yard, Wisconsin-bred, Chicago-based four-piece Slow Pulp nes- tles comfortably into pockets of nuance, impressions, contradictions— sonics and lyrics finessed together to bottle the specific tension of a feeling you’ve never quite been able to find the right words for. In that regard, listening to Slow Pulp can feel like being in a room with someone who’s known you so long that they can read your every micro-expression and pinpoint exactly how you’re feeling before you can. Perhaps this spawns from the band’s own shared history and chemistry; in various ways, the four of them grew up—are still grow- ing up—together.
The dreamy songs of the Midwest indie rock outfit draw on moody shoegaze, hooky grunge, and intimate lo-fi fare. The band made their full-length debut with Moveys in 2020. After the downcast 2021 7” Deleted Scenes, they put the focus on hooky grunge pop for singles like 2021’s “In Too Deep” and 2023’s “Cramps.” Yard is their second full-length album and first for ANTI-.
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Miley Cyrus’ 3x Platinum album Bangerz. Reflect back on when Miley Used To Be Young by revisiting the beloved original hits such as “Wrecking Ball,” “We Can’t Stop,” and “Adore You,” in an updated packaging featuring never seen before photos and the bonus track “23” with Mike WiLL Made-It.
Del Water Gap is the solo project of songwriter and producer S. Holden Jaffe, which has grown from a bedroom setup to a nationally touring band since releasing his self-titled debut LP in 2021. The album features tracks “Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat” (performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers), “Perfume” (Top #8 Most Spun at SiriusXM), “Sorry I Am” (Triple J’s Best New Music)” and more. In addition to a run of sold out headline dates in the US and UK/EU, Del Water Gap has recently been on the road with Maggie Rogers, Arlo Parks, girl in red and Jeremy Zucker. His sophomore album I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet will be out this fall.
Best listened to from inside the womb, Duster’s 1998’s debut Stratosphere simultaneously capped off and reinvented the slow core’s first wave. A four track dreamscape that will wake the neighbors and then lull them back to sleep. Hazy, arpeggiated guitars layer over a deliberate drummer with no real place to be, as semi-inaudible vocals warn of millennial malaise and subtly encourage the listener to “rock out, rock out, rock out, rock out.” This foil stampled and numbered 25th anniversary edition is pressed on 180G vinyl and comes with a lyric sheet and poster.
Ice Nine Kills
The Silver Scream [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver Scream Splatter 2LP]
Vinyl: $29.98 Buy
The female-led discodelic soul band Say She She, named as a silent nod to Nile Rodgers (Chest chi-chi!: It's Chic!), release their sophomore album Silver on the heels of an epic break-out year that grows brighter by the day.
Setting, befitting its name—which can be read as noun or verb, and simultaneously suggests the sun, or any star in the firmament from our earthbound perspective; a story and its surroundings, its scenic context or mise en scčne; or a psychedelic experience, as in the prescription to mind one’s “set and setting”—arose outdoors, uncontained and unconstrained by architecture. The group’s debut recording Shone a Rainbow Light On traverses textural, phosphorescent topography with a certified organic folk-engine. Kosmische correspondences are inevitable and valid, but also somewhat deceptive, given this meditative music’s terrestrial rootedness in the familiar natural world, more in native humus and humidity than in outer space. Fueled by a vibratory hybrid of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, these four stately longform pieces sound like a UFO slowly sinking into a peat bog (or, as we call it in North Carolina, a pocosin).
3xLP * tri-color handmade color-in-color vinyl * 9 bonus tracks * gatefold* Limited to 500
GRAMMY winning album Black Radio III is just the latest historic milestone in the decade-long Black Radio series. An ongoing project, evolving over time, perhaps never complete but anchored in its creative commitment to celebrating black excellence in music. As a next chapter Glasper releases Black Radio III: Supreme Edition on vinyl for the 1st time. A 3xLP, in a gatefold jacket, with tri-color handmade color-in-color vinyl, & 9 bonus tracks (Mac Miller, Bilal, PJ Morton, India.Arie, & more)!
Next Week
Music Releases 10-06-23
- A Day To Remember
For Those Who Have Heart [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink Splatter LP]
- Reba McEntire
Not That Fancy [2LP]
Video - Darius Rucker
Carolyn’s Boy [LP]
Video PlayARt - Mac Miller
NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert [Translucent Blue LP]
- Mac Miller
Swimming 5-Year Anniversary [Milky Clear/Hot Pink/Sky Blue Marble 2LP]
- Run The Jewels
Run The Jewels: 10th Anniversary [Split Coloured 2LP]
Video PlayARt - Big Pun
Capital Punishment [2LP]
- Lil Peep
Hellboy [Cloudy Red 2LP]
Video - NCT 127
The 5th Album 'Fact Check' [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition]
Video - Meat Puppets
Up On The Sun: Remastered [LP]
Video - Meat Puppets
In A Car: Remastered [LP]
Video - Meat Puppets
Camp Songs: Remastered [LP]
Video - Teddy Swims
I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) [Clear LP]
Video PlayARt - Iron Savior
Firestar [Limited Edition Transparent Purple LP]
- Roger Waters
The Darkside Of The Moon Redux [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue 2LP]
- John R. Miller
Heat Comes Down [LP]
- Tre Burt
Traffic Fiction [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red LP]
- Joe Bonamassa
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 [Blue LP]
- Meernaa
So Far So Good [Cloudy Clear LP]
- Claire Rosinkranz
Just Because [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear LP]
- The Steel Woods
On Your Time [LP]
- Oneohtrix Point Never
Again [Blue 2LP]
- The White Stripes
The Complete John Peel Sessions
- Laufey
Typical Of Me EP [Gold Vinyl]
- Sam Gendel
AUDIOBOOK [Deluxe Edition LP+Book]
- Iration
Daytrippin [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
- Tom Waits
Bone Machine: Remastered Edition [LP]
Video - Tom Waits
The Black Rider: Remastered Edition [LP]
Video - BoyWithUke
Lucid Dreams
- Anoushka Shankar
Chapter I: Forever, For Now [LP]
- Citizen
Calling the Dogs [Brown LP]
- Hunny
Hunny's New Planet Heaven
- Dogstar
Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees [LP]
- Chadio
Cousin Of Lucy [LP]
- Colbie Caillat
Along The Way [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Teal LP]
- Mary Lattimore
Goodbye, Hotel Arkada [Inkwell LP]