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2024/03/22 |
&Team |
First Howling: WE (standard ver.) |
Pop |
602455566348 |
EMI |
CD |
5556634 |
2024/03/22 |
A Bad Diana |
The Lights Are On But No-One's Home
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February 2 street date. A Bad Diana is a project from Diana Rogerson, who released The Lights Are On But No-One's Home on CD in 2007. Featuring ultra hypno, soulful reverberations with the deep emotion of Diana's voice tones and bio-vibrations. RIYL: Nurse With Wound, Fistfuck.
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Electronic |
4250101457609 |
OPTIMO MUSIC ARCHIV |
LP |
OMARCHIV003LP |
2024/03/22 |
A Lot Like Birds |
No Place (repress) |
Alternative/Punk |
794558023832 |
EQUAL VISION |
LP |
79455802383 |
2024/03/22 |
A Lot Like Birds |
Conversation Piece (repress) |
Alternative/Punk |
794558026918 |
EQUAL VISION |
LP |
79455802691 |
2024/03/22 |
A Lot Like Birds |
Divisi (repress) |
Alternative/Punk |
794558031936 |
EQUAL VISION |
LP |
79455803193 |
2024/03/22 |
Aili |
Nandakke?
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March 22 street date. A kaleidoscopic sonic riot, Nandakke? is the hotly anticipated debut album from Japanese-Belgian duo Aili . Featuring ten tracks of surreal electro-pop, joyful electronica, house music and more, Nandakke? is a euphoric album that sees Aili Maruyama and Orson Wouters more than fulfil the promise of their acclaimed debut EP. Recorded over the course of six months in Orson's studio, packed full of vintage synths, Nandakke? captures the spontaneous spirit and creativity of those sessions. Exchanging riffs and rhythms, bouncing sounds and samples off each other, Aili and Orson would let the music take them where it wanted. The result -- an album full of wild ideas and bold, playful experimentation. One minute a pulsing electro-pop number featuring Aili's dad discussing his takoyaki (battered octopus) recipe, the next an explosive high energy workout song like "Up & Down." Whether Aili's singing about the language she invented with her father over the years to bridge the gap between them, the idiosyncratic Japanese relationship to fashion, or riffing on children's playground songs, the result is a remarkable album that defies easy categorization.
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Electronic |
5414166673247 |
ESKIMO |
LP |
ESK667324 |
2024/03/22 |
Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin |
C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin To Hamburg
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March 22 street date. This new album rounds off the complete recordings of the symphonies of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach that the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin began over two decades ago. The final batch offers the quintessence of his art, revealing the full originality of Johann Sebastian's inspired son, whose freedom and inventiveness paved the way for Haydn and Mozart.
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Classical |
3149020950456 |
HARMONIA MUNDI |
CD |
HMM902317 |
2024/03/22 |
Alestorm |
Voyage of the Dead Marauder EP |
Metal |
810135716796 |
NAPALM |
CD |
81013571679 |
2024/03/22 |
Alestorm |
Voyage of the Dead Marauder EP |
Metal |
810135716802 |
NAPALM |
12"EP |
81013571680 |
2024/03/22 |
Alice In Chains |
Jar of Flies EP (12" black vinyl-remastered) 30th Ann. |
Alternative/Rock |
196588003714 |
LEGACY |
12"EP |
19658800371 |
2024/03/22 |
Alphaville |
A Night at the Philharmonie Berlin (2CD/DVD) w/German Film Orch Babelsberg |
Rock/Pop |
885470032115 |
EARMUSIC |
CD |
88547003211 |
2024/03/22 |
Andre 3000 |
New Blue Sun (3LP-180g black vinyl) |
Ambient |
196588147517 |
EPIC |
LP |
19658814751 |
2024/03/22 |
Andre 3000 |
New Blue Sun (2CD) |
Ambient |
196588147524 |
EPIC |
CD |
19658814752 |
2024/03/22 |
Andres, Timo |
The Blind Banister (w/Metropolis Ensemble) |
Classical |
075597899894 |
NONESUCH |
CD |
2726374 |
2024/03/22 |
AO Music |
Otherness |
World |
829492701628 |
ABBEYWOOD |
CD |
AWR7016 |
2024/03/22 |
Apparition |
Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State
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March 22 street date. California death metal force APPARITION will release their new album “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” on March 22. The follow-up to 2021’s lauded “Feel” sees the band traverse further into the realms of otherworldly doom-riddled progressive dark death metal. Since the conception of the band, APPARITION has been about creating an individualized version of death metal, all the while paying homage to its ancestors. “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” offers a dynamic range, from the brutal to the beautiful. A still expanding glimpse into the APPARITION cannon. A lathe of infinite death remaking itself—horrific and pristine. “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” was produced by APPARITION bassist Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, Deadbody) in The Pit Recording Studio and Electrical Audio respectively and mastered by Nick Townsend at Infrasonic Sound.
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Metal |
843563172353 |
PROFOUND LORE |
CD |
PFL314 |
2024/03/22 |
Apparition |
Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State
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March 22 street date. California death metal force APPARITION will release their new album “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” on March 22. The follow-up to 2021’s lauded “Feel” sees the band traverse further into the realms of otherworldly doom-riddled progressive dark death metal. Since the conception of the band, APPARITION has been about creating an individualized version of death metal, all the while paying homage to its ancestors. “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” offers a dynamic range, from the brutal to the beautiful. A still expanding glimpse into the APPARITION cannon. A lathe of infinite death remaking itself—horrific and pristine. “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” was produced by APPARITION bassist Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, Deadbody) in The Pit Recording Studio and Electrical Audio respectively and mastered by Nick Townsend at Infrasonic Sound.
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Metal |
843563172322 |
PROFOUND LORE |
LP |
PFL314LP |
2024/03/22 |
Axe |
Offering (remastered)
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March 22 street date. The name Axe probably conjures up visions of a seething and full-on heavy metal band and, although there's nothing wrong with that, this band are far more nuanced. In fact, the band's music, whilst definitely hard rock, is imbued with accessible elements of melody and precision. Initially named Babyface, they mutated into Axe after a couple of years and signed to MCA, issuing two reasonably well received albums of pomp/melodic rock before switching record label to ATCO Records and releasing ‘Offering’ in 1982. Produced by manager Al Nalli, the record gave the band a new lease of life and attracted praise for its direct approach and concise song writing. It was also a record that found the band playing to bigger audiences in the USA, supporting the Scorpions, KISS, and Judas Priest, whilst attracting unexpected airplay with songs such as ‘Rock 'N' Roll Party In The Streets’ and ‘Now Or Never’. It also includes a superlative cover of the Montrose classic ‘I Got The Fire’, which manages to burn as brightly as the original. Dipping back into their more complex previous music, the six minute long ‘Silent Soldiers’ showcases the band in full-on pomp rock glory but with a much heavier edge than they had before.
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Hard Rock |
5056321670168 |
ROCK CANDY |
CD |
CANDY460 |
2024/03/22 |
Band Whose Name Is A Symbol |
Verdun
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March 22 street date. Verdun is the newest studio LP from The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol. Verdun contains three monstrous compositions where shimmering tones unfold into sinister drone-territory which resemble German pioneers Neu!. TBWNIS are one of the essential groups of the world's psychedelic underground and Verdun is a freaked-out trip.
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Rock/Pop |
769791985858 |
FEEDING TUBE |
LP |
FTR756LP |
2024/03/22 |
Beans |
Boots N Cats
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March 22 street date. Serving up eleven tracks of rhythmic garage-psych goodness, ‘Boots N Cats’ is the third full-length from Melbourne outfit Beans, and the first of two albums set for release in 2024. It's a record that finds Beans frontman (and The Murlocs drummer) Matt Blach putting percussion at centre-stage. What emerges from the beat-first approach on ‘Boots N Cats’ charts mutant garage-rock boogies and festival tent psychedelia, by way of blissed-out funk instrumentals. The line is constantly skirted between a loose, carefree vibe and interesting, meticulous musicianship - never falling into the trap of taking itself too seriously.
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Alternative |
5060978393011 |
FUZZ CLUB RECORDS |
CD |
FC225CD |
2024/03/22 |
Beans |
Boots N Cats (180g-clear red vinyl)
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March 22 street date. Serving up eleven tracks of rhythmic garage-psych goodness, ‘Boots N Cats’ is the third full-length from Melbourne outfit Beans, and the first of two albums set for release in 2024. It's a record that finds Beans frontman (and The Murlocs drummer) Matt Blach putting percussion at centre-stage. What emerges from the beat-first approach on ‘Boots N Cats’ charts mutant garage-rock boogies and festival tent psychedelia, by way of blissed-out funk instrumentals. The line is constantly skirted between a loose, carefree vibe and interesting, meticulous musicianship - never falling into the trap of taking itself too seriously.
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Alternative |
5060978392977 |
FUZZ CLUB RECORDS |
LP |
FC225V12 |
2024/03/22 |
Bendigo Fletcher |
Two Things at Once |
Alternative |
075678610639 |
ELEKTRA |
LP |
1610639 |
2024/03/22 |
BlackHawk |
Greatest Hits Live (purple vinyl)
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March 22 street date. For the first time ever on vinyl, a spectacular concert experience from modern country icons BlackHawk, filmed and recorded live in 2008. Includes exciting performances of the band's singles "Goodbye Says It All," "Every Once In Awhile," and "There You Have It," plus many more fan favourites.
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Country |
889466475313 |
CLEOPATRA |
LP |
CLE4753 |
2024/03/22 |
Blink 182 |
Buddah (coke bottle green vinyl) |
Punk |
889466516016 |
KUNG FU |
LP |
KNGF5160 |
2024/03/22 |
Boldy James |
1Lb (clear with orange galaxy coloured)
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March 22 street date. Boldy James and Belgian producer Your Boy Posca join forces to create a new sound within Boldy's world of countless, yet quality, projects. With a classy, laid back approach of grimy soul samples and spooky 1980s aesthetic, the tape flows flawlessly top to bottom as Boldy paints a unique portrait of a Midwest drug dealer. This is a vinyl/cassette exclusive release, so it's not going to be on streaming, minus one single.
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Hip Hop |
630130886580 |
NEAR MINT |
LP |
NMLT0123 |
2024/03/22 |
Bourbon Boys |
Forever Rebels
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March 22 street date. After a ten-year hiatus, the Swedish country band Bourbon Boys announces that their brand-new album Forever Rebels will be out on Faravid Recordings. Forever Rebels is the third album in the band's discography, and is preceded by Shotguns, Trucks & Cattle (2013) and Hail to the Chief (2013). The band has previously been awarded two Swedish Gold Awards; for the singles "Hillbilly Heart" ( Shotguns, Trucks & Cattle ) and "Taxman" ( Hail to the Chief ). Forever Rebels delivers a classic guitar-driven country sound with influences taken from, among others, seventies outlaw legends and rocking country from the later decades. The album offers ripping chickien pickin' guitars and steady trainbeats -- but also low-key ballads with lyrics that tell about broken lives, an unforgiving nature, and indomitable love. Each of the tracks can be linked to a moment in the daily life on the countryside, written with words deeply rooted in a hard-working rebel heart, with love for family, the animals and freedom.
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Rock/Pop |
7332181117769 |
FARAVID |
CD |
FARACD006CD |
2024/03/22 |
Bourbon Boys |
Forever Rebels
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March 22 street date. After a ten-year hiatus, the Swedish country band Bourbon Boys announces that their brand-new album Forever Rebels will be out on Faravid Recordings. Forever Rebels is the third album in the band's discography, and is preceded by Shotguns, Trucks & Cattle (2013) and Hail to the Chief (2013). The band has previously been awarded two Swedish Gold Awards; for the singles "Hillbilly Heart" ( Shotguns, Trucks & Cattle ) and "Taxman" ( Hail to the Chief ). Forever Rebels delivers a classic guitar-driven country sound with influences taken from, among others, seventies outlaw legends and rocking country from the later decades. The album offers ripping chickien pickin' guitars and steady trainbeats -- but also low-key ballads with lyrics that tell about broken lives, an unforgiving nature, and indomitable love. Each of the tracks can be linked to a moment in the daily life on the countryside, written with words deeply rooted in a hard-working rebel heart, with love for family, the animals and freedom.
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Rock/Pop |
7332181117738 |
FARAVID |
LP |
FARALP006LP |
2024/03/22 |
Brown, Zac Band |
From the Road Vol. 1: Covers (2LP-electric blue vinyl) |
Country |
851636005644 |
FUGITIVE |
LP |
85163600564 |
2024/03/22 |
Butthole Surfers |
Psychic..Powerless..Another Man's Sac
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March 22 street date. Butthole Surfers and Matador Records present the 2024 remastered reissue of "Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac". It's the band's first full-length studio album, and the first to feature the playing of second drummer Teresa Nervosa, hired shortly after the release of their self-titled EP. The album shows the band taking a more radical psychedelic shift in style from their earlier surreal punk sound. The Surfers make heavy use of tape editing and unusual instrumentation to create a bewildering, almost nightmarish atmosphere prevalent throughout the album. This album has since been highly lauded by critics, who consider it one of the Butthole Surfers' best efforts.
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Alternative |
191401205610 |
MATADOR |
LP |
OLE2056LP |
2024/03/22 |
Butthole Surfers |
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
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March 22 street date. Butthole Surfers and Matador Records present the 2024 remastered reissue of "Rembrandt Pussyhorse", the band's second full-length studio album. Originally released in April 1986 on Touch And Go, the 13-track album is arguably the most experimental release in Butthole Surfers' considerably experimental catalog. Making heavy use of in-studio tape editing and sound modulation, the album adds piano, organ, and violin, among other sounds, to their then-usual battery of electric guitar, bass, and dual drummers. "Rembrandt Pussyhorse" is America viewed through a kaleidoscope of Woodstock's brown acid.
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Alternative |
191401205719 |
MATADOR |
LP |
OLE2057LP |
2024/03/22 |
Butthole Surfers |
PCPPEP
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March 22 street date. Butthole Surfers and Matador Records present the 2024 remastered reissue of "PCPPEP". The 1984, 7-track LP was recorded live at the Meridean in San Antonio and includes standouts "Cowboy Boy", "Wichita Cathedral", and "Something She Said To Me". It was one of the essential releases during the band's strange, grotesque, and ultimately unparalleled first decade.
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Alternative |
191401206211 |
MATADOR |
LP |
OLE2062LP |
2024/03/22 |
Cannibal Corpse |
Chaos Horrific (red & orange ink spots vinyl) |
Metal |
039842521633 |
METAL BLADE |
LP |
03984252163 |
2024/03/22 |
Carpool |
My Life In Subtitles
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March 22 street date. Sometimes, it's good to take a step back and remember why you started doing something in the first place. That's what Carpool decided to with "My Life In Subtitles", a record that both harks back to the purity of their beginnings but which also evolves their sound at the same time. Recorded with Jay Zubricky (Every Time I Die, Pentimento, Marigold), "My Life In Subtitles" is an album with a cohesive thematic and musical narrative. Carpool have long since achieved and outgrown their initial goal of playing Rochester's 200 capacity Bug Jar venue, but their hometown is still embedded in their DNA. This record is a wonderful homage to where they're from - and also serves as a warning to the rest of the world what Rochester has already known for years.
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Alternative |
603967184419 |
SIDEONEDUMMY |
LP |
SD18441 |
2024/03/22 |
Cathubodua |
Interbellum
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March 22 street date. "Interbellum" is a storm with whom Cathubodua will enrapture fans of symphonic metal from all over the world. The album tells the tale of the creation and destruction of a war goddess - from high hopes, power, and dreams, to love lost and how to deal with an eternal burning guilt. These intense emotions are musically displayed in a more grandiose and intense way than the band ever did before, incorporating more ideas and influences from heavier metal genres this time."Interbellum" hits you in the face, not just emotionally and lyrically but also musically.
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Metal |
4028466913807 |
MASSACRE |
CD |
MASD1380 |
2024/03/22 |
Celtic Woman |
20 (20th Anniversary) (180g) |
Celtic |
602458676594 |
CAPITOL |
LP |
1000141769 |
2024/03/22 |
Celtic Woman |
20 (20th Anniversary) (gold vinyl-180g) |
Celtic |
602458676679 |
CAPITOL |
LP |
1000141770 |
2024/03/22 |
Chesney, Kenny |
Born |
Country |
093624847236 |
WARNER NASHVILLE |
CD |
2726193 |
2024/03/22 |
Civerous |
Maze Envy (black vinyl)
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March 22 street date. Upon hearing "Decrepit Flesh Relic", the first album from Civerous, one was left with a feeling of intense suffocating weight and agonal prostration in the service of bone-breaking death hymns. With their towering new album, "Maze Envy", L.A.' most creatively destructive death/doom ensemble let loose a freshly evolved but no less brutal conflagration of immersive horror and morbid lamentation. Where death/doom may often stay in safe and unadventerous realms of narrow focus, "Maze Envy" presents a more far-reaching breadth of ambition, where unusual technicality, progressive atmospheres, string flourishes, and chaotic mysticism radiate a purple light of the soul's ascension from the black oceans of dread Civerous inhabit. Chain-dragging dirge, blackened blasting, and the savage ferocity of Lord Foul's hellish vocal exorcisms exalt "Mazy Envy" with a hellish grandeur within its myriad paths to oblivion. With its massively crushing sound, "Maze Envy" is end times music for an age in which that reckoning feels unfathomably close.
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Metal |
810079501625 |
20 BUCK SPIN |
LP |
SPIN180 |
2024/03/22 |
Civerous |
Maze Envy
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March 22 street date. Upon hearing "Decrepit Flesh Relic", the first album from Civerous, one was left with a feeling of intense suffocating weight and agonal prostration in the service of bone-breaking death hymns. With their towering new album, "Maze Envy", L.A.' most creatively destructive death/doom ensemble let loose a freshly evolved but no less brutal conflagration of immersive horror and morbid lamentation. Where death/doom may often stay in safe and unadventerous realms of narrow focus, "Maze Envy" presents a more far-reaching breadth of ambition, where unusual technicality, progressive atmospheres, string flourishes, and chaotic mysticism radiate a purple light of the soul's ascension from the black oceans of dread Civerous inhabit. Chain-dragging dirge, blackened blasting, and the savage ferocity of Lord Foul's hellish vocal exorcisms exalt "Mazy Envy" with a hellish grandeur within its myriad paths to oblivion. With its massively crushing sound, "Maze Envy" is end times music for an age in which that reckoning feels unfathomably close.
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Metal |
810079501632 |
20 BUCK SPIN |
CD |
SPIN180CD |
2024/03/22 |
Civerous |
Maze Envy (purple/magenta vinyl)
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March 22 street date. Upon hearing "Decrepit Flesh Relic", the first album from Civerous, one was left with a feeling of intense suffocating weight and agonal prostration in the service of bone-breaking death hymns. With their towering new album, "Maze Envy", L.A.' most creatively destructive death/doom ensemble let loose a freshly evolved but no less brutal conflagration of immersive horror and morbid lamentation. Where death/doom may often stay in safe and unadventerous realms of narrow focus, "Maze Envy" presents a more far-reaching breadth of ambition, where unusual technicality, progressive atmospheres, string flourishes, and chaotic mysticism radiate a purple light of the soul's ascension from the black oceans of dread Civerous inhabit. Chain-dragging dirge, blackened blasting, and the savage ferocity of Lord Foul's hellish vocal exorcisms exalt "Mazy Envy" with a hellish grandeur within its myriad paths to oblivion. With its massively crushing sound, "Maze Envy" is end times music for an age in which that reckoning feels unfathomably close.
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Metal |
810079501618 |
20 BUCK SPIN |
LP |
SPIN180X |
2024/03/22 |
Clark, Gary Jr. |
JPEG RAW (2LP) |
Rock/Blues |
093624873105 |
WARNER |
LP |
1687345 |
2024/03/22 |
Clark, Gary Jr. |
JPEG RAW (2LP-bone colored vinyl/indie exclusive) |
Rock/Blues |
093624869085 |
WARNER |
LP |
1695260 |
2024/03/22 |
Clark, Gary Jr. |
JPEG RAW (2LP-180g/ltd ed.) |
Rock/Blues |
093624847762 |
WARNER |
LP |
1726170 |
2024/03/22 |
Clark, Gary Jr. |
JPEG RAW |
Rock/Blues |
093624873099 |
WARNER |
CD |
2873099 |
2024/03/22 |
Coltrane, Alice |
The Carnegie Hall Concert (2CD) |
Jazz |
602458828689 |
VERVE |
CD |
5882868 |
2024/03/22 |
Coltrane, Alice |
The Carnegie Hall Concert (2LP) |
Jazz |
602458828696 |
VERVE |
LP |
5882869 |
2024/03/22 |
Computer Station |
Froggystyle
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March 22 street date. Utter and complete frog frenzy on Studio Barnhus as Computer Station (label veteran Your Planet Is Next plus label newcomer Kablam ) take you on a ribbeting ride, leaping right into a lily-pad-laden wonderland where the basslines forever croak in unison. Club-optimised mixdowns, advanced computer graphics courtesy of Dennis Vera and not a BPM count under 149 guarantee that this record will make a proper splash in the frogstep scene!
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Electronic |
196922828003 |
STUDIO BARNHUS |
12"EP |
BARN095EP |
2024/03/22 |
Corea, Chick |
Sardinia (2LP)
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March 22 street date. Jazz master Chick Corea's unconventional vision of a classical performance shines through in his interaction with the Orchestra da Camera Della Sardegna, turning the acclaimed chamber orchestra into a large-scale jazz ensemble. His unorthodox approach adds a touch of playfulness to the Mozart and Gershwin pieces performed while upholding Corea's obvious reverence for their music. His joyous fusion sets the tone for the musicians and the audience, creating a truly captivating and boundary pushing experience. The recording captures the essence of Corea's musical vision, his appreciation for classical traditions, and his undeniable genius as a performer and improviser. It stands as a testament to his lasting influence and his eternal quest to push the boundaries of music. Through his work as a composer and a performer, he sought to bridge the gap between genres, embracing the universality and enduring power of classical music. Corea realized this ambition fully during this live performance as was eager to release the recording as an album that would inspire jazz and classical music lovers equally.
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Jazz |
708857331116 |
CANDID |
LP |
CAN33111 |
2024/03/22 |
Cotton, Alison |
Engelchen
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March 22 street date. Engelchen literally translates as "little angels". What's more, for many in the febrile, dangerous era of the 1930s in Nazi-occupied Europe, as they wrote letters to arrange their paths out of danger as refugees, these were Ida and Louise Cook. Ida and Louise spent much of their early years in Sunderland, and in adulthood lived in a suburb of London with their parents. These resourceful and eccentric women were using their musical obsessions as a means to help dozens of refugees escape with their lives. Their secretive heroics now almost beggar belief, and when Alison Cotton, herself from Sunderland, first discovered their story, she couldn't understand why it wasn’t more widely known. Furthermore, she was inspired by their courage, fortitude and derring-do to compose "Engelchen", a musical tribute to the duo's lives and work. Throughout, this story is relayed by Alison, whether acapella or by means of richly emotive string arrangements, with a deftness of touch, sensitivity and intensity that matches the feverish nature of the experiences and the unforgiving environs in which they took place. Limited to 210 copies worldwide.
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Alternative |
5056321642226 |
ROCKET RECORDINGS |
LP |
LAUNCH339 |
2024/03/22 |
Critical Defiance |
The Search Won't Fall
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March 22 street date. The Chilean metal force known as Critical Defiance have something for every thrash fan out there. Not in the sense of being homogenized and generic, but in their alchemical and nearly magical melding of blitzkrieg tempos, dizzying technicality, aggressive shouts and gang vocals, and - rarest of all for a post-1990 thrash act - a healthy dose of actual, memorable melody. Now about to drop their third full-length "The Search Won't Fall" like a bomb from a warplane, they have added a new element to the mix: just a taste of the eerie melancholy and harsh melodrama of black metal. The addition of Mauricio Toledo on guitar (just prior to their previous album) has pushed their music in new directions. That black metal aspect - some tremelo riffing, some blastbeats, bits of a distinctly new melodic sensibility - lends the album an updated feeling that sets it apart from its predecessors, while by no means abandoning the thrash foundation that has served them so well. Three albums in, Critical Defiance are poised to deliver their most ferocious work yet. Angry yet uplifting, full of the spirit of true metal both old and new, it's a record that only these guys could make.
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Metal |
616422145122 |
UNSPEAKABLE AXE |
CD |
UAR081 |