Please note new street date: April 26. Four Tet has announced a new album, "Three". Spanning eight tracks, it marks the UK producer's first full-length release since 2020's "Parallel". Recent singles "Loved" and "Three Drums" appear on the new record, in addition to the newly unveiled cut "Daydream Repeat".
April 26 street date. When the pandemic began, and the world shut down, so did the process of creating for Iron & Wine's Sam Beam. In its place was a domesticity that the singer hadn't felt in a long time, and although it was filled with many rewards, making music was not one of them. The journey back began with a recording session in Memphis to record a handful of Lori McKenna tracks for the EP "Lori" with friend and producer Matt Ross-Spang. The cathartic experience reconnected Beam with his love for making music, and soon enough the paralysis had passed, and he was finishing lyrics and booking studio time for what would become "Light Verse". Beam lyrically once again takes focus on a series of both fictional and personal insights, filled with desperate characters and wide-eyed optimists, offering promise and a dose of heartache, tears and laughter, life and love. While this may be Iron & Wine's most playful record, Beam says the title mostly reflects the way the songs were born with joy after the heaviness and anxiety of the pandemic. Fashioned as an album that should be taken as a whole, it sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake.
April 26 street date. When the pandemic began, and the world shut down, so did the process of creating for Iron & Wine's Sam Beam. In its place was a domesticity that the singer hadn't felt in a long time, and although it was filled with many rewards, making music was not one of them. The journey back began with a recording session in Memphis to record a handful of Lori McKenna tracks for the EP "Lori" with friend and producer Matt Ross-Spang. The cathartic experience reconnected Beam with his love for making music, and soon enough the paralysis had passed, and he was finishing lyrics and booking studio time for what would become "Light Verse". Beam lyrically once again takes focus on a series of both fictional and personal insights, filled with desperate characters and wide-eyed optimists, offering promise and a dose of heartache, tears and laughter, life and love. While this may be Iron & Wine's most playful record, Beam says the title mostly reflects the way the songs were born with joy after the heaviness and anxiety of the pandemic. Fashioned as an album that should be taken as a whole, it sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake.
April 26 street date. If the Chateau Marmont could sing. This would be it. Loren Kramar's voice vibrates with the shameless hum of a room after a celebrity exits. Ecstatic aspiration. Doubt. Proximity. Desire. The album "Glovemaker" is about the skins we craft to be seen by the world, and Loren reminds us that we are all in drag. All exposed. No matter what gloves we slip on. Loren has always been obsessed with fame. Not with famous people, but with the electricity that perverts attention - the crushing desire to be truly seen. And all of Loren, and this obsession, is in this album. He grew up in the Valley, forced to hide his Barbies from his father, so the closet was a gorgeous Spanish ranch house on a gilded cul-de-sac crawling with celebrities. Naturally this gay boy wanted to be a child star so his mother secretly shuttled him to tap and jazz and figure skating lessons. This is a songwriter's album. Loren's lyrics are all his, and you feel it with every bright, Maraschino-cherry-like word that falls from his lips. Part poet, part theatrical diva, Loren loops together the tragedy of breathing on this planet, because like Eartha Kitt or Cat Stevens, Loren is at his core an incredible story teller. This whole album is a shrine, a mantle atop a blazing fire of life, spread with the memorabilia of Loren; all of the pain and lust dazzling on unabashed view.
April 26 street date. If the Chateau Marmont could sing. This would be it. Loren Kramar's voice vibrates with the shameless hum of a room after a celebrity exits. Ecstatic aspiration. Doubt. Proximity. Desire. The album "Glovemaker" is about the skins we craft to be seen by the world, and Loren reminds us that we are all in drag. All exposed. No matter what gloves we slip on. Loren has always been obsessed with fame. Not with famous people, but with the electricity that perverts attention - the crushing desire to be truly seen. And all of Loren, and this obsession, is in this album. He grew up in the Valley, forced to hide his Barbies from his father, so the closet was a gorgeous Spanish ranch house on a gilded cul-de-sac crawling with celebrities. Naturally this gay boy wanted to be a child star so his mother secretly shuttled him to tap and jazz and figure skating lessons. This is a songwriter's album. Loren's lyrics are all his, and you feel it with every bright, Maraschino-cherry-like word that falls from his lips. Part poet, part theatrical diva, Loren loops together the tragedy of breathing on this planet, because like Eartha Kitt or Cat Stevens, Loren is at his core an incredible story teller. This whole album is a shrine, a mantle atop a blazing fire of life, spread with the memorabilia of Loren; all of the pain and lust dazzling on unabashed view.
April 26 street date. If the Chateau Marmont could sing. This would be it. Loren Kramar's voice vibrates with the shameless hum of a room after a celebrity exits. Ecstatic aspiration. Doubt. Proximity. Desire. The album "Glovemaker" is about the skins we craft to be seen by the world, and Loren reminds us that we are all in drag. All exposed. No matter what gloves we slip on. Loren has always been obsessed with fame. Not with famous people, but with the electricity that perverts attention - the crushing desire to be truly seen. And all of Loren, and this obsession, is in this album. He grew up in the Valley, forced to hide his Barbies from his father, so the closet was a gorgeous Spanish ranch house on a gilded cul-de-sac crawling with celebrities. Naturally this gay boy wanted to be a child star so his mother secretly shuttled him to tap and jazz and figure skating lessons. This is a songwriter's album. Loren's lyrics are all his, and you feel it with every bright, Maraschino-cherry-like word that falls from his lips. Part poet, part theatrical diva, Loren loops together the tragedy of breathing on this planet, because like Eartha Kitt or Cat Stevens, Loren is at his core an incredible story teller. This whole album is a shrine, a mantle atop a blazing fire of life, spread with the memorabilia of Loren; all of the pain and lust dazzling on unabashed view.
April 26 street date. Mike Kinsella's work over the years with his various musical endeavors has been nothing short of foundational, from early days with Cap'n Jazz right up until recently with American Football's unforeseen and excellent second act. On the new Owen album, "The Falls Of Sioux", Kinsella returns with the followup to 2020's critically acclaimed album, "The Avalanche", and delivers the most ambitious and varied album of his career. Produced by S. Carey, Zach Hanson, and Kinsella, "The Falls Of Sioux finds Mike taking risks like never before, both lyrically and musically. Featuring lavish string arrangements, vocal contributions from Cacie Dalager (Now, Now), Kinsella's iconic guitar and drumming styles, and even a spoken word vignette, the album is an exciting departure from Kinsella's previous work, while still retaining what makes Owen albums so fascinating and replayable.
April 26 street date. Mike Kinsella's work over the years with his various musical endeavors has been nothing short of foundational, from early days with Cap'n Jazz right up until recently with American Football's unforeseen and excellent second act. On the new Owen album, "The Falls Of Sioux", Kinsella returns with the followup to 2020's critically acclaimed album, "The Avalanche", and delivers the most ambitious and varied album of his career. Produced by S. Carey, Zach Hanson, and Kinsella, "The Falls Of Sioux finds Mike taking risks like never before, both lyrically and musically. Featuring lavish string arrangements, vocal contributions from Cacie Dalager (Now, Now), Kinsella's iconic guitar and drumming styles, and even a spoken word vignette, the album is an exciting departure from Kinsella's previous work, while still retaining what makes Owen albums so fascinating and replayable.
April 26 street date. Stars' breakthrough sophomore album "Heart" was recorded in the bedroom of keyboard player Chris Seligman on Avenue Mont-Royal in Montreal and released in 2003. A description at the time pinned the band as more New Order and Saint Etienne than Smiths, and with male and female vocals, the band comes across as an electro-pop Belle And Sebastian. The New York Times praised the album as: "Lovely. Romantic. Devastating... words often used to describe the soothing sounds of Stars. Adjectives aside, one thing is for certain: Stars have a knack for writing gently devastating pop songs". Pressed on 140 gram opaque pink blue vinyl. Includes a new original poem from Torquil Campbell, plus new words from Amy Millan. Also includes an origami heart (with instructions) inside. Limited to 750 copies worldwide.
May 3 street date. English pop/goth band The Bolshoi were different. Their songs were dark and subversive, sufficient evidence for many critics to corral them under the "gothic" banner at the time of their debut - but they really only "flirted" with goth. They oozed dark, pensive lyrics supported with inventive pop-goth guitar making them nearly impossible to categorize. They released three albums during their existence, but they also recorded a fourth album that was never officially released during their tenure. Provisionally titled "Country Life", the album was originally released in 2015 as part of a limited 5-CD box set. Beggars Arkive is excited to now release it on vinyl for the first time. "Country Life" consists of demos recorded for the album (many of these only survived on reference cassettes but were digitally restored), along with a brand new acoustic reimagining of the song "Dolores Jones" that singer/guitarist Trevor Tanner recorded specifically for this release.
May 3 street date. "Look to the East, Look to the West", the new album by Camera Obscura, is a revelation. The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfit, reuniting with producer Jari Haapalainen, have crafted an album that simultaneously recalls why longtime fans have ferociously loved them for decades while also being their most sophisticated effort to date. It is also the most hard-fought album of Camera Obscura's career. Following the 2015 passing of founding keyboardist and friend Carey Lander (to whom the penultimate track "Sugar Almond" is addressed), the band went into an extended hiatus. They remained in contact, but their status was uncertain until they announced their return, having been invited to perform as part of Belle And Sebastian's 2019 Boaty Weekender cruise festival, along with a pair of sold-out warm-up shows in Glasgow. "Look to the East, Look to the West" feels big, a widescreen reframing of Camera Obscura's sound that, paradoxically, saw the band go back to basics - there are no string or brass arrangements, with more emphasis placed on piano, synthesizers, Hammond organ, and drum machines, and, perhaps most strikingly, the group have dropped the veil of reverb that characterized their previous albums.
May 3 street date. "Look to the East, Look to the West", the new album by Camera Obscura, is a revelation. The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfit, reuniting with producer Jari Haapalainen, have crafted an album that simultaneously recalls why longtime fans have ferociously loved them for decades while also being their most sophisticated effort to date. It is also the most hard-fought album of Camera Obscura's career. Following the 2015 passing of founding keyboardist and friend Carey Lander (to whom the penultimate track "Sugar Almond" is addressed), the band went into an extended hiatus. They remained in contact, but their status was uncertain until they announced their return, having been invited to perform as part of Belle And Sebastian's 2019 Boaty Weekender cruise festival, along with a pair of sold-out warm-up shows in Glasgow. "Look to the East, Look to the West" feels big, a widescreen reframing of Camera Obscura's sound that, paradoxically, saw the band go back to basics - there are no string or brass arrangements, with more emphasis placed on piano, synthesizers, Hammond organ, and drum machines, and, perhaps most strikingly, the group have dropped the veil of reverb that characterized their previous albums.
May 3 street date. "Look to the East, Look to the West", the new album by Camera Obscura, is a revelation. The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfit, reuniting with producer Jari Haapalainen, have crafted an album that simultaneously recalls why longtime fans have ferociously loved them for decades while also being their most sophisticated effort to date. It is also the most hard-fought album of Camera Obscura's career. Following the 2015 passing of founding keyboardist and friend Carey Lander (to whom the penultimate track "Sugar Almond" is addressed), the band went into an extended hiatus. They remained in contact, but their status was uncertain until they announced their return, having been invited to perform as part of Belle And Sebastian's 2019 Boaty Weekender cruise festival, along with a pair of sold-out warm-up shows in Glasgow. "Look to the East, Look to the West" feels big, a widescreen reframing of Camera Obscura's sound that, paradoxically, saw the band go back to basics - there are no string or brass arrangements, with more emphasis placed on piano, synthesizers, Hammond organ, and drum machines, and, perhaps most strikingly, the group have dropped the veil of reverb that characterized their previous albums.
May 3 street date. It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become "Lost Themes", his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With "Lost Themes IV: Noir", they've struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first "Lost Themes", John has referred to these compositions as "soundtracks for the movies in your mind". On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs "noirish" is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in connected in an emotional way.
May 3 street date. It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become "Lost Themes", his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With "Lost Themes IV: Noir", they've struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first "Lost Themes", John has referred to these compositions as "soundtracks for the movies in your mind". On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs "noirish" is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in connected in an emotional way.
May 3 street date. It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become "Lost Themes", his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With "Lost Themes IV: Noir", they've struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first "Lost Themes", John has referred to these compositions as "soundtracks for the movies in your mind". On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs "noirish" is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in connected in an emotional way.
May 3 street date. It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become "Lost Themes", his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With "Lost Themes IV: Noir", they've struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first "Lost Themes", John has referred to these compositions as "soundtracks for the movies in your mind". On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs "noirish" is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in connected in an emotional way.
May 3 street date. It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become "Lost Themes", his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With "Lost Themes IV: Noir", they've struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first "Lost Themes", John has referred to these compositions as "soundtracks for the movies in your mind". On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs "noirish" is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in connected in an emotional way.
May 3 street date. After successful tours with Militarie Gun and Together Pangea and hometown support, Death Lens is poised to release their latest album, "Cold World". 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. 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.
May 3 street date. After successful tours with Militarie Gun and Together Pangea and hometown support, Death Lens is poised to release their latest album, "Cold World". 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. 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.
May 3 street date. "Pull The Rope", the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhard-led outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexiness of their music remains, but, further honing the edge of their acclaimed 2022 album "Electricity", the connection they aim to foster has shifted venues from the sunny buoyancy of a sunlit festival to a sweat-soaked, all-night dance club. Williams and Grunhard attribute this shift to a matter of collaborators, recording "Pull The Rope" with Sheffield-based producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.) over the course of two weeks. The way the pair wrote songs changed significantly - rather than Eno penning lyrics to music generated by Max and company's jamming, Orton started with Eno and Max writing together before adding the band. With less time in the studio and a new way of considering how they built songs, the duo found making decisions about the sound of "Pull The Rope" quicker and more instinctual than before.
May 3 street date. "Pull The Rope", the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhard-led outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexiness of their music remains, but, further honing the edge of their acclaimed 2022 album "Electricity", the connection they aim to foster has shifted venues from the sunny buoyancy of a sunlit festival to a sweat-soaked, all-night dance club. Williams and Grunhard attribute this shift to a matter of collaborators, recording "Pull The Rope" with Sheffield-based producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.) over the course of two weeks. The way the pair wrote songs changed significantly - rather than Eno penning lyrics to music generated by Max and company's jamming, Orton started with Eno and Max writing together before adding the band. With less time in the studio and a new way of considering how they built songs, the duo found making decisions about the sound of "Pull The Rope" quicker and more instinctual than before.
May 3 street date. "Pull The Rope", the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhard-led outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexiness of their music remains, but, further honing the edge of their acclaimed 2022 album "Electricity", the connection they aim to foster has shifted venues from the sunny buoyancy of a sunlit festival to a sweat-soaked, all-night dance club. Williams and Grunhard attribute this shift to a matter of collaborators, recording "Pull The Rope" with Sheffield-based producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.) over the course of two weeks. The way the pair wrote songs changed significantly - rather than Eno penning lyrics to music generated by Max and company's jamming, Orton started with Eno and Max writing together before adding the band. With less time in the studio and a new way of considering how they built songs, the duo found making decisions about the sound of "Pull The Rope" quicker and more instinctual than before.
May 3 street date. Au cœur de sa vingtaine, alors qu’elle tentait d’apprivoiser la solitude liée à son célibat, l’artiste partageait son temps entre Montréal et Toronto, transformant graduellement son journal intime en chansons. « J’avais absolument aucune idée de ce que je faisais. J’essayais de fuir mon passé et je ne savais pas où aller. J’ai ri, j’ai pleuré, j’ai daté des gens, je me suis beaucoup plantée. C’est ma leçon d’amour, de vie et de pardon ». Pour appuyer la sortie de l’album Quarter Life Crisis, Laraw donnera deux spectacles de lancement : le 2 mai à Montréal et le 9 mai à Toronto. // In her twenties, as she tried to tame the loneliness of her celibacy, the artist divided her time between Montreal and Toronto, gradually transforming her diary into songs. "I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I was trying to run away from my past and I didn't know where to go. I laughed, I cried, I dated people, I messed up a lot. It's my lesson in love, life and forgiveness." To support the release of the album Quarter Life Crisis, Laraw will perform two launch shows: May 2 in Montreal and May 9 in Toronto.
May 3 street date. Since the release of their debut studio album "Do Hollywood" in 2016, The Lemon Twigs have waved the same revivalist torch as Alex Chilton and his Big Star crew, working to prove that archaic music from the 1960s and 70s can still be relevant in the digital world. Alongside peers like Foxygen and Drugdealer, The Lemon Twigs have explicitly documented a synchronistic blend of contemporary narrative motifs, old-school recording techniques, and flawless, consistent attitudes collaged from various crucial stages of rock 'n' roll. After a whirlwind 2023, Brian and Michael D'Addario are continuing the momentum of their own evolving vision and voice, distilling a history lesson of baroque and power pop into "A Dream Is All We Know". The album is grandiose yet grounded; meticulous, yet wild and glowing. "A Dream Is All We Know" is a profoundly dense and charged album, rife with string arrangements and a sonic thesis statement that has quaked through phases of glam, conceptualism, baroque, and Mustang-loud, stone-cold rock 'n' roll for more than half a century.
May 3 street date. Since the release of their debut studio album "Do Hollywood" in 2016, The Lemon Twigs have waved the same revivalist torch as Alex Chilton and his Big Star crew, working to prove that archaic music from the 1960s and 70s can still be relevant in the digital world. Alongside peers like Foxygen and Drugdealer, The Lemon Twigs have explicitly documented a synchronistic blend of contemporary narrative motifs, old-school recording techniques, and flawless, consistent attitudes collaged from various crucial stages of rock 'n' roll. After a whirlwind 2023, Brian and Michael D'Addario are continuing the momentum of their own evolving vision and voice, distilling a history lesson of baroque and power pop into "A Dream Is All We Know". The album is grandiose yet grounded; meticulous, yet wild and glowing. "A Dream Is All We Know" is a profoundly dense and charged album, rife with string arrangements and a sonic thesis statement that has quaked through phases of glam, conceptualism, baroque, and Mustang-loud, stone-cold rock 'n' roll for more than half a century.
May 3 street date. Since the release of their debut studio album "Do Hollywood" in 2016, The Lemon Twigs have waved the same revivalist torch as Alex Chilton and his Big Star crew, working to prove that archaic music from the 1960s and 70s can still be relevant in the digital world. Alongside peers like Foxygen and Drugdealer, The Lemon Twigs have explicitly documented a synchronistic blend of contemporary narrative motifs, old-school recording techniques, and flawless, consistent attitudes collaged from various crucial stages of rock 'n' roll. After a whirlwind 2023, Brian and Michael D'Addario are continuing the momentum of their own evolving vision and voice, distilling a history lesson of baroque and power pop into "A Dream Is All We Know". The album is grandiose yet grounded; meticulous, yet wild and glowing. "A Dream Is All We Know" is a profoundly dense and charged album, rife with string arrangements and a sonic thesis statement that has quaked through phases of glam, conceptualism, baroque, and Mustang-loud, stone-cold rock 'n' roll for more than half a century.
May 3 street date. "69 Love Songs", the landmark album by the Magnetic Fields, celebrates 25 years in 2024. In honour, Merge is releasing a Peak Vinyl anniversary edition on silver vinyl. Funny, smart, dark, memorable, and a lifetime's worth of listening. Stephin Merritt solidifies his songwriting genius on his "most ambitious and fully realized work" - AllMusic Guide. This vinyl reissue is remastered for vinyl and beautifully packaged in a 10" slipcase box with three double gatefold sleeves and a 24 page booklet. Limited to 2000 copies worldwide.
May 3 street date. Nigerien quartet Mdou Moctar present their blistering new album, "Funeral For Justice". Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019's breakout album "Afrique Victime", it captures the band in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild; the guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political; nothing is held back or toned down. "Funeral For Justice" speaks unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and the Tuareg people. "This album is really different for me", explains Moctar, the band's singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. "Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. when the U.S. and Europe came here, they said they're going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution". "Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I've been a part of it", says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017.
May 3 street date. Nigerien quartet Mdou Moctar present their blistering new album, "Funeral For Justice". Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019's breakout album "Afrique Victime", it captures the band in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild; the guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political; nothing is held back or toned down. "Funeral For Justice" speaks unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and the Tuareg people. "This album is really different for me", explains Moctar, the band's singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. "Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. when the U.S. and Europe came here, they said they're going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution". "Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I've been a part of it", says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017.
May 3 street date. Nigerien quartet Mdou Moctar present their blistering new album, "Funeral For Justice". Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019's breakout album "Afrique Victime", it captures the band in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild; the guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political; nothing is held back or toned down. "Funeral For Justice" speaks unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and the Tuareg people. "This album is really different for me", explains Moctar, the band's singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. "Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. when the U.S. and Europe came here, they said they're going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution". "Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I've been a part of it", says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017.
May 3 street date. Five years removed from their previous studio album, "Circles", P.O.D. returns with arguably their hardest-hitting record yet. "We're still here and creating some of the best music we've ever made", says guitarist Marcos Curiel. This go-round, however, P.O.D. decided to get back to the basics. "These songs are a throwback to me and remind me of the raw, unbridled energy of classic South San Diego P.O.D.", offers bassist Traa Daniels. Written over several years, with the band typically writing a tune or two at a time in L.A. with The Heavy, "Veritas" is a cannon shot of adrenaline to the ear drums. And for a band that has never shied away from wearing their heart on their sleeve, it's also one of the most emotionally inspired albums of their career.
May 3 street date. Five years removed from their previous studio album, "Circles", P.O.D. returns with arguably their hardest-hitting record yet. "We're still here and creating some of the best music we've ever made", says guitarist Marcos Curiel. This go-round, however, P.O.D. decided to get back to the basics. "These songs are a throwback to me and remind me of the raw, unbridled energy of classic South San Diego P.O.D.", offers bassist Traa Daniels. Written over several years, with the band typically writing a tune or two at a time in L.A. with The Heavy, "Veritas" is a cannon shot of adrenaline to the ear drums. And for a band that has never shied away from wearing their heart on their sleeve, it's also one of the most emotionally inspired albums of their career.
May 3 street date. Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader Kamasi Washington presents his new double-LP, "Fearless Movement", via Young. Washington calls "Fearless Movement" his dance album. "It's not literal. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it's the same thing as music - xpressing your spirit through your body. That's what this album is pushing". Where previous projects dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, this record focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. The album features Washington's daughter - who wrote the melody to "Asha The First" during some of her first experimentations on the piano - as well as a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke, and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra. Further enlisted are lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat, and more.
May 3 street date. Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader Kamasi Washington presents his new double-LP, "Fearless Movement", via Young. Washington calls "Fearless Movement" his dance album. "It's not literal. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it's the same thing as music expressing your spirit through your body. That's what this album is pushing". Where previous projects dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, this record focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. The album features Washington's daughter - who wrote the melody to "Asha The First" during some of her first experimentations on the piano - as well as a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke, and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra. Further enlisted are lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat, and more.
May 3 street date. Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader Kamasi Washington presents his new double-LP, "Fearless Movement", via Young. Washington calls "Fearless Movement" his dance album. "It's not literal. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it's the same thing as music - xpressing your spirit through your body. That's what this album is pushing". Where previous projects dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, this record focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. The album features Washington's daughter - who wrote the melody to "Asha The First" during some of her first experimentations on the piano - as well as a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke, and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra. Further enlisted are lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat, and more.
May 10 street date. First new album from acclaimed, forward-thinking indie artist Amen Dunes since the beloved 2018 album "Freedom", and his first album on Sub Pop Records. With "Death Jokes", for the first time since the project's incarnation in 2006, the spiritual reflections and meditations of Amen Dunes are turned away from himself, and out sharply towards the world. The album is also a drastic turn musically and thematically, rooted in the electronic music of raves and of rap music he grew up with but never imagined himself able to make, playing like a scathing electronic essay on America's culture of violence, dominance, and destructive individualism. The work on "Death Jokes" began just weeks before the first word of the pandemic came in the winter of 2019; it was completed three years later as we began to emerge from the worst. The album's meaning morphed as the pandemic went on, first a reflection on our attachment to form, and to ourselves, and then shifting into a solemn indictment of our culture's blind spots as we misjudge and attack, veiled self-centeredness and self-importance masquerading as morality.
May 10 street date. First new album from acclaimed, forward-thinking indie artist Amen Dunes since the beloved 2018 album "Freedom", and his first album on Sub Pop Records. With "Death Jokes", for the first time since the project's incarnation in 2006, the spiritual reflections and meditations of Amen Dunes are turned away from himself, and out sharply towards the world. The album is also a drastic turn musically and thematically, rooted in the electronic music of raves and of rap music he grew up with but never imagined himself able to make, playing like a scathing electronic essay on America's culture of violence, dominance, and destructive individualism. The work on "Death Jokes" began just weeks before the first word of the pandemic came in the winter of 2019; it was completed three years later as we began to emerge from the worst. The album's meaning morphed as the pandemic went on, first a reflection on our attachment to form, and to ourselves, and then shifting into a solemn indictment of our culture's blind spots as we misjudge and attack, veiled self-centeredness and self-importance masquerading as morality.
May 10 street date. The pair named themselves Bibi Club for the discotheque in their living room, where the couple's bibis - their loved ones - come and dance. The duo formed by Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque explore emotional and physical territories, overcoming obstacles with intense, raw yet benevolent radicalism. A former member of the very first exclusively female scout group, Les Guides, Adèle reconnects with the values that made her who she is: courage, perseverance, sisterhood, friendship. The years she spent in that community, discovering nature and developing intense relationships, became part of her identity and informed her writing, all the way to the creation of "Feu de garde". The influence of Moondog, Stereolab, and, more than ever, Suicide can be heard in the direct, singular approach of the album, which also features group chants inspired by Girl Guide outings in the woods. Pushing back the boundaries of genres and letting their creativity run free, Bibi Club fill "Feu de garde"with relentless rhythms. On stage Adèle grabs percussion instruments and takes risks. Liberated, seductive, undeniable.
May 10 street date. The pair named themselves Bibi Club for the discotheque in their living room, where the couple's bibis - their loved ones - come and dance. The duo formed by Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque explore emotional and physical territories, overcoming obstacles with intense, raw yet benevolent radicalism. A former member of the very first exclusively female scout group, Les Guides, Adèle reconnects with the values that made her who she is: courage, perseverance, sisterhood, friendship. The years she spent in that community, discovering nature and developing intense relationships, became part of her identity and informed her writing, all the way to the creation of "Feu de garde". The influence of Moondog, Stereolab, and, more than ever, Suicide can be heard in the direct, singular approach of the album, which also features group chants inspired by Girl Guide outings in the woods. Pushing back the boundaries of genres and letting their creativity run free, Bibi Club fill "Feu de garde"with relentless rhythms. On stage Adèle grabs percussion instruments and takes risks. Liberated, seductive, undeniable.
May 10 street date. “Mayday is an album that keeps on giving; every listen reveals additional nuances and every visit to the end- groove invites a return to the start.” -Lucy Sante In May 2024, Myriam Gendron comes back with her third full-length record, aptly titled Mayday. On Mayday, the artist showcases her love of traditional folklore music, drawing inspiration from the Appalachian variant of an English Christmas carol (“Lully Lullay”) and French Canadian sea shanties alike (“La belle Françoise (pour Sylvie)”). But the album is just as much an endorsement of Gendron’s talent as a singer-songwriter, as her bold poetic voice and musical arrangements shine on tracks such as country-folk ballad “Long Way Home”, rock and jazz infused closer “Berceuse”, cinematic 6-minutes long “Terres brûlées” or heartwarming instrumental interlude “La Luz”. On Mayday, she sings in both English and French, paying homage to various traditions across North America. Music critic Byron Coley writes: “Myriam has privately described the mood of Mayday as dark, in part due to the fact it was assembled after her mother’s passing, but she is always capable of balancing and blending emotional content in a way that makes it ultimately hopeful.” The album benefits from the precious contributions of renowned artists, collaborators and friends of Myriam, amongst which we can name Marisa Anderson, Jim White (‘Dirty Three’), Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Bill Nace and Zoh Amba.
May 10 street date. “Mayday is an album that keeps on giving; every listen reveals additional nuances and every visit to the end- groove invites a return to the start.” -Lucy Sante In May 2024, Myriam Gendron comes back with her third full-length record, aptly titled Mayday. On Mayday, the artist showcases her love of traditional folklore music, drawing inspiration from the Appalachian variant of an english Christmas carol (“Lully Lullay”) and french canadian sea shanties alike (“La belle Françoise (pour Sylvie)”). But the album is just as much an endorsement of Gendron’s talent as a singer-songwriter, as her bold poetic voice and musical arrangements shine on tracks such as country-folk ballad “Long Way Home”, rock and jazz infused closer “Berceuse”, cinematic 6-minutes long “Terres brûlées” or heartwarming instrumental interlude “La Luz”. On Mayday, she sings in both English and French, paying homage to various traditions across North America. Music critic Byron Coley writes: “Myriam has privately described the mood of Mayday as dark, in part due to the fact it was assembled after her mother’s passing, but she is always capable of balancing and blending emotional content in a way that makes it ultimately hopeful.” The album benefits from the precious contributions of renowned artists, collaborators and friends of Myriam, amongst which we can name Marisa Anderson, Jim White (‘Dirthy Three’), Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Bill Nace and Zoh Amba.
May 10 street date. “Mayday is an album that keeps on giving; every listen reveals additional nuances and every visit to the end- groove invites a return to the start.” -Lucy Sante In May 2024, Myriam Gendron comes back with her third full-length record, aptly titled Mayday. On Mayday, the artist showcases her love of traditional folklore music, drawing inspiration from the Appalachian variant of an english Christmas carol (“Lully Lullay”) and french canadian sea shanties alike (“La belle Françoise (pour Sylvie)”). But the album is just as much an endorsement of Gendron’s talent as a singer-songwriter, as her bold poetic voice and musical arrangements shine on tracks such as country-folk ballad “Long Way Home”, rock and jazz infused closer “Berceuse”, cinematic 6-minutes long “Terres brûlées” or heartwarming instrumental interlude “La Luz”. On Mayday, she sings in both English and French, paying homage to various traditions across North America. Music critic Byron Coley writes: “Myriam has privately described the mood of Mayday as dark, in part due to the fact it was assembled after her mother’s passing, but she is always capable of balancing and blending emotional content in a way that makes it ultimately hopeful.” The album benefits from the precious contributions of renowned artists, collaborators and friends of Myriam, amongst which we can name Marisa Anderson, Jim White (‘Dirthy Three’), Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Bill Nace and Zoh Amba.
May 10 street date. "1985" is a newly curated box set by The Waterboys' leader Mike Scott telling the story of the making of their landmark album "This Is The Sea" and the timeless single, "The Whole Of The Moon". The music is chronologically sequenced, taking the listener through 95 tracks over 6 CDs, including 64 previously unreleased recordings of home recordings, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, live recordings, and TV/radio sessions covering the recording process of the album along with the remastered version of the "This Is The Sea" album. The 56 page booklet contains recording details annotated by Mike Scott along with previously unseen photos.
May 17 street date. "Strictly Leakage" was a 2007 Christmas gift to fans in the form of a free download. The title was a nod to both leaking their own music as well as to the golden era hip-hop that inspired them. It sounded uniquely different from Atmosphere's recordings around this time. Ant was back digging into the funk and soul crates, producing sample driven tracks that sounded as if they were birthed alongside early hip-hop classics. Slug was rapping with a renewed passion, yet somehow sounded more casual and carefree, delivering endless wordplay with more technical rhyme patterns than their recent releases. Together, they created 13 exclusive songs that sounded as if they were having fun flexing different creative muscles without the pressure of any official album expectations - undoubtedly as rewarding an exercise for themselves as it was for the listeners. Soon after release, "Strictly Leakage" was briefly pressed on a limited run of vinyl and CD, but it wasn't long before they sold out, and fans were left chasing streams and digital files in order to hear it. Finally, the project returns to vinyl and CD so fans everywhere can own and appreciate this unique chapter in Atmosphere's story.
May 17 street date. "Strictly Leakage" was a 2007 Christmas gift to fans in the form of a free download. The title was a nod to both leaking their own music as well as to the golden era hip-hop that inspired them. It sounded uniquely different from Atmosphere's recordings around this time. Ant was back digging into the funk and soul crates, producing sample driven tracks that sounded as if they were birthed alongside early hip-hop classics. Slug was rapping with a renewed passion, yet somehow sounded more casual and carefree, delivering endless wordplay with more technical rhyme patterns than their recent releases. Together, they created 13 exclusive songs that sounded as if they were having fun flexing different creative muscles without the pressure of any official album expectations - undoubtedly as rewarding an exercise for themselves as it was for the listeners. Soon after release, "Strictly Leakage" was briefly pressed on a limited run of vinyl and CD, but it wasn't long before they sold out, and fans were left chasing streams and digital files in order to hear it. Finally, the project returns to vinyl and CD so fans everywhere can own and appreciate this unique chapter in Atmosphere's story.
May 17 street date. Music Theories Recordings and Mascot Label Group are proud to announce the latest live album from Ayreon, "01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves". Recorded live from a short run of shows in September 2023 at the 013 Tilburg in The Netherlands, this release is a must-have for Ayreon fans worldwide. Limited to 300 copies worldwide.
May 17 street date. Music Theories Recordings and Mascot Label Group are proud to announce the latest live album from Ayreon, "01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves". Recorded live from a short run of shows in September 2023 at the 013 Tilburg in The Netherlands, this release is a must-have for Ayreon fans worldwide. The 2CD and DVD feature 2 tracks not included on the vinyl configuration.
May 19 street date. Cold Hart is set to release his sixth studio project, Pretty In The Dark. As one of the co-founders of the Gothboiclique collective, alongside artists like Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Lil Peep, Fish Narc, YAWNS, and Lil Tracy, Cold Hart played a pivotal role in shaping a bold fusion of emo and hip hop. This unique blend infused a contemporary production sensibility into guitar riffs and samples, evoking a sense of instant nostalgia for those who grew up listening to bands like Linkin Park and Blink-182. In "Pretty In The Dark", Cold Hart showcases his versatility by exploring dreamy guitars, energetic grooves, and lively pop-punk riffs, transitioning towards an alternative/indie rock sound. Through numerous releases, his musical evolution has led him to hone in on traditional songwriting, aligning more closely with the influences of his formative years - whether it's the stylings of The Cure or Depeche Mode. These new tracks received a positive reception during Cold Hart's extensive US summer tour, where he captivated fans while sharing the stage with The Drums.
May 17 street date. Southern Death Cult formed in 1981, releasing their sole, self-titled album posthumously in 1983. That same year, Death Cult formed, with Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy joining forces for the first time, releasing two 12-inches which were subsequently combined and released as a CD in 2008. Now, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Cult, the duo have compiled tracks from the Death Cult era for a special release, "Paradise Now". Death Cult is a vital transmission from the generation of Shamanic post-punk gothic futurists. In late 2023, Astbury and Duffy reformed the project for a series of live performances including a sole U.S. date at The Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, and a limited run of U.K. shows. Death Cult became The Cult in 1984, releasing "Dreamtime" that same year. The seminal post-punk band has gone on to sell more than four million albums, with numerous Canadian and U.S. gold and platinum certifications. Ian Astbury (vocals) and Billy Duffy (guitar) have released 11 studio albums over The Cult's 40-year career.
May 17 street date. Over the course of the last two decades, of Montreal's creative force, Kevin Barnes, has been wowing fans with their vast catalog of endlessly fascinating pop and mesmerizing live shows. Barnes' songwriting and production aesthetic has since become iconic in the industry and has garnered massive critical acclaim in publications such as Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, and Pitchfork. Barnes' influence on pop music is undeniable, with multiple late night TV appearances, as well as brilliant collaborations with the likes of Solange, Janelle Monáe, Jon Brion, and others. On of Montreal's latest album, "Lady On The Cusp", Barnes shapeshifts between genres with each song. On some tracks, Barnes revisits sounds of late 1960s guitar pop and psychedelia reminiscent of 2013's "Lousy With Sylvianbriar", while other tracks showcase Barnes' love of experimental funk pop that has been present throughout much of the band's discography. "Lady On The Cusp" is another exciting listen from one of the most prolific and influential artists making music today.
May 17 street date. Over the course of the last two decades, of Montreal's creative force, Kevin Barnes, has been wowing fans with their vast catalog of endlessly fascinating pop and mesmerizing live shows. Barnes' songwriting and production aesthetic has since become iconic in the industry and has garnered massive critical acclaim in publications such as Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, and Pitchfork. Barnes' influence on pop music is undeniable, with multiple late night TV appearances, as well as brilliant collaborations with the likes of Solange, Janelle Monáe, Jon Brion, and others. On of Montreal's latest album, "Lady On The Cusp", Barnes shapeshifts between genres with each song. On some tracks, Barnes revisits sounds of late 1960s guitar pop and psychedelia reminiscent of 2013's "Lousy With Sylvianbriar", while other tracks showcase Barnes' love of experimental funk pop that has been present throughout much of the band's discography. "Lady On The Cusp" is another exciting listen from one of the most prolific and influential artists making music today.
May 17 street date. Shellac return with their sixth album, "To All Trains", their first album since 2014's "Dude Incredible". Shellac is still Steve Albini (guitar), Todd Trainer (drums), and Bob Weston (bass). Recording and mixing took place at Electrical Audio in Chicago over a bunch of long weekends between November 2017 and March 2022. The record was mastered by Bob and Steve at Chicago Mastering Service. As usual with Shellac, this record will have no formal promotion. There will be no advertisements, no press or radio promotion, no e-promotion, no promotional or review copies, no promotional gimmick items, and otherwise no free lunch.
May 17 street date. Shellac return with their sixth album, "To All Trains", their first album since 2014's "Dude Incredible". Shellac is still Steve Albini (guitar), Todd Trainer (drums), and Bob Weston (bass). Recording and mixing took place at Electrical Audio in Chicago over a bunch of long weekends between November 2017 and March 2022. The record was mastered by Bob and Steve at Chicago Mastering Service. As usual with Shellac, this record will have no formal promotion. There will be no advertisements, no press or radio promotion, no e-promotion, no promotional or review copies, no promotional gimmick items, and otherwise no free lunch.
May 17 street date. A collection of 12 dynamic songs that shakes up and revitalizes blues classics with a stripped-down, instinctive approach, Slash's "Orgy Of The Damned" creates a singular expression that pays homage to the blues. A great cover takes something old and makes it new again. This is the philosophy behind "Orgy Of The Damned", on which the acclaimed guitarist re-teamed with storied producer Mike Clink and enlisted the album's diverse guest vocalists, which include Gary Clark Jr., Billy F. Gibbons, Chris Stapleton, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Brian Johnson, Tash Neal, Chris Robinson, and Beth Hart. To round out his band in the studio and on the road, Slash reunited with two of his bandmates from his Blues Ball outfit in the 90s, bassist Johnny Griparic and keyboardist Teddy Andreadis, and brought on drummer Michael Jerome and singer/guitarist Tash Neal.
May 17 street date. A collection of 12 dynamic songs that shakes up and revitalizes blues classics with a stripped-down, instinctive approach, Slash's "Orgy Of The Damned" creates a singular expression that pays homage to the blues. A great cover takes something old and makes it new again. This is the philosophy behind "Orgy Of The Damned", on which the acclaimed guitarist re-teamed with storied producer Mike Clink and enlisted the album's diverse guest vocalists, which include Gary Clark Jr., Billy F. Gibbons, Chris Stapleton, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Brian Johnson, Tash Neal, Chris Robinson, and Beth Hart. To round out his band in the studio and on the road, Slash reunited with two of his bandmates from his Blues Ball outfit in the 90s, bassist Johnny Griparic and keyboardist Teddy Andreadis, and brought on drummer Michael Jerome and singer/guitarist Tash Neal.
By celebrating both well-known and largely undiscovered songs on Orgy of the Damned, SLASH offers a nostalgic nod to the past while reinvigorating the blues with his inimitable guitar playing and the spirit of collaboration.
May 17 street date. Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan (founding members of SQÜRL) return with a sonic exploration of the cinematic works of Dadaist pioneer Man Ray, a captivating project that melds music and film. Over the past eight years, SQÜRL have been enchanting audiences with their live scores to Man Ray's short films across sold-out shows in prestigious venues like the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The culmination of their endeavor took place in the spring of 2023, on the 100th anniversary of Man Ray's inaugural foray into filmmaking, when the newly restored "Return To Reason" - an anthology featuring four silent short films by Man Ray - premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Jarmusch and Logan, two multi-disciplinary artists known for their experimental prowess, approached these scores as a way to create an ecstatic state, a space between consciousness and unconsciousness, reality, and the surreal. The resulting album, "Music For Man Ray", born out of a live recording at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in February of 2023, features distorted guitars, hypnotic feedback, loops, and affected synthesizers.
May 17 street date. Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan (founding members of SQÜRL) return with a sonic exploration of the cinematic works of Dadaist pioneer Man Ray, a captivating project that melds music and film. Over the past eight years, SQÜRL have been enchanting audiences with their live scores to Man Ray's short films across sold-out shows in prestigious venues like the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The culmination of their endeavor took place in the spring of 2023, on the 100th anniversary of Man Ray's inaugural foray into filmmaking, when the newly restored "Return To Reason" - an anthology featuring four silent short films by Man Ray - premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Jarmusch and Logan, two multi-disciplinary artists known for their experimental prowess, approached these scores as a way to create an ecstatic state, a space between consciousness and unconsciousness, reality, and the surreal. The resulting album, "Music For Man Ray", born out of a live recording at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in February of 2023, features distorted guitars, hypnotic feedback, loops, and affected synthesizers.
May 17 street date. Recorded in a little bedroom studio out in Durham, North Carolina, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn's debut LP as Sylvan Esso arrived in 2014 at the juncture of pop and experimental. Even now, years later, the LP remains an urgent and fitting introduction to a push-and-pull that would go on to inform the duo's sound - a thoughtful headiness that also wants you to get out on the dance floor. A blend of analogue and digital, Meath and Sanborn were two unexpected puzzle pieces fitting together with singular ease, producing a ten-track LP that was both minimalist and shimmering, with dark undulations rippling beneath the synthy-surface and crystalline quality of Meath's voice. In honour of the record's ten year anniversary, North Carolina-based indie label Psychic Hotline will release a deluxe reissue of "Sylvan Esso", complete with previously unreleased material. The expanded edition also includes remixes from J Rocc, Rick Wade, Helado Negro, Dntel, and more.
May 17 street date. Recorded in a little bedroom studio out in Durham, North Carolina, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn's debut LP as Sylvan Esso arrived in 2014 at the juncture of pop and experimental. Even now, years later, the LP remains an urgent and fitting introduction to a push-and-pull that would go on to inform the duo's sound - a thoughtful headiness that also wants you to get out on the dance floor. A blend of analogue and digital, Meath and Sanborn were two unexpected puzzle pieces fitting together with singular ease, producing a ten-track LP that was both minimalist and shimmering, with dark undulations rippling beneath the synthy-surface and crystalline quality of Meath's voice. In honour of the record's ten year anniversary, North Carolina-based indie label Psychic Hotline will release a deluxe reissue of "Sylvan Esso", complete with previously unreleased material. The expanded edition also includes remixes from J Rocc, Rick Wade, Helado Negro, Dntel, and more. The deluxe 2LP package sports an all-over foil inversion of the original album's iconic foil "SE" logo.
May 17 street date. 1974's "Bridge Of Sighs" was Robin Trower's sophomore album following his departure from Procol Harum. Lauded critically and commercially a breakthrough, and accompanied by James Dewar on soulful vocal and bass duty and Reg Isidore underpinning their psychedelic blues sound with masterful drumming, the album saw Robin push his trio's initial concept into exciting new territory. Producer and former Procol Harum bandmate Matthew Fisher and Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick take on control room duties to help bring this stunning collection of songs together. 50 years later, the recordings have been newly mixed from the original tapes, and we are proud to present the most expansive version of the album to date. Disc1: the original album, remastered from the tape transfers. Disc 2: 2024 stereo mix along with a selection of outtakes and rarities never heard before and USA radio spots. Disc 3: Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, 29th May 1974, available in its entirety for the first time and newly remastered from the original tape transfers. The final disc is a Blu-ray with all the above plus a newly created stunning Dolby ATMOS mix, 5.1, stereo album instrumentals and additional outtakes only available here.
May 17 street date. 1974's "Bridge Of Sighs" was Robin Trower's sophomore album following his departure from Procul Harum. Lauded critically and commercially a breakthrough, and accompanied by James Dewar on soulful vocal and bass duty and Reg Isidore underpinning their psychedelic blues sound with masterful drumming, the album saw Robin push his trio's initial concept into exciting new territory. Producer and former Procul Harum bandmate Matthew Fisher and Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick take on control room duties to help bring this stunning collection of songs together. 50 years later, the recordings have been newly mixed from the original tapes, with an unedited stereo mix cut at half-speed especially for this release. On the second disc, you can hear the trio amid a US tour supporting the album Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, May 1974, available in its entirety for the first time and newly remastered from the original tape transfers.
May 24 street date. In one sense, it's easy for artists - songwriters, specifically - to express their feelings in their work. After all, that's what the lyrics are for! But it's much harder to convey emotional energy in how you play, slash at the guitar, and the structure of the music itself. That's precisely why Girl And Girl's Sub Pop debut, "Call A Doctor", feels like such a vital, electrifying shock to the senses. Not since the early work of Car Seat Headrest or Conor Oberst's widescreen emotional brutality as Bright Eyes has indie rock managed to come across as this intimate and grandiose, as the Australian quartet led by Kai James lay a lifetime's worth of woes - mental health, the human race's planned obsolescence - across a canvas of indie rock that feels both timeless and in-the-moment. The album's eleven songs - spanning sweeping guitar epics and wry acoustic shuffles to spiky punk maneuvers and the type of raw, adoringly unvarnished indie-pop associated with legendary PacNW label K Records - are literally plucked from James' personal history, as he reworked older recordings with newer lyrics reflecting his past struggles as well as new anxieties that emerged prior to the album's recording.
May 24 street date. In one sense, it's easy for artists - songwriters, specifically - to express their feelings in their work. After all, that's what the lyrics are for! But it's much harder to convey emotional energy in how you play, slash at the guitar, and the structure of the music itself. That's precisely why Girl And Girl's Sub Pop debut, "Call A Doctor", feels like such a vital, electrifying shock to the senses. Not since the early work of Car Seat Headrest or Conor Oberst's widescreen emotional brutality as Bright Eyes has indie rock managed to come across as this intimate and grandiose, as the Australian quartet led by Kai James lay a lifetime's worth of woes - mental health, the human race's planned obsolescence - across a canvas of indie rock that feels both timeless and in-the-moment. The album's eleven songs - spanning sweeping guitar epics and wry acoustic shuffles to spiky punk maneuvers and the type of raw, adoringly unvarnished indie-pop associated with legendary PacNW label K Records - are literally plucked from James' personal history, as he reworked older recordings with newer lyrics reflecting his past struggles as well as new anxieties that emerged prior to the album's recording.
May 24 street date. Khanate are Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer), James Plotkin and Alan Dubin (OLD), and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Manbyrd). Largely recognized as their breakthrough album, Khanate was confident enough by the two-song, forty-minute "Capture & Release" (2005) to peel back its layers of thick mossy drone and reveal the minimalist underpinnings, a change either interpreted as maturity or an implied threat. It's a grim, avant-garde exercise in tension and paranoia. Dense, leaden drones fill up the spaces between O'Malley's sparse, deeply sustained guitar chords. Vocalist Alan Dubin's anguished vocals seem to convey the tortures of the damned as if there were not a shred of hope left for existence in this world. "Capture & Release" is not dissimilar to black metal in how it so violently conveys such a bleak and ultra-nihilistic world outlook. But while the standard tempo on a black metal album typically strays into the triple digits in terms of beats per minute, Khanate's plodding pace keeps the BPM soundly within the single-digit range.
May 24 street date. Khanate are Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer), James Plotkin and Alan Dubin (OLD), and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Manbyrd). Largely recognized as their breakthrough album, Khanate was confident enough by the two-song, forty-minute "Capture & Release" (2005) to peel back its layers of thick mossy drone and reveal the minimalist underpinnings, a change either interpreted as maturity or an implied threat. It's a grim, avant-garde exercise in tension and paranoia. Dense, leaden drones fill up the spaces between O'Malley's sparse, deeply sustained guitar chords. Vocalist Alan Dubin's anguished vocals seem to convey the tortures of the damned as if there were not a shred of hope left for existence in this world. "Capture & Release" is not dissimilar to black metal in how it so violently conveys such a bleak and ultra-nihilistic world outlook. But while the standard tempo on a black metal album typically strays into the triple digits in terms of beats per minute, Khanate's plodding pace keeps the BPM soundly within the single-digit range.
May 24 street date. Khanate are Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer), James Plotkin and Alan Dubin (OLD), and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Manbyrd). Largely recognized as their breakthrough album, Khanate was confident enough by the two-song, forty-minute "Capture & Release" (2005) to peel back its layers of thick mossy drone and reveal the minimalist underpinnings, a change either interpreted as maturity or an implied threat. It's a grim, avant-garde exercise in tension and paranoia. Dense, leaden drones fill up the spaces between O'Malley's sparse, deeply sustained guitar chords. Vocalist Alan Dubin's anguished vocals seem to convey the tortures of the damned as if there were not a shred of hope left for existence in this world. "Capture & Release" is not dissimilar to black metal in how it so violently conveys such a bleak and ultra-nihilistic world outlook. But while the standard tempo on a black metal album typically strays into the triple digits in terms of beats per minute, Khanate's plodding pace keeps the BPM soundly within the single-digit range.
May 24 street date. May 24 street date. Khanate are Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer), James Plotkin and Alan Dubin (OLD), and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Manbyrd). "Clean Hands Go Foul" (2009) generously offers more of everything: voluminous drones, clashing dissonance, mysterious subharmonic swells, escalating terror, and environments drenched in heavy anticipatory dread. The final hour of the band's first decade sees Khanate, as always, making "music that, even in the realm of extreme music, is dark and distorted" (Pitchfork). "Clean Hands Go Foul" would be followed by the ultimate minimalism, as the Khanate entity sat shrouded in silence until the release of 2023's "To Be Cruel".
May 24 street date. May 24 street date. Khanate are Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer), James Plotkin and Alan Dubin (OLD), and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Manbyrd). "Clean Hands Go Foul" (2009) generously offers more of everything: voluminous drones, clashing dissonance, mysterious subharmonic swells, escalating terror, and environments drenched in heavy anticipatory dread. The final hour of the band's first decade sees Khanate, as always, making "music that, even in the realm of extreme music, is dark and distorted" (Pitchfork). "Clean Hands Go Foul" would be followed by the ultimate minimalism, as the Khanate entity sat shrouded in silence until the release of 2023's "To Be Cruel".
May 24 street date. May 24 street date. Khanate are Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer), James Plotkin and Alan Dubin (OLD), and Tim Wyskida (Blind Idiot God, Manbyrd). "Clean Hands Go Foul" (2009) generously offers more of everything: voluminous drones, clashing dissonance, mysterious subharmonic swells, escalating terror, and environments drenched in heavy anticipatory dread. The final hour of the band's first decade sees Khanate, as always, making "music that, even in the realm of extreme music, is dark and distorted" (Pitchfork). "Clean Hands Go Foul" would be followed by the ultimate minimalism, as the Khanate entity sat shrouded in silence until the release of 2023's "To Be Cruel".
May 24 street date. With a credo adapted from science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on "News Of The Universe", the new full-length from California rock band La Luz. "News Of The Universe" is a record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland's experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just two years after the birth of her son. It's also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime members bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one. It might be La Luz's most brutal record to date, but it is also their most blissful.
May 24 street date. With a credo adapted from science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on "News Of The Universe", the new full-length from California rock band La Luz. "News Of The Universe" is a record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland's experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just two years after the birth of her son. It's also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime members bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one. It might be La Luz's most brutal record to date, but it is also their most blissful.
May 24 street date. In an unprecedented collaboration, Formula 1 star Charles Leclerc and world-renowned pianist Sofiane Pamart present Dreamers, a unique piano composition project. This collaboration brings together the high-octane world of racing and the emotive realm of music, embodied in four distinct and captivating co-composed piano pieces. Charles Leclerc, celebrated for his prowess on the racing circuits, joins forces with Sofiane Pamart, a pianist acclaimed for his innovative and soul-stirring compositions. Dreamers is born from their shared vision of blending the intensity of motor racing with the expressiveness of piano music, creating a narrative that speaks to the dreams and aspirations of both artists. This musical project is an immersive experience that unites the visceral energy of Formula 1 with the profound depth of piano music. A celebration of ambition and passion, reminding dreamers everywhere that with focus, heart, and no limits, the dream always continues.
May 24 street date. In an unprecedented collaboration, Formula 1 star Charles Leclerc and world-renowned pianist Sofiane Pamart present Dreamers, a unique piano composition project. This collaboration brings together the high-octane world of racing and the emotive realm of music, embodied in four distinct and captivating co-composed piano pieces. Charles Leclerc, celebrated for his prowess on the racing circuits, joins forces with Sofiane Pamart, a pianist acclaimed for his innovative and soul-stirring compositions. Dreamers is born from their shared vision of blending the intensity of motor racing with the expressiveness of piano music, creating a narrative that speaks to the dreams and aspirations of both artists. This musical project is an immersive experience that unites the visceral energy of Formula 1 with the profound depth of piano music. A celebration of ambition and passion, reminding dreamers everywhere that with focus, heart, and no limits, the dream always continues.
May 24 street date. Resolicitation at a higher price. All preorders have been cancelled. Over the past few years, NOFX have unleashed their very first double album in the form of 2021's "Single Album", followed by "Double Album" a year later. What fans didn't know is that wasn't all there was to this masterpiece. That's right, NOFX's first and only double album has a 5th side! "Half Album" is the final chapter to NOFX's epic double album. The songs that comprise this EP - as well as its two predecessors - were all recorded at the same time. "Half Album" is not simply the leftover songs from this session, but rather an integral part that ties the entire project together. "Half Album" isn't the last record they will release, but it is the beginning of the end of NOFX as we know them. It's also proof, despite its title, that NOFX doesn't do things by halves. This might be called "Half Album", but it's part of a much bigger legacy and an even greater whole.
May 31 street date. "Darning Woman" is an intentional, beautiful, sometimes confrontational album that shreds expectations of DIY, bedroom music, and feminine themes. There's a lushness and maternal instinct at play, as Anastasia Coope connects the dots between physicality, ephemera, and the ultrafeminine. "Darning Woman" explores, among other things, the meditative aspect of sewing, patching and embellishment, care and repair, collection not as modern, craven consumption but as a counterpoint to materialism. Coope is also the founder and leader of the Bonzo collective and show series, an exciting new home for the type of expansive, profoundly creative scene that New York has been missing for some time. And while Bonzo may well be the ascent of a new community, "Darning Woman" is the story of Anastasia Coope, herself. It is the sound of Coope entering the world as an artist, acknowledging the tangle of what changes - the gaze of the world, Coope's art in reaction and community to art in general - and what does not: her ideas and her own self.
May 31 street date. "Darning Woman" is an intentional, beautiful, sometimes confrontational album that shreds expectations of DIY, bedroom music, and feminine themes. There's a lushness and maternal instinct at play, as Anastasia Coope connects the dots between physicality, ephemera, and the ultrafeminine. "Darning Woman" explores, among other things, the meditative aspect of sewing, patching and embellishment, care and repair, collection not as modern, craven consumption but as a counterpoint to materialism. Coope is also the founder and leader of the Bonzo collective and show series, an exciting new home for the type of expansive, profoundly creative scene that New York has been missing for some time. And while Bonzo may well be the ascent of a new community, "Darning Woman" is the story of Anastasia Coope, herself. It is the sound of Coope entering the world as an artist, acknowledging the tangle of what changes - the gaze of the world, Coope's art in reaction and community to art in general - and what does not: her ideas and her own self.
May 31 street date. "Darning Woman" is an intentional, beautiful, sometimes confrontational album that shreds expectations of DIY, bedroom music, and feminine themes. There's a lushness and maternal instinct at play, as Anastasia Coope connects the dots between physicality, ephemera, and the ultrafeminine. "Darning Woman" explores, among other things, the meditative aspect of sewing, patching and embellishment, care and repair, collection not as modern, craven consumption but as a counterpoint to materialism. Coope is also the founder and leader of the Bonzo collective and show series, an exciting new home for the type of expansive, profoundly creative scene that New York has been missing for some time. And while Bonzo may well be the ascent of a new community, "Darning Woman" is the story of Anastasia Coope, herself. It is the sound of Coope entering the world as an artist, acknowledging the tangle of what changes - the gaze of the world, Coope's art in reaction and community to art in general - and what does not: her ideas and her own self.
May 31 street date. "Veteran" is the second studio from renowned Baltimore rapper, JPEGMAFIA. It was released on January 19, 2018 by Deathbomb Arc and Republic Records. The album was released to widespread critical acclaim and brought JPEGMAFIA to the forefront of contemporary and experimental hip hop. NME, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Noisey, and Spin all listed "Veteran" in their top 100 albums of 2018. In 2019, Pitchfork listed it at number 171 in their list of best albums of the decade. The album features JPEGMAFIA's most streamed song, "1539 N. Calvert". As described by Pitchfork: "Entirely self-produced, "Veteran" is a remarkable exercise in sound and texture. At its best the production makes the frayed edges of each element part of the atmosphere, a mess of distortion that works percussively and melodically".
May 31 street date. "LP!" is the fourth studio album from renowned Baltimore rapper JPEGAMFIA. Released on October 22, 2021 (his 32nd birthday), the album features guest appearances from DatPiffMafia, Kimbra, and Tkay Maidza. It received a great critical response from Pitchfork, NME, and more. The album thematically speaks to JPEG's struggles within the music industry and staying true to his art, and is entirely self-produced like much of his work. JPEGMAFIA has established himself as one of today's premiere contemporary and experimental hip hop artists, with over 1.5M monthly listeners on Spotify, and 500K+ Instagram followers. His fanbase is dedicated, excited, and engaged with everything JPEGMAFIA does.
May 31 street date. "All My Heroes Are Cornballs" is the third studio album by renowned Baltimore rapper JPEGMAFIA, released on September 13, 2019, and the follow-up to the album that really launched his career, "Veteran" (2018). JPEGMAFIA handled the production, mixing and mastering in his home studio. The album features guest appearances from Abdu Ali, Helena Deland, and Buzzy Lee, as well as additional vocals by Refined Sugar, Vegyn, and Young Emoji. "All My Heroes Are Cornballs" is an avant-garde, experimental hip hop, and punk rap album, and draws influences from experimental pop, glitch hop, ambient, noise, and industrial music. It has a smoother and more melodic sound than its predecessor, employing uncommon song structures, extensive sampling, and a variety of vocal techniques such as rapping, screaming, and singing. Thematically, the album is personal, introspective, and presented in a stream of consciousness form, touching on the Internet culture, prejudice, political issues, and JPEGMAFIA's newfound fame.
May 31 street date. It's time to "Challenge The Wind"! The Italian symphonic power metal institution Rhapsody Of Fire return with one of their best works yet, a continuation of their epic Nephilim saga which started with "The Eighth Mountain" in 2019. Ask any power metal fan and they will remark about how in 30 years Rhapsody Of Fire not only shaped a genre but developed as a band and created a legacy as the undisputed kings of symphonic power metal. Having built their standing upon classics like "Legendary Tales" (1997), "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands" (1998), and "Dawn Of Victory" (2000), Rhapsody Of Fire once again show what they do best: epic orchestral arrangements, grandiose choirs, fast and melodic guitars, and a gripping story that ties this opus of symphonic-power-finesse together.
May 31 street date. It's time to "Challenge The Wind"! The Italian symphonic power metal institution Rhapsody Of Fire return with one of their best works yet, a continuation of their epic Nephilim saga which started with "The Eighth Mountain" in 2019. Ask any power metal fan and they will remark about how in 30 years Rhapsody Of Fire not only shaped a genre but developed as a band and created a legacy as the undisputed kings of symphonic power metal. Having built their standing upon classics like "Legendary Tales" (1997), "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands" (1998), and "Dawn Of Victory" (2000), Rhapsody Of Fire once again show what they do best: epic orchestral arrangements, grandiose choirs, fast and melodic guitars, and a gripping story that ties this opus of symphonic-power-finesse together.
May 31 street date. Unessential Oils is the search for something authentic. Bits and pieces of Warren Spicer's life - traumas and weaknesses, successes and breakthroughs, moments of clarity and enlightenment mixed with the mundane and menial. The weight of grief and anger imposed on the joy and ecstatic freedom of new life. "I wanted to expose truths and realities inside myself, and not create illusions and beautiful places in which to hide and conceal myself. It's the opposite of escapism, it's about the feeling of home and safety and welcoming people into my world", explains Warren. The result is an album that is somewhat like a jazz record in that it focuses on the musicians' performances. Many of the songs are quite minimal in terms of songwriting, but the execution and the musicianship are at the heart of this album; they are adventurous with room for embellishment and improvisation. The microphones were turned up loud and everyone played quietly, complementing Warren's vocals, which are more conversational in terms of range and volume, almost under-sung. The four backup singers are singing in unison - a hat tip to the backing-vocal style in Brazilian Tropicalía records - gently enveloping the lead vocals.
June 7 street date. Bonny Light Horseman's core trio - Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman - have amassed an incomparable collected resume. They've also lived a big ol' messy and tangled up pile of life, and all that living permeates their music with the wisdom, humor, and depth that underlies the accolades. Theirs is the stuff that defines folk music as a genre: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time. At the center of Bonny Light Horseman is, always, the singular combination of three powerful and tender artists, artists who expertly dodge superlatives but are quick to acknowledge that their bond makes each one better, braver and more vulnerable than they'd be on their own. Bonny Light Horseman's new album, "Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free", is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open. The themes are stacked high and staked even higher: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time all permeate Bonny Light Horseman's most vulnerable and bounteous offering to date.
June 7 street date. Bonny Light Horseman's core trio - Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman - have amassed an incomparable collected resume. They've also lived a big ol' messy and tangled up pile of life, and all that living permeates their music with the wisdom, humor, and depth that underlies the accolades. Theirs is the stuff that defines folk music as a genre: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time. At the center of Bonny Light Horseman is, always, the singular combination of three powerful and tender artists, artists who expertly dodge superlatives but are quick to acknowledge that their bond makes each one better, braver and more vulnerable than they'd be on their own. Bonny Light Horseman's new album, "Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free", is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open. The themes are stacked high and staked even higher: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time all permeate Bonny Light Horseman's most vulnerable and bounteous offering to date.
June 7 street date. Bonny Light Horseman's core trio - Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman - have amassed an incomparable collected resume. They've also lived a big ol' messy and tangled up pile of life, and all that living permeates their music with the wisdom, humor, and depth that underlies the accolades. Theirs is the stuff that defines folk music as a genre: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time. At the center of Bonny Light Horseman is, always, the singular combination of three powerful and tender artists, artists who expertly dodge superlatives but are quick to acknowledge that their bond makes each one better, braver and more vulnerable than they'd be on their own. Bonny Light Horseman's new album, "Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free", is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open. The themes are stacked high and staked even higher: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time all permeate Bonny Light Horseman's most vulnerable and bounteous offering to date.
June 7 street date. "Shut Up & Play!" is Toronzo Cannon's third Alligator release and features 11 striking new originals delivered with purpose and passion. From scorching-hot blues to a gospel-inspired rave-up to deep, slow burners, the songs tackle the gamut of human emotions, all sparked by Cannon's dynamic guitar work and commanding, cathartic singing. As one of the genre's most creative artists, Cannon blazes his own path with imaginative songs fueled by potent guitar solos and his soulfully authoritative vocals. A Chicago blues icon, he has performed at the Chicago Blues Festival ten times.
June 7 street date. "Shut Up & Play!" is Toronzo Cannon's third Alligator release and features 11 striking new originals delivered with purpose and passion. From scorching-hot blues to a gospel-inspired rave-up to deep, slow burners, the songs tackle the gamut of human emotions, all sparked by Cannon's dynamic guitar work and commanding, cathartic singing. As one of the genre's most creative artists, Cannon blazes his own path with imaginative songs fueled by potent guitar solos and his soulfully authoritative vocals. A Chicago blues icon, he has performed at the Chicago Blues Festival ten times.
June 7 street date. Eels, the ever-changing critically acclaimed project of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett), have released 14 studio albums since their 1996 debut, "Beautiful Freak". "Eels Time!" was recorded between Los Feliz, California and Dublin, Ireland. It consists of twelve brand new tracks with some of E's most introspective and personal material in recent years, and features collaborations with American musician and actor Tyson Ritter.
June 7 street date. Eels, the ever-changing critically acclaimed project of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett), have released 14 studio albums since their 1996 debut, "Beautiful Freak". "Eels Time!" was recorded between Los Feliz, California and Dublin, Ireland. It consists of twelve brand new tracks with some of E's most introspective and personal material in recent years, and features collaborations with American musician and actor Tyson Ritter.
June 7 street date. The Ghost Inside stands as an unstoppable force in the realm of hard rock music. Fueled by unwavering determination and unyielding passion, this band has forged a path marked by resilience and redemption. Their latest endeavor, the 6th studio album titled "Search For Solace", delves into the profound theme of grappling with one's own thoughts - the internal struggle between good, bad, and evil. It explores the journey of finding comfort and making peace amidst the chaos of life's ebb and flow. The album reflects the band's commitment to not succumb to negativity, anger, or darkness, aligning with their identity as an uplifting and comforting musical force for fans seeking solace. Established in 2004, The Ghost Inside has solidified its position as a trailblazer in melodic hard rock. Their music seamlessly combines raw aggression with profound lyricism, creating a resonant experience for their dedicated fanbase. Their music embodies a spirit of resilience, unity, and the indomitable power of the human spirit. Each thunderous breakdown and soaring melody strikes a deep chord within the hearts of their fans, serving as a testament to the band's enduring impact.
June 7 street date. The Ghost Inside stands as an unstoppable force in the realm of hard rock music. Fueled by unwavering determination and unyielding passion, this band has forged a path marked by resilience and redemption. Their latest endeavor, the 6th studio album titled "Search For Solace", delves into the profound theme of grappling with one's own thoughts - the internal struggle between good, bad, and evil. It explores the journey of finding comfort and making peace amidst the chaos of life's ebb and flow. The album reflects the band's commitment to not succumb to negativity, anger, or darkness, aligning with their identity as an uplifting and comforting musical force for fans seeking solace. Established in 2004, The Ghost Inside has solidified its position as a trailblazer in melodic hard rock. Their music seamlessly combines raw aggression with profound lyricism, creating a resonant experience for their dedicated fanbase. Their music embodies a spirit of resilience, unity, and the indomitable power of the human spirit. Each thunderous breakdown and soaring melody strikes a deep chord within the hearts of their fans, serving as a testament to the band's enduring impact.
June 7 street date. The Ghost Inside stands as an unstoppable force in the realm of hard rock music. Fueled by unwavering determination and unyielding passion, this band has forged a path marked by resilience and redemption. Their latest endeavor, the 6th studio album titled "Search For Solace", delves into the profound theme of grappling with one's own thoughts - the internal struggle between good, bad, and evil. It explores the journey of finding comfort and making peace amidst the chaos of life's ebb and flow. The album reflects the band's commitment to not succumb to negativity, anger, or darkness, aligning with their identity as an uplifting and comforting musical force for fans seeking solace. Established in 2004, The Ghost Inside has solidified its position as a trailblazer in melodic hard rock. Their music seamlessly combines raw aggression with profound lyricism, creating a resonant experience for their dedicated fanbase. Their music embodies a spirit of resilience, unity, and the indomitable power of the human spirit. Each thunderous breakdown and soaring melody strikes a deep chord within the hearts of their fans, serving as a testament to the band's enduring impact.
June 7 street date. Goat Girl - Lottie Pendlebury (she/her), Rosy Jones (they/them) and Holly Mullineaux (she/her) - present their third album, "Below The Waste", arriving on Rough Trade Records. Progressing from their angst-fuelled self-titled debut (2018) to the escapist world of sophomore LP "On All Fours" (2021), the South London trio enter their most self-assured era yet with this 16-track record. Pieced together like a collage over an extended period of time, the instrumentation was tracked mostly over a ten-day stint in Ireland at Hellfire Studios, in the shadow of the infamous Hellfire Club itself. They also used Damon Albarn's Studio 13. Additional strings, woodwind instruments, and vocals (including a choir made up of family and friends) were added to this framework at a number of locations, from a barn in Essex to Goat Girl's own studio. Co-produced by the band and John Spud Murphy (Lankum/Black Midi), "Below The Waste" takes the band's distinctive sound to new extremes, as they delve fearlessly into expansive noise-rock, delicate folk and synth-driven pop.
June 7 street date. Goat Girl - Lottie Pendlebury (she/her), Rosy Jones (they/them) and Holly Mullineaux (she/her) - present their third album, "Below The Waste", arriving on Rough Trade Records. Progressing from their angst-fuelled self-titled debut (2018) to the escapist world of sophomore LP "On All Fours" (2021), the South London trio enter their most self-assured era yet with this 16-track record. Pieced together like a collage over an extended period of time, the instrumentation was tracked mostly over a ten-day stint in Ireland at Hellfire Studios, in the shadow of the infamous Hellfire Club itself. They also used Damon Albarn's Studio 13. Additional strings, woodwind instruments, and vocals (including a choir made up of family and friends) were added to this framework at a number of locations, from a barn in Essex to Goat Girl's own studio. Co-produced by the band and John Spud Murphy (Lankum/Black Midi), "Below The Waste" takes the band's distinctive sound to new extremes, as they delve fearlessly into expansive noise-rock, delicate folk and synth-driven pop.
June 7 street date. Goat Girl - Lottie Pendlebury (she/her), Rosy Jones (they/them) and Holly Mullineaux (she/her) - present their third album, "Below The Waste", arriving on Rough Trade Records. Progressing from their angst-fuelled self-titled debut (2018) to the escapist world of sophomore LP "On All Fours" (2021), the South London trio enter their most self-assured era yet with this 16-track record. Pieced together like a collage over an extended period of time, the instrumentation was tracked mostly over a ten-day stint in Ireland at Hellfire Studios, in the shadow of the infamous Hellfire Club itself. They also used Damon Albarn's Studio 13. Additional strings, woodwind instruments, and vocals (including a choir made up of family and friends) were added to this framework at a number of locations, from a barn in Essex to Goat Girl's own studio. Co-produced by the band and John Spud Murphy (Lankum/Black Midi), "Below The Waste" takes the band's distinctive sound to new extremes, as they delve fearlessly into expansive noise-rock, delicate folk and synth-driven pop.
June 7 street date. Peggy Gou presents her 10-track debut LP, "I Hear You". Featuring the Canadian Platinum single, "(It Goes Like) Nanana", and her Lenny Kravitz collaboration, "I Believe In Love Again", the record sees Gou stepping into the next level of her artistry and boldly claiming her voice through the kaleidoscopic lens of 90s house music. Peggy Gou has ascended from underground sensation to global icon by sticking to her own unwavering vision, becoming one of the most in-demand electronic musicians/DJs in the world. Having performed to over a million people worldwide in 2023, the self-managed, South Korean-born and Berlin-based producer/artist has blazed her own trail as the first Korean DJ to play Berghain, the first female DJ to headline Ushuaïa Ibiza, and the first woman in over 20 years to appear within the Top 10 of DJ Mag's annual Top 100 list.
June 7 street date. Peggy Gou presents her 10-track debut LP, "I Hear You". Featuring the Canadian Platinum single, "(It Goes Like) Nanana", and her Lenny Kravitz collaboration, "I Believe In Love Again", the record sees Gou stepping into the next level of her artistry and boldly claiming her voice through the kaleidoscopic lens of 90s house music. Peggy Gou has ascended from underground sensation to global icon by sticking to her own unwavering vision, becoming one of the most in-demand electronic musicians/DJs in the world. Having performed to over a million people worldwide in 2023, the self-managed, South Korean-born and Berlin-based producer/artist has blazed her own trail as the first Korean DJ to play Berghain, the first female DJ to headline Ushuaïa Ibiza, and the first woman in over 20 years to appear within the Top 10 of DJ Mag's annual Top 100 list.
June 7 street date. Peggy Gou presents her 10-track debut LP, "I Hear You". Featuring the Canadian Platinum single, "(It Goes Like) Nanana", and her Lenny Kravitz collaboration, "I Believe In Love Again", the record sees Gou stepping into the next level of her artistry and boldly claiming her voice through the kaleidoscopic lens of 90s house music. Peggy Gou has ascended from underground sensation to global icon by sticking to her own unwavering vision, becoming one of the most in-demand electronic musicians/DJs in the world. Having performed to over a million people worldwide in 2023, the self-managed, South Korean-born and Berlin-based producer/artist has blazed her own trail as the first Korean DJ to play Berghain, the first female DJ to headline Ushuaïa Ibiza, and the first woman in over 20 years to appear within the Top 10 of DJ Mag's annual Top 100 list.
June 7 street date. With two successful albums and a sold-out world tour under their belt, Paris-based L'Impératrice have matriculated from a good-times instrumental act created by music critic Charles de Boisseguin to a six-piece powerhouse whose sashaying mixes of funk and French Touch, disco and deep house now include the fetching vocals of singer Flore Benguigui. Their new album, "Pulsar", is a focused but far-reaching record, the jubilant testament of a band with plenty to say and the skills to say it themselves. Across 10 tracks, L'Impératrice move freely and authoritatively among the sounds they love, bridging hip-hop, kosmische, and modern pop with their most unabashed embraces of French Touch and international house ever. Benguigui, meanwhile, boldly sings of self-empowerment by shirking beauty standards, ageism, and drab normalcy, with a little help from an exciting set of new friends. Throughout these 10 songs, L'Impératrice espouses the rare willingness to be real about life and its woes while also sounding like a perfect picture of joy.
June 7 street date. With two successful albums and a sold-out world tour under their belt, Paris-based L'Impératrice have matriculated from a good-times instrumental act created by music critic Charles de Boisseguin to a six-piece powerhouse whose sashaying mixes of funk and French Touch, disco and deep house now include the fetching vocals of singer Flore Benguigui. Their new album, "Pulsar", is a focused but far-reaching record, the jubilant testament of a band with plenty to say and the skills to say it themselves. Across 10 tracks, L'Impératrice move freely and authoritatively among the sounds they love, bridging hip-hop, kosmische, and modern pop with their most unabashed embraces of French Touch and international house ever. Benguigui, meanwhile, boldly sings of self-empowerment by shirking beauty standards, ageism, and drab normalcy, with a little help from an exciting set of new friends. Throughout these 10 songs, L'Impératrice espouses the rare willingness to be real about life and its woes while also sounding like a perfect picture of joy.
June 7 street date. With two successful albums and a sold-out world tour under their belt, Paris-based L'Impératrice have matriculated from a good-times instrumental act created by music critic Charles de Boisseguin to a six-piece powerhouse whose sashaying mixes of funk and French Touch, disco and deep house now include the fetching vocals of singer Flore Benguigui. Their new album, "Pulsar", is a focused but far-reaching record, the jubilant testament of a band with plenty to say and the skills to say it themselves. Across 10 tracks, L'Impératrice move freely and authoritatively among the sounds they love, bridging hip-hop, kosmische, and modern pop with their most unabashed embraces of French Touch and international house ever. Benguigui, meanwhile, boldly sings of self-empowerment by shirking beauty standards, ageism, and drab normalcy, with a little help from an exciting set of new friends. Throughout these 10 songs, L'Impératrice espouses the rare willingness to be real about life and its woes while also sounding like a perfect picture of joy.
June 7 street date. When Man Man released its last album, "Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In Between", frontman Honus Honus (née Ryan Kattner) was in a state of unrest, oscillating between hope and cynicism. Perhaps fittingly, the album dropped during the pandemic, a time at which we could all relate. But, much like that bizarre turn of events, the ennui now seems so distant to Man Man. A revived sense of purpose washes through Man Man's new album, "Carrot On Strings", radiating a mix of calm and confidence. The album nods to the films of Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder as much as Italo-disco, Randy Newman, goth rock, and avant pop. In a bid to not overthink anything - his last album took seven years to make - he recorded the bulk of "Carrot On Strings" in five days with "very chill" producer Matt Schuessler, who had worked on Man Man's cover of Neu!'s "Super" for the seminal Krautrock band's box set. The resulting album represents a newfound sense of self for Kattner, who finds himself inspired and at peace both personally and artistically in ways that eluded him for most of his first 15 years playing music.
June 7 street date. When Man Man released its last album, "Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In Between", frontman Honus Honus (née Ryan Kattner) was in a state of unrest, oscillating between hope and cynicism. Perhaps fittingly, the album dropped during the pandemic, a time at which we could all relate. But, much like that bizarre turn of events, the ennui now seems so distant to Man Man. A revived sense of purpose washes through Man Man's new album, "Carrot On Strings", radiating a mix of calm and confidence. The album nods to the films of Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder as much as Italo-disco, Randy Newman, goth rock, and avant pop. In a bid to not overthink anything - his last album took seven years to make - he recorded the bulk of "Carrot On Strings" in five days with "very chill" producer Matt Schuessler, who had worked on Man Man's cover of Neu!'s "Super" for the seminal Krautrock band's box set. The resulting album represents a newfound sense of self for Kattner, who finds himself inspired and at peace both personally and artistically in ways that eluded him for most of his first 15 years playing music.
June 7 street date. On Pedro The Lion's new album, "Santa Cruz", critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project - 5 albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life. "Santa Cruz" is Bazan's third album in the series and follows up where 2022's "Havasu" and 2019's "Phoenix" left off. Tracks like "Modesto" and "Little Help" foreshadow Bazan's exposure and ultimate love of classic rock 'n' roll records, while songs like "It'll All Work Out" showcase his unique approach to synthesizers, something he introduced with the 2005 self-titled Headphones album. The stories on "Santa Cruz" highlight Bazan’s teenage years and solidifies what he sees as an exposition in a traditional three-act structure.
June 7 street date. On Pedro The Lion's new album, "Santa Cruz", critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project - 5 albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life. "Santa Cruz" is Bazan's third album in the series and follows up where 2022's "Havasu" and 2019's "Phoenix" left off. Tracks like "Modesto" and "Little Help" foreshadow Bazan's exposure and ultimate love of classic rock 'n' roll records, while songs like "It'll All Work Out" showcase his unique approach to synthesizers, something he introduced with the 2005 self-titled Headphones album. The stories on "Santa Cruz" highlight Bazan’s teenage years and solidifies what he sees as an exposition in a traditional three-act structure.
June 7 street date. On Pedro The Lion's new album, "Santa Cruz", critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project - 5 albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life. "Santa Cruz" is Bazan's third album in the series and follows up where 2022's "Havasu" and 2019's "Phoenix" left off. Tracks like "Modesto" and "Little Help" foreshadow Bazan's exposure and ultimate love of classic rock 'n' roll records, while songs like "It'll All Work Out" showcase his unique approach to synthesizers, something he introduced with the 2005 self-titled Headphones album. The stories on "Santa Cruz" highlight Bazan’s teenage years and solidifies what he sees as an exposition in a traditional three-act structure.
June 7 street date. According to Timothy Showalter, the idea of Strand Of Oaks' eighth album, "Miracle Focus", was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good. Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys, plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and "Miracle Focus" was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens. Tim says, "In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss. Through meditation, I found a way to connect with something greater, a positive force that allowed me to write music as a manual towards a more love-focused life. And the miracles I refer to aren't asking the universe for anything; it's just acknowledging and celebrating this complex beautiful moment that we all get to share. My most sincere hope is that whoever listens might through sonic osmosis experience a similar joy".
June 7 street date. According to Timothy Showalter, the idea of Strand Of Oaks' eighth album, "Miracle Focus", was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good. Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys, plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and "Miracle Focus" was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens. Tim says, "In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss. Through meditation, I found a way to connect with something greater, a positive force that allowed me to write music as a manual towards a more love-focused life. And the miracles I refer to aren't asking the universe for anything; it's just acknowledging and celebrating this complex beautiful moment that we all get to share. My most sincere hope is that whoever listens might through sonic osmosis experience a similar joy".
June 7 street date. According to Timothy Showalter, the idea of Strand Of Oaks' eighth album, "Miracle Focus", was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good. Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys, plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and "Miracle Focus" was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens. Tim says, "In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss. Through meditation, I found a way to connect with something greater, a positive force that allowed me to write music as a manual towards a more love-focused life. And the miracles I refer to aren't asking the universe for anything; it's just acknowledging and celebrating this complex beautiful moment that we all get to share. My most sincere hope is that whoever listens might through sonic osmosis experience a similar joy".
June 14 street date. New York psych-pop band Crumb return with "AMAMA", their most carefree and open-hearted album to date. A soundscape full of playful and patchwork experimentation - glitchy pitch-shifted vocals, cell phone recordings, nautical blips, sax mouthpiece solos, blasted drum samples, and piano strings dampened with Silly Putty - "AMAMA" continues to deepen the band's hypnotic sound in a cohesive line back through 2021's "Ice Melt", 2019's "Jinx", and breakout EPs "Locket" and "Crumb". Without a doubt, "AMAMA is Crumb" at their most animated. It exists at the crossroads of psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock, and cements Crumb as a band uniquely their own. "AMAMA" is an incandescent statement about searching for solid ground, connection, and clarity in a life of nomadic upheaval.
June 14 street date. New York psych-pop band Crumb return with "AMAMA", their most carefree and open-hearted album to date. A soundscape full of playful and patchwork experimentation - glitchy pitch-shifted vocals, cell phone recordings, nautical blips, sax mouthpiece solos, blasted drum samples, and piano strings dampened with Silly Putty - "AMAMA" continues to deepen the band's hypnotic sound in a cohesive line back through 2021's "Ice Melt", 2019's "Jinx", and breakout EPs "Locket" and "Crumb". Without a doubt, "AMAMA is Crumb" at their most animated. It exists at the crossroads of psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock, and cements Crumb as a band uniquely their own. "AMAMA" is an incandescent statement about searching for solid ground, connection, and clarity in a life of nomadic upheaval.
Please note new street date: April 26. Four Tet has announced a new album, "Three". Spanning eight tracks, it marks the UK producer's first full-length release since 2020's "Parallel". Recent singles "Loved" and "Three Drums" appear on the new record, in addition to the newly unveiled cut "Daydream Repeat".
June 14 street date. Twenty years have passed since Me First And The Gimme Gimmes ruined Johnny's Bar Mitzvah, and punk rock's premier cover band is back to wreak havoc on another important coming-of-age ceremony. This time, as the album title reveals, it was a Quinceañera. Nobody attending had ever heard of Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, and nobody knew what to expect. Recorded on July 15th, 2023, at The Soap Factory in San Diego, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes were completed by Joey Cape on guitar, CJ Ramone on bass, Swami John Reis on guitar, and Andrew "Pinch" Pinching on drums - a veritable punk rock supergroup, as ever, not that anyone at the Quinceañera knew or cared. However, they also had a wind section for the first time, courtesy of Keith Douglas and Jason Crane. It all comes together to create a performance that rises (even as it's sinking) to the occasion in "¡Blow it…at Madison's Quinceañera!".
June 14 street date. Twenty years have passed since Me First And The Gimme Gimmes ruined Johnny's Bar Mitzvah, and punk rock's premier cover band is back to wreak havoc on another important coming-of-age ceremony. This time, as the album title reveals, it was a Quinceañera. Nobody attending had ever heard of Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, and nobody knew what to expect. Recorded on July 15th, 2023, at The Soap Factory in San Diego, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes were completed by Joey Cape on guitar, CJ Ramone on bass, Swami John Reis on guitar, and Andrew "Pinch" Pinching on drums - a veritable punk rock supergroup, as ever, not that anyone at the Quinceañera knew or cared. However, they also had a wind section for the first time, courtesy of Keith Douglas and Jason Crane. It all comes together to create a performance that rises (even as it's sinking) to the occasion in "¡Blow it…at Madison's Quinceañera!".
June 21 street date. Pond are one of the most versatile, inquisitive, and accomplished bands of the psychedelic rock vanguard. The last four Pond albums have been showcases of tidiness and brevity, 10 ideas always tucked into 40 minutes or so. But on "Stung!", they gleefully, madly, and wilfully lean into double-LP largesse, tapping the spirit of "Tusk" and "Sign ‘O’ The Times" by funnelling 14 songs into the most unfettered and splendid hour of their recording career. "Stung!" delivers some of Pond's most glorious rock songs ever and also some of their least rock moments, all psychedelic drapery or funk vim. In that epic, as in "Stung!" at large, Nick Allbrook speaks to our collective modern paradox of being disappointed in or even disconsolate over a world that we know more about than any prior generation but also being in awe of it and (sometimes) each other, too. There are so many reasons to cry and so many reasons to marvel. Can't they all, Pond suggests with "Stung!", be reasons to sing?
June 21 street date. Pond are one of the most versatile, inquisitive, and accomplished bands of the psychedelic rock vanguard. The last four Pond albums have been showcases of tidiness and brevity, 10 ideas always tucked into 40 minutes or so. But on "Stung!", they gleefully, madly, and wilfully lean into double-LP largesse, tapping the spirit of "Tusk" and "Sign ‘O’ The Times" by funnelling 14 songs into the most unfettered and splendid hour of their recording career. "Stung!" delivers some of Pond's most glorious rock songs ever and also some of their least rock moments, all psychedelic drapery or funk vim. In that epic, as in "Stung!" at large, Nick Allbrook speaks to our collective modern paradox of being disappointed in or even disconsolate over a world that we know more about than any prior generation but also being in awe of it and (sometimes) each other, too. There are so many reasons to cry and so many reasons to marvel. Can't they all, Pond suggests with "Stung!", be reasons to sing? 180g splatter bee coloured vinyl edition, limited to 5000 copies.
June 21 street date. SAM MORTON - the musical duo comprised of singer, songwriter and acclaimed BAFTA award winning actor/director Samantha Morton and music producer/artist Richard Russell (Everything is Recorded) present their debut album, "Daffodils & Dirt". Over twelve startling tracks, the pair build a deeply personal musical world that feels simultaneously intimate and delicate, yet powerful and tough. The part-autobiographical suite of songs sees Russell's spartan soundscapes providing a rich foundation for Morton's gorgeous, ethereal vocals. The collaboration, a first for Morton, came about after she appeared on "Desert Island Discs" in October 2020, and Russell happened to be listening. He was struck not only by her song choices (including a shared love of "I Remember" by Molly Drake) but by the way music weaved through her lived experiences. The pair connected and corresponded, swapping ideas, sketches and stream-of-consciousnesses, which proved to be a cathartic musical process for both. "Daffodils & Dirt" features musical collaborators Alabaster Deplume, Laura Groves, Jack Pen~ate, and vocalist Ali Campbell (UB40).
June 21 street date. SAM MORTON - the musical duo comprised of singer, songwriter and acclaimed BAFTA award winning actor/director Samantha Morton and music producer/artist Richard Russell (Everything is Recorded) present their debut album, "Daffodils & Dirt". Over twelve startling tracks, the pair build a deeply personal musical world that feels simultaneously intimate and delicate, yet powerful and tough. The part-autobiographical suite of songs sees Russell's spartan soundscapes providing a rich foundation for Morton's gorgeous, ethereal vocals. The collaboration, a first for Morton, came about after she appeared on "Desert Island Discs" in October 2020, and Russell happened to be listening. He was struck not only by her song choices (including a shared love of "I Remember" by Molly Drake) but by the way music weaved through her lived experiences. The pair connected and corresponded, swapping ideas, sketches and stream-of-consciousnesses, which proved to be a cathartic musical process for both. "Daffodils & Dirt" features musical collaborators Alabaster Deplume, Laura Groves, Jack Pen~ate, and vocalist Ali Campbell (UB40).
June 21 street date. SAM MORTON - the musical duo comprised of singer, songwriter and acclaimed BAFTA award winning actor/director Samantha Morton and music producer/artist Richard Russell (Everything is Recorded) present their debut album, "Daffodils & Dirt". Over twelve startling tracks, the pair build a deeply personal musical world that feels simultaneously intimate and delicate, yet powerful and tough. The part-autobiographical suite of songs sees Russell's spartan soundscapes providing a rich foundation for Morton's gorgeous, ethereal vocals. The collaboration, a first for Morton, came about after she appeared on "Desert Island Discs" in October 2020, and Russell happened to be listening. He was struck not only by her song choices (including a shared love of "I Remember" by Molly Drake) but by the way music weaved through her lived experiences. The pair connected and corresponded, swapping ideas, sketches and stream-of-consciousnesses, which proved to be a cathartic musical process for both. "Daffodils & Dirt" features musical collaborators Alabaster Deplume, Laura Groves, Jack Pen~ate, and vocalist Ali Campbell (UB40).
June 21 street date. An expanded and remastered 25th anniversary edition of the mythical Olympia, Washington trio's out of print singles and compilation tracks, "A Single History 1991-2001" gathers odds and ends from across Unwound's first decade. From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on "Crab Nebula" to the dub-inspired death march of "Behold The Salt", this 23 track double LP fills in the distorted gaps of their initial seven album run. "I'd rather eat decomposed fish than listen to this" - Pitchfork.
June 21 street date. An expanded and remastered 25th anniversary edition of the mythical Olympia, Washington trio's out of print singles and compilation tracks, "A Single History 1991-2001" gathers odds and ends from across Unwound's first decade. From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on "Crab Nebula" to the dub-inspired death march of "Behold The Salt", this 23 track double LP fills in the distorted gaps of their initial seven album run. "I'd rather eat decomposed fish than listen to this" - Pitchfork.
June 28 street date. Emerging once again from the unending waves crashing upon our fragile time-craft (adrift on the eternal ocean, and taking on water), Dirty Three are a) back, b) tangled in seaweed, rank with saltwater and possessed of three rather ominous thousand-mile stares (at least!), and c) not wasting another minute - as nothing is guaranteed. For their first album in over a decade, they flew in, got together, and started playing. Music's their language, their true love; they never stop listening to that. And like the label says, "Love Changes Everything". The Dirty Three - Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White - formed in Melbourne in 1992, to play with guitar, drums and violin or viola, and within a couple years, they'd broken out - out of Australia, out of anything else they might have been inside of, to boot - and got worldwide. worldwide. Over the next ten years, they toured over and over the planet and cut seven albums out along the way. After this, their unique style of play was decoupled, more often than not, and pieced together in many other, fruitful collaborations with many other esteemed talents. Over the past 20 years, they've gotten together a few times, renewed the vow, revved the engines and played some shows, or made an album. Like now!
June 28 street date. Emerging once again from the unending waves crashing upon our fragile time-craft (adrift on the eternal ocean, and taking on water), Dirty Three are a) back, b) tangled in seaweed, rank with saltwater and possessed of three rather ominous thousand-mile stares (at least!), and c) not wasting another minute - as nothing is guaranteed. For their first album in over a decade, they flew in, got together, and started playing. Music's their language, their true love; they never stop listening to that. And like the label says, "Love Changes Everything". The Dirty Three - Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White - formed in Melbourne in 1992, to play with guitar, drums and violin or viola, and within a couple years, they'd broken out - out of Australia, out of anything else they might have been inside of, to boot - and got worldwide. worldwide. Over the next ten years, they toured over and over the planet and cut seven albums out along the way. After this, their unique style of play was decoupled, more often than not, and pieced together in many other, fruitful collaborations with many other esteemed talents. Over the past 20 years, they've gotten together a few times, renewed the vow, revved the engines and played some shows, or made an album. Like now!
June 28 street date. Emerging once again from the unending waves crashing upon our fragile time-craft (adrift on the eternal ocean, and taking on water), Dirty Three are a) back, b) tangled in seaweed, rank with saltwater and possessed of three rather ominous thousand-mile stares (at least!), and c) not wasting another minute - as nothing is guaranteed. For their first album in over a decade, they flew in, got together, and started playing. Music's their language, their true love; they never stop listening to that. And like the label says, "Love Changes Everything". The Dirty Three - Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White - formed in Melbourne in 1992, to play with guitar, drums and violin or viola, and within a couple years, they'd broken out - out of Australia, out of anything else they might have been inside of, to boot - and got worldwide. worldwide. Over the next ten years, they toured over and over the planet and cut seven albums out along the way. After this, their unique style of play was decoupled, more often than not, and pieced together in many other, fruitful collaborations with many other esteemed talents. Over the past 20 years, they've gotten together a few times, renewed the vow, revved the engines and played some shows, or made an album. Like now!
June 28 street date. "How the fuck are we going to turn this into a song?". That's the question Lou Barlow and John Davis have asked themselves since co-founding The Folk Implosion in the early 1990s. Beginning with improvised jams featuring Barlow on bass and Davis on drums, the duo develop their beat-driven pop collages from the ground up. It's the process they used on their debut cassette, "Walk Through This World With The Folk Implosion", and one they’ve returned to 30 years later on their spellbinding, self-referencing reunion, "Walk Thru Me". Contrasts and comparisons are the keys to unlocking "Walk Thru Me", and The Folk Implosion as a whole. Beyond the audible differences between Barlow's soft voice and Davis's urgent, reedy proclamations, their approaches to songwriting are strikingly distinct. Finally, Davis's Persian music studies in weekly Zoom lessons inspired him to integrate traditional Middle Eastern instruments such as the setar, oud, saz, and tombak.
June 28 street date. "Into The Blue" is the second solo album from Aaron Frazer (of Durand Jones & The Indications). A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel, and hip-hop, "Into The Blue" represents the impressive range of Frazer's sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting he's known for, but plants the album firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to form something new. "Into The Blue" was conceived, like so many classic records, out of actual heartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey that's reflected in the album's themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. For "Into The Blue", Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as co-producer, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the first time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R&B group Hi-Five.
June 28 street date. "Into The Blue" is the second solo album from Aaron Frazer (of Durand Jones & The Indications). A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel, and hip-hop, "Into The Blue" represents the impressive range of Frazer's sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting he's known for, but plants the album firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to form something new. "Into The Blue" was conceived, like so many classic records, out of actual heartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey that's reflected in the album's themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. For "Into The Blue", Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as co-producer, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the first time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R&B group Hi-Five.
June 28 street date. world. Following the release of their 2020 second album, "Don't Shy Away", Loma's three members were cast around the globe and the band - not for the first time - entered a deep sleep. In the pandemic years, even being in the same room was impossible, and attempts to start a new record faltered. The following winter, Emily Cross suggested they regroup in the UK, in the tiny stone house where she works as an end-of-life doula. With minimal recording gear and few instruments, Loma turned two whitewashed rooms into a makeshift studio, using a padded con as a vocal booth. It was a turning point. They scrapped much of what they'd made, letting a new place set a new course. The one-lane roads, hedgerows, and dark skies of Dorset gave the new songs an ineable but unmistakable Englishness. What emerged was "How Will I Live Without A Body?": a gorgeous, unique, and oddly comforting album about partnership, loss, regeneration, and fighting the feeling that we're all in this alone. Many of its songs have a feeling of restless motion; faceless characters drift through meetings and partings, tangling together and slipping away.
June 28 street date. world. Following the release of their 2020 second album, "Don't Shy Away", Loma's three members were cast around the globe and the band - not for the first time - entered a deep sleep. In the pandemic years, even being in the same room was impossible, and attempts to start a new record faltered. The following winter, Emily Cross suggested they regroup in the UK, in the tiny stone house where she works as an end-of-life doula. With minimal recording gear and few instruments, Loma turned two whitewashed rooms into a makeshift studio, using a padded con as a vocal booth. It was a turning point. They scrapped much of what they'd made, letting a new place set a new course. The one-lane roads, hedgerows, and dark skies of Dorset gave the new songs an ineable but unmistakable Englishness. What emerged was "How Will I Live Without A Body?": a gorgeous, unique, and oddly comforting album about partnership, loss, regeneration, and fighting the feeling that we're all in this alone. Many of its songs have a feeling of restless motion; faceless characters drift through meetings and partings, tangling together and slipping away.
June 28 street date. Formed out of the ashes of frontman Jose Prieto's solo endeavor, Sad And French, MakeWar - completed by bassist Edwin Santacruz and new drummer Alejandro Serritiello - have always worn their hearts on their sleeves. Heartbreak, despair, and alcohol have long been at the center of those struggles, and the songs themselves are a way to push through all of that. MakeWar's albums have all been intensely cathartic affairs that bristle with the promise and the terror of the human experience. "A Paradoxical Theory Of Change" describes a different approach to tackle the pitfalls in life. Instead of fighting or pushing against whatever it is you are feeling, absorb it, accept it, and let it be. Most of this record was written during the height of the pandemic by Prieto at home on his acoustic guitar. In that sense, it not only lent itself naturally to personal introspection and self-reflection, but also recalled the early days of Sad And French. The magic of this record is that it is specific and universal, working both as a memory of universal trauma as well as something much more personal, the two layered up on top of each other until the difference between them is obscured.
June 28 street date. Formed out of the ashes of frontman Jose Prieto's solo endeavor, Sad And French, MakeWar - completed by bassist Edwin Santacruz and new drummer Alejandro Serritiello - have always worn their hearts on their sleeves. Heartbreak, despair, and alcohol have long been at the center of those struggles, and the songs themselves are a way to push through all of that. MakeWar's albums have all been intensely cathartic affairs that bristle with the promise and the terror of the human experience. "A Paradoxical Theory Of Change" describes a different approach to tackle the pitfalls in life. Instead of fighting or pushing against whatever it is you are feeling, absorb it, accept it, and let it be. Most of this record was written during the height of the pandemic by Prieto at home on his acoustic guitar. In that sense, it not only lent itself naturally to personal introspection and self-reflection, but also recalled the early days of Sad And French. The magic of this record is that it is specific and universal, working both as a memory of universal trauma as well as something much more personal, the two layered up on top of each other until the difference between them is obscured.
June 28 street date. Influential industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy welcomed audiences into the embrace of the seminal "Too Dark Park" in 1990. One of the band's most influential records, it includes "Tormentor", "Spasmolytic", and more. In addition to praise from Vice and many more, Metal Hammer fittingly named it one of the "10 Best Industrial Albums", and Spin summed it up best as a "return to the bloodbath". A menacing and massive pastiche of H.P. Lovecraft-style cosmic horror, addiction, mental disarray, and the disintegration of nature, "Too Dark Park" remains a cataclysmic and chaotic classic through and through.
Please note new street date: February 2. Aaliyah is the self-titled third and final studio album by the "queen of urban pop," Aaliyah. Originally released in 2001 by Blackground Records, the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Cited by critics as one of the best R&B records of its time, the album is a reflection of herself as both a young adult and matured vocalist. Standout tracks include "We Need A Resolution", "More Than A Woman", and "Rock The Boat".
March 29 street date. Originally released in 2002, "Daylight" was the follow-up to Aesop Rock's critically-acclaimed "Labor Days" album, a cult classic released only six months prior. The EP was built around its titular opening song, "Daylight", one of the standout tracks from "Labor Days", and continued expanding upon the range and depth of Aesop's multi-talented gifts for writing and producing. In addition to the title track, Daylight also included its counterpoint, "Night Light", an alternate version in concept whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to - and stand in stark opposition to - the original's, over darker, more menacing production. The tracklist for "Daylight" boasted seven songs, although there was a hidden track as well making a total of eight, that collectively featured production by Blockhead, El-P, Blueprint and Aesop Rock himself, as well as a guest verse from Blueprint.
March 29 street date. Originally released in 2002, "Daylight" was the follow-up to Aesop Rock's critically-acclaimed "Labor Days" album, a cult classic released only six months prior. The EP was built around its titular opening song, "Daylight", one of the standout tracks from "Labor Days", and continued expanding upon the range and depth of Aesop's multi-talented gifts for writing and producing. In addition to the title track, Daylight also included its counterpoint, "Night Light", an alternate version in concept whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to - and stand in stark opposition to - the original's, over darker, more menacing production. The tracklist for "Daylight" boasted seven songs, although there was a hidden track as well making a total of eight, that collectively featured production by Blockhead, El-P, Blueprint and Aesop Rock himself, as well as a guest verse from Blueprint. At the time of its initial release, "Daylight" was only offered in CD and digital formats, while the vinyl was stripped back, available only as a three-song 12" single. Now, Rhymesayers Entertainment is pleased to present the complete EP on vinyl for the first time ever, pressed on two-colour side A/B effect orange & blue vinyl to complement the original artwork.
December 1 street date. The title of the previous Atmosphere album, "So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously", evokes the multiversal storytelling that has recently vaulted into the mainstream consciousness. Now with their latest effort, the irrepressible "Talk Talk" EP, Slug and Ant dart across space-time to grab hold of the timeline where they became titans of the electro-rap that was foundational to their youths. Evoking artists like Kraftwerk and Egyptian Lover, Atmosphere makes decades old visions of the future seem new once again. The genesis of the "Talk Talk" EP was in recording a track of the same name for "So Many Other Realities". The "Talk Talk" song exists alongside electro classics, at once vaguely alien and deeply human. Enamored with its outcome, Slug and Ant returned for a longer exploration of the sound, to mesmeric results. For all its well-documented roots in disco and R&B, rap's connection to the electronic music of the 1970s and 80s is a core part of its DNA. The "Talk Talk" EP is one of the clearest articulations of this truth to emerge in many years, a testament to the communal power of programmed sound.
December 8 street date. "The Beautiful Dark Of Life" is the ninth studio album from Atreyu, and their most ambitious project ever. Unfurled throughout the year as a series of three EPs, culminating in a surprise album release, Atreyu are taking their audience on a journey through "the seasons of life" and the rollercoaster of human existence. With songs that speak openly and honestly about anxiety, depression, self-belief, love, and identity, "The Beautiful Dark Of Life" represents Atreyu's most universal and important songwriting to date. Through the expression of deeply personal feelings and emotions, Atreyu are giving a voice to a global audience dealing with the very same issues that the band are laying bare, and who are seeking solace, empathy, escapism and empowerment through music. With sonics that touch every corner of the heavy music sphere - from metal to punk and alternative, via 1980s classic rock and with shades of industrial, hip-hop and unashamed pop - "The Beautiful Dark Of Life" is an album that showcases the very best of Atreyu and every influence that guides them, speaking more than ever to a generation of music fans who care little for the traditional constraints of genre.
December 22 street date. Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album was the band's 4th studio album and the last to feature their drummer The Rev. "Avenged Sevenfold" has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and has been streamed over 750 million times and continues to be one of their largest and most popular albums. The album peaked at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, was awarded best album by Kerrang in 2008, was featured on Kerrang's "666 albums you must hear before you die" and was certified gold in 2008.
December 22 street date. "Nightmare" was Avenged Sevenfold's 5th studio album and the first to not feature their drummer The Rev, although parts written by The Rev were used as well as some vocal recordings. "Nightmare" has sold over 1.3 million copies worldwide and has been streamed over 800 million times and continues to be one of their most popular albums. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and is RIAA certified gold.
March 8 street date. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the mysterious steel pan outfit hailing from Hamburg, have amassed a cult following around the globe. With a slew of classic 7"s and three critically acclaimed full length albums, they set a high bar for themselves, one they clearly intend on pushing even higher with this new offering. On their fourth album "BRSB", Bacao are back with more of the same, but more of the same with them is inherently different. Covering songs that span genres and range from mega hits to underground album cuts, they make them their own with their unique approach to the traditional steel pans of Trinidad and Tobago. This time around there is a big West Coast hip hop influence with covers of Game & 50 Cent's "How We Do", Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin But A G Thang", and Tupac's "Got My Mind Made Up", all of which take on new energy and lend themselves to the BRSB steel treatment. Pulling from the contemporary smash hit section of hip hop they cover Drake's "Hotline Bling" and "Love$ick" by Mura Masa & A$AP Rocky. Then they go very unexpected with "Stranger Things Theme" where they take the synth heavy theme song to the hit show and give it a more hypnotizing tone than the original.
March 8 street date. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the mysterious steel pan outfit hailing from Hamburg, have amassed a cult following around the globe. With a slew of classic 7"s and three critically acclaimed full length albums, they set a high bar for themselves, one they clearly intend on pushing even higher with this new offering. On their fourth album "BRSB", Bacao are back with more of the same, but more of the same with them is inherently different. Covering songs that span genres and range from mega hits to underground album cuts, they make them their own with their unique approach to the traditional steel pans of Trinidad and Tobago. This time around there is a big West Coast hip hop influence with covers of Game & 50 Cent's "How We Do", Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin But A G Thang", and Tupac's "Got My Mind Made Up", all of which take on new energy and lend themselves to the BRSB steel treatment. Pulling from the contemporary smash hit section of hip hop they cover Drake's "Hotline Bling" and "Love$ick" by Mura Masa & A$AP Rocky. Then they go very unexpected with "Stranger Things Theme" where they take the synth heavy theme song to the hit show and give it a more hypnotizing tone than the original.
February 23 street date. "Omega Sessions" is a 5-song EP recorded by Bad Brains in 1980 and (eventually) released in 1997. The tracks were recorded and mixed at the original Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, Maryland. The EP contains early versions of songs that eventually appeared on later releases, including a reading of "I Against I". Side B of the vinyl features a custom etching.
February 23 street date. "Omega Sessions" is a 5-song EP recorded by Bad Brains in 1980 and (eventually) released in 1997. The tracks were recorded and mixed at the original Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, Maryland. The EP contains early versions of songs that eventually appeared on later releases, including a reading of "I Against I". Side B of the vinyl features a custom etching.
December 8 street date. Big Thief present the remastered reissue of their 2016 debut album, "Masterpiece", arriving for the first time on 4AD. The 12 track album is filled with characters and visceral narratives, songs that pivot in the space of a few words. Adrianne Lenker's voice and guitar playing speak of rich emotional territory with grace and insight. In her words, the record tracks "the masterpiece of existence, which is always folding into itself, people attempting to connect, to both shake themselves awake and to shake off the numbness of certain points in their life. The interpretations might be impressionistic or surrealistic, but they're grounded in simple things". Containing much-loved songs such as ‘Paul’, ‘Real Love’, and ‘Masterpiece’, the album was recorded in July 2015 at an old house that they turned into a studio on Lake Champlain, with producer Andrew Sarlo and engineer James Krivchenia (who would go on to become a full-time Big Thief member).
December 8 street date. Big Thief present the remastered reissue of their 2016 debut album, "Masterpiece", arriving for the first time on 4AD. The 12 track album is filled with characters and visceral narratives, songs that pivot in the space of a few words. Adrianne Lenker's voice and guitar playing speak of rich emotional territory with grace and insight. In her words, the record tracks "the masterpiece of existence, which is always folding into itself, people attempting to connect, to both shake themselves awake and to shake off the numbness of certain points in their life. The interpretations might be impressionistic or surrealistic, but they're grounded in simple things". Containing much-loved songs such as ‘Paul’, ‘Real Love’, and ‘Masterpiece’, the album was recorded in July 2015 at an old house that they turned into a studio on Lake Champlain, with producer Andrew Sarlo and engineer James Krivchenia (who would go on to become a full-time Big Thief member).
December 8 street date. Big Thief present the remastered reissue of their 2016 debut album, "Masterpiece", arriving for the first time on 4AD. The 12 track album is filled with characters and visceral narratives, songs that pivot in the space of a few words. Adrianne Lenker's voice and guitar playing speak of rich emotional territory with grace and insight. In her words, the record tracks "the masterpiece of existence, which is always folding into itself, people attempting to connect, to both shake themselves awake and to shake off the numbness of certain points in their life. The interpretations might be impressionistic or surrealistic, but they're grounded in simple things". Containing much-loved songs such as ‘Paul’, ‘Real Love’, and ‘Masterpiece’, the album was recorded in July 2015 at an old house that they turned into a studio on Lake Champlain, with producer Andrew Sarlo and engineer James Krivchenia (who would go on to become a full-time Big Thief member). Please note that the eco-vinyl will be on an entirely random colour, out of our control, and the mock-up does not reflect the final product.
Please note new street date: December 15. 25th anniversary edition. English indie rock group Black Box Recorder formed in London in 1997 and featured Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines (of The Auteurs), and John Moore (of The Jesus and Mary Chain). Their debut album, "England Made Me", was released on Chrysalis Records in 1998. The album was named after the eponymous Graham Greene novel and fuses indie rock and easy-listening pop stylings with lyrics that explore life and the experience of growing up in England. Pitchfork's Michael Sandlin described the sound of the album as "mildly morose but slightly tongue-in-cheek Sylvia Plath-meets-Paul McCartney pop sensibility". "England Made Me" remains a high point in the band's catalogue with standout tracks including 'Kidnapping An Heiress', 'Girl Singing In The Wreckage', and the single 'Child Psychology', which was recently back in the spotlight with a viral moment on social media after being championed by Billie Eilish.
March 15 street date. The solo debut by Canadian indie icon Dan Boeckner - of Wolf Parade, Operators, Divine Fits, Handsome Furs - is filled with lively, catchy rock that calls to mind The Cars or David Bowie. Boeckner understands the grit and gravel that accumulates in the heart and that it takes an unwavering courage to crack through that clutter and burrow to the other side. And in his hands, that quest comes via post-apocalyptic synth and guitar heroism, a rallying cry for those always coming home through the scorched clouds. No matter where his genre exploration has taken him, there's something about growing up in punk and DIY spaces that puts collaboration in Boeckner's blood. Composed of a collection of intimately familiar elements, "Boeckner!" elicits the same thrill of young passion and discovery. It's a jet-powered chase through a tech-noir cityscape - fueled by a dream and that special someone in the passenger seat.
March 15 street date. The solo debut by Canadian indie icon Dan Boeckner - of Wolf Parade, Operators, Divine Fits, Handsome Furs - is filled with lively, catchy rock that calls to mind The Cars or David Bowie. Boeckner understands the grit and gravel that accumulates in the heart and that it takes an unwavering courage to crack through that clutter and burrow to the other side. And in his hands, that quest comes via post-apocalyptic synth and guitar heroism, a rallying cry for those always coming home through the scorched clouds. No matter where his genre exploration has taken him, there's something about growing up in punk and DIY spaces that puts collaboration in Boeckner's blood. Composed of a collection of intimately familiar elements, "Boeckner!" elicits the same thrill of young passion and discovery. It's a jet-powered chase through a tech-noir cityscape - fueled by a dream and that special someone in the passenger seat.
March 15 street date. Canadian Exclusive colour variant, limited to 500 copies. The solo debut by Canadian indie icon Dan Boeckner - of Wolf Parade, Operators, Divine Fits, Handsome Furs - is filled with lively, catchy rock that calls to mind The Cars or David Bowie. Boeckner understands the grit and gravel that accumulates in the heart and that it takes an unwavering courage to crack through that clutter and burrow to the other side. And in his hands, that quest comes via post-apocalyptic synth and guitar heroism, a rallying cry for those always coming home through the scorched clouds. No matter where his genre exploration has taken him, there's something about growing up in punk and DIY spaces that puts collaboration in Boeckner's blood. Composed of a collection of intimately familiar elements, "Boeckner!" elicits the same thrill of young passion and discovery. It's a jet-powered chase through a tech-noir cityscape - fueled by a dream and that special someone in the passenger seat.
December 8 street date. Originally released October 26, 2018, the "boygenius" EP marked Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus' debut as a trio. In the half-decade since, a lot has happened: a debut LP, magazine covers, a world tour, along with sold-out gigs at MSG and the Hollywood Bowl. And that's not even getting into the three iconic solo albums that dropped in the interim, "Little Oblivions", "Punisher", and "Home Video". Today, though, we celebrate these six songs, which were recorded at Los Angeles' storied Sound City studios. Pitchfork named the EP "Best New Music", calling it "a blueprint for how to do a super-group right" (8.3/10). Now, "boygenius" returns to us in a limited edition yellow vinyl revisionist history pressing with a brand new gatefold sleeve with lyrics.
February 9 street date. Rough Trade Records present the 15th anniversary reissue of Sea Power's Mercury Prize nominated record, "Do You Like Rock Music?". The album has been expanded with radio sessions, B-sides, and extensive new sleeve notes written by Roy Wilkinson. This kaleidoscopic record encapsulates Sea Power's true heart. "Easy, easy..." Only Sea Power could turn a football chant into art - with ease. From this bounding refrain of ‘No Lucifer’, via the serenity of ‘Waving Flags', the balm-like ‘No Need To Cry’ and the joyous ‘Trip Out’, the 2008 album "Do You Like Rock Music?" reflects the band's ability to find glacial beauty in the commonplace, making soul-stirring epiphanies an everyday occurrences.
February 9 street date. Rough Trade Records present the 15th anniversary reissue of Sea Power's Mercury Prize nominated record, "Do You Like Rock Music?". The album has been expanded with radio sessions, B-sides, and extensive new sleeve notes written by Roy Wilkinson. This kaleidoscopic record encapsulates Sea Power's true heart. "Easy, easy..." Only Sea Power could turn a football chant into art - with ease. From this bounding refrain of ‘No Lucifer’, via the serenity of ‘Waving Flags', the balm-like ‘No Need To Cry’ and the joyous ‘Trip Out’, the 2008 album "Do You Like Rock Music?" reflects the band's ability to find glacial beauty in the commonplace, making soul-stirring epiphanies an everyday occurrences.
April 5 street date. Provogue Records is proud to announce the latest studio album from Grammy award winning bluesman, Cedric Burnside, entitled "Hill Country Love". To Burnside, the album is a culmination of a career that's already seen astonishing accomplishments and only keeps growing. When Cedric prepared to record "Hill Country Love", the follow-up to his 2021 Grammy winning album "I Be Trying", he set up shop in a former legal office located in a row of structures in the seat of Tippah County, a town with 5000 residents that's known as the birthplace of the Hill Country Blues style. The fourteen songs on the record were finished in two days, but in addition to being satisfied with the sound, Burnside believes that his eleventh album represents real creative progress.
April 5 street date. Provogue Records is proud to announce the latest studio album from Grammy award winning bluesman, Cedric Burnside, entitled "Hill Country Love". To Burnside, the album is a culmination of a career that's already seen astonishing accomplishments and only keeps growing. When Cedric prepared to record "Hill Country Love", the follow-up to his 2021 Grammy winning album "I Be Trying", he set up shop in a former legal office located in a row of structures in the seat of Tippah County, a town with 5000 residents that's known as the birthplace of the Hill Country Blues style. The fourteen songs on the record were finished in two days, but in addition to being satisfied with the sound, Burnside believes that his eleventh album represents real creative progress.
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.
December 8 street date. On March 28-30, 2022, Car Seat Headrest played three consecutive sold out nights at New York's Brooklyn Steel. An air of celebration, community and showmanship was present, made all the more palpable as the shows were far from a certainty - they took place amidst a year which saw the band having to postpone or cancel a large swath of their North American tour dates due to ongoing health issues. The three night residency is captured on "Faces From The Masquerade" - a double album's worth of live performances that finds Car Seat Headrest at their most playful, exuberant and precision honed. The title alludes to the by now familiar, custom-made gas mask worn by frontman Will Toledo at shows, complete with an expressive LED display for eyes. In addition to the group's four core members - Toledo, guitarist/backing vocalist Ethan Ives, bassist Seth Dalby and drummer Andrew Katz - they were joined on the tour by keyboard player Ben Roth.
March 1 street date. Throughout their career, Caravan Palace have consistently defied musical conventions and genres, forging their unclassifiable, hybrid pop signature sound. Embraced by multiple communities who turned their songs into viral hits, the group has achieved enormous success, accumulating several billion streams across all platforms as well as an RIAA Platinum Certified Single with "Lone Digger". Their idiosyncratic soundscapes achieve the rare feat of being both leftfield and commercial. "Gangbusters Melody Club", their fifth album, is a joyous jigsaw puzzle of an album and their most dancefloor-friendly to date. The aim of the band was to stay streamlined, yet the trio pack more influences than ever before into their elegant earworm songs. The jazz and swing for which they became famous over a decade ago is back with a bang, alongside their love of house, electronica and big beat. But don't be deceived by the infectious nature of the new songs, however. Dig deeper and you'll find that they're not what they seem on the surface. Underneath its hypnotic mix of soul, swing, freaky funk, and French Touch, you'll find a complex, yet inspiring, narrative about jealousy, self-acceptance and confidence.
March 1 street date. Throughout their career, Caravan Palace have consistently defied musical conventions and genres, forging their unclassifiable, hybrid pop signature sound. Embraced by multiple communities who turned their songs into viral hits, the group has achieved enormous success, accumulating several billion streams across all platforms as well as an RIAA Platinum Certified Single with "Lone Digger". Their idiosyncratic soundscapes achieve the rare feat of being both leftfield and commercial. "Gangbusters Melody Club", their fifth album, is a joyous jigsaw puzzle of an album and their most dancefloor-friendly to date. The aim of the band was to stay streamlined, yet the trio pack more influences than ever before into their elegant earworm songs. The jazz and swing for which they became famous over a decade ago is back with a bang, alongside their love of house, electronica and big beat. But don't be deceived by the infectious nature of the new songs, however. Dig deeper and you'll find that they're not what they seem on the surface. Underneath its hypnotic mix of soul, swing, freaky funk, and French Touch, you'll find a complex, yet inspiring, narrative about jealousy, self-acceptance and confidence.
March 1 street date. Throughout their career, Caravan Palace have consistently defied musical conventions and genres, forging their unclassifiable, hybrid pop signature sound. Embraced by multiple communities who turned their songs into viral hits, the group has achieved enormous success, accumulating several billion streams across all platforms as well as an RIAA Platinum Certified Single with "Lone Digger". Their idiosyncratic soundscapes achieve the rare feat of being both leftfield and commercial. "Gangbusters Melody Club", their fifth album, is a joyous jigsaw puzzle of an album and their most dancefloor-friendly to date. The aim of the band was to stay streamlined, yet the trio pack more influences than ever before into their elegant earworm songs. The jazz and swing for which they became famous over a decade ago is back with a bang, alongside their love of house, electronica and big beat. But don't be deceived by the infectious nature of the new songs, however. Dig deeper and you'll find that they're not what they seem on the surface. Underneath its hypnotic mix of soul, swing, freaky funk, and French Touch, you'll find a complex, yet inspiring, narrative about jealousy, self-acceptance and confidence.
Please note new street date: April 19. At once a hazy relic and a digital snapshot of the human experience, "Your Day Will Come" is the debut album from Chanel Beads. The remarkable project announces the arrival of New York-based musician Shane Lavers as a new force in experimental music, capturing the many contradictions of modern existence and the strange infiniteness of the digital world. The songs feel like a memory in which you can't distinguish between what actually happened or what was a false reproduction in your mind - although the burning emotion remains intact. Throughout, Lavers weaves in contributions from his live bandmates, singer-songwriter Maya McGrory (Colle) and experimental instrumentalist Zachary Paul, who offer their own layers of feeling. As McGrory offers a more full-bodied tone and Lavers often sings with his higher-pitched head voice, the two collaborators meet in the middle; it's an intermingling of identities or a subconscious pining for androgyny.
Please note new street date: April 19. At once a hazy relic and a digital snapshot of the human experience, "Your Day Will Come" is the debut album from Chanel Beads. The remarkable project announces the arrival of New York-based musician Shane Lavers as a new force in experimental music, capturing the many contradictions of modern existence and the strange infiniteness of the digital world. The songs feel like a memory in which you can't distinguish between what actually happened or what was a false reproduction in your mind - although the burning emotion remains intact. Throughout, Lavers weaves in contributions from his live bandmates, singer-songwriter Maya McGrory (Colle) and experimental instrumentalist Zachary Paul, who offer their own layers of feeling. As McGrory offers a more full-bodied tone and Lavers often sings with his higher-pitched head voice, the two collaborators meet in the middle; it's an intermingling of identities or a subconscious pining for androgyny.
Please note new street date: April 19. At once a hazy relic and a digital snapshot of the human experience, "Your Day Will Come" is the debut album from Chanel Beads. The remarkable project announces the arrival of New York-based musician Shane Lavers as a new force in experimental music, capturing the many contradictions of modern existence and the strange infiniteness of the digital world. The songs feel like a memory in which you can't distinguish between what actually happened or what was a false reproduction in your mind - although the burning emotion remains intact. Throughout, Lavers weaves in contributions from his live bandmates, singer-songwriter Maya McGrory (Colle) and experimental instrumentalist Zachary Paul, who offer their own layers of feeling. As McGrory offers a more full-bodied tone and Lavers often sings with his higher-pitched head voice, the two collaborators meet in the middle; it's an intermingling of identities or a subconscious pining for androgyny.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. The Charlatans debut single "Indian Rope" (originally released on Dead Dead Good) has not been pressed on vinyl since 1990. Now part of the Beggars Arkive catalogue, this very special picture disc is being released for Record Store Day 2024.
December 15 street date. Children Of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band, formed in 1993 as Inearthed. The final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppälä (bass), Janne Wirman (keyboard), and Daniel Freyberg (rhythm guitar). The band released ten studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD. They are one of Finland's best selling artists of all time, with more than 250,000 records sold there alone. In 2019, Children Of Bodom held their last concert in Helsinki named "A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom", before disbanding the band. Laiho and Freyberg carried on as Bodom After Midnight in 2020. Laiho, who was one of the founding members of Children Of Bodom as well as the only main songwriter, died on December 29, 2020.
December 15 street date. Children Of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band, formed in 1993 as Inearthed. The final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppälä (bass), Janne Wirman (keyboard), and Daniel Freyberg (rhythm guitar). The band released ten studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD. They are one of Finland's best selling artists of all time, with more than 250,000 records sold there alone. In 2019, Children Of Bodom held their last concert in Helsinki named "A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom", before disbanding the band. Laiho and Freyberg carried on as Bodom After Midnight in 2020. Laiho, who was one of the founding members of Children Of Bodom as well as the only main songwriter, died on December 29, 2020.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. Originally released 50 years ago on Asylum Records (produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye), "No Other" is one of the late-American singer-songwriter (and Byrds founding member) Gene Clark's finest works. A visionary record of psychedelic rock, folk, country, and soul, Gene called upon a who's who of L.A. talent. Famously costing a small fortune to make, and warmly received by critics, "No Other" wasn't a commercial success and was quietly deleted shortly after its release. The very definition of a "lost classic", the decades since has seen the album only grow in prowess and is now seen as one of the finest of its era. First heard 5 years ago as part of a CD box set, the studio outtakes are finally getting the vinyl pressing fans have been asking for. Working from the original multi-track tapes, Sid Griffin (The Long Ryders) and John Wood (Fairport Convention, Nick Drake) forensically mixed 18 alternative versions without editing or compositing, so things are heard as they went down in the studio, before any overdubbing took place. Housed in a beautiful mirror board sleeve and containing photos from the recording sessions, as well as comprehensive song notes by Griffin.
February 23 street date. To celebrate the band's 40th anniversary, The Cult have reissued their adventurous and highly-regarded debut album, "Dreamtime", on standard black as well as limited edition oxblood-red imported vinyl. Originally released in 1984 following the band's evolution from the Southern Death Cult, to Death Cult, and then simply The Cult, "Dreamtime" finds them pivoting from their goth and punk roots into something eclectic, aspirational, and adventurous. Rife with lyrical references to the indigenous cultures of the Americas and Australia, and set against a more bombastic and muscular musical backdrop, "Dreamtime" hints at what would envelop the band over the next four decades, a dedication to wholly unique songwriting, both musically and thematically, and the frenzy that was soon to come with the release of "Love" only a year later.
February 23 street date. To celebrate the band's 40th anniversary, The Cult have reissued their adventurous and highly-regarded debut album, "Dreamtime", on standard black as well as limited edition oxblood-red imported vinyl. Originally released in 1984 following the band's evolution from the Southern Death Cult, to Death Cult, and then simply The Cult, "Dreamtime" finds them pivoting from their goth and punk roots into something eclectic, aspirational, and adventurous. Rife with lyrical references to the indigenous cultures of the Americas and Australia, and set against a more bombastic and muscular musical backdrop, "Dreamtime" hints at what would envelop the band over the next four decades, a dedication to wholly unique songwriting, both musically and thematically, and the frenzy that was soon to come with the release of "Love" only a year later.
February 23 street date. Erika de Casier isn't searching for perfection - she's just trying to show you where she's at right now. Her third album, "Still", proves that she is a master of writing songs that speak to universal experiences of modern life, even for all their specificities and quirks. If "Essentials" (2019) was filled with perfect songs about flirtation and new love, and "Sensational" (2021) added wrinkles in the form of partners who were rude and plainly annoying, "Still" sees de Casier writing about genuine heartbreak with a new clarity. Yet among all the success, the accolades, the acclaim, her greatest achievement may be, simply: she's still Erika de Casier. The album is classic de Casier, her idiosyncratic mix of luxuriant electronica and moonlit R&B drilled further into that one-of-a-kind sound. The songwriting is as masterful and universal as ever, and her proficiency as a producer heightened as she produces other voices (They Hate Change, Shygirl, Blood Orange) for the first time.
February 23 street date. Erika de Casier isn't searching for perfection - she's just trying to show you where she's at right now. Her third album, "Still", proves that she is a master of writing songs that speak to universal experiences of modern life, even for all their specificities and quirks. If "Essentials" (2019) was filled with perfect songs about flirtation and new love, and "Sensational" (2021) added wrinkles in the form of partners who were rude and plainly annoying, "Still" sees de Casier writing about genuine heartbreak with a new clarity. Yet among all the success, the accolades, the acclaim, her greatest achievement may be, simply: she's still Erika de Casier. The album is classic de Casier, her idiosyncratic mix of luxuriant electronica and moonlit R&B drilled further into that one-of-a-kind sound. The songwriting is as masterful and universal as ever, and her proficiency as a producer heightened as she produces other voices (They Hate Change, Shygirl, Blood Orange) for the first time.
February 23 street date. Erika de Casier isn't searching for perfection - she's just trying to show you where she's at right now. Her third album, "Still", proves that she is a master of writing songs that speak to universal experiences of modern life, even for all their specificities and quirks. If "Essentials" (2019) was filled with perfect songs about flirtation and new love, and "Sensational" (2021) added wrinkles in the form of partners who were rude and plainly annoying, "Still" sees de Casier writing about genuine heartbreak with a new clarity. Yet among all the success, the accolades, the acclaim, her greatest achievement may be, simply: she's still Erika de Casier. The album is classic de Casier, her idiosyncratic mix of luxuriant electronica and moonlit R&B drilled further into that one-of-a-kind sound. The songwriting is as masterful and universal as ever, and her proficiency as a producer heightened as she produces other voices (They Hate Change, Shygirl, Blood Orange) for the first time.
February 2 street date. After breaking out of the Bay Area underground scene in the early 90s with "I Wish My Brother George Was Here", Del The Funky Homosapien made a radical turn with his sophomore release, 1993's "No Need For Alarm". Casting aside the familiar G-funk vibe of his debut, he moved into a jazzier, some would say more East Coast, direction with production by the Hieroglyphics crew of Domino, A-Plus, Casual and Del himself with contributions from the SD50s. The verbal content on the album shifted as well, moving away from comic interludes and towards a focus on battle raps. Though some critics are harsh on "No Need For Alarm" and claim it's not as strong an effort as Del's debut, many disagree and see this release as being the first where Del really stood out. Regardless of which side of the fence one falls on that topic, it's without doubt that "No Need For Alarm" has stood the test of time and remains a challenging and uncompromising follow up from one of the most talented and eccentrically gifted artists to to ever emerge from the world of West Coast hip hop. To commemorate the album's 30th anniversary, Get On Down is proud to present a limited edition double coloured vinyl pressing with a stamped numbered OBI and fold out poster. Limited to 1500 copies.
December 15 street date. Limited canary yellow vinyl edition. In the summer of 2015, Mac DeMarco released "Some Other Ones", a collection of original instrumental recordings DeMarco deemed his "BBQ soundtrack" as a free digital download exclusively on Bandcamp. It was recorded in just 5 days at his home in Far Rockaway, Queens, about a year after the massive success of his third album, "Salad Days", and just weeks before the release of mini-LP "Another One". Originally released in conjunction with a barbecue DeMarco hosted to promote "Another One" and collect food bank donations, "Some Other Ones" soon gained cult status, now regarded amongst his fans as a key entry in his beloved catalogue. Now, almost 10 years later, and following the success of his recent full-length instrumental album "Five Easy Hot Dogs", "Some Other Ones" is finally getting the full release treatment.
February 9 street date. Madi Diaz has been making records and writing songs professionally since the mid 2000s, but it wasn't until she released 2021's "History Of A Feeling" that she felt the glare of wider notoriety. It wasn't her debut album, but it certainly felt like it. She made her daytime and night time television debuts, embarked on her first solo tour since 2012, and supported Waxahatchee and Angel Olsen on tour, and also collaborated with them on record. Harry Styles handpicked Diaz to open for him in arenas and stadiums in North America, and was so taken by her captivating live show, he asked her to be a member of his touring band as well as continuing to open the show in various cities. After three months on the road touring internationally, Diaz is gearing up to release her new album, "Weird Faith", perched on the precipice of her moment. Featuring Kacey Musgraves and produced by Sam Cohen and Konrad Snyder, the album feels expansive and exploratory, showcasing her growth as a songwriter and speaking earnestly about the fears that come from falling in love again.
February 9 street date. Madi Diaz has been making records and writing songs professionally since the mid 2000s, but it wasn't until she released 2021's "History Of A Feeling" that she felt the glare of wider notoriety. It wasn't her debut album, but it certainly felt like it. She made her daytime and night time television debuts, embarked on her first solo tour since 2012, and supported Waxahatchee and Angel Olsen on tour, and also collaborated with them on record. Harry Styles handpicked Diaz to open for him in arenas and stadiums in North America, and was so taken by her captivating live show, he asked her to be a member of his touring band as well as continuing to open the show in various cities. After three months on the road touring internationally, Diaz is gearing up to release her new album, "Weird Faith", perched on the precipice of her moment. Featuring Kacey Musgraves and produced by Sam Cohen and Konrad Snyder, the album feels expansive and exploratory, showcasing her growth as a songwriter and speaking earnestly about the fears that come from falling in love again.
February 9 street date. Madi Diaz has been making records and writing songs professionally since the mid 2000s, but it wasn't until she released 2021's "History Of A Feeling" that she felt the glare of wider notoriety. It wasn't her debut album, but it certainly felt like it. She made her daytime and night time television debuts, embarked on her first solo tour since 2012, and supported Waxahatchee and Angel Olsen on tour, and also collaborated with them on record. Harry Styles handpicked Diaz to open for him in arenas and stadiums in North America, and was so taken by her captivating live show, he asked her to be a member of his touring band as well as continuing to open the show in various cities. After three months on the road touring internationally, Diaz is gearing up to release her new album, "Weird Faith", perched on the precipice of her moment. Featuring Kacey Musgraves and produced by Sam Cohen and Konrad Snyder, the album feels expansive and exploratory, showcasing her growth as a songwriter and speaking earnestly about the fears that come from falling in love again.
Please note new street date: April 19. As the first-ever album composed entirely of sampled material, "Endtroducing…" is a landmark in the history of electronic music. Its influence reverberates through the years, inspiring countless artists and solidifying DJ Shadow's place as a visionary in the realm of sample-based production. Each track tells a unique story, from the hypnotic groove of "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" to the cinematic atmosphere of "Midnight in a Perfect World". Shadow's meticulous craftsmanship shines through, showcasing his unparalleled skill in constructing beats that resonate with both intensity and emotion. Mastered and cut at Abbey Road Studios.
March 8 street date. Following two critically acclaimed John Parish-produced studio albums - "New Long Leg" (2021) and "Stumpwork" (2022) - South London's Dry Cleaning take a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots with the release of the band's first two EPs, "Boundary Road Snacks" and "Drinks"/"Sweet Princess", now remastered and reissued together in one package featuring the original artwork and lyric sheet. "Sweet Princess" was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentals with Florence Shaw's sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and social commentary. A further six songs in the form of the "Boundary Road Snacks" and "Drinks" EP quickly followed two months after. With singles like 'Sit Down Meal' and 'Viking Hair', it's a powerful companion to their debut.
March 8 street date. Following two critically acclaimed John Parish-produced studio albums - "New Long Leg" (2021) and "Stumpwork" (2022) - South London's Dry Cleaning take a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots with the release of the band's first two EPs, "Boundary Road Snacks" and "Drinks"/"Sweet Princess", now remastered and reissued together in one package featuring the original artwork and lyric sheet. "Sweet Princess" was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentals with Florence Shaw's sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and social commentary. A further six songs in the form of the "Boundary Road Snacks" and "Drinks" EP quickly followed two months after. With singles like 'Sit Down Meal' and 'Viking Hair', it's a powerful companion to their debut.
March 8 street date. Following two critically acclaimed John Parish-produced studio albums - "New Long Leg" (2021) and "Stumpwork" (2022) - South London's Dry Cleaning take a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots with the release of the band's first two EPs, "Boundary Road Snacks" and "Drinks"/"Sweet Princess", now remastered and reissued together in one package featuring the original artwork and lyric sheet. "Sweet Princess" was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentals with Florence Shaw's sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and social commentary. A further six songs in the form of the "Boundary Road Snacks" and "Drinks" EP quickly followed two months after. With singles like 'Sit Down Meal' and 'Viking Hair', it's a powerful companion to their debut.
February 9 street date. Blues-rock guitar legend and tireless road warrior Tinsley Ellis swaps his blistering, full-band workouts for equally intense, soul-searching acoustic folk blues. Ellis has been performing solo acoustic shows almost exclusively for over a year now. All of Tinsley's famed guitar chops and gruff, passionate vocals are on full display across the album's 12 tracks. Nine newly written originals sit alongside reverent, yet spirited, versions of songs by Son House, Willie Dixon, and Leo Kottke. Whether showcasing intricate fingerpicking or letting loose with fiery slide runs, Tinsley delivers each song with the unvarnished intimacy of the best acoustic blues.
February 9 street date. Blues-rock guitar legend and tireless road warrior Tinsley Ellis swaps his blistering, full-band workouts for equally intense, soul-searching acoustic folk blues. Ellis has been performing solo acoustic shows almost exclusively for over a year now. All of Tinsley's famed guitar chops and gruff, passionate vocals are on full display across the album's 12 tracks. Nine newly written originals sit alongside reverent, yet spirited, versions of songs by Son House, Willie Dixon, and Leo Kottke. Whether showcasing intricate fingerpicking or letting loose with fiery slide runs, Tinsley delivers each song with the unvarnished intimacy of the best acoustic blues.
February 23 street date. The temptation to mythologize Bill Fay can be overwhelming; Fay was, for decades, as prolific as he was under-appreciated. Fay's unsung-hero status has changed slowly, steadily, on the order of almost twenty-five years. With each new album comes new hosannas and evangelizers - Jeff Tweedy, Kevin Morby, Adam Granduciel and Julia Jacklin, to name just a few. The Bill Fay Group, in particular, is Fay's most significant collaborative work; he records as a member of a larger group here, and the result summons a grander sonic scale, an elegant counterweight to Fay's instincts for the understated. "Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow" brings to bear the galactic qualities of early rock, the intricacy of jazz improv, and Fay's earthy folk magic. It has a patchy release history: recorded between 1978 and 1981, it was not released until 2005, when it appeared on CD with limited streaming and no vinyl companion. A 2006 reissue brought the album onto vinyl but with a truncated sequence and nine songs missing. Now, finally, "Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow" arrives in full worldwide. It features the album's original 22 songs and includes rare and previously unseen photographs from the album's original recording session.
February 23 street date. The temptation to mythologize Bill Fay can be overwhelming; Fay was, for decades, as prolific as he was under-appreciated. Fay's unsung-hero status has changed slowly, steadily, on the order of almost twenty-five years. With each new album comes new hosannas and evangelizers - Jeff Tweedy, Kevin Morby, Adam Granduciel and Julia Jacklin, to name just a few. The Bill Fay Group, in particular, is Fay's most significant collaborative work; he records as a member of a larger group here, and the result summons a grander sonic scale, an elegant counterweight to Fay's instincts for the understated. "Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow" brings to bear the galactic qualities of early rock, the intricacy of jazz improv, and Fay's earthy folk magic. It has a patchy release history: recorded between 1978 and 1981, it was not released until 2005, when it appeared on CD with limited streaming and no vinyl companion. A 2006 reissue brought the album onto vinyl but with a truncated sequence and nine songs missing. Now, finally, "Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow" arrives in full worldwide. It features the album's original 22 songs and includes rare and previously unseen photographs from the album's original recording session.
April 5 street date. Beggars Arkive presents the limited expanded deluxe reissue of Fields Of The Nephilim's third, highly acclaimed album, "Elizium". Originally released in 1990 by Beggars Banquet, this package contains the original album, along with 4 bonus tracks, that have been expanded onto a limited edition brick-red double LP. Recorded and produced by Pink Floyd engineer Andy Jackson, the audio is via analogue transfer to 96khz/24 bit by John Dent at Loud, with vinyl mastering by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road. Formed in 1984, Fields Of The Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day. "Elizium" is one of the band's most beautiful albums and considered by many to be their best.
December 1 street date. Limited edition box set commemorating the 15th anniversary of "The Wrong Side of Heaven", volumes 1 and 2. The deluxe box set contains 6 LPs housed in double gatefold jackets. Vol. 1 is pressed on silver metallic vinyl and vol. 2 is pressed on gold metallic vinyl. Also included is the "'Purgatory: Tales From The Pit" live album, previously available in limited release. The package also contains 6 bonus tracks, a decal sheet, and album art unique to this package. Limited to 6000 copies.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. Fleet Foxes' "Live On Boston Harbor" serves as the live album companion to the band's concert broadcast in 2022, marking the autumnal equinox and coinciding with the second anniversary of the Grammy-nominated studio album "Shore". Recorded at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, "Live On Boston Harbor" documents the "Shore" world tour with a two-hour career-spanning set across 3 LPs. It offers a mesmerizing experience for Fleet Foxes enthusiasts that showcases the band's musical journey. Robin Pecknold is joined by Skyler Skjelset, Casey Wescott, Christian Wargo, Morgan Henderson, and Christopher Icasiano.
March 1 street date. "With "8 tableaux", I tried to give musical form to a painting. Music is an art that takes place over time. Painting is a freeze-frame at a precise moment in the painter's creative flow. So how do you combine these two art forms? Do you have to stop time? How do you stop time in music? By basing the structure of the pieces on cycles that recur again and again, we can make the listener believe that the music was there before, and that it will also be there afterwards. With no beginning and no end, all that's left is this musical freeze-frame. In taking this approach, it became clear to me that music and painting both appeal to contemplation. Another concept I worked on for this record is the notion of randomness in music. Riopelle is often associated with the Automatist movement. For me, his major works from the 50s are more reminiscent of romantic abstraction or even a great organic and organized chaos (a link to be made with nature here). It was on the basis of this reflection that I tried to integrate the notion of controlled chance or, rather, of chaos filtered through emotion".
March 1 street date. "With "8 tableaux", I tried to give musical form to a painting. Music is an art that takes place over time. Painting is a freeze-frame at a precise moment in the painter's creative flow. So how do you combine these two art forms? Do you have to stop time? How do you stop time in music? By basing the structure of the pieces on cycles that recur again and again, we can make the listener believe that the music was there before, and that it will also be there afterwards. With no beginning and no end, all that's left is this musical freeze-frame. In taking this approach, it became clear to me that music and painting both appeal to contemplation. Another concept I worked on for this record is the notion of randomness in music. Riopelle is often associated with the Automatist movement. For me, his major works from the 50s are more reminiscent of romantic abstraction or even a great organic and organized chaos (a link to be made with nature here). It was on the basis of this reflection that I tried to integrate the notion of controlled chance or, rather, of chaos filtered through emotion".
March 29 street date. Two years after his #1 classical crossover hit "Piano Piano", co-founder of The Lumineers and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites is back with his breathtaking follow up record "Piano Piano 2". With arguably bolder and more genre-bending instrumentation, "Piano Piano 2" features a stunning vocal performance by Grammy-nominated folk artist Gregory Alan Isakov on a reimagined orchestral cover of the Radiohead classic "No Surprises".
February 23 street date. Guitar legend Ace Frehley announces the release of his new studio album, "10,000 Volts". Produced by Ace and Steve Brown (Trixter), the 11 track album sees Ace perform electrifying, hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll and heavy metal simply wouldn't look, sound, or feel the same without Ace Frehley. Among hundreds of accolades, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inducted him in 2014 as a co-founder and the original lead guitarist of Kiss. Guitar World named him in the Top 15 of its "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" and plugged the lead from "Shock Me" on the "50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time".
February 23 street date. Guitar legend Ace Frehley announces the release of his new studio album, "10,000 Volts". Produced by Ace and Steve Brown (Trixter), the 11 track album sees Ace perfrom electrifying, hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll and heavy metal simply wouldn't look, sound, or feel the same without Ace Frehley. Among hundreds of accolades, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inducted him in 2014 as a co-founder and the original lead guitarist of Kiss. Guitar World named him in the Top 15 of its "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" and plugged the lead from "Shock Me" on the "50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time".
February 23 street date. Guitar legend Ace Frehley announces the release of his new studio album, "10,000 Volts". Produced by Ace and Steve Brown (Trixter), the 11 track album sees Ace perfrom electrifying, hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll and heavy metal simply wouldn't look, sound, or feel the same without Ace Frehley. Among hundreds of accolades, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inducted him in 2014 as a co-founder and the original lead guitarist of Kiss. Guitar World named him in the Top 15 of its "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" and plugged the lead from "Shock Me" on the "50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time".
February 23 street date. Matador's Revisionist History Catalogue Series presents the 15th anniversary edition of Fucked Up's Polaris Prize winning sophomore album, "The Chemistry of Common Life", arriving on a limited edition clear orange double LP. The now classic 2008 album synthesizes numerous diverse impulses into an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals (including 18 guitars on the first single, the fatalistic "No Epiphany"), the music remains iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' vocals front and center. Guest musicians, of course, abound, notably gorgeous voices such as Brooklyn's Vivian Girls and Toronto's Katie Stelmanis (Austra). Today, "The Chemistry of Common Life" remains as conceptually ambitious as it is musically adventurous, pushing through and far beyond the accepted boundaries of punk and hardcore.
January 26 street date. Baltimore-based 4-piece Future Islands present their seventh album, "People Who Aren't There Anymore", via 4AD. Following 2020's "As Long As You Are", the 12 track record heralds a new chapter for the band, who despite having formed nearly two decades ago, continue to challenge themselves and each other. Where they've pursued ever-higher energy anthems in the past, they've turned inward this time, and unlocked a new level of ferocity, delivering some of their most inspiring and heartbreaking tracks by doing the opposite: taking their time, making each breath, each syllable, each cymbal crash count. The result is a powerful, defining statement from a group of musicians that have made the best album of their career.
People Who Aren’t There Anymore was produced by Future Islands and Steve Wright, and mixed by Steve Wright and Chris Coady (who returns to working with the band for the first time since 2014’s Singles).
January 26 street date. Baltimore-based 4-piece Future Islands present their seventh album, "People Who Aren't There Anymore", via 4AD. Following 2020's "As Long As You Are", the 12 track record heralds a new chapter for the band, who despite having formed nearly two decades ago, continue to challenge themselves and each other. Where they've pursued ever-higher energy anthems in the past, they've turned inward this time, and unlocked a new level of ferocity, delivering some of their most inspiring and heartbreaking tracks by doing the opposite: taking their time, making each breath, each syllable, each cymbal crash count. The result is a powerful, defining statement from a group of musicians that have made the best album of their career.People Who Aren’t There Anymore was produced by Future Islands and Steve Wright, and mixed by Steve Wright and Chris Coady (who returns to working with the band for the first time since 2014’s Singles).
January 26 street date. Baltimore-based 4-piece Future Islands present their seventh album, "People Who Aren't There Anymore", via 4AD. Following 2020's "As Long As You Are", the 12 track record heralds a new chapter for the band, who despite having formed nearly two decades ago, continue to challenge themselves and each other. Where they've pursued ever-higher energy anthems in the past, they've turned inward this time, and unlocked a new level of ferocity, delivering some of their most inspiring and heartbreaking tracks by doing the opposite: taking their time, making each breath, each syllable, each cymbal crash count. The result is a powerful, defining statement from a group of musicians that have made the best album of their career.
February 23 street date (LP) / March 29 (Cassette) / April 12 (CD) (date change). The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil. These songs, recorded between 1977-1985, are different from anything previously released by the artist. Rich with the sound of birds outside the window, the creak of the piano bench, the thump of Emahoy's finger on the record button, they create a sense of place, of being near the artist while she records. Emahoy dreamt of releasing this music to a larger audience before her passing in March of 2023. Mississippi are proud to release this music, in collaboration with her family, now, in what would have been her 100th year. LP comes with a 16-page booklet full-color booklet. Gold cover first edition.
February 23 street date (LP) / March 29 (Cassette) / April 12 (CD) (date change). The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil. These songs, recorded between 1977-1985, are different from anything previously released by the artist. Rich with the sound of birds outside the window, the creak of the piano bench, the thump of Emahoy's finger on the record button, they create a sense of place, of being near the artist while she records. Emahoy dreamt of releasing this music to a larger audience before her passing in March of 2023. Mississippi are proud to release this music, in collaboration with her family, now, in what would have been her 100th year. LP comes with a 16-page booklet full-color booklet. Gold cover first edition.
February 23 street date (LP) / March 29 (Cassette) / April 12 (CD) (date change). The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil. These songs, recorded between 1977-1985, are different from anything previously released by the artist. Rich with the sound of birds outside the window, the creak of the piano bench, the thump of Emahoy's finger on the record button, they create a sense of place, of being near the artist while she records. Emahoy dreamt of releasing this music to a larger audience before her passing in March of 2023. Mississippi are proud to release this music, in collaboration with her family, now, in what would have been her 100th year. LP comes with a 16-page booklet full-color booklet. Gold cover first edition.
March 29 street date. As she's gotten older, Ella Smoker has found that her subconscious has been trying to tell her "some pretty wacky stuff". Thoughts will come to the 21-year-old singer-songwriter in dreams, or as she writes lyrics in studio sessions, words floating onto the page before she's really had a moment to realise what they are. "As soon as we start making the music, my brain sort of turns off," she explains. "I'll be sitting there, writing all this stuff that feels like a load of nonsense, and a month later, I'll look back and be like "oh". It all comes from a place I didn’t even realise was there". In learning how to open up to herself, gglum ended up finding a kindred spirit in producer Karma Kid (Maisie Peters, Shygirl, Connie Constance), pushing past her natural bedroom-pop introversion to find joy in the process of collaboration. The release of "The Garden Dream" will offer gglum plenty more opportunity to get both silly and serious, to be bold in her exploration of new ideas and sounds. But it will also offer the opportunity to further accept herself as the dreamlike artist she always wanted to be; confidently embellishing acoustic worlds that her listeners can burrow safely within.
March 29 street date. As she's gotten older, Ella Smoker has found that her subconscious has been trying to tell her "some pretty wacky stuff". Thoughts will come to the 21-year-old singer-songwriter in dreams, or as she writes lyrics in studio sessions, words floating onto the page before she's really had a moment to realise what they are. "As soon as we start making the music, my brain sort of turns off," she explains. "I'll be sitting there, writing all this stuff that feels like a load of nonsense, and a month later, I'll look back and be like "oh". It all comes from a place I didn’t even realise was there". In learning how to open up to herself, gglum ended up finding a kindred spirit in producer Karma Kid (Maisie Peters, Shygirl, Connie Constance), pushing past her natural bedroom-pop introversion to find joy in the process of collaboration. The release of "The Garden Dream" will offer gglum plenty more opportunity to get both silly and serious, to be bold in her exploration of new ideas and sounds. But it will also offer the opportunity to further accept herself as the dreamlike artist she always wanted to be; confidently embellishing acoustic worlds that her listeners can burrow safely within.
March 29 street date. As she's gotten older, Ella Smoker has found that her subconscious has been trying to tell her "some pretty wacky stuff". Thoughts will come to the 21-year-old singer-songwriter in dreams, or as she writes lyrics in studio sessions, words floating onto the page before she's really had a moment to realise what they are. "As soon as we start making the music, my brain sort of turns off," she explains. "I'll be sitting there, writing all this stuff that feels like a load of nonsense, and a month later, I'll look back and be like "oh". It all comes from a place I didn’t even realise was there". In learning how to open up to herself, gglum ended up finding a kindred spirit in producer Karma Kid (Maisie Peters, Shygirl, Connie Constance), pushing past her natural bedroom-pop introversion to find joy in the process of collaboration. The release of "The Garden Dream" will offer gglum plenty more opportunity to get both silly and serious, to be bold in her exploration of new ideas and sounds. But it will also offer the opportunity to further accept herself as the dreamlike artist she always wanted to be; confidently embellishing acoustic worlds that her listeners can burrow safely within.
March 29 street date. As she's gotten older, Ella Smoker has found that her subconscious has been trying to tell her "some pretty wacky stuff". Thoughts will come to the 21-year-old singer-songwriter in dreams, or as she writes lyrics in studio sessions, words floating onto the page before she's really had a moment to realise what they are. "As soon as we start making the music, my brain sort of turns off," she explains. "I'll be sitting there, writing all this stuff that feels like a load of nonsense, and a month later, I'll look back and be like "oh". It all comes from a place I didn’t even realise was there". In learning how to open up to herself, gglum ended up finding a kindred spirit in producer Karma Kid (Maisie Peters, Shygirl, Connie Constance), pushing past her natural bedroom-pop introversion to find joy in the process of collaboration. The release of "The Garden Dream" will offer gglum plenty more opportunity to get both silly and serious, to be bold in her exploration of new ideas and sounds. But it will also offer the opportunity to further accept herself as the dreamlike artist she always wanted to be; confidently embellishing acoustic worlds that her listeners can burrow safely within.
February 23 street date. Coming off the heels of 2022's "A New Kind of Love", "A Trip To The Moon" sees Ghost Funk Orchestra diving even deeper in the worlds of film music, exotica, and psychedelic surf rock. The aim is to create a layered and collaged listening experience with more elements than you could possibly pick out in a single listen. The guitars are fuzzy and flooded with spring reverb, and the horns are arranged in a studio big band fashion. It's full of big compositions with garage rock attitude. Influences range everywhere from Eddie Palmieri and Esquivel to The Lively Ones, Dusty Springfield, and War. The tracks are tied together by real recorded transmissions from the Apollo moon missions. The concept for the album is a story about a woman stranded on earth by her cosmonaut partner, left to ponder his whereabouts and whether or not he'll make it back from the cosmos alive.
February 23 street date. Coming off the heels of 2022's "A New Kind of Love", "A Trip To The Moon" sees Ghost Funk Orchestra diving even deeper in the worlds of film music, exotica, and psychedelic surf rock. The aim is to create a layered and collaged listening experience with more elements than you could possibly pick out in a single listen. The guitars are fuzzy and flooded with spring reverb, and the horns are arranged in a studio big band fashion. It's full of big compositions with garage rock attitude. Influences range everywhere from Eddie Palmieri and Esquivel to The Lively Ones, Dusty Springfield, and War. The tracks are tied together by real recorded transmissions from the Apollo moon missions. The concept for the album is a story about a woman stranded on earth by her cosmonaut partner, left to ponder his whereabouts and whether or not he'll make it back from the cosmos alive.
February 23 street date. Coming off the heels of 2022's "A New Kind of Love", "A Trip To The Moon" sees Ghost Funk Orchestra diving even deeper in the worlds of film music, exotica, and psychedelic surf rock. The aim is to create a layered and collaged listening experience with more elements than you could possibly pick out in a single listen. The guitars are fuzzy and flooded with spring reverb, and the horns are arranged in a studio big band fashion. It's full of big compositions with garage rock attitude. Influences range everywhere from Eddie Palmieri and Esquivel to The Lively Ones, Dusty Springfield, and War. The tracks are tied together by real recorded transmissions from the Apollo moon missions. The concept for the album is a story about a woman stranded on earth by her cosmonaut partner, left to ponder his whereabouts and whether or not he'll make it back from the cosmos alive.
April 5 street date. "You Only Live 2wice" is the third studio album from Freddie Gibbs. Following a tumultuous time in Gibbs' personal life, the album focuses on Freddie overcoming his obstacles and rising from the ashes anew, as reflected in the album art depicting the resurrection of Jesus. At 8 tracks, the album has no features, instead using the space to let Gibbs bear his soul. The album includes the chilling violin-laced single "Crushed Glass" as well as standout hits "20 Karat Jesus" and"Amnesia." Executive produced by Ben "Lambo" Lambert & Gibbs himself, the album sees production from BADBADNOTGOOD, Kaytranada, Speakerbomb, Dupri, Jay Nari, Teddy Walton, Blair Norf, and more. Back in print for the first time since its initial release and pressed on opaque red vinyl.
Please note new street date: February 9. "plastic death" - the second album by glass beach - is a follow-up record almost five years in the making. The band's self- titled 2019 debut has over the years grown a cult fanbase for its unflinching depiction of queer life as mediated through social media, its oversized ambition, and its scrappy yet adventurous production. And while it took some time to arrive, "plastic death" sounds like the logical expansion of all the things that made their first album so special. Frontperson and primary songwriter J McClendon is joined by lead guitarist Layne Smith, bassist Jonas Newhouse and drummer William White to create something adventurous on each song. Trumpet, trombone, violin, and even marimba dance and bloom alongside the band's own creative and dextrous instrumentation - a stunning, transformative creation that pulls from indie rock, jazz, prog, hardcore, metal, experimental, and beyond. "plastic death" is a complete, uncompromising, playful work of art; every corner and crevice of the record's 13 tracks, each arrangement and timbre and texture, is alive with intention and possibility.
Please note new street date: February 9. "plastic death" - the second album by glass beach - is a follow-up record almost five years in the making. The band's self- titled 2019 debut has over the years grown a cult fanbase for its unflinching depiction of queer life as mediated through social media, its oversized ambition, and its scrappy yet adventurous production. And while it took some time to arrive, "plastic death" sounds like the logical expansion of all the things that made their first album so special. Frontperson and primary songwriter J McClendon is joined by lead guitarist Layne Smith, bassist Jonas Newhouse and drummer William White to create something adventurous on each song. Trumpet, trombone, violin, and even marimba dance and bloom alongside the band's own creative and dextrous instrumentation - a stunning, transformative creation that pulls from indie rock, jazz, prog, hardcore, metal, experimental, and beyond. "plastic death" is a complete, uncompromising, playful work of art; every corner and crevice of the record's 13 tracks, each arrangement and timbre and texture, is alive with intention and possibility.
Please note new street date: February 9. "plastic death" - the second album by glass beach - is a follow-up record almost five years in the making. The band's self- titled 2019 debut has over the years grown a cult fanbase for its unflinching depiction of queer life as mediated through social media, its oversized ambition, and its scrappy yet adventurous production. And while it took some time to arrive, "plastic death" sounds like the logical expansion of all the things that made their first album so special. Frontperson and primary songwriter J McClendon is joined by lead guitarist Layne Smith, bassist Jonas Newhouse and drummer William White to create something adventurous on each song. Trumpet, trombone, violin, and even marimba dance and bloom alongside the band's own creative and dextrous instrumentation - a stunning, transformative creation that pulls from indie rock, jazz, prog, hardcore, metal, experimental, and beyond. "plastic death" is a complete, uncompromising, playful work of art; every corner and crevice of the record's 13 tracks, each arrangement and timbre and texture, is alive with intention and possibility.
February 23 street date. Offering fuzzy grunge-pop with doses of shimmering synths and emo angst, Ned Russin co-fronted Title Fight before halting in 2018 and Ned began playing music as Glitterer. Now a full band, Glitterer returns with "Rationale", combining 90s grunge, capital-R riffs a la The Stooges, and a keyboard lead that gives self-deprecating melodrama. After relying more on synths for the entirely solo, home-recorded "Glitterer" LP in 2017, he involved collaborators on the crunchier "Looking Through the Shades" in 2019. This trend toward driving indie rock grit with 90s influences continued on 2021's "Life Is Not a Lesson" and now "Rationale".
March 8 street date. Legendary musician and multi-disciplinary artist Kim Gordon presents her second solo album, "The Collective", via Matador. Recorded in her native Los Angeles, the 11-track album follows Gordon's 2019 full-length debut, "No Home Record", and continues her collaboration with producer Justin Raisen (Lil Yachty, John Cale, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Charli XCX, Yves Tumor), along with additional producer, Anthony Paul Lopez. "The Collective" advances their joint world building, with Raisen's damaged, blown out dub and trap constructions playing the foil to Kim's intuitive word collages and hooky mantras, conjuring communication, commercial sublimation and sensory overload. "On this record, I wanted to express the absolute craziness I feel around me right now", says Gordon. "This is a moment when nobody really knows what truth is, when facts don't necessarily sway people, when everyone has their own side, creating a general sense of paranoia".
March 8 street date. Legendary musician and multi-disciplinary artist Kim Gordon presents her second solo album, "The Collective", via Matador. Recorded in her native Los Angeles, the 11-track album follows Gordon's 2019 full-length debut, "No Home Record", and continues her collaboration with producer Justin Raisen (Lil Yachty, John Cale, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Charli XCX, Yves Tumor), along with additional producer, Anthony Paul Lopez. "The Collective" advances their joint world building, with Raisen's damaged, blown out dub and trap constructions playing the foil to Kim's intuitive word collages and hooky mantras, conjuring communication, commercial sublimation and sensory overload. "On this record, I wanted to express the absolute craziness I feel around me right now", says Gordon. "This is a moment when nobody really knows what truth is, when facts don't necessarily sway people, when everyone has their own side, creating a general sense of paranoia".
February 16 street date. Following the release of her debut album, "Stay Alive" (2020) and the "At War With The Silverfish" EP (2021), Emmy-nominated artist, author, musician, activist and Against Me! founder/songwriter Laura Jane Grace returns with "Hole In My Head" - her beautiful new album featuring eleven tracks that showcase her undeniable power as a songwriter and storyteller. The album features her most personal and emotionally gripping songs of her career - stripped down masterpieces like "Dysphoria Hoodie" paired with blistering distorted anthems like "Hole In My Head" and "Birds Talk Too", tracks that demand the listener's attention with an immediacy and urgency unlike anything Grace has written before. Grace has collaborated with artists such as Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, Weezer, and others, and has performed at countless clubs and festivals around the world, including Coachella, Reading Festival, BottleRock, and more.
February 16 street date. Following the release of her debut album, "Stay Alive" (2020) and the "At War With The Silverfish" EP (2021), Emmy-nominated artist, author, musician, activist and Against Me! founder/songwriter Laura Jane Grace returns with "Hole In My Head" - her beautiful new album featuring eleven tracks that showcase her undeniable power as a songwriter and storyteller. The album features her most personal and emotionally gripping songs of her career - stripped down masterpieces like "Dysphoria Hoodie" paired with blistering distorted anthems like "Hole In My Head" and "Birds Talk Too", tracks that demand the listener's attention with an immediacy and urgency unlike anything Grace has written before. Grace has collaborated with artists such as Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, Weezer, and others, and has performed at countless clubs and festivals around the world, including Coachella, Reading Festival, BottleRock, and more.
February 16 street date. Following the release of her debut album, "Stay Alive" (2020) and the "At War With The Silverfish" EP (2021), Emmy-nominated artist, author, musician, activist and Against Me! founder/songwriter Laura Jane Grace returns with "Hole In My Head" - her beautiful new album featuring eleven tracks that showcase her undeniable power as a songwriter and storyteller. The album features her most personal and emotionally gripping songs of her career - stripped down masterpieces like "Dysphoria Hoodie" paired with blistering distorted anthems like "Hole In My Head" and "Birds Talk Too", tracks that demand the listener's attention with an immediacy and urgency unlike anything Grace has written before. Grace has collaborated with artists such as Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, Weezer, and others, and has performed at countless clubs and festivals around the world, including Coachella, Reading Festival, BottleRock, and more.
February 9 street date. "PHASOR" is Helado Negro's tightest collection of songs - deep, atmospheric, and meticulously executed. His acclaimed 2021 album, "Far In", focused on being in quarantine - talking to your mother through Zoom instead of across a room. "PHASOR", in turn, is a homage to going outside again. The 9 tracks make up a return-to-life, remembering what the sun feels like, and letting it warm your skin. Helado Negro recently relocated to Asheville, North Carolina, and the landscape around him was essential to this album - the crystalline mountains dotted with mica, wild blueberry bushes, and inky dirt surfaces. He made the collection of songs at his studio, across the hall from the studio of his wife, his frequent collaborator Kristi Sword, who created the album art drawings.
February 9 street date. "PHASOR" is Helado Negro's tightest collection of songs - deep, atmospheric, and meticulously executed. His acclaimed 2021 album, "Far In", focused on being in quarantine - talking to your mother through Zoom instead of across a room. "PHASOR", in turn, is a homage to going outside again. The 9 tracks make up a return-to-life, remembering what the sun feels like, and letting it warm your skin. Helado Negro recently relocated to Asheville, North Carolina, and the landscape around him was essential to this album - the crystalline mountains dotted with mica, wild blueberry bushes, and inky dirt surfaces. He made the collection of songs at his studio, across the hall from the studio of his wife, his frequent collaborator Kristi Sword, who created the album art drawings.
February 9 street date. "PHASOR" is Helado Negro's tightest collection of songs - deep, atmospheric, and meticulously executed. His acclaimed 2021 album, "Far In", focused on being in quarantine - talking to your mother through Zoom instead of across a room. "PHASOR", in turn, is a homage to going outside again. The 9 tracks make up a return-to-life, remembering what the sun feels like, and letting it warm your skin. Helado Negro recently relocated to Asheville, North Carolina, and the landscape around him was essential to this album - the crystalline mountains dotted with mica, wild blueberry bushes, and inky dirt surfaces. He made the collection of songs at his studio, across the hall from the studio of his wife, his frequent collaborator Kristi Sword, who created the album art drawings.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. Kristin Hersh's celebrated debut album "Hips And Makers" is getting a first-ever reissue on Record Store Day 2024, to coincide with its 30th anniversary. Pressed on a 2LP set, the first 3 sides feature the original album, reconfigured for optimum playback, along with three tracks from the "Your Ghost" EP and a bonus track, "Hysterical Bending". The 4th side features the full "Strings" EP, which includes the previously orphaned track, "The Key". Reflecting its original design, the "Hips And Makers" 30th anniversary deluxe edition arrives in a gatefold sleeve and on limited edition clear green vinyl.
March 29 street date. High Llamas present "Hey Panda" - a modern pop music/deep listening experience that could only issue forth from their personal quadrant of the galaxy. "Hey Panda" projects soulfully through an enervating abstract of today's popular music; the sound of the Llamas' stately melodies and expressive ditties laid open - blissfully shattered - with drums and vocals hitting different, burning sounds and contemporary production twists pulling the ear at every turn. For the past few decades, High Llamas have trafficked in contemporary pop sounds directed toward the avant end of the spectrum as much as not. But here the message was clear. Llamas' composer-in-residence Sean O'Hagan was determined to let go. "Hey Panda" does just that, with a set of tunes reflecting on multiple levels how definitions change over the course of a lifetime, radiating an optimism derived from the diverse conundrums of today.
March 29 street date. High Llamas present "Hey Panda" - a modern pop music/deep listening experience that could only issue forth from their personal quadrant of the galaxy. "Hey Panda" projects soulfully through an enervating abstract of today's popular music; the sound of the Llamas' stately melodies and expressive ditties laid open - blissfully shattered - with drums and vocals hitting different, burning sounds and contemporary production twists pulling the ear at every turn. For the past few decades, High Llamas have trafficked in contemporary pop sounds directed toward the avant end of the spectrum as much as not. But here the message was clear. Llamas' composer-in-residence Sean O'Hagan was determined to let go. "Hey Panda" does just that, with a set of tunes reflecting on multiple levels how definitions change over the course of a lifetime, radiating an optimism derived from the diverse conundrums of today.
April 19 street date. High On Fire brings an electrifying experience with their dynamic sound that blends sludge, doom, and thrash metal. Dive into a sonic journey as their music transcends boundaries, delivering a heavy and intense atmosphere. Their latest single, "Burning Down", amplifies the raw power of their signature style, featuring relentless riffs and thunderous beats. With High On Fire, listeners embark on a visceral adventure through the depths of metal, where each note ignites a fiery passion for the genre.
April 19 street date. High On Fire brings an electrifying experience with their dynamic sound that blends sludge, doom, and thrash metal. Dive into a sonic journey as their music transcends boundaries, delivering a heavy and intense atmosphere. Their latest single, "Burning Down", amplifies the raw power of their signature style, featuring relentless riffs and thunderous beats. With High On Fire, listeners embark on a visceral adventure through the depths of metal, where each note ignites a fiery passion for the genre.
April 19 street date. High On Fire brings an electrifying experience with their dynamic sound that blends sludge, doom, and thrash metal. Dive into a sonic journey as their music transcends boundaries, delivering a heavy and intense atmosphere. Their latest single, "Burning Down", amplifies the raw power of their signature style, featuring relentless riffs and thunderous beats. With High On Fire, listeners embark on a visceral adventure through the depths of metal, where each note ignites a fiery passion for the genre.
December 8 street date. Back in print titles from the pioneering shoegaze/alt-rock band Hum. The band members oversaw every step of the remastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages while working with original designer Andy Mueller/Ohio Girl in updating the artwork. Hum's fourth album, "Downward Is Heavenward", was originally issued by RCA in 1997.
December 8 street date. Back in print titles from the pioneering shoegaze/alt-rock band Hum. The band members oversaw every step of the remastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages while working with original designer Andy Mueller/Ohio Girl in updating the artwork. Hum's fourth album, "Downward Is Heavenward", was originally issued by RCA in 1997.
December 8 street date. Back in print titles from the pioneering shoegaze/alt-rock band Hum. The band members oversaw every step of the remastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages while working with original designer Andy Mueller/Ohio Girl in updating the artwork. Hum's second album, "Electra 2000", was originally released in 1993 and has been unavailable for a long time.
December 8 street date. Back in print titles from the pioneering shoegaze/alt-rock band Hum. The band members oversaw every step of the remastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages while working with original designer Andy Mueller/Ohio Girl in updating the artwork. Hum's second album, "Electra 2000", was originally released in 1993 and has been unavailable for a long time.
December 8 street date. Back in print titles from the pioneering shoegaze/alt-rock band Hum. The band members oversaw every step of the remastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages while working with original designer Andy Mueller/Ohio Girl in updating the artwork. Hum's third album, "You'd Prefer An Astronaut", was originally issued by RCA in 1995.
December 8 street date. Back in print titles from the pioneering shoegaze/alt-rock band Hum. The band members oversaw every step of the remastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages while working with original designer Andy Mueller/Ohio Girl in updating the artwork. Hum's third album, "You'd Prefer An Astronaut", was originally issued by RCA in 1995.
April 19 street date. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown return for the EP extension of their 2023 critically acclaimed album, "Scaring The Hoes". "Scaring The Hoes: DLC Pack" contains four new songs that continue to showcase the energy and quirk of the duo that was revered on the full length album by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NPR, and many more. These four songs continue to show off JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown's impressive lyricism and exhilarating dynamics when the two come together.
April 5 street date. Khruangbin's fourth studio album, "A LA SALA", is an exercise in returning in order to go further, and doing so on your own terms. It continues the mystery and sanctity that is the key to how bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, drummer Donald "DJ" Johnson, Jr., and guitarist Mark "Marko" Speer approach music. If 2020's "Mordechai", the last studio LP Khruangbin made without collaborators, was a party record that enhanced the band’s musical reputation far and wide, then "A LA SALA" is the measured morning after. It's a gorgeously airy record completed only in the company of the group's longtime engineer Steve Christensen, with minimal overdubs. "A LA SALA" invites you to gaze through a window upon a landscape of daydreams, impossible skies and surreal glances, reflecting what we experience inward when looking outward. Each physical edition of "A LA SALA" incorporates unique travelogue photos captured by Marko. The black LP includes a bespoke jacket and handwritten elements from bassist Laura Lee, while the limited vinyl colorway edition feature a die-cut jacket revealing its own living room and window.
April 5 street date. Khruangbin's fourth studio album, "A LA SALA", is an exercise in returning in order to go further, and doing so on your own terms. It continues the mystery and sanctity that is the key to how bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, drummer Donald "DJ" Johnson, Jr., and guitarist Mark "Marko" Speer approach music. If 2020's "Mordechai", the last studio LP Khruangbin made without collaborators, was a party record that enhanced the band’s musical reputation far and wide, then "A LA SALA" is the measured morning after. It's a gorgeously airy record completed only in the company of the group's longtime engineer Steve Christensen, with minimal overdubs. "A LA SALA" invites you to gaze through a window upon a landscape of daydreams, impossible skies and surreal glances, reflecting what we experience inward when looking outward. Each physical edition of "A LA SALA" incorporates unique travelogue photos captured by Marko. The black LP includes a bespoke jacket and handwritten elements from bassist Laura Lee, while the limited vinyl colorway edition feature a die-cut jacket revealing its own living room and window.
April 5 street date. Khruangbin's fourth studio album, "A LA SALA", is an exercise in returning in order to go further, and doing so on your own terms. It continues the mystery and sanctity that is the key to how bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, drummer Donald "DJ" Johnson, Jr., and guitarist Mark "Marko" Speer approach music. If 2020's "Mordechai", the last studio LP Khruangbin made without collaborators, was a party record that enhanced the band’s musical reputation far and wide, then "A LA SALA" is the measured morning after. It's a gorgeously airy record completed only in the company of the group's longtime engineer Steve Christensen, with minimal overdubs. "A LA SALA" invites you to gaze through a window upon a landscape of daydreams, impossible skies and surreal glances, reflecting what we experience inward when looking outward. Each physical edition of "A LA SALA" incorporates unique travelogue photos captured by Marko. The black LP includes a bespoke jacket and handwritten elements from bassist Laura Lee, while the limited vinyl colorway edition feature a die-cut jacket revealing its own living room and window.
December 1 street date. Khruangbin's series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band's flight plan through the years: it's a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording's home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Across five releases, this series ignites both sides of Khruangbin's magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances. Closing out this collection, "Live At Sydney Opera House" is a double LP of front-to-back Khruangbin. Here, career-spanning songs like "A Calf Born in Winter", "Maria También", "So We Won't Forget", "Shida" and "Friday Morning" arrive in their full interplanetary glory, recorded at one of the most celebrated venues on earth, the Sydney Opera House.
January 26 street date. "Blue Raspberry" is Katy Kirby's follow up to her renowned debut album "Cool Dry Place", which came out in February 2021. Singer/songwriter Katy Kirby introduced her warm, articulate vocals, perceptive lyrics, and playful adult-alternative style on her debut album as she toured tirelessly supporting bands like Waxahatchee, Andy Shauf, Julia Jacklin, and Alex G. That record was a tried-and-true folk collection, perfectly displaying the chops of a young songwriter and emanating the warm feel of a band in a room; "Blue Raspberry", made with the same band and producers, hits the gas and enters completely new territory as we see Katy truly step into her own as a songwriting force. She fearlessly leans far into baroque piano pop on tracks like ‘Redemption Arc’ and the title track ‘Blue Raspberry’, and lyrically she explores themes of loss and queer love. Very few are able to capture the same emotional, theatrical magic of artists like Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, and Joanna Newsom, but Katy pulls it off on this record; standout ‘Drop Dead’.
January 26 street date. "Blue Raspberry" is Katy Kirby's follow up to her renowned debut album "Cool Dry Place", which came out in February 2021. Singer/songwriter Katy Kirby introduced her warm, articulate vocals, perceptive lyrics, and playful adult-alternative style on her debut album as she toured tirelessly supporting bands like Waxahatchee, Andy Shauf, Julia Jacklin, and Alex G. That record was a tried-and-true folk collection, perfectly displaying the chops of a young songwriter and emanating the warm feel of a band in a room; "Blue Raspberry", made with the same band and producers, hits the gas and enters completely new territory as we see Katy truly step into her own as a songwriting force. She fearlessly leans far into baroque piano pop on tracks like ‘Redemption Arc’ and the title track ‘Blue Raspberry’, and lyrically she explores themes of loss and queer love. Very few are able to capture the same emotional, theatrical magic of artists like Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, and Joanna Newsom, but Katy pulls it off on this record; standout ‘Drop Dead’.
January 26 street date. "Blue Raspberry" is Katy Kirby's follow up to her renowned debut album "Cool Dry Place", which came out in February 2021. Singer/songwriter Katy Kirby introduced her warm, articulate vocals, perceptive lyrics, and playful adult-alternative style on her debut album as she toured tirelessly supporting bands like Waxahatchee, Andy Shauf, Julia Jacklin, and Alex G. That record was a tried-and-true folk collection, perfectly displaying the chops of a young songwriter and emanating the warm feel of a band in a room; "Blue Raspberry", made with the same band and producers, hits the gas and enters completely new territory as we see Katy truly step into her own as a songwriting force. She fearlessly leans far into baroque piano pop on tracks like ‘Redemption Arc’ and the title track ‘Blue Raspberry’, and lyrically she explores themes of loss and queer love. Very few are able to capture the same emotional, theatrical magic of artists like Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, and Joanna Newsom, but Katy pulls it off on this record; standout ‘Drop Dead’.
Janaury 12 street date. Soif sera le premier disque d’Ariane Brunet en tant qu’autrice-compositrice-interprète sous l’alias L’Isle. L’album Soif et le projet L’Isle sont le kaléidoscope sonore d’une autrice-compositrice-interprète inspirée. Sous un son electro-pop et plus urbain, on retrouve une foule de collaborateurs, tels que Félix Petit (synthés), William Côté (batterie), Alexandre Lapointe (basse), Jean-Alexandre Beaudoin (guitares), Ana Frances Mayer (flûte traversière), Jérôme Beaulieu (piano), ainsi que Steeven Chouinard, multi-instrumentiste et preneur de son. On retrouve aussi bien entendu Brunet aux claviers,pianos, claviers et synthétiseurs, ainsi qu’à la co-réalisation et aux arrangements. Un CD est également disponible.
March 22 street date. Adrianne Lenker presents "Bright Future", her sophomore follow-up to 2020's "Songs And Instrumentals". In the lineage of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Lenker stands alone today as a generational songwriter, both solo and as a member of Big Thief. A special musician, her reliable talent captured on "Bright Future" is in stunning, magnetic clarity. Co-produced by Philip Weinrobe, alongside contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen, the album's 12 tracks were recorded from exploratory sessions with little expectations, all while being captured on ½-inch 8-track tape. In the company of parlour instruments, Lenker's modern melodic and lyrical inventions create new traditions. Her vocal flights at times outwit gravity, then land, guiding along an earthly path. The wholeness of the un-spliced recordings preserves a time of musical friendship during a golden season. Although they recorded for only a limited time, in Adrianne's recollection, "it felt like we were together forever".
March 22 street date. Adrianne Lenker presents "Bright Future", her sophomore follow-up to 2020's "Songs And Instrumentals". In the lineage of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Lenker stands alone today as a generational songwriter, both solo and as a member of Big Thief. A special musician, her reliable talent captured on "Bright Future" is in stunning, magnetic clarity. Co-produced by Philip Weinrobe, alongside contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen, the album's 12 tracks were recorded from exploratory sessions with little expectations, all while being captured on ½-inch 8-track tape. In the company of parlour instruments, Lenker's modern melodic and lyrical inventions create new traditions. Her vocal flights at times outwit gravity, then land, guiding along an earthly path. The wholeness of the un-spliced recordings preserves a time of musical friendship during a golden season. Although they recorded for only a limited time, in Adrianne's recollection, "it felt like we were together forever".
March 22 street date. Adrianne Lenker presents "Bright Future", her sophomore follow-up to 2020's "Songs And Instrumentals". In the lineage of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Lenker stands alone today as a generational songwriter, both solo and as a member of Big Thief. A special musician, her reliable talent captured on "Bright Future" is in stunning, magnetic clarity. Co-produced by Philip Weinrobe, alongside contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen, the album's 12 tracks were recorded from exploratory sessions with little expectations, all while being captured on ½-inch 8-track tape. In the company of parlour instruments, Lenker's modern melodic and lyrical inventions create new traditions. Her vocal flights at times outwit gravity, then land, guiding along an earthly path. The wholeness of the un-spliced recordings preserves a time of musical friendship during a golden season. Although they recorded for only a limited time, in Adrianne's recollection, "it felt like we were together forever".
February 16 street date. Consider this your invitation to Café Molly, a lounge bar like they don't make anymore. The lights are low, the martinis are ice cold, the banquettes are velvet, and the stage is set for the electrifying talent of whistler Molly Lewis. After the exotica stylings of "The Forgotten Edge" EP and the tropicalia-indebted "Mirage" EP, Molly wanted to encapsulate the sound of Café Molly for her debut album "On The Lips". A dreamy tribute to classic mood music, it conjures up misty visions of classic Hollywood jazz clubs, Italian cinema soundtracks, and lingering embraces between lovers. Recorded with producer Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band at his newly-built Diamond West Studios in Pasadena, and with something of an open door policy during the sessions, a stream of acclaimed musicians ended up across the album's 10 tracks, including Nick Hakim, Latin Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Rogê, Leland Whitty and Chester Hansen of Badbadnotgood, Leon Michels, and many+ more. With her intoxicating compositions, and wry brand of stagecraft (she might not be singing up there, but she can sure tell a joke) Molly Lewis looks set to join her heroes in the storied lore of the Los Angeles lounge scene and beyond.
February 16 street date. Consider this your invitation to Café Molly, a lounge bar like they don't make anymore. The lights are low, the martinis are ice cold, the banquettes are velvet, and the stage is set for the electrifying talent of whistler Molly Lewis. After the exotica stylings of "The Forgotten Edge" EP and the tropicalia-indebted "Mirage" EP, Molly wanted to encapsulate the sound of Café Molly for her debut album "On The Lips". A dreamy tribute to classic mood music, it conjures up misty visions of classic Hollywood jazz clubs, Italian cinema soundtracks, and lingering embraces between lovers. Recorded with producer Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band at his newly-built Diamond West Studios in Pasadena, and with something of an open door policy during the sessions, a stream of acclaimed musicians ended up across the album's 10 tracks, including Nick Hakim, Latin Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Rogê, Leland Whitty and Chester Hansen of Badbadnotgood, Leon Michels, and many+ more. With her intoxicating compositions, and wry brand of stagecraft (she might not be singing up there, but she can sure tell a joke) Molly Lewis looks set to join her heroes in the storied lore of the Los Angeles lounge scene and beyond.
February 16 street date. Consider this your invitation to Café Molly, a lounge bar like they don't make anymore. The lights are low, the martinis are ice cold, the banquettes are velvet, and the stage is set for the electrifying talent of whistler Molly Lewis. After the exotica stylings of "The Forgotten Edge" EP and the tropicalia-indebted "Mirage" EP, Molly wanted to encapsulate the sound of Café Molly for her debut album "On The Lips". A dreamy tribute to classic mood music, it conjures up misty visions of classic Hollywood jazz clubs, Italian cinema soundtracks, and lingering embraces between lovers. Recorded with producer Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band at his newly-built Diamond West Studios in Pasadena, and with something of an open door policy during the sessions, a stream of acclaimed musicians ended up across the album's 10 tracks, including Nick Hakim, Latin Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Rogê, Leland Whitty and Chester Hansen of Badbadnotgood, Leon Michels, and many+ more. With her intoxicating compositions, and wry brand of stagecraft (she might not be singing up there, but she can sure tell a joke) Molly Lewis looks set to join her heroes in the storied lore of the Los Angeles lounge scene and beyond.
January 12 street date. With a few EPs and a mini-album ("Scar") having set the scene, "Spooky" is Lush's 1990 debut studio album. A key text for British indie music at the turn of a decade, it was produced by label mate Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and features the singles ‘Nothing Natural’, ‘For Love’, and ‘Superblast!’. "(Lush) set a template for the kind of wistful musings that shoegaze became known for. Their incantations are only frightening in how wonderful they are - (Pitchfork, #27 of 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of all Time). With demand high, the band have been working with renowned engineer/producer Kevin Vanbergen to help them remaster their catalogue, starting with their studio albums. Using the original ½" production tapes for source material, Kevin has painstakingly worked on them to create brand new, stunning 24-bit masters that perfectly capture the thrill of the originals.
January 12 street date. Featuring the singles ‘Desire Lines’ and ‘Hypocrite’, "Split" is the second full studio album from English rock band, Lush. Produced by Mike Hedges - famed for his work on The Cure's "Seventeen Seconds" and Siouxsie & The Banshees' "A Kiss in the Dreamhouse" - and mixed by Alan Moulder, "Split" sees the band hit a poppier sound whilst retaining their almost pitch-black feel. "Split sounds so luxurious and so powerful, the essential sound of Lush... Grounded and aloft - fiery, poppy, druggy, and alone - (Pitchfork). With demand high, the band have been working with renowned engineer/producer Kevin Vanbergen to help them remaster their catalogue, starting with their studio albums. Using the original ½" production tapes for source material, Kevin has painstakingly worked on them to create brand new, stunning 24-bit masters that perfectly capture the thrill of the originals.
January 12 street date. Lush's final studio album "Lovelife", landed whilst Britpop was in full swing (Jarvis Cocker even duets with Miki on the track 'Ciao!'), managing to fit in whilst sticking to the rules they set themselves with prior albums. Produced by Pete Bartlett (Therapy?, Kitchens Of Distinction), it features three of the band's biggest singles 'Single Girl', 'Ladykillers', '500 (Shake Baby Shake)'. Lush dealt Britpop "the feminist counterpoint it sorely needed" (Pitchfork). With demand high, the band have been working with renowned engineer/producer Kevin Vanbergen to help them remaster their catalogue, starting with the 3 studio albums. Using the original 1/2" production tapes for source material, Kevin has painstakingly worked on them to create brand new, stunning 24-bit masters that perfectly capture the thrill of the originals.
April 5 street date. Magnolia Park, the Florida based genre-bending alternative rock band who play more than 200 shows a year, are releasing their third album, entitled "Halloween Mixtape II". The band's following has grown substantially in the past year (with over 710k TikTok followers/ 63M views, 187k Instagram followers), as they move from opening slots on tours with everyone from Sum 41 to Simple Plan, to sold out headline tours and top slots at festivals. It's no secret that Epitaph Records has been the breeding ground for some of the most legendary bands in existence and Magnolia Park carry on in that tradition. Since forming in Orlando, Florida, in 2019, the five-piece act have released two albums, three EPs, and a handful of singles, bringing their upbeat brand of alt-rock to the masses. While Magnolia Park's music is at times lighthearted, the ethnically diverse band are also serious about spreading a message of inclusivity and inspiring other kids like them to start bands as a form of creative expression.
April 5 street date. Magnolia Park, the Florida based genre-bending alternative rock band who play more than 200 shows a year, are releasing their third album, entitled "Halloween Mixtape II". The band's following has grown substantially in the past year (with over 710k TikTok followers/ 63M views, 187k Instagram followers), as they move from opening slots on tours with everyone from Sum 41 to Simple Plan, to sold out headline tours and top slots at festivals. It's no secret that Epitaph Records has been the breeding ground for some of the most legendary bands in existence and Magnolia Park carry on in that tradition. Since forming in Orlando, Florida, in 2019, the five-piece act have released two albums, three EPs, and a handful of singles, bringing their upbeat brand of alt-rock to the masses. While Magnolia Park's music is at times lighthearted, the ethnically diverse band are also serious about spreading a message of inclusivity and inspiring other kids like them to start bands as a form of creative expression.
February 9 street date. Kali Malone's anticipated new album "All Life Long" is a collection of music for pipe organ, choir, and brass quintet composed by Kali Malone, 2020-2023. Choral music performed by Macadam Ensemble and conducted by Etienne Ferschaud at Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-L'Immaculée-Conception in Nantes. Brass quintet music performed by Anima Brass at The Bunker Studio in New York City. Organ music performed by Kali Malone and Stephen O'Malley on the historical meantone tempered pipe organs at Église Saint-François in Lausanne, Orgelpark in Amsterdam, and Malmö Konstmuseum in Sweden. Kali Malone composes with a rare clarity of vision. Her music is patient and focused, built on a foundation of evolving harmonic cycles that draw out latent emotional resonances. Time is a crucial factor: letting go of expectations of duration and breadth offers a chance to find a space of reflection and contemplation. In her hands, experimental reinterpretations of centuries-old polyphonic compositional methods become portals to new ways of perceiving sound, structure, and introspection.
February 9 street date. Kali Malone's anticipated new album "All Life Long" is a collection of music for pipe organ, choir, and brass quintet composed by Kali Malone, 2020-2023. Choral music performed by Macadam Ensemble and conducted by Etienne Ferschaud at Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-L'Immaculée-Conception in Nantes. Brass quintet music performed by Anima Brass at The Bunker Studio in New York City. Organ music performed by Kali Malone and Stephen O'Malley on the historical meantone tempered pipe organs at Église Saint-François in Lausanne, Orgelpark in Amsterdam, and Malmö Konstmuseum in Sweden. Kali Malone composes with a rare clarity of vision. Her music is patient and focused, built on a foundation of evolving harmonic cycles that draw out latent emotional resonances. Time is a crucial factor: letting go of expectations of duration and breadth offers a chance to find a space of reflection and contemplation. In her hands, experimental reinterpretations of centuries-old polyphonic compositional methods become portals to new ways of perceiving sound, structure, and introspection.
March 1 street date. Mannequin Pussy's music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. Across four albums, the Philadelphia rock band has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. Their new album, "I Got Heaven", is the band's most fully realized recording yet. Over ten ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting alternative pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It's a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive. Following the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album "Patience", Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP "Perfect". They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band's official lineup. The band changed their entire creative formula, choosing to write together in the studio in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton, over slowly crafting tracks at home.
March 1 street date. Mannequin Pussy's music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. Across four albums, the Philadelphia rock band has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. Their new album, "I Got Heaven", is the band's most fully realized recording yet. Over ten ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting alternative pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It's a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive. Following the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album "Patience", Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP "Perfect". They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band's official lineup. The band changed their entire creative formula, choosing to write together in the studio in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton, over slowly crafting tracks at home.
March 1 street date. Mannequin Pussy's music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. Across four albums, the Philadelphia rock band has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. Their new album, "I Got Heaven", is the band's most fully realized recording yet. Over ten ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting alternative pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It's a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive. Following the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album "Patience", Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP "Perfect". They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band's official lineup. The band changed their entire creative formula, choosing to write together in the studio in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton, over slowly crafting tracks at home.
February 2 street date. "What Do We Do Now" is the fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis since 1996. This is obviously not a very aggressive release schedule, but when you figure in the live albums, guest spots, and records done with his various other bands (Dinosaur Jr., The Fog, Heavy Blanket, Witch, Sweet Apple, and so on), well, to paraphrase Lou Reed, "J's week beats your year". Two guest musicians are playing this time out; Western Mass local Ken Mauri (of the B52s) plays piano on several tracks, and Ontario-based polymath Matthew "Doc", whose steel guitar manages to both widen and soften the musical edges of the music, giving it a full classicist profile. Both Dunn and Mauri add beautifully to the songs here, helping to transform them from acoustic sketches into full-blown post-core power ballads. "What Do We Do Now" is the finest set of solo tunes J has yet penned, and the way they're presented is just about perfect.
February 2 street date. "What Do We Do Now" is the fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis since 1996. This is obviously not a very aggressive release schedule, but when you figure in the live albums, guest spots, and records done with his various other bands (Dinosaur Jr., The Fog, Heavy Blanket, Witch, Sweet Apple, and so on), well, to paraphrase Lou Reed, "J's week beats your year". Two guest musicians are playing this time out; Western Mass local Ken Mauri (of the B52s) plays piano on several tracks, and Ontario-based polymath Matthew "Doc", whose steel guitar manages to both widen and soften the musical edges of the music, giving it a full classicist profile. Both Dunn and Mauri add beautifully to the songs here, helping to transform them from acoustic sketches into full-blown post-core power ballads. "What Do We Do Now" is the finest set of solo tunes J has yet penned, and the way they're presented is just about perfect.
February 2 street date. "What Do We Do Now" is the fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis since 1996. This is obviously not a very aggressive release schedule, but when you figure in the live albums, guest spots, and records done with his various other bands (Dinosaur Jr., The Fog, Heavy Blanket, Witch, Sweet Apple, and so on), well, to paraphrase Lou Reed, "J's week beats your year". Two guest musicians are playing this time out; Western Mass local Ken Mauri (of the B52s) plays piano on several tracks, and Ontario-based polymath Matthew "Doc", whose steel guitar manages to both widen and soften the musical edges of the music, giving it a full classicist profile. Both Dunn and Mauri add beautifully to the songs here, helping to transform them from acoustic sketches into full-blown post-core power ballads. "What Do We Do Now" is the finest set of solo tunes J has yet penned, and the way they're presented is just about perfect.
April 12 street date. On her new album "Sun Without the Heat", Leyla McCalla brings more playfulness and joy than she has on previous records when she speaks to the concerns that have shaped her career, mainly including an ethos in which you must look back at lost and erased histories before you can embrace a forward vision of Afrofuturism and the importance of music making to heal and forge relationships across differences. Across its ten tracks, she achieves this with music that combines jazz, Haitian Twoubadou, American blues, folk, and Brazilian Tropicalismo. Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, McCalla possesses a stunning mastery of the cello, tenor banjo, and guitar. A founding member of Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Amysthyst Kiah, and Allison Russell and an alumna of Grammy award-winning band The Carolina Chocolate Drops, McCalla has also received considerable praise and attention for her solo works, including 2014's "Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes", which prompted the New York Times to rave that "her voice is disarmingly natural, and her settings are elegantly succinct" and 2022's "Breaking The Thermometer" (4/5 review from The Guardian).
April 12 street date. On her new album "Sun Without the Heat", Leyla McCalla brings more playfulness and joy than she has on previous records when she speaks to the concerns that have shaped her career, mainly including an ethos in which you must look back at lost and erased histories before you can embrace a forward vision of Afrofuturism and the importance of music making to heal and forge relationships across differences. Across its ten tracks, she achieves this with music that combines jazz, Haitian Twoubadou, American blues, folk, and Brazilian Tropicalismo. Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, McCalla possesses a stunning mastery of the cello, tenor banjo, and guitar. A founding member of Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Amysthyst Kiah, and Allison Russell and an alumna of Grammy award-winning band The Carolina Chocolate Drops, McCalla has also received considerable praise and attention for her solo works, including 2014's "Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes", which prompted the New York Times to rave that "her voice is disarmingly natural, and her settings are elegantly succinct" and 2022's "Breaking The Thermometer" (4/5 review from The Guardian).
February 9 street date. From the moment they started 15 years ago, Mean Jeans have been creating their own slime punk fantasy world. Study their six previous album covers and you'll find junkyards full of bongs and yo-yos, macaroni galaxies, Jägermeister spaceships, alien saxophonists and pink slugs in bondage dripping ooze. On their newest full-length album, "Blasted", the goofball trio have clearly been through wild years and seen some shit - on the cover, the three members peer out of toxic waste bins, no longer cartoons of themselves but instead incredulous country-fried maniacs who are still following a slime punk dream, and dealing with where it's led them. Which isn't to say the Jeans are jaded. In fact, the band seem to be having as much fun as ever on this record, ripping through these 15 rapid fire ear worms without coming up for air. This record is a frantic and frenetic joyride. This energy was no doubt enhanced by the fact the band recorded "Blasted" all by themselves.
February 9 street date. From the moment they started 15 years ago, Mean Jeans have been creating their own slime punk fantasy world. Study their six previous album covers and you'll find junkyards full of bongs and yo-yos, macaroni galaxies, Jägermeister spaceships, alien saxophonists and pink slugs in bondage dripping ooze. On their newest full-length album, "Blasted", the goofball trio have clearly been through wild years and seen some shit - on the cover, the three members peer out of toxic waste bins, no longer cartoons of themselves but instead incredulous country-fried maniacs who are still following a slime punk dream, and dealing with where it's led them. Which isn't to say the Jeans are jaded. In fact, the band seem to be having as much fun as ever on this record, ripping through these 15 rapid fire ear worms without coming up for air. This record is a frantic and frenetic joyride. This energy was no doubt enhanced by the fact the band recorded "Blasted" all by themselves.
January 26 street date. The Menzingers are an absolute institution. The Philadelphia punk legends' multi-decade reputation as road warriors with an unbeatable catalog is cemented as hard truth - and their seventh album, "Some Of It Was True", stands as their most immediate-sounding and energetic record to date. The follow-up to 2019's sensational "Hello Exile" accomplishes the daunting task of capturing The Menzingers' distinctive live energy in the confines of the studio, resulting in a sound that's both rich, raw, and complementary to the group's increasingly prismatic songwriting approach. More than 15 years in, The Menzingers are still holding their listeners square in the immediate present, and "Some Of It Was True" documents that power in thrilling fashion. Making the process easier: Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, The War On Drugs) joined The Menzingers in El Paso's Sonic Ranch studios and lent his incredible ear for raw, immediate sound to help the band achieve the album's in-the-room live feel.
January 26 street date. The Menzingers are an absolute institution. The Philadelphia punk legends' multi-decade reputation as road warriors with an unbeatable catalog is cemented as hard truth - and their seventh album, "Some Of It Was True", stands as their most immediate-sounding and energetic record to date. The follow-up to 2019's sensational "Hello Exile" accomplishes the daunting task of capturing The Menzingers' distinctive live energy in the confines of the studio, resulting in a sound that's both rich, raw, and complementary to the group's increasingly prismatic songwriting approach. More than 15 years in, The Menzingers are still holding their listeners square in the immediate present, and "Some Of It Was True" documents that power in thrilling fashion. Making the process easier: Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, The War On Drugs) joined The Menzingers in El Paso's Sonic Ranch studios and lent his incredible ear for raw, immediate sound to help the band achieve the album's in-the-room live feel.
January 26 street date. The Menzingers are an absolute institution. The Philadelphia punk legends' multi-decade reputation as road warriors with an unbeatable catalog is cemented as hard truth - and their seventh album, "Some Of It Was True", stands as their most immediate-sounding and energetic record to date. The follow-up to 2019's sensational "Hello Exile" accomplishes the daunting task of capturing The Menzingers' distinctive live energy in the confines of the studio, resulting in a sound that's both rich, raw, and complementary to the group's increasingly prismatic songwriting approach. More than 15 years in, The Menzingers are still holding their listeners square in the immediate present, and "Some Of It Was True" documents that power in thrilling fashion. Making the process easier: Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, The War On Drugs) joined The Menzingers in El Paso's Sonic Ranch studios and lent his incredible ear for raw, immediate sound to help the band achieve the album's in-the-room live feel.
March 15 street date. The music Charles Mingus and his group (including the legendary Eric Dolphy) recorded during his landmark 1960 sessions for Candid Records - the first in which he was given total creative freedom - produced three of the most revered jazz albums of the era. "Incarnations" is the fourth great Mingus album to emerge from those historic sessions: a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks. Presented with period-perfect artwork, liner notes by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone contributor Hank Shteamer, audio restored and remastered by Bernie Grundman. "Incarnations" is the Mingus masterpiece nobody knew they were missing.
March 15 street date. The music Charles Mingus and his group (including the legendary Eric Dolphy) recorded during his landmark 1960 sessions for Candid Records - the first in which he was given total creative freedom - produced three of the most revered jazz albums of the era. "Incarnations" is the fourth great Mingus album to emerge from those historic sessions: a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks. Presented with period-perfect artwork, liner notes by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone contributor Hank Shteamer, audio restored and remastered by Bernie Grundman. "Incarnations" is the Mingus masterpiece nobody knew they were missing.
March 8 street date. Moor Mother is an American musician, poet, and interdisciplinary artist known for her avant-garde and experimental work. "The Great Bailout" is an expansive meditation that acts as a non-linear word map about colonialism, slavery, and commerce in Great Britain. Featuring guest contributions from Lonnie Holley, Angel Bat Dawid & Sistas of the Nitty Gritty, Vijay Iyer, Mary Lattimore, and more, it's Moor Mother's most uncompromising vision to date. Moor Mother has gained recognition for her unique blend of spoken word, noise, and electronic music, addressing themes of race, gender, and socio-political issues. She hails from Philadelphia and has been an influential figure in the city's vibrant arts and music scene. She has received critical acclaim for her albums, with reviewers praising her fearless approach to sound and her thought-provoking lyrical content on albums like "Jazz Codes" and "Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes", showcasing her boundary-pushing sonic experiments.
March 8 street date. Moor Mother is an American musician, poet, and interdisciplinary artist known for her avant-garde and experimental work. "The Great Bailout" is an expansive meditation that acts as a non-linear word map about colonialism, slavery, and commerce in Great Britain. Featuring guest contributions from Lonnie Holley, Angel Bat Dawid & Sistas of the Nitty Gritty, Vijay Iyer, Mary Lattimore, and more, it's Moor Mother's most uncompromising vision to date. Moor Mother has gained recognition for her unique blend of spoken word, noise, and electronic music, addressing themes of race, gender, and socio-political issues. She hails from Philadelphia and has been an influential figure in the city's vibrant arts and music scene. She has received critical acclaim for her albums, with reviewers praising her fearless approach to sound and her thought-provoking lyrical content on albums like "Jazz Codes" and "Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes", showcasing her boundary-pushing sonic experiments.
December 1 street date. Since its initial launch in 2018, Mt. Joy's self-titled debut album has become a timeless classic in the indie folk-rock genre. Mt. Joy earned platinum and gold certifications, selling over 600k records and amassing over 710M streams globally. We are thrilled to offer a brand new pressing of their debut album featuring three tracks never before available on vinyl, reimagined album art and an etched picture disc. Extra tracks: Jenny Jenkins (acoustic), Silver Lining (acoustic), Don't Let It Bring You Down.
January 19 street date. Their self-titled album, "Neck Deep", encompasses everything Neck Deep have excelled at across their career, enhanced and dialed to eleven. From the bouncing bombast of "Dumbstruck, Dumbf**k" and the ripping intensity of "Sort Yourself Out" to the poetic introspection of "They Don't Mean To (But They Do)", it's an album that boasts a song for almost any occasion (including, in recent single "Take Me With You", the impending alien invasion). In the little over a decade since Neck Deep formed in the Barlow brothers' spare room in Wrexham, Wales, a lot has changed. From the scrappy, naively hopeful beginnings that define the starting of so many teenage bands, the pop-punks have gone on to be one of British Rock music's most successful global exports in recent memory: top 5 records in both the US and UK, global touring, viral hits and over a billion plays, just some of the fruits of ten years spent mastering their craft. Eschewing a keen list of collaborators and producers eager to work with one of rock's hottest properties and choosing, instead, to write and record in their own warehouse space, mere miles from where they grew up.
January 19 street date. Their self-titled album, "Neck Deep", encompasses everything Neck Deep have excelled at across their career, enhanced and dialed to eleven. From the bouncing bombast of "Dumbstruck, Dumbf**k" and the ripping intensity of "Sort Yourself Out" to the poetic introspection of "They Don't Mean To (But They Do)", it's an album that boasts a song for almost any occasion (including, in recent single "Take Me With You", the impending alien invasion). In the little over a decade since Neck Deep formed in the Barlow brothers' spare room in Wrexham, Wales, a lot has changed. From the scrappy, naively hopeful beginnings that define the starting of so many teenage bands, the pop-punks have gone on to be one of British Rock music's most successful global exports in recent memory: top 5 records in both the US and UK, global touring, viral hits and over a billion plays, just some of the fruits of ten years spent mastering their craft. Eschewing a keen list of collaborators and producers eager to work with one of rock's hottest properties and choosing, instead, to write and record in their own warehouse space, mere miles from where they grew up.
January 19 street date. Their self-titled album, "Neck Deep", encompasses everything Neck Deep have excelled at across their career, enhanced and dialed to eleven. From the bouncing bombast of "Dumbstruck, Dumbf**k" and the ripping intensity of "Sort Yourself Out" to the poetic introspection of "They Don't Mean To (But They Do)", it's an album that boasts a song for almost any occasion (including, in recent single "Take Me With You", the impending alien invasion). In the little over a decade since Neck Deep formed in the Barlow brothers' spare room in Wrexham, Wales, a lot has changed. From the scrappy, naively hopeful beginnings that define the starting of so many teenage bands, the pop-punks have gone on to be one of British Rock music's most successful global exports in recent memory: top 5 records in both the US and UK, global touring, viral hits and over a billion plays, just some of the fruits of ten years spent mastering their craft. Eschewing a keen list of collaborators and producers eager to work with one of rock's hottest properties and choosing, instead, to write and record in their own warehouse space, mere miles from where they grew up.
April 19 street date (CD)/May 24 street date (LP). Over the past few years, NOFX have unleashed their very first double album in the form of 2021's "Single Album", followed by "Double Album" a year later. What fans didn't know is that wasn't all there was to this masterpiece. That's right, NOFX's first and only double album has a 5th side! "Half Album" is the final chapter to NOFX's epic double album. The songs that comprise this EP - as well as its two predecessors - were all recorded at the same time. "Half Album" is not simply the leftover songs from this session, but rather an integral part that ties the entire project together. "Half Album" isn't the last record they will release, but it is the beginning of the end of NOFX as we know them. It's also proof, despite its title, that NOFX doesn't do things by halves. This might be called "Half Album", but it's part of a much bigger legacy and an even greater whole.
March 22 street date. Nourished By Time follows up his 2023 critically-acclaimed, breakout album "Erotic Probiotic 2" with his debut EP on XL Recordings: "Catching Chickens". Written between 2022-2023 in the producer/singer/songwriter's home studio in Baltimore, the title takes inspiration from the iconic scene in "Rocky II" where his trainer makes him chase and catch chickens as a test of agility. With tracks like "Hell of a Ride", in which Nourished By Time contemplates the fall of the American empire and late-stage capitalism loneliness, and "Had Ya Called", which deals with the frustrations of growing distance in friendships, "Catching Chickens" chronicles his own test of agility as he weaves through the motions of his newfound notability.
February 16 street date. 20 years after the release of their first eponymous album, which has since become a classic, the French group Nouvelle Vague is back with "Should I Stay Or Should I Go". More than covers, Nouvelle Vague has been reinventing post-punk classics since the early 2000s, retaining their melancholy while infusing them with an air of bossa nova, revealing along the way singers who have become iconic such as Camille and Phoebe Killdeer. "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" includes a cover of Yazoo's "Only You" featuring Mélanie Pain, one of the original singers of the band.
February 16 street date. 20 years after the release of their first eponymous album, which has since become a classic, the French group Nouvelle Vague is back with "Should I Stay Or Should I Go". More than covers, Nouvelle Vague has been reinventing post-punk classics since the early 2000s, retaining their melancholy while infusing them with an air of bossa nova, revealing along the way singers who have become iconic such as Camille and Phoebe Killdeer. "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" includes a cover of Yazoo's "Only You" featuring Mélanie Pain, one of the original singers of the band.
February 16 street date. The music of Atlanta trio Omni has always swung fast and hit hard. And "Souvenir", their fourth album and second for Sub Pop, packs their biggest punch yet. Inactive during the majority of the pandemic - the longest downtime in their history - they approached this recording with lots of pent-up energy. Guitarist Frankie Broyles, singer/bassist Philip Frobos, and drummer Chris Yonker converted their creative fuel into sharp, driving songs that land immediately, sporting chopping riffs, staccato beats, and wiry melodies. Why does "Souvenir" sound so sharp? Because each track is a compact unit that stands on its own, reflecting the time and place in which it was created. That's why Omni called the album "Souvenir": it's a collection of audio objects, a stash of musical miniatures. Immediacy rushes throughout every moment of "Souvenir", making it the band's most powerful album to date.
February 16 street date. The music of Atlanta trio Omni has always swung fast and hit hard. And "Souvenir", their fourth album and second for Sub Pop, packs their biggest punch yet. Inactive during the majority of the pandemic - the longest downtime in their history - they approached this recording with lots of pent-up energy. Guitarist Frankie Broyles, singer/bassist Philip Frobos, and drummer Chris Yonker converted their creative fuel into sharp, driving songs that land immediately, sporting chopping riffs, staccato beats, and wiry melodies. Why does "Souvenir" sound so sharp? Because each track is a compact unit that stands on its own, reflecting the time and place in which it was created. That's why Omni called the album "Souvenir": it's a collection of audio objects, a stash of musical miniatures. Immediacy rushes throughout every moment of "Souvenir", making it the band's most powerful album to date.
April 5 street date. UK vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Fabiana Palladino presents her hotly anticipated self-titled full-length debut. Made in the wake of a long relationship, the album sees Fabiana intimately confront complex questions about love, loneliness and normativity. "The songs are often about trying to go deeper into yourself, exploring your true feelings and how they then relate to and affect your relationships with others", says Palladino. The result is 10 tracks of shapeshifting sonics that draws inspiration from the big R&B, soul, pop, and disco studio productions of the 1980s and 90s, all filtered through a modern lens. Written and self-produced by Palladino, the album features performances from renowned musicians and close friends including Paul Institute co-founder Jai Paul, her father, the legendary session bassist Pino Palladino, her brother, Yussef Dayes bassist Rocco Palladino, renowned drummer Steve Ferrone, and strings from Rob Moose.
April 5 street date. UK vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Fabiana Palladino presents her hotly anticipated self-titled full-length debut. Made in the wake of a long relationship, the album sees Fabiana intimately confront complex questions about love, loneliness and normativity. "The songs are often about trying to go deeper into yourself, exploring your true feelings and how they then relate to and affect your relationships with others", says Palladino. The result is 10 tracks of shapeshifting sonics that draws inspiration from the big R&B, soul, pop, and disco studio productions of the 1980s and 90s, all filtered through a modern lens. Written and self-produced by Palladino, the album features performances from renowned musicians and close friends including Paul Institute co-founder Jai Paul, her father, the legendary session bassist Pino Palladino, her brother, Yussef Dayes bassist Rocco Palladino, renowned drummer Steve Ferrone, and strings from Rob Moose.
April 5 street date. UK vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Fabiana Palladino presents her hotly anticipated self-titled full-length debut. Made in the wake of a long relationship, the album sees Fabiana intimately confront complex questions about love, loneliness and normativity. "The songs are often about trying to go deeper into yourself, exploring your true feelings and how they then relate to and affect your relationships with others", says Palladino. The result is 10 tracks of shapeshifting sonics that draws inspiration from the big R&B, soul, pop, and disco studio productions of the 1980s and 90s, all filtered through a modern lens. Written and self-produced by Palladino, the album features performances from renowned musicians and close friends including Paul Institute co-founder Jai Paul, her father, the legendary session bassist Pino Palladino, her brother, Yussef Dayes bassist Rocco Palladino, renowned drummer Steve Ferrone, and strings from Rob Moose.
April 19 street date. Driven by the joy of collaborating with friends, a sense of creative freedom, and a desire to be spontaneous, Klô Pelgag, Joseph Mihalcean, and Samuel Gougoux unveil their four song EP "Sieste sur l’oreille droite". The project is not the result of a long reflection, quite the opposite. It's the first draft of a remote composition process. The three artists sent songs to each other, each person adding what they wanted, then there were no second thoughts or fine tuning. The songs were simply sent away to be mixed, as is.
March 1 street date. Pissed Jeans has never been a band that goes halfway - they're known for their feral vocals, biting lyrics, buzzsaw guitars, and unhinged live shows, and their sixth album, "Half-Divorced", is no exception. These songs skewer the tension between youthful optimism and the sobering realities of adulthood, and when viewed through frontman Matt Korvette's scowl, everything takes on a level of violent absurdity. Pissed Jeans' notorious acerbic sense of humour remains sharper than ever as they dismember some of the joys that contemporary adult life has to offer, from helicopter parents to stolen catalytic converters, to being $62,000 in debt. Korvette, Brad Fry (guitar), Randy Huth (bass), and Sean McGuinness (drums) weren't in any rush to finish "Half-Divorced", which was recorded by Don Godwin at Tonal Park in Takoma Park, Maryland. This lack of restraint rages within the songs that unexpectedly veer into classic hardcore punk territory - often coming in at under two minutes long and erupting like the "butane tank explosion" Korvette sings about in "Junktime".
March 1 street date. Pissed Jeans has never been a band that goes halfway - they're known for their feral vocals, biting lyrics, buzzsaw guitars, and unhinged live shows, and their sixth album, "Half-Divorced", is no exception. These songs skewer the tension between youthful optimism and the sobering realities of adulthood, and when viewed through frontman Matt Korvette's scowl, everything takes on a level of violent absurdity. Pissed Jeans' notorious acerbic sense of humour remains sharper than ever as they dismember some of the joys that contemporary adult life has to offer, from helicopter parents to stolen catalytic converters, to being $62,000 in debt. Korvette, Brad Fry (guitar), Randy Huth (bass), and Sean McGuinness (drums) weren't in any rush to finish "Half-Divorced", which was recorded by Don Godwin at Tonal Park in Takoma Park, Maryland. This lack of restraint rages within the songs that unexpectedly veer into classic hardcore punk territory - often coming in at under two minutes long and erupting like the "butane tank explosion" Korvette sings about in "Junktime".
March 8 street date. Between 1988 and 1991 - during the band's 4AD years - Pixies recorded six BBC sessions, five for John Peel and one for Mark Goodier. Catching the raw energy of the band's live performances, these sessions felt immediately noteworthy, timestamping a moment when Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering were motoring out front. Among the twenty-four tracks they recorded (inc. two doubles - "Allison" and "Wave of Mutilation") are favourites from mini-album "Come On Pilgrim" and three of their four 4AD studio albums. Also recorded were three covers; reworks of The Beatles' "Wild Honey Pie", Eraserhead's "(In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song" and The Beach Boys' Hang On To Your Ego". Originally released on CD in 1998, this package now sees all tracks from the six sessions included and presented in chronological order. "Pixies At The BBC 1988-91" arrives for the first time on a limited edition triple black vinyl LP and a double CD set, now featuring a brand new black and gold sleeve design from Chris Bigg, who pays loving tribute to the band's late-visual director, Vaughan Oliver, using unseen archival Pixies imagery by long-time collaborator Simon Larbalestier.
March 8 street date. Between 1988 and 1991 - during the band's 4AD years - Pixies recorded six BBC sessions, five for John Peel and one for Mark Goodier. Catching the raw energy of the band's live performances, these sessions felt immediately noteworthy, timestamping a moment when Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering were motoring out front. Among the twenty-four tracks they recorded (inc. two doubles - "Allison" and "Wave of Mutilation") are favourites from mini-album "Come On Pilgrim" and three of their four 4AD studio albums. Also recorded were three covers; reworks of The Beatles' "Wild Honey Pie", Eraserhead's "(In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song" and The Beach Boys' Hang On To Your Ego". Originally released on CD in 1998, this package now sees all tracks from the six sessions included and presented in chronological order. "Pixies At The BBC 1988-91" arrives for the first time on a limited edition triple black vinyl LP and a double CD set, now featuring a brand new black and gold sleeve design from Chris Bigg, who pays loving tribute to the band's late-visual director, Vaughan Oliver, using unseen archival Pixies imagery by long-time collaborator Simon Larbalestier.
December 8 street date. Drawing from and amplifying upon Rancid's entire body of work, 2003's "Indestructible" is a testament to the durability of the human spirit, and to the positive power that music can have in our lives. Perhaps their most personal album to date, on "Indestructible" Rancid takes us along on an unforgettable musical journey. Whether retelling true stories from their lives or presenting a worldview born of dues paid and tours made, "Indestructible" is irresistibly tuneful throughout. On this, the group's sixth disk, styles range from the long awaited return of Rancid's patented brand of ska on "Red Hot Moon" to the super intense Discharge inspired hardcore strains of "Out Of Control". Like every Rancid album, this one has a few twists and turns and more than enough musical surprises to keep the mix fresh and exciting, but "Indestructible" also marked a return to the band's roots. New repressing on red & black galaxy vinyl to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album.
February 23 street date. Remo Drive, the longstanding project of brothers Erik and Stephen Paulson, want you to feel something. Following a six-year run of pristine emo-influenced rock 'n' roll records comes "Mercy", the band's fourth album and third for Epitaph. It's the band’s most lyric-focused offering to date, a record about reinvention, trusting yourself, and wearing your heart on your sleeve even when it's painful or vulnerable. Sonically, "Mercy" is also a major departure for Remo Drive. It's less indebted to the emo and pop punk that foregrounded the duo's career and instead invested in thorny, baroque indie pop byway of Father John Misty and Fleet Foxes. It was produced by Phil Ek, a legendary Seattle-based indie rock producer who has previously worked with those two bands as well as the Shins and Band Of Horses, among others. "Mercy" is a study in intimacy, in being real with yourself, in entering an exciting new creative chapter where you are making the art you really want to make. That's where Remo Drive is today.
January 26 street date. Gruff Rhys presents his new album "Sadness Sets Me Free" via Rough Trade Records. The 10 track follow up to 2021's "Seeking New Gods" (his first UK top 10 solo record) is incredibly the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively, and as a member of various bands. In La Frette Studios, a recording facility installed in a 19th-century house on the outskirts of Paris, Gruff and his road-hardened group tracked "Sadness Sets Me Free" in just three days. Additional strings, orchestration, and backing vocals from Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) were added along the way, before the record was mixed in Marseille and Cardiff. What finally emerged from these intense bouts of cross-continental activity was Gruff Rhys' most accomplished and beautiful record to date. One of Britain's most beloved and successful singer-songwriters, he has always been willing to follow an opportunity, wherever it may lead him.
January 26 street date. Gruff Rhys presents his new album "Sadness Sets Me Free" via Rough Trade Records. The 10 track follow up to 2021's "Seeking New Gods" (his first UK top 10 solo record) is incredibly the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively, and as a member of various bands. In La Frette Studios, a recording facility installed in a 19th-century house on the outskirts of Paris, Gruff and his road-hardened group tracked "Sadness Sets Me Free" in just three days. Additional strings, orchestration, and backing vocals from Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) were added along the way, before the record was mixed in Marseille and Cardiff. What finally emerged from these intense bouts of cross-continental activity was Gruff Rhys' most accomplished and beautiful record to date. One of Britain's most beloved and successful singer-songwriters, he has always been willing to follow an opportunity, wherever it may lead him.
January 26 street date. Gruff Rhys presents his new album "Sadness Sets Me Free" via Rough Trade Records. The 10 track follow up to 2021's "Seeking New Gods" (his first UK top 10 solo record) is incredibly the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively, and as a member of various bands. In La Frette Studios, a recording facility installed in a 19th-century house on the outskirts of Paris, Gruff and his road-hardened group tracked "Sadness Sets Me Free" in just three days. Additional strings, orchestration, and backing vocals from Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) were added along the way, before the record was mixed in Marseille and Cardiff. What finally emerged from these intense bouts of cross-continental activity was Gruff Rhys' most accomplished and beautiful record to date. One of Britain's most beloved and successful singer-songwriters, he has always been willing to follow an opportunity, wherever it may lead him.
March 22 street date. "Bite Down", the Merge Records debut of Rosali, finds acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Rosali Middleman in the midst of transition. Written after moving to North Carolina from her longtime home of Philadelphia, "Bite Down" is a searching, hungry record by an artist who is resolved to bite down on life, in all its horror and joy. She is joined here by Mowed Sound - David Nance (bass, guitar), James Schroeder (guitar, synth), Kevin Donahue (drums, percussion) - and in studio by Destroyer collaborator Ted Bois (keys). "Bite Down" is Rosali's second album working with Mowed Sound, and there is urgency and ambition in their collaboration - a band pushing each other not just to expand on what they've already done together, but to break through into altogether new territory. Among those joining Rosali and her band there is Dan Bejar of Destroyer, who waxes poetically on where she's been, where she's going, and how thrilling "Bite Down" is to experience.
March 22 street date. "Bite Down", the Merge Records debut of Rosali, finds acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Rosali Middleman in the midst of transition. Written after moving to North Carolina from her longtime home of Philadelphia, "Bite Down" is a searching, hungry record by an artist who is resolved to bite down on life, in all its horror and joy. She is joined here by Mowed Sound - David Nance (bass, guitar), James Schroeder (guitar, synth), Kevin Donahue (drums, percussion) - and in studio by Destroyer collaborator Ted Bois (keys). "Bite Down" is Rosali's second album working with Mowed Sound, and there is urgency and ambition in their collaboration - a band pushing each other not just to expand on what they've already done together, but to break through into altogether new territory. Among those joining Rosali and her band there is Dan Bejar of Destroyer, who waxes poetically on where she's been, where she's going, and how thrilling "Bite Down" is to experience.
March 22 street date. "Bite Down", the Merge Records debut of Rosali, finds acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Rosali Middleman in the midst of transition. Written after moving to North Carolina from her longtime home of Philadelphia, "Bite Down" is a searching, hungry record by an artist who is resolved to bite down on life, in all its horror and joy. She is joined here by Mowed Sound - David Nance (bass, guitar), James Schroeder (guitar, synth), Kevin Donahue (drums, percussion) - and in studio by Destroyer collaborator Ted Bois (keys). "Bite Down" is Rosali's second album working with Mowed Sound, and there is urgency and ambition in their collaboration - a band pushing each other not just to expand on what they've already done together, but to break through into altogether new territory. Among those joining Rosali and her band there is Dan Bejar of Destroyer, who waxes poetically on where she's been, where she's going, and how thrilling "Bite Down" is to experience.
March 1 street date. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PREVIOUSLY SOLICITED DRAG CITY EDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR CANADA. Over the course of her career, spanning three-plus decades, Lætitia Sadier has never shied away from the hard topics, or stopped advocating for the possibility of self-determination and emancipation in the face of the powers that be, conscious or unconscious. This is an essential part of the foundation she co-built with Stereolab, showcasing her spiritual, scientific and sociopolitical inquiries. She's continued this process with Monade and under her own name and as a writer/ singer/musician whose every album acts as a report on her journey of the self through time, space and the collective. On "Rooting For Love", the report is set alight by the heat of a turbulent world, collapsing institutions and Lætitia's fully engaged process of expression as well as orchestration. Leading from the inside is the implacable presence of Lætitia Sadier, herself interacting with a vocal assembly of men and women billed as The Choir. The regular reappearance of The Choir throughout "Rooting For Love" is a reminder of this music being one of a people in critical mass, in addition to an evolution that continues to deepen the rich harmonic fields in which Lætitia plays.
March 1 street date. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PREVIOUSLY SOLICITED DRAG CITY EDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR CANADA. Over the course of her career, spanning three-plus decades, Lætitia Sadier has never shied away from the hard topics, or stopped advocating for the possibility of self-determination and emancipation in the face of the powers that be, conscious or unconscious. This is an essential part of the foundation she co-built with Stereolab, showcasing her spiritual, scientific and sociopolitical inquiries. She's continued this process with Monade and under her own name and as a writer/ singer/musician whose every album acts as a report on her journey of the self through time, space and the collective. On "Rooting For Love", the report is set alight by the heat of a turbulent world, collapsing institutions and Lætitia's fully engaged process of expression as well as orchestration. Leading from the inside is the implacable presence of Lætitia Sadier, herself interacting with a vocal assembly of men and women billed as The Choir. The regular reappearance of The Choir throughout "Rooting For Love" is a reminder of this music being one of a people in critical mass, in addition to an evolution that continues to deepen the rich harmonic fields in which Lætitia plays.
January 12 street date. Sampha's "Dual" EP marks its 10th anniversary with an indie retail exclusive transparent orange vinyl pressing. The record was put together over a period of 18 months in the gaps between, and time after, an intense touring schedule with SBTRKT. Working from his childhood home in Morden, South London, the tracks were written, produced and mixed by himself in isolation. Offering an intimate and idiosyncratic glimpse into his artistic intent, "Dual", which includes the standouts "Indecision" and "Without", showcases Sampha's talents not only as a vocalist but more broadly as a songwriter and producer.
January 26 street date. Ty Segall follows 2022's acoustic introspection opus "Hello, Hi" with a deeper, wilder journey to the center of the self. With "Three Bells", he's created a set of his most ambitious, elastic songs, using his musical vocabulary with ever-increasing sophistication. It's an obsessive quest for an expression that answers back to the riptide always pulling him subconsciously into the depths. Questions we all ask in our own private mirrors are faced down here - and regardless of what the mysterious "Three Bells" mean in the context of the album's libretto, you can be assured that Ty's ringing them for himself, and for the rest of us in turn. "Three Bells" kind of goes beyond songs. The fifteen of them work together as a mosaic, creating the larger work at the same time as they stand on their own. Composing the album as a piece, Ty formed certain chord shapes over and over again, making thematic material that each song moves through in its own way, building a claustrophobic/ paranoia vibe.
January 26 street date. Ty Segall follows 2022's acoustic introspection opus "Hello, Hi" with a deeper, wilder journey to the center of the self. With "Three Bells", he's created a set of his most ambitious, elastic songs, using his musical vocabulary with ever-increasing sophistication. It's an obsessive quest for an expression that answers back to the riptide always pulling him subconsciously into the depths. Questions we all ask in our own private mirrors are faced down here - and regardless of what the mysterious "Three Bells" mean in the context of the album's libretto, you can be assured that Ty's ringing them for himself, and for the rest of us in turn. "Three Bells" kind of goes beyond songs. The fifteen of them work together as a mosaic, creating the larger work at the same time as they stand on their own. Composing the album as a piece, Ty formed certain chord shapes over and over again, making thematic material that each song moves through in its own way, building a claustrophobic/ paranoia vibe.
January 26 street date. Ty Segall follows 2022's acoustic introspection opus "Hello, Hi" with a deeper, wilder journey to the center of the self. With "Three Bells", he's created a set of his most ambitious, elastic songs, using his musical vocabulary with ever-increasing sophistication. It's an obsessive quest for an expression that answers back to the riptide always pulling him subconsciously into the depths. Questions we all ask in our own private mirrors are faced down here - and regardless of what the mysterious "Three Bells" mean in the context of the album's libretto, you can be assured that Ty's ringing them for himself, and for the rest of us in turn. "Three Bells" kind of goes beyond songs. The fifteen of them work together as a mosaic, creating the larger work at the same time as they stand on their own. Composing the album as a piece, Ty formed certain chord shapes over and over again, making thematic material that each song moves through in its own way, building a claustrophobic/ paranoia vibe.
March 29 street date. serpentwithfeet, the Baltimore born singer-songwriter, is taking natural steps as a versatile talent from chapter to chapter in his career. His third album "GRIP" is the result of these latest steps. "GRIP" finds its home on the dance floor of Black gay clubs and the intimate moments that happen there and afterward, no matter the location. It explores the small moments of physical touch and how they occur. Whether it be a grip around the waist or the face, serpentwithfeet manages to explore all angles. "GRIP" is a body of work that highlights moments that are closest to the heart. Throughout his seven-year career, he has exhibited versatility through R&B music that's been in and outside of grim, spiritual, and joyous. serpentwithfeet continues to push the limits of his artistry.
March 29 street date. serpentwithfeet, the Baltimore born singer-songwriter, is taking natural steps as a versatile talent from chapter to chapter in his career. His third album "GRIP" is the result of these latest steps. "GRIP" finds its home on the dance floor of Black gay clubs and the intimate moments that happen there and afterward, no matter the location. It explores the small moments of physical touch and how they occur. Whether it be a grip around the waist or the face, serpentwithfeet manages to explore all angles. "GRIP" is a body of work that highlights moments that are closest to the heart. Throughout his seven-year career, he has exhibited versatility through R&B music that's been in and outside of grim, spiritual, and joyous. serpentwithfeet continues to push the limits of his artistry.
March 29 street date. serpentwithfeet, the Baltimore born singer-songwriter, is taking natural steps as a versatile talent from chapter to chapter in his career. His third album "GRIP" is the result of these latest steps. "GRIP" finds its home on the dance floor of Black gay clubs and the intimate moments that happen there and afterward, no matter the location. It explores the small moments of physical touch and how they occur. Whether it be a grip around the waist or the face, serpentwithfeet manages to explore all angles. "GRIP" is a body of work that highlights moments that are closest to the heart. Throughout his seven-year career, he has exhibited versatility through R&B music that's been in and outside of grim, spiritual, and joyous. serpentwithfeet continues to push the limits of his artistry.
March 29 street date. On March 29, 2024, Shabazz Palaces' two new mini-albums, "Robed In Rareness" and "Exotic Birds Of Prey", come out on CD and LP. Shabazz Palaces is masterminded by Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets), whose relentless drive to reimagine hip-hop - even as he enjoys his fifth decade on Earth - remains undiminished. "Exotic Birds Of Prey" furthers the modus operandi of "Robed In Rareness": a respectful eye on the past, an embrace of an ever-evolving present, with its feet firmly planted in the future. Where "Robed" warped sounds like shoegaze and ambient music into the Shabazz Palaces multiverse, "Exotic" cross-pollinates these elements with twisted electro and funk vibes.
March 29 street date. On March 29, 2024, Shabazz Palaces' two new mini-albums, "Robed In Rareness" and "Exotic Birds Of Prey", come out on CD and LP. Shabazz Palaces is masterminded by Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets), whose relentless drive to reimagine hip-hop - even as he enjoys his fifth decade on Earth - remains undiminished. "Exotic Birds Of Prey" furthers the modus operandi of "Robed In Rareness": a respectful eye on the past, an embrace of an ever-evolving present, with its feet firmly planted in the future. Where "Robed" warped sounds like shoegaze and ambient music into the Shabazz Palaces multiverse, "Exotic" cross-pollinates these elements with twisted electro and funk vibes.
March 29 street date. On March 29, 2024, Shabazz Palaces' two new mini-albums, "Robed In Rareness" and "Exotic Birds Of Prey", come out on CD and LP. Shabazz Palaces is masterminded by Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets), whose relentless drive to reimagine hip-hop - even as he enjoys his fifth decade on Earth - remains undiminished. When "Robed In Rareness" hit digital platforms in 2023, NPR Music called it "enchanting and subversive", while Pitchfork observed that "the futurism of Shabazz Palaces has always been interwoven with the past and present, their songs scintillating tapestries of old-school shit talk, proggy psychedelia, and melodic flossing. "Robed In Rareness" is draped in this multiplicity as Butler and a team of close collaborators swagger across eras of rap". Where "Robed" warped sounds like shoegaze and ambient music into the Shabazz Palaces multiverse, "Exotic" cross-pollinates these elements with twisted electro and funk vibes.
March 29 street date. On March 29, 2024, Shabazz Palaces' two new mini-albums, "Robed In Rareness" and "Exotic Birds Of Prey", come out on CD and LP. Shabazz Palaces is masterminded by Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets), whose relentless drive to reimagine hip-hop - even as he enjoys his fifth decade on Earth - remains undiminished. When "Robed In Rareness" hit digital platforms in 2023, NPR Music called it "enchanting and subversive", while Pitchfork observed that "the futurism of Shabazz Palaces has always been interwoven with the past and present, their songs scintillating tapestries of old-school shit talk, proggy psychedelia, and melodic flossing. "Robed In Rareness" is draped in this multiplicity as Butler and a team of close collaborators swagger across eras of rap". Where "Robed" warped sounds like shoegaze and ambient music into the Shabazz Palaces multiverse, "Exotic" cross-pollinates these elements with twisted electro and funk vibes.
January 19 street date. Sub Pop debut and third album by French psychedelic rock powerhouse Slift. "Ilion" is a towering work of rock music, a steamrolling record that starts at the highest peak and never lets up. If that sounds overwhelming, trust that this Toulouse trio have you in good hands. "Ilion" feels massive and oceanic, merging the furious intensity of metal and the wigged-out guitar heroics of psych rock with post-rock's epic sense of scale. Slift's utter ferocity is way more than a tempest in a teacup. It reaches outwards for miles and creates new zeniths within unforeseen horizons of rock. Nothing in Slift's catalogue could prepare you for "Ilion", a huge and melodically dense record that at once recalls Godspeed! You Black Emperor's perpetually uplifting surge, the passionate burn of post-hardcore legends …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Led Zep's psychotic blues-rock mysticism, and the psychedelic swirl of Swedish greats Goat.
January 19 street date. Sub Pop debut and third album by French psychedelic rock powerhouse Slift. "Ilion" is a towering work of rock music, a steamrolling record that starts at the highest peak and never lets up. If that sounds overwhelming, trust that this Toulouse trio have you in good hands. "Ilion" feels massive and oceanic, merging the furious intensity of metal and the wigged-out guitar heroics of psych rock with post-rock's epic sense of scale. Slift's utter ferocity is way more than a tempest in a teacup. It reaches outwards for miles and creates new zeniths within unforeseen horizons of rock. Nothing in Slift's catalogue could prepare you for "Ilion", a huge and melodically dense record that at once recalls Godspeed! You Black Emperor's perpetually uplifting surge, the passionate burn of post-hardcore legends …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Led Zep's psychotic blues-rock mysticism, and the psychedelic swirl of Swedish greats Goat.
January 26 street date. The Smile is comprised of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, along with Tom Skinner from Sons Of Kemet. "Wall Of Eyes" is the second studio album from the trio, following 2022's "A Light For Attracting Attention", and features production from Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, Frank Ocean). It was recorded in Oxford and at Abbey Road Studios, and features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra.
January 26 street date. The Smile is comprised of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, along with Tom Skinner from Sons Of Kemet. "Wall Of Eyes" is the second studio album from the trio, following 2022's "A Light For Attracting Attention", and features production from Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, Frank Ocean). It was recorded in Oxford and at Abbey Road Studios, and features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra.
January 26 street date. The Smile is comprised of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, along with Tom Skinner from Sons Of Kemet. "Wall Of Eyes" is the second studio album from the trio, following 2022's "A Light For Attracting Attention", and features production from Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, Frank Ocean). It was recorded in Oxford and at Abbey Road Studios, and features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. For its 30th anniversary, 4AD are giving "Spoonfed Hybrid" the expanded treatment. This edition is a one-time press that includes the original album as well as a bonus disc of demos and outtakes. The sleeve has been beautifully redesigned by 4AD stalwart Timothy O'Donnell, who has incorporated Simon Cleave's original paintings with comprehensive song notes and stills from the band's ‘Boys In Zinc’ video to neatly wrap the story of this short-lived and brilliant band. The duo of Ian Masters (Pale Saints, Isolated Gate) and Chris Trout (A.C. Temple, Bear) - Spoonfed Hybrid was Ian's first move after departing Pale Saints. Meeting initially through a fanzine interview and realising they had a lot in common, the pair formed a band and toyed with samplers in Ian's flat in Leeds, before moving onto Duncan Wheat's Sheffield studio, Neptune. Finally, the three of them headed to the Palladium just outside Edinburgh, a studio a lot of 4AD acts passed through at that time. A central cog, Duncan sadly passed away in 2012, and this reissue is dedicated to his memory. As playful and enigmatic as its creators, "Spoonfed Hybrid" is a fascinating listen that artfully intertwines indie pop and electronics with post-rock sounds.
February 23 street date. Limited imported eco vinyl edition, exclusively available to indie shops. Oxford indie-folk quartet Stornoway followed up their celebrated 2010 debut album, "Beachcomber's Windowsill", with 2013's "Tales From Terra Firma". It's an album of stories - birth, death, marriage and coming of age. Featuring the singles ‘The Bigger Picture’ and ‘Farewell Appalachia’, "Tales From Terra Firma" was recorded and produced by the band at their own Oxford space, bringing in mix engineer George Shilling (having loved his work with Teenage Fanclub) midway to help them achieve their vision. By being true to themselves and remaining oblivious to outside influences, they made a truly special album where life is unfurled for the listener. The Guardian said in their full marks review that there's "no curse of the second album for Stornoway, who've stretched out without losing sight of the intimacy of their charming debut".
February 23 street date. Limited imported eco vinyl edition, exclusively available to indie shops. As its title suggests, Stornoway's 2010 debut album, "Beachcomber's Windowsill", is something of a treasure. Featuring singles ‘Fuel Up’, ‘I Saw You Blink’, and ‘Zorbing’, it showed just why so many were excited by the Oxford indie-folk quartet's arrival - a DIY guitar band unusually rooted in folk tradition. They stood out further with their deft ability to try their hand at most instruments, never shy to experiment while their pure pop harmonies soared. The Observer praised "Beachcomber's Windowsill" for having a "real emotional depth that transports their music from throwaway sunny songs to something altogether more poignant and enduring", while the NME called it "beautifully rendered and melodically magnificent; a Constable landscape of a record".
March 1 street date. Prolific and constantly evolving, Portland, OR's STRFKR have continued to release music that consistently connects with music lovers all over the globe. The band started out in a time when a co-sign from blogs and music outlets of note were all but mandatory for new music to be heard and accepted. STRFKR bypassed the hype machine almost completely, focusing instead on making their shows more exciting and pushing their music to new places. Their work ethic both in the studio and on the road has kept them on a steady climb, consistently playing live while using any available downtime to work towards the next recording. On their latest full-length album, "Parallel Realms", STRFKR embrace a more pop-forward approach as heard on their recent single "Running Around", while also hinting at experimentalism and the gentler textures on 2020's heralded "Future Past Life". Tracked by the band in their home studio in Portland, with additional engineering in Joshua Tree, CA, and mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, The Drums), the new album feels exciting, cohesive, and familiar with immediate, yet diverse qualities that can only be found on STRFKR records.
March 1 street date. Prolific and constantly evolving, Portland, OR's STRFKR have continued to release music that consistently connects with music lovers all over the globe. The band started out in a time when a co-sign from blogs and music outlets of note were all but mandatory for new music to be heard and accepted. STRFKR bypassed the hype machine almost completely, focusing instead on making their shows more exciting and pushing their music to new places. Their work ethic both in the studio and on the road has kept them on a steady climb, consistently playing live while using any available downtime to work towards the next recording. On their latest full-length album, "Parallel Realms", STRFKR embrace a more pop-forward approach as heard on their recent single "Running Around", while also hinting at experimentalism and the gentler textures on 2020's heralded "Future Past Life". Tracked by the band in their home studio in Portland, with additional engineering in Joshua Tree, CA, and mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, The Drums), the new album feels exciting, cohesive, and familiar with immediate, yet diverse qualities that can only be found on STRFKR records.
March 1 street date. Prolific and constantly evolving, Portland, OR's STRFKR have continued to release music that consistently connects with music lovers all over the globe. The band started out in a time when a co-sign from blogs and music outlets of note were all but mandatory for new music to be heard and accepted. STRFKR bypassed the hype machine almost completely, focusing instead on making their shows more exciting and pushing their music to new places. Their work ethic both in the studio and on the road has kept them on a steady climb, consistently playing live while using any available downtime to work towards the next recording. On their latest full-length album, "Parallel Realms", STRFKR embrace a more pop-forward approach as heard on their recent single "Running Around", while also hinting at experimentalism and the gentler textures on 2020's heralded "Future Past Life". Tracked by the band in their home studio in Portland, with additional engineering in Joshua Tree, CA, and mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, The Drums), the new album feels exciting, cohesive, and familiar with immediate, yet diverse qualities that can only be found on STRFKR records.
April 5 street date. For 35 years, Strung Out have been banging out their signature brand of intense, frenetic, metal-influenced punk, elevating the band to elite status, and playing a significant role in redefining the genre. Strung Out's 10th studio album, "Dead Rebellion", packs that same familiar punch, but with a new focus on melody, showing a band that is still evolving more than three decades into their distinguished career. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Shawn McGee, "Dead Rebellion" might represent a new chapter for Strung Out, but it's guided by the same principles that have always driven them. And while they have never been known as a political band, this record - like all Strung Out records - has captured the zeitgeist and the self-destructive political climate perfectly. Overtly political or otherwise, "Dead Rebellion" is nevertheless a record informed by and reacting to the world we live in and all the experience and wisdom the band has attained over the years. It's also one built on the unwavering principles that Strung Out has had at their core from the very beginning.
April 5 street date. For 35 years, Strung Out have been banging out their signature brand of intense, frenetic, metal-influenced punk, elevating the band to elite status, and playing a significant role in redefining the genre. Strung Out's 10th studio album, "Dead Rebellion", packs that same familiar punch, but with a new focus on melody, showing a band that is still evolving more than three decades into their distinguished career. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Shawn McGee, "Dead Rebellion" might represent a new chapter for Strung Out, but it's guided by the same principles that have always driven them. And while they have never been known as a political band, this record - like all Strung Out records - has captured the zeitgeist and the self-destructive political climate perfectly. Overtly political or otherwise, "Dead Rebellion" is nevertheless a record informed by and reacting to the world we live in and all the experience and wisdom the band has attained over the years. It's also one built on the unwavering principles that Strung Out has had at their core from the very beginning.
April 12 street date. Sunny Day Real Estate and Sub Pop celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band's landmark album "Diary" with a new pearl vinyl edition of the remastered double LP. Originally formed in Seattle in 1992, Sunny Day Real Estate featured Nate Mendel (bass), William Goldsmith (drums), Dan Hoerner (guitar,vocals), and Jeremy Enigk (vocals, guitar). "Diary", the band's first full-length album, was released in 1994 on Sub Pop, going on to become the seventh-best selling record in the label's history with more than 231,000 copies scanned in the US alone. "Diary" was recorded at Chicago's Idful Studios with producer Brad Wood and released to critical acclaim. The remastered album includes two rare bonus tracks as well as newly written liner notes.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. On May 19, 2023 This Is The Kit played 2 shows at the stunning Minack Theatre in Cornwall, one afternoon matinee, and one in the evening. Now for Record Store Day, a live recording of the late show will be made available, marking the first live album released by This Is The Kit. Featuring tracks from critically acclaimed albums ‘Careful Of Your Keepers’, ‘Off Off On’, and ‘Moonshine Freeze’, "Live At The Minack Theatre" sees the band (including three-piece horn section) on top form, responding to the resplendent surroundings in front of a hugely appreciative audience. "Live At The Minack Theatre" arrives on seagrass citrus vinyl.
February 23 street date. For more than 30 years, singer-songwriter and guitar hero Mary Timony has cut a distinctive path through the world of independent music, most recently as vocalist and guitarist of acclaimed garage-pop power trio Ex Hex but also as a member of seminal postpunk band Autoclave, celebrated leader of the deeply influential Helium, multifaceted solo artist, and a co-founder of supergroup Wild Flag. Described by Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein as "Mary Shelley with a guitar" and dubbed "a trailblazer and an innovator" by Lindsey Jordan aka Snail Mail, Timony has distinguished herself as one of her generation's most influential. Her fifth solo album, "Untame the Tiger", approaches these emotions head on. Her first solo release in 15 years is a startling document of an artist fully coming into her own power during the fourth decade of her career. It is the product of lessons learned during life-altering struggle. The mystical, acoustic-driven "Untame the Tiger" emerged after the dissolution of a long-term relationship and was bookended by the deaths of Timony's father and mother. The tectonic psychic shift Mary experienced due to this loss informs many of her lyrics. "Untame the Tiger" picks up the thread woven through Timony's freak-folk-anticipating solo albums of the early 00s. Basic tracks were recorded at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, with Timony backed by Dave Mattacks, drummer of legendary British folk-rock band Fairport Convention.
February 23 street date. For more than 30 years, singer-songwriter and guitar hero Mary Timony has cut a distinctive path through the world of independent music, most recently as vocalist and guitarist of acclaimed garage-pop power trio Ex Hex but also as a member of seminal postpunk band Autoclave, celebrated leader of the deeply influential Helium, multifaceted solo artist, and a co-founder of supergroup Wild Flag. Described by Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein as "Mary Shelley with a guitar" and dubbed "a trailblazer and an innovator" by Lindsey Jordan aka Snail Mail, Timony has distinguished herself as one of her generation's most influential. Her fifth solo album, "Untame the Tiger", approaches these emotions head on. Her first solo release in 15 years is a startling document of an artist fully coming into her own power during the fourth decade of her career. It is the product of lessons learned during life-altering struggle. The mystical, acoustic-driven "Untame the Tiger" emerged after the dissolution of a long-term relationship and was bookended by the deaths of Timony's father and mother. The tectonic psychic shift Mary experienced due to this loss informs many of her lyrics. "Untame the Tiger" picks up the thread woven through Timony's freak-folk-anticipating solo albums of the early 00s. Basic tracks were recorded at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, with Timony backed by Dave Mattacks, drummer of legendary British folk-rock band Fairport Convention.
February 23 street date. For more than 30 years, singer-songwriter and guitar hero Mary Timony has cut a distinctive path through the world of independent music, most recently as vocalist and guitarist of acclaimed garage-pop power trio Ex Hex but also as a member of seminal postpunk band Autoclave, celebrated leader of the deeply influential Helium, multifaceted solo artist, and a co-founder of supergroup Wild Flag. Described by Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein as "Mary Shelley with a guitar" and dubbed "a trailblazer and an innovator" by Lindsey Jordan aka Snail Mail, Timony has distinguished herself as one of her generation's most influential. Her fifth solo album, "Untame the Tiger", approaches these emotions head on. Her first solo release in 15 years is a startling document of an artist fully coming into her own power during the fourth decade of her career. It is the product of lessons learned during life-altering struggle. The mystical, acoustic-driven "Untame the Tiger" emerged after the dissolution of a long-term relationship and was bookended by the deaths of Timony's father and mother. The tectonic psychic shift Mary experienced due to this loss informs many of her lyrics. "Untame the Tiger" picks up the thread woven through Timony's freak-folk-anticipating solo albums of the early 00s. Basic tracks were recorded at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, with Timony backed by Dave Mattacks, drummer of legendary British folk-rock band Fairport Convention.
January 26 street date. "What an enormous room" is not only the title of the new album by TORRES, it is an incantation, a phrase Mackenzie Scott has had in her head now for several years, for as long as some of the songs found here. Scott's undeniable skill as a guitar player is still the engine driving her songs, but the album explores new territory for TORRES that Scott attributes to recording with her friend Sarah Jaffe, the Texan singer-songwriter whose inclination to break genre boundaries has led her to collaborate with Eminem and producer Symbolyc One. Jaffe provides the album's rhythm section, playing bass and drums, and the easiness of her collaboration with Scott made it possible for songs like "Jerk into joy" to emerge - like the incantation central to it, and the album itself - after years in Scott's head in a way that is simultaneously more direct and more sonically ambitious than any TORRES record to date. "What an enormous room" contains wry, Laurie Anderson-esque art rock, Nirvana's rage, and ABBA’s strut. Rather than fear the unknown space she occupies, Mackenzie Scott has chosen to fill it with as much of herself as possible, an artist unwilling to be stifled.
January 26 street date. "What an enormous room" is not only the title of the new album by TORRES, it is an incantation, a phrase Mackenzie Scott has had in her head now for several years, for as long as some of the songs found here. Scott's undeniable skill as a guitar player is still the engine driving her songs, but the album explores new territory for TORRES that Scott attributes to recording with her friend Sarah Jaffe, the Texan singer-songwriter whose inclination to break genre boundaries has led her to collaborate with Eminem and producer Symbolyc One. Jaffe provides the album's rhythm section, playing bass and drums, and the easiness of her collaboration with Scott made it possible for songs like "Jerk into joy" to emerge - like the incantation central to it, and the album itself - after years in Scott's head in a way that is simultaneously more direct and more sonically ambitious than any TORRES record to date. "What an enormous room" contains wry, Laurie Anderson-esque art rock, Nirvana's rage, and ABBA’s strut. Rather than fear the unknown space she occupies, Mackenzie Scott has chosen to fill it with as much of herself as possible, an artist unwilling to be stifled.
January 26 street date. "What an enormous room" is not only the title of the new album by TORRES, it is an incantation, a phrase Mackenzie Scott has had in her head now for several years, for as long as some of the songs found here. Scott's undeniable skill as a guitar player is still the engine driving her songs, but the album explores new territory for TORRES that Scott attributes to recording with her friend Sarah Jaffe, the Texan singer-songwriter whose inclination to break genre boundaries has led her to collaborate with Eminem and producer Symbolyc One. Jaffe provides the album's rhythm section, playing bass and drums, and the easiness of her collaboration with Scott made it possible for songs like "Jerk into joy" to emerge - like the incantation central to it, and the album itself - after years in Scott's head in a way that is simultaneously more direct and more sonically ambitious than any TORRES record to date. "What an enormous room" contains wry, Laurie Anderson-esque art rock, Nirvana's rage, and ABBA’s strut. Rather than fear the unknown space she occupies, Mackenzie Scott has chosen to fill it with as much of herself as possible, an artist unwilling to be stifled.
March 1 street date. Provogue Records is proud to announce the new album from Walter Trout, entitled "Broken". The fabled bluesman returns with a record that chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life while reminding listeners that hope is not lost. "I've always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that", considers Trout. "But I always hold on to hope. That's why I wrote this album. In the face of what's happening in the world, I will stubbornly hold on to my idealism and hope". Trout's last album, "Ride", debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. "Broken" features guest appearances from Beth Hart, Dee Snider, and Will Wilde.
March 1 street date. Provogue Records is proud to announce the new album from Walter Trout, entitled "Broken". The fabled bluesman returns with a record that chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life while reminding listeners that hope is not lost. "I've always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that", considers Trout. "But I always hold on to hope. That's why I wrote this album. In the face of what's happening in the world, I will stubbornly hold on to my idealism and hope". Trout's last album, "Ride", debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. "Broken" features guest appearances from Beth Hart, Dee Snider, and Will Wilde.
February 23 street date. TV On The Radio's story is one of synchronicity, of serendipity, of epiphany. TVOTR began with Tunde Adebimpe (vocals) and David Sitek (multi-instrumentalist and production kingpin) being roommates, drinking way too much coffee, making art: comics, movies, paintings. They started trading tapes of each other's four track recordings and thought it'd be fun to try to make "a real record" out of all that stuff. The band's third studio album, 2008's "Dear Science", opened with vintage TVOTR, but the nostalgia does not last. With "Dear Science", the band continue to push the limit with sonic experiments that fill out the rest of the album. Best New Music - 9.2 (Pitchfork, 2008). "("Dear Science") boldly took guitars where no album had gone before. And it did so with more creativity, daring and flair than any record since Radiohead's "OK Computer" - The Guardian.
Please note new street date: March 8. "Lights Out" was released in May 1977 and became UFO's biggest album to date, reaching No. 23 in the US. Michael Schenker's status as the most exciting guitarist in heavy rock was confirmed, the band were rejuvenated with personnel change as Paul Raymond replaced Danny Peyronel and Leo Lyons, who had produced the band's previous three albums, was replaced by Ron Nevison, whose work with Led Zeppelin had impressed and signalled the first in a stellar run of collaborations. An album rich in quality, title track "Lights Out" offers an urgent portrayal of a dystopian London, dripping with "batons charging... the smell of anarchy". The song was inspired by the same thing that led Joe Strummer to write "White Riot" for The Clash - the Notting Hill Riots of August 1976. Closing out the record is what Iron Maiden's Steve Harris has called his favourite song of all time, "Love To Love", arguably the album's crowning achievement. This edition adds an April 2, 1977 live concert from The Roundhouse in London as a bonus disc.
Please note new street date: March 8. "Lights Out" was released in May 1977 and became UFO's biggest album to date, reaching No. 23 in the US. Michael Schenker's status as the most exciting guitarist in heavy rock was confirmed, the band were rejuvenated with personnel change as Paul Raymond replaced Danny Peyronel and Leo Lyons, who had produced the band's previous three albums, was replaced by Ron Nevison, whose work with Led Zeppelin had impressed and signalled the first in a stellar run of collaborations. An album rich in quality, title track "Lights Out" offers an urgent portrayal of a dystopian London, dripping with "batons charging... the smell of anarchy". The song was inspired by the same thing that led Joe Strummer to write "White Riot" for The Clash - the Notting Hill Riots of August 1976. Closing out the record is what Iron Maiden's Steve Harris has called his favourite song of all time, "Love To Love", arguably the album's crowning achievement. This edition adds an April 2, 1977 live concert from The Roundhouse in London as a 2LP bonus.
February 9 street date. Usher has changed music, culture, and countless lives. The multiple Grammy Award-winning diamond-selling international megastar, actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist inspires change yet again in 2023 and beyond. Selling over 80 million records worldwide and collecting dozens of awards, he has simultaneously lit up the small screen on NBC’s "The Voice" and the big screen in blockbusters such as "Hustlers". He has also tirelessly distinguished himself as a devout humanitarian, raising tens of millions of dollars for various causes and uplifting youth via his New Look Foundation. "Coming Home" marks the creative reunion of Usher and L.A. Reid, who haven't worked together since 2004's US Diamond certified "Confessions". The album was mainly recorded in Atlanta with many of Atlanta's hottest producers including Sean Garrett, Lil John, The Avila Brothers, Mel & Mus, Tricky Stewart, Rico Love, The-Dream, Jermaine Dupri, and D Mile among many others. Usher is the 2024 Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show performer.
February 9 street date. Usher has changed music, culture, and countless lives. The multiple Grammy Award-winning diamond-selling international megastar, actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist inspires change yet again in 2023 and beyond. Selling over 80 million records worldwide and collecting dozens of awards, he has simultaneously lit up the small screen on NBC’s "The Voice" and the big screen in blockbusters such as "Hustlers". He has also tirelessly distinguished himself as a devout humanitarian, raising tens of millions of dollars for various causes and uplifting youth via his New Look Foundation. "Coming Home" marks the creative reunion of Usher and L.A. Reid, who haven't worked together since 2004's US Diamond certified "Confessions". The album was mainly recorded in Atlanta with many of Atlanta's hottest producers including Sean Garrett, Lil John, The Avila Brothers, Mel & Mus, Tricky Stewart, Rico Love, The-Dream, Jermaine Dupri, and D Mile among many others. Usher is the 2024 Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show performer.
February 9 street date. Usher has changed music, culture, and countless lives. The multiple Grammy Award-winning diamond-selling international megastar, actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist inspires change yet again in 2023 and beyond. Selling over 80 million records worldwide and collecting dozens of awards, he has simultaneously lit up the small screen on NBC’s "The Voice" and the big screen in blockbusters such as "Hustlers". He has also tirelessly distinguished himself as a devout humanitarian, raising tens of millions of dollars for various causes and uplifting youth via his New Look Foundation. "Coming Home" marks the creative reunion of Usher and L.A. Reid, who haven't worked together since 2004's US Diamond certified "Confessions". The album was mainly recorded in Atlanta with many of Atlanta's hottest producers including Sean Garrett, Lil John, The Avila Brothers, Mel & Mus, Tricky Stewart, Rico Love, The-Dream, Jermaine Dupri, and D Mile among many others. Usher is the 2024 Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show performer.
December 1 street date. Nobody has ever done this: Fat Mike curated an intimate evening around a campfire with good friends sharing great songs along with their backstories. It was all recorded live in one take and is now released on Bottles To The Ground. These good friends included Ceschi and Sam King of Codefendants, Chuck of Mad Caddies, Stacey Dee of Bad Cop Bad Cop, and many others who will be familiar to fans of punk rock or Fat Wreck Chords - and of course Fat Mike.
Please note new street date: December 1. The iconic Tommy Boy Music label presents "... And You Don't Stop", celebrating hip hop's 50th anniversary. The compilation features some of Tommy Boy's greatest hits, from the iconic Naughty By Nature, de la Soul, Digital Underground, Queen Latifah and Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force along with unreleased tracks from G.L.O.B.E & Whiz Kid, Sweet Trio, and more. The 6LP collection is packaged in a custom printed jacket inserted into a hard cover box with gold foil stamping.
December 15 street date. First time on vinyl! Remastered and refreshed edition of the definitive compilation of The Vaselines' early material from the 1980s and 1990s, pressed on limited edition crystal clear vinyl. The Vaselines have long been celebrated by musicians and music enthusiasts across genres and across the globe, including superfan Kurt Cobain. Emerging in the mid-80s under the wing of The Pastels' Stephen McRobbie, The Vaselines came to define the sly wit and irresistible pop hooks of the era's Scottish indie scene. "The Way Of The Vaselines" is an opportunity for those already familiar with the Scottish band's brief career to delve deeper into their body of work, while those new to their music can experience firsthand why so many hold them in such high regard. "The Way Of The Vaselines" compiles the band's two EPs ("Son Of A Gun" and "Dying For It") and their sole LP release ("Dum-Dum").
March 22 street date. One of the hardest working singer-songwriters in the game is named Katie Crutchfield. She was born in Alabama, grew up near Waxahatchee Creek. Skipped town and struck out on her own as Waxahatchee. That was over a decade ago. Crutchfield says she never knew the road would lead her here, but after six critically acclaimed albums, she's never felt more confident in herself as an artist. While her sound has evolved from lo-fi folk to lush alt-tinged country, her voice has always remained the same. Honest and close, poetic with Southern lilting. Much like Carson McCullers's Mick Kelly, determined in her desires and convictions, ready to tell whoever will listen. And after years of being sober and stable in Kansas City - after years of sacrificing herself to her work and the road - Crutchfield has arrived at her most potent songwriting yet. On her new album, "Tigers Blood", Crutchfield emerges as a powerhouse - an ethnologist of the self - forever dedicated to revisiting her wins and losses. But now she's arriving at revelations and she ain't holding them back. Produced by Brad Cook, the album features MJ Lenderman, Phil Cook, and Spencer Tweedy.
March 22 street date. One of the hardest working singer-songwriters in the game is named Katie Crutchfield. She was born in Alabama, grew up near Waxahatchee Creek. Skipped town and struck out on her own as Waxahatchee. That was over a decade ago. Crutchfield says she never knew the road would lead her here, but after six critically acclaimed albums, she's never felt more confident in herself as an artist. While her sound has evolved from lo-fi folk to lush alt-tinged country, her voice has always remained the same. Honest and close, poetic with Southern lilting. Much like Carson McCullers's Mick Kelly, determined in her desires and convictions, ready to tell whoever will listen. And after years of being sober and stable in Kansas City - after years of sacrificing herself to her work and the road - Crutchfield has arrived at her most potent songwriting yet. On her new album, "Tigers Blood", Crutchfield emerges as a powerhouse - an ethnologist of the self - forever dedicated to revisiting her wins and losses. But now she's arriving at revelations and she ain't holding them back. Produced by Brad Cook, the album features MJ Lenderman, Phil Cook, and Spencer Tweedy.
March 22 street date. One of the hardest working singer-songwriters in the game is named Katie Crutchfield. She was born in Alabama, grew up near Waxahatchee Creek. Skipped town and struck out on her own as Waxahatchee. That was over a decade ago. Crutchfield says she never knew the road would lead her here, but after six critically acclaimed albums, she's never felt more confident in herself as an artist. While her sound has evolved from lo-fi folk to lush alt-tinged country, her voice has always remained the same. Honest and close, poetic with Southern lilting. Much like Carson McCullers's Mick Kelly, determined in her desires and convictions, ready to tell whoever will listen. And after years of being sober and stable in Kansas City - after years of sacrificing herself to her work and the road - Crutchfield has arrived at her most potent songwriting yet. On her new album, "Tigers Blood", Crutchfield emerges as a powerhouse - an ethnologist of the self - forever dedicated to revisiting her wins and losses. But now she's arriving at revelations and she ain't holding them back. Produced by Brad Cook, the album features MJ Lenderman, Phil Cook, and Spencer Tweedy.
March 1 street date. Faye Webster's songs are direct lines to the human subconscious, and "Underdressed At The Symphony" documents what happens once you begin to build a new self from the ashes of your old routines. This rebirth isn't flashy or definitive, but is instead a series of seemingly mundane moments that, scattered across weeks and months, sneak their way toward something like healing. Yes, there's a breakup in play, but Webster is not documenting the heartbreak of a breakup so much as she's navigating the contours of heartbreak itself. Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with her longtime band, Webster is accompanied on "Underdressed At The Symphony" by Matt Stoessel's arcs of shimmering pedal steel, the plaintive, unhurried drums of Charles Garner, and, occasionally, additional guitarwork from Wilco's Nels Cline, among many other crucial players. The title of the album refers to Webster's post-breakup compulsion to visit the symphony on a whim, usually buying a ticket at the last possible second.
March 1 street date. Faye Webster's songs are direct lines to the human subconscious, and "Underdressed At The Symphony" documents what happens once you begin to build a new self from the ashes of your old routines. This rebirth isn't flashy or definitive, but is instead a series of seemingly mundane moments that, scattered across weeks and months, sneak their way toward something like healing. Yes, there's a breakup in play, but Webster is not documenting the heartbreak of a breakup so much as she's navigating the contours of heartbreak itself. Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with her longtime band, Webster is accompanied on "Underdressed At The Symphony" by Matt Stoessel's arcs of shimmering pedal steel, the plaintive, unhurried drums of Charles Garner, and, occasionally, additional guitarwork from Wilco's Nels Cline, among many other crucial players. The title of the album refers to Webster's post-breakup compulsion to visit the symphony on a whim, usually buying a ticket at the last possible second.
March 1 street date. Faye Webster's songs are direct lines to the human subconscious, and "Underdressed At The Symphony" documents what happens once you begin to build a new self from the ashes of your old routines. This rebirth isn't flashy or definitive, but is instead a series of seemingly mundane moments that, scattered across weeks and months, sneak their way toward something like healing. Yes, there's a breakup in play, but Webster is not documenting the heartbreak of a breakup so much as she's navigating the contours of heartbreak itself. Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with her longtime band, Webster is accompanied on "Underdressed At The Symphony" by Matt Stoessel's arcs of shimmering pedal steel, the plaintive, unhurried drums of Charles Garner, and, occasionally, additional guitarwork from Wilco's Nels Cline, among many other crucial players. The title of the album refers to Webster's post-breakup compulsion to visit the symphony on a whim, usually buying a ticket at the last possible second.
December 1 street date. A brand new album of Rick White tunes is on its way! Following his 2021 "Where It's Fine" LP and 2022's amazing tribute to The Sadies, "De-Evolution" takes a welcome detour into more classic fuzzy Elevator To Hell and early Eric's Trip territory. Featuring seven new intense heavy psychedelic tunes, it's another trip into a world Rick knows best. Limited coloured vinyl pressing.
March 22 street date. In 2014, Wye Oak released "Shriek", their fourth album. It was a necessary departure for Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, who found themselves on uncertain ground after two years of constant touring for 2011's Civilian, living on opposite ends of the country and trying to revitalize their creative partnership. Wasner set aside her guitar for a bass. Stack took on the band's upper register, playing syncopated, meditative keyboard parts that interacted with Wasner's voice, which was newly freed from its call-and-response relationship to the guitar - what had been, until then, a signature of Wye Oak's sound. During that period, Wasner and Stack were introduced to William Brittelle, the Brooklyn-based composer. His orchestral reimaginings of five songs from "Shriek" ("Shriek: Variations", if you will) are the centerpiece of this package, which serves not only to mark the tenth anniversary of a great album, but to demonstrate the richness of Wye Oak's compositions.
March 8 street date. "Gothics" - a time before the word goth had even taken shape - believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. Grey clouds were starting to form and in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. As any true punk would, Xmal Deutschland's members Caro May, Rita Simon, Manuela Rickers, Fiona Sangster and Anja Huwe, started the band despite any previous musical experience. The "Schwarze Welt" 7" single was released on the local punk label, ZickZack, in 1981 and introduced the band as an unsettling swarm of intensity. Huwe's uniquely venomous German vocals quickly became embedded in the unbridled and burgeoning scene of glamorous gloom. Punk's independence from the stiff grip of tradition allowed the band to find solace in anti-establishment art and music, far from the conventions of the past. "Early Singles (1981-1982)" is a map of the foundational movements of Xmal Deutschland, just seconds before takeoff. The band's pursuit of something greater is palpable with this release, a reflection of a time that introduced accessibility to new means of making music following the onset of punk.
March 8 street date. "Gothics" - a time before the word goth had even taken shape - believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. Grey clouds were starting to form and in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. As any true punk would, Xmal Deutschland's members Caro May, Rita Simon, Manuela Rickers, Fiona Sangster and Anja Huwe, started the band despite any previous musical experience. The "Schwarze Welt" 7" single was released on the local punk label, ZickZack, in 1981 and introduced the band as an unsettling swarm of intensity. Huwe's uniquely venomous German vocals quickly became embedded in the unbridled and burgeoning scene of glamorous gloom. Punk's independence from the stiff grip of tradition allowed the band to find solace in anti-establishment art and music, far from the conventions of the past. "Early Singles (1981-1982)" is a map of the foundational movements of Xmal Deutschland, just seconds before takeoff. The band's pursuit of something greater is palpable with this release, a reflection of a time that introduced accessibility to new means of making music following the onset of punk.
March 8 street date. "Gothics" - a time before the word goth had even taken shape - believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. Grey clouds were starting to form and in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen and haunting gang of five women formed Xmal Deutschland. As any true punk would, Xmal Deutschland's members Caro May, Rita Simon, Manuela Rickers, Fiona Sangster and Anja Huwe, started the band despite any previous musical experience. The "Schwarze Welt" 7" single was released on the local punk label, ZickZack, in 1981 and introduced the band as an unsettling swarm of intensity. Huwe's uniquely venomous German vocals quickly became embedded in the unbridled and burgeoning scene of glamorous gloom. Punk's independence from the stiff grip of tradition allowed the band to find solace in anti-establishment art and music, far from the conventions of the past. "Early Singles (1981-1982)" is a map of the foundational movements of Xmal Deutschland, just seconds before takeoff. The band's pursuit of something greater is palpable with this release, a reflection of a time that introduced accessibility to new means of making music following the onset of punk.
March 1 street date. Zakk Sabbath are back with an even more massive dose of pure Black Sabbath worship! Celebrating more than 50 years of Birmingham's most famous four, the "inventors" of heavy metal are being honoured by the preeminent tribute trio led by guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde with the double album "Doomed Forever Forever Doomed". This loving tribute contains the Americans' brilliant take on Black Sabbath's second and third full-lengths, the classic heavy metal masterpieces "Paranoid" (1970) and "Master of Reality" (1971). Zakk Sabbath were founded by Black Label Society guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde, who is widely renowned for his many years as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and now Pantera. After initially only performing live with rotating members, the band solidified a stable cast with the addition of Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie bass player Blasko and Joey Castillo on drums (also of Danzig and Queens Of The Stone Age).
March 1 street date. Zakk Sabbath are back with an even more massive dose of pure Black Sabbath worship! Celebrating more than 50 years of Birmingham's most famous four, the "inventors" of heavy metal are being honoured by the preeminent tribute trio led by guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde with the double album "Doomed Forever Forever Doomed". This loving tribute contains the Americans' brilliant take on Black Sabbath's second and third full-lengths, the classic heavy metal masterpieces "Paranoid" (1970) and "Master of Reality" (1971). Zakk Sabbath were founded by Black Label Society guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde, who is widely renowned for his many years as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and now Pantera. After initially only performing live with rotating members, the band solidified a stable cast with the addition of Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie bass player Blasko and Joey Castillo on drums (also of Danzig and Queens Of The Stone Age).
March 1 street date. Zakk Sabbath are back with an even more massive dose of pure Black Sabbath worship! Celebrating more than 50 years of Birmingham's most famous four, the "inventors" of heavy metal are being honoured by the preeminent tribute trio led by guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde with the double album "Doomed Forever Forever Doomed". This loving tribute contains the Americans' brilliant take on Black Sabbath's second and third full-lengths, the classic heavy metal masterpieces "Paranoid" (1970) and "Master of Reality" (1971). Zakk Sabbath were founded by Black Label Society guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde, who is widely renowned for his many years as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and now Pantera. After initially only performing live with rotating members, the band solidified a stable cast with the addition of Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie bass player Blasko and Joey Castillo on drums (also of Danzig and Queens Of The Stone Age).
March 1 street date. Zakk Sabbath are back with an even more massive dose of pure Black Sabbath worship! Celebrating more than 50 years of Birmingham's most famous four, the "inventors" of heavy metal are being honoured by the preeminent tribute trio led by guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde with the double album "Doomed Forever Forever Doomed". This loving tribute contains the Americans' brilliant take on Black Sabbath's second and third full-lengths, the classic heavy metal masterpieces "Paranoid" (1970) and "Master of Reality" (1971). Zakk Sabbath were founded by Black Label Society guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde, who is widely renowned for his many years as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and now Pantera. After initially only performing live with rotating members, the band solidified a stable cast with the addition of Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie bass player Blasko and Joey Castillo on drums (also of Danzig and Queens Of The Stone Age).
March 1 street date. Zakk Sabbath are back with an even more massive dose of pure Black Sabbath worship! Celebrating more than 50 years of Birmingham's most famous four, the "inventors" of heavy metal are being honoured by the preeminent tribute trio led by guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde with the double album "Doomed Forever Forever Doomed". This loving tribute contains the Americans' brilliant take on Black Sabbath's second and third full-lengths, the classic heavy metal masterpieces "Paranoid" (1970) and "Master of Reality" (1971). Zakk Sabbath were founded by Black Label Society guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde, who is widely renowned for his many years as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and now Pantera. After initially only performing live with rotating members, the band solidified a stable cast with the addition of Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie bass player Blasko and Joey Castillo on drums (also of Danzig and Queens Of The Stone Age).
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