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  • What's New 6-9-23

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    Because Music

    The follow-up to 2019s Redcar, Paranoa, Angels, True Love is both more sprawling than Redcar twenty tracks spanning nearly ninety minutesand more unified. Letissier has described it as the second part of an operatic gesture inspired by Angels in America, and it is structured, somewhat showily, in three movements. But the album feels less like an opera than like the score for a film epic, a patient and pleading unfurling of atmospheric sounds. And though the new album is not a neon-fueled ode to sweating out heartbreak, there is still enough here that might summon one to dance.

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    Thirty Tigers

    Weathervanes is a collection of grown-up songs: songs about adult love, about change, about the danger of nostalgia and the interrogation of myths, about cruelty and regret and redemption. Some will make you cry alone in your car and others will make you sing along with thousands of strangers in a big summer pavilion, united in the great miracle of being alive. The record features the rolling thunder of Isbells fearsome 400 Unit, whove earned a place in the rock n roll cosmos alongside the greatest backing ensembles, as powerful and essential to the storytelling as The E Street Band or the Wailers.

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    Fat Possum

    This is mutant Americana in a world of love, drugs, storytelling, and miracles--held together by Trevor Powers' voice and an upright piano. In his own words, "It's stories of brothers leaving for war, drunk fathers learning to hug, mothers falling in love, neighbors stealing mail, cowboys doing drugs, friends skipping school, me crying in the bathtub, dogs catching rabbits, and children playing in tall grass."

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    Blue Note

    JoyAll finds the singer-songwriter embarking on a new era, in a new town and on a new label, as she joins the iconic roster of Blue Note/Capitol Records. While JoyAll pulls from a bounty of sonic inspiration from classic soul to 90s R&B, as well as country and classic singer-songwriter records the albums rich, intimate and warm live sound is the hallmark of eight-time Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb.

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    ATO Records

    My Morning Jacket, touring behind It Still Moves, took the stage at Bonnaroo on a scorching hot day in the summer of '04. Ominous dark clouds rolled in early in the performance. "I'll never forget it," reflected Jim James "We're playing & the sky just rips open & rain starts pouring down. People are losing their minds... Everybody is petrified that we're going to get electrocuted, but it was such a transcendent moment that we just didn't care." It would become one of the festivals most iconic sets.

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    Nile City Records

    Yesterday's News is a record of unhurried meditations delivered by an artist learning to slow down and appreciate the tiny miracles that make life worth living. Hailed by NPR for his musical daring and impeccable song craft, and Rolling Stone for his sharp eye for storytelling, Ellis recorded to tape in just two days, embracing a raw minimalism that prizes patience and restraint above all else: "close your eyes and drift into a dream."

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    Warp

    Teeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, Squids second album O Monolith is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self-made folklore. Its dense and tricksy but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature. Its a reflection of the outsized progression of a band always looking to the future. Like its namesake, O Monolith is vast and strange; alive with endless possible interpretations of its inner mysteries.

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    Capitol

    For the most jovial member of One Direction, its touching to hear Horan get so intimate on his own. He brings empathy to power ballads like Heaven, addressing twenty-something turmoil while Science reaches out to someone struggling with depression. But the emotional highlight is the wonderfully titled love song You Could Start a Cult, stripped down to just Niall and his acoustic guitar, as he vows, I will follow you till theres no tomorrow. On The Show, it sounds like Niall Horan knows exactly where hes going.

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  • New Release Round-Up 06-09-23

    Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Weathervanes

    Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Weathervanes- SoutheasternRecords
    A Jason Isbell record always lands like a decoder ring in the ears and hearts of his audience, a soundtrack to his world and magically to theirs, too. Weathervanes carries the same revelatory power. This is a storyteller at the peak of his craft, observing his fellow wanderers, looking inside and trying to understand, reducing a universe to four minutes. He shrinks life small enough to name the fear and then strip it away, helping his listeners make sense of how two plus two stops equaling four once you reach a certain age -- and carry a certain amount of scars.There is something about boundaries on this record, Isbell says. As you mature, you still attempt to keep the ability to love somebody fully and completely while youre growing into an adult and learning how to love yourself.Weathervanes is a collection of grown-up songs: Songs about adult love, about change, about the danger of nostalgia and the interrogation of myths, about cruelty and regret and redemption. Life and death songs played for and by grown ass people. Some will make you cry alone in your car and others will make you sing along with thousands of strangers in a big summer pavilion, united in the great miracle of being alive. The record features the rolling thunder of Isbells fearsome 400 Unit, whove earned a place in the rock n roll cosmos alongside the greatest backing ensembles, as powerful and essential to the storytelling as The E Street Band or the Wailers.They make a big noise, as Isbell puts it, and he feels so comfortable letting them be a main prism through which much of the world hears his art. He can be private but with them behind him he transforms, and there is a version of himself that can only exist in their presence. When he plays a solo show, he is in charge of the entire complicated juggle. On stage with the 400 Unit, he can be a guitar hero when he wants, and a conductor when he wants, and a smiling fan of the majesty of his bandmates when he wants to hang back and listen to the sound.

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    Niall Horan - The Show

    Niall Horan - The Show-Capitol
    Niall Horan's `The Show' - his third solo album and first since 2020's chart-topping `Heartbreak Weather' - will be released on June 9, 2023. Preceded by its lead single "Heaven," the album matches the pure emotion of his globally beloved past work with a powerful new element of soul-searching reflection. Each vinyl copy of `The Show' includes a randomly selected print of a letter handwritten by Niall about a song from the album.

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    Jenny Lewis - Joy'All

    Jenny Lewis - Joy'All- Blue NoteRecords
    Jenny Lewis fifth solo album, Joy'Allarrives June 9th. JoyAll finds the singer-songwriter embarking on a new era, in a new town and on a new label, as she joins the iconic roster of Blue Note/Capitol Records. While JoyAll pulls from a bounty of sonic inspiration from classic soul to 90s R&B, as well as country and classic singer-songwriter records the albums rich, intimate and warm live sound is the hallmark of eight-time GRAMMY-winning producer Dave Cobb. Recorded at Nashvilles historic RCA Studio A, JoyAll includes new single Psychos and the previously released single Puppy and a Truck.

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    ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

    Milky Chance - Living In A Haze [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Ocean Blue LP]Video Available
    Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Strangers No MoreVideo Available

    Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure
    Christine And The Queens - PARANOA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
    Freddie Gibbs - $oul $old $eparately [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Neon Yellow LP + Flexi Disc]
    Ultra Q - My Guardian Angel
    Dream Wife - Social Lubrication [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Deluxe Red & Black LP]
    Squid - O Monolith
    Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is A Junkyard
    King Krule - Space Heavy [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
    TEKE::TEKE - Hagata
    My Morning Jacket - MMJ Live Vol. 3: Bonnaroo 2004 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Thunderdome (Cloudy & Clear) 2LP]
    Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Hot Pink LP]
    Tears For Fears - The Hurting [Half-Speed LP]
    Extreme - Six
    Oceans Ate Alaska - Disparity
    James - Be Opened By The Wonderful [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White 2 LP]
    Rob Grant - Lost At Sea


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    UPCOMING RELEASES

    Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman...

    Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman...-Matador
    In Times New Roman..., the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen and QOTSA founder Joshua Hommes lyrics are as witty and withering than ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSAs sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. In Times New Roman... is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is B A C K but its no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth."

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    Sammy Rae & The Friends - Chapter One

    Sammy Rae & The Friends - Chapter One- NettwerkRecords
    Singer/songwriter, bandleader, and human being Samantha Bowers first began writing songs at age 12 while taking piano lessons and listening to Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury playing on the family stereo. By 16, she developed a love of jazz and began to study the great female vocalists of the century (mainly Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Sarah Vaughn). She and her eight-piece group make music that has elements of pop, soul, funk, rock and jazz and focus on themes like coming-of-age, defiance, and self-expression. Their genre blending performances are high-energy, honest and quirky, influenced by the great performances of those childhood classic rock heroes.

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  • Now Hear This! June 2023

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  • What's New 6-2-23

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    Sour Mash Records Limited

    Surefooted, revelatory, well-rounded and emotionally deep, Council Skies cements Gallaghers reputation as one of the best songwriters the UK has ever produced. This collection of songs is one of his finest post-Oasis offerings, and it feels like the album that Noel and his High Flying Birds have been aching to make.

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    Legacy

    Shadow Kingdom presents Dylan performing revelatory 21st century versions of songs from his storied back catalog. The album's setlist includes 13 original songs handpicked by Dylan for his Shadow Kingdom live performance. Facing down his past, he comes close to eclipsing it, and offers magnificent proof of his continued vitality as a performing artist.

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    Sub Pop

    Alicia Bognannos fourth album is the most close-to-the-bone album yet, drawing from personal pain and the universal struggle that is existing, learning, and moving on. And its all soundtracked by Bognanno's rock-solid melodic sensibilities and a widescreen sound that's impossible to pin down when it comes to the textures explored.

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    Cooking Vinyl

    Such Ferocious Beauty is vintage Cowboy Junkies and another dimension from the lo-fi Canadian band comprised of, well, family. A tangle of sonic textures, Beauty is a rumination on aging, losing parents, facing mortality and creating space for ones life in the midst of the ruin that comes from merely living.

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    RCA

    But Here We Are marks the bands return after a year of staggering losses, personal introspection and bittersweet remembrances. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family.

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    Legacy

    The Lockdown Sessions was recorded at home during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. Includes five seminal tracks from across Waters time with Pink Floyd and his solo career including Mother and Vera from The Wall; two tracks from The Final Cut; and The Bravery of Being Out Of Range from Waters highly acclaimed solo album, Amused To Death.

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    Yep Roc

    Inspired by their love of noir and neo-western films, their cinematic new album Ten Paces exhibits the rich, sonic versatility of the brothers, as every instrument heard on the album is performed by Henry and Rupert. The anthemic build of "The Fear" to the lonesome balladeering of "Bullet Blues" showcases these two outlaws at their creative peak.

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    Concord

    The Revivalists make the kind of rock n roll that grabs you and doesnt let go. On their fifth full-length release, the New Orleans outfit was inspired to create a life-affirming album that in many ways connects to the original seed of inspiration for the bands name. Pour It Out Into The Night is a celebration of resilience, living for who you are and what youre about.

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    Loosegroove Records

    On Tigercub's third record of nocturnal, hard-hitting rock, the band embraces a moody, melancholic sound that's every bit as cinematic as Hollywood itself. It's about counterpoint and opposites, stacked with songs that contrast overdriven guitars with whispered vocals, tight grooves with shoegazing swells of noise, sonic experimentation with sharp songwriting.

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    Bayonet

    Brooklyn bedroom-pop trailblazers Beach Fossils' new album is a triumphant return for one of the 2010s most influential NYC bands. Bunny is a precise blend of the luscious dream-pop atmospheres they notoriously honed on their earliest projects, the post-punk vigor expressed on Clash The Truth, and the warm sophisticated songwriting of Somersault.

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    New West

    Folds masterful new album is an open hand reaching out to all those wounded and bewildered by a world that seems to make less and less sense every day. The result is an undeniably joyful record, an ecstatic reminder of all the beauty and promise hiding in plain sight for anyone willing (and present enough) to recognize their moments as they arrive.

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    City Slang

    Dixon calls the late Toni Morrison the greatest rapper of all time; and the way he tackles topics like survival, violence, and religion within the expansive landscape of the Black experience, evokes her novels. Sometimes rough and other times delicate, this record is a journey into the psyche of Dixon, with all of the of the attendant peaks and valleys.

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    Epitpah

    Sixteen tracks of pure punk rock chaos, done in Rancids own inimitable style which is one of passion and delivered straight from the heart. In true punk style, the songs on Tomorrow Never Comes all come in at under three minutes long and are short, sharp shocks of sheer energetic punk rock, the type of which the band have always done and done so well.

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    BMG

    A star-studded album of folk music reinventions that sees the 2x Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter joined by a spectacular collection of special guests that includes Brandi Carlile, John Legend, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Bird, ANOHNI, Susanna Hoffs, Van Dyke Parks, Madison Cunningham, and more.

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    Prosthetic Records

    Drawing from influences as diverse as Nine Inch Nails, Deafheaven, Radiohead, and Deftones, Pupil Slicer have molded an album that is effervescent with passion but doesn't shy away from a good hook and a catchy chorus. Through darkness and despair, there is always - at the very least - a glimmer of light in all that they do.

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  • New Release Round-Up 06-02-23

    Jack Johnson - In Between Dub

    Jack Johnson - In Between Dub- RepublicRecords
    In March 2020, Jack Johnsonreached out to Lee Scratch" Perry to produce a dub remix album based on Jacks most loved recordings. On August 29, 2021, the project was brought to a halt as Scratch departed this physical world. In 2022, Jack and Subatomic Sound System, Perrys band of the last decade, connected directly and discovered they had all the pieces to bring Lee Scratch Perrys three creations to completion. The LP also features dubs from Dennis Bovell, Scientist, Mad Professor, Nightmares on Wax, and more.

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    Tom Waits - Closing Time: 50th Anniversary

    Tom Waits - Closing Time: 50th Anniversary- ANTI
    Closing Time foreshadows the distinctly lyrical storytelling and original blending of jazz, blues, and folk styles thatwould come to be associated with Tom Waits. It is on this debut album that Waits performs enduring classics of his career Ol 55 (famously covered by the Eagles), the heartbreaking Martha and the gentle acoustic folk of I HopeThat I Dont Fall In Love With You. Reissued for the first time as a double LP to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark debut with newly half speed mastering at Abbey Road Studios.

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    Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream

    Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream- WarnerRecords
    Avenged Sevenfolds new album, Life Is But A Dream is a timeless work of art that blurs genres. Best served as a whole and consumed en masse to truly appreciate its musical breadth and sonic depth, it marks their boldest statement and most revolutionary work to date. Written and recorded over the span of 4 years, it was produced by Joe Barresi and Avenged Sevenfold in Los Angeles and mixed by Andy Wallace in the Poconos, PA. Inspired by Albert Camus The Stranger, the album is a journey through an existential crisis; a very personal exploration into the meaning, purpose and value of human existence with the anxiety of death always looming. Immerse into this experience

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    Rancid - Tomorrow Never Comes

    Rancid - Tomorrow Never Comes- Epitaph
    Rancid - the legendary Bay Area punk rockers are back with their 10th studio album, Tomorrow Never Comes on Epitaph Records. Emerging from the blue-collar swamps of Berkeley, California, Rancid has now been a living, breathing punk rock band for over a quarter century.

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    Neil Frances - There Is No Neil Frances

    Neil Frances - There Is No Neil Frances- Nettwerk Records
    There is no Neil Frances. OK, sort of. Neil Frances is not a solo artist, it's the name of a duo comprised of Sydney-born Jordan Feller and Southern California native Marc Gilfry. To help you remember that Neil Frances is not a person, the duo has named it's debut LP There Is No Neil Frances. Neil Frances' signature sound is beat-driven pop infused with a more organic warmth than most modern music. Putting special emphasis on their enthralling live sets-the group quickly developed a reputation as a must-see stage artist opening for SG Lewis, Jungle, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The band explains, "Our new album is about self-realization and becoming the person that you dream of. The concept is that we are insects on earth who ascend into outer space to become divas at a galactic ball." The album features both GRAE and Benny Sings..

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    Kenny Rogers - Life Is Like A Song

    Kenny Rogers - Life Is Like A Song- UMe
    A collection of unreleased songs from Kenny Rogers' archives that tells the story of the love, life, loss and faith between Kenny and his wife, Wanda, and their two children. The album features the long sought after "Goodbye" written by Lionel Richie, interpretations of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" and "I Wish It Would Rain" originally recorded by The Temptations, and "Tell Me That You Love Me" a lost duet between Kenny and Dolly Parton.

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    Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts: Reissue

    Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts: Reissue- Blue NoteRecords
    Norah Jones defied expectations with her 5th studio album Little Broken Hearts, a striking collaboration with Danger Mouse that arrived a decade after her debut Come Away With Me, prompting SPIN to call it "the 2nd essential record of Norah Jones' career." Deluxe Edition features an expanded 31-track set curated by Jones with rare bonus tracks, alternate versions, remixes, and a previously unreleased live version of the album recorded for Austin City Limits in 2012.

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    ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

    Purr - Who Is Afraid Of Blue?Video Available

    Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies
    Ben Folds - What Matters Most [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Autographed Color LP]
    Beach Fossils - Bunny
    Bully - Lucky For You
    Bob Dylan - Shadow Kingdom
    Ghost - Prequelle [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Tangerine LP]
    Half Moon Run - Salt
    Ruen Brothers - Ten Paces
    Hollywood Vampires - Live in Rio
    Rival Sons - DARKFIGHTER
    Jake Shears - Last Man Dancing [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange Marble LP]
    Ben Harper - Wide Open Light
    The Revivalists - Pour It Out Into The Night [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Sun Marble LP]
    Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy
    Protomartyr - Formal Growth In The Desert [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue LP]
    De La Soul - Stakes Is High
    Tanya Tucker - Sweet Western Sound
    Matt & Kim - Sidewalks [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Blue LP]
    Matt & Kim - Grand [RSD Essential Yellow w/Orange & Black Splatter LP+7in]
    Christina Aguilera - Aguilera
    Roger Waters - The Lockdown Sessions
    ENHYPEN - DARK BLOOD
    Stray Kids - 5-STAR
    Buckcherry - Vol. 10

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  • What's New 5-26-23

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    Third Man

    At the end of the day, Guitar Romantic is simply a fucking awesome power-pop record that would've been just as relevant and engaging twenty-five years ago, and will undoubtedly be just as fun twenty-five years down the road. It may seem glaringly retro on the surface, but The Exploding Hearts have released an album that is, at its core, ageless.

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    Warp

    Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African take on the genre. That idea is magnified here as the Tuareg bands trademark snaking guitar lines and hypnotic rhythms blending seamlessly with pedal steel, piano and strings from guest musicians including Daniel Lanois, the embellished arrangements lending the songs an epic, universal application.

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    Thirty Tigers

    The three-time Grammy nominees sound refreshed on 10 new songs distilled to the essence of The Milk Carton Kids: two voices blended together in spellbinding harmony, accompanied by subtly perfect acoustic instrumentation. Turns out thats a tough sound to get just right, but I Only See the Moon shows just how much the duo were willing to work for it.

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    Atlantic

    The tongue-in-cheek and aloof record finds its roots in covert sapphic, and paradoxical narratives, kaleidoscopic soundscapes and cool, grunge-fueled vocals. Complete with obscure and frank lyricism, I Am The Dog staples itself as one of this year's best. Featuring songwriting contributions from Teddy Geiger (Caroline Polachek, Sylvan Esso) and Sarah Tudzin (Weyes Blood, Slowdive).

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    Rounder

    This is a body of work born from a shared passion for pushing the limits of blues music. Produced by the legendary Jon Spencer, Death Wish Blues melds eclectic sensibilities into a batch of songs both emotionally potent and wildly combustible and helps fulfill their shared longtime mission of opening up the genre to entirely new audiences.

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    Sub Pop

    Aperture is Jadagus coming-of-age mixtape, chronicling bad breakups (scuzzy garage rocker What You Did), sibling allyship (the glitchy Admit It) and leaving behind a religious upbringing (distorted diary entry Letter To Myself); while opener Explanations hazy vocals and synthesized strings is Mazzy Star updated for the TikTok generation.

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    Sub Pop

    "The Become EP is a collection of 5 songs from the Once Twice Melody sessions. We didn't think they fit in the world of OTM, but later realized they all fit in a little world of their own. To us, they are all kind of scuzzy and spacious, and live in the spirit realm. It's not really where we are currently going, but it's definitely somewhere we have been. We hope you enjoy these tunes. - Alex and Victoria

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    Jealous Butcher Records

    Part experimental indie and part 70s soft rock, Califones first record in three years reaches new levels of harmony, fragility, and confidence. Whether detailing aging goths retaining their identity through year-long spooky decorations, an imagined conversation with an inbred monarch, or the conflicts between identity and technology, Villagers spreads out and luxuriates in the messy darkness of modern life.

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    Capitol

    A source of empathy through emotional lows and affirmations through emotional highs, Broken By Desire is a continuation of, more than an evolution from, his debut. Channelling sadness and self-doubt to forge connection, this album is what Lewis music has always strived to be: a testament to the strength that can be found in heart-wrenching sincerity.

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    Loma Vista

    Ghost follows last years opus Impera as intended from the start with Phantomime, a diverse and spellbinding sampling of the bands musical DNA. Featuring covers of classics by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner, Phantomime pays tribute to these unlikely bedfellow influences while stamping them all with Ghosts undeniable sonic signature.

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    UMe

    Rock and classical royalty unite on brand new album Drastic Symphonies. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, Def Leppard have drastically deconstructed and reimagined some of their biggest hits, collaborating with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This bold new approach to the orchestral hits formula sees new vocal and guitar recordings from the band.

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    Metal Blade

    Cattle Decapitations extreme metal will be the soundtrack to the end of the world when it inevitably arrives. Here theyve once again penned an album to accompany the end of times and make us all feel terrible about it. At the end of the day are we not human parasites that feed off the Earths life force? A Terrasite?

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    Napalm Records

    Santa Barbara outlaws Devildriver are still wringing righteous thunder from those clouds over California on pummeling 10th album. If there is any question as to whether the band is slowing down any time soon, Dealing With Demons Vol. II proves that 20 years into their career, even with their demons in tow they move forward at the forefront of metal.

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    Pure Noise

    From start to finish, The Amity Affliction's whisper-to-a-scream energy and Dan Brown's masterfully dynamic guitar work underscores each track. With a musicality as heavy and hard-hitting as singer Joel Birch's intensely emotional lyrics-about suicide, gun violence, religion and mental illness- Not Without My Ghosts finds TAA at their brutal best.

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  • New Release Round-Up 05-26-23

    AJJ - Disposable Everything

    AJJ - Disposable Everything-Hopeless Records
    Phoenix-based indie punk band, AJJ, is back with their 10th studio album, Disposable Everything. After years of cult-like indie success and underground critical acclaim, AJJ has continued to evolve with each album, adding more layers and texture musically, while still maintaining their trademark wit and irreverent lyricism. Not every band can juxtapose apocalyptic despair with the warm comfort of an electric blanket, while hitting fans with rousing punk anthems one minute, and beautiful acoustic balladry the next. With Disposable Everything, AJJ has created an album that is both important and beautiful, that will make you feel better about everything while telling you just how terrible everything is, and will be sung loudly at shows for years to come.

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    Bayonne - Temporary Time

    Bayonne - Temporary Time- Nettwerk Records
    Deeply informed by a deliberate transformation of his musical process, Bayonne's third full-length Temporary Time ultimately makes for his most expansive work to date-an album of both painfully raw introspection and otherworldly beauty. On Temporary Time, Bayonne channels vast imagination into an elegant, yet wildly experimental form of electronic pop, equal parts meditative and mesmerizing. In the making of his latest body of work, the Austin-based artist/producer/multi-instrumentalist otherwise known as Roger Sellers found himself in even greater need of an outlet for his kinetic creative impulses, thanks to an intense convergence of events in his personal life: his father's diagnosis with and eventual death from cancer, the end of a significant relationship, and an overwhelming struggle with depression and anxiety. "Right Thing" and "Perfect" are focus tracks.

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    Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy

    Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy-Geffen Records
    At long last, the classic Steely Dan catalog is back on vinyl. Led by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan released 7 albums from 1972-1980. The vinyl series continues with Countdown To Ecstasy, the band's sprawling 1973 sophomore LP with standouts such as "Bodhisattva," "Show Biz Kids" and "My Old School."

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    ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

    Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Green LP]Video Available
    The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic: Expanded & Remastered [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink/Yellow Wisp Clear LP]Video Available
    Kings Never Die - All The Rats [Limited Edition Glow In The Dark LP]Video Available

    Jack Harlow - Jackman.
    Matchbox Twenty - Where The Light Goes
    Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall
    Calexico - Feast of Wire: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
    Baby Rose - Through And Through
    Billy Woods - Maps
    Weezer - SZNZ: Summer EP
    Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
    Charli XCX - True Romance Original Angels Repress [Silver LP]
    Tame Impala - Lonerism: 10th Anniversary [Super Deluxe 3 LP Boxset]
    Water From Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed
    Big Star - #1 Record [RSD Essential Metallic Gold LP]
    Alan Menken / Howard Ashman / Lin-Manuel Miranda - The Little Mermaid (Live Action) [LP]
    Incendiary - Change The Way You Think About Pain [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Violet/Grey/Neon Violet Mix LP]
    Sirenia - 1977
    Simple Plan - No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls [Limited Edition Crystal Clear LP]
    Rico Nasty - Ruinas [Indie Exclusive Coke Bottle Clear LP]
    Joe Perry - Sweetzerland Manifesto Mkii [Limited Edition Opaque Purple LP]
    Immortal - War Against All
    Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
    Al Green - Call Me: 50th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Tigers Eye LP]

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  • New Release Round-Up 05-19-23

    Def Leppard / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies

    Def Leppard / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies- Mercury
    Strap yourselves in for the sonic ride of your life. Rock and classical royalty unite on brand new album Drastic Symphonies. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, Def Leppard have drastically deconstructed and reimagined some of their biggest hits, collaborating with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This bold new approach to the orchestral hits formula sees new vocal and guitar recordings from the band.

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    Braxton Cook - Who Are You When No One Is Watching?

    Braxton Cook - Who Are You When No One Is Watching?- Nettwerk Records
    Braxton Cook's new album, Who Are You When No One Is Watching?, showcases his depth as an artist. Already named to OkayPlayer's "23 Albums OkayPlayer Can't Wait to Hear in 2023" and BET's "Most Anticipated Albums of 2023," the album features elegant, saxophone-driven instrumental tracks like "Indie" and smooth, progressive R&B songs like "90s" feat. Masego. Listeners will realize themes of love and relationships throughout the album, juxtaposed to songs inspired by the journey of an independent artist and the everyday violence and struggles Black men and women face in America. This body of work is a strong statement reflective of Braxton's life experience and inspirations.

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    Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent

    Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent- Capitol
    On the heels of his latest single Forget Me, Lewis Capaldi returns with his sophomore album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. It is the follow-up to his debut release, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.

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    Dave Matthews Band - Walk Around The Moon [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
    Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Death Wish Blues [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear w Black & Orange Swirls LP]
    Kesha - Gag Order
    The Milk Carton Kids - I Only See the Moon [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Maroon LP]
    Paul Simon - Seven Psalms
    Ghost - Phantomime [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Tan LP]
    SZA - SOS
    Various Artists - FAST X (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Layng Martine Jr. - Music Man
    Wild Child - End of the World
    The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Silver w/Ultra Clear Galaxy 2LP]
    Josh Turner - Long Black Train
    Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres & Conor Hanick - Reflections
    Tanlines - The Big Mess [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP]
    Leith Ross - To Learn
    Mega Bog - End of Everything [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Neon Orange LP]
    Sir Chloe - I Am The Dog [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear LP]
    Califone - villagers
    Corrosion Of Conformity - America's Volume Dealer [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Clear w/White Swirl LP]
    Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Altitude [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transluscent Blue LP]
    The Lemonheads - Come on Feel: 30th Anniversary [Limited Deluxe Edition Bookback 2LP]
    The Front Bottoms - Talon of the Hawk: 10 Year Anniversary Edition [Turquoise Blue LP]
    Yes - Mirror To The Sky
    Tinariwen - Amatssou
    Graham Nash - Now
    Khruangbin & Friends - Live At Stubb's [LP]


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  • What's New 5-19-23

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    RCA

    Walk Around the Moon, DMBs 10th studio album, took shape during the pandemic and is as much a reflection on the current times as it is an urge to find common ground. On lead single, Madmans Eyes, Middle Eastern textures weave with heavy horns and strings as Matthews ask unflinchingly, When its too late to untwist the knife / How do we face hatred with the love inside us.

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    Legacy

    A stunning, intricately layered work which establishes an engaging and meditative, almost hymnal soundscape, with Simons lyrics providing the gravitational center for constellations of sound woven from guitar strings and other acoustic instrumentation including choral elements from the highly-regarded British vocal ensemble VOCES8, and a beautiful vocal appearance by Edie Brickell.

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    BMG

    The Love Invention marks Alisons reawakening as a dancefloor priestess, in an intoxicating showcase of the disco and house influences that have always been at the heart of her musical DNA. Its a yearning synth-pop confection with blissful choruses over a buoyant, rubberized beats exploding out of a glitter cannon.

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    Third Man

    Island of Love are a unique proposition in many ways. While countless London bands continue to go down the same tired path of churning out spoken word post-punk, this one marries raw, primal noise led by crunchy guitars with intrinsically melodic sensibilities - recalling the sound and spirit of peak-era Dinosaur Jr. or Husker D.

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    Republic

    Bringing together a plethora of influences from across the decades, Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas have never sounded more timeless than on their sixth studio record. Putting their Disney days firmly in the past, The Album is a statement piece that showcases the trio not only as singers, but fully formed artists delivering their strongest material to date.

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    Verve

    Mobys second album on Deutsche Grammophon following 2021s Reprise. Digging further into his catalog, Moby has reimagined fifteen of some if his most iconic tracks for his new album, Resound NYC. The album features tracks that he wrote between 1994-2010 while living in New York City, and the new versions feature a vibrant, brass-heavy sound.

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    XL Recordings

    Across the twelve-track project, Overmono journey through a powerful distillation of their musical career so far; incorporating massive single "So U Kno" alongside new music that propels them beyond the dancefloor. The epitome of 2023 sound, Good Lies breathes a continuously dynamic aura; a perfect picture of what electronic music is morphing into.

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  • New Release Round-Up 05-12-23

    Jonas Brothers - The Album

    Jonas Brothers - The Album- Republic Records
    The Jonas Brotherstook the world by storm in 2019 with the surprise release of their critically acclaimed and widely successful single "Sucker" following a six-year hiatus. The triple-platinum single debuted at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. Their third #1 album Happiness Begins went platinum, and they recently celebrated receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their next album 'The Album'released this week was produced by Jon Bellion.

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    Moby - Resound NYC

    Moby - Resound NYC-Deutsche Grammophon
    Mobys second album on Deutsche Grammophon following 2021s Reprise. Digging further into his catalog, Moby has reimagined fifteen of some if his most iconic tracks for his new album, Resound NYC. The album features tracks that he wrote between 1994-2010 while living in New York City, and the new versions feature a vibrant, brass-heavy sound.

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    Parker McCollum - Never Enough

    Parker McCollum - Never Enough- MCA Nashville
    Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Parker McCollum is following up his breakout major label debut,Gold Chain Cowboy, with his newstudio album, Never Enough, out this week(MCA Nashville). McCollum earned his first-ever No. 1 hit with his double-platinum certified premiere single, Pretty Heart, and his follow-up gold certified single, To Be Loved by You, also hit No. 1 on the charts.

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    Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour: 5th Anniversary Cloud Nine Edition

    Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour: 5th Anniversary Cloud Nine Edition- MCA Nashville
    Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Kacey Musgraves Grammy Award-winning Album of the Year, Golden Hour, with aglittery, limited-edition sky-blue vinyl pressing.

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    ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

    Alison Goldfrapp - The Love InventionVideo Available
    Island of Love - Island Of Love [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Piss Yellow LP]Video Available

    Parker Millsap - Wilderness Within You [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Autographed Maroon LP]
    Hot Mulligan - Why Would I Watch
    Joji - SMITHEREENS [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
    Celine Dion - LOVE AGAIN (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
    Bryan Adams - Pretty Woman - The Musical
    Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me
    Iguana Death Cult - Echo Palace
    Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: 10th Anniversary Edition [3LP]
    Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time [Bone White 3 LP]
    The Acacia Strain - Step Into The Light
    The Acacia Strain - Failure Will Follow
    Original Broadway Cast of KPOP - KPOP (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
    James Ellis Ford - The Hum
    Lauren Daigle - Lauren Daigle
    DevilDriver - Dealing With Demons Vol. II [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange & Black Marble LP]
    Dropkick Murphys - Okemah Rising


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  • What's New 5-5-23

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    Hollywood Records

    It's time to face the music. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful. Featuring a stellar line-up of tracks perfect for any hero saving the galaxy. Available on CD and double black vinyl.

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    Dulatone

    With Fever / Sky, Bear Rinehart widens Wilder Woods' cinematic sound while celebrating the parts of himself that made him most proud. It's a personal, poignant record whose songs focus not upon the horizon ahead, but upon the road itself, stacked high with heartland hooks, western wooziness, southern soul, and festival-worthy anthems.

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    Atlantic

    The fifth and final entry in his series of albums titled with mathematical symbols, - (Subtract) revisits Sheerans singer/songwriter roots, and one that was written against a backdrop of personal grief and hope. The album presents one of the biggest stars on the planet at his most vulnerable and honest.

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    Partisan

    The primary musical dialogue in many of these songs is between a wall of percussion, the idiosyncratic gestures of acoustic instruments and Westermans vocalsrawer and drier in the mix than ever before, reinforced by bursts of rich three-or-four-part vocal harmonies. A complex and endlessly rewarding collection of layered songwriting.

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    Ipecac Recordings

    The debut solo album from the legendary drummer of Slayer, Fantmas and Testament creates an experimental journey into rhythm and sound. Highly cinematic, involved and intense while capturing Lombardos ability to write songs and create an atmosphere. A dazzling display of rhythmic prowess thats skilled yet not indulgent; groovy as hell but never grating.

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    Interscope

    Cast album for the brilliant 2023 revival of Parade Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Browns award-winning musical. Featuring Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen, The Book of Mormon) reminding us why hes become one of Broadways most beloved performers and Micaela Diamond (The Cher Show) whos luminous voice stuns in this essential Amercian musical.

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    New West

    Produced by Wilcos Jeff Tweedy, The Chicago Sessions is a throwback to Crowells early days of making records, but its no nostalgia trip. The songs are vital and timely, touching on everything from love and mortality to race and religion, and the performances are nothing short of intoxicating, fueled by raw guitars, honky-tonk piano, and tight, punchy drums.

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    Thirty Tigers

    The Smashing Pumpkins' highly anticipated twelfth studio album, Atum (pronounced Autumn) is a three-act rock opera album featuring 33-tracks, and is the sequel to 1995s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000s Machina/Machine of God. Indie exclusive variant includes three screen-printed inserts, each inspired by the three acts of Atum.

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  • New Release Round-Up 05-05-23

    Smashing Pumpkins - ATUM

    Smashing Pumpkins - ATUM- Martha's Music
    The Smashing Pumpkins' highly anticipated twelfth studio album, ATUM (pronounced Autumn) is a three-act rock opera albumfeaturing 33-tracks, and is the sequel to 1995s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000s Machina/Machine of God. ATUM was written and produced by Billy Corgan over the past 4 years. Available nowon 3xCD, 4xLP, and 4xLP indie-exclusive which includesthreeexclusive screen-printed inserts, each inspired by the three acts of ATUM.

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    Drain - Living Proof

    DRAIN - Living Proof-Epitaph
    DRAIN the Santa Cruz, CA based hardcore band, whose energetic live shows have propelled them to peak underground popularity (during a globalpandemic) and they are ready to break wide open in 2023. Living Proofis the bands Epitaph Records debut and follow up to their 2020 breakout release, California Cursed. The new album is a testament to thehard work and heartfelt ethos thats at the center of DRAINs good-time psyche. There are a couple surprises on the album. Rapper Shakewell appearson the track, Intermission. Theres also a cover of Good, Good Things, a nearly four-decade old melodic punk carol by the Descendents: slam-pitforebearers to DRAIN if there ever were any. Its crazy because the songs been out like forty years, but lyrically its a DRAIN song! exclaims vocalistSam Ciaramitaro. It just hits on everything that I love, that Im about.

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    Peter One - Come Back To Me

    Peter One - Come Back To Me-Verve Forecast
    Over 3 decades ago, Peter One was a STAR. A country music star, in West Africa. With his singing partner Jess Sah Bi, Peter played to sold out arenas. In 1985, Our Garden Needs Its Flowers, launched the two Ivory Coast musicians into regional stardom across greater West Africa. Now solo, Peter One ultimately decided to emigrate to the US to further his music career. Come Back To Me features songs in English, French and his native African language.

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    Ed Sheeran - - [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]
    Olivia Jean - Raving Ghost [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Phantom Amethyst LP]
    Young The Giant - American Bollywood [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Yellow LP]
    Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over
    Atmosphere - So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously
    Eilen Jewell - Get Behind The Wheel
    Twiztid - Mutant, Vol. 2: Twiztid 25th Anniversary
    De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
    Olivia Newton-John - Just The Two Of Us: The Duets Collection (Volume One)
    Rodney Crowell - The Chicago Sessions [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Denim Blue LP]
    Butthole Surfers - Weird Revolution [RSD Essential Indie Colorway White LP]
    Wu-Tang - Chamber Music [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Red LP]
    Wu-Tang - Legendary Weapons [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Silver LP]
    Count Basie & His Orchestra - The Transcription Recordings [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Translucent Mint Green LP]
    The New Dawn - There's A New Dawn [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Orange Metallic Swirl LP]
    The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon EP [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Red LP]
    Y La Bamba - Lucha
    LA Priest - Fase Luna [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]
    Bailen - Tired Hearts

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Music Releases 06-09-23

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Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Weathervanes [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Natural LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
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Niall Horan The Show [LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
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Jenny Lewis Joy'All [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Green LP] New Vinyl: $27.98
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Janelle Monae The Age of Pleasure [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Alternate Cover Orange Crush LP] New Vinyl: $24.98
Christine And The Queens PARANOA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE [3 LP] New Vinyl: $45.99
Freddie Gibbs $oul $old $eparately [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Neon Yellow LP + Flexi Disc] New Vinyl: $31.98
Milky Chance Living In A Haze [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Ocean Blue LP] New Vinyl: $24.98
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Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Strangers No More [LP] New Vinyl: $22.98
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Ultra Q My Guardian Angel [LP] New Vinyl: $24.98
Dream Wife Social Lubrication [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Deluxe Red & Black LP] New Vinyl: $33.98
Squid O Monolith [Transparent Blue LP] New Vinyl: $28.99
Youth Lagoon Heaven Is A Junkyard [Ultra Clear LP] New Vinyl: $27.98
King Krule Space Heavy [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP] New Vinyl: $33.98
TEKE::TEKE Hagata [Seafoam Blue LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
My Morning Jacket MMJ Live Vol. 3: Bonnaroo 2004 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Thunderdome (Cloudy & Clear) 2LP] New Vinyl: $34.98
Jess Williamson Time Ain't Accidental [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Hot Pink LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
James Be Opened By The Wonderful [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White 2 LP] New Vinyl: $39.98
Prince The Gold Experience [2LP] New Vinyl: $32.98
Prince The Truth [LP] New Vinyl: $25.98
aja monet when the poems do what they do [2LP] New Vinyl: $44.98
Various Artists The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel : Season 5 (Music From The Original Amazon Series) New CD: $12.96
Tears For Fears The Hurting [Half-Speed LP] New Vinyl: $32.99
Extreme Six [LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
Oceans Ate Alaska Disparity [LP] New Vinyl: $22.98
Citizen Youth: 10 Year Anniversary Edition [Blue LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
Lorin Maazel & The Cleveland Orchestra Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition / Night On Bald Mountain [LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov, & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto: No. 3 / Scriabin: Etudes [2LP] New Vinyl: $37.99
feeble little horse Girl with Fish [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Grey Galaxy LP] New Vinyl: $28.98
Susanne Sundfor Blomi [LP] New Vinyl: $31.98
Taeyang Down To Earth New CD: $13.99
Rob Grant Lost At Sea [LP] New Vinyl: $32.99
Robert Ellis Yesterday's News [Random Color LP] New Vinyl: $31.98
Bendik Giske Bendik Giske [LP] New Vinyl: $20.98
Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood [Limited Edition Blue LP] New Vinyl: $27.98
Laura Cantrell Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions [Transparent Green LP] New Vinyl: $29.98
Ray Alder II [LP] New Vinyl: $30.98
Selwyn Birchwood Exorcist [Limited Edition Purple LP] New Vinyl: $29.98

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