New Releases - 3/6/20
Hitting The Racks
Here's your weekly rundown of what's hitting the new release racks at Grimey's
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New Releases
Sadler Vaden - Anybody Out There? CD/LP (Dirty Mag)
Acclaimed solo artist. Songwriter. Grammy-winning member of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Producer. Studio musician. Modern-day guitar hero. A professional musician since the age of 18, Sadler Vaden has spent the better part of two decades on stage, on the road, and in the recording studio, lending his unique rock & roll approach to highly-revered bands, up-and-coming acts, and in his own solo work. His new album, Anybody Out There?, mixes the hook-savvy sweep of Vaden's songwriting with the supersized stomp of his electric guitar. It's a modern record that doesn't ignore the past, balancing frequent nods to Vaden's 20th century influences - including Neil Young, The Who, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, and Oasis - with a contemporary sound that mixes raw, live performances with digital recording technology. Don't miss Sadler Vaden when he plays with his full band at Grimey's on the day his new record is released - Friday, March 6th, at 6PM!
Brandy Clark - Your Life Is A Record CD (WB)
Few artists understand the human condition like six-time Grammy nominee Brandy Clark. Working again with acclaimed producer Jay Joyce, Your Life Is A Record takes her unerring eye for detail and a genre-melting sense of melody to examine personal truths, revelations and emancipations with wit, grace and compassion. Working with just four acoustic-based musicians, intimacy was the goal. Memphis strings and horns, guest appearances from Randy Newman (Bigger Boat) and guitarist John Osborne color in the sketches - creating a depth to what is easily Clark's most revelatory record yet. Brandy Clark will celebrate her new album with a free, all ages in-store set at Grimey's next Monday, March 9th, at 6PM!
Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques CD/LP+MP3 (Matador)
Malkmus breaks out his 12-string acoustic guitar and touches on half a century of folk-rock reference points on his new album. Of course, this is Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and those great records with the Jicks, so this might be rootsy but it's also fresh, unpredictable, infectious and imaginative: ACC Kirtan, Xian Man, The Greatest Own in Legal History, Cash Up and more tracks made with Matt Sweeney, Spooner Oldham and the Decembrists' Chris Funk.
Caroline Rose - Superstar CD/LP (New West)
Here comes Superstar the bigger, badder, glitter-driven record by Caroline Rose. Written as a sequel to 2018's Loner, Superstar "plays out like an epic movie about the pursuit of fame and fortune,' Rose states. 'I've always been fascinated by this pursuit, but what's even more fascinating is what happens when it fails." Indeed, gone are the successful Hollywood hunks and starlets of old. Superstar chronicles a quirky anti-hero, who after receiving a wrong call from the elite hotel Chateau Marmont, decides to leave their old life behind in order to become a big Hollywood star.
U.S. Girls - Heavy Light CD/LP (4AD)
Recorded live at Montreal's acclaimed studio Hotel 2 Tango and featuring 20 odd session musicians, Heavy Light is an architectural achievement for an artist whose career began with a 4 track tape recorder and a Greyhound bus pass. Following the subversive sheen of 2018's In A Poem Unlimited, Remy has taken a deeply introspective about-face to produce a set of mindful compositions on hindsight, the passage of time, the delicate balance of the conscious and the unconscious, and the pursuit of a radical empathy. Remy worked with co-writers Basia Bulat and Rich Morel to develop the core of Heavy Light, a set of songs conceived as a richly arranged balance between orchestral percussion (as arranged by percussionist Ed Squires) and the human voice.
Danny Barnes - Man On Fire CD/LP (ATO)
The new album from the banjo virtuoso was executive produced by Dave Matthews and finds Barnes collaborating with musical legends including Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on bass and mandolin, Bill Frisell on guitar and Matt Chamberlain on percussion. With Man On Fire, Barnes insists that we not only bear witness but that we also step outside of ourselves, that we treat our brothers and sisters with the empathy and grace they deserve.
Honey Harper - Starmaker CD/LP (ATO)
Honey Harper's debut album, Starmaker, comes as a collection of contradictions in both subject matter and style. Written with his wife and writing partner Alana Pagnutti over the past three years, the album itself is primarily about the journey to create it. Its self-awareness is largely the result of Harper's inner monologues about his fear of failure, desire for success, and the toll that journey has taken on him and his loved ones. It's an attempt at honesty through the veil of a country singer lost in the stars. After explorations in other vastly different styles, Harper recognized the value he could add to a genre with beautiful sounds but negative connotations. On Starmaker, Harper seeks to revitalize country music for people who don't like country music. With album appearances from Sébastian Tellier, Austra, and John Kirby, the contrast of the songs becomes even more apparent and set Honey Harper apart to become the torchbearer for a revitalized country sound. [Limited colored vinyl pressing.]
The Mastersons - No Time For Love Songs CD/LP (Red House)
The Mastersons are singer-songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore. Longtime members of Steve Earle's band the Dukes, the musical and marital twosome make inspired albums of their own vivid, deeply humanistic songs. Their fourth album, No Time For Love Songs, marks the 10th anniversary of their partnership and creative journey with a collection of songs that could easily serve as the soundtrack to our lives-or at least one version of it.
Luke Haines/Peter Buck - Beat Poetry For Survivalists CD/LP (Omnivore)
Beat Poetry For Survivalists is the collaboration between Peter Buck and Luke Haines. Peter Buck was the guitarist for one of the biggest bands in the world, R.E.M. Luke Haines was the guitarist for The Auteurs. The Auteurs were not the biggest band in the world. They were pretty good though. Luke Haines also does paintings of Lou Reed. One day, Peter Buck bought one of Luke Haines' Lou Reed paintings (for £99.00) They had never met before but decided that the fates had brought them together and they should write some songs together and make an album. Beat Poetry For Survivalists is that album. With songs about legendary rocket scientist and occultist Jack Parsons, The Enfield Hauntings, (of 1978) a post-apocalyptic radio station that only plays Donovan records, Bigfoot, and Pol Pot.
Mac Miller - Circles CD (WB)
Conceived as a sister album to 2018's full length Swimming, Cicles was completed with the assistance of Jon Brion, with whom Miller worked on Swimming and had been working together on Circles at the time of his passing. While sonically distinctly different than its predecessor, Circles features many of the hallmarks for which Swimming was critically-acclaimed upon its release - Miller further realizing his singing voice in addition to rapping, live instrumentation and earnest, confessional lyrical content.
Atmosphere - Whenever CD/2xLP (Rhymesayers)
For over 20 years, Atmosphere have pursued the underbelly of what it means to be human with a rabid curiosity. Ant's dusky production has provided the pulse for Slug's evolving and matter-of-fact pen. As Slug transitioned from throwing-up-in-the-backseat-raps to holding-hands-when-you-cross-the-street-raps, Ant has grown to be a master of crate digging and unearthing the humanity of a drum loop. Thriving at the intersection of guttural and self-effacing, Atmosphere will go down as some of America's best archivists. On Whenever, the duo continue to move in lockstep. Within the minutiae lie clues they're still struggling with mortality and the need to protect emotional energy, as on previous releases, but there's a quiet romanticism now, with Slug sounding - reluctantly - in love with life. And no other producer can pull truths out of a rapper like Ant fishes the blues out of Slug.
Jose James - No Beginning No End 2 CD/2xLP (Rainbow Blonde)
The satin-voiced songwriter's latest is No Beginning No End 2 - a sequel to his 2013 album that resurrects the bold eclecticism we first fell in love with, while taking us on a journey through both celebration and introspection. The album is chock-full of collaborators including; Laura Mvula, Aloe Blacc, Ledisi, Erik Truffaz, and Hindi Zahra - appearing in unexpected sonic contexts.
The James Hunter Six - Nick Of Time CD/LP+MP3 (Daptone)
The James Hunter Six return with another sublime offering of no nonsense rhythm and blues.
Steep Canyon Rangers - Be Still Moses CD/LP+MP3 (Yep Roc)
These Grammy winners and perennial chart toppers from North Carolina have been Steve Martin's longtime musical companions. Now, the Rangers can add the Asheville Symphony to their list of collaborators; together, they breathe new life into the band's favorites. [Limited transparent blue colored vinyl pressing also available.]
Phantogram - Ceremony CD/LP (Republic)
Genre-defying alt-rock duo Phantogram - comprised of lifelong friends Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel - have continued to change the zeitgeist for almost a decade now by consistently challenging it with their signature blend of hard-hitting beats, guitar-driven dark psychedelia and electronic pop. Phantogram's fourth studio album, Ceremony, marks a rebirth and embodies a dark, but hopeful, chapter for the band.
Disq - Collector CD/LP/Cassette (Saddle Creek)
Disq have assembled a razor-sharp, teetering-on-the-edge-of-chaos melange of sounds, experiences, memories, and influences: gnarled power pop, anxious post-punk, warm psych-folk, and hectic, formless, tongue-in-cheek indie rock. [Limited colored vinyl pressing.]
Lauren Auder - Two Caves In CD/LP (Harvest)
London-based Lauren Auder began lending experimental beats and spectral vocals to artists such as Jeshi and Slowthai. The resultant interpretations of hip-hop, post-rock and noise gave rise to the expansive sonic palette of her debut EP Who Carry's You. The 21-year-old then old took to the Jura mountains with bandmate & collaborator DVIANCE to imagine it's follow-up: Two Caves In. With similar fluid regard to genre, Two Caves in revels with fevered grace in a trajectory through innocence and coming of age.
Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio featuring Jonathan Blake - Without Deception CD/LP (Dare2)
Without Deception is the intimate and adventurous debut recording by the Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio featuring Johnathan Blake. The album expands on the fruitful relationship forged by the two jazz icons over the course of more than three decades with the rejuvenating addition of the masterful young drummer.
Will Sexton - Don't Walk The Darkness CD/LP (Big Legal Mess)
Texas guitar legend Will Sexton teams up with New Orleans veterans the Iguanas for his first solo album in over a decade, the 10-track roots rock classic Don't Walk the Darkness. It marks a belated return to his solo career, but represents something even more profound for Sexton: a personal and musical rebirth following a stroke he suffered in 2009, which robbed him of much of his verbal and language abilities, and even forced him to reconsider his approach to playing guitar.
Mandy Moore - Silver Linings CD/LP (Verve)
Emmy, Grammy & Golden Globe-nominated actress/singer/songwriter Mandy Moore returns to music with her first album in a decade, Silver Landings. In a purposeful departure from the pop sound of her previous material, she worked closely with longtime collaborator, producer Mike Viola and her husband, Taylor Goldsmith (of folk-rock band Dawes), creating the lyrics on her own and recording each song live with a full band setup. The album deftly moves from '70s inspired soft-rock to contemporary pop.
Esmé Patterson - There Will Come Soft Rains CD/LP (BMG)
Esmé Patterson is folk-rock singer/songwriter who began as a member of the Denver folk pop septet Paper Bird and has written three records as a solo act including All Princes, I (2012), Woman To Woman (2015) and We Were Wild (2016). The Guardian called her "defiant and witty," the New York Times found her voice "wiry and candid" with songs that "hint at mystery and mortality." Now she returns with her fourth solo endeavor, There Will Come Soft Rains, produced by Tennis aka Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore. Named after a story from Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, it finds Patterson adding synthesizers and dream-pop arrangements to the mix with stunning results. Patterson calls single "Shelby Tell Me Everything", a "sweet and innocent gay love song" that "exists in the initial moment of attraction, frozen temporarily in the air like a cloud. This song ecstatically explores the distance between reality and fantasy, between attraction and first kiss, suspended in innocence like a daydream."
Nadia Reid - Out Of My Province CD/LP (Spacebomb Arc)
New release from the New Zealand-based singer/songwriter.
Overcoats - Fight CD/LP (Loma Vista)
Overcoats fight by bucking trends, overturning expectations, and cranking out sticky sweet pop subversion tightened up to Swedish standards under a Seattle grunge haze - all born out of a D.I.Y. Brooklyn "laboratory." Fight is a spectrum of sonic outbursts designed to empower and uplift.
P.E. - Person CD/LP (Wharf Cat)
The 12 tracks from P.E.'s snarling debut, Person, display the band members' collective experience in piecing together unforgettable compositions then gleefully tearing them apart at the seams, while the album's clattering industrial percussion, zigzagging synths and sax, and colorful percussion, dystopian poetry maintain the spark of P.E.'s improvisational dystopian bent. The result is a sonic lexicon that reflects the unnatural surroundings of their adopted home in NYC - chaotic yet alluring, gnarly yet beautiful, gritty yet fun.
Silverstein - A Beautiful Place To Drown CD/LP (UNFD)
Ontario-based post-hardcore band Silverstein celebrate their 20th anniversary with the release of a new album. A Beautiful Place To Drown fittingly encapsulates the best of Silverstein while pushing their sound into daring new territory. They may be proud torchbearers of the emo and post-hardcore scenes but appearances from Underoath's Aaron Gillespie, Beartooth's Caleb Shomo, Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier, and perhaps most surprisingly, hip-hop firebrand Princess Nokia, are indicative of the band's wide-reaching impact and their ability to reach listeners in all worlds of music. Silverstein pushed themselves lyrically as well, exploring the mental duress that seems to be inextricable from the personal and societal challenges of modern life, often focusing on external perspectives and even political elements without losing the band's trademark intimacy. [Limited indie store exclusive colored vinyl pressing.]
Body Count - Carnivore CD/LP (Century Media)
Seventh album from the metal band fronted by rapper/actor Ice T.
Thick - 5 Years Behind CD/LP+MP3 (Epitaph)
Born from the DIY/all-ages scene in New York, Thick make music with the raw defiance of punk and addictive melodies of pop, punchy and catchy and wildly tongue-in-cheek. With their live show typically spawning a mosh pit described by Stereogum as more like an aggressive hug, the Brooklyn-based trio brings an unchecked intimacy while building a deep and unshakable solidarity with the audience.
Reissues & From The Archives
Cream - Goodbye Tour - Live 1968 4xCD (Polydor)
The first authorized release of these four historic complete 1968 concerts. Each concert features previously unreleased tracks and the Royal Albert Hall show hasn't featured on CD until now. The set features 36 tracks of which 29 are issued for the first time.
Rory Gallagher - Check Shirt Wizard - Live In '77 CD/3xLP (Hip-O Select)
Check Shirt Wizard - Live In '77 is a previously unreleased set culled from four shows (London, Brighton, Sheffield and Newcastle) during an early 1977 tour across the UK in support of Gallagher's then latest album Calling Card. Features fantastic live versions of tracks from that album as well as songs from the 1975 Against The Grain album and other live favorites.
New on Vinyl
Green Leaf Rustlers - From Within Marin 2xLP (Silver Arrow)
Comprised by Chris Robinson, Barry Sless, Greg Loiacono, Pete Sears and John Molo, the cosmic country quintet have become a staple of the live music scene in and around Marin County, CA, celebrated for their re-imagining of outlaw country and country rock staples by artists like Gram Parsons, Waylon Jennings, The Byrds and more.
Bonny Doon - Blue Stage Sessions LP (Third Man)
A live album recorded at the Third Man Detroit location from Motor City's sweetest psych-folk groovers, Bonny Doon. Hot off the heels of their Woodsist Records album Longwave, this live LP features beautiful live takes from their full discography.
Flora Cash - Baby It's Okay CD/LP (RCA)
Flora Cash is a Swedish-American indie pop duo consisting of Shpresa Lleshaj and Cole Randall.
Jaden - ERYS 2xLP (Roc Nation)
Hip-hop/R&B artist Jaden reaches a creative high watermark on his second studio offering, ERYS, a colorful and genre-bending concept album.
Jidenna - 85 To Africa LP (Epic)
Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum rapper, singer, producer, artist, and actor Jidenna's second album, 85 To Africa, marks the culmination of an unbelievable journey. Following the runaway success of his 2017 debut, The Chief, he was evicted from a rental home after the owner foreclosed without notifying him. He was scheduled to immediately begin a tour that began on the I-85 in Atlanta and ended in Johannesburg. Without a home to return to, he wound up living in cities across Africa and created this masterful soundtrack for a road trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Limited translucent orange vinyl pressing.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Blue Moon Rising 12" (Caroline)
New EP from the former Oasis guitarist and songwriter. Blue Moon Rising features new songs plus a remix of the title track.
Cornershop - England Is A Garden 2xLP (Ample Play)
In the latest of a series of albums that have mirrored the exceptional story of the band itself, Cornershop return with England Is A Garden. It is an album that strides in an upbeat fashion, to deliver a full listening experience, bringing songs of experience, empire, protest and humor, steeped in the way only Tjinder Singh would come with. The anvil here is music itself, and a celebration of Tjinder's birth place - The Black Country, which also gave birth to heavy metal that has gone on to influence the world to dirty rock, whether the streets are lined with pylons or palm trees, the Black Country has allowed us to see things differently. [Limited green colored vinyl pressing.]
Ásgeir - Bury The Moon LP (One Little Indian)
Ásgeir returns with a brand new album. The enigmatic artist makes music that penetrates a little deeper than most. His debut album soared to success in his native land, before the 2013 English language edition In The Silence connected with an entirely new audience. An artist of rare scope, sincerity, and emotion, his next step might well be his bravest, and his most enduring.
The Who - The Kids Are Alright [Reissue/1979] LP (MCA)
The Who - Quadrophenia [Reissue/1973] 2xLP (Geffen)
The Kids Are Alright is the legendary companion album to The Who's classic documentary film of the same name from 1979, featuring the extraordinary 1967 Smothers Brothers TV show version of "My Generation" - including exploding drum-kit finale. Quadrophenia is the soundtrack from the classic and influential 1979 film, adapted by director Franc Roddam from the Who's 1973 rock opera, set against a backdrop of the mods vs rockers battles of the period.
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis [Reissue/1969] 2xLP (Run Out Groove)
Fifty years ago Dusty Springfield released a record which has gone on to be viewed as one of the definitive albums of her career. Looking at the list of credits for Dusty In Memphis, it's no wonder that critics have spent so much time and so many words gushing over its contents. This Run Out Groove repress of the Southern soul-pop masterpiece has been expanded with and LP of 14 bonus tracks - all making their vinyl debut.
They Might Be Giants - Flood [Reissue/1990] LP (Idlewild)
Limited special edition vinyl picture disc LP pressing. The A-side features the original Flood album cover art and the B-side is a brand new animated psychedelic zoetrope image of TMBG ephemera created by Paul Sahre. You will need a phone and a glass hookah to experience it in its full psychedelic glory (viewing instructions are included on the LP jacket).
Otis Houston Jr. - America [Reissue/2006] LP (Post Present Medium)
Otis Houston Jr. recorded the songs for America in three locations around Harlem and the Bronx in 2006, the year the album was originally self-released. Makeshift studios that no longer exist provide a telling context for his autobiographical storytelling. Prerecorded beats made by studio owners were picked based on which suited his cadence laden poetry best and often-times on America the songs repeat, with different lyrics, transforming themselves. Houston Jr., a raconteur and quick-witted wordsmith has so much to say, that when there is a groove, he doesn't want to let it go, but rather float around and experiment. Influenced by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and the like, his strong voice and natural ability to use slogans give this album a cunning stance.
Little Beaver - Party Down [Reissue/1974] LP (Real Gone Music)
Willie Hale aka Little Beaver (so dubbed as a child because of his prominent front teeth) was one of the extraordinarily talented musicians Henry Stone assembled at his Hialeah, FL-based T.K. Records label and its assorted imprints. Hale's talent was so distinctive that when Stone finally let Hale step out of the studio shadows to record his own album on the Cat imprint, the effects were immediate and long-lasting. Featuring contributions from Thomas, Wright, Latimore, and Jaco Pastorius (under the name Nelson "Jocko" Padron), 1974's Party Down scored a No. 2 hit with its title track and has been repeatedly sampled by latter-day rap artists ranging from People Under the Stairs to Jay Z. himself (the "Party Life" track on his American Gangster album). Limited gold colored vinyl pressing.
Etta James - Etta James LP (Wax Love)
Originally released in 1962. After the huge success of her first two albums, At Last! (1961) and The Second Time Around (1961), Etta James suddenly became the queen of soul music in 1962, and this record, originally released on Argo Records, shored up her fame, paving the way for her ascent to stardom.
The Bonniwell Music Machine - The Bonniwell Music Machine [Reissue/1968] LP (Real Gone Music)
The music business is replete with stories of outsized talents who, due to label mismanagement, misguided career advice, or just plain bad luck, never got their due. But the story of Sean Bonniwell is one of the saddest. He and his band The Music Machine broke through in 1966 with "Talk Talk" and the accompanying album (Turn On) The Music Machine. Because the record came out on the thinly-resourced Original Sound label, though, tour support, promotion, and, most importantly, royalties were in short supply, causing the band to disintegrate in short order. Limited colored vinyl pressing.
Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Spirit Of '67 [Reissue/1966] LP (Friday Music)
Limited 180gm red white & blue swirl audiophile vinyl pressing of the sixth studio album by pop rock group Paul Revere & The Raiders.
Jaco Pastorius & Word of Mouth Big Band - Aurex Jazz Festival in Tokyo 1982 LP (Alternative Fox)
Bass wizard Pastorius was considered one of the world's greatest masters of the instrument. After playing with Pat Metheny and Paul Bley in the mid-'70s, he joined Weather Report in 1976, remaining with them until 1982, when substance misuse and mental health issues sparked a rupture. Live At Aurex was recorded during a maiden voyage to Japan, undertaken with a 21-piece big band; the astounding recording showcases his blinding bass skills, as well as the complex arrangements he oversaw as band leader.
Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk LP (Alternative Fox)
Originally issued in 1962 on Blue Note. Detroit-born trumpeter Donald Byrd was one of the most expressive players on his instrument. Recording for leading jazz labels such as Savoy and Blue Note from the late '50s, he collaborated with Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock. The Cat Walk was a critical success; most songs were written by pianist Duke Pearson, who also makes a crucial musical contribution, along with understated drummer Philly Joe Jones, relaxed strolling bass from Laymon Jackson, and rousing sax from longstanding collaborator, Pepper Adams.
MC Lars & Mega Ran - The Dewey Decibel System LP (Oglio)
MC Lars is the creator of post-punk laptop rap and lit-hop, which he has powered into a fusion of many genres. He does so with energy and wit, along with a strong sense of humor and perspective. Former teacher, Mega Ran blends education and hip hop in new ways, with his unique rhyme style and electric performances. The Dewey Decibel System is based on some of their favorite poems, books, short stories and graphic novels. The album is some of the best work from these nerdcore artists to date.
The Mansions - Dig Up The Dead [Reissue/2011] LP (Run For Cover)
Dig Up The Dead remains Mansions' most celebrated release to date. The 2011 full-length served as frontman Christopher Browder's rounding into form, garnering rave reviews from publications such as AbsolutePunk. Net and Alternative Press. The fuzzy, lo-fi sound provides ample room for Browder's lyricism to shine.
Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film [Reissue/1999] 2xLP (Fat Possum)
Vinyl reissue of the first solo album by Rowland S. Howard. Former The Birthday Party bandmate Mick Harvey contributes drums, organ and guitar, while Brian Hooper of The Beasts of Bourbon features on bass guitar.
Radio Moscow - Brain Cycles [Reissue/2009] LP (Alive)
2009's Brain Cycles is Radio Moscow's second album, a psychedelic trip into the musical territory originally charted by artists such as Randy Holden, Groundhogs, Peter Green and Flower Travellin' Band, just to name a few. Limited colored vinyl pressing.
Chatham County Line - Wildwood [Reissue/2010] LP (Yep Roc)
Wildwood is without question one of Chatham County Line's most beloved records. PopMatters called it "...accomplished and entirely delightful'" while American Songwriter suggested that you "[p]ut Chatham County Line on your playlist, pronto." Now, 10 years after its release, the album has been digitally remastered. Incredible song craftsmanship and superb musicianship ensure that this album remains a timeless classic now and for years to come. [New album Strange Fascination due May 15.]
Kenny Rogers - Greatest Country Hits LP (Curb)
Includes the hits "Lucille", "The Gambler", "She Believes In Me", "Coward Of The County", and many others.
The Allman Brothers Band - Shades Of Two Worlds [Reissue/1991] LP (Friday Music)
Limited 180gm orange and red colored vinyl pressing of The Allman Brothers Band's tenth studio album. [Limited blue and gold colored vinyl pressing.]
Marillion - Less Is More [Reissue/2009] 2xLP (earMUSIC)
White colored vinyl reissue of the 2009 acoustic studio album by Marillion.
Jefferson Starship - Freedom At Point Zero [Reissue/1979] LP (Friday Music)
Limited 180gm translucent orange vinyl LP pressing of the fifth album by Jefferson Starship. [Limited clear vinyl pressing.]
2Pac - Me Against The World [Reissue/1995] 2xLP (Interscope)
Recorded when he was just 23-years-old, and released while facing an impending prison sentence, Me Against The World is a lyrical tour-de-force that touches on the issues of poverty and violence. The album solidified 2Pac as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
African Head Charge - Songs Of Praise [Reissue/1990] LP+MP3 (On-U Sound)
African Head Charge is an experimental/tribal percussion act with a heavy dub and world music slant led by percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah. Four other titles are newly reissued and available for special order.
Yma Sumac - Mambo! (Wax Love)
Mambo! was the fifth studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac, originally released in 1954 on Capitol Records. . Most of the tracks were composed by her husband Moisés Vivanco.
Sylvain Chauveau - Simple (Rare & Unreleased Pieces 1998-2010) LP (13701)
Sylvain's music has been praised by peers like Ryuichi Sakamoto and Hauschka.
Dasychira - xDream LP (Blueberry Records)
xDream is the re-awakening of the child spirit. The child spirit lives everywhere: in our memories, the corners of our emotions, moments of mischief and euphoria, and whispers in the trees. In our youth, it grew from a seedling into the shape of the internal conscience, that little voice in your head that tells you right from wrong. Innocent melodies wind through tense atmospheres and sudden bursts of distorted rhythms, juxtaposing childlike curiosity with feelings of powerlessness and awe. The debut album from Dasychira features co-production from Malibu and Embaci, as well as violin from Iglooghost collaborator Vivek Menon.
Kinematik - Murur al-Kiram LP (Beacon Sound)
Kinematik hails from the mountain village of Reyfoun, Lebanon. On Murur al-Kiram, the band uses electronics, intricate double-drumming, guitar, and bass to construct ambient soundscapes and hypnotic, propulsive rhythms -- conjuring the ghosts of a diminishing future as well as an unresolved past. Subtle in both angst and joy, the album celebrates small victories in the face of great defeats, echoing the band's conflicted mindset towards life in their country and community. With the recent mass protests against dire, still unresolved social conditions, a vision of a democratic and post-sectarian Lebanon has come into view.
White Heaven - Out LP (Black Editions)
First released in 1991 by Tokyo's P.S.F. Records in an edition of 500 copies, psychedelic rock outfit White Heaven's debut album Out has become a holy grail in underground circles. Built on the chemistry between You Ishihara's lysergic lyricism and the blistering leads of one of Japan's undisputed guitar gods Michio Kurihara, Out is one of the few albums to successfully join a deep love of classic rock n' roll with the rapturous energy of punk and openness of the avant-garde. Each song creates its own world, raising dynamic structures that defy categorization.
Kluster - Zwei Osterei LP (Bureau B)
1971's Zwei Osterei is the second half of a recording session which took place on a single day in November 1970. Kluster's 1970 release Klopfzeichen is the first part, but the uncompromising Zwei Osterei surpasses it in terms of its harsh noisiness and near brutal sonic attacks. Everything that was left of the revolutionary verve of the late 1960s seems to have been distilled into this music with a burning glass: aesthetic destruction to liberate the mind and ears for utopian designs; the definitive coalescence of art and pop into something completely new; unbridled musical freedom, coupled with a love of noise. Sound engineer Conny Plank's meticulous reading of the band's intentions led to the creation of pure, electroacoustic music -- loud, violent, real-time improvisation.
Jasmine Guffond - Microphone Permission LP (Editions Mego)
Microphone Permission is an unsettling musical journey utilizing contemporary tools of communication to display Australian producer Jasmine Guffond's ongoing research into online surveillance and sound as a method of investigation. The results are a stark, brooding, disorientating journey into a paranoid musical field that sits somewhere between ambient club music and a dystopian soundtrack. Elements of techno, classical music, and sound art form a dark intriguing masterwork that questions the nature of invasive, algorithmic, and computational listening practices.
Electric Indigo - Ferrum 2LP (Editions Mego)
Ferrum is a large-scale exploration of inharmonic timbres, oscillating between brutal grinding textures and intricate percussive singularities, created by digitally transforming recordings of various metallic objects. Susanne Kirchmayr's new album takes a close personal look at the spectral richness of iron and other metals, in various shapes and sizes, recorded, processed, and arranged to a carefully curated selection of musical miniatures. Some of the results are a nod to her DJ sets, music that could be played on the dancefloor of an alien cargo ship, both highly familiar and foreign at the same time. Others offer almost steady-state like meditative qualities, vibrations from deep within, on a sub atomic level, full of light and motion on the tiniest possible scale. The limitation in material opens up a seemingly unlimited world of colors and rhythms, oscillating, resonating, and highly immersive.
Ruth Anderson - Here LP (Arc Light Editions)
The debut album by little known, trailblazing electronic and tape music composer Ruth Anderson (1928-2019), who died just before she was able to see her first solo release out in the world. Here gathers microtonal electronics, drone, and meditative long-form works and a mischievous plunderphonic collage into an album that is playful, meditative, and bold in its minimalist approach to sound. Ruth describes her music "evolved from an understanding of sound as energy which affects one's state of being. [These are] pieces intended to further wholeness of self and unity with others." Tracks range from pure sine wave constructions and veils of healing microtonal sound to proto-plunderphonic collages built from TV commercial samples.
Eleh - Living Space 2LP (Touch)
Inspired by the legacy and above all the spirit of John Coltrane, Living Space features five new compositions that seek to express the beauty of slow change, not only through the microtonal shifts in sound that Eleh navigates, but moving with the atmospheric and shape-shifting conditions that the music creates as it interacts with the listening space. Melodic and harmonic progressions are implied and not stated obviously, to enable listeners to apply their own emotions and feelings to the music. Using modular and analog synthesizers, piano, organ, bass, and symphonic chimes, Living Space stresses the promise of the album's final track -- "Lighter Touch" -- forsaking the forceful hand for an approach that mirrors the slower and softer exposures of plant life, leaf formations, and slow moving waters.
Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis [Reissue/2010] LP (Season Of Mist)
Limited blue colored vinyl pressing of the fourth album by the mathcore band. [Yellow colored vinyl pressing.]
Pricilla Ermell - Origens Da Luz LP (Music From Memory)
A retrospective Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Priscilla Ermel Origens Da Luz brings together a selection of recordings drawn from a body of work that was originally recorded between 1986 and 1994.
Pears - Pears LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Third full-length album from the New Orleans-based punks.
Negative Approach - Tied Down [Reissue/1983] LP (Touch And Go)
Translucent purple vinyl in purple jacket. Born in 1981 in Detroit, MI, Negative Approach were the undisputed champs of Midwestern hardcore in the early to mid- '80s. Led by John Brannon's hoarse wail, with OP Moore on drums and brothers Rob and Graham McCulloch playing guitar and bass respectively, the band concocted an extreme sound devoid of frills. This was first documented on their ten-song 7" released on Touch And Go Records in 1982. The band released the more metallic-sounding Tied Down in 1983.
Paint It Black - Paradise [Reissue/2005] LP (Jade Tree)
Vinyl reissue of the second full-length album from the Philadelphia-based hardcore punk band. [Limited clear vinyl pressing.]
My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion 2xLP (Nuclear Blast)
Formed in 1990 My Dying Bride became forerunners and trend makers in the gothic, doom, death metal genre. Since the release of their debut As The Flower Withers (1992) My Dying Bride has released thirteen full length records. [Limited colored vinyl pressing.]