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New Release Round-Up 05-31-24

Ringo Starr - Crooked Boy

Ringo Starr - Crooked Boy- UMe

Written and produced by Songwriter’s Hall Of Famer Linda Perry, Crooked Boy features four brand-new tracks from Ringo Starr with his trademark vocals and legendary drumming.

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Jon Muq - Flying Away

Jon Muq - Flying Away

Jon Muq - Flying Away - Concord / Easy Eye Sound

Ugandan-born, Austin-based Jon Muq's debut, Flying Away, melds African and Western melodies, reflecting his astonishing journey. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the album is infused with themes of resilience, and Muq's spontaneous, reflective songwriting captures the essence of his cross-continental life. From busking for children on the streets of Kampala, to cruise ship clubs, to sharing stages with music's biggest stars, Muq now embarks on the grandest voyage of all: releasing his first album.

ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

The Marías - Submarine [Indie Exclusive Iridescent Blue LP]

Ben Platt - Honeymind [LP]

Willie Nelson - The Border [LP]

Maya Hawke - Chaos Angel [LP]

Becky Hill - Believe Me Now? [Indie Exclusive Black/White Splatter LP]

Bat For Lashes - The Dream of Delphi [LP]

Richard Thompson - Ship To Shore [Indie Exclusive Limited marbled Yellow/Orange LP and Signed Postcard]

Kenny Burrell, John Coltrane - Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Original Jazz Classics Series) [LP]

Swamp Dogg - Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St [LP]

Chve - KALVARIE [LP]

Tom Ball - Curtain Call [CD]

Arooj Aftab - Night Reign [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver LP]

Hope Conspiracy - Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception [Indie Exclusive Orange / Blue Mix LP]

LUCIUS - Wildewoman - (The New Recordings) [Translucent Forest Green LP]

Rogers & Hammerstein - My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert [CD]

Candy - Its Inside You [Indie Exclusive Yellow with Splatter LP]

John Moreland - Visitor [Indie-Exclusive Opaque Cream LP]

Jessie Baylin - Strawberry Wind [Limited Deluxe Edition - Tangerine and Strawberry Sherbet LP]

Norman Blake - Pilgramage to Rising Fawn [LP]

Stephen Stanley - Divided Frame Of Mind

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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.

UPCOMING RELEASES

The Ghost Inside - Searching for Solace

The Ghost Inside - Searching for Solace - Epitaph


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NxWorries - Why Lawd

NxWorries - Why Lawd - Stones Throw Records


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What's New 5-31-24

king hannah
City Slang

King Hannah weaves between meditative pop and expansive, sonorous landscapes brimming with darkness, wit, and wry humor. Merrick’s smoky vocals are perfectly complemented by the bluesy canvases Whittle masterfully paints beneath them as they effortlessly transition from post-rock expansiveness to evoking the sensation of Springsteen straying onto a gritty side-street off his highway to freedom.

richard thompson
New West Records

Ship to Shore is classic Thompson, the songster of misery and despair who doesn’t often change that tune while always delivering something tasty, fresh and new. It’s a deep and diverse collection that pulls from various styles: rumbling, Motown-style rhythm, straightforward riff-rock, 1600s-era European music, and glammy, cabaret-like melodies.

habibi
Kill Rock Stars

Dreamachine rises beyond the critically acclaimed five-piece’s garage rock roots, drawing on a mix of post-punk, experimental pop, and vintage disco, all filtered through the band’s love of Middle Eastern psych music. Each song is its own distinct world, hypnotic and driven by lush synthesizers, sinewy guitars, and a muscular rhythm section– equal parts fearless and enthralling.

ben platt
Interscope

Named for the “honeylike” state of being in love (“like all the jagged thoughts and fears and anxieties in my brain are slowly smoothed out, until my mind is coated with warmth and sweetness,”) the album was Executive Produced by Dave Cobb, written with notable songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Natalie Hemby, and Alex Hope, and sees Ben exploring a more understated, folk-leaning sound.

crowded house
BMG

Almost 40 years in, New Zealand rockers Crowded House are still adding rooms to their musical mansion. Gravity Stairs continues the sophisticated Beatlesque pop the band’s lead songwriter, Neil Finn, has always been known for. It’s the kind of album that rewards repeated listening with Finn’s songwriting opening like flower, and the band’s musical choices complementing his genius at every turn.

becky hill
Astralwerks/Capitol

Believe Me Now? sees Hill digging deeper into her life-long passion for underground dance music and club culture. Whether she’s drawing from the worlds of drum ‘n’ bass, anthemic house, techno or atmospheric trance, Hill’s flair for blending the heart of such genres with her powerhouse vocal has produced an album that’s rich with credibility and personal integrity, yet with immense global appeal.

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What's New 5-24-24

diiv
Fantasy

After more than two decades as a band, The Avett Brothers have stamped their own name on their 11th album. It's a return in some ways to their original form, too — raucous vocals, with harmonies in just the right places, over simple instrumentation. Here the guitars are electric, and the production is modern, but it’s a classic Avett Brothers theme: the agony and ecstasy of being in love.

andrew bird
Loma Vista

Orton’s (Portishead) most personal work to date, the result of a period of sustained reflection and change — “lots of goodbyes,” in Beth’s words. Farewells to family, to friends, even to her former self. These are songs from the mid-course of life, when looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back has a sudden, sharper focus.

wallows
Atlantic

The songs here are as sincere as they are surreal, rooted in rich character studies and deep reflection. It’s a gorgeous collection of stripped-down bedroom folk wrapped in lush layers of synthesizers and washed out electric guitars, a poignant, expansive exploration of perception and purpose that manages to look both forwards and backwards all at once.

lenny kravitz
BMG

Following a five year hiatus and navigating through some notably peculiar circumstances, the Kentucky rockers are prepared to pick up where they left off (Social Cues— 2019’s Grammy winner for Best Rock Album) with the highly anticipated sounds of Neon Pill. It’s the perfect return for a band that has been greatly missed.

rotting christ
Season of Mist

30 years later, Collective Soul is still going strong and continues to create infectious Alt-Rock music that is loved around the world. Here To Eternity contains 20 tracks of the catchy melodies, driving guitars, and soaring choruses that have defined the band's sound since their early days. This is a love letter to the fans.

kerry king
Reigning Phoenix Music America

Eilish’s third studio album, her most daring body of work to date, does exactly as the title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way. “This whole process has felt like I’m coming back to the girl that I was,” Eilish says. “I’ve been grieving her. I’ve been looking for her in everything.”

slash
Gibson Records

Known for their eclectic Americana/roots fusion of alternative & outlaw country, rock, blues, R&B and Tejano/Tex-Mex influences, The Mavericks appropriately recorded these tracks in Nashville, New Mexico and Louisiana. The result invokes both a timeless feel of a classic Mavericks while again challenging conventions and pushing boundaries.

twenty one pilots
Fueled By Ramen

Known for their eclectic Americana/roots fusion of alternative & outlaw country, rock, blues, R&B and Tejano/Tex-Mex influences, The Mavericks appropriately recorded these tracks in Nashville, New Mexico and Louisiana. The result invokes both a timeless feel of a classic Mavericks while again challenging conventions and pushing boundaries.

collective soul
SO Recordings

30 years later, Collective Soul is still going strong and continues to create infectious Alt-Rock music that is loved around the world. Here To Eternity contains 20 tracks of the catchy melodies, driving guitars, and soaring choruses that have defined the band's sound since their early days. This is a love letter to the fans.

billie eilish
Metal Blade Records

Eilish’s third studio album, her most daring body of work to date, does exactly as the title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way. “This whole process has felt like I’m coming back to the girl that I was,” Eilish says. “I’ve been grieving her. I’ve been looking for her in everything.”

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New Release Round-Up 05-24-24

Still listening to...

Blue Note 85 Tone Poets Series

Bobby Hutcherson - Total Eclipse (Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl Series) Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View

Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View

Vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1955 for producer Tom Wilson's short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Byrd's Eye View was trumpeter Donald Byrd's first issued recording as a leader. The date presented Byrd at the helm of what was then the current line-up of The Jazz Messengers with tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Blakey. Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass sparring with Byrd on several numbers, further adding to the album's jovial air of a blowing session. Everyone is in fine form on this 5-song set with Side A consisting of an extended stroll through Watkins' laid-back original "Doug's Blues" followed by some inspired trading between Byrd and Gordon on "El Sino." A beautiful rendition of the ballad "Everything Happens To Me" and two swinging Mobley pieces comprise Side B, bringing this highly-enjoyable date to a close.

Bobby Hutcherson - Total Eclipse (Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl Series)

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold tip-on jacket. Bobby Hutcherson's 1968 album Total Eclipse was the vibraphonist's first recording to feature saxophonist Harold Land who would become a key collaborator for years to come. Rounding out the band were pianist Chick Corea, bassist Reggie Johnson, and drummer Joe Chambers on this impassioned post-bop set. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes

Out this week...

 Twenty One Pilots - Clancy

Twenty One Pilots - Clancy

Clancy marks Twenty One Pilots’ first studio album in three years and follows their RIAA Gold certified LP, Scaled And Icy. With details of the release teased to fans earlier this month via cryptic mailings and covert artswaps on streaming services, “Overcompensate” welcomes listeners back to the band’s immersive world of ‘Trench.’ Layers of synths build over a racing breakbeat in the song - a skilled passage of alternative dynamics, flexing in time, and ready to explode. Having amassed over 33 billion streams worldwide and over 3 million tickets sold across global headline tours, the Columbus, OH based duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun have established themselves as one of the most successful bands of the 21st century and redefined the sound of a generation.  Co-produced by Joseph and Paul Meany, Clancy marks the final chapter in an ambitious multi-album narrative first introduced in the band's 2015 multi-Platinum breakthrough, Blurryface.  Furthermore, Clancy’s forthcoming release on May 17th coincides with the 9th anniversary of Blurryface, which was released exactly nine years prior to the day. Twenty One Pilots extended the ambitious concept laid out in Blurryface with their 2018 Platinum-certified album TRENCH.  Featuring the multi-Platinum and Platinum singles “Chlorine,” “My Blood” and the GRAMMY® Award-nominated “Jumpsuit,” the album graced spots on “Best of” year-end lists by Billboard, KERRANG!, Alternative Press, and Rock Sound—who placed it at #1.


 DIIV - Frog in Boiling Water

DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water

Produced by Chris Coady and written by DIIV (pronounced Dive), Frog in Boiling Water, the band’s fourth full-length LP is a collection of snapshots that explores the brutal realities of end-stage capitalism and overwhelming technological advance. Across 10 dark and dazzling tracks, DIIV documents the collapse from various angles with unusual sensitivity and depth of purpose while expanding their grand, hypnotic shoegaze, to create a transportive, sensual work of hope, beauty and renewal.

 Wallows - Model

Wallows - Model

Wallows / MODEL / The trio - comprised of Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston - recently announced their upcoming album, which is set to drop May 2024 via Atlantic Records. Product info: Indie Exclusive vinyl, Solid Orchid/Translucent Orange Crush

ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

Twenty One Pilots - Clancy [Indie Exclusive Clear w/Opaque Red Splatter LP]

Wallows - Model [Indie Exclusive Horizon Colored LP]

DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water [Limited Edition Indie Exclusive Green LP]

Lenny Kravitz - Blue Electric Light [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink/Blue 2LP]

Creed - Greatest Hits [2 LP]

Andrew Bird Trio - Sunday Morning Put-On [INDIE EXCLUSIVE Limited Edition Translucent Ruby Red LP]

Rival Sons - Head Down [LP]

Young Jesus - The Fool [Opaque White LP]

Paul Weller - 66 [Blue LP]

Aluminum - Fully Beat [Pale Blue LP]

Thursday - WAR ALL THE TIME (LIVE) [2 LP]

Fania All Stars - Latin-Soul-Rock (50th Anniversary) [LP]

NewJeans - Newjeans 'how Sweet' Standard Ver.

RM (BTS) - Right Place, Wrong Person (Ver. A, B, C)

Courettes - Hold On We're Comin' [Colored Vinyl] (Red)

Travis Denning - Roads That Go Nowhere

Gyasi - Rock N'roll Swordfight [Limited Edition] (Stic)

Howlers - What You've Got To Lose To Win It All - Pink Vinyl

La Luz - News Of The Universe [Colored Vinyl]

Old Man Luedecke - She Told Me Where To Go [Colored Vinyl] (Grn) (Stic)

Richey, Kim - Every New Beginning

Say Anything - Is Committed

Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here

Alex Sipiagin - Horizons

Connie Smith - Love Prison Wisdom & Heartaches

Spinners  -  Full Circle

Vegyn - The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

& More .....

For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.

UPCOMING RELEASES

Ringo Starr - Crooked Boy

Ringo Starr - Crooked Boy- UMe

 Video Available 

Read more...

What's New 5-17-24

the avett brothers
Ramseur Records

After more than two decades as a band, The Avett Brothers have stamped their own name on their 11th album. It's a return in some ways to their original form, too — raucous vocals, with harmonies in just the right places, over simple instrumentation. Here the guitars are electric, and the production is modern, but it’s a classic Avett Brothers theme: the agony and ecstasy of being in love.

beth gibbons
Domino Record Co.

Orton’s (Portishead) most personal work to date, the result of a period of sustained reflection and change — “lots of goodbyes,” in Beth’s words. Farewells to family, to friends, even to her former self. These are songs from the mid-course of life, when looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back has a sudden, sharper focus.

blitzen trapper
Yep Roc Records

The songs here are as sincere as they are surreal, rooted in rich character studies and deep reflection. It’s a gorgeous collection of stripped-down bedroom folk wrapped in lush layers of synthesizers and washed out electric guitars, a poignant, expansive exploration of perception and purpose that manages to look both forwards and backwards all at once.

cage the elephant
RCA Records

Following a five year hiatus and navigating through some notably peculiar circumstances, the Kentucky rockers are prepared to pick up where they left off (Social Cues— 2019’s Grammy winner for Best Rock Album) with the highly anticipated sounds of Neon Pill. It’s the perfect return for a band that has been greatly missed.

collective soul
Fuzze-Flex Records

30 years later, Collective Soul is still going strong and continues to create infectious Alt-Rock music that is loved around the world. Here To Eternity contains 20 tracks of the catchy melodies, driving guitars, and soaring choruses that have defined the band's sound since their early days. This is a love letter to the fans.

billie eilish
Darkroom/Interscope

Eilish’s third studio album, her most daring body of work to date, does exactly as the title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way. “This whole process has felt like I’m coming back to the girl that I was,” Eilish says. “I’ve been grieving her. I’ve been looking for her in everything.”

amen dunes
Mono Mundo Recordings

Known for their eclectic Americana/roots fusion of alternative & outlaw country, rock, blues, R&B and Tejano/Tex-Mex influences, The Mavericks appropriately recorded these tracks in Nashville, New Mexico and Louisiana. The result invokes both a timeless feel of a classic Mavericks while again challenging conventions and pushing boundaries.

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