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  • 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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  • New Release Round-Up 05-24-24

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    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 GRAMMYŽ 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

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