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New Release Round-Up 01-19-24
Green Day - Saviors - Reprise
Green Day is not your savior. But the spirit of rock n roll might be. And as the greatest punk band alive, they’re the loudest vessel we have… to give it a shot. Green Day are ready to flip off the famous, stupid and contagious, by putting a mirror to the present tense like only they can, with Saviors — an inspired new studio album released this week. Amazingly, Saviors represents Green Day's 14th studio album, yet somehow this enduring power trio -- Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt -- remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed 3 East Bay punks in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. The album was recorded in both London and Los Angeles under the audacious ear and Rock prowess of Green Day's longtime friend & collaborator, GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
SLIFT - ILION
Danny Brown - Quaranta
Brittney Spencer - My Stupid Life
Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Sea Blue LP]
Neck Deep - Neck Deep [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink LP]
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds: Live Edition [Limited Edition 2 CD]
Travis Japan - Road To A
Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter: 10th Anniversary Edition
Spiritualized - Amazing Grace
Keyon Harrold - Foreverland
Lizzie No - Halfsies
Selmer - Body Wash
90 Day Men - We Blame Chicago
Warren Haynes - Man In Motion
Deadmau5 - for lack of a better name
Eramus Hall - Your Love Is My Desire [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Translucent Red LP]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Demos Vol. 5 + Vol. 6
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UPCOMING RELEASES
The Menzingers - Some Of It Was True - Epitaph
Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry - Anti
NCT 127 - Winter Special Single ‘Be There For Me’ - SM Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Mac Saturn - Hard To Sell - Saturn Records
New Release Round-Up 01-12-24
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas - Geffen
GRAMMY Award-winner Kali Uchis releases her fourth studio album, Orquídeas. Marking Uchis’ striking return to Spanish-language music, the project features a superstar lineup with KAROL G, Peso Pluma, El Alfa, and JT. Inspired by the sensual allure of Colombia’s national flower, the orchid, Orquídeas traverses multiple Latin genres including reggaeton, dembow, bolero and salsa furthering Uchis’ connection to her Colombian roots.
The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations - Super Easy
Torchbearers for British guitar music, The Vaccines - Justin Young (lead vocals, guitars), Árni Árnason (bass, vocals), Timothy Lanham (guitars, keys, vocals) and Yoann Intonti (drums) - are back with their sixth studio album Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations. The title comes from a misremembered lyric from Don McClean's "American Pie," a song that for Young fittingly evokes the death of innocence and the American Dream. After he moved to Los Angeles - a city the band has grown up being captivated by - he was forced to wrestle with the disillusionment that comes when expectations, dreams, and reality don't quite meet. Yet, though Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations is an album about reconciling with loss, it's also filled with gratitude for the people and places we once loved.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Kid Cudi - INSANO
Jimin (BTS) - FACE
Opeth - Damnation: 20th Anniversary Edition
Watchhouse - Austin City Limits Live At The Moody Theater
Mickey O'Brien - Orebody
Sean Price & M-Phazes - Land of the Crooks [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Neon Green Color-in-Color w/Smoke LP]
Trevor Horn - ECHOES - ANCIENT & MODERN
Wilson Fairchild - Statler Made
Cage The Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday [RSD Essential Ultra Clear 2LP]
Wood Belly - Cicada [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP]
New Broadway Cast of Merrily We Roll Along - Merrily We Roll Along (New Broadway Cast Recording)
Elaine Brown - Seize The Time - Black Panther Party [RSD Essential Indie Colorway White Marble LP]
The Deviants - Ptooff! [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Crystal Curacao LP]
Czarface - Czar Noir
Czarface - First Weapon Drawn
Casey - How To Disappear
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UPCOMING RELEASES
Green Day - Saviors - Reprise
New Release Round-Up 01-05-24
Lil Peep - Live Forever - Death Note Music, LLC
Live Forever is the second solo mixtape by American singer/rapper Lil Peep. It was first released on December 2, 2015, two months after his first mixtape, Lil Peep; Part One. The mixtape was preceded by two singles: "Flannel" and “Haunt U”, and three additional singles were issued posthumously. The mixtape was later re-released on the seventh anniversary of the mixtape's release in 2022. Now available for the first time on vinyl, CD, and cassette
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
&TEAM - First Howling : NOW
Billy Porter - Black Mona Lisa
Hannah White - Sweet Revolution
Fortunato & Sean One - Blue Collar 2
The Philharmonic Brass - Overture!
Skepta - Can't Play Myself (A Tribute To Amy)
Denzel Curry - BLACK BALLOONS | 13LACK 13ALLOONZ (Remixes)
Sprints - Letter To Self
Yes - Yes [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Cobalt Blue LP]
Various Artists - Three Amigos! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SYEOR 24 Exclusive LP]
The Doors - Alive She Cried: 40th Anniversary [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Translucent Emerald LP]
Foghat - Now Playing [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Translucent Tan LP]
America - Now Playing [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Coke Bottle Clear LP]
Velvet Underground - Live At Max's Kansas City: Expanded Version (Remastered) [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Orchid and Magenta 2LP]
Melanie Martinez - After School EP [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Orchid Splatter LP]
Eddie Rabbit - Now Playing [SYEOR 24 Exclusive Grape LP]
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UPCOMING RELEASES
The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations - Super Easy
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas - Geffen
New Release Round-Up 12-15-23
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion: Remastered - American Recordings / UMe
The Black Crowes and producer George Drakoulias revisit their classic second album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. They’ve gone through the archives to create a deluxe edition featuring unreleased studio recordings, rare b-sides, a February 1993 concert, and a newly remastered album. Highlights include a new mix of the Memphis soul classic “99 Pounds”; the previously unreleased studio recording “Miserable.” Deluxe 4LP box set includes: a reproduction of the original 132 page promotional hymn book featuring insights on the record and band’s state of mind from both Chris and Rich Robinson and sheet music for the 9 Chris and Rich compositions. Along with the box there are 4 12″x12″ lithographs of images from the southern Harmony photo shoots. The project has been overseen by Chris and Rich Robinson and album producer George Draklouias. There are 14 unreleased recordings, including 2 studio recordings, a live concert from February 1993 and the never heard before live in-studio performance recorded at the end of the Southern Harmony session along with b-sides and the original album, now remastered.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Mac DeMarco - Some Other Ones
U2 - Atomic City [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Photoluminescent Transparent 7in Single]
Brittany Howard - What Now / Meditation
Fort Minor - The Rising Tied [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Zeotrope Picture Disc 2LP]
Willie Nelson - Long Story Short: Willie 90: Live At The Hollywood Bowl Vol. 1
(Hed) P.E. - DETOX
Sarah Silverman - Someone You Love
Mac DeMarco - One Wayne G
Amos Lee - Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams
Riley Green - Ain't My Last Rodeo
Benet - Can I Go Again?
Goose - Autumn Crossing EP
Ray Barretto - Indestructible
Children Of Bodom - A Chapter Called Children of Bodom: Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019
The Belles - Melvin b/w Come Back
Vickie & The Van Dykes - I Wanna Be a Winner b/w Outcast
The Contessas - Broken Heart b/w Gimme Gimme
Rosanne Cash - The Wheel: 30th Anniversary
Popa Chubby - Live At G. Bluey's Juke Joint N.Y.C.
Tony Bennett And Bill Evans - The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album [Original Jazz Classics Series]
Yung Gravy, bbno$, BABY GRAVY - Baby Gravy 3
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UPCOMING RELEASES
Lil Peep - Live Forever - Death Note Music, LLC
New Release Round-Up 12-08-23
Neil Young - Before and After - Reprise
On Before and After, Neil Young chooses favorites from his playbook like a trip into his music history and performs them mostly alone on a solo acoustic journey. Each of the songs blend into each other and morph with mesmerizing clarity into a continuous flow of music creating a 48-minute pure and intimate listening experience. The 13-track album spans Neil’s career, from Neil’s early Buffalo Springfield contribution, "Burned" (1966) to the recent "Don't Forget Love"(2021) and includes the previously unreleased song “If You Got Love”. As Neil put it on his NYA site: "Songs from my life, recently recorded, create a music montage with no beginnings or endings. The feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece. Only for listening."
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Big Big Love - Boo Boo Wax
Michael Franti is a globally recognized musician, humanitarian, activist, and award-winning filmmaker revered for his high-energy live shows, inspiring music, devotion to health and wellness, worldwide philanthropic efforts and the power of optimism. Throughout his multi-decade career, Franti has earned three Billboard No. 1's with triumphantly hopeful hits "Sound of Sunshine," "Say Hey (I Love You)," and "I Got You," as well as sic Top 30 Hot AC singles, 10 Top 25 AAA singles and three Billboard Top 5 Rock Albums. Michael Franti & Spearhead continue to foster their community both on and off stage with a wish granting non-profit, Do It For The Love, founded by Franti and his wife, Sara. Do It For The Love brings those with life threatening illnesses, veterans, and children with severe challenges to concerts worldwide, fulfilling over 3,300 wishes and touching the lives of over 12,000 people to date. Franti also owns SOULSHINE Bali, a 32-room top-rated boutique retreat hotel located in Ubud, Bali.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2
Tate McRae - THINK LATER
Bryan Adams - Royal Albert Hall
The Killers - Rebel Diamonds
Kaliii - Toxic Chocolate: Area Codes Edition
Atreyu - The Beautiful Dark of Life
Burna Boy - Love, Damini
Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal: 10th Anniversary
Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother/Hakone Aphrodite Japan 1971
Have Mercy - Numb [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Magenta Eco-Friendly LP]
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Pardon My French: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Uncle Lucius - Like It's the Last One Left
James Elkington - Me Neither
Broadside - Hotel Bleu
Various Artists - Fool’s Gold 15
Michael Nau - Accompany
Various Artists - Frozen: The Songs
Frightwig - We Need To Talk
Goat - Levitation Sessions
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UPCOMING RELEASES
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion: Remastered - American Recordings / UMe