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Music Releases 11-17-23
- The National
Laugh Track [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Pink 2LP] - Iron And Wine
Who Can See Forever Original Soundtrack [Limited Edition Glacial Blue 2LP]
Video - Post Malone
The Diamond Collection [Deluxe 2 CD]
Video - Dolly Parton
Rockstar [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Alternate Cover, Deep Purple 4LP] - Frank Zappa
Over-Nite Sensation: 50th Anniversary [Super Deluxe 4CD/Blu-ray]
Video - 2 Chainz/Lil Wayne
Welcome 2 Collegrove - Keith Urban
#1’s Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 [2CD]
Video PlayARt - Shania Twain
Greatest Hits: Remastered [2LP]
Video - Daft Punk
Random Access Memories: Drumless Edition [2LP] - Toby Keith
100% Songwriter [LP]
Video - The Polyphonic Spree
Salvage Enterprise [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Lemon LP] - Kurt Vile
Back to Moon Beach EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Coke Bottle Clear LP] - Andrew Bird
Outside Problems [LP] - John Vincent III
Songs For The Canyon [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Dandelion Yellow LP] - Vince Clarke
Songs Of Silence [LP] - Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO [Metallic Gold LP] - Plain White T's
Plain White T's - Deafheaven
Sunbather: 10th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange, Yellow & Pink Haze 2LP] - Emeli Sande
How Were We To Know [LP] - Evanescence
Fallen: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [Indie Exclusive limited Edition Pink & Black Marble 2LP] - Little Richard
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Bill Evans Trio
Sunday At The Village Vanguard: Original Jazz Classics Series [LP] - Daniel Pemberton
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Original Score) [2LP] - ENHYPEN
ORANGE BLOOD [ENGENE Ver.] - Sheryl Crow
Story Of Everything [Limited Edition Picture Disc LP] - The Tragically Hip
Phantom Power: 25th Anniversary [5 LP/Blu-ray Boxset] - Five Finger Death Punch
F8 [Limited Edition Cassette]
Video - Bob Dylan
The Complete Budokan 1978 [4CD Box Set] - Bob Dylan
Another Budokan 1978 [2LP] - Acetone
I'm Still Waiting [Limited Edition Crystal Clear 11LP Box Set] - Cher
Christmas [Ruby Red LP] - Shauli Einav
Living Organs - Madness
Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie [Limited Edition Crystal Clear 2LP] - Golden Apples
Bananasugarfire [LP] - The Rapture
Echoes [LP] - Various Artists
Hot House: The Complete Jazz At Massey Hall Recordings [3LP]
Current Week
Music Releases 11-24-23
10th anniversary deluxe edition of Mac Miller's second studio album Watching Movies with the Sound Off on heavyweight galaxy vinyl. Includes a bonus 10" zoetrope picture disc with bonus track "The Star Room (OG Version)" and a never before released vinyl exclusive track "The Quest."
Busta Rhymes returns with his eleventh studio release executive produced by Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Swizz, along with Busta himself. The new album contains lead off singles “Beach Ball” featuring BIA, “Luxury Lifestyle” featuring Coi Leray, and “OK” featuring Young Thug along with a host of other features.
Legendary hip hop pioneer DJ Muggs and frequent David Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley join forces for the original score to the 2023 Sundance-premiering feature film Divinity. Equal parts sonically punishing and ethereal, the soundtrack delivers a unique punch that further intensifies the mind-bending, acid-trip experience of the film.
Divinity is a sci-fi dystopian odyssey produced by Steven Soderbergh and helmed by visionary director Eddie Alcazar. Set in the distant future, scientist Sterling Pierce dedicated his life to the quest for immortality, slowly making progress developing a serum named Divinity. Jaxxon Pierce, his son, now controls and profits from his father’s once benevolent dream. Society on their barren planet has been entirely perverted by the supremacy and pervasiveness of the drug. Two mysterious brothers arrive with a plan to abduct the mogul, and with the help of a woman named Nikita, they set on a trajectory hurtling toward true immortality.
Amidst the film’s extraordinary tapestry of stark aesthetics and themes, the score is a ten ton barbell of sonic weight. Crafted with 8-bit samplers, Wavestation synths, extended choir and string techniques, the soundtrack manages to swing wildly between the arenas of both music and sound design. Like all rich soundtracks, listening to the score on its own re-conjures the imagery of the film in the screen of the listener’s mind, an aural experience that manages to encapsulate and pulse a matched intensity of the film.
Tracks like ‘The Brothers’ and ‘Reflective Dreams’ cascade Vangelis-esque tones, painting with broad strokes of cinematic grandeur and ethereal wonder. ‘Main Titles’ and ‘InfinityTechno’ conversely swing hard into relentless, punishing sonics; with brutal, pulsing energy representative of the twisted, relentless pursuit of immortality. A standout of the album is undoubtedly “Divinity 2 Infinity: The Odyssey,” featuring cult hip-hop hero and lyrical-savant Kool Keith. Written for the film’s end credits, the track is a satisfying throwback to the 90’s original soundtrack cut bespoke-tailored to the film’s narrative themes.
DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley’s synergy yields a soundtrack that takes Divinity beyond the screen and into a multi-dimensional experience, inviting its listener along uncharted aural terrain for an unforgettable odyssey in sound.
Members from The Offspring, Smash Mouth, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Street Dogs and The Briggs have united to form the new band THE DEFIANT! The members of The Defiant are no strangers to success as individuals but as a group their music stands for so much more on both a personal and professional level. Together the five members create a rock ’n’ roll pedigree that culminates into a riot of melodic punk. The Defiant will release their twelve-song debut album this October with touring to follow. The Defiant is: Pete Parada on drums (The Offspring), Greg Camp on guitar (Smash Mouth), Johnny Rioux on bass (Street Dogs), Joey LaRocca on guitar and keys (The Briggs) Dicky Barrett front and center (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
Next Week
Music Releases 12-01-23
- Peter Gabriel
i/o [Bright-Side Mix 2LP]
- Hector Tellez Jr.
The Great Unknown [LP]
- Five Finger Death Punch
The Wrong Side Of Heaven & The Righteous Side Of Hell Volumes 1&2 [6LP Box Set]
- Collective Soul
7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001 [LP]
- Daisy Jones & The Six
Aurora [Indie Exclusive Super Deluxe Edition Milky Clear 2LP]
- Stephen Marley
Old Soul [2LP]
Video - Ateez
THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL [Vinyl]
- Zach Russel
Where The Flowers Meet The Dew [LP]
- Weezer
SZNZ: Winter EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear Vinyl]
- TALK
Lord Of The Flies & Birds & Bees [LP]
- Stone Foxes
Bears & Bulls [Crystal Clear w/ Black Wisps LP]
- Tima Volozh
Jubilee
- Saosin
Translating the Name: 20th Anniversary [Limited Edition Picture Disc LP]
- Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes: Remastered 2023 [Deluxe Edition 2CD]
- Bruce Dickinson
Afterglow of Ragnarok [Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl Single + Comic]
- Lil Durk
7220 [2LP]
- Lil Durk
The Voice [LP]
- Various Artists
The Sound Of Music [Deluxe Edition] - Original Soundtrack Recording [3LP]
- Counterparts
The Difference Between Hell And Home: 10th Anniversary [LP]
- Brainiac
Smack Bunny Baby: 30th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Violet LP]
- Isaiah J. Thompson
A Guaraldi Holiday
- Kenny G
Innocence [LP]
- Mayday Parade
Monster In The Closet: 10th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Black Ice 2LP]
- Omar Apollo
Live For Me EP [White Vinyl]
- Rod Wave
Pray 4 Love [LP]
- Rod Wave
Ghetto Gospel [LP]
- Various Artists
Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana' [Opaque Blue & White Swirl 2LP]
- SIPHO.
PRAYERS & PARANOIA [Indie Exclusive limited Edition 2LP]
- Khanate
Khanate [White LP]
- Khanate
Things Viral [White 2LP]
- Jonathan Rado
For Who The Bell Tolls For [LP]
- Charlemagne Palestine
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- Jennifer Vanilla
Castle In The Sky [Sky Blue LP]
- Fat Tony
Smart Ass Black Boy: Redux [Opaque Red LP]
- Brandy
Christmas With Brandy [Red LP]
- Passion Pit
Chunk of Change EP: 15th Anniversary Edition [LP]
Movie Releases 12-05-23
- Simple Minds
Acoustic In Concert [Blu-ray/CD]
- Porcupine Tree
Closure/Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22 [Blu-ray+DVD]