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New Release Round-Up 08-23-24

Sofi Tukker - Bread

Sofi Tukker - Bread - Virgin Records

Sofi Tukker - "BREAD" / Sofi Tukker, the GRAMMY-nominated duo comprised of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern return with their ambitious forthcoming new album, BREAD. BREAD's acronym, "Be Really Energetic and Dance," encapsulates the full album experience, inviting listeners into the duo's pleasure-filled, immersive world. Available on bone-colored vinyl in gatefold jacket. Includes 12" x 24" double-sided color poster insert. Limited Edition.

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Ivan Cornejo - MIRADA

Ivan Cornejo - MIRADA - Zaragoza Records/Interscope Records

20-year-old Música Mexicana break-out star Ivan Cornejo has announced his new album ‘Mirada’ will be released on July 19 via Zaragoza Records / Interscope Records. The LP follows Dañado, which Cornejo released back in 2022. The album is also accompanied by a nationwide tour; the MIRADA Tour will kick off on July 6 across the entire U.S. To round out the album’s roll out, seve

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Sofi Tukker - Bread [White Vinyl Limited Edition]

Ivan Cornejo - Mirada

Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [Light Sky LP]

Zeal & Ardor - Greif [LP]

Louis Tomlinson - Live

Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind [Indie Exclusive Whirlwind Tan Vinyl]

Maggie Antone - Rhinestoned [Ultra Clear LP]

Cimafunk - Pa' Tu Cuerpa [LP]

Joe P - Garden State Vampire [Indie Exclusive Sky Blue LP]

Thomas Rhett - About A Woman [Translucent Copper Nugget LP]

Joe Henry - Civilians [2 LP]

Saltburn - O.S.T. - Saltburn (Music From The Motion Picture) [Red LP]

Jeris Johnson - Dragonborn [Colored Vinyl]

Charlie Parker - Ornithology: The Best Of Bird

Hector Lavoe - Revento [LP]

Patrice Rushen - Prelusions (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) [LP]

SHORTER, WAYNE - Celebration, Volume 1

Dean Martin - Dino's Christmas [LP]

Fruition - How To Make Mistakes [Indie Exclusive Iceland LP]

Montell Fish - Charlotte [Indie Exclusive Pink LP]

0311 - Grassroots [2 LP]

Yonezu, Kenshi - Lost Corner

Thievery Corporation - It Takes A Thief: Very Best Thievery Corporation

Watkins, Lauren - The Heartbroken Record [2 LP]

Colby Acuff - American Son [Colored Vinyl]

Body Meat - Starchris

Emmet Cohen - Vibe Provider [Limited Edition]

Bryce Dessner - Solos

Fake Fruit - Mucho Mistrust [Colored Vinyl]

Fontaines D.C. - Romance [Indie Exclusive Pink LP]

Ruthie Foster - Mileage [Colored Vinyl]

Gift - Illuminator [Colored Vinyl]

Sonny Gullage - Go Be Free [LP]

illuminati hotties - Power [Indie Exclusive]

Colin James - Chasing The Sun [180 Gram]

Jeff Lorber - Elevate [CD]

Luh Tyler - Mr. Skii [Indie Exclusive]

Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk [Indie Exclusive White LP]

Malice K - Avanti [Colored Vinyl]

Mothica - Kissing Death [Colored Vinyl]

Jerry Phillips - For The Universe [Limited Edition]

Thomas Rhett - About A Woman [Indie Exclusive]

Porter Robinson - Smile :D [Colored Vinyl]

Simone Simons - Vermillion - Clear [Clear Vinyl]

Softies - Bed I Made

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - YOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING 

Stand Atlantic - Was Here [Indie Exclusive]

Benny Trokan - Do You Still Think Of Me

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New Release Round-Up 08-16-24

Falling In Reverse

Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster - Epitaph

FALLING IN REVERSE makes anthems that provoke and inspire. Unnervingly ahead of the pack and yet always decisively right on time, their mix of bombastic declarations and intimate confessions connect with diverse crowds worldwide.

Popular Monster, is their first full-length album in over seven years; an eleven song masterpiece, featuring five tracks that are bonafide smash hits, (three certified gold and one certified 2x platinum). Not ones to rest on their laurels, the six new tracks are incredible, and feature unexpected collaborations with some of the music industry hottest hitters.

With hit songs like “Popular Monster” topping the rock radio charts and earning them their first 2x platinum single, the band’s momentum only grows stronger, and their live performances are big reason why. From playing top festivals, to arena opening stints for Avenged Sevenfold, and Disturbed, to co-headlining with legends like Papa Roach, and now selling out headline shows in arenas across the country!

This album package will include a 24-page, 4 color booklet with lyrics and imagery from their YouTube Trending music videos, sized for the formats CD and LP.

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Post Malone

Post Malone - F-1 Trillion - Mercury Records / Republic Records 

2xLP Post Malone is set to release his much-anticipated sixth LP and first-ever full-length country album this year. Paving the way was the first single "I Had Some Help" with Morgan Wallen, which continues to dominate the charts and the conversation. Upon release, it crash landed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tallying "the highest weekly sales and streams since 2020." It became Post's sixth #1 and Wallen's second #1. It has clinched the #1 spot on the Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, emerging as "the longest running number one song of 2024." Not to mention, it took flight as "the first single to debut at #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and hold the top on each chart for three weeks to follow." Toppling the Billboard Global 200 chart as well, it has already gathered well over 1 billion streams. Post also released "Pour Me A Drink" featuring Blake Shelton, the two recently connected at CMA Fest where they debuted the track to the sold-out Nissan Stadium crowd. The performance will air as a part of the CMA Fest special June 25th on ABC. The album arrives on the heels of Posts landmark set at Stagecoach Festival 2024 in Indio, CA with a lineup of country covers and welcomed superstar guests Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, and Dwight Yoakam during the standout performance. On Sunday, Post joined Wallen on stage for the live debut of "I Had Some Help" in front of the sold out crowd.

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Katseye

KATSEYE - SIS (Soft Is Strong) - HYBE/ Geffen

KATSEYE will release its debut EP, SIS (Soft Is Strong), on August 16 via HYBE x Geffen Records. SIS (Soft Is Strong), the EP’s title, reflects one of KATSEYE’s core beliefs – Soft Is Strong – and also nods to the sisterhood they’ve forged, despite coming from immensely different cultures. The six members of KATSEYE are: DANIELA (USA); LARA (USA); MANON (Switzerland); MEGAN (USA); SOPHIA (Philippines); and YOONCHAE (South Korea).

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KATSEYE - SIS (Soft Is Strong) [Opaque Vintage Bottle Vinyl]

Post Malone - F-1 Trillion [2 LP]

Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster [Indie Exclusive Candyland LP]

Ray LaMontagne - Long Way Home [Indie-Exclusive Eruption LP]

Foster The People - Paradise State Of Mind [Indie Exclusive Translucent Pink Vinyl]

Lil Dicky - Professional Rapper [RSD Essential 2 LP]

Morgan Wade - Obsessed [LP]

Charly Bliss - Forever [INDIE EXCLUSIVE, BLUE-IN-YELLOW TWO COLOR VINYL]

Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See [RSD Essential Violet Smoke w/Purple & Black Splatter LP]

GEL - Persona [Indie Exclusive]

Pickin' On - Pickin' On Green Day: Bluegrass & Broken Dreams [RSD Essentials 1LPxGreen]

Stray Cats - 40

Lotus - How To Dream In Color [Colored Vinyl]

Muscadine Bloodline - The Coastal Plain [Indie Exclusive Maroon LP]

Delicate Steve - Delicate Steve Sings (Blk)

Tommy Olivencia - Y Su Orquesta Plante Bandera [LP]

Blind Pilot - In The Shadow Of The Holy Mountain [Indie Exclusive White & Beige LP]

Wiz / 2024 Broadyway Cast - Wiz / 2024 Broadyway Cast [Colored Vinyl] (Grn)

Shelby Lynne - Consequences of the Crown [LP]

Bill Charlap Trio - And Then Again

Sister Rosetta - Tharpe Live in 1960 [RSD Essentials Indie Exclusive Oxblood LP]

Leon Thomas - Electric Dusk [Translucent Emerald Green LP]

TR/ST - Joyland [RSD Essentials Indie Exclusive Lava 2 LP]

Devon Allman - Miami Moon

Mark Ambor - Rockwood

Nikka Costa - Dirty Disco (Wht)

Dark Tranquillity - Endtime Signals [Deluxe] (Gate) [Limited Edition]

Tama Gucci - Notes To Self

Pom Poko - Champion

Po' Ramblin Boys - Wanderers Like Me

Michael Reynolds - Tarnished Nickel Sky

Jumaane Smith - Come On Home

Jontavious Willis - Jontavious Willis' West Georgia Blues [Colored Vinyl] (Org)

Yours Truly - Toxic (Aus)

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New Release Round-Up 08-09-24

J Balvin - Rayo

J Balvin - Rayo - Capitol Records

J Balvin is preparing to release his highly anticipated sixth studio album, "Rayo". This record will feature 15 tracks with a diverse array of renowned artists from different genres, including Chencho Corleone, Luar la L, Feid, Saiko, Bad Gyal, Zion, Dei V, Ryan Castro, Blessd, Carín León, Yovngchimi, Quevedo, and Omar Courtz. The album marks J Balvin's return to streaming and the stage, reconnecting with his musical roots while introducing new elements in each track for his hardcore fans to enjoy at the end of the summer. 

"Rayo" includes classic reggaeton sounds with J Balvin's unmistakable voice, but it also blends other genres, featuring powerful afrobeats, house/electro rhythms, as well as Latin trap and pop ballads that showcase Balvin's versatility. 

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' - Blue Note Records 

More than any other album in the canon of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, 1958’s Moanin’—featuring the great drummer with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt—was the perfect crystallization of the band’s bluesy, soulful sound, and it still stands today as perhaps the most quintessential hard bop recording of all-time. Originally self-titled, the album was later renamed Moanin’ due to the popularity of Timmons’ unforgettable opening track. The album also introduced several indelible Golson compositions that would become standards of the jazz songbook including “Along Came Betty” and “Blues March.”

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Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil - Blue Note Records

1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible. Shorter made his own auspicious label debut that spring with Night Dreamer and quickly recorded the impressive follow-up JuJu. That summer he joined the Miles Davis Quintet, cementing a line-up that would become one of the seminal bands in jazz history. And when Shorter entered Van Gelder Studio with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones on Christmas Eve 1964 they created a masterpiece with Speak No Evil, a transcendent set of six Shorter originals including the swinging title track, “Witch Hunt,” and sublime ballad “Infant Eyes.”

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New Release Round-Up 08-02-24

Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin - Blue Note Records

Meshell Ndegeocello -"No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin" [Tangerine 2 LP] Capitol Music Group; Blue Note; Jazz / Meshell Ndegeocello follows her GRAMMY-winning Blue Note debut The Omnichord Real Book with No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, another visionary album that pays homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin and will be released on his centennial: August 2, 2024. Meshell's transformative music and collaborative spirit ignites this genre-bending work that is at once a musical experience, a church service, a celebration, a testimonial, and a call to action, creating a shared space for reflection, conversation, and social change. Co-produced by Meshell and guitarist Chris Bruce, No More Water also features frequent collaborators Justin Hicks, Kenita Miller, Abe Rounds, Jake Sherman, Jebin Bruni, and Julius Rodriguez, as well as powerful spoken word performances by Jamaican poet and activist Staceyann Chin.

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49 Winchester - Leavin' This Holler

 49 Winchester - Leavin' This Holler - New West Records 

Russell County, Virginia-based 49 Winchester is following up their 2022 breakthrough hit, Fortune Favors The Bold with their latest album, Leavin’ This Holler. Since their last release in 2022 the band has mined success across the globe by playing multiple sold out tours in the US as well as a sold out run of arena concerts opening for Luke Combs across Europe. Crowds have celebrated and supported this band across the globe and the band’s hard workin ways continue to help build their devoted following.

Leavin’ This Holler is a soulful anthem of liberation and renewal. The album narrates a journey of breaking free from the chains of the past to pursue happiness and freedom. With a resolute spirit and a clean washed heart, 49 Winchester embraces change and sets out on a quest for new heights. Fortune has favored these bold boys and fueled by determination and the promise of a bright future, ‘Leavin’ this holler’ is a powerful ode to resilience and the pursuit of personal fulfillment.

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Orville Peck - Stampede

Orville Peck - Stampede - Warner Records 

Critically acclaimed, Orville Peck has long dreamed of making Stampede, a duets album with singers, songwriters, and fellow musicians he’s long admired. And now, music icons, rebels and newcomers join hand-in-hand with Orville on his third full-length body of work to help create a two-part record that tips its hat to music’s past, present, and future. Orville just released the first part to this project Stampede: Vol.1 on 5/10 with duets such as Willie Nelson, Midland, Elton John, Allison Russell, Noah Cyrus, Bu Cuaron and Nathaniel Rateliff. Slant Magazine describes Volume 1 as "a reflection of both the singer’s dedication to the genre and his desire not to be confined by it."

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Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour - (10th Anniversary Edition)

Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (10th Anniversary Edition)

In The Lonely Hour - (10th Anniversary Edition) - Capitol Records 

GRAMMY, BRIT, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning artist Sam Smith marks a decade of their multi-platinum debut, In the Lonely Hour. Released in 2014, In the Lonely Hour was the first of many incredible milestones and successes that Sam would achieve over the course of their standout career. The GRAMMY Award-winning, now 6x RIAA platinum-certified album became the biggest selling debut album of the decade, leading to Sam being awarded a Guinness World Record for holding the most number of consecutive weeks in the UK Top 10 Album Chart in the 2010s. The 10-track project includes UK Number 1’s “Money On My Mind” and “Stay With Me,” which saw Sam’s debut in the Billboard Hot 100. Other hits on the album are “I’m Not The Only One,” “Like I Can” and “Lay Me Down.”

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Bobby Hutcherson - Medina (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

Bobby Hutcherson - Medina (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) - Blue Note Records 

The late-1960s and early-1970s were a wildly creative period for Bobby Hutcherson  with the vibraphonist freely exploring a wide range of stylistic possibilities from post-bop and the avant-garde to fusion and Latin Jazz. The cutting-edge 1969 session Medina—which wouldn’t be first released until 1980 as part of the LT Series—documented one of Hutcherson’s most remarkable band line-ups featuring two of his frequent collaborators—Harold Land on tenor saxophone and flute and Joe Chambers on drums—along with Stanley Cowell on piano and Reggie Johnson on bass. The set presented a pair of original compositions each by Hutcherson, Cowell, and Chambers that explored a variety of moods from the churning rhythms of “Avis” and “Medina” to the more atmospheric realms of “Comes Spring” and “Orientale.”

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Lee Morgan - Taru (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) - Blue Note Records

Lee Morgan’s 1968 album Taru—which wouldn’t be first released until 1980 as part of the LT Series—found the trumpeter at a crossroads exploring a variety of styles. The band on this outstanding date is notable for several reasons including the elevating presence of guitarist George Benson who delivers inspired solos throughout. The session also marked Morgan’s first recorded collaboration with tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin who would play an integral role on future Morgan albums including Caramba! and Live at the Lighthouse. Rounding out the sextet were pianist John Hicks, bassist Reggie Workman, and the ever-inspiriting drummer Billy Higgins. The six-song set covered a range of stylistic ground including modal jazz (“Avotcja One”), hard-charging post-bop (“Get Yourself Together”), beautiful balladry (“Haeschen” and “Taru, What’s Wrong With You?”), gospel-tinged numbers (“Dee Lawd”), and funky boogaloos (“Durem”).

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New Release Round-Up 07-26-24

The Police - Synchronicity

The Police - Synchronicity (Deluxe Edition) - A&M

4 LP set on standard black vinyl with 60-page, lavish color book featuring unseen material, new liner notes and interviews, archive memorabilia and photos, printed inner sleeves and four art print photographs, all housed in a hardback slipcase. Limited Edition.

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Beastie Boys - Ill Communication - (Deluxe Edition)

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication - (Deluxe Edition) - BEASTIE BOYS JV-MLT 

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Beastie Boys’ multi-platinum Ill Communication album, this limited-edition deluxe reissue is a rare version of the album that was originally released as a limited run in 2009. Long out-of-print and sought after by fans and collectors, it features lenticular cover art and includes a bonus LP with 12 bonus tracks (remixes, B-sides and rarities), all housed in a rigid slipcase and pressed on 180g vinyl.

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Cults - To The Ghosts

Cults - To The Ghosts - Imperial 

Cults sound like the moment dawn breaks. Akin to light piercing a dark corner, the multi-platinum breakout New York duo temper shadowy cinematic soundscapes with flickering melodic singalongs.
 
To the Ghosts, their 5th LP, crystalizes this sonic texture. Featuring the singles "Onions", "Left My Keys", "Crybaby", and "Hung The Moon".

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Wild Rivers - Never Better

Wild Rivers - Never Better - Nettwerk 

We had a conversation recently where we realized that we've been a band for almost 10 years. When we started Wild Rivers way back when, we had never played a real concert before. When we made our first record it was our first time stepping into a real studio. We barely even knew each other when we started this band. Since then we've played a thousand shows, recorded over 30 songs, and become a family.When we set out to record 'Never Better', we felt like we were at a new stage of the band. By that point, we'd put in the hours and all began to feel totally self assured in what we were about to do. We wanted to bring everything we've learned over the years and all that we've been through as a group to the project. We chose to trust our guts and move quickly and confidently in every decision, second guessing ourselves as little as possible. In having this mindset, we were able to completely let loose and go deeper into the process, finding new ways of recording live, swapping instruments, and turning these songs on their heads. We couldn't have made this record a few years ago.We approached this record with the mindset, 'this is who we are'. We aren't pretending to be something we're not, or trying to sound like anyone else. We wanted it to feel easy. We wanted the stories to be real. We wanted to show our true selves as best we could. We're proud of who we've become as people and as a team. We truly feel like we're having the most fun with music that we've ever had, and in the most exciting stage of our lives. We're never better.

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Fred Again - Usb [2 LP]

Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades [Clear Vinyl]

Towa Bird - American Hero

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Partynextdoor Two [Limited Edition opaque white vinyl]

Various Artists - Everyone's Getting Involved [2 Silver LP]

Misfits - Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood [ RSD Essentials Purple Swirl LP]

Clark-Hutchinson - A=MH2 [RSD Essentials 1LPxRed w/Black Splatter ]

Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway - Live at Cobden's Place 1981 [RSD Essentials 1LPxOrange ]

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Live in Las Vegas 1963 [RSD Essentials 1LPxBlue]

American Aquarium - The Fear Of Standing Still [Blue Jeans LP]

King Buzzo - This Machine Kills Artists + Gift Of Sacrifice 

SUMMONING THE LICH - Under the Reviled Throne 

Future & Metro Boomin - We Don't Trust You

Future & Metro Boomin - WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU [2LP]

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (Deluxe Edition) [3LP]

Ghost - Rite Here Rite Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Tigirlily Gold - BLONDE [Buttercream Vinyl]

The Red Clay Strays - Made By These Moments [OPAQUE GOLD LP]

Skip James - Today! (Bluesville Acoustic Sounds Series) [CD]

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) [2 LP]

Marc Maron - From Bleak To Dark [LP]

Blur - Live at Wembley Stadium [3 LP]

Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 (Aniv)

Deicide - Scars Of The Crucifix

AG Club - Brodie World

Deadpool & Wolverine / O.S.T. (Colv) - Deadpool & Wolverine / O.S.T. [Colored Vinyl]

Floating Bridge - Floating Bridge [RSD Essential Slate Gray LP]

Cults - To The Ghosts

Nathan Bowles Trio  - Are Possible

Crack Cloud - Red Mile [Colored Vinyl]

Empire Of The Sun - Ask That God [Clear Vinyl]

Amanda Fish - Kingdom

Danny Gokey - Sound Of Heaven

Humanist - On The Edge Of A Lost And Lonely World (Blk)

Alex Izenberg - Alex Izenberg & The Exiles [Download Included]

Maita - Want

Memphis Royal Brothers - Memphis Royal Brothers

Pat Metheny - Moondial

Powerwolf - WAKE UP THE WICKED [LP]

State Faults - Children of the Moon [Orange/Black Galaxy LP]

Sam Tompkins - hi, my name is insecure [Light Blue LP]

Wand - Vertigo

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Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
49 Winchester - Leavin' This Holler

Orville Peck - Stampede

Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour - (10th Anniversary Edition)

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