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What's New 2-5-21
RCAMedicine at Midnight, the new album from Foo Fighters, packs nine new songs into a tight-ass 37 minutes. This collection (their 10th full length) shows the usually more rock-focused group return with an expanded sound, incorporating pop, R&B and more, including the smoldering new single, “Shame Shame.” Produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters. *Available on limited edition blue vinyl.*
Loma VistaA Beautiful Revolution finds Common returning to his hip-hop roots. A full length continuous listening experience, it features two interludes and seven new songs that Common refers to as movement music; “music to uplift, heal, and inspire listeners dealing with racial and social injustices. It’s recognition. It’s elevation. It’s music to go with a movement. To help channel pain and outrage into something productive, inspirational and good.”
New West RecordsWith his off-center charm and restless creative dazzle, Tasjan makes music with conviction that has its roots in rock's murky past, armed with an arsenal of songs that spill over with humor, intelligence, irony, and at times prophecy. Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! is 11 of those songs. This is not anxious music for anxious times, but rather music as an antidote for anxious times. It is the sound of the future arriving.
Sub PopIt’s tempting to think that you have all the answers, screaming your gospel every day with certainty and anger. Life isn’t quite like that though, and the debut album from London four-piece TV Priest instead embraces the beautiful and terrifying unknowns that exist personally, politically, and culturally. Posing as many questions as it answers, Uppers is a thunderous opening statement that continues the UK’s recent resurgence of grubby, furious post-punk music. It says something very different though – something completely its own.
NonesuchThe Staves’ first album in five years is an accumulation of everything that life has thrown at them in that time. It’s a decade since The Staves self-released their first EP and a lot has happened since then. Their third album Good Woman was written and recorded amid major upheaval, heartbreak and bereavement. The new-found boldness, loudness and lyrical directness on this record are indicative of lives forced to become a serious concern.
XO/RepublicTwo days before his half-time performance at this year’s Super Bowl, The Weeknd will release a highlight reel of his own. The career-spanning The Highlights includes five songs each from 2020’s After Hours and 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness, three Starboy tracks, two House of Balloons cuts, one My Dear Melancholy song, and two songs that were not on Weeknd projects (Black Panther’s “Pray for Me” and Ariana Grande’s “Love Me Harder”).
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New Release Round-Up 02-19-21
Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Zappa Records
The Soundtrack is a perfect complement to the film available on 3 CDs for the Zappa completist. Showcasing 69 total songs, with 12 previously unreleased recordings from archive along with the 1978 Saturday Night Live performance; 24 additional Zappa songs from the catalog spanning 4 decades; songs from Zappa's labels Straight / Bizarre Records; 2 classical compositions by Edgard Varese and Igor Stravinsky; and 26 Original Score cues newly composed by John Frizzell for the documentary.
Also Available Soon: Crystal Clear 2LP & 3CDIcon For Hire - Amorphous - Icon For Hire
Icon For Hire’s sound is one that effortlessly blends heavy riffs, elements of electronic production and soaring vocal lines into a powerful & bold sonic explosion. However, at the heart of Icon For Hire’s music is a message of positivity, self-love and personal empowerment from the painfully relatable and rousing lyrics of Ariel. For Amorphous, the band worked with Grammy Nominated engineer Romesh Dodangoda (known for his previous work producing the last Bring Me The Horizon album as well as acts such as Don Broco, Busted, and Kids in Glass Houses). The album has been completely funded by fans through Kickstarter. This success was achieved thanks to the band’s highly dedicated ICON Army fanbase that support them on Patreon and have been there for the band though thick, thin, litigation, addiction and more. Having overcome both personal and professional adversity, Icon For Hire are living proof that you can take control of your life—and that’s perhaps the greatest success anyone can hope to accomplish.ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
Tash Sultana - Terra Firma [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Yellow LP]
Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything [Gold/Black 2LP]
The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump.....On A Wooden Piano
Mogwai - As The Love Continues [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Yellow LP]
Edie Brickell and New Bohemians - Hunter And The Dog Star
nothing,nowhere. - Trauma Factory
BTS - Be (Essential Edition)
Ricky Warwick - When Life Was Hard And Fast
Devonte Hynes - We Are Who We Are (Original Series Soundtrack)
Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Glow-In-The-Dark LP]
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life [Teal LP]
Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted And Black [Burnt Orange LP]
Hearty Har - Radio Astro
Porter Robinson - Look At The Sky [Vinyl Single]
Geneva Jacuzzi - Lamaze
The Who - WHO [7in Singles Box Set w/ Live At Kingston CD]
Hand Habits - Dirt EP [Vinyl]
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UPCOMING RELEASES
Glitterer - Life Is Not A Lesson - Glitterer
Life Is Not A Lesson is Glitterer’s second full-length album, featuring Ned Russin, bassist/vocalist of seminal hardcore-punk band Title Fight. This time Ned has produced the record himself, notwithstanding some recording and performance help from his twin brother, Ben, and some other friends, as well as mixing and mastering by Arthur Rizk (Code Orange, Power Trip). It may surprise you to hear that, irrespective of worldly doom and gloom, the new songs are even catchier and bigger-sounding than those from his 2019 release, Looking Through the Shades. With roomier drums and more electric-guitars-per-square-inch than ever, Life is Not a Lesson has a way of evoking an alternate-universe version of Guided By Voices, one with a hardcore-punk background. Life is Not a Lesson proves to be a rigorous reckoning with the life of the mind at a time when there’s not much life outside the mind.
Music Releases 02-19-21
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The Hold Steady | Open Door Policy [LP] | New Vinyl: $0.00 |
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Tash Sultana | Terra Firma [LP] | New Vinyl: $31.49 |
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Grandaddy | The Sophtware Slump.....On A Wooden Piano [LP] | New Vinyl: $19.98 |
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Icon For Hire | Amorphous [LP] | New Vinyl: $24.98 |
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Frank Zappa | Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [3CD] | New CD: $39.99 |
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Mogwai | As The Love Continues [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Yellow LP] | New Vinyl: $31.99 |
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Edie Brickell and New Bohemians | Hunter And The Dog Star [LP] | New Vinyl: $19.98 |
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nothing,nowhere. | Trauma Factory [LP] | New Vinyl: $19.98 |
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Loathe | I Let It In And It Took Everything [Gold/Black 2LP] | New Vinyl: $28.98 |
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BTS | Be (Essential Edition) | New CD: $30.98 |
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Ricky Warwick | When Life Was Hard And Fast [LP] | New Vinyl: $21.98 |
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Devonte Hynes | We Are Who We Are (Original Series Soundtrack) [2LP] | New Vinyl: $30.98 |
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Bon Jovi | 2020 [Gold 2LP] | New Vinyl: $34.98 |
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Koe Wetzel | Sellout [LP] | New Vinyl: $22.98 |
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Wild Pink | A Billion Little Lights [Light Blue LP] | New Vinyl: $19.98 |
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Sheila E. | The Glamorous Life [Teal LP] | New Vinyl: $21.98 |
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Aretha Franklin | Young, Gifted And Black [Burnt Orange LP] | New Vinyl: $24.99 |
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Eric Hilton | The Impossible Silence [LP] | New Vinyl: $25.99 |
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Donny Hathaway | The Best Of Donny Hathaway [Translucent Gold Audiophile LP] | New Vinyl: $33.98 |
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Wilson Pickett | The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Translucent Gold Audiophile LP] | New Vinyl: $33.98 |
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Hearty Har | Radio Astro | New CD: $13.98 |
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Porter Robinson | Look At The Sky [Vinyl Single] | New Vinyl: $13.98 |
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Philip B. Price | Oceans Hiding In Oceans | New CD: $15.98 |
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Ominous Ruin | Amidst Voices That Echo In Stone | New CD: $12.98 |
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Movie Releases 02-23-21
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The Croods [Movie] | The Croods: A New Age | New Blu-Ray: $34.98 |
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Wrong Turn [Movie] | Wrong Turn: The Foundation | New Blu-Ray: $21.99 |
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