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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
New Release Round-Up 12-01-23
Stephen Marley - Old Soul - Island / Tuff Gong
Stephen Marley is one of the most respected artists in reggae and pop, with eight GRAMMY® Awards from his career as a solo artist, as a producer and as a member of his family band, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers. His brand-new album, Old Soul, is his fifth, and is releasing on UMe in partnership with the Marley Family, Tuff Gong and Ghetto Youth International. It’s Stephen stretching himself as a singer and songwriter, bringing along some special guests in a wide range of material beyond the reggae category. Among its 14 tracks is the title song, released as a single on Stephen’s fortuitous birthday, 4/20 – which also got a lyric video on Father’s Day Weekend – plus “Winding Roads,” a collaboration with Jack Johnson and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir; a new version of his father’s song, “I Shot the Sheriff,” with Eric Clapton, who made the song globally famous, on guitar; two songs with his brothers; and unique covers of the traditional pop songs, “Georgia On My Mind” and “These Foolish Things,” both transformed into modern ska singalongs.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Peter Gabriel - i/o
Hector Tellez Jr. - The Great Unknown
Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side Of Heaven & The Righteous Side Of Hell Volumes 1&2
Collective Soul - 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001
Daisy Jones & The Six - Aurora [Indie Exclusive Super Deluxe Edition Milky Clear 2LP]
Ateez - THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL
Zach Russel - Where The Flowers Meet The Dew
Weezer - SZNZ: Winter EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear Vinyl]
TALK - Lord Of The Flies & Birds & Bees
Saosin - Translating the Name: 20th Anniversary
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes: Remastered 2023
Bruce Dickinson - Afterglow of Ragnarok [Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl Single + Comic]
Lil Durk - 7220
Lil Durk - The Voice
SIPHO. - PRAYERS & PARANOIA [Indie Exclusive limited Edition]
Leslie Odom Jr. - When A Crooner Dies
Robben Ford - Night In The City
The Sound Of Music [Deluxe Edition] - Original Soundtrack Recording
Counterparts - The Difference Between Hell And Home: 10th Anniversary [LP]
Brainiac - Smack Bunny Baby: 30th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Violet LP]
Kenny G - Innocence
Mayday Parade - Monster In The Closet: 10th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Black Ice 2LP]
Omar Apollo - Live For Me EP
Passion Pit - Chunk of Change EP: 15th Anniversary Edition
& More .....
UPCOMING RELEASES
Neil Young - Before and After - Reprise
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Big Big Love - Boo Boo Wax
New Release Round-Up 11-24-23
OUT THIS WEEK
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle: 30th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Green & Black Smoke 2LP]
Day Wave - Pastlife
David Gray - White Ladder Live
Feeling Figures - Migration Music
Burna Boy - I Told Them…
DJ Muggs & Dean Hurley - Divinity: Original Motion Picture Score
Dead Moon - Going South
Mac Miller - Watching Movies with the Sound Off: 10 Year Anniversary Edition [Galaxy 2LP+10in Zoetrope Picture Disc]
Max Champion - Mr. Joe Jackson presents Max Champion in 'What A Racket!'
Busta Rhymes - BLOCKBUSTA
Death Grips - Government Plates [RSD Essential Clear LP]
Various Artists - Where Rock 'n' Roll Was Born: Celebrating 100 Years of Sam Phillips [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Sky Blue 2LP]
Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country - Reflector
Defiant - If We're Really Being Honest
Ghost Hounds - First Last Time [LP]
Various Artists - Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Edits by Barış K Vol I-VI
Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me: 20th Anniversary Edition
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Plus of course our RSD Black Friday releases
For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
UPCOMING RELEASES
Stephen Marley - Old Soul - Island / Tuff Gong
New Release Round-Up 11-17-23
Post Malone - The Diamond Collection - Mercury Records / Republic
Global superstar Post Malone holds the record for most RIAA Diamond certified singles in history. The Diamond Collection is a compilation of his top hits to date, including “Congratulations (feat. Quavo),” “Sunflower” with Swae Lee, “White Iverson,” and more. The physical release includes the Diamond certified hits as well as additional tracks.
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation: 50th Anniversary - UMe / Zappa Records
Over-Nite Sensation turns 50 years old. To celebrate this iconic album, Zappa Records presents a 4CD + 1 Blu-ray Audio Super Deluxe showcasing 88 total tracks with 57 unreleased tracks & mixes. Featuring the 2012 remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig along with additional masters, highlights and mix outtakes from the original 1973 sessions mastered by John Polito. Also included are live recordings from 1973 showcasing the same band that recorded the album, one from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the other recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The Blu-ray contains the album newly re-mixed in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel at Studio1LA, Zappa’s original 4-channel Quadraphonic mix (available for the first time since 1973), and the Hi-Res stereo 2012 remaster at 192K24B and 96K24B. The package features unseen photos from the album cover shoot along with liner notes and essays by Mark Smotroff and Vaultmeister Joe Travers.
Keith Urban - #1’s Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 - Capitol Records Nashville
Keith Urban #1’s CD includes 24 #1’s Hits on 2 CD’s (all packaged in 1 jewel case) from his entire catalog of albums. The album spans from Keith’s very first #1 song to his latest and includes duets with Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, and Julia Michaels. This is the ultimate Keith Urban album and a must have for all fans. Each CD will include a limited-edition double-sided poster.
Shania Twain - Greatest Hits: Remastered - Mercury Nashville
Shania Twain releases her record-breaking Greatest Hits album for the first time on 180g black vinyl! Selling over 100 million records, Shania is the best-selling female country artist ever, and this compilation showcases why. Including her iconic songs “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, “Any Man Of Mine,” “You’re Still The One,” and “Forever And For Always”, this updated remastered release now contains her newest hit “Giddy Up!” and fan favorite “Life’s About To Get Good.”
Toby Keith - 100% Songwriter - Mercury Nashville
Toby Keith just doesn’t sing #1 hits, he also writes them, solo, hence 100% Songwriter, compilation of 13 Keith self-penned country music hits featuring 5 #1 singles: "Should’ve Been a Cowboy," "Who’s That Man," "You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This," "Courtesy of The Red White and Blue (The Angry American)" and "Who’s Your Daddy". During Keith's career he has achieved 42 top 10 hits, 32 No. 1s, 40 million albums sold and more than 10 billion streams.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Iron And Wine - Who Can See Forever Original Soundtrack
The National - Laugh Track [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Pink 2LP]
Dolly Parton - Rockstar [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Alternate Cover, Deep Purple 4LP]
2 Chainz/Lil Wayne - Welcome 2 Collegrove
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: Drumless Edition
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
John Vincent III - Songs For The Canyon [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Dandelion Yellow LP]
Vince Clarke - Songs Of Silence
Juliana Hatfield - Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO
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
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
Daniel Pemberton - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Original Score)
ENHYPEN - ORANGE BLOOD
Sheryl Crow - Story Of Everything [Limited Edition Picture Disc LP]
The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power: 25th Anniversary
Five Finger Death Punch - F8
Bob Dylan - The Complete Budokan 1978
Bob Dylan - Another Budokan 1978
Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity: Alien Warp Drive Edition
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement: 25th Anniversary
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon [RSD Essential Translucent Cobalt Blue LP]
Ween - The Pod: Fuscus Edition
Pearl Jam - Vs. 30th Anniversary Edition
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New Release Round-Up 11-10-23
Chris Stapleton - Higher - Mercury Nashville
Current ACM Entertainer of the Year, Chris Stapleton releases his 5th Studio Album- Higher. This Indie Store Exclusive version is Opaque BONE Vinyl. The album includes 14 songs including the first single “White Horse”. Chris has won numerous awards including eight Grammy Awards, 10 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards including current Entertainer Of The Year, and 14 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. He was named the ACM's Artist-Songwriter of the Decade. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Stapleton at number 170 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
AJR - The Maybe Man - Mercury Records / Republic
The Maybe Man, the new album from AJR includes the single "Yes I'm A Mess".
The Beatles - 1962-1970 (The Red and Blue Albums): 2023 Edition - Capitol
These landmark compilations have introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collections have been expanded: ‘Red’ has 12 additional tracks, including for the first time some of George Harrison’s earliest songs and some classic Beatles versions of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits that were so influential on the band. ‘Blue’ has 9 additional tracks including “Blackbird” and “Glass Onion” including the last new Beatles song, “Now And Then” for a total of 21 new additions, which are all compiled onto the 3rd disc, effectively creating a ‘new’ LP for each set. Together, the 6LP’s contain 75 tracks, 36 of which have new mixes for 2023. The inserts contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1962 – 1966 & 1967 - 1970 collections are a joyous celebration of The Beatles’ timeless musical legacy.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White 2LP]
R.E.M. - Up: 25th Anniversary
Maneskin - RUSH! (ARE U COMING?) - Expanded Version [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Scarlet Splatter 2LP]
Pierce The Veil - Collide With The Sky
New Order - Substance: 2023 Reissue
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
Mick Jenkins - The Patience
Aespa - Drama - The 4th Mini Album
Beirut - Hadsel [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Ice Breaker LP]
PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows
tray Kids - ROCK-STAR
Isis - Mosquito Control / The Red Sea [Indie Exclusive limited Edition Silver 2LP]
Five Finger Death Punch - F8 [Limited Edition Gold LP]
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: 35th Anniversary
Helmet - LEFT [Indie Exclusive limited Edition Clear LP]
Daneshevskaya - Long Is The Tunnel EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blood Red Vinyl]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At The Hollywood Bowl: August 18, 1967
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster: 40th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Smoke LP]
Set It Off - Midnight
Matisyahu - Live in Brooklyn
& More .....
UPCOMING RELEASES
Post Malone - The Diamond Collection - Mercury Records / Republic
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation: 50th Anniversary - UMe / Zappa Records
Keith Urban - #1’s Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 - Capitol Records Nashville
Shania Twain - Greatest Hits: Remastered - Mercury Nashville
Toby Keith - 100% Songwriter - Mercury Nashville