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Best of Holiday Gifts
ConcordRecorded in Helsinki, Paris and New York, Hey Clockface is the latest Elvis Costello & Sebastian Krys Production, following their collaboration on Elvis Costello and The Imposters’ GRAMMY-winning album Look Now. Hey Clockface also features contributions from Bill Frisell, Nels Cline and Steve Nieve. “I wanted the record to be vivid, whether the songs demanded playing that was loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful,” Costello said.
Loma VistaWhat started out in LA and was finished back in North Carolina at Esso’s home studio, Free Love asks major questions about self-image, self-righteousness, friendship, romance, and environmental calamity with enough warmth, playfulness, and magnetism to make you consider an alternate reality. These are Sylvan Esso’s most nuanced and undeniable songs—bold enough to say how they feel, big enough to make you join in that feeling.
Loma VistaIn 2018, Margo Price claimed her rock star status at the Mother Church of Country Music. She was headlining the Ryman Auditorium for the first time ever, in a sold-out run of three nights that she had admittedly spent more time planning than her wedding. Now, Margo revisits the career-changing residency with the release of a new live album, Perfectly Imperfect at The Ryman. With special guest appearances from Jack White, Emmylou Harris and Sturgill Simpson!
FantasyAnd It’s Still Alright is an intensely personal 10-song album of vibrant country-blues, badland ballads, ornate Americana and jazz-inflected R&B. Rateliff's warm baritone, ranging from gently hushed to a guttural howl, imbues these superbly drawn character studies with raw, naked emotion. It's a commanding next step in Nathaniel's evolution into one of America's most vital and essential songwriters.
Loma VistaThe Third Gleam marks a return to the Avett Brothers’ roots, both sonically and with Seth & Scott playing as a trio with longtime bassist Bob Crawford. The eight tracks capture their personal experiences and perspectives on undeniably timely, universal themes: isolation, gun violence, incarceration, historical prejudice, mortality, resilience, love, hope, redemption.
Sub PopMetz not only continues to push their music into new territories of dynamics, crooked melodies, and sweat-drenched rhythms, they explore the theme of growing up and maturing within a format typically suspended in youth. Covering seemingly disparate themes such as paternity, crushing social anxiety, addiction, isolation, media-induced paranoia, and the restless urge to leave everything behind, each of Atlas Vending’s ten songs offer a snapshot of today's modern condition.
Sub PopClipping reimagine horrorcore the way Jordan Peele does horror cinema: by twisting beloved tropes to make explicit their own radical politics of monstrosity, fear, and the uncanny. Visions of Bodies Being Burned contains sixteen scary stories disguised as rap songs, incorporating as much influence from Ernest Dickerson, Clive Barker, and Shirley Jackson as it does from Three 6 Mafia, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Brotha Lynch Hung.
Sub PopSugaregg roars from the speakers and jumpstarts both heart and mind. Like My Bloody Valentine after three double espressos, opener “Add It On” zooms heavenward within seconds, epitomizing the band’s newfound clarity of purpose, while the bass-driven melodies and propulsive beats of “Where to Start” and “Let You” are the musical equivalents of the sun piercing through a perpetually cloudy sky.
Sub PopBrighter, more robust sounds made their way into the songs of Purple Noon and mark a new chapter for Ernest Greene as a producer and songwriter. The vocals are front and center, tempos are slower, beats bolder, and there’s a more comprehensive depth of dynamics. One can hear the luxuriousness of Sade, the sonic bombast of Phil Collins, and the lush atmosphere of the great Balearic beat classics.
Secretly CanadianStevens’ eight studio LP is the long awaited follow-up to Carrie and Lowell. In the time between, Stevens also released Oscar-nominated music for the Luca Guadagnino film Call Me By Your Name; a collaborative album entitled Planetarium with Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (The National) and James Mcalister; and scored several works for ballet: Reflections (Houston Ballet) and Principia (NYCB).
Dead OceansAmidst the current overwhelming uncertainty and upheaval of global and personal worlds, this reunion acts as both an escape from, and a confrontation of, trying times. Getting the band back together felt right, and necessary, and the friendship at the core of the band has been a longtime pillar of Bright Eyes’ output. For Bright Eyes, this long-awaited re-emergence feels like coming home.
Highway 20Three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams unabashedly takes on some of the human, social and political issues of our day with her boldest and most direct album to date. During the course of her celebrated four-decade, pioneering career Williams has never rested on her laurels as she continues to push herself as a songwriter. On Good Souls Better Angels, she has much she needs to get out.
Third ManA total reinvention of an iconic instrument, all of the sounds heard on this album were made with a 1967 Emmons Push / Pull pedal steel guitar. This is the sound of Valhalla, of heaven, planetary alignment, of total eclipse. This is the sound of an angelic army roaring into battle. This is the heavy metal thunder of the future we were promised.
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Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
At just 20-years-old, Arlo Parks has seen her profile steadily rise since the release of her debut single, “Cola,” in 2018. Parks is quick to note the impact independent record stores have had on her, and her ascension in the music world. “I spent a lot of time in indie record stores when I was a kid and I’m really grateful for all they brought to me,” said Parks. “They’re a place where you can really delve into music, explore new music and discover whole worlds of sonic palates.”
Since releasing “Cola,” Parks, a London-based musician and poet, has emerged as a favorite on “artists to watch” lists thanks to a prolific output of delicately-soulful tracks like “Sophie,” “Eugene” and “Hurt.” Along the way, Parks has received praise from the likes of artists like Billie Eilish, Wyclef Jean, Clairo, Florence Welsh and Phoebe Bridgers.
The next stop on Parks’ journey comes on January 29 with the release of her full-length debut, Collapsed in Sunbeams. Parks describes the album as “a series of vignettes and intimate portraits surrounding my adolescence and the people that shaped it. It is rooted in storytelling and nostalgia – I want to feel both universal and hyper-specific.”PREVIEW AND PURCHASE - Collapsed in Sunbeams
Music Releases 01-22-21
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The Dead Daisies | Holy Ground [2LP] | New Vinyl: $25.98 |
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Bring Me The Horizon | Post Human: Survival Horror [LP] | New Vinyl: $27.98 |
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Bicep | Isles [2LP] | New Vinyl: $31.49 |
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Perry Farrell | The Glitz; The Glamour [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition LP Box Set] | New Vinyl: $299.98 |
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Guided By Voices | Styles We Paid For [LP] | New Vinyl: $20.98 |
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Brian Eno | Film Music 1976 – 2020 [2 LP] | New Vinyl: $34.98 |
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Kiwi jr. | Cooler Returns [LP] | New Vinyl: $19.98 |
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Rhye | Home [2LP] | New Vinyl: $29.98 |
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Moon Taxi | Silver Dream [Limited Edition LP] | New Vinyl: $21.98 |
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Seasick Steve | Love & Peace [LP] | New Vinyl: $23.98 |
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Steve Hackett | Under A Mediterranean Sky [LP] | New Vinyl: $30.98 |
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Nicholas Lens / Nick Cave | L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S [2LP] | New Vinyl: $39.98 |
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Bang!... The Greatest Hits Of Frankie Goes To Hollywood [2LP] | New Vinyl: $34.98 |
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Spice Girls | Forever [Deluxe LP] | New Vinyl: $34.98 |
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Old Dominion | Meat And Candy [LP] | New Vinyl: $21.98 |
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Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra | Songs For The Apocalypse [2LP] | New Vinyl: $29.98 |
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Dikembe | Muck [Limited Edition Yellow LP] | New Vinyl: $19.98 |
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Various Artists | The Years: A MusicFest Tribute to Cody Canada and the Music of Cross Canadian Ragweed [LP] | New Vinyl: $25.98 |
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Ennio Morricone | Morricone Segreto [2LP] | New Vinyl: $39.98 |
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Nine Inch Nails | Quake [2LP] | New Vinyl: $38.98 |
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Got7 | Breath of Love: Last Piece | New CD: $31.98 |
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Various Artists | Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [SYEOR 2021 2LP] | New Vinyl: $31.98 |
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Movie Releases 01-26-21
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Steven Wilson | THE FUTURE BITES [Blu-ray] | New Blu-Ray: $21.98 |
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Snowpiercer [TV Series] | Snowpiercer: The Complete First Season | New Blu-Ray: $29.98 |
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Fatman [Movie] | Fatman | New Blu-Ray: $22.98 |
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Synchronic [Movie] | Synchronic | New Blu-Ray: $29.98 |
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Bluey [TV Series] | Bluey: Season One - The First Half | New DVD: $19.99 |
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