STAFF PICKS kimber – elbow lindsay – elbow, moon duo dario – surfer blood jeff – homeshake dominic – moon duo THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Elbow – Little Fictions CD/LP+MP3 (Concord) Little Fictions was recorded in Scotland and Manchester and sees the band collaborate with the string players of The Hallé Orchestra, the Hallé Ancoats Community Choir, members of […]

We Take A Look At Some Of The Great New Music Out Now & Coming Out Soon We have an ever growing wall of promotional CDs sent to us by different labels for in-store play. We try to give them all a good “once over” but sometimes they’ll get lost in the shuffle, so we wanted […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – mark eitzel lindsay – ty segall, tift merritt dario – animal collective reissue jeff – cloud nothings, the holydrug couple dominic – gabriel garzón-montano THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Avalanches – Since I Left You 2LP (Astralwerks) Limited edition, blue, double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. The 2000 debut album from the Australian electronic outfit. […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – tycho lindsay – a winged victory for the sullen, michael chapman dario – phillip glass jeff – joan of arc dominic – phillip glass THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES AFI – AFI (The Blood Album) CD/LP (Concord) “Eclectic punk godfathers AFI are the kings of keeping going, progressing over more than twenty-five years […]

STAFF PICKS check out our favorite releases from 2016! kimber – bonobo lindsay – bonobo dario – the flaming lips jeff – chemical brothers reissues dominic – the flaming lips THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Bonobo – Migration CD/2xLP+MP3 (Ninja Tune) Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his sixth album, the masterful, magisterial Migration — a record which cements […]

THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Dropkick Murphys – 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory CD/LP+MP3 (Dropkick Murphys) The Dropkick Murphys’ new album contains moments of ass-kicking Celtic punk attitude, ball-busting wisecracks, tear-jerking confessions, and upbeat words of wisdom.   Brian Eno – Reflection CD/2xLP+MP3 (Warp) “Reflection is the latest work in a long series. It […]

STAFF PICKS check out our favorite releases from 2016! kimber – jim james lindsay – top fives dario – jim james jeff – jim james dominic – the kinks THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES John Cale – Fragments Of A Rainy Season [Reissue/1992] CD/2xLP+MP3 (Domino) Fragments Of A Rainy Season is the first live John Cale album to […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – kleenex/liliput lindsay – leonard cohen dario – solange jeff – the microphones dominic – the microphones THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Atmosphere – Frida Kahlo Vs. Ezra Pound CD/7”x7” (Rhymesayers) In September 2015, Atmosphere began releasing a series of individual songs digitally. In the months leading up to their new album, Fishing Blues, they released […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – damien jurado & richard swift lindsay – c duncan, piers faccini dario – the magnetic fields jeff – telefon tel aviv dominic – mia THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Kate Bush – Before The Dawn 3xCD/4xLP (Concord) This three-act show contains many well-known Kate Bush songs along with two song suites: “The Ninth Wave” from […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – sharon jones lindsay – thee oh sees, sharon jones dario – thee oh sees jeff – new orleans funk dominic – new orleans funk THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Terry Dolan – Terry Dolan CD/LP+MP3 (High Moon) A masterpiece of early- ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll – previously unreleased. Produced (and played on) by […]