Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Released in 1971, Maggot Brain stands as the towering masterpiece in Funkadelic's groundbreaking catalog. Initially misunderstood upon release, the album is now widely regarded as one of the most influential records of all time. Anchored by Eddie Hazel's otherworldly guitar performance on the title track and featuring enduring favorites like "Can You Get To That," Maggot Brain redefined the possibilities of funk, rock, and psychedelic music. For this definitive reissue, the album was mastered directly from analog tape, preserving the raw power, depth, and atmosphere of the original recordings with extraordinary detail. Join us for a Maggot Brain listening event tonight, Friday Sept 11 at 6pm! Be among the first to hear the newly remastered all-analog reissue, pick up a copy on CD, LP, Cassette, or SACD! There are giveaways and prizes for attendees.

Hug - s/t

The collaborative trio of Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson have announced their debut album via Luaka Bop. The connective tissue here is Noah, who grew up with Gyan (son of minimalist composer Terry Riley) in the California hippie town Nevada City, and collaborated with Banhart on 2017's Osian 2021's Refuge. "Though this album came together in 3 weeks, we have been working towards this collective for much longer. We recorded this with no grand plan, but in hopes to capture the childlike wonder we all still crave." LP now, CD in a few weeks.

Bonobo - Distance in Static

"I want to reinforce this idea that you can be more than one thing," Green explains. It's that duality – of live artist and DJ, introspective composer and club-focused selector – that sits at the heart of Distance in Static, a record that is full of depth, detail and emotion; both beautiful and banging; yet pushing beyond the contours of what a Bonobo album has traditionally been. A large portion of the record was created at Neil Young's legendary Broken Arrow Ranch studio in Woodside, California – an environment Green describes as deeply immersive and creatively transformative.

Buddy Miller - s/t

Buddy cleared out the kitchen to make room for a drum kit. What followed is his first solo album in 15 years — 12 songs of soul, country, early rock 'n' roll, and gospel, made with a community of friends and collaborators that spans five decades of American music. The core band plays with the understated nuance of musicians who have nothing left to prove. Five of the 12 songs are Julie Miller compositions, and the album closes on her words: "The greatest works of man are just a masterpiece in the sand." Features Shawn Colvin, Jim Lauderdale, Dan Penn, The War & Treaty, Lee Ann Womack, Emmylou Harris, and more.

Sylvan Esso - Ow

On their new album, Sylvan Esso metabolizes a life of making music with people into making art that you just love, a tactile and enveloping freefall. It was born from a time of experimentation and collaboration, resulting in a sinewy, punchy, explosive work where the songs want to claw their way out. A technicolor totem of personal destruction, the feeling of being pummeled to silly putty and built back into something that feels almost human, almost familiar but freakish and new – a cartoonish, slapstick grin printed across a ruin.

This Is Lorelei - The Singer in My Band

The last few years have been transformative for Nate Amos. Between delivering breakout records both as a solo artist — under his This Is Lorelei moniker — and with his band Water From Your Eyes. His new album takes the building blocks of the Great American Songbook and twists those elemental pieces into new shapes, at once both strangely familiar and endearingly offbeat in Amos' signature style. These are songs about songwriting as a way of life – messy, debilitating, transcendent.

More New Releases

Bloc Party - Anatomy Of A Brief Romance
Ezra Collective - Here Because Of Hope
Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem) - Not Bad For New Jersey
Haruomi Hosono - Yours Sincerely
Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain
Real Numbers - Was It Always This Way
The Tubs - Hard Life

New Reissue / Archival Zone

Man or Astro-Man? - Experiment Zero LP
Pink Floyd - 8-Tracks CD/LP
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train LP
Various - Nigeria 80: Afrobeat / Highlife / Juju

Back in Stock

A brief selection of titles recently back in stock...
Geese, Aphex Twin, Elliott Smith, Big Thief, Cocteau Twins, Pixies, Radiohead, Yo La Tengo, Car Seat Headrest, Faye Webster, Songs:Ohia, and many more! Roll thru & get diggin'!