Wishy - Nature's Pill

Nature's Pill is a more collaborative effort. The Indianapolis group reconvened with 'Triple Seven' co-producer Ben Lumsdaine in Los Angeles, where the quintet packed into a tiny studio and tracked half the songs live in the room, imbuing the album with the immediate energy of a band in sync after heavy touring. It gave them the ability to synthesize an even greater array of touchstones this time around, with the 90s dream-pop and alt-rock fusing with 80s college rock and 00s indie. The album re-examines some of Wishy's favored themes under new lights, jumping off from breakup songs to more abstract meditations on forlornness, romantic intention, lust.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul DLX

Across the collections, fans can explore 24 early session recordings, including 20 previously unreleased takes and 3 previously unreleased home demos - among them early versions of Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, plus Little Girl, a previously unheard John Lennon song outline never before released or even rumoured. The 4CD / 5LP Super Deluxe editions are accompanied by an 88-page hardbound book featuring an introduction by Paul McCartney. Available in standard 1CD / 1LP editions, 2CD / 2LP Special Editions, and 4CD / 5LP Super Deluxe editions, as well as Blu-ray, with the new Dolby Atmos mix, high-resolution stereo audio and promotional films. Free poster w/ purchase!

Jon Hassell - Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Vol 3)

Before Jon passed away in 2021, he released two remarkable albums: Listening To Pictures (2018) and Seeing Through Sound (2020), presented as parts 1 & 2 of the Pentimento series. 'Pentimento' is defined as 'the appearance in a painting of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over', a methodology that he applied in a musical sense throughout his career. Whilst the album does capture his band live, the blurred lines between 'studio' and 'live' in his discography means that the distinctions become meaningless. They're playing using a bed of samples taken from different sources (often their own previous performances), combined with the extensive editing at the mixing and post-production stage, means this is as much a 'studio' record as live.

Osees - Off Course

"We went back to an older method of writing for this one. We jammed and jammed and jammed. I took the tapes home and ironed out some mutant tunes. We went back into the studio and burned them to tape live. Mixed it all up in the cauldron and thus we have a strange brew indeed. Floating in the smoke we have: a couple long jams, a couple short jams and a finale that'll dump a bucket of ear worms on you (reminiscent of "the axis"?). Dip your toe in organ rock and roll." - John Dwyer

Johnny Marr - The Age of Everything

Johnny's 5th solo record. Written in London, developed live on the road in North America and recorded in Manchester, the album captures the energy and tensions of the city. Sharp, fast and dynamic, filled with ideas and possibilities. "This is the record that's been the most cathartic. The title came to me early in the process and became an inescapable idea. It seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling. It's all encompassing, but it's not necessarily a negative statement. There's a sense of overwhelm in the culture brought about by technology, but looking at it with a different light, there could also be a sense of possibility."

More New Releases

Amon Amarth - The Allfather Awakens
Ear - Rumspringa
Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth - s/t
Greg Freeman - All Set The Bone
Imminence - Axis Mundi
Boney James - A Simple Man
Knox - My Midwest Best
Lustmord Lombardo - Pulse of Atoms LP
Brandford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves - Dedicated to You
Me'shell Ndegeocello - Synonym
Randy Newman - Toy Story 5
Emily A. Sprague - Cyano
Vanishing Twin - Archives
Wynonna - The Hard Truth

New Reissue / Archival Zone

John Coltrane - Coltrane 100: Selections From 1951-1967 Box
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True [dlx]
Dur Dur Band - Vol 3 & 4 LP
Ben Folds Five - s/t LP
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl LP
Freddie Hubbard - Hub Cap LP
INXS - s/t LP
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me LP
Hector Lavoe - Que Sentimiento LP
Steve Reich - Recordings on ECM 3LP
Rush - Spirit of the Radio: Greatest Hits LP
Elliott Smith - cassette reissues
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You [25th Annv]
Violent Femmes - Add It Up (1981 - 1993) LP

Back in Stock

A brief selection of titles recently back in stock...
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain, Durand Jones, Phoebe Bridgers, Megadeth, Velvet Underground, Marvin Gaye, Weezer, Mitski, Hum, Fleet Foxes, Death, Olivia Dean, American Football, Alvvays, and many more! Roll thru & get diggin'!