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Limited silver colored vinyl LP pressing. Toro y Moi's seventh studio album, Mahal, is the boldest and most fascinating journey yet from musical mastermind Chaz Bear. The record spans genre and sound-encompassing the shaggy psychedelic rock of the 1960s and '70s, and the airy sounds of 1990s mod-post-rock-taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they're riding in the back of Bear's Filipino jeepney that adorns the album's cover. But Mahal is also an unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, calling back to previous works while charting a new path forward in a way that only Bear can do. Mahal is the latest in an accomplished career for Bear, who's undoubtedly one of the decade's most influential musicians. Since the release of the electronic pop landmark Causers of This in 2009, subsequent records as Toro y Moi have repeatedly shifted the idea of what his sound can be. But there's little in Bear's catalog that will prepare you for the deep-groove excursions on Mahal, his most eclectic record to date.

Tracks

• 1 The Medium
• 2 Goes By So Fast
• 3 Magazine
• 4 Postman
• 5 The Loop
• 6 Last Year
• 7 Mississippi
• 8 Clarity
• 9 Foreplay
• 10 DÉJÀ Vu
• 11 Way Too Hot
• 12 Millennium
• 13 Days in Love

2022 release. After blazing a trail with 2020's critically acclaimed Good Luck Seeker, The Waterboys waste no time in delivering their brand new record All Souls Hill. The album is nine tracks of Waterboys brilliance, all mixed by Scott himself. All Souls Hill is current, on the money social commentary, but with an air of hope. "All Souls Hill is mysterious, otherworldly, tune-banging and emotional." comments Mike. "I made it with Waterboys old and new and my co-producer, brilliant sonic guru Simon Dine. It's nine songs tell stories, explore dreamscapes, and cast a cold but hopeful eye on the human drama."

Tracks

• 1 All Souls Hill
• 2 The Liar
• 3 The Southern Moon
• 4 Blackberry Girl
• 5 Hollywood Blues
• 6 In My Dreams
• 7 Once We Were Brothers
• 8 Here We Go Again
• 9 Passing Through

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Strangeland is Keane's fourth studio album. Originally released in May 2012 it charted at #1 and has gone on to sell over 200k in the UK. It also charted at #1 in Ireland and the Netherlands whilst in the US it peaked at #17. Produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat the album includes three singles: 'Silenced By The Night', 'Disconnecte'd and 'Sovereign Light Café'.

• 1 You Are Young
• 2 Silenced By the Night
• 3 Disconnected
• 4 Watch How You Go
• 5 Sovereign Light Café
• 6 On the Road
• 7 The Starting Line
• 8 Black Rain
• 9 Neon River
• 10 Day Will Come
• 11 In Your Own Time
• 12 Sea Fog

Vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. 2018 release. Legendary punk-rocker band Suicidal Tendencies is back with this 10 track release that includes 'Get Your Fight On' from the 2016 album World Gone Mad. This release has three new versions of the song; an acoustic version with Travis Barker on drums, an instrumental lead guitar version, and an instrumental bass version. The remaining six tracks are new recordings that have Dave Lombardo (Slayer) returning as drummer. Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band founded in 1980 in Venice, California by vocalist Mike Muir, who is the only remaining original member of the band. Along with D.R.I., Corrosion of Conformity, and S.O.D., Suicidal Tendencies is often credited as one of the fathers of crossover thrash.

• 1 Nothing to Lose [Explicit]
• 2 Get United [Explicit]
• 3 Iauthority [Explicit]
• 4 Ain't Mess'n Around [Explicit]
• 5 S.E.D. [Explicit]
• 6 I Got a Right [Explicit]
• 7 Get Your Right on! (Acoustic Version) [Explicit]
• 8 Get Your Bass on! (Bass Instrumental) [Explicit]
• 9 Get Your Shred on! (Guitar Instrumental) [Explicit]
• 10 Get Your Fight on! (LP Version) [Explicit]

New LP from Cypress Hill, Back in Black, is Cypress's 10th Studio album. Cypress Hill is arguably one of the most successful Hip-hop of all time celebrating 30 years of Non-stop touring. They are the biggest selling latin Hip-hop group in the world first hip-hop group to have sold multi-platinum

• 1 Takeover
• 2 Open Ya Mind
• 3 Anymore
• 4 Certified
• 5 Bye Bye
• 6 Come with Me

• 1 Them Two Am I a Good Man
• 2 Lynn Williams Don't Be Surprised
• 3 Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr You Can't Blame Me
• 4 Family Connection This Time
• 5 Mitch Mitchell-Gene King Never Walk Out on You
• 6 Renaldo Domino Nevermore
• 7 Voices of Conquest O Yes My Lord
• 8 T.L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir Like a Ship
• 9 Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love
• 10 Father's Children Dirt and Grime
• 11 Skip Mahoaney & the Casuals I Need Your Love
• 12 Majestic Arrows Ladies and Wonderful Girls
• 13 Wee Aeroplane

On January 27th, 1990, Helmet entered the stage of New York’s equally famous and infamous CBGB’s. What followed was an explosive live show, set during the earliest days of the band’s career. Getting ready to release their debut album 'Strap It On' in March that year, Helmet propelled themselves through a staccato-heavy set of tracks that would soon earn them worldwide acclaim in the Punk scene.

The first side of this brand-new live album features the CBGB’s set for the first time ever on vinyl and CD, while the second half contains an equally energetic performance, recorded in 1993 at the Big Day Out Festival in Melbourne, Australia. With tracks such as "Ironhead," "Better" and "In the Meantime," the set list strikes a perfect balance between the band’s hits and hidden gems from their early years.

• 1 Intro (Live at CBGB)
• 2 Impressionable (Live at CBGB)
• 3 Murder (Live at CBGB)
• 4 Your Head (Live at CBGB)
• 5 Repetition (Live at CBGB)
• 6 Sinatra (Live at CBGB)
• 7 Rumble (Live at CBGB)
• 8 Ironhead (Live at Big Day Out)
• 9 Better (Live at Big Day Out)
• 10 Give It (Live at Big Day Out)
• 11 Blacktop (Live at Big Day Out)
• 12 Oven (Live at Big Day Out)
• 13 Turned Out (Live at Big Day Out)
• 14 In the Meantime (Live at Big Day Out)

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of iconic Dutch jazz label Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a series that features albums that are part of the Timeless Records legacy and will be released mainly throughout 2022.

Part of this series is Pharoah Sanders' Moon Child from 1990, which bookended a decade of musical soul searching for Sanders. The acclaimed free jazz player is known to have a raw and abrasive sound, but reinvented himself on this album as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful deliberations. Moon Child is a grand old time throughout, and Sanders has never been more eminently sing-along-able as he is on it's title track. The record was co-written with Horace Silver, George Gershwin and Abdullah Ibrahim and recorded with William Henderson, Stafford James, Eddie Moore and Cheikh Tidiane Fall. Moon Child is available on black vinyl.

• 1 Moon Child
• 2 Moon Rays
• 3 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
• 4 All or Nothing at All
• 5 Soon
• 6 Moniebah

For anyone who's been feeling suffocated by the sameness that's been afflicting hip-hop and pop – where a small handful of ideas gets recycled endlessly, and a spin through the big new-release playlists quickly devolves into a blur – They Hate Change's Jagjaguwar debut, Finally, New lives up to its name. Finally, a record that can satisfy the geeky headphone trainspotters and the hedonistic ass-shakers, too. Finally, producers who refuse to settle for making drag-and-drop beats. Finally, rappers who aren't afraid of actually sticking out from the crowd and saying something new, and who embody the classic quote from Run of Run-DMC that, "The only thing rap music is – there is no music to rap. We just rap over whatever we want."

The album's lead single, "From the Floor" shows off Vonne and Dre's talents to organically connect disparate influences, fusing icy UK drum & bass breaks with Miami bass bounce, layering on Dirty-South-mixtape-style raps, and dousing the whole thing in spacy psychedelia worthy of Can. "Blatant Localism" spotlights the pair's verbal teamwork, as they trade lines taking aim at style-deficient hypebeast rappers over a pixelated beat, landing on something like turn-of-the-millennium IDM, but with a lot more shit talk. The coolly frenetic "X-Ray Spex" infuses jungle with propulsive synthesizer ambience. And they're as daring with their lyrics as they are with their beats: on "Little Brother," Dre draws an emotionally complex portrait of the hood economics other rappers shallowly glamorize, while "Some Days I Hate My Voice" is Vonne's speaker-knocking ode to androgynous gender euphoria, complete with shout-outs to 100 gecs and 60's trans soul star Jackie Shane.

Finally, New is what a truly post-genre musical landscape is supposed to be: building deep connections that transcend outdated distinctions between them, spilling over with the joy of exploration and possibility, and daring other artists to think broader, go deeper, take bigger risks. Let the rest of them keep playing by the old rules – They Hate Change will keep changing the game.

1. Stuntro
2. Breathing
3. Who Next?
4. Reversible Keys (ft. Vritra)
5. Blatant Localism
6. Coded Language (Interlude)
7. 1000 Horses (ft. Sarge)
8. Little Brother
9. Some Days I Hate My Voice
10. Certi
11. Perm
12. X-Ray Spex
13. From The Floor (ft. DJ Gay-Z)

Born out of a series of studio sessions, LP.8 was created with no preconceptions or expectations: an unbridled exploration into the creative subconscious. After releasing her sophomore album Inner Song in the midst of the pandemic, Kelly Lee Owens was faced with the sudden realization that her world tour could no longer go ahead. Keen to make use of this untapped creative energy, she made the spontaneous decision to go to Oslo instead. There was no overarching plan, it was simply a change of scenery and a chance for some undisturbed studio time.

It just so happened that her flight from London was the last before borders were closed once again. The blank page project was underway. Arriving to snowglobe conditions and sub-zero temperatures, she began spending time in the studio with esteemed avant-noise artist Lasse Marhaug. Together, they envisioned making music somewhere in between Throbbing Gristle and Enya, artists who have had an enduring impact on Kelly's creative being. In doing so, they paired tough, industrial sounds with ethereal Celtic mysticism, creating music that ebbs and flows between tension and release.

One month later, Kelly called her label to tell them she had created something of an outlier, her ‘eighth album'.

1. Release
2. Voice
3. Anadlu
4. S.O (2)
5. Olga
6. Nana
7. Quickening
8. One 
9. Sonic 8

All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Sonny Clark's My Conception Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music Matters' Joe Harley

The soulful and elegant pianist Sonny Clark brings his A-game to My Conception, a program of all-Clark originals recorded in 1959 but not released until 1979. Joining the pianist are a cast of hard bop masters including Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Donald Byrd on trumpet, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. Highlights from this session include the lead-off track "Junka," the fiery brilliance of "Minor Meeting," and Mobley's sublime soloing on "Royal Flush.

Blue Note Records' acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series continues in 2021. Launched in 2019 in honor of the label's 80th Anniversary, the Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Harley (from Music Matters) and features all-analog, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues that are mastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Tone Poet vinyl is manufactured at RTI in Camarillo, CA, and packaged in deluxe Stoughton Printing "Old Style" gatefold Tip-On jackets. The titles were once again handpicked by Harley and cover the crème de la crème of the Blue Note catalog along with underrated classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note umbrella including Pacific Jazz and United Artists Records. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest-possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version.

"The LPs are mastered directly from the original analog master tapes by Kevin at his incredible facility called Cohearent Mastering. We go about it in the exact same way that we did for so many years for the Music Matters Blue Note reissues. We do not roll off the low end, boost the top or do any limiting of any kind. We allow the full glory of the original Blue Note masters to come though unimpeded! Short of having an actual time machine, this is as close as you can get to going back and being a fly on the wall for an original Blue Note recording session."
- Joe Harley

Musicians:
Sonny Clark, piano
Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Paul Chambers, bass
Art Blakey, drums

Features:
• Blue Note Tone Poet Series
• Curated by Music Matters co-founder Joe Harley
• Audiophile-quality 180g vinyl LP
• All-analog mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray
• Manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated
• Deluxe gatefold jacket packaging

1. Junka
2. Blues Blue
3. Minor Meeting
4. Royal Flush
5. Some Clark Bars
6. My Conception

Grammy award-winning blues icon returns to his Delta blues roots for the most captivating musical statement of his long and legendary career. Charlie's first new solo studio release in seven years is stripped-down and semi-acoustic, driven by his deft guitar playing, while also featuring the masterful harp and soul-deep vocals for which he is famed. Mississippi Son is front porch country blues that is at turns raucous and languid, haunting and impossibly soulful. The track listing includes Musselwhite originals and songs by Charley Patton, Yank Rachell and Big Joe Williams. This warm, intimate recording is loaded with feeling and exhilarating, timeless music.

• 1 Blues Up the River
• 2 Hobo Blues
• 3 In Your Darkest Hour
• 4 Stingaree
• 5 When the Frisco Left the Shed
• 6 Remembering Big Joe
• 7 The Dark
• 8 Pea Vine Blues
• 9 Crawling King Snake
• 10 Blues Gave Me a Ride
• 11 My Road Lies in Darkness
• 12 Drifting from Town to Town
• 13 Rank Strangers
• 14 A Voice Foretold

Ty Segall meets a new non-rock challenge head-on; soundtrack music for the documentary film Whirlybird. A variety of synth sounds, electric keyboards, drums, percussion and saxophone (and yeah, a few guitars) form a shifting impressionist counterpart, instrumental music that dialogues with and serves to frame the film’s compulsive themes and images.

Van Morrison's forty-third studio album, What's It Gonna Take? features 14 new compositions that collectively reflect the artist's indefatigable drive to record and perform live in front of audiences. The album is preceded by "Pretending" - a gorgeous, restless soul track - produced by Morrison and recorded between Real World Studios, Bath Spa Hotel, Richard Dunn's Studio, Culloden Hotel Holywood Studio and Musicbox Studios.

LP1
1. Dangerous
2. What's It Gonna Take?
3. Fighting Back is the New Normal
4. Fodder for the Masses
5. Can't Go On This Way
6. Sometimes It's Just Blah Blah Blah
7. Money From America, 

LP2
1. Not Seeking Approval 
2. Damage and Recovery
3. Nervous Breakdown
4. Absolutely Positively the Most
5. I Ain’t No Celebrity
6. Stage Name
7. Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas
8. Pretending

New Side Project from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' and Fleetwood Mac's Mike Campbell!

While 2020's Wreckless Abandon is their first official release and occasion to tour, The Dirty Knobs first came together 15 years ago after Mike Campbell met guitarist Jason Sinay at a session and liked the way their guitars sounded together. After adding the acclaimed rhythm section of bassist Lance Morrison (Don Henley) and drummer Matt Laug (Slash, Alanis Morrisette), The Dirty Knobs became an outlet for Campbell to work on some of the other songs he was writing between Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers records and touring.

They got together when schedules permitted, playing music without an agenda, expectations or deadlines, without worrying about outcome or hits, pushing boundaries of taste, imagination, and genres and creating some of the most brutally confident yet psychically dangerous rock and roll since sonic-renegade juggernauts the Yardbirds first sauntered onto a London stage and ripped into "For Your Love." As the years went on the Knobs played out here and there, almost incognito, in little clubs in Southern California. In a way, they were doing their own version of the Beatles' formative, tighten-up Hamburg years: performing oddball covers but mostly original songs about bad women, complicated relationships and messy confrontations.

Finally, after all those years together, it became clear they should take what they did to the next level. Campbell's long-time compatriot, friend and bandmate, Tom Petty, had passed away, and after the numbing grief abated some, the guitarist knew the only way to heal some of the pain was to throw himself wholeheartedly back into his music. "Losing Tom was earth-shattering for me. It was a total shock," says Campbell. "It had felt like we would be playing together forever. For a while it was hard to imagine playing in my own band again, let alone one where I'm the frontman. Tom was always my beacon. But everything I've been doing since Tom passed, including this album with The Dirty Knobs, is in the spirit of honoring what we did together."

They recorded the album at Campbell's home studio, Hocus Pocus Recorders, in just three weeks' time, before the guitarist went out on the road in 2018 as a member of Fleetwood Mac. The Knobs tapped legendary producer George Drakoulias, who had also produced Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' 2002 LP The Last DJ, to co-produce. They also contacted the equally fabled Klaus Voormann - Beatles intimate, former member of Manfred Mann, and the artist behind Revolver - to design their album cover. "From the very first, the Dirty Knobs just felt right," says Campbell. "Everything just flowed. Recording the album was just an extension of that. This is a great group, there's a chemistry here and there's fun. You can't underrate the importance of fun. It's not something you can fake, but it is something you can hear in the album."

LP1

1. Wreckless Abandon
2. Pistol Packin' Mama
3. Sugar
4. Southern Boy
5. I Still Love You
6. Irish Girl

LP2

1. Fuck That Guy
2. Don't Knock The Boogie
3. Don't Wait
4. Anna Lee
5. Aw Honey
6. Loaded Gun
7. Don't Knock The Boogie (Coda)

For Mike Campbell, External Combustion – the second album by his first band as a leader, The Dirty Knobs – is proof that lightning can strike twice. The follow-up to their 2020 debut Wreckless Abandon beats a new set of odds and jumps ahead in vision and drive, proving the first record was no one-shot deal. Campbell experienced all of the above and more with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – riding shotgun with his friend and captain as lead guitarist, co-producer, and, at times, co-writer – when he met guitarist Jason Sinay at a session in Los Angeles in 2000. Once Lance Morrison joined in on bass and Matt Laug on drums, that turned into The Dirty Knobs, named after a faulty amp dial.

1. Wicked Mind
2. Brigitte Bardot
3. Cheap Talk
4. External Combustion
5. Dirty Job (feat. Ian Hunter)
6. State Of Mind (feat. Margo Price)
7. Lightning Boogie
8. Rat City
9. In This Lifetime
10. It Is Written
11. Electric Gypsy

Limited light blue colored vinyl LP pressing. 2014 album from the iconic blues guitarist.

Tracks

• 1 You Move Me
• 2 Nobody's Fault But Mine
• 3 Fine Yesterday
• 4 Your Good Think Is About to End
• 5 I Guess I'll Never Know
• 6 Hold on
• 7 What Would You Say
• 8 Hip Tight Onions
• 9 You're Everything
• 10 Deep in My Soul