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Ambitious and Expansive Second Album Produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Foo Fighters, Beck)!

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Described as "a bold evolution" from the band's 2018 debut Anthem of the Peaceful Army, Greta Van Fleet's highly anticipated second album The Battle At Garden's Gate came together primarily on the road or while in the studio after the runaway success of 2017's "Highway Tune" led to the band packing up, leaving home, and eagerly soaking up new experiences on an extended road trip around the world. The melding of all these experiences opened their eyes to amazing new worlds of culture, history, philosophy and spirituality – and ushered in an entirely new way of looking at life and the approach to their music. Accordingly, Greta Van Fleet poured everything they experienced into these new songs – the music reflects their spiritual and intellectual growth, increased awareness of the inequalities plaguing the modern world, and deep empathy for what other people are going through.

"We realized that while growing up, we had been shielded by many things, and we were unaware of a lot of things," says drummer Danny Wagner. "And then we were thrown out into this huge world, and it was a bit of a culture shock at first. But as we started to travel a lot, meet new and different people and experience different cultures, our definition of ‘normal' changed." "I suppose that everything has changed except what got us here in the first place," adds bassist Sam Kiszka. "Everything – our perception of the world, perception of life itself, what it means to be an artist, what it means to be part of a beautiful, gorgeous society. We've gained a larger understanding of why we're all here."

In general, the album's arrangements are spacious and leisurely, giving the music pleasing dynamics, as the band touches on all manners of rock ‘n' roll. The Battle at Garden's Gate is cinematic, capturing the breathtaking energy of an exciting fight scene or the smoldering passion of a brooding, heroic protagonist saving the day. Sonically, The Battle at Garden's Gate also feels bracingly modern, an embodiment of genre-blended musical freedom. Recorded in Los Angeles with Greg Kurstin (Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney), the album is ambitious and expansive, marked by epic journeys such as the second single, "Age of Machine," and the Top 5 rock hit "My Way, Soon," which boasts a towering chorus hook and rip-it-up-and-start-again lyrics.

Josh Kizska explains, "It's very dynamic, lyrically speaking. And that's the human experience. It's much more than pain or fear; it's also beauty. People need people, and love is important." Lyrically, The Battle at Garden's Gate muses about the influence of technology on modern life; the role conflict plays in the global sphere; the deceptive fulfillment of tangible riches; and philosophical questions about life, love and power. Josh goes on, "There was a lot of self-evolution happening during the writing of this album that was prompted by experiences I had, experiences we all had, so a lot of contemplation occurred." Jake Kiszka adds, "It's reflecting a lot of the world that we've seen, and I think that it's reflecting a lot of personal truth. What Josh does very well with the lyrics is telling ancient tales with a contemporary application."

Second Installment features Another Helping of Sturgill Simpson Songs Reimagined in Bluegrass Form including Two Previously Unreleased Tracks!

Just a few weeks after the surprise release of the Cuttin' Grass (Vol. 1): Butcher Shoppe Sessions album – which Uproxx called "the most sublime and delightful music he's yet made on record" – Sturgill Simpson returns with the next installment of his bluegrass series, Cuttin' Grass (Vol. 2): The Cowboy Arms Sessions.

The genre-defying singer/songwriter reconvened an A-Team of acoustic players (now dubbed "The Hillbilly Avengers") for another round of reinterpretations of his catalogue, this time largely focusing on 2016's A Sailor's Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year. This volume also includes "Jesus Boogie," originally performed by Simpson's first band, Sunday Valley, and two previously unreleased songs, "Tennessee" and "Hobo Cartoon," the latter of which was co-written with the incomparable Merle Haggard – who once said that Simpson was "about the only thing I've heard that was worth listening to in a long time."

"On Volume 2, we recorded everything I was too afraid to do on Volume 1," Simpson said. "It's hard to deny that this is a much more personal record. I was thinking about my kids, my grandfather, my wife." Vol. 2 was produced by David Ferguson and features Sierra Hall (mandolin, vocals), Mike Bub (bass), Stuart Duncan (fiddle, vocals), Scott Vestal (banjo, vocals), Tim O'Brien (guitar, vocals), Mark Howard (guitar, vocals), and Miles Miller (percussion, vocals).

1. Call to Arms
2. Brace for Impact (Live a Little)
3. Oh Sarah
4. Sea Stories
5. Hero
6. Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
7. Jesus Boogie
8. Keep It Between the Lines
9. You Can Have the Crown
10. Tennessee
11. Some Days
12. Hobo Cartoon

The Record is the debut album from the indie rock supertrio, Boygenius, consisting of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker & Lucy Dacus. Each of the three musicians have brilliant solo careers, so one could fear that a joint project would almost break under the massive expectations, but Baker, Bridges and Dacus have already proven their project's worth on their 2018 self-titled EP. With The Records Boygenius can present their first full-length studio album, which once again emphasizes their unpretentious and raw approach to music. These are three talents characterized by an authenticity and empathy rarely seen among young musicians today, and on their shared project, they manage to push their songwriting into new areas and towards new heights.

• 1 Without You Without Them
• 2 $20
• 3 Emily I'm Sorry
• 4 True Blue
• 5 Cool About It
• 6 Not Strong Enough
• 7 Revolution O
• 8 Leonard Cohen
• 9 Satanist
• 10 We're in Love
• 11 Anti-Curse
• 12 Letter to An Old Poet

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a rambling account of growth as individuals, musicians, and chosen family over 4 distinct recording sessions. In Upstate New York, Topanga Canyon, The Rocky Mountains, and Tucson, AZ, Big Thief spent 5 months in creation and came out with 45 completed songs. The most resonant of this material was edited down into the 20 tracks that make up DNWMIBIY, a fluid and adventurous listen. The album was produced by drummer James Krivchenia who initially pitched the recording concept for DNWMIBIY back in late 2019 with the goal of encapsulating the many different aspects of Adrianne's songwriting and the band onto a single record.

All four of these sessions, in their varied states of fidelity, style, and mood, when viewed together as one album seem to stand for a more honest, zoomed-out picture of lived experience than would be possible on a traditional, 12 song record. This was exactly what the band hoped would be the outcome of this kind of massive experiment. When Max's mom asked on a phone call what it feels like to be back together with the band playing music for the first time in a year, he described to the best of abilities: "Well it's like, we're a band, we talk, we have different dynamics, we do the breaths, and then we go on stage and suddenly it feels like we are now on a dragon. And we can't really talk because we have to steer this dragon."

The attempt to capture something deeper, wider, and full of mystery, points to the inherent spirit of Big Thief. Traces of this open-hearted, non-dogmatic faith can be felt through previous albums, but here on Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You lives the strongest testament to its existence.

1. Change
2. Time Escaping
3. Spud Infinity
4. Certainty
5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
6. Sparrow
7. Little Things
8. Heavy Bend
9. Flower of Blood
10. Blurred View
11. Red Moon
12. Dried Roses
13. No Reason
14. Wake Me up to Drive
15. Promise Is a Pendulum
16. 12,000 Lines
17. Simulation Swarm
18. Love Love Love
19. The Only Place
20. Blue Lightning

Between 1994 to 2001, Green Day would visit the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in London four times and record live sessions for Radio 1’s “Evening Show” and its popular DJ Steve Lamacq. This compilation documents those sessions, and includes many of the band’s hits including “When I Come Around”, “Basket Case”, “Brain Stew/Jaded” and “Minority”.

First Two Pages of Frankenstein is The National’s ninth studio album. This 11-song collection signals a new chapter in the band’s discography. Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, First Two Pages of Frankenstein finds The National sounding more creatively energized than ever and poised to earn them even more fans. The album was produced by the band at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift (""The Alcott""), Phoebe Bridgers (""This Isn't Helping"" and ""Your Mind Is Not Your Friend"") and Sufjan Stevens (""Once Upon a Poolside""). Indie Red Vinyl.

Popestar is the second EP by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It consists mainly of covers and was produced by Tom Dalgety. The EP was released on 16 September 2016, by Loma Vista Recordings. The band began the Popestar Tour of North America following its release.

Tracks:

Square Hammer

Nocturnal Me

I believe

Missionary Man

Bible

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release, the fourth studio album by British band Mumford & Sons. The album was recorded at The Church Studios in London with producer Paul Epworth. The album features the lead single, "Guiding Light". The band recorded more than 25 songs with Epworth and were intent on keeping the "collaborative spirit" of their live shows and 2016 EP Johannesburg. Marcus Mumford has said that much of the album was recorded in "non-gender specific Friday night lads sessions" with friends where they would play music, "smoke cigarettes and have a great time". Around 100 people were involved in these sessions, with some being featured on the record, including American singer-songwriters Maggie Rogers and Gill Landry.

Tracks

1. 42
2. Guiding Light
3. Woman
4. Beloved
5. The Wild
6. October Skies
7. Slip Away
8. Rose Of Sharon
9. Picture You
10. Darkness Visible
11. If I Say
12. Wild Heart
13. Forever
14. Delta

Double beige colored vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. The Tortured Poets Department (also shortened to Tortured Poets) is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Double white colored vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. The Tortured Poets Department (also shortened to Tortured Poets) is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Shortly after finishing work on Midnights, Swift conceived The Tortured Poets Department and developed it during the Eras Tour (2023-2024). She described the album as her "lifeline" record, a product of imperative songwriting. It consists of sixteen songs, featuring collaborations with the American rapper Post Malone features on "Fortnight" and the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine on "Florida!!!". Each of the four physical versions of the album include one additional bonus track.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Fortnight (Feat. Post Malone)
• 2 The Tortured Poets Department
• 3 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
• 4 Down Bad
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 So Long London
• 2 But Daddy I Love Him
• 3 Fresh Out the Slammer
• 4 Florida!!! (Feat. Florence + the Machine)
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Guilty As Sin?
• 2 Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
• 3 I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
• 4 Loml
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
• 2 The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
• 3 The Alchemy
• 4 Clara Bow
• 5 The Bolter (Bonus Track)

Double smoke gray colored vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. The Tortured Poets Department (also shortened to Tortured Poets) is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Double white colored vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. The Tortured Poets Department (also shortened to Tortured Poets) is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Shortly after finishing work on Midnights, Swift conceived The Tortured Poets Department and developed it during the Eras Tour (2023-2024). She described the album as her "lifeline" record, a product of imperative songwriting. It consists of sixteen songs, featuring collaborations with the American rapper Post Malone features on "Fortnight" and the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine on "Florida!!!". Each of the four physical versions of the album include one additional bonus track.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Fortnight (Feat. Post Malone)
• 2 The Tortured Poets Department
• 3 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
• 4 Down Bad
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 So Long London
• 2 But Daddy I Love Him
• 3 Fresh Out the Slammer
• 4 Florida!!! (Feat. Florence + the Machine)
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Guilty As Sin?
• 2 Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
• 3 I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
• 4 Loml
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
• 2 The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
• 3 The Alchemy
• 4 Clara Bow
• 5 The Albatross (Bonus Track)

Though they have come to be one of the defining bands of the '90s, and an entire era of alt-rock, the number of people who actually got to see Sublime live in their heyday is remarkably small. They wouldn't experience their major breakthrough until the tragic death of Bradley Nowell, so most of their shows up until the immediate tours after 40oz to Freedom started gaining traction a year after it's release took place in impromptu settings at house parties, barbecues, and bars. There have been many, many bootlegs produced of these shows, but none can boast what $5 at the Door does: It's the best sounding live recording of the band at their pre-Sublime prime, capturing their 1994 set at Tressel Tavern, as they knock out Grateful Dead covers and sound like a runaway train car that is laying it's own track as it rambles down the tracks.

Tracks:

LP 1

Side A

1 Don't Push / Right Back / New Thrash

2 Work That We Do

3 40Oz. to Freedom

4 House of Suffering

5 Badfish

Side B

1 Leaving Babylon

2 Prison Oval Rock

3 We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance

4 Let's Go Get Stoned

5 Pool Shark

6 STP

7 I'm Not a Loser

LP 2

Side A

1 Scarlet Begonias

2 Loving / Good Hole College

3 Cost of Living

4 DJ's

5 Saw Red

6 Jah Is My Light / Greatest Hits

7 Jailhouse

Side B

1 54-46 That's My Number+B77

2 Date R\*

3 Ebin

4 Youth Are Getting Restless

5 Romantic Girl / Winner Takes All

6 Myage

7 Slow Ride

Global superstar Post Malone holds the record for most RIAA diamond-certified singles in history. The Diamond Collection is a compilation of his top hits to date, including “Congratulations (feat. Quavo),” “Sunflower (with Swae Lee),” “White Iverson,” and more. Available on clear vinyl in a custom jacket exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2023.

SIDE A:
1. White Iverson
2. Congratulations – feat. Quavo
3. I Fall Apart
4. rockstar – feat. 21 Savage

SIDE B:
5. Psycho – feat. Ty Dolla $ign
6. Better Now
7. Sunflower (SpiderMan: Into The SpiderVerse) – Post Malone & Swae Lee
8. Circles
9. Chemical

SIDE C:
10. Go Flex
11. Candy Paint
12. Stay
13. Wow.
14. Goodbyes – feat. Young Thug

SIDE D:
15. Take What You Want – feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott
16. I Like You (A Happier Song) – feat. Doja Cat
17. One Right Now – feat. The Weeknd
18. Feeling Whitney

My Morning Jacket - "My Morning Jacket" - [Orange Crush w/ Lemon Splatter 2 LP] On their new full-length, My Morning Jacket reaffirm the rarefied magic that has made them so beloved, embedding each song with moments of discovery, revelation & ecstatic catharsis. It comes after a near permanent hiatus for the band until performing four shows in summer '19 left them with a new energy. Jim James engineered/produced at 64 Sound in LA where the band spent weeks in intentional seclusion emerging with their self-titled 9th album. Indie Exclusive Orange Crush w/ Lemon Splatter 2LP.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Regularly Scheduled Programming
• 2 Love Love Love
• 3 In Color
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Least Expected
• 2 Never in the Reworld
• 3 The Devil's in the Details
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Lucky to Be Alive
• 2 Complex
• 3 Out of Range Pt. 2
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Penny for Your Thoughts
• 2 I Never Could Get Enough