Staff Picks

Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr (Exclusive Gold Vinyl) Johnny Marr will release a compilation of solo songs, Spirit Power: The former Smiths guitarist curated the collection from the last 10 years of his output and recorded a pair of new tracks, "Somewhere" and "The Answer."

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Armatopia
• 2 New Town Velocity
• 3 Easy Money
• 4 Spirit Power and Soul
• 5 Hi Hello
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Somewhere
• 2 European Me
• 3 The Messenger
• 4 I Feel You
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 The Answer
• 2 Dynamo
• 3 Spiral Cities
• 4 The Priest - By Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake
• 5 Night and Day
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Sensory Street
• 2 Walk Into the Sea
• 3 Upstarts
• 4 Candidate
• 5 Tenement Time

Recorded with producer Mike Elizondo and co-produced by Yates, Glow On follows Turnstile's 2018 album Time & Space, which saw the Baltimore. MD band charting new ground for hardcore, expanding stylistic boundaries and celebrating new possibilities. With Glow On that utopic vision is fully realized; 15 tracks devoid of borders, boundaries, or entry obstacles, only abundant imagination, heart, and grooves plucked from all corners of the musical spectrum. Glow On includes the singles "Holiday," "Mystery," "No Surprise," and "T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection)" from Turnstile's recent Turnstile Love Connection EP and companion short film. Glow On also includes guest features from Blood Orange on "Alien Love Call," "Lonely Dezires," with additional vocal contributions on "Endless."

1. Mystery
2. Blackout
3. Don't Play
4. Underwater Boi
5. Holiday
6. Humanoid / Shake It Up
7. Endless
8. Fly Again
9. Alien Love Call (feat. Blood Orange)
10. Wild Wrld
11. Dance-Off
12. New Heart Design
13. T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection)
14. No Surprise
15. Lonely Dezires (feat. Blood Orange)

Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies on black & red marble coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. 'Dogman' is the fifth studio album by American rock band, King's X, released in 1994. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien (who had recently worked with Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots and The Black Crowes). 'Dogman' was considerably heavier than previous albums and marked a transition in the band's sound. In 1999, Doug Pinnick reflected, "For me personally, the 'Dogman' record is what King's X really sounds like. The self-titled record was a step and an eye-opener and after that we could just make our music." With strong approval from both critics and fans, 'Dogman' is often considered as one of their best works to date.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Dogman
• 2 Shoes
• 3 Pretend
• 4 Flies and Blue Skies
• 5 Black the Sky
• 6 Fool You
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Don't Care
• 2 Sunshine Rain
• 3 Complain
• 4 Human Behavior
• 5 Cigarettes
• 6 Go to Hell
• 7 Pillow
• 8 Manic Depression

Bob Mould - "Here We Go Crazy" [Multicolor Smush LP] Alt-rock legend Bob Mould returns with his new album, Here We Go Crazy. The former frontman of Hüsker Dü and Sugar delivers 11 slices of anthemic, emotional driving alternative rock. Featuring singles "Here We Go Crazy," "When Your Heart Is Broken," and "Breathing Room," the album finds Bob in top form. Available on multicolor smush vinyl. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Here We Go Crazy
• 2 Neanderthal
• 3 Breathing Room
• 4 Hard to Get
• 5 When Your Heart Is Broken
• 6 Fur Mink Augurs
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Lost or Stolen
• 2 Sharp Little Pieces
• 3 You Need to Shine
• 4 Thread So Thin
• 5 Your Side

"Crushing chronic chords with the dyne-rhythm section to fuel it all, are not only still here, but stronger than ever". -No Depression

"Everything in Smithereens' world is like a film noir shot in psychedelic colors. But this New Jersey band has a talent for creating fresh variations that prevent dust or mist from clouding their music. 'Smithereens 2011' reaches a peak with the song that opens the album, the sour-tempered yet utterly transporting 'Sorry.'" -Ken Tucker, NPR

"Wholly satisfying blast of classic Smithereens songcraft and melodicism, colored with Pat DiNizio's impassioned vocals, Jim Babjak's thick-toned, stinging guitar, Dennis Diken's imaginative, powerful drum work and Severo 'The Thrilla' Jornacion's stylish bass. The entire collection sounds like a return to The Smithereens' mid-to-late '80s glory years, both song and performance-wise." -Goldmine Magazine

"And 2011's songs – the songs! – vintage! Picks up where Green Thoughts left off." -Pop Dose

Millions love this pianist/composer for his Peanuts music, but his biggest solo triumph, easily, was this 1962 LP. His imaginative interpretations of songs from the film Black Orpheus join Guaraldi originals including his sole pop hit, the beautiful Cast Your Fate to the Wind, which joins Samba de Orfeu: Manha de Carnaval: O Nosso Amor, and more. So sweet to be able to hear this on vinyl! 120-gram. Fantasy.

• 1 Samba de Orpheus
• 2 Manh de Carnaval
• 3 O Nosso Amor
• 4 Felicidade
• 5 Cast Your Fate to the Wind
• 6 Moon River
• 7 Alma-Ville
• 8 Since I Fell for You

50th Anniversary Remaster of the debut album from the band's own label, Grateful Dead RECORDS. With the recent passing of founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and temporary exit of drummer, Mickey Hart, this 1973 release introduces a fresh lineup that includes newest members Keith and Donna Godchaux on keys and vocals. Features"Eyes Of The World," "Stella Blue," and "Mississippi Half-Step." 50th Anniversary Remaster by David Glasser, with Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction. Produced for Release by David Lemieux. 180-Gram, black Vinyl.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (2023 Remaster)
• 2 Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (2023 Remaster)
• 3 Row Jimmy (2023 Remaster)
• 4 Stella Blue (2023 Remaster)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Here Comes Sunshine (2023 Remaster)
• 2 Eyes of the World (2023 Remaster)
• 3 Weather Report Suite (2023 Remaster)

4AD will repress two more Cocteau Twins’ albums on vinyl this coming March, following on from the recent reissues of Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas, Tiny Dynamine / Echoes In A Shallow Bay and The Pink Opaque. Using new masters created from high definition files transferred from the original analogue tapes, both vinyl pressings will also come with download codes. Digital HD audio versions of both albums will also be made available through specialist retailers at the same time. The band returned to being a trio in 1984 with guitarist Simon Raymonde joining their ranks in time for third album, Treasure. Produced by Robin Guthrie and featuring tracks “Lorelei,” “Ivo” and “Persephone,” Treasure is often celebrated as one of the band’s finest works. As Pitchfork put it when including the album in their Top 100 Albums of the 1980s, “Treasure was titled simply enough. An adjective for the endlessly inventive melodic lines you’d find buried in these songs, and a verb for what you’d do with them for years to come.”

• 1 Ivo 3:53
• 2 Lorelei 3:43
• 3 Persephone 3:12
• 4 Persephone 4:20
• 5 Pandora 5:35
• 6 Amelia 3:31
• 7 Aloysius 3:26
• 8 Cicely 3:29
• 9 Otterley 4:04
• 10 Donimo 6:19

Long before the raw power of punk icon Iggy Pop became legend, his first incarnation as Iggy Stooge of proto-punk trailblazers The Stooges roared into being. The essence of punk years before the genre existed, The Stooges' furious music was a howling, visceral, fuzztone-drenched, and unprecedented vortex of sound. Their bracing sophomore release, Fun House portrayed their evolution into a fiercer, stronger band with Iggy's primal vocals and mad brilliance more potent than ever.

1.  Down On The Street
2.  Loose
3.  T.V. Eye
4.  Dirt
5.  1970
6.  Fun House
7.  L.A. Blues

All Nine Songs on New Vance Powell Co-Produced Studio Collection Previously Performed Live by the Band Dating Back to 2011!

"Sigma Oasis came to be during the first week of November 2019, but it wasn't planned that way at all. We were headed up to The Barn to rehearse for our fall tour and ended up discussing this batch of relatively recent songs that we were particularly proud of and always wished we had recorded, but hadn't had a chance to yet. Trey suggested calling up Vance Powell as he mixed and engineered Ghosts Of The Forest. Vance was very familiar with the space and the console so we set up the gear with no room dividers, no click tracks. Nothing. Just like a Phish show. Open space. We played for a couple days. We just played a bunch of songs - very quickly, a few takes, very organic, natural, live, honest. We had the best time. When we were done, our photographer Rene came up and asked us to come out on the porch and snap a photo. It took about two minutes. And that's the album cover - a snapshot of our band at that point in time.

"Vance had some stuff on his schedule so he asked as a favor if we would mind if he didn't mix until early March. Now four months might sound like a long time, but it gave all of us time to work on the tracks - Page overdubbed a lot of keyboards at home. Trey went to a studio in New York and did vocals and percussion. We had time to pick which songs we wanted to work on. We let a few of them go, which was difficult, but that's ok. When we recorded the album, we didn't plan to release it this way. But today, because of the environment we're all in, it just feels right. We don't know the next time that we're all going to be able to be together. This is an opportunity to have a moment where the Phish community can share something despite being physically separated.

"The last line of the chorus of "Sigma Oasis" sums up this point - There's no place to get. There's nothing to achieve. There's no place to be. We're here. Right here, right now is as good as it gets. "You're already there." It's a content state of mind. You're just completely in the moment. "You're already there." You already have everything you need. Sigma Oasis. It aligns with where we are in our career and as friends and musicians. There's a joy to the playing. We're not clamoring to make it. Make what? We're already there! Sigma Oasis." - Phish

Recording Details:
Produced by Phish and Vance Powell
Strings arranged by Don Hart
Vocal production and arrangements by Raab Stevenson
Recorded by Vance Powell, Michael Fahey, Ben Collette & Jared Slomoff
Mixed by Vance Powell at Sputnik Sound
Mix assisted by Michael Fahey
Mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Mastering, Nashville TN

LP1

1. Sigma Oasis
2. Leaves
3. Everything's Right
4. Mercury

LP2

1. Shade
2. Evening Song
3. Steam
4. A Life Beyond The Dream
5. Thread

While many artists have come and gone, why have Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings only continued to grow steadily in popularity around the world? The reason is simple: There is no other band around today that plays with the rhythm, feeling, or explosive power of the Dap-Kings, and there is no other singer that can match the energy and honest soul of Sharon Jones. The culmination of these soulful attributes has never been so meticulously manifested as on their latest waxen treasure, GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.

• 1 Retreat!
• 2 Stranger to My Happiness
• 3 We Get Along
• 4 You'll Be Lonely
• 5 Now I See
• 6 Making Up and Breaking Up
• 7 Get Up and Get Out
• 8 Long Time, Wrong Time
• 9 People Don't Get What They Deserve
• 10 Slow Down Love