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Global superstar Dean Lewis will release his hotly anticipated third studio album, The Epilogue, via Capitol Records. Dean will head off on a global tour to support the album release. The Epilogue Tour will start in Australia in October 2024 and head to the US, UK and EU in 2025. The 12-track album includes his previous singles, “Trust Me Mate” and “Memories” as well as the recently released, “All I Ever Wanted.”

This is the expanded Deluxe Edition of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ classic 1982 album Long After Dark, featuring “You Got Lucky,” “Straight Into Darkness” and “Change Of Heart.” Release is scheduled for 10/18 and includes 12 bonus tracks, 7 of which are previously unreleased.” The new product is timed around the re-release of director Cameron Crowe’s first film, Heartbreakers’ Beach Party, a 1983 documentary special for MTV that has not been seen since its original airing (only aired twice).

Indie Exclusive - Vince Guaraldi’s score for “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" came out for the first time ever for the special’s 50thanniversary and charted as a top Jazz, soundtrack and children’s album upon its release, selling out all available copies. The complete soundtrack to the celebrated animated holiday television special, written and created by Charles Schulz, directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman and produced by Melendez and Lee Mendelson, includes the long-awaited release of many of Guaraldi’s classic compositions and performances along with never-before-heard bonus material.

Newly re-discovered in LMFP’s vaults, the original recording sessions for Vince Guaraldi's beloved soundtrack have been remixed and remastered for audiophiles and Peanuts® fans everywhere. The album includes many previously unreleased tracks, several never heard since the Vince Guaraldi Quintet laid them down for the recording session in 1973. All the songs were remastered from the original 2" 16 track source tapes.

This soundtrack from the 1973 holiday classic includes Guaraldi hits from the original sources like the funky brass filled "Linus and Lucy," "Thanksgiving Theme," and the soulful "Little Birdie." You will hear timbres from instruments that were previously buried in the show mix. Furthermore, there are bonus tracks for "Thanksgiving Interlude" demonstrating how Guaraldi crafted his score for the special; an additional keyboard on "Linus and Lucy;" and Guaraldi whistling the melody for "Is It James or Charlie?"

Beyond the composer's piano playing, the quintet is made up of Mike Clark on drums; Seward McCain (longest touring bassist with Guaraldi - holding down the electric bass at Guaraldi's request); Tom Harrell on trumpet to class up the album; and Chuck Bennett on Trombone. This is some of the funkiest Guaraldi you'll hear as his quintet leaned into the East Bay Sound, a type of funk that Mike Clark helped pioneer in the early ’70s. Guaraldi even lends his bluesy voice to introduce Woodstock with "Little Birdie." The album was remix engineered by Terry Carleton, restored and mastered by Vinson Hudson, and produced by Sean and Jason Mendelson. All versions include liner notes by Sean Mendelson and artwork from the original special. This Indie Exclusive repressing comes in a limited and exclusive Purple Jelly Bean Purple variant.

Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Joe Henry's 2009 record "Blood From Stars" sees him exploring the realms of orchestral blues and jazz. Not only is Henry a Grammy Award winning producer, but also a well-respected and prolific artist in his own right. With his evocative lyrics and soulful vocal delivery, Henry crafts a poignant narrative that stands as a testament to his terrific skills as a songwriter and lyricist. Supported by the likes of guitarist Marc Ribot and pianist Patrick Warren, the album leans into the darker and more raw sounds of blues - a departure from the expected Joe Henry sound to create something new but captivating all the same. This 2024 reissue includes five special "Live-On-Air" bonus tracks, recorded and broadcast live in Los Angeles on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" hosted by Jason Bentley on Oct 8, 2009. They allow the listener to get even closer to Henry's powerful words and melodies, making the reissue of "Blood From Stars" a great addition to any Joe Henry fan's collection.

MARIAH CAREY / RAINBOW (25th ANNIVERSARY) The 25th anniversary limited edition of Mariah Carey's multi-platinum selling record, Rainbow, has been pressed on picture disc vinyl and includes rare photos from the era. Rainbow is Mariah's seventh studio album, with #1 hits, "Heartbreaker" (ft. Jay-Z), "Thank God I Found You" (ft. Joe & 98 Degrees), the globally successful cover of "Against All Odds" plus more fan favorites. This deluxe album also features several bonus tracks including, 'Rainbow's End,' a brand-new recording.

Chinese American Bear is a C-pop duo, currently based in Seattle, who create eclectic bilingual (English/Chinese) ear candy. Composed of married couple Bryce Barsten and Anne Tong, the pair make music that blends Chinese mando-pop and the Western indie pop canon, writing songs that flit between English and Mandarin, capturing a spirit of cross-cultural joy and longing, that is often poignant while never losing its sense of fun. They’ve been described as if The Flaming Lips, Dusty Springfield, and The Beach Boys had a baby with Care Bear. The album is full of comedy, groove, quirk, and cuteness with melodically rich instrumentation, bits of psychedelia, doses of funk, and a lot of lyrics about filling up your belly with food. The duo explain: “Wah!!! isn’t really about anything in particular. We like that. We like to write what

Slow Burn: A feeling that grows with a slow but deliberate intensity. That sums up Boney James’ music, career and the vibe of his newest album. The iconic 4x Grammy nominated sax man’s 19th album is another deliberate step on his creative journey. Featuring legendary Jazz/R&B artists Marcus Miller and Cory Henry, the record also spotlights R&B’s next superstar October London. With 10 songs, 8 originals plus homages to Herbie Hancock and Stanley Turrentine, Slow Burn is Boney James at his best.

RSD Essential 067 - Originally released in 1992, Brutal Truth’s ‘Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses’ was produced by the legendary Colin Richardson and is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential grindcore records of all time. Reissued with ‘Full Dynamic Audio’ this release is a must have for any fan of Grindcore.

Indie Exclusive - Produced by Grammy Award winning producer Paul Moak, ‘See Where The Night Goes’ is the 3rd studio album from Nashville Rock N Roll prodigies Goodbye June. 11 tracks of the very finest modern day Rock music with a twist of southern twang and washed down with a shot of blues.

Vikingur Olafsson / CONTINUUM As he continues his epic tour of J.S. Bach's equally epic Goldberg Variations, Víkingur Olafsson presents a series of six new Bach singles. Recorded at Reykjavík's Harpa concert hall in January 2024, the tracks feature piano arrangements of sacred pieces by Bach, four of which have been realized by Olafsson himself. 12" EP, 45 RPM.

Shawn Mendes' new self-titled album, Shawn, was written and recorded over the past two years by Mendes, across many sessions and locations, alongside a small group of collaborators including Scott Harris, Mike Sabath, Eddie Benjamin, Nate Mercereau, Ethan Gruska, Amy Allen and Chris Thile. As his 5th studio album, it is Shawn at his most intimate and honest, and will be released October 18th via Island Records.

GRAMMY-nominated trio Midland return with Barely Blue, an 8-song collection exploring the tides of loneliness and the stoicism of holding one's own while imbuing an unparalleled sense of vulnerability that breaks down the facade of masculinity and honors the spirit of loving, losing and moving on. Lead singer/guitarist Mark Wystrach, bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy and guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson lean into a space where lonely is acknowledged, life goes on and steel guitars are what binds it all together.

Pacific Highway Music reintroduces Skegss as the duo of Ben Reed and Jonny Lani presenting their most masterful and fully realized work to date. The Byron Bay-bred band’s third full-length album brings a newly heightened creative energy to every aspect of their explosive yet introspective form of rock. Centered on Reed’s frenetic and playful lyricism, Pacific Highway Music finds Skegss exploring the more complicated elements of the human experience with sincerity and unabashed joie de vivre.

Released to celebrate Albert King’s Centennial, his 1999 live album In Session with Stevie Ray Vaughan is now available in its entirely for the first time on 3-LP, 2-CD and Digital. Recorded live for television at CHCH-TV studios in Ontario, Canada in 1983, this is the only known recording of Vaughan and King playing together. Also featured are Tony Llorens (piano/organ), Gus Thornton (bass), and Michael Llorens (drums). This deluxe edition has been newly mastered by Joe Tarantino.

The 2004 holiday album from the Canadian rock band, Barenaked Ladies, is making its worldwide vinyl debut. Interlacing multiple holiday traditions with their signature off-kilter alt-rock style, the album contains Hannukah, Christmas and New Year’s classics along with original tracks and covers. The band also enlisted guest vocalists on some of the tunes. True to form as always, Barenaked for the Holidays delivers a uniquely Barenaked Ladies experience to get you in the holiday spirit.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sonora Ponceña’s Sabor Sureño on Inca Records, with this newly remastered reissue featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Produced by legendary artist Larry Harlow, and led by Papo and Enrique Lucca, the recording stars vocalists Luigi Texidor and Miguelito Ortiz. The album’s hits include the electric “Juana Bayona,” the rousing guaguancó “Ecue Baroni” and Tite Curet Alonso’s “Las Mujeres Son de Azúcar.”

Bishop Briggs forthcoming album, Tell My Therapist I'm Fine, tackles themes of breaking societal standards and unapologetically stepping into your own power. Motivated by the need to continue honoring her late sister's spirit, Briggs weaves her loss and grief into life-honoring moments that are buoyant, irreverent and embracing. Her 10-track album kicks off its first release with “Mona Lisa On A Mattress” which Briggs shared "is about a messy, sexy, toxic relationship I fell hopelessly into."

Pianist and composer Aaron Parks returns to Blue Note Records - where he released his influential 2008 album, Invisible Cinema - with Little Big III, the third studio album from his acclaimed band Little Big, featuring guitarist Greg Tuohey, bassist David Ginyard Jr., and drummer Jongkuk Kim. Co-produced by Parks and Don Was, the collective's concise, accessible writing and vibrant, empathetic playing elevate the band's powerfully modern, post-genre concept for improvised music in the 21st century. Throughout, the bandmembers' kinship is palpable. There's a vitality at play on the record that is extraordinary; somehow, it's beautiful and raw in equal measure. "While this record feels the most supple and alive," Parks says, "it also feels like the most focused album Little Big has recorded - the most distilled down to the essence."

In 2023, Carnosus released the album, Visions of Infinihility, that garnered the band worldwide acclaim being lauded by many websites and zines as the best metal album of the year. Now, in 2024 Carnosus is back with their new album, Wormtales. Somehow, the band has managed to take things to even another level and this album will be sure to raise the profile of the band even further.

Including hit songs "Love Me Again," "Slow Dancing" and "Rainy Days," V of BTS releases his first solo album Layover on vinyl for the first time - in a limited edition Gray Vinyl. Contents of the album include: 12" Gray Vinyl, Outer Sleeve, Inner Sleeve, Poster Set (6 each), Postcard Booklet (12 pages) and Photo Card (2 each). Dimensions: 316 x 316 x 5 mm.

Jerry Cantrell's fourth solo album, I Want Blood, is co-produced by Jerry Cantrell and Joe Barresi. Featuring contributions from Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies), Mike Bordin (Faith No More) and backing vocals from Lola Colette and Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan). 2 LP set on RED color vinyl with 9 bonus spoken word tracks exclusive to vinyl. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive.

Rubblebucket’s new album explores one particular year from the band’s past known as the Year Of The Banana. Frontwoman Kalmia Traver has a personal practice of naming each year since 2011, ie: Year of Brushstrokes (2014), Year Of The Mountain And The Steady Flame (2022), Year Of Stop Crying, Start Flying (2023), etc. However, in 2015 (Year Of The Banana) Kalmia’s romantic relationship with Rubblebucket co-founder Alex Toth fell apart, and that year was spent peeling off psychological layers in search of the sweetness that would allow the friendship, and the band, to continue. “People get obsessed with the albums that were never finished because the band couldn’t stay together,” Kalmia says. “But Year Of The Banana is the album that did get finished.” So Rubblebucket is celebrating 15 years as a band with a record about the year it almost ended.

Kalmia and co-bandleader Alex Toth had formed Rubblebucket four years into their romantic relationship and lasted another six as a couple within the band. In 2015, after ten years together, they were unraveling. “We tried couples therapy,” Kal says. “Even an open relationship.” Alex adds, “I proposed to Kal in the recording studio! She said yes and we broke up a few months later anyway.” The future of the band was uncertain; could Kal and Alex stay friends and continue to work together post-breakup? Kal says, “It just shows what’s possible if you try every wild therapy imaginable.”

The band brought in mediators, hypnotherapists, psycho-therapists, life coaches, business coaches, recovery groups, guided hallucinogens…Year Of The Banana was birthed from a cornucopia of self-help, spiritual practices, and drugs. In fact, while making the record, Alex and Kalmia kept a list of album ingredients (see list below).

Despite the difficulties these two long-time friends faced in working together, the energy from their fans and joyfully-excellent live touring ensemble inspired them to get back into the studio and writing room for perhaps their deepest and grooviest work yet.

Year Of The Banana opens with an immediate feeling of positivity in the face of melancholy. Kal sings, “When I see the way you’re leaning into living, it makes me want to lean towards living too.” And we’re already dancing. Rubblebucket is still a through-and-through art rock dance band, virtuosic experimental musicians with a pop sensibility along the lines of Talking Heads, Prince, or Kate Bush. But there’s nothing retro about Rubblebucket’s sound; they’re mixing electronics with real instruments, especially horn sections (Alex plays trumpet, Kalmia sax) and they feel at home in the same universe as Caroline Polachek, SZA, or Chappell Roan.

On “Moving Without Touching”, Kal sings high Brian Wilson-esque ooh-oohs while describing disconnection. “I just wanna love you how you want me to, so tell me how you like it…” The lyrics from the album are adapted from a collection of poems Kal wrote in 2015, setting these past feelings to looking-back emotions, sympathy for what their past selves went through, the uncertainty of that year, and gratitude to be able to look back at it safely from the other side.

“The Sorrow That Comes With Loving You” has hints of Motown songwriting but with a tighter more modern dance-beat. “Rattlesnake” is surely the funkiest cut on the record, though it opens with the neurotic “I don’t want to analyze you but…” And it unveils itself as one character pushing another to self-examine; for Rubblebucket, therapy takes the form of a dance party. “Go All The Way With Me” feels like Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” through a Charli XCX filter while simultaneously being more fun than either of those things. “Swimming In The Light” is a late-album highlight, an extremely groovy list of fantasies that the narrator recognizes as fantasies. “We’re hanging upside down and you pass me a maraschino cherry with your mouth in my imagination… I’ve got your picture but I wanna get to know you for real.”

Listening to Year Of The Banana, it’s impossible to overlook how joyful it is, how full of hope. The album speaks to the power of transforming and adapting relationships in a time when the world needs it most. It speaks of yearning & striving for familiar intimacy that has been stripped away from much of our society by the extractive powers of capitalism. It speaks of creative ways of finding togetherness in a time when humans are the most divided from each other and from the myriad life forms of nature. The album has a transforming effect, inspiring us to face ourselves and radically keep loving each other, assuring us that the unpredictable process has potential to feel as free and sweet as peeling a banana on the dance floor.

Ingredient List

Alex’s Ingredients

3.5 grams of psilocybin
.5 grams mdma
hella tears
strong desire to have less desire
30-40 hours of paid mediation so that i could keep working with my best friend
birds
dirty green rooms
huge crowds
songs and voice memos
fear of death
fear of life
candles out the ass
melted wax everywhere and every which way
dysfunctional but pleasurable romances

Kal’s Ingredients

Garlic
Travel
Topography
Secret hiding spaces
Morning glories
Personal sacred geometry
rock
mountain
oak tree
Plant cuttings
Rollerblading
Cool wind at night
Seltzer
Camaraderie
Angelic oversight
Grounding
Polka dots