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Green Day is not your savior. But the spirit of rock n roll might be. And as the greatest punk band alive, they're the loudest vessel we have... to flip-off the oligarchy.   Now, a year into their Grammy-nominated Saviors era one that's reignited the music world (and Coachella stage) by storm. Green Day shows no signs of slowing down. Enter Saviors (Edition de luxe), dropping May 23, 2025. This expanded version includes 7 bonus tracks: the explosive "Smash It Like Belushi," "Fuck Off," "Ballyhoo" and "Underdog," a reflective "Stay Young," plus acoustic renditions of "Suzie Chapstick" and "Father to a Son." Together, they amplify the fire that "The American Dream Is Killing Me" first sparked now more Molotov cocktail than SOS flare. Amazingly, Saviors represents Green Day's 14th studio album, yet somehow this enduring power trio -- Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool & Mike Dirnt -- remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed 3 East Bay punks in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. The album was recorded in both London and Los Angeles under the audacious ear and Rock prowess of Green Day's longtime friend & collaborator, GRAMMY Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo.  Need a little inspiration to fight the good fight another day?   Fear not. Saviors (Edition de luxe) is coming May 23.

Music For People Who Believe In Love is the new solo studio album from Joe Jonas releasing on Republic Records. This album features new single “Work It Out” and 12 additional new tracks.

James Bay Chaos And The Calm: 10 Years [Deluxe Edition] [Signed Insert]

Stereolab's First Album in 15 Years on Clear Vinyl Double LP! Stereolab announce a new album, Instant Holograms On Metal Film, available on 23rd May 2025, co-released by the band's own label Duophonic UHF Disks, and Warp Records. Their first new record in fifteen years, it features thirteen songs written by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane; performed by Laetitia, Tim, Andy Ramsay, Joe Watson and Xavi Muñoz, who comprise the current touring line-up of the band. - The album also features guest contributions by Cooper Crain and Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), Ben LaMar Gay (International Anthem), Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf (Cavern Of Anti-Matter), Marie Merlet and Molly Hansen Read.

Plaeygirl MO - Plæygirl is the fourth studio album by Danish singer and songwriter MO.

Stripping away all expectations, constraints, pressures, and limitations, there's a certain purity and allure to art crafted simply for the sake of genuine expression. The desire to unleash one's unencumbered ingenuity and unique vision into the world is an attitude embraced by those often celebrated for pushing boundaries, and it's under this same premise that German newcomers Senna were formed. Drawing their name from the Arabic word for brightness, shine, or glow, bandmates Simon Masdjedi (vocals), Tobias Stulz (guitar/vocals), Marcel Dürr (guitar), Fabian Cattarius (bass), and Leon Dorn (drums), never intended for Senna - a musical outlet originally established as a studio side project - to come into it's own as a fully-fledged unit. Yet, tackling a luminous blend of playful but technical instrumentation and edgy hard-rock meets progressive post-hardcore styling, it's only fitting that both the innovative outfit and their introductory work have entered the limelight for all to enjoy. Crystal Clear LP

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo', two generations of American blues masters, reunite to release their second album together, Room On The Porch, following their GRAMMY Award winning album, TajMo (2017). This historic collaboration between two blues giants, converges their extraordinary talents for an album of original songs and covers. In this 10-song set, the title track features award winning singer-songwriter Ruby Amanfu. Available on vinyl, CD and digitally.

When she was a child and he a young father, Marc Ribot’s daughter drew a map of a city in deep, rich, vivid blue. When he praised her blue map, she corrected him: It's not a blue map, but a map of a blue city. That distinction stuck with him and eventually inspired a curious song called “Map of a Blue City. Map of a Blue City ruminates on what it means to be lost—the confusion and fear, of course, but also the excitement of so many undreamt-of possibilities. Its history is an odd map of its own, full of false starts, blind alleys, dead ends, and one inconceivable tragedy, all leading to what may be his definitive statement as an instrumentalist, as a songwriter, and even as a singer. While it’s not a singer-songwriter album, it is his first to center his plaintive, wise voice quite so prominently. Map of a Blue City bears the weight of its history gracefully, incorporating recordings made over nearly half of Ribot’s life and reflecting on how he got to this particular moment. “Working on this album for so long, I’ve seen the world change dramatically and not really change at all. Some of the issues today are the same ones I thought about when I was just starting the album, but some are things I couldn’t have dreamt of at the time. But I think that’s why I was so determined to get the production values right. Recording production is really complicated, but it all boils down to what kind of room the listener feels they’re standing in. There are some hard truths and cold observations in these songs. I wanted the room to be small enough so that we couldn’t turn away: but warm enough to feel like you’re hearing it from a friend.”

Wunderhorse’s debut album Cub has taken on a life of its own in the 20 months since its release, with sprawling, psychedelic numbers and sharp grunge refrains alike igniting Wunderhorse’s ever-growing audience. Cub’s campaign and the months following have seen the four-piece graduate from playing in basements and pubs to filling Glastonbury’s Woodsies tent and selling out O2 Academy Brixton. 

Across the mammoth tour leading up to and following Cub’s release, Slater and his bandmates – guitarist Harry Fowler, drummer Jamie Staples and bassist Peter Woodin – gradually and naturally became a fully-formed band, and left the solo era of Wunderhorse behind.

As their crowds have grown exponentially in both scale and ardency, and Cub’s tracks have reached the status of cultural reference points within the younger contingents of their fanbase, it seems harder than ever to recall a time when frontman Jacob Slater believed that his career was over before his twenties had even begun. 

Having burned himself out as the teenage frontman of the much-hyped but ultimately ill-fated punk outfit Dead Pretties, Jacob retired to Cornwall to repair the damage that he had caused himself.

It was whilst working as a surf instructor on the UK’s south western perimeter that Jacob rekindled his love of songwriting: this time spinning introspective, considered compositions which transcended his younger years and went on to form the foundations of Wunderhorse. 

 

The band’s second album ‘Midas’ came out in August 2024 to critical acclaim, charting in the UK 10 Top, featuring in album of the year lists for DORK, Telegraph, Rolling Stone, NME expanding their audiences in Europe, United States, Australia and beyond.

2025 release. On The Little Ones, James joins the long lineage of winking American tearjerkers, the great crying-in-your-beer smart alecks like Warren Zevon, John Prine, or even Tom Waits. With a similar rollicking ease on keyboard instruments, Felice sidles up next to Dr. John and bears Randy Newman's torch, frequently squeezing the blood of a catchy chorus from the stone of an unlikely song subject. His sometimes wounded, side-of-the-mouth vocal delivery brings longtime collaborator Bright Eyes to mind.

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. It took Claudio Abbado and the Boston Symphony Orchestra two sessions in February 1970 to record their interpretations of Debussy's Trois nocturnes", Ravel's suite Daphnis et Chloe", and his Pavane pour une infante defunte - soon became classics. THE ORIGINAL SOURCE SERIES is presented on 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold edition with original cover and lyrics", the copies of this series are limited and numbered. They are accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and tape boxes", plus an article which explains the exact technical background.

After quietly amassing a grassroots fanbase through the release of his 2013 debut Nostalgic 64 and 2015 double EP 32 Zel/Planet Shrooms, Carol City, FL's Denzel Curry stopped flying under the radar with the release of this full-length, Imperial. Containing references to his love of visual art -- from manga to the stylings of globe-trotting art collective Metro Zu -- with his story telling abilities informed by growing up in the streets of Carol City, Imperial placed him in a category by himself as underground rap's most authentic and ready-to-blow up voice.

Imperial was both his finest work to date and his best received. The brief, breathless album showcases his near-peerless technical skill along with a newfound maturity in his songwriting. “I was going through a dark time,” Curry says now of the time that birthed Imperial. So he challenged himself to find a radical level of transparency. “The whole theme of that tape is just being honest--exposing myself before anybody else does, talking about my past, talking about where I’m heading to.”

James Felice - "The Little Ones" [180grAm Heavy Deep Purple LP] On The Little Ones, James joins the long lineage of winking American tearjerkers, the great crying-in-your-beer smart alecks like Warren Zevon, John Prine, or even Tom Waits. With a similar rollicking ease on keyboard instruments, Felice sidles up next to Dr. John and bears Randy Newman's torch, frequently squeezing the blood of a catchy chorus from the stone of an unlikely song subject. His sometimes wounded, side-of-the-mouth vocal delivery brings longtime collaborator Bright Eyes to mind. Available on 180g deep purple vinyl.

Warren Haynes has been almost ubiquitous since he joined the Allman Brothers Band. Man in Motion is Haynes' first conscious effort to fully indulge his love for this music, and his first solo record with backing musicians since 1993. Co-produced with Gordie Johnson, Man in Motion boasts a stellar cast: George Porter, Jr. on bass, Ivan Neville on organ, clavinet, and backing vocals, Ian McLagan on Wurlitzer and piano, drummer Raymond Weber, tenor saxophonist Ron Holloway, and backing vocalist Ruthie Foster. This is a limited edition vinyl reissue of his Stax Records debut.

Billie Holiday - "All Or Nothing At All (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" [180g LP]Recorded in five sessions over 1956/1957 and released in 1958, this 12-track affair is loaded with the classic standards from Berlin, Ellington, Gershwin and more. Though some claimed Billie Holiday was beyond her peak at this point, it was Miles Davis who countered that this was her most effective time with her "deepest understanding and control" of the repertoire she was performing. Her supporting cast on this album contributes to that as well, which included Barney Kessel (Guitar), Ben Webster (Tenor Sax), "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet), and Jimmy Rowles (Piano). Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Music For People Who Believe In Love is the new solo studio album from Joe Jonas releasing on Republic Records. This album features new single “Work It Out” and 12 additional new tracks.

Reaching #1 again, Norah continued the dramatic rise that began with "Come Away with Me" with this sophomore LP (2004). The album and her duet with Dolly Parton, "Creepin' In," both earned Grammy nods, while the lead single, "Sunrise," gave Norah another Grammy for her shelf. Jazz, country and folk meet in the lounge as you also hear "Humble Me," "Toes," her take on Townes Van Zandt's "Be Here to Love Me" and more. Import vinyl pressing! Blue Note Italy.

Double vinyl LP pressing. Machine Girl's iconic debut album, WLFGRL, turned 10 in 2024. It launched Machine Girl into underground folklore, created a thriving scene for outsiders, freaks and weirdos, and built the foundation for a massive fanbase approaching 1 million worldwide. The reissue will be launched with a one-off, livestreamed show at Trans-Pecos in Brooklyn, an important venue for the band over their 10-year career.

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo', two generations of American blues masters, reunite to release their second album together, Room On The Porch, following their GRAMMY Award winning album, TajMo (2017). This historic collaboration between two blues giants, converges their extraordinary talents for an album of original songs and covers. In this 10-song set, the title track features award winning singer-songwriter Ruby Amanfu. Available on vinyl, CD and digitally.

Life Under The Sun strips back a selection of songs from Militarie Gun’s breakout debut album Life Under The Gun, putting Ian Shelton’s intensely personal songwriting center stage. Along with the previously shared singles "Never Fucked Up Twice" featuring Bully's Alicia Bognanno and "Very High (Under The Sun)," the EP includes the new single "My Friends Are Having A Hard Time" featuring Manchester Orchestra. Additionally, Life Under The Sun features Mannequin Pussy on a new version of "Will Logic" and include a cover of the NOFX track "Whoops I OD'd."

Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners is a landmark title in the pianist’s celebrated catalog, the 1957 album not only introduces several Monk originals, but also features an all-star line-up of talent, including Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, and Paul Chambers. This Small Batch pressing is limited to just 4,000 copies worldwide.

As with all albums in the series, Brilliant Corners features lacquers cut from the original tapes (AAA) by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using Neotech’s VR900 compound. This one-step lacquer process (as opposed to the standard three-step process) allows for the utmost level of musical detail, clarity, and dynamics while reducing the amount of surface noise on the record. The limited nature of these pressings guarantees that each record is a true representation of the original lacquer and is as close as the listener can get to the original recording.

Each copy is individually numbered and encased in a foil-stamped, linen-wrapped slipcase featuring an acrylic inset of the original artwork. The vinyl disc ­– extractable through a unique, frictionless ribbon pull tab – is housed in a reproduction of the album’s original tip-on jacket from Riverside Records and protected by an archival-quality, anti-static, non-scratching inner sleeve. New liner notes from the GRAMMY® Award-winning music historian, journalist, and producer, Ashley Kahn complete the package.

Released in April 1957, Brilliant Corners was transformative for Monk’s career, delivering him a major comeback. The album was met with wide acclaim, including from DownBeat’s Nat Hentoff, who proclaimed it “Riverside’s most important modern jazz LP to date.” In 2003, the album was among the first 50 recordings chosen for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry, while over the decades, Brilliant Corners has ranked regularly as an essential jazz title.

Released in 1957, Thelonious Himself is a solo album by Thelonious Monk. The only exception to this is the final track "Monk's Mood," where he is joined by John Coltrane and Wilbur Ware. The album was Monk's fourth on Riverside and was given a coveted 5 stars by DownBeat magazine. This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series on 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and a Stoughton Tip-On Jacket.

Over four albums, Pachyman has proven himself a dedicated craftsman working in the lineage of dub reggae while mastering the methodology of masters like King Tubby and Scientist, using vintage gear, constructing glorious walls of sound, and developing an intuitive understanding of the power of repetition. With 'Another Place,’ he synthesizes the myriad scenes that have recontextualized dub, from the synth-pop of William Onyeabor and Yellow Magic Orchestra to Basic Channel’s amniotic dub techno.

Vinyl LP pressing.

The king of the Latin-American dance field is Tito Puente. Once again, the diminutive maestro demonstrates his dominance with this new recording of popular Latin-American rhythms. In this exciting outing, Tito Puente and his orchestra lay down a driving irresistible beat that moves from beginning to end in a pulsating performance. Tito Puente and his orchestra create an added appeal with their ensemble singing which lends an authenticity to the music. Their vocal performance like everything else sparkles with vitality.

Features:

• First vinyl reissue of this seminal recording.
• Featured hit “Oye Cómo Va” with Johnny Pacheco on flute.
• ALL-ANALOG mastering from original tapes.
• Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray was originally released on May 17, 2011, marking Seether's fifth studio album, and it was later certified Gold. Produced by Brendan O’Brien, known for his work with Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and Bruce Springsteen, the album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 while topping both the Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts. The multi-Platinum lead single, Country Song, became a major hit, reaching No. 1 on the US Rock Songs chart and No. 12 on the Alternative Songs chart. In addition to Country Song, tracks like Tonight, Here and Now, and No Resolution were released as singles. The album is often regarded as a pivotal moment in Seether’s career, showcasing their ability to innovate while staying true to their signature sound. Driven by four hit singles, the album continues to resonate with fans, amassing over 33 million streams in 2024 and over 250 million to date. Notably, this marks the first time the album has been released on vinyl.

The SteelDrivers celebrate their 20th anniversary with their seventh studio album, Outrun, via Sun Records. The Nashville-based bluegrass band simultaneously defies the traditions of the bluegrass genre and redefines it for generations to come, expertly weaving in rock, soul, blues, and Americana. "We wanted to create a record that felt timeless and musically connected to our past, and honor our founding member, Mike Henderson who passed away in 2023." The band self-produced at Playloud Studio.

A limited-edition Zoetrope vinyl to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their #1 debut album, I Should Coco, featuring the original tracklist, including global hit "Alright" and "Caught by the Fuzz." To mark the anniversary, the band will reunite for an unmissable SOLD-OUT tour in 2025 playing the album in full, plus additional fan favorites.

Ride a tidal wave of happiness with 3 songs from the live-action Lilo & Stitch movie! Presented on a limited-edition, die-cut picture disc 10" vinyl single in a Stitch-themed board jacket.

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Of the many recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem", Herbert von Karajan's 1972 recording is among the most admired. Alongside the Berlin Philharmonic and the Wiener Singverein", he is joined by Mirella Freni", Christa Ludwig", Carlo Cossutta and Nicolai Ghiaurov - four of the finest Verdi interpreters of his time. THE ORIGINAL SOURCE SERIES is presented on 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold edition with original cover and lyrics", the copies of this series are limited and numbered. They are accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and tape boxes", plus an article which explains the exact technical background.