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Andrea Bocelli Si Verve |
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Andrea Bocelli, the most beloved tenor in the world, returns to his roots with Sì – an intimate collection of powerful, emotional songs featuring interpolations of classical themes (Bach and Massenet), and an all-encompassing celebration of love, family, faith, and hope. Produced by Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Lou Reed). |
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ALT-J Reduxer (Explicit) ATL |
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Reduxer is a set of eleven evocative reinterpretations of songs from Alt-J's 2017 album, Relaxer, re-imagined by a variety of Hip Hop artists and producers, including Little Simz, Twin Shadow, Pusha T, Tuka, Jimi Charles Moody, Danny Brown, Alchemist, Trooko, Paigey Cakey, Hex, ADP, GoldLink, Terrance Martin, PJ Sin Suela, Trooko, Lomepal, Kontra K and Rejjie Snow. |
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Yves Tumor Safe in the Hands of Love Warp Records |
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From noise and industrial denizens to adventurous beat heads and a much wider field of adventurous music lovers of all kinds, Safe in the Hands of Love finds Yves Tumor peeking out of the shadows with strong vocals and amped up production – a collection of psychedelic and emotional compositions that balance rampant experimentation with idiosyncratic pop. |
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Oh Pep! I Wasn't Only Thinking About You ATO Records |
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Australian duo Oh Pep! have wowed audiences with their instrumental prowess, but it's their storytelling that has captured the hearts of their fans. Being thrust into a life of touring the world after their debut album, Stadium Cake, only gave them a wider pool to net these tales, which make up the vignettes on I Wasn't Only Thinking About You... |
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Basement Beside Myself FBY |
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Beside Myself finds Basement's introspection unfolding over a collection of deeply-rich punkers led by the likes of "Disconnect," "Be Here Now" and "Stigmata." Beside Myself is not a concept record, but the songs revolve around the inability of being comfortable in one's skin, concerned about the future, troubled about the past, and how difficult it can be to exist in the moment. #relateablecontent |
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Boy George & Culture Club Life BGU/BMG |
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Life is the first new album in 20 years from Boy George and Culture Club. "I just feel that we've made an album that we've been trying to make maybe since [1983's quadruple-platinum] Colour By Numbers," says George. "It sounds very ‘Culture Club’… But it just feels looser. It's very catchy. It just has an ease about it that I really like." |
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Young the Giant Mirror Master NEK |
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Mirror Master finds Young the Giant exploring this transitional period for America, not only as a culture but as a technocracy – and, in an almost meditative way, examines one’s relationship with the self. “At a time when everyone wants to put each other in a box-culturally,” says vocalist Sameer Gadhia. “We wanted to show that there are a multitude of reflections inside everything.” |
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Four Seconds Ago The Vacancy PERIPHERY/EONE |
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For as much as Four Seconds Ago relies on the interplay of analog synths, lush guitars, and ethereal vocals, it equally leans on the union of Jake Bowen and Misha Mansoor. Formerly known as Periphery, Four Seconds Ago finds the duo exploring other aspects of their sonic synergy via the downtempo dreamscapes of the project's debut, The Vacancy. |
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I Don't Know How They Found Me 1981 Extended Play Fearless |
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I Don't Know How They Found Me is a collaboration between lead vocalist and bassist Dallon Weekes (formerly of Panic! at the Disco) and drummer Ryan Seaman (formerly of Falling in Reverse). They claim to be a band “out of time” – but the title absolutely gives 1981 Extended Play away: This is 80’s inspired pop (and a wonderful visual aesthetic to match) with a grandiose, modern glaze. |
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Ian Sweet Crush Crusher Sub pop |
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In writing Crush Crusher, Jilian Medford – AKA Ian Sweet – was committed to exploring her own issues with self-image, self-respect, self-worth, and the responsibility she has felt to others. Musically, Crush Crusher is full of dissonant open chords and abnormal progressions, finding beauty in a level of conflict not seen on previous album, Shapeshifter. Produced by Gabe Wax (Deerhunter, The War on Drugs, Soccer Mommy). |
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Marianne Faithfull Negative Capability (Deluxe Version) BMG Rights Mgmt France SARL |
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Negative Capability – Marianne Faithfull's twenty-first album – is the most emotionally powerful of her 54-year recording career. Facing down arthritis and bolstered by collaborators, including Warren Ellis, Nick Cave, Rob Ellis, Ed Harcourt and Mark Lanegan, Negative Capability is charged with brutal honesty as she addresses losing old friends, the loneliness of living in her adopted city of Paris and still hoping love can come around. |
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Richard Ashcroft Natural Rebel BGU/BMG |
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As the frontman for The Verve, Richard Ashcroft proved himself rivetingly charismatic, menacingly serpentine, and possessed of an almost shamanic intensity. Ashcroft's fifth solo studio album, Natural Rebel, features 10 new self-penned songs: "With experience comes knowledge and for me, this is my strongest set of songs to date," notes Ashcroft. "All my favorite sounds distilled into something that will hopefully give my fans lasting pleasure." |
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Valley Maker Rhododendron Frenchkiss Records |
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On Valley Maker's second full-length album, Rhododendron, songwriter Austin Crane sings about movement – from one kind of belief to another, from place to place, through time. A PhD student in Human Geography, Rhododendron reflects both the rootedness and rootlessness that shapes Crane’s songwriting – speaking to the strange and transitory ways we mark time through our lives. |
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The Prodigy No Tourists BGU/BMG |
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The Prodigy are back with some of their most aggressive music to date. No Tourists was created by Liam Howlett in his studio, but it’s "very much a band album." Maxim and Keef Flint are very much present and correct. Fundamentally, this is the sound of the central Prodigy – two decades since they changed the face of electronic music with The Fat Of The Land. |
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Eric Bibb Global Griot Stony Plain Records |
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On the heels of Eric Bibb’s Grammy-nominated Migration Blues comes his most ambitious project to date, the 2-disc set Global Griot. A griot (in West Africa) is someone responsible for maintaining an oral record of tribal history in the form of music, poetry and storytelling. We might call the same person a troubadour – and that’s exactly what Eric Bibb is. |
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Blues Traveler Hurry Up & Hang Around BMT/BMG |
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Songs that last tell stories. Real magic happens when a cranked guitar chord, wailing harmonica, saucy beat, and soulful vocal conjure up a psychedelic scene, a warm family memory, or a romance-gone-wrong (or -right, for that matter). Since 1987, Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum rock mavericks Blues Traveler have spun such tales. Moreover, they proudly continue this tradition on their thirteenth full-length album, Hurry Up & Hang Around. |
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Sarah Brightman HYMN Verve |
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Sarah Brightman returns with her new studio album, Hymn, reuniting with long time producer and collaborator Frank Peterson, with whom she created chart-topping albums such as Timeless (Time To Say Goodbye), La Luna, A Winter Symphony and many more. Hymn’s biggest surprise is a new rendition of “Time To Say Goodbye,” sung solo and featuring English lyrics written by Brightman herself. |
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Buxton Stay Out Late New West Records |
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Buxton were happy. They were still friends who loved hanging out and making music. But for two years after Half A Native, the songs weren’t coming. But they spun in circles until they broke through – and Stay Out Late was born. "Stay Out Late is ultimately, the end result of understanding who we are” says Buxton’s Chris Wise. “And, more importantly, who we are not.” |
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The Greeting Committee Ths Is It Harvest |
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The Greeting Committee's debut album, This Is It, is a coming-of-age story – a reflection on growing up but defiantly holding onto a certain innocence. This Is It feels as intimate as a basement recording, but unfolds in intricate textures and melodic sophistication. Frontwoman Addie Sartino instills This Is It with an openheartedness that transcends age and time, bringing both dreamy sensitivity and wide-eyed wisdom to every track. |
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Mumford & Sons Delta Glassnote |
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Where Wilder Mind harnessed a widescreen electric sound that seemed custom built to be belted back to them from the festival main stages, Delta loses none of that sense of scale, but couples it with an intimacy that has so successfully combined to make Mumford & Sons one of the biggest bands of recent years. Delta is a record of differing shades, colors and textures. It's also a record that marks ten years since Mumford & Sons formed, and draws on that shared experience of being on and off the road. It's a moving collection of songs perhaps more intimate and expansive, both lyrically and musically, than ever before. Introspective and reflective but married with those ecstatic stadium-sized dynamics. |
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The Revivalists Take Good Care Loma Vista |
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Take Good Care marks the first time New Orleans’ The Revivalists decided to work with multiple producers and writers, enlisting the talents of Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton), Andrew Dawson (Kanye West, Fun., Sleigh Bells), and Dave Bassett (Elle King, Vance Joy) for sessions in New Orleans and Nashville. Album opener "Otherside" came to life in just one vocal take bolstered by fingerpicked clean guitars and cathedral-size harmonies. The guttural grooves of "Oh No" spiral towards a fret-burning solo as wild and gritty as David Shaw's delivery. "Hate To Love You" is tender and gorgeous and "Change" climaxes on a raw howl. Extremely personal yet explicitly escapist, Take Good Care brims with sonic complexity, celebration, and catharsis. |
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The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a national level organization comprised of the best independent record stores in America. CIMS was founded in 1995 with the goal of uniting like minded independent store owners, giving them a more powerful voice in the music industry. The stores that make up CIMS are all very different, but we share the same desires – to be the heart of our communities, to super-serve our customers, to support and develop artists, and to share our love of music. For more information about CIMS and the stores in our organization, please visit cimsmusic.com or find us through social media with the #cimsmusic hashtag. And please remember to always shop local by supporting your neighborhood record store.
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