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Perfect Son
Cast
Sub Pop
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Polish singer/producer Tobiasz Biliński's music has often explored darkness. With Cast, the debut from his new project, Perfect Son, he steps boldly into the light with 10 perfect shots of unapologetically complex pop. Perfect Son animates sensations of lust, belonging, and newfound trust with tumescent electronic arrangements that threaten the safety of any sound system. |
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Talos
Far Out Dust
BMG
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Talos will always be deeply connected to his native Ireland, but his stunning sophomore album, Far Out Dust, is informed by his travels around the globe. The influence of the unknown runs deep here, invigorating Talos’ haunting blend of organic and electronic music with a gorgeous sense of discovery and wonder – like Hozier meets James Blake. |
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Nakhane
You Will Not Die
BMG
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Across 18 tracks — including covers of David Bowie and New Order — Nakhane excavates a traumatic upbringing with a boldly-voiced courage that has made him a new idol of sexual freedom and self-love. He has already found fans in Madonna, Perfume Genius, Nile Rodgers, and Elton John, and was recently named an “Artist To Watch In 2019” by The New York Times. |
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The Long Ryders
Psychedelic Country Soul
Omnivore Recordings
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Alt-country progenitors, The Long Ryders, saddle up for the first time in thirty years with the aptly named Psychedelic Country Soul. Recorded at Dr. Dre’s Los Angeles studio, Psychedelic Country Soul is, in Long Ryder Sid Griffin’s own words, “the album we were always trying to make… C&W, rock ’n’ roll, troubadour folk music, raw R&B, or out-there psychedelia.” Features fellow Paisley Underground legends, The Bangles, on harmony vocals. |
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Henry Jamison
Gloria Duplex
Akira
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In the midst of the #metoo movement, Vermont songwriter Henry Jamison took some time to reflect. The result is his second record, Gloria Duplex, which deconstructs ideas of masculinity and delivers them via a whirlwind of finger-picked guitars, pulsing beats, and surreal string arrangements. |
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Maren Morris
GIRL
Sony Nashville
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“Looking at the country radio chart the last year, more titles had the word ‘girls’ in them than actual girls on the radio,” says Meren Morris. “I wanted to buck the trend a little bit and be like, ‘I’m a girl, and I’m going to sing about a girl, and I’m the girl.” So her new album, Girl, looks to disrupt with another powerful collection of songs, including collaborations with Brandi Carlile and Brothers Osborne. |
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the glorious sons
Young Beauties and Fools
bmg
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The Glorious Sons' second full-length album, Young Beauties & Fools, is all about honesty. More specifically, it's about exploring the adventures (and frequent misadventures) of being young, dumb, and on drugs – capturing all the listlessness and confusion of young adulthood. A little Nashville, a little 311, a little Korn -- Young Beauties & Fools lives by its own rules. |
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SWMRS
Berkeley’s On Fire
Fueled/ATL
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There's never been a punk band quite like Oakland, California quartet SWMRS. Their sophomore album Berkeley's On Fire, was inspired in equal parts by The Breeders, Rage Against The Machine, and De La Soul, the sonic diversity of the album is indicative of a generation reared on streaming services – jumping easily from pop rock to breakbeat-infused rock to emo punk, and jangly power pop. |
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Show Me The Body
Dog Whistle
Loma Vista
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NYC Hardcore hunks Show Me The Body have dedicated it’s latest long-player to dealing with loss: "This album is for those who are no longer with us. It is about coping with the loss of friends, family, and mentors, while building a new community in their wake... It is about and for the disenfranchised youth of this city, of this country, and of this earth. It is for our community." |
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Health
Vol 4::Slaves of Fear
Loma Vista
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Few artists are better prepared to confront the confusion of life in 2019 than HEALTH. With VOL4::SLAVES OF FEAR, HEALTH has not only made its heaviest, most genre-obliterating album of its career, the group documented just how frightening it feels to be alive circa now. VOL4::SLAVES OF FEAR uses every tool in contemporary production to make a terrifying, exhilarating LP, but never at the behest of vulnerability. |
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ONE OK ROCK
Eye of the Storm
Fueled/ATL
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Formed in 2005, ONE OK ROCK is on its way to becoming the biggest rock band to ever hail from Japan. “For this album we challenged and pushed ourselves to try new things while still maintaining the essence of what our band is,” says ONE OK ROCK vocalist, Taka. This includes stadium-sized blasts of positive pop-punk (emphasis on the POP) like “Stand Out Fit In.” |
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Adia Victoria
Silences
ATL
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Two years after the release of her critically-acclaimed debut Beyond the Bloodhounds, Adia Victoria went inward. She notes, "I found when I went back home that the thing that disturbed me the most was the lack of activity." Reading and literature helped her find a way back. The album titled inspired by the myriad ways that the stories of oppressed people are been silenced. The result is soulful, noisy, and beautiful. |
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Yola
Walk Through Fire
Nonesuch
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Yola’s solo debut, Walk Through Fire, is a contemporary twist on a traditional sonic tapestry of orchestral strings, fiddle, steel, and shimmering tremolo guitars – all featuring Yola's arresting vocals. Producer Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) assembled his Easy Eye Sound all-star house band – featuring bassist Dave Roe (Johnny Cash) as well as drummer Gene Chrisman and pianist Bobby Wood, who played on hits by Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley. |
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JD Simo
Off At 11
Crows Feet Records
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With Off at 11, Chicago-born, Nashville-based guitar wiz, JD Simo, crafts elements of acid rock, traditional blues, folk, soul, and free form jazz into a fantastic journey of an album. Recorded during a brief break in touring (including Simo’s first shows as a new member of Phil Lesh and Friends), Simo and company laid down these dense and inspiring tracks with – in his words – “Just honesty and a tape machine.” |
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Mansionair
Shadowboxer
Glassnote
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Mansionair’s long-awaited new album, Shadowboxer, was written and self-produced over a three-year period. It’s an album born of newfound success, but also reflective of everything the band were going through personally and creatively – from mental health to sickness, relationship breakdowns to the coming-of-age struggles of youth. Sonically, Shadowboxer alternately rocks and envelops with ripping soundscapes, deep RnB, and the occasional Radiohead-esque rocker. |
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Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration
Various Artists
Verve
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An incredible array of artists and musicians honor one of the world's greatest living musical geniuses, Joni Mitchell, on the aptly-named Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration. Featured performers include Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Graham Nash, Seal, James Taylor, and Rufus Wainwright. |
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Tom Petty
Greatest Hits - The Best Of Everything
IGA
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The Best Of Everything is the first career-spanning collection of all of Tom Petty’s hits – featuring The Heartbreakers, his solo work, and Mudcrutch. The 38-track set also features two previously unreleased tracks: The poignant and autobiographical “For Real” and the collection’s lead single – an alternate version of the title track, which restores a never-heard second verse to the song that was originally recorded for the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ 1985 album, Southern Accents. The collection also features an essay on Petty written especially for this collection by Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, author and journalist Cameron Crowe. All 38 recordings have been re-mastered for this collection from pristine transfers of the original studio multi-track masters. |
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Tedeschi Trucks
Signs
Fantasy
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Signs – the fourth studio release from Tedeschi Trucks Band – offers another outstanding example of the Grammy-winning 12-piece juggernaut's ability to expand musical boundaries in ways that only a rare caliber of musician can achieve. A new high-water mark in its recording career, Signs showcases the band at its best. This 11-track collection of inventive music and provocative lyrics (penned by the group and a few dear friends) runs the gamut from uplifting soulful anthems to bittersweet ballads, and driving rock and roll. Signs was meticulously recorded to two-inch tape (using a vintage Neve console combined with a '70s Studer tape machine) - giving it a warmth and richness that recalls the ambience of the best vintage recordings. |
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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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