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2LP | 2024 | Original (Not Now)

V.A.

The Best Of Country

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Even The Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996

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2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

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Drag Queens In Limousines Translucent Ruby Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Light in the Attic Records proudly presents Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996—the first comprehensive collection of Ukrainian music recorded prior to, and immediately following, the Ussr’s collapse. From subtly dissenting Soviet-era singles to DIY recordings from Kyiv’s vibrant underground scene, the compilation chronicles the development of Ukraine’s rich musical landscape through rare folk, rock, jazz, and electronic recordings.

“This record is a labor of love and a long time coming,” says label owner Matt Sullivan. Over the course of the last five years, Sullivan, alongside producers David Mas ("dbgo”), Mark “Frosty” McNeill, and Ukrainian label Shukai Records worked tirelessly to compile a carefully curated, chronological playlist. But behind the scenes, ongoing war & politics would shape the evolution of the tracklist, which originally featured both Ukrainian and Russian artists. “We found ourselves in the midst of a larger political issue; what began as a broader overview of a sonically underrepresented region suddenly became quite the controversial project,” Sullivan continues, “so we decided to pivot and focus only on Ukrainian music. There were times when it felt impossible to bring this project to fruition, so to be sharing it with the world today is truly humbling and long overdue.”

Guiding listeners through the physical editions of the album are insightful liner notes and track-by-track details by Vitalii “Bard” Bardetskyi—a Kyiv-based filmmaker, DJ, and writer. The 2xLP is housed in a beautiful gatefold package showcasing Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko’s beloved and iconic folk paintings. The vinyl edition features a 20-page booklet with artist photos & liner notes in both English and Ukrainian, pressed on Clear Blue Sky & Sunflower Yellow wax; the CD edition features bonus content housed in a deluxe, 64-page hardbound book.

Light in the Attic will donate a portion of proceeds directly to Livyj Bereh, a Kyiv-based volunteer group working to rebuild in the regions affected by ongoing war in Ukraine.

“Music has always pulled Ukrainians out of the abyss,” writes Vitalii “Bard” Bardetskyi in his liner notes for Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996. “When there is no hope for the future, there is still music. At such moments, the whole nation resonates under a groove. Music, breaking through the concrete of various colonial systems, is an incredible, often illogical, way to preserve dignity.”

While the songs collected in Even the Forest Hums were recorded during periods of immense societal and political upheaval—and certainly reflect the resilience of the Ukrainian people—they are rooted in the universal spirit of exploration: from post-war teenagers seeking fresh rhythms and artists experimenting with DIY recording technologies to an entire nation being introduced to decades-worth of previously-embargoed albums. Yet, until now, it has been nearly impossible for anyone outside Ukraine to explore the country’s flourishing music scene for themselves.

Much of this can be attributed to Soviet-era restrictions. Music, much like any other commodity, was tightly controlled before the fall of communism. “Only state-authorized performers who had gone through hellish rounds of the permit system could record at the few monopolistic, state-run studios,” explains Bardetskyi. While many of these compositions were released and performed to mass audiences, however, they weren’t necessarily what they seemed. “Some of the artists managed, even under difficult ideological circumstances, to build a whole aesthetic platform which was essentially anti-Soviet.”

Bands could slide under the radar by changing the lyrics of rock songs to reflect Soviet ideals or by performing traditional folk music with subtle outside influences. “This resulted in a whole scene that combined central-eastern Ukrainian vocal polyphony, Carpathian rhythms, and overseas grooves,” writes Bardetskyi, who refers to this era of music as “Mustache Funk.”

Examples featured in Even the Forest Hums... include 1971’s “Bunny” by Kobza. While the folk-rock group was known for their polyphonic vocals, this particular composition is an instrumental waltz, which blends elements of traditional Ukrainian music with progressive rock, British beat, and jazz-rock. Another example of “Mustache Funk” comes from the latter half of the decade, with the Caribbean-influenced “Remembrance” by Vodohrai. While the group—which included some of the best jazz musicians in the country—had a multitude of traditional hits, inspired jams like this one could, for a lucky few, occasionally be heard live.

While the 70s proved to be a golden age for Ukrainian music (complete with pop stars, large-scale tours, and legions of adoring fans), the excitement was short-lived. “The Soviet system finally understood that funkified beats quite strongly contradict[ed] [its] principles,” notes Bardetskyi, who adds that by the 80s, “The once prolific scene was almost completely colonized, appropriated, and largely Russified; the state radio and TV waves were occupied by banal VIAs and cheezy schlager singers.”

With tighter restrictions, however, came the rise of the underground. While the decade leading up to Ukraine’s independence was marked by great turmoil—including the political reform of Perestroika in the Ussr and the Chernobyl disaster—it also marked a time of incredible creativity.

Mirroring global trends, the first half of the decade found many composers and producers experimenting with electronic music. Among them was Vadym Khrapachov, whose scores have appeared in over 100 films. His moody, Moroder-esque “Dance” (written for Roman Balaian’s iconic 1983 film, Flights in Dreams and Reality) is notable in that it was recorded on the Ussr’s only existing British EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer.

Producer Kyrylo Stetsenko, meanwhile, was reimagining traditional songs for the dancefloor. Among them is 1980’s “Play, the Violin, Play,” by Ukrainian pop star Tetiana Kocherhina. Stetsenko, who produced the album for Kocherhina, created a hypnotic remix of the folk tune that was fit for a disco. Stetsenko is also featured here with 1987’s “Oh, how, how?,” in which he transforms a melancholic ballad by Natalia Gura into a synth-forward, breakbeat jam.

As the fall of communism approached, the scene continued to diversify—particularly as music from around the world became increasingly available. Kyiv, in particular, became an epicenter of creativity. In the early days, bands like Krok offered a preview of what was to come. Described by Bardetskyi as “The first real Kyiv supergroup,” Krok was led by guitarist Volodymyr Khodzytskyi and featured musicians from local Beat bands. In addition to backing the biggest pop acts of the day, the versatile collective explored a spectrum of styles in their own recordings, including fusion and electro-funk. They are represented here with the mellow “Breath of Night Kyiv.”

By the late 80s, Kyiv “was buzzing like a beehive,” recalls Bardetskyi. “It was a period of very active socialization and exchange of musical information and ideas; local musicians evolved with supersonic speed, absorbing decades of the world's musical background and transforming it into their sound.” While rock bands comprised much of this era’s first wave, artists continued to expand their repertoire as new influences pervaded the scene. The global rise of DIY recording technology and electronic instrumentation, meanwhile, also contributed to the growing sonic landscape.

Highlights from this period include the avant-garde improvisations of violinist Valentina Goncharova. Recordings like 1989’s “Silence” were created by a series of layered tracks and custom pickups. Similarly, composer Iury Lech paints a warm ambient soundscape with 1990’s “Barreras.” On the other end of the spectrum is the industrial “90” by Radiodelo (the project of Ivan Moskalenko—aka DJ Derbastler), which combines frenetic drum machine beats and haunting, reverb-soaked instrumentation. Post-punk was also thriving, with acts like Yarn (a large, loosely based collective) dominating the scene. “The interests of [Yarn’s] members extended all the way to medieval chamber music, which would clearly be noticeable in ‘Viella,’” writes Bardetskyi. The track features two of Yarn’s co-founding members: multi-instrumentalist and graphic designer Oleksander Yurchenko (who became a significant figure in modern Ukrainian music) and Ivan Moskalenko. Yurchenko is also represented here as part of Omi, a parallel project by the chart-topping electronic group, Blemish. 1994’s dramatic “Transference” (which features contributions by legendary Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and American singer-songwriter Diamanda Galas) serves up horror-movie-soundtrack vibes, particularly with the addition of eerie vocalizations.

Cukor Bila Smert’ (which translates to “Sugar White Death”) were also major players in the Kyiv underground. Interestingly, Bardetskyi notes, “In the reality of the general dominance of post-punk, the aesthetic message of Cukor Bila Smert’ was countercultural to the countercultural process itself.” For their contribution to the compilation, the experimental quartet provides 1995’s “Cool, Shining.”

In the years following Ukraine’s independence, Kyiv’s underground scene continued to flourish, particularly as Western trends became more accessible and Ukrainians found themselves at the forefront of their own cultural output. While the country’s music would largely evolve in new directions throughout the 90s, the final entry on Even the Forest Hums... provides a glimpse at what the future held. The album closes with 1996’s “Lion,” by Belarusian transplant German Popov, whose project, Marble Sleeves, was “one of the few Kyiv formations that tried to master jungle/drum-n-bass,” per Bardetskyi.

Though this compilation only scratches the surface of Ukraine’s vast and diverse music scene, Even the Forest Hums offers an in-depth overview of a significant period in the country’s cultural history and unites a number of influential figures in the same collection for the first time. As Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Schegel writes in the foreword, “This is our Ukrainian treasure. It is impossible to lose and impossible to win.”

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Mary Gauthier

LP | 2024 | Original (Kill Rock Stars Nashville)

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Universal Music Japan)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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25 years ago, this record sprang on the scene— a record holding a voice impossible to draw comparison to, and lyrics and stories alien to anything that resonated from The Opry’s stage beforehand. Mary was the first openly queer person to play The Opry, and for us at KRS, this record encapsulates things new, exciting, bold, while being an absolute standout to what the realm of Americana has to offer. This is an authentic American experience, cliches weren’t needed. Mary is a legend. This record will always feel new, exciting, and bold.

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Asako Toki

A Night In New York

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Taifu13Gou / Tsumetaionna

Fumio Nunoya

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Universal Music Japan)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Gone Away Backward Red Vinyl Edition

Robbie Fulks

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Bloodshot)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Signature Sounds)

Twisted Pine

Love Your Mind

Release: 2024 / US – Original

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Country And Western Meets Rhythm And Blues 2024 Remaster

Ray Charles

LP | 2024 | Original (Tangerine)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Crying Time 2024 Remaster

Ray Charles

LP | 2024 | Original (Tangerine)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sony Music Nashville)

Nate Smith

California Gold

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Christmas Bells Are Ringing

Clay Aiken

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Alvis)

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Hello, I'm Dolly Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Dolly Parton

Eisernet Lied - Vinylpostcard

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
'Hello, I'm Dolly' is Dolly Parton's debut album and the Vinyl Me, Parton Record of the Month for October 2023. It's pressed on 180g Flame Galaxy vinyl with AAA lacquers cut from tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

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Sporti

Postcard | 2024 | DE | Original

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LP | 2015 | WW | Reissue (Mexican Summer)

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This is the very first time a Vinylpostcard is used as fan merch for a soccer team.

And not just any soccer team, but the legendary Union Berlin!

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Weyes Blood

Cardamom Times

Release: 2015 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Drain My Brain Purple Vinyl Edition

Shel Silverstein

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Janus)

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Sababa 5 / Yurika Hanashima

Kokoro Pink Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Batov)

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Western Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Middle Eastern psych, funk, disco, and Japanese folk and pop, converge to create a mesmerising new sound on "Kokoro", Sababa 5 and Yurika"s collaborative debut album for Batov Records, collecting four acclaimed singles and four brand new songs.

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Peter Oren

Pasture

2LP | 2024 | Original (Universal)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Peter Oren's new album The Greener Pasture offers a bleak answer to the question "where will I go/ if I don't want to be/ with idle hands awaiting catastrophe/ here in the Anthropocene" posed on his title track of his previous album Anthropocene: "The greener pasture is also fenced in/ the wider trough has an asterisk/ rotate the herd every few days/ or is it every few years/ we got their tags on our ears/ standing in shit crying bovine tears." Indiana-born, everywhere-based singer-songwriter Peter Oren possesses a remarkable singing voice, low and deep and richly textured: as solid as a glacier, as big as a mountain. Similar in its baritone gravel to Bill Callahan, a hero of his, it rumbles in your conscience, a righteous sound that marks him as an artist for our tumultuous times, when sanity seems absent from popular discussions.

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Riley Green

Don't Mind If I Do

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Release: 2024 / Original

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LP | 2024 | Original (Universal)

Midland

Barely Blue Gold Marble

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Piri Piri Samplers + O Terço Do Homens

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Stroom)

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"'Piri Piri Samplers' was first released by Memorials of Distinction in 2019. The cassette is an attempt to map the members distinct and complementary approaches to the guitar: Serra’s use of pedals and tapes to create thick, winding soundscapes, drones occasionally punctured by splenetic stabs and flourishes; Leonard’s more traditional, direct-line technique, often acting as harmonic foil. A selection of recordings from the 2019 residency has been compiled into a new piece, “O Terço dos Homens”, which will appear on Stroom’s reissue of the Piri Piri Samplers due for release in late 2024”"

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Tape | 2024 | US | Original (Jackpot)

Mustafa Özkent

Genclik Ile Elele

Tape | 2024 | JP | Original (De Kit)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Originally released in Turkey 1973, Özkent’s masterpiece creation of an all instrumental Turkish Psychedelic Funk album filled with classic beats and breaks still inspires long time fans and first time listeners. The funky rhythms, hypnotic percussions, and heavy break beats makes this a holy grail amongst DJ’s and music fans alike. The original concept was futuristic and eluded categorization: traditional folk songs mixed with rock, jazz, blues, funk and psych, reconstructed for the new “hip” generation. (The monkey on a microphone album jacket also eludes categorization too.... or comprehension). The album was recorded live in just one day with some of the best studio musicians in Turkey. Lacking a multi-channel recording deck, Özkent used microphone techniques to emulate a total stereo effect and capture the heavy psychedelic effects and close-miked beat breaks. Özkent created his own unique guitar sound by adding extra frets and a clutch of effect pedals in order to create quarter notes and emulate turkish traditional scales. Mustafa Özkent has since made arrangements for hundreds of other artists in Turkey, but this unique album documents his most revered work—and the world is still just discovering this gem. The fact that only a handful of copies from the original pressing are known to still exist partly explains why, making this reissue a welcome addition to any record collection.

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The Dekits

De Kit 4 Key's

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Frihetens Förlag)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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THE Dekits is a folk quartet in which all members are Vocal & Guitar! To celebrate the band's relaunch, the first album released in 2011 is being re-released on cassette! A total of 12 songs that you will want to listen to and dance lightly to in various scenes of your daily life!

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Jayden Mont

Jayden Mont Lp

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Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A collection of marvelous songs from the 13-year old Jayden Mont from Belle Vernon, PA, USA. Home recorded brilliance in the American lo-fi tradition of early K Records, Daniel Johnston, Shrimper stuff etc. Raw and heartfelt real music. Curation and sequencing by Gustaf Dicksson. Comes with a booklet containing the full e-mail conversation between Jayden and Gustaf leading up the record. Front cover artwork by Derek Erdman. Paste-on sleeves, edition of 300 copies.

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Rhiannon/Silkroad Ensemble Giddens

American Railroad

CD | 2024 | Original (Nonesuch)

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Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Curb)

Kelsey Hart

Life With You

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Spaceflight)

Garrett T. Capps

Everyone Is Everyone

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CD | 2024 | Original (Strolling Bones)

Say Zuzu

Bull

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Best Of Country & Western

Ray Charles

CD | 2024 | Original (Tangerine)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Early Years - Complete Releases 1951-62

The Osborne Brothers

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Acrobat)

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Louisiana Man - The Singles Collection 1953-62

Rusty And Doug

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Acrobat)

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Robert Johnson / Leadbelly / Charlie Patton Etc.

Country Blues - Four Classic Albums Plus

CD | 2024 | Original (Avid)

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Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Borscht Beat)

Isabel Frey

Di Fliendike Pave

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Release: 2024 / Original

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Willie Nelson

Last Leaf On The Tree

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dandelion Albums & Bbc Recordings Collection

Bridget St.John

CD | 2024 | Original (Cherry Red)

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Tina Turns The Country On!

Tina Turner

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Parlophone Label Group)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Via - Thirty Tigers)

Dwight Yoakam

Brighter Days

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Yonder Mountain String Band

Nowhere Next

CD | 2024 | Original (Frog Pad - Thirty Tige)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Woodland

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

17,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Missing Piece)

Steve Earle

Alone Again Live

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Black River Entertainment)

Kelsea Ballerini

Patterns

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Better Now)

Nathan Evans

1994

19,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Birthday Cake)

Field Guide

14,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Ok!Good)

Janet Devlin

Emotional Rodeo

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wylam)

Janice Burns & Jon Doran

Great Joy To The New

42,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bone Idle Bros Red Vinyl Edition

Bone Idle Bros

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (LNFGI)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sparrow)

Mac Powell

I Love Jesus

50,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Lovelytheband Red Vinyl Edition

Lovelytheband

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Happy Accident)

45,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Autobiography Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

Joseph Habedank

LP | 2024 | US | Original (New Day)

40,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Milk & Cookies: A Merry Crowder Christmas

Crowder

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sixstepsrecords)

45,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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So Much For Forever / The Gospel Sessions / Vol. 2

Authentic Unlimited

LP | 2024 | US | Original (New Day)

61,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mother West)

Lost Leaders

Hungry Ghosts

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Big Machine)

Midland

Barely Blue

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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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.

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Original Sun Sound Of Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sun)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sony Legacy)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited transparent violet colored vinyl LP pressing. Unreleased until 1964, six years after Johnny Cash's 1958 departure from Sun Records for Columbia Records, Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash spans both his first and final recordings for the label. The early "Wide Open Road" shows the singer still under the influence of Hank Williams, but the sardonic, Charlie Rich-penned "Thanks a Lot," from one of his final Sun sessions, finds Cash beholden to no one but himself.

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Marty Robbins

Return Of The Gunfighter

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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On this 1963 release, well-known country singer, Marty Robbins, continued to showcase his love for cowboys and six-shooters with a "sequel" to the successful 1959 album, Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs. The Return of the Gunfighter album even propelled Robbins to pursue acting just 2 short years later.

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sony)

Plinio

Historia Natural

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Panacea)

Morgan Wallen

Stand Alone

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (No Quarter)

Bonnie Prince Billy

High And High And Mighty

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Gemma Hayes Music)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide!
Previously available as a limited edition cassette of 100 copies, High and High and Mighty"is a new set of songs from Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Arranged as two side-long pieces, sung inside clouds pedal steel guitar.

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Gemma Hayes

Blind Faith

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mad Sometimes (Gold Sometimes) Golden Vinyl Edition

Ella Raphael

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Fire)

Smoky Mountains Limited Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ella Raphael is blessed with an amazing voice, filled with warmth and emotion; it's engaging, like an old friend telling tales and spinning stories. Mad Sometimes is her debut album, release via Fire Records.Brought up in London, surrounded by sound, listening to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Etta James, while encountering Queen, The Beatles and the Stones from he...

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Conner Smith

LP | 2024 | Original (Universal)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | Original (Vere Music)

Hillbilly Thomists

Marigold

63,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ananda Shankar And His Music

Ananda Shankar

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Glitterbeat)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mr Bongo proudly presents an official reissue of an iconic, exploratory album by Indian maestro of the sitar, Ananda Shankar, aptly titled 'Ananda Shankar And His Music'.

Released on His Master's Voice in 1976, the album is a sublime collage of sitar-funk, traditional Indian classical music and psychedelic grooves, from the Indian sitarist, composer and musician. Nephew to India’s legendary sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, Ananda’s musical family and upbringing led to a deep respect and love of the wealth of music that emanated from his birthplace. His travels to the west coast of America in the late ‘60s though, saw Shankar immersed in the full swing of psychedelic rock. The collision of these two musical worlds with a whole range of other Eastern and Western influences on 'Ananda Shankar And His Music', is a truly entrancing combination.

First big in the UK in the mid-‘90s jazz/rare groove club scene, when it was unearthed by adventurous DJs and crate diggers, the sensational Indian-funk tracks 'Streets Of Calcutta' and 'Dancing Drums' became firm dancefloor favourites. The mixture of drum-heavy funk with Indian music and psychedelia is the perfect melting pot. Flavourful and balanced, it still feels fresh and exciting 40 years on.

Like a fine wine, this album keeps getting better with age and once-overlooked tracks are now seen in a new light. Aside from the main 'club' cuts that many have praised and loved, 'The River' is a part blissed-out, Balearic gem, part cosmic wild west soundtrack, that would provide the perfect complement to any sunset session. Elsewhere, 'Dawn' is a spiritual and meditative journey into Indian classical music, with ‘Cyrus’ floating you away to heavenly heights. On a different tip, 'Back Home' fuses styles and themes via an organ and Moog-infused, tripped-out excursion, whilst 'Renunciation' hits with a psych-rock sentiment to its sitar-soaked grooves.

A beautiful time capsule of Eastern culture meets Western influence, where experimentation and intrigue produced a fusion of sounds that still sound as vibrant and alluring as they have ever been.

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Saagara

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Red Hot & Country Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

Red Hot Organization

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Red Hot Organization)

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | Original (Sofa Burn)

Jeremy Pinnell

OH/KY

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Trapped Animal)

Cormorant Tree Oh

Moonish

Sirens Opaque Jade Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We're proud to announce that Trapped Animal will be releasing the new album by Cormorant Tree Oh, Moonish! On 180 GSM Clear Vinyl with artwork illustrated by CTO. Since CTO's 2022 sophomore album, Swoontide, Mary has found herself supporting Lankum at Vicar Street, gracing a cover CD of Uncut, picking up new fans from all over the world. She will be performing songs from Moonish at this year's Quiet Lights Festival (w/e Nov 21) in Ireland and on December 7th in London at The Lexington.

Cormorant Tree Oh often gets labelled as folk horror and whilst there are still spooky elements, this album veers into new territory. With heavy use of drones and new instrumentation. Music tends to come out of CTO weirdly regardless of her intentions, so her innate oddness still shines through.. and this album embodies that oddness and beauty.

First single, Terror Of The Countryside, opens with a frivolous sounding catchy riff, until the dark drones of Terror drop in on the listener like a roar from a John Carpenter movie. The song moves with a dark, ominous groove that has become CTO’s trademark. Something about this new recording shows a maturity and confidence that has always been present in her previous work… but owns the tape it is pressed to in a new way. Terror is the opening track from Moonish, and like all great set ups, it embodies the tracks to follow.

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The Wild Feathers

LP | 2024 | US | Original (New West)

Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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How would you define The Wild Feathers? Some may immediately check a box for Americana – and they wouldn’t be wrong. Others may lean on a version of rock: Country-rock, folk-rock, heartland rock. They’d all be right, too. Blues? A Southern flare? Occasional punk attitude? It’s all in there. Now, it’s time to hop on the bus and sing along.

The longtime Nashville band returns this year with Sirens, a new LP of road-worn, sharply-woven tales chronicling a life worth living, love worth holding and the hard-earned lessons found along the ride. To cut the follow-up to 2021 album Alvarado – the band’s debut on independent label New West Records – The Wild Feathers decamped from Music City, U.S.A., to Los Angeles for sessions with producer Shooter Jennings (known for his work with Brandi Carlile, Turnpike Troubadours and Tanya Tucker, among others) at Dave’s Room in North Hollywood.

Listen intently and without genre in mind. Because when the so-called Sirens make their sound on this new album, don’t worry about how to define it. Just enjoy the ride.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sun)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Texas Troubadour: Best Of 1941-50

Ernest Tubb

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Acrobat)

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Unisono)

Belina

Music For Peace

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop, Soundtracks

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When Things Grow Teeth Orange Vinyl Edition

Wick Bambix

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rookie)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hosono House Revisited Vinyl Edition

Haruomi Hosono

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (End Times)

Tim Baker

Full Rainbow Of Light

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Playing For Change)

Playing For Change

Songs For Humanity

60,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Smoky Mountain Dna: Family / Faith & Fables

Dolly Parton & Family

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Owepar)

55,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Warner Music Nashville)

Cody Johnson

Leather Deluxe Edition

63,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Few Good Moments Colored Vinyl Edition

Burton Cummings

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Jojo Productions)

44,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sony Music Nashville)

Brooks & Dunn

Reboot II

45,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (By Norse Music)

Kalandra

The Line

35,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Superstar Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Caroline Rose

LP | 2024 | Original (Republic)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
With one foot in a bucket of painfully earnest reflection, and the other in a pool of the sick, sunny oddball pop satire she does so well, Caroline Rose wrote, recorded and produced Superstar in her 10’x12’ home studio and on a portable rig she’d set up in green rooms while touring behind her 2018 album, LONER. The album’s first track finds its protagonist the recipient of an accidental call from Hollywood’s glamorous Chateau Marmont hotel, which they take as a sign to leave everything behind and pursue their star-studded destiny. What ensues is an indulgent, glistening sonic wonderland located at the crash site of innate personal aspiration and a bloated, absurd and fickle collective definition of success, fame and the artist in the era of late-capitalism. Superstar is a double-edge examination of the destructive and motivating forces of the human ego in a time and place that stokes its most aggrandizing desires, all wrapped up in brilliant, wonky modern earworms and a world as shiny as it is unsettling.

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Jelly Roll

Beautifully Broken

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Denim & Diamonds Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Nikki Lane

LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Balloon Ranger)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
Following the massive success of her 2017 album Highway Queen, Nikki Lane was uncertain whether she wanted to make another album. Exhausted from touring, she spent time at home and was happy lending support to fellow artists like Sierra Ferrell, Lana Del Rey and Spiritualized.

‘’I hadn’t made a record in years and did not really feel interested in making another one,'' she shared. ''What I realized was how many little nuggets I was sitting on.''

Connecting with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Joshua Homme, Lane entered the studio for her next album. With talent on the album like Queens of the Stone Age collaborators Alain Johannes (guitar), Dean Fertita (organ), Michael Shuman (bass), Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys (drums), Carla Azar of Autolux (drums) and Matt Pynn (steel player), Denim & Diamonds marks Lane's massive return.

Limited to 1,000 copies, the VMP exclusive edition of Denim & Diamonds is pressed on 1LP Seaglass vinyl at United Record Pressing. The album will arrive in a single direct-to-board, foil stamped and numbered jacket along with an 11x22 poster. The album is mastered by Gavin Lurssen of Lurssen Mastering.

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Ane Brun

When I'm Free

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Still Life Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Carson McHone

LP | 2024 | Original (Benjamin Tod - Thirty Tigers)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
Still Life, Carson McHone’s third album and first release with Merge Records, quivers like a tightrope, with songs about existing within the tension of the in between and surviving beyond the breaking point. These are stories of sabotage, confusion, and surrender. The album is a testament to the effort of reaching, sometimes flailing, for understanding and for balance. Still Life invites us to gasp at our own reflection and acknowledge the unsettling beauty in this breath.

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Benjamin Tod

Shooting Star

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Gorilla Warfare Yellow / Red Merge Vinyl Edition

Powerflo

LP | 2024 | CA | Original (Dine Alone)

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / CA – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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You Belong There Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Daniel Rossen

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
As the lead vocalist of Grizzly Bear and a founding member of Department of Eagles, Daniel Rossen has long been steeped in the spotlight alongside bandmates. You Belong There is his debut solo album, written across an isolated location in upstate New York and in Santa Fe with Daniel Rossen performing almost all of the parts on the album. The album explores themes of adulthood and the adventure of new possibilities. After all, a solo album is a new adventure in itself.

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Its Lovely To Have You Here

Kim Churchill

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Kim Churchill)

96,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Fruit Vinyl Me, Please Edition

The A's

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

Waging Peace Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
Amelia Meath and Alexandra Sauser-Monning have been sharing the stage for upwards of fifteen years; they have now come together for a new band called The A's. Their debut album, Fruit, shares a beautiful ten-song collection that features covers of folk songs, lullabies, ballads and more. The album includes their rendition of “He Needs Me,” the Harry Nilsson and Shelley Duvall classic from 1980’s Popeye along with standouts like the ballads “Swing and Turn Jubilee,” “Copper Kettle,” “Buckeye Jim” and others. Fruit is a glimpse a deep collaboration and friendship between the two artists and bandmates.

Limited to 400 copies, the VMP exclusive edition of The A's Fruit is pressed on 1LP Banana Yellow vinyl at Citizen Vinyl. The album will arrive in gatefold direct-to-board, hand-numbered jacket. It's mastered by Patricia Sullivan of Bernie Grundman Mastering.

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Alex Williams

Talk Of The Town Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
Alex Williams became recognized as a one-to-watch outlaw country artist, drawing comparisons to Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson for his signature, cavernous vocal and gritty, go-your-own-way charisma. Now, following his major label debut in 2017 (Better Than Myself / BMLG), he returns with his sophomore record, Waging Peace.

“Before I made my first record, I had not toured. I had no road band and a very slim amount of experience in the studio,” Williams adds. “These past 4 years since leaving Big Machine to become fully independent, and the release of Better Than Myself has been a whirlwind. I’m very glad that I waited 5 years to make another record because it’s given me time to really find my voice as a songwriter, experience life on the road and all the pain and joy that has come my way in more ways than one.”

Limited to 300 copies, the VMP exclusive edition of Alex Williams' Waging Peace is pressed on Clear vinyl at The Vinyl Lab. The 1LP will arrive in a single, direct-to-board, autographed and numbered jacket. It was mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Mastering.

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Darin & Brooke Aldridge

LP | 2024 | US | Original (New Day)

44,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BB*Island)

Simon Joyner

Coyote Butterfly

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Bar/None)

Mason Jennings

Century Spring

Dance Of Love Mixed Coloured Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally released in 2002 Mason Jennings' 3rd album sawhim emerging as an accomplished folk/pop troubadour. The first time available on vinyl, the LP comes with new reimagined artwork by Antonio Jesus Moreno/El Ciento."In the spirit of Ray Davies, Rufus Wainwright, and John Hiatt, Jennings' witty vocal inflections speak volumes, underpinning his meditative lyrics with sex appeal and wisdom borne of experience." -All Music

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Tucker Zimmerman

LP | 2024 | Original (4AD/Beggars Group)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Willie Nelson And Family Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Willie Nelson

Andrew Tuttle / Michael Chapman

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
Sound-wise, 1971’s Willie Nelson & Family is no different than the 11 studio albums that precede it: They are awash in the Countrypolitan sound, with strings, horns and backing singers. But the version of ‘’Sunday Mornin,'' complete with its guitar solo — one of the first on Nelson’s legendary Trigger guitar — feels like the first act of defiance and a statement of intent. ‘’If Kris Kristofferson can do this, I can do it too,'' Nelson seemed to be saying. Within 18 months, he’d be in New York making Shotgun Willie, free to follow his muse wherever he went, cementing Kristofferson’s outlaw country jumpoff point. And that’s why Willie Nelson & Family is such an interesting artifact: It’s the last album Willie made in his ‘’Before'' timeline; it’s the point where he started putting it all together and asserting his creative ideas in tangible ways.

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Another Tide, Another Fish

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Basin Rock)