New Releases for June 23, 2023

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 12 - MILAN CD/LP

Sakamoto is staring down the prospect of his own death, meditating on the legacy that he will leave behind. But rather than mythologize his life in narrative songwriting or theatrical instrumental fireworks, he’s chosen a quiet grace, one more subtle and restrained than even his softest prior work. Rarely does an album this understated say so much. - PITCHFORK


PORTUGAL THE MAN CHRIS BLACK CHANGED MY LIFE - ATLANTIC CD/LP

It feels overall like the weirdest, most unpredictable Portugal. The Man album since they signed to a major label over a decade ago…..

Chris Black Changed My Life sounds like an album by a band that isn't concerned with outside expectation; they're just concerned with making a record that they and their longtime fans might like. - BROOKLYN VEGAN



SWANS THE BEGGAR - YOU GOD RECORDS CD/LP

The Velvet Underground-worthy Los Angeles: City of Death is the closest this Swans incarnation comes to rock and unusually for a band of this vintage, they’re still springing surprises, such as the way Michael Is Done suddenly erupts into beatific rapture reminiscent of early Brian Eno. Unforming has shades of Spiritualized at their prettiest. The 44 minutes of brooding menace that make up The Beggar Lover (Three) aren’t for the faint hearted, but the sublime, choral No More of This – in which Gira ponders the end of existence – shows that dark and unsettling can be purifying and beautiful. - THE GUARDIAN


BILLIE HOLIDAY SONGS FOR THE DISTINGUE LOVERS - VERVE ACOUSTIC SOUND SERIES LP

Ask any Billie Holiday fan to tell you what they consider to be her best material, and they'll most likely say it's the music she recorded for Verve. Producer extraordinaire, Norman Granz always surrounded her with the best players on the jazz scene at the time and this album was no exception. The immaculate sound quality on this album doesn't hurt matters either. From the time your stylus settles into the groove on this vinyl pressing, you can tell you're in for a treat. Originally cut in January 1957, this album sounds like it was recorded yesterday. - THE NIGHT OWL

ALICI FRUTAS 7”

MONOPHONICS /KELLY FINNIGAN LOVE YOU BETTER / THE SHAPE OF MY TEARDROPS 7”

BOBBY OROZA & EL MICHELS AFFAIR WHATCHA KNOW 7”

EMELI SANDE ENDLESS COLOURED WAY 7”

AYRON JONES CHRONICLES OF THE KID CD

OFK WE ARE OFK - O.S.T. CD

PORTUGAL THE MAN CHRIS BLACK CHANGED MY LIFE. CD/LP

POWER TRIP LIVE IN SEATTLE CD/LP

SONY ROLLINS GO WEST!: THE CONTEMPORARY RECORD ALBUMS. CD/LP

RYUCHI SAKAMOTO 12 CD/LP

AMANDA SHIRES & BOBBY NELSON LOVING YOU CD/LP

SWANS BEGGAR CD/LP

AFROSOUND CARRUSELES LP

RALPH ALESSI IT'S ALWAYS NOW LP

BEN ALI SUBHANA LP

ATIVIN AUSTERE LP

THE AVETT BROTHERS EMOTIONALISM (RSD ESSENTIALS) LP

BAY FACTION FLORIDA GUILT LP

ROGER BEKONO ROGER BEKONO LP

BLACK ANGELS DIRECTIONS TO SEE A GHOST LP

BLACK DUCK BLACK DUCK LP

GARY BURTON NEW QUARTET LP

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES O.S.T. LP

CANDLEBOX LIVE AT THE NEPTUNE LP

ANA CARAM BLUE BOSSA LP

CAT & BELLS CLUB CAT & BELLS CLUB LP

DON CHERRY, CHARLIE HADEN, DEWEY REDMAN, PAUL MOTIAN OLD & NEW DREAMS LP

COME NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE LP

CORO QOM CHELAALAPM CAMPO DEL CIELO LP

CRO-MAGS AGE OF QUARREL LP

CRO-MAGS BEST WISHES LP

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE THE PHOTO ALBUM LP

DEICIDE SCARS OF THE CRUCIFIX LP

ANI DIFRANCO LITTLE PLASTIC CASTLES LP

DREAM SYNDICATE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES LP

EIAFUAWN BIRDS IN THE GROUND LP

ELEMENTAL CHILD: THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF MARC BOLAN LP

ESOTERIC BURRITO BEATS LP

FATLIP X BLU LIVE FROM THE END OF THE WORLD LP

MARTIN FRAWLEY WANNABE LP

GEESE 3D COUNTRY LP

GHOSTFACE KILLAH PROPANE TAPE / BRONZE TAPE LP

GRAVY TRAIN!!!! HELLO DOCTOR LP

ALBERT HAMMOND JR. MELODIES ON HIATUS LP

HEAVENLY LE JARDIN DE HEAVENLY LP

BILLIE HOLIDAY SONGS FOR DISTINGUED LP

JOHN LEE HOOKER ALONE: LIVE AT HUNTER COLLEGE 1976 LP

KEHLANI CLOUD 19 LP

KEYS N KRATES ORIGINAL CLASSICS LP

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD INFEST THE RATS NEST LIVE LP

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE LIVE LP

FELA KUTI GENTLEMAN LP

GRAHAM LAMBKIN APHORISMS LP

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS FACES IN THE FIRE LP

LITTLE FEAT DIXIE CHICKEN LP

LITTLE FEAT SAILIN SHOES LP

JENNIFER LOPEZ ON THE 6 LP

JOE LOVANO MARILYN CRISPEL, CARMEN CASTALDI OUR DAILY BREAD LP

LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL LP

MATT MAESON BANK ON THE FUNERAL LP

MJ LENDERMAN GHOST OF YOUR GUITAR LP

MODEL/ACTRIZ DOGSBODY LP

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: THE MONTREAX YEARS LP

THE MONKEES. THE MONKEES GREATEST HITS LP

HITOMI MORIWAKI SUBTROPIC COSMOS LP

JASON MRAZ MYSTICAL MAGICAL RHYTHMICAL RADICAL RIDE LP

WILLIE NELSON GREAT DIVIDE LP

CHITRA NEOGY PERFUMED GARDEN LP

NEON JUDGEMENT PIAS 40 LP

NO JOY WAIT TO PLEASURE LP

MAISIE PETERS GOOD WITCH LP

CHRIS POTTER GOT THE KEYS TO THE FUTURE LP

TOMMY PRINE THIS FAR SOUTH LP

FLORENCE PUGH ALLISON'S SONGS 10” LP

SAMIAM BILLY LP

ERIK SANDQVIST BINGO I LOKALEN LP

SKINNY PUPPY - PIAS 40 LP

THE SMITHS MEAT IS MURDER LP

THE SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME LP

SPOTLIGHTS ALCHEMY FOR THE DEAD R 1 0.00 35.99

JANAKA STUCKY ASCEND ASCEND: LIVE LP

SUPERVIOLET INFINITE SPRING LP

T-MODEL FORD LIVE AT THE DEEP BLUE LP

TIGA - PIAS 40 LP

PETE TOWNSHEND EMPTY GLASS LP

PETE TOWNSHEND ROUGH MIX LP

TR/ST TR/ST LP

TRISOME 21 MILLION LIGHTS LP

TROPHY EYES SUICIDE & SUNSHINE LP

MCCOY TYNER MCCOY TYNER - THE MONTREAX YEARS LP

VINTAGE TROUBLE HEAVY HYMNAL LP

M WARD SUPERNATURAL THING LP

WATSON TWINS HOLLER LP

WYE OAK EVERY DAY LIKE THE LAST LP

XASTHUR INEVITABLY DARK LP

GLEN DANZIG BLACK ARIA CASSETTE