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New Releases for February 16, 2024

IDLES TANGK - PARTISAN CD/LP

It really shouldn’t be a surprise that a band who proved themselves good at one thing turn out to be good at other things as well. But Tangk does feel like a surprising album, which perhaps says something about the way one’s expectations have been narrowed in a music world increasingly dominated by tightly curated stay-in-your-lane playlists and algorithms programmed to second-guess your tastes by serving you up more of the same. Or perhaps it says something about underestimating Idles themselves, who in fairness, always seemed as likely to collapse under the weight of the contradictions at their centre as to develop; making muscular, aggressive music about “impotent male rage”, as Talbot put it, is a tough balancing act, liable to tip over, open to misinterpretation. Not everything on Tangk works, but the vast majority of it does, with an urgency that draws you into its message of positivity: reason enough to break out the freudenfreude. - THE GUARDIAN


GRANDADDY BLUE WAVE - DANGERBIRD CD/LP

For this outing, Lytle takes a somewhat surprising turn toward country music, loading up the album with ample pedal steel and synthesizers while also making room for bluegrass waltzes, of all things. Blu Wavisn’t such a radical departure that it could be considered a reinvention of the band. For one thing, the album is also laced with their hallmark lo-fi and psych sounds. But Grandaddy’s ambitious venturing into previously uncharted waters shows there’s plenty of life yet in these peerless musicians. It almost feels like, after tragedy left the band amiss, it was all they could do to see where they could still find solace, if not hope. Granddaddy are, understandably, far more serious this time around. Yet they still find rays of sunshine and, like a tilted mirror, redirect them to shine on an audience that needs comfort of its own during these oh-so-fearful times. - FLOOD


BIG GARDEN TO THE RIND (COLV) LP

FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER CURVE LP

CARETAKER PERSISTENT REPITION LP

JEREMIAH CHIU IN ELECTRIC TIME LP

CHROMEO ADULT CONTEMPORARY LP

CRAWLERS MESS WE SEEM TO MAKE LP

DEADMAU5 4X4=12 (CVNL) (GRN) LP

DIAMANTE AMERICAN DREAM LP

DISHWASHER DISHWASHER LP

EL PERRO DEL MAR BIG ANONYMOUS LP

ELAQUENT REDISCOVERY (ORANGE) LP

ELLIE POP ELLIE POP (CVNL) LP

FRIKO WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE CD/LP

PHILIP GLASS PHILIP GLASS SOLO LP

GRANDADDY BLU WAV CD/LP

HAPPY END KAZEMACHI ROMAN (COLV) LP

MOTOHIRO HATA KOTONOHA - O.S.T. LP

HEALTH RAT WARS LP

JOE HENDERSON MODE FOR JOE LP

JOHN LEE HOOKER I FEEL GOOD (BLUE) LP

IDLES TANGK CD/LP

TAKESI INOMATA / SOUND LIMITED INNOCENT CANON LP

JELLYBEAN BANDITS JELLYBEAN BANDITS LP

KENNETH JIMENEZ SONNET TO SILENCE LP

NATHALIE JOACHIM KI MOUN OU YE LP

ANNI KIVINIEMI TRIO EIR LP

KNXWLEDGE 1988 LP

KRALLICE CRYSTALLINE EXHAUSTION LP

KRALLICE DEMONIC WEALTH LP

KRALLICE PSYCHAGOGUE LP

KRONOS QUARTET BLACK ANGELS LP

LAKE STREET DIVE BAD SELF PORTRAITS LP

YUSEF LATEEF EASTERN SOUNDS LP

LEVITATION ROOM STRANGE WEATHER LP

LIL PEEP CRYBABY (CVNL) LP

LUBRICATED GOAT GREAT OLD ONES LP

MAYTALS FROM THE ROOTS LP

SARAH MCLACHLAN FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY LP

TATE MCRAE THINK LATER LP

MEGAPTERA NEAR DEATH LP

MIZMOR & THOU MYOPIA (GOLD) LP

LEE MORGAN SEARCH FOR THE NEW LAND LP

LEE MORGAN VOLUME 3 LP

MORTHOND DEATH TIME LP

MOTHER MOTHER GRIEF CHAPTER LP

JALEN NGONDA COME AROUND AND LOVE 7”

OMNI SOUVENIR CD/LP

LUCY RAILTON CORNER DANCER LP

SAN FERMIN ARMS LP

MASAHIKO SATO HOLOGRAPHY LP

SLAYER SHOW NO MERCY (40TH ANNIVERSARY) LP

BRUNO SPOERRI MUSIQUES LEGERES LP

STANCE BROTHERS DUKTUS (COLV) (GRN) LP

EARL SWEATSHIRT & THE ALCHEMIST VOIR DIRE CD/LP/CASSETTE

TECHNO ANIMAL BROTHERHOOD OF THE BOMB CD/LP

WAILIN STORMS SILVER SNAKE UNFOLDS LP

HANS ZIMMER TRUE ROMANCE / O.S.T. LP

LATE ADDTIONS…

AMIGO THE DEVIL YOURS UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER CD

AVENGED SEVENFOLD CITY OF EVIL LP

BRIGITTE BARDOT B.B. LA LEGENDE LP

BROWNOUT EVOLVER 7”

BROWNOUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FALL 7”

BETTY CARTER THE MODERN SOUND OF BETTY CARTER LP

ERIKA DE CASIER STILL LP

SAM COOKE 60 ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS CD

THE CULT DREAMTIME (RED) LP

DJ SPINNA UNPICKED TREATS LP

FATBACK TONITE'S AN ALL NIGHT PARTY CD

BELA FLECK AS WE SPEAK CD

FUCKED UP THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE CD

STAN GETZ & BILL EVANS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS LP

ASTRUD GILBERTO LOOK TO THE RAINBOW LP

HEADSTONE BRIGADE VICTORY & DEFEAT LP

HIBUSHIBIRE MAGICAL METAMORPHOSIS LP

JOHN LEE HOOKER THAT'S MY STORY CD

I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME GLOOM DIVISION LP

JAYE JAYLE DONT LET YOUR LOVE LIFE GET YOU DOWN LP

JUNGLE VOLCANO LP

KOOL KEITH MR. CONTROLLER LP

KRAAK & SMAAK TWENTY LP

LIL WAYNE I AM MUSIC LP

LITTLE SIMZ NO THANK YOU LP

MASTA ACE & MARCO POLO RICHMOND HILL LP

JAMES MASTRO DAWN OF A NEW ERROR LP

NAMELESS CHIPS CASSETTE

PALE JAY CELESTIAL SUITE LP

ART PEPPER SMACK UP LP

POOLSIDE HEAT LP

POST MALONE DIAMOND COLLECTION LP

DJANGO REINHARDT MINOR SWING LP

GIL SCOTT-HERON FREE WILL LP

TY SEGALL THREE BELLS LP

SMEGMA INFRINGEMENTS LP

THE STROKES IS THIS IT (COLV) LP

JOZE VAN WISSEM THE NIGHT DWELLS IN THE DAY LP

XL MIDDLETON CHROME SPRINGS CASSETTE