Ryan Adams - Wednesdays
  • May 25, 2021
Ryan Adams - Wednesdays

Ryan Adams' first album in three years, Wednesdays, is purely raw, vulnerable, and honest. The music takes you on a deep dive exploring the complex heart of Ryan Adams, through a journey of love, pain, and heartbreak. The album so effortlessly creates an immediate connection with anyone who has ever experienced love lost - the type of love that haunts you in quiet places of your mind. While the lyrics walk you through the vast emotional layers of grief, they also remind you of the rich memories of a love that will forever remain a part of you.

January 2019 Discover Records of the Month - Billy Raffoul - 1975 (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl) / The Decemberists - Traveling On
  • Jan 2, 2019
January 2019 Discover Records of the Month - Billy Raffoul - 1975 (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl) / The Decemberists - Traveling On

Debut EP from singer songwriter Raffoul on Interscope Records. Features the track "Forever".

January 2019 Classic Rock Record of the Month - Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (180g)
  • Jan 2, 2019
January 2019 Classic Rock Record of the Month - Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (180g)

Ozzy asserted himself as a post-Sabbath star-and young Randy Rhoads established himself as one of the most distinctive, innovative guitarists in hard rock-when this masterpiece arrived. Includes "Crazy Train," "Mr. Crowley," "Suicide Solution," "I Don't Know".

January 2019 Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Average White Band - The Greatest Hits (White Vinyl, 180g)
  • Jan 2, 2019
January 2019 Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Average White Band - The Greatest Hits (White Vinyl, 180g)

Legendary 1970s funk and soul band from Scotland who conquered the US, UK & International charts with hits such as; Pick Up The Pieces, Cut The Cake, Let's Go 'Round Again. Pressed on heavyweight 180gm white vinyl. The group met both popular and critical acclaim racking up nine hot 100 singles, five US top-thirty albums and three Grammy nominations. The 15th most sampled band in history with the likes Snoop Dogg, Fatboy Slim, Ice Cube borrowing their melodies AWB are still as relevant today and continue to reach younger audiences.

January 2019 Alternative Record of the Month - Alice Merton - Mint (Green Vinyl)
  • Jan 2, 2019
January 2019 Alternative Record of the Month - Alice Merton - Mint (Green Vinyl)

After rising to fame two years ago in 2016 with her explosive debut 1 Million selling single 'No Roots' (Mom + Pop), written about her constant moving homes as a child becoming such as huge debut, it's safe to say it's been a whirl wind for Alice Merton with 124 Million YouTube hits to date. She also gained 6+ Million streams, toured the US supporting the brilliant Vance Joy, championed by Billboard Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine with Performances on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonights Show and James Corden's Late Late Show, Live With Kelly and Ryan, and even a recent 2018 Teen Choice Awards Nomination in 'Best Rock' category. Merton's debut album, Mint, will be released on January 18th and featured "No Roots", "Lash Out" and her newest single "Why So Serious".

January 2019 Rock Record of the Month - Snow Patrol - Final Straw (2xLP)
  • Jan 2, 2019
January 2019 Rock Record of the Month - Snow Patrol - Final Straw (2xLP)

Final Straw is the third studio album and major-label debut by British rock band Snow Patrol, released on 4 August 2003. The album is notable for bringing the band their first mainstream success outside of their native countries of Northern Ireland and Scotland. In the 14 months following it's release, a total of five singles were drawn from it. It is the first album to feature lead guitarist Nathan Connolly and the last to feature bassist Mark McClelland.

January 2019 Singer Songwriter Record of the Month - Pedro the Lion - Phoenix (Color Vinyl, 180g, 2xLP)
  • Jan 2, 2019
January 2019 Singer Songwriter Record of the Month - Pedro the Lion - Phoenix (Color Vinyl, 180g, 2xLP)

Capping off a fruitful 12-year long solo career, singer/songwriter David Bazan resurrects and reunites with both the moniker and mindset of his profoundly influential indie rock outfit, Pedro the Lion, with the follow up to their 2004 opus, Achilles Heel. The band's new album and Polyvinyl debut, Phoenix, marks a return to form for the beloved group, while mapping out the emotional intricacies and childhood experiences of growing up in Phoenix, AZ - a process that would ultimately shape Bazan's adult life.

December Discover Record of the Month - Aaron Lee Tasjan - Karma For Cheap (Ltd. Ed. red/orange vinyl)
  • Dec 7, 2018
December Discover Record of the Month - Aaron Lee Tasjan - Karma For Cheap (Ltd. Ed. red/orange vinyl)

Karma for Cheap is Aaron Lee Tasjan's third LP and second for his label New West Records, based in his current hometown of Nashville. The record was co-produced by ALT and Jeff Trott (Stevie Nicks, Liz Phair, Meiko, Joshua Radin) and Gregory Lattimer (Albert Hammond Jr.) and features Aaron Lee's road band - guitarist Brian Wright, bassist Tommy Scifres and drummer Seth Earnest - with whom he's been touring heavily for the last two years. While the stylistic shift from Tasjan's palpably stoned '70s-country-channeling 2015 debut, In the Blazes, to his more sophisticated, introspective and lushly produced 2016 follow-up, Silver Tears, was relatively incremental, Karma's rocked-up Brit-pop-influenced Beatles-Bowie-Badfinger vibes underscore a significant departure.

December Classic Rock Record of the Month - Queen - The Game
  • Dec 7, 2018
December Classic Rock Record of the Month - Queen - The Game

Vinyl LP pressing. The Game is the eighth studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 30 June 1980. The Game features a different sound than it's predecessor, Jazz (1978). The Game was the first Queen album to use a synthesizer (an Oberheim OB-X). "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Sail Away Sweet Sister", "Coming Soon" and "Save Me" were recorded from June to July 1979. The remaining songs were recorded between February and May 1980. A critical and commercial success, The Game became the only Queen album to reach #1 in the US, and became their best-selling studio album in the US, with four million copies sold to date.

December Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Charles Bradley - Black Velvet
  • Dec 7, 2018
December Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Charles Bradley - Black Velvet

This 10-track album pulls together previously unreleased material from sessions for each of Bradley's three albums, 2011's No Time for Dreaming, 2013's Victim of Love, and 2016's Changes. The songs include a duet with LaRose Jackson called "Luv Jones", an alternate full band take of "Victim of Love", and a trio of covers: Nirvana's "Stay Away", Neil Young's "Heart of Gold", and Rodriguez's "Slip Away". The title track is an Menahan Street Band instrumental for which Bradley never got the chance to record vocals.

December Alternative Record of the Month - The Revivalists - Take Good Care (Ltd. Ed. red vinyl)
  • Dec 7, 2018
December Alternative Record of the Month - The Revivalists - Take Good Care (Ltd. Ed. red vinyl)

2018 release from the New Orleans rockers. The Revivalists worked with multiple producers and co-writers on Take Good Care. Dave Cobb, Andrew Dawson and Dave Bassett each collaborated with the band on the 14-track effort. Sessions were held in New Orleans as well as at Nashville's iconic RCA Studio B. Marked by songwriting that is both intensely personal and also an escape, Take Good Care is brimming with sonic complexity, celebration, and catharsis. Sometimes raising more questions than answers, it is a reflection of the up-and-down journey of life that we're all on together. Take Good Care is the first Revivalists album since the group's breakthrough 2015 release Men Amongst Mountains.

December Rock Record of the Month - Muse - Simulation Theory
  • Dec 7, 2018
December Rock Record of the Month - Muse - Simulation Theory

Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release. Simulation Theory is the eighth studio album by Muse. Co-produced by the band with Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, and Timbaland, it is a synth-rock album with themes of simulation and centering on the idea of "fantasy becoming real". Contrasting the band's previous three albums which dealt with darker themes, the band sought lighter influences from science fiction and 1980s pop culture and produced the album one track at a time without a focus on a greater narrative or theme. Recording began at AIR Studios in London in early 2017 with Elizondo, creating three tracks before embarking on a midyear tour of North America. Production restarted in Los Angeles in late 2017 with Costey, who had co-produced the band's 2003 album Absolution and 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. "Era-blending" juxtapositioning and the contemporary political climate of the United States informed the album's music and lyrics.