December Singer Songwriter Record of the Month - Daniel Romano - Finally Free (Ltd. Ed. green/red vinyl)
  • Dec 7, 2018
December Singer Songwriter Record of the Month - Daniel Romano - Finally Free (Ltd. Ed. green/red vinyl)

"Finally Free is a lucid plea. It is a final apology and an attempt at the unwarranted reconciliation between us and everything in our path (including ourselves). It is an exploration of how to cope with the certain end created by our own hand. And/Or, it is the enlightenment of change and the promise of all possibilities in all circumstance. The celebration of all things mystical and unknown. Accepting the unknown with grace and humility, one can illuminate in spirit and trudge forward through the remaining landscape. Maybe even see it's beauty for the first time." - Daniel Romano

November Discover Record of the Month - Ron Pope - Work (Red vinyl)
  • Oct 25, 2018
November Discover Record of the Month - Ron Pope - Work (Red vinyl)

In the ever-evolving landscape of today's music industry, Nashville-based independent artist Ron Pope has plotted his own course. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one of the top grossing independent acts in the business while garnering a legion of devoted fans the world over. Taking the industry-road-less-traveled and holding fiercely to his independence has proven fruitful for Pope; to date, he has sold out shows on three continents and in more than 20 countries, sold over 2 million digital tracks, had over 290 million streams on Spotify, 700 million plays on Pandora, 150 million views on Youtube, and has more generally crushed every metric used to measure what is possible for independent artists. 

November Classic Rock Record of the Month - The Runaways - The Best of the Runaways
  • Oct 25, 2018
November Classic Rock Record of the Month - The Runaways - The Best of the Runaways

From the all-female rock band The Runaways comes an updated vinyl compilation featuring 13 of the band's top hits. The Best Of The Runaways includes remastered audio and the career defining single "Cherry Bomb", the song that took singer Joan Jett's career to the next level.

November Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Marcus King Band - Carolina Confessions (180g)
  • Oct 25, 2018
November Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - Marcus King Band - Carolina Confessions (180g)

Marcus King doesn't strive for authenticity, he doesn't have to-it's busting out of his DNA in every note he plays and every word he sings. He may be young but this 22-year old's eloquent songs, expressive guitar playing, and ecstatically soulful singing mark him as a force to be reckoned with. For corroboration consider Carolina Confessions, The Marcus King Band's third full-length album, a sprawling, scintillating work in the tradition of the Stones' Let It Bleed and the Dead's American Beauty.

November Alternative Record of the Month - Mumford & Sons - Delta (Sand Color Vinyl) *Sand no longer available due to high demand - See note below
  • Oct 25, 2018
November Alternative Record of the Month - Mumford & Sons - Delta (Sand Color Vinyl) *Sand no longer available due to high demand - See note below

Delta is the upcoming fourth studio album by British band Mumford & Sons. It is set to be released on 16 November 2018 through Gentlemen of the Road and Island Records.[1] The album was recorded at The Church Studios in London with producer Paul Epworth. The album is supported by the lead single, "Guiding Light", which was premiered on 20 September 2018 on BBC Radio 1. It will also be supported by a 60-date world tour to begin in November 2018.

November Rock Record of the Month - Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army
  • Oct 25, 2018
November Rock Record of the Month - Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army

Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release from the critically acclaimed rockers. Modern rock n' roll band Greta Van Fleet to release highly anticipated album, Anthem Of The Peaceful Army. The album includes current single "When The Curtain Falls". Greta Van Fleet recently set a record as the first band in 15 years to hit #1 airplay at Active Rock radio with two consecutive singles. Greta Van Fleet formed in 2012 in Frankenmuth, Michigan. The band was signed to Lava Records in March 2017 and a month later, they released their debut studio EP, Black Smoke Rising. A second EP From the Fires, containing the four songs from Black Smoke Rising and four new songs, was released on November 10, 2017. The band's heavy rock sound is heavily influenced by the work of Led Zeppelin although they are mostly influenced by traditional artists from blues, soul, funk and folk music.

November Singer Songwriter Record of the Month - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Live From The Ryman (Ltd. Ed. green vinyl)
  • Oct 25, 2018
November Singer Songwriter Record of the Month - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Live From The Ryman (Ltd. Ed. green vinyl)

Live From The Ryman was primarily recorded during Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's six sold out nights at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium in 2017. The double album features 13 live versions of songs from Isbell's last three critically acclaimed, award-winning studio albums - Southeastern (2013), Something More Than Free (2015) and The Nashville Sound (2017) - including the Grammy winning tracks "24 Frames" and "If We Were Vampires" plus fellow standouts "Cover Me Up," "Something More Than Free" and "Elephant," fully documenting Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit's emergence as one of the finest live bands on the road today.

October Alternative Record of the Month - Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (2xLP)
  • Oct 2, 2018
October Alternative Record of the Month - Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (2xLP)

Humor dominated the early recordings of this Canadian alt-pop band, but razor-sharp hooks and a stellar set of electric and acoustic songs helped this 1998 album become their breakthrough, a #3 LP in the U.S. that went four times platinum. This year marks the 20th anniversary of this album and the 30th birthday of the band. Stunt is their fourth and most successful album - it entered the US charts at #3 and sold over four million units by the end of it's chart run. It's first single, "One Week" became the band's breakthrough single in the US market by hitting #1 (selling over five million copies).

October Discover Records of the Month - Jackie Greene - The Modern Lives Vol 1 & 2 (Ltd. Ed. colored vinyl)
  • Sep 26, 2018
October Discover Records of the Month - Jackie Greene - The Modern Lives Vol 1 & 2 (Ltd. Ed. colored vinyl)

Hailed as "the Prince of Americana" by the New York Times, Greene has always had a knack for capturing the human experience in all it's messy, emotional complexity, and on his new EP, 'The Modern Lives - Vol 1,' he draws inspiration from some of the great social paradoxes of our 21st century world: that the technology designed to simplify our lives can actually complicate them in ways we'd never imagined, that the most crowded cities can actually be the loneliest places to live, that the constructs meant to connect us to each other can actually leave us feeling more isolated than ever.  The EP also marks Greene's first release as part of his new partnership with Blue Rose Music, the record label and multimedia company founded by media and tech veteran Joe Poletto. Released from the shackles of traditional music business models, Greene was free to follow his muse in the basement. There, he found that the physical limitations of the space were actually inspiring rather than prohibitive, as they forced him to get more creative than ever with his arrangements and to learn to let go in the quest for sonic perfection. It's a distinctly New York metaphor, and Greene wastes no time in getting to the point on the EP as he grapples with the close quarters and hectic pace of life in his new hometown.

October Classic Rock Record of the Month - John Mellencamp - The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 (Ltd. Ed.)
  • Sep 26, 2018
October Classic Rock Record of the Month - John Mellencamp - The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 (Ltd. Ed.)

The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released by Mercury Records in 1997. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade with Riva and Mercury Records, beginning with 1978's A Biography, up through 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, with a new recording of Terry Reid's "Without Expression". Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. The album reached #33 on the Billboard 200. This album and Rough Harvest came about because, after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records, Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums.

October Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Young Sick Camellia (Ltd. Ed. brown vinyl)
  • Sep 26, 2018
October Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month - St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Young Sick Camellia (Ltd. Ed. brown vinyl)

2018 release from the critically-acclaimed Birmingham, Alabama outfit. Young Sick Camellia contains nine songs infused with the band's cross-section of soul, rock 'n' roll, R&B and funk, mixed with passion, intensity and a boundary-blurring musical exploration that has become synonymous with St. Paul & The Broken Bones. The band teamed up with celebrated R&B/hip-hop/dance producer Jack Splash for Young Sick Camellia, whose work appears on albums by Solange, Kendrick Lamar, Diplo, Alicia Keys, Cee Lo Green, Mayer Hawthorne and many more. Led by the insightful lyrics and extraordinary vocals of exhilarating front man Paul Janeway, St. Paul & The Broken Bones possess the unique ability to make you dance and shout while simultaneously making you think.

October Rock Record of the Month - Thrice - Palms (Ltd. Ed. red/black vinyl)
  • Sep 26, 2018
October Rock Record of the Month - Thrice - Palms (Ltd. Ed. red/black vinyl)

Thrice created Palms with a free-form and fluid approach to the album's sonic element. The result is their most expansive work to date, encompassing everything from viscerally charged post-hardcore to piano-driven balladry. To carve out that eclectic sound, Thrice enlisted trusted producer Eric Palmquist for the recording of the percussion and vocal tracks, and self-produced all of the guitar parts on Palms. "When we track our own stuff we tend to be far less neurotic about getting every note perfect," says singer Dustin Kensrue. "It's more about getting the right emotion out of the performance, so that it connects on a deeper level."