Electric Fetus

• What's New 1-21-22

  

  Greensky Bluegrass

  Stress Dreams

  Big Blue Zoo Records

  For two decades now, Greensky Bluegrass has been building an empire, brick by brick. Their eighth studio release, Stress Dreams was produced by Dominic Davis (Jack White) and Grammy winning engineer/producer Glenn Brown. It follows their 2019 release, All for Money, which landed on the Top 100 at the Billboard Albums Chart

  

  Penny & Sparrow

  Olly Olly

  I Love You

  Olly Olly is a full-throated embrace of the self from a band that’s committed to leaving no stone unturned in their tireless quest for actualization. The songs here are fearless and introspective, embracing growth and change as they reckon with desire, intimacy, doubt, and regret, and the arrangements are similarly bold and thoughtful, augmenting the duo’s rich, hypnotic chamber folk with electronic flourishes and R&B grooves.

  

  Enterprise Earth

  The Chosen

  MNRK

  Enterprise Earth, a band committed to brutal audio onslaught and proficient excellence, carves out personal meaning from the darkness on The Chosen. Here they conjure self-determination and iconoclastic independence in the deathcore genre, while lead vocalist Dan Watson continues to grow in terms of both delivery and range, bringing his signature heartfelt, emotive lyrics.

  
  Tweet
  
  Read More

• New Release Round-Up 01-21-22

  

  John Mellencamp - Strictly A One-Eyed Jack - Republic
  John Mellencamp's 25th studio album, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack, is released this week on Republic Records. The album was written and produced by Mellencamp, recorded at his Belmont Mall Studios in Indiana, and recorded/mixed by GRAMMY-award winner David Leonard. It features a number of longtime band members including Andy York, Dane Clark, Mike Wanchic, Troye Kinnett, and more. It also features three collaborations with Bruce Springsteen including the landmark duet “Wasted Days.”
  
  

  

  Greensky Bluegrass - Stress Dreams - Big Blue Zoo Records
  For two decades now, Greensky Bluegrass has been building an empire, brick by brick. Their eighth studio release, Stress Dreams was produced by Dominic Davis (Jack White) and Grammy winning engineer/producer Glenn Brown amidst the 2020 pandemic. It follows their 2019 release, All for Money, which landed on the Top 100 at the Billboard Albums Chart, Top 20 at Independent Albums and Current Country Albums, Top 10 at Americana/Folk Albums Top 5 at Heatseekers, and #1 at Bluegrass Albums. Greensky is widely known for their dazzling live performances and relentless touring schedule. As with traditional bluegrass, the band writes about their own contemporary day-to-day happenings, emotions, and experiences in the modern world. Their die-hard fans pack out venues across the country. They travel in droves and sell out multiple-night show runs at iconic venues like Red Rocks and The Ryman.  
  
    

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Years & Years - Night Call
  Billy Talent - Crisis Of Faith
  Ghost - Hunter's Moon [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blood Red Vinyl Single]
  Keb' Mo' - Good To Be...
  Penny & Sparrow - Olly Olly
  SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - THE DOOR [Limited Edition Cloudy Teal Vinyl]
  SYML - Sacred Spaces [Limited Edition Gold LP]
  Aoife O'Donovan - Age Of Apathy
  Miles Kane - Change The Show
  Various Artists - Annie Live! Original Soundtrack of the Live Television Event on NBC
  Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself: 25th Anniversary Edition [2LP]
  Boris - W
  Walker Hayes - Country Stuff The Album
  El Camino Acid - Sunset Motel
  Various Artists - Urban Cowboy [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Opaque Blue 2LP]
  Ramones - Rocket To Russia [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Clear LP]
  Quincy Jones - $ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Mint Green LP]
  Bad Company - Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy: The Very Best Of Bad Company [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Clear 2LP]
  Various Artists - Blade Runner Black Lotus (Original Television Soundtrack)
  Bomba Estereo - Deja
  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3001 [Indie Exclusive limited Edition 2 LP]
  
  
  & More .....
  

  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  The Weeknd - Dawn FM - XO Records
  Dawn FM is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd. The album is narrated by Jim Carrey, and features guest appearances from Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne. The production was handled by The Weeknd himself alongside Oneohtrix Point Never-who produced the majority of the tracks-as well as Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House Mafia, among others. The album serves as a follow-up to The Weeknd's fourth studio album, After Hours (2020).
  
  

  

  Bad Suns - Apocalypse Whenever - Epitaph
  Bad Suns sound - dreamy '80s pastiche flanked by Stratocasters through cranked Vox amps, pulsing synths, and palpable rhythmic energy - that endeared listeners to the band in the first place, and their fourth LP, Apocalypse Whenever, uses that musical foundation as the jumping-off point for their next evolution. Conceived as "the soundtrack to a movie that doesn't yet exist," the 13-track album, helmed by longtime producer Eric Palmquist (MUTEMATH, Thrice) at his Palmquist Studios and the band's North Hollywood rehearsal spot, is more conceptually rigorous than anything they've ever attempted - but no less compelling or accessible. "We also knew we wanted the album to have a through-line, a story from beginning to end," frontman Christo Bowman explains, so the band did what any good directors would: They assembled a mood board, filtering their neo-noir version of Los Angeles through the dreamlike haziness of author Haruki Murakami, the futuristic flair of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Blade Runner, and the lifted cinematography of Spike Jonze's HER. These disparate influences don't just offer APOCALYPSE WHENEVER an expanded palette of sonic choices to color Bad Sun's airtight hooks - they help give the songs an emotional complexity that works on a multitude of levels depending on how listeners choose to receive them.
  
  

  

  Eels - Extreme Witchcraft - E Works / PIAS
  Eels have had one of the most consistently acclaimed careers in music. The ever-changing project of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett), Eels have released thirteen studio albums since their 1996 debut, Beautiful Freak. During the height of the pandemic lockdown in early 2021, E got an out of the blue message from Mark Romanek, director of the first Eels video, "Novocaine For the Soul". It triggered him to reach out to John Parish, who was in between numerous projects and immediately got to work in his HonorSound studio in Bristol and began sending ideas to E. "I'd sneak out of bed at 4 in the morning to hear the latest thing John had sent, and try to add my part to it and get it back to him quickly before my 4 year old son woke up," E says. The resulting album is Extreme Witchcraft.  
  
    

  Tweet
  
  Read More

• The Wombats Private In-store Performance

  

  Friday, Feb. 4th - 1:30 p.m.

  The Electric Fetus proudly presents the return of The Wombats!
  The Wombats will play a private set for fans at The Electric Fetus on Friday, Feb. 4th at 1:30 p.m.
  We will clear the music department at 1:00 p.m. and only those with a pass for this event will be allowed back into the area at approximately 1:15.
  This event is limited to 200 people. Masks must be worn at this event.
  Due to time constraints, the band won’t be able to meet fans after the show. All attendees will receive artwork signed by the band.
   
  To secure a pass for this private event, order the Electric Fetus blue vinyl version of Fix Yourself, Not the World or the Wombats bundle which includes the Electric Fetus blue vinyl version of Fix Yourself, Not the World PLUS The Wombats - Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch (10th Anniversary Edition).  If you’d like your event pass mailed with your order when it’s released, choose your shipping method. If you’d like to pick up your pass along with your vinyl, choose the in-store pickup option. 
  [CLICK HERE] to order Fix Yourself, Not the World

  [CLICK HERE] to pre-order the Wombats Bundle (Free U.S. shipping!)
   
  The Wombats play at The Fillmore later that night.
  https://www.fillmoreminneapolis.com/EventDetail?tmeventid=vvG1bZpwxacotk&offerid=0
  Tweet
  
  Read More

• Mason Jennings Private In-store performance and signing

  

  Electric Fetus - Friday, February 4, 2022 - 7:00 p.m.

  Mason Jennings will celebrate the release of his forthcoming CD, Real Heart, with a private performance and signing here on its release date, February 4, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.

  The vinyl versions of Real Heart will be released June 3, 2022.

  Pre-order Real Heart on CD or LP now to receive a pass for the in-store performance. You may purchase in the store or online. For online orders, passes will be held for will call pickup the day of the event. Customers will be able to pick up their CD at the music counter with the receipt that will be attached to the event pass. (Web order notification emails are not a substitute for the event pass/receipt.) Customers who pre-order either of the vinyl versions will hold onto the receipt that will be attached to their event pass. Those will need to be brought back to the music counter on or after June 3rd to receive the vinyl.

  Mason will sign Real Heart CDs after his performance on February 4th.

  PLEASE NOTE: PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IS REQUIRED AT THE DOOR AND MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS EVENT.

  Click here to pre-order Real Heart on CD (out Feb. 4th)

  Click here to pre-order Real Heart on indie exclusive blue vinyl (out June 3rd)

  Click here to pre-order Real Heart on black vinyl (out June 3rd)

  Customers who have already pre-ordered Real Heart will be contacted to see if they want an event pass.

  This event is limited to 150 people. 

  Tweet
  
  Read More

• Yard Act - Electric Fetus vinyl exclusive

  

  Yard Act - The Overload - Out January 21st

  Yard Act formed in Leeds in September 2019 when Ryan Needham found himself temporarily living in James Smith's spare bedroom. Settling into a system of programming, looping and layering, the alchemy between the two created a base from which to build their complex and ever expanding narrative world. “Ryan is a vibe guy, whereas I overthink everything,” laughs Smith. “It’s been the greatest creative partnership I've ever had. When you find a groove that works, it just kind of looks after itself.”

  The special Electric Fetus variant is limited to just 100 copies. One per person.

  CLICK HERE to pre-order

  Tweet
  
  Read More

• 2021 Year End Video Recap

  

  Our music buyer Jim Novak talked about a few of the notable releases at Electric Fetus this year.

  CLICK HERE to watch

  Tweet
  
  Read More

• Electric Fetus 2021 Top 20 Vinyl/CD lists

  

  Electric Fetus' top selling vinyl in 2021 (Please note: a lot of the vinyl exclusives are sold out so we've provided a link to order regular vinyl where available)

   1. Sting - The Bridge (EF clear vinyl exclusive - sold out)

   2. Hippo Campus - Good Dog, Bad Dream (Minneapolis exclusive white marble vinyl exclusive - sold out)

   3. Bad Bad Hats - Walkman (EF translucent campfire orange and black vinyl exclusive - sold out)

   4. Low - Hey What (EF/Luna Music exclusive red vinyl exclusive - sold out)

   5. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

   6. Hippo Campus - Bambi (EF exclusive salt & pepper/burnt room vinyl exclusive - sold out)

   7. Taylor Swift - Evermore

   8. Prince - The Truth (RSD Drops title - sold out)

   9. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

  10. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

  11. Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain

  12. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

  13. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid: M.A.A.D. City

  14. Tame Impala - Currents

  15. Harry Styles - Harry Styles

  16. Mac Miller - Swimming

  17. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

  18. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

  19. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (indie exclusive version sold out)

  20. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

  Electric Fetus' top selling CDs in 2021

   1. Prince - Welcome To America

   2. Taylor Swift - Evermore

   3. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof

   4. Sting - Duets

   5. Charlie Parr - Last of the Better Days Ahead

   6. Megan Thee Stallion - Good News

   7. Adele - 30

   8. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days

   9. The Black Keys - Delta Kream

  10. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

  11. Low - Hey What

  12. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

  13. Prince - Batman Soundtrack

  14. Taylor Swift - Folklore

  15. Judith Hill - Baby, I'm Hollywood

  16. Samantha Fish - Faster

  17. Los Lobos - Native Sons

  18. Black Pumas - Black Pumas

  19. Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight

  20. Lake Street Dive - Obviously

  Tweet
  
  Read More

• Staff Lists - Best of 2021

  

  As 2021 comes to a close, the staff would like to share the music and gift items that made an impression on them this year. See what made your own list, and maybe find something new to check out.

  CLICK HERE to view the lists.

  Tweet
  
  Read More

• New Release Round-Up 01-07-22

  OUT THIS WEEK
  
  Tom Morello - The Atlas Underground Flood 
  
  
  Sparks - Annette (Unlimited Edition)
  Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
  Various Artists - Lost In Translation [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition LP]
  David Bowie - Toy (Toy:Box) [6 10in LP Box Set]
  Aretha Franklin - Sparkle [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Crystal Clear LP]
  Various Artists - Juno [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Neon Green LP]
  A-Ha - Hunting High & Low [SYEOR 2022 Limited Edition Green LP]
  Vic Chesnutt - Ghetto Bells: Reissue [Limited Edition Brown and Black Split Color 2LP]
  Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]
  My Morning Jacket - Okonokos: Deluxe [Colored 4 LP]
  Christine And The Queens - La Vita Nuova EP
  The Tea Party - The Tea Party
  Lonely Guest - Lonely Guest
  
  
  
  & More .....
  

  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  Tweet
  
  Read More
View All News Articles Follow News Via RSS

Free Stuff

EDDIE VEDDER - Free Buttons & Postcard Set