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What's New 7-31-20
Flaming Pie is the 13th release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, personally supervised by McCartney and remastered at Abbey Road Studios. Originally released in 1997, the critically acclaimed & universally beloved solo album was produced by Paul, Jeff Lynne, and George Martin, featuring a supporting cast of family and friends including Ringo Starr, Steve Miller, Linda McCartney, and son James.
Barely a year after the release of their acclaimed debut album Dogrel, Fontaines DC have returned with an intensely confident, patient, and complex sophomore album. A Hero's Death arrives battered and bruised, albeit beautiful - a heady and philosophical take on the modern world, and its great uncertainty.
After undergoing open heart surgery that saved his life, Crockett says he considered calming down for “just a minute.” Welcome to Hard Times was shaped by his heart issues and producer Mark Neill’s desire to make a dark, gothic, country record. “I think you can hear that deep, dark sadness in this record,” he says, “but I think it’s the kind of darkness that will uplift others.”
The groundbreaking British band’s eighth studio album and first new album in nearly three decades sees the band returning to the fray as relevant and original as ever before, fueled by their innovative sonic approach of distinct, desperate wall of sound, melding haunting melodies and driving rhythms with ambition, aggression, and subversive lyrical power.
The third solo album from the Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, who is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has been involved with acts such as Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, and Mark Lanegan, both as a musician and as a producer.
Books and Music signed by Dave Pirner!
Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum was kind enough to sign copies of his new book Loud Fast Words, as well as Soul Asylum Hurry Up and Wait CDs and LPs. These are available in the store and online now. Orders of $35+ ship free U.S. media mail.
Orders for these items will automatically receive signed copies. No further action is needed on your part.
Read more...Bright Eyes Pre-Order & virtual in-store performance
Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
August 21st release date
Bright Eyes fans who pre-order Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was from select indie retailers will gain access to a virtual in-store performance from the band!
Pre-order by August 18th and we'll submit your email address to the record label and you'll receive access to this special virtual performance on the release date of August 21st. Pre-order of any configuration is valid for access to the performance.
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Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Red/Orange Vinyl 2LP - 24.98
Regular Black Vinyl 2LP - 24.98
Read more...Creem Magazine Documentary Screening - August 7th
Tune in. Drop out. Get loud. Electric Fetus & CREEM Magazine join together to bring you an exclusive advanced screening of ‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine’ on August 7th. Save the date.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TRAILER AND GRAB YOUR TIX
Read more...Soul Asylum - "Let Your Dim Light Shine" 25th Anniversary
Release date: July 31st
The first 25 pre-orders for the 25th anniversary vinyl release of Soul Asylum’s Let Your Dim Light Shine will get one of these 2-sided promo flyers from 1995. One per person. Vinyl is limited edition Coke bottle clear with blue swirl. Out 7/31.
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Electric Fetus Pins
Always in season...Electric Fetus enamel pins!
One size fits all. 8.99 each
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Read more...Shaggy - Hot Shot 2020
New Shaggy out now!
After serving in the US Marines where he found his distinctive baritone sound by chanting cadences while marching, Shaggy has gone on to almost single-handedly usher dance hall music into the mainstream and, in the process, create some of the most memorable musical moments in our lives. Who hasn’t quoted his cheeky smash “It Wasn’t Me,” dabbed to “Boombastic” or hummed along to “Angel?” On his new album Hot Shot 2020 - commemorating the 20th anniversary of his 10-million selling Hot Shot album, the two-time GRAMMY award winner puts a new spin on his most beloved songs and invites special guests such as Sting and Rayvon to celebrate along. Hot Shot 2020 even includes an irresistible rendition of Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue” and Shaggy’s new world wide hit “Banana” with fellow Jamaican Conkarah.
Hot Shot 2020 is now available on import CD and vinyl.
CLICK HERE TO ORDER Hot Shot 2020 on import CD
CLICK HERE TO ORDER Hot Shot 2020 on import black vinyl
Read more...New Bob Mould Release! Pre-Order indie vinyl now
JULY 20TH UPDATE: We have pre-sold over 200 copies of Blue Hearts on multi-colored vinyl and that is the limit for the signed album jacket. In the next few weeks we will contact customers who didn't make it in the first 200 pre-orders to see if they'd still like to keep their order open. Thank you!
Bob Mould's new release, Blue Hearts, will be released on September 25th, 2020. Blue Hearts is an explosive album of pain, rage and fear with some of the most direct and confrontational lyrics of his four-decade career. According to Bob, “This is the catchiest batch of protest songs I’ve ever written in one sitting.”
This release will be available on indie exclusive limited edition black/blue/white vinyl and the first 200 orders for this version or the bundle will receive an autographed album jacket. No special note necessary on your order.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER BOB MOULD BLUE HEARTS INDIE VINYL 19.99
For those of you who don't already have Mould's previous release, Sunshine Rock on clear vinyl, we have a special Blue Hearts/Sunshine Rock bundle available.
Bundle includes Blue Hearts LP on white/black/blue striped vinyl w/autographed album jacket and Electric Fetus exclusive Sunshine Rock LP on clear vinyl. Free U.S. media mail shipping. July 20th update: Bundles w/autographed album jacket have been sold out. New orders for the bundle will have unsigned copies of Blue Hearts.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER BOB MOULD BLUE HEARTS INDIE VINYL 19.99
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER SPECIAL BOB MOULD BUNDLE 35.99
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER BOB MOULD BLUE HEARTS BLACK VINYL 19.98
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER BOB MOULD BLUE HEARTS CD 12.98
Read more...My Morning Jacket - Indie Retail
My Morning Jacket’s new album (and first in 5 years), The Waterfall II, arrives August 28th and Jim James has a great message about how you can find your copy right here at an Indie Record Store.
Pre-Order your copy now on Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Merlot Wave LP, Limited Edition Deluxe Orange/Green Splash LP, Clear LP or CD
What's New 7-24-20
A decade after debuting on Matador, Spoon's first album Telephono and follow-up EP Soft Effects have been brought back into print by Merge, reminding us that while the band's taut rhythms, spiky guitars, and jaded urbanity have always been with them, the starkly gestural rock they perfected on later efforts was only attained by a gradual paring away of excesses.
Pop Smoke's legacy continues with posthumous debut album, Shoot For The Stars.... Features include Quavo, 50 Cent, Roddy Ricch, Lil Baby & more. True to the intentions of showing the breadth of his artistry on "Got It On Me", fans will discover a new side of Pop Smoke, stepping outside of the Brooklyn drill sound that he brought on a global scale.
Mondo Cozmo does not regret putting his fist through that window while crafting his second LP. In the aftermath, he learned how to “Say no,” departed amicably from the major label system, “taped a fucking pick to his cast” in order to play guitar, lost feeling in the aforementioned hand for two years, and wrote the rock ‘n’ roll record he always meant to write.
While they have sonically mastered the art of dreamy, hook-laden synth-pop, The Naked and Famous have stuck to their guns as far as intimate storytelling. Recover is largely an autobiographical record rooted in a powerful sentiment of survival, and of the very human process of self-preservation - of saving, choosing and celebrating oneself in a world constantly trying to put us down.
New Release Round-Up 07-31-20
As the thirteenth release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, this numbered, limited seven-disc (5CD/2DVD) Deluxe Edition Box Set is comprised of the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios, 32 bonus audio tracks including unheard home recordings and demos, alternative studio recordings, rough mixes and B-sides including selections from Oobu Joobu parts 1-6, Flaming Pie At The Mill CD (Paul’s hour-long tour of his studio), video content including the In The World Tonight documentary, original music videos, EPKs, interviews, performances and behind-the-scenes material, a 128-page book containing previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album artwork from the archives and the story behind the album written by Chris Heath – including track-by-track information, recipes and new interviews with Paul, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller and key album personnel, studio notes, handwritten lyrics, the 1997 Flaming Pie issue of Club Sandwich, the official newspaper of the Paul McCartney Fan club, downloadable 24bit 96kHz HD audio, and more.
Flaming Pie is also available on 180g black vinyl 2LP, 3LP, 2CD, Collector's Edition formats.
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Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death - Partisan Records
Barely a year after the release of their acclaimed debut album 'Dogrel' (which charted Top 10 in the UK, earned a Mercury Prize nomination, Fallon performance, and #1 Album of the Year positions for BBC 6Music and Rough Trade), Fontaines D.C. have returned with an intensely confident, patient, and complex sophomore album. 'A Hero's Death' arrives battered and bruised, albeit beautiful - a heady and philosophical take on the modern world, and its great uncertainty.
Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks In The Road - Epiphany Music
The highly anticipated ninth album from the singer/songwriter. Such Pretty Forks In The Road is Alanis Morissette's first original album since 2012's Havoc And Bright Lights. The first two singles have already made waves (her voice is in absolutely peak form): "Smiling" and "Reasons I Drink"; they join "Ablaze," "Diagnosis," "Reckoning" and more tracks her fans are dying to hear.
The Psychedelic Furs - Made Of Rain - Cooking Vinyl
The groundbreaking British band’s eighth studio album and first new album in nearly three decades. Founded by visionary singer/lyricist Richard Butler and his brother, bassist Tim Butler, The Psychedelic Furs are among the most significant and lasting bands of the post-punk era, their remarkable canon encompassing seven milestone studio albums and such classic singles as “We Love You,” “Sister Europe,” “Love My Way,” “The Ghost In You,” “Pretty In Pink,” “Heaven,” “Heartbreak Beat,” and “All That Money Wants,” to name but a few. Made Of Rain sees the band returning to the fray as relevant and original as ever before, fueled by their always innovative sonic approach and Richard Butler’s evocative, masterful songwriting. Produced by longtime associate Richard Fortus (formerly of Richard and Tim Butler’s acclaimed mid-1990s band, Love Spit Love, and a current member of Guns N’ Roses) and mixed by Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2, Robert Plant), magnificent reiterations of The Psychedelic Furs’ distinct, desperate wall of sound, melding haunting melodies and driving rhythms with ambition, aggression, and subversive lyrical power.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties - Live From Asbury Park [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Mustard Yellow LP]
NOFX - West Coast Vs. Wessex
Brandy - B7
Alain Johannes - Hum
Photay - Waking Hours
Charley Crockett - Welcome To Hard Times
Between The Buried And Me - The Silent Circus: 2020 Remix/Remaster [2 LP]
L-Seven - L-Seven
Septicflesh - Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX
Little Steven - Men Without Women
Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands
Steve Howe - Love Is
Wye Oak - No Horizon EP
Romare - Home
Dirty Projectors - Flight Tower EP
Ohmme - Fantasize Your Ghost
Alex Izenberg - Caravan Chateau
Alison Mosshart - Rise [Vinyl Single]
Caribou - Never Come Back (Four Tet Remix) b/w Never Come Back (Morgan Geist Remix) [Limited Edition 12in Single]
Caribou - Never Come Back (Floating Points Remix) b/w Sister (Floating Points Remix) [Limited Edition 12in Single]
Moon Tooth - Violent Grief: Acoustic Selections EP
& More .....
UPCOMING RELEASES
Amassing over 2 billion streams, British four-piece Glass Animals is led by singer/songwriter/producer Dave Bayley with bandmates and childhood friends Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer & Drew MacFarlane. A fan favorite, their album How To Be A Human Being was one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2016. Now, Glass Animals is back with new album Dreamland. Featuring hit singles “Tokyo Drifting” with Denzel Curry and “Your Love (Déjà Vu)”.
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Third Man Records is excited to announce The Stooges' Live At Goose Lake: August 8th, 1970. This previously-unheard, high-quality soundboard recording of the original Stooges lineup's final performance -- recorded just before the release of their earthshaking 1970 album Fun House -- will be available on vinyl, CD and digital on August 7, 2020, nearly 50 years to the day after the performance.
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Laura Marling’s exquisite seventh album ‘Song For Our Daughter’ arrives almost without pre-amble or warning in the midst of uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity and calm. As a balm for the soul, this full-blooded new collection could be posited as Laura’s richest to date, but in truth it’s another incredibly fine record by a British artist who rarely strays from delivering incredibly fine records. Taking much of the production reins herself, alongside long-time collaborators Ethan Johns and Dom Monks, Laura has layered up lush string arrangements and a broad sense of scale to these songs without losing any of the intimacy or reverence we’ve come to anticipate and almost take for granted from her throughout the past decade.
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Luke Bryan will be releasing his latest album on August 7th. `Born Here Live Here Die Here' includes the #1 hit "Knockin' Boots" and his current hit single "Whatever She Wants Tonight". Bryan is known for his catchy, chart-topping tracks like ""Country Girl Shake It For Me" which was included in Billboard Magazine's "100 Songs that Defined a Decade" list out last month.
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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
PJ Harvey Vinyl Reissues
PJ Harvey Reissues
Friday, July 24th is the release date for two PJ Harvey vinyl reissues...Dry and Dry - Demos.
Dry is PJ Harvey’s stark, seminal 1992 debut album ... a fully-formed call-to-arms! Features "Dress" and "Sheela-Na-Gig". Back in print, the LP is pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Dry - Demos
Demos of PJ Harvey’s seminal 1992 debut album. LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Full color outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeves. Includes three previously unreleased photos.
Friday, August 21st is the release date for two more PJ Harvey vinyl reissues...Rid of Me and 4-Track Demos.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Rid of Me
Produced by Steve Albini and originally released in May 1993, Rid Of Me features the singles ‘50ft Queenie’ and ‘Man-Size’. The album charted at number 3 in the UK. Reissue is faithful to the original recording and package, cutting by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering under the guidance of Steve Albini.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER 4-Track Demos
Vinyl reissue of 1993 collection of demos written and recorded at Polly Harvey's home in 1991-1992. It includes eight demos of songs from the album, Rid of Me, released earlier in that year along with six demos of additional songs. Reissue is faithful to the original package, with vinyl cutting by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of longtime PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish.
Please note...if you order any other titles with any of these pre-orders, your order will ship when all titles have been released.
Read more...Bob Dylan - "Rough and Rowdy Ways" Gold Indie Vinyl
Pre-order now!
The pre-order for the Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways indie exclusive vinyl is now live. The gold vinyl 2-LP set is due out July 17th. It qualifies for free U.S. media mail shipping, or choose in-store or curbside pickup.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Gold Indie Exclusive Vinyl (2-LP) 37.98
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Regular Black Vinyl (2-LP) 35.98
Read more...Prince - Sign O' The Times Reissues due out Sept. 25th
On September 25th, The Prince Estate, in partnership with Warner Records, will reissue Sign O’ The Times, with the classic album remastered for the very first time.
The Super Deluxe Edition features 63 previously unreleased tracks, as well as a previously unreleased 2+ hour video concert performance from Prince’s legendary vault that illuminate his wide-ranging and prolific creativity in this era.
The Super Deluxe Edition brings fans all the audio material that Prince officially released in 1987, as well as 45 previously unissued studio songs recorded between May 1979 and July 1987, and a complete live audio performance from the June 20, 1987 stop on the Sign O’ The Times Tour at Stadium Galgenwaard in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
In addition, both CD and vinyl sets also boast a brand-new DVD containing the complete, previously unreleased New Year’s Eve benefit concert at Paisley Park on December 31, 1987, which was Prince’s final performance of the Sign O’ The Times Tour stage show and his only on-stage collaboration with jazz legend Miles Davis.
The Super Deluxe Edition set also features a 120-page hardcover book containing Prince’s previously unseen handwritten lyrics for many of the songs from the era, including the hits “U Got The Look,” “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man,” and “Hot Thing,” iconic unseen images from the era taken by Prince’s primary photographer in the mid-1980s to early 90s, Jeff Katz, plus images of archive assets including original analog tape reels and studio tracking sheets.
The Super Deluxe Edition book is completed with brand-new liner notes by Prince’s creative peers and friends Dave Chappelle (in conversation with photographer Mathieu Bitton) and Lenny Kravitz; Prince’s longtime engineer Susan Rogers; Daphne A. Brooks, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, American Studies and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Yale University; Minneapolis radio host and author Andrea Swensson, host of the Official Prince Podcast; and Prince scholar Duane Tudahl.
The Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition shines a forensic light on the creative output of this truly unique musician, songwriter, producer, and performer at a pivotal point in his career and demonstrates why his unsurpassed body of work continues to generate so much love and passion around the world.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Sign O' The Times remastered 2-CD (16.99)
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Sign O' The Times remastered deluxe edition 3-CD (29.99)
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Sign O' The Times remastered super deluxe edition 8-CD + DVD (159.99) (additional shipping fee for international orders for this version...we will email you regarding the additional fee)
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Sign O' The Times remastered peach vinyl 2-LP (34.99)
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Sign O' The Times remastered deluxe edition 4-LP (79.99)
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Sign O' The Times remastered super deluxe edition 13-LP + DVD (299.99) (additional shipping fee for international orders for this version...we will email you regarding the additional fee)
FREE U.S. MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OF $35+
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Living Colour Juneteenth T-shirt Pre-order
Living Colour are providing an exclusive t-shirt to indie retail in an effort
to promote equality and combat systemic racism.
All proceeds after manufacturing will go to the NAACP.
T-shirts will ship on September 25th.
What's New 7-17-20
Produced over the course of two years, Yaeji started writing with no specific narrative in mind. Through that freedom, melded in cozy and laidback production, the album spans a wide range of sounds, including the Korean indie rock and electronica that she listened to as a teenager in Seoul, and late ’90s and early 2000s hip hop and R&B she grew up listening to.
Since breaking through with her first two Eps, Arca’s created an unprecedented body of work drawing from club music, experimental noise, and the ballad tradition of her native Venezuela, while reaching beyond music to encompass performance, visual art, and technology. For KiCk i, Arca pursues pleasure, dignity, and dance floor liberation by refracting club music, reggaeton, and pop through her radical vision.
After a legendary career as the enigmatic frontman for Pulp, and a successful run of solo albums and collaborations, Jarvis Cocker debuts his first new full length album since 2009 with musical project JARV IS... an ongoing live experience because life is an ongoing live experience. This is not a live album. It's an alive album.
In a departure from the nuanced introspection of her previous work, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is Fiona Apple’s fifth studio album and her first in eight years since 2012’s The Idler Wheel. It’s the sound of a woman freeing herself from the constraints of form, expectation, and establishment — burning everything down to make a profoundly singular work unlike anything that’s ever existed.
Known for their stellar synth-pop melodies, and relatable lyrics about love, loss and everything in-between, pop quartet The Aces have gained worldwide popularity since their 2018 debut album, When My Heart Felt Volcanic. They describe the new record as a "whole new chapter" for them –– an "an exploration" that deepens their previously established feel-good sound.
The intimate collection of songs featured on Manos’ debut EP has been described as raw and deeply personal. The artist explained, “If it feels like looking in on something private, it is”. The New York Times called “Tennessee,” first single, “An electronic lament, Auto-Tuned and steeped in James Blake and Frank Ocean.”
While the Gentlemen’s sound is clearly steeped in the classic roots, rock and pop music of the ‘60s and ‘70s, there’s a dreamy, spacey, and occasionally progressive element. Add in elements of funk, soul, country, r&b, southern rock, gospel and you have more than just a mere album. Rather, Floor It!!! is a rich and righteous ride.
While on a surface level, Species is an exploration of the sonic possibilities of the Farfisa organ, aided only by a clarinet and double bass, it’s a nod to both humanity and humility. It’s also about suspended time and trance; not just a steady movement from A to B, but as something that flows, meanders and eddies, like water.
The session for Just Coolin’ (March 8, 1959) finds The Jazz Messengers’ saxophone chair in transition. The band had last recorded in October 1958 when they cemented their place in jazz history with the classic album Moanin’ featuring Benny Golson on tenor saxophone. By July 1959, Blakey had recruited tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter who would remain a fixture of the band until 1964.
Gaslighter (produced by Fun.’s Jack Antonoff) is the brilliant new album from the superstars, renegades, innovators, heroes, villains, and moms that have grown from a band into a cultural phenomenon. It’s their first new album since 2006's Taking the Long Way, which won five Grammy Awards including "Album of the Year," "Record of the Year," and "Song of the Year."
What's New 7-10-20
The new album, produced by Sturgill Simpson, commits her sky-high and scorching rock-and-roll show to record for the very first time. Whether she’s singing of motherhood or the mythologies of stardom, Nashville gentrification or the national healthcare crisis, relationships or growing pains, she’s crafted a collection of music that invites people to listen closer than ever before.
Written over the course of a decade in which the Athens, Georgia-based duo was primarily known for their own respective projects, the songs here represent something of a look behind the curtain, a captivating series of musical journal entries that reveal the evolution of a relationship in all its messy, honest, imperfect beauty.
The fourth album by Nashville-based self-described “sunshine pop” band. This twelve-song-set is their boldest work to date, breaking sonic barriers while maintaining lush melodies and artistic influences. Musically adjacent to successful pop artists from the 1960s and 70s like The Beach Boys, Turtles, Association, Grass Roots.
In a departure from the nuanced introspection of her previous work, World On the Ground unfolds as a finely wrought collection of stories from her hometown of Wimberley, Texas (population: 2,626), presenting a series of character sketches nearly novelistic in emotional scope. Jarosz reveals her remarkable gift for slipping into the inner lives of others and patiently uncovering so much indelible insight.
New Release Round-Up 07-24-20
X - ALPHABETLAND - Fat Possum Records
ALPHABETLAND is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band X. Released digitally in April 2020, it is their first studio release in 27 years and the first with their original line-up in the past 35 years. The release has received positive reviews from critics. Alphabetland was recorded across several sessions in 2019 and 2020 with producer Rob Schnapf, who has previously worked with Elliott Smith, Beck, and Joyce Manor. Even though these songs date from a time when the band's only songwriters were vocalist Exene Cervenka and Doe, all tracks are credited to all four members of X and the recording sessions coincided with the individual musicians improving their relationships with one another.
The Naked And Famous - Recover - Somewhat Damaged LTD
The Naked And Famous' album reasserts the group as one of modern indie-pop's most exciting sonic trailblazers, taking them to emotionally inspired depths, while maintaining the fresh effervescence that has led to over 600 million collective streams to date. While they have sonically mastered the art of dreamy, hook-laden synth-pop, The Naked and Famous have stuck to their guns as far as intimate storytelling. Recover is largely an autobiographical record rooted in a powerful sentiment of survival, and of the very human process of self-preservation - of saving, choosing and celebrating oneself in a world constantly trying to put us down.
Neck Deep - All Distortions Are Intentional - Hopeless Records
With this album Neck Deep wants to continue carving out their own unique space within rock, punk, and alternative music. They have no delusions of "saving rock" or being the biggest rock band out there. They just want to remain Neck Deep and be an even bigger, better Neck Deep than before. They understand their roots are in pop punk, but want to expand on their sound in their own way, taking inspiration from artists like The Beatles and Nirvana who did things their own way and still were able to be massive.
Dry is PJ Harvey’s stark, seminal 1992 debut album ... a fully-formed call-to-arms! Features "Dress" and "Sheela-Na-Gig". Back in print, the LP is pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Dry Demos LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Full color outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeves. Includes three previously unreleased photos.
Also Available: Peaky Blinders (Original Music From The TV Series) which features PJ Harvey's haunting rendition of Red Right Hand.
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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
Post Malone 3" Records
Post Malone 3" records
There are four Post Malone singles available as 3" records to play on the RSD3 mini turntable. They're available in the Minneapolis store and online now.
Goodbyes: https://electricfetus.com/UPC/710244241724
Wow: https://electricfetus.com/UPC/710244241717
Saint Tropez: https://electricfetus.com/UPC/710244241748
Sunflower: https://electricfetus.com/UPC/710244241731
3” record player: https://electricfetus.com/UPC/710244228640
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What's New 7-3-20
Premiering 11 new studio performances and featuring original artwork created by his son Micah, First Rose Of Spring finds Willie working again with longtime friend and producer Buddy Cannon. Alongside new tunes, Willie pays musical tribute to a variety of pop and country songwriters and performers, including Toby Keith, Billy Joe Shaver and Pete Graves.
Interloper sees the band adding new layers to their lush and mesmerizing songwriting style while expanding on their most esoteric and thought-provoking themes. Holy Wave weaves together a contemplative tapestry that can serve as a road map for the diffident, a soundtrack to self-realization, or simply an invitation to escape.
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Grammy-award, multi-platinum artist Jill Scott's debut album, Who Is Jill Scott?. Limited Edition double LP pressed on blue vinyl. Jilly from Philly channels the feisty funk of Betty Davis’ “Nasty Gal” and the soft-lensed romance of Minnie Riperton’s “Perfect Angel.”
Anniversary Sale Punch Card
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Anniversary Sale Punch Card: Experience the sale on your own timing by coming by the store any time between June 23rd and July 15th to pick up a special punch card. Use it to get 20% off your purchase* up to three times before July 31st. (*excludes tickets, tobacco, Mix & Burn CDs and yellow-tagged music that’s already on sale). Punch cards may be used the day you receive it. Masks are required to shop at the Electric Fetus, and we are limiting the number of customers in the store at any one time. We will have hand sanitizer for you, and we expect you to respect the social distancing needs of our staff and your fellow customers. To help support our community we will ask all customers if they'd like to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to support the Pimento Relief Fund, Twin Cities Music Community Trust and OutFrontMN.
Read more...Cherrytree Music Company Merchandise Now Available!
In-store Pickup and Curbside Pickup options now available online
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Wednesday, May 27th - 10:00 a.m.
Electric Fetus, Minneapolis will reopen (specific details coming soon) on Wednesday, May 27th at 10:00 a.m., and you may now choose to pick up your online order at the store. Upon checkout at www.electricfetus.com, choose PICK UP IN STORE if you'd like to come into the store to pick up your order. Choose CURBSIDE PICKUP if you'd like us to bring your paid purchase to you.
PLEASE NOTE: We will call to confirm when your order is ready for pickup. Please don't come to pick up your order before you hear from us. Sometimes we need to special order music items.
Details about Electric Fetus, Duluth reopening are forthcoming.
Thanks for your continued support!
Read more...Used Buying Appointments
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
At this time we're not buying used CDs. We are buying used vinyl and DVDs by appointment only. You may set up an appointment for dropoff by emailing usedbuys@electricfetus.com.
The Duluth store remains closed and unable to purchase any used music at this time.
Read more...What's New 6-26-20
Haim regularly push themselves out of their comfort zones, experimenting with glitchy electronics, slatherings of sax, and dubby syncopation (“Another Try”, which feels like a sparkier sibling to Lana Del Rey’s cover of Sublime’s ‘Doin’ Time’). Between all of the new, though, the sisters are still experts at deploying irresistible rock, like the rousing, shout-a-long brilliance of “The Steps.”
Grey Daze, Chester Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park outfit, had just reformed before the untimely death of Bennington in 2017. Amends feature’s remastered vocals from one of rock’s most recognizable voices. It’s an origin story and a deeply intimate full circle moment among friends and fans. Featuring multiple guests from contemporaries such as Korn, Helmet, Bush, and Breaking Benjamin.
Corb Lund embraces his rich and rustic western heritage with a style that’s unique, honest and resolute, while touching on a range of cowboy themes — from rough-and-tumble tales of lawless frontier saloons, to the somber realities of running a modern family ranch. It’s a classic sound with a twist, something of a rarity these days, but one that evokes the spirit of the American West, past and present.
Monovision is Grammy Award-winning artist Ray LaMontagne’s eighth studio album. The 10 new tracks see Ray not only writing and producing but also add on duties of engineering as well as performing all the instrument. The guitar-driven single, “Strong Enough,” features Ray’s signature raspy vocals his fans have come to love.
The legendary dancehall singer’s 13th studio album - his first since Grammy-winning Before the Dawn in 2010. Banton says of the album, “[it] comprises 20 tracks. Why? Because it’s 2020... 2020 has a deeper understanding in my mind. It resonates with a clear vision and seeing things for what it is. After a 10-year absence, we try to give the people some music for that missing time.“
Like A House On Fire is an album that shows the group's continuity of a more straight forward and melodic hard rock sound, as established on their previous self-titled fifth album, while also shifting into different genres. It’s also yet another Asking Alexandria album that will divide opinion. And, once again, the band themselves are unlikely to care.
Color of Noize reflects a melting pot of influence and experience with jazz flow, hip-hop groove, soulful depth, spiritual uplift, and creative fire — but the concept is best described in more abstract terms. As Hodge lays it out, “It’s the contrast, it’s the beauty, it’s the chaos, it’s the freedom — all of that.”
Electric Fetus Closed Saturday, July 4th
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
We'll be closed on Saturday, July 4th for the Independence Day holiday.
We'll be open again Tuesday, July 6th at 10:00 a.m.
Read more...New Bob Dylan music on June 19th
June 19th is the release date for Bob Dylan's new 2-CD set Rough and Rowdy Ways. This is Dylan’s first album of original material in 8 years and his first since becoming the only songwriter to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 2016. Its 10 tracks include the three new songs released this spring: the album’s lead-off track, “I Contain Multitudes,” the nearly 17-minute epic “Murder Most Foul” and “False Prophet.”
No release date for vinyl has been announced yet.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER Rough and Rowdy Ways
Read more...Welcome back!
The health and safety of our customers, employees and community is our top priority. We wanted to share with you our new protocols and what to expect when we open.
* Our new hours will be Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm (closed Sun-Mon)
* Limiting capacity to 15 people in the store at a time (Subject to change)
* Social distancing (6 ft min) is required and will be enforced
* Masks are required upon entry (City of Mpls requirement). Employees will also be wearing masks.
* You will be asked to sanitize your hands upon entry. Hand sanitizer and a sanitized shopping basket provided at entry.
* Reusable bags allowed but customers must pack their own bags after purchase.
* Cash and Credit Card accepted. We ask that at checkout you look for the floor markings on where to stand and when to approach the counter.
* Public bathrooms, dressing rooms and music listening stations will be unavailable for the time being.
* Customer returns will not be put out for 48 hours after returned
Not yet comfortable coming inside? No problem! Online shopping and curbside pickup available. CLICK HERE for details.
At this time we're not buying used CDs and DVDs. Purchasing used vinyl is done by appointment only. Please email usedbuys@electricfetus.com to arrange a dropoff.
We understand that not everyone in our community follows these same guidelines, but we respectfully ask that you help us navigate this new reality and understand this is what we believe is in the best interest for our customers, employees, community and store. We are following strict cleaning regimens, have protective shields at all counters and are taking all precautions seriously. We want you to enjoy your shopping experience, so rest assured we’ve got the rest covered!
Thank you in advance for your courtesy towards your fellow shoppers and our staff. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your continued support of The Fetus. We are forever grateful.
What's New 6-19-20
Although the album directs itself at the failures of people to love and be loved, it also seeks to restore justice and attain blissful union. Its arc crests through the dark towards the light and learns how to dance with the dizzying rhythms of the heart. The songs bubble, sustain, dissolve, expand, retract.
Guitarists Mitch Galbraith says of the new album, “It’s pushing forward into the unknown.” An unknown that consists of 70's guitar rock, country and western, old school funk and synth-heavy new wave to create a deeply contemplative and atmospheric odyssey reminiscent of music legends including Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits and Pink Floyd.
One of the most important musical influences of the 20th century, Peggy Lee wrote over 200 songs, recorded over 1,100 masters, and had over 100 chart hits throughout her seven-decade career. As a salute to the music legend, and celebrating her landmark 100th birthday, comes a brand new career-spanning collection, Ultimate Peggy Lee.
What's New 6-12-20
Ambrose Akinmusire follows his acclaimed, genre-busting best-of-2018 manifesto Origami Harvest with another visionary statement on his new album on the tender spot of every calloused moment, which finds the trumpeter examining blackness on an uncompromising set of modern jazz laced with a heavy feeling of the blues.
Growing out of Jones’ acclaimed singles series, the unreleased songs unexpectedly congealed into an album of tremendous depth and beauty. Featuring a range of collaborators from Brian Blade to Jeff Tweedy, Pick Me Up Off The Floor is connected by the sly groove of her piano trios, lyrics that confront loss and portend hope, and a mood that leans into darkness before ultimately finding the light.
The highly anticipated new album, which marks his return to creating music after a four year hiatus from his previous album Phase, was self-produced with additional production by Jacknife Lee, James Flannigan and Brett Cox. The album compiles all four individual volumes of Love, Death & Dancing, kicking off with lead single "Time."
Hailed as an “Americana prodigy” by Rolling Stone and one of the “teenagers shaping pop” by The New Yorker, Brue has always been an artist seemingly wise beyond his years. But on Crash Test Kid he often gets at the heart of a matter or melody with just a simple but insightful turn of phrase or cleverly-picked guitar.
What's New
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Frank Sinatra's Nice 'n' Easy, the album will be remastered and released on June 5th. Features the original 12 tracks like "The Nearness of You", as well as full sessions of "I've Got A Crush on You" and "Nice 'n' Easy" that include previously unreleased alternate takes and reveals Sinatra studio chatter.
For years, Trixie Mattel has broken boundaries not only for drag performers in the music world but also for LGBTQ+ artists in the genres of country, folk and Americana. Barbara is laid out to reflect a vintage, plugged-in late 60s/early 70s vibe. It hearkens back to the introspective folk that took Trixie to the top of the charts (for her second album One Stone) with quieter country-tinged songs.
After years spent looking out at landscapes and loved ones and an increasingly unstable world, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have turned their gaze inward, to their individual pasts and the places that inform them, on their second full-length, Sideways to New Italy.
Sports Team, a band of six singular characters who have been variously described as one of the most raucous, electrifying and chaotic acts in the UK release their debut album Deep Down Happy. The highly anticipated record, is their first release on the legendary Island Records label.
Electric Fetus Minneapolis to re-open Wednesday, May 27th at 10:00 a.m.
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Electric Fetus, Minneapolis will be re-opening to the public starting Wednesday, May 27th at 10:00 a.m. with a maximum of 10 customers in the store at once. Staff will be wearing masks, and customers will be required to as well.
Store hours will be changed to Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In the meantime, we are preparing for your return and are looking forward to seeing you in the aisles again. We are still available online at www.electricfetus.com and you may send questions to info@electricfetus.com.
Details for the re-opening of the Duluth location are forthcoming.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation.
Thank you!
Read more...You Will Save Your Local Record Store T-shirt
Thanks to the Dualtone Music Group for supporting indie record stores with this new t-shirt! Pre-order yours at this link and we will benefit from the proceeds.
Read more...portal iii release
portal iii portal iii out on Monday, April 20th!
portal iii, featuring a trio of veteran Minnesota musicians, introduces its debut release with a self-titled double LP of four deep listening instrumental pieces. Bassist Liz Draper (who's played with everyone from the Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers to the Balkan folk group Orkestar Bez Ime), had been touring with folk traveler, songwriter and guitarist Charlie Parr of Duluth, MN. The two discovered a shared mutual interest in drone and ambient music. portal iii emerged as a trio when Draper recruited former bandmate Chris Gray from doom project Up the Mountain Down the Mountain to join them on drums. With the three of them sharing a broad range of tastes and playing styles, anything was possible, but it was a need to seek out new sonic territory that led them to create portal iii.
portal iii's self titled debut was recorded over two days at Real Phonic Studio with Erik Koskinen in Cleveland, MN. Having been recorded through hail and a tornado on the rolling prairie landscape seems hauntingly appropriate for their sonic template and connection to place.
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Read more...Prince Reissues Due Out May 29th
The latest round of Prince reissues has moved its release date from April 17th to May 29th.
Please note, at this time we can't guarantee you'll be able to pick up in store, as we remain closed due to COVID-19.
On Friday, May 29th, Sony Legacy will reissue Prince's The Rainbow Children and Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection in various formats.
The Rainbow Children
Click here to pre-order CD - 9.99
Click here to pre-order LP (clear vinyl w/slipmat) - 41.98
Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection
Click here to pre-order 4 CDs + 1 DVD - 38.98
Click here to pre-order One Nite Alone (solo piano and voice by Prince) purple vinyl - 26.98
Click here to pre-order One Nite Alone...Live! purple vinyl (4 LPs) - 72.98
Read more...Record Store Day 2020 Exclusive Releases
CLICK HERE to view the planned exclusive releases for Record Store Day, Saturday, April 18th. You'll be able to view the list as a PDF or webpage.
We do our best to carry most of exclusives available on Record Store Day, but due to the extremely limited nature of the titles, we can't guarantee we'll have them all. A few days before RSD we'll publish a list of the titles we'll have.
There are no pre-orders, holds, phone or web orders for the RSD exclusives. On RSD, we start handing out numbers to those in line at 8:30 a.m. We open at 9:00 a.m. on Record Store Day. Those with numbers will be allowed into the special exclusives area, a few at a time. We will let you know the total number of RSD exclusives allowed per person, but there isn't more than one of the same title allowed.
Stay tuned for more info on our Record Store Day plans!
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