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Hippo Campus

LP3 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Purple Swirl LP]

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Minneapolis indie pop rebels Hippo Campus return with their third full-length, LP3, on February 4th. Their strongest and most complete work yet, LP3 is a freshly-inked portrait excavating young adulthood, identity and, more importantly, how that personal identity fits into a larger camaraderie.

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LP3 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Purple Swirl LP]

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Toro Y Moi

Mahal [Silver LP]

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"On Silver color vinyl. Toro y Moi�s seventh studio album, Mahal, is the boldest and most fascinating journey yet from musical mastermind Chaz Bear. The record spans genre and sound�encompassing the shaggy psychedelic rock of the 1960s and �70s, and the airy sounds of 1990s mod-post-rock�taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they�re riding in the back of Bear�s Filipino jeepney that adorns the album�s cover. But Mahal is also an unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, calling back to previous works while charting a new path forward in a way that only Bear can do.

Mahal is the latest in an accomplished career for Bear, who�s undoubtedly one of the decade�s most influential musicians. Since the release of the electronic pop landmark Causers of This in 2009, subsequent records as Toro y Moi have repeatedly shifted the idea of what his sound can be. But there�s little in Bear�s catalog that will prepare you for the deep-groove excursions on Mahal, his most eclectic record to date.
The second the album begins we�re immediately transported into the passenger seat, jeep sounds and all, ready for the ride Chaz and company have concocted for us. Seeds of some of Mahal�s 13 songs date back to the more explicitly rock-oriented What For? from 2015. Mahal was mostly completed last year in Bear�s Oakland studio with the involvement of a host of collaborators, Sofie Royer and Unknown Mortal Orchestra�s Ruban Neilson to Neon Indian�s Alan Palomo and the Mattson 2.

�I wanted to make a record that featured more musicians on it than any other record of mine,� he explains. �To have them live on that record feels grounded, bringing a communal perspective to the table.� As a result, Mahal is lush and surprising at every turn, from the cool-handed �The Loop,� which recalls Sly and the Family Stones, to the elastic psych rock of �Foreplay� and the dizzying Mulatu Astatke- recalling of �Last Year.�
Lyrically, the album zooms in on generational concerns, picking up where the Outer Peace standout �Freelance� effectively left off. Bear seems to be surveying the ways in which we connect with technology, media, each other, and what disappears as a result. Cuts like the squishy �Postman� and the �Magazine� take a deep dive into our relationship with media in a changing digital world. �It�s interesting to see how we adapt to this new age. We�re so connected, but we�re still missing out on things,� Bear ruminates while discussing the album�s themes.

It�s not all introspection. Bear cools things down near the album�s end with the Mattson 2-featuring �Millennium,� a laid-back jam with tricky guitar licks about ringing in new times even when everything else seems upside down. �It�s about enjoying the new year, even when it�s been shitty,� Bear explains. �There�s nothing else to do.� Finding a sense of joy in the face of adversity is embedded in Mahal�s DNA, right down to the jeepney that literally and figuratively brings the music out into the community. �We know that touring is messed up for now, and large gatherings are a fluke,� he explains. �It�s about the notion of us going out to the people and bringing the record to them.� And with the wide-open atmosphere of Mahal, Toro y Moi stands to connect with more listeners than ever before."

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Mahal [Silver LP]

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Lola Kirke

Lady For Sale [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Lime Green Marble LP]

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Scheduled for release in April 2022, the 10-song sophomore full-length album showcases Kirke�s unselfconscious, country-twinged vocals alongside a brightly colored candy shop of glam-twang guitar riffs, department store tv commercial synth stylings, and swooping, lilting, unabashedly feminine background vocals. Lady For Sale channels a high-spirited insouciance that feels invigorating and familiar, decidedly more easy-going and fun-loving than what we�ve come to expect from its genre (and the world in general) in recent years. This is a party you�ll want to attend.

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Lady For Sale [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Lime Green Marble LP]

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Lo Moon

A Modern Life [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Smokey Clear LP]

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Like pausing a VHS tape, music freezes the frenetic motion of daily existence. Even if just for an instant, it calms the feedback loop of routine, engages respite, and provides perspective. Siphoning guitar transmissions and a dynamic vocal push-and-pull through a lens of cinematic production, Lo Moon deftly balance expansive soundscapes and eloquent songcraft. The Los Angeles based quartet�Matt Lowell, Crisanta Baker, Sam Stewart and Sterling Laws - ultimately use music to make sense of each day on their sophomore offering, A Modern Life [Strngr Recordings/Thirty Tigers].

�It�s about survival�� observes Matt. �Navigating through all that�s thrown at us. Maintaining who we are and where we want to be. Music itself has been so powerful for us in our own survival, it can change everything in an instant. As a band, we�ve got a lot of reverence for it and strive for it. We don�t take it for granted.�

They never have either�

In 2016, Lo Moon materialized as a fan and critical favorite with the buzzing �Loveless.� It paved the way for their 2018 self-titled full-length, Lo Moon, which NPR hailed as ��shimmering, immersive and otherworldly. As intimate as it is anthemic��. Meanwhile, Variety attested, �It possesses a rare balance of pop-inflected songwriting and dense atmospherics that hold each other in check rather than clashing.� Beyond acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times, NME, Noisey and more, Billboard named them among �10 Rock & Alternative Artists to Watch.� Between amassing over 50 million streams, the band performed alongside The War On Drugs, Glass Animals, Phoenix, and Air in addition to gracing the bills of Governors Ball, Lollapalooza, SXSW, All Points East and more. The group also made their late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! followed by The Late Late Show With James Corden.

Following a tour with CHVRCHES, the musicians entered the studio with producer Yves Rothman (Yves Tumor, Miya Folick) to record what would become the next body of work. Various elements fell into place as they also officially added Sterling to the fold in the studio. Their old friend Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie), who co-produced their debut, eventually joined them for some of the finishing touches.

In the end, Lo Moon might just inspire you to enjoy A Modern Life a little more.

��The journey of making a record is always winding, every artist will tell you that. We found that all we needed was the connection to each other and the commitment to believe in the music and emotion in the four of us. Great art has the ability to transform, and transport and we know how powerful that can be. We hope this record does that for you and can�t wait to play it live. That will be the moment this journey feels truly complete.�� says Matt.�

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A Modern Life [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Smokey Clear LP]

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Molly Tuttle

Crooked Tree

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Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Molly�Tuttle will release her anticipated Nonesuch Records debut, Crooked Tree, April 1 (on CD and digital. LP will be May 13) with her new bluegrass collective Golden Highway.

Recorded live at Nashville�s Oceanway Studios, Crooked Tree was produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and features collaborations with Sierra Hull, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Dan Tyminski and Gillian Welch. The album explores Tuttle�s love of bluegrass, which she discovered through her father, a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist, and her grandfather, a banjo player. Across these thirteen tracks, all of which were written/co-written by Tuttle, she honors the bluegrass tradition while also pushing the genre in new directions. �

�I always knew I wanted to make a bluegrass record someday,� Tuttle says. �Once I started writing, everything flowed so easily: sometimes�I�ve felt an internal pressure to come up with a sound no one�s heard before, but this time my intention was just to make an album that reflected the music that�s been passed down through generations in my family. I found a way to do that while writing songs that feel true to who I am, and it really helped me to grow as a songwriter.�

In celebration of the new music, Tuttle�and Golden Highway�Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo)�will embark on an extensive headline tour beginning tonight with shows at Seattle�s Tractor Tavern (two nights), Portland�s Mississippi Studios (two nights), Los Angeles� Roxy, Salt Lake City�s State Room, Boulder�s Fox Theatre, Asheville�s The Grey Eagle and Nashville�s Station Inn, among several others. Full details can be found at mollytuttlemusic.com/tour. ��

In addition to Tuttle (vocals, guitars), Douglas (dobro), Keith-Hynes (fiddle) and Leslie (mandolin), Crooked Tree also features musicians Darol Anger (fiddle), Ron Block (banjo), Mike Bub (upright bass), Jason Carter (fiddle), Viktor Krauss (upright bass), Todd Phillips (upright bass) and Christian Sedelmyer (fiddle) with additional harmony vocals from Tina Adair, Lindsay Lou and Melody Walker.

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Crooked Tree

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The Weeknd

Dawn FM

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2022 release. 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). EXPLICIT

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Dawn FM

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Bad Suns

Apocalypse Whenever [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Pink LP]

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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.

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Apocalypse Whenever [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Pink LP]

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St. Paul & The Broken Bones

The Alien Coast [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold Nugget LP]

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A fever dream in sonic form, The Alien Coast is the first album St. Paul & The Broken Bones recorded in their hometown of Birmingham. Produced by Matt Ross-Spang (Drive-By Truckers, Margo Price) - the bands fourth full-length is a dizzying convergence of rock & roll and R&B, psychedelia and stoner metal, gospel and jazz-funk. At turns explosive, elegant, and thrillingly unhinged - it makes for a majestic backdrop to the groups visceral exploration of the strangest dimensions of the human psyche.

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The Alien Coast [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold Nugget LP]

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The Temptations

Temptations 60

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A brand new album of brand-new songs from the No. 1 R&B Group of All Time, The Temptations. Features tracks written and produced by Narada Michael Walden, the young hip-hop producer K. Sparks, longtime group member Ron Tyson, founding member Otis Williams, and the equally legendary Smokey Robinson, whose classic songs launched the group�s original hit streak. The new album release will coincide with Otis Williams�s 80^thbirthday, and the Broadway return (and road show edition) of the hit musical,�Ain�t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations.

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Temptations 60

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Jason Boland & The Stragglers

The Light Saw Me [LP]

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For the past 20 years, Jason Boland & the Stragglers have dazzled audiences all over as one of the leading ambassadors of the Oklahoma and Texas music movement. Millions of fans cheering him on, over 500,000 records sold independently and 10 albums later, Boland is a career musician whose legacy continues to grow. From his early days touring in cramped vans and playing in front of tiny bar crowds to the packed venues he performs in today, Boland�s uncompromising approach has grown his profile dramatically, especially in the past handful of years. Add to that the legions of musicians who are influenced by Boland, and his impact on the scene is undeniable.

Prior to the pandemic, Boland was hard at work on his most ambitious project yet. The groundwork he laid in 2019 saw the singer-songwriter roll through songs that would be a bold step forward. Strumming through the material with the Stragglers at a rehearsal in Colorado, Boland knew he had something big. However, that session took place a day before the lockdown and put the kibosh on the project for a year.
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In early 2021, the time felt right to get the project rolling again. At a time when pandemic albums are popping up left and right, Boland zigged when everyone else zagged. Titled The Light Saw Me, the acclaimed singer-songwriter decided to go deeper than he�s ever gone before to create a multi-layered sci-fi concept album. Once again teaming up with his frequent co-conspirator, Grammy-winning producer Shooter Jennings, Boland hunkered down in a Los Angeles-area studio to bring The Light Saw Me to life.
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On the surface, The Light Saw Me traces a cowboy living in Texas in the 1890s who is abducted by aliens and ends up in Texas in the 1990s, but there�s way more to it. Packed into three distinctive interlocking parts, The Light Saw Me is layered with vivid imagery that touches on old legends (such as a spacecraft allegedly crashing in Aurora, Texas), conspiracies, and other accounts that run contrary to reality.

Hidden behind the grandeur of the storyline, the message that Boland aims to share is a universal one: Everyone and everything is connected by love. In classic Boland fashion, The Light Saw Me tackles stories and themes that are integral to his writing beyond his world-class use of metaphors, like who we are, where we�re going, and whether love is something that people feel internally or just connected to consciousness and humans� fear of their own mortality.
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For most of his career, the only thing you could expect from Boland is to do the unexpected. On what�s now his 10th studio album, he not only does that, but he did it in his own organic and authentic way. He�s making the music he wants while continuing to please the people who want to hear where his artistic journey takes him next. With a catalog like his, that�s no easy feat.

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The Light Saw Me [LP]

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Paul McCartney And Wings

Wild Life: 50th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master LP]

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Following the eclectic charm and intimacy of 1970's solo McCartney and 1971's homespun lo-fi indie-pop progenitor RAM credited to Paul and Linda McCartney, Wild Life found Paul once again redefining his post-Beatles creative identity, this time beginning his tenure as a founding member of Wings. A rollicking left turn from its predecessors, Wild Life was recorded in barely more than a week, with more than half of the songs captured in a single take. The end result would be eight songs running the gamut from joyous freewheeling jams to proto-chamber pop to spare introspective musings � all bristling with a raw, jagged energy akin to the grungiest of garage bands�whether on the careening blues-rock rave-up of opener "Mumbo," a reggae-tinged reimagining of Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange," or the plaintive and heart wrenching ballad "Dear Friend."

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Wild Life: 50th Anniversary [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master LP]

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Korn

Requiem [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear LP]

Vinyl: $22.98 PREORDER

�Requiem� follows Korn�s critically acclaimed 2019 release, �The Nothing�. Korn changed the world with the release of their self-titled debut album. It was a record that would pioneer a genre, while the band�s enduring success points to a larger cultural moment. The band have continued to push the limits of the rock, alternative and metal genres, while remaining a pillar of influence for legions of fans and generations of artists around the globe.

Korn

Requiem [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Milky Clear LP]

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The Weeknd	Dawn FM [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Signed CD]	New CD: $13.99	Video
Bad Suns	Apocalypse Whenever [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Pink LP]	New Vinyl: $25.98	Video
St. Paul & The Broken Bones	The Alien Coast [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold Nugget LP]	New Vinyl: $23.98
Eels	Extreme Witchcraft [Limited Edition Pink 2LP+CD]	New Vinyl: $59.98	Video
Fruit Bats	Sometimes a Cloud Is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001�2021) [Indie Exclusive Deluxe 2LP]	New Vinyl: $31.98
Amber Mark	Three Dimensions Deep [2LP]	New Vinyl: $39.98
The Temptations	Temptations 60	New CD: $13.95	Video
Lucinda Williams	Lu's Jukebox Vol. 6: You Are Cordially Invited....A Tribute To The Rolling Stones [LP]	New Vinyl: $29.98
PJ Harvey	Let England Shake [LP]	New Vinyl: $25.98
PJ Harvey	Let England Shake - Demos [LP]	New Vinyl: $25.98
Tori Amos	Ocean To Ocean [2 LP]	New Vinyl: $35.98	Video
Rick Ross	Richer Than I Ever Been [Deluxe]	New CD: $12.96
The Magnetic Fields	The House Of Tomorrow EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Green Vinyl]	New Vinyl: $17.98
Brent Cobb	And Now, Let's Turn To Page... [LP]	New Vinyl: $20.98
Various Artists	SING 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2 LP]	New Vinyl: $29.98
Jethro Tull	The Zealot Gene [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red 2LP + CD]	New Vinyl: $48.98
Aaron Lewis	Frayed At Both Ends: Deluxe	New CD: $11.99
Odonis Odonis	Spectrums [Slow Drip Red & Translucent LP]	New Vinyl: $21.98
Scruffpuppie	letters to nobody [Lime Green LP]	New Vinyl: $23.98
Run The Jewels	Run The Jewels 2 [RSD Essential Clear w/ Red & Teal Splatter 2LP]	New Vinyl: $32.99
FKA Twigs	Caprisongs	New CD: $15.98
Lady Wray	Piece of Me [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Deep Emerald LP]	New Vinyl: $22.98
Joan Hutton & Sue Orfield	Take That Back	New CD: $9.98
Rise NYC / Binary Starr System	Rock 'N' Roll Manifesto / What's Da T? [12in Single]	New Vinyl: $19.98

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