Madonna's eagerly anticipated new album 'Confessions ll'.

The new album is the continuation of the iconic counterpart 'Confessions on a Dance Floor'.

Madonna sums up her new record best by quoting the first few lines of her song, 'One Step Away', “People think that dance music is superficial, but they’ve got it all wrong. The dance floor is not just a place, it’s a threshold: A ritualistic space where movement replaces language.”

Madonna adds “When Stuart Price and I first started working on this record, this was our manifesto”.

We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies. These are things that we've been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect—with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It's about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people. Sound, light, and vibration Reshape our perceptions Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.

TRACK LISTING

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Muse are a culturally-attuned, genre-defying band who channel the anxieties of each era—technology, power, rebellion, and identity—into maximalist, stadium-ready rock that evolves with the times while staying unmistakably Muse.

Kicking off with new single 'Be With You', this next era of Muse is rooted in electronic experimentation and an insatiable curiosity. ‘The WOW! Signal’ represents a world of cosmic mystery, existential hope, and the exhilarating possibility of contact with something far greater than ourselves.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Dark Forest
2. Nightshift Superstar
3. Shimmering Scars
4. Cryogen
5. Be With You
6. Hexagons
7. The Sickness In You & I
8. Unravelling
9. Hush
10. Space Debris

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Nonesuch releases a vinyl EP from Robert Plant this Record Store Day, Saving Grace: All That Glitters... The record follows his recent critically acclaimed album, Saving Grace; both feature singer Suzi Dian, and a band of musicians from the English countryside that Plant calls home. The EP's four tracks, recently recorded especially for RSD, explore the folk and Americana songs that Plant and the band love: the traditional tunes 'The Blackest Crow' and 'Two Coats', arranged by Robert Plant and Saving Grace, as well as Gillian Welch's 'Orphan Girl' and Bert Jansch's 'Poison'.

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Following the success of her critically acclaimed sophomore mixtape Fancy That and its star-studded remix expansion Fancy Some More?, PinkPantheress delivers an essential Record Store Day exclusive: the fan-favorite track "Girl Like Me." This limited RSD edition features the original track along with reimaginings by Kaytranada and Oklou. A masterclass in earworm production, "Girl Like Me" famously flips samples from Basement Jaxx’s “Romeo” into a jittery, UK garage-infused anthem. The track's continued cultural impact led to PinkPantheress gaining her first GRAMMY nominations in 2025, including Best Dance Pop Recording and a nod for Fancy That as Best Dance/Electronic Album. Released for RSD on a limited red vinyl 7".

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Muse are bringing two of their early EP's to vinyl for the very first time. The exclusive pressings include 'Muse' their self-titled 1998 EP on a Translucent Neon Red 12" disc, and 1999's 'Muscle Museum EP' as a Translucent Electric Teal 12". Both releases contain early versions of tracks that would later feature on their debut album 'Showbiz' Coma appeared as a B-side on the Cave single and the other three are different recordings from the ones that later appeared on the Showbiz album.

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Muse are bringing two of their early EP's to vinyl for the very first time. The exclusive pressings include 'Muse' their self-titled 1998 EP on a Translucent Neon Red 12" disc, and 1999's 'Muscle Museum EP' as a Translucent Electric Teal 12". Both releases contain early versions of tracks that would later feature on their debut album 'Showbiz' The first four tracks on this EP are different recordings from the ones that later appeared on the Showbiz album. Pink Ego Box appeared as a B-Side on the Muscle Museum single.

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The Confessions Tour is a live album from Madonna, which features performances from her 2006 “Confessions On A Dancefloor” tour. Originally released on CD in 2007, this 13-track album will be released as a 2LP Splatter vinyl for Record Store Day 2026

Madonna’s 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' is not only one of the most celebrated albums of the 21st century but continues to be an influential reference within pop and dance music. Originally released in 2005, the record features 12 seamless club tracks including the global hits 'Hung Up', 'Sorry', 'Jump' and the deep cut favorite 'Get Together'. For the first time, the full continuous mix has been pressed on 2LP silver vinyl and carefully adapted to its groundbreaking technical specifications, while preserving the album's club flow as Madonna originally intended. The dance floor is calling, no time to hesitate.

TRACK LISTING

1. Hung Up
2. Get Together
3. Sorry
4. Future Lovers
5. I Love New York
6. Let It Will Be
7. Forbidden Love
8. Jump
9. How High
10. Isaac
11. Push
12. Like It Or Not

Greatest Hits is the third hits compilation, and presents 16 of Neil Young's best-known songs, spanning his solo career from 1969-1992, including "Down By The River", "After The Gold Rush", "Old Man", "Heart Of Gold", and "Rockin In The Free World".

TRACK LISTING

Side A;
01 Down By The River (9:13)
02 Cowgirl In The Sand (10:05)

Side B:
01 Cinnamon Girl (2:59)
02 Helpless (3:34)
03 After The Gold Rush (3:45)
04 Only Love Can Break Your Heart (3:05)
05 Southern Man (5:31)

Side C:
01 Ohio (2:56)
02 The Needle And The Damage Done (2:10)
03 Old Man (3:22)
04 Heart Of Gold (3:05)
05 Like A Hurricane (8:21)

01 Comes A Time (3:05)
02 Hey Hey My My (Into The Black) (5:14)
03 Rockin In The Free World (4:42)
04 Harvest Moon (5:03)

'Fancy Some More?' sees PinkPantheress bring together an international spectrum of artists, delivering 22 remixes. Remixes come from artists including Anitta, Bladee, JADE, JT, Kylie Minogue, Oklou, Rachel Chinouriri, Ravyn Lenae, Yves, and Zara Larsson; genre-defining groups and collectives such as Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, SEVENTEEN (THE 8, MINGYU, VERNON.), and Sugababes; and acclaimed producers and DJs including Adame DJ, DJ Caio Prince, Joe Goddard, Kaytranada, Kilimanjaro, Leod, Loukeman, Mochakk, Nia Archives, and Sega Bodega. Each track offers a new perspective to the signature PinkPantheress sound, expanding the 'Fancy That' universe.

Released in May 2025 and written and produced by PinkPantheress, 'Fancy That' was created alongside aksel arvid, Count Baldor, phil, Oscar Scheller, The Dare and others, bringing together a collective of creative minds to shape her latest sonic evolution. As she steps into her fun and kitsch-y era, rooted in British culture, the 9-track project showcases her signature vocals and genre-blurring sound.

Originally released in 2015, the album, hailed by the likes of Billboard and Rolling Stone as the best of his career upon its release, marked Mac Miller's first for a major label and was regaled as "one of the most musically appealing hip-hop LPs of the year" by The New York Times. After surprising fans and critics alike with his second full length 'Watching Movies with the Sound Off', Mac returned with another adventurous album in 'GO:OD AM' that marked the beginning of a rapid artistic evolution that unfolded across 2016's 'The Divine Feminine' and 2018's 'Swimming'.

Each 3LP package includes a special triple gatefold jacket printed on silver mirror board with die cut, two inner sleeves with photos printed on silver mirror board and a yellow bonus vinyl with a custom etching on the back.

TRACK LISTING

1. Doors
2. Brand Name
3. Rush Hour
4. Two Matches Feat. Ab-Soul
5. 100 Grandkids
6. Time Flies
7. Weekend Feat. Miguel
8. Clubhouse
9. In The Bag
10. Break The Law
11. Perfect Circle/God Speed
12. When In Rome
13. ROS
14. Cut The Check Feat. Chief Keef
15. Ascension
16. Jump
17. The Festival Feat. Little Dragon
18. Royal Flush Feat. Vinny Radio
19. Cable Box
20. Carpe Diem

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The Flaming Lips perform their iconic album, 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots', live in its entirety from the Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre on August 30, 2024. The hometown set will be released as a 2LP, 45 rpm color vinyl featuring new artwork by Wayne Coyne.

TRACK LISTING

1. FIGHT TEST
2. ONE MORE ROBOT/SYMPATHY 3000-21
3. YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS PT. 1
4. YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS PT. 2
5. IN THE MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS
6. EGO TRIPPING AT THE GATES OF HELL
7. ARE YOU A HYPNOTIST??
8. IT’S SUMMERTIME
9. DO YOU REALIZE??
10. ALL WE HAVE IS NOW
11. APPROACHING PAVONIS MONS BY BALLOON (UTOPIA PLANITIA)

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The 5x 7" box set contains all four original 1985 7" singles ('Raspberry Beret', 'Paisley Park', 'Pop Life', and 'America').

The set also includes the new exclusive 7" of '4 The Tears In Your Eyes', a 1985 track which Prince originally contributed to the USA For Africa We Are The World album.

Each single in the set is uniquely coloured, and contains newly remastered audio

TRACK LISTING

1. Raspberry Beret
2. She's Always In My Hair 
3. Paisley Park 
4. She's Always In My Hair 
5. Pop Life
6. Hello 
7. America 
8. Girl 
9. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes
10. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes 

Four decades on, 'Around The World In A Day' has been newly remastered in stereo by Bernie Grundman. The record ultimately yielded four commercial singles: 'Raspberry Beret' with its spectacular kaleidoscopic video featuring Prince in a suit inspired by the clouds and sky on the sleeve, 'Paisley Park', 'Pop Life', and 'America'.

TRACK LISTING

1LP & CD Tracklisting:
1. Around The World In A Day
2. Paisley Park 
3. Condition Of The Heart 
4. Raspberry Beret 
5. Tamborine
6. Amerca
7. Pop Life
8. The Ladder
9. Temptation

2CD Tracklisting:
1. Around The World In A Day
2. Paisley Park
3. Condition Of The Heart 
4. Raspberry Beret 
5. Tamborine
6. America 
7. Pop Life
8. The Ladder 
9. Temptation
10. America (12” Version)
11. Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix) 
12. She's Always In My Hair (7” Version)
13. She's Always In My Hair (New Mix) 
14. Paisley Park (Remix) 
15. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
16. Pop Life (Extended Version)
17. Hello (7” Version) 
18. Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) 
19. Girl (7” Version) 
20. Girl (12” Version) 
21. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (We Are The World Album Version) 

3LP Tracklisting:
1. Around The World In A Day
2. Paisley Park
3. Condition Of The Heart
4. Raspberry Beret
5. Tamborine
6. America
7. Pop Life 
8. The Ladder 
9. Temptation 
10. Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix) 
11. She's Always In My Hair (New Mix) 
12. Paisley Park (Remix) 
13. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) 
14. Pop Life (Extended Version) 
15. Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) 
16. Girl (12" Version) 
17. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (We Are The World Album Version) 
18. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (The Hits/The B-Sides Version) 
19. America (12” Version) 

Global alt-pop phenom sombr releases his highly anticipated debut album, 'I Barely Know Her', poised to catapult the 20-year-old MTV VMA Best New Artist nominee into superstardom status following an incredible year of momentous record-breaking charting success for a debut artist, and sold-out headline and arena tour dates around the world.

'I Barely Know Her' was written entirely by sombr and co-produced by sombr alongside esteemed, legendary producer Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Boy Genius, The Replacements, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn).

TRACK LISTING

1. Crushing
2. 12 To 12
3. I Wish I Knew How To Quit You
4. Back To Friends
5. Canal Street
6. Dime
7. Undressed
8. Come Closer
9. We Never Dated
10. Under The Mat

'Veronica Electronica', an eight-track companion to 'Ray of Light', was originally envisioned by Madonna as a remix album in 1998. The project was ultimately sidelined by the original album’s runaway success and the parade of hit singles that dominated the spotlight for more than a year. 'Ray of Light' went on to sell over 16 million copies worldwide and earned Madonna four GRAMMY® Awards, including Best Pop Album.

More than 25 years later, that long-rumored concept finally comes to life. The collection features newly edited versions of club remixes by Sasha, BT, and Victor Calderone, along with the original demo of 'Gone, Gone, Gone' - a previously unreleased recording produced by Madonna and Rick Nowels.

TRACK LISTING

1. Drowned World/Substitute For Love (BT & Sasha Bucklodge Ashram New Edit)
2. Ray Of Light (Sasha Twilo Mix Edit)
3. Skin (The Collaboration Remix Edit)
4. Nothing Really Matters (Club 69 Speed Mix Meets The Dub)
5. Sky Fits Heaven (Victor Calderone Future New Edit)
6. Frozen (Widescreen Mix And Drums)
7. The Power Of Good-Bye (Fabien’s Good God Mix Edit)
8. Gone, Gone, Gone (Original Demo Version - Previously Unreleased)

Lovely repress of Foals' fourth album 'What Went Down'. Now pressed on coke bottle green and smoke vinyl, 'What Went Down' features fan (and Liam) favourites 'Mountain At My Gates', 'Birch Tree' and 'A Knife In The Ocean' - a must have!

TRACK LISTING

1. What Went Down
2. Mountain At My Gates
3. Birch Tree
4. Give It All
5. Albatross
6. Snake Oil
7. Night Swimmers
8. London Thunder
9. Lonely Hunter
10. A Knife In The Ocean.

My Chemical Romance originally released 'May Death Never Stop You' in 2014. It is a 2LP, 19 track, greatest hits compilation and includes 'Welcome To The Black Parade', 'Helena', 'I'm Not OK (I Promise)' and 'Teenagers'. It spans MCR's career from 2001 to 2013 including tracks from each of the band's four studio albums, plus 'Fake Your Death' (a track only found on this compilation), and three of the legendary 'Attic' demos.

TRACK LISTING

1. Fake Your Death
2. Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us
3. Vampires Will Never Hurt You
4. Helena
5. You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison
6. I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
7. The Ghost Of You
8. Welcome To The Black Parade
9. Cancer
10. Mama
11. Teenagers
12. Famous Last Words
13. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
14. SING
15. Planetary (GO!)
16. The Kids From Yesterday
17. Skylines And Turnstiles (Demo)
18. Knives / Sorrow (Demo)
19. Cubicles (Demo)

Green Day’s classic ‘Dookie’ is now available on limited edition Raspberry Vinyl. 

Green Day’s third studio album Dookie was released in February 1994, and has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the US (RIAA Diamond certified). The album is an iconic punk-rock-pop masterpiece and one of the most influential and defining albums of the 1990’s. It spawned five hit singles that are still hugely popular songs: “Longview”, “Basket Case”, “Welcome to Paradise”, “When I Come Around”, and “She”.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I was (am) a massive fan of the ol' skate / pop punk and this was the absolute cream of the crop for me. Legendary melodies and crisp, beautifully produced recordings of snotty youngsters talking about drugs and sex.

TRACK LISTING

1. Burnout
2. Having A Blast
3. Chump
4. Longview
5. Welcome To Paradise
6. Pulling Teeth
7. Basket Case
8. She
9. Sassafras Roots
10. When I Come Around
11. Coming Clean
12. Emenius Sleepus
13. In The End
14. F.O.D.

My Chemical Romance’s biggest album ‘The Black Parade’ is now repressed on 2LP Snowy White Vinyl - just in time for the band’s sold out Wembley Stadium shows in 2026 celebrating the album’s 20th Anniversary.

TRACK LISTING

1. The End
2. Dead!
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome To The Black Parade
6. I Don't Love You
7. House Of Wolves
8. Cancer
9. Mama
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers
12. Disenchanted
13. Famous Last Words

Marking their 30th anniversary as a band, Biffy Clyro are back with their tenth record, 'Futique'. Following on from the pairing of 2020's 'A Celebration of Endings' and 2021's 'The Myth of the Happily Ever After', Futique' arrives after the longest break the Biff have ever had as a band. With time to reflect, heal and grow, this results in the Scottish trio energised and full of life. With each track sounding more uplifting and exhilarating than the next, it's a real testament to Simon, James and Ben that they can still surprise this far into their career. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A classic bit of Biffy here, blazing distorted riffs and hammering drums, pop-punk riffs interspersed with jagged, syncopated breakdowns and soaring vocal harmonies. Lovely.

TRACK LISTING

1. A Little Love
2. Hunting Season
3, Shot One
4. True Believer
5. Goodbye 
6. Friendshipping 
7. Woe Is Me, Wow Is You
8. It's Chemical!
9. A Thousand And One
10. Dearest Amygdala
11. Two People In Love 

'Coastal' is a personal, behind-the-scenes documentary on Neil Young as he cruises the coast on his 2023 solo US tour. The film gives an intimate view of the maverick musician, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid. From his everyday observations on the bus to his candid banter with his audience. Coastal is a rare peek behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast.

Here we have 11 live tracks from said documentary, including 'Song X', 'Vampire Blues', 'Expecting To Fly', 'Throw Your Hatred Down', 'I Am A Child', and 'Prime of Life'.

TRACK LISTING

1. I’m The Ocean
2. Comes A Time
3. Love Earth
4. Prime Of Life
5. Throw Your Hatred Down
6. Vampire Blues
7. When I Hold You In My Arms
8. Expecting To Fly
9. Song X
10. I Am A Child
11. Don’t Forget Love

Deftones have always defined boundless creativity in the music space. Across nine prior studio albums, they have carved out an unmistakable sonic identity — ferocious yet dreamlike, while making space for constant refinement and surprise.

Now, decades on from the groove-forward sound of their era-defining debut, Adrenaline, and following a long line of masterpieces including 2000’s White Pony, 2010’s Diamond Eyes and 2020’s Ohms — an album that earned them their second and third Grammy nominations — they return with one of the most focused statements of their career: private music.

Joining the band’s creative core of Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham and Frank Delgado (as well as touring bassist Fred Sablan, who appears on the album) is producer Nick Raskulinecz, who previously worked on Diamond Eyes and 2012’s riveting Koi No Yokan. The result is a lean, masterfully paced 11-song set that plays like a new Deftones benchmark.

Meditating on the beauty and peril of nature, the challenge of cultivating a positive mindset and visions of a journey beyond the physical realm, private music showcases Deftones at their most evolved. At once a psychedelic voyage and a skull-rattling wallop, it’s the latest peak in a catalog filled with immersive, emotive triumphs.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I've honestly been a Deftones fan from the first minute I heard them, and i'd consider myself one now too *but* i'm not afraid to jettison a band if they get rubbish or whatever, but Chino & crew have kept the quality high, with both 2020's 'Ohms' and thia easily recalling the heft of Adrenaline or the ingenuity of White Pony.

TRACK LISTING

01 My Mind Is A Mountain
02 Locked Club
03 Ecdysis
04 Nfinite Source
05 Souvenir
06 CXz
07 I Think About You All The Time
08 Milk Of The Madonna
09 Cut Hands
10 ~metal Dream
11 Departing The Body

Lovely repress of Foals' masterpiece of a second album 'Total Life Forever'. Now pressed on blue eco-vinyl, 'Total Life Forever' features fan (and Liam) favourites 'Blue Blood', 'Black Gold' and 'Spanish Sahara' - a must have!

TRACK LISTING

1. Blue Blood
2. Miami
3. Total Life Forever
4. Black Gold
5. Spanish Sahara
6. This Orient
7. Fugue
8. After Glow
9. Alabaster
10. 2 Trees
11. What Remains

‘Talkin To The Trees’ is a personal and powerful album featuring ten new compositions by Young. 'Big Change', the first song from the album, was released in January 2025, with a message that left no doubt where Neil Young stands in these challenging times.

The Chrome Hearts are Spooner Oldham (Organ); Micah Nelson (Guitar and Vocal); Corey McCormick (Bass and Vocal); Anthony LoGerfo (Drums); with Neil Young (Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vibes). The album is co-produced by Lou Adler and Young, and recorded at Shangri La Studios in Malibu.

TRACK LISTING

1. Family Life
2. Dark Mirage
3. First Fire Of Winter
4. Silver Eagle
5. Lets Roll Again
6. Big Change
7. Talkin To The Trees
8. Movin Ahead
9. Bottle Of Love
10. Thankful

Green Day is not your savior.

But the spirit of rock n roll might be. And as the greatest punk band alive, they’re the loudest vessel we have... to flip-off the oligarchy.

Now, a year into their Grammy-nominated and UK #1 Album 'Saviors' era—one that’s reignited the music world (and Coachella stage) by storm. Green Day shows no signs of slowing down.

This expanded version includes 7 bonus tracks: the explosive 'Smash It Like Belushi', 'Fuck Off', 'Ballyhoo' and 'Underdog', a reflective 'Stay Young', plus acoustic renditions of 'Suzie Chapstick' and 'Father to a Son'. Together, they amplify the fire that 'The American Dream Is Killing Me' first sparked—now more Molotov cocktail than SOS flare.

Amazingly, 'Saviors' represents Green Day's 14th studio album, yet somehow this enduring power trio -- Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt -- remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed 3 East Bay punks in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

The album was recorded in both London and Los Angeles under the audacious ear and Rock prowess of Green Day's longtime friend & collaborator, GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo.

Need a little inspiration to fight the good fight another day? 

TRACK LISTING

1. The American Dream Is Killing Me
2. Look Ma, No Brains!
3. Bobby Sox
4. One Eyed Bastard
5 .Dilemma
6. 1981
7. Goodnight Adeline
8. Coma City
9. Corvette Summer
10. Suzie Chapstick
11. Strange Days Are Here To Stay
12. Living In The ’20s
13. Father To A Son
14. Saviors
15. Fancy Sauce
16. Smash It Like Belushi
17. Stay Young
18. Fuck Off
19. Ballyhoo
20. Suzie Chapstick (Acoustic)
21. Father To A Son (Acoustic)
22. Underdog*

'Oceanside Countryside' is the latest of Neil Young’s great “lost” albums to be released as part of his Analog Original Series (AOS). The album was recorded from May to December 1977, preceding the release of 'Comes A Time' in 1978. The two albums share the same country/folk sound, and three songs ('Goin’ Back', 'Human Highway' and 'Field of Opportunity') appear on both albums.

The vinyl release of 'Oceanside Countryside' includes some tracks that are on the CD of the same name in 'Neil Young’s Archives Vol. III'. However, this track list is how 'Oceanside Countryside' was originally planned to be released and finally will be made available on vinyl for the first time ever. Recorded on tape, these are the original mixes done at the time of recording.

As Young states, “This analog original album, recorded in 1977, was unreleased at the time. These songs are the original mixes done at the time of the recordings. I sang the vocals and played the instruments on Oceanside, in Florida at Triad studios and Malibu, at Indigo studio. I sang the vocals and recorded with my great band of friends at Crazy Mama’s in Nashville on Countryside. I hope you enjoy this treasure of an Analog Original recording as much as I do.” – Neil

TRACK LISTING

1. Sail Away
2. Lost In Space
3. Captain Kennedy
4. Goin’ Back
5. Human Highway
6. Field Of Opportunity
7. Dance Dance Dance
8. The Old Homestead
9. It Might Have Been
10. Pocahontas

Celebrate the 5th anniversary of 'Future Nostalgia' with this stunning special edition triple vinyl set. Including 'Future Nostalgia Moonlight Edition' and 'Club Future Nostalgia'. This unique release features vibrant new artwork and a limited-edition splatter vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

 Future Nostalgia (The Moonlight Edition) Tracklist:
1. Future Nostalgia
2. Don't Start Now
3. Cool
4. Physical
5. Levitating
6. Pretty Please
7. Hallucinate
8. Love Again
9. Break My Heart
10. Good In Bed (explicit)
11. Boys Will Be Boys
12. Dua Lipa X Angèle - Fever
13. We’re Good
14. Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa)
15. If It Ain’t Me
16. That Kind Of Woman
17. Not My Problem (feat. JID) (explicit)
18. Levitating (feat. DaBaby)
19. J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny – UN DIA (ONE DAY) (feat. Tainy)

Club Future Nostalgia Tracklist:
1. Levitating (feat. Madonna And Missy Elliott) [The Blessed Madonna Remix]
2. Hallucinate (Paul Woolford Remix) [Extended]
3. Don’t Start Now (Kaytranada Remix)
4. Physical (feat. Gwen Stefani) [Mark Ronson Remix]
5. Love Is Religion (The Blessed Madonna Remix)
6. Break My Heart (Moodymann Remix)
7. That Kind Of Woman (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
8. Pretty Please (Masters At Work Remix)
9. Boys Will Be Boys (Zach Witness Remix)
10. Good In Bed (Gen Hoshino Remix) (explicit)
11. Future Nostalgia (Joe Goddard Remix)
12. Love Again (Horse Meat Disco Remix)
13. Cool (Jayda G Remix)
14. Don't Start Now (Yaeji Remix)
15. Hallucinate (Mr Fingers Deep Stripped Mix)
16. Pretty Please (Midland Refix)
17. Good In Bed (Zach Witness Remix) (explicit)

In 2002, Regina Spektor was in the midst of a creative explosion. She found herself writing so many songs that she was unable to keep track of them.
Her friend Joe Mendelson noticed she was forgetting some entirely, and offered to archive everything she had written that year. After Regina recorded dozens of songs, one take each, they decided to pick twelve and make them into an album.

And so, 'Songs' was born. The record includes the original versions of 'Samson' and 'Ne Me Quitte Pas', later re-recorded on 'Begin To Hope' and 'What We Saw From The Cheap Seats', respectively.

These early recordings have now been expertly remastered by Bob Ludwig right in time for their 22nd birthday, playable for the time ever outside of a handmade CD-R.

TRACK LISTING

1. Samson
2. Oedipus
3. Prisoners
4. Reading Time With Pickle
5. Consequence Of Sounds
6. Daniel Cowman
7. Bon Idee
8. Aching To Pupate
9. Lounge
10. Lacrimosa
11. Lulliby
12. Ne Me Quitte Pas

THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2024 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH).

Featuring the full deluxe tracklist across each side of the LP. Originally a surprise release in November 2019 between his third and fourth albums, it features El Toro Combo Meal featuring Mavi, MTOMB featuring Live, East, and more.

TRACK LISTING

74
EAST
MTOMB (feat. Liv.e)
OD
EL TORO COMBO MEAL (feat. Mavi)
TISK TISK / COOKIES
4N (feat. Mach-Hommy)
GHOST (feat. Navy Blue)
WHOLE WORLD (feat. Maxo)

The Flaming Lips’ 2002 best-selling album, available for the first time on Blu-Ray in Dolby ATMOS, 5.1 Mix & Hi-Res Stereo. Also includes four remastered videos & Animated Visualizer Bleep Blops. Featuring one of the band’s most iconic songs - 'Do You Realize??' - plus 'Fight Test', 'Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell' and more.

TRACK LISTING

AUDIO:
1. Fight Test
2. One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2
5. In The Morning Of The Magicians
6. Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
7. Are You A Hypnotist??
8. It’s Summertime
9. Do You Realize??
10. All We Have Is Now
11. Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)

MUSIC VIDEOS:
1. Fight Test
2. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1
3. Are You A Hypnotist??
4. Do You Realize??
5. Do You Realize?? (Mark Pellington Version)

10th Anniversary colour reissue of the 2014 album featuring “Just One of the Guys”, “The Voyager”, “She’s Not Me” and more.

This is the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman's third solo album & documents her struggle to cope following the death of her estranged father in 2010 and the subsequent break-up of Rilo Kiley. 'The Voyager' finds the always relatable songwriter at her sharp-witted best, singing about her experiences with honesty and incisiveness.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
Head Underwater
She's Not Me
Just One Of The Guys
Slippery Slopes
Late Bloomer

Side 2
You Can't Outrun 'Em
The New You
Aloha & The Three Johns
Love U Forever
The Voyager

Green Day’s seventh studio album American Idiot was released in September 2004 and has since sold over 23 million copies worldwide. The album is a punk rock opera masterpiece that won the Best Rock Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards©. Five hit singles were released from the album: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Holiday”, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, “Jesus of Suburbia”, and the title track, “American Idiot”.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
01 American Idiot
02 Jesus Of Suburbia
I. Jesus Of Suburbia
II. City Of The Damned
III. I Don't Care
IV. Dearly Beloved
V. Tales Of Another Broken Home

Side B:
03 Holiday
04 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
05 Are We The Waiting
06 St. Jimmy

Side C:
07 Give Me Novacaine
08 She's A Rebel
09 Extraordinary Girl
10 Letterbomb
11 Wake Me Up When September Ends

Side D:
12 Homecoming
I. The Death Of St. Jimmy
II. East 12th St.
III. Nobody Likes You
IV. Rock And Roll Girlfriend
V. We're Coming Home Again
13 Whatsername

In July of 2023, Neil Young released the OFFICIAL RELEASE SERIES VOLUME 5, a stunning collection comprised of four classic albums that begins with the exciting renaissance that came with the release of FREEDOM in 1989, and continues on the unequaled exploration of collections RAGGED GLORY (1990), WELD (1991) and ARC (1991). In many ways, it is a musical travelogue of how Young saw the future and opened up creative worlds for the use of sound and originality which had not been used before. 

TRACK LISTING

01 Country Home
02 White Line
03 Fuckin’ Up
04 Over And Over
05 Love To Burn
06 Farmer John
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Days That Used To Be
09 Love And Only Love
10 Mother Earth (National Anthem)
11 Interstate
12 Don’t Spook The Horse
13 Box Car
14 Born To Run

In July of 2023, Neil Young released the OFFICIAL RELEASE SERIES VOLUME 5, a stunning collection comprised of four classic albums that begins with the exciting renaissance that came with the release of FREEDOM in 1989, and continues on the unequaled exploration of collections RAGGED GLORY (1990), WELD (1991) and ARC (1991). In many ways, it is a musical travelogue of how Young saw the future and opened up creative worlds for the use of sound and originality which had not been used before. 

TRACK LISTING

01 Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic)
02 Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part 1)
03 Don’t Cry
04 Hangin’ On A Limb
05 Eldorado
06 The Ways Of Love
07 Someday
08 On Broadway
09 Wrecking Ball
10 No More
11 Too Far Gone
12 Rockin’ In The Free World (Electric)

In July of 2023, Neil Young released the OFFICIAL RELEASE SERIES VOLUME 5, a stunning collection comprised of four classic albums that begins with the exciting renaissance that came with the release of FREEDOM in 1989, and continues on the unequaled exploration of collections RAGGED GLORY (1990), WELD (1991) and ARC (1991). In many ways, it is a musical travelogue of how Young saw the future and opened up creative worlds for the use of sound and originality which had not been used before. 

TRACK LISTING

01 Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
02 Crime In The City
03 Blowin’ In The Wind
04 Welfare Mothers
05 Love To Burn
06 Cinnamon Girl
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Fuckin’ Up
09 Cortez The Killer
10 Powderfinger
11 Love And Only Love
12 Rockin’ In The Free World
13 Like A Hurricane
14 Farmer John
15 Tonight’s The Night
16 Roll Another Number

The Flaming Lips will celebrate 25 years of their seminal 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, with the brand new The Soft Bulletin 25th Anniversary Vinyl. It will be available in limited-edition 2LP Vinyl with stunning Zoetrope designs notably co-created by Drew Tetz and band frontman Wayne Coyne. Plus, it boasts brand new sleeve artwork in addition to an insert with text penned by Wayne.

The Flaming Lips first unveiled The Soft Bulletin on May 17, 1999. Anchored by staples such as “Race for the Prize,” “Waitin’ for a Superman,” and “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate,” it earned some of the highest critical praise of the band’s career. Pitchfork placed it at #3 among “The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s,” hailing it as “godlike music” and professing, “Remarkably, the band's music maintains a general air of feel-goodness while their lyrics concern sobering subjects as bleeding, bites, and mortality.” Moreover, Entertainment Weekly bestowed an “A” rating upon the record, Spin scored it “9-out-of-10,” NME applauded it with a “9-out-of-10,” and Pitchfork delivered a rare perfect “10.0” score.

TRACK LISTING

Race For The Prize
A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
The Spark That Bled
The Spiderbite Song
Buggin’
What Is The Light?
The Observer
Waitin’ For A Superman
Suddenly Everything Has Changed
The Gash
Slow Motion
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
Sleeping On The Roof

Critically acclaimed, Orville Peck has long dreamed of making Stampede, a duets album with singers, songwriters, and fellow musicians he’s long admired. And now, music icons, rebels and newcomers join hand-in-hand with Orville on his third full-length body of work to help create a two-part record that tips its hat to music’s past, present, and future. Orville just released the first part to this project Stampede: Vol.1 on 5/10 with duets such as Willie Nelson, Midland, Elton John, Allison Russell, Noah Cyrus, Bu Cuaron and Nathaniel Rateliff. Slant Magazine describes Volume 1 as "a reflection of both the singer’s dedication to the genre and his desire not to be confined by it." The full project is releasing on 8/2 with more exciting duets to be announced. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Bold, bright new country music that is both wildly reminiscent of the glory days of uplifting country but with a wry new twist and deliberate, joyful air.

Inspired by Dua’s own self-discovery, Radical Optimism is an album that taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations that once seemed impossible to face. The hard goodbyes and vulnerable beginnings that previously threatened to crush your soul, become milestones as you choose optimism and start to move with grace through the chaos.

Infused with the energy of Dua’s hometown, London, the attitude of the album embodies the rawness, honesty, confidence and freedom of ‘90s Britpop. Radical Optimism transports its listener to a dreamy pop world rich in musicality, lyrically unapologetic and sonically liberating.

The 3x GRAMMY and 7x Brit Award-winning global pop powerhouse worked with a team of core collaborators throughout the project including Caroline Ailin, Danny L. Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Kevin Parker.

TRACK LISTING

1. End Of An Era
2. Houdini
3. Training Season
4. These Walls
5. Whatcha Doing
6. French Exit
7. Illusion
8. Falling Forever
9. Anything For Love
10. Maria
11. Happy For You

When Neil Young assembles a special edition of his songs, the delight is in the details. ‘Dume’ is a new limited-edition all analogue vinyl pressing of 16 songs that were originally collected for Neil Young’s ‘Archives Vol. II’, released in autumn 2020. Set to be released on February 23rd.

The album features recordings, some of which were part of the historic ‘Zuma’ album sessions by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and others previously unreleased, are a detailed look at one of the most exciting periods in Neil’s rock & roll life. ‘Dume’ captures the live-wire spark of Young's music during those years, and this full-bore attack is somewhat of a turning point for Young and the band.

Neil Young, Crazy Horse, and producer David Briggs were living in the Point Dume area of Malibu and recording at their own direction. The songs Young was writing on the ‘Dume’ collection came at a steady stream, and after the twisty turns of ‘Tonight’s The Night’, the group felt open and free. ‘Zuma’, named after the beach they lived near, came together in wide-open sessions that had the air of freedom itself. In assembling ‘Dume’ – initially released as Disc 8 of the ‘Archives Vol. II’ box set - Young's unfolding plan was to weave songs from the album with unreleased tracks and mixes from that period. ‘Dume’ is somewhat of a Mad Hatter's take, using the ‘Zuma’ album as a starting point and expanding that scope into a brand-new entity. Now it is available with the superior sound it was recorded in, via analogue master tapes and vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
01. Ride My Llama
02. Cortez The Killer*
03. Don’t Cry No Tears*
04. Born To Run
Side B:
01. Barstool Blues*
02. Danger Bird*
03. Stupid Girl*
04. Kansas
Side C:
01. Powderfinger
02. Hawaii
03. Drive Back*
Side D:
01. Lookin’ For A Love*
02. Pardon My Heart*
03. Too Far Gone
04. Pocahontas
05. No One Seems To Know

N.B. Asterisked Songs Appear On Zuma.
All Other Songs Are Non-album Tracks/outtakes.

Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist’s joint album VOIR DIRE is available now across all digital streaming platforms with an updated tracklist via Tan Cressida / ALC / Warner Records. Accompanying the album’s digital streaming platform encompassing debut, the duo tallies their third visual of the project with the release of a music video featuring album track "Vin Skully."

Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist surprised both the music and media landscapes at large with the initial August release VOIR DIRE, which arrived with the exciting lead single, "Sentry" ft. MIKE. As the anticipation for the album in its entirety continued to grow, the second DSP-accessible track, "The Caliphate" materialized alongside the release of its visual, featuring Vince Staples. Today marks the official release of the entire album in its original form and sequence — with two previously unreleased tracks including "Heatcheck," and "Mancala," the latter of which features Vince Staples for his second appearance on the album.

Supporting the album’s release, the duo is trekking an 11-stop tour spanning the month of November featuring Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist performing together with support slots from MIKE & Black Noi$e.

The Alchemist initially hinted that they put out a secret album on YouTube under a fake name but four years went by without any fans discovering it. Fast forward to this summer, a new series of clues led fans on a scavenger hunt that unearthed VOIR DIRE, the long-rumored and highly-anticipated album from Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I'm not sure how much I need to say here to be honest. Most of you will know Earl Sweatshirt, and his low-slung hip-hop drawl atop The Alchemist's famously brilliant beats is everything you could hope for. A perfect fusion of production and lyrics from two legendary figures in the scene. don't wait on this one.

TRACK LISTING

1. 100 High Street
2. Vin Skully
3. Sentry Ft. Mike
4. Heat Check
5. 5. Mancala Ft. Vince Staples
6. 27 Braids
7. Mac Deuce
8. Sirius Blac
9. Dead Zone
10. The Caliphate Ft. Vince Staples
11. Free The Ruler

Collaborations don’t get much more biblical than this. Solo star, Oasis legend and force-of-nature Liam Gallagher has teamed up with John Squire, one of the most influential guitarists and songwriters of his generation via his time with The Stone Roses. The duo will set a high watermark for 2024 when they release their first single together, ‘Just Another Rainbow’, on January 5th, on limited 7” vinyl.

There will be much more new music to come - and there could well be shows, too - but for now ‘Just Another Rainbow’ lives up to the highfalutin expectations that come with such a collaboration.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: With it's loping groove, backwards guitars and classic chord changes , this could only be a John Squire song. With his trademark Lennon-inspired delivery and customary vocal swagger this could only be the (sorry!) one and only Liam Gallagher. Imagine The Beatles' Rain mixed with perhaps the Roses' Waterfall and you wouldn't be a million miles away. It's great!

THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25TH).

Three months after the release of their classic album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, the Flaming Lips played a small show at The Paradise Lounge in Boston for the local alternative radio station WBOS. The small crowd of competition winners and invited fans were treated to a 40 minute set that included “Do You Realize??” and “Fight Test”, plus covers of Pink Floyd’s “Lucifer Sam” and Beck’s “The Golden Age”. One feature of this show were the song intros by Wayne Coyne.This is the first release on vinyl and it’s on limited edition pink!

The start of a musician's career is not only an intriguing collection of what happened, but maybe even more important is a gaze into what their future might hold. With musical artist Neil Young, Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972 offers the sounds of his first decade, but just as importantly holds a light on the future of what's to come. Young's world of sound and spirit remains a never-ending adventure. It starts here.

Neil Young Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972 is the first in a series of archival box sets encompassing Young’s entire career. Vol. I was originally released on June 2, 2009, in three formats: A 10-disc deluxe edition in either Blu-ray or DVD and an 8-disc CD box.

Out of print for over a decade, the 8-CD box set is now being re-issued in its original format – housed in the “Garypak”, a unique package designed by Young’s long-time art director, the late Gary Burden. Each CD has its own custom sleeve.

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1 EARLY YEARS (1963-1968):
1 Aurora The Squires
2 The Sultan The Squires
3 I Wonder The Squires
4 Mustang The Squires
5 Iʼll Love You Forever The Squires
6 (Iʼm A Man And) I Can’t Cry The Squires
7 Hello Lonely Woman Neil Young & Comrie Smith
8 Casting Me Away From You Neil Young & Comrie Smith
9 There Goes My Babe Neil Young & Comrie Smith
10 Sugar Mountain Neil Young
11 Nowadays Clancy Canʼt Even Sing Neil Young
12 Runaround Babe Neil Young
13 The Ballad Of Peggy Grover Neil Young
14 The Rent Is Always Due Neil Young
15 Extra, Extra Neil Young
16 Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Neil Young
17 Burned Buffalo Springfield
18 Out Of My Mind Buffalo Springfield
19 Down, Down, Down Neil Young
20 Kahuna Sunset Buffalo Springfield
21 Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield
22 Sell Out Buffalo Springfield
23 Down To The Wire Neil Young
24 Expecting To Fly Buffalo Springfield
25 Slowly Burning Neil Young
26 One More Sign Neil Young
27 Broken Arrow Buffalo Springfield
28 I Am A Child Buffalo Springfield

DISC 2 TOPANGA 1 (1968-1969):
1 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young
2 The Loner Neil Young
3 Birds Neil Young
4 What Did You Do To My Life? Neil Young
5 The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young
6 Here We Are In The Years Neil Young
7 Iʼve Been Waiting For You Neil Young
8 The Old Laughing Lady Neil Young
9 Iʼve Loved Her So Long Neil Young
10 Sugar Mountain Neil Young
11 Nowadays Clancy Canʼt Even Sing Neil Young
12 Down By The River Neil Young With Crazy Horse
13 Cowgirl In The Sand Neil Young With Crazy Horse
14 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young With Crazy Horse

DISC 3 LIVE AT THE RIVERBOAT (TORONTO 1969):
1 Sugar Mountain Neil Young
2 The Old Laughing Lady Neil Young
3 Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Neil Young
4 On The Way Home Neil Young
5 Iʼve Loved Her So Long Neil Young
6 I Am A Child Neil Young
7 1956 Bubblegum Disaster Neil Young
8 The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young
9 Broken Arrow Neil Young
10 Whiskey Boot Hill Neil Young
11 Expecting To Fly Neil Young

DISC 4 TOPANGA 2 (1969-1970)”
1 Cinnamon Girl Neil Young With Crazy Horse
2 Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) Neil Young With Crazy Horse
3 Round And Round (It Wonʼt Be Long) Neil Young With Crazy Horse
4 Oh Lonesome Me Neil Young With Crazy Horse
5 Birds Neil Young With Crazy Horse
6 Everybodyʼs Alone Neil Young With Crazy Horse
7 I Believe In You Neil Young With Crazy Horse
8 Sea Of Madness Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9 Dance Dance Dance Neil Young With Crazy Horse
10 Country Girl Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
11 Helpless Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
12 It Might Have Been Neil Young With Crazy Horse

DISC 5 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE–LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST (NEW YORK 1970):
1 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2 Winterlong
3 Down By The River
4 Wonderinʼ
5 Come On Baby Letʼs Go Downtown
6 Cowgirl In The Sand

DISC 6 TOPANGA 3 (1970):
1 Tell Me Why Neil Young
2 After The Gold Rush Neil Young
3 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young
4 Wonderinʼ Neil Young
5 Donʼt Let It Bring You Down Neil Young
6 Cripple Creek Ferry Neil Young
7 Southern Man Neil Young
8 Till The Morning Comes Neil Young
9 When You Dance, I Can Really Love Neil Young With Crazy Horse
10 Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
11 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
12 Tell Me Why Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
13 Music Is Love David Crosby, Graham Nash & Neil Young
14 See The Sky About To Rain Neil Young

DISC 7 LIVE AT MASSEY HALL (TORONTO 1971):
1 On The Way Home
2 Tell Me Why
3 Old Man
4 Journey Through The Past
5 Helpless
6 Love In Mind
7 A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold (Suite)
8 Cowgirl In The Sand
9 Donʼt Let It Bring You Down
10 Thereʼs A World
11 Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12 The Needle And The Damage Done
13 Ohio
14 See The Sky About To Rain
15 Down By The River
16 Dance Dance Dance
17 I Am A Child

DISC 8 NORTH COUNTRY (1971-1972):
1 Heart Of Gold Neil Young
2 The Needle And The Damage Done Neil Young
3 Bad Fog Of Loneliness Neil Young With The Stray Gators
4 Old Man Neil Young With The Stray Gators
5 Heart Of Gold Neil Young With The Stray Gators
6 Dance Dance Dance Neil Young
7 A Man Needs A Maid Neil Young With The London Symphony Orch.
8 Harvest Neil Young With The Stray Gators
9 Journey Through The Past Neil Young With The Stray Gators
10 Are You Ready For The Country? Neil Young With The Stray Gators
11 Alabama Neil Young With The Stray Gators
12 Words (Between The Lines Of Age) Neil Young With The Stray Gators
13 Soldier Neil Young
14 War Song Neil Young & Graham Nash With The Stray Gators

Remix of the classic New Order single by Shep Pettibone originally released alongside the ‘True Faith’ in 1987.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - True Faith (Shep Pettibone Remix)
A2 - 1963
B - True Dub (Shep Pettibone Remix)

The classic New Order single that reached the top5 in 1987. Originally released in as the lead single from the band’s classic compilation ‘Substance ’87’, True Faith was co-produced by the band Steven Hague. One of New Order’s most popular tracks, it’s still played to audiences around the world today.

TRACK LISTING

A - True Faith
B - 1963

11:11 is the debut album by Regina Spektor that was originally released in July of 2001.

The album was self-released on CD and sold at Spektor's early shows, but it is now long out of print. Now being released again on CD, the album will also for the first time be available on vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

01 Love Affair
02 Rejazz
03 Back Of A Truck
04 Buildings
05 Marry Ann
06 Flynn
07 Wasteside
08 Pavlov's Daughter
09 2.99 Cent Blues
10 Braille
11 I Want To Sing
12 Sunshine

††† (Crosses) - Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez - release their anticipated new album Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. on October 13th with notable features from EL-P and Robert Smith.

The arrival of Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. will follow the band's critically acclaimed EP PERMANENT.RADIANT, which recently received a new spin on the duo's PERMANENT.RADIANT.REMIXED. The reimagined release contained remixes from a noteworthy list of electronic innovators including Hudson Mohawke, suicideyear, AWAY, and Machinedrum.

With new single “Invisible Hand,” Moreno and Lopez embark upon a new chapter filled with merciless creations as they continue making music without compromise.

TRACK LISTING

01 Pleasure
02 Invisible Hand
03 Found
04 Light As A Feather
05 Pulse Plagg
06 Runner
07 Big Youth
08 End Youth
09 Last Rites
10 Ghost Ride
11 Grace
12 Eraser
13 Natural Selection
14 Girls Float † Boys Cry (Feat. Robert Smith)
15 Goodnight, God Bless,
I Love You, Delete.

Royal Blood today ignite an epic summer ahead as they announce the September 8th release of their fourth album ‘Back To The Water Below’ and share its lead single ‘Mountains At Midnight’.

From the very beginning, Royal Blood’s story has been one of two life-long friends whose shared passion and dedication for writing and performing has led them on a remarkable adventure together – a story that has yet to be repeated, and is a feat as rare as it is remarkable. Long before Royal Blood were even formed, they spent years together in various bands playing to half empty bars around Brighton - and only then did they suddenly become a decade-in-the-making overnight success story. One day they were plotting how to recoup the meagre £300 they had spent on their first recording, but within a year they were at the top of UK album charts, storming Glastonbury and winning the BRIT Award for Best British Group.

STAFF COMMENTS

Martin says: A regal return for Royal Blood, continuing their dominance of high-energy modern rock and roll, and bringing their most high octane outing to date. Fierce, bold and full of groove.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mountains At Midnight
2. Shiner In The Dark
3. Pull Me Through
4. The Firing Line
5. Tell Me When It’s Too Late
6. Triggers
7. How Many More Times
8. High Waters
9. There Goes My Cool
10. Waves

‘Chrome Dreams’, one of Neil Young's most individual and powerful albums, was scheduled to be released in 1977, but as is often the case with Young, things change. And then change again.

With ‘Chrome Dreams’, it has been a long time coming to get to this final version of an album that includes some of rock's most unforgettable songs - and now it is set to be released on August 11 as Neil Young envisioned it. It’s time for ‘Chrome Dreams’ to find its way into the world.

The music included on ‘Chrome Dreams’ is the debut release of the legendary lost 1977 album that features 12 classic Neil Young songs, including four originals. The 1974-1976 studio recordings include two previously unreleased versions, four tracks never before released on vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
01 Pocahontas
02 Will To Love
03 Star Of Bethlehem
Side B
04 Like A Hurricane
05 Too Far Gone
06 Hold Back The Tears
07 Homegrown
Side C
08 Captain Kennedy
09 Stringman
10 Sedan Delivery
11 Powderfinger
12 Look Out For My Love
Side D
Etching

Liam Gallagher will document his triumphant two-night Knebworth Park shows with the release of the live album ‘Knebworth 22’ on August 11th. Returning to the scene of the era-defining Oasis gigs of the ‘90s, the huge audience stretched from fans who had been present some 26 years earlier right through to teenagers relishing the excitement of their first big gig. ‘Knebworth 22’ is a must-have live album for any fan who wants to relive the experience.

‘Knebworth 22’ is released alongside a live video of the weekend’s surprises. ‘Roll It Over’ originally featured on the Oasis album ‘Standing On The Shoulder of Giants’.

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: This is a lovely set from R Kid documenting his return to Knebworth last summer. Mixture of solo material and Oasis classics, this will tide us over until Liam and Noel bury the hatchet - yes, me and Andy are convinced it will happen!

TRACK LISTING

‘Hello’
‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’
‘Wall Of Glass’
‘Shockwave’
‘Everything’s Electric’
‘Roll It Over’
‘Slide Away’
‘More Power’
‘C’mon You Know’
‘The River’
‘Once’
‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’
‘Some Might Say’
‘Supersonic’
‘Wonderwall’
‘Champagne Supernova’

Neil Young's OFFICIAL RELEASE SERIES VOLUME 5 is a stunning collection of four albums that begins with the exciting renaissance that came with the release of FREEDOM in 1989, and continues on the unequalled exploration of collections RAGGED GLORY (1990), WELD (1991) and ARC (1991). In many ways, it is a musical travelogue of how Young saw the future and opened up creative worlds for the use of sound and originality which had not been used before.

The OFFICIAL RELEASE SERIES VOLUME 5 is available as a vinyl box set of the original four albums on 9 vinyl LPs and the CD version is now issued on 6 CDs. Like all the reissues in this series, the albums are remastered from the best source available--original analog tape in most cases. For the four albums in the series, this is the first time they have been remastered.

In addition on RAGGED GLORY, the 10-song original album is expanded for this re-issue with 4 rare tracks. “Interstate” and “Don’t Spook The Horse” were both B-sides to singles. “Box Car” and the 12 minute “Born To Run” are both previously unreleased versions

TRACK LISTING

VINYL (9LP SET)
FREEDOM
01 Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic)
02 Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part 1)
03 Don’t Cry
04 Hangin’ On A Limb
05 Eldorado
06 The Ways Of Love
07 Someday
08 On Broadway
09 Wrecking Ball
10 No More
11 Too Far Gone
12 Rockin’ In The Free World (Electric)

RAGGED GLORY – Smell The Horse
01 Country Home
02 White Line
03 Fuckin’ Up
04 Over And Over
05 Love To Burn
06 Farmer John
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Days That Used To Be
09 Love And Only Love
10 Mother Earth (National Anthem)
11 Interstate
12 Don’t Spook The Horse
13 Box Car
14 Born To Run

WELD
01 Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
02 Crime In The City
03 Blowin’ In The Wind
04 Welfare Mothers
05 Love To Burn
06 Cinnamon Girl
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Fuckin’ Up
09 Cortez The Killer
10 Powderfinger
11 Love And Only Love
12 Rockin’ In The Free World
13 Like A Hurricane
14 Farmer John
15 Tonight’s The Night
16 Roll Another Number

ARC
Arc (A Compilation Composition)

CD (6CD SET)
FREEDOM
01 Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic)
02 Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part 1)
03 Don’t Cry
04 Hangin’ On A Limb
05 Eldorado
06 The Ways Of Love
07 Someday
08 On Broadway
09 Wrecking Ball
10 No More
11 Too Far Gone
12 Rockin’ In The Free World (Electric)

RAGGED GLORY – Smell The Horse
01 Country Home
02 White Line
03 Fuckin’ Up
04 Over And Over
05 Love To Burn
06 Farmer John
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Days That Used To Be
09 Love And Only Love
10 Mother Earth (National Anthem)
11 Interstate
12 Don’t Spook The Horse
13 Box Car
14 Born To Run

WELD
01 Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
02 Crime In The City
03 Blowin’ In The Wind
04 Welfare Mothers
05 Love To Burn
06 Cinnamon Girl
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Fuckin’ Up
09 Cortez The Killer
10 Powderfinger
11 Love And Only Love
12 Rockin’ In The Free World
13 Like A Hurricane
14 Farmer John
15 Tonight’s The Night
16 Roll Another Number

ARC
Arc (A Compilation Composition)

The Flaming Lips will unveil a new limited-edition vinyl EP entitled Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream on June 16, 2023. It notably collects four fan favorite tracks previously only available on the 6-CD Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 20th Anniversary Box Set. Now, they grace the 32-minute Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream, giving the songs a vinyl release for the very first time. The track listing notably boasts the immersive 24-minute sonic head-trip “Psychedelic Hypnotist Day Dream (demo),” which unfurls as one of the group’s most epic gems to date. Additionally, it includes the “Duck Dodgers Theme (Duck Dodgers Demo: With Wayne Scratch Vocal),” “I Know I’ve Got To Make That Dream The Real Thing (Demo),” and, finally, “Do You Realize?? (Instrumental).”

The 4 tracks on this LP are on the 6 CD Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 20th Anniversary Box Set but are not included on the 5 LP version of the box set.
The centrepiece of the LP is the 24-minute epic “Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream (demo)”. Three other tracks from the CD box set are included, also receiving their first release on LP – notably the instrumental version of “Do You Realize??”. Over 32 minutes of music, pressed on Limited Edition Pink Vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Side A

1. Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream (Demo)

Side B

1. Duck Dodgers Theme (Duck Dodgers Demo: With Wayne Scratch Vocal.
2. I Know I’ve Got To Make That Dream The Real Thing (Demo)
3. Do You Realise?? (Instrumental)

$oul $old $eparately marks Freddie’s first major label album debut. Gibbs joined Warner Records shortly after releasing his collaborative album with Alchemist titled Alfredo.

‘Too Much (feat Moneybagg Yo)’ is the first track to be released from the upcoming album and the next track to follow will be ‘Dark Hearted’ which was written in collaboration with British Singer/Songwriter James Blake.

There is a whole thematic world around this album which features Freddie as the head of the $$$ Hotel and Casino which is heard on the album via interludes.

High Flyin' is a totally unique double-live album from the summer of 1977 recorded by a storied Northern California aggregation called The Ducks.

It was a band that often made unannounced appearances in their own backyards at clubs like the Back Room, The Crossroads Club, The Catalyst and others, featuring Neil Young (guitar, harmonica and vocals), Bob Mosley (bass and vocals), Jeff Blackburn (guitar and vocals) and Johnny Craviotto (drums & vocals).

In the magical time The Ducks existed, the rumors of their shows took on a word-of-mouth excitement that made those in the small audiences feel like the chosen few and allowed bragging rights for all who were lucky enough to be there. The quartet’s set lists included songs from a wide range of the band members' backgrounds and were often decided on the night of the shows.

This new collection of those nights, as well as two evenings at the nearby Magical Devices studio have been bootlegged for decades, and High Flyin’ is now an official release many fans never thought would happen. It continues the freewheeling spirit of The Ducks themselves and shows how rock & roll surprises remain limitless.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
01. I Am A Dreamer
02. Younger Days
03. Gypsy Wedding
04. Are You Ready For The Country?
05. Hold On Boys
Side 2
01. My My My (Poor Man)
02. I’m Tore Down
03. Hey Now
04. Wide Eyed And Willing
05. Truckin’ Man
Side 3
01. Sail Away
02. Gone Dead Train
03. Silver Wings
Side 4
01. Human Highway
02. Your Love
03. I’m Ready
04. Little Wing
05. Car Tune
Side 5
01. Windward Passage
02. Leaving Us Now
03. Mr. Soul
Side 6
01. Two Riders
02. Honky Tonk Man
03. Sailor Man
04. Silver Wings

Crazy Horse has always been a band that was meant to be. Formed in the late 1960s as rock & roll was beginning to take a turn into the '70s, the band (Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot and Danny Whitten) had started playing with Neil Young, and, though they didn't know it then, were going to make history for 50-plus years. And while it is no surprise that Crazy Horse has continued on that quest, it is an exciting continuation of their storied career that the group is releasing ALL ROADS LEAD HOME on March 31, 2023. It is a statement of power and purpose on what rock & roll bands can accomplish as the decades pass and musical growth continues. In so many ways, Crazy Horse exists as a party of one in the way they have created something so uniquely original and completely within their own world.

ALL ROADS LEAD HOME is an album born out of pure inspiration as well as social necessity. Molina, Talbot and Lofgren kept recording their original songs, each with other musicians and in various locations during the pandemic years. They were forced to change from working as a trio with Neil Young, and used that opportunity to see what their new individual configurations would lead to. And, of course they led home. The three Crazy Horse members each recorded three songs apart and with different musicians, and by challenging themselves to see what they could do, all arrived at a wondrous consensus of unforgettable music. Crazy Horse has never made an album like this before.

Neil Young also includes "Song Of the Seasons,” a live solo version of the song from the album BARN with Crazy Horse, as a sign of solidarity with the band of brothers he has shared the stage and studio with since 1969.

In a world that is constantly changing and can swing from deep challenges to glorious creations in a way that feels never-ending, the songs of ALL ROADS LEAD HOME are a map of both where we've all been and where we might be going. In the end, the songs are a reminder of not only the gift of music, but just as important, the gift of friendship. Long may they run.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rain (Billy Talbot)
2. You Will Never Know (Nils Lofgren)
3. It’s Magical (Ralph Molina)
4. Song Of The Seasons (Neil Young)
5. Cherish (Billy Talbot)
6. Fill My Cup (Nils Lofgren)
7. Look Through The Eyes Of Your Heart (Ralph Molina)
8. The Hunter (Billy Talbot)
9. Go With Me (Nils Lofgren)
10. Just For You (Ralph Molina)

Neil Young announces the release of a 50th Anniversary Edition of his 1972 album ‘Harvest’. His fourth solo album remains one of the most beloved in his catalogue and is full of with songs which have become all-time classics.

The 50th Anniversary Edition will be released on triple-vinyl and triple-CD, both of which features the original album; a disc of three studio outtakes from the original ‘Harvest’ sessions (‘Bad Loneliness’, ‘Journey Through The Past’ and ‘Dance Dance Dance’); and an unreleased live BBC solo performance.

The box sets are completed by two DVDs which provide a new glimpse into ‘Harvest’: The first is ‘Harvest Time’, an unreleased two-hour film shot during the making of ‘Harvest’, with footage from Young’s ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions in Northern California, recording sessions in Nashville and London. The second is a film of the unreleased solo BBC Concert recorded on February 23rd, 1971.

Also included in the package is a hardbound book which includes never-before-seen photos along with extensive liner notes by photographer Joel Bernstein and a fold-out poster. The vinyl box sets also feature a lithograph print.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Box Set:
2LP/7” Single/2DVD Set

LP1: Harvest
01 Out On The Weekend
02 Harvest
03 A Man Needs A Maid
04 Heart Of Gold
05 Are You Ready For The Country?
06 Old Man
07 There's A World
08 Alabama
09 The Needle And The Damage Done
10 Words (Between The Lines Of Age)

LP2: Neil Young Live In Concert At The BBC, February 1971
01 Out On The Weekend
02 Old Man
03 Journey Through The Past
04 Heart Of Gold
05 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
06 A Man Needs A Maid
07 Love In Mind
08 Dance Dance Dance

7” Single: Harvest Outtakes
01 Bad Fog Of Loneliness
02 Journey Through The Past
03 Dance Dance Dance

DVD1:
Harvest Time (2-Hour Film)
DVD2:
Neil Young Live In Concert At The BBC

CD Box Set:
3CD/2DVD Set

CD1: Harvest
01 Out On The Weekend
02 Harvest
03 A Man Needs A Maid
04 Heart Of Gold
05 Are You Ready For The Country?
06 Old Man
07 There’s A World
08 Alabama
09 The Needle And The Damage Done
10 Words (Between The Lines Of Age)

CD2: Neil Young Live In Concert At The BBC, February 1971
01 Out On The Weekend
02 Old Man
03 Journey Through The Past
04 Heart Of Gold
05 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
06 A Man Needs A Maid
07 Love In Mind
08 Dance Dance Dance

CD3: Harvest Outtakes
01 Bad Fog Of Loneliness
02 Journey Through The Past
03 Dance Dance Dance

DVD1:
Harvest Time (2-Hour Film)
DVD2:
Neil Young Live In Concert At The BBC

This expansive 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features 100 tracks on the 6 CD Box Set of which over 50 are previously unreleased.

The 5 LP, 56 track Vinyl box features 30 previously unreleased tracks and over 40 tracks being released on vinyl for the first time. Both formats include the original album, demos, b-sides, and highlights of the many radio sessions the band performed.

The 6 CD box also includes the two EPs released during the original album cycle and two live concerts from Boston in 2002 and London in 2003. The EPs and live concerts will be released on vinyl in 2023. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is an essential portrait of rock’s most restlessly creative band at the peak of their powers. 

TRACK LISTING

LP 1 -Original Album
Side A
1.Fight Test
2.One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
4.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2
5.In The Morning Of The Magicians
Side B
1.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
2.Are You A Hypnotist
3.It's Summertime
4.Do You Realize??
5.All We Have Is Now
6.Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon

LP 2 -Demos+
Side C
1.All My Life -Morning Of The Magicians
2.Ego Tripping Part 2 Or 3
3.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
4.Hypnotist: Early Version
5.Epic Systems Delirium
6.In The Morning Of The Magicians
Side D
1.Do You Realize?? 1st Chords Wayne
2.Do You Realize?? Steven New Part
3.Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice
4.If I Go Mad/Funeral In My Head
5.Syrtis Major

LP 3 -Non-LP+
Side E
1.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version)
2.SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy
3.Seven Nation Army
4.Go (Feat Sparklehorse)
5.The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response
6.Fight Test
Side F
1.Do You Realize??
2.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3.Waitin' For A Superman
4.In The Morning Of The Magicians
5.White Christmas
6.The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, Feat The Flaming Lips)

LP 4 -Radio Sessions
Side G
1.Suspicious Minds
2.Assassination Of The Sun
3.Can't Get You Out Of My Head
4.Do You Realize??
5.One More Robot
Side H
1.Do You Realize??
2.One More Robot
3.Can't Get You Out Of My Head
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
5.Breathe
6.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
7.Sunship Balloons

LP 5 -Radio Sessions+
Side I
1.Fight Test
2.Thank You Jack White
3.Do You Realize??
4.One More Robot
5.Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Side J
1.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
2.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3.SunshipBalloons
4.Up Above The Daily Hum
5.Xanthe Terra

CD Box Set Edition:
CD 1: Original Album, Plus Demos
1.Fight Test
2.One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3.Yoshimi Battles ThePink Robots Part 1
4.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2
5.In The Morning Of The Magicians
6.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
7.Are You A Hypnotist
8.It's Summertime
9.Do You Realize??
10.All We Have Is Now
11.Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon
12.All My Life -Morning Of The Magicians
13.Ego Tripping Part 2 Or 3
14.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
15.Hypnotist: Early Version
16.Epic Systems Delirium
17.In The Morning Of The Magicians
18.Do You Realize?? (1st Chords Wayne)
19.Do You Realize?? (Steven New Part)

CD 2 -Fight Test And Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell Eps
1.Fight Test
2.Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live)
3.The Golden Age (Live)
4.Knives Out (Live)
5.Do You Realize?? (Scott Hardkiss Remix)
6.The Strange Design Of Conscience
7.Thank You Jack White
8.Assassination Of The Sun
9.I'm A Fly In A Sunbeam (Following The Funeral Procession Of A Stranger)
10.Sunship Balloons
11.Do You Realize??
12.Ego Tripping (Ego In Acceleration)
13.Ego Tripping (Self Admiration With Blow-up Mix
14.A Change At Christmas
15.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell (Utah Saints Remix)

CD 3 -Non-LP+
1.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version)
2.SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy
3.Seven Nation Army
4.Go (Feat Sparklehorse)
5.Do You Realize??
6.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
7.Waitin' For A Superman
8.In TheMorning Of The Magicians
9.White Christmas
10.The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, Feat. The Flaming Lips)
11.If I Go Mad/Funeral In My Head
12.Syrtis Major
13.Up Above The Daily Hum
14.Xanthe Terra
15.The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response
16.Fight Test
17.Duck Dodgers Theme (Wayne Scratch Vocal)
18.I Know I’ve Got To Make That Dream The Real Thing (demo)
19.Do You Realize?? (Instrumental)
20.Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice

CD 4 -Radio Sessions
1.Suspicious Minds
2.Assassination Of The Sun
3.Can't Get You Out Of My Head
4.Do You Realize??
5.One More Robot
6.Do You Realize??
7.One More Robot
8.Can't Get You Out Of My Head
9.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
10.Do You Realize??
11.One More Robot
12.Can't Get You Out Of My Head
13.Fight Test
14.Thank You Jack White
15.Breathe
16.Ego Tripping AtThe Gates Of Hell
17.Sunship Balloons
18.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
19.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots20.Sunship Balloons

CD 5 -Live 2002+: Radio Broadcast WBOS (Live At The Paradise Lounge, Boston), Plus Yoshimi Demo
1.Introduction (David O'Leary)
2.The Golden Age
3.Wayne Rap 1
4.Lucifer Sam
5.Wayne Rap 2
6.Do You Realize??
7.Wayne Rap 3
8.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
9.Wayne Rap 4
10.Wayner Talking Over Beginnng Of Fight Test
11.Fight Test
12.Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream"

CD 6 -Live 2003: Radio Broadcast BBC (Live At The Forum, London, UK)
1. Introduction
2. Race For The Prize
3. Fight Test
4. Lucifer Sam
5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
6. Lightning Strikes The Postman
7. In The Morning Of The Magicians
8. Happy Birthdays
9. She Don't Use Jelly
10. All We Have Is Now
11. Do You Realize??
12. Waitin' For A Superman
13. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
14. What Is The Light?
15. The Observer

18th November sees the release of a brand new album from Neil Young with Crazy Horse entitled ‘World Record’. It is the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed ‘Barn’ record.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: It's impossible to overstate the importance Neil Young has had on the world of music, and here he returns with possibly his most famed collaborator, Crazy Horse for another impeccably put-together selection of well written melodies and skilful musicianship.

TRACK LISTING

1. Love Earth
2. Overhead
3. I Walk With You (Earth Ringtone)
4. This Old Planet (Changing Days)
5. The World (Is In Trouble Now)
6. Break The Chain
7. The Long Day Before
8. Walkin’ On The Road (To The Future)
9. The Wonder Won’t Wait
10. Chevrolet
11. This Old Planet (Reprise)

Red Hot Chili Peppers announce their brand new studio album, Return of the Dream Canteen which will be released on Warner Records. The surprise announcement was dropped at Denver’s Empower Field to rapturous response as the North American leg of their critically and commercially acclaimed global stadium tour kicked off.

The news of Return of the Dream Canteen's imminent release marks the band’s second album of 2022, hot on the heels of the platinum-selling chart topper Unlimited Love which was released in April debuting at #1 in the UK. It will also be the band's second Rick Rubin produced album of 2022, and reinforces their reputation as a band at their absolute peak, riding the crest of an undeniable creative wave.

Continuing to win over audiences across the generations, the band performed a run of sold-out UK/EU dates earlier this year, including two nights at London Stadium. "A scorching European touch-down from the California legends" – CLASH.

We went in search of ourselves as the band that we have somehow always been. Just for the fun of it we jammed and learned some old songs. Before long we started the mysterious process of building new songs. A beautiful bit of chemistry meddling that had befriended us hundreds of times along the way. Once we found that slip stream of sound and vision, we just kept mining. With time turned into an elastic waist band of oversized underwear, we had no reason to stop writing and rocking. It felt like a dream. When all was said and done, our moody love for each other and the magic of music had gifted us with more songs than we knew what to do with. Well we figured it out. 2 double albums released back to back. The second of which is easily as meaningful as the first or should that be reversed. 'Return of the Dream Canteen' is everything we are and ever dreamed of being. It’s packed. Made with the blood of our hearts, yours truly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Standalone release of Neil Young & The Restless EP ‘Eldorado’. Originally only released in Australia and Japan, the EP contained three different mixes of ‘Don’t Cry’, ‘On Broadway’ and ‘Eldorado’ from those that appeared later on Young’s ‘Freedom’ album. It also featured ‘Cocaine Eyes’ and ‘Heavy Love’ which were unreleased recordings.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
01 Cocaine Eyes
02 Don’t Cry
03 Heavy Love
Side B
01 On Broadway
02 Eldorado

‘Noise & Flowers’ documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young’s lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at the age of 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young approached each show as a celebratory memorial service to honour his late friend. It’s a trek the legendary singer/songwriter describes as “wondrous.”

In the album’s liner notes, Young says, “Playing in his memory [made it] one of the most special tours ever. We hit the road and took his great spirit with us into every song. This music belongs to no one. It’s in the air. Every note was played for music’s great friend, Elliot.”

In paying tribute to the manager who guided Young’s career for over a half-century, ‘Noise & Flowers’ explores all corners of his vast discography. It balances all-timer anthems (‘Mr. Soul’, ‘Helpless’, ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’) with rarely aired ‘70s deep cuts (‘Field of Opportunity’, ‘On the Beach’) and ’90s gems (‘From Hank to Hendrix’, ‘Throw Your Hatred Down’). His frequent backing band since 2015, Promise of the Real effectively bridges the extremes in Young’s sound, infusing his raging rockers and country serenades with their casual brilliance and telepathic intuition.

The companion film (directed by Bernard Shakey and dhlovelife) emphasizes both the intimacy and ecstasy of these performances.

‘Noise & Flowers’ is entry No. PS 21 in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series of live releases – a special addition to a robust, and still-growing catalogue.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
01 Mr. Soul
02 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
03 Helpless
04 Field Of Opportunity
05 Alabama
Side B
01 Throw Your Hatred Down
02 Rockin’ In The Free World
Side C
01 Comes A Time
02 From Hank To Hendrix
03 On The Beach
04 Are You Ready For The Country
Side D
01 I’ve Been Waiting For You
02 Winterlong
03 Fuckin’ Up

Neil Young announces the release of his near-mythical 2001 studio album, Toast. Recorded at Toast Studios in San Francisco around the turn of the millennium, Toast features Young’s legendary musical collaborators Crazy Horse at a ragged and thundering apex.

For the past two decades, Toast has been whispered about in collectors’ circles in hushed tones, as Young has dropped pieces of information about it here and there, especially as it contains three never-before-released songs.

Last year, in his virtual daily newspaper, The Times Contrarian, Young wrote about the album in-depth. “The music of Toast is about a relationship,” he said. “There is a time in many relationships that go bad, a time long before the breakup, where it dawns on one of the people, maybe both, that it's over. This was that time.”

Aptly, Toast is heavy and distressed, brimming with electrifying tension. Even its sweet-sounding opening track, “Quit,” features the refrain, “Don’t say you love me.” “Standing In The Light of Love” and “Goin’ Home” let the Horse off the tether in fields of overdriven guitar; an out-of-work logger grapples with his faith on the breakneck “Timberline;” and on “Gateway of Love,” Young dreams of a less painful future over a hypnotizing 10 minutes, leading into the somber, brokedown “How Ya Doin’?” The songwriter sums up the album best during its shadowy finale “Boom Boom Boom”: “All I got is a broken heart, and I don’t try to hide it when I play my guitar.”

TRACK LISTING

01 Quit
02 Standing In The Light Of Love
03 Goin’ Home
04 Timberline
05 Gateway Of Love
06 How Ya Doin’?
07 Boom Boom Boom

Foals take a fresh, thrilling new direction on ‘Life Is Yours’. ‘Life Is Yours’ is the follow-up to the triumphant, two-part ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost’, which proved to be a pivotal pinnacle in the band’s story. Not only did it result in the band’s first ever UK #1 album, but the ambitious scale of the Mercury-nominated album saw Foals win their first BRIT Award for Best Group.

‘Life Is Yours’ feels like a natural evolution for Foals, its disco-tinged guitars, tight syncopated rhythms and punchy, insistent hooks echoing their roots as purveyors of rambunctious house party chaos. Thematically, it’s escapist, transportive and in rapture at life’s endless possibilities. It’s a record that’s perfectly in tune with the prevailing atmosphere of this moment in time – a life-affirming celebration as the world is reunited.

‘Life Is Yours’ immediately establishes its tone with the bright beam of optimism provided by its title track, its ambience and exuberance showing no sign of slowing down as it is followed by the two recent singles. There’s a unity to the sound, whether Foals are bouncing into the Balearic beats of ‘Looking High’, experimenting with West African guitar grooves on ‘Flutter’, or simply savouring the prospect of playing live together again within the dance dynamics of ‘The Sound’. It’s also a consistently transportive experience, at times conjuring images of the Pacific Northwest or St. Lucia, at others directly set in the peppy nostalgia of the recent past. It all comes full circle with ‘Wild Green’, which simultaneously celebrates the rebirth of summer with an existential tinge that all beautiful moments are inevitably fleeting.

Yannis Philippakis says, “I feel that with ‘Everything Not Saved…’ we touched upon all of the facets of our sound up until that point. This time we wanted to find a new way to express ourselves. We wanted to refocus and do something that shared a DNA throughout the songs: a physicality, a danceability, and with energy and joyousness. It’s definitely the poppiest record we’ve ever made.”

Foals – completed by Jimmy Smith and Jack Bevan – started the project within the dark, windowless confines of their south London rehearsal space in the midst of the winter lockdown. Feeling contained and tethered, they were drawn towards spirited sounds that looked to a brighter future, not only in terms of climate but also in terms of the unreplicable thrill of performing live. By the time the process reached its conclusion, the verdant summer surroundings of Real World Studios near Bath matched the album’s ardent atmosphere.

The band also experimented with collaborating with a tapestry of different producers (often working within different configurations) on various tracks. The album’s varied creative voices include John Hill (Portugal The Man, Florence + The Machine), Dan Carey (Tame Impala, Fontaines D.C.), Miles James and A.K. Paul (co-founder of the Paul Institute with his brother Jai Paul). Much of the album was subsequently mixed by ten-time Grammy Award winner Manny Marroquin (Post Malone, Kanye West, Rihanna), with several tracks mixed by another multiple Grammy Award winner in the shape of Mark ‘Spike’ Stent (Coldplay, Muse, Kings of Leon).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: 'Life Is Yours' takes all of the drawn-out cinematic obscurity of the 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost' duo from a few years ago and inverts it into a bright, poppy party collection. Vivid percussion, soaring synths and jubilant vocals make this one of their most accessible and optimistic outings yet.

TRACK LISTING

1. Life Is Yours
2. Wake Me Up
3. 2am
4. 2001
5. (summer Sky)
6. Flutter
7. Looking High
8. Under The Radar
9. Crest Of The Wave
10. The Sound
11. Wild Green

‘C'mon You Know’ follows the huge success of Liam’s previous studio albums ‘As You Were’ (2017) and ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ (2019), which established his iconic status for a whole new generation. His ‘MTV Unplugged’ also went straight to #1 on the Official Album Chart. Between his triumphs as a solo artist and his phenomenal success with Oasis, Liam has spent a combined total of almost six months at #1 across eleven chart-topping albums. 

Liam Gallagher is not the kind of artist who was going to be stopped by the sizeable problem of not being able to play to an audience during lockdown. So when the idea of playing a playing and filming a live stream show came up, he looked at the precedent set by the Sex Pistols and The Clash and decided to hit the River Thames, armed with a boatload of attitude, a phenomenal live band (including Bonehead) and an arsenal of classic songs.

The show has been captured in full on the new live album ‘Down By The River Thames’, which will be released ia Warner Records.

Originally streamed on December 5th 2020, the show became one of the most memorable performances of the lockdown era. From iconic Oasis favourites (‘Supersonic’, ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’) to big hitters from his two all-conquering #1 solo albums (‘Wall of Glass’, ‘Once’), Liam’s inimitable snarl boomed across the Thames and dominated London’s gloomy winter skyline. There were plenty of welcome surprises too: debut solo performances of the Oasis songs ‘Hello’, ‘Fade Away’ and ‘Headshrinker’, and the first live version of ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’. Liam’s voice is absolutely on point throughout, with a full-throttle snarl of anger and attitude that doesn’t compromise any of the finesse of the studio recordings.

Liam commented, “So here it is, the gig they said we could never pull off! As we were in lockdown, bored and depressed, rock ‘n’ roll came to save the day once again. It was a top night and a top gig and it’s captured here on record for you to all enjoy.”

TRACK LISTING

1. ‘Hello’
2. ‘Wall Of Glass’
3. ‘Halo’
4. ‘Shockwave’
5. ‘Columbia’
6. ‘Fade Away’
7. ‘Why Me? Why Not.’
8. ‘Greedy Soul’
9. ‘The River’
10. ‘Once’
11. ‘Morning Glory’
12. ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’
13. ‘Headshrinker’
14. ‘Supersonic’
15. ‘Champagne Supernova’
16. ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’

Neil Young is set to deliver more rare live recordings from his extensive archives with the Neil Young Official Bootleg Series (OBS) which began last autumn with the release of Carnegie Hall 1970 (OBS1).

On May 6th Young will release the next three installments in the bootleg series as follows: Royce Hall, 1971 was recorded January 30 on the UCLA campus, a solo acoustic gig. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971 – also solo acoustic -- is the last US show of Young’s 1971 solo tour. Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line), from New York City 1974 is a surprise set. Where analog tape exists in Young’s archive, these concerts have been mixed properly, providing much higher quality recordings than have previously existed – Royce Hall 1971 and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 are from the original analog masters. If no tape exists, the original bootleg has been restored and remastered to bring listeners the best audio experience possible - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line), from New York City 1974.

The original bootleg artwork has also been replicated wherever possible, lending each release that treasured collector’s vibe and conjuring the era they were first created in. 

Neil Young is set to deliver more rare live recordings from his extensive archives with the Neil Young Official Bootleg Series (OBS) which began last autumn with the release of Carnegie Hall 1970 (OBS1).

On May 6th Young will release the next three installments in the bootleg series as follows: Royce Hall, 1971 was recorded January 30 on the UCLA campus, a solo acoustic gig. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971 – also solo acoustic -- is the last US show of Young’s 1971 solo tour. Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line), from New York City 1974 is a surprise set. Where analog tape exists in Young’s archive, these concerts have been mixed properly, providing much higher quality recordings than have previously existed – Royce Hall 1971 and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 are from the original analog masters. If no tape exists, the original bootleg has been restored and remastered to bring listeners the best audio experience possible - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line), from New York City 1974.

The original bootleg artwork has also been replicated wherever possible, lending each release that treasured collector’s vibe and conjuring the era they were first created in. The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971 album cover, for example, features the worn and faded ring of an LP.

TRACK LISTING

01 On The Way Home
02 Tell Me Why
03 Old Man
04 Journey Through The Past
05 Cowgirl In The Sand
06 Heart Of Gold
07 A Man Needs A Maid
08 Sugar Mountain
09 Don't Let It Bring You Down
10 Love In Mind
11 The Needle And The Damage Done
12 Ohio
13 See The Sky About To Rain
14 I Am A Child
15 Dance Dance Dance

Neil Young is set to deliver more rare live recordings from his extensive archives with the Neil Young Official Bootleg Series (OBS) which began last autumn with the release of Carnegie Hall 1970 (OBS1).

On May 6th Young will release the next three installments in the bootleg series as follows: Royce Hall, 1971 was recorded January 30 on the UCLA campus, a solo acoustic gig. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971 – also solo acoustic -- is the last US show of Young’s 1971 solo tour. Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line), from New York City 1974 is a surprise set. Where analog tape exists in Young’s archive, these concerts have been mixed properly, providing much higher quality recordings than have previously existed – Royce Hall 1971 and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 are from the original analog masters. If no tape exists, the original bootleg has been restored and remastered to bring listeners the best audio experience possible - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line), from New York City 1974.

The original bootleg artwork has also been replicated wherever possible, lending each release that treasured collector’s vibe and conjuring the era they were first created in. 

TRACK LISTING

01 Pushed It Over The End
02 Long May You Run
03 Greensleeves
04 Ambulance Blues
05 Helpless
06 Revolution Blues
07 On The Beach
08 Roll Another Number (For The Road)
09 Motion Pictures
10 Pardon My Heart
11 Dance Dance Dance

Neil Young announces the release of the fourth installment in his Official Release Series (ORS): a box set that includes his classic ‘80s records Hawks & Doves, Re•ac•tor, and This Note’s for You, as well as his Eldorado EP, previously released only in Japan and Australia. Both vinyl and CD box sets will be available for pre-order today and out on April 29th.

The ORS Vol 4 collects an eclectic set of decade-spanning sounds. Hawks & Doves (1980) revisits his folk roots and explores some of his most country-leaning offerings; the blistering Re•ac•tor (1981) showcases a stomping set of heavy, overdriven rock with Crazy Horse; and This Note’s for You (1988) casts Young as a big band leader, belting out intricately arranged blues. The Eldorado EP (1989) is full of feral distortion and earthy crunch featuring Young backed by The Restless (Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas). It includes two thundering tracks — “Cocaine Eyes” and “Heavy Love”— not available on any other album.

ORS Vol 4 collects a large swath of his diverse and compelling ‘80s work, testifying to the legendary songwriter’s gift for sonic shape-shifting.

TRACK LISTING

LP1
Hawks & Doves:
01 Little Wing
02 The Old Homestead
03 Lost In Space
04 Captain Kennedy
05 Stayin’ Power
06 Coastline
07 Union Man
08 Comin’ Apart At Every Nail
09 Hawks & Doves

LP2
Re•ac•tor
01 Opera Star
02 Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze
03 T-Bone
04 Get Back On It
05 Southern Pacific
06 Motor City
07 Rapid Transit
08 Shots

LP3
This Note’s For You
01 Ten Men Workin’
02 This Note’s For You
03 Coupe De Ville
04 Life In The City
05 Twilight
06 Married Man
07 Sunny Inside
08 Can’t Believe Your Lyin’
09 Hey Hey
10 One Thing

LP4
Eldorado
01 Cocaine Eyes
02 Don’t Cry
03 Heavy Love
04 On Broadway
05 Eldorado

Gang of Youths say, “the album is about the life and legacy of Dave's father, indigenous identity, death, grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington.”

Despite and indeed because of frontman Dave Le’aupepe’s father’s absence, his influence permeates every talking point that the album offers. At times it’s solely focused upon the precise, personal experiences of loss: the dichotomy of intensity and peace that comes as someone passes through their final days; the overwhelming feeling in the wake of their death that life will never be the same, even if the rest of the world at large remains utterly unchanged.

Following their recent singles, ‘the angel of 8th ave.’ , telling of falling in love in a new city and making a home in another, and ‘the man himself’, a song created around a sample recording from the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands that is about living without the guiding hand of your own father, today they release ‘tend the garden’.

Although the album is eclectic - influences range from American minimalism and contemporary classical, to drawing upon the legacy of Britain’s alternative/indie scenes, from drum ‘n’ bass to the most transcendent moments of Britpop -- it’s equally rooted in Le’aupepe’s Samoan heritage, with the majority of tracks featuring samples from David Fanshawe’s recordings of indigenous music from the Polynesian islands and the wider South Pacific. ‘angel in realtime’ also features contributions from a cast of talented Pasifika and Māori vocalists and instrumentalists.

Le’aupepe says, “I hope the record stands as a monument to the man my father was and remains long after I’m gone myself. He deserved it.”

TRACK LISTING

1 You In Everything
2 In The Wake Of Your Leave
3 The Angel Of 8th Ave.
4 Returner
5 Unison
6 Tend The Garden
7 The Kingdom Is Within You
8 Spirit Boy
9 Brothers
10 Forbearance
11 The Man Himself
12 Hand Of God
13 Goal Of The Century

Reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration Raising Sand (2007), which reached #2 on the UK album chart, generated multi-platinum sales, and earned six Grammy Awards including Album and Record of the Year.

Like its predecessor, Raise The Roof was produced by T Bone Burnett, who worked with Plant and Krauss to expand their collaboration in thrilling new directions, accompanied by drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarists Marc Ribot, David Hidalgo, Bill Frisell, and Buddy Miller, bassists Dennis Crouch and Viktor Krauss, along with pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl among others.

The album features twelve new recordings of songs by legends and unsung heroes including Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs, Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch and more. Other highlights include a Plant-Burnett original, “High and Lonesome,” and the Lucinda Williams classic “Can’t Let Go”. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Yet another superb outing from the joint minds of Plant & Krauss. Beautifully written and undeniably characteristic of both acts without being the sound of one alone. The quintessential collaborative endeavour.

TRACK LISTING

1. Quattro (World Drifts In)
2. The Price Of Love
3. Go Your Way
4. Trouble With My Lover
5. Searching For My Love
6. Can’t Let Go
7. It Don’t Bother Me
8. You Led Me To The Wrong
9. Last Kind Words Blues
10. High And Lonesome
11. Going Where The Lonely Go
12. Somebody Was Watching Over Me 

13. My Heart Would Know *** Deluxe CD Only
14. You Can’t Rule Me *** Deluxe CD Only 

Neil Young’s 41st album and his 7th project since lockdown began. It was recorded with his longtime backing band Crazy Horse in ‘a restored off-grd 19th-century barn high up in the Rockies’.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There are few more legendary pairings in the musical world than Neil Young & Crazy Horse (not *that* Krazy Horse of Manchester open mic fame), and their latest has all of the appeal of Young's legendarily vast discography, showing that there really is no end to his musical talents. Another wonderfully written LP from Young & co.

TRACK LISTING

01 Song Of The Seasons
02 Heading West
03 Change Ain’t Never Gonna Come
04 Canerican
05 Shape Of You
06 They Might Be Lost
07 Today’s People
08 Tumblin’ Through The Years
09 Welcome Back
10 Don’t Forget Love

Mastodon release their anxiously awaited ninth full-length album, Hushed And Grim via Reprise Records. Closing a four-year gap, this notably marks the heavy rock quartet’s first double album and first new record since 2017’s Emperor of Sand, which netted the Atlanta band a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance”

Over the past year, the group recorded Hushed And Grim in their hometown, collaborating with producer David Bottrill [Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel] behind the board. As their most ambitious body of work to date, it consists of 15 tracks, surveying sonic landscapes of rock, psychedelia, punk, metal, alternative, and prog threaded together by the innately expressive musical interplay of these four virtuosic musicians.

For as much as Hushed And Grim is steeped in one of the darkest periods of the band’s career as each member experiencing personal grief, its light shines through in a fully realized manifestation everything Mastodon is right now.

Once again, Mastodon have drafted in revered artist Paul Romano (Leviathan, Blood Mountain, Crack The Skye) whose evocative images adorns the cover of Hushed And Grim.

Hushed And Grim represents the next step on Mastodon’s endless path of natural evolution. They’ve once again progressed exponentially as songwriters and musicians who transcend genres while unapologetically refusing to conform and preserving the integrity that transformed them into an iconic and influential forces in modern rock music. By removing boundaries and creating in a free form they evolved with a combination of newfound melodic confidence and their signature musical intricacy intact. In the end, Hushed And Grim is hard-hitting, hypnotic, and heart-wrenching.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
01 Pain With An Anchor
02 The Crux
03 Sickle And Peace
04 More Than I Could Chew
Side 2
01 The Beast
02 Skeleton Of Splendor
03 Teardrinker
04 Pushing The Tides
Side 3
01 Peace And Tranquility
02 Dagger
03 Had It All
04 Savage Lands
Side 4
01 Gobblers Of Dregs
02 Eyes Of Serpents
03 Gigantium

‘The Myth of the Happily Ever After’ is a homegrown project that represents a reaction to their #1 album ‘A Celebration of Endings’ and a rapid emotional response to the turmoil of the past year. It is the ying to the yang of ‘A Celebration’, the other-side-of-a-coin, a before-and-after comparison: their early optimism of 2020 having been brought back to earth with a resounding thud. It’s the product of a strange and cruel time in our lives, but one that ultimately reinvigorated Biffy Clyro.

“This is a reaction to ‘A Celebration of Endings’,” says vocalist / guitarist Simon Neil. “This album is a real journey, a collision of every thought and emotion we’ve had over the past eighteen months. There was a real fortitude in ‘A Celebration’ but in this record we’re embracing the vulnerabilities of being a band and being a human in this twisted era of our lives. Even the title is the polar opposite. It’s asking, do we create these narratives in our own minds to give us some security when none of us know what’s waiting for us at the end of the day?”

Grounded by lockdown, Biffy Clyro recorded ‘The Myth’ in a completely different way to how they approached ‘A Celebrations’. Rather than spending months in Los Angeles, they traded one West Coast for another by recording for just six weeks in their rehearsal room (converted DIY style into a fully functional studio by rhythm section brothers James and Ben Johnston) in a farmhouse closer to their homes.

The trio went in with the intention of completing some unfinished songs from ‘A Celebration’, but instead ‘The Myth’ took over as it started to take shape late in 2020, with everything written and recorded within a ten-mile radius. Traditionally, 90% of Biffy songs have been written in Scotland before the band head to London or Los Angeles for recording, but this represented the first time they’ve ever recorded in their homeland. As Simon jokes, “It’s our first full-on tartan album!”

‘The Myth’ blends experimental flourishes with flashes of old school Biffy. ‘Existed’ is the moment that shaped the record an elegant expression of self-doubt that redefines the sonics of the band’s catalogue of vulnerable slowburners, while ‘DumDum’ is an even bigger departure, having been constructed primarily around soft synths sampled from Simon’s voice. And ‘Slurpy Slurpy Sleep Sleep’ is just as audacious a closer as ‘Cop Syrup’ from ‘A Celebration’. It also represents one of a selection of “easter eggs” or “turns of phrase” that subtly complement and contrast the two records.

At the other extreme, devoted fans will connect with the feral anger of ‘A Hunger In Your Haunt’, the arena-scaled drama of ‘Errors In The History of God’ and the sheer catchiness of ‘Witch’s Cup’.

‘The Myth’ has been launched alongside the new track ‘Unknown Male 01’. In six adventurous minutes, the band explore every facet they’re renowned for, taking in the unguarded emotion of its introduction, a skewed off-kilter breakdown, and a jagged, spiralling riff that builds towards a cataclysmic crescendo. The song reflects on friends who have taken their own lives.

“When you lose people that you love deeply and have been a big part of your life, it can make you question every single thing about your own life,” he says. “Like a lot of creative people, I struggle with dark thoughts. If you’re that way inclined you realise you’re staring at darkness, but you don't want to succumb. Those moments don’t stop. As the song says, ‘The devil never leaves.’ There’s never a day where you wake up thinking, ‘I feel great, it won’t cross me ever again.’”

A recurring concept of the album is the power of personal convictions, which have taken on an almost religious fervour via the echo chambers of social media and news platforms. But that idea has the nuance to rise above contrasting sides of an argument, arguing that greater unity and open-mindedness is the only way forward. Elsewhere, it spans everything from gaslighting to the ultimate devotion of cults and the beautiful failure of a Japanese racehorse.

TRACK LISTING

1. ‘DumDum’
2. ‘A Hunger In Your Haunt’
3. ‘Denier’
4. ‘Separate Missions’
5. ‘Witch’s Cup’
6. ‘Holy Water’
7. ‘Errors In The History Of God’
8. ‘Haru Urara’
9. ‘Unknown Male 01’
10. ‘Existed’
11. ‘Slurpy Slurpy Sleep Sleep’

Young has selected this concert he played at New York’s Carnegie Hall on December 4th, 1970 as the inaugural release from his Official Bootleg series.

The show rounded off a seminal year for Young who had released the ‘After The Gold Rush’ record just 3 months earlier in September which followed on from the ‘Déjà Vu’ album he recorded as part of Crosby, Still, Nash & Young in March of the same year.

This show is a never before heard recording with Young playing solo on vocals, acoustic guitar, piano and harmonica. Young played two solo acoustic shows at Carnegie Hall that week. “Listening to existing bootlegs, it seems that all the bootleggers got the second Carnegie Hall show,” Young writes on the Neil Young Archives. “There was one at 8:00 pm and one at midnight [about 27 hours later]. No one got that first one — the first time I walked onstage at Carnegie Hall, blowing my own 25-year-old mind.”

Change happens fast. At Carnegie Hall, I hear myself doing a new song, one about my ranch I had just moved to – ‘Old Man.’ Time flies.

TRACK LISTING

2LP
Side A
01 Down By The River
02 Cinnamon Girl
03 I Am A Child
04 Expecting To Fly
05 The Loner
06 Wonderin’

Side B
01 Helpless
02 Southern Man
03 Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing
04 Sugar Mountain

Side C
01 On The Way Home
02 Tell Me Why
03 Only Love Can Break Your Heart
04 Old Man
05 After The Gold Rush
06 Flying On The Ground Is Wrong

Side D
01 Cowgirl In The Sand
02 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
03 Birds
04 Bad Fog Of Loneliness
05 Ohio
06 See The Sky About To Rain
07 Dance Dance Dance

2CD
Disc 1
01 Down By The River
02 Cinnamon Girl
03 I Am A Child
04 Expecting To Fly
05 The Loner
06 Wonderin’
07 Helpless
08 Southern Man
09 Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing
10 Sugar Mountain

Disc 2
11 On The Way Home
12 Tell Me Why
13 Only Love Can Break Your Heart
14 Old Man
15 After The Gold Rush
16 Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
17 Cowgirl In The Sand
18 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
19 Birds
20 Bad Fog Of Loneliness
21 Ohio
22 See The Sky About To Rain
23 Dance Dance Dance

Muse celebrate the twentieth anniversary of ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ by releasing ‘Origin Of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX’ on Warner Records. The new edition features remixed and remastered audio plus re-imagined artwork and will be released on digital formats on June 18th before two vinyl packages follow on July 9th.

As the album’s anniversary approached, Muse asked the Grammy-winning producer Rich Costey, who has produced or mixed material on almost every subsequent record, to revisit the original recordings. Whereas most remix albums aim to radically rework the material, or to switch to an entirely different genre, the band and Costey wanted to provide a renewed clarity with a more open, dynamic and less crushed sound. This highlights parts and ideas previously buried or muted on the original mixes, like a harpsichord on ‘Micro Cuts’ and Abbey Road recorded strings on ‘Citizen Erased’, ‘Megalomania’ and ’Space Dementia’.

And that’s precisely what has been achieved. From the visceral opening riff of ‘New Born’ to the cinematic melancholy of the closing ‘Megalomania’ via the staggering scope of fan favourite ‘Citizen Erased’, the remix unveils every facet of the album’s intricate production alongside a new-found warmth. It further benefits from mastering courtesy of Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.

Matt Bellamy said:

"In revisiting the album what we found was the original mixes on the singles, like ‘Plug In Baby’ and ‘Bliss’, were pretty good so they were the hardest ones to improve. It was the deeper album tracks like ‘Micro Cuts’ where we were able to make massive breakthroughs."

The ‘XX Anniversary RemiXX’ also adds ‘Futurism’ to the tracklist. Originally a bonus track on the album’s Japanese edition and subsequently tagged to the end of the album on streaming services, ‘Futurism’ now adds a burst of energy to bridge the gap between ‘Feeling Good’ and ‘Megalomania’. This reflects its placing on the 2019 box set ‘Origin of Muse’.

‘Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX’ is completed with a modernised reimagination of the album’s cover art courtesy of Sujin Kim. The visual artist has created a hyper-realistic 3D rendering of William Eager’s original cover image.

TRACK LISTING

1. New Born (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
2. Bliss (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
3. Space Dementia (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
4. Hyper Music (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
5. Plug In Baby (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
6. Citizen Erased (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
7. Micro Cuts (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
8. Screenager (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
9. Darkshines (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
10. Feeling Good (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
11. Futurism (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
12. Megalomania (XX Anniversary RemiXX)

After two UK #1 albums, 2 million album sales and an array of international acclaim, you might’ve thought you knew what to expect from Royal Blood. Those preconceptions were shattered when they released ‘Trouble’s Coming’ last summer. Hitting a melting pot of fiery rock riffs and danceable beats, they delivered something fresh, unexpected and yet entirely in tune with what they’d forged their reputation with.

The reaction was phenomenal, with highlights including 20 million streams, a premiere as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record and a run on Radio 1’s A-list and earned alternative radio support and media attention across the globe. In short, Royal Blood are primed to be bigger than ever before. That feat is set to be realised when they release their eagerly anticipated third album ‘Typhoons’ on April 30th via Warner Records.

When Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher sat down to talk about making a new album, they knew what they wanted to achieve. It involved a conscious return to their roots, back when they had made music that was influenced by Daft Punk, Justice, and Philippe Zdar of Cassius. It also called for a similar back-to-basics approach to what had made their self-titled debut album so thrilling, visceral and original.

“We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play,” recalls Kerr. “That’s what sparked the creativity on the new album, the chasing of that feeling. It’s weird, though - if you think back to ‘Figure it Out’, it kind of contains the embryo of this album. We realised that we didn’t have to completely destroy what we’d created so far; we just had to shift it, change it. On paper, it’s a small reinvention. But when you hear it, it sounds so fresh.”

Those traits pulsate throughout the new single and title track. Kerr’s spiralling bass riff casts an hypnotic allure as it grows in intensity, while his vocals switch at will between a raw rock roar and a soulful falsetto. It’s underpinned by Thatcher’s thundering beats, his taut rhythms infused with groove-laden hi-hats.

After setting the tone with ‘Trouble’s Coming’, the album opens in breathless, take-no-prisoners style with the fierce metallic grooves of ‘Who Needs Friends’ hitting an early visceral peak. Royal Blood further reference their fresh array of influences by deploying vocodered vocals on ‘Million & One’ before dynamically switching between the biggest contrasts of their sound with ‘Limbo’. Already a fan favourite having been a regular during the duo’s 2019 shows, ‘Boilermaker’ lives up to its reputation and is more than matched by ‘Mad Visions’, which evokes a hyper-aggressive Prince. It ends with a final surprise in the shape of the stark piano ballad ‘All We Have Is Now’, a vulnerable and revealing reminder to live in the moment.

That song’s unguarded sentiments gives the album a redemptive finale. Whether directly or allusively, the album focuses on exploring the flipside of success that they’ve experienced. It comes from the realisation that success is much more complicated than it seems and that having the time to regain perspective is a precious commodity which becomes ever more elusive. The situation called for reflection and change, which Kerr addressed in Las Vegas. He downed an espresso martini and declared it to be his last drink, and soon discovered that his new-found sobriety would have a positive impact upon his creativity and life as a whole.

That new approach manifested itself in the duo’s decision to produce the majority of ‘Typhoons’ themselves. ‘Boilermaker’ was produced by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, the two bands having first connected when Royal Blood supported them on a huge North American tour. Meanwhile, the multiple Grammy Award winner Paul Epworth produced ‘Who Needs Friends’ and contributed additional production to ‘Trouble’s Coming’.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There's little doubt that Royal Blood have already made a huge splash in the music world, but it's nothing compared to the reception that awaits them for 'Typhoons'. Neatly encompassing everything that made them such a hit with their previous outing, but imbued with the fiery production of rock legend Josh Homme, there is little that can (or should) be done to stop Royal Blood from conquering the world.

TRACK LISTING

1. ‘Trouble’s Coming’
2. ‘Oblivion’
3. ‘Typhoons’
4. ‘Who Needs Friends’
5. ‘Million & One’
6. ‘Limbo’
7. ‘Either You Want It’
8. ‘Boilermaker’
9. ‘Mad Visions’
10. ‘Hold On’
11. ‘All We Have Is Now’

Just two months after the release of his seminal album After The Gold Rush, Neil Young played a solo show at The Shakespeare Theater, Stratford, CT on January 22 1971. The show was filmed and recorded, and the concert shown on German TV later in 1971.

In 2020, while Neil and his team were reviewing his Archive for future projects, Neil re-visited the 16mm film and audio recording of this show that had been preserved in the Archive for almost 50 years. Piecing together the tapes and footage, Neil realized that he had the full concert – the film of which is the earliest live footage of Neil performing that is known to exist.

Neil has written on NYA that this show is “superior to our beloved “Massey Hall”. A more calm performance, without the celebratory atmosphere of Massey Hall, captured live on 16mm. “Young Shakespeare” is a very special event. To my fans, I say this is the best ever.”

As an insight into Neil’s prolific song writing at the time, the concert features two songs from the recently released After The Gold Rush but four songs from the classic Harvest album that was still over a year away from being released. The wonderful set list also includes acoustic renditions of favorites such as “Ohio”, “Cowgirl In the Sand”, “Helpless”, “Down By The River” and “Sugar Mountain”.

The ancient analog tapes have been lovingly restored – resulting in (as Neil says on NYA) “one of the most pure sounding acoustic performances we have in the Archive”.

Young Shakespeare is being released almost exactly 50 years after the original performance.

Originally released in 1970 and still seen as one of Neil Young’s greatest albums, After The Gold Rush celebrates 50 years since its release with this special edition.

Featuring timeless classic Neil Young songs such as Southern Man and Only Love Can Break Your Heart, this new edition also includes a version of the track Wonderin’, originally written around the time of After The Gold Rush, which only previously appears on the Archives boxset plus a previously unreleased outtake from the recording sessions for that track.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Box Set Tracklisting:
180g Vinyl LP
Side A
01 Tell Me Why
02 After The Gold Rush
03 Only Love Can Break Your Heart
04 Southern Man
05 Till The Morning Comes
Side B
01 Oh Lonesome Me
02 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
03 Birds
04 When You Dance, I Can Really Love
05 I Believe In You
06 Cripple Creek Ferry

7” Single
Side A
01 Wonderin’
Side B
02 Wonderin’ (Outtakes)

CD Tracklisting:
01 Tell Me Why
02 After The Gold Rush
03 Only Love Can Break Your Heart
04 Southern Man
05 Till The Morning Comes
06 Oh Lonesome Me
07 Don’t Let It Bring You Down
08 Birds
09 When You Dance, I Can Really Love
10 I Believe In You
11 Cripple Creek Ferry
12. Wonderin’
13. Wonderin’ (Outtakes)

Recorded on November 13th 1990 in Santa Cruz, CA, where the band were rehearsing for their upcoming Weld tour, Neil Young and Crazy Horse played a club show at The Catalyst which is now released here for the first time.

The show comprised three different sets along with a 12 minute encore of Cortez The Killer and all 3 sets including that encore are brought together here in over 2 hours of music.

Said to be one of the great live shows that Neil Young and Crazy Horse performed, the album includes live versions of songs from their Ragged Glory album, released just prior, along with classics from across their catalogue.

TRACK LISTING

Deluxe Box Set
4LP/2CD/DVD IN FOIL NUMBERED BOX
4LP:
Side A:
01 Country Home
02 Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze
Side B:
01 Love To Burn
02 Days That Used To Be
03 Bite The Bullet
Side C:
01 Cinnamon Girl
02 Farmer John
03 Over And Over
Side D:
01 Danger Bird
02 Don’t Cry No Tears
03 Sedan Delivery
Side E:
01 Roll Another Number For The Road
02 Fuckin’ Up
03 T-Bone
Side F:
01 Homegrown
02 Mansion On The Hill
Side G:
01 Like A Hurricane
02 Love And Only Love
Side H:
01 Cortez The Killer

2CD:
Tracklist As Vinyl Across Two CDs
CD1 Tracks 1 – 11
CD2 Tracks 12 - 19

DVD:
DVD Of The Concert

Charity Partner for Single will be Action For Children.

TRACK LISTING

1. ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’

Hot off the heels of their Top 5 UK Album ‘Ohms’ in September, Deftones release the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of their seminal album ‘White Pony’.

20 years on from its first release, the set will include the original ‘White Pony’ album along with a companion remix album entitled ‘Black Stallion’. This was an idea conceived during the original album’s creation but didn’t come to fruition at the time. ‘Black Stallion’ includes remixes of each of the individual 11 tracks from the original ‘White Pony’ album by different artists including DJ Shadow, Robert Smith, Squarepusher and Mike Shinoda.

TRACK LISTING

2LP: White Pony
Side A
01 Feiticeira
02 Digital Bath
03 Elite
Side B
04 RX Queen
05 Street Carp
06 Teenager
Side C
07 Knife Prty
08 Korea
09 Passenger
Side D
10 Change (In The House Of Flies)
11 Pink Maggit

2LP: Black Stallion
Side A
01 Feiticeira (Clams Casino Remix)
02 Digital Bath (DJ Shadow Remix)
03 Elite (Blanck Mass Remix)
Side B
04 RX Queen (Salva Remix)
05 Street Carp (Phantogram Remix)
06 Teenager (Robert Smith Remix)
Side C
07 Knife Prty (Purity Ring Remix)
08 Korea (Trevor Jackson Remix)
09 Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix)
Side D
10 Change (In The House Of Flies) (Tourist Remix)
11 Pink Maggit (Squarepusher Remix)

2CD
CD1: White Pony
01 Feiticeira
02 Digital Bath
03 Elite
04 RX Queen
05 Street Carp
06 Teenager
07 Knife Prty
08 Korea
09 Passenger
10 Change (In The House Of Flies)
11 Pink Maggit

CD2: Black Stallion
01 Feiticeira (Clams Casino Remix)
02 Digital Bath (DJ Shadow Remix)
03 Elite (Blanck Mass Remix)
04 RX Queen (Salva Remix)
05 Street Carp (Phantogram Remix)
06 Teenager (Robert Smith Remix)
07 Knife Prty (Purity Ring Remix)
08 Korea (Trevor Jackson Remix)
09 Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix)
10 Change (In The House Of Flies) (Tourist Remix)
11 Pink Maggit (Squarepusher Remix)

Return to Greendale is the next installment in Neil Young’s Performance Series and features a concert (audio & on film) from the historic and unique 2003 tour supporting the release of the Neil Young with Crazy Horse album Greendale.

On the 2003 tour, Neil Young and Crazy Horse were joined on stage by a large cast of singers and actors to perform the story Neil Young wrote about the small town of Greendale and how a dramatic event affects the people living there. The ten songs from the powerful original album are performed in sequence, with the cast speaking the sung words - adding to the intensity of the performance.

The live album Return to Greendale is released on November 6 in several formats: Double vinyl, a 2 CD set, and a limited-edition deluxe box set that includes a Blu-ray of the full concert, a DVD of Inside Greendale (the making of the album documentary), 2 LPs and 2 CDs.

The film of the ambitious live show captures the vibrancy of Neil Young and Crazy Horse on stage in a unique multi-media experience. It seamlessly blends together the live performance, the actors portraying each song, with the story occasionally enhanced by scenes from the Greendale - The Movie.

Both the live concert film and the Inside Greendale documentary are directed by Bernard Shakey and produced by L. A. Johnson

TRACK LISTING

Side A
01 Falling From Above (Live)
02 Double E (Live)
03 Devil’s Sidewalk (Live)

Side B
04 Leave The Driving (Live)
05 Carmichael (Live)
06 Bandit (Live)

Side C
07 Grandpa’s Interview (Live)
08 Bringin’ Down Dinner (Live)

Side D
09 Sun Green (Live)
10 Be The Rain (Live)

From their early days hosting parties in Oxford through to the huge success of their two-part ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost’ album, Foals have consistently explored their interest in dance and electronica. Now the band chart the most essential remixes from their career so far as they share the new remix package ‘Collected Reworks Vol 1’.

The tracks featured on ‘Collected Reworks’, are a compilation from an eclectic range of artists who have uncovered new angles to Foals’ discography. It includes one of their earliest remixes, from Ewan Pearson who blends Balearic bliss into ‘Olympic Airways’, as well as Solumun’s huge version of ‘Late Night’, which has been viewed over 50 million times at YouTube. Another standout moment is Hot Chip’s inventive interpretation of ‘My Number’.

‘Collected Reworks Vol. 1’ has been launched with Hot Since 82’s brand new remix of ‘Into The Surf’. The tech house producer / DJ behind ‘Buggin’’ and ‘Restless’ subverts the track from its original desolate beauty into something fresh and invigorating. The relentless driving beat maximises its energy throughout its eight minute duration, while its progressive leanings are given some unexpected throwback flavour with ‘80s style sax. 

TRACK LISTING

Vol. 1
1. My Number (Hot Chip Remix)
2. Mountain At My Gates (Alex Metric Remix)
3. Into The Surf (Hot Since 82 Remix)
4. The Runner (RÜFÜS DU SOL Remix)
5. In Degrees (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
6. Mountain At My Gates (SebastiAn Remix)
7. Late Night (Solomun Remix)

Vol. 2
1. Inhaler (Tom Vek's Wheezemix)
2. What Went Down (Haxan Cloak Remix)
3. Wash Off (KUU Remix)
4. Hummer (Surkin Remix)
5. Mountain At My Gates (Jono Ma Jagwar Ma Mix)
6. What Went Down (Bandwidth Remix)
7. Miami (Lissvik Remix)
8. Night Swimmers (Mura Masa Edit)

Vol. 3
1. My Number (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) [Extended]
2. Give It All (Lindstrom) [Remix]
3. Dreaming Of (Joe Corti Remix)
4. Balloons (Kieran Hebden Version)
5. Tron (Kieran Hebden Version)
6. Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie Remix)
7. Late Night (Koreless Purple Cowboy Remix)

Biffy Clyro can announce that their eagerly anticipated new album ‘A Celebration of Endings’ will be released on 15 May. It follows the band’s previous two studio albums – ‘Ellipsis’ (2016) and ‘Opposites’ (2013) – both of which went straight to #1.

The band’s approach to opus eight was simple. Keep things fresh and maintain the wide-eyed wonder of what they do. Surprise themselves and each other. Push things to their furthest extremes. Their first building block in embracing the new was to turn to an old friend. In came Rich Costey, producer of ‘Ellipsis’.

“This is a very forward-looking album from a personal perspective and a societal perspective,” explains frontman Simon Neil. “The title is about seeing the joy in things changing, rather than the sadness. Change means progression and evolution. You can retain everything you loved before, but let’s lose the bad shit. It’s about trying to take back control.”

That idea manifests itself in various ways. On a personal level that might be a relationship which has reached a point where it’s in both parties’ interest to separate. And on a wider scale, it’s about standing up for what you believe in.

Sonically, Biffy Clyro playfully push the outer reaches of their sound to the extreme – often in the case of the same song. Opening track ‘North of No South’ hits hard before finding the space for the Johnston brothers to unleash some soaring Queen-style vocal harmonies, before ‘The Champ’ throws piano, cinematic strings (conducted by Bruce Springsteen collaborator Rob Mathes at Abbey Road) and Biffy’s prototyped jagged rhythms into the mix without ever losing any of its sleekness.

Other songs are far more direct. ‘Tiny Indoor Fireworks’ is the best direct rock anthem they’ve ever written, somehow snappy, melodic and light on its feet while feeling so natural you could imagine it was conceived in minutes. Meanwhile, ‘Space’ is a natural successor from previous lighters-in-the-air highlights ‘Many of Horror’ and ‘Rearrange’. It’s a sincere message of reconciliation for someone you love, and Biffy’s most tender, unguarded moment from the sweet spot of their catalogue.

How can you conclude an album of such esoteric diversity? Biffy launch headfirst into ‘Cop Syrup’. There’s the rush of ‘The Vertigo of Bliss’, a detour into Sub Pop-style grunge and manic shrieks which wouldn’t sound out of place on a Liturgy record. But then it contorts again, first into ethereal orchestration and then with a final burst of violence. It’s an ending to celebrate.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Biffy are back! Fulfilling every bit of their pop-punk legacy on the storming, 'A Celebration..'. Jagged hooks, huge riffs and a superb mix of the anthemic and rocky grit. A brilliantly balanced and absolutely on-brand return.

TRACK LISTING

1. North Of No South
2. The Champ
3. Weird Leisure
4. Tiny Indoor Fireworks
5. Worst Type Of Best Possible
6. Space
7. End Of
8. Instant History
9. The Pink Limit
10. Opaque
11. Cop Syrup

Neil Young has said this album is “the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time”, which perfectly describes the warm, semi-acoustic feel of these twelve songs. Originally intended to be released in 1975, the album has remained unreleased since then, and has a legendary status among Neil’s fans.

Seven of the songs are previously unreleased on any album, and different versions of the other five songs would appear on later Neil Young albums. Neil plays guitar, piano and harmonica on the album, and is accompanied by a stellar group of musicians including Levon Helm, Ben Keith, Karl T Himmel, Tim Drummond, Emmylou Harris and Robbie Robertson.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
Separate Ways 3:33
Try 2:49
Mexico 1:40
Love Is A Rose 2:16
Homegrown 2:47
Florida 2:58
Kansas 2:13

Side B:
We Don’t Smoke It 4:50
White Line 3:14
Vacancy 3:59
Little Wing 2:08
Star Of Bethlehem 2:45

Last summer Liam Gallagher joined the list of all-time greats (Paul McCartney, Page and Plant, Nirvana and many more) who have filmed a prestigious MTV Unplugged session. Having missed Oasis’s 1996 session through illness, the show at Hull’s City Hall found Liam fulfilling some unfinished business entirely on his own terms.

Now Liam is set to release the ‘MTV Unplugged’ live album of the show on April 24th.

The show’s electrifying atmosphere is palpable from the very beginning with a phenomenal reaction as Liam takes to the stage with ‘Wall of Glass’. Material from Liam’s solo career such as his personal favourite ‘Once’ and the joyous ‘Now That I’ve Found You’ resonates in this stripped-back format, with his vocal shining alongside a trio of backing singers and string arrangements performed by the 24-piece Urban Soul Orchestra.

Oasis guitarist Bonehead features on performances of ‘Some Might Say’, ‘Stand By Me’, ‘Cast No Shadow’ and Liam’s first ever live vocal performance of the ‘Definitely Maybe’ bonus track ‘Sad Song’. The show concludes on a crowd-pleasing high with an emotive take on the classic ‘Champagne Supernova’.

Liam launches the ‘MTV Unplugged’ album by sharing the new version of ‘Gone’, which was one of the strongest performances of the night. Stripped of the force of the studio recording, ‘Gone’ instead reveals new-found bombastic dynamics and an evocative cinematic atmosphere.

TRACK LISTING

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’
2. ‘Some Might Say’
3. ‘Now That I Found You’
4. ‘One Of Us’
5. ‘Stand By Me’
6. ‘Sad Song’
7. ‘Cast No Shadow’
8. ‘Once’
9. ‘Gone’
10. ‘Champagne Supernova’

Considered one of the most iconic and influential double albums of all time, Prince’s "1999" was released at a major turning point in the artist’s career. After years of bossing the R&B charts, he experienced his first true crossover moment with the mega-hits “Little Red Corvette,” “1999,” and “Delirious,“ shattering barriers with his revolutionary blend of rock, funk, R&B and new wave pop, and making history by being one of the first black artists to have their videos in heavy rotation on MTV. Flawless from start to finish, perfectly produced, played and performed by a true musical genius, this falls into the ever home should have one category.

TRACK LISTING

Remastered Album (LP1 1-5 / LP2 6-11 / CD)
1. 1999
2. Little Red Corvette
3. Delirious
4. Let's Pretend We're Married
5. D.M.S.R.
6. Automatic
7. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
8. Free
9. Lady Cab Driver
10. All The Critics Love U In New York
11. International Lover

"Colorado" is the first new Neil Young with Crazy Horse album since 2012's "Psychedelic Pill". The album will be released on October 25th and features 10 new Neil Young compositions. It includes several songs that Neil has been playing live in the past few months (eg: "Rainbow of Colors", "Green Is Blue" and "Milky Way"), and the epic 13+ minute track "She Showed Me Love".

The vinyl version of the album comes with a bonus 7" single, featuring an album outtake "Truth Kills". The 7” also includes a live, solo version of "Rainbow of Colors" from Portland, OR, on May 17, 2019 - the first time Neil ever performed this song live.

This incarnation of Crazy Horse is Neil Young on vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica and vibes, Billy Talbot on bass, Ralph Molina on drums and features the return of Nils Lofgren on guitar and piano, almost 50 years since he last appeared on a Crazy Horse album (1971). The album is produced by Neil Young and John Hanlon and was recorded in Colorado in April & May 2019.

TRACK LISTING

01 Think Of Me - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
02 She Showed Me Love - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
03 Olden Days - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
04 Help Me Lose My Mind - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
05 Green Is Blue - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
06 Shut It Down - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse 07 Milky Way - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
08 Eternity - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
09 Rainbow Of Colors - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse
10 I Do - By Neil Young With Crazy Horse