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Now Hear This! – April 2023
Devon Gilfillian
Love You Anyway
FantasyBuy Now Cited as “one of the most exciting young artists in Nashville’s burgeoning soul scene” by Rolling Stone, Love You Anyway is the second full-length LP from the Philadelphia-born Devon Gilfillian. With an incisive eye and unassuming swagger, along with Gilfillian’s deep knowledge and love of vintage soul, R&B, rock and hip-hop, Love You Anyway re-imagines modern soul music. All Time Low
Tell Me I'm Alive
Fuelded By RamenBuy Now The band’s ninth album leans into amping up the pop, dialing down the punk and plotting a course for the adult pop-rock mainstream. There are more than enough bangers here to gatecrash the next-gen pop-punk party playlist, but Tell Me I’m Alive signals that All Time Low are now all grown up with somewhere else to go. Everything But The Girl
Fuse
VerveBuy Now Fuse is a modern take on the lustrous electronic soul the band first pioneered in the mid-90s. Thorn's affecting and richly textured voice is once again up front in Watt's glimmering landscape of sub-bass, sharp beats, half-lit synths and empty space, and as before, the result is the sound of a band comfortable with being both sonically contemporary, yet agelessly themselves. Meredith Moon
Constellations
True North RecordsBuy Now Instead of rehashing the past, the post-hardcore dream team (featuring members of Minor Threat, Refused, Girls Against Boys, Fugazi & S.O.A.) Expendables is a reinvention that sees the band dialing back the distortion and leaning into the melodies. The result pairs their unparalleled pedigree with a pop sensibility that’s slightly unexpected and wholly satisfying. Fake Names
Expendables
EpitaphBuy Now Instead of rehashing the past, the post-hardcore dream team (featuring members of Minor Threat, Refused, Girls Against Boys, Fugazi & S.O.A.) Expendables is a reinvention that sees the band dialing back the distortion and leaning into the melodies. The result pairs their unparalleled pedigree with a pop sensibility that’s slightly unexpected and wholly satisfying. Shana Cleveland
Manzanita
Hardly ArtBuy Now Cleveland’s third solo album, Manzanita, is some of her most low-key and slowly blooming material to date, fleshing out softly flickering folk tunes with understated orchestral arrangements. It's a lovely album to get lost in, offering sounds which might go unnoticed on the first few spins, but will rise up as repeat listens make Manzanita's insular and mysterious dreamworld a more familiar place. 100 gecs
10,000 gecs
AtlanticBuy Now The hyperpop trailblazers take sharp left-turns into pop-punk and nu-metal on this whiplash-inducing jamboree. It’s short but sweet, throwing its turbulent flurry of punches and then dipping out before listeners have a chance to really think about what’s going on. And therein lies the key to making the most of 10,000 gecs: don’t think too hard about it, just take a deep breath and ride the wave. Kid Bloom
Highway
AWALBuy Now Highway plays like a 12-track ride through connection, mental health and self-discovery, all covered in a neon sheen. Bursting with ’80s synths, hip-hop beats and Lennon Kloser’s psychedelic guitar work, the album is more than feel-good summer music; it’s a statement of intent for an artist who draws from a wellspring of inspirations, from David Bowie to the Weeknd. Fall Out Boy
So Much (For) Stardust
Fueled By RamenBuy Now For their first album in over five years, Fall Out Boy have brought the drama and theatre back to rock music with this pop-infused masterpiece. Whether it’s these Brian May-style, Everest surmounting, guitar solos, the big band ensemble or Patrick Stump’s glistening pop star vocals, So Much (For) Stardust is an album on the scale of a Broadway spectacle. Worth the wait? Without a doubt. Altin Gun
ASK
ATOBuy Now Their 5th album in as many years Ask marks an exuberant return to the 70s Anatolian folk-rock sound that characterized Altin Gün's first two albums. It is a record that radiates the infectious energy found in the Amsterdam-based sextet's celebrated live performances and next levels the group's ground breaking sonic palette of Turkish psychedelic groove pop, sci-fi disco and dreamy acid folk. Melanie Martinez
Portals
AtlanticBuy Now Portals confirms the death of Martinez’s notorious alter-ego Cry Baby, last seen considering whether to walk in to the light at the beguiling conclusion of 2019’s internationally acclaimed full-length film, K-23. “Portals screams death is life is death is life is death is life. A continuous loop. A circle,” says Martinez. *Available on Bloodshot Translucent Vinyl* Dick Stusso
S.P.
Hardly ArtBuy Now When Nic Russo dips into his alter ego Dick Stusso things get bizarre. On his most recent offering, S.P. the artist delivers Attention Deficit Disorder folk-rock that, like a toddler, the songs enter the room, causing disturbance/joy before quickly departing, giggling as they exit. The album plays with noise on one hand and beauty on the other, crafting a weird and disjointed, yet engaging ride. Category VI
Firecry
Moribund RecordsBuy Now Bold and true female fronted anthemic Canadian power metal combustion. Category VI bring classy and classic 1980's traditional heavy metal into the 21st century with blazing glory and with Firecry unleash a global scale climate changing metal cyclone which just may melt the North American frozen tundra with utter perfection! Alex Nunziati
Black Space Void
Moribund RecordsBuy Now The highly anticipated 2nd solo album by scene legend Alex Nunziati (Malamorte, Theatres des Vampires, Lord Vampyr)! Musically, the true metal sound of prior album Ill Mangiatore... has been upgraded to a pure 80's thrash metal attack, shaded by elements from 80's hardcore as well. A musical genius in all respect, Alex Nunziati never disappoints. Now More Than Ever
Creatrix
Thirty TigersBuy Now All-American Rejects co-founder Tyson Ritter didn’t start Now More Than Ever with the expectation it would turn into a real band – but a real band is very much what it has become. They’re here to help make sure the pillars of pop and rock will never fall, and they’re prepared to go down believing. “This is our little monolith,” Ritter says. “It might be six feet tall amongst giants, but it’s pure.” Blondhsell
Blondshell
Partisan RecordsBuy Now In the past few years, Sabrina Teitelbaum AKA Blondshell has transformed into a songwriter without fear. The hook-filled songs on her self-titled debut are clear-eyed statements of and about digging your way towards confidence, self-possession, and relief. All of this is powered by brilliant, crystalline melodies, and gigantic choruses that are wrapped with shredding guitars. Ann-Margret
Born To Be Wild
Cleopatra RecordsBuy Now One of Hollywood's brightest lights and star of such film classics as Bye Bye Birdie and Viva Las Vegas, Ann-Margret proudly presents all new recordings of her singing pop and rock standards in her own ineffable, entrancing singing voice! Featuring The Who's Pete Townshend, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, The Oak Ridge Boys, Robben Ford and so many more! Daniel Caesar
Never Enough
RepublicBuy Now Following the recent release of his critically acclaimed singles “Do You Like Me?” and “Let Me Go,” multi-Platinum, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Daniel Caesar releases his third studio album, Never Enough. LISTEN HERE LISTEN HERE -
What's New 3-31-23
Dine Alone“The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed. It’s about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort you through those times. For me that has always been writing and recording music, so that’s exactly what I did.” - Dallas Green / City and Colour
MergeThe group's ninth album and first for Merge establishes them alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunk when it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them so special in the first place. A dazzling and intriguing collection of songs that are truly built to last, Continue as a Guest finds the band exploring fresh territory and shattering the barriers of their collective comfort zone.
Cooking VinylDifferent Game is something of a misnomer. Rather, it’s the continuation of a fabled legacy and one that has not only stood the test of time but remains vibrant and invigorating all these decades on. Some 60 years after serving in the front lines of the so-called ‘60s British Invasion, they, like all good zombies, came back from the dead, making some of the best music of their career.
Atomic Fire15th anniversary. You could say ObZen is some sort of a best of album of the band’s early works combined with fresh, new songs at that moment in time – but that´s only half the truth. Some parts are still slo-mo groove infernos like the groundbreaking hit “Bleed”, but others, like the opener "Combustion", are high speed-massacres like the band never did before. Pure technical ass-kicking mayhem!
Smugglers WayIf you want to understand how French producer Alan Braxe ended up making some of the most important house music records of the late 1990s and early 2000s, you need to understand his modus operandi. Everything has to be simple; and everything has to be sincere. This newly reissued version of The Upper Cuts adds seven bonus tracks, including remixes and two completely new tracks.
InterscopePhoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus treat us to a full-length record and it’s everything a debut album should be: exploratory, explosive and full of heart. Each of the album’s tracks comes as somewhat of a surprise, from the opening a capella composition to tender (anti)lovesongs, to heavy, nonchalant bangers. There's an uncontainable energy that seems inevitable when three wildly talented songwriters assemble.
Pure NoiseStowaway isn’t just a matter of satisfying the expectations of patient fans who would’ve accepted pretty much anything passable from Samiam at this point; this is a genuinely brilliant record even with all context removed – proof of one of the best and perhaps most underrated punk bands of their era and beyond. It should be more than enough to convince anyone new to the band to dig into their rich and ludicrously consistent discography.
Thirty TigersThe Hold Steady’s 9th full-length comes as the band turns 20 years old. It is their third record with producer Josh Kaufman, and most expansive record yet, while also being unmistakably a THS record. Singer Craig Finn says “These are some of the most cinematic songs in our catalog. I feel like we went somewhere we haven’t before, which is a very exciting thing for a band that is two decades in.”
Yep RocConsisting of members from R.E.M., The Minus 5, and The Baseball Project, the bi-continental collaborators share their third album, paying tribute to the artists that populate their turntables. Through their upbeat 60s-style indie sound infused with psychedelic flourishes, The No Ones honor Nick Lowe, Pamela Polland, George Harrison, Jenny Lewis, and Phil Ochs, among others.
Music Releases 03-31-23
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Movie Releases 04-04-23
Artist | Title | Price | Video |
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Whitney Houston | I Go To The Rock: The Gospel Music Of Whitney Houston [DVD] | New DVD: $19.98 |
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South Park [TV Series] | South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season | New Blu-Ray: $25.99 |
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Confess, Fletch [Movie] | Confess, Fletch | New Blu-Ray: $32.00 |
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