Breath Of Fresh Air marks a defining moment in Shordie Shordie's career as he steps into the spotlight as an independent artist. After making history as Baltimore's first ever multi-platinum hip-hop sensation, he’s now ready to carve his own path, unbound by industry expectations. The album exudes a newfound energy—its title is a nod to the liberation and creative freedom that come with independence. With a blend of laid-back melodies, catchy hooks, and introspective lyricism, Shordie Shordie crafts a sound that’s both refreshing and personal. Breath Of Fresh Air is more than just a project; it’s a declaration of autonomy, a celebration of self-expression, and an invitation for fans to vibe with the new chapter of his journey—one where the only limits are the ones he sets for himself.

Daggomit! Marks the dynamic debut solo album from acclaimed banjo player, songwriter, and author Max Wareham. A protege of bluegrass legends Bill Keith and Tony Trischka, Wareham brings soulful originality and deep roots in jazz and folk to his first solo project. Produced by Grammy-winner Peter Rowan, Daggomit! #features Wareham's compelling originals and spirited co-writes with Rowan, backed by a stellar lineup of Nashville musicians, including Chris Eldridge, Laura Orshaw, and David Grier. While Wareham has toured widely with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, this release showcases his individual voice and creativity, infusing the spirit of early bluegrass with fresh, boundary-pushing energy that redefines tradition and pays homage to the genre's pioneers. DAGGOMIT! #will be available on LP 3/21/25.

After a decade making the most of improvised recording spaces set in warehouses, trailers and lofts, Japanese Breakfast's fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), marks the band's first proper studio release. Produced by Grammy Award winner Blake Mills, the record sees front-woman and songwriter Michelle Zauner pull back from the bright extroversion that defined it's predecessor Jubilee to examine the darker waves that roil within, the moody, fecund field of melancholy, long held to be the psychic state of poets on the verge of inspiration. The result is an artistic statement of purpose: a mature, intricate, contemplative work that conjures the romantic thrill of a gothic novel.For Melancholy Brunettes follows a transformative period in Zauner's life during which her 2x GRAMMY nominated breakthrough album Jubilee and her bestselling memoir Crying In H Mart catapulted her into the cultural mainstream, delivering on her deepest artistic ambitions. Reflecting on that success, Zauner came to appreciate the irony of desire, which so often commingles bliss and doom. "I felt seduced by getting what I always wanted," she says. "I was flying too close to the sun, and I realized if I kept going I was going to die."The plight of Icarus and other such condemned ones lends For Melancholy Brunettes it's most persistent theme, the perils of desire. Like light dispersed, it's spectral parts take the album's characters through cycles of temptation, transgression and retribution. On "Orlando in Love" - a riff on John Cheever's riff on Orlando Innamorato, an unfinished epic made up of 68 ½ cantos by the Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo - the hero is a well meaning poet who parks his Winnebago by the sea and falls victim to a siren's call, his 69th canto (even in the lofty realm of classical myth Zauner has a soft spot for innuendo). "Honey Water" plumbs the quiet rage of a woman married to an unfaithful man, watching him cede again and again to lust like a base insect perpetuating it's own demise.Sadness is indeed the dominant emotional key of this record, but it is sadness of a rarified form: the pensive, prescient sadness of melancholy, in which the recognition of life's essentially tragic character occurs with sensitivity to it's fleeting beauty. Zauner finds space enough inside it for glimmers of hope. They are the consolations of mortals that poets before her have called out to and that poets after will continue to rediscover: love and labor, and though they run like tonic resolutions through the record's many episodes, they sound most saliently on it's final song, "Magic Mountain," an engagement with Thomas Mann's famous novel of the same name. For her, making any work feels like scaling a mountain, but from the perch of For Melancholy Brunettes, she surveys the future.

The Horrors - "Night Life" [Crystal Clear LP] Nearly 20 years since they first began, there are few bands who've created a canon as determinedly innovative and consistently critically acclaimed as The Horrors. They're musicians who'll funnel everything they are into the process, at the expense of health, wealth and sometimes sanity. And so, whilst sixth album Night Life sees the band once more shapeshift into a new form with a new sonic outlook and - this time - a new line up, in some ways The Horrors are still as they ever were. Available on crystal clear vinyl. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive.

For more than 25 years, My Morning Jacket have achieved an incredibly rare feat in rock & roll, upholding a long established cultural legacy while sustaining the curiosity and creative hunger of their earliest days. For their 10th studio album, the band teamed up with GRAMMY Award-winning producer Brendan O’Brien (Springsteen, Pearl Jam) for what may be their most masterfully realized work yet, once again expanding the limits of their sound while elevating their artistry to unprecedented heights. Available on "Blue Iceberg" color vinyl with custom inner sleeve and 4-page insert. Limited Edition. Indie Exclusive.

For the first time ever, Vince Guaraldi's 1974 "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Original Soundtrack Recording - Peanuts 75th Anniversary Edition)" premieres, with the complete 19 track score plus 1 special bonus track - on 12" 45RPM Easter Purple BioVinyl LP. The holiday classic was written by Charles Schulz, directed by Phil Roman and produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. The Guaraldi score is finally available on CD, vinyl and digital. Mixed and mastered for audiophiles, jazz lovers, and Peanuts® fans everywhere from the original 2" session tapes to a 192kHz/24bit master. The record Includes Guaraldi hits like "Peppermint Patty," "Easter Theme," and "Snoopy and Woodstock". And includes a special bonus track: "Woodstock's Medley" performed by Guaraldi torch-bearer David Benoit (piano) with original Guaraldi sidemen Seward McCain (Bass) and Mike Clark (drums) - recorded 50 years later at the same Hyde Street studio where the soundtrack was recorded in San Francisco. Limited to 2000, individually numbered, Easter Purple BioVinyl only at independent record stores. Beyond the composer's playing on piano, electric piano, harpsichord, and electric guitar, McCain plays electric bass, Robert Clare plays flute, Glenn Cronkhite and Eliot Zigmund play drums, and John Scott Trotter supervised the music. This album is a wonderful Easter treat 50+ years in the making. The album was mixed by Clark Germain at WonderWorld Studio, and restored and mastered by Vinson Hudson, and produced by Sean and Jason Mendelson. The vinyl includes a 4-page insert with art from the special and liner notes that give a track-by-track analysis by producer Sean Mendelson and notes by producer Jason Mendelson and Derrick Bang (author of "Vince Guaraldi at the Piano"). The vinyl has additional photographs and images of historical artifacts.

The new album from the Stylistics! It's called "Falling In Love With My Girl" and features the following guest artists: • Shania Twain • The Elton John Band including Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone • Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones • Bill Champlin of Chicago • Jay Graydon • Gene Simmons of Kiss • Billy F Gibbons of ZZ Top • Justin Hawkins of The Darkness • The Real Thing • Tower of Power • Steve Lukather • Nathan East • Ray Parker Jr. The album features The Stylistics’ original members, Airrion Love and Herb Murrell, together with Jason Sharp, who joined the group in 2011, and sings high falsetto vocals.

Celebrate 25 years of Disturbed's debut album, The Sickness, with this limited-edition 1-LP and 3-CD box set. It includes the original album, b-sides, unreleased demos, and an unreleased 14-track concert from The Palladium in LA from April 2001. Plus a book featuring rare memorabilia, an essay with new interviews with the members of Disturbed, and producer Johnny K. The box also includes a poster, a cloth patch, backstage pass, and a set of guitar picks. An exclusive lithograph signed by the band is included with the limited-edition D2C format.

 

Spec: BOX SET

• LP 1: The Sickness (silver vinyl)

• CD 1: The Sickness

• CD 2: B-Sides, Demos and Rarities                                                                                                                                      

• CD 3: Live at the Palladium concert, plus one live track from Chicago and London.

• Packaging & memorabilia:

• 13” x 13” case-wrapped hardcover book style package printed on rainbow foil

• Outer sleeve artwork printed on "rainbow" paper (mirror effect)

• Large interior pocket on the left hand side of the gatefold book for LP, book and poster.

• 4 interior wallets on the right hand side of the gatefold book for CD's and merch.

• 12" x 12" soft cover 24 page book including extensive liner notes by Katherine Turman from new interviews with David, Dan, Mike, Fuzz and Johnny K.

• The book also includes many unseen photographs and band memorabilia from the era.

• Poster

• Sticky backstage pass replica

• Cloth patch

• Set of 3 Disturbed guitar picks