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NEW RELEASES in VINYL:
Akron/Family – Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
Their musical vocabulary runs deep – it’s not just Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, and The Grateful Dead that inform this record; the band feels at home and self-assured. With limited outside assistance, the trio has made a focused, powerful and unified work. This is the new psychedelic rock.

Beastie Boys – Check Your Head 4LP BOX
An ultra-deluxe 4 LP 180HQ vinyl version packaged in a fabric-wrapped hardcover coffee table book case and limited to 2000 copies.

Chimaira – The Infection Picture Disc

Elvis Costello – Complicated Shadows b/w Dirty Rotten Shame 7″
Looks really cool and retro. “Complicated Shadows” is on the album but the flip side, “Dirty Rotten Shame” is an exclusive song for this piece.  This was supposed to be out for Record Store Day, but production was delayed.

Fleet Foxes 7” – Mykonos b/w False Knight On the Road
“Mykonos” is the centerpiece of the Sun Giant EP released last spring and included with the popular vinyl version of the band’s debut, Fleet Foxes.  Beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve, the single is backed with a previously unreleased cover of the traditional folk ballad “False Knight On The Road,” made popular by Steeleye Span and Richard Thompson.

The Horrors – Primary Colours
Their debut, Strange House, was as controversial as it was celebrated, landing them on the cover of NME in their native England. Produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead) and noted video director Chris Cunningham (Aphex Twin, Bjork). ‘‘Genuinely, gloriously deranged.” –The Onion

Killing Joke:
• Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
• Fire Dances
• Killing Joke
• Night Time
• Outside The Gate
• Revelations
• What’s This For?
Limited edition 2-LP sets.

Mastodon – Crack The Skye
Finally on vinyl! Regular and limited, double 45-RPM deluxe edition.

Bob Mould – Life and Times

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South
While touring in support of last year’s debut, Conor Oberst, Conor and the Mystic Valley Band began writing new songs. The result is the first album credited to this group. Oberst’s songwriting and delivery remain an engaging presence, but the addition of songs by Taylor Hollingsworth, Nik Freitas, and Jason Boesel make for a multi-textured and colorful collaboration. The Mystic Valley Band also includes Macey Taylor and Nathaniel Walcott.

Peaches – I Feel Cream
With her pioneering electro-punk sound that has taken hold amongst a new breed of female stars, Peaches now seems as relevant to the musical landscape as ever before. On I Feel Cream, she does it again, this time producing, along with the likes of Simian Mobile Disco, Soulwax, Digitalism, and Drums Of Death, her most pop-sounding album to date.

Riverboat Gamblers – Underneath The Owl

Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap

Vaselines – Enter The Vaselines
The Vaselines have long been celebrated by musicians and indie rock enthusiasts across the globe, including superfan Kurt Cobain, while remaining underappreciated by the mainstream. Enter The Vaselines includes new mixes and remastered versions of material previously available on The Way Of The Vaselines, plus never-before-heard demos, and live recordings from 1986 in Bristol and 1988 in London. Triple LP or double CD.

NEW RELEASE CDs:

Akron/Family – Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free

Arctic Monkeys – At The Apollo

Candlemass – Death Magic Doom
Brand new studio album from the kings of epic doom metal. Includes bonus track.

Paul Carrack – I Know That Name

Ciara – Fantasy Ride

Combichrist – Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat
Featuries remixes by the likes of VNV Nation and Assemblage 23. The CD contains six tracks and two bonus videos.

Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus: 12 Year Ann

Cracker – Sunrise In The Land Of Milk and Honey
David Lowery, from Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven, is back with guests Adam Duritz, John Doe, and Patterson Hood. (An aside: Camper Van B crashed at my place in Tallahassee after playing a gig to 50 people in 1985. We listened to George Jones records and read Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor comic books. They unconsciously returned the karma by playing an in-store at Vinyl Fever Tampa 20 years later.)

Rivers Cuomo – Live At Fingerprints
From a post on his website, Rivers invited super fans from across the country to dress sharp and join him in a makeshift band where they would get to pick the set list. That set list ended up being a mix of Weezer classics as well as obscure fan favorites. The 150 lucky “friends” had never met or practiced together, but without fear came to rock out their favorite songs with their favorite guy.

DJ Shadow – Diminishing Returns
Official djshadow.com last chance limited-edition re-release.  The groundbreaking mix in its entirety — includes bonus track “War Is Hell” by DJ Shadow.

Fischerspooner – Entertainment

Ben Harper & the Relentless 7 – White Lies For Dark Times (regular and deluxe editions)
Ben has a new band with him this time around. The deluxe edition includes a DVD featuring a video for the song ”Shimmer and Shine,” exclusive footage, band photos and more.

Hatebreed – For The Lions (covers album)

Isis – Wavering Radiant

King Crimson – Collectable, Vol.4
Live In Warsaw 2000 showcases the four piece line up of Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn and includes an encore rendition of David Bowie’s `Heroes’, the original of which Robert’s distinctive guitar playing helped make famous.

Madina Lake – Attics To Eden

Ziggy Marley – Family Time

Chrisette Michelle – Epiphany (regular and deluxe editions)

David *Fathead* Newman – Blessing

New York Dolls – ‘Cause I Sez So
Produced by Todd Rundgren.”It was amazing working with Todd again, and I think we were able to evoke the special sound of our first album and drag it by the hair in the the present.” –David Johansen. Get ready for their upcoming Tampa show!

Conor Oberst and the Mystic V – Outer South

Peaches – I Feel Cream

Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love

Rapper Big Pooh (Little Brother) – Delightful Bars: North America

Rodriguez – Coming From Reality (1971)
First official re-release of the follow up to Cold Fact - the 2008 reissue of the year. Recorded in 1970 with legendary producer Steve Rowland (Pretty Things, The Cure). Not as psych as Cold Fact, but some think more cohesive.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Cryptomnesia
El Groupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is differentiated from the guitarist’s other namesake projects by his selection of players, specifically Zach Hill (Hella) on drums, Jonathan Hischke (Hella) on synth bass, and Juan Alderete de la Peña (The Mars Volta) on bass guitar. Additionally, Cryptomnesia features the vocals of guest frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta).

Rolling Stones
• Black & Blue
• Goats Head Soup
• It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll
• Sticky Fingers
The first of three batches of Stones re-mastered re-issues.

Sadat X – Brand New Bien

Smithereens – Tommy Film Album
The Smithereens unleash a new way ot hearing these beloved songs that isn’t the slavish imitation of a cover band.

Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years

Vaselines – Enter The Vaselines

Muddy Waters – Best Of The Johnny Winters Sessions ’76-‘81

Yusuf (Cat Stevens) – Roadsinger (To Warm You Through)
Includes guest Holly Williams (Hank Jr.’s daughter; Hank the FIRST’S granddaughter!)

Buckwheat Zydeco – Lay Your Burden Down
With special guests: JJ Grey, Warren Haynes, Sonny Landreth and Trombone Shorty.

NEW MUSIC DVDs:
Metal Retardation: Are You Metally Retarded?
Bill Zebub, horror and metal entrepreneur and indie filmmaker, interviews some of the biggest names in the metal scene and asks some of the funniest, most outrageous questions imaginable.

The Monks – Transatlantic Feedback documentary

Rivers Cuomo – Live At Fingerprints

BOOK
Ryan Adams - Infinity Blues
A lot of famous people seem to like this guy:
“Ryan Adams writes with equal parts precision and recklessness; the blood he draws from the text is easily as unnerving as its unapologetic tenderness. He is proof that poetry will find its writer.” — Mary-Louise Parker, actress.

“Infinity Blues is Ryan Adams at his personal, unforgettable best. Strong and beautiful and funny and pure. Like all his work, it’s soul poetry of the highest order.” — Cameron Crowe, filmmaker