It’s Cake New Vinyl Thursday at The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven. Check out this week’s list of new vinyl arrivals:
Alfie Templeman – Mellow Moon (White, Violet Colored Vinyl, Indie Exclusive)
Amy Winehouse -Live At Glastonbury 2007
Ariana Grande- Sweetener
Bad Brains – Bad Brains – Punk Note Edition
Billow Observatory – Stareside (Blue Colored Vinyl)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Real (White Colored Vinyl, 10-Inch Vinyl)
Billie Holiday – Golden Hits
Bob Marley – Legend (180 Gram Vinyl, Special Edition, Reissue)
Cake – Fashion Nugget (180 Gram Vinyl, Remastered, Reissue)
The Cure – Faith (Bonus Tracks)
Deslondes – Ways & Means (Colored Vinyl, Indie Exclusive)
Diamanda Galas – De-formation
Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
Doors – L.A. Woman
Def Leppard – Pyromania
Elton John – Madman Across The Water
Elton John – The One
Fleet Foxes – A Very Lonely Solstice (Clear Colored Vinyl, Indie Exclusive)
Georgia Satellites – Lightnin’ In A Bottle: The Official Live Album (Red, Black Colored Vinyl, Indie Exclusive, Smoke)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Sugarhill Adventures: Collection (Limited Edition)
Horsegirl – Versions Of Modern Performance (Gatefold LP Jacket)
Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott: Words And Sounds, Vol. 1 (Blue Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition)
Joy Division – Preston 28 February 1980
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music (Green Colored Vinyl)
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Leon Bridges – Good Thing (180 Gram Vinyl, Download Insert)
Michael Jackson – BAD (Picture Disc)
Michael Jackson – Off The Wall (Picture Disc Vinyl LP)
Mac Miller – Circles (Clear Vinyl, Poster)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Toast
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (Remastered 20th Anniversary Edition)
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (180 Gram Vinyl, 2 Discs)
Prince – 1999 (Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics, 150 Gram Vinyl)
Paul Simon – Ultimate Collection
The Replacements – Please To Meet Me
Saâda Bonaire – 1992
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
Stella – Up and Away (Blue Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition)
Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies
S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks
The Who – Who’s Next (180 Gram Vinyl)
Three 6 Mafia – Choices: Album (cloudy clear vinyl)
Witch – Lazy Bones
XTC – White Music
Weekly Review:
Before the great British pop band XTC known for their albums filled with exquisite psychedelia and lush
chamber pop they were a quartet of revved-up twentysomethings ready to kick down the doors of the
music scene. A new reissue of the band’s debut album, 1978’s White Music, captures the hyperactive
anxiety of the time.
XTC famously refused to perform live for much of their career, but the dozen songs on White Music
were built for the stage. Album opener “Radios in Motion” and “Cross Wires” bristle with punk energy
and urgency. Singles “This is Pop” and “Statue of Liberty” foreshadow the group’s more ornate pop
songwriting. Thanks to the prominence of Barry Andrews’ keyboards and Andy Partridge erudite
songwriting, White Music bears a sonic similarity to Elvis Costello’s late-‘70s albums with the
Attractions.
White Music’s most curious moment arrives in the middle of Partridge’s – with help from bandmate
Colin Moulding – barrage of two- to three-minute songs. A nearly six-minute cover of “All Along the
Watcher” is striking for sounding absolutely nothing like either Bob Dylan’s original version or Jimi
Hendrix’ famous interpretation. Moulding’s gulping vocals on “Watchtower” make it sound like he’s
trying to swallow every syllable, while an incongruous blues harp blows during the chorus. The
performance is anchored by a tight, funky rhythm section. It sounds like a mess, but it’s just intriguing
enough to work.
About 18 months after the release of White Music, XTC had already turned the page and were evolving
into the celebrated cult act they would become during the 1980s. The band never revisited this sound,
making White Music an energetic outlier in an illustrious catalog. -Joel Francis
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