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New Arrivals:

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Flight B741 (180 Gram Vinyl, Recycled)

For their 26th album, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard swap the widescreen concepts of their recent albums for the intimacy of six good friends collaborating on the most bonhomie-laden set they’ve yet committed to wax. For Flight b741, bandleader Stu Mackenzie says King Gizzard “wanted to make something that was primal, instinctual, more ‘from the gut’ – just people in a room, doing what feels right. We wanted to make something fun.” Available on 180g recycled black vinyl with printed inner sleeve and housed in a brown paper bag.

Smashing Pumpkins – Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2001 compilation album by The Smashing Pumpkins. The album’s concluding track, “Untitled”, was the Pumpkins’ final recording before their breakup. First-ever official vinyl release of The Smashing Pumpkins’ Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits collection. Originally released in 2001, it features the hit singles, “Today,” “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight,” and many more! 2 LP set pressed on 180gram black vinyl.

Beabadoobee – This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Red Colored Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket)

This Is How Tomorrow Moves is the forthcoming third album from artist beabadoobee, recorded at Shangri-La in Malibu and set to release on her long-standing label, Dirty Hit. This Is How Tomorrow Moves captures Beabadoobee’s confidence and introspection, with themes of self-acceptance and personal growth woven throughout. It stands as a testament to her artistic evolution and resilience, marking a significant milestone in her career.

Destroy Boys – Funeral Soundtrack #4 – (Transparent Red Colored Vinyl)

Started in Sacramento by Alexia Roditis & Violet Mayugba while still in high-school, Destroy Boys released two albums then joined Hopeless in 2021 releasing the acclaimed album Open Mouth, Open Heart. In support, the band toured Europe with Alkaline Trio & Taking Back Sunday, performed at Slam Dunk, Roskilde, SBAM!, Sziget & crisscrossed the US several times with lauded performances at Riot Fest, Dia de los Deftones, & Coachella. Additionally, they supported Blink-182 + Turnstile & Pierce The Veil in 2023. Upcoming 2024 shows include Lollapalooza + shows with Cavetown & Mother Mother. Additionally, they also created & curate their own annual fest: DestroyFest. Spotify would declare the band their 2024 Artist to Watch.
Working with Carlos de la Garza (Bad Religion, Paramore, The Linda Lindas) the new album Funeral Soundtrack #4 embraces everything from garage punk to 90’s college indie rock. Single “Shadow (I’m Breaking Down)” reached #34 at Alternative Radio with heavy airplay on SiriusXM, KKBA, 91X, WEQX, & more. Multiple singles from the album will be worked to radio. The new album features Missy Dabice of Mannequin Pussy + Kat Moss of Scowl. For Fans Of: Blink-182, Green Day, Mannequin Pussy Vinyl variant: Transparent red

Osees – Sorcs 80

“This album [SORCS 80] was a self imposed ambitious project for us [OSEES]. Something to kick in the creative flow. The last few years, having been a challenging time in general, felt like a good time for a pivot. The last two albums were so guitar and keyboard centric, I wanted a weird and fun set of parameters for us to work with. I demo’d everything at home on cassette four track (harkening back to simpler times) using drum loops, and just had at it ’til I had a pile of ‘songs.’
“Tom [Dolas] and I chose one sound each using synths and created a range of three octaves of that sample, then loaded them into Roland SPD-SX samplers and learned the transcribed songs using drum sticks. The idea was to change the way we wrote and to have four people along the front of the stage essentially playing percussion. So no guitar, no keys. “As we were recording I kept thinking how the sounds, when paired up, sounded a bit like brass. So, we added a saxophone horn section to round out the horniness of the sound with a bit of reedy bell tones. Thanks to Cansfis Foote and Brad Caulkins on tenor and baritone saxophones. “Sort of a Dexy’s Midnight Runners meets Von LMO meets The Flesh Eaters meets the Screamers kinda punk junk. Poppy and hooky, heavy at times. Sort of vacuous and maybe a bit sci-fi in sound. Boneheaded in riff and heady in lyrics. Recorded at Stu-Stu-Studio by me on eight track 1/4-inch tape. So pretty hot and raw. Lots to write about today. A lot of these lyrics were taken from things people said in passing about taking on life right now that stuck with me. Things that made me reflect. Things that made me laugh. Things that made me WTF. Some folks are kind, genuine and give you love and energy. Some are greedy manipulative ghouls who hang off your veins. You must be strong, composed and take care of yourself. Be self aware and check your mind for cracks. Learn to relax and be well. There are moments of beauty and redemption. It’s not all bad news and there’s always hope. People continue to surprise me one way or another. Anyhow, hope you enjoy and good luck out there.” -John Dwyer

Pharoah Sanders – Thembi (Verve By Request Series)

Vinyl LP pressing. Released in 1971 on Impulse and recorded with two different ensembles, Thembi  marked a departure from the slowly developing, side-long, mantra-like grooves Sanders had been pursuing for much of his solo career. Instead, it offers an intriguingly wide range of relatively concise ideas resulting in something of an anomaly in Sanders’ prime period. Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.

Too $hort – Gettin’ It (Colored Vinyl, Orange, Gatefold LP Jacket)

In 1996, after 14 years in the game that started with Too $hort and Freddy B selling tapes out of the trunk of their car in East Oakland, Too $hort announced he would be retiring. On May 21, 1996, Too $hort released his 10th studio album Gettin’ It with the lead single of the same name featuring Parliament Funkadelic. Retirement was more of a hiatus as Too $hort got back in the game in 1999 with the appropriately named album Can’t Stay Away. If Gettin’ It was going to be Too $hort’s last album, he was going off on a high note by earning his 6th Platinum record. In addition to having Parliament Funkadelic contribute to two songs, Ant Banks and Shorty B are back with their laid-back Bay Area funk along with some G-Funk contributions by Colin Wolfe, L.A. Dre, and Spearhead X. Too $hort delivers another Bay Area classic full of nasty pimpin’ rhymes with dope features by MC Breed, Erick Sermon and Rappin’ 4-Tay.

Weekly Restock:

2Pac - All Eyez on Me
2Pac - Me Against the World
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
Beyonce - Renaissance
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia
Charli XCX - Brat
Childish Gambino - Because the Internet
Clairo - Charm
De la Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Deftones - White Pony
Doors - Doors
Dr Dre - 2001
Dr Dre - Chronic
Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live
Hot Boys - Guerilla Warfare
Hotelier - Home Like Noplace Is There
Incubus - Make Yourself
Jamila Woods - Heavn
Janelle Monae - Age of Pleasure
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott: Words and Sounds Vol 1
Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir
Journey - Escape
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid: M.A.A.D City
Killer Mike - Michael
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Petrodragonic Apocalypse; or Dawn of Eternal Night
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
MF DOOM - MM Food (Iex)
Mac Miller - NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Mac Miller - Swimming
Mac Miller - Swimming
Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
Mary J. Blige - My Life
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Melanie Martinez - K-12
Mitski - Be the Cowboy
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Nas - Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G. - Now Playing
Orville Peck - Stampede
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Outkast - Speakerboxxx: Love Below
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle 
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Strokes - Is This It
Tame Impala - Slow Rush
Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Why - Well I Fell Into
X - Los Angeles
X - Smoke & Fiction
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan

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