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What's New 2-3-23
RepublicThe queen of country pop is back! On her sixth full-length, Queen Of Me, the Canadian superstar delivers her most triumphant-feeling body of work yet; an album about standing in your own power and worshipping yourself. Featuring the glam-pop single “Waking Up Dreaming,” co-written and produced with BTS hitmaker David Stewart, and a rare tearjerker from Twain- the country-leaning “Last Day of Summer.”
NettwerkSYML’s music has a sacred quality. His experiences of abandonment, adoption, loss, grief and love is what drives him to question how connections between people shape us as individuals. Over these 15 songs, SYML offers a profound exploration of the ways in which our lives intertwine, weaving in familiar iconography as a means of examining his feelings towards others, and about himself.
Cooking VinylSince 1999, Gogol Bordello have consistently riled up audiences with an inimitable patchwork of punk, gypsy, dub, folk, Latin swing, and Eastern European magic. Now Ukrainian-born band leader Eugene Hutz and co. trumpet the spirit of survival louder than ever on their eighth full-length album, Solidaritine, carrying us through these most turbulent, traumatic, and trying of times.
New WestExtreme emotions can make the battle with self-destruction all the more perilous, yet from such trials Sunny War has crafted a set of songs that draw on a range of ideas and styles, as though she’s marshaling all her forces to get her ideas across: ecstatic gospel, dusty country blues, thoughtful folk, rip-roaring rock and roll, even avant garde studio experiments. It’s a new testament of building hope out of chaos.
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New Release Round-Up 02-03-23
Shania Twain - Queen Of Me - Republic Nashville
Five-time GRAMMY® award winning and multi-platinum selling icon, Shania Twain, releases her new album, Queen Of Me, via Republic Nashville, a division of Republic Records. Her sixth original full-length album, Queen Of Me, is the superstar's most triumphant-feeling body of work; an album about standing in your own power and worshipping yourself. Its lead single “Waking Up Dreaming” was co-written and produced with BTS hitmaker David Stewart.SYML - The Day My Father Died - Nettwerk Records
SYML's music has a sacred quality. The solo venture of Seattle artist Brian Fennell, it's themes tap into the instincts that drive us to places of sanctuary, whether that be a place or person. "It comes back to your identity of being human; throughout time we've shared the same drive," he explains. His own upbringing - interwoven with experiences of abandonment, adoption, loss, grief and love - is what drives him to question how connections between people shape us as individuals. The Day My Father Died is an exceptional record. Over 15 songs, Syml offers a profound exploration of the ways in which our lives intertwine. Throughout the album, Syml weaves in familiar iconography as a means of examining his feelings towards others, and about himself.ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
Tycho - Dive
Raye - My 21st Century Blues
The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow LP]
James Brandon Lewis - Eye Of I
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red LP]
Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Red LP]
Twiztid - Freek Show: Twiztid 25th Anniversary [Limited Edition Transparent Red with Splatter 2 LP]
Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue
Korn - Requiem Mass [Limited Edition Bluejay LP]
'Weird Al' Yankovic - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ghost - Seven Inches of Satanic Panic [Purple Vinyl Single]
Weezer - SZNZ: Spring EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Glow In The Dark Vinyl]
John Frusciante - . I :
Discovery - LP: Deluxe Edition [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange LP]
Sparta - Sparta [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP]
Rikki Ililonga - Zambia [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Smoke LP]
The Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride II The Pharcyde [RSD Essential Clear w/ Purple & Yellow Splatter 2LP]
& More .....UPCOMING RELEASES
Andy Shauf - Norm - Anti
Andy Shauf’s songs unfold like short fiction: they’re densely layered with colorful characters and a rich emotional depth. On his new studio album Norm, Andy Shauf’s songwriting veers decidedly more oblique, hinting at sinister happenings and dark motivations. The result: an intoxicating collection of mellifluous melodies and beguiling lyrics. Levitating, synth-laden atmospherics drive Shauf’s storytelling on ‘Norm,’ mixed by Neal Pogue (Tyler, the Creator). In 2016, The Party catapulted Andy Shauf to indie notoriety, followed by 2020’s The Neon Skyline which landed Andy Shauf performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS This Morning: Saturday, a Polaris Prize nomination, and mentions on several best-of lists — among them, a track on Barack Obama’s playlist and praise from Pitch- fork, The Atlantic, Esquire, Stereogum, and more.
Music Releases 02-03-23
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