Tons of great jams out and in the bins over the last couple Fridays.
THIS WEEK PICK'S
The new Neurosis album AN UNDYING LOVE FOR A BURNING WORLD is out on vinyl today! CDs coming later this month. What an incredible return as Neurosis returns from the aether with their first new album in ten years, with the addition of Aaron Turner (ISIS, Sumac) on guitar & vocals. As some of you know, Neurosis is one of my top three bands of all time, and I think this new record is my favorite thing they’ve done since The Eye of Every Storm. Raw, atmospheric, heavy, melodic. Everything is 10/10.
We also have the new album from The Silver, LOOKING GLASS HYMNAL BLUE. This is the final new release on my metal label and it turned out wonderfully. Gothic, romantic and atmospheric metal that really pulls from a variety of sub-genres (heavily from black metal) to craft something quite unique. Clean singing inter-spliced with harsh vocals. Super melodic guitars. Highest recommendations. Featuring members of Crypt Sermon and Horrendous. With stunning artwork by Paul Romano.
For the reissue of the week OF COURSE IT’S KRAFTWERK. RADIO ACTIVITY just got the picture disc 50th anniversary reissue. One of the greatest electronic albums of all time, and with the sick imagery they used on the video screens of the recent tours. Get beeped and booped.
LAST WEEK'S PICKS
The new album from Milwaukee band World I Hate is here, TOTAL NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION on Convulse records (who released the Big Laugh EP last year). Parker made sure I heard this one today and it’s very sick, heavy hardcore… and FAST. Absolutely no messing around. One track hits 2 minutes, everything else is shorter than that. The vocalist sounds like his throat is getting torn apart. It’s great.
For the reissues we have a couple records from one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE BANDS so listen up! ISIS - WAVERING RADIANT and IN THE ABSENCE OF TRUTH. The two final studio albums from one of the best bands to ever play some type of “post-metal” or “sludge” or whatever people call stuff. They’re so much more than that, though. Experimental, tons of atmosphere, some of the greatest big riffs of all time. Chances are if you know heavy music, you’re already familiar. These two are much more melodic than their earlier material, but ISIS never missed. Every record is great in its own way and it’s wonderful that stores can carry these incredible albums again. Thanks Ipecac records!
ALL THE NEW ARRIVALS FROM THE LAST TWO WEEKS
Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing But A Number 2xLP
Adam Hawley - Electric LP
Aldous Harding - Train on the Island LP (BLUE VINYL)
Antoine Dougbe - Antoine Dougbe et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou 2LP
Bad Beat - 2025 LP (Golden Yellow w/ Royal Blue Swirl & Evergreen Splatter Vinyl)
Basement - Wired CD
Basement - Wired LP (Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl)
Beach Boys - The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights 2LP
Beths - Expert In A Dying Field LP (Blue Eco-Mix Vinyl)
Bolt Thrower - Honor Valor Pride LP (White Vinyl)
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law CD
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law LP (Silver Vinyl)
Bolt Thrower - Mercenary LP (White Vinyl)
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal CD
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal LP (White VInyl)
Brother Wallace - Electric Love LP
Buried Alive - The Death Of Your Perfect World LP (Clear Tan w/ White & Black Splatter)
Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi LP
Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life LP (white vinyl)
Cannibal Corpse - Skeletal Domain LP (White Vinyl)
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding LP (White vinyl)
Cathy Hamer - Lady Full Of Dreams LP (Clear Vinyl)
Clipse - Let God Sort Em' Out LP (Limited version, Alt cover, Color vinyl)
Combust - Another Life LP (Green Nebula w/ Fire Splatter Vinyl)
Combust - Belly Of The Beast LP (Clear w/ Black & Red Pinwheel Vinyl)
Curved Air - Phantasmagoria LP (Numbered, Green Splatter Vinyl, Import)
Dave Matthews Band - Live Trax Vol. 72: 6/28/25 Huntington Bank Pavilion Chicago, IL 4xLP Box Set (180g Natural Color Vinyl)
Dexter Gordon - Stable Mable LP
Discharge - 1980-1986 LP (Clear Vinyl)
Discharge - Why LP (Clear vinyl)
Discovery Zone - Library Copy Do Not Remove LP ("Night Sky" Marbled Vinyl)
Doctor Bionic - Electric Pollen LP (Red Vinyl)
Don Toliver - Octane 2LP
Don Toliver - Octane CD
Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk LP (Blue Note Classic Series)
Dove Ellis - Blizzard LP (Indie Exclusive, Gold Vinyl)
Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY LP (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, GUMBY (GREEN) VINYL)
Earl Sweatshirt, Mike, Surf Gang - POMPEII // UTILITY 2LP
Eloy - Chronicles I CD (Import)
Eluvium - Virga III LP (Clear Vinyl)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 LP (Import, Green vinyl)
Faces - Ooh La La LP
Fantastic Cat - Cat Out Of Hell CD
From Ashes To New - Reflections CD
From Ashes To New - Reflections LP (Indie Exclusive, "Urchin" Marble Vinyl w/ Exclusive Poster)
Frozen Soul - No Place Of Warmth LP (Indie Exclusive, Blue vinyl)
Gilmore Girls (Sam Phillips) - Original Soundtrack LP (Brown vinyl)
Gorguts - Considered Dead / The Erosion Of Sanity CD
Gorguts - From Wisdom To Hate CD
Gorguts - From Wisdom To Hate LP (Red with Black Smoke Vinyl)
Humble Pie - As Safe As Yesterday Is LP (Numbered, Gold Vinyl)
I Am the Avalanche - The Horror Show LP (Gold Swirl Vinyl)
Ian Anderson - Walk Into Light LP (Bruce Soord 2026 Remix)
In This Moment - The Dream LP (Red vinyl)
ISIS - In The Absence Of Truth 2xLP (Indie Exclusive, Ecomix Red Vinyl)
ISIS - Wavering Radiant 2xLP (Indie Exclusive, Ultra Clear Vinyl)
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales CD
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales: 20th Anniversary LP (180g)
Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - GarciaLive Vol. 22: 9/25/1971 Lion's Share 2xCD
Katseye - SIS (Soft Is Strong) 12" EP
Kenny Dorham - Whistle Stop LP (Blue Note Classic Series)
Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open 2xLP (Eco-Mix Vinyl)
King Diamond - Abigail LP (White Vinyl)
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait LP (White Vinyl)
King Diamond - Them LP (White Vinyl)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Italian Feast LP (Deluxe Edition Picture Disc)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity LP (50th Anniversary Picture Disc)
Laibach - Musick LP (Pink vinyl)
Lice (Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman) - Miami Lice: Season Four LP
Lykke Li - The Afterparty LP (Indie Exclusive, Clear vinyl)
Mercyful Fate - Return Of The Vampire LP (White Vinyl)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath LP (White Vinyl)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa LP (White Vinyl)
Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate EP (White Vinyl)
Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls & Marches: The Standard Editions LP
Morbid Saint - Swallowed by Hell LP (Indie Exclusive, Color vinyl)
MUNA - Dancing On The Wall LP (Clear Red Vinyl)
Nashville Pussy - Get Some LP
Neighb'rhood Childr'n - Neighb'rhood Childr'n LP (Opaque Sky Blue Vinyl)
Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World 2xLP (Yellow & Orange Merge Vinyl)
No Pressure - No Pressure 12" EP (Clear Tan w/ Neon Violet Splatter Vinyl)
No Pressure - No Pressure LP (Clear w/ Green, Orange, & Yellow Splatter Vinyl)
Pain - Pain LP (Indie Exclusive, Grey Vinyl)
Pain - Psalms Of Extinction LP (Indie Exclusive, Red Vinyl)
Pain - Rebirth LP (Indie Exclusive, Light Blue Vinyl)
Paradise Lost - Gothic: 35th Anniversary LP ("Corona" Vinyl)
Peter Frampton - Carry The Light CD
Peter Frampton - Carry The Light LP (Yellow Vinyl)
Pig's Blood - Destroying The Spirit CD
Product
Punch - Punch LP
Rancid - Rancid (1993) LP (Anniversary Edition, White w/ Black Splatter Vinyl)
Rancid - Rancid (2000) LP
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Rodrigo Y Gabriela (20th Anniversary) 2xLP (Green/Yellow vinyl)
Schizoid Man - Total Mayhem LP
Sepultura - The Cloud of Unknowing 12-inch+CD (Color vinyl, Etched LP)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks: Here's The Sex Pistols LP (Rhino High Fidelity)
Shaggy - Lottery LP
Shakey Graves - Fondness, Etc. LP
Sinister - Aggressive Measures LP (Black Red and Orange Splatter Vinyl)
Snocaps - Snocaps LP
Sofiane Pamart - Movie 2xLP
Sofiane Pamart - Movie CD
St. Vincent - St. Vincent LP (Purple vinyl)
Stan Getz - Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio LP (Verve Vault Series)
Stephen Sanchez - Love Love Love LP (Indie Exclusive, Yellow vinyl)
SURFILMUSIC: Soundtrack & 4-Tracks (Jack Johnson) - Soundtrack 2LP (Blue Vinyl)
SURFILMUSIC: Soundtrack & 4-Tracks (Jack Johnson) - Soundtrack CD
Suzi Quatro - Freedom LP
Telehealth - Green World Image LP (Loser Edition, Clear Vinyl)
Terror - Lowest Of The Low LP (Cloudy Yellow Vinyl)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In the Sky Blu-ray Audio
The American Analog Set - Destroy Destroy Destroy 6xLP Box Set ("You Own Me" Apple Red Vinyl)
The Amity Affliction - House Of Cards LP (Cloudy Blood Red Vinyl)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory CD
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up LP
The Chain - Blind The World LP (Beer w/ Black Splatter Vinyl)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy 2xLP (Indie Exclusive, Cloudy Green & Gold Vinyl)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy CD (Deluxe Packaging w/ Comic Book)
The Flatliners - Cold World LP (Light Blue Vinyl)
The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind! LP (Transparent Day Vinyl)
The MerKaBa Brotherhood - The MerKaBa Brotherhood LP
The Moon And The Nightspirit - Seed Of The Formless LP
The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love 2xLP
They Might Be Giants - The World Is To Dig LP
Thirty Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie CD (20 Year Anniversary)
Thirty Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie: 20th Anniversary LP (180g Red Vinyl)
Toro y Moi - Anything in Return ("ROSE QUARTZ" ECO MIX VINYL)
Unwed Sailor - High Remembrance LP (Clear Vinyl)
Various Artists - Brown Acid: The Twenty-Second Trip LP (Red Vinyl)
Ween - White Pepper LP (Green vinyl)
Yungblud - Idols (Complete) CD
Yungblud - Idols II LP (Clear Vinyl)
