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The Head on the Door (LP)

The Cure
In contrast to the Cure's emotionally eviscerating, melancholic genius which produced timeless classics such as Faith and Pornography, The Head on the Door highlights the brighter side of The Cure's multifaceted temperament, transforming the group's trademark doom and gloom into something dark, yet danceable, by using mainstream musical influence as a means to express existential turmoil in a way that garnered international acclaim. Read more

Adore (CD)

The Smashing Pumpkins
Adore is the soft-lipped kiss after the Pumpkins' mainstream success with Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Adore is the product of a very tumultuous time for the band, with the departure of drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, the death of Billy Corgan's mother, and impending divorce. Adore provides an extremely intimate look at a band that had seemed bulletproof, their vulnerability manifesting itself within the somber soliloquies of tracks such as “Shame,” “Crestfallen,” and “Blank Page." Read more

Unfold (LP)

Melody's Echo Chamber
Neo-Psychedelia - Shoegaze Recovered demos from her 2012 debut, captures a time of experimentation, excitement and discord at the beginning of a long and uncertain career Read more

No Thank You (LP)

Little Simz
Hip Hop - Electronic - Gospel Embodies a feeling of righteousness, self-empowerment and defiance in the face of mental health trauma and social isolation Read more

The Car (LP)

Arctic Monkeys
Lounge Pop - Art Rock Their most mature and introspective record to date, the funky, cinematic reflection of an indie band that constantly redefines its sound with each release (my totally not biased pick for alternative album of the year) Read more

Best Of (LP)

Sade
Beautiful album cover and covers her/the career-with one new song -at the time of this release, Sony Music treated as a new album release and it sold millions Read more

The Loveliest Time (LP)

Carly Rae Jepsen
Incredibly addictive pop music soaked in psychedelia. I can't stop listening to this Read more

The Yussef Dayes Experience (Live From Malibu) (LP)

Yussef dayes
An incredible live set from Dayes and his band. Tremendous talent and beautiful vibrations Read more

Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua (LP)

Ana Frango Elétrico
Such a groovy and lush jam. Every album of theirs just gets better and better! Read more

Sweet Justice (LP)

Tkay Maidza
A great balance of hard beats, lush R&B, and pop. She continues to kill it! Read more

Reflections - Mojave Desert (LP)

Floating Points
A beautiful experience. This is a set of live recordings set in Joshua Tree. Truly amazing hearing the sounds reverberate around the rocks and nature of such a beautiful place. Read more

Grand Insurgence Upon Despotic Altars (LP)

Disimperium
Man, this record is a bad time in the best way. No corny dungeon intro, no acoustic interludes, and not a shred of hope. The perfect soundtrack to a world in chaos on the brink of collapse. Read more

Vertumnus Caesar (LP)

Malokarpatan
The boys are back! This time with a concept album on the life and reign of Rudolph II, the notoriously reclusive emperor whose interest in the occult spawned rumors of heresy and devilry in his imperial court. Steeped as always in the tradition of heavy metal and first wave black metal, builds on the sound cultivated thus far by the band, but this time steps further into the world of 70's prog and vintage sythesisers, resulting in a seamless blend of Somewhere In Time-era Maiden and classic Master's Hammer. Read more

Transilvanian Glare (LP)

Arnaut Pavle
Absolutely killer black metal front to back. A vicious, uncompromising attitude overlaying haunting melodies that never veer into the saccharine, weepy territory occupied by lesser purveyors of the genre. Read more

Disharmonium - Nahab (LP)

Blut Aus Nord
Vindsval returns with another slab of oneiric black death. At once wonderous and terrifying, this record swims in the deepest waters of the collective unconscious and shows you just enough to give the impression that the horrors are not man-made, but are indeed beyond comprehension. Read more

Call of the Knife (LP)

Chain Whip
Easily my favorite contemporary hardcore band. Smart, straightforward, quick and righteously pissed. Canadians just do it better. Read more

Black Star Gnosis (LP)

Demoncy
Demoncy remerge from the shadows to do what they do best. Sinister, serpentine riffing drenched in murk and rot. Sounds the best on the darkest days. Read more

Servants of Sorcery (LP)

Fimbulwinter
One of black metal's best kept secrets. Before founding Dimmu Borgir, Shagrath and two cohorts recorded this sole full-length of blistering raw black mayhem. Though bootlegged a handful of times since its initial release in 1994, this is the first official reissue in nearly thirty years. Get yours while you can cuz you don't wanna wait another thirty! Read more

Hollow Psalms (LP)

Ludicra
One of comparatively few records in the world of extreme metal to be released in the early 00's and be worth anyone's time. But "Hollow Psalms" isn't just worth your time. It demands your time as it is some of the most compelling black metal of its time or any time. Read more

Skarpretterfossilet (LP)

Broder
Where the hell did this come from?! I never bothered checking this out cuz the internet describes them as "Drone/Doom/Noise" which is all fine and dandy, but I don't smoke *that* much weed anymore. I need riffs to hold my attention. This delivers in the vein of early Teitanblood with far more competent musicianship. Something is rotten in Denmark. Read more