Queens Of The Stone Age
In Times New Roman (Opaque Silver Vinyl LP) [ Matador / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] 'In Times New Roman', the 8th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and... |
The Quintet
Jazz At Massey Hall (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 27/Oct/2023 ] This modern jazz summit meeting in Toronto has been called "the greatest jazz concert ever." We owe the survival of the music to Charles Mingus, who, along with Max Roach, taped the concert and subsequently issued it on his own new Debut... |
Ray Charles
Ray Charles (Limited LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 3/Feb/2023 ] Ray Charles' Atlantic debut in mono is a must-have. Also known as Hallelujah, I Love Her So, Ray Charles is a compilation of Charles' early singles that helped forge this his original fusion of blues, R&B, jazz and pop. Limited clear vinyl. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Return Of The Dream Canteen (LP) [ Warner Records / 2 LP - released 14/Oct/2022 ] The news of Return of the Dream Canteen's imminent release marks the band's second album release of 2022, hot on the heels of the platinum-selling chart topper Unlimited Love which was released in April. It will also be the band's second Rick Rubin... |
Regina Spektor
Home, Before And After (Limited Edition Ruby Red Vinyl LP) [ Warner / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Home, before and after is Regina Spektor's eighth studio album and most quintessentially "New York" in decades. Recorded in upstate New York and produced by Spektor and John Congleton, the album is Spektor at her most inspired, heralded by... |
Return To Forever
Romantic Warrior (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 3/Nov/2011 ] Return To Forever is often cited as one of the core groups of the jazz-fusion movement of the 1970s. The final album by the longest-lasting "classic" lineup of the group (which consisted of Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Al DiMeola)... |
Reverend Horton Heat
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (Reissue LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] The band's 1990 debut, Smoke 'em If You Got 'em, made quite the first impression with frantic stand-up bass, fiery guitar playing, and the Rev's wild howls stirring up a volatile cocktail of '50s rockabilly, punk energy, and sly humour. Clear vinyl. |
Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Highway (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner Music / LP - released 13/Apr/2018 ] Freedom Highway is GRAMMY Award-winner and 2017 GRAMMY nominee Rhiannon Giddens' follow-up to her highly praised debut album 'Tomorrow Is My Turn'. The record includes nine original songs Giddens wrote or co-wrote while she and her band toured... |
Rihanna
A Girl Like Me (LP) [ Def Jam Recordings / 2 LP - released 26/Apr/2006 ] The follow-up to her million-selling debut 'Music Of The Sun', this special New Zealand edition of 'A Girl Like Me' also contains Rihanna's 2 big hits from 2005 - "Pon de Replay" and "If It's Lovin' That You Want". |
The Rolling Stones
Live At The Wiltern (Triple LP) [ Mercury / 3 LP - released 8/Mar/2024 ] The Rolling Stones embarked on the Licks World Tour in 2002 & 2003 to celebrate their 40th anniversary, featuring the band performing in arenas and stadiums, in addition to the occasional theater. In November 2002, the Stones arrived in Los Angeles... |
Roy Montgomery
Audiotherapy (Limited Edition LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of the NZ underground, believes there is always new sonic terrain to investigate. His latest series of albums for Grapefruit marks forty years of rigorous exploration in which he has managed to navigate disparate genres,... |
Royal Trux
White Stuff (Limited Edition Red White & Blue LP) [ Fat Possum / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] White Stuff not only maintains the magic chemistry between Jennifer Herrema (vocal, moog, guitar, melodica) and Neil Hagerty (vocal, guitar) but expands upon it greatly with their natural ability to give us something unexpected, necessary, and truly... |
Sam Ryder
There's Nothing But Space, Man! (Limited LP) [ PLGUK / Warner / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] Though Sam Ryder has been on the scene for over a decade now, it's been just the last year that he became something of a household name for many. Coming to prominence earlier this year by performing 'Space Man' as the UK's Eurovision Song Contest... |
Sheila E
The Glamorous Life (Limited Edition LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Produced by Prince, this is one of the best albums that came out of the Purple One's Minneapolis funk-rock empire in the 1980s. Featuring the hit title track and "The Belle of St. Mark" (two Prince penned classics), this is another opportunity to... |
The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow 20th Anniversary Edition (Indie Exclusive LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 20/Oct/2023 ] This 2023 edition of The Shins's beloved second album, Chutes Too Narrow, celebrates the album's 20th anniversary with a fresh remaster by Adam Ayan, supervised by band leader James Mercer, and lovely new packaging for the vinyl. Following The... |
Silver Jews
Early Times (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 18/Jun/2012 ] |
Silverchair
The Door (Coloured Vinyl 12") [ Music On Vinyl / 12in - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "The Door" is the fourth and last single taken from Silverchair's second album Freak Show. According to singer and guitar player Daniel Johns," The Door "is influenced a lot by Led Zeppelin and other bands from that era. The three live songs on... |
Sin City
Welcome to Sin City (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP ] Having spent several years darkening doorways and gracing stages around the globe in other musical guises, SIN CITY were formed in the dry desert heat of Spain's Costa Blanca. Originally hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, the pair found... |
The Sisters Of Mercy
Body And Soul / Walk Away (RSD 2024 LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 20/Apr/2024 ] Limited edition blue smoke vinyl. |
Sleater-Kinney
Path Of Wellness (Limited Edition Opaque White Gatefold LP) [ Milk / LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] 'Path Of Wellness' is Sleater-Kinney's tenth full-length studio record. During 2020's endless turbulence, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker wrote and recorded the album in Portland. They welcomed local musicians in the studio to bring their... |