May Exclusive Releases

Indie record stores have exclusive releases almost every week! (Fridays)  Most on cool colored vinyl available only for limited pressings. You don't have to wait for Record Store Day.  Stop in this month and see what we have!
(please note release dates may change and we may not be able to stock EVERYTHING...phone first!)

MAY 3:

Amon Amarth--Berserker on white haze vinyl w/silver


MAY 10:
Haley Heynderickx--I Need To Start A Garden repressed on clear smoke LP
Jamila Woods--Legacy! Legacy! cloudy pink vinyl!
Drahla--Useless Coordinates on cardinal red vinyl
Mac Demarco--Here Comes The Cowboy clear/smoke colored

MAY 17:
Com Truise--Persuasion System on blue vinyl
Full of Hell --Weeping Choir on gray/black splatter vinyl
The Head and the Heart--Living Mirage transparent green/black LP
The Heavy--Sons w/a bonus 7"w/a non-album track "Everything I Got". THe Heavy had that big hit with "How You Like Me Now" - for fans of Black Keys, Eagles of Death Metal & the like!

Milt Hinton--Here Swings the Judge on white vinyl
Institute--Readjusting the Locks colored vinyl
The National -- I Am Easy To Find clear vinyl! Also available as a 3-LP deluxe version

Laurence Pike--Holy Spring
Saint Vitus--Saint Vitus
DJ Khaled--Father of Asahd
Alex Lahey--The Best of Luck Club colored LP


MAY 24:
Amyl & The Sniffers--Amyl & The Sniffers white/yellow vinyl
Black Mountain--Destroyer colored white vinyl
David Bowie--Diamond Dogs limited red 45th anniversary edition

Kate Bush--Cloudbusting
Cate Le Bon--Reward on red vinyl
Cold Showers--Motionless on blue vinyl
Justin Townes Earle--Saint of Lost Causes
Earth--Full Upon Her Burning Lips on colored vinyl
Human Switchboard--Who's Landing in my Hangar on pink vinyl
Morrissey--California Son on blue vinyl
Petrol Girls--Cut & Stitch on green vinyl
Sebadoh--Act Surprised on orange vinyl. May 31 at the Doug Fir in Portland! June 2 at Tractor in Seattle.

Stray Cats--40
TK & Holy Know-Nothings--Agruably OK on custard-colored LP
Faye Webster--Atlanta Millionaires Club on gold LP
Marlon Williams--Live at Auckland Town Hall on pink
Flying Lotus--Flamagra gatefold w/pop up art!

MAY 31:
Brainiac--Hissing Prigs in Static Couture on blue vinyl
Ray Charles--Genius After Hours, What'd I Say, Genius Of Ray Charles mono versions
Eluvium--Piano Works on colored vinyl
David Hillyard & Rocksteady 7--Playtime on créme-colored LP
Kishi Bashi--Omoiyari white vinyl
Sinkane--Depayse on colored vinyl
Team Dresch--Captain my Captain, Personal Best on blue & yellow vinyl exclusive

 

April Showers bring....exclusives

Besides the big Record Store Day (April 13) .... indie vinyl exclusives come out every week people!
Here's some to look for in April

APRIL 5
The Drums--Brutalism on white vinyl
Mr Twin Sister--Salt die-cut salt sticker w/press photo includes download
Professor Longhair--Live on the Queen Mary
Pup--Morbid Stuff on pink/oxblood vinyl

APRIL 12
Bruce Hornsby--Absolute Zero signed! copies! of his new album featuring Bon Iver &more
Damien Jurado--In The Shape Of A Storm on Aspen-bark colored vinyl limited to 300 copies
Rhye--Blood Remixed on colored vinyl
Thunder--Please Remian Seated

APRIL 19
Cage the Elephant--Social Cues indie-exclusive 140-gram dark green vinyl, gatefold jacket, 12 x 24 poster & MP3 code
Drugdealer--Raw Honey on gold-colored vinyl
Fat White Family--Serfs Up on gold-colored vinyl
Iced Earth--Enter the Realm 180gram w/etched/clear side

APRIL 26
Cranberries--In The End

AM Taxi--Shiver By Me on white/blue starburst
Pete Doherty--Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres w/DVD
Kelly Finnigan--The Tales People Tell on red vinyl
Fire Theft--Fire Theft Run OUt Groove edition  JEremy Enigk, Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith from Sunny Day Real Estate originally released on Rykodisc back in the day...2LP set w/new art
Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky--Droneflower on colored vinyl
Kevin Morby--Oh My God on blue vinyl w/bonus 7" single
Mountain Goats--In LEague with Dragons green gatefold w/download & bonus 7"
Alan Parsons--Secret deluxe w/DVD
Josh Ritter--Fever Breaks on coke-colored LP
Sonny Stitt--Lone Wolf: Roost Alternates another Run Out Groove edition Lone Wolf collects the best alternate takes that Sonny recorded for Roost between the years 1952-1957, all of which are making their debut on vinyl. 
 

March...on in for some indie-exclusives!

We know you're saving your money for Record Store Day (April 13 this year!).  But if you don't like the scrum early on a Saturday for a special release...don't forget we have limited-editions every week!

MARCH 1:
The Cactus Blossoms--Easy Way on colored vinyl w/download code.  Featuring special contributions from Dan Auerbach and renowned saxophonist Michael Lewis (Bon Iver, Andrew Bird), Easy Way expands on the “creative turns of phrase, gorgeous harmonies, and ageless sound” (NPR) they’re known and loved for to deliver something new and distinctly modern.

Fews--Into Red on red vinyl
Howlin' Wolf--Best of Sun Records Sessions on white vinyl
Japanese House--Good At Falling on violet vinyl
Masked Intruder--III on splatter yellow/green/red/blue
Meat Puppets--Dusty Notes "bootleg" version hand-stamped and numbered
Nightwish--Dark Passion Play reissue on blue/white splatter or other colors
Royal Trux--White Stuff on pizza (?) colored vinyl

Weezer--Black Album on colored vinyl

MARCH 7:

Townes VanZandt--Sky Blue unreleased material on blue vinyl

MARCH 8:
Braniac--Electro-Shock for President
Buckcherry--Warpaint on red vinyl
Chatham County Line--Sharing the Covers picture disc
Dido--Still On My Mind colored vinyl
Sasami--Sasami on red vinyl
Youth Fountain--Letters To Our Former Selves on electric blue/milky clear
Palmer, Amanda--There Will Be No Intermission

MARCH 15:
Devo--Turn Around: B-Sides & More 1978-1984 from the Run Out Groove series, numbered 180-gram LP on multi-colored vinyl w/patch, sticker sheet and Stoughton sleeve
Karen O & Danger Mouse--Lux Prima on colored LP

MARCH 22:
Andrew Bird--My Finest Work Yet on green vinyl.  Oh Andrew....!

Buke & Gase--Scholars on yellow LP
Ray Charles reissues--Genius After Hours, Genius Of Ray Charles, Genius Sings the BLues, The Great Ray Charles, Ray Charles these mono reissues exclusive to indie records stores
Ex Hex--It's Real  on blue vinyl
Helicon--Zero Fucks 10" single
Lambchop--This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You) clear vinyl w/download code
Jenny Lewis--On The Line on blue vinyl w/poster & stickers
Meshuggah reissues on colored vinyl--I, Koloss, Noting, Obzen
Place to Bury Strangers--Fuzz Club Session

MARCH 29:
Steve Earle & The Dukes--Guy on royal blue vinyl  Steve Earle and The Dukes' incredible upcoming tribute to Guy Clark

Beth Gibbons--Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 w/dvd deluxe
Milt Hinton--Here Swings the Judge on white vinyl
Jim Jones & Righteous Mind--Collectiv
Rupa--Disco Jazz from Numero

February! Indie-store only exclusives are coming...

 Labels release exclusive to indie record stores special editions all the time!  They are limited-editions and are usually colored vinyl or come with bonus material or swag!  Here are some upcoming:

FEBRUARY 1:
•Beirut--Gallipoli On turquoise vinyl

•Boy Harsher--Careful on white vinyl  Catch them April 12 @ Wonder Ballroom and April 13 at Highline in Seattle.

Boy Harsher's second full-length album, Careful, further develops the band's brooding dance style, set up in their previous EP Country Girl.  

•Nick Delffs--Redesign on blood moon colored vinyl
•Girlpool--What Chaos is Imaginary on Pineapple (!) colored vinyl
•Nesbitt, Nina--Sun Will Come Up The Seasons Will Change on yellow
•Linda Ronstadt--Live in Hollywood on red vinyl from Rhino Records
•Thursday--Full Collapse on olive green


FEBRUARY 8:
•The Lemonheads--Varshons 2 on green vinyl  The Lemonheads follow up the critically acclaimed Varshons from nearly ten years ago with another eclectic collection of covers.

•Bob Mould--Sunshine Rock on yellow & red vinyl w/download card
•Panda Bear--Buoys colored LP Noah Lennox (Animal Collective)'s sixth solo album as Panda Bear
•YAK--Pursuit of Momentary Happiness on white vinyl A nervy, magnetic, and photogenic English noise rock/garage punk trio from London. Debut album Alas Salvation released to great critical acclaim in 2016. The Guardian called it “a force of nature.”

FEBRUARY 15:
•Robert Ellis--Texas Piano Man

•Homeshake--Helium on colored vinyl
•Avril Lavigne--Head Above Water white vinyl
•Cecil Taylor--Silent Tongues on orange transparent LP
•Thomas Giles--Don't Touch The Outside on transparent red
•Piroshka--Brickbat on pink vinyl from Bella Union
•Various Artists--The Wall Redux on neon magenta


FEBRUARY 22:
•Feels--Post Earth on colored vinyl
•Telekinesis--Effluxion on green LP w/download card
•Arctic Monkeys 7" singles! -- Cornerstone, Don't Sit Down I've Moved Your Chair, Crying Lightning,Leave Before the Lights Come On, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor