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Dana and Alden Papa's Boat Concord Jazz |
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| A quiet masterpiece of jazz-inflected singer-songwriter music. Papa's Boat occupies that rare space between intimacy and craft, where every note matters and nothing overstays its welcome. The vinyl-only format suits it perfectly. An album designed for undivided attention from an act who earns it. |
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Nicholos and Butcher Brown A Supreme Blue Concord Jazz |
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| Two of jazz and R&B's most inventive young acts combine for a collaborative album that honors their shared love of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme while pushing the conversation into thoroughly contemporary territory. A Supreme Blue is reverent and rowdy in equal measure. Essential for anyone who cares about where jazz is going. |
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Keb' Mo' The Breakdown Concord |
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| Kevin Moore continues his remarkable late-career run with an album that touches blues, R&B, soul, and country with the warm authority of a master craftsman who has earned every style he inhabits. The Breakdown delivers the kind of patient, groove-heavy, emotionally wise songwriting that only comes from living a life worth writing about. |
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The Animeros Que Barbaro Easy Eye Sound |
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| Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound continues its run of remarkable discoveries with this Los Angeles ensemble debut, drawing from mariachi, cumbia, bolero, and classic rock in ways that feel genuinely inventive. Que Barbaro is joyful, lush, and completely unpredictable. Easy Eye Sound has great ears. The Animeros have great everything else. |
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Angelo Badalamenti Blue Velvet Varese |
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| The expanded release of Badalamenti's 1986 Blue Velvet score is a welcome addition to the catalog of his essential film work. The smoky jazz of the main theme captures Lynch's uncanny suburban dread perfectly. Crucial for lovers of both Lynch and great film music. |
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Infinity Song Infinity Song Roc Nation Label |
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| Roc Nation's self-titled debut from the sibling group Infinity Song introduces a family harmony vocal tradition updated for contemporary R&B. Their voices lock together with the ease of people who have been singing together since childhood, which they have. A warm and often striking debut that suggests the best is still ahead of them. |
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Ravyn Lenae Blue Island Atlantic |
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| Following the critical success of Hypnos, Lenae's Atlantic Records sophomore refines her crystalline R&B into something even more assured. Blue Island is spacious, lush, and written around a voice of exceptional range and control. Steve Lacy's production fingerprints are on it, and the combination of their sensibilities continues to produce extraordinary results. |
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Helluva Boss Helluva Boss: Season Two Atlantic |
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| The animated series' second season gets its full soundtrack release, capturing the surprisingly rich original music from Vivienne Medrano's adult comedy. The songs range from theatrical showtunes to hard rock to R&B, all anchored by the voice cast's remarkable performances. For fans of the show, this is essential. For newcomers, a genuine curiosity. |
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Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux Prolific Atlantic |
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| A previously unheard full-length collaboration between Nipsey Hussle and Compton rapper Bino Rideaux, recorded before Hussle's 2019 murder and released with his estate's blessing. Prolific is exactly what the title says: dense with ideas, Nipsey's voice at full command, Bino more than holding his own. A genuine vault treasure for the Marathon faithful. |
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Alex Warren Wildchild Atlantic |
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| The 24-year-old is more emotionally grounded and sonically varied than skeptics might expect. Warren writes confessional pop with real vulnerability, and Wildchild earns its moments. Whether you followed him online or are discovering him here, the songwriting makes the case on its own terms. |
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Weezer Weezer Reprise |
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| Their 20th studio album and fourth self-titled release is pure Weezer id: Beach Boys harmonies, power-pop precision, and Rivers Cuomo's undiminished gift for the perfect hook. Brisk, melodically generous, and exactly as much as you need it to be. |
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The Linda Lindas Gotta Get Out Reprise |
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| The Los Angeles punk quartet grows on record without losing the righteous energy that made Growing Up so exciting. Gotta Get Out is more polished, varied, and confident than their debut, which is saying something. |
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Billy Strings So Much For Goodbyes Reprise |
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| Strings delivers with the technical mastery and creative ambition that have made him bluegrass's biggest draw since Tony Rice. So Much For Goodbyes is emotionally expansive and sonically adventurous, pushing traditional flatpicking toward territory that feels genuinely new without abandoning the music's soul. Essential for fans of acoustic music in any form. |
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Hollow Hand Wish Road South Loose Music / Soundly |
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| The Brighton-based songwriter's Loose Music debut is a quietly beautiful folk-rock album that rewards patient listening. Wish Road South draws from the British folk tradition while maintaining a distinctly modern emotional register. A gentle, serious, and genuinely affecting record. |
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Soul Asylum Mpls Unplugged Blue Elan Records |
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| Dave Pirner and company strip back the catalog for an acoustic set that highlights just how sturdy the songs are underneath all that Minneapolis punk energy. Unpluged captures a band at ease with their legacy, playing for the love of it. For longtime fans, hearing 'Runaway Train' this way is quietly revelatory. |
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Engelbert Humperdinck Faithfully Cleopatra Records |
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| At 89, the German-British entertainer who sold over 140 million records delivers a final collection of standards that showcases the velvet baritone in remarkably preserved form. Faithfully is exactly that: a commitment kept to a certain idea of romantic balladry. Cleopatra Records handles it with the care a career this long deserves. |
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Cory Branan You'll Live Blue Elan Records |
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| The Nashville-by-way-of-Memphis songwriter's You'll Live is further proof that he is one of American roots music's great unsung writers. The album is darkly funny, emotionally honest, and built on the kind of guitar playing and lyric construction that rewards obsessive repeat listening. Seek it out. |
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Finn Wolfhard Fire From The Hip Night Shift Productions |
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| The Stranger Things star's proper solo debut is guitar-forward, emotionally earnest, and surprisingly convincing. His instinct for melody and reverence for classic rock and new wave make it work better than skeptics expected. A genuine debut rather than a celebrity vanity project. |
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Lindsay Lou Bluegrass Women Work Of Bart Records/Soundly |
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| A celebration of the women who built and shaped bluegrass music, featuring Lou's extraordinary flat-picking and a roster of collaborators drawn from the genre's living tradition. Bluegrass Women works both as tribute and as a record of pure musical pleasure. Informative, joyful, and lovingly made. |
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Elizabeth Cook Great Television Agent Love Records/Thirty Tigers |
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| Great Television finds the Florida country outsider in exceptional form, delivering the mix of wry humor, heartbreak, and hard-won wisdom that has made her one of Nashville's most beloved cult artists. The production suits her voice, and her voice suits everything. Completely essential for anyone paying attention. |
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Grace Potter Trespasser Mother Road Records/Thirty Tigers |
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| Potter's powerful return after time away from the spotlight is rock and soul at its most physical and emotionally engaged. Her voice remains one of American rock's great instruments, here front and center without apology. A genuinely thrilling record. |
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The Simpsons Songs in the Key of Springfield Hollywood Records |
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| Vinyl release of the beloved 1997 compilation, featuring music from the show's first decade of golden-era episodes. Danny Elfman's iconic theme, 'Monorail,' 'See My Vest,' 'We Do.' If you need convincing about the quality of this thing, you have clearly not seen enough early Simpsons. Essential. |
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Camp Rock Cast Camp Rock 3 Walt Disney Records |
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| Walt Disney Records brings the franchise back with a new film and original soundtrack. Camp Rock 3 has the energy and sincerity the series always delivered, updated for a new generation while retaining enough original spirit to satisfy those who grew up with the first two films. Wholesome, tuneful, and fun. |
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Freya Skye bad taste Hollywood Records |
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| Following her debut, the British singer-songwriter drops a shorter, bolder collection. Bad taste is punchy, self-aware, and written with sharp lyricism that earned her early critical notice. A strong second statement from an artist finding her footing fast. |
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Little Big Town It's A Dying Art MCA |
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| Nashville's veteran four-piece deliver what the title promises: a record that honors craft over trend. It's A Dying Art leans into harmonies, melodic sophistication, and emotional nuance that have defined the band across their remarkable 25-year career. For country music's craft-conscious listeners, exactly the record they've been waiting for. |
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Le Ren Don't Be Funny Without Me Royal Mountain |
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| The Montreal songwriter's newest is a small wonder of delicate folk-pop. Don't Be Funny Without Me finds Caroline Spence-adjacent intimacy in carefully arranged songs that feel like private correspondence set to music. A genuinely lovely record. |
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Mastodon Marrow Deep Loma Vista |
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| Equal parts crushing and cathartic, Marrow Deep, finds GRAMMY winners Mastodon pushing their sound into new depths without sacrificing what makes them one of heavy music's most forward-thinking forces. Mastodon channel profound grief into one of the most emotionally charged albums of their storied career. A 12-song testament of the effect those close to us can have on our lives—effects that can extend well beyond the time we have with them. An album ultimately representing resilience and solidarity. |
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Jungle World Tour 2026
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| London's Jungle is bringing their irresistible blend of soul, funk, and electronic grooves to North America this fall in support of their new album, Sunshine. Kicking off September 9 in Minneapolis, the tour hits arenas coast to coast, including stops in Chicago, New York, Austin, Denver, and Los Angeles. Following the Platinum success of "Back On 74," Jungle arrives with more heat and more to prove. |
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Zach Top Cold Beer & Country Music Tour
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| Country music's fastest-rising traditionalist is hitting the road in a big way. Zach Top's Cold Beer and Country Music Tour runs through the fall, with stops coast to coast, from the Pacific Northwest and California to Texas, the South, and wrapping up at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on October 30. Fresh off a Grammy win for Best Traditional Country Album for Ain't In It For My Health, Top brings his sharp, old-soul sound to some of the biggest rooms of his career. |
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The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a national level organization comprised of the best independent record stores in America. CIMS was founded in 1995 with the goal of uniting like minded independent store owners, giving them a more powerful voice in the music industry. The stores that make up CIMS are all very different, but we share the same desires – to be the heart of our communities, to super-serve our customers, to support and develop artists, and to share our love of music.
For more information about CIMS and the stores in our organization, please visit cimsmusic.com or find us through social media with the #cimsmusic hashtag. And please remember to always shop local by supporting your neighborhood record store.
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