Insound has posted preorders for the deluxe edition of Mastodon’s hotly anticipated Crack The Skye album. We aren’t sure what warrants the $43 price tag on this thing, but hopefully it is well worth it. We do know that it is a 180gm double LP cut at 45rpm and also comes with a 7″ single [...]

Hmmm… hot off the heels of last year’s live Smile release comes this… other live Smile release. The setting is moved from Wolf Creek to Palace Akroplis in Prague, but this recording is still from the Smile tour so you know what to expect: utter aural annihilation at the hands of Japan’s fiercest metal trio [...]

Usually when you get free records as part of some promo deal, they are crap, but this one just happens to be really good.  While supplies last, you can get a free copy of “Happiness” by Fridge (the Four Tet side project on Temporary Residence) with any other purchase at Vinyl Collective.  They have plenty [...]

Beirut’s new double EP is really, really good.  The first half, “March of the Zapotec” was recorded with an actual Mexican funeral band, while “Realpeople Holland” features Zach sort of experimenting with electronic music, kind of like his own little Postal Service project.  You can pick up the double 12″ at Amazon.com, Insound.com, or directly [...]

Indie rock and alt-country darling Neko Case has a brand new record coming out.  The “Middle Cyclone” LP seems to be mostly floating around the UK (or in the US at pretty dumb prices), but Normann Records has it for only £12.99.  If you’re in a hurry to grab this one, this is the best [...]

Park Avenue is letting people preorder their exclusive Record Store Day release, a live Gaslight Anthem 10″.  “Live at Park Ave.” comes out on April 18, but you can grab it now for $9.99 at ParkAveCDs.com.

Insound is going to be the exclusive retailer for the new LP by UK indie popsters The Boy Least Likely To.  Titled, “The Law Of The Playground”, the record drops on May 5th, but you can preorder now for $15.99, and they’ll send you the MP3′s on April 14th for free.  Visit Insound.com. [Audio clip: [...]

Another fine release on Kranky. Pan•American is none other than Mark Nelson, who happens to be the singer/guitarist for a now defunct band called Labradford. Pan•American takes the minimal soundscapes of Labradford and injects them into his own unique brand of ambient-dub-techno-whatever. If you don’t like this type of stuff, this album isn’t going to [...]

Sure, Insound may be jumping the gun a bit on offering preorders for the next Grizzly Bear LP, but at least they are offering discounts.  “Veckatimest” will officially drop on May 26, but Insound is already preselling the vinyl version for $19.99.  However, if you use the promo code “veckatimest10″, you get 10% off.  Even [...]

Boomkat just started carrying the new LP by Parisian beatmaker Onra, “1.0.8″.  You’ll definitely like this if you are into Dilla, Madlib, Flying Lotus, etc.  It sounds like those guys, but with a bit more Asian and electro influence.  Anyway, it’s only £10.99, and you can grab a copy at Boomkat.com. [Audio clip: view full [...]

Stones Throw Records just announced the vinyl release of Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood Ferguson’s traditional chamber music tribute to Jay Dee, “Suite For Ma Dukes”.  The record features four different movements, all based on early Dilla production.  The proceeds from the album will go to benefit Dilla’s estate.  It officially drops March 10th, but [...]

Another album long overdue for a repressing. Subliminal Sounds have repressed this blown-out, psychedelic monster double LP from Sweden’s Dungen. With a $30 price tag the good stuff ain’t cheap, but if you love this band as much as I do and don’t own this album on vinyl, then you know its worth it. You [...]

After all but immediately disappearing upon initial release, the fine folks at Kranky have been gracious enough to repress this psych-pop masterpiece by Deerhunter. Thats cool and all, but even better, this is now a double LP in a gatefold sleeve with Weird Era Cont. on the second slab of wax (the first pressing came [...]

Looks like Coliseum’s “No Salvation” LP got a brand new pressing.  If you don’t know the band, they play a fairly blistering brand of hardcore, but are also totally listenable.  This new repress consists of two colorways:  150 copies on “Oil and Gasoline” and 350 copies on “Blood and Urine”.  Grab a copy for $12 [...]

Hydra Head just dropped a brand new 12″ by Torche, which of course is a “must-buy” for me.  If you don’t know Torche, you should, they play some really crushing metal infused with melodic, catchy hooks, check it out.  This new 12″ features two songs from Meanderthal (Healer and Across The Shields), plus two brand [...]