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Howdy folks,

So the RSD list dropped last Thursday evening, a day later than our weekly newsletter.

So heres the story for now….

1. We cant hold back, keep records away, put records away for people.
2. We hope if your interested in a record or records to “ wishlist” that record from us…email us artist, title…. record label if you know it!…or ring us or call into us with wishlist.
3.  We hope then ( thanks to wishlists) to secure enough stock to cover demand of our bould patrons.
4.  Best bet is always to get in on the day…as early as possible !!

So shortterm we need the wishlists….we have received pricing for about half the list so far so Shane will get these out to ye tonight as well as the whole list here again:

FULL RSD 2024 EUROPE/UK LIST

Mainly don’t have the pricing from the majors…Uni, Wea, Sony and Integral…have the pricing from most of the others … .will put up what we have and update it every week … .around middle of march we will need wishlists by…i will confirm that date also.

On the list ( trust me I know the day has some criticisms but it’s an important day for the shop) I think it is quite good. I thought there might be a Taylor release with the album the day before,,,,but so far doesn’t look likely ( but you never know)

On the list…some lovely stuff i thought …Blur parklife zoetrope vinyl should be beautiful ( if the price is right, it should sell really well on the day) , Bowie “ waiting in the sky” could be an interesting one, David Sylvian & Nine Horses is a first timer on vinyl, Dolores O’Riordan debut solo album was a good album i thought and a nice release, the recording of THE DOORS release is top quality im told, and that gets a cd release as well ( missing tricks galore with the lack of CDS ,,,is there anybody out there…just nod if you can hear me) Electrafixion is an interesting one, they  were an alternative rock band, formed by former Echo & the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant in 1994, joined by bass guitarist Leon de Sylva and drummer Tony McGuigan. Burned was their debut and only album, long deleted it will be reissued on black and white vinyl for RSD 2024.

Fleet foxes live 3lp should be lovely, hopefully the price is ok.

Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas could be interesting.

Other Two, The – side project of Gillian and Stephen from New order.

Prefab Sprout 12”

Queens “ cool cat” super single

Sineads beautiful “ You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart – 30th anniversary” , the Stones, Roger waters, Wilco  and many many more….its a very strong list i think…Hopefully pricing will be ok

Anyways there’s the ones I like the look of! Each to their own !!

Shane will have the price lists we have so far, further down.

Right releases for this Friday the 23rd of Feb…

• Astrud Gilberto – Look To The Rainbow (Verve by Request)
• Art Pepper Quintet – Smack Up 1LP, 180g black, tip-on jacket
• Betty Carter – The Modern Sound of Betty Carter (Verve By Request)
• Bill Fay Group ‘Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ new release
• Borknagar – fall new album
• BTS – Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’ (Vinyl) coloured vinyl first time on vinyl
• CAN ‘LIVE IN PARIS 1973’
• Corb Lund – El Viejo new album
• The Cult ‘Dreamtime (2024 Remaster)’
• Faye Webster – Underdressed at the Symphony new album ( indies LP includes signed insert) 1ST March release
• Fela Kuti ‘Ikoyi Blindness’ Vinyl Reissue
• Fela Kuti ‘O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)’
• Fela Kuti ‘Original Sufferhead’ Vinyl Reissue
• Gentle Giant – The Missing Piece (2024 Steven Wilson Remix)
• Global Underground – Global Underground: Select #9 (Pink & Purple Vinyl 2LP) and CD
• Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive new album
• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Live From Alabama new release
• JJ Grey & Mofro – Olustee new album
• John Bramwell – The Light Fantastic new album
• LIL WAYNE – I AM MUSIC VINYL REISSUE
• Ludovico Einaudi – Eden Roc
• Ludovico Einaudi – I Giorni
• MGMT – Loss of Life new album
• Mike Zito – Life Is Hard new album
• Modern English – 1 2 3 4 new album
• Motörhead – The Löst Tapes – The Collection (Volume 1-5)
• Motörhead – The Löst Tapes, Vol. 5 (Live – Yellow Vinyl LP)
• Nadine Shah – Filthy underneath new album
• Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Dume LP 
• Post Malone – The Diamond Collection 2 LP SET
• Real Estate ‘Daniel’ new album
• Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho – Mean Girls (Music From The Motion Picture) CD
• Rod Stewart with Jools Holland – Swing Fever new album
• Serj Tankian – Elect the Dead / Opaque Grey Vinyl
• Serj Tankian – Harakiri / Transparent Red Vinyl
• Shed Seven – See Youse At The Barras LP Yellow Vinyl Live
• Slade – Till Deaf Do Us Part reissue
• Stan Getz & Bill Evans – Previously Unreleased Recordings (Acoustic Sounds Series)
• Slade – Live at The New Victoria reissue
• The Snuts – Millennials new album
• The Waterboys – This Is The Sea (Limited Edition)
• Thundercat – Apocalypse (Ten Year Anniversary Edition) Deluxe sleeve Translucent red vinyl ( 2nd March release)
• Van Halen – Live: Right Here, Right Now 4LP
• Various – The Hits Album: Floorfillers – Throwback Classics

And then releases for the 1st March…

• Altan – Donegal new CD
• Art Blakey & the jazz messengers – Caravan Craft vinyl reissue
• Booker Ervin – Tex book tenor…bluenote tonepoet reissue
• Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project brand new album
• Cannonball Adderly/Bill Evans – know what i want Craft vinyl reissue
• CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead / White Vinyl reissue
• Dan Patlansky – Movin on new album
• Daniel Romano – Too Hot To Sleep new album
• Donny Benét – Infinite Desires / Baby Pink Vinyl
• Everything Everything – Mountainhead new album
• Faye Webster ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’ new album
• Jackie McClean – Action bluenote tonepoet reissue
• Julian Lage – Speak to me new album
• Kaiser Chiefs – Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album ( new album)
• Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek – Luminessence – Music for String Orchestra and Saxophone new
• LANG LANG – Saint saens new release
• Liam Gallagher & John Squire – Liam Gallagher & John Squire debut album

• Linkin Park – Lost Demos vinyl
• Matthew Halsall  “Bright Sparkling Light” – LP
• Melanie Martinez – Cry Baby (Indie Pink Splatter Deluxe Edition)
• Metallica – Metallica coloured vinyl reissue ( limited)
• Ministry – HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES 
• Nick Mulvey – First mind 10th anniversary reissue
• Sean Ono Lennon – Asterisms new album
• Steeleye Span – Live At The Bottom Line, 1974 CD
• The Bevis Frond – Focus on Nature new album
• The Who – live at Shea stadium 1982
• Thundercat ‘Apocalypse: Ten Year Anniversary Edition’ 
• Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes ( 40th anniversary deluxe box) 
• Walter Trout – Broken new album
• Yard Act – where’s my utopia? New album

Main week for the corporations ad is for March 8th and we have

• Air – Moon Safari (25th Anniversary Edition)
• Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (50th Anniversary Deluxe Editions)   
• Bananarama ‘Glorious – The Ultimate Collection’
• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? LTD Yellow 7″
• Bombay Bicycle Club – Fantasies EP / Ecomix Vinyl / Out 23rd February!
• Buzzcocks ‘Singles Going Steady – 45th Anniversary Edition’
• Clint Mansell – Filth: Original Score / Black Vinyl / Die Cut Sleeve
• Dion – Girl Friends new album
• Dry Cleaning ‘Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks + Sweet Princess EP’
• Ella Fitzgerald – great women of song new compilation
• Exhorder – Defectum Omnium new album
• Girls Aloud – what will the neighbours say anniversary editions
• Joe Bonamassa – Blues Of Desperation vinyl reissue
• John Coltrane – Afro Blue Impressions (Craft Jazz Essentials Series) vinyl reissue
• Judas Priest – Invincible Shield brand new album…four variants!
• Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (Duo) EP / Sunrise Half & Half Vinyl
• Kim Gordon ‘The Collective’ 

• Kylie Minogue – Body Language (20th Anniversary Edition Blood Red Vinyl Edition)
• Lainey Wilson – vinyl reissues
• Norah Jones – visions new studio album
• Pixies ‘Live At The BBC’ 
• The Dream Syndicate ‘Live Through The Past, Darkly’
• THE Rolling Stones – live at the Wiltern on a host of physical formats
• THE Rolling Stones –  out of our heads ( American Version) vinyl reissue
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Retro Rock Radio Broadcast 22nd Feb, 1982 CD
• Various – the Northern soul scene new compilation
• Virgin Prunes – …If I Die, I Die CD
• Virgin Prunes –  A New Form of Beauty 1-4 (2024 Deluxe Editions) 

Shane gifted me a JEFF TWEEDY ( Wilco)  book at Christmas….i really enjoyed it….simple idea really…if you are a muso, you will enjoy this book…simple enough idea…” world within a song” it is called….Jeff choses 100 songs that have had an impact on his life….from smoke in the water to dancing queen…yeah yeah ….he ties the songs to emotions at that time ….the simple part of the idea is everyone of us could do this and it would help or make people engage with the songs ( sorry Jeff, i aint belittling it, it was great)….so as you read the book , you off course listen to the song after reading Jeffs take on it….i probably knew well half the songs, another 25% knew a little and probably 25% i didnt know at all….but you definitely have fresh ears after reading what the man said about the song….sometimes it had little effect on me, other times it fully turned me on to something…undertones “ positive touch” album after hearing “ forever paradise” is one example…and i really listened to Randy newmans “ in germany, before the war” properly for the first time after reading the page or two on it….the music does most of the talking in this song.…so so eerie and sad.

Randy Newman – In Germany Before the War – Album Version [HD]

One  chapter I am going to paraphrase for ye and quote at the end is about a LEO SAYER song called “ long tall glasses”…..Jeff does congratulate the reader if they haven’t heard it!!  Thank you Jeff I said. Anyway, Mr. Tweedy senior had a very strange connection to this song ….so Jeff as a child  reckons this song was “ played roughly 45 times between 6 and 9pm on weekday evenings and upwards of 70 times a day at weekends “ and the ritual continued for several months….there is a part towards the end of the song where the line “ I CAN DANCE” booms out of the speakers…and his dad ( beer in hand) gets out of the chair, and dances and bellows along to it…I CAN DANCE….” EVERY SINGLE TIME”. Mr Tweedy senior wasn’t a bad man i don’t think, had a few things going on alright by the sounds of it but not a bad man. At the time, Jeff felt “ I was learning about things I would never do and ways that I would never be. As a musician, as a songwriter, as a father , and as a human, i guess”

But here’s the kicker folks…when he plays the song now as an older man who has seen a thing or two..

“ the memories of my father become so vivid, I swear I can smell him. I am with him again. But this time without judgment. Only joy for his joy. Name something else in the world that can do that.”

Thanks for the book Shane, you can tell i got a bit out of it.

Over to you for down the road ones please sir….

Ah, really glad you enjoyed it, Ray. Amazing what music can do for us alright. We’d be lost without it. Randy Newman is class!
Hope all is well with everyone.

Some nice Irish ones that are coming down the road (in a few weeks/months) this week.
First is a repress of MUIREANN BRADLEY – I Kept These Old Blues on green coloured vinyl.
Talented girl. Voice and guitar playing are top notch. And the early blues stuff is class.
We sold out quickly of the first pressing a couple months back. This will be released on March 15th.



Another musician with Donegal roots, OISÍN LEECH of the Lost Brothers is releasing his debut solo album ‘Cold Sea’ on March 8th. It’ll be on CD and ‘Sea Glass’ Green coloured vinyl.
Here’s the single ‘October Sun’ from it, nice video:
https://youtu.be/sFXSh5iwNYE?si=enc8Q2n2CoQRP4_3

“

When Mo Chara, Moglaí Bap and DJ Provaí – aka Belfast’s finest Kneecap – entered the studio with producer Toddla T in the summer of 2023, they quickly decided to scrap everything they had already prepared for the album they were about to record. Instead, they decided to build a pub together.

Built on a West Belfast side street, The Rutz is a community boozer, in that the entire community uses it. All human life is inside, either thriving, striving or skiving. There’s people just trying to get served at the bar or up on the stage performing; others are slumped in darkened corners or emerging bleary eyed and coke smeared from the toilets. Religious affiliations are irrelevant and the chatter is a intoxicating blur of English and Irish.

Although the pub is currently just a figment of the band’s imagination, all of the action on Kneecap’s exhilarating first album – Fine Art – takes place in The Rutz. Like the band themselves, Fine Art is fiercely intelligent, consistently hilarious and genuinely thought provoking. It’s genius is to immerse you in a world thus far unrepresented in modern music.

Across the record’s twelve tracks and the interconnecting moments between them (recorded by the band and friends including DJ Annie Mac), the pub comes to life vividly, providing the perfect backdrop for the cast of characters that join the dots throughout the album. From the moment the idea was born back in Toddla T’s studio, it was the obvious location to base the world of Kneecap in.”
Sounds class.
Here’s a track from it – https://youtu.be/dDdnqCBPvFQ?si=jerfqOxRnDiNXaZc

Also ag teacht soon:

• DAVID BOWIE – Diamond Dogs 50th Anniversary – Picture Disc or Half-Speed Master Vinyl – 25/5/24
• KASABIAN – Happenings – new album – CD or LP – 5/7/24
• AC/DC – gold coloured vinyl reissues of their back catalogue, each comes with an art print – 15/3/24
• CROWDED HOUSE – Gravity Stairs – new album – CD or blue vinyl – 31/5/24
• GARY CLARK Jr. – JPEG RAW – new album – CD or 2 LP vinyl – 22/3/24
• TYLA – Tyla – new album – orange vinyl – 22/3/24
• SHAKIRA – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – new album – CD, Diamond coloured vinyl or Ruby coloured vinyl – 22/3/24
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Only God Was Above Us – new album – CD, vinyl with poster or Alt. cover Vinyl with Poster – 5/4/24
• GIRL IN RED – I’m Doing It Again Baby – new album – CD, LP or Red vinyl LP – 12/4/24
• ABBA – Waterloo half-speed master vinyl, and 3 7 inch vinyl picture discs – 5/4/24
• HORACE SILVER – Silver’s Serenade – Blue Note vinyl reissue – 5/4/24
• ANTHONY WILLIAMS – Life Time – Blue Note vinyl reissue – 5/4/24
• BRIAN ENO – Eno Soundtrack – vinyl or CD – 19/4/24
• JESS GLYNNE – Enough – new album – CD or red marble vinyl – 26/4/24
• KEANE – Hopes & Fears 20th Anniversary Edition – 3CD or coloured 2 LP – 10/5/24

Late addition: Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle – Mobile Fidelity Ultra Disc Vinyl Pressing or SACD – 28/4/24

Here’s Adam and Ray’s latest video from the shop. ‘Gnomed’ is a new verb!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3dJLz-N7Ic/?igsh=MWR6ZGxvZDZ1eTZnMQ==

Thanks Shane

Last one for this week so is Integral for the 15th March

• Jurassic 5 ‘Quality Control’ Vinyl
• Marissa Nadler & Happy Rhodes ‘Where Do I Go’
• Sum 41 ‘Order In Decline’ Vinyl
• Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records presents ‘Studio One Down Beat Special: Expanded Edition’

Sin e for this week so
Thanks for listening
Ray, Shane and Young Adam

www.musiczone.ie

Hi Everyone

Hope all is well out there.

Releases in the siopa for this Friday the 26th include….

• Ali Farka Touré – Green (vinyl reissue)
• Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs new album
• Anna Calvi ‘Peaky Blinders: Season 5 & 6 (Original Score)’
• Andre 3000 – New Blue Sun new album
• Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’ (Yellow Coloured Vinyl)
• Bill Evans Trio – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Yellow Coloured Vinyl)
• Colin Newman – Bastard  vinyl reissue
• Dylan John Thomas – Dylan John Thomas new album
• EMF – The Beauty and The Chaos vinyl reissue
• Erasure ‘Ne:EP Remixed’
• Erasure ‘The Neon Live’
• Fela Kuti ‘Excuse-O’ Coloured Vinyl Reissue
• Fela Kuti ‘Kalakuta Show’ Coloured Vinyl Reissue
• Fela Kuti ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ Coloured Vinyl Reissue
• Fela Kuti ‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’ Coloured Vinyl Reissue
• Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Dark Rainbow new album
• Future Islands ‘People Who Aren’t There Anymore’…heres a tune Future Islands – Say Goodbye (Official Video)
• Go West – Dancing On The Couch (Expanded Editions)
• Gruff Rhys ‘Sadness Sets Me Free’ new album
• Jack White – Blunderbuss vinyl reissue
• Jack White – Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 vinyl reissue
• Jack White –  Lazaretto vinyl reissue
• James Arthur – Bitter Sweet Love new album
• John Moreland – In The Throes / Grass Green Vinyl
• Journey – greatest hits double vinyl reissue
• Lucifer – Lucifer V new album
• M. Ward – Transfiguration of Vincent (reissue)   
• Nas – Magic 2 / Color Splatter Effect Vinyl: Neon Violet / Black / White / Magenta
• Nas – Magic 3 / Black & White Striped Vinyl
• Nazareth – Loud & Proud! Anthology 3CD set
• NewDad – MADRA Debut album 

• Noah Kahan – Stick Season coloured vinyl reissue 
• Otis Redding – Pain in My Heart (Yellow Coloured Vinyl)
• Public Service Broadcasting – The War Room EP  
• Richard Hawley – Live At Halifax Piece Hall
• Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
• Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed, Part 2 CD
• Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed, Part 3 CD
• Seatbelts – Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues Legends OST 2xdark Blue Marble Vinyl
• Sigma – London sound new album
• Steven Wilson – Grace For Drowning reissue
• The Smile ‘Wall Of Eyes’ brand new album
• Tom Odell – Black Friday new album
• Ty Segall ‘Three Bells’ new album

Then releases for the 2nd of Feb include..

• Agrio (w. Mark Lanegan, Scott McCloud & Pete Simonelli) – El Amigo Americano vinyl
• All Time Low ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ Yellow Vinyl
• Amy Winehouse – Frank picture disc double vinyl
• Blue Mitchell – Down with it ( Tone Poet)
• Dhani Harrison – INNERSTANDING new album
• Gabby Barrett – Chapter & Verse new album
• Grant-Lee Phillips – Ladies’ Love Oracle (25th Anniversary)
• J Mascis ‘What Do We Do Now’ new album
• JAMIE WEBSTER – 10 FOR THE PEOPLE NEW ALBUM
• Kula Shaker –  Natural Magick brand new album ( indies vinyl included)
• Lost Season one OST coloured vinyl 
• Mariah Carey – Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Editions
• Metallica – and justice for all ( coloured vinyl )
• Nils Lofgren – Night Fades Away / Wonderland CD
• Paul Mccartney & Wings – Band on the run 50TH Anniversary editions
• Robert Forster – Warm Nights reissue
• Robert Forster – Beautiful Hearts …
• Spacemen 3 – Sound of Confusion Reissue
• Spacemen 3 – A Perfect Prescription  reissue
• Sun Ra – A Fireside Chat With Lucifer coloured vinyl reissue
• The Fray – How To Save A Life yellow vinyl reissue
• THE LAST DINNER PARTY – PRELUDE TO ECSTASY DEBUT ALBUM
• The Men They Couldn’t Hang – Broadway Melodies (A collection of B Sides and Extra Tracks) CD
• The Rolling Stones – 7” singles box volume 2 1966 to 1971
• The Who – Quadrophenia half speed master
• The Who – by numbers half speed master
• UFO – Lights Out (2024 Remaster)

Album of the year polls are done and are in….big big thanks to Rick who took all this work off my hands….sound out Rick.

So the results from our poll for best albums of the year voted for by the patrons, shareholders of Musiczone.ie is as follows. ( the winner of the 50 quid voucher is Colm O Bradaigh…we shall be in touch )

20. CMAT – crazy mad

Then the best Irish albums chart

Gigs of year

1. WILCO – Opera house…..what you think of that Mick!!!  Bold of me, i know…bold!
2. Bruce – RDS
3. Mick Flannery in an Siopa
4. Blur – Malahide Castle
5. Depeche Mode – Malahide Castle

So that’s it for another year folks …thanks to those of ye for entering…Lankum doing a clean sweep of it…lovely Irish top 20 i think.

So main week for this week are releases for the 9th of Feb…here they are folks

• B.B.King – Singin’ The Blues vinyl reissue
• Brittany Howard – What now new album ( frontperson of Alabama Shakes)

A tune: https://youtu.be/iV7yWoYlDvg?si=KtrBgU_qu0YWk9ej

• British Sea Power ‘Do You Like Rock Music? (15th Anniversary Expanded Edition)’
• Bruce Springsteen – Greatest Hits Broadcast Collection CD
• Declan McKenna – What Happened to The Beach new album!
• Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 2 tenth anniversary reissues
• Franz Ferdinand ‘Franz Ferdinand: 20th Anniversary Edition’
• Grant Green – Remembering VINYL REISSUE
• INSPECTAH DECK – Uncontrolled Substances (Yellow vinyl) reissue
• Joel Ross – Nubules new album  
• John Lee Hooker – Tupelo Blues vinyl reissue
• Joni Mitchell – Live at the BBC, 1970 VINYL ( BBC ones are nearly always good recordings)
• Keith Jarrett – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas 
• Little Feat – Live In Atlanta 1988 CD
• Miles Davis – Ascenseur pour l’échafaud LP reissue
• Róisín Murphy ‘Hit Parade’ Coloured Vinyl & Bonus CD
• RUN DMC – DMC (Red vinyl)
• RUN DMC – Down With the King (White vinyl) reissue
• SEATBELTS – Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues Legends OST Vinyl Dark Blue Marble
• Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears   Indies Only Silver / Grey Vinyl
• SOULS OF MISCHIEF – 93 ‘Til Infinity (Orange vinyl) reissue
• The Chats – High Risk Behaviour / Transparent Vinyl reissue
• The Chisel – What A Fucking Nightmare… new album
• The Dead South – Chains & Stakes… new album
• The Pineapple Thief – It Leads To This new album
• Zara Larsson – Venus new album

So above folks are the releases for the 9th feb….we are 2 bodies down today, normally 4 of us work on a weds…newsletter day! ( its the day we get most of the  new links up on the website)  circa 28/30 hours worked most Weds by us….but 2 bodies down today so a good few links missing, if interested in anything we mentioned but didn’t get a link done, old school…just ask us!!

I see Cork artist Lyra announced her debut album in the last few days…nice gold vinyl available and a nice price on the CD also.

Heres a tune from it

LYRA ~ Lose My Mind ~ Official Video

And my song of the week is definitely the new GRUFF song…i suppose we all think we are “ bad friends” at times…great song

Gruff Rhys – Bad Friend (Official Video)

I was accused of been ageist over the christmas, and have suffered quite a lot of abuse,   due to  the whole “ young Adam” debacle…the complaint has been taken seriously and it is going before the board this friday evening in an undisclosed location ( which sells alcohol ) to see whether Young Adam gets a reprieve , an upgrade some might say, well men of a certain age would consider it a downgrade….everyone in attendance has a vote… and i have three votes  ( its in the small print in  the company’s memorandum of association about voting rights, we are not north korea like, you have a say)

So you can await the boards decision in next week’s episode…..and thats a genuine dot dot dot folks

Going to hand ye over to Shane now and there are 10 or so decent announcements in the last week i think … .we may not get them all linked, but will get to them in time.

Sound, Ray! A serious boardroom vote so on Friday!

Next is a nice Irish release. A band quite popular in an siopa, PILLOW QUEENS release their 3rd (I think?) album ‘Name Your Sorrow’ on the 19th of April. (Day before RSD maybe?) CD or Vinyl available.
Here’s an amhrán:
https://youtu.be/XYbD9GzcFYU?si=9dbZv3o0ihPoqdO0
Nice grungey guitars!

And a new album from ARAB STRAP – I’m totally fine with it… will be out in May. We’ll be getting limited numbers of the ’emoji’ yellow vinyl of that!

Oh and a brand new one from guitar legend MARK KNOPFLER called One Deep River is out on April 12th. We’ll be getting an indies coloured vinyl of that.

Also DTL:

• ARIANA GRANDE – eternal sunshine – new album – CD or red vinyl – 8/3/24
• THE WHO – Live at Shea Stadium – 2 CD or 3 LP – 1/3/24
• The ROLLING STONES – Live at the Wiltern – ltd coloured vinyl among a few other formats – 8/3/24
• NORAH JONES – Visions – new album – 8/3/24
• FAT WHITE FAMILY – Forgiveness is Yours – CD, LP and Indies LP – 26/4/24
• MELTS – Field Theory – new album – 12/4/24
• LINKIN PARK – Lost Demos – vinyl – 1/3/24

We’ll try to get a few of the links we missed this week done next week.

Anyway back to you Ray so dude.

Right last one for this week is Integral for the 16th Feb…

• IDLES ‘TANGK’ new album
• Ihsahn ‘IHSAHN’ / ‘IHSAHN (Orchestral)’
• Nouvelle Vague ‘Bande à Part (20 ans)’
• Nouvelle Vague ‘Nouvelle Vague (20 ans)’
• Nouvelle Vague ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?
• Róisín Murphy ‘Hairless Toys’ Red Vinyl Reissue
• Róisín Murphy ‘Take Her Up To Monto’ Vinyl Reissue
• Various Artists ‘Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland present… Acid Jazz (Not Jazz): We’ve Got A Funky Beat’

Im reading a book Shane gifted by Jeff Tweedy at the moment, very enjoyable…more on it next week but..

Sin e for this week folks

Thanks for listening as always 

Ray, Shane and young Adam