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Ghost one of the most esteemed and celebrated�rock�bands in the world today return with their fifth psalm, IMPERA, fronted by the newly anointed Papa Emeritus IV.� A dozen songs take on themes of isolation and demigod worship, as well as colonization of both space and mind.� �And all with the infectious hooky brand of rock their fans have grown accustomed.�

Fear of the Dawn�is the fourth studio album from Jack White, founding member of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather. True to his DIY roots, this record was recorded at White's Third Man Studio throughout 2021, mastered by Third Man Mastering, pressed to vinyl at Third Man Pressing, and released by Third Man Records. Pressed on limited astronomical blue vinyl, only�available at independent record stores

Legendary rockers Scorpions return with their new album, Rock Believer, which was created in the studio during the lockdown in their home base Hannover. �The album was written and recorded in the style of the classic Scorpions DNA with core Schenker/Meine compositions. We really went back to the essence of what defined us in the first place,� says front-man Klaus Meine. He goes on to explain how the new songs came to have such incredible, fresh energy and fervor: �We recorded the album as a band, live, in one room, like we did back in the Eighties. We can�t wait to get started and finally play for our fans again.� The sound of the new album has massive energy, delivers a real adrenaline rush and shows uncompromising quality.

The record consists of awesome tracks, each one of them a lyrical short story, minimal poems in prose, presented in a lavish sonic guise, featuring the Scorpions� characteristic trademarks from the early 1980s, yet produced from a 2020s perspective. The wealth of inspiration from their longstanding career is an overflowing treasure chest that forges an arc between yesterday and tomorrow. Rock Believer is perhaps the group�s most characteristic album to date � a recording by a band at the pinnacle of their musical art.

Limited Deluxe Edition 2 LP Packaging: 180-gram 2 LP in a gatefold jacket includes 16 tracks.

WE is the new album from Canadian rock band Arcade Fire. This is the sixth Arcade Fire studio album, and is made up of seven songs that speak to this moment with unique directness. Written, recorded, and released during a critical historical juncture, they are divided into two distinct sides, �I� and �WE.� If the �I� side of the record evokes and embodies our holed-up anxiety and lack of physical connection, the �WE� side captures the excitement of new possibilities and the elevating thrill of committing to one another socially and personally. Produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler & R�gine Chassagne, WE is a 40 minute epic as much about the forces that threaten to pull us away from the people we love, as it is inspired by the urgent need to overcome them.

Dashboard Confessional�s ninth studio album, All The Truth That I Can Tell, is both a remarkable renewal and fortunate step forward for the band�s songwriter, front man, and founder, Chris Carrabba. All The Truth That I Can Tell stands among Carrabba�s finest � a strikingly potent musical look at himself through a rediscovered keyhole, both an achievement of vision and a vital burst of artistic clarity; less like reading someone�s diary and more like reading their eyes.

All The Truth That I Can Tell is available exclusively at participating indie retailers on �Cold Night� transparent dark blue/green vinyl.

Florence + The Machine releases 5th studio album, Dance Fever. Written & produced through the haze of two lockdowns, in London & NY with producers Jack Antonoff & Glass Animals� Dave Bayley. Dance Fever sees Florence at the peak of her powers, coming into a fully realized self-knowledge, poking sly fun at her own self-created persona, playing with ideas of identity, masculine & feminine, redemptive, celebratory, stepping into her place in the iconic pantheon. Indie Grey 2LP. 4th side etching.

Dropout Boogie (INDIE EX) - The Black Keys

This is the indie exclusive White LP - limited to 4982 pieces.

As they've done their entire career, The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their new album,Dropout Boogie, in the studio, and the album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements. After hashing out initial ideas at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, the duo welcomed new collaborators Billy F. Gibbons, Greg Cartwright, and Angelo Petraglia to the sessions, marking the first time they've invited multiple new contributors to work simultaneously on one of their own albums.

BLACK KEYS / DROPOUT BOOGIE (INDIE EXCLUSIVE)

Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We (John, Anthony, Chad and Flea) spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.

We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album UNLIMITED LOVE, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe.This is our life�s mission. We work, focus, and prepare, so that when the biggestwave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is theride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it.

One of the most successful acts in rock history, Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold more than 60 million albums, including five multi-platinum LPs, and won six Grammy Awards, including "Best Rock Album" for Stadium Arcadium, "Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group" for "Dani California, "Best Rock Song" for "Scar Tissue," and "Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal" for "Give It Away." The band holds the record for the most No. 1 singles of all time at Alternative radio, a total of 11, and a combined 81 weeks at No. 1.

"On Silver color vinyl. Toro y Moi�s seventh studio album, Mahal, is the boldest and most fascinating journey yet from musical mastermind Chaz Bear. The record spans genre and sound�encompassing the shaggy psychedelic rock of the 1960s and �70s, and the airy sounds of 1990s mod-post-rock�taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they�re riding in the back of Bear�s Filipino jeepney that adorns the album�s cover. But Mahal is also an unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, calling back to previous works while charting a new path forward in a way that only Bear can do.

Mahal is the latest in an accomplished career for Bear, who�s undoubtedly one of the decade�s most influential musicians. Since the release of the electronic pop landmark Causers of This in 2009, subsequent records as Toro y Moi have repeatedly shifted the idea of what his sound can be. But there�s little in Bear�s catalog that will prepare you for the deep-groove excursions on Mahal, his most eclectic record to date.
The second the album begins we�re immediately transported into the passenger seat, jeep sounds and all, ready for the ride Chaz and company have concocted for us. Seeds of some of Mahal�s 13 songs date back to the more explicitly rock-oriented What For? from 2015. Mahal was mostly completed last year in Bear�s Oakland studio with the involvement of a host of collaborators, Sofie Royer and Unknown Mortal Orchestra�s Ruban Neilson to Neon Indian�s Alan Palomo and the Mattson 2.

�I wanted to make a record that featured more musicians on it than any other record of mine,� he explains. �To have them live on that record feels grounded, bringing a communal perspective to the table.� As a result, Mahal is lush and surprising at every turn, from the cool-handed �The Loop,� which recalls Sly and the Family Stones, to the elastic psych rock of �Foreplay� and the dizzying Mulatu Astatke- recalling of �Last Year.�
Lyrically, the album zooms in on generational concerns, picking up where the Outer Peace standout �Freelance� effectively left off. Bear seems to be surveying the ways in which we connect with technology, media, each other, and what disappears as a result. Cuts like the squishy �Postman� and the �Magazine� take a deep dive into our relationship with media in a changing digital world. �It�s interesting to see how we adapt to this new age. We�re so connected, but we�re still missing out on things,� Bear ruminates while discussing the album�s themes.

It�s not all introspection. Bear cools things down near the album�s end with the Mattson 2-featuring �Millennium,� a laid-back jam with tricky guitar licks about ringing in new times even when everything else seems upside down. �It�s about enjoying the new year, even when it�s been shitty,� Bear explains. �There�s nothing else to do.� Finding a sense of joy in the face of adversity is embedded in Mahal�s DNA, right down to the jeepney that literally and figuratively brings the music out into the community. �We know that touring is messed up for now, and large gatherings are a fluke,� he explains. �It�s about the notion of us going out to the people and bringing the record to them.� And with the wide-open atmosphere of Mahal, Toro y Moi stands to connect with more listeners than ever before."