Ed Kuepper and Jim White – After The Flood
New album by Oz rock legends Ed Kuepper and Jim White reimagines tracks from Kuepper’s impeccable career as a Saint, a Laughing Clown and long-standing solo performer.
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Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
Brisbane legend Ed Kuepper visits tracks from across his storied career with assistance from Oz rock drummer extraordinaire Jim White! Utter legend convention!
Mclusky – The World Is Still Here And So Are We
Due: 9 May
Introducing the new fourth album from Welsh post-punk legends mclusky, The World Is Still Here And So Are We, their first LP in 20 years! Limited edition clear vinyl!
Car Seat Headrest – The Scholars
Car Seat Headrest’s 2- LP modern masterpiece finds the quartet returning to the energetic, anthemic rock sound of their earliest records but expanding in both scope and concept.
Infinity Broke – This Masthead
Powerful fourth album from Sydney outfit Infinity Broke explored a collaborative approach to songwriting with half the album’s tracks finding their origins in group improvisation.
Mess Esque – Jay Marie, Comfort Me
The third Mess Esque album reaches exciting new heights, propelling their uniquely twisted aural circus to a new level of danceability, exaltation and effect. Limited edition coke green vinyl!
Viagra Boys – Viagr Aboys
The sound of saxophones from on high, the splash of paint on canvas, the clang of the auctioneer’s gavel – the Viagra Boys have returned, and they’re ready to cash in.
Olivia’s World – Greedy & Gorgeous
On the full-length debut ‘Greedy & Gorgeous’ by Brissie-bred, Sydney-based indie rock ensemble Olivia’s World, pleasures multiply in a never-ending quest for beauty.
Dumbells – Up Late With Dumbells
Debut album from Sydney outfit featuring members of Shrapnel, VIPP, Tee Vee Repairmann and more, examining the classic/independent rock dialectic in a manner that’s musically informed but intuitive.
The Chills – Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs
The final album from Kiwi indie rock legends The Chills is alarming, personal, brittle and at times hopelessly upbeat.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
Woodland, a new album by the preeminent songwriting duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, cements the duo’s iconoclastic position at the forefront of acoustic music.
Wilco – A Ghost Is Born Reissue
Wilco’s 2004 fifth album was accurately described as “an eclectic array of dark ballads, upbeat pop songs, Krautrock chug, noise rock freakouts, and roots rock abandon”.
Mogwai – The Bad Fire
Scottish noise-rockers return drawing inspiration from a series of tough personal moments following on from their chart-topping tenth album, ‘As The Love Continues’. Limited edition 2-LP clear vinyl!
The Beasts – Ultimo (Deluxe Edition)
New (and sadly final) album by Oz rock legends The Beasts (formerly known as The Beasts Of Bourbon) comes on 2-LP with bonus live album ‘The Beasts Alive’! Limited edition red vinyl!
White Denim – 12
Texan alt-rockers White Denim return with ’12’, which is intricate, hi-tech and forward-facing, yet also somehow still of a piece with the questing ambition, rootsy swing and uplifting way with melody.
Lucinda Williams – Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road
US Americana icon Lucinda Williams becomes the first major artist to actually record Beatles’ songs at London’s famed Abbey Road studios aside from the Fab Four themselves.
Wilco – Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP
Following Wilco’s acclaimed 2023 album Cousin, the Americana legends revisited unfinished material from these sessions to craft new EP Hot Sun Cool Shroud.
T.I.S.M. – Hot Dogma 2024 reissue
TISM’s 1990 second album Hot Dogma – one of the most underrated albums in Oz rock history – returns in all its un-expurgated glory! Limited edition 2-LP blood orange vinyl!
The Saints – Live At Pig City, Brisbane 2007
2-LP set Live At Pig City, Brisbane 2007, the first show by the three original line-up of The Saints – Ed Kuepper, Chris Bailey and Ivor Hay and accompanying brass section – in almost 30 years.
Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
The sixth album by Father John Misty apparently finds Josh Tillman, after a decade being born, finally busy dying. Limited edition Sub Pop Loser blue mash up vinyl!