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Lucinda Williams — Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Americana / Alt-Country 1998

Lucinda Williams

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

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A canonized 1998 American songwriting peak — Lucinda Williams won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album with this one and was recently inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Her smoke-scarred southern voice braids blues, country and indie rock into something that plays like a cycle of short stories with the dust still on them. Reissued on yellow vinyl for indie record stores (2023), shipping in June.


Taco (タコ) — Taco
Post-Punk / No Wave / Free Improvisation 1982

Taco (タコ)

Taco

Taco (タコ) — the legendary early-80s Japanese collective centred on Yamazaki Haruomi, weaving post-punk, no wave and free improvisation into something that lands like a beautiful intrusion on the ear. A self-titled cornerstone of Japan's underground music history.

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The Octopus — Memai No Naoshikata (めまいのなおしかた)
Home Recording / Experimental Pop 2026

The Octopus

Memai No Naoshikata (めまいのなおしかた)

The mystery home-recording artist The Octopus returns after a 19-year silence, on the 造園計画 label. The red sleeve with its octopus motif and katakana 'ジ・オクトパス' frames the title 'Memai No Naoshikata' — 'how to cure dizziness' — fitting the artist's intimate, anonymous register.

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Eason Chan (陳奕迅) — LiFE CONTiNUES...
Cantopop 2006

Eason Chan (陳奕迅)

LiFE CONTiNUES...

An ARS-series vinyl reissue of Eason Chan's hit-laden compilation, presented by Abbey Road Studios on 180g 33 1/3 RPM and pressed in Japan in numbered limited quantity. Includes 'Low-key', 'Open Road', 'Best Pals', 'Sin of Waste', 'Fallen Flowers Flowing Water' and the 'Best Pals (To My Friend) Special Mix' — essential Cantopop on heavyweight wax.

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Various Artists — Arcane League of Legends Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack / Pop / Rock 2024

Various Artists

Arcane League of Legends Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

The near-impossible-to-find 'Arcane: League of Legends Season 2' soundtrack returns to shelves in June. A 2LP with a sprawling cast — Mike Shinoda, Marcus King, Stromae, Twenty One Pilots, Stray Kids, Imagine Dragons, Eason Chan, Ashnikko — built to match Arcane's animated emotional whiplash.

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Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein — Stranger Things 4: Volume 2 (Original Score)
Soundtrack / Synthwave 2022

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Stranger Things 4: Volume 2 (Original Score)

The limited red 2LP variant returns. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein's score for 'Stranger Things 4: Volume 2' keeps the show's signature dread-synth heartbeat alive — from 'A Proper Thump' and 'Project Nina' to 'Demogorgons In Tanks', it's the soundtrack of the season's most haunted set pieces.

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Various Artists — Stranger Things: Seasons 1 & 2 (Soundtrack)
Soundtrack / 80s Pop / Rock 2018

Various Artists

Stranger Things: Seasons 1 & 2 (Soundtrack)

The long-out-of-print 2018 Sony 2LP soundtrack to seasons 1 & 2 of 'Stranger Things', surfacing again in small numbers. A wall-to-wall 80s mixtape — The Clash, The Bangles, Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division, Cyndi Lauper, Toto's 'Africa', Bon Jovi, Peter Gabriel and New Order's 'Elegia' — in gatefold sleeve with sticker.

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JPEGMAFIA — Experimental Rap
Experimental Hip-Hop 2026

JPEGMAFIA

Experimental Rap

JPEGMAFIA's sixth studio album, the follow-up to 'I Lay Down My Life for You'. The title says it plainly — another round of his sample-blown, instrument-warped, scream-wired experimental rap. Out in October on standard black or white colored 2LP.

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Ash — 1977 (30th Anniversary Edition)
Britpop / Power Pop 1996

Ash

1977 (30th Anniversary Edition)

Ash's debut '1977' — still the Irish trio's high-water mark, mixing Britpop polish with garage-rock muscle. Anyone who came of age with this one likely sang along to 'Goldfinger' with someone and dedicated 'Girl From Mars' to a high-school crush. The 30th anniversary edition arrives as green/black 2LP with B-sides.

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The 1975 — Being Funny In A Foreign Language
Indie Pop / Alternative Rock 2022

The 1975

Being Funny In A Foreign Language

The 1975's modern Britpop touchstone gets a 2026 transparent-vinyl rework — and a small bit of history. The label has retired the old pressing for good, and Matty Healy has now officially excised 'Human Too' from the tracklist to bring it closer to his ideal cut. This is the leaner, definitive version, shipping in June.

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Stan Getz, João Gilberto — Getz / Gilberto
Bossa Nova / Jazz 1964

Stan Getz, João Gilberto

Getz / Gilberto

Bossa nova's most consequential meeting — tenor master Stan Getz, voice-and-guitar pillar João Gilberto, with Antonio Carlos Jobim on piano. The 1964 record that won Album of the Year at the Grammys and exported Brazil's hazy-evening pulse to the rest of the world. Reissued by Verve in 2024 on flame-orange vinyl, shipping in June.

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Ed O'Brien — Blue Morpho
Psych-Folk / Trip-Hop 2026

Ed O'Brien

Blue Morpho

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien's first solo album under his own name (after the EOB project). Stacked lineup — Philip Selway on drums, Shabaka Hutchings on flute, production by Grammy-winning Paul Epworth. The record threads hypnotic psych-folk with deep trip-hop, carrying both late-era Radiohead's shadow textures and a wide ambient guitar canvas. Out 5/22.

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Syd Barrett — Barrett
Psychedelic Rock / Folk Rock 1970

Syd Barrett

Barrett

Syd Barrett's second and final solo album before he withdrew completely — stranger, lonelier and more fractured than Pink Floyd's mothership, with David Gilmour and Richard Wright stepping in to arrange, accompany and produce. A cult cornerstone for psych-rock and Floyd fans alike, here on the 2014 180g reissue, shipping in June.

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