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Various Artists — Iranian Funk
Funk / Soul / Persian Psych 2026

Various Artists

Iranian Funk

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Tehran on the eve of the 1979 revolution, where the kick of Western funk and soul met deep Persian tradition and grew something genuinely strange. Zia's 'Helelyos' is the standout: hard brass, a shadowy melody and restless percussion, broken up by wild humming and whistling. Ten tracks, reaching from the era's heavyweights down to buried obscurities.


Grey October Sound — Lo-Fi Anime
Lo-Fi Hip Hop / Beats 2027

Grey October Sound

Lo-Fi Anime

After Lo-Fi Ghibli, Lo-Fi City Pop and Timeless Lo-Fi, the Japanese beatmaker turns to anime standards. Ten themes including 'Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari', 'Tamashii no Refrain' and 'Moonlight Densetsu', re-laid over unhurried drums. Pressed on pink vinyl, out January 2027.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 迷 (Mystery)
Cantopop / Mandopop 1994

Faye Wong (王菲)

迷 (Mystery)

The fourth album from her Shirley Wong era, and the turning point where her folk-sweet delivery gave way to a cooler, more urban voice. This Abbey Road-remastered 180g pressing polishes up that mix of youth and distance.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 浮躁 (Anxiety)
Alternative / Dream Pop / Mandopop 1996

Faye Wong (王菲)

浮躁 (Anxiety)

Faye Wong's most wilful record and the one fans canonise, leaning hard into Cocteau Twins-style wordless vocals and non-narrative lyrics until pop song form nearly dissolves. Reissued on vinyl from an Abbey Road master for the first time.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — Coming Home
Cantopop 1992

Faye Wong (王菲)

Coming Home

Her comeback record after returning to Hong Kong from New York, carrying the hit that made her a household name. That side profile at a bus window remains one of Cantopop's most recognisable images.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — The Best Of Best
Cantopop / Mandopop 1999

Faye Wong (王菲)

The Best Of Best

A Cinepoly-era retrospective gathering her defining nineties material across two LPs. The easiest answer for anyone still deciding where to start.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 執迷不悔 (Never Deplore)
Cantopop / Mandopop 1993

Faye Wong (王菲)

執迷不悔 (Never Deplore)

The title track was the first lyric she wrote herself, issued in both Mandarin and Cantonese, and marks the point where she started steering her own expression. The black-and-white embrace on the sleeve matches the stubbornness of the title.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 胡思亂想 (Wondering Mind)
Cantopop / Dream Pop 1994

Faye Wong (王菲)

胡思亂想 (Wondering Mind)

A preview of the Cocteau Twins affinity to come, with production already drifting toward haze and space. The title track is one of the earliest mature examples of her murmured delivery.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 菲靡靡之音 (Decadent Sound of Faye)
Mandopop / Vocal Jazz 1995

Faye Wong (王菲)

菲靡靡之音 (Decadent Sound of Faye)

A full album of Teresa Teng covers, re-tracing those Mandarin standards with nineties studio warmth. Conceived as a themed project, it ended up one of her best-selling Mandarin records.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 討好自己 (Please Myself)
Cantopop 1994

Faye Wong (王菲)

討好自己 (Please Myself)

The title says the whole attitude. This is where the tug between commercial production and personal taste shows most plainly, with restless arrangements hiding under a Cantopop frame.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — Di-Dar
Cantopop / Alternative Pop 1995

Faye Wong (王菲)

Di-Dar

Her tightest stretch working with Zhang Yadong, when electronics and alt-rock pushed into her Cantonese material. The painted butterfly wings on the sleeve match how far the record flies from standard pop form.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 十萬個為什麼 (100,000 Whys)
Cantopop 1993

Faye Wong (王菲)

十萬個為什麼 (100,000 Whys)

A 1993 Cantonese album caught mid-transition from idol singer to author of her own material. The arrangements still behave, but the vocal line already refuses to settle.

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Faye Wong (王菲) — 天空 (Sky)
Mandopop / Dream Pop 1994

Faye Wong (王菲)

天空 (Sky)

The title track is her most-sung Mandarin song, and that floating chorus all but defines what people mean by a Faye Wong vocal. It's also the record that opened the Mandarin market for her.

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Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
Alternative Pop / Noise Pop 2013

Sky Ferreira

Night Time, My Time

Her only studio album, back in print after more than a decade. Ferreira wraps pop melody in abrasive guitar noise, and it remains the record everyone was waiting for after 'Everything Is Embarrassing'. Available on split and iridescent green vinyl.

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U2 — Carnaval De Luz
Rock 2026

U2

Carnaval De Luz

U2's sixteenth studio album and their first new record in nine years, twelve tracks produced by Jacknife Lee. Rosalía guests, and it carries what turned out to be Dolly Parton's final studio collaboration. Out November 13.

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Explosions in the Sky — Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
Post-Rock 2001

Explosions in the Sky

Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever

Before they learned to be gentle, they learned how to blow a speaker. Their 2001 second album is the loudest thing they made; this twentieth-anniversary edition is remastered and pressed on purple vinyl for the first time.

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Explosions in the Sky — The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Post-Rock 2003

Explosions in the Sky

The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

For a lot of people this was the first post-rock record they ever heard. The 2003 landmark returns remastered for its twentieth anniversary, on opaque red vinyl in a trifold sleeve with an etched D side.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Post-Rock / Experimental 2000

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Four sides, each one a single long movement, threaded with street recordings, degraded tape and scraps of conversation, like a night-long train ride where the view outside shifts from barren to vast. Plenty of people started here, and plenty who've had it for twenty years still call it the best one. Ninety minutes isn't short, but once the needle drops it goes quickly.

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