Run the Jewels - RTJ4 (BMG)

Like its predecessors, RTJ4 is rooted in hip hop fundamentals - Atlanta's Killer Mike and Brooklyn's El-P letting loose over brilliant beats - while extending its reach into various worlds. The new album includes collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Zack de la Rocha, Josh Homme, Mavis Staples, 2 Chainz and DJ Premier, and was recorded primarily at Rick Rubin's Shangri La Studios and the iconic Electric Lady Studios in NYC. Available as CD, TAPE. 2LP or 4LP with bonus instrumentals.

Neil Young - The Times (Reprise)

Bargain priced CD only (for now). The Times is a moving and topical solo acoustic performance, a unique collection of songs, filmed at home during lockdown as part of the raw and personal, 'Fireside Sessions' series. The 'Porch Episode' session includes Lookin' For A Leader - 2020, Alabama, Campaigner, Ohio, Southern Man, and Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin' closing with Little Wing from the latest Reprise release, 'Homegrown'.

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Live At The Roundhouse (Legacy)

The only band member to have played on all of Pink Floyd's studio albums returns to the group's earliest records. Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets took the drummer back to clubs for the first time in 1967, playing only music his old band had recorded before The Dark Side of the Moon. Captured from the band's celebrated shows at London's Roundhouse, where Pink Floyd played some of their most revered early shows in the 60s, featuring a thrilling set list including songs hailing from Syd Barrett's time with the band. Available as DVD, deluxe CD, or LP!

L7 - Smell the Magic (Sub Pop)

A multitude of rock music scenes populated the expanse of Los Angeles in 1989: hardcore punk, industrial goth, roots rock, and Sunset Strip hair metal, to name a few. L7 fit into none of them, creating their own unique blend of punk and hard, hooky rock loaded with humor and cultural commentary. Originally released in 1990, Smell the Magic is a a landmark of 90s feminist rock. This 30th-anniversary edition of the 90s underground rock classic Smell the Magic includes all 9 songs from the album, remastered and available together on CD or vinyl for the first time ever.

David Woodruff - Moonscreen (self)

Debut solo album from David (Honest Weight, The Delicious). "A vanity project, in that it's about myself: self-esteem, self-effacement, notes to self... Songs about art-making, doubt, change. A longtime goal recorded in November last year at Russian Recording with the help of Ben Lumsdaine- producing, engineering, mixing, arranging, performing, MVP! Pressed 100 cassettes that come packaged in a parody koozie.

Craig Brenner - Passages (self)

Passages has 8 original tunes in various styles - including jazz, blues, boogie woogie, and more - with a stellar crew of musicians: Lori Brenner and Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards) on vocals, Nate Brenner and Ron Kadish on bass, Dan Hostetler and Tim Brookshire on drums, Mike Baker and Gordon Bonham on guitar, Joe Donnelly and Jake Belser on sax, Dena El Saffar on violin and viola, Kyle Quass on trumpet, and Dave Pavolka on trombone.

Also New This Week

Arca - &&&&& LP (Pan)
Avett Brothers - The Gleam III LP (Loma Vista)
Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now LP (Atlantic)
Cults - Host (Sinderlyn)
Rudy De Anda - Tender Epoch (Karma Chief)
Ikebe Shakedown - Unqualified 7" (Colemine)
Fenne Lily - Breach (Dead Oceans)
Brad Mehldau - Suite: April 2020 ()
Mirah - You Think It's Like This... [reissue] (Double Whammy)
Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (Verve)
Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism (Century Media)
Joan Osborne - Trouble And Strife (Womanly Hips)
John Prine - LP reissues (Atlantic)
Stray Cats - Rocked This Town (Surfdog)
VA - Soul Love Now: Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993 (Strut)