Nine Lives [LP] [VINYL]

Vinyl LP pressing. Over the last decade, the Los Angeles-based band Katalyst has carved out a name for themselves as bearers of the community driven jazz scene, popping up on major releases while remaining an integral incubator for outstretched corners of the emerging sound. The group members have become favorites of Jazz Is Dead, appearing on stage with legends like Ronnie Laws and Lonnie Liston Smith, and backing Gary Bartz and Roy Ayers on their respective releases with the tag. Here, the nascent superstars convene with maestros Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to document their chameleonic pallet and ever-growing profile as one of the most exciting emerging groups in the genre.

Around the Fur the follow-up to Deftones' passionate, aggressive Adrenaline, sees the California quartet expanding on the sheer rage of their earlier work, adding new, more sinister shades to their already extreme sound. The opening InchMy Own Summer (Shove It),Inch serves as an introduction to the album's sonic theme sinewy guitars and eerie whispers alternate with fast, violent crunch. Sepultura's Max Cavallero contributes guitar and vocals to InchHeadup,Inch while InchMXInch finds singer Chino trading off vocal lines with Annalynn Cunningham, (wife of Deftones' drummer Abe) in an acerbic take on the rock star mentality. Vocal acrobat Moreno attacks a variety of styles his breathy, psychotic recitations sound downright industrial, while the album's calmer, more brooding moments show his gift for haunting melody. Behind him, guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall of sound is astoundingly muscular, yet inspiringly agile. When Deftones' hellish fury hits full tilt, as it always does on this album, Moreno's voice erupts into screams which are best described as otherworldly, transforming this intense musical firestorm into a hurtling juggernaut of aggression. This LP version comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Album Tracks 1. My Own Summer (Shove It) 2. Lhabia 3. Mascara 4. Around the Fur 5. Rickets 6. Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) 7. Lotion 8. Dai the Flu 9. Headup 10. MX

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2021 . Billie Eilish releases her highly anticipated sophomore album, Happier Than Ever. Continuing the tradition from her multi-Grammy Award winning, record-breaking debut, When We All Fall Alseep, Where Do We Go?, this 16-track studio album features no outside writers or producers and was written by Billie and her brother Finneas who produced it in LA. Includes hits singles, Therefore I Am, and My Future. Album Tracks 1. Getting Older 2. I Didn't Change My Number 3. Billie Bossa Nova 4. My Future 5. Oxytocin 6. Goldwing 7. Lost Cause 8. Halley's Comet 9. Not My Responsibility 10. Overheated 11. Everybody Dies 12. Your Power 13. Nda 14. Therefore I Am 15. Happier Than Ever 16. Male Fantasy