We’ll draw the winners from each store on Friday morning!

SIGUR ROS LISTENING PARTY!
Looks like Thursday, May 17 at 7pm will be #valtarihour in our Norman and OKC (Western & 36th) stores.
Listen to the new album from Sigur Ros. One winner gets a prize pack of Valtari test pressing, custom print and RSD Hvarf/Heim LP.  Anyone who pre-orders gets a custom print while supplies last.

THINGS TO SEE & DO
Friday, May 11

NEW/RECENT RELEASES
Damon Albarn - Dr. Dee CD/LP (Virgin)
First proper solo album from Blur/Gorillaz member, described as “strange pastoral folk.”
ALO - Sounds Like This CD/LP (Brushfire)
Recorded in San Francisco in April of 2011 and featuring longtime collaborator David Simon-Baker, this is Animal Liberation Orchestra's newest studio album.
S. Carey - Hoyas CD/LP (Jagjaguwar)
You will find the familiar S. Carey (Bon Iver) modern classical repetition pushed into the vernacular of electronic music and beat making.
Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship CD/LP (Secretly Canadian)
Produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck), A Different Ship has an emotional and musical arc that is alternately calming and anxiety-inducing, and often both at once.
Keane - Strangeland CD/LP (Interscope)
New album from the multi-platinum British rockers -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks.
Fela Kuti - Live In Detroit 1986 3xCD (Knitting Factory)
Tracks featured in the concert would appear on studio albums: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, Beasts Of No Nation, and O.D.O.O. Often overlooked in favor of the punchier sound of Fela's recordings with Africa 70, these later recordings are deeply soulful affairs, at times melancholic, marked by lengthy, complex and freeform arrangements. Vinyl version due May 15.
Moss Icon - The Complete Discography 2xCD/3xLP (Temporary Residence)
In the mid-late 1980s, Moss Icon pioneered a progressive, highly emotive sound that stood in stark contrast to just about everything even remotely considered punk-rock at the time. In retrospect, they more resembled an inspired marriage of the bleak post-punk leanings of Joy Division with the raucous riffage of The Wipers, albeit considerably less accessible thanks to Moss Icon's more sinister tone, exploratory arrangements, and frontman Jonathan Vance's almost stream-of-conscious sociopolitical rampages.
OFF! - OFF! CD/LP (Vice)
If 2012 really is the end, the members of OFF! are determined to go out kicking and/or screaming -- preferably both. As such, they've written their first "proper" full-length. It was written and recorded at lightning speed, the only speed at which OFF! know how to operate.
Silversun Pickups - Neck Of The Woods CD/2xLP (Dangerbird)
Third album from the Los Angeles alt-rock quartet, known for their smash hits "Lazy Eye" and "Panic Switch."
Sleep - Dopemsmoker [Reissue/2003] CD (Southern Lord)
The 63-minute long ode to weed, available once again on CD. Still unrivaled in the annals of stoner metal. Remastered with an unreleased live track “Holy Mountain” (Live at I-Beam SF, CA, 1994).
St. Vincent - Stranger Mercy CD+DVD (4AD)
A limited-edition package includes the full Strange Mercy album plus a DVD with music videos for "Cheerleader" and "Cruel" plus a 5-song live St. Vincent 4AD session.
Sun Araw/M. Geddes Gengras/The Congos - Frkwys Vol. 9 CD+DVD (RVNG International)
Sun Araw and M.Geddes Gengras meet legendary dub reggae group The Congos in St. Catherine, Jamaica. Includes a feature film documenting the young musicians' time spent living and learning The Congos way. Vinyl version due June 12.
Various Artists - Wizzz! French Psychedelic 1966-1969 Volume 1 CD (Born Bad)
Reissue of classic '60s French psych compilation, originally released in 2001.
Gene Vincent - The Capitol Years 4xCD (Chrome Dreams)
This four-disc compilation offers an unrivalled retrospective of the genius rocker, but troubled talent. One of the great early rock & rollers there ever was.
Wake - A Far Light Out CD (LTM)
Brand new studio set by cult Factory/Sarah Records dreampop group, their first album since reforming in 2009 after an extended hiatus of 15 years.
Vinyl:
Dropkick Murphys - Live At Fenway 2xLP (Dropkick Murphys)
HQ-180 gatefold vinyl includes a full concert live at Fenway Park with baseball card inserts of the band members.
jj - jj n4 7” (Secretly Canadian)
Two new songs from the Gothenburg duo.
Carol King - The Legendary Demos LP (Hear Music)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. This collection traces King's journey from her days as an Aldon Music staff song writer in the ‘60s crafting hits for other artists, to the dawn of her own triumphant solo career in the ‘70s and her legendary Tapestry album release.
Lumerians - Burning Mirrors b/w Chevaux Fous 7” (Rococo)
A San Francisco-based outfit known for their propulsive psychedelic fuzz effortlessly knock you out of your comfort zone. Pummeling drums carry "Burning Mirrors" into a reverb-soaked flurry of grizzled guitar, spectral organ, and waxy vocals that melt like candles.
Moon Duo - Mazes Remixed LP (Sacred Bones)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. Six re-workings of several tracks off Mazes by Sonic Boom, Psychic Ills, Gary War, Purling Hiss, and Cave, along with one cover version of the album's title track by Berlin based, Eagle Boston.
Nobunny - La La La La Love You 7” (Suicide Squeeze)
The stage show for the enigmatic garage punker is a collision of fire-brand antics and bubblegum pop, sweat and saccharine -- the vile and the endearing.
Rusko - Songs 2xLP (Downtown)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Second LP for the dubstep producer, who has worked and collaborated with Diplo, Santigold, Switch, Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and more.
Soundtrack - The Hunger Games [OST] LP (Universal)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Original score to the major motion picture composed by James Newton Howard and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett. Features Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire, The Civil Wars, Miranda Lambert, The Decemberists and more.
Sharon Van Etten - We Are Fine b/w Hotel 2 Tango 7” (Jagjaguwar)
Third single from Tramp, featuting a guest performance from Zach Condon (Beirut). B-side is an unreleased track from the Tramp session.
Various Artists - Des Jeunes Gens Modernes: Post Punk, Cold Wave & Culture Novo En France, 1978-1983 [Reissue/2008] LP (Born Bad)
Reissue of 2008 compilation of French post-punk and cold wave, circa 1978-1983.

Until next time,
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