New Releases & Staff Picks - 1/30/26

STAFF PICKS
 DARIO - Willie Colon reissues and Julian Lage
ASH - Phil Collins
 JAKE - Geologist and Tashi Dorji
KIMBER - Robert Glasper reissues
MARY - Lily Allen
ZACH - Tyler Ballgame
DREW - Alice in Chains reissue
TY - Tyler Ballgame and Ty Segall 

LILY ALLEN - West End Girl CD/LP (BMG)  
Lily Allen returns with West End Girl, her long-awaited fifth studio album. Written and recorded over an intense 10-day period, blending raw honesty with infectious pop craftsmanship, documenting elements of her time in New York with piercing clarity and insight.

TYLER BALLGAME - For The First Time, Again CD/LP (Rough Trade)  
Tyler Ballgame’s stunning debut, For the First Time, Again, is a bracing reminder of how great songs delivered by a gifted vocalist can move, captivate, and inspire. Produced by Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, The Lemon Twigs, Weyes Blood) and Ryan Pollie (Los Angeles Police Department) and delivered in Ballgame’s astonishing, versatile tenor, these 12 finely crafted tunes, rooted in classic rock, indie, and Americana, will make anyone with a heart feel seen. Even before the insightful, often provocative lyrics register, Ballgame’s infectious melodies draw you into a story both relatable, and unlike any you’ve heard. After one listen, Ballgame’s message of belief in one’s true self resonates deep and wide.

JOYCE MANOR - I Used To Go To This Bar CD/LP (Epitaph)  
Joyce Manor are California pop-punk legends and I Used To Go To This Bar is this epochal band operating at the top of their game. They continue to deliver relentlessly satisfying rock music in a manner that makes it look simply effortless. The Torrance, California-hailing trio of Barry Johnson, Chase Knobbe, and Matt Ebert are at a point in their career where their position as one of the most beloved rock bands is a foregone conclusion. Their seventh album finds the group continuing to find rich new veins to tap in their short-and-sweet songcraft without losing an ounce of bite that gained them such repute in the first place. I Used To Go To This Bar further situates Joyce Manor in the rich lineage of their influences and inspirations. Think AFI's rapid-fire burn, Weezer's indelible power-pop acumen, and the dusky emotionalism of the Smiths while further establishing them as leading lights in the current rock landscape.The fresh burst of inspiration that fuels I Used To Go To This Bar proves that Joyce Manor are far from content to rest on such laurels, moving forward with their sound and style in a way that reminds you of how they got to this point in the first place. Catch them live at Coachella 2026.

ALICE IN CHAINS - Alice In Chains LP [Reissue/1995](Sony Legacy)
Double yellow colored vinyl LP pressing. 30th Anniversary. Alice in Chains' self-titled album, originally released in 1995, is a dark and introspective work that marked the band's final studio effort with vocalist Layne Staley. The record blends heavy, sludgy riffs with haunting melodies and acoustic textures, creating a sound that is both aggressive and deeply melancholic. Now celebrating it's 30th Anniversary, the album will see an official reissue, pressed on colored vinyl.

YE VAGABONDS - All Tied Together  (River Lea Records)
On their powerful, cinematic new album, All Tied Together, the multi-award-winning Irish band Ye Vagabonds deliver deeply evocative original songs infused with memory, tribute, and gratitude. Throughout, a strong sense of home prevails, both their own hard-won digs, past and present, and an inner refuge for anyone longing for connection beyond time and geography.

MILES DAVIS - Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965  8xCD/10xLP Set (Sony Legacy)
The most requested Miles Davis reissue arrives for his centennial in spectacular style. What began as a holiday residency at Chicago's Plugged Nickel Café became the crucible where the Second Great Quintet forged it's identity. Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams delivered a masterclass in risk and invention, dismantling familiar tunes and rebuilding them on the fly. Producer Teo Macero captured every note across seven sets on December 22 and 23, 1965. Portions trickled out in the '70s and '80s, but only in the early '90s did Legacy reveal the full scope across seven and half hours of revelatory music-instantly hailed as one of the greatest live jazz recordings ever and earning the Penguin Jazz Guide's coveted Crown. Now, 30 years later and six decades after the shows themselves, veteran fans finally get the reissue they've demanded, and new fans get a chance to own one of the most mythologized live engagements in jazz history.

TY SEGALL & THE MUGGERS - "LIVE" "AT" "THE" "BBC" (Sea Note)  
Forked tongue stuffed deep in their cheek and rubber baby masks stretched over their heads, Ty & the Muggers bottle the free spirits of the Emotional Mugger tour, then heave them into the audience on this stomping BBC performance from 2016. Gloriously guttural and blown-out sonics support Ty's all-to-the-wall vocal performances on every song. LIVE AT THE BBC puts the 'sick' back into 'satiric' and the 'the fuh!?! back into 'FUN!'

BENNY SINGS - Beat Tape III LP (Stones Throw)  
Dutch singer, songwriter, producer, and multi‑instrumentalist Benny Sings releases Beat Tape III, his third installment in the Beat Tape series on Stones Throw Records. Beat Tape III is an assembly of chance sessions and rare collaborations, each track telling a story of its own: a jam with Jacob Jeffries of Vulfpeck in Amsterdam, a demo with Grammy-nominated Leven Kali, or a cut recorded with Kelsey González of The Free Nationals. More than a collection of outtakes, the project is a portrait of the process, the people, and the moments that shape Benny’s music.

TASHI DORJI - Low Clouds Hang, This Land Is On Fire  (Drag City)  
Tashi’s latest punk anthems: electric guitar improvisations to brutally impact us with… gentle lyricism and introspective depth! In a time of extraordinary institutional inhumanity, seeing the faces of the many deprived, what is there to feel but exhaustion? What to want but silence? Tashi seeks it all out actively, with intention. Hard truths absorbed, he enjoins power to reconstitute as spirit, to disseminate to everyone outside the walls.

GEOLOGIST - Can I Get A Pack Of Camel Lights?  (Drag City)  
Refracting beatifically through realities and mirages flickering along his aural parade route, Animal Collective’s Geologist rides the high country on a hurdy gurdy of many colors. Via the mystery science of musical engagement, we take his sonic kaleidoscope of encounters into our own experience as we listen. That’s the beauty of Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?, the debut solo transmission of the heart and soul and life and times of Geologist.

CAT POWER - Redux 10” (Domino) 
Cat Power is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her milestone 2006 album, The Greatest, with Redux, a three-song EP arriving on Friday, January 30, 2026. Redux includes a stunning rendition of Prince’s iconic “Nothing Compares 2 U,” recorded in tribute to the late, great guitarist Teenie Hodges, a legendary member of The Memphis Rhythm Band that backed Cat Power on The Greatest and with whom she formed a close bond before his passing in 2014. The EP also includes a re-imagined version of one of the many standout tracks on The Greatest, Marshall’s own “Could We,” newly recorded in the arrangement that was performed live on The Greatest Tour with Dirty Delta Blues."

PHIL COLLINS - Singles LP (Rhino)  
To celebrate Phil Collins' 75th birthday, we will be releasing a special, limited edition colour vinyl edition of Phil Collins' greatest hits The Singles. The career-spanning compilation initially released back in 2018 is filled full of hits such as “In The Air Tonight,” “Sussudio,” “Against All Odds” and so much more. It will be the first color vinyl edition of The Singles. 

SPIRITBOX - Tsunami Sea LP (Rise Records) 
Spiritbox's sophomore album, Tsunami Sea, builds on the band's massively successful 2021 debut album, Eternal Blue, which topped charts and dominated critic's year-end lists, and 2023's Fear of Fear EP, which earned the band two consecutive Grammy nominations. The album, co-produced by Spiritbox's Mike Stringer and Dan Braunstein, features the band's signature visceral sound, elevated to new heights of intensity and musicality highlighted in singles Soft Spine and Perfect Soul.

KELLY MORAN - Don't Trust Mirrors  LP  (Warp Records) 
Don’t Trust Mirrors marks one of the most transformative chapters in New York-based composer and producer, Kelly Moran’s career. In 2019, fresh from touring her Warp debut Ultraviolet, she began shaping a more rhythmic follow-up inspired by late nights on the dancefloor. But personal upheaval and the halted tours of the pandemic redirected her path, leading first to 2024’s Moves in the Field, praised by The New York Times as “softhearted but steel-skinned.” Now Moran returns to the project she once paused. Don’t Trust Mirrors explores distortion, reflection, and the slow work of piecing yourself back together. Featuring Warp label mate Bibio, its 10 tracks shimmer with textural refractions — an immersive journey towards self-reconnection and focus.

WILLIE COLON - Hecho En Puerto Rico LP [Reissue/1993] (Sony U.S. Latin)  
WILLIE COLON / RUBEN BLADES - Tras La Tormenta LP [Reissue/1995] (Sony U.S. Latin)
LP Reissues of Colon's 1993 and 1995 albums.

JULIAN LAGE - Scenes From Above LP (Blue Note Records)
Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage returns with his fifth Blue Note release, Scenes From Above, the follow-up to the GRAMMY-nominated Speak To Me, which was once again produced by Joe Henry. The album features Lage in a new band with John Medeski on organ and piano, Jorge Roeder on bass, and Kenny Wollesen on drums for a set of striking new original compositions.

JOE HENDERSON - Our Thing (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition) LP [Reissue/1964]  (Blue Note Records) 
Joe Henderson's second Blue Note album, Our Thing, once again showcased the saxophonist's deep connection with his frequent collaborator Kenny Dorham on trumpet. As both frontline foils and composers of all the tunes on this swinging set, the duo set the tone accompanied by an extraordinary rhythm section with Andrew Hill, Eddie Khan and Pete La Roca. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Stranger Things: Soundtrack Netflix Season 5  LP (Sony Legacy)   Celebrate the epic conclusion of Netflix's Stranger Things with the official Season 5 soundtrack, a nostalgic journey back to 1987. Featuring iconic tracks that underscore the final battle in Hawkins.

ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGERS - Free For All LP [Reissue/1965] (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition)  (Blue Note Records)  
Free For All was perhaps Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' most potent album. Recorded in February 1964, the music bristled with the charged energy of the civil rights movement with a powerful sextet line-up featuring the great drummer with Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

ROBERT GLASPER - Code Derivation LP  (Loma Vista)
Robert Glasper's GRAMMY-nominated album, Code Derivation, is now available for the first time on vinyl. This unique project gives listeners two radically different versions of the same track - one played live in-studio performed by Glasper and his band and a version flipped by a producer of his choosing.

ROBERT GLASPER - Keys To The City Volume One LP (Loma Vista)  
Robert Glasper releases Keys To The City, Volume One - a monumental testament to the magic of collaboration and improvisation captured live during his annual Robtober residency at the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC. This GRAMMY-nominated 2xLP is available for the first time on vinyl and features star-studded guest appearances from talented friends, including Black Thought, Norah Jones, Thundercat and more.

ROBERT GLASPER - Let Go LP (Loma Vista)
Robert Glasper's Let Go is an immersive, 13-track collection that delivers a serene listening experience. This 2xLP is available for the first time on vinyl and blends his signature jazz and R&B mastery into a meditative soundscape. Glasper himself describes the album as a sanctuary, stating, It's just something that quiets the world and allows you to see what's within.

COMING NEXT WEEK
PUSCIFER - Normal Isn’t CD/LP
JOJI - Piss  In the Wind CD/LP
BAD BUNNY - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos LP
MANDY INDIANA - URGH CD/LP
DJO - Crux Deluxe CD/LP
SILVERSUN PICKUPS - Tenterhooks CD/LP
BLUR - LP Reissues
FREE THROW - Those Days Are Gone LP Reissue
2PAC - Me Against The World LP Reissue
KMFDM - Enemy CD/LP
MAYHEM - Liturgy Of Earth CD/LP