New Releases
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October 25, 2019On Children and Art, his first new album since 2002, Mandy Patinkin performs songs by Randy Newman, Laurie Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Taylor Mac, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Waits, and Patinkin himself. The album was recorded in New York with pianist/producer Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and features several songs previewed over the previous two years in the digital Diary series. Pre-order to download his take on Newman's "Wandering Boy" and Anderson's "From the Air" now.
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The English trio The Staves offer their contribution to the holiday-song canon with "Home Alone, Too," in which the festive-jumper-festooned sisters dare to ask: "Are you watching Home Alone, too?"
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Lake Street Dive's EP Freak Yourself Out features five songs recorded during sessions for the band's 2018 album Free Yourself Up that had not been finished. The band had so much fun playing the songs on tour, they went back into the studio and finished them for this special release.
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November 23, 2018On True Stories (1986), his sole foray into feature-film directing, David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life, using his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show. This comprehensive soundtrack contains 23 songs, collected for the first time in one package, in film sequence. "I always imagined that the music written for True Stories should be heard as it is in the film," says Byrne. "It makes the most sense this way. Me singing the song that was written for John Goodman's character always felt weird to me. It was written for that character, not for me."
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This special edition First Collection 2006–2009, available from Nonesuch in Europe and Sub Pop elsewhere, honors the tenth anniversary of Fleet Foxes' eponymous debut album. It features content spanning the early days of the band's career, including the self-titled full-length debut album on 12" vinyl, as well as the Sun Giant EP on 10" vinyl, and the first vinyl releases of both the very limited-edition, previously only self-released The Fleet Foxes EP on 10", and B-sides & Rarities on 10". In addition to its musical offerings, the special edition features a 32-page booklet with show flyers, lyrics, and artwork from the period. The Sunday Times calls it a Must-Have Reissue. Also available in a four-CD set.