Pop New Releases
Pop New Releases
Below is a list of all Pop titles released in the last 120 days.
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Daphne Walker
Haere Mai (Everything Is Kapai): The TANZA Recordings [ Frenzy / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Daphne Walkers original recordings on CD for the first time from the TANZA tapes. Some of these songs were re-recorded in later years, but these superior recordings are all you need. |
Various Artists
Themes From Beyond An Empty Coffee Lounge [ Frenzy / CD - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Volume 1 of this series is titled 'Themes From An Empty Coffee Lounge' and is thematically compiled to reflect the post Beatles (1963-1964) instrumental guitar sound of Kiwi music, after all it was something we did well. |
Brian May
Back To The Light [ Universal Music / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Back to the Light was Brian May's first solo album. Released in 1992,it made the top 10in the UK charts of that year. While Brian played most of the instruments on the album it features guest appearances by Cozy Powell and Deep Purple's Don Airey, as... |
The Datsuns
Dehumanise (Yellow Vinyl 7 inch) [ Hellsquad Records New Zealand / 7in - released 11/Jun/2021 ] 'Dehumanize' by The Datsuns is the third single from their LP 'Eye To Eye'. It sees the New Zealand rockers channeling the high-energy hard rock of 'In Rock'-era Deep Purple over a blistering two-and-a-half minutes. Over on the b-side there's... |
The Datsuns
Suspicion (7") [ Hellsquad Records New Zealand / 7in - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Born musically from the marriage of two very different sounding tracks. One of heavy fuzz riffs and a pounding danceable beat. The other: a spooky, reverb laden acoustic track. Somehow they merged together into a new kind of beast, one laid on top of... |
Ephat Mujuru & The Spirit Of The People
Mbavaira [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Cassette - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Mujuru was Zimbabwe's foremost mbira (thumb piano) player who brought Shona music to the world. Mbavaira is now available outside Zimbabwe for the first time. All-acoustic, calming music for these times. Mbira importance grew with the struggle for... |
Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine
No More Selfies / The Ghost Of Vince Lombardi [ Alternative Tentacles / 7in - released 20/Aug/2021 ] At last, Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine have finally delivered the two songs missing from the "Tea Party Revenge Porn" LP version on vinyl! Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place we've put ourselves in, like no one else would... |
Negative Nancies
Heatwave [ Fishrider / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] Negative Nancies exist in their own universe. The songs evolve organically through rehearsal room experimentation. Amid the art-punk chaos an irrepressible undercurrent of pop melodicism and moments of eerie psychedelic calm shine through the... |
New Bop Quintet (Mike Booth, Kevin Field, Pete France, Frank Gibson Jr, Cameron McArthur)
NBQ [ CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] The New Bop Quintet shine a fresh light on the key aspects of Hard Bop - a close link with the blues, a strong rhythmical presence and strong melody lines. NBQ revisit the Hard Bop ethos with stunning original tunes and a familiar yet fresh take on... |
The Shins
Oh Inverted World (20th Anniversary Remaster) [ Sub Pop / Cassette - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Oh, Inverted World, the earth-shattering, indie-rock-redefining 2001 debut album by The Shins, is presented here in its finest form, dressed up all nice for its 20th birthday. The classic tunes get new life by way of a full remastering job, the art... |
The Specials
Ghost Town (40th Anniversary Half Speed Master) 7" Vinyl [ ADA / Warner / 7in - released 4/Jun/2021 ] This 40th Anniversary Edition has been mastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original production tapes for optimum audio quality. The Specials are one of the defining bands of the late 70's/early 80's... |
The Toreadors
Thembi / Gwinyitshe (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 11/Jun/2021 ] This deep soul-jazz double-sider, recorded on October 3rd, 1972, was released as a seven-inch single on Motella, one of the many labels of the Mavuthela Music division of Gallo Africa (now Gallo Record Company). Mavuthela was founded by the talent... |
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
Dirt Off Your Shoulder b/w I Need Somebody To Love 7" Tonight [ Big Crown / 7in - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the kings of "wait, what is this!!!", are back with another two-sider that has a little something for everyone. Both songs are pulled from 'Expansions', their forthcoming full-length album. The A-side is a gritty, gully,... |
Bobby Oroza & The Expressions
Breaktru (This Love Demo) B/W Will I Get Off Easy (Demo) 7" [ Big Crown / 7in - released 30/Jul/2021 ] Big Crown Records is proud to present this 7" offering with two of the songs from the Record Store Day full length release Demoitis Vol. 1. The A side is the demo recording Bobby Oroza made at home on an MPC to send to the guy at Timmion Records,... |
Jah Floyd
20 Years Inna Leaky Boat (RSD 2021 7") [ Jamaican Recordings / - released 12/Jun/2021 ] To celebrate 20 years of the record label jamaican recordings. Jah floyd has cut a track telling the story of it's beginnings and the people involved. The initial meeting of legenadary reggae producer bunny "striker" lee in jamaica and the various... |
Anthonie Tonnon
Leave Love Out Of This [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Anthonie Tonnon produced Leave Love Out Of This with long-time collaborator, and The Beths' guitarist and producer, Jonathan Pearce. Tonnon wrote the bulk of the songs during an extensive period of touring after the release of Successor - a period... |
Barbra Streisand
Release Me 2 [ Columbia / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Release Me 2 is the much-anticipated companion to Barbra Streisand's 2012 Release Me album. Featuring 10 never before released songs from across Barbra's incredible career and from her personal vault, including 'Be Aware,' 'I'd Want It To Be You'... |
The Bend
We Disappear [ Armchair Records / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] After thirty 'odd' years, The Bend (Fane Flaws, Tony Backhouse and Peter Dasent- all ex-Crocodiles) present We Disappear, an album of songs written from selected poems by legendary NZ poet Sam Hunt. |
Faye Webster
I Know I'm Funny haha [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] The latest full length from Faye Webster, including "Better Distractions" (which landed on Barack Obama's 2020 end of year playlist) I Know I'm Funny haha is Webster's most realized manifestation yet of this emotional and musical alchemy.... |
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band
Tezeta [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] From their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple... |
