Red Hot Chili Peppers will be hitting the road on a North American and European/UK stadium tour next year.
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Michael Beinhorn is a Grammy-nominated music producer who has played a pivotal role in the making of many of the top records of the last four decades. Some of his production credits include work on watershed albums from the likes of Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Hole, Soul Asylum, Ozzy Osbourne, Mew, Social Distortion, Violent Femmes, Herbie Hancock, The Bronx, The Golden Palominos and Black Label Society.
Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on "Black Friday", November 29th. In the past, Black Friday was an American event created by large corporate retailers as a shopping day that promoted mass-produced items at super-low prices in hopes of driving customers into their stores.
RSD’s Black Friday subverts the model and creates pieces of art in the form of limited special editions, often numbered, from a diverse list of beloved artists. RSD’s version of Black Friday is an excuse to celebrate not only the great music but the pieces themselves and the special independent record stores who exclusively carry them.
Warner Bros. Records - a proud official sponsor of Record Store Day - will make available the following special releases:
Atlas Genius: "So Electric: When It Was Now (The Remixes)" - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 12” - Limited to 3,000 copies
The "So Electric" remixes from the Aussie rock band’s 2013 album When It Was Now, featuring the Black Friday exclusive track “Electric (Vertigo Remix).” Includes a digital download card. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
Tracklisting: Trojans (Lenno Remix) / If So (Magic Man Remix) / Back Seat (Goldroom Remix) / Centred On You (St. Lucia Remix) / If So (TheFatRat Remix) / Symptoms (Pierce Fulton Remix) / Trojans (Xaphoon Jones Remix) / Electric (Vertigo Remix).
Bad Things: “Anybody” - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 7” - Limited to 3,000 copies
The first single off Bad Things self-titled debut album. Guided by producer Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Saves the Day), the Los Angeles five-piece take the listener on a journey of emotions from insistent yearning, through urgent, punk fury, to bold, New Wave-influenced experimentalism, to heavy, shimmering hard rock and spirit-lifting funk. This 7” single features “Anybody” on Side A and another album track, “Say It Again,” on Side B, exclusive for Black Friday.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.: “The Speed of Things” - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 12” - Limited to 3,000 copies
The Speed of Things, the Detroit band’s latest full-length album, is being pressed to vinyl for the first time. Includes a digital download card. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
Flaming Lips: “Peace Sword” - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 12” - Limited to 5,000 copies / CD EP - Limited to 3,000 copies
The vinyl and CD editions of the band’s upcoming six-song platter featuring new music inspired by the upcoming feature film Ender’s Game and released with exclusive artwork. Includes a digital download card. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Worth noting that track 6, “Assassin Beatle - The Dream Is Ending,” is roughly 10 minutes of mind-melting sonic matter and is exclusive to this vinyl and CD artifact.
Tracklisting: Peace Sword (Open Your Heart) / If They Move, Shoot ‘Em / Is The Black At The End Good / Think Like A Machine, Not A Boy / Wolf Children Assassin Beetle - The Dream is Ending
Foals: “CCTV Sessions” - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 12” - Limited to 3,000 copies
This exclusive limited edition 12” features audio from the British band’s video series filmed using CCTV. Tracks include “Milk & Black Spiders,” “Bad Habit,” “Stepson,” “Late Night,” and “Bluebird and Moon.” Engineered, mixed, and filmed at Safehouse Studios by Kit Monteith, Tim Roberts, and Jamie Morris. Includes a digital download card. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
NONONO: “Pumpin’ Blood” CD EP - Limited to 3,000 CD copies
Stina Wappling with production duo Astma & Rocwell formed in Stockholm, Sweden during the spring of 2012. The three Swedes found instant chemistry, and soon became the trio now known as NONONO, a name which highlights an important philosophy for the band.
Exclusively available for Black Friday this debut EP by NONONO features a never before released remix of “Pumpin Blood” by CSS.
Tracklisting: Pumpin’ Blood / Jungle / Fire Without A flame / Like The Wind / Pumpin’ Blood (acoustic) / Pumpin; Blood (CSS remix)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: “I’m Beside You” - Gatefold pocket jacket, numbered, regular-weight black vinyl 12” - Limited to 5,000 units
This vinyl double LP features outtakes recorded during sessions for Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2011 studio album I’m With You, produced by Rick Rubin. Previously released as a series of nine individual 7” singles (from August 2012 to July 2013), the 17 tracks are being released together for the first time on limited-edition numbered vinyl. They have been pressed at RTI and mastered for vinyl by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
Tracklisting: Strange Man / Long Progression / Magpies on Fire / Victorian Machinery / Never Is A Long Time / Love of Your Life / The Sunset Sleeps / Hometown Gypsy / Pink as Floyd / Your Eyes Girl / In Love Dying / Catch My Death / How It Ends / Brave From Afar / This Is The Kitt / Hanalei / Open-Close
SKATERS: “Deadbolt” - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 7” - Limited to 3,000
The first official single from the NYC rock band’s upcoming debut album, due February 25th. This 7” single features “Deadbolt” on Side A and “Stood Up” on Side B, exclusive to this 7”.
Tegan And Sara: “Guilty As Charged/I Run Empty” - Single-pocket jacket, regular-weight black vinyl 7” - Limited to 3,000
Guilty As Charged/I Run EmptyVINYL EXCLUSIVE only available at Independent Record Stores.
The "Guilty As Charged/I Run Empty" includes one track on each side, “Guilty As Charged” and “I Run Empty” for the first time on vinyl. Both songs were recorded by Mike Elizondo & released digitally as bonus tracks on Tegan and Sara’s 7th studio album, Heartthrob - their highest charting album of their careers.
INVSN’s (pronounced as invasion) debut album, the self-titled ‘INVSN’, is a kind of blast to the past. It has a retro vibe to it, mixing old-shcool Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock, Classic Rock and even Post-Punk. The sound is soomthing smooth, upbeat and rather impressive. Boasting great work in all sectors, it is a downright impressive debut (in English anyway) for the new Rock-infused band that will only be bound to release even better albums in the future.
Kickstarting off on the opener ‘#61’, it gives a great vibe to the album, setting out the general feel that you’ll get when listening to it. It has some good riffs and some truly excellent vocals that is accompanied by solid bass-lines and tight drumming. It’s upbeat, infectious and makes your ears feel like they’re having multiple orgasms. It is beautiful with its simplistic yet stylish approach and pays off. Going through the album is a gand experience as your ears only get invited to listen to yet more beautiful, upbeat and infectious tracks. With infectious groove after astonishing riff, the album goes through the sleek and stylish tracks ‘The Promise’, ‘God Has Left Us Stranded’, ‘Our Blood’, ‘Distorted Heartbeat’ and the closing song, ‘Hate’. Now, don’t get me wrong, the song titles do not sound like your standard Rock song titles.
However, they are filled with infectious grooves and hooks that is only made more pleasurable to listen to due to the solid drumming and
intense bass-grooves that help to fill the album. All the tracks help offer something a little new whilst making sure to stick to their infectious Indie Rock roots that dominate throughout the album. It gives you great satisfaction after you’ve finished listening to it and you only want to replay the whole thing again, hoping that it gives you the same feel as it did the first time you listened to it. Let me assure you, it definitely does that making this an album to admire. Not often does an album maintain that sense of feeling that you got the first time you heard it but this one does, something rare in these modern times.
Enjoyable and well-crafted, this is something anyone can put on and liste to without kicking up a fuss. Catchy, sing-along styled songs add the greatness of the album, making it a wonderful and memorable experience to all whom dare listen to it. So that is the songs there, now time to talk production value. The production here is amazing, adding to the great feel on this album. It seems so slick and stylish, like a sleek piece of silk. Smooth and free-flowing, it is something that makes this album so memorable.
The way it is mixed makes everything sound tight and well-placed instead of being some form of mess. You can tell the band and producer have taken their time with this and have took a serious amount of effort to make it sound good. It’s like they poured their passion into it and it is something that they should all take pride in. It sounds thoroughly amazing and doesn’t let go of its juicy vibes, something I adore about the album. This is something rather damn special. Listen to it once and you’ll love it. Listen to it again and you’ll admire it. Listen to it a third time and you will absolutely adore this.
The influences are here, having sounds that seem like Joy Division to something in vain of Red Hot Chilli Peppers or Radiohead. It is sleek, smooth and flows excellently, creating a feel that is ever-present throughout. The emotions you will feel from this will only intensify as you listen more and more to the album. It is well-crafted and beautiful and is something that can be classed as a rare release in this modern age. I admire the record and hope for big things from this band. Listen to this, even if it is just the once, for it is well and truly a beautiful, amazing and infectious little masterpiece.
10/10
- Asa