New Album Releases & Arrivals October 2, 2026

This week the canon gets rebuilt. Giles Martin and Sam Okell go back to the 1965 four-track masters and remix Rubber Soul, landing here in five formats. Lex Records turns twenty by handing its catalog to Boards of Canada, Kevin Shields, and DJ Premier. Claudio Simonetti re-cuts his Tenebre score with Goblin, and Amyl and The Sniffers replay their whole songbook as country tunes in an old Mexican restaurant.

The new material holds the line: Johnny Marr calls his fifth album the most cathartic he has made, Victoria Monet stretches her songcraft across twenty-two tracks, Tinashe closes the trilogy she started with BB/Ang3l, and Larry June stays unbothered. Add boogie's holy grail from Logg and a lost New York disco private press, and October opens deep.

Here's everything landing October 2, alphabetized so you can find your artist fast. Shop the full October 2, 2026 collection here.

Actress - Radical Frame (Indie Exclusive Crystal Clear Color) Vinyl LP

Darren Cunningham has spent twenty years pushing electronic music somewhere less comfortable, folding musique concrete into records that still work at club volume, and Radical Frame reads as a summation: his signature sound plus a deliberate handing-off to the artists coming up behind him. CASISDEAD appears on "Live By You," Rainy Miller elsewhere. The crystal clear pressing is the indie exclusive. Pick up Radical Frame on crystal clear vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Crystal clear pressing only at independent record stores
• CASISDEAD guests on "Live By You"
• Twenty years of Actress, distilled and passed forward

Actress - Radical Frame Vinyl LP

The standard pressing of Radical Frame carries the same restless program: bold, funny in places, never quite settled, on 140g in a screenprinted PVC sleeve with a download card. Order Radical Frame on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• 140g pressing in a screenprinted PVC sleeve
• Download card included
• Club music with an avant-garde spine

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged (Yellow Color) Vinyl LP

A week on the wall has not slowed the counter requests: the yellow indie pressing of MTV Unplugged keeps moving on the strength of what it documents, the classic lineup's April 1996 acoustic night at Brooklyn's Majestic Theatre, "Nutshell" and "Down in a Hole" stripped to harmony and nerve. Grab MTV Unplugged on yellow vinyl while the first run holds.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Yellow 2LP pressing only at independent record stores
• The most requested vinyl debut of the fall so far
• Staley and Cantrell, unamplified and unguarded

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged Vinyl LP

The standard pressing of the Unplugged set carries the same night straight through, "Rooster," "Would?," and "Brother" in brushed-drum daylight. Order MTV Unplugged on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The full Majestic Theatre set across two LPs
• A 1996 landmark finally on the format it deserves
• The grunge shelf's current centerpiece

Amyl & The Sniffers - Truth or Consequence (Live from El Coyote) Vinyl LP

Not the live album anyone expected: Amyl and The Sniffers set up with friends at El Coyote, the old Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles, and played their catalog back as stripped-down country songs. "Chewing Gum," "Hertz," and "Jerkin'" all turn up rearranged, alongside two unreleased tracks and a Slim Dusty cover, with Amy Taylor's voice looser and closer to the bone than the pub-rock versions ever allow. Pick up Truth or Consequence on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The punk catalog reborn as country, live in a restaurant
• Two unreleased tracks plus a Slim Dusty cover
• Amy Taylor's finest vocal outing on record

Baauer - U CD

Baauer's third album runs sixteen continuous tracks like a long-lost Essential Mix, which makes the CD the format that plays it as intended: no side breaks between the beat collage of "Supersonic" and the delirious disco-house of "Better." Out this Friday. Grab U on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Sixteen continuous tracks, unbroken on disc
• Executive-produced by Hudson Mohawke
• Easy add toward the automatic 10% off 4+ new albums

Baauer - U Vinyl LP

On vinyl, U plays like the Friday-night radio broadcasts that raised him: block-rocking 2000s energy, Aluna and KUCKA on vocals, Eli Teplin on keys, and drops built for a room. His most personal record, still aimed at the floor. Order U on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The third album on LuckyMe wax
• Aluna, Brazy, Betsy, and KUCKA guest
• "Calling Out For U" and "Better" hit hardest loud

Beatles - Rubber Soul (Japanese Import Special Edition Stereo Mix) CD

Rubber Soul is where the Beatles stopped writing singles and started building albums, and the new Giles Martin and Sam Okell stereo mix finally pulls the vocals and instruments out of the hard-panned corners the 1965 mix left them in. This is the Japanese pressing through Universal Music Japan, the collector's cut of the campaign. Out this Friday. Pick up the Rubber Soul Japan import CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The new stereo mix on a Japanese pressing, imported
• Remixed from the original four-track masters
• The import shelf's centerpiece this week

Beatles - Rubber Soul (Special Edition Deluxe) (180g Half-Speed) Vinyl LP

The flagship of the campaign: the album where sitar arrived on "Norwegian Wood," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and the ache of "In My Life" pointed at everything that came next, spread across two 180g LPs from a half-speed master. Out this Friday. Order the Rubber Soul deluxe half-speed 2LP.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Half-speed master across two 180g LPs, out October 2
• The 1965 pivot from singles band to album artists
• The audiophile pick of the five formats

Beatles - Rubber Soul (Special Edition Deluxe) CD

The deluxe CD opens the studio door: disc one carries the new stereo mix, disc two runs sixteen demos and session highlights, including Paul's home demo of "We Can Work It Out," a "Day Tripper" work tape, and both sides of the non-album single, with a forty-page booklet. Grab the Rubber Soul deluxe 2CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Sixteen demos and session takes on disc two
• Forty-page booklet of notes and rare photos
• The making-of document of the campaign

Beatles - Rubber Soul (Special Edition) (180g Half-Speed) Vinyl LP

The single-LP edition delivers the remixed album straight: "Drive My Car" grinning at the front, "Nowhere Man" wondering in the middle, half-speed mastered on one 180g record. Out this Friday. Pick up Rubber Soul on half-speed 180g vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The new mix on a single half-speed 180g LP
• The straightforward way into the remix
• Fourteen songs that reorganized pop music

Beatles - Rubber Soul (Special Edition) CD

The single-disc edition carries the fourteen remixed tracks with a twenty-page booklet, the everyday copy of a record that rewards every kind of listening. Order Rubber Soul on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The complete new mix in a budget-friendly format
• Twenty-page booklet included
• Easy add toward the automatic 10% off 4+ new albums

C'mon Tigre - Lumina (Yellow & Green Color) Vinyl LP

The Italian duo have spent four albums keeping electronics at the edge of the frame; on Lumina they move them to the middle. Thirteen interconnected tracks run continuously, synthesizers and club rhythms beside oud, cello, and vibraphone, shaped live at festivals in Bologna and Milan through 2025. Perry Maysun features. 2LP on yellow and green, out this Friday. Grab Lumina on yellow and green vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Thirteen tracks that run as one continuous piece, imported
• Oud and cello woven through club rhythms
• Developed live and it shows

Chris Brown - Chris Brown (self-titled) (140g) Vinyl LP

The 2005 debut arrives on vinyl at twenty: crisp, snapping production from Scott Storch, Jazze Pha, and Cool & Dre under a sixteen-year-old with a dancer's timing, front-loading "Run It!," "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)," and "Gimme That." A snapshot of mid-2000s R&B at its most confident, across two 140g records, out this Friday. Order the self-titled debut on 140g vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 2005 debut on 2LP, out October 2
• "Run It!" with Juelz Santana at the front
• Mid-2000s R&B production at full snap

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin - Tenebre (Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition) CD

Just in time for spooky season: Simonetti and his Goblin band re-cut the pulsing score to Dario Argento's 1982 giallo, vocoder hooks and relentless basslines on the title theme and "Flashing" rebuilt with modern detail while keeping the menace intact. The deluxe CD adds remixes by Tibia and Simulakrum Lab plus alternate and live versions, imported. Pick up Tenebre deluxe on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The giallo touchstone re-recorded by its composer, imported
• Bonus remixes plus alternate and live versions
• Italo disco menace for October evenings

Downtown Boys - Public Luxury (Blue Color) Vinyl LP

Downtown Boys have spent a decade making punk that argues with you, and Public Luxury keeps the argument going: the Providence band working in two languages, saxophone cutting across the guitars, Victoria Ruiz delivering every line like a speech she has already had to give too many times. Their first full album since Cost of Living, sharper rather than softer, on blue vinyl through Sub Pop. Grab Public Luxury on blue vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The first full album since Cost of Living
• Bilingual punk with saxophone teeth
• New England's sharpest political band, on blue

Ennio Morricone - Il Pentito (Original Soundtrack) CD

Morricone scored Pasquale Squitieri's 1985 mafia drama and prepared a twelve-track album that went unreleased at the time; it surfaced a decade later and grew under his own supervision. This Beat Records edition presents all twenty tracks from the original session masters, from the brooding main theme to the eight-minute "Momento Decisivo." Tense, melancholy, late-period Morricone crime writing, imported. Order Il Pentito on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• All twenty tracks from the stereo session masters, imported
• A score shelved in 1985, completed under Morricone
• Deep-catalog Italy for the soundtrack shelf

Final Fantasy X - Eternal Calm (Clear Color) Vinyl LP

Eternal Calm marks Final Fantasy X's 25th anniversary with twenty selected tracks across two LPs, from the wistful piano of "To Zanarkand" through the sweeping themes that defined the game, pressed on transparent clear vinyl inspired by Spira's waterside scenery, in a jacket with new Tetsuya Nomura artwork. Includes a download code for the complete original soundtrack. Japan import. Pick up Eternal Calm on clear vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• 25th anniversary 2LP with new Nomura artwork, imported
• "To Zanarkand" on clear water-inspired vinyl
• Download code for the full original soundtrack

FKJ - Tyber (Indie Exclusive White Color) Vinyl LP

Two weeks past street date, Tyber has settled into exactly the record its makers intended: warm, unhurried, moving through funk and psychedelic R&B without losing the thread. The white pressing remains the independent record store exclusive, with Baby Rose, Bas, Eryn Allen Kane, and Labrinth across the widest guest cast FKJ has assembled. Grab Tyber on white vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• White pressing only at independent record stores
• The first full-length since V I N C E N T
• Written across six countries on 140g gatefold

FKJ - Tyber (Transparent Color) Vinyl LP

The transparent pressing of Tyber suits the album's fluidity: groove compositions beside jazz instrumentals, sample detours beside plain direct songwriting, twelve tracks for long evenings. Order Tyber on transparent vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Transparent pressing on 140g gatefold
• Guests include Baby Rose and Labrinth
• The month's most reliable late-night record

Flying Lotus - 1983 Vinyl LP

1983 is where the whole thing started: Steven Ellison's 2006 debut became the founding document of the LA beat scene, hazy and sample-warped, treating hip-hop rhythm as raw clay. Everything he built afterward, including Brainfeeder itself, traces back here. This repress is remastered by Daddy Kev in a new iridescent gold sleeve with emboss detailing. Pick up 1983 on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The LA beat scene's founding document, remastered
• New iridescent gold embossed sleeve
• Where the hip-hop wall meets the electronic bins

Frost Children - Sister (Limited Blue Color) Vinyl LP

Angel and Lulu Prost cut between hyperpop, shoegaze, club, and straight guitar rock inside single songs and somehow land it. Sister is the New York siblings' latest for True Panther: melodies sweet enough for radio buried under production that keeps threatening to fall apart, funnier than most records this maximal manage to be. Limited blue pressing with a poster, out this Friday. Grab Sister on blue vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Limited blue pressing with poster, out October 2
• Hyperpop chaos with real songs underneath
• The loudest sibling act going

Johnny Marr - The Age of Everything (Indie Exclusive Red Color) Vinyl LP

Johnny Marr calls his fifth solo album the most cathartic he has made: written in London, road-tested across North America, recorded in Manchester, and carrying that city's energy, sharp, fast, and full of possibility. The lead single "Spin" opens it at full tilt, "It's Time" follows, and the red pressing is the indie exclusive. Out this Friday. Order The Age of Everything on red vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Red pressing only at independent record stores
• Lead single "Spin" opens the album
• The most urgent Marr record in years, out October 2

Johnny Marr - The Age of Everything CD

The CD edition runs the ten tracks straight through, "Spin" to "All in a Life," a record about a culture overwhelmed by technology, played with a sense of possibility. Grab The Age of Everything on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• All ten tracks in a budget-friendly format
• Includes "Spin" and "It's Time"
• Easy add toward the automatic 10% off 4+ new albums

Johnny Marr - The Age of Everything Vinyl LP

The standard pressing of The Age of Everything delivers Manchester's guitar architect at speed: "Beyond the Rain," "Ophelia," and "Fire with Fire" built from the riffs a generation learned to play from. Pick up The Age of Everything on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The fifth solo album on standard black, out October 2
• Written in London, forged on the road
• Jangle's originator, still restless

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Skull X-Ray (Deluxe Edition) (X-Ray Picture Disc) Vinyl LP

The conversation piece of the fall holds its spot: King Gizzard's Bootlegger Series homage to Soviet bone music, seven live cuts from their 2025 Field of Vision festival pressed onto a one-sided picture disc of a skull with a nail in the temple. Between this and the Goblin re-recording above, the October wall is dressing itself for Halloween early. Order Skull X-Ray on picture disc.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• One-sided x-ray picture disc from the Bootlegger Series
• I'm In Your Mind Fuzz and Polygondwanaland cuts, live
• The most-photographed record in the shop right now

KNEECAP - 3CAG Vinyl LP

The first pressing of KNEECAP's 2018 debut keeps moving on film momentum: Irish-language rap with punk in its blood, the raw origin story before the festival headline slots. If last week's write-up sent you here and the wall was picked over, more made it into the racks. Grab 3CAG on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The debut's first-ever vinyl pressing, imported
• Belfast wit over hip-hop, dance, and punk energy
• The origin story behind the film

Larry June - Who Coppin (Limited Clear & Orange Splatter Color) Vinyl LP

Larry June has built an entire aesthetic out of orange juice, early mornings, and staying unbothered, and Who Coppin keeps him where he works best: unhurried delivery over warm, expensive-sounding production, business advice dropped between bars like it costs nothing. The clear and orange splatter is the limited pressing, and the colorway is obviously correct. Pick up Who Coppin on orange splatter vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Limited clear and orange splatter pressing
• The title track single has been in rotation since January
• Numbers-focused calm from the Bay's smoothest

Larry June - Who Coppin Vinyl LP

The standard pressing of Who Coppin delivers the same San Francisco of real estate and organic produce: nobody else sounds this relaxed and this focused at the same time. Vinyl lands this Friday. Order Who Coppin on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The standard pressing, in the racks October 2
• Warm production built for morning drives
• Good taste as a business plan

Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (Campari Red Color) Vinyl LP

Now that Happiness Anytime is out in full, the early read holds: the Jungle-produced fifth album really is the loosest Leon Bridges has ever sounded, Afrobeat and Brazilian rhythm folded into coastal soul. The Campari red indie pressing has been the fastest mover of the two. Grab Happiness Anytime on Campari red vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Campari red pressing only at independent record stores
• Produced with Jungle's J. Lloyd and Lydia Kitto
• The full album now streaming everywhere, wax here

Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime (White Sand Color) Vinyl LP

The white sand pressing keeps the beach-morning palette: music for any mood, built to transport you somewhere warm, with "Your Love Is Electric" leading the program. Order Happiness Anytime on white sand vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• White sand pressing of the fifth album
• Fela, Brazil, disco, and soul in one sweep
• Pairs with Jungle's own Sunshine still in the racks

Logg - Logg (180g) Vinyl LP

Leroy Burgess had already shaped boogie as a writer and arranger for Black Ivory and Phreek before cutting this one under his own project name, and Logg is the peak: six tracks of breezy synths, funk-drenched bass, and gospel-derived harmony. "Dancing Into The Stars" and "I Know You Will" have lived in serious DJ crates for forty years. Be With's 180g reissue, mastered by Simon Francis, imported. Pick up Logg on 180g vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The boogie holy grail on 180g, imported
• "Dancing Into The Stars" at the source
• Leroy Burgess at his absolute peak

New Found Glory - Sticks & Stones Vinyl LP

Sticks & Stones took New Found Glory out of the Coral Springs basement circuit for good: Neal Avron's polish suits them, Jordan Pundik's yelp riding high while the guitars stay fast and bright. "My Friends Over You" is the one everybody knows; "Head On Collision" and "Sonny" are where the writing deepens into heartbreak at double time. Back on vinyl this Friday. Order Sticks & Stones on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 2002 pop-punk landmark, out October 2
• "My Friends Over You" at proper volume
• Heartbreak played at double time

NOFX - 40 Years of Fuckin' Up: Soundtrack (Pink Color) Vinyl LP

Four decades of NOFX condensed into fifteen songs for the band's own documentary: two brand-new tracks, including "We Did It Our Way," written as the last NOFX song meant to be played live, plus six rare and unreleased recordings, a "La Bamba" cover, and live takes of "Linoleum" and "NOFX." Tokyo Hiro cover art, pink vinyl, on the label they built themselves. Grab the 40 Years soundtrack on pink vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Two new songs including the intended live farewell
• Six rare and unreleased recordings on pink wax
• The documentary companion on Fat Wreck Chords

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (20th Anniversary Canary Yellow & Apple Red Color) Vinyl LP

Stadium Arcadium is the Chili Peppers with the tap fully open: twenty-eight songs they refused to cut, John Frusciante in a new gear with no intention of leaving it, "Dani California" and "Snow (Hey Oh)" carrying the radio while the deep cuts reward the long haul. The 20th anniversary edition spreads it across four LPs on canary yellow and apple red, out this Friday. Pick up Stadium Arcadium on canary yellow and apple red vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• 20th anniversary 4LP on canary yellow and apple red
• All twenty-eight songs, nothing trimmed
• Frusciante's deepest run on record

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (Indie Exclusive 20th Anniversary Brown Smoke & Orange Smoke Color) Vinyl LP

The independent record store edition of the anniversary set dresses the double album in brown smoke and orange smoke, four LPs of Flea and Chad Smith doing their best work in the corners. Order Stadium Arcadium on smoke vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Smoke colorways only at independent record stores
• The 2006 double album at twenty, out October 2
• The rhythm section's finest hour, all four sides deep

Slayyyter - Starfucker (Deluxe Gold Color) Vinyl LP

Slayyyter's satirical run at Hollywood from inside the fantasy gets the deluxe treatment: the eighties-leaning electropop of "I Love Hollywood!," "Miss Belladonna," and "Erotic Electronic" expanded to fifteen tracks with three new songs worked into the running order, on gold vinyl, out this Friday. Grab Starfucker deluxe on gold vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The deluxe edition with three new songs, out October 2
• Vicious and vulnerable electropop in one breath
• Gold vinyl for the starlet fantasy

Slayyyter - Starfucker (Deluxe Indie Exclusive Red & Pink Color) Vinyl LP

The red and pink pressing is the independent record store cut of the deluxe: fame, femme fatales, and celebrity obsession from the strut of the opener to the closing ache of "Out of Time." Pick up Starfucker deluxe on red and pink vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Red and pink pressing only at independent record stores
• Fifteen tracks including the three new additions
• Madeon's "Fire Away" collaborator, solo at full wattage

Susana Estrada - The Sexadelic Disco-Funk Sound Of... CD

Susana Estrada was one of the defining faces of Spain's Transition years, and her records caught the country's new freedoms in sound. This Espacial Discos set gathers most of 1981's Amor y Libertad, produced by cosmic disco pioneer Josep Llobell, plus singles, rare cassette cuts including the spacey seven-minute "Espacial," and the previously unreleased "Tocame," all from the master tapes. The CD carries the full program with liner notes. Order The Sexadelic Disco-Funk Sound Of... on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Italo disco and boogie from post-Franco Spain, imported
• Includes the unreleased "Tocame"
• Easy add toward the automatic 10% off 4+ new albums

Susana Estrada - The Sexadelic Disco-Funk Sound Of... Vinyl LP

On vinyl, the Sexadelic set plays like the Munich sound relocated to Madrid: Llobell's cosmic disco production under a voice that made liberation sound like a party. With an insert of liner notes and rare photos, imported. Grab The Sexadelic Disco-Funk Sound Of... on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Master-tape sourced disco-funk on wax, imported
• Insert with liner notes and rare photos
• A key document of Spain's Transition, danceable

Takao Uematsu - Debut Vinyl LP

Debut is exactly what it says: the first album from tenor saxophonist Takao Uematsu of the George Otsuka Group, his tone and technique directly descended from Joe Henderson, with Otsuka himself on drums and Yoshio Suzuki on bass. Deep-catalog Japanese jazz back in the racks via Great Tracks, imported. Pick up Debut on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1970s J-jazz first statement, imported
• George Otsuka Group pedigree throughout
• Joe Henderson lineage, Tokyo address

The Cyrkle - The Minx (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (White Color) Vinyl LP

The Cyrkle ran off a string of Brian Epstein-managed pop hits, then scored a film in 1967, and The Minx turns out to suit them better than anyone guessed: three-part harmonies and breezy arrangements applied to a soundtrack brief, pop-psych with real craft under it. Cut from the master reels with the band's participation, on white vinyl with bonus tracks, extensive notes, and a DVD of the feature. Order The Minx on white vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1967 pop-psych soundtrack from the master reels
• Bonus tracks, notes, and the film on DVD
• Epstein-era craft, same week as the Rubber Soul wave

The Marias - Submarine (Indie Exclusive Half Clear/Half Sea Blue Color) Vinyl LP

Submarine gets an anniversary pressing worthy of its mood: The Marias' hazy 2024 breakup record, "No One Noticed" and "Run Your Mouth" dissolving heartbreak into bilingual dream pop, now on a half clear, half sea blue colorway with new alternate cover art, limited to independent record stores. Grab Submarine on half clear and sea blue vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Anniversary colorway only at independent record stores
• New alternate cover art on the pressing
• "No One Noticed" in its natural element

The New York Disco Orchestra - Reverie Vinyl LP

Reverie barely existed: first issued in 1978 as a promo in a blank sleeve on the band's own label, with copies now close to unfindable. Mostly instrumental, its string and keyboard arrangements sit comfortably next to the Love Unlimited Orchestra, with a Vako Orchestron on one track and fuzz guitar where you least expect it. "It's True" remains the rare-groove pick, and the new artwork follows the band's own unfinished plan. Pick up Reverie on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• A 1978 private press rescued from blank-sleeve obscurity
• Lavish disco strings with fuzz guitar surprises
• "It's True" for the rare-groove crates

Tinashe - Popstar (Gray Marble Color) Vinyl LP

Popstar closes the trilogy Tinashe started with BB/Ang3l and continued on Quantum Baby: sixteen songs pushing her R&B deep into pop and dance territory, sleek and club-ready from the first track, with the singles "Too Easy," "Crash Out," and "Melatonin" setting the tone. She carries the whole record herself, no features required. Gray marble pressing. Order Popstar on gray marble vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The trilogy closer on gray marble vinyl
• Five singles already in rotation
• Sixteen tracks, zero features, full command

Various - Contra-ICE Vol. 1: Ice Out (Orange & Blue Color) Vinyl LP

A benefit compilation curated by DJ Dali gathering over thirty artists across music, spoken word, and comedy around immigrant rights: Ozomatli, Kathleen Hanna with Ad-Rock, Tom Morello, Fishbone, Money Mark, David J, and Jello Biafra all contribute, with proceeds going to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Union del Barrio. On orange and blue vinyl with a download card. Grab Contra-ICE Vol. 1 on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Thirty-plus artists from Morello to Kathleen Hanna
• Proceeds benefit two LA community organizations
• Orange and blue pressing with download card

Various - Contra-ICE Vol. 1: Ice Out CD

The CD edition of the benefit carries the same sprawling program, music beside spoken word beside comedy, in the format that fits a glovebox. Out this Friday. Order Contra-ICE Vol. 1 on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The full compilation in a budget-friendly format
• Fred Armisen and Jello Biafra on one disc
• Every copy supports the named organizations

Various - Lex XX (Limited Edition 180g) Vinyl LP

Lex Records turned twenty and handed its catalog to other people: Boards of Canada, Kevin Shields, DJ Premier, Madlib, Stereolab, King Krule, and Thom Yorke each reinterpret key tracks, with source material running from Danger Mouse and Jemini to Prince Po and MF DOOM. Three 180g LPs in a triple gatefold with a hard slipcase, a spiral-bound book, and an etched F-side. Out this Friday. Pick up Lex XX on 180g 3LP.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Boards of Canada, Shields, and Premier rework the catalog
• Slipcase, spiral-bound book, and etched F-side
• Twenty years of Lex, rebuilt by its admirers

Various - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Vinyl LP Box Set

The Breath of the Wild box holds its place as the season's statement gift: eight heavyweight LPs, nearly four hours of score, the first Nintendo soundtrack commercially pressed outside Japan, in a rigid dual slipcase with archival artwork. With Eternal Calm landing above, the VGM shelf is having a serious week. Order the Breath of the Wild 8LP box.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Eight LPs and nearly four hours of score
• The first Nintendo soundtrack on vinyl outside Japan
• The gift-shelf anchor as the holidays approach

Victoria Monét - Frequency of Love (Indie Exclusive Cream Marble Blend Color) Vinyl LP

Victoria Monet spent years writing hits for other people, and her second album stretches that craft across twenty-two tracks: R&B pulled toward old-cinema romance and the dance floor at once, with the Kaytranada and D'Mile produced lead single "Reach Out" already out and "Let Me" setting the tone beside it. The follow-up to Jaguar II plays like an artist with nothing left to prove. Cream marble blend, indie exclusive, out this Friday. Grab Frequency of Love on cream marble vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Cream marble pressing only at independent record stores
• Lead single "Reach Out," Kaytranada and D'Mile produced
• Twenty-two tracks of pen-first R&B, out October 2

Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Indie Exclusive Pink Jelly Bean Color) Vinyl LP

The warmest of the Peanuts scores joins the holiday shelf right on schedule: the Thanksgiving main theme ambles, "Little Birdie" gives Guaraldi a rare vocal turn, and "Linus and Lucy" shows up because it always does. Loose, unhurried trio jazz from a working San Francisco pianist who happened to be scoring cartoons, on pink jelly bean vinyl, out this Friday. Pick up A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on pink jelly bean vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Pink jelly bean pressing only at independent record stores
• "Little Birdie" features Guaraldi's own voice
• November-you will be grateful in eight weeks

Xiu Xiu - La Foret (Jade Eco-Mix Color) Vinyl LP

La Foret keeps unsettling people a week into its return: the 2005 album's first vinyl pressing in fifteen years, post-punk, gamelan, and noise knotted around Jamie Stewart's songs until love and fear stop being separable. It fits October better than it fit September. Order La Foret on jade vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• First vinyl pressing in fifteen years
• Harsh and beautiful in the same breath
• The right record for the season turning dark

That's the week: the canon remixed, re-recorded, and reinterpreted, with enough new voices to keep the racks honest. Come flip through it all at 4 Thacher St in the North End, or shop the full October 2, 2026 collection online. Four or more new albums takes 10% off automatically at checkout.

It's all in GOOD TASTE.