New Album Releases & Arrivals September 18, 2026

This Friday is about names and what people do with them. Miley drops her surname for her tenth album. Orville Peck puts the story behind the mask on record, telling a year of collapse and recovery in order. Beck calls his old Sea Change band back into the room. And Chance The Rapper finally lets Coloring Book exist as a physical object, a decade of waiting answered in gold vinyl.

Around them: beabadoobee at her heaviest, Carly Rae Jepsen with a literal double album, Endtroducing turning thirty, all three Hole studio albums on 180g at once, and a Drive soundtrack trilogy in matching splatter. The deep end runs from Japanese heavy psych to Studio One dubplates nobody was ever supposed to own.

Here's everything landing September 18, alphabetized so you can find your artist fast. Shop the full September 18, 2026 collection here.

Agent Orange - Living In Darkness Vinyl LP

Agent Orange got there first: a Placentia trio running surf guitar straight into hardcore when nobody else was trying it. Mike Palm, Steve Soto, and Scott Miller demoed "Bloodstains" in 1979 and cut this Posh Boy debut in 1981 at a North Hollywood storefront studio, with "Everything Turns Grey" and a genuinely unhinged "Miserlou" holding it together. This Radiation reissue adds five bonus tracks. Pick up Living In Darkness on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1981 surf-punk blueprint with five bonus tracks, imported
• Home of "Bloodstains" and "Everything Turns Grey"
• The record skate punk has been quoting for forty years

beabadoobee - Pylon (Indie Exclusive Oyster Color) Vinyl LP

beabadoobee goes heavy on Pylon, out this Friday, and the oyster pressing is the independent record store exclusive. Written on the road, the fourth album channels classic grunge, Midwest emo, and 90s radio rock, with Hayley Williams on "Nothing to Prove," Turnstile's Brendan Yates on "Powerlines," and Chino Moreno in the credits. The lead single "Sun Has Set" is her loudest statement yet. Order Pylon on oyster vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Oyster pressing only at independent record stores
• Guests include Hayley Williams and Brendan Yates
• Her heaviest, most direct record, out September 18

beabadoobee - Pylon (Sea Foam Green Color) Vinyl LP

The sea foam green pressing of Pylon comes with a foldout poster, fourteen tracks running from the title cut through "Sun Has Set" to the closer "Satellite," ahead of her first arena tour with stops at Madison Square Garden and the Kia Forum. Grab Pylon on sea foam green vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Sea foam green pressing with foldout poster
• Fourteen tracks written between tours
• Matty Healy and George Daniel produce "Write Me a Letter"

Beck - Ride Lonesome (Indie Exclusive Vintage Green Color) Vinyl LP

Beck's fifteenth album arrives this Friday, his first since 2019, and the vintage green pressing is the indie exclusive. Ride Lonesome reunites the band from Sea Change and Morning Phase: Smokey Hormel, Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Manning Jr., and Jason Falkner, with Nigel Godrich mixing. Hushed, guitar-forward, and built where his most durable songs live. Pick up Ride Lonesome on vintage green vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Vintage green pressing only at independent record stores
• The Sea Change band, back in one room
• First album in seven years, out September 18

Beck - Ride Lonesome Vinyl LP

The standard pressing of Ride Lonesome carries the twelve songs straight: the title track that opened the rollout, "In the Night," and "Disappearing Act," all cut live-in-a-room at United Studios in Hollywood and mixed by Nigel Godrich. Order Ride Lonesome on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Twelve songs from the reunion sessions, out September 18
• Singles include "Ride Lonesome" and "In the Night"
• The quiet Beck, which is the one that lasts

Carly Rae Jepsen - Day & Night (Apple Red Color) Vinyl LP

Day & Night is a double album in the literal sense: twenty-four songs in two halves that behave differently. Day is organic and live, with a seventies psych-pop streak through "After All" and "Versailles"; Night is sleek, synth-driven, and aimed at the floor, where "Don't Leave Me On The Dance Floor" lives. Two LPs on apple red, out this Friday. Grab Day & Night on apple red vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Twenty-four songs across a true double album, out September 18
• One half live and psychedelic, one half pure floor
• Written across two years of touring

Carly Rae Jepsen - Day & Night (Indie Exclusive Translucent Forest Green Color) Vinyl LP

The translucent forest green pressing of Day & Night is the independent record store edition of the two-sided experiment, written with Tavish Crowe, Kyle Shearer, Nate Cyphert, and Cole M.G.N. Pick up Day & Night on translucent forest green vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Translucent forest green, only at independent record stores
• The Day half and Night half on their own LPs
• Pop's most devoted craftsperson at full stretch

Cassius - 1999 Vinyl LP

Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass came out of French hip-hop, years deep in MC Solaar's camp, and that grounding is all over 1999. Arriving while Daft Punk and Air were exporting French touch worldwide, Cassius pushed it rawer: filtered disco loops, hard drum programming, the title track's siren hook running down the middle. Sixteen tracks on gatefold 2LP with a CD tucked inside, a 2026 repress, imported. Order 1999 on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The French touch debut on gatefold 2LP plus CD, imported
• Filtered disco with hip-hop hands on the drums
• Pairs with the Stardust reissue from two weeks back

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (Deluxe Gold Color) Vinyl LP

A decade of waiting ends: Coloring Book gets its first proper deluxe pressing, fourteen tracks across two gold LPs. The 2016 mixtape brought gospel choirs, brass, and Chicago church joy into rap when nobody else was, with Kanye West, Kirk Franklin, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Jamila Woods, and the Chicago Children's Choir passing through. "No Problem" and "Blessings" still sound like Sunday morning with the windows down. Grab Coloring Book on deluxe gold vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The first official pressing in years, out September 18
• All fourteen tracks across two gold LPs
• The mixtape that put gospel back in rap's front row

Cliff Martinez - Drive (Original Soundtrack) (Clear & Gold Splatter Color) Vinyl LP

Cliff Martinez scored Drive with a synth palette that owes as much to Tangerine Dream as to 2011: cold arpeggios and long held tones under a driver who barely speaks. With the Kavinsky, College, Desire, and Chromatics songs sitting around his cues, the soundtrack did as much as the direction to turn a neo-noir into a cultural object. Two LPs on clear and gold splatter, out this Friday. Pick up the Drive soundtrack on clear and gold splatter vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The full 2011 soundtrack on 2LP splatter, out September 18
• Kavinsky, College, Desire, and Chromatics around the score
• The synthwave gateway record, dressed for the wall

Cliff Martinez - Drive 10 (Original Soundtrack) (Clear & Gold Splatter Color) Vinyl LP

Drive 10 is the ten-year edition of the soundtrack in the same clear and gold splatter treatment, the anniversary companion for the completist shelf. Order Drive 10 on clear and gold splatter vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The ten-year anniversary edition in matching splatter
• Martinez's cold arpeggios, a decade sharper
• One of three Drive pressings landing at once

Cliff Martinez - Drive 5 (Original Soundtrack) (Clear & Gold Splatter Color) Vinyl LP

Drive 5 rounds out the trilogy: the five-year edition of the score in the same matching splatter pressing, so the scorpion jacket crowd can pick a lane or take all three. Grab Drive 5 on clear and gold splatter vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The five-year anniversary edition in matching splatter
• Completes the three-pressing Drive set
• Two LPs of neon-lit night driving

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (30th Anniversary) Vinyl LP

Josh Davis built Endtroducing in 1996 out of nothing but records, mostly dug from the basement of a Sacramento shop, and it still sounds like a film nobody made. "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt" opens a hole in the floor, "Midnight in a Perfect World" hangs there, "Organ Donor" refuses to leave. Thirty years on, every producer who treats a sampler as a composing tool is working downstream of it. Anniversary 2LP. Pick up Endtroducing at thirty.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 30th anniversary 2LP of the sampler masterpiece
• Built entirely from dug records, still unmatched
• Pairs with the crate-digging half of our hip-hop wall

Dollar Brand, Don Cherry & Carlos Ward - Third World Underground Vinyl LP

Third World Underground holds over from last week's wave for anyone who missed it: the 1974 Tokyo live date released only in Japan, three years before Dollar Brand became Abdullah Ibrahim, with Don Cherry's pocket trumpet and Carlos Ward's alto in trio flight. Wewantsounds' first-ever reissue keeps the original artwork. Order Third World Underground on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• First reissue of the Japan-only 1974 session
• Township melody into free flight, no seams forced
• One of the hardest Dollar Brand records to find, findable

Enlightment - Faith Is the Key (Indie Exclusive Sunglow Color) Vinyl LP

The week's second chance at the grail: Faith Is the Key, the 1984 DC gospel-funk album that earned national radio play and then vanished when its distributor and pressing plant both folded. Collectors have paid four figures for survivors; Nature Sounds' sunglow indie pressing costs considerably less and adds liner notes and rare photos. Grab Faith Is the Key on sunglow vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The four-figure gospel-funk grail, properly released
• Sunglow pressing only at independent record stores
• Nine tracks of disco-lit DC gospel boogie

Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Blue Color) Vinyl LP

Here Because of Hope stays front-rack after its street date last week: Ezra Collective's three-movement journey from West Africa through the Caribbean home to London, with Letitia Wright reading the interludes and Pa Salieu, Lila Ike, Leona Lewis, and Libianca across seventeen tracks. On blue vinyl, and moving fast. Pick up Here Because of Hope on blue vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The fourth album's three-movement sweep on blue vinyl
• Letitia Wright narrates between the horns
• London jazz at maximum joy

Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Vinyl LP

Satori is five parts of one continuous piece, and nothing else from 1971 sounds like it. Flower Travellin' Band ran hard rock and psychedelia into traditional Eastern modes, Joe Yamanaka's voice riding extended guitar passages while the rhythm section never lets the tension drop. Ahead of the Western heavy rock it borrowed from, and quietly foundational for every stoner and doom band that found it later. Munster reissue with insert, imported, out this Friday. Order Satori on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1971 Japanese heavy psych monument, out September 18
• Five movements, one unbroken trip
• The secret source doom bands have worked from for decades

Haruomi Hosono - Yours Sincerely (Mothership Color) Vinyl LP

Hosono's Yours Sincerely holds its spot from street week, and the Mothership pressing remains the chaser's pick: the 23rd album and first new music in over seven years from the YMO and Happy End co-founder, moving through tender psych-folk and bubbling avant pop at 78. Grab Yours Sincerely on Mothership vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Mothership pressing of the seven-year return, imported
• The architect half of modern pop cites, still exploring
• Pairs with the Sumiko Yamagata album he wrote for, below

Haruomi Hosono - Yours Sincerely Vinyl LP

The standard black pressing of Yours Sincerely carries Hosono's late-career renaissance straight, exploratory songcraft from the figure cited by everyone from Mac DeMarco to Tyler, the Creator. Pick up Yours Sincerely on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Standard pressing of the 23rd album, imported
• Psych-folk and avant pop in one late masterwork
• A living root system for a hundred family trees

Hiroshi Sato - Aqua (Transparent Aqua Blue Color) Vinyl LP

Aqua keeps floating off the shelf: Hiroshi Sato at his most weightless, the 1988 album of glassy keyboards and air-filled arrangements, cut by Bernie Grundman on transparent aqua blue. A summer record and a late-night record without changing a note. Order Aqua on transparent aqua blue vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1988 city pop deep end, Grundman-cut, imported
• Glassy, spacious, endlessly replayable
• Sato also wrote for the Sumiko Yamagata album below

Hiroshi Sato - Future File (Clear Blue Color) Vinyl LP

Future File stays in the wave: Sato's 1987 session with the LA cavalry, John Robinson, Paul Jackson Jr., and Nathan East giving his keyboards a polished West Coast snap. City pop and American studio fusion speaking the same language, Grundman-cut on clear blue. Grab Future File on clear blue vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1987 album with an all-star LA crew, imported
• Nathan East and Paul Jackson Jr. in the pocket
• Clear blue pressing, lacquers by Bernie Grundman

Hole - Celebrity Skin (180g) Vinyl LP

The Hole catalog lands in one wave, and Celebrity Skin is its polished peak: the 1998 California record where Courtney Love traded rawness for chrome without losing the teeth. The title track and "Malibu" made the band radio-huge on their own terms. On 180g. Pick up Celebrity Skin on 180g vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1998 California statement on 180g
• Includes "Celebrity Skin" and "Malibu"
• One of three Hole studio albums landing at once

Hole - Live Through This (180g) Vinyl LP

Live Through This is the center of the catalog: the 1994 album where fury and melody finally fused, "Violet," "Doll Parts," and "Miss World" carrying some of the decade's sharpest writing about being looked at. On 180g, and the one to start with. Order Live Through This on 180g vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1994 landmark on 180g
• "Violet," "Doll Parts," and "Miss World" in sequence
• The essential entry in this week's Hole wave

Hole - Pretty On The Inside (180g) Vinyl LP

Pretty On The Inside is where it started: the abrasive 1991 debut, all scraped-throat noise rock and deliberate ugliness, the sound of a band clearing ground before building anything on it. On 180g for the completists and the brave. Grab Pretty On The Inside on 180g vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The raw 1991 debut on 180g
• Noise rock before the hooks arrived
• Completes the three-album studio run in the racks

Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media - Funky Stuff (Clear Color) Vinyl LP

Funky Stuff returns on clear vinyl: the 1975 Nippon Columbia session that stands as Japanese jazz-funk's most reliable gateway, opening with a Kool & the Gang cover and staying in the pocket from there. Saxophonist Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media at their tightest, restocked while the J-jazz shelf runs deep this month. Pick up Funky Stuff on clear vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1975 Japanese jazz-funk cornerstone on clear vinyl
• Opens with a Kool & the Gang cover and never lets up
• The gateway record for the whole J-jazz section

Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System - Super Ape Returns to Conquer (Red Color) Vinyl LP

In 1976 Lee "Scratch" Perry turned the mixing desk into an instrument on Super Ape. Four decades later he cut the album again with Subatomic Sound System, live and analog, voice out front and Black Ark spirit intact across "Zion's Blood," "Dread Lion," and "Chase the Devil." A re-recording rather than a remix, which is exactly the kind of thing Perry would do. Red vinyl, imported. Order Super Ape Returns to Conquer on red vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Perry re-recording his own masterpiece, live and analog
• "Chase the Devil" and "War Ina Babylon" reborn
• Red vinyl anchor for this week's dub corner

Luminist - From the Depths of Zebes: Metroid Resynthesized (Green Ripple Color) Vinyl LP

From the Depths of Zebes keeps its cult momentum: Luminist's synth reimagining of the Metroid score, all cavernous ambience and slow-blooming arpeggios, on green ripple vinyl. The rare VGM record that works as a pure ambient album for listeners who never held a controller. Grab From the Depths of Zebes on green ripple vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The Metroid resynthesis on green ripple vinyl
• Works as ambient music, no nostalgia required
• A sleeper favorite of the VGM shelf all summer

Miley - Bass Persuades (Indie Exclusive Apple Color) Vinyl LP

The surname is gone and the guitars are up front: Miley's tenth album Bass Persuades arrives this Friday, her first for Atlantic, and the apple pressing is the independent record store exclusive. Ten songs threaded through a love story, fuzz pushed near the front, Model/Actriz appearing on "Different Religion" and Andrew Wyatt in the credits, with the title track already out as the lead single. Pick up Bass Persuades on apple vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Apple pressing only at independent record stores
• The mononym era begins, out September 18
• Model/Actriz guest on "Different Religion"

Miley - Bass Persuades Vinyl LP

The standard pressing of Bass Persuades delivers the ten-song love story straight, dance-pop with an electric guitar snarl and a spoken-word swagger, ahead of her two Hollywood Bowl nights in October. Order Bass Persuades on standard vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The tenth album on standard black, out September 18
• The title track single is already everywhere
• First release of the Atlantic era

Miley - Bass Persuades CD

Bass Persuades on CD runs the album's love story in one unbroken sitting, the format for the car this record was built to soundtrack. Grab Bass Persuades on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The complete album in a budget-friendly format
• Ten songs, one thread, no flipping
• Easy add toward the automatic 10% off 4+ new albums

Miley - Bass Persuades Cassette

The cassette closes the Bass Persuades format run: fuzzed-up dance-pop with tape saturation baked in, pocket-sized for the era it winks at. Pick up Bass Persuades on cassette.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The tenth album on tape, out September 18
• Format nostalgia that suits the synth snarl
• Completes the four-format sweep

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Vinyl LP

Loveless is back on the wall: the 1991 album that bent guitars into weather, "Only Shallow" and "Soon" still swallowing rooms whole, Kevin Shields' glide guitar still unexplained. Every restock of the Domino pressing goes quickly, which after thirty-five years is its own review. Order Loveless on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The shoegaze summit, restocked on the Domino pressing
• "Only Shallow" through "Soon," no skips exist
• The record every pedalboard is still chasing

Orville Peck - Mule (Indie Exclusive Tan Translucent Color) Vinyl LP

Orville Peck's Mule arrives this Friday, and it's his most personal record by design: a chronological account of a year of addiction, sobriety, and rebuilding, told through classic country, bluegrass, and Americana. Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus, and Allison Russell sing his would-be eulogy on the opening prologue, and the lead single "Too Little, Too Late" dances the redemptive back half home. Tan translucent, indie exclusive. Grab Mule on tan translucent vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Tan translucent pressing only at independent record stores
• Emmylou Harris opens it; "Too Little, Too Late" closes the deal
• His bravest record, out September 18

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - A ? Of When Vinyl LP

The second album from Noah Lennox and Peter Kember keeps Reset's sense of play and rebuilds it from new materials: harp loops, sequenced steel drum, webs of pedal steel, a few bars of mariachi. "Something Like Dreaming" is pastoral psychedelia; "Like a Moth to a Flame" sways like Wall of Sound soul. Ten songs about online exhaustion and the case for grace, with download card. Pick up A ? Of When on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The Reset follow-up, built from harp and steel drum
• Psychedelic pop with real warmth underneath
• Includes a digital download card

Redman - Whut? Thee Album Vinyl LP

Whut? Thee Album returns to the racks: Redman's 1992 Def Jam debut, funk-soaked and unhinged in the best way, "Time 4 Sum Aksion" and "Blow Your Mind" announcing Newark's loudest new voice. The fruit punch indie pressing suits a record this loose-limbed. Order Whut? Thee Album on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1992 debut on fruit punch indie vinyl
• Includes "Time 4 Sum Aksion" and "Blow Your Mind"
• Funk Doctor Spock, first dose

Scientist - Introducing Scientist: The Best Dub Album in the World Vinyl LP

Hopeton Brown was a teenager when King Tubby hired him, and within a few years he'd inherited the throne. His 1980 debut earns the title on the sleeve: Sly and Robbie rhythms cut at Channel One, mixed at Tubby's, all hypnotic basslines and start-stop drops that keep pulling the floor away. "Steppers" opens like someone who already knew exactly what he was doing. Superior Viaduct repress. Grab Introducing Scientist on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1980 debut that backed up its own title
• Sly and Robbie at Channel One, mixed at Tubby's
• The dub corner's cornerstone this week

She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge Vinyl LP

The self-titled debut keeps selling through its return: She Wants Revenge's 2006 darkwave statement, "Tear You Apart" and "These Things" running Joy Division bass through LA club pressure. Back on vinyl after years of secondhand prices nobody enjoyed paying. Pick up She Wants Revenge on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 2006 darkwave debut, back in print
• "Tear You Apart" and "These Things" at proper volume
• The dance-floor goth record that never left rotation

Soul Jazz Records presents - Studio One Dub Plate Special Vinyl LP

Studio One Dub Plate Special gathers ten tracks almost nobody got to hear: hand-etched, one-sided dubplates cut in tiny numbers that vanished as fast as they appeared. Eight come from a long out-of-print 7" box, joined by two previously unreleased alternates, with Alton Ellis's righteous "Black People" and the Brentford All Stars reworking War's "The World Is A Ghetto." Order Studio One Dub Plate Special on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Ten dubplate-only cuts, two previously unreleased
• Alton Ellis and Jacob Miller in the deep end
• One of the deepest Studio One sets Soul Jazz has built

Standing On The Corner - SOTC II Vinyl LP

SOTC II keeps its momentum from street week: Gio Escobar's Brooklyn collective on XL, fifteen tracks moving through fried psychedelia, no-wave rap, doo-wop, salsa, and post-hardcore without explaining the seams, with guests from Sonia Sanchez and Solange to Danny Brown and Styles P. Grab SOTC II on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The XL debut, still the week's wildest ride
• Solange, Danny Brown, and Styles P pass through
• New York avant music with total conviction

Sumiko Yamagata - Flying (Clear Blue Sky Color) Vinyl LP

Flying is a Tin Pan Alley family affair: Takashi Matsumoto produced, Shigeru Suzuki directed the sound, and the songs come from Haruomi Hosono, Hiroshi Sato, and Ginji Ito, with the circle's top players grooving underneath Sumiko Yamagata's pure, clear voice. With new Hosono and two Sato reissues in the same drop, this is the week to hear the whole family tree at once. On clear blue sky vinyl, imported. Pick up Flying on clear blue sky vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Songs by Hosono, Sato, and Ito in one place, imported
• The Tin Pan Alley groove machine at full strength
• Clear blue sky pressing matched to the title

The Milky Way - Summer-Time Love Song Vinyl LP

Makoto Matsushita produced Summer-Time Love Song in 1979, two years before First Light, and you can hear him working out the ideas that would define that record. Cut for Seven Seas with the cream of Tokyo's session scene including Yasuaki Shimizu, it drifts through AOR, fusion, funk, and bossa, reading Jobim's "Wave" and Boz Scaggs's "Harbor Lights" in the same relaxed register. First official reissue, remastered with obi and booklet, imported. Order Summer-Time Love Song on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• First-ever official reissue of the 1979 Japan-only set
• Matsushita's pre-First Light blueprint, remastered
• Obi strip and four-page booklet included

The Simpsons - Songs in the Key of Springfield (Original Music from the Television Series) Vinyl LP

Songs in the Key of Springfield holds its rack space as the sleeper hit of the month: the deluxe 2LP of the show's musical peaks, main title through the Monorail and Stonecutters songs. Still the fastest way to take over an evening. Grab Songs in the Key of Springfield on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Deluxe 2LP of the definitive Simpsons collection
• The Monorail Song on wax, finally
• Guaranteed party detour for a certain generation

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Shapes of Midnight (Indie Exclusive Purple Opaque Color) Vinyl LP

Uncle Acid swing back to guitars: Shapes of Midnight is a macabre concept record drawing on Poe's Masque of the Red Death, tracked live to tape at Abbey Road through 1960s EMI desks. Eight songs of what the band calls the Evil Beatles sound: downtuned fuzz, two-part harmonies, Thin Lizzy twin leads, and paperback horror, with "House by the Grave" and "When Evil Wakes" leading. Purple opaque for North America, out this Friday. Pick up Shapes of Midnight on purple opaque vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Purple opaque pressing only at independent record stores
• Poe concept album cut live to tape at Abbey Road
• The Evil Beatles sound, back on guitars, imported

Various - Central Asian Synthesizers Cassette

Uzbek music archaeologist qorakitobchi spent years unearthing the forgotten sounds of Central Asia, and this mixtape collects the synth-pop, disco, and electronics that bloomed there through the 80s and 90s: Soviet modernity, local tradition, and cheap new synthesizers colliding into a vision of the future nobody else had. From Uzbek disco to Tajik synth-pop, on cassette, which is exactly right. Order Central Asian Synthesizers on cassette.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• A window into a scene still largely unheard, imported
• Drawn from rare records and private archives
• The mixtape format matches the material

Various - Final Fantasy Tactics (Original Soundtrack) CD

Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata scored Final Fantasy Tactics in 1997 with a full orchestral palette squeezed through PlayStation hardware, and the strain is part of the magic: martial brass, church organ, and battle themes between a war film and a chess match. This Japanese two-disc edition carries the complete score, the high-water mark for both composers. Grab the Final Fantasy Tactics soundtrack on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The complete 1997 score across two discs, imported
• Sakimoto and Iwata at their peak
• The deep companion to the vinyl selection below

Various - Final Fantasy Tactics Best Selection (Original Soundtrack) Vinyl LP

The Best Selection LP distills the Tactics score to its essentials for the turntable: the martial brass and battle themes that made the 1997 soundtrack a quiet legend, pressed by Square Enix. The right entry point if two discs feels like a campaign. Pick up the Tactics Best Selection on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The score's essentials on official Square Enix vinyl
• Battle music that works far from any screen
• Pairs with the complete CD edition above

Various - Final Fantasy VII Remake Original Soundtrack (Special Edit Version) CD

The Special Edit Version of the FFVII Remake soundtrack lands as a Japan import: the reimagined Uematsu themes and new material from the Remake team, curated into a focused listen rather than the full sprawl. Order the FFVII Remake Special Edit soundtrack on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The Remake score in curated form, imported from Japan
• Uematsu's themes rebuilt at full orchestral scale
• The VGM shelf's most requested modern score

Various - Final Fantasy X: House Grooves CD

House Grooves keeps earning double takes: Square Enix's official house flips of the Final Fantasy X songbook, Spira gone four-on-the-floor. The kind of oddity that starts conversations at the counter, restocked alongside three other Final Fantasy titles this week. Grab Final Fantasy X: House Grooves on CD.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Official FFX house remixes, imported from Japan
• The strangest and most fun of the FF wave
• Four Final Fantasy formats land in one drop

Various - Melodies International Presents Ariwa Sounds Vinyl LP

Melodies International turns to Ariwa, the south London studio Mad Professor built in 1979 and ran as a self-contained world: lovers rock, roots, dub, and whatever the desk suggested that day. The double LP digs for the deep cuts, the vocal sides that never travelled, and the dub versions that built the sound system reputation, compiled and remastered with the label's usual care. Pick up Ariwa Sounds on 2LP.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Mad Professor's Ariwa catalog, expertly compiled, imported
• Lovers rock and dub deep cuts across two LPs
• Completes this week's three-record dub corner

Vince Guaraldi - It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown (Magnifying Glass Clear Color) Vinyl LP

It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown keeps charming its way off the wall: Guaraldi's 1974 detective-special score, warm trio swing under Snoopy's World Famous Detective bit, on a magnifying glass clear indie pressing that commits to the joke. Order It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown on magnifying glass clear vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• Magnifying glass clear pressing, only at independent record stores
• The Peanuts songbook's playful deep end
• Real jazz under the cozy melody

Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (60th Anniversary Snowstorm Color) (RSD Essentials) Vinyl LP

The snowstorm pressing of A Charlie Brown Christmas is still the smart early buy: sixty years on, "Linus and Lucy" swings hard and "Christmas Time Is Here" carries real melancholy, a jazz record first and a holiday record second. December-you will be grateful. Grab A Charlie Brown Christmas on snowstorm vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• 60th anniversary snowstorm pressing, RSD Essentials
• The trio score a whole country learned Christmas from
• Beats the December scramble by three months

Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz Vinyl LP

40 Dayz & 40 Nightz brings Xzibit's 1998 second album back to wax: the Likwit Crew affiliate at his hungriest, "What U See Is What U Get" leading a record of gravel-voiced West Coast craft that predates everything television later made of him. Sony Legacy pressing. Pick up 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz on vinyl.

Why it's worth purchasing:

• The 1998 album on official Sony Legacy vinyl
• Includes "What U See Is What U Get"
• West Coast underground craft, pre-fame and hungry

That's the week: new names, old bands back in the room, and a wall of records finally allowed to exist. Come flip through it all at 4 Thacher St in the North End, or shop the full September 18, 2026 collection online. Four or more new albums takes 10% off automatically at checkout.

It's all in GOOD TASTE.