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Various Artists
Wicked: For Good - OST
Republic Records
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| The second installment delivers a sweeping, emotional finale to the global Wicked phenomenon. Showcasing Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in two powerful new Stephen Schwartz originals, it expands the musical’s legacy with cinematic scale and previously unrecorded gems. A lavish, star-driven companion to the film’s climactic chapter. |
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Peter Criss
Peter Criss
Flatiron Recordings
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| Peter Criss finds the Catman clawing back with his most unapologetically rock-driven solo album yet. A founding force of KISS and the voice behind classics like “Beth” and “Hard Luck Woman,” Criss reunites his grit and swagger with heavyweight guests, delivering a fiery return to form worthy of his iconic legacy. |
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Everything But The Girl
The Best Of Everything But The Girl
Chrysalis Records
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| Spanning over forty years from their indie jazz-folk debut, to the acclaimed contemporary electronica, this collection includes the 1995 global dancefloor smash, “Missing” (Todd Terry Remix), hit singles “I Don’t Want To Talk About It,” “Walking Wounded” and “Each And Every One,” and deep evergreen cuts from their pioneering career. |
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Sombr
I Barely Know Her
Warner Records
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| Sombr’s debut captures the dizzy rush of a young artist ascending at warp speed. The New York–born singer, songwriter, and producer channels bedroom-born confessionals into sharply crafted alt-pop, pairing his viral instincts with a deft touch. Intimate, melodic, and emotionally unguarded, it’s a striking statement from a fast-rising talent. |
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Cut Copy
Moments
Cut Copy Touring Pty Ltd
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| Cut Copy’s seventh album, finds the Aussie synth-pop veterans distilling everything they do best into a shimmering, emotionally charged pulse. Echoes of Zonoscope’s widescreen euphoria mingle with Freeze, Melt’s introspective glow, yielding a record that feels both transportive and human. |
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Jonny Greenwood
One Battle After Another - OST
Nonesuch
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| A taut, shape-shifting score that fuses Greenwood’s restless instrumentation with the London Contemporary Orchestra’s cinematic sweep. Piano, guitar, bass, percussion, and ondes Martenot collide in eighteen riveting cues, matching Paul Thomas Anderson’s sharp-edged action comedy with eerie beauty, sly tension, and Greenwood’s unmistakably inventive pulse. |
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Rufus Wainwright
I’m A Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill
Thirty Tigers / Rock and Roll Credit Card Inc
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| Rufus Wainwright takes a lush theatrical dive into Kurt Weill’s restless genius. Channeling cabaret, classical, and jazz shadows, he delivers each song with decadent precision and knowing drama. Backed by the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, he reshapes Weill’s canon into something intimate, grand, and unmistakably his own. |
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Dijon
Baby
Warner Records
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| Baby is a glorious eruption, a maximalist leap from Dijon’s rickety, intimate debut into wild, soul-splintering futurism. Glitch, funk, and bedroom psychedelia collide in ecstatic bursts, each track a dazzling ode to love, fatherhood, and chaos. Bold, disorienting, and fiercely alive, it’s Dijon’s most visionary work yet. |
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Hazbin Hotel
Hazbin Hotel: Season Two - OST
Atlantic
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| With new originals by Sam Haft and Andrew Underberg, Season Two brings a riot of theatrical flair and wicked fun, bursting with new originals. Sung by a powerhouse cast, from Stephanie Beatriz to Darren Criss, it’s a hyper-melodic, high-energy plunge into the show’s devilish world, blending Broadway polish with anarchic cartoon chaos. |
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Old Crow Medicine Show
OCMS XMAS
Hartland Records
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| Old Crow Medicine Show channel pure festive revelry on this rowdy, rootsy holiday set bursting with string-band swagger. Mixing irreverent originals like the country-blues “Jolly Man” with reimagined classics, the Grammy-winning troupe turns Christmas tradition into a barn-stomping hootenanny. |
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AVTT/PTTN
AVTT/PTTN
Thirty Tigers / Ramseur Records
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| Avett Brothers team up with Mike Patton for a striking, unexpected collaboration steeped in creative parity. Their debut thrums with raw beauty and shared vulnerability, each voice and vision seamlessly intertwined. It’s an album of emotional candor and intuitive chemistry. Three artists meeting as equals to make something daring and deeply felt. |
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Lance Roark
Bad Reputation
Thirty Tigers / Tenkiller Records
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| Bad Reputation is a fearless debut, marrying swampy Country Rock grit with tender, singer-songwriter lyricism. From the rowdy swagger of “Wild Woman” to the poetic intimacy of “Rose Quartz Perfume,” Roark navigates heartache and joy with raw authenticity. A compelling entry into the Red Dirt canon. |
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Morbikon
Lost Within The Astral Crypts
Tankcrimes
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| Morbikon unleashes a relentless assault, fusing melodic black metal with snarls of death and thrash. Phil “LandPhil” Hall’s feral riffs and bass are matched by Vreth’s monstrous vocals, while the band’s live ferocity cements them as a formidable force in extreme metal’s dark frontier. |
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The Last Dinner Party
From the Pyre
Island
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| The Pyre burns as brightly as its title suggests as The Last Dinner Party delivers an audacious leap into myth and metaphor. Each track unfurls like a fever dream of love and ruin, where heartbreak rides with cowboys and saints through apocalyptic landscapes. Darker, rawer, and more elemental than Prelude to Ecstasy, the album trades grandeur for grit, elegance for fire. |
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Playboi Carti
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| With his hypnotic delivery and minimalist, atmosphere-first approach, Playboi Carti has reshaped modern rap. His 2017 self-titled mixtape introduced a new wave, while Die Lit cemented his cult-icon status with explosive energy and warped, stylish chaos. Now, with Music, Carti sharpens his aesthetic again, pushing further into experimental textures and mood-driven brilliance that continue to redefine what rap can sound like. |
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The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a national level organization comprised of the best independent record stores in America. CIMS was founded in 1995 with the goal of uniting like minded independent store owners, giving them a more powerful voice in the music industry. The stores that make up CIMS are all very different, but we share the same desires – to be the heart of our communities, to super-serve our customers, to support and develop artists, and to share our love of music.
For more information about CIMS and the stores in our organization, please visit cimsmusic.com or find us through social media with the #cimsmusic hashtag. And please remember to always shop local by supporting your neighborhood record store.
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