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New vinyl reissues: May 15, 2026
We have another stuffed week of vinyl to sink our proverbial fangs into, and I don’t have much of a preamble today other than to draw attention to today’s remarkable playlist, which features a track from (almost) every album I’ve written about today, plus some extra tracks
Review: Beastie Boys
Leafing through the new deluxe edition of 2004’s To the 5 Boroughs. We’ve been living without the Beastie Boys for a while now. Since the death of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, in 2012, the two remaining members, Ad-Rock and Mike D, have remained relatively quiet. But a new
New vinyl reissues: May 8, 2026
Once again, we’ve got another big week of hot new vinyl re-releases to explore, with a little bit of everything for everyone. And this week our exclusive playlist is supercharged, with extra selections from interesting reissues that we didn’t manage to fit into the written previews. Before we
Review: Uncle Tupelo
1993’s Anodyne on Rhino High Fidelity. Today we sink our teeth into the final album from Uncle Tupelo, the St. Louis-area band that is often credited with spearheading the alt-country movement of the 1990s. In April, the album was given a fancy re-release on the Rhino High Fidelity imprint,