Month: June 2016
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RADIOHEAD has returned with a new mind-blowing opus called “A Moon Shaped Pool.” It’s out now on CD & 180g white vinyl, and Horizon got to be part of a SPECIAL RELEASE EVENT to celebrate!
This just in: LIVE FROM A MOON SHAPED POOL. A UNIQUE RADIOHEAD EVENT TOOK PLACE ON FRIDAY JUNE 17th AT RECORD STORES GLOBALLY, FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE DAY LONG AUDIO STREAM FROM THE BAND, COMPETITIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL ARTWORKS AND MORE. Horizon was thrilled to be one of the indie retailers to present an exclusive audio stream of material specially curated…
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OUT TODAY, 6/24: The new AVETT BROTHERS album is finally upon us, along with a new SAM BUSH, not to mention NEIL YOUNG and DJ SHADOW! We even got in some new classical for Gene! We are not worthy!
Some serious musical titans return in this week’s new stuff. The Avett Brothers change things up a bit on True Sadness, Sam Bush becomes the Storyman, Neil Young comes back to Earth and DJ Shadow moves mountains. And there’s even some new classical stuff for Mr. Gene! Read on… THE AVETT BROTHERS, True Sadness (CD) The appearance…
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Listen to music…and read about it. Horizon offers an eclectic selection of books about music and music people.
As music-obsessed collectors, we like to feature a few select books about an eclectic batch of musicians, composers and sonic historians curated from New, Hardback, Paperback & Used. FOGGY MOUNTAIN TROUBADOUR: The Life And Music Of Curly Seckler by Penny Parsons With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out…
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Heads up: WILLIAM TYLER has a new awe-inspiring, genre-bending post-modern guitar opus out on MERGE RECORDS! We’re stoked!
Modern Country is the follow-up to William Tyler‘s highly acclaimed Merge debut, Impossible Truth. Modern Country features full-band arrangements on most of the tracks, provided by Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger, Blind Boys of Alabama), Darin Gray (Tweedy, Jim O’Rourke), and Glenn Kotche (Wilco). An album trailer was shared when the record was announced in April, “Gone Clear” was premiered by All Songs Considered, and “Kingdom…
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NEW RELEASES: RADIOHEAD, CASE/LANG/VEIRS, SARAH JAROSZ, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SONIC YOUTH, WILL BUTLER & more! And make sure to check out the KILLER reissues in-stock today!
Sure, we’ve got that Radiohead album on gorgeous white vinyl (and CD), but that ain’t all by a longshot. The new trio album by kd lang, Neko Case and Laura Veirs is out today, along with new stuff by Sarah Jarosz, Red Hot Chili Peppers & The Low Anthem, plus some never-before-released weirdness from the Sonic…
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NEW RELEASES 6/10: BAND OF HORSES, COLVIN & EARLE, BRANDY CLARK, ODDISEE, & more, plus killer REISSUESS by the BEACH BOYS & LOU DONALDSON!
Lord a-mercy, we’ve got some big new albums in-stock today! There’s Band of Horses’ long-awaited new one, Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle’s first collaborative effort, a fresh batch of tunes from Brandy Clark, and there’s even a new EP from rap phenom Oddisee! Read on… BAND OF HORSES, Why Are You Ok? (CD/LP) After the…
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PENNY PARSONS’ new book, FOGGY MOUNTAIN TROUBADOUR: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CURLY SECKLER, takes us down the bluegrass legend’s road from Carolina cotton fields to Nashville Grass.
With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs’s Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music’s triumphant…
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OUT TODAY, 6/3: A huge week including new stuff WILLIAM BELL, PAUL SIMON, BRAD MEHLDAU, WILLIAM TYLER, the DAVID GRISMAN SEXTET, CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM & more!
Lordy, what a slew of new stuff we got hittin’ the racks this week! We’ve got a stunner from Stax Records legend William Bell, a new Brad Mehldau Trio album that has Gene doing cartwheels (it’s not pretty), Paul Simon’s first new album in five years, and a collection of gorgeous guitar soundscapes by William…
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PAUL SIMON is back with a heartfelt, funny and masterful album called STRANGER TO STRANGER, out now!
Paul Simon has released Stranger to Stranger, his 13th solo album, on Concord Records. Full of thrilling, imaginative textures, Stranger to Stranger conjures a vivid and vital new context to Simon’s well-established virtuosity as a singer and songwriter. The record, his first since 2011’s acclaimed So Beautiful or So What, ushers the listener into a brave new…