Alternative / Indie CDs

“Rolling In The Deep” will be the first single, released on Sunday January 16th. Written and produced by Adele and award winning British producer Paul Epworth, it’s a “dark bluesy gospel disco tune” according to Adele herself. Adele’s new album “21”...

VOWS, the debut album from Kimbra, has already been certified GOLD in New Zealand and PLATINUM in Australia and now the 22-year-old girl from Hamilton is set to release VOWS in the United States on May 22. To celebrate the success of our biggest Kiwi export, a deluxe edition of VOWS will be avail...

After a career spanning 15 years and 3 different bands, Jack White presents his long awaited solo debut album Blunderbuss. Featuring ‘Love Interruption’ and the new single ’16 Saltines’. Blunderbuss has been described by White as “An album I couldn't have released until now. I've put off making rec...

THE BLACK KEYS new album EL CAMINO will be released December 5 on Nonesuch Records. Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, the 11-track album was recorded at singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in the band’s new hometown of Nashville during the spring of 2011. EL CAMINO fo...

Following on from her multi-million selling, multi-award winning, global smash of a debut album 'Lungs', Florence returns with new music. The album, was produced in full by Paul Epworth to retain one complete sound. It all magically came together over five weeks in the famous Studio 3 of Abbey Road ...

Following on from her multi-award winning, critically acclaimed, self-titled debut, Ladyhawke presents her second album, 'Anxiety'. The new album was recorded in New Zealand and France earlier in 2012 by producer and long-time collaborator Pascal Gabriel and features ten new songs, including firs...

 Indie icons TV On The Radio are back at it with their brand new album Nine Types of Light. This is a lush and beautiful album that stands apart from the group's previous work. If their other albums had shades of dystopia and distress, Nine Types Of Light is filled with songs about longing a...

New Zealand born, London based group The Veils return with their highly anticipated second album, 'Nux Vomica' -- the follow up to the critically acclaimed 2004 release 'The Runaway Found'.   The Veils original band line up for their debut album split two months after the record's release, ...

2010 album from Australia's favourite Electro-teens. This time they aren't mucking around with ping pong, they're playing dress-ups with Gloves. The album is full of gems to keep the party going, Operator Please are showing that they're aging like a fine wine and just keeping on getting sweeter.

'Sigh No More' is the eagerly anticipated debut album from London four piece, Mumford And Sons. Formed from the same West London scene that has given rise to the likes of Laura Marling, Jay Jay Pistolet and Noah and The Whale, yet with a much broader and wider spread appeal.

Fly My Pretties - A Story is a conceptual extension of the previous two Fly My Pretties via a narrative that connects music, illustration, animation, charity and a message of change into one audiovisual experience.   The selections on the CD and DVD represent the best takes from the unfo...

Wilco (The Album) is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock group Wilco. The band has finished mastering the album and have released the track listing. According to lead singer Jeff Tweedy, the band will "allow [themselves] a little bit more leeway in terms of sculpting the sound...

With A GHOST IS BORN, Wilco continues in the melancholy and experimental direction of the preceding YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Those intrigued, if not downright fascinated, by Wilco's transformation from a no-frills alt-country group to an unpredictably inventive avant pop ensemble will find plenty to ma...

Featuring all of the band's best-loved recordings, Greatest Hits includes Under The Bridge, Scar Tissue, Give It Away, Soul To Squeeze, My Friends, Californication, Otherside, By The Way, Higher Ground, Suck My Kiss… plenty of fan favourites plus two brand-new songs

Initial pressings of WHO CARES A LOT? contain a limited-edition bonus disc, featuring previously unreleased demos and studio and live recordings. Faith No More: Mike Patton, Chuck Mosely (vocals); Jim Martin, Trey Spruance, Dean Menta, Jon Hudson (guitar); Roddy Bottum (keyboards); Billy Gould (b...

Chris Cornell has been heralded as one of the pioneers of the grunge era for writing a string of hits for Soundgarden, including the Grammy award-winning "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman." In 1991, Chris formed Temple of the Dog, writing the classic song "Hunger Strike" featuring a duet with Pearl Jam...

Bjork returns to the spotlight with her forthcoming interdisciplinary album Biophilia - her most ambitious and innovation musical project to date. The first single from the project is the enchanting track 'Crystalline' and the video was made by none other than long-time collaborator Michel Gondr...

Before their dissolution in April 1998 Faith No More were one of the most respected and admired bands of recent times. They were a platinum selling arena act with a distinctly non mainstream agenda. Whilst the world of rock had their heads turned, in true style Faith No More yet again surprised u...

Muse: Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Chris Wolstenholme (bass, background vocals); Dominic Howard (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Paul Reeve (background vocals, samples). Producers: Rich Costey, Muse, Paul Reeve, John Cornfield. Recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios, Wes...

NME's 'Queen of All Pop 2008', Santigold, returns with the release of her eagerly anticipated sophomore album 'Master of My Make Believe'. Recorded in Los Angeles, Jamaica and New York, the album features collaborations with Major Lazer producer Switch, Q-Tip, TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, Yeah Y...

Fun. release their second full-length album and Fueled By Ramen debut, SOME NIGHTS Fun. has not stopped living up to its name since their 2009 debut, AIM & IGNITE. A year after the debut they were opening for Paramore on their tour and performing at Coachella. Now they’ve teamed up with Janelle ...

"Born to Die" is the second single by American singer Lana Del Rey, to be released on late January / early February , 2012. Wherever it is you fall on the LDR internet-sympathy spectrum — be it “with great cosmetic enhancement comes great responsibility,” or Chris Crocker-styled LEAVE LANA ALONE,...

2011 debut album from the Indie rockers. Produced by Paul Epworth (Adele/Florence and the Machine), Rich Costey (Muse/Interpol), and Greg Kurstin (Beck/Red Hot Chili Peppers), Torches delivers on both the promise of their breakthrough chart-topping single 'Pumped Up Kicks' and the promise of this yo...

"Born to Die" is the second single by American singer Lana Del Rey, to be released on late January / early February , 2012. Wherever it is you fall on the LDR internet-sympathy spectrum — be it “with great cosmetic enhancement comes great responsibility,” or Chris Crocker-styled LEAVE LANA ALONE,...

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of their first single release, Manic Street Preachers are releasing the ultimate singles collection! 'National Treasures - The Complete Singles' gathers 38 songs from the band's rich history, starting with initial Heavenly Records release 'Motown Junk' (1990) to ...

Staind's eponymous seventh studio album, which sees the departure of longtime drummer Jon Wysocki, will hit the streets on September 19, 2011, hot on the heels of the first single, "Not Again." Staind - which marks the iconic hard rock band's seventh studio album and first full-length release in ...

Spending her early years gigging around her native New Zealand, it was only once Kimbra borrowed a small eight-track recorder from her school’s music department that her song writing blossomed in earnest. This new tool opened up a new perspective, leading to a flurry of tracks that featured her sign...

Released in September 1991, Nirvana's sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who'd unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone. Rising to No. 1 th...

A few years ago he created an album that became something of an underground classic. That defining record, Like Drawing Blood, was voted Triple J listeners' favourite album of 2006, and iTunes UK's Album Of The Year. In 2007 Gotye also won the ARIA Award as Australia's Best Male Artist and the plat...

With a vast collection of musical ideas and a bit of downtime, Jon began work on a project which has now become The Adults, a celebration of his work with some of New Zealand’s brightest talents and an iconic Kiwi album in-the-making.   The Adults are Jon Toogood (Shiha...

Packaged as a A5 booklet this deluxe edition features 120 page booklet 2CD's and 1 DVD disc. SONG CYCLE ABOUT THE LIFE OF IMELDA MARCOS AND ESTRELLA CUMPAS David Byrne and Fatboy Slim have paired up for a 22- track song cycle about the life of former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos...

Here Lies Love is an upcoming concept album made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her relationship with a servant from her childhood. The album will feature 22 guest vocalists and it is scheduled to be ...

It makes sense that the new album from The Lemonheads sounds like a mix tape slipped to you by a music-obsessed friend anxious to turn you on to something new. In fact, the idea for the band’s new covers record was inspired by Gibby Haynes, ringmaster of the Butthole Surfers, who for years has...

Two original, innovative WALL OF VOODOO albums on one CD for the first time: Dark Continent (I.R.S., 1981) and Call of the West (I.R.S., 1982). Wall of Voodoo emerged from the late 1970s Los Angeles punk/alternative scene with a unique blend of machine-age junk music and off-kilter pop-rock. Like De...

'Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox' features songs of Chris Knox's performed by local artists such as Shayne Carter, David Kilgour, The Chills, The Mint Chicks, The Checks, Boh Runga, Don McGlashan, Sean (SJD) Donnelly, Jordan Luck, The Finn Family, The Bats, The Verlaines, The Nothing, Tall Dwarfs and m...

Since forming in 2000, Brand New have established critical acclaim for their innovative and boundary breaking music. The band's head-turning 2001 debut Your Favorite Weapon was followed by 2003's Deja Entendu, which Rolling Stone called a "masterpiece" and the New York Times proclaimed &qu...

Uncovered breathes new life into tracks that you've already grown to love once before. A double CD of intelligent reworkings of hits, both young and old, by artists from across the musical spectrum. From classical to dance, from indie-rock to chilled out acoustic; each cover steers the original into...

A psychedelic mix of guitars, drum machines and genres, Sam Moore, Coco Solid, Trixie Darko and J.Suave make up this trippy quartet.

THE BLACK KEYS new album EL CAMINO will be released December 5 on Nonesuch Records. Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, the 11-track album was recorded at singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in the band’s new hometown of Nashville during the spring of 2011. EL CAMINO fo...

Already armed with a swag of accolades including the 2010 JJJ Unearthed award, Rolling Stone's 'Artist to Watch' award and a top 5 inclusion in the JJJ Hottest 100, Boy & Bear found themselves perfectly placed to take things to the next level for their debut full-length effort, 'Moonfire'. 'Moonf...