New Release Round-Up 07-20-18

Kanye West - Ye - Def Jam
The seven-track release from Kanye West was streamed live from Wyoming and featured guest appearances from 070 Shake, DeJ Loaf, Jeremih, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Nicki Minaj, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Ty Dolla $ign, Valee and Charlie Wilson. Vinyl to follow next week.

Ty Segall & White Fence - Joy - Drag City
Ty Segall & White Fence are AS ONE again. Six years after their fun favorite "Hair" collaboration, and jeez, almost four years after Ty produced the last White Fence record "For the Recently Found Innocent", they're back at it. But the second time around, it's no Hair 2 - Joy is its own reward. Tim Presley and Ty take it up a notch, with fifteen wild tracks that share space in an effortless fashion, dispersing doses of the fabled vintage obsessions, but threading them together instead with their own sound of today. Joy, indeed!

Lori Mckenna - The Tree - CN Records
Home and the people who make it have captivated Lori Mckenna for years. Over the last three decades, as she became a wife and mother of five, she has also emerged as one of the most respected, prolific singer-songwriters in popular music. Her 2016 release The Bird and the Rifle netted three Grammy nominations, along with Americana Music Association nods all firsts for McKenna as an artist. Then, she made history: In 2016, she became the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association's Song of the Year two years in a row thanks to co-writing Little Big Town's Girl Crush and penning Tim McGraw's no. 1 Humble and Kind solo. Both songs also clinched back-to-back Grammy wins for Best Country Song. In 2017, she became the Academy of Country Music's first female Songwriter of the Year. The Tree is her much-anticipated eleventh studio album. Produced by Dave Cobb, The Tree takes one of McKenna's signature themes family and builds a tapestry of experiences she has lived and overheard, been told and dreamed up, to create a stunning ode to life's defining relationships.

The Internet - Hive Mind - Sony
Hive Mind is the new album from The Internet, and is the follow up to 2015's critically acclaimed and Grammy nominated album Ego Death. With this new album, THE INTERNET present enormous growth in their creative chemistry and prove they are a five-person force whose singular talents created one phenomenal whole. The album is written and produced entirely by THE INTERNET - Syd (vocalist/songwriter), Matt Martians (producer), Steve Lacy (guitarist/vocalist/songwriter), Patrick Paige II (songwriter/bassist), and Christopher Smith (songwriter/drummer). And it is with a sense of togetherness - not just for them, but for everyone - that the band chose to highlight as a major theme for Hive Mind. "After making a few songs we realized that we really want to use this album to live by example and promote camaraderie amongst young black people," Syd reveals. "We realized that we're the only band of our kind. And we want to really solidify ourselves as that, as the best." With the chaos of the current world considered, all of THE INTERNET wanted to champion good feelings and the joy of following your heart and passions, in addition to using their own positive relationships and experiences to inspire their community. The band unearthed an even deeper purpose as they collaborated on HIVE MIND. The result is not just one of the greatest records in the band's already phenomenal catalogue, but is easily one of the best albums of 2018, from five amazing people already leaving an indelible mark on pop music.

For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section and don't forget that many of these titles are also available on vinyl.

New Release Round-Up 07-13-18

Drake - Scorpion - Republic
The 25-track fifth studio release for the Canadian hip-hop artist Drake features guest appearances from Jay-Z and Ty Dollar $ign as well as vocals from Michael Jackson and Static Major.

Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose - Domino
‘Lamp Lit Prose’ arrives just over a year after 2017’s self-titled ‘Dirty Projectors.’ Here David Longstreth’s band returns with a new album that is the yang to the yin of the 2017 effort. The songs signal a page turned for Longstreth: hope instead of heartbreak, a restorative balance. Guitars have returned to the Dirty Projectors’ world, intricate and gorgeous vocal harmony too. The album begins with “Right Now,” David singing, “there was silence in my heart, but now I’m striking up the band.” In addition to the core musicians and guests, LA string group the Calder Quartet, and The Brass Players of Los Angeles both appear on several songs. ‘Lamp Lit Prose’ is a recommitment to the sounds and ideals of Dirty Projectors, embracing the band’s trademarks while pushing forward the sonic envelope. Lamp Lit Prose will be the ninth release for Dirty Projectors and comes with collaborations from HAIM, Syd, Robin Pecknold, Rostam Batmanglij, Amber Mark, Empress Of and Dear Nora. Lamp Lit Prose was recorded at Ivo Shandor in Los Angeles.

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love - Epitaph
Deafheaven was formed in 2010 by vocalist George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy. They released their debut studio album Roads To Judah in 2011 . They added drummer Daniel Tracy to the group and released their breakthrough album Sunbather in 2013. After rounding out their line up with guitarist Shiv Mehra and bassist Stephen Clark—each subsequent live set felt like a religious experience for the bigger (and bigger) shows that followed. Their third album, and first for ANTI-, 2015’s New Bermuda, was heavier, sturdier, and more grounded in the dirt than Sunbather. They toured extensively to support New Bermuda playing tours and festivals with Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Danzig, and Gojira. Deafheaven’s new album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, finds them working with old friends again. The Jack Shirley-produced and Nick Steinhardt-art directed (of Touché Amoré) collection gets its title from Graham Greene’s novel The End of the Affair, referencing a moment when someone is looking for love, in all of its imperfection and simple beauty. This sentiment is carried throughout the hazy, yearning romanticism of the record with song titles and words as sumptuous as the sounds around them. Clarke describes the composition of Ordinary Corrupt Human Love beginning with “small seeds of healing, repair, and rebirth,” and like each subsequent Deafheaven album, this record is, in fact, a revelation. Defeat has inspired some of our best art. If you survive something terrible, you surface on the other side, walk toward the light, and come back to life. If you’re an artist, this kind of new self-knowledge can lead to creating something universal and remembered, something that can live longer than you do. While Deafheaven have managed to cross over this road in the past, they’ve nailed the feeling wholly with Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, a feeling that comes with experience and wisdom. Yes, everybody deals with hurt, everybody’s been the cause of their own implosions, and everybody has the capacity to overcome and love again. Deafheaven have found a way to externalize all of this, and in making their most complete record to date, they turn it into a balm and a cathartic exorcism.

Between The Buried And Me - Automata II - Sumerian Records
This is PART TWO of Between The Buried And Me’s two-part eighth album and introductory offering for Sumerian Records, Automata. The North Carolina quintet—Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. [lead vocals, keyboards], Paul Waggoner [lead and rhythm guitar, backing and lead vocals], Dustie Waring [rhythm and lead guitar], Blake Richardson [drums], and Dan Briggs [bass, keyboards]—explore these themes by personally smashing boundaries once again. Automata marks the band’s first proper double LP-spanning concept. They continue to expand their ever-evolving style, upholding a tradition of progression in the process.

AHI - In Our Time - Thirty Tigers
Leading with his heart as much as with his head, AHI is an emotional yet discerning lyricist who would rather demonstrate love than use the word itself. He allows his light to shine inward but only to a degree, admitting to some autobiography on In Our Time but as glimpsed through an imaginative lens. While his music possesses a quality of timelessness, the sounds here reveal a broad spectrum of influence and also toe the line between retro and revelatory. None of that is by accident: the album, like its 2016 predecessor, We Made It Through the Wreckage, was recorded in Nashville -- a place AHI finds attractive for its sound and skilled studio hands rather than its glitzy polish -- and this time on analog-to-tape with flourishes of digital technology.

 

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [Soundtrack] - Capitol
Ten years after Mamma Mia! The Movie grossed more than $600 million around the world, fans are invited to return to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi in an all-new original musical based on the songs of ABBA. With the film’s original cast returning and new additions including Lilly James and Academy Award® winner Cher, the musical comedy will open on July 20, 2018. Original ABBA member Benny Andersson produced and arranged the upcoming Soundtrack.

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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section and don't forget that many of these titles are also available on vinyl.

Sign Up To Be A Vendor At The Omega Flea

We’re excited to be hosting the 2nd ever Omega Flea!

Omega Flea is an outdoor market in the parking lot of Omega Music in Dayton, Ohio. The event will take place on Saturday, September 1st from 11 am - 4 pm.

Omega Flea is intended to be a community showcase of record labels, bands, artists, craftspersons, collectors, entrepreneurs, and anybody that just wants to have a "yard sale" with us.

If you’re interested in becoming a vendor, please fill out the sign-up sheet here: https://goo.gl/forms/sU5etAWOkujvHmkY2

Space is limited and vendors may be capped. More details coming soon.

Omega Music + Homefull

We're so excited to be Homefull's Business of the Month this month!  Homefull is a charitable organization that provides services for the homeless in Dayton.  In addition to being one of the three non-profits in our Charity Bag Program for May, we have also been collecting donations for Homefull all month.

This Memorial Day weekend, drop off a Homefull donation and we'll give you 10% off your purchase!

THE LIST IS UP!

Record Store Day is tomorrow and the list is now up!  Check out all of our RSD releases here:  https://omegamusicdayton.com/CustomPage/6980 .  See you tomorrow, bright and early!

Record Store Day 2018

We’re celebrating Record Store Day on April 21st this year. Join us for limited vinyl releases, a special Warped Wing beer tasting, live music, and a book drive that’ll get you some great prizes!

THE GOODS
We have the largest selection of Record Store Day titles in the Miami Valley. We ordered almost every title so if you’re looking for something specific, we are very likely to have it! We will have a limited number of free “swag bags” to give out to our early bird customers. We open at 8AM, but you’ll want to be here early!

LIMITED EDITION BEER!
This year we’ve collaborated with Warped Wing Brewing Company to bring you a limited edition beer that was brewed especially for Record Store Day 2018, 2XLP Double India Pale Ale!

We will have bottles for sale in the morning (while they last!) and we'll be also holding a beer tasting in the store at 4 PM. Proceeds from both will be going to the Five Rivers Youth Rugby Foundation.

Be sure to stop by Warped Wing and The Barrel House after you’ve finished record shopping and show off your RSD picks! Both businesses will have 2XLP DIPA on draught, and turntables set up for people to play their new records.

THE PRIZE WHEEL IS BACK, BABY!
Oh yes, the prize wheel is back in action. We’re holding a book drive with Project READ, a local literacy organization based out of Sinclair Community College.

Bring new or gently used books to donate, and we’ll give you one hefty spin on our beloved prize wheel!

THE LINEUP
Record Store Day just wouldn’t be complete without live music! This year’s lineup includes:

4:00 PM- Enzo
5:00 PM- Farnsworth
6:00 PM- ROAD EYES
7:00 PM- Freakquency
8:00 PM- Lioness
9:00 PM- SKRT

THE FOOD
If you work up an appetite while crate digging, Shantz Express has you covered. This delicious food truck will be parked outside the shop beginning at 11 AM.

THE FINE PRINT
As always with RSD,
-No titles can be held --NO EXCEPTIONS.
-Only 1 of each title per person-- NO EXCEPTIONS.
-We will not know which releases we will have until we physically receive our RSD shipments-- please do not ask.
-We will be posting a full list the items we have on 4/20.

Follow us on our other social media platforms for sneak peeks of releases!

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New Release Round-Up 01-26-18

Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us - New West Records
Over the past two decades, a strong sense of place has shaped the music of Calexico, infusing their albums with a stylistic unpredictability and richness of texture. While 2015’s Edge of the Sun brought the Tucson-bred band to the Mexico City borough of Coyoacán, their new full-length The Thread That Keeps Us mostly came to life in a house studio near the Northern California coast nicknamed “The Phantom Ship” by CALEXICO vocalist/guitarist Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino.

 

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Hollie Cook - Vessel of Love - Merge Records
Hollie Cook combines her unique vocal talent with charming charisma to craft her own dynamic strand of lovers rock with enduring tropical vibes, weaving a path from her West London roots to an arena of diverse collaborations, critically acclaimed records, and iconic live appearances around the world. Cook’s ability to continually surprise, delight, and progress solidifies her position as one of the most exciting voices in reggae, and this is crystal clear on her third full-length and Merge debut, Vessel of Love.

Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin [LP] - Drag City
Ty Segall goes all the way, flipping the Freedom coin to find passion, laughter and savagery on both sides. A head-spinning compendium of stompers, weepers, ballads, screamers, bangers and funker-uppers, all marking a different impasse, like a flag whirling into a knot, exploding and burning on contact, in the name of life and loathing and the pursuit of what you love.

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee [Red LP] - J&R Adventures
It's been 4 years since the critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated, and #1 Billboard Blues album Seesaw was released by Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa. They have reunited for Black Coffee - another collection of scorching interpretations of ten soul gems that pair Hart’s breathtaking vocals and Joe’s masterfully expressive playing. Featuring songs made famous by; Edgar Winter, Ray Charles, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Lucinda Williams and more. LP is 180g, red vinyl, and contains an exclusive bonus track.

Nightmares On Wax - Shape The Future [2LP] - Warp Records
One of the most influential artists of a generation and a long-standing member of the Warp Records family, Nightmares On Wax announces his new album Shape The Future. A perfect marriage of soul, hip-hop, dub and timeless club sounds that act as a salvo masterpiece of contemporary and classic genre-blending, brilliantly solidifying Nightmares On Wax place as an inspirational electronic music figurehead.

Cornelius - Mellow Waves [LP] - Rostrum Records
Acclaimed Japanese producer, composer, and recording artist Cornelius first proper studio album in over 11 years, featuring the singles If You're Here, Sometime / Someplace, and In a Dream. 180g black vinyl gatefold LP

American Folk [Soundtrack] - American Folk Records
American Folk is the soundtrack to the award-winning 2018 independent film, American Folk, starring Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth. In addition to both original compositions and classic folk song renditions by Purdy and Rubarth, the soundtrack includes John Prine's ''Some Humans Ain't Human'' and Jerry Garcia & David Grisman's ''Freight Train.''

 

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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section and don't forget that many of these titles are also available on vinyl.

Born Ruffians In-Store Performance and Meet & Greet!

Omega Music is proud to present Born Ruffians (Yep Roc) on Friday March 16th at 4:30 PM. Stop by for an acoustic in-store performance, followed by a meet & greet with the band!

Born Ruffians are a Canadian indie pop band and have toured with Franz Ferdinand, Caribou, Peter Bjorn and John, Hot Chip, The Hidden Cameras, and Tokyo Police Club. Their latest album, Uncle, Duke & The Chief, is out February 16th on Yep Roc Records.

In-Store Performance: 4:30 PM
Meet & Greet: 5 PM

This event is FREE and ALL AGES.

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Honey Radar Live at Omega Music

Join us on Monday, August 14th at 6PM for an in-store performance by Philadelphia lo-fi rockers, Honey Radar!

This show is FREE and ALL AGES.

www.honeyradar.com 

Record Store Day Lineup

The 10th anniversary of Record Store Day is coming up on 4/22, and we hope that you'll join us!

THE GOODS

-We have, undoubtedly, the largest selection of Record Store Day titles in the Miami Valley. We ordered almost every title, and we ordered early!
--Early bird customers will receive free swag bags.
-In addition to RSD releases, we will have hundreds of awesome records hitting the floor this day, including some very rare and sought after releases.

DRINK BEER & GIVE BACK

-We’re teaming up with Warped Wing Brewing Company and Foodbank Dayton to bring you a special Warped Wing beer tasting at 5PM, with all proceeds going to benefit the foodbank.
-We’ll also have a food barrel set up in the shop, and any nonperishable food item will get you 20% off used media, as well as a ticket that is good for one hefty spin on our fancypants prize wheel.
-While all nonperishable food items are appreciated, the Foodbank is in great need of peanut butter and soup this year.

THE TUNES

We’ve got an awesome line-up this year, including local and out of town acts.

4:00 PM- Salvadore Ross
5:00 PM- GOON - DYT PUNK
6:00 PM- The Company Man
7:00 PM- The Liquid Crystal Project (feat. J Rawls)
8:00 PM- Nick Kizirnis
9:00 PM- HEXADIODE

THE FOOD

If you work up an appetite while crate digging, The Wicked 'Wich of Dayton has you covered. They’ll be parked outside the shop beginning at 2:30 PM.