Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Wings, Wings [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On November 4, Paul McCartney released Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, an oral history of the superstar’s other band. The hardcover tome, created in collaboration with film director Morgan Neville and editor Ted Widmer, tells Wings’ story through text, photographs, a timeline, a gigography,…
Celebrated Summer: Numero Group Honors Hüsker Dü’s “Miracle Year”
The Numero Group kicked off their 200 line of titles in 2017 with Savage Young Dü, an unprecedented archival dive into the early works of Minneapolis punk trio Hüsker Dü. Fifty entries later in that chapter of the label’s discography, Numero has a new Dü title that takes a special look at what may be their most pivotal year as a band. 1985: The Miracle Year is a 2CD or 4LP set that chronicles the group’s biggest gambles yet, through the filter of their blistering live shows. Kicking off with a powerful 23-song…
See a Little Light: Bob Mould Plans ‘Distortion’ Box Set, Vinyl Reissue Series
Looking for a way to celebrate Bob Mould ahead of his next album, Blue Hearts, due next month? British label Edsel is joining forces with the punk icon to collect nearly everything he’s ever released into a new CD box set. Distortion 1989-2019, available October 2, offers 24 discs of Mould’s work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, ’90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff, plus four live sets and two discs of stray tracks…
Do You Remember? Numero Unveils Long-Awaited Hüsker Dü Box Set
Numero Group’s 200th title is a big deal for any self-respecting ’80s punk fan: a triple-disc box set chronicling the rise of Minneapolis legends Hüsker Dü. Savage Young Dü captures the band in studio and in concert from their humble beginnings in 1979 through the release of their debut studio album Everything Falls Apart in 1983–before their fateful signing by SST Records and their increasing awareness among the indie faithful. Singer/guitarist Bob Mould, singer/drummer Grant Hart and bassist Greg Norton began as an all-out, thrashing hardcore band, but their penchant for melodies…






