Great seeing so many happy faces at Relics!
We love sharing music with you all !
If you missed out, don't worry... there's always next year
Until then...
All new LIMITED RELEASES and RSD SPECIAL ITEMS
are now ONLINE - check out the NEW ARRIVALS !!
(Sneak peak of our new arrivals for RSD : Relics RSD 2017 Instagram Vid)

Not every epic album score is a new release! This list pays homage to all those albums we've rediscovered - managed to score copies of - ole'timers that are new to our ears...
Albums we just couldn't stop listening to in 2016...

JIMMY SMITH - The Sermon

MASTERS OF REALITY - Masters of Reality

DAVE LIEBMAN - Lookout Farm

HERBIE HANCOCK - Mwandishi

ELEPHANT9 - Walk The Nile

HERBIE HANCOCK - Head Hunters

FELA KUTI - Vinyl Box Set 2

PIERCED ARROWS - Straight To The Heart

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Revolucion: The Chicano's Spirit

ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Ella & Louie Box Set

JANE'S ADDICTION - Ritual De Lo Habitual

THE CURE - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

TINY RUINS - Some Were Meant For Sea
RUN THE JEWELS - Run The Jewels

NWA - "Straight Outta Compton"

PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!

BILL EVANS - Interplay

ETTA JAMES - Tuff Lover

HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT (HDU) - Fire Works

The MAX BLOCK - Max Block

EYELESS IN GAZA - Photographs As Memories

MEDIEVAL - Medieval Kills!
Until next year...
2016 Relics New Release Favourites
Every year all the Relics crew offer up their favourite new release albums... here are our WONDEROUS pickings of 2016 !!

MYSTERY LIGHTS - Mystery Lights

LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Ghosts of Highway 20

THE VEILS - Total Depravity

SWANS - The Glowing Man

AGNES OBEL - Citizen Of Glass

GHOLD - Pyr

BLACK RAINBOWS - Stellar Prophecy

HOLY GROVE - Holy Grove

MUTUAL BENEFIT - Skip A Sinking Stone

CAVEMEN - Born To Hate

THE 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Death Of A Bachelor

MELANIE MARTINEZ - Cry Baby

RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool

MR. HANKEY'S CHRISTMAS CLASSICS - RSD Special Release

DEVANDRA BANHART - Ape in Pink Marble

DRAKE - Views

LAMBCHOP - Flotus

DIIV - The Is The Are

ERYKAH BADU - But You Caint Use My Phone

BON IVER - 22, A Million
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD - Nonagon Infinity
MOGWAI - Atomic (Soundtrack)
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
THEE OH SEES - A Weird Exits
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - We Got It From Here... Thank You For Your Service
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Skeleton Tree
DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
OLAFUR ARNALDS AND NILS FRAHM - Collaborative Works
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Day Of The Dead Boxset (Grateful Dead Tribute)
RAY LAMONTAGNE - Ouroboros
MOGWAI - Atomic (Soundtrack)
DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
BLACK MOUNTAIN - IV
ERYKAH BADU - But You Caint Use My Phone
DIIV - Is The Is Are
CAR SEAT HEADREST - Teens Of Denial
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
PUSCIFER - Money Shot
It is worth noting here, that posts like this are SUPER difficult because (as always) we all revisited a number of amazing YEARS GONE PAST albums this year and explored many 2nd hand ones that were NEW to our ears too...
we'll probably make a list of those another day...
Following on from our 2016 Relics CD Best Sellers post...
Here are the LP releases that were most popular in Relics (best sellers) during 2016...


Next... our 2016 personal favourites
Certainly in 2016 we lost many music greats RIP... here at Relics we feel grateful that their music lives on!
Despite the super sad lows.. grief, death and the life cycle were themes that spurred on 2016 creations and some incredible music was released this year.
Here are the CD releases that were most popular in Relics (best sellers) during 2016...
Most popular vinyl of 2016 - see our 2016 Relics LP Best Sellers list...

On Friday 9th December Dunedin soprano artist SOPHIE MORRIS launched her debut CD 'Songs From The Stage' in store at Relics. Congratulations SOPHIE!!
CD copies now available in store and online just in time for Christmas!!
Here are a few pics from the night...




Buy the new Bon Iver vinyl record & be in to WIN!! We have one 12" single to give away. This 12" will not be released in NZ & contains extended versions of 2 songs from 22, A Million. They are random red, white or black vinyl. Gotta be in it to WIN IT!
We will announce the winner FRIDAY 7th OCTOBER!
7/10/16 The WINNER is KATE! Congrats ~ and enjoy your epic 12" !
