The Past Becomes Present – Vinyl Is In Again Music played from gramophone records has special allure and is experiencing a comeback. Many recognised this and re-released their albums.
Ever since the first gramophone record was created at the start of the 1920s, popular vinyl, despite CDs and mp3 players which we can take anywhere we go, has managed to find its place in the present music market. More and more musicians decided to release their latest albums on the cult vinyl, apart from CDs, because anyone who has ever heard what music played from gramophone records sounds like can agree that it holds special allure, unless it`s scratched and skips.Re-releases on vinyl
Many record labels are re-releasing their legendary albums on vinyl, so that these records find home with read audio enthusiasts and collectors.
Recently, Motley Crue decided to re-release six of their albums on gramophone records. This trend was also recognised by Coldplay, The Killers, Ryan Adams and Radiohead, who released their latest albums on CDs and vinyl. Many record labels are re-releasing their legendary albums on vinyl, so that these records find home with read audio enthusiasts and collectors. However, only minor record labels are in question, because the big ones don`t believe the vinyl comeback stories and have not yet buckled under the trend of releasing new albums on vinyl.
Joy of music on vinyl
Despite interesting appearance and a special impression that music played on the gramophone leaves, vinyl does have several flaws. Even though a record is rather difficult to break, they can be easily damaged and it is exceptionally difficult to clean dust off because of static electricity that vinyl produces. However, these two trifles will not stop real record fans, because CDs can be damaged as well or destroyed in high temperatures.
Thanks to certain hip-hop performers and electronic music which is still being released on records, vinyl has always been present. The fact is that DJs can only scratch records, therefore, they have to buy them. Turntables enable them direct contact and manipulation, because while they are playing cassettes or CDs, the only thing they can do is press “play”, “stop” or “pause”.
However, we have to agree that it is a real joy holding an old record in our hands, which belonged to our parents, a bit worn out, in a ragged sleeve. Although vinyl will never be as popular as it was, it will always have a space on the shelves of true music enthusiasts.
SOURCE: http://www.javno.com
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Clues (ex-Unicorns, Arcade Fire) Ready New Album For Constellation Release
After joining forces late last year, former Unicorn member Alden Penner and ex-Arcade Fire man Brendan Reed are ready to give us the first taste of Clues. Via Constellation/Villa Villa Nola, the Montrealers have given word their joint effort’s self-titled debut has been granted the due date of May 19 and, according to the press release, will be “full of secrets, smiles, snarls and sing-alongs.”
Clues come boasting several of Reed and Penner’s musical pals, such as multi-instrumentalists Ben Borden (Les Automates de Maxime de la Rochefoucauld), Lisa Gamble (Gambletron, Evangelista, Hrsta) and Nick Scribner (Chaotic Insurrection Ensemble). The band also recorded the album’s 11 tracks in the deep freeze that usually comes with a Montreal winter, at the city’s famed Hotel2Tango, where they took influences ranging from post-punk to no wave to psych and mashed them all together to create “a rare breed of complex pop anthems,” the release tells us.
In regards to packaging, the record will be available on CD in a custom gatefold cardstock package printed with fancy metallic and full colour inks, as well as on some hefty 180-gram vinyl.
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LiveFastDie Announce Digital Release of Vinyl Catalogue
Impose Records is very proud to announce the digital release of LiveFastDie's entire digital catalog, including their debut LP Bandana Thrash record and the culmination of nine 7” singles, Dawn Of The VHS: The Singles 2005-2007.
Frustrated working with other people's opinions of how things should function within a band, Camero Werewolf figured he would be better off doing everything himself. Putting the cart before the horse, he set upon writing and recording under the moniker of LiveFastDie in mid-2005 before the notion of a "band" even entered his mind. Some 2 full lengths, nine 7" and one cassette comp on a total of 13 labels in 3 countries later he still can't tell you who's in his band. Depending on where they are and the time of day, LiveFastDie's show can feature any one of the 19 past and present members or just a Camero and an iPod.
Brandishing a name that references the godfather of punk with whom they share the hometown of Littleton, New Hampshire (if you don't get it, put this down right now) and a sonic quality that gives the terms "lo-fi" and "in the red" a whole new meaning, LiveFastDie's sound will redefine any of your preconceived notions of garage punk. And when they do play as a full band, the line-up may or may not feature people who have spent time in the bands compiled in this handy alphabetical list: 32 Buxton, Apocalypse, Atari, Baby Shakes, Baseball Furies, Black Time, Busy Signals, Captain Black Bush and the Post Menstrual Pirates, Compulsive Gamblers, Country Bears, Coy Dogs, DC Snipers, Dead Unicorn, Death Train, Dementia 13, Dick Army, Dynamite Arrows, Electric Shadows, Golden Error, Holy Smokes, Hot Machines, JazzJune, King Kahn And The Shrines, Liquor Store, Lost Locker Combo, Lover!, Man With Gun, Monsqueat, Moto, Real Kids, Reagan Youth, Sick As Death, Some Action, The Spits, Spitzz, Stalkers, Star Spangles, Snakes and Music, Tampoffs, Titus Andronicus, Vee Dee, Vice City Rockers, Wellington Ladies Welfare League, Wolfs Blood and probably hundreds Camero doesn't know about.
Most of LiveFastDie's catalog – which has pretty much only existed on vinyl to this point – has long been out of print, including the debut Bandana Thrash Record LP. Now, for the first time ever, the full catalog will be documented on a singles collection entitled Dawn Of The VHS: The Singles 2005-2007 to coincide with the re-pressing of LiveFastDie's first full length. Both will be released digitally through Impose Records on March 11 – marking the first time any of LiveFastDie's songs have been made available online (if you don't count MySpace or the hundreds of places they've been posted).
SOURCE: http://hangout.altsounds.com
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Gavin DeGraw to Release New Collection of Songs Entitled FREE, March 31st
FREE Follows on the Heels of Platinum Singer and Songwriter's Self-Titled 2008 Top 10 Album
DeGraw Hits the Road for "Where It Began" Tour on March 27th
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 31st, 2009, J Records' platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw will release a new collection of songs, entitled FREE -- a raw, organic-sounding recording that showcases DeGraw's earthy charm and ever-evolving songwriting talent.
"My intention on FREE was to stay out of the way of the songs," DeGraw says. "We kept the production very minimal in order to get everything that lies between me and the audience out of the way. By removing all the bells and whistles, you really make room for someone to pay attention to the songwriting." As a result, DeGraw's freewheeling melodies, heartfelt lyrics and soulful, blues-tinged vocal performances are front and center, creating an intimate experience for listeners.
Performed by a crack band that includes guitarist Audley Freed (Black Crowes), bassist Andy Hess (Gov't Mule), drummer Charley Drayton (Keith Richards' X-Pensive Winos), and keyboardist George Laks (Lenny Kravitz), FREE, the 10-song set ranges from new songs that were completed in the studio, such as "Stay" and "Mountains to Move," to tunes that DeGraw wrote very early in his career that have evolved with him, like "Dancing Shoes" and "Glass." "Those are songs only my die-hard fans would know," he says. "I wanted to properly record them because they're special to my fans." There's also a cover of Chris Whitley's "Indian Summer," a powerful number that DeGraw includes on FREE as a way to draw attention to one of his favorite artists. "I wanted to expose Chris' music to my fans," DeGraw says.
To keep himself from over-thinking the songs, DeGraw recorded FREE in less than two weeks at the Brooklyn studio of his producer Camus Celli, who has worked with such artists as Tina Turner, David Byrne, and Arto Lindsay. DeGraw and Celli have known each other since working together on an early version of DeGraw's platinum-selling 2003 major-label debut CHARIOT. "I've been in the studio with several different producers so I already knew what I wanted," DeGraw says. "This was my opportunity to be involved in the production, and I knew Camus could get the sounds I was going for."
The trust he had in Celli and the collaborative spirit of their partnership freed DeGraw up to dig deep and tap into something he says he hadn't tapped into for a while. "This album reveals the honesty about my love of music," he says. "It isn't about the biggest, the strongest, or the loudest. It's about simplicity in its purest form. It doesn't sound like the big machine. It sounds like where you go to escape the big machine."
In keeping with the stripped-down feel of FREE, DeGraw will hit the road on March 27th for an extensive spring tour he has dubbed his "Where It Began" tour, in which audiences will be taken on a musical journey back to DeGraw's roots for a series of intimate full band and solo performances. "We'll take a similar approach to the live shows as we did on the album," he says. "This tour is all about creating that very close connection with the audience."
FREE is the follow-up to DeGraw's self-titled 2008 album GAVIN DEGRAW, which debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and No. 7 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart last May, earning DeGraw his first Top 10 album. GAVIN DEGRAW spawned the hit singles "In Love With A Girl," which Billboard dubbed "a rocking homerun" and the gold-certified "We Belong Together."
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