New Music Releases - April 15, 2014

A Pony Named Olga - The Land Of Milk And Pony
ABBA - Waterloo: Deluxe Edition
AC/DC - Ballbreaker (reissue) (vinyl)
AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip (reissue) (vinyl)
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Check 'Em Before You Wreck 'Em (vinyl)
Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast (vinyl)
AJ and the Jiggawatts - AJ and the Jiggawatt(vinyl)
Alpha Consumer - Meat (vinyl)
Amon Duul II - Wolf City (vinyl)
Amps for Christ - Canyons Cars and Crows (vinyl)
Anders Osborne - Coming Down (vinyl)
Andrew Liles - Fast Forward Through Time (vinyl)
Anti-Mortem - New Southern
August Alsina - Testimony
Augustus Pablo - East of The River Nile (vinyl)
Ausmuteants - Ausmuteants (vinyl)
Bad Religion - Against The Grain (reissue) (vinyl)
Bad Religion - Generator (reissue) (vinyl)
Banner Pilot - Souvenir (vinyl)
Battle Lines - Colonies (7")
Bee Gees - The Warner Bros. Years 1987-1991 (5xCD)
Below - Across The Dark River
Ben Roy - No Enlightenment in Sobriety
Big Sugar - Yardstyle
Bikini Kill - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah EP (12")
Bill Pritchard - A Trip to the Coast (vinyl)
Black Sabbath - The Complete Albums 1970-1978 (8xCD)
Black Tape For a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity (vinyl)
Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better (7")
Bobby Bare, Jr. - Undefeated (vinyl)
Bootstraps - Bootstraps (vinyl)
Brandon Michael Williams - The Pride of Titanic
Breathe Carolina - Savages
Burnt Hills - Non Compos Mentis (vinyl)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (vinyl)
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (vinyl)
Chuck E. Weiss - Red Beans and Weiss (vinyl)
Cloud Cult - Unplug
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (vinyl)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle (reissue) (vinyl)
Cult Leader - Nothing For Us Here (vinyl)
CV313 - Altering Illusions 1/3 (2xCD)
Dalhous - Visibility Is a Trap (12")
Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray (vinyl)
Dan Wilson - Love Without Fear
Danny Brown - Hot Soup (2xCD)
Dead Ending - DE III
Dead Kennedys - Bedtime for Democracy (reissue) (vinyl)
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (reissue) (vinyl)
Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death (reissue) (vinyl)
Dead Kennedys - Milking the Sacred Cow
Dead Kennedys - Original Singles Collection (7x7")
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters + In God We Trust, Inc. (vinyl)
Del Barber - Prairieography (vinyl)
Deleted Scenes - Lithium Burn
Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris (vinyl)
Diane Cluck - Boneset (10")
Disclosure - Settle (deluxe edition)
DJ Center - DEM SAY AH (10")
Dorian Pimpernel - Allombon (vinyl)
Duck Sauce - Quack
Dylan Shearer - garagearray (vinyl)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2 (reissue) (vinyl)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (reissue) (vinyl)
Emmure - Eternal Enemies
Enthroned - Sovereigns
Esme Patterson - Woman to Woman (10")
Ex Friends - Rules For Making Up Words (vinyl)
Filter - Shortbus (reissue) (vinyl)
Fire Retarded - Scroggz Manor (vinyl)
Flume - Flume (2xLP)
Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Gamma Ray - Empire Of The Undead
Garnier - AF 4302 EP (12")
Gezan - It Was Once Said to Be a Song
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (vinyl)
Gord Downie, The Sadies, and the Conquering Sun - Gord Downie, The Sadies, and the Conquering Sun (vinyl)
Heartsrevolution - Ride Or Die
Hecker - Articulação
Hot Jam Factory - Introducing Hot Jam Factory
I Declare War - We Are Violent People By Nature
Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus (vinyl)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
Impaled Nazarene - Vigorous and Liberating Death
Impetuous Ritual - Unholy Congregation of Hypocritical Ambivalence
Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out
J-Zone - Peter Pan Syndrome (2xLP)
Jack Bruce - Silver Rails
Jamie O'Neal - Eternal
Japanther - Instant Money Magic
Jason Derülo - Talk Dirty
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Make My Head Sing...(vinyl)
Jim Byrnes - St. Louis Times
Jonny Two Bags - Salvation Town (vinyl)
Justin Nozuka - Ulysees
Kyng - Burn the Serum (vinyl)
L'Orange - The Orchid Days (orange, grey and splatter vinyl)
Light Year - Come Together (12")
Loops Haunt - Exits (2xLP)
Lou Reed - Winter At The Roxy
Marisa Anderson - Mercury
Marisa Anderson - The Golden Hour
Marshall Crenshaw - Red Wine (10")
Marty Stuart - Gospel Music of
Maxwell August Croy and Sean McCann - I (vinyl)
Megafauna - Maximalist
Meyhem Lauren - Mandatory Brunch Meetings
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST (vinyl)
Millencolin - For Monkeys (reissue) (vinyl)
Millencolin - Life On A Plate (reissue) (vinyl)
Mø - No Mythologies to Follow (vinyl)
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News (reissue) (vinyl)
More Than Life - What’s Left Of Me (vinyl)
Mountain - The Best of Mountain (vinyl)
Mr. Little Jeans - Pocketknife (vinyl)
Muddy Waters - Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles A's & B's 1947
Nas - Illmatic XX (vinyl)
Needtobreathe - Rivers In the Wasteland (vinyl)
Nels Cline - Macroscope
No - El Prado (vinyl)
Oak Ridge Boys - Boys Night Out
Odonis Odonis - Hard Boiled Soft Boiled
Omi Palone - Omi Palone
Orcas - Yearling (vinyl)
Panopticon - On The Subject Of Mortality (reissue) (vinyl)
Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
Pharoahe Monch - P.T.S.D. - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Plague Vendor - Free to Eat (vinyl)
Playlounge - Pilot
Polar - Shadowed by Vultures (vinyl)
Polock - Rising Up
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (2xLP)
Quantic - Duvido (12")
Rainbow - Rising (reissue) (vinyl)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (reissue) (vinyl)
Ramona Lisa - Arcadia
Ray Price - Beauty Is
Ricardo Donoso - Iron/Verse Remixes (12")
Rodney Crowell - Tarpaper Sky (vinyl)
Rush - ReDISCovered LP Box (vinyl)
Ryley Walker - All Kinds of You (vinyl)
Screaming Females - Live at the Hideout (2xLP)
Se Delan - The Fall (2xLP)
Seekae - +DOME/The Sound of Trees Falling on People (3xLP)
Sevendust - Time Travelers & Bonfires
Shocking Pinks - Guilt Mirrors (vinyl)
Shonen Knife - Overdrive
Sledding With Tigers - A Necessary Bummer (vinyl)
Slint - Spiderland (reissue) (vinyl)
Smoke Fairies - Smoke Fairies
Sonic Avenues - Mistakes
Sonny Vincent - Cyanide Consomme (vinyl)
Spirit - The Best of Spirit (vinyl)
Stefan Wesolowski - Liebestod
Steve Gunn and Mike Gangloff - Melodies for a Savage Fix
Strung Out - Another Day In Paradise (reissue) (vinyl)
Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues (reissue) (vinyl)
Strung Out - Twisted by Design (reissue) (vinyl)
Strung Out - Volume One (4xLP+DVD)
Swindle/Joker - Let It Be Known/Minors (12")
T.O.M.B. - Pennhurst / Xesse
Tensnake - Love Sublime (12")
terranova - Headache EP (12")
The 13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (2xLP)
The Alchemist & Budgie - The Good Book (2xCD)
The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
The Birds of Satan - The Birds of Satan
The Both - The Both (vinyl)
The Brainiac 5 - When Silence Was Sound 1977-1980
The Crookes - Soapbox
The Drip - A Presentation of Gruesome Poetics (vinyl)
The Fix - Vengeance (7")
The Last Poets - The Last Poets (vinyl)
The Lucid Dream - Songs of Lies and Deceit (vinyl)
The NVs - Trust Fun Suicide EP (7")
The Oath - The Oath (vinyl)
The Residents - Residue of The Residents (2xLP)
The Residents - Santa Dog (2x7")
The Revivalists - City of Sound (vinyl)
The Secret Sisters - Put Your Needle Down (vinyl)
Thee Oh Sees - Drop
Thou - The Sacrifice (12")
Tiny Empires  Weird Headspace (vinyl)
Toadies - Rubberneck (reissue) (vinyl)
Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death (reissue) (vinyl)
Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies (reissue) (vinyl)
Toxic Holocaust - Hell on Earth (reissue) (vinyl)
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
Tyler, The Creator - Wolf (vinyl)
Various Artists - America's Greatest Hits 1957
Various Artists - American Hustle OST (vinyl)
Various Artists - Divergent OST
Various Artists - Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1963 - Rock, Rhythm & Pop
Various Artists - Petty's Peculiar Picks
Various Artists - Shameless OST
Various Artists - The Walking Dead OST (2xLP)
Vaura - The Missing (2xLP)
Warm Soda - Young Reckless Hearts (vinyl)
Willie Nelson - The Storm Has Just Begun (vinyl)
Woods - With Light and With Love (vinyl)
YYU - Kiss as We Walk (12")
Zee Avi - Zee Avi's Nightlight
Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta (picture disc)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from the folks at SuicideSqueeze

THE COATHANGERS "SUCK MY SHIRT" LP - LIMITED EDITION TOUR REPRESS **PRE-ORDER**

Limited edition tour repress of 100 copies on "Butter Yellow" vinyl. All proceeds go to the Coathangers to help with their tour expenses. Each pre-order will come with a Coathangers poster and sticker. The remaining 50 copies will be available directly from the band.

Suck My Shirt is the The Coathangers’ fourth full-length. The title refers to an incident involving the salvaging of spilled tequila during the recording session for the album. While the title implies that little has changed with regards to the band’s celebratory mission statement, even just a cursory listen of their latest album demonstrates that there have indeed been changes in The Coathangers’ camp. First off, the quartet was reduced to a trio for the latest record, with keyboardist Bebe Coathanger (Candice Jones) stepping down from her duties. But the absence of keyboards isn’t nearly as noticeable of a difference as the band’s refined songwriting approach. Refinement is an attribute we expect to see in any group that has a career spanning more than a couple of years, but the extent to which The Coathangers have honed their trade with each successive album dwarfs most bands’ maturation. This isn’t to say that The Coathangers have polished their sound; the group once again worked with Ed Rawls and Justin McNeight and The Living Room to attain the same production values of their Larceny & Old Lace album and their recent slew of split 7”s. Rather, the refinement can be heard in the quality of the songs themselves. While the band retains the alluring spontaneity and happy accidents of their early releases, the trio’s current work sounds far more deliberate and locked-in than anything they’ve done in the past.

“It’s a balance between overthinking and just going for it,” guitarist Crook Kid Coathanger (Julia Kugel) says of their songwriting strategy. It’s a duality immediately apparent with the album opener “Follow Me”. It’s a classic Coathangers tune with the raspy vocals of Rusty Coathanger (Stephanie Luke) belted out over the signature grimy rock laid down by Crook Kid and bassist Minnie Coathanger (Meredith Franco). But the chorus opens into one of the most accessible hooks in the band’s canon, just before segueing into the next verse with a squall of violent dissonant guitar. From there the band launches into “Shut Up”, a title that harkens back to the brash sass of their first record. The song still has its spikey guitar riffs and shouted chorus, but here The Coathangers sound less like a jubilant version of Huggy Bear and more like the art-pop of late-era Minutemen. Dedicated Coathangers fans will recognize the re-worked versions of “Merry Go Round”, “Smother”, “Adderall”, and “Derek’s Song” from their run of limited edition split 7”s, and hearing them in the context of the album shows that these tracks weren’t merely isolated examples of the band’s more sophisticated side, but were actually demonstrative of the group’s increasing capacity for nestling solid melodic hooks and rock heft into their repertoire. By the time the band wraps up the album with the humble pop perfection of “Drive”, it’s hard to believe this was the band that garnered their reputation with raucous bombasts like “Don’t Touch My Shit”.

Pre-Order at SuicideSqueeze

*Pre-order will ship on or around May 1, 2014

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For Immediate Release

Prog Duo Days Between Stations Release Limited Edition Vinyl Of Critically Acclaimed Album 'In Extremis'

Los Angeles, CA - Much to the excitement of vinyl enthusiasts around the globe, prog duo Days Between Stations have released their critically acclaimed new album 'In Extremis' on a limited edition DBL LP!

Says guitarist Sepand Samzadeh, “We put a great deal of emphasis on creating a mood by way of sonic textures. The CD was mastered so that the listener could CRANK THE VOLUME ON THE STEREO.  If you really want to hear THE COMPLEXITY OF ALL THE LAYERS AND SONIC TEXTURES, the vinyl record is the way to go.”

Possibly the most anticipated prog release of 2013, Days Between Stations sophomore album 'In Extremis' was released on May 15, 2013. Boasting an incredible guest line-up of music legends featuring Colin Moulding (XTC), Rick Wakeman (YES), Peter Banks (YES/Flash) Tony Levin (King Crimson/Peter Gabriel) and Billy Sherwood (YES/CIRCA:), Days Between Stations reached a new level of creative artistry on their second release.

Founded in 2003 by guitarist Sepand Samzadeh and keyboardist Oscar Fuentes, the duo named themselves after the cult novel by Steve Erickson and have devoted themselves to, as they say, Art Rock and Post Prog - music that reflects their varied influences, as well as shared disregard for stylistic boundaries. This eclecticism continues apace on 'In Extremis'. At times the music recalls Peter Gabriel or 'Duke'-era Genesis (as on the propulsive “Visionary”, which features Sherwood's multi-layered vocals and Levin's driving Stick bass work), or an ambient marriage between Pink Floyd and Lisa Gerrard and Debussy (“In Utero”), or even a cross between Ultravox and Marillion and 'Abacab'-era Genesis (the Moulding-sung “The Man Who Dies Two Times”).

Here's what the press has raved about 'In Extremis'

“The fact that Rick Wakeman, Tony Levin and Peter Banks help create this majestic piece of symphonic prog only made this a stronger contender for prog album of the year.” - Mark Johnson, Sea of Tranquility

“But the late Yes founder (Peter Banks) is just the beginning of the dark-hued wonders to be found on this neo-prog triumph. Accessing an endlessly fascinating palette that also takes in ambient and classically inspired moments, Oscar Fuentes and Sepand Samzadeh brilliantly explore themes of life, and death, and everything in between.” - Nick Deriso, Something Else Reviews

“Here's an album that deserves a place in everyone's record collection. The superb artwork and quality of the booklet and packaging makes it a must-buy as opposed to (legal) download, for me at least. Support truly great musicians going out on a limb to bring you truly great, original progressive rock music as good as some of the classics.” - Brian Watson, DPRP
 
Limited Edition of 50 colored vinyl, signed and hand-numbered. Signed by Sepand, Oscar and special guests.

Order a copy HERE

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from our friends at SlyVinyl

The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium // Limited to 1500 on 180g Silver Vinyl 2xLP

Watter - This World // Limited to 300 'Dark Water Blue' Swirl Vinyl LPs






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from ireland, they love their vinyl too!

Record shops: vinyl countdown or the start of a new groove?





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from the carolinas:

Record Store Day hails comeback of vinyl records







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vinyl story from the great state of pennsylvania 

After decades of decline, sales of vinyl records surge








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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 4/6-4/12

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

new releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

MEAT LOAF - BAT OUT OF HELL

Has there ever been a bigger, more epic, theatrical hard rockin' album than Bat Out Of Hell (1977)? Containing seven little masterpieces written by classically trained pianist and composer Jim Steinman, with Todd Rundgren on the production seat, this seminal Meat Loaf album continues to amaze to this day. The record is deemed one of the best selling albums ever with over 30 million units sold.

"You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)", the album's B-side opener "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" and of course "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" – can you imagine a wedding without at least one of these classics? Steinman continued to work with the likes of Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse Of The Heart"), Sisters Of Mercy, Barbara Streisand and ultimately reunited with Meat Loaf for the Bat Out Of Hell sequel in 1993.

This awesome album will see the light as a limited first pressing on hellish red vinyl!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert 
• First pressing of 2000 numbered copies on hellish red vinyl

SUZANNE VEGA - SOLITUDE STANDING

The American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega released her second album Solitude Standing in 1987. It's her most popular and critically acclaimed album of her impressive career so far and includes the iconic tracks "Tom's Diner" and "Luka".

As can be seen on the insert that includes this package, some of the songs have been written prior to 1987. "Luka" was released as a single in 1987 and remains her highest-charting hit single in the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the 1988 Grammy Awards "Luka" got Suzanne Vega nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

"Tom's Diner" is included twice on the album with the a cappella vocal version as the first track and the instrumental version as the last track. It was later used as the basis for a popular remix by the British group DNA in 1990 and covered by many artists including Bingo Hand Job (R.E.M. and Billy Bragg).

The diversity of the album is what made it so good and this album can be marked as a true classic. Now finally available again on high quality vinyl!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert with lyrics

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - SUPERSNAZZ

Founded by Ron Greco, Cyril Jordan and Roy Loney, the American Garage Rock band The Flamin' Groovies had their start in San Francisco in the mid Sixties. The debut album Supersnazz was released in 1969, containing both re-creations of '50s Rock 'n Roll songs and more melodic tracks. It made the group one of the forerunners of the Power Pop movement of the '70s—a genre the Flamin' Groovies had a major influence on and contributed significant work to.

Supersnazz has achieved a reputation among not just Flamin' Groovies fans, but lovers of Rock & Roll in general. It held up very well across the decades and is still able to make its own case for greatness as an impressive document of straight-ahead Rock & Roll circa 1969. It's both fully contemporary to its time and timeless, which makes the album a classic work. Now finally available again on high quality vinyl.   180 gram audiophile vinyl

FOUR TOPS - REACH OUT

Released in the summer 1967, Reach Out by the Four Tops defined the sound of young America – exactly the credo of Berry Gordy's Motown Records.

The Holland, Dozier & Holland produced album opens with the title track "Reach Out, I'll Be There", which became the group's second Pop/R&B chart topping single. What follows is a faithful cover of The Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee", a wonderful version of the classic Tim Hardin composition "If I Were A Carpenter" and the uplifting "I'll Turn To Stone". The flip side opens with the iconic Monkees cover "I'm A Believer" (originally written by Neil Diamond), followed by the Four Tops classics "Standing In The Shadows Of Love" and "Bernadette".

A true Soul classic.  180 gram audiophile vinyl

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from our friends at Relapse

Nux Vomica

Portland, OR's underground crust miscreants NUX VOMICA unleash their Relapse Records debut and first full-length album in over 5 years.  Blending the suffocating atmospherics of doom / sludge with the raw ferocity of black metal, punk and d-beat, NUX VOMICA construct an organic heaviness caught somewhere between Neurosis and His Hero Is Gone.   Their self-titled LP is a 3 song, 40+ minute emotional odyssey into the depths of human darkness.  A flawless combination of epic song structures with crushing melodies and colossal riffs with powerful dynamics, NUX VOMICA is a truly captivating listening experience that will appeal to fans of anything extreme.

Pressing Info: 
First Press 
1000 x Grey Standard Gram 
100 x Clear (do not request clear)
***Includes a free digital download of the entire album***

Get a copy at Relapse

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from LightInTheAttic

Lewis - L'Amour

In 1983, a man named Lewis recorded an album named L’Amour, which was released on the unknown label R.A.W. And that’s about all we know.

The record itself is a delicate, whispered album, reflecting the way the artist himself – spectral, movie star-like – almost disappears into the grey of the cover. It should come as no surprise that it failed to shout loudly enough to be noticed, another private press album that sank without trace.

The ingredients are simple: smooth synthesizers, feather-light piano, ethereal, occasionally inaudible vocals and the gentle plucking of acoustic guitars. But the effects are arresting: a spine-tingling, sombre album that echoes Springsteen’s Nebraska or Angelo Badalamenti’s atmospheric soundtracks. Later, Arthur Russell would grasp for something similar on the epochal World Of Echo LP.

L’Amour is a true discovery of the blog age, uncovered in an Edmonton flea-market by collector Jon Murphy, passed on to private press fanatic Aaron Levin, shared on the internet and speculated over by lovers of curious LPs. There’s almost no information about Lewis or the album on the internet. There’s precious little on the sleeve: a dedication to Sports Illustrated supermodel Christie Brinkley, a photo credit for Ed Colver, the noted L.A. punk rock photographer, and credits for engineer Bob Kinsey and synth player Philip Lees. All that was known of Lewis is conjecture: a rumor that he was a con artist who fled after not paying for L’Amour’s photo-shoot and a dubious theory that he was not actually of this earth.

When Light In The Attic looked to release the album, they set out to investigate the mystery. They found some answers, but more intrigue too. Colver was able to fill in some blanks. Firstly, Lewis is a pseudonym. The man the photographer met was named Randall Wulff. He stayed in the Beverley Hills Hilton, drove a white convertible Mercedes and dated a girl who looked like a model. He paid for his photo session with Colver with a $250 check, which bounced.

Eventually, the trail led to Alberta, Canada, where that first LP had been found. Liner notes writer Jack Fleischer along with master detective Markus Armstrong found Randall’s nephew, who remembered Randall as a stockbroker. His vague recollections include a visit to Randall’s apartment, with all-white furniture and that beautiful girlfriend in situ. Crucially, he offered another name – another of Randall’s pseudonyms – which led to a Vancouver studio and the revelation that Lewis had recorded three or four albums of “soft religious music” there. Alas, even the new nom de plume led only to dead ends.

Lewis remains a ghost, a total mystery, but the music will be heard. The album is being pressed for the first time in more than 30 years, and widely distributed for the first time ever. Lewis’s royalties will be placed in escrow until he makes himself known. Perhaps you know Lewis. Perhaps Lewis is you. The only certainty is this: Lewis is about to find a whole bunch of new fans.

•First ever LP reissue, first time on CD & Digital
•All tracks newly re-mastered
•LP housed in deluxe Stoughton “Tip-On” gatefold jacket
•New liner notes by Jack D. Fleischer
•Unseen photos by legendary photographer Ed Colver (Black Flag, Circle Jerks)
•LP includes download card
•Color vinyl editions (housed in Silver Foil Stamped jacket):
 200 on Grey wax (LITA Vinyl Subscriber exclusive)
 700 on Clear wax (LITA.net pre-orders exclusive)
 100 on “Romantic red” wax (LITA Shop exclusive)

Available:
 Digital – Out Now
 CD – May 13th
 LP – June 24th

Pre-Order at LightInTheAttic

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from JoyfulNoiseRecordings

Memory Map - The Sky As Well As Space (Pre-Order)

With “The Sky as Well as Space”, Memory Map continue to flesh out their uniquely guitar-driven blend of indie pop. Few bands straddle song-craft and technical prowess as effortlessly as Memory Map. Using three guitars (one which cheats its way into acting as a bass), a three-piece drum kit, and vocals from all four members, Memory Map organically fuse cascading guitar lines, complex rhythms, and layered vocal harmonies into shamelessly accessible guitar pop.

In the three years since their debut, Memory Map have gained depth both in composition and production. The album simultaneously showcases the band at their most catchy (“Magnetic Center”), menacing (“Dark Freshman”), and emotional (“Order In the Waves”, “Antelope Earth”).

Why the three-year gap between albums you ask? Well, the delay is largely due to the popularity of a certain cat. Band member Mike Bridavsky owns and takes care of the most famous cat on the planet, Lil BUB. And because Memory Map have been so flexible in working around Lil BUB’s schedule, the band is officially BUB approved.

• Clear w/ White Splatter Vinyl (limited to 250 hand-numbered copies, includes download)
• Clear w/ Black Splatter Vinyl (limited to 250 hand-numbered copies, includes download)
• (also available on black vinyl)

Pre-Order at JoyfulNoiseRecordings

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Record Store Day 2014’s official book is ‘Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting’






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Young Galaxy Remixes Sam Roberts Band for Record Store Day

Sam Roberts Band has a very exclusive 12″ available on limited edition clear, hand-numbered vinyl! The 12″ includes the singles ‘We’re All In This Together’ and ‘Shapeshifters’ along with remixes by Young Galaxy and Andrew Weatherall.







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Metal Blade Records To Release Type O Negative And Karma To Burn Vinyl for Record Store Day!

In celebration of Record Store Day 2014 on April 19th, Metal Blade Records will be releasing two exclusive vinyl pressings! Type O Negative "Slow Deep and Hard" and Karma To Burn's self-titled albums will be released as double 180 gram vinyl in gatefold sleeves! The vinyl will be available at participating Record Store Day locations.





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very cool write up:

Mono a Mano: Retro King Nick Waterhouse on His Love of Vintage Vinyl & Mastering in Mono







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Sarcofago Re-Issuing "Rotting" Album On Vinyl











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Beastwars Announce Vinyl Reissue









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cool story about some youngsters getting in the vinyl groove:

New Trier’s student DJs rebuild WNTH’s vinyl album collection







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Portland's Best Record stores







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Petition launched to reintroduce Technics turntables






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Top 10 Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 10 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city for shows in North America. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. Billy Joel; $1,813,571
2. Justin Timberlake; $1,781,797
3. George Strait; $1,567,009
4. Jay Z; $1,094,769
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $876,295
6. Jason Aldean; $644,985
7. Kings Of Leon; $556,737
8. Zac Brown Band; $508,618
9. Imagine Dragons; $483,379
10. Lady Antebellum; $434,040

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album cover art of the day:

AMBERIAN DAWN: 'Magic Forest' Release Date Announced

Album Review - Barry White 'Can't Get Enough'

written by Robert Benson

Barry White needs no introduction.  His iconic, soulful, baritone accompanying the Love Unlimited Orchestra created defining song styles in the soul, funk and disco music realms.

I was sent a copy to review and although I must admit to being just a casual fan, that soon changed as I sat down and listened to his seminal 1974 LP 'Can't Get Enough.'

This landmark album was recently reissued by our friends at AudioFidelity on February 18, 2014; in perfect form (180 Gram Pure Virgin Vinyl) and remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. It is the first time the lyrics to all the vocals on the record were included, listed on the inside of the attractive, glossy coated gatefold jacket.  The album topped both the Billboard 200 and R & B charts in 1974. It is listed at number 281 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The album is bordered by "Mellow Mood (Pts. 1 & 2)," two short orchestral instrumentals that exemplify White's prowess for layered arrangements.  But it is in between these two cuts, that make the LP shine, and side one starts with the classic #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "You're My First, My Last, My Everything" - an anthem that appealed to White's pop audiences worldwide.

Listening to it brought me right back to the 70's, with bell bottom jeans, shag carpeting and a lovely lady beside me.  When Barry spoke, people listened, but when he sang they heard him with their hearts and souls. It is one of those songs that immediately brings back good memories.

Side one ends with the ten-minute almost apologetic symphony of "I Can’t Believe You Love Me." White's immeasurable passion and indescribable power are on display on this music box thriller.

Side two starts with the iconic cut "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe." It has that emotional connectiveness that can be deciphered in any language, and White's raw intensity leaves an overpowering impact upon the ears.  The next two cuts "Oh Love, Well We Finally We Made It" and "I love You More Than Anything" are the perfect blend of orchestration and vocal interpretation from the soulful bedroom troubadour.

The two time Grammy winner has an intangible aura that appealed to lovers everywhere and it has been presumed that more children have been conceived to White's music than that of any other artist.

During the course of his career, White achieved 106 gold albums worldwide, 41 of which also reached platinum status. He had 20 gold and 10 platinum singles, with worldwide sales in excess of 100 million.

White's funky and seductive music was and still is irresistible to music lovers everywhere and gets a 5 star (out of 5) rating from the CVR blog!

***** 5 out of 5 stars

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 7, 2014

DEAR JERRY: Not long ago you dealt with a reader's inquiry about "Earth Angel," by the Penguins and also by the Crew-Cuts.

That story brought to mind a related incident, that I believe happened in the tri-state area, in the mid-'50s.

One of the Top 40 stations announced, proudly as I recall, that they would no longer play cover records, only versions by the original artists.

Do you know anything about this seemingly absurd idea?
—Jesse Boggs, St. Cloud, Minn.

DEAR JESSE: Yes, and I would upgrade the degree of absurdity from "seemingly" to completely.

On August 20, 1955, WINS (New York City) announced a new programming policy, the gist of which was that "copy" records were banned.

The point was to not reward those who "copy note for note, the arrangement and stylistic phrasing of the [original] singer. When an original disk is followed by copies, WINS will play only the original."

They continue, "This does not involve the release and spinning of cover disks, an integral part of the disk business that is regarded as completely ethical by all."

Conventional wisdom at the time referred to an original as such, and to other recordings of the same song as a cover, but only when released at a time so as to compete with the original.

Accordingly, all copy disks (issued as quickly as possible so as to compete for sales) are also cover disks. But not all cover disks are copies -- only ones that "copy note for note, the arrangement and stylistic phrasing of the original."

Not stated was whose responsibility it would be to distinguish between copy versions and cover versions (good luck with that).

What sense would it make to ban a copy recording that not only turned out to be an enormous hit, but was also the only hit version. In other words, however great the original might be, it simply didn't sell.

One example that comes to mind is "A Tear Fell" (Atlantic 1086), originally released in February 1956 by Ivory Joe Hunter.

In just a day or two, Teresa Brewer's copy/cover version (Coral 61590) was out and accompanied by full-page ads in the trade magazines. Placed near to Coral's ad was this tiny reminder from Atlantic: "A Tear Fell - Get the Original by Ivory Joe Hunter."

Brewer's record went to the Top 5 and stayed on the pop charts for about six months. Hunter's never appeared on the pop charts, and after just one week at the bottom the R&B chart, dropped from sight.

Under the WINS policy, they would have banned Teresa's blockbuster hit and either played Hunter's track, or nothing at all. Neither option would benefit a Top 40 station

Fortunately, brighter WINS minds prevailed and soon the ban was banned.

The following year (1957), the topic generating the most complaints from radio stations shifted to the proliferation of "smutty lyrics and double entendre references."

DEAR JERRY: I have prepared an addendum to your recent column concerning the decline in the quantity of No. 1 instrumentals, before and after the British Invasion.

This breakdown shows the total number of instrumentals on the Billboard Hot 100 for each year of the decade:

1960 - 75
1961 - 86
1962 - 90
1963 - 62
1964 - 44
1965 - 42
1966 - 42
1967 - 43
1968 - 41
1969 - 42

It appears the decrease in the overall number of charted instrumentals was well underway by 1963, but it's likely the British Invasion, with its emphasis on vocal groups, contributed to a further decline in 1964. From then through 1969, the annual totals leveled off.
—Randy Price, Archives Manager, Cash Box Magazine


DEAR RANDY: Thank you so much for taking the time to tally 10 years of charted instrumentals. Your piece was, dare I say, instrumental in motivating me to compile yet one more perspective on this topic:


IZ ZAT SO? First we present the Top 10 instrumentalists of the vinyl era, for singles sales:

1. Herb Alpert
2. Billy Vaughn
3. Duane Eddy
4. Roger Williams
5. Lawrence Welk
6. Bill Black's Combo
7. Ventures
8. Ramsey Lewis
9. Henry Mancini
10. Kenny G

For albums, seven of the above 10 remain, though none are in the same position as for singles:

1. Mantovani
2. Lawrence Welk
3. Henry Mancini
4. Herb Alpert
5. Roger Williams
6. Ventures
7. Billy Vaughn
8. Enoch Light
9. Ramsey Lewis
10. Ferrante & Teicher

Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column.  Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368   E-mail: jpo@olympus.net   Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com

All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition. 

Copyright 2014 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Birth Of The Dead Volume Two - The Live Sides by Grateful Dead

The legendary Bay area rock superstars the Grateful Dead scored for over four decades a plethora of wonderful recordings throughout their incredible career. Spearheaded originally by the late great Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kruetzmann and the late Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, these five gentlemen set the world on fire with their magnificent artistry and musicianship unparalleled to this day.

With their very first San Francisco live gigs and when they were locally known as The Warlocks, the historical importance of these debut concert recordings would soon become a blueprint for the music world as the Grateful Dead would become one of the biggest concert attractions of all time.

Over a decade ago, the Grateful Dead unearthed 14 super rare live recordings from the mid-sixties. None of these recordings were ever previously released at the time. Recorded in San Francisco from a July 1966 performance, when they were signed to the Scorpio Records label, this ultra rare concert tape simply became manna for the fans and was truly a find for any collector of fine rock and roll and early psych and garage rock fare.

Dead fan favorite Viola Lee Blues kicks off the rare collection, and then the fireworks light up as future Grateful Dead classics like Don’t Ease Me In and the stellar Jimmy Reed classic Big Boss Man truly become a very important and interesting listen to any fan of the Dead or classic rock in general. Known for their jams in concert, you will get to hear stellar takes on rare blues tracks like One Kind Favor, Next Time You See Me and of course their super rare Bob Dylan interpretation of It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, which would be an interesting choice not knowing there would be future collaborations with Dylan in both of their important later careers.

Even superlative covers of Otis Redding’s Pain In My Heart and the Slim Harpo blues champion I’m A King Bee are included in this amazingly important and historic rock release from this much loved band.

These Grateful Dead recordings have never been released on the vinyl format that is until now… Friday Music is very pleased to announce for the very first time on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl – The Grateful Dead’s Birth Of The Dead Volume Two-The Live Sides. This deluxe 2 LP set not only has the original 14 live performances unearthed by the Dead themselves, but it also includes for the very first time anywhere several unearthed photos from the lens of the legendary Herb Greene. These first time issued photos show the very first sittings of the Grateful Dead and will make your listening hours that much more enjoyable as you stare at the brilliant pictures of your favorite rockers in this very special era.

As a further installment in the exclusive and authorized Grateful Dead Friday Music 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl Series, this fine album is part of a historical two part audiophile vinyl series along with the Birth Of The Dead Volume One-The Studio Sessions which was released in late 2013.

Mastered impeccably for vinyl by Joe Reagoso (Grateful Dead) at Friday Music Studios and at Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA, this limited edition audiophile version of Birth Of The Dead Volume Two-The Live Sides will truly be a welcome addition to your Dead collection.

Exclusive Only To This LP Release: First Time Sitting Photos Of The Dead By The Legendary Herb Greene

Order at SoundStageDirect


This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. The Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatorium (Pre-Order)
2. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Yellow Vinyl)
3, Led Zeppelin - Mothership (Very Best Of) (On Sale)
4. Led Zeppelin I (Deluxe Edition) (Pre-Order) (On Sale)
5. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind (Pre-Order)
6. Led Zeppelin I (Pre-Order)
7. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
8. Eagles: The Studio Albums 1972-1979 Box Set (On Sale)
9. John Harrison - Creepshow: Original 1982 Score (Green) (Pre-Order)
10. Led Zeppelin II (Pre-Order)

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Thou - The Sacrifice 12" (180 GRAM CLEAR VINYL)

THOU returns to Robotic Empire with another substantial 12" EP of five songs in 25 minutes, delivering some of their most condensed work to date.

Recorded at the same time as their "Heathen" album, but eschewing the crawl found on most of their long-players, THOU ups the tempo a bit for this brilliant release while retaining their well renowned doom and roar.

Several new bludgeoners ("New Orleans Is a Hole", "Pill" and "Eulogy") are joined with the masterful drone of "I Believe Because It Is Impossible" and, per usual, a ferocious NIRVANA cover, this time putting "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die" through THOU’s apocalyptic grinder.

The vinyl edition is housed in a casewrap tip-on style LP jacket with 45RPM, 180gram color vinyl and high quality digital download included, THOU once again presents the thunder with quality and class.

Order at RoboticEmpire

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from our friends at TheOmegaOrder

RICH ROBINSON - The Ceaseless Sight (Gatefold 2LP)

Rich Robinson, best known as the guitarist, songwriter, and founder of The Black Crowes, stands ready to complete the solo artist evolution that he began ten years earlier. The Ceaseless Sight, is an album that represents the full maturation of Rich as a songwriter, a vocalist, and a solo artist. A worldwide Black Crowes tour kept Robinson busy in 2013, but he found the time to return to Woodstock to record The Ceaseless Sight. The album finds Robinson stepping solidly into his own as a solo artist as he adds confident vocalist and lyricist to his accomplished musical resume. The Ceaseless Sight will be released early in 2014 and the Rich Robinson Band will tour through the year in support of its release.

**All LP's come with a CD insert of the full album

***All Omega Order pre orders come with The Acoustic/Instrumental EP 'The Dirigible Utopia'  in a silkscreen printed CD sleeve.

Order at TheOmegaOrder

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Aesthethica - Liturgy

Brooklyn based Liturgy is Hunter Hunt Hendrix, Greg Fox, Tyler Dusenbury, and Bernard Gann. Aesthethica, their second album and third release, shows the band exploring, in greater depth, themes initially touched on by their critically acclaimed debut album, Renihilation. The band used every instrument, literal or figurative, to produce meaning and intensity, disregarding the genre boundaries of black metal, hardcore and experimental music.

NEW WHITE VINYL RE-PRESS NOW IN STOCK AND SHIPPING! Deluxe 2xLP version is pressed on 150gram white vinyl and packaged in a gatefold jacket with fully artworked inner sleeves and PMS Gold printing. Included is a free download coupon.

Order at ThrillJockey

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from our friends at SlyVinyl

First Aid Kit – Stay Gold // Limited Edition Gold Vinyl LP

Kiss – Kissteria // Limited to 1000, 34 LP Box Set





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interesting story out of the great city of boston:

Classic Vinyl Meets Contemporary Customers At Stereo Jack’s







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lovely story from the uk:

Fan's music memories as vinyl turns 65






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from the great state of texas:

Vinyl records make a spin in music sales






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The Doors Vinyl Coming for Record Store Day (Amber Vinyl)











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The Rock*A*Teens Treat 'Sweet Bird of Youth' to First Vinyl Pressing via Merge











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Duran Duran to release first live album on vinyl in a decade, with stunning ‘diamond dust’ artwork










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Sun Ra's Vintage Master Tapes Are for Sale on eBay







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Boysetsfire and Funeral For A Friend to release split 7-inch covering each others songs











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Butthole Surfers' 'Independent Worm Saloon' Set for Vinyl Reissue











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Harry Smith’s seminal Anthology of American Folk Music reissued in mammoth vinyl box set/

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Cave In to Deliver 'The Sacrifice Poles' Vinyl Reissue

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from the folks at EasyStreetOnline

EasyStreetOnline Top 10 Vinyl Best Sellers 

1. Beck - Morning Phase
2. Mac Demarco - Salad Days
3. Grieves - Winter & The Wolves
4. Kevin Drew - Darlings
5. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
6. Manchester Orchestra - Cope
7. Future Islands - Singles
8. Radiohead - In Rainbows
9. Thievery Corporation - Saudade
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Vol. 1-Chronicle-20 Greatest Hits

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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl

1. Illmatic XX ~ Nas
2. Wolf (2LP+CD) ~ The Creator Tyler
3. Salad Days ~ Mac Demarco
4. Here & Nowhere Else ~ Cloud Nothings
5. Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe Edition) ~ Led Zeppelin
6. St Vincent ~ St. Vincent
7. Happy ~ Pharrell Williams
8. It's Album Time ~ Todd Terje
9. Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition) ~ Led Zeppelin
10. Supermodel ~ Foster the People


Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Music

1. Frozen ~ Demi Lovato
2. Duets ~ Linda Ronstadt
3. Out Among The Stars ~ Johnny Cash
4. A Dotted Line ~ Nickel Creek
5. G I R L ~ Pharrell Williams
6. Catacombs Of The Black Vatican ~ Black Label Society
7. Everlasting ~ Martina McBride
8. Ronnie James Dio - This Is Your Life ~ Ronnie James Dio
9. Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne ~ Various
10. Welcome To The New ~ MercyMe

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 3/31 - 4/06, 2014

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Mac Demarco - Salad Days
2. Manchester Orchestra - Cope
3. Beck - Morning Phase
4. Band Of Skulls - Himalayan
5. Johnny Cash - Out Among The Stars
6. Temples - Sun Structures
7. Cloud Nothings - Here & Nowhere Else
8. St Vincent - St Vincent
9. Nirvana - In Utero (2013 mix)
10. The Shins - Live At Third Man
11. Various - Emotional, Cosmic, & Occult World Of Joe Meek
12. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
13. Future Islands - Singles
14. S Carey - Range Of Light
15. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
16. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
17. Kevin Drew - Darlings
18. Bryce Dessner w/ Jonny Greenwood - St Carolyn By the Sea: Suite from There Will Be Blood
19. Mac Demarco - Rock & Roll Night Club
20. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
21. The Black Keys - El Camino
22. Radiohead - OK Computer
23. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City
24. Melvins - Live At Third Man
25. Lambchop - Nixon

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if you are interested, some great vinyl bargains can be had at BecauseSoundMatters "Flash Sale" HERE

New Music Releases - April 8, 2014

65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math (deluxe edition) (vinyl)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos VII (vinyl)
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter the Slasher House (vinyl)
Black Label Society - Catacombs of the Black Vatican
Boozoo Bajou - 4 (vinyl)
Brutality Will Prevail - Suspension Of Consciousness
Carlene Carter - Carter Girl
Christopher Bissonnette - Essays In Idleness (vinyl)
Chuck Inglish - Convertibles
Colourmusic - May You Marry Rich (vinyl)
Consider Me Dead - Young At Heart
Dan Telfer - Tendrils of Ruin
Danny Brown - Old (2xLP)
De Lux - Voyage (vinyl)
Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham (vinyl)
Delain - The Human Contradiction
Denney and The Jets - Mexican Coke (vinyl)
Descendents - Everything Sucks (reissue) (vinyl)
Diarrhea Planet - Aloha (7")
Diarrhea Planet - Yama-Uba (7")
Divino Niño - Pool Jealousy (vinyl)
DJ Clent - Hyper Feet (12")
Donovan Wolfington - Scary Stories You Tell In The Dark (vinyl)
Doug Gillard - Parade On (vinyl)
Downliners Sekt - Silent Ascent (2x12")
Dustin Hamman - Beneath the Harvest Sky OST
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (reissue) (2xLP)
EMA - The Future's Void (vinyl)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (2xCD+DVD)
Fat Freddys Drop - Mother Mother (Theo Parrish Translation) (12")
Fat Freddys Drop - Mother Mother / Never Moving Remixes (12")
Flutronix - 2.0
Folly and the Hunter - Tragic Care (vinyl)
For The Fallen Dreams - Heavy Hearts (vinyl)
Foreign Tongues - Sweet Empathy Leaving Me (vinyl)
Gave Liedman - Hiyeeee!!
Girl Talk / Freeway - Broken Ankles (EP)
Greg Barris - Shame Wave
Grizfolk - From the Spark (vinyl)
Groovie Ghoulies - Flying Saucer Rock N Roll (vinyl)
Hellion - To Hellion & Back: 2CD Anthology 1983-14
Highasakite - Silent Treatment (vinyl)
Hues Corporation - Freedom for the Stallion: Expanded Edition
Incan Abraham - Tolerance (vinyl)
Jaguar Skills - Nervous 90's Hip Hop Revisited
James the Fang and Serious Sam Barrett - The North Country Steed
Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen OST (vinyl)
Joan Osborne - Love and Hate
Joe Turner - The Real Boss Of The Blues
John Frusciante - Enclosure (vinyl)
Jon Langford and Skull Orchard - Here Be Monsters (vinyl)
Jozef Van Wissem | SQÜRL - Only Lovers Left Alive OST (vinyl)
King Dude - Fear
King of Prussia - Zonian Girls and the Echoes That Surround Us All
Leif Vollebekk - North Americana (vinyl)
Liam Finn - The Nihilist
Lilacs and Champagne - Midnight Features Vol. 1: Shower Scene (12")
Linda Ronstadt - Duets
Man Forever with So Percussion - Ryonen (vinyl)
Manchester Orchestra/Minus The Bear - Split (vinyl)
Mansions - Dig Up The Dead (reissue) (vinyl)
Martina McBride - Everlasting
Mean Creek - Local Losers (vinyl)
MercyMe - Welcome To The New
Michelle Biloon - You Can Be An Asshole
Mike + The Mechanics - Living Years: Deluxe Edition
Millencolin - For Monkeys (reissue) (vinyl)
Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers (reissue) (vinyl)
Mirah - Changing Light
Modern Life Is War - Midnight In America (reissue) (vinyl)
Modest Mouse/Black Mountain/Elliott Smith/Minus The Bear - Fort George (vinyl)
Mount Carmel - Get Pure (vinyl)
Nickodemus feat. BAM and the Real Live Show - Back in the Days (12")
Nina Persson - Animal Heart (vinyl)
Nine Inch Nails - N/A (Blu-ray/DVD/CD)
Nostalghia - Chrysalis
Odyssey - Hollywood Party Tonight: Expanded Edition
OFF! - Wasted Years (vinyl)
Otis Spann - Sweet Giant Of The Blues
Patton Oswalt - Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
Pennywise - About Time (reissue) (vinyl)
Peter Gabriel - Hit (2xCD)
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right (vinyl)
PUP - PUP (vinyl)
Ratking - So It Goes (vinyl)
Redman - Whut? Thee Album (vinyl)
Robbie Basho - Voice of the Eagle
Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson - Going Back Home
Rone - Apache (12")
Ryan Russell - Continental Obscura: From Birmingham to Bellingham (vinyl)
Sandy Pussy - Sandy Pussy (vinyl)
School of Language - Old Fears (vinyl)
Screaming Females - Live at the Hideout (2xLP)
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Sigur Ros - Von
Sivu - Can't Stop Now (7")
Slasher Flicks - Enter The Slasher House
Sleepmakeswaves - In Today Already Walks Tomorrow (vinyl)
SnakeWay - Year of the Snake
SoftSpot - MASS
Sohn - Tremors (vinyl)
Split Single - Fragmented World
Squarepusher x Z-Machines - Music for Robots (12"+CD)
Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures - Gin (vinyl)
Stumbleine - Dissolver (vinyl)
Sweet Apple - The Golden Age of Glitter (vinyl)
SZA - Z
T-Bone Walker - Every Day I Have The Blues
Teebs - Estara (2xLP)
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Dump Road Yodel
The Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation (reissue) (vinyl)
The Faint - Doom Abuse (vinyl)
The Graviators - Motherload
The Mary Onettes - Portico (vinyl)
The Skull Defekts - Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown (vinyl)
The Sword - The Hidden Master / Arcane Montane (2x7")
Thus Owls - Turning Rocks (vinyl)
Tiger Flowers - Dead Hymns
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2xLP)
Trollfest - Kaptein
Trophy Scars - Holy Vacants (2xLP)
Tweens - Tweens (vinyl)
Two Knights - Shut Up (vinyl)
Various Artists - Come Spy With Us: The Secret Agent Songbook
Various Artists - Let The Music Play: Black America Sings Bacharach & David
Various Artists - Soul Jazz Records presents: Gipsy Rhumba (vinyl)
Various Artists - Swamp Pop By The Bayou
Various Artists - The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1: 1964-67
Various Artists - The Rebel Kind : Girls With Guitars 3
Various Artists - World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's A Real Thing (2xLP)
Various Artists - XXX: Three Decades Of Roadrunner Records
We Are The In Crowd - Weird Kids (vinyl)
Wertheimer - Braindished EP (12")
Wisdom In Chains - When We Sleep (EP)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (vinyl)
Wunder Wunder - Coastline (7")
Young and Sick - Young and Sick (vinyl)
Your Friend - Jekyll / Hyde (vinyl)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

GOODTIME BOYS 'Rain' LP (Clear with Pink Splatter/150) 

Goodtime Boys' forthcoming full-length, Rain, is now up for pre-order.

Goodtime Boys have spent five years and multiple EPs, splits, and singles molding their melodic emotional hardcore sound into something that stands apart from their peers and predecessors, laying it all out on their first proper studio full-length. Though Rain is driven with an almost consistently aggressive thrust and unpredictably spastic inclinations, the band's introspective exploration of loss, longing, and existential crises result in flashes of heartrending crescendos and gracefully woven atmosphere. While the album's title seems to reference the doggedly overcast ether the band's UK homeland usually brings to mind, its floral cover reminds us that the grayscale spectrum of cathartic sorrow can also result in colorful growth and beauty.

This is an LP copy of Goodtime Boys' Rain on the most rare color: clear-with-pink-splatter vinyl, limited to 150 copies.

***NOTE: This is a pre-order. Your item will ship and download will be sent on the release date of May 20, 2014.***

Pre-Order at BridgeNine

BOYSETSFIRE 'While a Nation Sleeps' Gatefold LP (Translucent Purple/1000)

An LP copy of BoySetsFire's While a Nation Sleeps... on translucent purple vinyl (limited to 1000 copies) with a gatefold and embossed jacket printed with metallic ink.

BoySetsFire's While a Nation Sleeps... is the band's first full-length in more than seven years. After a three-year hiatus that saw the post-hardcore veterans lend their time to projects like the Casting Out and Young Lady, the band reconvened in 2010 and soon set to work on some of their truly heaviest, most aggressive and scathing material to date—as well as some of their most melodic. With their signature mix of political and personal themes set to a surprisingly dynamic musical backdrop, long-time fans and even newcomers should find something to enjoy here.

Order at BridgeNine

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ShopRadioCast Top 10 Albums – April 7, 2014 

Here are the top records sold at ShopRadioCast for the week of April 1 – April 7, 2014:

Pre Orders / New Releases

1. Silverchair – Frogstomp 2XLP
2. Boysetsfire / Funeral For A Friend – Split 7″
3. Oasis – Definitely Maybe 2XLP
4. Finch – What It Is To Burn X 2XLP
5. I Am The Avalanche – Avalanche United LP
6. Soundtrack – Dumb and Dumber 2XLP
7. Soundtrack – Orange Is The New Black LP
8. Thrice – Identity Crisis LP
9. Beth Orton – Central Reservation 2XLP
10. Tomahawk – M.E.A.T. 7″

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Lalo Schifrin's BULLITT Soundtrack Reissued on Vinyl for Record Store Day











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DARKTHRONE: 'Black Death And Beyond' Vinyl Box Set Due In May





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to each his/her own, but if i were to pick 10 albums, a copy of west side story wouldn't be one of them....(the rest of the choices are OK)


Top 10 LPs Every Self-Respecting Music Lover Should Own








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Watch Weezer Play “Susanne” In Third Man’s Insta-Vinyl Recording Booth











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album cover art of the day:

Details Of New Album "Hell Hath No Fury..." Revealed By Metallica