Badman Recording Co. just released a new splatter pattern for My Morning Jacket’s classic 40 minute “EP” Chocolate and Ice. These are limited to 1,000 copies and look nice! They incorporate transparent purple and blue mixed with opaque purple and blue over milky clear (not considered clear vinyl, so the quality is higher) vinyl. You … Read more
Sob Story sees Spectrals back and better than ever, brimming with confidence and the best songs of the Jones brothers’ careers so far. It’s an album that begs to be played again as soon as it finishes and one that will also create excitement at what is to come next from this band, whether Louis … Read more
San Francisco/Oakland’s The Mantles have been charting a unique path through the Bay Area’s storied garage/pop scene since 2007. The early shows were loose & loud Velvets/Nuggets-bashing, always with weirdly catchy songs & oddball chord changes. Their first singles saw them honing their sound, building towards their excellent 2009 self-titled debut album (on Siltbreeze) and … Read more
There is always a chance with The Dodos that this limited vinyl variant will be hard to find around its release date of August 27. The record will be on 180 gram glacier blue with 700 copies pressed. You can pre-order a copy HERE.
We know how everyone loves Baroness releases. Live at Maida is due out on July 23rd and as always, Relapse Records is offering up several variants with this Clear w/ Gold and Black Splatter being the most limited available right now. If you like Baroness and want this variant I would suggest you hurry HERE. … Read more
Formed in 1992 with an average age of 15 years old, Envy began as a blistering punk quintet, whipping violent riffs into frantic bursts that rarely cracked the two-minute mark. Their inexhaustible exploration of new sounds and ideas would lead them to incorporate strains of a experimental noise, subtle ambience, and triumphant, cinematic rock. Invariable … Read more
You can now grab a copy of the Twerps self-titled debut on white vinyl from Chapter Music HERE if you live in AUS/NZ. Anywhere else you can pick up one from Underwaters People Records HERE. Below is The Fire Note review of the 2011 record. “If you really like simple guitar, simple lyrics and bright … Read more
Case Studies is the musical project of Jesse Lortz, a prolific Seattle based musician that was part of The Dutchess and the Duke. This Is Another Life is Lortz’s second full-length solo release on Sacred Bones. It is the follow-up album to 2011’s highly acclaimed The World is Just a Shape to Fill the Night. … Read more
Son Lux has officially signed with Joyful Noise Recordings and already has a limited edition 7″ single available. Son Lux is Ryan Lott – music school grad, member of sss (with Serengeti & Sufjan Stevens), and one of the most inventive composers around. Son Lux’s debut recording, At War With Walls and Mazes (Anticon), earned … Read more
In 1952 a record label started in a bustling Tennessee town. They were fond of acoustic tile, storefronts, the color yellow, the owner producing recording sessions and music that generally moved people. Their output couldn’t be pigeonholed to any one genre. They released everything….country, rock and roll, gospel, bluegrass, rockabilly, blues. If there’s an American … Read more
Superchunk will release I Hate Music, their tenth studio album, on August 20. After taking nearly a decade off following the release of Here’s to Shutting Up, Mac, Laura, Jon, and Jim decided to shout it out again in 2010 with Majesty Shredding, an album perfectly described by its own title. The band’s forthcoming release, … Read more
Third Man Records has gone the extra mile with their limited-edition version for The Great Gatsby soundtrack in pioneering a never-before released method for vinyl records. Both LPs in the set are blindingly reflective metalized discs. Disc one is platinum and disc two is gold. These are the first-ever commercially available records made using these … Read more
You can now pre-order the latest Big School Records release, Graham Repulski’s Cop Art LP HERE. Big School pressed up a limited number of LP’s, 150 to be exact, and they’ll be hand-numbered. The album is cut at 45rpm and each record will come with unique scraps of ephemera containing lyrics and notes left over … Read more
Man or Astro-Man? have returned to earth for the human masses and after years of hibernation they are now unveiling their finest recorded work to date. It has been nearly 12 years since the band last released their intergalactic sonic wave forms, and the new album, Defcon 5…4…3…2…1, is here with a striking validity that … Read more
Kim Deal has just launched the second 7-inch single in her solo series. The 7-inch is limited to just 1,000 copies, features the songs “Hot Shot” b/w “Likkle More” and can be ordered at HERE.
The Public Enemy 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection celebrates a landmark 25 years since the band’s first release, bringing together the complete original Def Jam studio album catalogue on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl, in a limited edition box set. Including iconic hip-hop anthems such as “Public Enemy No 1”, “Bring The Noise”, “Fight The Power”, “Welcome To … Read more
Anarchic Breezes is the debut LP from Grim Tower, the Psych/Death Folk project from Stephen McBean of Black Mountain and Imaad Wasif. 10 tracks of new acoustic death folk, equal parts Harry Smith and Harry Pussy. Now available for order, the regular LP version is on marbled vinyl, and a super limited version of 300 … Read more
Sloan will release the new limited Hardcore 7-inch single tomorrow exclusively at Sloanmusic.com at Noon EST. In addition to the two new original songs, Sloan also recorded a dozen covers of hardcore classics that were the soundtrack of their youth. Keeping in the theme, there is also a new t-shirt that represents Sloan circa 1985. … Read more
Mother Love Bone (also known as Stardog Champion) is a compilation album by the American rock band Mother Love Bone. The album contains material from the EP Shine (1989) and the album Apple (1990). It was originally released in 1992 by Polygram subsidiary Stardog/Mercury Records after the band dissolved due to the death of vocalist … Read more
This is Volume Two of the enthusiastically-received Captured Tracks repackaging of The Cleaners from Venus. This part of the collection covers a 3-year period between 1983 and 1985 for the Brit Lo-fi combo, now being described as ‘D.I.Y Beatles.’ While the rest of the 1980s rock world had immersed itself in epic and often empty … Read more
Fresh out of the desert for their Coachella debut, Empty Estate is the follow-up EP to the critically acclaimed “Nocturne”, which received several year-end accolades including album of the year in Under The Radar and iTunes. The 7-song EP was recorded in Brooklyn at Gary’s Electric by Al Carlson in January and finds Jack Tatum … Read more
This just looks cool. Third Man Records now has a booth that creates up to an 111 second vinyl recording. The booth uses the highest quality aluminum substrate lacquers. These blanks offer the best fidelity for cold needle record cutting and can be played dozens and dozens of times without any noticeable audio degradation. Jack … Read more
You can pick up the following releases from Polyvinyl Records tomorrow at Record Store Day. Tons of color vinyl to be had! *Aloha Here Comes Everyone (green vinyl ltd. to 1000) *Braid Frame & Canvas 15-Year Anniversary Edition (clear vinyl ltd. to 1000) *Owen The Seaside EP (blue vinyl ltd. to 700) *Sonny & The … Read more
Below is a sampling from Saddle Creek’s 2013 Record Store Day releases. Black Lips/Icky Blossoms – Cowboy Knights 7″ PUJOL – DEEP CUTS 7″ O+S – Flowers Turn To Fire 7″ The Thermals – Desperate Ground Demos 7″ These 7″‘s will be available in limited supply on 4/20 exclusively at independent record stores.
On Record Store Day 2013, Phish will release Lawn Boy, the band’s second full-length studio album, as a Limited Edition Deluxe 2-LP vinyl set, available exclusively at participating independently owned record stores across the country. Lawn Boy marks the band’s third release in conjunction with Record Store Day (joining Two Soundchecks and Junta) and the … Read more