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This is the S/T debut album from Mon Khmer. We are stoked about this album because it is the first release on our vinyl-only imprint, which is aptly named, Daily Vinyl. This record is DV-01. We couldn’t have chosen a better sounding record to make our debut release. These are stellar songs, artfully recorded and produced. There’s plenty of experimentation here, but always within the confines of tasteful restraint and Mon Khmer’s characteristic minimalism. You can buy it here. If you have not heard about this band yet, you will soon. We’re interested to see what sorts of label people attach to Mon Khmer, but make no mistake, this is not music that should be put into some genre box. If anything this is simply original music. This album features virtuosic musicianship from drummer Dave Cole and guitarist Elias Meister....
Pavement is gonna let a fan play guitar with them on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" when they play the show in September. So grab your axe and youtube yourself strumming "Major Leagues". Actually, don't choose that one. It's too obvious so you won't win.
You can enter here. Rawk!
Who knew that making copies of your favorite LP was so easy! With a little intuition you could be cranking out duplicates of you're favorite obscure No-Fi bands for all your friends in no time! SynthGear took the time to transcribe the whole process, which was originally written in German, here on their site.
Pirating Vinyl takes about 8 steps and with a little elbow grease you could turn out your own playable vinyl casts too. Enjoy!
Arcade Fire released a new interactive video today and a lot people have been talking about it around the web. Since most music fans are not techy, we figured we'd give a brief lay person's explanation of just what's going on with this new video and why we think Arcade Fire chose to do this.
The Moon and Antarctica is one of two albums released in 2000 that, even at the end of the decade, still top “best of” lists, the other being Radiohead's Kid A. Notoriously out of print and fetching eBay prices well into the hundreds of dollars, the vinyl version of the album was finally reissued in honor of Record Store Day 2010 and is now once again available, and you can find it in our store. This edition is a double album that retains the original artwork (unlike the CD reissue from 2004) and comes with a full lyric sheet and a digital download.
It's a very cold album, and despite layers of loops and backmasked guitars, it retains a one-dimensional, lo-fi feel. This is arguably Modest Mouse's last and most developed foray through the indie garage rock style that early fans love them for, tones of 2004's more lush, pop-oriented Good News for People Who Love Bad News already peeking through Isaac Brock's yelps and frantic guitar. The vinyl edition of this album isn't too sonically distinct from its CD counterpart (the mix is the same as the 2004 reissue, not the original 2000 mix with which Brock was reportedly dissatisfied). The sequencing of the tracks helps break up a couple of the longer songs that always made the album difficult to listen to in one sitting for me. Fans of vinyl's unique properties will enjoy the locked groove on the end of the A side, turning “Perfect Disguise” into a hiccuping vocal loop and highlighting the potential infinity inherent in playing music on a circular track; otherwise, the album is identical to the CD release.
In one of the many deceptively-simple-yet-deep observations on the album, Brock considers that “anyone can equally, easily fuck you over.” Fortunately for us, this reissue of The Moon and Antarctica is a worthy addition to any vinyl collection, if only for its heretofore unattainable status, but most certainly also for the music contained within it.
A long sought-after collection of Dylan demos will officially be released on Columbia Records on Tuesday, October 19th under the name Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos. The demos were made for his publishers from 1962-64, and they contain 47 songs,15 of which that were recorded only for the sessions. Some of the tracks included are "Ballad For A Friend," "Long Ago, Far Away," "The Death Of Emmett Till," and the great "Guess I'm Doing Fine."
Also announced, via Columbia press release, is that the first eight of Dylan's records will be released as a limited edition box set of newly mastered mono versions. This will be the first time Mono versions of the Dylan songs are released since the originals. Be sure to check back here, as we will have them available once released in our store.
As everyone waits with bated breath for his upcoming TBS talk show, Conan O’Brien will release two vinyls on Jack White's label Third Man. And They Call Me Mad? will be released as a 7-inch, the A side will feature O’Brien’s spoken word take on the story of Frankenstein, and the B side an interview with Third Man Records’ founder, Jack White. It’s available for pre-order at Third Man’s website, and will ship Aug. 24.
O’Brien also recorded the album Conan O’Brien Live at Third Man with The Legally Prohibited Band on June 10, 2010 in Nashville. It features the rock and rockabilly tunes he was touring on as well as a jam with Jack White on the song “20 Flight Rock.” You can pick this one up at the Third Man website as well.
