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Record Day Roundup!

I wanted to post all my finds from my Record Store Day journeys!

Here they are:

Stop #0: Bleeker Street Music 

Long line, I got confused, didn’t stay!

Stop #1: Village Music World

The Flaming Lips, The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends 2x LP, custom jackets
Dave Brubeck Octet, Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals 10”red vinyl

Stop #2 Generation Records

Beach House, Lazuli B/W Equal Mind Sub Pop 7″ blue vinyl
Supertouch, Lost My Way 7″ vinyl (limited edition #43 of 70)

Stops #3: In Living Stereo and #4: Kim’s Video and Music were cool but I didn’t get anything.

Stop #5:  J&R Music World

Mariachi El Bronx/The Bronx, Split 12″ splatter vinyl
Free Sampler
2Pack/Pair of dinky headphones (one pair broke a day later)

Stop #6: Return to J&R on Sunday

Aretha Franklin/Otis Redding, Respect 7″ gold vinyl

The Mynah Byrds, It’s My Time/Go On And Cry 7″ single
(Rick James and Neil Young were in a band together?!?!)

Preteen Zenith, Preteen Zenith 180G colored swirled LP

Xiu Xiu / Dirty Beaches, split Polyvinyl 7″

TheBlackTwigPickers, Yellow Cat 7″

Starfucker, Heaven’s Youth(Reptilians Demos) Polyvinyl LP

So I had a fun day!

The end! (until next year)

 

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Inbox Submission: The Preludes

Last week I spoke about deeply reflective music. The type that makes you want to shut your bedroom door and slightly turn inwards. Before big matches I used to listen to music of this nature, calming in a quiet and intense way.

Recently Matt from the duo, Preludes, shot over their dreamy EP, The Swan. It’s a collection of ambient tones and electronic melodies with a nice use of overlaying the vocals. There’s a comfort you can hear in the music and that may just be because the two are brother and sister. The Swan builds track by track, adding more structure to each song. I’m reminded a lot of Beach House yet, with a more minimalist nod.

Listen to the 4-track EP below and grab it for entirely free over at their bandcamp page.

By the way… Matt’s also a poet so pay attention to those lyrics and also check out Bears In America, his other band.

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New Podcast featuring Lisa Jaeggi!!!!!

What’s Protocol? Podcast with recording artist Lisa Jaeggi by Whatsprotocol on Mixcloud

We were lucky enough to get Lisa Jaeggi to come on the podcast and talk about her new album “Epic Epic”. We had a good time and as promised during the podcast here is the link to purchase her new album. Also here is the Wikipedia page on solipsism and I also found out that Solipsism syndrome exists. 

Tracklist:

1. Lisa Jaeggi – Whether He Knows

2. Bon Iver – Michicant

3. Lykke Li – Love Out of Lust

4. Radiohead – Morning Mr. Magpie

5. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Bottled in Cork

6. Arcade Fire – This Must be the Place(Talking Heads cover)

7. Lisa Jaeggi – All the Good

8. Local Natives – Sun Hands

9. TV on the Radio – Golden Age

10. Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo

11. Eliza Doolittle – Pack Up

12. Lisa Jaeggi – Come Hell or High Water

13. Q and not U – Soft Pyramids

Also, if you want to throw the podcast on your iPod you can download it here.

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We are stars trapped in skin and bones

Whoa.  It’s literally been work, work, work this new year.  Don’t worry though, I’ve still been keeping my ears out listening to some good music…make sure to right-click and save these gems.

Shine Feat. Cate Ferris – Nordic Giants A very light and relaxing song.  I’m loving the ambient sound this UK band creates and Cate’s voice matches well.  Haven’t heard much about this two-piece but checking out their myspace I learned that they actually don’t perform live in concert, rather they appear on a custom TV screen that they place on the front of the stage and create a more visual experience through that.  Odd right?  Or actually really cool…

Used To Be – Beach House This song is absolutely solid.  It totally matched my bleak, winter day earlier when I was trekking throughout Center City trying to find a damn car rental place that would accept an out-of-state license…I need to stop or this post could seriously be more about why I hate Enterprise then exceptionally solid music.  Anyway, been sitting on this song for awhile and just love the stripped down sound this duo creates.  Do yourself a favor and download.

Wintersong – Blake Mills I like the lyrics in this one.  A nice little folk jam to go along with this cold, cold winter.

Dress Yourself as Someone Dead – The Angry Years Perfect, another English-based band.  Apparently their influences are early Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Queens of the Stone Age…I can hear that, totally.  A fun song to listen to, I like the driving guitar.

Enjoy.

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