Moody bedroom basement artist Daniel Smith has prepped his sophomore release, Before Now, Was Then, under the name Weaver at the Loom. Fans of Dan’s lauded 2007 EP, I was Searching and I Found will appreciate a continuation of the ambient textures and opulent vocal layering on this new effort.[...]
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April 27th, 2012 - 7:39 am § in Album Reviews, Vinyl
Record Store Day Gold: Smugglers Way Flexidisc Zine
Last Saturday was Record Store Day, and we told you about a cool offering from Domino Record Company called Smuggers Way. I got one on the mail this week (after RSD, but I picked up plenty of vinyl last week as it was), and just have to share. It’s part zine, part single pack. The [...][...]
April 21st, 2012 - 6:29 am § in Vinyl
Happy Record Store Day!
HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY! Here are a few things that caught my attention (in italics b/c I cut/paste from the labels: Smugglers Way is Domino and Ribbon’s first ever limited edition zine made exclusively for Record Store Day (April 21st) featuring FIVE individual, multi-colored flexi discs of EX[...]
March 29th, 2012 - 9:48 am § in Music - News, Vinyl
Can you sense the vinyl resurgence?
My bloated email box is exploding with announcements about 7″ singles, dual band splits, reissues and underground noise records. I’m psyched. About two years I brought a turntable into the office, and it literally sits within arm’s reach of my desk…. you know…the place [...]
March 26th, 2012 - 8:43 am § in Music - News, Vinyl
I’ve Got 2 Turntables and a Drawing Board
Robert Howsare hacked a couple record player turntables to draw Spirographs. Mesmerizing… [via MAKE][...]
March 2nd, 2012 - 7:55 am § in Vinyl
One of those White Stripes on vinyl kind of weeks
This week has been insane. I spoke at McNally-Smith College of Music, University of Minnesota and had a couple days of those all-day meeting days at work that drive people slowly insane. Each time I make it into my office for more than 30 seconds I’ve been spinning my sweet white and red vinyl[...]
February 23rd, 2012 - 12:12 pm § in Vinyl
Manimal Quartet vinyl release party tonight at 7th Street Entry
This week I’ve been enjoying the new vinyl split with Manimal Quartet and Manhorse 3 the Meatbag via Minneapolis-based underground label After Music Recordings. Manimal Quartet is Aaron Wanzerski and Josh Mead rocking out their secondhand guitars atop beats from a dusty Korg drum machine. Mead[...]
VINYL: Steve Mackay, Boy Dirt Car and more from After Music Recordings
After Music Recordings is apparently an underground label here in Minneapolis pressing vinyl albums spanning singer-songwriter to experimental noise to jazz — stuff you would never find in the sad vinyl aisles of your neighborhood big box store. According to their website, it’s “a [...]
Spinning some Ghost Towns of the West in the ghost town known as my office this week
It’s appropriate I’m spinning the new Ghost Towns of the West on a week when my office resembles a ghost town itself. All the more reason to CRANK this sweet new 7-inch vinyl single produced by Ed Ackerson and from one of my favorite Minneapolis bands. Here’s the A-side – [...]
Jonquil on vinyl arrives, beautifies my office, new 7″ vinyl split
Since February I’ve been LOOOOVING Jonquil‘s 8-track EP, One Hundred Suns. It’s akin to The Futureheads and The Smiths with a tropicalia vibe. I recently snagged a vinyl copy of the album, and the marble coloring and cover art is as beautiful to look at as it is to listen to. 3 Her[...]
