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 [...]
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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[...]
September 29th, 2011 - 7:29 am § in Vinyl
White Stripes on vinyl, coffee and a full calendar. Let’s do this, Thursday.
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August 4th, 2011 - 11:23 am § in Music - News, Vinyl
Olivia Tremor Control reissuing both double-LPs on vinyl, coming to Varsity 9/12
This is a very exciting day. Long before the days of iTunes and Spotify, I spent a good month hunting down copies of Olivia Tremor Control’s Dusk at Cubist Castle. A friend from my classical music class in college had “loaned” me a copy of Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One,[...]
May 31st, 2011 - 1:43 pm § in Vinyl
Whatchu spinning today?
I’m spinning Seaside Rock by Peter Bjorn and John on white vinyl…[...]
May 18th, 2011 - 11:58 am § in Music - News, Vinyl
My vinyl copy of Radiohead’s King of Limbs finally arrived! [photos]
See previously: Radiohead’s Valentine’s Day Present: A new album New Radiohead Video for Lotus Flower’from The King of Limbs The business case behind Radiohead’s King of Limbs Read Radiohead’s The Universal Sigh Newspaper (full page scans), get copies in Uptown, Dinkytown Leak: Radioheadâ€[...]
March 22nd, 2011 - 8:02 am § in Album Reviews, Vinyl
Giants and Beware of Safety Split Single Vinyl
This morning I’m spinning the new Giants/Beware of Safety split single vinyl, brimming with instrumental post-rock goodness. Giant’s “With Chakotay at the Helm…” starts silently then crescendos into a fuzzed out layer fiasco. Beware of Safety’s “Cut Into Sta[...]
March 21st, 2011 - 9:41 am § in Vinyl
Back in Minnesota, sitting at my desk
South by Southwest was grand, but the reality of another week away from the office is setting in. The PP e-mail box back up above 2500, a stack of unopened mail sits under my desk, and I just want to listen to ELP all day. Not a bad thing, really. Oh, and today I got [...][...]
February 23rd, 2011 - 7:23 pm § in Music - News, Vinyl
The business case behind Radiohead’s King of Limbs
Did you get caught up in the hype of a new Radiohead album and neglect to notice it was 37 minutes long? I did. It’s basically an EP. Of course, I don’t care at all. This Billboard article about the business side of Radiohead’s King of Limbs release is a must-read: If you want Radi[...]
