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OF MONTREAL – ” Rune Husk “

Posted: January 15, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Hailing from Athens, GA., of Montreal have carved their own niche — establishing themselves as a band that thrills fans with compelling live performances, delights critics with their constant innovations, and continually showcases their musical evolution by drawing from a different set of influences for each album.

Primary songwriter Kevin Barnes pours emotion — heartbreak, frustration, elation, whimsy — into lyrics that shift from adopted personas to invented alter egos to unobstructed views directly into his psyche.

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GRAVEFACE RECORDS – Xmas Offer

Posted: December 25, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Graveface Records is a small independent label with a focus on all things hand-made, hand-assembled & unique

It’s giveaway time! For the next 48 hours you can download everything Graveface Records have uploaded to their  bandcamp page for free (name your own price – only exception being the one pre-order we have up). That’s 71 different Graveface releases you can explore and download . Happy Holidays! Seriously a great opportunity to grab our 2016 releases (TW Walsh, Hospital Ships, Stargazer Lilies, Geti, Casket Girls, Night School etc), check out some of our back catalogue gems (Toman – seriously, download Where Wolves Wear Wolf Wear, Marshmallow Ghosts, Monster Movie etc) or grab our best sellers (Appleseed Cast, Xiu Xiu, Black Moth Super Rainbow etc). Please share this info with your compatriots. I’m also extending this to their record label, TerrorVision since most of y’all have never checked that stuff out. It’s mostly horror/sci-fi soundtracks but there’s also some “Original Production” oddball stuff. Grab the Terror Vision catalogue for free by clicking here and the Graveface bandcamp catalogue for free over here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, up for pre-order today is KNIFE PLAY by Xiu Xiu. It’s been out of print on vinyl since 2003 and this version comes with a bonus 7″ and a download code including Jamie’s drunk commentary (pretty amazing actually). This is a limited one time pressing for us so if this sounds cool to you, pick up a copy now. This is a Record Store Day Vinyl Tuesday release so if you want to grab one from your local indie shop those will appear on Jan 17th.

Last but not least we just confirmed a bunch of Graveface Record Club releases for 2017.  Read those deets below & click here to join the RC to receive the next 10 Graveface releases on exclusive colored vinyl + a sub tee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s all folks.  Thanks for an incredible 2016. A special thank you to those that have made it a point to check out the physical store in Savannah. Super amazing meeting so many of you throughout the year.

WAREHOUSE – ” Super Low ” Best Albums Of 2016

Posted: December 18, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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if there was a competition for the vocal of the year in 2016 Elaine Edenfield would already be dancing off down the aisle, arms raised to the sky,  The lead voice in Warehouse’s suitably dynamic indie-rock beast of a record, “Super Low”, Edenfield’s turn here is a miraculous effort, simmering above the rock-solid back-drop of twin guitars and percussion, and armed with the ability to breathe fire in the blink of a scorched eye. A beautiful collection of sprawling, jazzy, and jangley post-punk that paints a reflective and colorful sonic background behind the vocalist’s oscillating poetics. Couple that with the band’s ability to pen righteous hooks that add even greater weight to such aesthetics , the result is one of the boldest records in the American indie-rock frame.

Primal, precious, and consistently invigorating, Warehouse are the kind of band that to hear them once is to pin all your hopes and dreams upon them; a rabid and rousing unraveling.  ‘Super Low’ was “largely written in a notorious punk house that was torn down to build a parking garage” and the record comes wrapped in such new-world vexations, melding punk aesthetics with something endearingly humane.

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Warehouse is Alex, Ben, Doug, Elaine, Josh

OMNI – ” Deluxe “

Posted: December 16, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Debut albums often connote a lack of experience, but in Omni’s case, a band consisting of former members of Deerhunter and Carnivores, the newness is simply in the combination of talent. With one of the strongest opening tracks of 2016 (“Afterlife”), Deluxe is an intensely satisfying blend of driving, lo-fi garage rock and non-standard melodies/progressions that show the band’s true capabilities. For as catchy and complete as this album is, it’s criminal it hasn’t received more attention. Fans of Television, Wire and the type of hooky, nuanced rock that ages incredibly well would do right to hastily add this their collection.

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Brainy, hooky, and energetic blend of Postcard pop, angular post-punk, and scrappy D.I.Y. punk by ex-members of Deerhunter and Carnivores.

WAREHOUSE – ” Super Low ” Best Albums Of 2016

Posted: October 1, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Atlanta band Warehouse have been kicking around since 2012, but they didn’t officially release music until 2014, when they released their debut record Tessaract. Two years later, they’re back with Super Low, a guttural surf-punk record with influences from all corners of punk music. Warehouse is made up of Ben Jackson and Alex Bailey on guitar, Elaine Edenfield on vocals, Josh Hughes on bass, and Doug Bleichner on drums. Their sound is a mix of Sonic Youth and Nirvana and Bikini Kill with a dash of Dilly Dally. but I hear REM influences too.

Jackson and Edenfield had quite a lot to say about this release so without further adieu, here you go!

“As a band we have always drawn heavily from environment as the backdrop to songwriting and our surrounding lives,” says Jackson. “When I try to categorize the songs that ultimately made up this record I think back to the places they were written and Super Low was never far behind.”

“Super Low” was an exercise in brevity in a way that Tesseract was an exercise in athleticism” says Elaine Edenfield on the process. “The songwriting process didn’t change–guitars first, everything else on top–but definitely we all had the attitude of wanting to make something more refined. Tesseract seemed like it came out the most naturally as a collision of everyone just giving every riff or scream in these myriad of ways, trying everything out to see what worked and what didn’t, and mostly just seeing what it was possible to do. While I’m proud of Tesseract, there are definitely songs I’d be just as fine with not ever performing again. All in all I feel like it’s a really good stepping stone. It transitions from Tesseract to a much different place and sets us up stacked for the third album.”

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While Warehouse was recording Super Low, Elaine Edenfield was coping with a personal loss, which affected her creative process tremendously. She describes feeling “Super Low” as follows:

Listen to their new release “Super Low” is about near loss, loss, and fear of loss. The slowest song, leaning towards the album’s most heavy subconscious undertones, Super Low is the coming to a point of resolution, understanding, and maturation.”

Warehouse is Alex, Ben, Doug, Elaine, Josh

NEW WIVES – ” Hi I’m Alive “

Posted: August 26, 2016 in MUSIC
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Athens, Georgia’s premiere doom pop trio & bedroom recordists New Wives, comprised of Drew Kirby, Matt Anderegg and Zach Gastley. HI I’M ALIVE :: at last released on August 5th, 2016 via Marching Banana Records.

This is our first full-length album, written during the year 2014 with the intent to blend the lighter pop leanings of our debut white EP with the explosiveness of the black EP but perhaps with a bit more vision and overall cohesion in sound, a blending… So this is a pop record written during (& also ushering in the conclusion of) the first period of this band, the “live” period, where our songs were fast and loud and punchy and meant to be heard & played in someones living room or backyard or comparable venue for casual collegiate thrillseeking.

Our next album is tentatively titled YOU & I ARE EARTH and we will probably spread back out and try more longform stuff – like the closer here, “Lisa (Reprise)”, the only song to break the 5-minute mark and the final track composed for this album. Next album will also have Zero unnatural/effected distortion.

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MOTHERS – ” No Crying In Baseball “

Posted: March 7, 2016 in MUSIC
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We don’t know if Athens, Georgia based quartet MOTHERS already have a certain buzz but if not NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION is happy to jump on the bandwagon. The American four-piece delivers melancholic and soulful lo-fi melodies that are carried by the stunning voice of lead singer Kristine Leschper. Their forthcoming debut LP goes by the name When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired and was released via Wichita Recordings on February 26th and fans of dreamy dejection in the style of early Parachutes-era COLDPLAY and DAUGHTER will fall for this, 

The record was produced with the help of Drew Vandenberg (OF MONTREAL, PORCELAIN RAFT) at the Chase Park Transduction in Athens, Georgia back in December 2014. “No Crying In Baseball”, the song that now comes with a sinister music won’t be part of the record but Copper Mines will so we thought we just give you both to convince you of MOTHERS‘ quality. Prepare yourself to fall in love with this band now.

Mothers have announced news of more UK/European headline shows for May and June. Support will come from new Wichita Recordings signings,Globelamp. See all dates below:

Wednesday 18th May- Chats Palace, London UK
Friday 20th May – Great Escape Festival, Brighton UK
Sunday 22nd May – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff UK
Monday 23rd May – Hare and Hounds, Birmingham UK
Tuesday 24th May – Hug & Pint, Glasgow UK
Wednesday 25th May – Gullivers, Manchester UK
Saturday 28th May – De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam NL
Tuesday 31st May – La Mecanique Ondulatoire, Paris FRA
Thursday 2nd June – Musik & Frieden, Berlin GER

When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired features collaborations with Josh McKay of Deerhunter on vibraphone as well as McKendrick Bearden of Grand Vapids, who played bass and provided string arrangements throughout. Comprised of eight songs – the majority of which were written while Kristine Leschper was finishing art school in early 2014 – Mothers’ debut LP is an introduction to the foundations of the young band, a snapshot of a particular period of their genesis that maps both where they began and where they are heading.

SHAMPOO – ” Demos 2014 “

Posted: December 23, 2015 in MUSIC
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Despite their only release being a three-song demo from 2014, Shampoo has retained a level of buzz so surprising that it would seem inappropriate if it wasn’t for their gorgeous live shows. Their simple take on ’80s pop reimagines an alternate world in which Johnny Marr wrote New Order songs. In a local scene populated by garage rockers, punks, and experimental weirdos, Shampoo is a breath of fresh air for the art kids who just want to dance.

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Shampoo will finally be satiating our reverb-starved souls with their relaxed interpretation of new wave in 2016. Though they haven’t announced an official release date yet, the band has finished recording their debut full length and will be releasing it sometime in the coming year, along with tentative plans for another EP

these songs are about older men, younger men, and the beautiful palaces we all live in. engineered by p katzman. special thnx to johnny marr & sky ferreira u know who u are.

DES ARK – ” Everything Dies “

Posted: December 20, 2015 in MUSIC
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Aimee Argote’s voice has the power to bring music to life. The Des Ark singer, guitarist and founder can invigorate a song with her soft, compelling vocals. In the band’s new video, her simple routine brings to life a wooden figurine, which dances wildly, snakes in hand, around a fire — a contrast to the gentle music and sentimental words.

“Snake Stuff,” from Des Ark’s third full-length album, Everything Dies, captures Argote’s enchantment and tacit strength. “And when will I get used to this? / Breathing life into these things I love until they quit on me.” Sweet and strong, the song and its video find magic in the ordinary.

Andy Byers, who directed the video, writes that he sees Argote as “a force of a woman, and a source of power that gets pulled from somewhere ethereal. I liked the idea that by performing these daily rituals, Aimee ends up becoming the creator of something beyond her understanding or realization.”

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The ALLMAN BROTHERS – ” Idlewild South “

Posted: November 14, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South: Super Deluxe Edition

September 23rd marked 45 years since the release of the Allman Brothers Band’s second studio album, “Idlewild South”, on Atco and Capricorn Records, which followed their 1969, self-titled debut. While that first album had little commercial success, the band’s relentless touring behind it led to a buzz that led Eric Clapton to enlist Duane Allman to take part on his 1970 Derek and the Dominos album which produced “Layla.” Produced by Tom Dowd, marking his first album with the band, Idlewild South was recorded in a variety of cities, including New York, Miami and Macon, GA, the band’s adopted home, because of their hectic performance schedule. Most of the songs, including two of their most iconic – Gregg Allman and Kim Payne’s “Midnight Rider” and Dickey Betts’ “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” – were road-tested before they were ever recorded. The album’s title comes from the group’s name for the run-down, isolated hunting cabin the band used for rehearsals and partying. The farmhouse, which they rented for the princely sum of $165 a month, was located on a manmade lake outside Macon, and people came and went with such frequency, the band compared it to New York’s airport of the same name (later changed to John F. Kennedy International). Much of the material on the album was first created in that cabin, where the band’s “brotherhood came to pass,” according to Allmans roadie (and “Midnight Rider” co-writer) Kim Payne. The album didn’t sell well at first, but eventually peaked at #38 on Billboard, setting the stage for their 1971 breakthrough, At Fillmore East.

The additional tracks include session outtakes of “Statesboro Blues” and “One More Ride,” an alternate take of “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” an alternative mix of “Midnight Rider” and a mono single version of “Revival (Love Is Everywhere).” There are also nine tracks from the 1970 Live at Ludlow Garage album, remastered for the first time since 1990, including the previously unreleased song “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” now making this concert recording complete for the first time.

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Idlewild South has since gone on to become one of the Allman Brothers Band’s most iconic releases. Rolling Stone named it one of the “40 Most Groundbreaking Albums of All Time” in 2014: “The Allman Brothers transmogrified from mere blues-rockers to an assemblage creating an entirely new kind of Southern music.” Allmusic’s Bruce Eder called it “the best studio album in the group’s history, electric blues with an acoustic texture, virtuoso lead, slide and organ playing, and a killer selection of songs.”

Disc One:
1. Revival
2. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
3. Midnight Rider
4. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
5. Hoochie Coochie Man
6. Please Call Home
7. Leave My Blues at Home
Additional Material:
8. Statesboro Blues (Session Outtake) – Previously Unreleased New Mix
9. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Alternate Take) – Previously Unreleased
10. One More Ride (Session Outtake) – Previously Unreleased New Mix
11. Midnight Rider (Alternate Mix) – Previously Unreleased
12. Revival (Love Is Everywhere) (Mono Single Version)

Disc Two:
1. Dreams (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
2. Statesboro Blues (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
3. Trouble No More (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
4. Dimples (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
5. Every Hungry Woman (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
6. I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)
7. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)

Disc Three:
1. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970) – Previously Unreleased
2. Mountain Jam (Live at Ludlow Garage 1970)

Blu-Ray Pure Audio, 5.1 (96kHz 24-bit Surround & Stereo)
1. Revival
2. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
3. Midnight Rider
4. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
5. Hoochie Coochie Man
6. Please Call Home
7. Leave My Blues At Home
8. Statesboro Blues (Session Outtake)
9. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Alternate Take)
10. One More Ride (Session Outtake)
11. Midnight Rider (Alternate Mix)

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