Vinyl Releases of the Week: March 21, 2012
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012New music from the Shins + classic Southern soul reissues = awesome week for vinyl. The Shins – Port of Morrow (Columbia) After collaborating with Danger Mouse on the successful side-project Broken Bells, James Mercer returns with his first new Shins material in five years. Described by Pitchfork as “the perfect distillation of the Shins’ […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: March 14, 2012
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012The close vocal harmonies of the Everly Brothers, the mysterious guitar riffs of Jimmy Page, and the live energy of the Decemberists are just a few of the things you can enjoy on vinyl this week. We’ve also got a stream of 180-gram jazz classics from Wax Time Imports and records from some of punk […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: February 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Think of every essential jazz record from 1961, and you can bet it was reissued this week on 180-gram vinyl. There is also plenty of new music to sink your record needle into including albums from two of Saturday Night Live‘s recent musical guests. Bill Evans Trio – Explorations (Wax Time Import) Limited 180-gram vinyl […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 29th, 2011There are oodles and oodles of audiophile reissues out this week— titles that belong in every collector’s stacks—plus new albums from Wilco, Johnny Winter, and the hard-rock supergroup Chickenfoot! So without further ado: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon reissue (Capitol) Rock albums don’t get much more iconic than Pink Floyd’s Dark Side […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: May 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011This week, Radiohead released the world’s first “Newspaper Album” and The Cars released their first album in 23 years. Top that off with three Prince represses from Rhino Records and some classic reissues from Coltrane, Mingus, Cash, and Dylan, and you’ve got a record-breaking week of vinyl! NEW RELEASES: Radiohead – The King of Limbs […]