May 2012
34 posts
2012.05.19 The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Color: Black
Released: 1999, June 22
Label: Warner Brothers
You guys! I got so excited about seeing The Flaming Lips earlier today that I totally forgot about posting a record. So here’s a record by that band. The Flaming Lips. You’ve heard of them, maybe? They make good musics.
2012.05.18 Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Color: Black
Released: 2010, August 14
Label: Merge
Superchunk is another band that I entirely slept on. But somehow the hype surrounding their return reached even me and so I purchased this new album without knowing anything about their past. Holy shit is this some catchy-ass rock and roll. And so it is that I enjoy this record on the merit of how good it is on it’s own and not any...
2012.05.17 Russian Circles - Upper Ninety
Color: Gray-ish Mauve with Marbling
Released: 2006, July 25
Label: Suicide Squeeze
It’s been a long day, so this one will be short and sweet. This is the only slab of wax I currently own by Russian Circles. Well, wait… scratch that… I also have a split with them and These Arms Are Snakes. I have been tempted from time to time to grab other things… but honestly, even...
2012.05.16 Fugazi - In On The Killtaker
Color: Black
Released: 1993, June
Label: Dischord
You always come back to the Fugazi. And with good reason. They are sort of an anchor musically… when I get kinda lost listening to bunch of random stuff or get in a rut, they seem a welcome reminder of why I love music and a fresh breath every time. I mentioned early on in this blog that In On The Killtaker was the first thing I had...
2012.05.15 Don Caballero - What Burns Never...
Color: Black
Released: 1998, June 9
Label: Touch & Go
I was first introduced to Don Cab by my roommates in Chicago at 4683 N. Talman. It wasn’t until moving to Atlanta that I picked up this particular record at Criminal’s old location on Moreland Ave. This is one of those cases where hearing a record on wax is honestly like hearing the record for the first time all over...
2012.05.14 Jawbox - Grippe
Color: Black
Released: 1991, May 3
Label: Dischord
I love browsing through the used section at any record store and that feeling you get when you come across something you weren’t expecting and immediately know you must add it to your collection. Those who know me even a fraction know that any record by this particular band that I don’t already own is going to garner a fair amount...
2012.05.13 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Color: Clear
Released: 1970, September 22 (Reissued: ?)
Label: Vertigo/Warner Brothers/NEMS
I’ve continually been in the mood for heavy stuff lately. And when I get in certain moods, I go exploring. In this case, I go back in time a bit. I’ve been wanting to own some Sabbath on vinyl for a while and recently picked this up. I kinda grew up with Sabbath though… my dad...
2012.05.12 Roadside Monument - My Life Is Green
Color: Black
Released: 1995
Label: Tooth and Nail
This is really kind of pathetic. This entry is less about this actual seven-inch and more of a lament over the fact that this is currently the only vinyl I own by Roadside. And, erm, this sort of doesn’t even count. Y’see the band kind of became an entirely different band after this and their first full length album. They became...
2012.05.11 The Cure - Pornography
Color: Black
Released: 1982, May 3
Label: Friction
For as much as I tout myself as a Cure fan, it sure did take me a long time to go backwards with this band. And it’s no surprise that I when I do, I gravitate towards something like Pornography - given that my favorite album (and introduction to the band) is Disintegration. I have gone further back than this album and enjoy those...
2012.05.10 Polvo - Celebrate The New Dark Age
Color: Black
Released: 1994, May 27 (Reissue: 2011, April)
Label: Merge Records
This and Exploded Drawing are the first two things I heard simultaneously when first introduced to this band. Some of the band’s catchiest songs are on this release. But this is Polvo, so catchy is kind of a tricky term for them. But I dare you to not be humming some of these tunes in your head after just...
2012.05.09 Foreigner - 4
Color: Black
Released: 1981, July
Label: Warner / Atlantic
You think I’m Joking. But Foreigner is the jam. Maybe I hold this opinion because I can recall many of this band’s tunes blasting from a transistor radio in the garage while my cousin and I played many a heated wiffle ball game in the back yard. Or maybe it’s because they get played at the office in present day and...
2012.05.08 Torche - Harmonicraft
Color: Clear
Released: 2012, April 24
Label: Volcom
Yes! Torche is back! Is the new album as good as Meanderthal? Yes. Is it better? Hell if I know! But this record is choc full of fist pumping anthems and it’s tough as balls! Sounding slightly more Van Halen than their previous material, Harmonicraft just gets better with every listen. After abandoning the first attempt at a new full...
2012.05.07 Aloha - Home Acres
Color: Transparent Maroon
Released: 2010, March 16
Label: Polyvinyl
It’s disappointing to me to see a band like Aloha, who deserve every amount of praise they have ever received, be rewarded for their longevity by rolling into town and only having 20 people at best stay for the headlining set. I guess we have short attention spans and if a band isn’t releasing an album a year and...
2012.05.06 Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Color: Black
Released: 1988, October 31
Label: SST / Merge (Reissue)
Every so often I go through these phases where I just want loud sloppy guitar rock. OK, very often. Who better to fill that need than J. Mascis. I heard this come on while waiting in line during Record Store Day at Criminal two weeks ago and immediately had the urge to go home and spin this record. Of course, I was going...
2012.05.05 Snapcase - Steps
Color: Transparent Red
Released: 1995, October 24
Label: Victory Records
I went through a pretty serious phase of listening to lots of new school hardcore (well new back then) and out of all those bands I’m pretty sure Snapcase is the only band that stuck with me from that era. They were the only band to me from that genre of music that seemed to eventually break beyond that tag and...
2012.05.04 The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Color: Black
Released: 1988, March 21
Label: 4AD
I can’t believe that The Pixies are a band that I’m not totally head-over-heels in love with. Yet. I’ve always LIKED The Pixies. But I never owned anything by them until the purchase of this record. And to be honest, if it wasn’t for the insistence of my girlfriend Samantha that we own some Pixies on vinyl I don’t...
2012.05.03 Volcano Choir - Unmap
Color: Black
Released: 2009, September 22
Label: Jagjaguwar
Probably my favorite album of 2009, even though I never officially put together a list that year. This was due in huge part to the forces behind two of my favorite albums from 2008 came together and created something new. I must put it out there that even though I like Bon Iver and can appreciate the music that that entity creates my...
2012.05.02 The Besnard Lakes - Casino Nanaimo
Color: Black
Released: 2007, September11
Label: Jagjaguwar
So I spent a good portion of 2011 being super obsessed with The Besnard Lakes. And with good reason. Their last full length, Are The Roaring Night, topped my best of 2010 list. As a result, I quickly sought out every vinyl release I could get my hands on by the band. In my search I found this 12-inch single that contains what might...
2012.05.01 The Birthday Party - Junkyard
Color: Lavendar
Released: 1982, May / Reissued: 2011, December
Label: 4AD / Drastic Plastic
Don’t hate. I am not very familiar with this band. I mean I KNOW who they are and more specifically who their singer is (although truth be told, I don’t know his material as much as I should either). But until now, The Birthday Party were not much more than a name thrown around once or...
April 2012
33 posts
2012.04.30 Turing Machine - What Is The Meaning Of...
Color: Pink Swirl
Released: 2012, May 8
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
I was so amped when I heard the news that there would be a new Turing Machine album. I’ve always been a huge fan of the band, but posting about their first album early on during the course of this year long project put me in the mood for their brand of mathy, kraut influenced rock for some time now. So the...
