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VINYL FORMAT. First pressing is on clear vinyl! The sophomore album from A Place to Bury Strangers, Exploding Head, reflects one simple goal: to create the craziest, most f-ed-up recording ever.
A Place to Bury Strangers are now poised to blow minds and speakers alike. Says London's NME: "The pleasure pain threshold has rarely been more blurred, but rock this ferociously soulful is only good for you if it hurts." During the Exploding Head recording process engineer Andy Smith (Paul Simon, David Bowie) took the band to "a whole other level" says Ackermann. "I love the interplay and contrasts between something that's pretty and something that's scary," he explains. "Taking listeners to different places - even in one song - is so important, whether it makes them cry or pissed off. If you listen closely, some of the riffs on this record are actually like Ramones songs or '60s bubblegum pop." LP Our Price: $16.99
VINYL FORMAT. AC/DC was fast becoming one of rock's top live acts by the late '70s. Few others could match the band's electrifying live performances: Angus Young's never-ending energy and wise-ass antics, Bon Scott's whiskey-soaked vocals, and the rest of the band's penchant for nailing simple, yet extremely effective and memorable, riffs and grooves. While most other rock bands of the era were busy experimenting with disco or creating studio-perfected epics, AC/DC was one of the few specializing in raw and bluesy hard rock, as evidenced by 1978's live set, If You Want Blood You've Got It. Recorded during their world tour in support of their Powerage album, If You Want Blood contains many of AC/DC's best compositions up until that point: "Bad Boy Boogie" (complete with the break-down section in which Young would "strip"), "The Jack," "Problem Child," "Whole Lotta Rosie," "High Voltage," "Let There Be Rock," and "Rocker." Strangely, their early anthem "Sin City" was not included, and there's a slight sense of studio enhancement on certain tracks. While the first disc of the 1997 box set Bonfire is the best document of live Bon Scott-era AC/DC ("Live From the Atlantic Studios"), If You Want Blood You've Got It is highly recommended. -allmusic.com LP Our Price: $21.99
VINYL FORMAT. Let There Be Rock, the fourth AC/DC album -- and first to see simultaneous international release -- is as lean and mean as the original lineup ever got. Shaved down to the bone -- there are only eight tracks, giving this a lethal efficiency even with a couple of meandering jams -- this is a high-voltage, brutal record, filled with "Bad Boy Boogie." It has a bit of a bluesier edge than other AC/DC records, but this is truly the sound of the band reaching its peak. There's the near majesty of "Let There Be Rock," there's Bon Scott acknowledging with a wink that "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be," and then there's the monumental "Whole Lotta Rosie." Which gets down to a key thing about AC/DC. If Led Zeppelin were celebrating a "Whole Lotta Love," AC/DC got down to the grimy details in their leering tribute to the joys of sex with a plus-sized woman. And that's AC/DC's allure in a nutshell -- it's sweaty, dirty, nasty rock, music that is played to the last call and beyond, and they've rarely done that kind of rock better than they did here. -allmusic.com LP Our Price: $21.99
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Record Brush Our Price: $19.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Mysterious Woods bootleg. Four beautiful acoustic versions of "Rain On", "Twisted Tongue", "To Clean" and "The Number". One sided, white label twelve inch with a pasted-on cover image. Very limited, origins unclear. 12" Our Price: $11.99
This is a 12" x 18" Albert Hammond Jr. show poster for the March 6, 2007 show with The Mooney Suzuki at the El Rey Theatre. Designed by: Ivan Minsloff.
Poster Our Price: $19.99
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Mo Beauty is the debut solo release from celebrated singer/songwriter Alec Ounsworth, who earned acclaim with his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. The album was produced by veteran musician/producer and fellow Philadelphian Steve Berlin, who initially suggested a New Orleans setting for recording. Working with some of that city's most storied musicians, including George Porter of The Meters on bass, Ounsworth has crafted a collection of songs that pick up where Clap Your Hands Say Yeah leave off.
Mo Beauty carries on that band's vein of quirky humor, unashamed melody, and sonic experimentation, but with the weight of New Orleans and its history hovering over the recording, Ounsworth has dug deep on songs like "Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (song for New Orleans)," while tracks like "South Philadelphia" groove in a whole new way. Fans of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will love Mo Beauty and Ounsworth's singular voice, while a whole new audience will respond to the bedrock foundation of the new songs. CD Our Price: $13.99
On the heels of the successful first edition (designed by Human Empire), the second installment of Vinyl is Forever features the design of renowned Swedish designer and illustrator Andreas Samuelsson. Known for working with cut paper collage mixed with watercolor and computer graphics, his ideas tend to turn into geometric forms, stylistic symbols and handwritten letters. All items are printed on 100% organic garments, custom tailored, custom dyed, and super limited edition.
Curated by Soundscreen Design. Vinyl is Forever is a quarterly series of limited edition apparel featuring exclusive designs from prominent artists and studios.
On the heels of the successful first edition (designed by Human Empire), the second installment of Vinyl is Forever features the design of renowned Swedish designer and illustrator Andreas Samuelsson. Known for working with cut paper collage mixed with watercolor and computer graphics, his ideas tend to turn into geometric forms, stylistic symbols and handwritten letters. All items are printed on 100% organic garments, custom tailored, custom dyed, and super limited edition.
Curated by Soundscreen Design. Vinyl is Forever is a quarterly series of limited edition apparel featuring exclusive designs from prominent artists and studios.
VINYL FORMAT. Originally released to critical acclaim in 2001, the third and final album from Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, The Swimming Hour, will be presented on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe 2xLP set. Newly remastered under the watchful eyes of Bird himself, this album was produced by Mike Napolitano (Blind Melon, the Neville Brothers, and the Squirrel Nut Zippers) and is the final album to feature Bird's backing band, Bowl of Fire.
As a special edition to this vinyl package, the original CD album art has been reinterpreted by artist Jay Ryan, turning the photograph on the original cover into a pop art illustration. Ryan is the founder of the Skokie-based screenprinter poster workshop The Bird Machine, Inc.
Bird describes the album as, "when the everyday becomes incredulous to you." He relates this as a feeling he experienced in 2000 when walking through a roughed-up neighborhood in his hometown of Chicago. Bird was thinking of the direction of his next album when "everything got really strange-feeling...everything became really slow." Andrew Bird had entered a state of mind he refers to as "the Swimming Hour." 2xLP Our Price: $19.98
VINYL FORMAT. This double album serves well as an introduction point to Animal Collective, repackaging their first two releases which, whilst gathering a certain amount of critical acclaim in the US, had little or no distribution elsewhere. Described by TimeOut NY as "the discovery of the year...", the Collective's first offering was a stunning collaboration between Avey Tare and Panda Bear called Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished, released on their own label (Animal) in August of 2000. Chiming laments for a childhood's end, the album opens with the phrase "want to hear a secret, I know one," suggesting these secrets just might be buried deep within the flocks of high frequencies, electronic glitches, bleeps and swells that follow. The duo's approach is similar to Love's (circa Forever Changes), with Avey Tare's picked acoustic guitar flowing in perfect syncopation with Panda's tumbling drum kit. But the layers of tonal and atonal electronics that fatten the thinner pulse of the songwriter's vision make this album resemble something closer to modern electronic composition. The songs range from speedy patchwork pieces to slower piano melodies, a somehow coherent yet very fragile brand of psychedelic music. 2xLP Our Price: $42.99
VINYL FORMAT. The first full-length album from the legendary folk singer, originally released in 1971. Anne Briggs was a huge influence on the entire British folk-rock movement, especially other female singers such as Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, and Maddy Prior. This album is a strong collection of traditional folk songs and original material and one of the most important releases of the British folk revival. Despite the fact that Briggs had been on the folk scene since the early '60s this was her first full-length effort, delayed by erratic behavior and studio fears, and she would record only two more records before dropping off the scene entirely. Thankfully we have this, her first and strongest record, reissued with the original artwork. LP Our Price: $17.99
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of I Am a Bird Now and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out!
VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! There is a myth that great artists operate in seclusion. Hogwash. One need look no further than to the ten songs of Antony and the Johnsons' new album, I Am A Bird Now, to realize this is an utter fallacy. To be sure, with his androgynous features, the singularly named Antony is an original. Have you ever heard a voice like this, imbued with the transcendental emotion of the blues, yet deployed with an unadorned simplicity reminiscent of medieval music practice, and graced with a top note of childlike wonder? Or songs that blur distinctions of gender and identity, yet which still summon up such powerful feelings: longing, love, lust, loss? No. Because Antony is one-of-a-kind. But he is certainly not alone. We are proud to present you with a record filled with one of the most gifted voices heard in a long time. Antony's vocals are almost inhuman, coming together to compile a creature that's as beautiful and enigmatic as the Peter Hujar photo, Candy Darling on Her Deathbed, that graces its cover. The lead-off single to I Am A Bird Now, "Fistful of Love" is perhaps Antony & the Johnsons' finest work to date. It features a scorching horn section and subcultural icon Lou Reed on vocals and searing lead guitar. In the tradition of subversive soul classics The Crystals' "He Hit me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" and Millie Jackson's "Hurts So Good," Antony sings this ode to getting the shit kicked out of you and learning to love every minute of it. The complex emotional undertow of this track reaches a cathartic roar by the song's finale. Antony shifts from a tremble to a wail - a tempest of emotion. I Am A Bird Now also includes contributions from friends Boy George (duet with Antony on "You Are My Sister"), Devandra Bernhardt (vocals on "Spiralling"), and Rufus Wainright (lead vocals on "What Can I Do"). LP Our Price: $12.99
*This release is very limited! Only 1,000 copies pressed.
*24 page, saddle-stitched art 'zine.
*Printed on thick stock and encased in a 10" record jacket.
*Letter-pressed sticker featuring the artists signature around the spine.
*Each jacket is hand-numbered.
Daniel Higgs is a musician and artist from Baltimore, Maryland, who has been a contributor to the independent art and music community for nearly three decades. His artistic work ranges from musical records to books of poetry to visual collections of his drawing, painting and collage work.
Higgs is known primarily for his work as the sole lyricist and frontman of the band Lungfish, a four-piece juggernaut who has released over ten full lengths in their 20+ year career. In recent years, Higgs has released a number of solo outings including the record/book combination Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot. On much of his solo work, Higgs uses very varied instrumentation, including acoustic and electric guitar, upright pianos, banjo and Jews harp, and generally records entirely at home on cassette recorder.
Higgs has always worked in the mediums of music and art simultaneously, and for his Artist Music Journal Higgs mined his archives and notebooks from the past 10+ years. The original works were photographed to scale.
VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 500 copies! Versions marks the evolution of Au's sound into something more singular and uniquely it's own brand of experimental pop. With Dana's virtuosic drumming spawned from a youth playing in heavy metal bands, Luke's ability to multitask on numerous instruments at once, and their "special one-on-one musical, almost telepathic connection," it is a snap shot into their sprawling sets that find them deftly navigating between bombastic walls of sound ("Ida Walked Away"), lilting lyrical numbers ("All Myself") and carnivalesque organ celebrations ("Are Animals"). Versions includes one new song, "Ida Walked Away," and reworkings of older songs from previous albums. 10" Our Price: $12.99
THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE OCTOBER 27TH RELEASE DATE.
Awesome New Republic is a two piece band from Miami, FL comprised of core members Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson. The duo have been making music together for the past five years, self-releasing material, and playing art galleries and warehouse parties around Miami. They've branched out of MIA with spots at CMJ, Pop Montreal, and supporting Animal Collective, Girl Talk, and Mike Gordon among others.
Hearts was written, recorded, produced, and art-directed entirely by the band in their Miami studios. It is the end-all product of three volumes of material written over the spring/summer of 2009. It is a record that juggles themes of political dissent, environmental consciousness, and relationship affliction while maintaining a uniquely pop edge. The album was mastered by Mike Lazer (Gnarls Barkley, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club). CD Our Price: $10.99
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