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Pavement Slanted and Enchanted – Splatter Vinyl

Pavement Slanted and Enchanted – Splatter Vinyl

Pavement Slanted and Enchanted - Record sleeve and red, white and black splatter pattern vinyl record

Pavement Slanted and Enchanted – Splatter Vinyl out Aug 12th

Pavement’s 1992 iconic album Slanted and Enchanted, AKA Slanted and Enchanted Revisionist History, is being released on red, black and white splatter vinyl for the album’s 30th anniversary.

Holy shit, it’s been thirty years?! What better way to celebrate the safe passage of time than to spin this masterpiece on the platter!

Chances are you have some version of the this record, but consider adding it as a complement to the standard black LP you might already have. Limited quantities are available from Matador.com, and other sellers. Of course black vinyl will be an options as well as Digital Disc and Cassette Tape. 

Track listing:

1. Summer Babe
2. Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17
3. No Life Singed Her
4. The Mouth A Desert
5. Conduit For Sale!
6. Zürich Is Stained
7. Chesley’s Little Wrists
8. Loretta’s Scars
9. Here
10. Two States
11. Perfume-V
12. Fame Throwa
13. Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era
14. Our Singer

Originally released by Drag City, the recording sessions were split between South Makepeace Studios in Brooklyn, New York (12/24/90) and Louder Than You Think Studios in Stockton, California (recorded 01/13–20/9191). It went on to sell 150,000 copies.

Arcade Fire – New Album – WE

Arcade Fire – WE – Available on Vinyl

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arcade fire "we" black vinyl disc, and record sleeve

Arcade Fire releases new album May 9

Five years after Arcade Fire’s 2017 release of Everything Now comes We, set for release on May 9 2022!

Available on black vinyl, limited edition picture disc, cassette, compact disc and digital album.

WE is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, to be released on May 6, 2022, through Columbia Records. Produced by Nigel Godrich and band members Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the album was recorded in New Orleans, El Paso, Texas, and Mount Desert Island in Maine, and preceded by the single “The Lightning I, II”. The album takes its name from the Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Track listing:

1. Age of Anxiety I
2. Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
3. Prelude
4. End of the Empire I–III
5. End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)
6. The Lightning I
7. The Lightning II
8. Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
9. Unconditional II (Race and Religion)
10. We

Available for preorder from Arcade Fire’s Official Site

Spoon – Lucifer On The Sofa – Colored Vinyl Release

Spoon –
Lucifer On The Sofa – Colored Vinyl Release

Spoon Lucifer On The Couch Black and Orange color vinyl & record sleeve

Orange/Black Color LPs is only available at Matador Records or Spoon Webstore (sold out).

Spoon’s tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, is the band’s purest rock ’n roll record to date. Texas-made, it is the first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown of Austin in more than a decade. Written and recorded over the last two years –both in and out of lockdown –these songs mark a shift toward something louder, wilder, and more full-color.

Recorded Late 2019 – March 10, 2020, September 2020 – Early 2021 at Public Hi-Fi (Austin, Texas), The Catacomb (Austin, Texas), Off Track Betting (Los Angeles)

Written and performed by:
Britt Daniel – vocals, guitar keybords, melotron
Jim Eno – drums
Alex Fischel – electric guitar
Gerardo Larios – electric guitar
Ben Trokan – bass guitar

Produced by: Spoon Mark Rankin Dave Fridmann Justin Raisen

Track listing:
1. Held Bill Callahan
2. The Hardest Cut Britt Daniel/Alex Fischel
3. The Devil & Mister Jones Andrew Cashen/Daniel
4. Wild Jack Antonoff/Daniel
5. My Babe Daniel
6. Feels Alright Daniel/Fischel
7. On the Radio Daniel
8. Astral Jacket Daniel
9. Satellite Daniel
10. Lucifer on the Sofa Daniel/Fischel

Manufactured By – Pallas USA
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 59147
Lacquer Cut By – Chris Bellman

More info on Discogs

Future Islands – As Long As You Are – Color Vinyl

Future Islands Orange Vinyl
Future Islands Band Shot

Future Islands – As Long As You Are – 180g Vinyl LP

4AD artists Future Islands upcoming release, As Long As You are, released on October 9, 2020. Available in orange, petrol blue or black vinyl, cassette, CD and digital download on form Future Island’s site, 4AD or from here. More about the release on Pitchfork.

It’s been 3 years since Future Islands release of The Far Field, and, of course, 6 years since the 2014 David Letterman performance of Seasons (Waiting on You), that propelled Future Islands to world wide fame, and the record Singles.

On As Long As You Are release day, October 9th, Future Islands will be exclusively live-streaming a very special show from their hometown of Baltimore. Buy ticket here.

Check out two tracks from the As As Long as You Are on YouTube below:

Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition

Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition. Kill Rock Stars. Peak Vinyl. Out Aug. 28th, 2020

elliott smith expanded 25th anniversary edition
Pre-order Here

Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Elliott Smith’s self-titled 2nd album release, Kill Rock Stars is reissuing a completely remastered 2-Disc CD or LP, this release also includes extra tracks not heard before. Formats include: mp3 – $13, wav – $15, 2xCD+Book – $25, 2x LP Black Vinyl + Book – $44.99 and 2x LP Highlighter Yellow Vinyl + Book – $54.99, available for preorder.

Released in 1995, it was largly ignored by the music press, but celebrated by artists from the Beasty Boys to Fugazi. CDs and LPs include the 52-page coffee table book with previously unseen photographs of Elliott by JJ Gonson, hand writen lyrics and remenicences by his colleagues and friends. Gonson shot the original album cover image.

For this release Larry Crane, producer/engineer and official archivist for the Smith family collected masters, files, cassetts, DAT and tape reels to get the closest sources to the origional mixes. It also includes the oldest known recording of Elliot performing live as a solo act. Prior to Elliot Smith his band Heatmiser released music and Elliot released his first solo record Roman Candle in 1994. Read more about this record here.

The Twilight Sad – It Won’t Be Like This All The Time 2xLP

The Twilight Sad – It Won’t Be Like This All The Time | 2 x Black Vinyl LP | ROCKACT116LP

The Twilight Sad – It Won’t Be Like This All The Time is their 5th release from Rock Action Records. 2 Black vinyl heavy-weight records. Gatefold sleeve, anti-static record sleeve inserts, includes download coupon.

The sound quality of the vinyl

It Won’t Be Like This All The Time is very good with no noticeable noise on an average system. The tones are deep and highs and lows are dynamic. NOTE: this record must be played at 45 rpms, not the normal LP speed of 33 1/3.

NOTE: See The Twilight Sad live!

Credits

Lyrics by James Alexander Graham

Music by Andy McFarlane

Recorded: Middle Farm Studios

Engineered: Andrew Bush

Produced by Andy McFarlane

Mixed: Sunset Sound by: Chris Cody

Mastered: Sterling Sound by: Greg Calbi

Artwork: DLT

Tracklist

Side A
1 [10 Good Reasons for Modern Drugs] 4:08
2 Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting 3:24
3 The Arbor 4:19

Side B
1 VTr 4:16
2 Sunday Day13 3:33

Side C
1 I/m Not Here [missing face] 5:38
2 Auge/Maschine 4:41
3 Keep It All to Myself 3:01

Side D
1 Girl Chewing Gum 4:03
2 Let/s Get Lost 4:40
3 Videograms 4:55

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