The best record store in NYC is Academy Annex in Williamsburg, but that can be a pain in the butt to get to from the Bowery area. There's also an Academy location on the lower east side that's pretty great, if a lot smaller (though conversely not as picked over either). There's a really tiny basemen...

night_tools wrote:I guess I'm never going to hear Dolly Parton's first album now....

You could, you know, buy it...

A great, great band. Kinda willfully weird in a way that some might find annoying, but if you get them you really get them. I'm sitting on a couple of vinyl copies of "Lovelyville" and "Mother Of All Saints" waiting for that tipping point between incredibly rare and unknown and u...

Okay, I just read 10 pages of this and I can't believe this wasn't mentioned: Everclear's "Brown Eyed Girl" m So much wrong here. The sound effects heavy backing music. The pomo added lyrics commenting on the song he's singing. The way he rhythmically yells "hey" towards the end ...

The label I work for already does this wonderful vinyl+mp3 business, and we're currently thinking of eliminating the coupon for people who buy directly from us. The idea would be this: You order, we confirm order, we email you a code to download the mp3s while you wait for the vinyl to arrive in the...

I like comps! When I was a teenager, that's totally how I discovered new bands. The $8 double cd comp from an indie label was my consumer guide before the internet. "What's Up Matador" was where I first heard Silkworm, Chavez, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Railroad Jerk, Thinking Fellers Union Lo...

Some nice lines in it, sure. But the story boils down to stripper with a heart of gold bullshit. Oh Jude Law, you had the perfect sex worker companion, but you threw it away for a fling with a woman who looks like Lyle Lovett.

Whoever said 9mm by Butter 08 is absolutely right, it's an amazing song on a mediocre album. I'll add these to the list: Johnny and Mary by Robert Palmer John Henry by Burl Ives Military Madness by Graham Nash An obvious one: Melt With You by Modern English Aspenglow by John Denver Milkshake by Keli...

Lemuel Gulliver wrote:I'd have paid 5 times as much for a complete show from this era.

If you would have preordered the record, you'd have gotten a whole show for free as a bonus.

It's true, we don't have any left at the Matador warehouse! A crime, I know. ADA currently has 168 copies, so it shouldn't be so hard to get.