Addicted To Vinyl

Longtime Chicago member Bill Champlin’s new solo album No Place Left To Fall was released digitally here in the States a couple of months ago. Now the album will get a physical CD release in Europe on December 10th, with a bonus 70 minute DVD documentary about the making of No Place Left To […]

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I went to Best Buy last night in search of the new Eric Johnson live DVD Anaheim. No dice on that, so I took a quick look to see if Best “sometimes we stock vinyl” Buy might by chance have the vinyl edition of the new Mudcrutch live EP.
Again, denied.
One newly released […]

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Warren Zevon’s classic 1976 self-titled major label debut gets an upgrade with a deluxe edition that hits stores and digital download today. The brand new two CD version of Warren Zevon, Zevon’s classic Asylum Records debut produced by friend Jackson Browne, is fattened up with a second disc that is loaded to the brim […]

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Pete @ Blogness on the Edge of Town has a nice mini-review of Springsteen’s “Dream Baby Dream,” which is finally available as an official release after all of these years.
The release is available in two flavors - via download, and also as an extremely limited vinyl release.
Getting my mitts on a copy has been on […]

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Notice: Tonight at the Rock Hall - User Sets Mode and The Suede Brothers.
7pm.
Rock out.
So dig this: Fellow Eels fans like me are probably stoked to read the announcement of a vinyl box set for Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. I go to the website and read the […]

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The opening line is a lil bit of a joke, and I’ve actually been working on thinning out my musical collection lately, which is something I need to focus more on, actually. But I love music, and I love acquiring new music…what’s a boy to do?
As you might notice, I’ve been slacking on the […]

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Thought I’d shine the light on a few things that are hitting stores on Tuesday that you’ll probably want to be aware of.
The first item on my list is the new Golden Smog anthology Stay Golden Smog: The Best of Golden Smog - The Rykodisc Years.
I’ve been living with an advance copy […]

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Metallica’s Death Magnetic is now officially in stores, and seems to be getting high marks from fans and critics alike across the board.
Here are some reviews from blog friends o’ mine including Rob @ 1888 Media, TJ @ Viva La Mainstream, and Chris Akin @ Pitriff.com shares no less than 4 reviews, including his own […]

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Unless you’ve been under a rock today, you probably know that Metallica revealed “The Day That Never Comes,” the first new music from their new album, the Rick Rubin-produced Death Magnetic, which will be online and in stores on September 12th. Clocking in at nearly 8 minutes, the track is already inspiring debate on […]

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A few weeks ago, in one of the more brilliant PR moves of the year, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne quietly launched a new website www.everythingthathappens.com to announce his new solo tour, and a forthcoming album collaboration with Brian Eno.
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, the new album from Byrne and Eno, is now […]

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