Modern rock, pop….hell, whatever you want to call it, you’ll probably be happy to know that Matthew Sweet has a new album coming out on September 20th. And perhaps, you’ll be even happier to know that to these ears at least, the album sounds pretty damn good. Sweet’s last album ‘Sunshine Lies’ didn’t quite hit […]
Tag: Vinyl
Neil Young Unearths “A Treasure” On June 14th
Part of the fun, adventure and sport of being a Neil Young fan is that you never really know what you’re going to get from Neil….or if you’re going to get it at all! But lately, there have been a flurry of releases from Young and fans of both Neil’s music and vinyl in general […]
“Good Vibrations” at 78 RPM
Anyone who bought the Beach Boys Record Store Day single for “Good Vibrations” without realizing that it was a 78 RPM pressing will be interested in this video (unless you simply went to the more recent and now old-fashioned CD backup). Furthermore, you’ll be intrigued by the method used to achieve playback on this turntable, […]
Dave Grohl nerds out about vinyl
If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you’ll know that we were submerged in Record Store Day fun over the weekend, something that will be familiar to many music fans who mapped out their weekend plans in a similar fashion. While we came away with some good scores (Beach Boys 10″, the Beady Eye singles […]
Vinyl Safari: Record Den and the resurgence of vinyl
These articles about the vinyl comeback are a dime a dozen, but there’s a particularly good piece (of interest to Cleveland music enthusiasts especially) in yesterday’s News-Herald featuring a profile of the Cleveland-area destination Record Den. The piece features extensive conversation with owner Greg Beaumont and also an interesting look at the music discovery habits […]
Random Youtube: The Damnwells – The Great Unknown
ATV favorites The Damnwells unleashed a nice taste of their upcoming album today with the release of the video for “The Great Unknown.” It’s a happy coincidence as this exact song was my favorite of the demos that I had the chance to hear thanks to being a PledgeMusic supporter towards the funding for the […]
News From The Wild: Smithereens, Damnwells, vinyl and delusional bloggers
I read with amusement yesterday the tale of bloggers that are hanging it up because the visions of fame, book deals and company cars never came around. I thought it was interesting on a couple of levels – 1) the fact that somebody actually took the time to track down enough of these people to […]
Vinyl Deals: Slayer – The Vinyl Conflict
Here’s a special message for metal heads and lovers of good deals: I meant to blog about this last year when it came out but I didn’t get around to it, which is good news for you! Pop Market (think of it as kind of a Groupon-type place for musical junkies to obtain Sony catalog […]
Hell ain’t a bad place to be: Cowboy Junkies – Demons
I know that we’re only a few days into this new year, but Demons, the new record from Cowboy Junkies is already percolating through my speakers as a release that will be one of my favorites for the year and I don’t think that I’ll be alone on this one. The Junkies have rarely dropped […]
Contest: Win “Clapton” by Eric Clapton on vinyl!
Congrats to Ian from Charlottesville for being the lucky winner of our contest for the vinyl edition of the Everest album On Approach, courtesy of Warner Brothers and Because Sound Matters! Whether it was intentional or not, the cover artwork for Eric Clapton’s latest album is a sobering sight. 21 years after Clapton’s shadowy face […]