After a chance encouter in 2008 at a Williamsburg restaurant, Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller formed Sleigh Bells and quickly churned out three albums: Treats, Reign of Terror, and Bitter Rivals. For their first album in about 3 years, Krauss and Miller took their time, and although the loud, compression-heavy noise pop is still…
First album in 22 years from shoegaze legends Slowdive. How a band can go on hiatus for more than two decades and return to do it better than anyone else is a mystery to me. Slowdive always had that something extra that put them with the best of the shoegaze set. With their eponymous fourth album…
Originally released in 1991, Gish is the debut LP from Chicago s Smashing Pumpkins. 91 saw the release of another monumental grunge album, Nirvana s Nevermind, and Butch Vig, drummer and co-producer of Garbage, worked as a producer for both of the releases. And although the former did not contain a song that could match…
Record Store Day Exclusive. Snapcase s first studio full length gets a deluxe colored vinyl repress just for RSD 2017. The NYC band recorded this now-classic record with producer Don Fury (Agnostic Front, Madball, Gorilla Biscuits, etc.) and Fred Betschen. back in 1993 and it has cemented its place as a staple in the hardcore music canon. Includes Drain…
green smoke vinyl pressing edition of 1800 features matte gatefold jacket with full lyrics and a custom 24×36 poster first vinyl edition of the debut EP from the indie songwriter, initially available as an edition of 300 cassettes. music label: Fat Possum Records 2019 sign up for Stock Email above for leftover notification. view all Record Store…
Live album from Fullerton, CA s Social Distortion. Live At The Roxy was originally released in 1998 and includes a mix of fan favorites and cover songs. It s a blistering set that covers all sides of their career up to that point. There s a sense of energy and passion that is often missing…
Soft Cell classics revisited. Say Hello Wave Goodbye and fan favorite Youth get the extended 12 treatment for RSD 2018. Both cuts can be heard in their original form on Soft Cell s cult classic 1981 debut Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, but here they are treated to a updated mix by original band member Dave Ball. Ball even used the original…
black vinyl pressing Criminally underrated debut outing from the heart and mind of Sophie Michalitsianos. Originally released on CD only in 2006, this is the LP-vinyl edition exclusively for RSD 2019. music label: Gronland 2019 sign up for Stock Email above for leftover notification. view all Record Store Day 2019 titles view all in-stock Record…
Seventh studio album from New York s Sonic Youth. Dirty was originally recorded in early 1992 with producer Butch Vig and engineer Andy Wallace. This was the same team that had worked on Nirvana s Nevermind, however they were not going for the same sound. What they did produce turned out to be one of…
Fourth studio album from New York s Sonic Youth. Sister was originally recorded in 1987 and was another notch in the band s move away from no wave while still maintaining their experimental approach. Sonic Youth were coming into their own at this point in their career, combining elements of noise, punk and pop. They…
Lead single from Sonic Youth s 1995 classic Washing Machine. The Diamond Sea is one of, if not the longest song from Thurston Moore & Co. (clocking in at over 25 minutes!) and rightfully deserving of a 12 pressing. This reissue of the 1995 single contains the original LP version with an alternate ending (the 25+ minute…
Sophomore studio album from Danish singer songwriter Soren Juul. This Moment is filled with melodic synth pop with folk feel. It s Juul s first album under his own name, having previously recorded under the Indians alias. The music is uplifting and introspective, immersive and exhilarating. Includes the songs: Ambitions, Don t Want to Fool…
Debut studio album from Hartford, Connecticut s Sorority Noise. Forgettable was originally released in 2014 and was the perfect pairing of pop punk and emo. There are plenty of catchy hooks as well as more personal moments throughout the album. Includes the songs: Blonde Hair, Black Lungs, Rory Shield, and Dirty Ickes. Nine tracks in…
Career spanning compilation from Seattle s Soundgarden. A-Sides collects the hits and more from the grunge originators. From early songs before their breakout like Nothing To Say, and Loud Love, to the songs that really put them on the map. Rusty Cage, Spoonman, and Black Hole Sun, are all here along with the non-album cut,…
In perhaps the biggest space-rock-related troll of the 1980s, pre-acclaim Spacemen 3 members Peter Kember, Jason Pierce and Will Carruthers performed what was billed as “an evening of contemporary sitar music” (with not a single sitar anywhere in sight) for patrons of an art-house cinema in Brentford, West London (“108.9 on your dial!”) as they queued…
Sophomore studio album from Sonic Boom s Spectrum. Highs, Lows, and Heavenly Blows was originally released in 1994 and continued Peter Kember s exploration of trance inducing musical space. Working with past collaborators like guitarist Scott Riley, Kember crafted songs bathed in endless reverb and delay. The music washes over you one layer at a…