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This album slays y'all. Gratuitous picture because the variant is so nice.

I just played through my blue copy. The first side looked a teensy bit wobbily but sounded fine other than some surface noise every now and then. Pretty happy with the sound, I never knew there was a different version outside NA. The blue came out really dark but it's got pretty black wispys in it.

HEY EVERYBODY, WISH PAPA JUAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY @jhulud! Love you brother. (stolen from @themeconspiracy)

Two members of Whirr have writing credits on a song. The song was my favorite on first spin I didn't notice until after. (I've now spun it again and it was even better; be excited)

Today I added an original test press of Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears to my collection. Other tests I own: Oh Shit They're Going To Kill Us - Combat Shock 7" (band I was in) Tera Melos - Drugs To The Dear Youth 10" Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love 12" (B-Side only)

Emailed the venue and expect to hear back soonish. Worst case i am roadtripping to LA and seeing it with Dom

What a time to be away from technology on vacation Sorry about that - it's very loved if that makes a difference

awesome, between figgypud and jon, got some movies to watch! anyone see Annabelle creation yet? we did Saturday and surprisingly like it. ive always thought all the conjuring was VERY overrated and the first Annabelle was just meh. but this new one has some decent scares, gore and strong story and the way they tie it in to the first was really great. also, there are 2 after credit scenes so stick around for it!

Holy fuck. From the first few minutes all the way to the end I was doing the same thing. Also, loved the performance. Lissie is so great. We saw her back in 2010, when she opened for City & Colour. SO happy to see her on this show. Overall, this was a fucking killer episode. 4 left. I am not mentally prepared to lose these characters AGAIN.

MB confirmed there is a official Miasma repress on the way... Along w/ Red Chord "clients" which i'm stoked for as well

ETR is the new HT

Alright, here's what I've watched over the last few weeks. Laid to Rest - It was a fun throwback slasher. Kills were entertaining and the ragtag group of protagonists was a nice touch. Did a nice job implementing modern-ish technology into the movie. The killer was a tad bland and I'd say that's the biggest weakness. I didn't love this enough to want to watch the sequel immediately, but I do think I'll get to it at some point. Tonight She Comes - This was a total mess. Lot of generic teens at a cabin material at the beginning and it's laced with cheap humor. It eventually turns into a possession film of sorts and maybe a dash of It Follows type unstoppable monster. There's some good gore and gross out stuff towards the end, I just don't think it's worth the time it takes to get there. It'd be a hard one for me to recommend. Hush - A friend recommend this and I thought it was decent. It could easily be seen as a partial analogy for our reliance on technology (movie doesn't hammer this point home) or you can take it for a face value home invasion flick. Deaf victim kept it interesting and worked well to add tension. I'm not sure that John Gallagher Jr. works as a villain at all, very odd casting choice there. Probably didn't help that his mask was pretty uninspired. Glad I watched it, not sure if I'd watch it again though. The Strangers - Just rockin' these home invasion movies! I mostly enjoyed this. I can see the comparisons to Them, but it's just a very different movie besides some general similarities. It's been a couple weeks since I've watched this and can't really remember specifics besides the fact that I liked it. It Stains The Sand Red - Not that good, but not bad enough to be fun either. Kind of stumbles out of the gate and doesn't recover for about 15 minutes. There's some fun monologue between the girl and the zombie and some occasional cleverness, but it mainly feels like something that would've made for a good short in anthology. The last 20-30 minutes to in a real different direction too. Not a bad thing necessarily, just felt a little out of place. Zombie makeup and effects were pretty standard. Some nice cinematography helps it a lot too. Killing Ground - Takes a little too long to get moving, once it does it's a pretty tense ride until the end. It's a pretty cruel film and leaves an impression. Has some of that coldness that Funny Games has (and was mentioned in this thread). A Wolf Creek comparison is pretty easy to make too, partially because of this being an Australian film. Ending is quite dark as well. I thought it was quite good, even with the slow start.

2 self releases up for preorder...i believe they are starting to ship from the label already. looks like the normal major retail channels (amazon, bullmoose, etc) will be getting both as well https://www.elcaminomedia.com/store/?category=Self

Might be of interest to some metalheads - it looks like MOV is releasing Low on 2017-09-08: http://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/testament/low#.WYTClIjyi70 This album has certainly been missing in my collection, because I don't hate my money enough to shell out + 100$ for an original copy.

Nice collection!

Yeah, while the picture disc is cool and all I would almost rather have a signed normal ass black LP

The one staff member over there did say this would rank third after Gorillaz and Fiona for the biggest bombsell they've ever released. Of course, that's all subjective.

Anomalisa is being released on Wednesday https://mondotees.com/blogs/news/music-weekly-anomalisa-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-lp I'm very torn on this release as I adore the movie, love the score, and the packaging for this release is phenomenal! However I already own the MOV version of the soundtrack which I almost never listen to strictly because for whatever reason they decided to include full scenes of dialogue mixed in with parts of score which drives me absolutely insane. Judging by the tracklist it seems as though this is the same rather than strictly the score which is a shame.

I don't think many are new at digging into music in general but I think it's that a lot of them have a certain genre that they're comfortable with and so may different genres get discussed/hyped over there that they may be digging into areas that they may not have before.

Some users, not all, on VMP are relatively new to digging into music. It's tempting to poke fun at the mix of enthusiasm and lack of knowledge but, IMO, it's also very cool that more people are diving into the insane treasure hunt that is working backwards into the history of rock/hip hop/modern music. We all start somewhere and, after 22 years of collecting music, there are well known bands/genres I'm still naive towards. I didn't really get into Talking Heads until last year, I have zero knowledge of Jazz, etc. I tend to keep quiet about genres/bands I am barely getting to know while maybe some VMP posters can be more quick to assume the role of expert but I think that's just, as I said, the enthusiasm. Also, I consider myself a very young 31 year old man but I have to remember that still means I might have 13 years of more music listening on some other adults. Anyway, thanks for reading my novel.

Same.

I wish I could get some kind of email telling me something's on it's way

Got my shipping confirmation for Broken and The Fragile. USPS media mail so I probably won't see an update until after I receive it.

knowing it went to a good home, it does, lol

Pre-order link for amazon.ca

Long live Travis

HT without Travis has = zero purchases for me.

Let's hope it's the original cover too

Just got back from Mew! Holy cow what a show! Go see them if you can!

The monster really was cool, I'll give it that. I remember 68 Kill looked good from what I remember from the trailer. My wife has a lady boner for Gubler and I know she wants to see it so we'll probably end up checking it out soon.

these turned out quite amazing. can't wait for mine to show up

Totally off but sometimes i still wish cstvt Would release that full-length for rfc...

lol at these prices

Samesies

Last night I watched "They Look Like People" which wasn't incredible, but not too bad for a low budget movie. I wish they had pushed the physiological horror a little further. The ending was great though!

Dino Jr says hello But I'm afraid Billy's heavy hand in production has been a recent turn off for me. He needs someone to help edit his vision and he definitely needs Jimmy.

I'm going to place an order now that I know it's gatefold

350 dollars for a Mayday Parade album.

im going to act like this is a "haha funny" comment because im pretty sure the extra one I bought didn't make you miss out on it but if it wasn't a "haha funny" comment then you can go complain to people who bought extras to flip, not to help a fellow VC'er out for cost (like ive done many times before here)

You might want to hold out on this, its supposed to get repressed soon along with Anywhere But Here!

Leftovers scratches some of the 'weirdness happening in a small town' itch but be warned that it focuses more on relationships than Twin Peaks and is more grounded (outside of the bizarre pieces). But it gets very fun and funny season 2 onward and the series ends beautifully. It is probably my favorite show period.

Bump

Bump

Yes! Thank you

Very jealous of that Sharon Jones test press.

These are all the test presses I've collected so far: Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle Olga Bell - Krai Bleached - Ride Your Heart Flock Of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes Grizzly Bear - Shields B-Sides Hilly Eye - Reasons to Live Jamie xx - In Color Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue Jenny Lewis - The Voyager Palma Violets - 180 Quilt - Plaza Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want St. Vincent - Strange Mercy San Fermin - Jackrabbit Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope Regina Spektor - Far Regina Spektor - Far (acetate) Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm Laura Stevenson & the Cans - Sit, Resist Laura Stevenson - Wheel Laura Stevenson - Cocksure Stranger Cat - In the Wilderness Tancred - S/T Tancred - Capes Tegan and Sara - Alligator Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob Vampire Weekend - S/T Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City M. Ward - A Wasteland Compilation Waxahatchee - American Weekend Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp Wye Oak - Shriek Wye Oak - Tween The xx - coexist

Another shirt autograph story, I was going to see Chuck Berry so I took his autobiography with me to try and get it signed after the show. I had bought the book at a yard sale and as I was walking up to him I opened it up onl to find the previous owner had already had it signed!