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Finally it drops. You're welcome guys

https://www.freewhirlrecords.com/ REDUX OF FEELS LIKE YOU AND DISTRESSOR NOW NOW NOW!! Feels Like You - WHITE vinyl x900 Distressor 10th anniversary - RED vinyl x900 Also a ltd x100 bundle of the two, comes with a photobook and enamel pin.

Nah you’re good: https://thehardtimes.net/culture/man-only-listens-to-canceled-bands-on-spotify-so-he-doesnt-support-them-monetarily/

ooof man. no body, no crime is the cringiest Carrie Underwood "Before He Cheats" ripoff I never knew I'd have to hear.

Here is my genuine thoughts and opinion, as a massive RA fan, probably the most influential artist on my life throughout the years. As I put on the first song on the new album, I tried to see how it would make me feel. I realized I didn't feel good. Then I realized, people in a position of power, are able to abuse others. Yes, people not in power also abuse, but those in power are more able, and more successful in doing so. Then I thought, how does someone get into power. In the case of artists, it's by supporting there music, buying records, listening, going to shows, buying merch. This gives them the power. If I choose to continue to do this, I give this artist more power to potentially hurt others. That is what doesn't make me feel good. It breaks my heart I had to turn off this album, and I will never be able to listen to all the music thats been such a big part of my life. But I simply cant support this notion. Do what you want with this, but just know, if you contribute, you are likely contributing to the conditions for more abuse of power....

Yeah, they're a math rock band, they should be great at being on time!

I bought a mystery bundle a while back that came with this record and I never use my digital codes. I’ll find it and send it to you later tonight.

I think what you're saying is that if someone is truly principled about "cancelling' an artist based on that artist's misconduct, why should it matter whether the music is good or lousy? I think ntslash is candidly acknowledging that it's much easier to stick to your principles if you don't feel like you're sacrificing that much.

Good god you’re dense.

Ride the Lightning is back in stock!

Hahaha hell yea, hopefully my feels like you comes with an insert

So if I stream this album, I’m now responsible for soliciting underage nudes. Got it

Hearing her and Matt Berninger finally sing together feels cathartic as it always seemed a foregone conclusion. That song was great. I don't know how it's possible (it's probably just the fanboy in me) but Justin Vernon elevates everything he's in. Exile and Evermore are awesome songs. On first listen I don't like this album as immediately as folklore, but it's still good. I'm sure I'll like it more as I listen again, it just seems a little superfluous upon first pass.

My turn, my turn! I got nothing.

Just finished my first listen and totally agree with this. I really like it, but it didn't immediately grab me the same way as folklore. Part of that might be that there isn't the same shock and happy surprise of a folky adult swearing taylor album. Some really really good stuff on there, though, particularly on the back half.

Evermore sounds like Lover goes acoustic. And I am liking it.

I see that they've posted a few more copies of GONZO on their Bandcamp. https://foxyshazam.bandcamp.com/album/gonzo

"tolerate it" goes real hard

The CD and cassette uses the same terminology and I'm not sure if that makes more variants more or less likely

I actually don’t listen to any of those bands anymore. Same goes with Brand New, Michael Jackson, and even idiots like Smash Mouth for playing a show during pandemic. I just find other bands or artists that scratch the itch for me. When I hear songs like “Nobody Girl,” it really gets hard for me to relate to it like I did in the past. Instead, I’ve gotten into bands like centro-matic, or war on drugs, that resonate with me in the same way that his music did. Same goes for, let’s say... “Pretty Young Thing,” by Michael Jackson. I just can’t. But, instead of separating the music from the artist, I turn to the millions of artists out there NOT guilty of molesting children or soliciting nudes from underage people. Hell, I even bail on bands and artists that behave abusively toward people. Sure, it may not be illegal, but I’m not gonna support and relate to an artist that objectifies his “friends,” dangles fame in exchange for sex (even if they do take the bait, it’s cringey), and belittles them when they don’t reciprocate? It’s just gross, and I can’t help but think about it when he’s crying in his lyrics about “look what I did to youuuu, look what you did to meeee.” Absolutely to each their own, but I think it’s fascinating to see that fans don’t realize he’s also very abusive toward them. Like someone said earlier, it’s kinda crazy how similar his behavior resembles that giant orange that just lost an election. Maybe there’s something to that?

Fine. Ya filthy animals. Digital: https://store.taylorswift.com/products/evermore-album-digital-standard-edition 2xLP: https://store.taylorswift.com/products/evermore-album-deluxe-edition-vinyl

Sundressed - Home Remedy https://ruderecords.merchnow.com/products/v2/322652/home-remedy

Had to grab both.

But separating the art from the artist means one should not inform the other. You're listening to the music first and then grading the ease of your cancellation based on the art.

Yeah, I was looking at that like an hour after you posted. The book and pin are REALLY cool, but already was sold out! 😧 Glad I could still get the music though. 👍🏻

correct, the backpack didnt include a alternate jacket.

Nevermind. Thanks OP! This is BIG.

Top left corner. 3 lines. click on that > shop

Last lithograph I ordered was from the Lover era. It was nice a thick photo paper. Almost like screenprinted poster paper. But of course not screened. It's nice. They ship it in poster tubes but depending on who is packing it, there may be creases and crimps. I had one happen like that but they replaced w/o issue. I say got for it. I'm sure your daughter will love it.

Dashboard has up solid colors of the 3 EPs. As well as a second pressing of Swiss Army, Unplugged and Best Of.

Not as immediate as folklore for me, but this is the type of slow burn album I want going into winter. I did enjoy it.

New record is 🔥🔥🔥.

I’m sure we’ll be getting a target red variant!

Idk why but I’m kind of disappointed there’s just one variant after getting 8.

I don't know who Tourist is. But I hate him.

Yeah uh, they historically let orders slip through the cracks. Had to file a paypal case before, whenever I order from them I don't expect that it'll actually get to me lol ^^ like I'm all down for being lenient on bands and everything especially during this time but Soft Kill's service is like "if you got it, that's it, if you didn't fuck off" they're a step up from ordering from fucking Orm lmao hopefully they get better with fair critique ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Looks this this one ended well for VC this time around! Missing out on this is easily the most successfully group buy in the history of the board.

This guy’s website sucks. I hope he gets a bad grade,

We repressed this album because the 1st pressing mostly sold out.. not supporting a band because their album is readily available and trying to make money when they can't tour is a very strange concept to me.

anyways I guess I'm willing to die on this hill today because I have nothing else to do haha

imagine defending buying vinyl at Walmart in 2020 but seriously no one is upset but i just think it’s fucked seeing these exclusives go big box retailers when small businesses are closing every where

Where is the extreme hate for Taylor Swift having an exclusive Target version of a record.....

It took me 30 minutes to remember my password, but I had to show solidarity in refusing to forget 12/18.

12/18 was when that mod Jeff (whose screenname was ScriptedRain) went crazy and deleted a whole bunch of shit. I think maybe he even blocked me and other folks? Can't remember now. But I will still NEVER FORGET.

12/18 NEVER FORGET

So real question, did the beer tour ever actually happen? Can't wait for the next session of VC history time; the MTS/AFS days will be a blast to read and re-live

I remember this clearly. I know someone hit him up and was like nice seats at the Avs game. How'd you afford those? And got a refund for whatever he was waiting for. This. Never forget. People like them don't deserve to be around the scene. RJ still shows up to shows in NYC. Such Gold actually shouted him out and I was so pissed, like do they have no idea how much money dude stole? Dude, this writeup was amazing. Thanks for all of that. This was definitely the place to smash refresh all day long waiting for preorders to launch. It's crazy how many of those records are worth 100s of $$s now because it was pre-vinyl explosion. Now the only POs that get posted are like WB radio bands. Find him at a Such Gold show in NYC when shows happen again. Remember shows?

holy hell, never thought I'd see this asshat's name around here again. EDIT: what a perfect write up, thanks dude. would have taken me DAYS to explain it all haha.

Talking shit is why the internet exists. It's good. He ran Suburban Home Records, a low-to-mid-tier punk label. Circa 2006 he founded Vinyl Collective, which consisted of: A Proboards forum, which through an arcane series of events eventually became this website here A vinyl-only distro – pretty novel at the time as the vinyl revival was just starting to take off. At that point the main punk/hardcore options were basically No Idea and Interpunk and some smaller players, and they had their pluses and minuses but mostly they just carried punk records. Virgil carried all that, plus like, rap reissues and other random stuff, and he'd try to get stuff people asked for, so he was like a one-stop shop. and finally, a vinyl-only label – again, very novel at the time. He pressed vinyl for labels that didn't want to deal with it, including a ton of stuff from Ferret & Red Scare, and big bands like Minus the Bear, Norma Jean, & Portugal the Man. People loved this guy, and the stuff he licensed sold big for the most part. He used his newfound clout to continually expand his operation, growing his distro and putting out a ton of music via Suburban Home. A lot of it was like alt-country/raspy-punk-guy-goes-acoustic type stuff, and I can't imagine any of it holds up at all (I do like the LaGrecia album he put out and I wanna say Stereotyperider was good?) Every release came out on multiple colors, there were limited preorder packages with bottle openers and posters and shit, all the collector gimmicks you can imagine. He started a (frankly pretty great) split 7" series called Under the Influence where bands covered artists who influenced them, and somehow roped in like every artist that was big on Punknews in 2008 to contribute. Some of those singles came out on 3 colors. In retrospect, the first warning sign that he was stretching himself too thin was probably the Cooperative. He hatched this scheme to get 200 people to chip in 60 bucks as an investment, and that money would be used to license, manufacture, and distribute an album that didn't exist on vinyl. Everyone in the Co-op got a copy of the rare color of the record, and the money from selling the remainder of the pressing would go towards the next release. In theory, a never-ending stream of records for 60 bucks! People were gaga over this idea. Shares in the VC Co-Op sold out in minutes. At least one person had a full-blown meltdown on the message board over the fact that they had missed out on buying a share. Personally I had set an alarm but overslept and missed it by minutes. I was so pissed! There was all sorts of stuff around the voting process and making teams and narrowing down the list that I was not there for, but in the end, the first Co-Op release was The Falcon – God Don't Make No Trash, on a 10". As I recall, it did okay. There were some concerned murmurs as Virgil revealed that the record had cost slightly more than anticipated as 10"s cost more to manufacture, but they were reassured that it wouldn't affect the master plan and everything would be fine. The next release was The Jealous Sound – Kill Them with Kindness, on a double LP. A double LP, surprisingly, also cost more than anticipated, and sales were soft. Next up was A Wilhelm Scream – Mute Print, and a sort of complete discography for Gaslight Anthem side project This Charming Man, both relatively straightforward single LP releases. It should be noted that this all took fffooorrreeevvveeerrr. According to Discogs, the first (and only) 4 releases came out in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. In between each release, 200 people are milling about the message board waiting impatiently for any kind of update on what should theoretically not take 3 years. While this is happening, Virgil's operation is continuing to expand. He's hiring people and moving into bigger spaces, Suburban Home is putting out tons of music, and at some point there are too many plates spinning and things start taking a turn. He sells "VC for Life" memberships where for $1000 you get everything they release, forever. He takes preorders for Volume 2 of Under The Influence, with promised artists including The Gaslight Anthem and Minus the Bear, which never materializes. For most of VC's run, all his releases were pressed through Pirates Press as they were the only place that was doing all the splatters, hazes & splits that he utilized extensively, but at a certain point he switches to a domestic plant. Later the word from the rumor mill is that he was so in debt with Pirates Press that they wouldn't take new orders from him. Virgil starts blowing out inventory under the guise of clearing out space, doing big bundles of LPs and 7"s for dirt cheap. Labels who were distro-ing with VC start posting threads on the message boards that they've not been getting paid for months. Some of them get deleted, including a legendary one where Tre from Deathwish tells Virgil to answer his email and give him his money, in so many words. People start asking to sell back their shares in the co-op as it becomes clear that it's a sinking ship. While this is all happening, Virgil announces a mother freakin' craft beer tour. In early 2011, the bottom finally falls out and Virgil shutters Vinyl Collective, leaving tons of labels, bands and customers in the lurch. He liquidates everything through eBay and his own store, and disappears for a good while, although according to Discogs, Suburban Home put out a handful of releases between 2011 and 2015. The most valuable asset at that point was the message board, and he sold it(?!?) to ShopRadioCast and Academy Fight Song Records, another label that flamed out spectacularly pretty soon after. And now here we are! Virgil basically lost everything, but he pops up again every few years with an interview in some Colorado alt-weekly about his new business doing promotion for craft distilleries or whatever. He's an ideas guy! It's wild to think that there are people who are regulars here who have no idea about Virgil or Suburban Home. Personally, it was one of the first online communities I was a part of, and although I don't post as regularly anymore, it is comforting to have at least one familiar place that hasn't been swallowed whole by Facebook or Reddit. Long live VC!