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It’s a shame, companies are charging more, not sure the actual cost on shipping to Canada fwiw, and are just arbitrarily doubling the price of shipping now. 

My roughish favorites of the year 

The True Faith - Go to Ground*
Wednesday - Rat Saw God

Explosions in the Sky - End

Osees - Intercepted Message

Faerie Ring - Weary Traveler

Kadabra - Umbra

Lathe of Heaven - Bound by Naked Skies

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Fronzoli

Rosenstock - HELLMODE

Hotline TNT - Cartwheel

35 minutes ago, N8TRU said:

Spacelab9 is repressing the Mass Effect boxset on a "thane" variant and Skyrim Atmospheres on a "blizzard" variant.

 

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Wonder when those Dragon Age boxes will ship.  I thought they were supposed to this month 

12 minutes ago, Satan said:

FYI.

 

im gonna  have a huge sale on some shit this week. Get some funds ready, you’ll likely need it.

Yes, Satan. 

Pretty solid Newbury order for about $110 after taxes:

Gaslight Anthem - American Slang 

Dispatch - Four Day Trials

Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive

Jawbreaker - Etc

Fountains of Wayne - Out of State Plates

Oh Sees - Face Stabber

Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

Bad Religion - Gray Race

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

Have been hoping this would one day get pressed, but at $50 it can get fucked.  In case anyone here is interested in it though: 

https://ghostmuttrecords.bigcartel.com/product/gmr-002

30 minutes ago, scottheisel said:

man if only someone had a referral link i could click

i guess i'll never get to spend money

We need to rename this thread to Dr Bob’s VMP referral links 

I’m sure most everyone here is smart enough to avoid using route protection offered by various labels, but I recently paid for it, tried to get something from it for a seam split, and got what I deserved, a swift kick in the balls. Evidently it does not cover cosmetic issues at all, so if you’re ever considering it, don’t. I ordered Bane’s reissue from EV and the seam split isn’t huge, but I’m a little bit more picky than I used to be with every record costing $40+ shipped nowadays. Anyway. Route Protection is worthless. 

On 8/17/2023 at 3:29 PM, JohnMatrix said:

Shipping must have gone up across the board. Everyone charging $8-$10 now

It really hasn’t gone up, but might as well gouge us because we’ll pay it. 

On 7/5/2023 at 9:10 AM, OldKentuckyShark said:

Such great albums.  I bought the box set years ago so I won’t need this but glad to see they are reissuing them.  

As someone who waffled on buying the box set and never did, I’m super happy with these as a consolation. 

16 minutes ago, xen0m0rph said:

https://gear.cdprojektred.com/en-eu/products/cyberpunk-2077-vinyl-3lp-set

Cyberpunk 2077, signed sold out

oof, would love that, but outside of my budget

It’s nice to see normal prices. First time in a long time for a preorder for me. 

I lost my father earlier this year too, condolences, Juan

If you don't spend 20 hours a day listening to your records, don't bother getting into the hobby

Very late to this while checking to see if there was a post for 2023 and really no reason to add to the lists but why not

30. Extra Arms - What Is Even Happening Right Now (one of former Thunderbirds Are Now frontman Ryan Allen’s projects)

29. Wo Fat - The Singularity

28.  Caleb Caudle - Forsythia

27. Izaak Opatz - Extra Medium

26. The Orielles - Tableau

25. Superchunk - Wild Loneliness

24. Camp Trash - The Long Way the Slow Way

23. Friends of Hell - S/T

22. Pedro the Lion - Havasu

21. Lawn - Bigger Sprout

20. 84 Tigers - Time in the Lighthouse

19. Wilco - Cruel Country

18.  Boris - W

17.  Beach House - Once Twice Melody

16. Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines II

15. Delivery - Forever Giving Handshakes 

14. Sam Jr. - S/T

13. Hooveriii - A Round of Applause 

12. Chat Pile - God’s Country

11. Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island

10. Cave In - Heavy Pendulum

9. billy woods - Aethiopes

8.  Guided By Voices - Crystal Nuns Cathedral

7. Ty Segall - Hello, Hi

6. Built to Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name

5. Band of Horses - Things Are Great

4. Sloan - Steady

3. Viagra Boys - Cave World

2. Osees - A Foul Form

1. Gnome - King

I like the album but not $80 like.  That said I'd be willing to trade some stuff for it if anyone has a copy they don't want.  

Dragon Age box set is live $115 

https://spacelab9.com/products/dragon_age

22 hours ago, Chazz4 said:

within a minute?? Want a medal?

Aren't you a peach

These are going fast holy smokes

On 4/13/2023 at 9:57 AM, youspinmeround said:

Comets on fire-st

This band in general for me

3 hours ago, kas1985 said:

Plaid Room Records still seems to have most everything in stock, will start selling tomorrow morning at 0800 Eastern. They also have their stock numbers on every item, so you should be able to get a good idea of what will be around in the morning. Free shipping over $50, package everything like a tank. They are my go to. 

Just checked their site and FB, where did you see the numbers?  They’re typically my go to afterwards as well. 

Did anyone’s shops have a bunch of Wilco? I was surprised being pretty early in line not to be able to get one. Assuming they’ll be fairly available but just checking. 

This story has some serious vinyl jerk vibes going on 

I pulled out Local Natives - Gorilla Manor a couple weeks ago after not listening to it for a couple of years.  Definitely forgot how good it is. 

On 4/2/2023 at 8:05 AM, Rip said:

I just entered the 21st century recently and got a Spotify account/subscription.  One of the best decisions I’ve ever made and I’m mad at myself for not doing so sooner.  Since having my first kid I don’t get as much time to sit down and just listen to records anymore so most of my music listening is done driving to/from work everyday.  It’s pretty life changing having literally everything available at your fingertips now.  Since getting it I’ve checked out so many things I never would have before and also rediscovered stuff I had forgotten about.

This has saved me a lot of money from cutting way back on blind buying

15 hours ago, Derek™ said:

I occasionally get into a music lull though it's been a few years.  Sometimes that overlaps with a vinyl lull, other times it doesn't.  This year was off to a bit of a slow start – and honestly, it feels like new music is not getting released as fast or furiously as it was pre-Covid – but the last few years have delivered some great releases, and I suspect 2023 will end on a similar note.

For me, the biggest thing is settling into your tastes and identifying [with confidence] what you in or aren't into at the moment.  As I've gotten older, I've definitely determined which artists I'm no longer into vs. the ones that I'm just having some time apart from.  Some of my favorite albums, artists, and even genres may go months – or even a year+ – without being touched.  But that doesn't mean I'm no longer into them.  I just have a sizable collection of music and I place a pretty big value on hopping around to keep things fresh.

Few things rival the realization that you're really in a mood to listen to X artist, and then recognizing that you haven't touched anything in their discography for the better part of a year.  I sometimes go on a week-long binge where I'll revisit their stuff and revisit their discography to get it "out of my system" before moving onto the next thing.  I find real value in some bigger leaps between genres as a sort of cool-down to keep everything fresh.  So instead of listening to "aggressive", guitar-heavy genres for a month straight... I'll flip around between metal, then ambient, to post-hardcore, to some shoegaze, to electronic, then to slowcore, to some more upbeat "indie" rock / pop, back to something drone-y or mathy, etc.  Recognizing that song & dance and trusting my mood is probably the biggest saving grace when it comes to avoiding burnout.

For vinyl itself, I sort of enjoy having a "white whale" or two that I can tentatively wait to be reissued.  I feel like there's at least 1 new / unexpected preorder or reissue probably every week, maybe every 2 weeks.  It's a good pace where I'm not hunting Discogs or trying to play catch-up on a bunch of stuff I don't own.  Every now and then I'll stumble into a new artist that I've been sleeping on, and will pursue their best albums or preferred variants for fun.  It's a pretty healthy spot to be in where I'm not completely over spending money on vinyl, but also not going overboard.  It's been this way for years now, and I'm pretty content with it.

I agree with everything you said, and I tend to have listening patterns similar to yours in terms of surfing genres. I was really loving the psych revival that was occurring from late oughts until I guess a few years ago, but feels like that has sort of dissipated. I probably just need to spend more time in terms of discovering new/unfamiliar artists, but it’s been a real struggle of late it seems.