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New Wolf Parade LP coming in the new year.

Pre-orders available from their webstore and Sub Pop (and presumably elsewhere soon).

Pressings include standard black, Loser Edition (clear with red and green swirl) and a "Canada Edition" on clear with alternate cover (i.e. more obvious Tim Hortons logo).

4 hours ago, JustSchwimmer said:

Just subscribed, where do you find the Tidal discount code? Not seeing it anywhere in my account info.

It should be on your “Dashboard” but it’s gone for me as well. Would email [email protected] and they’ll sort you. 

On 10/4/2019 at 3:48 PM, timsimmons said:

All versions of this are tip on sleeves, correct?

 

Aqua is. Can't speak to the others.

Rick White (Eric’s Trip, Elevator to Hell) has a new project out with Eiyn Sof. He’s also given the sole album from The Unintended (project with Dallas Good and Greg Keelor) its first vinyl pressing. 

Both limited (500 for the LP with Eiyn Sof) and available here: https://bluefogrecordings.bigcartel.com/products

For those in Toronto, Rotate This also had copies this past weekend. 

If anyone in Toronto still wants “Day for Night”, Rotate is selling the silver version for $24.99, which is much better than online prices. They apparently have also had the half-speed, but were sold out when I was in. No idea how that’s priced. 

7 hours ago, ejc625 said:

I Am Gemini is really the only album of theirs I do not like.

 

This seems to be a common sentiment. Interesting to me, because I think it's great. Probably not top three Cursive for me, but I definitely listen to it more than their first two LPs.

8 hours ago, conedust said:

Only downside is that I’ve now scratched 5 Cliff tickets w/o a winner. Wonder what the odds are...

I'm 0/6. I assume the odds are 1 in 10 at best.

New LP from Cursive, out this month digitally with vinyl shipping in January. 

Pre-order on silver (limited to 1000) or black from 15 Passenger: https://15passenger.bandcamp.com/album/get-fixed

Can anyone tell me if the merch went quickly at their show? Specifically interested in the laundry bag. 

15 minutes ago, MachoHommeRandallSauvage said:

Say it ain't so! I've got a parcel coming DPD that left a few days ago that I'd very much like to have arrive timely and intact.

FWIW, my replacement shipment with DPD was uneventful. 

In my limited experience, DPD is very unreliable. I had an LP that shipped from the UK a couple months ago. Tracking never updated (for what was supposed to be an overnight shipment) so the retailer ended up sending another copy. Original copy showed up randomly after a full month. Tracking still never updated. 

Thankfully my obi copies here shipped FedEx without issue. I’m surprised they used two different couriers. 

12 minutes ago, Spiritdance1995 said:

I forgot to mention, this record has a large hole that requires a centre spindle adapter

Just don’t use an adapter, and center it on the platter. You could put another 7” (with a small spindle hole) on top as a guide to help center it. 

Managed to get singles for both NJ and Brooklyn (~$190 each), but boy is that queue system a mess, especially on mobile. Desktop was alright, but I was constantly knocked back out on mobile when the selected tickets had already been taken. Very nostalgic for the days of either lining up, calling in, or just no goddamn queue system and being able to select “best available”.

Clearly all these ridiculous measures don’t curtail secondary sales. I would love for artists to start seriously pushing back on the Live Nation/TM situation. 

7 minutes ago, LojaRich said:

Yeh, if I can get a visa to legally leave the country, I will be able to try and manage all that. Sounds like a plan... still worried that they will destroy them though.

It will likely be fine. Records are tough. The airline will probably put them through special handling, similar to instruments (and the flight cases look like instrument cases, which isn’t a bad thing), so they probably won’t go on the baggage belts. Take the valuable stuff as carry-on, pack everything with LPs outside the jackets to prevent seam splits, and get straps for the checked ones so they don’t pop open. 

11 minutes ago, rooks said:

There's no goddamn way you're getting 300 LPs on a commercial airplane. 

Theoretically it can be done. Taking a US/EU Delta flight as an example, you can check up to 10 bags. A flight case of 70 LPs shouldn’t be too heavy (~45 lbs). You’d need four of those for 280 LPs. You take the remaining 20 LPs in a small bag as your personal item, one flight case as your carry-on, and you get one checked free if you’re not on a Basic Economy fare. Third one is $100, and the fourth one is $285, for total fees of $385, not including the cost of the cases (probably $200-300). So maybe you can do it for under $700 if you’re just taking records, but if you need to check any other bags, it’s another $285 each. 

300 at once is going to be very tough. Airlines won’t allow you to check anything over a certain weight (often 70 or 100 lbs depending on the route/airline). So you’d have to check multiple items, and the excess baggage/overweight fees will be nuts. 

Consider taking a small carryon case of the most valuable ones, and then looking into freight shipping for something like this for the rest: https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-CLP200P-Carpeted-Recessed-Hardware/dp/B0002DVBRQ

16 minutes ago, noone said:

good, i was wondering that. ty.  no annie autograph, i assume?

No Annie on the B&N.

29 minutes ago, timsimmons said:

So the box set option on their site has a hand written track list. Same sleeve as the rest (gatefold), but the track list is blank and has been hand written in. 

 

I'm almost certain that's Corin. Check out this setlist from a Corin Tucker Band show (Bs, Ds and Es are most obvious to me):

Barnes & Noble signed copy showed up today. Includes Janet’s signature which is great!

59 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

Also more power to you for staring at 4” screen for 85 minutes, if that’s your thing.

I am an old man with surround sound and a BluRay player, but isn’t this roughly how an entire generation consumes most of their visual media?

16 minutes ago, lethalenforcer said:

This will be the last package (Vault 42) that the Vault subscription remains priced at $60 US/$70 CAN/$80 INTL. Beginning with Vault 43 (subscription window November 1st- January 31st, package TBA) quarterly subscriptions will be increased $5, meaning $65 US/$75 CAN/$85 INTL. Subscribers can lock in at the current price point by purchasing the new option of an annual subscription (available soon!). More details to come later this month and next.

I was looking for an excuse to end my nonstop run from the first package and just sign up for the ones I want. This might do it. 

CD can be preordered on Amazon for $45. So there’s that. 

Shipping for the bundle is slightly cheaper on Bandcamp than the Secretly Store:

https://angelolsen.bandcamp.com/album/all-mirrors

Indie pressing is clear with pink splatter. Available from Bullmoose and elsewhere. 

Pretty pleased with my copy. Let’s see others!