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+1 for Rarewaves. They ship free from the UK.

Punk/Hardcore/Indie/Metal: Division of Laura Lee (any/all) - Swedish Post-Punk, criminally underrated IMO. Fireside - Do Not Tailgate sort of the Swedish Quicksand. Extol - S/T death metal, w/ current members of Azusa. Jade Tree has almost the entire catalog for super cheap. Dischord has a lot of amazing stuff. Startracks has old Refused stuff up. Thrill Jockey, Merge, Sub Pop all continue to pull me back in.

Labels who are sending proceeds directly to their artists (via pitchfork) Of Note: “Polyvinyl typically splits revenue with artists. From March 20–31, though, the label will waive its take on digital Bandcamp sales, giving the money right to the artists. In addition, all pre-2020 digital releases will be pay-what-you-want, starting at $1. All 2020 releases will also be pay-what-you-want, but starting at $5. Polyvinyl signees include: Alvvays, Xiu Xiu, and Jay Som.”

I see they still aim low with regard to mascot artwork.

My order had doubles of one exclusive and was missing another LP. Sent an email but found it odd they had a mix up as they wrote the order number directly on the hype sticker of some of the releases while packing.

It’s possible. This article explains why social distancing is important, as much as it is inconvenient or worse for working families.

Bummer it’s a partial order - my order when through today that I placed last Saturday. Somehow people who ordered earlier than I are finding stuff cancelled.

Same. Hopefully soon.

Weyes Blood/Fontaines D.C./Little Simz for me. Lotta exclusives! Hope they go through.

I really wanted Band of Susans but it was a more popular reissue that won. I wish they’d offer more titles that didn’t win via Qrates for a preorder. I got the Ronnie Hawkins LP that way. Didn’t have all the bells and whistles but it was still good.

Really hope it’s Machine Head. Concerned that Amanda Palmer fans might swoop in and flood the vote , but it’s all good.

The single LP version from RSD a few years back is one of my favorites. Fantastic album.

June of 44/Spacehog/Slowdive - wow wow wowee!

My copies showed up yesterday but I haven’t listened yet due to the flu hitting the house 🤧. The alternate art appears nice.

It’ll take some time to get the process going (materials and facility, etc) but TMR has already established mastering and pressing, so it would be not a surprise they step up and take a leadership position in the industry.