Oblivions

I finally had a chance to listen to all 3 records last night. Quite a bit of surface noise but, hey, I'm easy and it is probably due to needing a quick cleaning. I enjoyed the b-sides disc more than I thought I would. I wonder what we'd have if Radiohead released one more semi-straight-forward album in the vein of those b-sides before they did Kid A.

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.

My list would be: The Leftovers (keep watching past season 1, season 1 is OK to frustrating, season 2 and 3 are awesome and pretty funny too) Westworld GLOW (not on the same dude-bro wavelength as the above shows but I really liked the ensemble cast and it's been my favorite Netflix show) Game of Thrones

I really dig Wild Ones. I don't know where they fit into the Topshelf roster or the general indie pop/rock world but I'm glad they exist and tour Los Angeles enough for me to have seen them multiple times. The new track feels more like what you'd expect an electro pop-ish band to sound like, so I'm curious if the new album will be a shift towards a more categorizable sound.

Hey! I have a handful of new or played once LPs for sale! All prices include any postage/handling.PM me if you'd like to place an order. I take payments via PayPal. US addresses only, please. Thanks!

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There were some releases on vinyl in stock at Targets in Southern California briefly recently. They got moved to the clearance aisles a few years ago and I haven't seen any since then.

B'Day?

I would love a 7" with 3-4 of the acoustic demos/live cuts they did with Vincent Moon and posted on their pre-release site for Boxer. But I'm guessing it will prob be the Mistaken for Strangers/Blank Slate single or something. Or a single for the upcoming record.

Super stoked with my first package of records for this sub. I don't usually listen to math rock or bands outside of the US/Canada/UK, so it was awesome to get some of those Japanese and math rock records into my collection. Has anyone gotten a copy of Ratboys yet? I'm looking forward to that and my 2nd shipment of LPs.

I live in Los Angeles and all my packages go through Bell Gardens. Are they a base for packages that go to cities outside LA county too?

I imagine all hubs for huge cities are a nightmare. Especially if your package is being shipped via Media Mail, which has a super low priority when it comes to the order of being dispatched.

Thanks for finding that post. I must have read that at some point considering my Freudian-ish mental image of the rights being locked away in a flooded, asbestos-coated basement. Bummer that they denied the licensing request but also gave up the idea of releasing them themselves.

I'm curious why they haven't pressed any of their stuff. It seems like their fans would be big vinyl collectors. Are the rights for their catalogue locked down in a flooded file cabinet in some dusty basement formerly operated by Goldenvoice or something?

I have an ugly rolling cabinet I built to dampen the volume of my shop vac (which I use along with a Squeaky Clean record cleaner). I just slap all my label stickers on there since it's already a gross plywood monstrosity. Otherwise, I'm too old/not punk enough to put stickers on anything resembling actual furniture or audio equipment.

I'm up in that Tiny Insider Spicy Italian sub mix, so I'll be sent a copy of this. Really looking forward to it.

Important news: I got my shipping notice from Bullmoose as well. Goodbye $$$.

I ordered from Bullmoose, did not cancel, no shipping notice yet. I wouldn't be crushed if they didn't fulfill the order (I already own the recent reissue) but it'd be nice to own a limited copy of that extra disc.

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A batting cage. They had an old box of thrift store records by an arcade machine, priced at like 50 cents each. Nothing good in there but was nice surprise to see.

Because they are the National, they dipped their toe into that sappy arena ballad pool and knew better than to keep going down that road but, for any other band, a song like Vanderlyle or England is the pre-cursor to having a college marching band on stage with you for your encore and the lead singer wearing a band leader costume or like a cape. Thanks to some course correction with Trouble Will Find Me, the songs are fine and just minor blips of concern to some fans and not the glaring beginning of the band's descent into persona self-parody. The slow ballads before and after High Violet are all aces (About Today, I Need My Girl, this new one...I didn't dig Heavenfaced but it's not as bombastic or anthemic so I just let it pass when it plays).

Every time I hear a slow National song and it's amazing and layered and perfectly arranged, instead of a slow, plodding mess like Runaway or a bombastic, saccharine U2/Coldplay anthem like Vanderlyle or England, I bow my head and say a prayer of thanks to the American Mary gods. Guilty Party is spot on and has me pumped for Sleep Well Beast.

Like any true vinyl connoisseur, I hate how records look on my shelf but I love the music so much that I swallow my disgust and continue to collect them.

I really appreciate the suggestions. I dig Colour Me Wednesday. I have that Spoonboy split that they did. I'm definitely gonna check those other bands out too. Thanksz

Sorry to be that guy but do you have any tapes in your discography from bands that would be similar to Muscle and Bone? I really dig them and see them in your shop but the cover art for everything else gives me a metal/hardcore vibe (which I'm not a big fan of). What bands would you point me to?