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I've noticed this too, why are people suddenly averse to making new threads for stuff?

Run it through Tineye and it pops up mostly on 4chan/Reddit-adjacent sites, which sounds about right for Wax. https://tineye.com/search/e086d1cd0f0f0baa04edafc01e2fa49ee2715bd3/

Wait WHAT I'm going to need a link or something. That makes me so happy. It always bummed me out how as his records got (I thought) better and better, he got less and less recognition in the Christian music industry, while KJ-52 and Toby Mac were able to maintain successful careers as forty-something white dudes who churned out commercialized garbage imitations of mainstream rap to pander to the youth group crowd.

It's pretty fitting that the line in question is "the bullshit's exhausting". I would've thought all the people like that were already dead from shock from when Switchfoot went ~ * s e c u l a r * ~ in 2003.

Yeah baby, preordered some things today and I'm feeling that sweet sweet buyer's remorse. Help me mitigate it.

Includes instant download. I'm listening to it now and it actually rules? http://www.johnreuben.com

It's been a banner year for Bazan stuff - 4 full-lengths and a handful of loose tracks is a far cry from the 3 year wait between Strange Negotiations and Bazan Monthly with nothing other than a Deerhoof split to keep warm.

July 14. Available from Barsuk or Undertow: https://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark167 https://undertowstore.com/products/lo-tom?variant=42612700359

http://wilsunsrc.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-need-to-feel-your-love-lp-pre-order First single sounds good:

Running time was probably a factor. At 88 minutes including encore, it'd be a stretch to fit it on a 2xLP.

Don't buy 10"s, they are a dumb format for morons. 2x10"s especially.

Hair grows out of girls' pits too, man.

Having a kid is the universe's sign to you that the time has come to set aside childish ways and become a man. Give me your address, I'll send you some Paul Simon records.

So I just got a Facebook ad for this company, and not only has it not crashed and burned, they've put out 46 records? And they're starting to do distribution to record stores? And their releases are $20? So in short, they actually seem like a sorta cool operation now??? Pretty wild! Happy to have been wrong about this thing that I will probably still never spend money on.

Hmmm this board may not be the place for you. Around here, our mantra is "fuck the artist, I want it on vinyl."

Oh yeah, there's also a preorder for John Reuben's Greatest Hits, which supremely bums me out because now they'll probably never press Hindsight or Boy vs. the Cynic: https://www.smlxlvinyl.com/products/john-reuben-zappin-the-best-of-2lp

Promoting a batch of new releases going up this Saturday on Instagram: I'm seeing: #3: Switchfoot: Hello Hurricane #4: RK: Nashville Tennis EP #5: FIF: Our Newest Album Ever Any guesses as to the others?

It's pretty common nowadays to have sampled artists credited as "featured" artists since it lets them access streaming royalties that are set aside for featured artists (confusingly named "non-featured artists" by Soundexchange, who do digital royalty stuff: https://www.soundexchange.com/artist-copyright-owner/digital-royalties/) in addition to the negotiated fee for using the sample. If I remember right, it's how Kanye was able to get permission from Otis Redding's estate to sample him on "Otis". All that to say, it could very well be a sample - but c'mon, you guys. Modern day U2 are not so bad, and I trust Kendrick knows what he's doing.

Proving that the music industry will never, ever stop trying to polish turds

I think about this guy, and his custom made t-shirt, a lot.

Oh hell yeah, gonna line up early to pay like $25 for a picture disc with 6 minutes of a hundred year old theme song on side A and a bunch of INTERVIEWS on side B

Bubbles and collapses can absolutely happen within niches and subcultures without the larger culture ever noticing. I'm sure most people aren't aware of the comic book crash of the mid-90s, and yet it had an inescapable effect on comics.

Just took all my filler LPs to the record store, so it looks like all I have left is KILLER. If you're interested in some 7"s, make an insulting offer. You may be surprised.