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BrainGilliams reacted to Sad Heart in PO NOW: American Football - American Football (LP2) (Oct 21 2016; Polyvinyl)
Poly never disappoints, period.
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BrainGilliams reacted to jewfro in Mae - The Everglow AVAILABLE!!
from Spartan Records facebook:
Mae's classic album "The Everglow" is finally returning to vinyl on November 25th. The new limited edition double LP includes a 12" x 12" 28-page foil stamped storybook and pre-orders will launch next Wednesday, October 19 at 12pm PST. Sign up to be notified so that you don't miss out!
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BrainGilliams reacted to ejc625 in PO: Bright Eyes - Studio Albums 2000-2011
http://www.omaha.com/go/bright-eyes-the-studio-albums-is-a-blast-to-look/article_d80e53ed-7532-5613-816d-fa67f1f1d22c.html
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BrainGilliams reacted to ryantark in MEGA msale at ccmusic.com
OCTCCM25
25% off $50+
ExpIres 11/30/16
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BrainGilliams got a reaction from Rip in [PO] Owel - Dear Me - Nov 11
Truly baffling. This band is incredible.
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BrainGilliams reacted to travis in PO : Joyce Manor - Cody
Confirming that Hot Topic will have green vinyl.
Also, this album is really good!
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BrainGilliams reacted to ChasHawk in Out Now: The Used - Self Titled / In Love and Death Repress
What crippling insecurity is it that causes people to click on threads they have zero interest in to tell people that the band they like is shitty?
Because some of us like The Used, FOB, NFG, and Blink...we're lesser music fans somehow?
Sorry we don't know who Rainbow Monkey Death Parade is.
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BrainGilliams reacted to tre in PO NOW : Oathbreaker - Rheia
Yo we just got the vinyl in and I can tell you that this is some of the coolest looking shit we've done in a while.
Colors work awesome with layout.
Very stoked.
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BrainGilliams reacted to KingTacoMunster in PO: Bright Eyes - Studio Albums 2000-2011
Today's pop market deal is this. With coupon WELCOME20 it comes to $104 shipped. Canceled bull moose
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BrainGilliams reacted to AsleepOnRocks in PO NOW: Russian Circles - Guidance | SARGENT HOUSE
So, I did something with this record that I've never done in all my years of collecting.
I completely forgot that I ordered it.
A couple days ago, when people started posting that they had received their copies, and posting pictures and whatnot, I was thinking "Hm, I really should get around to ordering a copy for myself." So, I hopped on the Sargent House merch site to grab one, and when I realized that all the variants were still available, I decided to wait a couple days until I got paid and I would probably order it this weekend. Well, lo and behold, there was my copy waiting for me in my apartment complex's office later that same day.
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BrainGilliams got a reaction from lethalenforcer in Bongload Records Anniversary Presses Available now - Beck and Elliott Smith
From their homepage...
Thank you for coming to our USA 10am online store sale. In order to fulfill your order in a timely fashion, we are placing a limited quantity of each title (Odelay, Mellow Gold, XO and Figure 8) in the store today. Once these are shipped, we will announce the next sale date both here and on our social media outlets. If you would like to receive an email with our next on-sale date, please sign up on our mailing list after you enter the website.
So I guess more copies will eventually go up for sale in their online store.
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BrainGilliams got a reaction from JimandTara in Beck - Odelay (reissue)
Solid first post. I think you're onto something here. I'll wait around to see what other options pop up with the US release.
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BrainGilliams reacted to JimandTara in Beck - Odelay (reissue)
Here's what a manager at (of all places) Barnes and Noble told me today. The ones we're seeing listed as pre-orders at or near $40 at places like Soundstage Direct (and B&N) is the EU re-issue by Interscope and is 180 virgin vinyl. The ones listed at pre-orders at or near $20 is the US re-issue by Geffen (same parent company as Interscope and A&M) and is standard weight vinyl. I think he's correct as I remember MusicDirect had it listed as Geffen and "standard weight vinyl" before they pulled their pre-orders for $19.99. We shall see!
Today was double membership rewards at B&N and I had a coupon for an extra 20% off that I had to use by the end of the month so I grabbed an Interscope for $25 and change out the door...they list the release date as being September 9th.
Jim
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BrainGilliams reacted to AtarisBSBH98 in The Anniversary "Designing a Nervous Breakdown"
I went to Taste of Chaos this last weekend. Josh sang all the songs, I'd say they did half Josh and half Justin songs. They had some keyboard difficulties to start, but overall they were incredible! I'm flying out to Lawrence in September to see them again.
Edit: I put a setlist here: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-anniversary/2016/san-manuel-amphitheater-festival-grounds-san-bernardino-ca-bff318a.html
It's incomplete and in the wrong order, but you get the jist.
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BrainGilliams reacted to giantfortune in Old Canes "Shapeshifter" Kickstarter
Hi. I am from Kansas City and have always made an attempt to keep Chris on a leash about this subject whenever I see him at shows that aren't TAC to get some sort of an update. Obviously we all believe its a lost cause at this point. However, I reached out to him on Wednesday to ask about guest list at future TAC/Caspian dates since the nearest was Omaha and both bands can take my cake. Citing the lost cause that is my 7" records I pledged for. He got back to me today with an absolutely and a plus one. I would just reach out to TAC on Facebook. He has always responded to my messages in a prompt manner. I know its all location but I would challenge any and every Kickstarter OG supporter to seize this opportunity. TAC isn't the magic they once were back when Aaron was in it too but its still a force to be reckoned with. Not to mention, Caspian is easily worth $15 alone. Just my two cents.
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BrainGilliams reacted to goodmemory in Orchid Tapes Club
one just showed up in my pokemon GO app but this stupid tauros was guarding it SMH
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BrainGilliams reacted to Deadformat401 in PO: Frameworks - Smother
Living 1.5 hours from deathwish hq means media mail = next day shipping! About to give this baby a spin
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BrainGilliams reacted to kjkenney in PO Now: Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On Reissue
Don't tell me this thread has gone astray..we're walking in circles
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BrainGilliams reacted to mesi in PO Soon: Signals Midwest - At This Age LP (9/2/16)
Easily my most anticipated release of the year. Preorders will be up next week.
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BrainGilliams reacted to Prestonlanes in PO Soon: Signals Midwest - At This Age LP (9/2/16)
Can't wait!
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BrainGilliams reacted to converge88 in PO Soon: Signals Midwest - At This Age LP (9/2/16)
Very excited. Light on the lake was by far my favorite release of the whole year and this will probably be too.
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BrainGilliams got a reaction from mesi in PO Soon: Signals Midwest - At This Age LP (9/2/16)
Life changes. It’s the natural order of things. As you get older, friendships evolve, relationships fade, and surroundings change. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but trying to find your place and a sense of balance in all of life’s changes is something no one really prepares you for. The four members of Cleveland’s Signals Midwest can certainly attest to that. In eight years, they’ve borne witness to graduations and weddings, moves and funerals, new loves and heartbreak. But through it all, the one constant in the lives of vocalist/guitarist Max Stern, bassist Loren Shumaker, guitarist Jeff Russell, and drummer Steve Gibson has been this band.
At This Age, the quartet’s fourth full-length album, is both a testament to change and a reflection of a band at a pivotal moment in their lives. When you’re a young punk, the idea of devoting your life to music — writing songs and traveling the country with your best friends — doesn’t seem that hard: Write songs, get in the van, and go. “Will we make any money? Will our jobs still be there when we get back? How will we pay our rent next month? Who cares? As long as we’ve got each other and this band, that’s all that matters.” It’s an ethos that guides many bands in the beginning, but after a while, it’s not an easy attitude to maintain.
“I was asking myself questions like ‘How do I evolve as a person but retain what I love? How do I advance through the world but sustain the things that excited me when I was first discovering them?’” says Stern of At This Age. These are the questions that guide the album, which marks some of the band’s most stark and mature songwriting to date. “I tried to approach songs from a few different viewpoints to really explore that world,” Stern says. “This is the first time that I've written songs from a point of view other than my own, across age and gender and identity.”
If Latitudes and Longitudes is a document of a band discovering their voice, and Light on The Lake is them honing in on their sound, then At This Age finds Signals Midwest hitting their stride. “It’s a much more stripped-down jammer,” Russell says, “We just had fun. Everything came naturally and it seems like we finally found our stride in the writing process.”
And it shows. Produced by Into It. Over It.’s Evan Weiss and recorded at Atlas Studios in Chicago IL, At This Age might be the band’s most stripped-down songwriting, but it’s an album that sounds huge. At times urgent and anthemic, and at others intimate and poignant, At This Age isn’t just an album, it’s a part of Signals Midwest; a cathartic release of angst and anxiety and vulnerability and maturation. It’s their way of communicating with the world and navigating the creeping fear that comes with change. “This band is not only my escape from the mundane activities of everyday life,” Gibson says, “but it’s a chance to get together with some of my best friends in the world and do something that we can all be proud of.”
Eight years is a long time. For a band, it’s an eternity. What does the future hold for Signals Midwest? What does the future hold for any of us? Change is perhaps the most unpredictable and inevitable force in the universe: We can’t stop it. All we can do is to try to prepare for it. In the meantime, the best we can do is stop every once in a while to appreciate the people we have in our lives in that moment — it might not last.
“It's crazy to think that it's been a constant in our lives for nearly a decade,” Stern says. “That's wild. That's longer than any job or relationship I’ve ever had.” —Matt Cohen
Track Listing
You're Gonna Be Golden Should Have Been A Painter West Side Summer At This Age Alchemy Hour We Drive Forever Like It's Nothing Autumn Breaks Spillover Who I Was Before We Met Song For Ana Pressing Information
First Pressing:
125 Turquoise w/ White Starburst
175 Opaque Light Gray/Blue
200 Opaque Tangerine
500 Black
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BrainGilliams got a reaction from Shitty Rambo in PO Soon: Signals Midwest - At This Age LP (9/2/16)
Life changes. It’s the natural order of things. As you get older, friendships evolve, relationships fade, and surroundings change. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but trying to find your place and a sense of balance in all of life’s changes is something no one really prepares you for. The four members of Cleveland’s Signals Midwest can certainly attest to that. In eight years, they’ve borne witness to graduations and weddings, moves and funerals, new loves and heartbreak. But through it all, the one constant in the lives of vocalist/guitarist Max Stern, bassist Loren Shumaker, guitarist Jeff Russell, and drummer Steve Gibson has been this band.
At This Age, the quartet’s fourth full-length album, is both a testament to change and a reflection of a band at a pivotal moment in their lives. When you’re a young punk, the idea of devoting your life to music — writing songs and traveling the country with your best friends — doesn’t seem that hard: Write songs, get in the van, and go. “Will we make any money? Will our jobs still be there when we get back? How will we pay our rent next month? Who cares? As long as we’ve got each other and this band, that’s all that matters.” It’s an ethos that guides many bands in the beginning, but after a while, it’s not an easy attitude to maintain.
“I was asking myself questions like ‘How do I evolve as a person but retain what I love? How do I advance through the world but sustain the things that excited me when I was first discovering them?’” says Stern of At This Age. These are the questions that guide the album, which marks some of the band’s most stark and mature songwriting to date. “I tried to approach songs from a few different viewpoints to really explore that world,” Stern says. “This is the first time that I've written songs from a point of view other than my own, across age and gender and identity.”
If Latitudes and Longitudes is a document of a band discovering their voice, and Light on The Lake is them honing in on their sound, then At This Age finds Signals Midwest hitting their stride. “It’s a much more stripped-down jammer,” Russell says, “We just had fun. Everything came naturally and it seems like we finally found our stride in the writing process.”
And it shows. Produced by Into It. Over It.’s Evan Weiss and recorded at Atlas Studios in Chicago IL, At This Age might be the band’s most stripped-down songwriting, but it’s an album that sounds huge. At times urgent and anthemic, and at others intimate and poignant, At This Age isn’t just an album, it’s a part of Signals Midwest; a cathartic release of angst and anxiety and vulnerability and maturation. It’s their way of communicating with the world and navigating the creeping fear that comes with change. “This band is not only my escape from the mundane activities of everyday life,” Gibson says, “but it’s a chance to get together with some of my best friends in the world and do something that we can all be proud of.”
Eight years is a long time. For a band, it’s an eternity. What does the future hold for Signals Midwest? What does the future hold for any of us? Change is perhaps the most unpredictable and inevitable force in the universe: We can’t stop it. All we can do is to try to prepare for it. In the meantime, the best we can do is stop every once in a while to appreciate the people we have in our lives in that moment — it might not last.
“It's crazy to think that it's been a constant in our lives for nearly a decade,” Stern says. “That's wild. That's longer than any job or relationship I’ve ever had.” —Matt Cohen
Track Listing
You're Gonna Be Golden Should Have Been A Painter West Side Summer At This Age Alchemy Hour We Drive Forever Like It's Nothing Autumn Breaks Spillover Who I Was Before We Met Song For Ana Pressing Information
First Pressing:
125 Turquoise w/ White Starburst
175 Opaque Light Gray/Blue
200 Opaque Tangerine
500 Black
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BrainGilliams reacted to fish in Melvins - Houdini LP | Stoner Witch LP | Stag 2xLP
they said they may go online or on tour. whatever buzz wants. someone also mentioned that the color vinyl will only be available in a set of all 3? guessing we will find out more soon.
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