Modest Mouse’s classic The Moon & Antartica figures easily in any top rock records of the 2000s list. And for that reason, it’s pretty handy news that the Pacific-Northwesterners are re-releasing it on vinyl for (in which format it has been long out of print) this April 17th, in honor of both its 10th anniversary and this year’s Record Store Day. The jams have been remastered using the band’s preferred 2004 master, but with the original tracklisting, and apparently with the original sleeve design too. The extras on the expanded edition also won’t be there either, but, you know, you can’t have everything in life can you?
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Fucked Up to Release Eleven 7”s with Ten Different Covers for Record Store Day
02.16.10Record Store Day 2010 is nigh, and on April 17th, the music community will show its appreciation to the independent record stores that gave us our first taste of bands we couldn’t see on the TV or hear on the radio while growing up. Think of it as the Mother’s Day for indie record stores, because on this day each year, bands do something special to show their appreciation like releasing limited edition records and goodies for sale only in select stores. This year, Toronto hardcore band Fucked Up, who claim to have released more than thirty five 7” records in their time, have announced via their blog that they’re to release a whole load more. Eleven different versions of the same 7” with ten different covers, to be exact, the art for each being sent to the band by the ten stores they’ve decided to pay tribute to. The music on said historic artifacts will include three songs from the band’s Daytrotter Session, Magic Word and David Comes to Life (both included on the Couple Tracks comp) as well as Crooked Head. So, if you want to get your mitts on all eleven of these suckers, you’re going to have to find a way to get the following stores to send them to you (presuming you don’t plan on visiting them all on the day by helicopter or something…): Wax Trax in Denver, Waterloo Records in Austin, Spiral Scratch in Buffalo, Speakertree in Lynchburg, Lunchbox in Charlotte, Grimey’s in Nashville, Generation in New York, Fingerprints in Long Beach, Disc Exchange in Knoxville, and CD Alley in Chapel Hill.
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The Beatles Offering USB Drive Chock-O-Block Full Of Tunes
11.05.09Pony up $279.99 at The Beatles’ online store on December 7th (in the UK) or 8th (over here in North America); just in time for Christmas, you’ll receive an apple shaped USB drive with September’s Beatles reissues. Apple Corps and EMI have put their heads together on this one to bring us all 14 reissued albums, as well 13 mini-docs about the releases. There will only be 30,000 of these guys out there, so if you’re interested, move quickly… If this is not your idea of the perfect gift, there is always the vinyl option. On November 7th, a limited edition box set commemorating the 40th anniversary of Abbey Road is being released by the good people of Record Store Day fame. The vinyl comes with a T-shirt and poster, emblazoned with the cover of the Come Together/Something single. There are only 5000 of these out there, and word is they are only going to be made available to the indie record stores of discerning taste…
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Have You Hugged Your Neighborhood Record Store Today?
04.18.09Today is record store day! April 18th 2009 marks this second annual event, the day when independent record stores come together to celebrate their long lasting unique culture. Since Metallica officially kicked off record store day in 2008 an excited buzz has filled music communities in anticipation of 2009’s festivities. Private performances, rare album releases, special swag for the connoisseur and vinyl as far as the eye can see are only some of the attributes that this fine day boasts. This year shoppers can get their hands on rare today only releases of Pavement Live in Germany 1988 LP, Sonic Youth/Beck Split 7-inch, some Tom Waits goodies and piles of more RSD specials. These are the shops that made music accessible to the public before Internet was available and before the corporate platforms gobbled up the market. So freeze… Step away from your computer… Look away from the download button… Go to your favorite record store… NOW!
