Just got in a shipment of great vinyl, including a limited number of new titles from Mississippi Records:

Marisa Anderson – The Golden Hour
Solo instrumental improvisational blues guitar & lapsteel recordings from Portland, OR, released in 2009. A store favorite!

Abner Jay – True Story of Abner Jay
Gritty blues & folk music from the 60s/70s

Abner Jay – Last Ole Minstrel Man
10″ EP of his last recordings

Various Artists – Brass Pins and Match Heads
International 78s from the 1930s to the 1950s that includes artists of the likes of Django Reinhardt and Jelly Roll Morton, as well as music from Spain, Iran, New Orleans and Omaha

Various Artists – Ishilan N’Tenere (Guitar Music from the Western Sahel)
Contemporary recordings from West Africa

Kleenex/LiLiPUT (4-LP Box Set)
All-girl punk/postpunk group from Switzerland circa late 70s/early 80s

We’ve also recently put out a ton of great used books, so if you’re down on Main St., stop by and browse our shelves!

We just got a grip of new posters in, many of which we’ve never had before. My favorites are either the cover of Joy Division’s Closer, or a super awesome portrait of Nick Cave (is anyone else excited about the new Grinderman album, BTW?). ANYWAY, you need to check them out. For real.

Ray Lamontagne – God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
CD $12.99

“As the album’s title suggests, it’s a country-tinged record complete with slide guitar and the occasional banjo. The songs conjure images of a simple life of hammock naps and skillet-cooked breakfasts within a universe devoid of cell phones, laptops and televisions.” – Full Review

David Gray – Foundling
CD $11.99

“The customary bleak introspection (“Take me down, take me down,” he sighs, preparing for the worst, on Davey Jones’ Locker) is there, as is the neediness in his jagged voice, especially on the bloodily raw When I Was in Your Heart. ” – Full Review

Iron Maiden – Final Frontier
CD $11.99

“Here we are, some 35 years after Iron Maiden began creating a legacy which the band never set out to make for itself, and the group sounds as tight and energetic as it ever has. Not only that, but Iron Maiden is making music that is—shocking for a band of its age—honestly relevant in the grand scheme its genre; if you were to take away Maiden at this point in time, the band would leave a hole in today’s metal scene, not just the metal scene in general.” – Full Review

John Mellencamp – No Better Than This
CD $13.99

“Whatever you think of Mellencamp, this is the kind of record that will compel a re-evaluation, an out-of-leftfield shot that mostly works because of its modesty, shagginess and humor – qualities not normally associated with the singer in the past.” – Full Review

When I first heard the title for this latest ‘Crowes release my eyes rolled in the back of my head, thinking it was another “greatest hits” record. And while it IS to certain extent, the album is actually a recently recorded studio album of the band playing their favorites, stripped down and acoustic. Check out the stream and swing by to pick up a copy (or if you’re the lazy type download it!)

Arcade Fire – Suburbs
CD Right Price $9.99 Download/Listen

“After one listen to Arcade Fire’s third album, John Doran reckons that they have played a blinder by ditching the faux apocalyptic Springsteenisms of Neon Bible and allowing their songs ample room to breathe. All hail The Suburbs…” – Full Review

Black Crowes – Croweology
CD $12.99 Download/Listen

“The set spans The Black Crowes’ catalog with acoustic renditions from their two decades of rock ‘n’ roll. Commemorating the 20th anniversary of their multi-platinum debut, 1990′s “Shake Your Moneymaker,” “Croweology” gives listeners an intimate retrospective of band favorites like “Jealous Again,” “Remedy,” “She Talks To Angels” and “Wiser Time.” – Full Article

Buckcherry – All Night Long
CD $11.99 Download/Listen

“All Night Long posits Buckcherry as your ultimate all-night rager soundtrack; the fist-pumping anthem-makers who are best heard on 5 a.m. IHOP runs.” – Full Review

Gov’t Mule – Mulennium
CD $12.99 Download/Listen

“Recorded 12-31-1999, Mulennium also features appearances by one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time, the late legendary Little Milton, as well as long time Mule friend and collaborator Audley Freed.” – Full Article

Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
CD $12.99 Download/Listen

“There isn’t a false note on Tin Can Trust. It moves with the assurance of men who have the confidence to follow the path of a stray guitar or keyboard riff, pursuing the implications of a simple but tricky phrase like “tin can trust.” – Full Article

Secondhand Serenade – Hear Me Now
CD $12.99 Download/Listen

“Hear Me Now serves not only as an album for people who already like Secondhand Serenade, but will certainly serve as a tool to pull in those last few stragglers who are too stubborn to admit that, yeah “Fall For You” was pretty damn catchy.” – Full Article

Wavves – King of the Beach
CD $11.99 Download/Listen

“In its quest for an endless summer, King of the Beach wears its California lineage with pride. It’s major-key and resplendently colored, owing as much to Orange County skate-punk as it does to the Beach Boys.” – Full Review

While they may not be the biggest, most-hyped releases (or reissues, for that matter) this summer, it is with great pleasure that I inform you that we have received a few copies of “Absolutego” and “Amplifier Worship” by Japan’s Boris on colored 2xLP gate-fold vinyl directly from Southern Lord.

For those of you already familiar with the band, no introduction is needed. But, for those unfamiliar: Boris is an experimental heavy/psychedelic/experimental rock band from Japan who have been pushing, twisting and changing any genre associated with them for the past eighteen years. Any attempt on my part to try and describe them to you would be futile, so I implore you to look them up on your own if you have no already.

These reissues are extremely limited, so I encourage you to come down and grab them ASAP. Also, if you have the chance, don’t miss seeing this band live in Philly, this Wednesday (Aug. 4).