There were several happy discoveries at Treefort, and for Erin and Esti, it was this shirt by Seattle company Cairo, which in addition to designing its own tees runs a vintage store, event space, gallery, silk screening studio and record label.
March 29th, 2013
IN THE RX GIFT SHOP: “WE BOUGHT THE SAME SHIRT AT TREEFORT AND LIKED IT SO MUCH WE STOCKED IT IN THE STORE”
March 29th, 2013
GHOST B.C. $2 PREVIEW CD; INCLUDES $2 COUPON FOR NEW ALBUM (OUT APRIL 16)
UPDATE: Due to manufacturing delays in the United States over “blasphemous” artwork, Ghost B.C.’s new album has been pushed to a April 16 release date.
Ghost B.C.‘s new album Infestissumam won’t be available until April 16, but right now you can score an indie exclusive CD for only $1.99 at The Record Exchange!
March 29th, 2013
THE VINYL WORD: WAVVES’ ‘AFRAID OF HEIGHTS’ SOUNDS BIG AND AMBITIOUS
PREVIEW/BUY THE VINYL HERE
Afraid Of Heights sounds bigger and more ambitious than anything Nathan Williams’ former backyard solo project has ever recorded. The big-name producer and studio certainly help; so does the three-year break between Afraid Of Heights and 2010’s breakthrough King Of The Beach. But unlike Wavves’ previous records (including two simply titled Wavves), Afraid Of Heights doesn’t sound like it’s filled with first-take toss-offs. The lo-fi garage surf stomp feels worn in this time, like Williams and partner Stephen Pope actually stepped away from the bong long enough to give the mixes a second listen.
March 29th, 2013
THE STROKES’ ‘COMEDOWN MACHINE’ AND OTHER NEW RECOMMENDATIONS
PREVIEW/BUY THE CD HERE
For the past decade, fans of The Strokes have watched the band fading away before their very eyes. Not just through a series of albums produced with decreasing care, but with a bunch of increasingly lacklustre concerts too. They don’t even bother to tour any more, promoting 2011’s Angles with a handful of festival shows at which the five members looked like they’d rather be sharing a stage with a corpse.
March 27th, 2013
NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: DEPECHE MODE’S LATEST IS ‘STRONGEST ALBUM THE GROUP HAS PUT OUT THIS CENTURY’
PREVIEW/BUY THE CD HERE
PREVIEW/BUY THE DELUXE CD HERE
PREVIEW/BUY THE VINYL HERE
How is it that Depeche Mode are one of the few stadium-filling bands from the ‘80s still standing?
It isn’t just that Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher remain upright, though that is impressive considering Gahan’s well-documented struggles with substance abuse. The real feat is that the Depeche Mode sound—obsessively constructed monoliths of synth-based, salvation-obsessed twitchiness—still feels fresh 13 albums into their career.
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