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WOODY GUTHRIE HONORS FROM GUYS WHO HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS
Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora invited four singer-songwriters to visit Woody’s archives, and pore through notebooks, scratchpads, napkins and anything else that might inspire them. Then this cadre of musical brothers—JAY FARRAR (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo), WILL JOHNSON (Centro-matic), ANDERS PARKER (Varnaline) and Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket)--finally got together and recorded NEW MULTITUDES, an intimate interpretation of Guthrie’s previously unrecorded lyrics in all their glory. CD and Vinyl is in stores on 2/28, but we’ve got your chance to hear one of those tributes, “Old L.A.” right here, right now.
THE STORY OF ISIDORE: BOY MEETS BOY. BAND ENSUES.
Once upon a time, Jeffrey Cain, who had his own band, Remy Zero, was a big fan of The Church. And when he met Steve Kilbey of The Church, they didn’t let the fact that they were separated by continents get in the way of a musical collaboration. That was the first Isidore record, and this week the second one, LIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE, hits stores on CD and LP. Wanna give it a listen? Ok.
"SEPTEMBER" PREMIERE! BRAND NEW MUSIC FROM THE SHINS
We’re thrilled that The Shins chose www.recordstoreday.com to premiere their brand new song, "SEPTEMBER", the B-side of the "Simple Song" 7" single that will be in stores next week, and a little appetizer for their March 20 full length Port of Morrow.
CIVIL TWILIGHT
Did you know that Civil Twilight is the technical term for the brightest part of twilight and that it comes around twice a day? We did not, until we started looking into this band CIVIL TWILIGHT who are a iittle slower, and do NOT have an album coming around twice a day. But they DO have one coming in March. It’s called HOLY WEATHER, and we know it’s not March yet, but you can pick up a brand new CD single NOW which has two tracks from HOLY WEATHER, including the new single “Fire Escape.” And we’ll even throw in a coupon for the new record when it comes out. Check with your local record store. (DISCLAIMER)
Iggy
One of the things we love about our Record Store Day 2012 Ambassador is that he’s got some great stories. Don’t just take our word for it though—listen for yourself.
RECORD STORE DAY AMBASSADOR 2012
Record Store Day is proud to announce the appointment of IGGY POP to the post of Record Store Day 2012 Ambassador.
A person should have a personality. You won't get one dicking around on a computer. It helps to go somewhere where there are other persons. Persons who are interested in something you are. That's how a record store or any shop that's got some life to it should work. It's not about selling shit. I got my name, my musical education and my personality all from working at a record store during my tender years. Small indie shops have always been a mix of theater and laboratory. In the 50's and 60's the teen kids used to gather after school at these places to listen free to the latest singles and see if they liked the beat. You could buy the disc you liked for 79 cents and if you were lucky meet a chick. Clerks in these places became managers, (like Brian Epstein), label heads, (Jack Holzman) and Faces on album covers (like me). Personally I feel best in a store that, while staying small and socially relaxed, still keeps a complete variety of music types and non musical recordings on offer. I'm aware though that a lot of great places are genre-specific, like dance hall shops in Jamaica or Compas here in Little Haiti. In Europe and on the West coast the same goes on for Punk and Goth. All of this is cool and has a much bigger future than most people realize today. When the record and record store businesses began to die at the turn of the new century, they deserved it because they got too big too boring and too plastic.
As Record Store Day Ambassador for 2012 I feel like a representative from some exotic jungle full of life and death and sex and anger, called upon to wear a leopard skin and translate joy to the world of the dead. --IGGY POP
GOODIES
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Sometimes there are even better reasons to get your music at indie record stores, and that’s when you can get a little something extra when you buy a new record. The goodies below are available starting on street date with the purchase of the new record they’re listed with, but they’re ALL LIMITED, so first come first serve applies. Also, indie stores are just that: independently minded, and not all will choose to participate in all these gift-giving promotions, so check with your local store!
2/21 SLEIGH BELLS Participating stores will have a special LITHO with purchase of the new record, while they last (DISCLAIMER)
2/28 ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT BlackRadio merges jazz, hip-hop and rock and participating indie stores have a LIMITED number of lithos that are free with purchase, to celebrate its release (DISCLAIMER)
3/6 WHITE RABBITS participating stores will have a litho free with purchase while they last (DISCLAIMER)
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