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THE EXPLORERS CLUB CHECK INTO THE GRAND HOTEL
This South Carolina band is releasing their sophomore album on Valentines’ Day. But they said it was ok if we shared a new song with you before then, and so we are. Check out the song here for free, and if you dig it, make plans to check out GRAND HOTEL at a record store near you on February 14.
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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.
Read more...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
HEARTLESS BASTARDS HAVE A HEART
The Heartless Bastards have a brand new album coming out on that most smoochy of holidays: Valentines Day. It may be a made up holiday, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t play along, and it doesn’t mean you have to give the same old cheesy card—the Heartless Bastards and participating stores will have a HEARTLESS BASTARDS VALENTINE’S DAY CARD, complete with a download of a Heartless Bastards track, and a coupon for the new album, ARROW, when it comes out on 2/14. The cards will make their debut next week, on 1/24, giving you plenty of time to figure out which Valentine you’ll be sharing it with.
GOODIES
GOODIES
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!
1/31 LANA DEL REY while they last, participating stores have a special 7” featuring two Lana Del Rey remixes, with the purchase of the most polarizing record of 2012, BORN TO DIE (DISCLAIMER)
1/31 LEONARD COHEN the legend returns with OLD IDEAS, and while they last, stores have a litho featuring art and text from the man himself (DISCLAIMER)
1/31 GOTYE the interwebs are abuzz with videos and talk about this guy, and participating stores have a special 7” while they last, for when you step away from the computer and buy the new album MAKING MIRRORS (DISCLAIMER)