New Vinyl Addition

Waxwing – For Madmen Only

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My Vinyl Collection

In my quest to become as big of a music snob as possible, I started a vinyl collection. Now I can look down my nose at a lot more people. I'll try to keep this updates, but here is what I have so far:

Please leave comments on what you think I should buy next!

(updated December 2008)

Quasi-chrno

Newbies
(1990s -2000s)

• American Football - American Football
• Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
• Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
• Beck - Odelay
• Blackalicious - A to G [EP]
• Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
• Blackalicious – The Craft
• Blackalicious – Deception [12" single]
• Blackalicious - Its Going Down (Sit Back)
• Blackalicious - Nia
• Bright Eyes - Four Winds [12" EP]
• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
• Built to Spill - Don't Try / The Source [7" single]
• The City on Film - In Formal Introduction [marble gray vinyl]
• Colin Meloy Sings Live [autographed]
• Common Market - Connect For [12" EP]
• Common Market - Tobacco Road
• Dear and the Headlights - Drunk Like Bible Times [Ale colored vinyl]
• Death Cab for Cutie - I will Possess your Heart [7" single]
• The Decemberists - Always the Bridesmaid Vol. I: Valerie Plame
• The Decemberists - Always the Bridesmaid Vol.II: Days of Elaine
• The Decemberists - Always the Bridesmaid Vol.III: Record Year
• The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
• The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
• The Decemberists - Her Majesty
• The Decemberists – Picaresque
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP
• The Format - Dog Problems
• The Fruit Bats – Spelled in Bones
• The Get Up Kids – Guilt Show [red vinyl]
• The Get Up Kids – On a Wire
• The Get Up Kids - Red Letter Day [10" EP]
• The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
• Grand Archives – Grand Archives [signed by the band]
• Grand Archives – Sleep Driving / George Kaminski alt. versions [7"]
• Hey Mercedes – Every Night Fireworks [SIGNED by the band]
• Iron & Wine – The Creek Drank the Cradle
• Iron & Wine – In the Reins
• Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
• Iron & Wine – Woman King
• Jack Johnson – Brushfire Fairytales
• Jack Johnson - On and On
• Jack Johnson – Sleep Through the Static
• Jimmy Eat World - Pain/Shame [7" clear green]
• Joshua James - The Sun is Always Brighter
• Joshua James - Winter Storm/Lovers Without Love [7"]
• Led Zeppelin – IV (Zoso)
• Lifesavas – Gutterfly: The Original Soundtrack
• Lifesavas – Spirit in Stone
• The Long Winters – Putting the Days to Bed
• Maritime - Glass Floor
• Maritime – Heresy and the Hotel Choir [clear vinyl] [hand numbered limited pressing]
• Maritime – Witches and Snowmen / boy From School [limited edition 7" white vinyl]
• Maritime - We, the Vehicles [hand numbered clear blue vinyl]
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Take a Break
• Mike Doughty – Haughty Melodic
• Minus the Bear – Highly Refined Pirates [blue swirly vinyl]
• Minus the Bear - They Make Beer Commercials Like This EP [magenta/gray colored vinyl]
• The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely
• The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
• The New Amsterdams – At the Foot of my Rival
• Owen – At Home with Owen
• Owen - No Good for No One Now
• Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon [7" single]
• Pinback – Autumn of Seraphs
• Phantom Planet - Raise the Dead
• The Postal Service – Give Up
• Radiohead – In Rainbows
• Radiohead – The Bends
• Ratatat – Ratatat
• Reggie and the Full Effect – Inside the Dust Sleeve (under the tray]
• Rocky Votolato - A Brief History [10" on opaque yellow vinyl]
• Rocky Votolato - Suicide Medicine [marble white vinyl] [autographed + set list]
• Saves the Day – Stay What you Are
• Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
• The Thrills – So Much for the City
• The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
• Weezer - Weezer [The Blue Album]

Middlesies
(1980s - 1990s)

• AC/DC - Back in Black
• Michael Jackson – Thriller
• R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
  
• R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office
• R.E.M. - Document
• R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction
• R.E.M. - Green
• R.E.M. – Life's Rich Pageant
• R.E.M. - Monster
• R.E.M. – New Adventures in Hi Fi
• R.E.M. - Reckoning
• R.E.M. - Wendell Gee [12" single]
• Paul Simon – Graceland
• Paul Simon – Greatest hits, Etc

Oldies
(500BC - 1970s)

• The Beach Boys – Endless Summer
  
• The Beatles – 1962-1966
  
• The Beatles – Hey Jude
  
• The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
  
• The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• The Bee Gees – Best of Bee Gees [pre-disco]
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle
• The Mamas & the Papas - If you Can Believe your Eyes and Ears
• Marvin Gaye – Every Great Motown Hit
• Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love
  
• Rush – 2112
• Saturday Night Fever
• Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
  
• Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Waters
  
• Simon and Garfunkel – The Graduate
  
• Simon and Garfunkel – Greatest Hits
  
• Simon and Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage Rosemary and Thyme
  
• Simon and Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence
  
• Simon and Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 AM

Regional Acts that SHOULD be Huge #1 - Domo

Regional Acts that SHOULD be Huge #1
All across the country there are great bands that have received little exposure outside of their immediate local and regional scenes. Hopefully this MP3 series will help clue us all in on a few of these bands that should be on all of our iPods.

Domo


This Tempe, AZ 3-piece packs a mighty punch! Guitarist and main vocalist Captain Advantage - AKA Jason Sukut (previous keyboardist for fifteen minutes fast) has an unbelievable talent for consistently writing some of the most catchy hooks I have ever heard. Honestly - my wife and I will go weeks on end, unable to get a particular line or riff out of our heads!

Their 2006 self-released Sweet Creepy not only boasted one of my favorite album titles of the year, but was packed end-to-end with strong indie-pop-punk gems. Gems I tell you! Priceless Gems!!! Since my current location (NE) has prevented me from seeing them live and picking up a CD in person, Cpt. Advantage was even kind enough to mail me the LP. Needless to say, when I caught wind that they would be releasing another LP, this time on the nascent Dromedary Records (also in Tempe, AZ), I immediately put in my order. Again, Domo pushed all of my right buttons pleased me with another strong release.

Everyone (and their dog) should go to their webstore and purchase these two LPs and flood their email boxes with requests for a 3rd LP to come out ASAP.

Enjoy:
Domo - Be Still.MP3 [from Baby Mercury]

There are a few more MP3's available for free download at Domo's Myspace

Minus the Bear - Throwin' Shapes [new video]

I have no idea how this video fits with the song, but its hilarious.

Sigur Ros - Heima [full film stream]

Sigur Ros, one of the greatest acts to ever come out of Europe (if you ask me) put out a full length movie last year. It chronicled a series of free, unannounced concerts they played all over Iceland. If you have a free 90 odd minutes, stick this on full screen, put on some quality headphones and relax. Something about the combination of Sigur Ros' unique soundscapes and the visuals of Iceland's austere beauty is incredibly moving.

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

A couple interesting reviews / articles on the upcoming Death Cab release have popped up. They make it sound VERY interesting.

Death Cab For Cutie Make The Leap With Narrow Stairs, In Bigger Than The Sound

Death Cab For Cutie's “Weird” New LP Has “Less Brain And More Gut”

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

The craziest part is that they were both on MTV's website. I didn't realize that MTV still did anything music related!

Here's some Death Cab for Cutie to purchase



Or, hows about some Postal Service?



Or solo Ben Gibbard?

Phantom Planet - another Raise the Dead teaser