Alex's Employee pick for Friday 10/30/2015: Beach Slang's The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us.

Beach Slang's The Things We Do is the music in your head that you wish shared with everyone else. Alex James sings with the honesty of a drunken confession, the wit of a shower argument, and the earnest energy of someone who is no longer afraid to yell those words sober and in person. If you're young and alive, or maybe need to re-learn what that means, pick up The Thing's We Do.

This Isn't Your Average Clearance Bin -Record Store Day 2015 Aftermath

This isn't even a clearance bin at all!

Another year, another Record Store Day come to pass. We all thank our patron saint Dave Grohl for a blessed holiday of vinyl nerd-dom and we at Von's personally want to thank each and every one of you who came out to celebrate with us. Even more thanks to the maniacs lined up around the building to get in as early as possible. Especially the crazy bastards who reportedly started camping out at 2am. I salute you. Like years before, we had people driving from out of town, even one or two from out of state, just to get their hands on their favorite vinyl, and hopefully, to support a local independent record store. But I couldn't blame them the least if it was just for those sweet, sweet records. I mean, we got in heart-shaped Father John Misty's, an Alabama-shaped St. Paul and the Broken Bones, holographic cover reissues of Get Behind Me Satan by the White Stripes, box sets by Phish, the Grateful Dead, Jurassic 5, MF Doom, and I would type more but I have to go get a new keyboard because this one is shorting out from my uncontrolled drooling.

Fortunately for us, but unfortunately for you, a lot of those items sold out fairly quickly as they were very limited, and no matter how much we asked for, companies can only allot us so many copies. BUT that doesn't mean that we're sold out of all of our Record Store Day items. Everything that you see at the top of this post is still here from Record Store Day. They are consolidated considerably from what we had, but we still have plenty left. When I say it isn't you average clearance bin, I'm not kidding. These are the Record Store Day bins. And we still have a lot left. That includes multiple copies of both the 200g Pink and 180 gram bootleg black copies of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes, The Animals 10'' and full LP, Flaming Lips 10'' from the Clouds Taste Metallic, Guided by Voices reissues, Half Japanese box sets, the Grateful Dead box set, Immortal Techniques, plenty of Lord Sitar, two copies of the Phish Madison Square Garden NYE 1995, plenty of the Bruce Springsteen catalog reissues, soundtracks from the LEGO Movie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch staring Neil Patrick Harris, and goddamnit I just ruined another keyboard.

So to all those who spent to much on Record Store Day, but now have another paycheck coming; to those who didn't want wait through the long lines; to those who missed it altogether; and to all who love vinyl, we'd love to see you back. So come browse the bins and maybe chat with employees a bit. Doctor McNinja promises to hold the drool this time. My keyboard budget is out of control.

It's always the Cake!

Holy Shit! Record Store Day is in 2 Days!!!

Wall o Boxes

What Special Releases are YOU looking for?

Straight Through the Heart

 What's more depressing than listening to Elliott Smith? 

The fact that he died ten years ago, today.

Put on some vinyl, and remember a talented artist.

Unacceptable

Hard at Work

The things 

George Washington Christ 

does for you guys.

Giggity.

Devo's Hardcore vol. 1 and Hardcore vol. 2 are back in print!

Featuring, of course, giant rubber tits.

Get it!

Incoming

IT HAS BEGUN!

 14 days until Record Store Day...

Record Store Day 2013 Releases

Also for you:

Rapidly Updating List of RSD 2013 Releases

(These guys are on it)

Mark your calenders, people.  

With the help of Jurassic Pop, we have booked some amazing musicians for you!

(Including, but by no means limited to: Faux Paw, Dino DNA, Broken Light, Earthgrazer, Sukie Conley, The Prannies, and many more!)

The Walrus Was Paul.

IT'S COMING!!!

That's right folks. For the first time in at least three decades, the Beatles' catalog is coming to you on vinyl. This Tuesday, (November 13th) the Beatles will be reissuing all of their full-length albums on beautiful 180g vinyl with remastered audio--and we'll have them all. Stop in on Tuesday and pick up these classics while we still have them!

Record Store Day Black Friday

Good evening, guys and dolls. Record Store Day's Black Friday celebration is coming on November 23rd, and I'm shivering with anticipation. With limited edition vinyl coming in from The Beach Boys, The Shins, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, Gaslight Anthem, David Bowie and much more, this will be a celebration you won't want to miss out on. Head on over to http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases to have a look-see at the full list of releases.

A November To Remember

A November To Remember

       Given the massive amount of fantastic new releases that have come out in the last few weeks (Mumford & Sons, Muse, The XX, Grizzly Bear and Bob Dylan to name a few), it's really looking like the music world has been saving its best for last. In November we will be seeing some major releases from three of the most legendary bands in the world. 

       To get the ball rolling the Rolling Stones will be releasing a new greatest hits package, Grrr!, on 11/13. I realize that a new Stones hits package isn't exactly something to write home about--the Stones have about 10 hits collections already. I can only assume that this hits package is part of the whole 50th anniversary celebration that also includes a photo book and documentary, Crossfire Hurricane. The real draw here is the new tracks--the first new material from The Stones since 2005's A Bigger Bang. "Doom & Gloom" is the first of the new tracks and it's a killer. It's got the punch and energy of Sticky Fingers era Stones and that just puts a huge grin on my face. I have yet to hear the second new song, "One More Shot". My hope is that it's another rocker and not one of Jagger's wussy ballads. Check out "Doom & Gloom" right here:

      November 13th will also see the long awaited release of the Beatles catalog on vinyl. I almost couldn't contain my joy in reading the news of this release. I have been hoping for the vinyl remasters since 2009 when the Beatles released them on CD. They have really gone all-out for these. All 13 original albums and Past Masters will be released individually as well as being included in a massively expensive box set. The original artwork has been faithfully reproduced, and all of the albums will be pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl. This is what turntables were made for. 

       November 19th will be the release of Celebration Day. This album/DVD documents the 2007 reunion of Led Zeppelin at the O2 arena in London. I have been waiting for this ever since the night of the show. Led Zeppelin doesn't have a wealth of leftover material or bootleg live stuff laying around, so anything new from them is sure to be an event. With 16 tracks, they did a great job of including both the expected ("Stairway To Heaven", "Dazed And Confused" and "Whole Lotta Love") and a few surprises ("For Your Life" makes it's live debut nearly 30 years after it's release on Presence). The reviews from the show have all been hugely positive so I have no doubt that this will blow me away. 

        

       As if these fantastic releases weren't enough to keep you busy, November 23rd will be the third annual Record Store Day Black Friday celebration. We can't tell you just who and what will be coming out that day just yet, but given the great limited editions that have come through the door in the past, one can only assume that this year will see more great releases that you'll only be able to get at your local independent record store. 

       Start pinching those pennies, kiddies. You're gonna need them.

Good news, everyone! The Black Keys' "El Camino" now avaliable on vinyl!

You've been waiting for it, and so have we. We now have copies of The Black Keys' new album "El Camino" available on vinyl!



The album is a 2 disk, LP/CD combo and includes a giant fold-out poster for your enjoyment. SO come by and pick up your copy of this awesome album!

Ways to Waste Time, v. 1

http://lpcoverlover.com/

Record Store Day 2010
Documented for all you lovely people to gawk at and be amazed by.


The very talented Kristina Kostur photographed most of the shenanigans for Von's. RabbitRabbit did the rest.