Our first box of Record Store Day season has arrived!
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Out Among the Stars
Johnny Cash's Out Among the Stars drops today.
Recorded in the 1980's, and 'lost' until Cash's son John made the decision to formally release it, this album (perhaps 'collection' would be a better word) posthumously washes away "Chicken in Black" and some of the stains of Cash circa 1985.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Rabbit's Favorite Album of 2013
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City
When I was thirteen, I had a dawning realization that I didn't believe in God the way that I was 'supposed to'. Coming from a Catholic family, this left me unsure of myself, feeling lost and a little betrayed. Why wasn't I capable of the happiness and serenity I saw my mother possess on Sundays? Why couldn't I let go? What was wrong with me? I had never questioned God's existence before, but all of a sudden I couldn't believe in him in that way anymore and I had no idea why. I still went to church; I faked it for the longest time. There was comfort in that familiarity, even if there was no substance behind it anymore.
Years later, realizing that I was falling out of love with someone I thought I'd be with forever felt Exactly the same. These looming monoliths--Love and God--color a bigger part of yourself than you'd ever give them credit for, leaving a strange void when suddenly gone.
Ezra Koenig and Vampire Weekend's third album tackles this intersection of faith and love--and ultimately death--with an upbeat melancholy that soars and rages, as Barry Lenser writes, "wrestling with the implications and impossibilities" inherent in everything.
When Ezra croons, "Want a little warmth/But who's gonna save a little warmth for me?" it could be anything. God, an estranged lover, parents in a distant city. The album teems with regret and nostalgia, but is shot throughout with a faintly gleaming ribbon of hope. On the track "Ya Hey," Koenig sings, "Oh, sweet thing, Zion doesn't love you / Babylon don't love you / But you love everything." It'll all be alright.
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