March 3rd, 2009 12:35pm
Recommended New Releases This Week (3/3)
Bell X1 – Blue Lights on the Runway
MP3: Bell X1 – “How Your Heart Is Wired”
Boston Spaceships – Planets Are Blasted
MP3: Boston Spaceships – “Big O Gets An Earful”
Bosque Brown – Baby
MP3: Bosque Brown – “Went Walking”
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
MP3: Neko Case – “Middle Cyclone”
MP3: Neko Case – “People Gotta Lotta Nerve”
Laura Gibson – Beasts of Seasons
Robyn Hitchcock – Goodnight Oslo
Marissa Nadler – Little Hells
MP3: Marissa Nadler – “River of Dirt”
Say Hi – Oohs & Aahs
MP3: Say Hi – “November Was White”
The Whip – X Marks Destination
MP3: The Whip – “Trash”
Vinyl/Vinyl Reissues
David Byrne/Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
MP3: David Byrne/Brian Eno – “Strange Overtones”
Kurt Vile – God Is Saying This To You (possibly delayed)
3/3/09 1:08 pm
mcg says:talked to Marissa Nadler about Little Hells vinyl issue on Friday and she mentioned it won’t be available until April. Being that the Kurt Vile record is being released by the same company, or a subsidiary of it, wouldn’t surprise me if it was also being pushed back.
3/3/09 3:38 pm
tom says:I thought the Mexican Summer records were supposed to be super limited and only available through subscription/select independent retailers? Does anyone know if they are all going to be available through insound or amazon?
3/3/09 3:55 pm
Ryan Catbird says:I think it’s probably exactly as McG said, and it’s simply delayed. But it looks to me like you don’t have to subscribe to get it, it’s 500 copies, and both Amazon and Insound have listings for it. Insound lists it as pre-order, and Amazon lists it as “Discontinued by the manufacturer,” which almost ALWAYS simply means “delayed” when it comes to vinyl.
The way I understand it, EVERYONE who’s putting out vinyl records, from the small labels to the majors, is suffering through ongoing delays simply because the existing vinyl manufacturers out there cannot keep up with all the fresh demand for record pressing.
3/5/09 10:42 am
Ryan says:From the Mexican Summer Myspace:
“Just announced, the Valet 12″ and Kurt Vile LP are now available for pre-sale. The records will be shipped on/around March 23rd. “
3/16/09 2:38 pm
Kurt Vile @ The Catbirdseat - Indie Music, Culture, and Commentary says:[...] (but as yet undisclosable) indie label for his upcoming full-length, Childish Prodigy. And after some debating over at MBV about just when his Mexican Summer limited-edition LP, God Is Saying This To You, would be [...]