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In-Store Performance: Sarin McHugh and the Everymen
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08/25/2010
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Acoustic performance by New Jersey group Sarin McHugh and the Everymen before their set at Mortville (2106 S Kedzie).
Reckless on Broadway, 6pm. Always Free.
Check out their Myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/sarinmchughandtheeverymen
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In-Store Performance: Paul Collins Beat
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08/25/2010
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Wednesday, August 25 at 3pm Reckless on Milwaukee is hosting Paul Collins' Beat (ex-Nerves/the Breakaways).
Copies of their new Alive Records release "The King of Power Pop" will be available for sale.
Always Free.
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In-Store Performance: Julian Lynch
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08/23/2010
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We are pretty excited about this one! Be sure to check Julian Lynch and Ducktails at the last evening of the Neon Marshmallow Festival at the Viaduct Theater. 3126 N Broadway, 3pm, FREE!
If you haven't heard of Julian Lynch before, you're in for a real treat. Here is what we had to say about his latest album, Mare:
"Second full-length album from the New Jersey based songwriter Julian Lynch. Expanding on the groundwork that he layed out on "Orange You Glad", Lynch has created a fantastic album of downer indie folk with interesting noise & ambient textures mixed in. The songs are simple but deceptively so, after a few listens you realize that there's a lot more going on than you realized the first time through. The lo-fi atmosphere serves Lynch well, much better than most of the bedroom folk records that are popping up like crazy these days. This reminds us of everything from Woods to Atlas Sound to even Gris Gris at times & it's easy to imagine that with a larger recording budget, some of these songs might even sit well on a Radiohead album. Definitely one of the coolest summer albums of 2010."
The Pitchfork Review:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14366-mare/
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In-Store Performance: Night Beats (CANCELED)
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08/01/2010
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Unfortunately, the in-store scheduled with the Night Beats on August 1st has been canceled. Sorry duuuuuudes.
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In-Store Performance: Sky White Tiger
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07/14/2010
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Don't miss this FREE in-store performance from Brooklyn's SKY WHITE TIGER! Main man LOUIS SCHWADRON played with the POLYPHONIC SPREE & RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, but has struck out on his own with this mellow, '70s-rock influenced band reminiscent of PINK FLOYD or RADIOHEAD. Fitting that they're playing the Adler Planetarium the next night!
FREE! Starts at noon!
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In-Store Performance: Mondo Drag
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06/27/2010
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The newest album by Mondo Drag is a staff favorite so we're really excited to host a free in-store performance for the band. Here's what we had to say about their album:
Heavy blues rock jams from Iowa. These guys like their riffs in the Dead Meadow, Pentagram, Witch style but they add some bluesy organ to the mix. If you like that sort of stuff then you will definitely dig this. Plus, look at the cover; HIPPIES!
Mondo Drag
free in-store performance
Reckless Records in WP
Sunday June 27th
3pm
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In-Store Performance: Woven Bones
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06/26/2010
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The Austin, Texas band Woven Bones will perform for free at Reckless in Wicker Park on Saturday June 26th at 5pm. Here's what we had to say about their most recent release:
Austin's WOVEN BONES have a distinctly Texan-sounding reverb-drenched twang that makes them sound like the direct descendants of the 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, while taking a deep enough breath to breathe in elements of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and SPACEMEN 3. They're not quite "garage" and not quite "shoegaze", but their sound has elements of both and much more. The songs are catchy, evocative and full of bravado, in the best sense. If you're down with THEE OH SEES, DISAPPEARS, JESUS & MARY CHAIN or just like rock'n'roll, throw this on and scratch some itches. AWESOME
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In-Store Performance: Ten Suicides
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06/20/2010
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Sunday, June 20th at Reckless in Wicker Park: TEN SUICIDES (featuring members of Eyehategod, Bloodyminded, Anatomy of Habit, Outlaw Order & The Fortieth Day).
3PM - FREE!!!
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In-Store Performance: Pugs Atomz & Grant Parks
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06/12/2010
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Come on down to our Loop location on Saturday, June 12th from 2-4 PM for a FREE in-store performance from Chicago's own Pugs Atomz & Grant Parks!!
This is to celebrate the release of their new album "Kinda Like a Rapper" on CoalMine Music.
FREE!!!
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In-Store Performance: Future Islands
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06/05/2010
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Thrill Jockey recording artists FUTURE ISLANDS
will pleasure your ears for free at Reckless Records in Wicker Park on Saturday June 5th. 4pm
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In-Store Performance: Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime!!!
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05/19/2010
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Funky neo-soul/hip hop duo will be performing for FREE at 5PM on Wednesday, May 19th!
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In-Store Performance: Canasta
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05/16/2010
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Come and support this Chicago group, Canasta (RWIM Chicago Records), at the Reckless Records on Broadway at 5pm. Free in-store performance with copies of their new album "The Fakeout, The Tease And The Breather" on hand to sell a few days early!
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In-Store Performance: Herculaneum (members of ICY DEMONS)
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05/14/2010
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HERCULANEUM is a Chicago jazz septet that features Dylan Ryan of ICY DEMONS. The group has a big sound, almost like the LOUNGE LIZARDS working through the songbook of Duke Ellington & Charles Mingus.
Friday May 14th'
Reckless Records on Milwaukee ave
5pm
free
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In-Store Performance: REGO
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05/02/2010
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Another FREE Reckless Records in-store, this time by Chicago's REGO at the location on Broadway at 5pm! We will have copies of Rego's album, "From the Royal Arcade" (RWIM Chicago Records) for sale. Come out and support these local artists!
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In-Store Performance: RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORES!
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04/17/2010
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Join us for the insanity on Record Store Day (April 17th). We have lots of live music planned, a little something for everybody. Please note that these times are approximate & may experience subtle changes. See you on Saturday, April 17th.
BROADWAY Store (3126 N. Broadway)
POISON ARROWS 1pm
GRAVEYARD TRAIN (CREEDENCE COVER BAND) 2pm
HEAD OF SKULLS 3PM
REGRESS 4PM
Reckless DJs will be playing records at the Hideout from 11:30-3:00
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In-Store Performance: RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORES!
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04/17/2010
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Join us for the insanity on Record Store Day (April 17th). We have lots of live music planned, a little something for everybody. Please note that these times are approximate & may experience subtle changes. See you on Saturday, April 17th.
LOOP store (26 E. Madison)
LOVE OF EVERYTHING 1PM
PLAGUE BRINGER 2PM
SWEET COBRA 3PM
Reckless DJs will be playing records at the Hideout from 11:30-3:00
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In-Store Performance: RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORES!
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04/17/2010
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Join us for the insanity on Record Store Day (April 17th). We have lots of live music planned, a little something for everybody. Please note that these times are approximate & may experience subtle changes. See you on Saturday, April 17th.
WICKER PARK Store (1532 N. Milwaukee)
PHIL COHRAN 12:30PM
THE ETERNALS 2PM
PNS from MOLEMEN 3PM
LIAM HAYES & PLUSH 4PM
AZITA 5PM
Rock n' roll caricatures by Steve Krakow aka Plastic Crimewave (12-5)
Reckless DJs will be playing records at the Hideout from 11:30-3:00
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In-Store Performance: Adam Green
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04/15/2010
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Another FREE Reckless Records in-store, by Adam Green (Fat Possum) at the location on Broadway at 5pm!
We will have copies of Green's newest album, "Minor Love," available.
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RECORD STORE DAY RELEASES!! (updated 4/15)
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04/14/2010
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RECORD STORE RELEASES THAT WE WILL HAVE
as 4/16 5:00PM
BRAND NEW RECKLESS T-SHIRT DESIGN!!
2 COLORS, KIDS & BABY SIZES!!
RECKLESS EXCLUSIVE!!
DISAPPEARS "LUX" W/ FREE DISAPPEARS TOTEBAG
AGAINST ME 7"
ALBUM LEAF “THERE IS A WIND” 12”
APPLES IN STEREO CD/LP WITH BONUS 12”
ARTHUR RUSSELL “CALLING OUT OF CONTEXT” LP REISSUE
AVENGED SEVENFOLD "UNHOLY.."PIC DISC 12"
JOHN BAEZ ST LP (REISSUE)
BAND OF SKULLS "FINGERPRINTS... CD
DAVID BAZAN “LIVE AT ELECTRICAL.. CD
BEACH HOUSE “ZEBRA” 12”
BEASTIE BOYS “WHITE LABEL” 12”
BLACK KEYS 12”
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW “EATING US”
BONOBO 12”
BON IVER/PETER GABRIEL 7”
BUDOS BAND/SHARON JONES SPLIT 7”
BUILT TO SPILL “WATER SLEEPERS” 7”
COCONUT RECORDS 7"
COCOROSIE “LEMONADE” 7”
CREDIBLE THREATS 7"
ELVIS COSTELLO “LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD..” 7”
DA "EXCLAMATION POINT" 80'S CHICAGO PUNK!!
ESSENTIAL!
DEERHOOF “APPLE O” LP REISSUE
DEERHOOF “GREEN COSMOS” LP REISSUE
DEFTONES 7”
DEVO “DUTY NOW FOR the FUTURE” REISSUE CD/LP
DEVO “FRESH, WHAT WE.. “ 12” (NEW MATERIAL)
ANI DIFRANCO "LIVE AT BULL MOOSE.." CD
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS "YOUR WOMAN... 7"
DOORS “PEOPLE ARE STRANGE” 7”
DUM DUM GIRLS/MALE BONDING SPLIT 7”
ROKY ERICKSON “TRUE LOVE..”
FANFARLO 7"
JOHN FAHEY “YELLOW PRINCESS” LP REISSUE
FLOGGING MOLLY “DEVIL'S..”
FLAMING LIPS “DARK SIDE OF THE MOON” 2 VINYL
COLORS
FLOGGING MOLLY 7"
FUCKED UP “DAYTROTTER” 7”
PETER GABRIEL/ STEPHEN MERRITT 7”
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG 7”
GOLDFRAPP “HEADFIRST” LP
GORILLAZ 'WHITE FLAG' 10"
BUDDY BUY 'MAN AND THE BLUES” LP REISSUE
HAHA TONKA 7"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY “SHAMPOO” 7”
HOLD STEADY “HEAVEN IS WHENEVER..” LP
HOT WATER MUSIC LIVE AT THE METRO 7"
HUNDRED IN THE HANDS 7”
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT “TODAY” LP REISSUE
JAPANDROIDS “POST-NOTHING” WHITE VINYL
MASON JENNINGS "FINGERPRINTS" CD
JOHN LENNON 7" SINGLES BAG
JUICEHEAD 7"
FELA KUTI 10"
TED LEO “OLDEST HOUSE' 7”
LET'S WRESTLE 7"
JAMIE LIDELL 7”
MAGNETIC FIELDS “69 LOVES SONGS” VINYL BOX
MARY ONE-ETTES “NIGHT BEFORE.. 7”
MASTODON “BLOOD MOUNTAIN” LP REISSUE
MASTODON “BLOOD MOUNTAIN” DELUXE LP REISSUE'
DAVE MATTHEWS/TIM REYNOLDS SPLIT 7"
MENOMENA/ HELIO.. SPLIT 7”
MGMT "SIBERIAN BREAKS" 12"
MONSTERS OF FOLK BLUE VINYL REISSUE
MOON DUO/BITCHIN' BAHAS SPLIT 7"
MUSE “EXOGENESIS”
NADA SURF "IF I HAD A.." CD (COVERS)
OF MONTREAL “BACK TO SCHOOL” 7"
ONE AM RADIO “CREDIBLE..”
ONE ESKIMO “DAYTROTTER..” CD
PANTERA “VULGUR DISPLAY” LP REISSUE
PANTERA “FAR BEYOND...” LP REISSUE
PANTERA “COWBOYS FROM..” LP REISSUE
PELICAN "WHAT WE ALL COME TO NEED" CLEAR VINYL
PHOENIX "FENCES" 12"
PLAGUEBRINGER "BURNING INSIDE" CD BOXSET
W/ STICKERS/BUTTONS/ART FEAT. CHRIS CONNELLY!
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE “FEEL GOOD HIT..10"
RAMONES “MANIA” LP
REM “CHRONIC TOWN” 12”
ROLLING STONES "PLUNDERED MY.." 7"
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ “SOLAR..
RX BANDITS “LIVE AT.. CD
SEASICK STEVE 7"
SEA WOLF “GET TO THE..”
SEX PISTOLS “GREAT ROCK N' ROLL SWINDLE” LP
REISSUE
SICK OF IT ALL S/T 7" (CLEAR VINYL)
SOFT MACHINE LIVE LP
SONIC YOUTH “EVOL” LP
SONIC YOUTH “CONFUSION...” LP
SONIC YOUTH “HITS ARE FOR SQUARES” COMPILATION LP
JOE STRUMMER “GLOBAL..” LP
SOUNDGARDEN “HUNTED DOWN” 7"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "WRECKING BALL" 10"
SUPERCHUNK “MISFITS..” 7”
SURFER BLOOD/ HOLIDAY SHORES SPLIT 7"
TEGAN & SARA “SAINTS LIVE” 7"
TELEKINESIS 7"
THERMALS/CRIBS SPLIT 7”
TUTU & THE PIRATES "Sub-Urban Insult..." 80's
Chicago punk!! essential!
TV ON THE RADIO “DEAR SCIENCE” LP REISSUE
VARIOUS ARTISTS “BIRD SONGS” 10” FINDERS KEEPER
COMPILATION
VARIOUS ARTISTS: SUB POP: CASUAL NOSTALGIA CD
VARIOUS ARTISTS “TROUBLE IN MIND” 7” COMPILATION
VARIOUS ARTISTS 4AD COMPILATION (w/ BLONDE REHEAD
ARIEL PINK & much more!! pretty cool
actually!!)
DOC WATSON ST LP REISSUE
WILCO “KICKING TELEVISION” LP
YEASAYER 12”
YEAH YEAH YEAHS “SKELETONS” 7”
NEIL YOUNG 7"
VELVET UNDERGROUND live LPS might not be here on
time. If not, we'll be taking special orders
on Saturday for those of you that want them.
Beatles, Blur, Pet Shop Boys & ALL PARLOPHONE singles are U.K. Only. Beatles might show up in May but otherwise these records are NOT AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.
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In-Store Performance: MAJOR LAZER
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04/10/2010
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That's right! DIPLO & SWITCH (MAJOR LAZER) will be performing a special DJ set at Reckless in Wicker Park at 2PM!
1532 N. Milwaukee Avenue
2PM!
FREE!!!
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In-Store Performance: Dinosaur Feathers
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04/05/2010
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Brooklyn's DINOSAUR FEATHERS will make a stop at the Reckless Broadway location on Monday April 5th. The band's infectious pop songs are like a mix of VAMPIRE WEEKEND, STROKES & ANIMAL COLLECTIVE. They also have a bit of that 'tropical' vibe ala DUCKTAILS. Anyway, please come by & check these guys out!
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In-Store Performance: Depreciation Guild
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03/31/2010
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FREE Depreciation Guild (Kanine Records) in-store performance at a TBA time on Wednesday, March 31st. Don't forget they will be performing later in the evening with Serena Maneesh at the Bottom Lounge at 8pm.
After seeing their last show in town, supporting The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, this should be a great in-store. Check out their 45 "Dream About Me" and full-length LP "In Her Gentle Jaws" to hear this band before the gig!
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In-Store Performance: Field Music
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03/17/2010
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Wow, this is sort of last minute but we just confirmed a free instore for the U.K. group FIELD MUSIC!!! The band doesn't make it across the pond very often so this is truly a special occasion.
FIELD MUSIC
free in-store
Reckless Records in Lakeview
Wendesday March 17th
1:30pm
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In-Store Performance: White Mystery
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03/14/2010
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Brothers & sisters, we are proud to announce a free-instore by the Chicago brother & sister duo that is WHITE MYSTERY. The always exciting & very
energetic group will be celebrating the release of
their debut album & we couldn't be happier to have them rock the Wicker Park store once again. Come on out & support one of the coolest bands in Chicago!! We'll be selling the record (at least a week early!!) & we're hoping to have some special activities planned for you as well. This is going to rule!!
WHITE MYSTERY
free in-store performance & record release!!
Sunday March 14th
3pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
Testify!
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In-Store Performance: Titus Andronicus
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03/13/2010
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free instore!
4pm
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In-Store Performance: Judson Claiborne
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03/06/2010
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4PM!! FREE!!
Here's what we had to say about Judson's last album, Before Midnight Scholar:
"LOW SKIES main-man CHRIS SALVETER re-emerged under the JUDSON CLAIBORNE moniker, retaining his former band's stark austerity while achieving an even deeper intimacy. This is beautiful, heartfelt, & melancholy stuff. Recommended if you like JEFF BUCKLEY, CHRIS CONNELLY, SUN KIL MOON &
SHEARWATER."
Judson will have copies of his NEW album, Time & Temperature, available at this in-store.
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In-Store Performance: Scott Lucas & the Married Men
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02/20/2010
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We have another great Reckless Records in-store planned by Chicago's, Scott Lucas & the Married Men (G&P Records). This in-store is FREE and will start at 5pm on Saturday, February 20 at the Milwaukee location. Following their in-store they will be performing at Schuba's with Sybris (Absolutely Kosher/Flameshovel) at 9pm.
We will have their new album, "George Lassos the Moon" for sale.
Here is a little info on the band:
"For anyone remotely in-the-know of Chicago’s music scene, Local H is a band name that surely rolls off your tongue. But during the rock duo’s downtime, front-man Scott Lucas doesn’t exactly kick his feet up. For the past few years, the singer/songwriter/guitarist has spread his musical aptitude to Chicago electronica group, the Prairie Cartel. Most recently, Lucas has crafted yet another new project—the Married Men... In his newest musical outfit, Lucas proves himself a rock and roll chameleon, shedding his tough Local H exterior and evoking a tamer sound and stage persona. The sextet, which has just wrapped up work on its forthcoming debut, George Lassos the Moon, set the stage for the Disciplines. Their lineup alone (violin, accordion, guitars, drums) proved not only would they sound nothing like Local H, but chances are they wouldn’t sound much like most contemporary indie bands.
The majority of the band's set consisted of subtle gems, like “What Fools Allow,” a tender and honest reflection of love-lost, complimented by a woeful violin part... but Lucas showed he hasn’t quite lost his hard-rock edge, as proven in the full-band breakdown of "Extra Special Bitter," or in “Stolen Umbrellas,” as he croons, “I’ll take this communion ‘til things turn black / A glass of Robitussin with a whiskey back / And still I can't make the world disappear.” The band dedicated its set to nonstop music, offering little between-song banter, as they pumped out 'George' tracks, including "Weatherman", and a pleasantly surprising closing cover of David Bowie's "Absolute Beginners."
It was refreshing to witness a Chicago rock staple take the bold step out of the alt-rock confines and into an artistically progressive musical genre, free of the distortion pedal. It’s always interesting when artists reach into another realm in their side-projects—but balancing alt-rock, electronica, and art-rock—that’s just plain intriguing. Look for Scott Lucas & the Married Men’s official debut, "George Lassos the Moon."
-- Neph Basedow, www.thedelimagazine.com
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In-Store Performance: DRUNKDRIVER
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02/07/2010
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Brooklyn's DRUNKDRIVER will bludgeon all that attend their free in-store performance at Reckless Records in Wicker Park on Sunday February 7th. If you're a fan of late period BLACK FLAG & PISSED JEANS then you should really check this out.
DRUNKDRIVER
free in-store
Sunday February 7th
Reckless Records
Wicker Park
3PM
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In-Store Performance: Pomegranates in-store!
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01/17/2010
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We are very happy to announce another great Reckless Records in-store by Cincinnati's Pomegranates (Lujo Records). This week of in-stores coincides with Schubas' Tomorrow Never Knows Festival so make sure to check out these and other bands at either Schubas or Lincoln Hall January 14 through the 17. This in-store is FREE and will start at 5pm on Sunday, January 17.
Lujo Records talks about Pomegranates' latest effort "Everybody, Come Outside!":
"Somehow during the busyness of the year, these self-professed art-pop denizens found time to hunker down and record a brand new full length, Everybody, Come Outside!. ECO! shows a marked improvement creatively and sonically from its predecessor, channeling influences that range from Talking Heads and Brian Eno, to French Kicks and Fela Kuti. For this album the quartet determined to tell a story where each song would unravel a bit more of an unusual tale of a character who leaves home only to be abducted by a time traveler.
Unlike their debut, Pomegranates tracked the majority of ECO! separately, which allowed the band to capture their vision as closely as they could. Pomegranates then enlisted the help of TJ Lipple (Aloha, MGMT, Headlights, Minus Story) and others to mix and master the record. The result? An album equal parts dreamy and otherworldly, with hints of a story that is one giant dose of magical.
Pomegranates is Joey Cook (vocals, Guitar, Keys, Percussion), Isaac Karns (Guitar, Bass, Sampling, Percussion, Vocals), Josh Kufeldt (Bass, Guitar) and Jacob Merritt (Drums, Percussion). Everybody, Come Outside! is available April 14, 2009 on Lujo Records."
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In-Store Performance: Bowerbirds in-store!
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01/16/2010
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We are very happy to announce another great Reckless Records in-store by Raleigh's Bowerbirds (Dead Oceans). This week of in-stores coincides with Schubas' Tomorrow Never Knows Festival so make sure to check out these and other bands at either Schubas or Lincoln Hall January 14 through the 17. This in-store is FREE and will start at 4:30pm on Saturday, January 16.
Here's what we had to say about 2009's "Upper Air:"
"North Carolina's Bowerbird's follow-up to "Hymns For A Dark Horse" is led by sincere vocals (both male and female) and followed by a heap of diverse instrumentation. We feel it should be mentioned that a genre title that is new to us is being used to describe this rustic, folk music and its called "beard rock(???)." Honest and poetic, "Upper Air" captures listeners attention and holds it for the entirety of the album. This is the band's first album for the Dead Oceans label, and it has proven to be an organic and production match. Intricate and well tempered this could make any Bon Iver, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, or Iron & Wine fan's best of list this year.
-Emily Elhaj"
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In-Store Performance: Icy Demons in-store!
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01/15/2010
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We are very happy to announce another great Reckless Records in-store by Chicago's, Icy Demons (Obey Your Brain). This week of in-stores coincides with Schubas' Tomorrow Never Knows Festival so make sure to check out these and other bands at either Schubas or Lincoln Hall January 14 through the 17. This in-store is FREE and will start at 5pm on Friday, January 15.
Here's what an Impose Magazine review has to say about Icy Demons' 2008 effort "Miami Ice:"
"Art is rarely a province of the level-headed. Band mates Griffin Rodriguez (Blue Hawaii) and Chris Powell (Pow Pow) are no strangers to the strange and they seem to dip into the same stream of keen madness through which greats like Poe or Rossini waded their whole lives. From their earliest collaborations with the Philly outfit Need New Body, the two have been known for their bizarre melodies and absurdist ramblings.
On their third album as Icy Demons, the duo has teamed up with Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker who has helped them perfect their wayward brand of patchwork indie to a science. Culling from late-sixties prog-rock and eighties pop, the album is wonderfully eclectic and fantastically weird. At once haunting and uplifting, each track is a musical grab bag of genres that haven’t been named.
Beginning with the disorienting “Buffalo Bill” the album takes a somber turn on its title track before ascending into the Sergio Mendes-esque “Summer Samba.” But the albums’ true opus does not come until the very end with “Crittin’ Down to Baba’s”, a masterful meld of Canterbury rock and gritty hip-hop that closes the album on the same strange note it began.
-Dylan Pancer"
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In-Store Performance: Dutchess & the Duke
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12/05/2009
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We know it's not until December, but we're very excited to have the Dutchess & the Duke perform live, in person & for FREE! Come on out . . . IN DECEMBER.
5PM!!!
FREE AS ALWAYS!!!
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In-Store Performance: Alexa Woodward
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11/21/2009
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The Reckless In-store Series continues! Alexa Woodward's in-store will be at the Reckless Records at 3126 N. Broadway and will commence 3PM.
Here's what folks are saying about this artist:
"Americana/Folk artist Alexa Woodward is currently in a south and Midwest Fall Tour. Alexa Woodward’s haunting banjo songs are rooted in the hills of Virginia and were refined in the roots music scene in New York City, where she began performing her songs in public. Woodward’s training in human rights law and her aesthetic sensibilities fuse together to create musical themes that tap into the familiar human experience of hope and melancholy. With a distinctive banjo playing style and lyrics that carry the listener into scenes and stories of raw human experience, Woodward has been well received by audiences across the country in over thirty states and in Europe. For fans of Zooey Deschannel, Neko Case, Gillian Welch, or Joanna Newsom." http://www.myspace.com/alexawoodward
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In-Store Performance: Mount Eerie (Phil Elverum)
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11/08/2009
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Reckless Records on Broadway proudly announces our first in-store performance in our new location! Show your support for Mount Eerie before their show at the Lakeshore Theatre (where No Kids supports Elverum as his backing band) by seeing this semi-acoustic set at 1 pm, Sunday, November 8th.
As always, in-store performances are free and all ages!
Here is what we had to say about Phil Elverum's "Wind's Poem" album released in August:
"Phil Elverum may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Norwegian genre of black metal, however, "Wind's Poem" is an homage to Xasthur and the land of fjords, Norway. After spending some months in the country-side of Norway, Elverum was inspired and created an album that does not completely betray the Mount Eerie/Microphones sound, but does have blast-beat drumming, distorted guitars, and atmospheric synths a la Twin Peaks (listen carefully for a few
notes from the theme song). The only criticism that may be rousted from fans on either genre line is, that this album is not metal enough, nor Mount Eerie enough to be good. That just isn't the case. On previous Elverum projects drums have always been distorted, blown out and numerous. Also, living tucked away in Anacortes, WA is arguably as cold and desolate as some parts of
Norway. The tracking on this venture begins with a
classic black metal intro and glides through noise and distortion to more straight forward ambient and vocal tracks. Mount Eerie garners no band mates, but Nick Krgovich (of No Kids) does lend vocal accompaniment occasionally. Consider this is as solid an album Mount Eerie or the Microphones have released. It accents Elverum's musical quality, and introduces us to new textures and possibilities. On his own label, P.W. Elverum & Sun and RECOMMENDED!!!!"
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In-Store Performance: CANCELED ! William Elliott Whitmore CANCELED!
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11/07/2009
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William Elliott Whitmore has canceled his entire
tour due to illness. Get well soon William!
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Black Heart Procession ticket giveaway!!!
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10/30/2009
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Attention BLACK HEART PROCESSION fans!
Stop by the Wicker Park store before Wednesday, November 4th and enter for your chance to win two tickets to the November 7th Black Heart Procession show at Bottom Lounge!
Drawing with happen at 2PM on Wednesday, the 4th, so hurry in!
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In-Store Performance: Pelican
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10/16/2009
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7PM!
FREE Pelican in-store performance! Did we mention that it's FREE?!?!
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In-Store Performance: Tortoise
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10/04/2009
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Holy crap!!! One of the best bands out of Chicago EVER is honoring us with a free in-store performance at the Wicker Park Reckless on Sunday October 4th. It's not even necessary for us to mention how excited and grateful we feel that they're willing to do this. Get here early, it's going to be crowded.
TORTOISE
free-instore performance
Sunday October 4th
5pm
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In-Store Performance: Fruit Bats
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09/20/2009
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Sub Pop recording artists Fruit Bats will perform for free at Reckless Records on Sunday September 20th. This will be huge!
Fruit Bats
Free in-store performance
Sunday September 20th
3pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
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In-Store Performance: Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (Record Release!!)
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09/10/2009
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Chicago's Scotland Yard Gospel Choir are on the verge of something big with the release of their new album "...And the Horse You rode in on." The British pop influence is still there but they moved into more of a Morrissey & PULP territory this time.
In celebration of the release, the band will perform for free at Reckless in Wicker Park and we'll be selling the record early at a discounted price. The future looks bright for this excellent band. Go Chicago!
SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR
Free in-store performance
Thursday Sept. 10th
6pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
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In-Store Performance: CYMBALS EAT GUITARS free acoustic in-store!!
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09/08/2009
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This just in...the amazing Staten Island group CYMBALS EAT GUITARS will be stopping by Reckless Records in Wicker Park for an intimate acoustic performance on Tuesday September 8th. Their 2008 self released album created a bit of a stir thanks to Pitchfork & a lot of positive online press. We sold a ton of these and would have sold more if it would have been available to us. Thankfully, the album is being properly reissued in September. If you're a fan of bands like JOAN OF ARC, MODEST MOUSE & ARCADE FIRE you should check this out.
CYMBALS EAT GUITARS
Free acoustic in-store performance
Tuesday September 8th
time 5:30pm
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UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US black metal documentary screening at Gene Siskel July 25th sponsored by Reckless!
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07/12/2009
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Reckless Records is proud to sponsor a one-time screening of "Until the Light Takes Us" on July 25th at the Gene Siskel Theater. This documentary focuses on the origins of the Norwegian black metal scene & the cultural implications of this scene. Directors Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell moved to Norway for two years while making the film which allowed them direct access to many of the originators of Norwegian black metal including members of Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum & Immortal. There have been other documentaries over the past few years that have touched on the scene but "Until the Light Takes Us" provides the deepest insight into how & why this incredible music came to exist & questions who the real victims were of the violence that came along with it.
get tickets here:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Until-the-Light-Takes-US-tickets/artist/1334792
http://www.blackmetalmovie.com/
http://www.myspace.com/blackmetalmovie
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In-Store Performance: Doug Paisley
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06/21/2009
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Doug Paisley is a Toronto-based folk-rock musician & he'll be playing a free in-store at the Milkwaukee Reckless location on Sunday June 21st at 3pm. His debut sounds similar at times to another folk-rock musician from Toronto, a Mr. Neil Young. Paisley's songs are sparse & to-the-point with a rich vibe of country-fied American. Fans of NEIL YOUNG, THE BAND etc...should check this out.
Doug Paisley
free in-store performance
Sunday June 21st
3pm
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In-Store Performance: White Mystery (feat. Miss Alex White)
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06/20/2009
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Come celebrate the first-ever Vinyl Saturday and the release of White Mystery's Hozac Records single with a FREE in-store performance from White Mystery!
4PM!!! FREE!!!
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In-Store Performance: Poison Arrows
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05/30/2009
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3PM!!! FREE AS ALWAYS!!!
After two CDEP's, Chicago's The Poison Arrows return with their long-awaited debut album First Class, and Forever. Guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Justin Sinkovich (ex Atombombpocketknife) first released a solo EP entitled Trailer Park as The Poison Arrows in 2004 on File Thirteen. He, drummer Adam Reach, and bassist Patrick Morris (ex Don Caballero) then began playing together. While completing the overdubbing, editing, and mixing of their first EP Straight Into The Drift in their studio The Plaza, The Poison Arrows began to write songs together as a band. After a year had passed, far more than an album's worth of music materialized.
The Poison Arrows then went into Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studio A with staff engineer and long- time friend Greg Norman to record the basic tracks for over a dozen songs. After completing the basic tracks at Electrical, all of the overdubs were recorded at The Plaza. As the band continued to finish mixes for First Class, and Forever, the second EP Casual Wave was completed from the same sessions.
The release of Casual Wave in August of 2008 showed a substantial evolution of The Poison Arrows into a band. The sounds from Electrical Audio are embraced instead of drastically manipulated like the previous EP, while overdubs follow structures that were previously decided upon by live arrangements.
First Class, and Forever takes these Electrical sessions far further with more complex songwriting and instrumentation. Patrick Morris's bass playing anchors the songs' melodies with complex compositions and an unusually extensive array of bass effects. Drummer Adam Reach provides thunderous drumming captured in classic Albini form. Sinkovich instrumentally relies on a maze of guitar lines and a variety of synthesizers sounds, while his vocals glue together each meandering soundtrack with a stark delivery of heady prose. Brian Case from The Ponys, 90 Day Men, and Disappears contributes vocals with Sinkovich on two of the album's tracks "Total Beverage" and "Twenty Percent Brighter." Eric Chaleff from Sterling, Follows, and Bloodiest adds striking guitar lines on "Twenty Percent Brighter" as well. The combination of this wide variety of elements has created a complex and intense post-progressive neo-surrealist ten-track album.
The Poison Arrows have toured in the Midwest and East Coast with the likes of Battles, Holy Fuck, Boris, Bellini, Lords, Department of Eagles, Enon, Thalia Zedek, Indian, Born Ruffians, Cadence Weapon, Dianogah, Shipping News, School of Language, Cursive, Young Widows, and many more. They will be touring extensively for the release of First Class, and Forever.
The band has also been featured in a number of publications including Blender, XLR8R, Skyscraper, Maxim, Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, Rhapsody.com, Rcrdlbl.com, Ghetto Blaster, Livedaily.com, Popmatters.com, and Emusic.com
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In-Store Performance: Eugene Chadbourne
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05/27/2009
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At Reckless in Wicker Park, Wednesday May 27th, 6PM!!! FREE AS ALWAYS!!!
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NEW GRIZZLY BEAR ALBUM AVAILABLE TONIGHT!
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05/25/2009
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Tonight at Rodan (1530 N. Milwaukee, right next door to Reckless), from 9-11 our very own handsome metalhead Dave will be selling CDs and already-out-of-print LP copies of the new Grizzly Bear album, Veckatimest!
After that, very-attractive Broadway Reckless employees Mike Arnold & Dan Morris will be spinning all sorts of groovy tunes for your listening/drinking pleasure. It's free, so come on out!!!
CDs will be $15
Double LPs will be $20
Love,
Reckless
CDs will be $15
Double LPs will be $20
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In-Store Performance: Maria Taylor
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04/20/2009
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Reckless is proud to announce that Maria Taylor (ex-AZURE RAY) will make another appearance at our Broadway store on Monday April 20th. We were blown away by her beautiful voice & amazing songs last time and wait, did we mention that Conor Oberst sang a few songs with her? TO ABOUT 20 PEOPLE??!! We're not saying that will happen again but you never know!! Maria just released her new album on Nettwerk & it features a guest appearance from Michael Stipe. Maria seems to be on the verge of something big here so don't miss out on seeing her in this intimate setting.
Maria Taylor
free in-store
Monday April 20th
Reckless Records on Broadway
4pm
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In-Store Performance: Record Store Day!! in-stores will be announced shortly
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04/18/2009
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Keep checking the site, we'll be announcing some killer in-store performances for Record Store Day very soon!!
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In-Store Performance: Record Store Day!! in-stores will be announced shortly
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04/18/2009
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Keep checking the site, we'll be announcing some killer in-store performances for Record Store Day very soon!!
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In-Store Performance: Lair of the Minotaur
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04/18/2009
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Chicago's own crushing war-metal act LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR will pummel us with pleasurable metal in celebration of record store day. Bring your ear plugs.
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR
Free 'Record Store Day' in-store performance
Saturday April 18th
4pm
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In-Store Performance: Alla-CANCELLED!!!
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04/18/2009
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SORRY FOLKS. AS OF 4-15, THE BAND INFORMED US THAT THEY CAN'T DO THIS INSTORE!!! SORRY!!
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In-Store Performance: Disappears
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04/18/2009
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Disappears is definitely one of the most exciting new bands in Chicago & we're excited to announce their participation in Reckless' 2009 Record Store Day celebration. Featuring ex-members of THE PONYS, 90 DAY MEN & BOAS, these handsome men deliver an interesting combination of 60's garage, shoegaze & brit-pop that we can't get enough of. They've recently finished their debut album which we're sure will be picked up by a big label any day now (if it hasn't already.)
5pm
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In-Store Performance: The Lawrence Arms!!!
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04/18/2009
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3PM - The Lawrence Arms!!!
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In-Store Performance: Blasted Diplomats!!!
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04/18/2009
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1PM - Blasted Diplomats!!!
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In-Store Performance: Dylan Posa & Three Cheers For One Dead Man
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04/18/2009
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Dylan will be playing as part of Record Store Day at 1pm!
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In-Store Performance: Coins
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04/18/2009
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Coins will be playing at 2pm for Record Store Day!
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In-Store Performance: Mark Solotroff/Bruce Lamont/Right-Eyed Rita
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04/18/2009
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...playing at 3pm on Record Store Day.
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In-Store Performance: Lawrence Peters Outfit
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04/18/2009
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The very talented Lawrence Peters Outfit (PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND/ VELCRO LEWIS) will bless us all with their fresh take on 50s & 60s country music. Peters has a rich, tenor voice which the band meshes with effortlessly. Yes, this is an odd contrast to LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR who are playing directly afterwards but hey, we at Reckless pride ourselves in our musical diversity.
3:30pm
Record Store Day performance
Reckless Records on Broadway
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The Broadway store is moving!
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04/14/2009
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After 20 years, Reckless Records is celebrating, in part, by... MOVING. Just down the street though! We're moving into the space recently occupied by American Apparel at 3126 N. Broadway. We're looking forward to being able to just cross the street to get our coffee at Intelligentsia (that 1/2 block walk was killing us).
We'll be moving around the end of the May. More details as they develop!
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Record Store Day releases!!
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04/09/2009
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As you most of you probably know, the Record Store Day releated releases are pretty limited so unfortunately we can't guarantee how many copies we will get, if any. Some of the stuff is already here and so far we're pretty sure we're getting almost everything. Also because of limited quantities, please get to the store early because we're not sure how long this stuff will last.
AKRON/FAMILY Everyone is Guilty b/w Total Destruction LIMITED 7” - 1st single from new album + unreleased b-side
BLACK KIDS Wizard of Ahhs LIMITED 7” - 4 original demos, 1st time in physical form (We didn't get
them, not sure about their availability)
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Born on a Day LIMITED 7” - colored vinyl
BLITZEN TRAPPER War is Placebo b/w Booksmart Baby LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks
CAMERA OBSCURA French Navy b/w The World is Full of Strangers LIMITED 7” - non-LP b-side
CHICA LIBRE/ DENGUE FEVER split 7"
LEONARD COHEN The Future b/w Suzanne LIMITED 7” - live in London, 3×5 photo included
COLD WAR KIDS Live at Fingerprints LIMITED CD - 5 tracks
ELVIS COSTELLO Complicated Shadows b/w Dirty Rotten Shame LIMITED 7” - exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included (this has been delayed until May
at the earliest)
CURSIVE + LADYFINGER LIMITED 10” - picture disc with 2 album tracks, 2 unreleased
DEAD WEATHER Hang You From the Heavens LIMITED 7” - new Jack White band, album in June
DECEMBERISTS The Rake Song b/w East India Lanes LIMITED 7” - non-LP b-side
DEPECHE MODE Wrong b/w Oh Well LIMITED 7”
BOB DYLAN Dreamin’ of You b/w Down Along the Cover LIMITED 7” - live, exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Cryptomnesia LIMITED LP - members of Mars Volta and Hella
FLAMING LIPS + BLACK KEYS Borderline b/w Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles LIMITED 7” - covers!
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Pencils in the Wind b/w Albi the Racist Dragon LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks
GREEN DAY Dookie LP reissue
GRIZZLY BEAR While You Wait For the Others b/w He Hit Me LIMITED 7” - live on KCRW
GUIDED BY VOICES Hold on Hope LIMITED LP - 1st time on vinyl, 3 bonus tracks
IRON AND WINE Norfolk 6/20/05 LIMITED Live CD - 18 tracks from the 2005 Woman King tour
JANE’S ADDICTION Mountain Song b/w Standing In the Shower… Thinking LIMITED 7” - original replica picture sleeve
JANE’S ADDICTION Nothing’s Shocking LP & Ritual De Lo Habitual 2xLP
JESUS LIZARD Inch LIMITED 7” box set - 9×7”, released on Touch and Go 1989-1994
JENNY LEWIS (with Elvis Costello) Carpet Baggers b/w Go Away LIMITED 7” (we didn't get this, we're
not sure what's up with it)
KING CRIMSON - 40th Anniversary Tour Box CD IN
DVD case
LONEY DEAR + ANDREW BIRD LIMITED 7” - hand silkscreened covers, tour and mail order item
LYKKI LI + EL PERRO DEL MAR After Laughter (Comes Tears) b/w At Your Best (You Are Love) LIMITED 7” - 2 unreleased covers (We didn't get them, we're
not sure about their availability)
MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. It’s Made Me Cry LIMITED 7” - 4 tracks
MC5 Kick Out the Jams b/w Motor City is Burning LIMITED 7” - original replica picture sleeve, 1st time available since 1969
METRIC Help I’m Alive b/w Help I’m a B-Side LIMITED 7” - picture disc, 1st single from new album + exclusive b-side
MISFITS Walk Among Us - Official reissue
MODEST MOUSE Satellite Skin b/w Guilty Cocker Spaniels LIMITED 7” - 1st in a series of 4, all new tracks (these have ALL been delayed, they
won't be here)
MY MORNING JACKET Celebración De La Ciudad Natal Live CD/LP
NEW ORDER Temptation b/w Hurt LIMITED 7” - mastered from original tapes, never before available in the U.S. as a 7”
FRANZ NICOLAY Major General CD - keyboardist inThe Hold Steady (update, we didn't get this
we're not sure what's up with it)
NICKEL EYE Dying Star 7"
OBITS I Can’t Lose b/w Military Madness LIMITED 7” - brand new tracks
PAVEMENT Live in Germany 12” - an entire unreleased album from 1998, all tracks exclusive to this release
ELVIS PERKINS Lorraine, Lookout b/w I’ll Be Arriving LIMITED 7” - 1 previously unreleased track
RADIOHEAD Drill, Creep, My Iron Lung, High & Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Just, Street Spirit (Fade Out), Paranoid Android, Karma Police,
No Surprises, Pyramid Song, 2+2=5 vinyl singles (these are just being released for Record Store Day, they're not limited)
ARTHUR RUSSELL Love is Overtaking Me LIMITED 2LP - 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased songs
SILVERSUN PICKUPS LIMITED Pikul 12” - pre-Carnavas ep, exclusive vinyl release
SMITHS The Headmaster Ritual b/w Oscillate Way LIMITED 7” - mastered from original tapes, never before available in the U.S. as a 7” (we didn't
get this)
SONIC YOUTH + JAY REATARD No Garage b/w Hang Them All LIMITED 7” - both tracks exclusive
SONIC YOUTH + BECK Pay No Mind b/w Green Light LIMITED 7” - covers of each others’ songs, both tracks exclusive
CHARLES SPEARIN (Broken Social Scene) 12” - 8 tracks, raised embossed jacket
REGINA SPEKTOR Begin to Hope LP (we haven't heard
much about this one. we're investigating)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN What Love Can Do b/w A Night With the Jersey Devil LIMITED 7” - exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
STOOGES 1969 b/w Real Cool Time LIMITED 7” - original replica picture sleeve (we didn't get
these)
TALKING HEADS Talking Heads: 77 LP reissue
THERMALS + THAO LIMITED 7” - 4 unreleased tracks
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES + RUSSIAN CIRCLES LIMITED 12” - clear vinyl, unreleased tracks, reissue of Euro Tour Release
VETIVER Wishing Well b/w Pay No Mind LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks
TOM WAITS LIMITED Live From the Glitter & Dome Tour 7” - live tracks from Atlanta and Edinburgh
WHISKEYTOWN San Antone b/w The Great Divide LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1996
WILCO Ashes of American Flags DVD - exclusive to indie stores for the 1st 10 days, downloads of all songs, + more
YEAH YEAH YEAHS It’s Blitz LP
NEIL YOUNG Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968, 200 gram, 2LP (also not limited after Record Store Day)
VARIOUS THRILL JOCKEY Records Toreism LIMITED LP +2 zines - Tortoise, Mountains, Trans Am, Double Dagger, White Hills
VARIOUS This LP Crashes Hard Drives Label Comp LIMITED LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC/NUMERO GROUP/SUBLIME FREQUENCIES/FINDER KEEPERS etc..plus catalogs, postcards, a magazine, CD samplers, stickers, etc.
Various Blood on the Tracks - Domino Records
compilation
There are some free samplers, posters, etc.. that we know that we're getting as well. It should be a fun day!
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Record Store Day in-store performances!!!
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04/08/2009
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WICKER PARK:
1PM - Blasted Diplomats (handsome Reckless Records lads bringing the Replacements/Billy Squier/38 Special/Star Trek worship, and playing an all-covers set! Hold on to your ladies!!!)
3PM - The Lawrence Arms!!!
5PM - Disappears
BROADWAY:
4PM - Lair of the Minotaur
TBA - The Lawrence Peters Outfit
LOOP:
1PM - Dylan Posa & Three Cheers For One Dead Man
2PM - Coins
3PM - Mark Solotroff/Bruce Lamont/Right-Eyed Rita
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In-Store Performance: ALL THE SAINTS
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02/28/2009
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Touch & Go Recording artists ALL THE SAINTS will play a free in-store performance on Saturday February 28th at the Milwaukee Ave. Reckless Records location in Wicker Park. The band's debut album "Fire on Corridor X" is an interesting mix of dark new-wave ala INTERPOL & JOY DIVISION & shoegaze like MY BLOODY VALENTINE & RIDE. We're looking forward to this one a lot.
ALL THE SAINTS
Free in-store
Saturday February 28th
Reckless Records
1532 N. Milwaukee
4pm
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In-Store Performance: The Donkeys
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01/18/2009
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In honor of Schubas' TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS Music Festival, we are teaming up with the excellent Chicago club & presenting a selection of free in-store performances from four of the bands appearing at the festival. There's an interesting variety of artists that will be performing and giving us Chicagoans something to keep us warm over the next few days.
San Diego's THE DONKEYS will bring some of their
warm West Coast vibes to Reckless on the final day of the festival. These guys have that California sound down, think 60's pop ala BEACH BOYS with some similarities to THE SHINS. This should be a nice & mellow performance to close out a long, & supposedly very cold week.
THE DONKEYS
Saturday January 18th
Free in-store performance
Reckless Records on Broadway
3pm
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In-Store Performance: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
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01/17/2009
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In honor of Schubas' TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS Music Festival, we are teaming up with the excellent Chicago club & presenting a selection of free in-store performances from four of the bands appearing at the festival. There's an interesting variety of artists that will be performing and giving us Chicagoans something to keep us warm over the next few days.
Brooklyn's Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson will bring his brand of rootsy rock Americana to our store on Saturday January 17th. Mr. Robinson joined up with TV ON THE RADIO's Kyp Malone & GRIZZLY BEAR'S Chris Bear & Daniel Rossen for his recently released self-titled album. Think Neil Young & Crazy Horse with Townes Van Zandt's lyrics.
Saturday January 17th
free in-store performance
Reckless Records on Broadway
1pm
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In-Store Performance: Alla
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01/15/2009
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In honor of Schubas' TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS Music Festival, we are teaming up with the excellent Chicago club & presenting a selection of free in-store performances from four of the bands appearing at the festival. There's an interesting variety of artists that will be performing and giving us Chicagoans something to keep us warm over the next few days.
On Thursday January 15th, Chicago's own ALLA will give a free in-store performance at Reckless Records on Broadway. Last year, ALLA released the amazing album "Es Tiempo", a record that the bands spent years working on that supposedly cost them over $40,000! The group draws inspiration from their Mexican heritage as well as Brazilian psychedelic pop like MUTANTES & hints of krautrock. The line-up of the group has been known to fluctuate & we're not sure yet how many performers will show up. No matter what, this is a must see in-store from one of Chicago's most interesting bands.
ALL
Free in-store performance
Thursday January 15th
Reckless Records on Broadway
4:30pm
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In-Store Performance: Lost in the Trees
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01/14/2009
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In honor of Schubas' TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS Music Festival, we are teaming up with the excellent Chicago club & presenting a selection of free in-store performances from four of the bands appearing at the festival. There's an interesting variety of artists that will be performing and giving us Chicagoans something to keep us warm over the next few days.
On Wednesday, January 14th the Boston group LOST IN THE TREES will perform at the Broadway location. The group blends elements of contemporary electronics, hip-hop beats & classical music. Let's call it electronic chamber pop. That might sound impossible but these guys really pull it off. We're not sure how large the group will be at the instore but we're sure that it will be an interesting performance.
LOST IN THE TREES
free in-stere performance
Reckless Records on Broadway
Wednesday January 14th
3pm
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In-Store Performance: Bear In Heaven in-store!
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01/14/2009
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We are very happy to announce another great Reckless Records in-store by Brooklyn's, Bear In Heaven (Hometapes). This week of in-stores coincides with Schubas' Tomorrow Never Knows Festival so make sure to check out these and other bands at either Schubas or Lincoln Hall January 14 through the 17. This in-store is FREE and will start at 5pm on Thursday, January 14.
Here's a review of their latest album "Beast Rest Forth Mouth" compliments of Pitchfork Media:
"While it may seem as if there's not a new release without a hyphenated genre to give it birth, Bear in Heaven's second LP feels fresh simply because it resists easy categorization or comparison. This isn't to say it's sonically groundbreaking, though-- fitting for an album whose title references the four main navigational directions, Beast Rest Forth Mouth is as familiar-feeling as it is difficult to pinpoint. Mostly made up of textural, spacious three- to four-minute pop anthems with towering choruses, BRFM is a welcome reminder that an album doesn't have to be bombastic to feel huge and important. Take out the earbuds and let it fill a space: This is music that's bigger than your iPod-- music you'll want to feel all around you.
Though not quite coming out of nowhere, BRFM seems like a surprise gift-- a striking consolidation of the spiky psych-prog tendencies of their debut into a pop framework. In terms of career gear-shifts, the move Caribou made with Andorra is the most recent precedent. Though at 41 minutes the album is economical and sharp in its execution, the band-- all from Georgia and Alabama-- still imbues its compositions with the generosity of spirit that makes the best Southern rock so invigorating. "Beast in Peace" opens the record with a gentle lockstep before shifting seamlessly into a mile-wide chorus. Then, they expand that chorus even further, like switching to the widest camera lens to capture a vista they just realized the full vastness of. Elsewhere, as its title indicates, "Ultimate Satisfaction" is an IMAX-wide ode to what starts out as a simple thought, then turns bodily-- the refrain of "coming down!" charts the sensation spreading like a spasm. That towering exultation is also felt on the primal "Deafening Love". While aiming for a similar sense of awe-inspiring bliss, "Love" widens the focus and luxuriates in the tremors, approximating a more protracted take on Jane's Addiction's "Mountain Song".
Yet Bear in Heaven's greatest trick is creating music that evokes the sort of physicality and scope that could soundtrack a Hollywood film, but also works equally well at stirring up intimate bodily passion. Lush synth beds, warm electronics accenting poly-rhythms, and Jon Philpot's yearning, boyish howl coalesce into a vibe that's muscular without being macho, and which strikes a rare balance between nuanced emotion and overwhelming sensation. Even when delving into more disconcerting subject matter-- dabbling in self-loathing on "Wholehearted Mess" or confronting paranoia on the slinky "You Do You"-- Philpot still manages to imbue the songs with an atmosphere of seduction and intrigue.
An album like BRFM couldn't exist without a paean to the most severe and high-stakes of endeavors, and first single "Lovesick Teenagers" more than meets the requirements for 2009's Epic Song About Tortured Young Romance. With briskly alternating synth chords spitting by like fast-moving highway stripes, the titular couple are doomed to crash, but most likely in a JG Ballard sort of way. The pair martyr themselves in order to eternalize their passion, and the band is generous enough to resurrect them later, in the reprise of "Teenagers" that closes the album, seamlessly and surprisingly emerging from "Casual Goodbye". As a gesture, it's a slight nod backwards to the suite-like structures of their debut, but moreover a celebration of abundance that wraps up an album overflowing with feeling. It's also an exclamation point signaling that Bear in Heaven not only clearly recognize their own best instincts, they're not shy about dwelling on them. Sure, bands can adapt to the current musical climate by adding extras to LPs, tweaking release dates to accommodate fan interest, or even giving away their music free. A curtain call like "Teenagers", though: now that's generosity.
— Eric Harvey"
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In-Store Performance: Brighton, MA
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11/09/2008
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Chicago's own BRIGHTON, MA will celebrate the release of their debut album "Amateur Lovers" with free in-store performance at Reckless Records in Wicker Park on Sunday Nov. 9th. These guys play indie rock with that 'roots rock' vibe similar to bands like WALKMEN & ARCADE FIRE.
Brighton, MA
Free in-store performance
Sunday November 9th
Reckless Records on Milwauke Ave
4pm
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In-Store Performance: Starfucker
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10/27/2008
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Portland's STARFUCKER will rock it for you for free on Monday October 27th at Reckless Records on Broadway. This Portland trio plays catchy, lo-fi electronic indie-pop with warm & thick synth tones & summery vocal harmonies. Imagine WEEZER covering BEACH BOYS tunes with casios.
STARFUCKER
free in-store performance
Monday October 27th
Reckless Records on Broadway
5pm
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In-Store Performance: White Lies
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10/27/2008
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WHITE LIES are an English trio that plays stripped down new-wave pop music. The band's first single "Death" will available for sale at the performance. Fans of ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, INTERPOL, GLASVEGAS, THE KILLERS etc...should check these guys out.
WHITE LIES
free in-store performance
Monday October 27th
Reckless Records on Milwaukee Ave
6pm
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PAVEMENT BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS pre-order promotion
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10/24/2008
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Reckless Records is proud to announce our participation in another Matador Records BUY EARLY GET NOW promotion, this time for the deluxe 2CD reissue of PAVEMENT'S "Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed."
Stop into any Reckless location & give us your name & email address. We'll email your address to Matador and you'll be contacted by them within a day or two about getting your free goodies almost two months before the December 9th physical release.
Here's what you'll get:
Stream of the album (available now!)
Bonus Track #1 (available now!)
Bonus Track #2 (available November 4th)
AND..............
When you pick up your CD from Reckless on release date you will also receive a poster PLUS a bonus live LP that was originally scheduled for release in 1998 but has been shelved until now!!! Wow!
If you have any questions or concerns check out the buy early get now website:
www.buyearlygetnow.com
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In-Store Performance: Le Loup
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10/11/2008
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Hardly Art recording artists LE LOUP will play a free-instore at Reckless Records on Broadway on Saturday October 11th. LE LOUP is the creation of Sam Simkoff, a very talented musician that wrote & recorded most of this record at home. The sound is a hybrid of folk music led by acoustic guitars & banjo & indie rock sound collage similar to GRIZZLY BEAR & maybe even AKRON/FAMILY (mainly because of
the dense 'gang' vocals). The live line-up boasts seven members so this should be cool.
LE LOUP
free-instore
Saturday October 11th
4pm
Reckless Records on Broadway
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In-Store Performance: Svarte Greiner
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10/03/2008
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Fresh off his performance with DEAF CENTER on Thursday night at the Hideout, Type Records' SVARTE GREINER will bring his minimalist style of acoustic doom to Reckless Records on Friday October 3rd. These haunting Norwegian soundtracks are even more stunning live. What an excellent way to usher in October!
SVARTE GREINER
Free in-store performance
Saturday October 3rd
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
6pm
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In-Store Performance: Born Ruffians
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09/30/2008
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We're excited to announce a free in-store performance from Warp Recording artists BORN RUFFIANS. This Toronto band blends simple indie rock elements with more complex vocal arrangements. Imagine THE STROKES or VAMPIRE WEEKEND with occasional PANDA BEAR moments.
BORN RUFFIANS
free in-store performance
Reckless Records on Broadway
Tuesday September 30th
5pm
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In-Store Performance: Growing
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09/27/2008
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Heavy drone-masters GROWING have agreed to give us permanent ear damage via a free in-store on Saturday September 27th. We cannot express how excited we are about this!!! Bring your earplugs.
GROWING
Free in-store performance
Saturday September 27th
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
5pm
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In-Store Performance: Noah and the Whale
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09/26/2008
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Noah and the Whale is the brainchild of 21 year old Charlie Fink. The group's instrumentation consists of Fiddle, Bass, harmonium & ukulele. The band has toured with BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE & FEIST & they've already toured the U.K. Fans of MAGNETIC FIELDS, BEIRUT, FEIST etc.. won't want to miss this.
NOAH AND THE WHALE
free in-store (acoustic performance)
Friday September 26
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
6pm
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In-Store Performance: Colourmusic
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09/11/2008
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Indie rockers, COLOURMUSIC will make some time before soundcheck for the Wire Festival at the Empty Bottle to play a free instore at the Reckless Records Milwaukee Ave. location on Thursday September 11th.
Back in 1998, British exchange student Nik Turner met Ryan Hendrix at Oklahoma State & COLOURMUSIC was born (though the band didn't officially form until 2002). Their music is a blend of almost child-like SYD BARRETT pop songs & deeply orchestrated indie rock sort of like GRIZZLY BEAR or even BECK.
COLOURMUSIC
Free in-store
Thursday September 11th
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
5pm
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In-Store Performance: Dutchess and the Duke
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09/10/2008
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Yes, yes, yes! The 60's country-rock loving Seattle
duo DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE will pleasure our ears with a free in-store performance on Wednesday September 10th at the Broadway Reckless Records location. Taking hints from some of the best 60's artists including early Bob Dylan & "Flowers" & "Beggars Banquet" early Rolling Stones, these guys have managed to figure out a way to write simple country-folk-rock songs that sound remarkably fresh.
Don't miss this one.
Dutchess and the Duke
free in-store performance
Wednesday September 10th
Reckless Records on Broadway
7pm
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In-Store Performance: Earlimart
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07/26/2008
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California popsters Earlimart will grace us with a unique acoustic instore performance this Saturday July 26th at the Wicker Park store. The duo recently released their 6th album "Hymn and Her", an album comprised of interesting psychedelic pop songs that would appeal to any FLAMING LIPS, SONIC YOUTH or RADIOHEAD fan.
EARLIMART
free acoustic-instore
Saturday July 26th
6pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
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In-Store Performance: Son Ambulance
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07/15/2008
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Saddle Creek recording artists SON AMBULANCE will be playing a free in-store performance on Tuesday July 15th at the Broadway location at 6pm. Here's what we had to see about their most recent album "Someone Else's Deja Vu."
Nebraska's part-time BRIGHT EYES co-conspirator, JOE KNAPP releases this third full-length album with SON AMBULANCE. There truly is a menagerie of sounds and instruments utilized for this 2008 album. Classical guitars, synthesizers, elaborate pianos, layered vocal harmonizing, and an overall good-timey vibe permeates the whole album and creates a lucid, dreamy atmosphere. Contributions were made by friends TILLY & THE WALL and the FAINT.
Son Ambulance
Free in-store
Tuesday July 15th
6pm
Reckless Records on Broadway
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extended summer hours in the Loop!
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06/17/2008
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The Loop store (23 E. Madison) will be staying open an extra hour every day except Sunday for at least the summer. The new hours are:
Monday through Saturday 10am to 8pm
Sunday 10am to 7pm.
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Loop store extended Summer hours!
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06/15/2008
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The Loop store (23 E. Madison) will be staying open an extra hour every day except Sunday for at least the summer. The new hours are:
Monday through Saturday 10am to 8pm, Sunday 10am to 7pm.
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In-Store Performance: Cryptacize
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06/07/2008
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We are excited to announce that CRYPTACIZE will be performing at our Wicker Park location on Saturday 6/7 at 2pm.
Here's some more info:
Featuring both Nedelle Torrisi (Nedelle & Thom, Kill Rock Stars) as well as Deerhoof alum (and current Curtains member) Chris Cohen, California's Cryptacize will be making a stop at Reckless in Wicker Park prior to their show at Schuba's to help promote their debut album, Dig That Treasure,which is out now on Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty label.
An unconventional pop act that's not afraid to branch out, Cryptacize are able to keep their songs interesting without abandoning the listener at the starting line. Nedelle's voice is unlike any other, and combined with their sparse arrangements make for an amazing listen.
Cryptacize
@Reckless Records- Wicker Park
Saturday 6/7 @ 2pm
Like every other in-store here at Reckless, this one is totally FREE and all-ages!
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Help save Chicago music/arts culture!!
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05/13/2008
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In case you haven't heard, the City of Chicago has proposed an ordinance that will severely limit music promoters in this city. After reading through the ordinance, it's hard to imagine venues such as the Metro, Schuba's & Empty Bottle staying in business let alone much smaller places. We're assuming that this could even effect our wonderful, free in-stores at Reckless.
More information can be found here:
http://savechicagoculture.org/
If you haven't written to your alderman yet, please do so and forward this to anybody that you can think of.
Find your alderman here:
http://savechicagoculture.org/
Way to go Chicago.
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In-Store Performance: Tokyo Police Club
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05/05/2008
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The fine young Canadian band Tokyo Police Club will grace our store with a free, all-ages in-store performance on Monday May 5th at 7pm. Not much to say really except this is going to be huge.
Tokyo Police Club
free in-store performance
Monday May 5th
7pm
Reckless Records on Broadway
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In-Store Performance: Neva Dinova
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05/01/2008
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Omaha's NEVA DINOVA just recently released their
third album YOU MAY ALREADY BE DREAMING on Saddle Creek & we're happy to say that they'll be playing some songs from the album at the Broadway location on May 1st. It's easy to make BRIGHT EYES comparisons to almost any Saddle Creek band at one time or another (that's not so bad though is it?) but these guys are forging their own path. Saddle Creek artists seem to always make time for in-stores for Reckless which we greatly appreciate so come out and support these guys.
NEVA DINOVA
free in-store appearance
Thursday May 1st
4pm
Reckless Records on Broadway
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Looptopia!!!
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04/28/2008
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The downtown store is staying open late for Looptopia (Friday May 2nd) and we're also offering some live music up for the late-night crowd. Please go here (http://www.looptopia.com/venues.php?id=315) for the schedule featuring The Green Pasture Happiness, Augment, Vertonen, Bruce Lamont and Hieroglyphic Being. Hope to see you!
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In-Store Performance: ROGUE WAVE (acoustic Record Store Day performance)
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04/19/2008
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We are pleased to announce that ROGUE WAVE will be performing at our Wicker Park Store in celebration of Record Store Day on Saturday April 19th at 5pm. The band are playing a special acoustic set, it will be a great opportunity so see ROGUE WAVE in a an intimate setting (especially if you couldn’t get tix to either of there 2 sold out shows at Schuba’s). Come on down, enjoy the show and celebrate Record Store Day with us (in addition to the performance we also be selling and giving away all kinds of exclusive stuff).
Rogue Wave (acoustic set)
@ Reckless Records (Wicker Park)
Saturday, 4/19 at 5PM
all-ages
FREE!!!
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In-Store Performance: Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin (acoustic)
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04/16/2008
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Record store day? How about Record Store month at Reckless? We have a good deal of excellent in-stores coming up in the next month or so starting off with Springfield, Missouri indie popsters
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU, BORIS YELTSIN performing an acoustic set. BRIGHT EYES, ELLIOTT SMITH fans should check this out.
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU, BORIS YELTSIN
free acoustic in-store
Wednesday April 16th
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
5pm
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ROGUE WAVE RECORD STORE DAY IN-STORE PERFORMANCE and STEVE KRAKOW rock n roll caricatures. Exclusive releases for sale. Saturday 4-19!
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04/11/2008
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We are pleased to announce that ROGUE WAVE will be performing at our Wicker Park Store in celebration of Record Store Day on Saturday April 19th at 5pm. The band are playing a special acoustic set, it will be a great opportunity so see ROGUE WAVE in a an intimate setting (especially if you couldn’t get tix to either of there 2 sold out shows at Schuba’s).
Rogue Wave (acoustic set)
@ Reckless Records (Wicker Park)
Saturday, 4/19 at 5PM
all-ages
FREE!!!
Also at Milwaukee Ave, rock n' roll caricatures by Plastic Crimewave aka Steve Krakow, former pro caricature artist and creator of the Galactic Zoo Dossier (Drag City) magazine and Secret History of Chicago Music strip (chicago reader) from noon til evening. Requests for drawings of your fave rock stars accepted as well...
All 3 locations will have very cool exclusive releases for sale including:
7"s by
BUILT TO SPILL, BREEDERS, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, REM, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, BLACK KEYS, JASON MRAZ, PANIC AT THE DISCO, TEENAGERS (TRIPLE 7")
a STEPHEN MALKMUS 10"
a 12" featuring covers of ARTHUR RUSSELL
including JENS LEKMAN
MATADOR RECORDS turntable mats
and a bunch of free stuff.
Most of theses releases are very limited so they might not last long.
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In-Store Performance: Lair of the Minotaur
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03/25/2008
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Reckless is proud to announce a free instore performance from Chicago\\\'s own doom-trash metallers
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR in honor of the release of their new album \\\"War Metal Battle Master.\\\" These guys have been at it for awhile now & this new album (first with drummer Chris Wozniak) is their strongest effort to date. Prepare to be bludgeoned!
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR
free instore performance
Tuesday March 25th
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
5:30 pm
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In-Store Performance: Swimmers
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03/22/2008
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Reckless is proud to announce a last minute in-store performance from The Swimmers, a band that shares the same home as the cheesesteak, philly boy roy, Rocky & some damn fine soul music, Philadelphia, PA. The Swimmers play an excellent brand of melodic indie rock that should appeal to fans of THE SHINS, NEW PORNOGRAPHERS & SPOON. Don\'t miss out on seeing this great new band for free!!
THE SWIMMERS
free instore performance
Saturday March 22nd
3pm
Reckless Records on Broadway (Lakeview)
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SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE free instore performance
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03/16/2008
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On Sunday March 16th, be sure to check out a free instore performance from Thrill Jockey recording artists SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE. Here's what we had to say about the new album:
"Featuring DAVID BREWIS of FIELD MUSIC, SCHOOL OF
LANGUAGE is a complex arangement of cacaphonous vocals and static-laden instrumentation. The vocals and catchy tracks are reminicent of your favorite WEEZER album, tender as a JEFF BUCKLEY album, and cloning the contemporary sounds of FIELD MUSIC album "Tones of Town." If you are missing your beloved FM, here is relief thanks to Thrill Jockey Records!"
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE
free instore performance
Sunday March 16th
7pm
Reckless Records on Milwaukee Ave
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In-Store Performance: School of Language
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03/16/2008
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On Sunday March 16th, be sure to check out a free instore performance from Thrill Jockey recording artists SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE. Here is what we had to say about the new album:
\"Featuring DAVID BREWIS of FIELD MUSIC, SCHOOL OF
LANGUAGE is a complex arangement of cacaphonous vocals and static-laden instrumentation. The vocals and catchy tracks are reminicent of your favorite WEEZER album, tender as a JEFF BUCKLEY album, and cloning the contemporary sounds of FIELD MUSIC album TONES OF TOWN. If you are missing your beloved FM, here is relief thanks to Thrill Jockey Records!
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE w/ DOUG MCCOMBS (TORTOISE) &
RYAN RAPSYS (EUPHONE)
free instore performance
Sunday March 16th
7pm
Reckless Records on Milwaukee Ave
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BLACK LIPS free in-store!!!
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03/01/2008
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OH MY GAWWDDD!!! We are insanely excited to announce a free acoustic in-store from the mighty Atlanta rock combo BLACK LIPS. 2007 was a massive year for the band & their album "Good Bad Not Evil" was one of our top selling albums. You know this is going to be crowded so we'd suggest getting here early for this one.
BLACK LIPS
acoustic in-store
Saturday March 1st
6pm
Reckless Records on Milwaukee
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In-Store Performance: Black Lips
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03/01/2008
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OH MY GAWWDDD!!! We are insanely excited to announce a free acoustic in-store from the mighty Atlanta rock combo BLACK LIPS. 2007 was a massive year for the band & their album \"Good Bad Not Evil\" was one of our top selling albums. You know this is going to be crowded so we\'d suggest getting here early for this one.
BLACK LIPS
acoustic in-store
Saturday March 1st
6pm
Reckless Records on Milwaukee
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Stephen Malkmus preorder goodies
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02/01/2008
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Matador is continuing their "Buy Early Get Now" program with this promotion for the new album from Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Real Emotional Trash." It's a little less complicated than the previous ones thankfully. Here's the deal:
Come in to any Reckless location & give us your name & email address (ask about this at the counter)
Matador will email you straight away with a link to a stream of the album & a download of a b-side that will be available immediately
After you pick up your cd or lp on release date you will receive a free poster at the store & Matador will continue to pummel your inbox with links to more free stuff
including:
-a download for a complete show recorded in
December 2007
-a download for a second b-side
-possibly more free downloads 90 days after
release
So there you have it. Stop in any Reckless location soon & sign up for your free stuff.
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2007 Employee best of lists!!
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12/17/2007
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Ken Camden
Sir Richard Bishop "While My Guitar Violently Bleeds"
Group Doueh "Guitar Music From the Western Sahara"
Chris Corsano and Mick Flower "Radiant Mirror"
Rafael Toral "Space Solo 1"
Group Inerane "Music of Niger"
Alex Neilson & Richard Youngs "Electric Lotus"
Selda -s/t Reissue
Baby Grandmothers -s/t Reissue
Henry Flynt and Nova Billy - s/t
Stars of the Lid "And Their Refinement of the Decline"
Jim Magas
Sightings “Through the Panama”
Andrew WK “Close Calls With Brick Walls”
Black Dice “Load Blown”
ADULT. “Why Bother”
Chris Connelly “Episodes”
Demons “Frozen Fog”
Aaron Dilloway “Infinite Lucifer”
Blank Dogs Various 12"s & 7"s
Witchcraft “The Alchemist”
Prurient & Kevin Drumm “All Are Guests In The House of the Lord”
Keith Beiersdorff
Black Lips “Good Bad Not Evil”
Busy Signals “s/t”
Circus Devils “Sgt. Disco”
Deerhunter “Cryptograms”
Deerhunter “Fluorecent Grey EP”
Dinosaur Jr. “Beyond”
King Khan & the Shrines “What is?!”
Les Savy Fav “Let's Stay Friends”
Mannequin Men “Fresh Rot”
Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra “Space & Time”
The Ponys “Turn the Lights Out”
Shellac “Excellent Italian Greyhound”
White Savage “Destroy Your Style” 7"
Mark Lux
1 Turzi “A”
2 Big Business “Here Come the Waterworks”
3 Pissed Jeans “Hope For Men”
4 Johnny Lunchbreak “Appetizer/Soups on” (reissue)
5 True West “Hollywood Holiday Revisited”
6 Sarolta Zalatnay “s/t” reissue
7 Stephen Stills “Just Roll Tape” reissue
8 Warhammer 48k “Etheral Oracle”
9 Joni Mitchell “Shine”
10 Earthless “Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky”
11 Ophiucus “s/t” reissue
12 Vee Dee “Glimpses of Another World” (7")
13 Samara Lubelski “Parallel Suns”
14 La Otracina “Tonal Eclipse of the One”
15 Fucked Up “Year of the Pig”
16 Loudon Wainwright “Strange Weirdos”
Billy Smith
Shannon Wright "Let In The Light"
Shellac "Excellent Italian Greyhound"
Rufus Wainwright "Release the Stars"
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss “Raising Sand”
"They Live By Night" (1949) out on DVD
Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"
U2 "Joshua Tree" 20th Anniversary reissue
White Stripes “Icky Thump”
Jason Verhagen
1. Bumps "s/t”
2. Pelican “City of Echoes”
3. Soft Machine “Third"
4. Soft Machine “Fourth”
5. Soft Machine “5”
6. Fucking Champs “VI”
7. Om “Pilgrimage”
8. Sven Libaek "Inner Space; Film Music"
9. Bill Dolan "Do-Ist"
10. Trans Am "Sex Change"
Chris Pappas
Current 93 “The Inmost Light” reissue
Camberwell Now “All's Well” reissue
Dirty Projectors “Rise Above”
Angels of Light “We Are Him”
Cluster “II” & “Zuckerzeit”
Vashti Bunyan “Somee Things Just Stick in Your Mind”
Robyn Hitchcock “I Wanna Go Backwards” boxset
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
V/A “The Lost Tapes - Minimal Wave Compilation”
V/A “Do It Yourself - The Rise of the Independent Music Industry After
Punk”
Antena “Camino Del Sol” LP reissue
Lee Hazlewood “The Very Special World of...”
Om “Pilgrimage”
Pylon “Gyrate Plus”
DJ SCREW “June 27”
Kit Macchi
Albums!
Akron/Family “Love is Simple” - flail & shout! listen for the conch!
Pissed Jeans “Hope for Men” - smash your fist into that wall, scream
about it, repeat
Dirty Projectors “Rise Above” - sing along, i dare you
Randall of Nazareth “s/t” heavy Fahey love
Sir Richard Bishop “Polytheistic Fragments” - whoa...wait, what? see
above
King Khan & the Shrines “What is?!” - gritty old-school garage rock
DJ Screw “June 27” - i'm sorry but if you're sober then forget it
Voice of the Seven Woods “s/t” - almost sounds like he's mad at his
guitar, but then suddenly you hear the love
White Magic “Dark Stars EP” - putting the fairy girls to shame
Compilations:
V/A “D.I.Y: Rise of the Independent Music Industry After Punk” - makes you
wish you'd thought of it first
David Shrigley “Worried Noodles” - this man is insane, listen to how
insane he is. really.
V/A “Eccentric Soul: Twinight” - mellow dance party soundtrack
V/A “New Orleans Funk” - ass-kicking dance party soundtrack
V/A “Yellow Pills: Prefill” - sickly sweet early pop, the perfect mixtape
uplift
Reissues:
Flower Travellin' Band “Satori” - everyone loves this because they love
to think about what the world would be like if Ozzy was Japanese
Telegraph Avenue “s/t” - classic psych guitar swirl time warp
Boscoe “s/t” - intensly political 70s Chicago soul
German Oak “s/t” - heavy wiggy space-out good times
Dave Hofer
In no particular order.
Between the Buried and Me “Colors”
Animosity “Animal”
Rager “2007 Demo”
Altered Beast “2007 Demo”
Arbiter “2007 Demo”
Exit 13 “High Life”
Machine Head “The Blackening”
Yesterday's New Quintet “Yesterday's Universe”
V/A “East of Underground” reissue
Dillinger Escape Plan “Ire Works”
Impaled “The Last Gasp”
Corpus Mortale “A New Species of Deviant”
V/A: Now-Again “RE:Sounds Vol. 1” boxset
Chicago Thrash Ensemble “Unreleased Trax Vol. 2”
A Life Once Lost “Iron Gag”
Anything with Lil' Wayne on it
Clipse “We Got the Remix mixtape”
Matt Jencik
Alcest "Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde"
Amesoeurs "Ruines Humaines"
Baroques “s/t” LP reissue
Sir Richard Bishop "While My Guitar Violently Bleeds"
Bjork "Volta"
BlondeRedhead "23"
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara “Rainbow”
Circle of Ouroborus/ Urfaust split LP
Deathspell Omega "Fas: Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum"
Deerhunter "Cryptograms"
Drudkh "Estrangement"
Dungen "Tio Bitar"
Furze "Utd"
Grouper "cover the windows and walls" lp (sadly out of print)
Pj Harvey "White Chalk"
Karl Hendricks Rock Band "World Says"
Liars s/t
Nasheim/ Angantyr split (specifically the 25 minute Nasheim song)
Peste Noire "Lorraine Rehearsals" LP
Radiohead "In Rainbows" & bonus disc
Townes Van Zandt CD reissues
Velvet Cacoon “Genevieve” LP
Watain "Sworn to the Dark"
Wolves in the Throne Room "Diadem of 12 Stars"
Robert Wyatt "Comicopera"
Xasthur "Defective Epitaph"
Neil Young "Live at Massey Hall"
Live
Neil Young
Jay Reatard
Circle
Blonde Redhead
Neko Case
Enslaved
Patti Smith
Leslie Vlazny
Boris with Michio Kurihara “Rainbow”
Bill Callahan “Woke on a Whaleheart”
Chris Connelly “Episodes”
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Amiina “Kurr”
Om “Pilgrimage”
Nicole Willis “Keep Reachin' Up”
V/A “Now-Again Re:Sound”
Feist “The Reminder”
The National “Boxer”
Caribou “Andorra”
Mannequin Men “Fresh Rot”
White magic “Dark Stars”
James Deia
1. Okkervil River “The Stage Names”
2. Deerhunter “Cryptograms”
3. Mannequin Men “Fresh Rot”
4. Les Savy Fav “Let's Stay Friends”
5. Dinosaur Jr. “Beyond”
6. PJ Harvey “White Chalk”
7. The National “Boxer”
8. Phosphorescent “Pride”
9. Black Lips “Good Bad Not Evil”
10. Battles “Mirrored”
11. The Narrator “All That To The Wall”
12. Sir Richard Bishop “While My Guitar Violently Bleeds”
13. Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
14. Angels of Light “We Are Him”
15. King Khan & The Shrines “What Is?!”
16. Henry Flynt & Nova' Billy “Henry Flynt & Nova' Billy”
17. Boris w/ Michio Kurihara “Rainbow”
18. Shearwater “Palo Santo: Expanded Edition”
19. Lifetime “Lifetime”
20. Thurston Moore “Trees Outside The Academy”
21. White Magic “Dark Stars”
22. Office “A Night At The Ritz”
23. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
24. Kid Sister “Control” 12"
25. Scott Walker “ ...And Who Shall Go To The Ball?...And What Shall Go To The Ball?”
Reissues/Live:
Neil Young “Live At Massey Hall”
Vashti Bunyan “Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind”
Sebadoh “The Freed Man”
Sonic Youth “Daydream Nation” Deluxe edition
V/A “East of Underground”
Chris Connelly
1 Joan of Arc “Orchard Vale” soundtrack
2 Throbbing Gristle “Part Two: Endless Knot”
3 Doll by Doll “Remember" reissue
4 Doll by Doll “Gypsy Blood” reissue
5 Pj Harvey “White Chalk”
6 Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
7 Current 93 “Inmost Light triology”…
8 Scott Walker “And Who Shall Go to the Ball...And What Shall Go To The Ball?”
9: Wire “Read & Burn 3”
10 Pantaleimon “Mercy Oceans”
Michael Ardaiolo
1. Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake “From the River to the Ocean”
2. Yesterdays Universe/Yesterday's New Quintet “Prepare for a New
Yesterday, Vol. 1”
3. Boris with Michio Kurihara “Rainbow”
4. His Name is Alive “Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown”
5. Chris Connelly “Episodes”
6. Mannequin Men “Fresh Rot”
7. Zelienople “His/Hers”
8. Fog “Ditherer”
9. Group Doueh “Guitar Music from the Western Sahara”
10. Woods “At Rear House”
11. Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio “Terminal Valentine”
12. Paul Duncan “Above the Trees”
13. Vieux Farka Toure “s/t”
14. (((Powerhouse Sound))) “Oslo/Chicago (((Breaks)))”
15. Birigwa “Birigwa” reissue
Dan Maloney
The National “Boxer”
Okkervil River “Stage Names”
Les Savy Fav “Let’s Stay Friends”
Sonic Chicken 4 “s/t”
Grinderman “s/t”
Harlan T. Bobo “I’m Your Man”
Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
Phosphorescent “Pride”
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Iron & Wine “Shepherd’s Dog”
Dylan Posa
Benoit Pioulard “Precis”
A very pretty record with some brilliant songwriting
Wilco “Sky Blue Sky”
The AOR record they were born to make, with some truly sweet riffs.
Chris Connelly “Episodes”
Another left turn exposing the tunes to the raw naturalistic cores
Shellac “Excellent Italian Greyhound”
Short but sweet - some of the best songs of their career
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum “In Glorious Times”
Heavy and arty
Bad Plus “Prog”
A brilliant collection of "jazz" tunes for people who hate jazz
Ted Leo “Living With the Living”
The Elvis Costello of our generation just keeps getting better
Grinderman “s/t”
Some gritty blues without the exploitation
Charlotte Gainsbourg “5:55”
A Gainsbourg makes a record that I can stomach all the way through
Lindsey Buckingham “Under the Skin”
A beautiful pop record
Fall of Troy “Manipulator”
I sometimes like to break things, and I need a decent soundtrack
Bjork “Volta”
Great arrangements and some of the most interesting lyrics yet
Patton Oswalt “Werewolves & Lollipops”
One of my favourite observational comedians
St. Vincent “Marry Me”
Immensely hummable tunes with unorthodox arrangements
Dirty Projectors “Rise Above”
Enough about the concept - bonkers pop with the best backing vox ever
Animal Collective “Strawberry Jam”
Technology & hippies *can* co-exist
Akron/ Family “Love is Simple”
Sprawling freaky music has never been this tight
Qui “Love’s Miracle”
Some good back porch blues
Bylan & Jarboe “Viscera”
Truly frightening music by truly frightening people
White Magic “Dark Stars”
Uniquely freaky in a sea of mediocre "psych" bands
Radiohead “In Rainbows”
My only download to date, but I had to have it.
180gs (Negativland) “180G'd to the Future”
Negativland are so ridiculous, you have to give them some credit
Japancakes “Loveless”
Country tinged cover of the MBV record reveals the songcraft
Dillinger Escape Plan “Ire Works”
Sometimes I only want to theorize about breaking things
Flight of the Conchords “Distant Future”
Very funny stuff, best stage banter ever
Reissues
Sonic Youth “Destroyed Room”
I never fell head over heels, but I really like this collection
Rhy Chatam “A Crimson Grail”
Beautiful noise
Camberwell Now “All’s Well”
I'm always glad to see a new reissue of this art rock classic
Elliott Smith “New Moon”
A nicely done collection of odds n ends
Betty Davis reissues
To my feeble mind, nobody can touch this funk
Harvey Milk “My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment”
Mighty and gigantic
Peter Brotzman Octet “Complete Machine Gun Sessions”
Free jazz at its apex
Bobb Trimble “Iron Curtain Innocence”
How did this freaky pop masterpiece escape my notice for so long?
Robyn Hitchcock reissues
I never realized how out there his early stuff was
Chocolate Rain “Tay Zonday”
Best song of 2007, hands down.
Also, worst internet meme of 2007
Jacob Otting
M.I.A. “Kala”
Pj Harvey “White Chalk”
White Magic “Dark Stars”
Avey Tare & Kria Brekken- 'Pullhair Rubeye”
Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
Animal Collective “Strawberry Jam”
Fovea Hex “Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent: Allure”
Bill Callahan “Woke on a Whaleheart”
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Circle “Katapult”
Courtland Green
1. Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
2. Group Inerane “Music of Niger”
3. Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane "At Carnegie Hall"
4. Charles Mingus "Cornell 1964"
5. Bruce Langhorne "Hired Hand" soundtrack
6. Sir Richard Bishop "Polytheistic Fragments"
7. Scharpling & Wurster "Art of the Slap"
8. Sugar Minott "Live Loving"
9. V/A "When Rhythm Was King"
10. V/A “Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story” DVD
11. Stars of the Lid "And Their Refinement of the Decline”
12. Charalambides "Likeness"
13. V/A “East of Underground”
14. Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake "From the River to the Ocean"
15. Nicole Mitchell "Black Unstoppable"
16. Chris Connelly "Episodes"
17. Lichens "Omns"
18. Reminder "West Side Cabin"
19. V/A “Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City”
20. Pieces of Peace “s/t”
Best Live shows:
1. De La Soul at Intonation
2. William Parker at Intonation
3. L. Subramanian at Millennium Park
4. Black Earth Ensemble at Millennium Park
Jeff Johns
Non-HC faves of 2007 (in no real order):
She, Sir "Who Can't Say Yes"
Panda Bear "Person Pitch"
Brother Kite "Moonlit Race"
Warlocks "Heavy Deavy Skull Lover"
Blasphemy “Fallen Angel Of Doom"
Ceremony "Disappear"
New Pornographers "Challengers"
V/A "Heavy Metal" boxset (Rhino)
Pissed Jeans"Hope For Men"
Besnard Lakes "Are The Dark Horse"
The National “Boxer”
Death breath “Let it Stink"
Spoon "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"
Kid Sister "Pro Nails"
FUXA "Commits Suicide"
Raymond Scott Woolson "View From Boggins Heights"
A Place to Bury Strangers "A Place To Bury Strangers"
Akron/ Family "Love Is Simple"
Blonde Redhead "23"
Darkthrone "Canadian Metal"
Alcest "Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde"
DJ Screw "June 27"
Jatun “s/t”
Safeashome “Grid"
Adam Franklin "Bolts Of Melody"
Naked Raygun "What Poor Gods We Do Make" DVD
Vice review of last Jens Lekman CD
Hardcore best of 2007 (also, in no real order):
Punch in the Face "At War With Everybody"
Fucked Up "Year Of The Pig"
Mind Piece NYC "Demo"
Reign Supreme "Fuck The Weak"
Shipwrecked "Arctic Nights"
Knife Fight "Crisis"
Violent Minds "Eyes Of Death"
86 Mentality "Final Exit"
John Joseph "Evolution Of A Cro-Magnon" book
Double Negative "The Wonderful & Frightening World Of..."
Bitter End "Climate Of Fear"
Rampage "Limit Of Destruction"
Life Trap "Bleak Reality"
Negative Approach/ Meatman live in Detroit 5/26/07
Steve Ritchey
(in no particular order)
Magik Markers “Boss”
Paul Metzger “Deliverance”
Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
Thurston Moore “Trees Outside the Academy”
Shit & Shine “Ladybird”
Flower-Corsano “Radiant Mirror”
Eleh “Floating Frequencies/ Intuitive Synthesis Volumes 1 & 2”
V/A “Separate But Evil” boxset
Group Doueh “Guitar Music From the Western Sahara”
Group Inerane “Music of Niger: Guitars From Agadez”
PJ Harvey “White Chalk”
Henry Flynt & Nova'Billy “s/t”
Joanna Newsom “Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP”
Zaimph “Mirage of the Other”
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara “Rainbow”
Nina Nastasia & Jim White “You Follow Me”
Bonnie "Prince" Billy “Ask Forgiveness”
Wally Shoup/ Paul Flaherty/ Chris Corsano “Bounced Check”
Sir Richard Bishop “While My Guitar Violently Bleeds”
Sir Richard Bishop “Polytheistic Fragments”
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Steve Ritchey (continued)
Bill Callahan “Woke On a Whaleheart”
Stars of the Lid “And Their Refinement of the Decline”
Air Conditioning “Dead Rails”
Angels of Light “We Are Him”
Karen Dalton “Cotton Eyed Joe”
V/A “Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay”
Kevin Coyne & Siren “The Dandelion Years 1969-1972”
Vashti Bunyan “Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind”
Bob Dylan “Other Side of the Mirror: Live at the Newport Folk Festival” DVD
Mica Alaniz
1. Battles “Mirrored”
2. Amy Winehouse “Back to Black”
3. Burial “Untrue”
4. Bjork “Volta”
5. Animal Collective “Strawberry Jam”
6. Boxcutter “Glyphic”
7. St. Vincent “Marry Me”
8. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
9. Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
10. Yeasayers “All Hour Cymbals”
Top 3 EPs
1. Hawk & A Hacksaw “And the Hun Hangar Ensemble”
2. Deerhunter “Florescent Grey”
3. Hold Steady “Live at Fingerprints”
Steve Shoup
Big Business “Here Come the Waterworks”
Black Dice @ Lakeshore Theater
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara “Rainbow”
Danava “Where Beauty & Terror Dance” 7”
Dead C “Future Artists”
Deerhunter “Cryptograms”
Dungen “Tio Bitar”
Ghost “In Stormy Nights”
Growing “Vision Swim”
Daniel Higgs “Metempsychotic Melodies”
Mouthus “Saw a Halo”
Municipal Waste “Art of Partying”
Neurosis @ Logan Square Auditorium
Om “Pilgrimage”
Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
Pig Destroyer “Phantom Limb”
Pissed Jeans “Hope for Men”
R. Kelly “Trapped in the Closet” Chap. 13-22 premiere @ the Music Box
Sir Richard Bishop “While My Guitar Violently Bleeds”
Wooden Shjips “S/t”
Neil Young “Live at Massey Hall”
Emily Elhaj
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Thurston Moore “Trees For The Academy”
Bad Brains “Build A Nation”
Wolves In The Throne Room “Diadem Of 12 Stars”
Vashti Bunyan “Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind: Singles and
Demos 1964-1967”
Amy Winehouse “Back To Black”
Anthony Joseph and The Spasm Band “Leggo De Lion”
Micheal Yonkers “Grimwood”
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti “Scared Famous”
UGK “Underground Kingz”
Pig Destroyer “Phantom Limb”
Deerhunter “Cryptograms”
Mouthus “Saw A Halo”
PJ Harvey “White Chalk”
Dungen “Tio Bitar”
Radiohead “In Rainbows”
SHOWS of 2007
Entrance @ Empty Bottle
The Blow @ Empty Bottle
Deerhunter/ Dan Deacon @ some Warehouse
Black Angels @ Empty Bottle
Enslaved @ the Pearl Room
Mika Miko @ Empty Bottle/ Reckless Records
Wolves In The Throne Room @ Empty Bottle
Bryan Smith
Fucked Up “Year Of The Pig”
Sweet Cobra “Forever”
Career Suicide “Attempted Suicide”
Wolves In The Throne Room “Diadem Of 12 Stars”
Baroness “Red Album”
Interkosmos DVD & soundtrack by Jim Becker & Colleen Burke
Amy Winehouse “Back To Black”
Dungen “Tio Bitar”
Deathspell Omega “Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum”
Urfaust/Circle Of Ouroborus Split LP
Built To Spill vinyl re-issues
Deathspell Omega vinyl re-issues
Code Of Honor discography CD
Mobile Fidelity record brush (new to me anyway!)
Sweet Cobra beer koozie
Daniel Morris
NEW STUFF
1. Black Lips "Good Bad Not Evil"
2. Fiery Furnaces "Widow City"
3. Mannequin Men "Fresh Rot"
4. "No Country For Old Men" dir. by Joel & Ethan Coen
5. Municipal Waste "The Art of Partying"
6. 30 Rock (NBC)
7. The Narrator "All That to the Wall"
8. "Superbad" dir. by Greg Mottola
9. Marnie Stern "In Advance of the Broken Arm"
10. Tegan & Sara "The Con"
11. Ghost "In Stormy Nights"
12. Sunset Rubdown "Random Spirit Lover"
13. Dungen "Tio Bitar"
14. R. Kelly "Double Up"
15. Bruce Springsteen "Magic"
16. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists "Living with the Living"
17. The 1900s "Cold & Kind"
18. Jarvis Cocker "Jarvis"
19.The Besnard Lakes "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse"
20. Mekons "Natural"
OLD STUFF (reissues & comps):
1. Medicine Head "New Bottles Old Medicine...Plus"
2. Neil Young "Live at Massey Hall, 1971" [CD+DVD]
3. "Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Pitfall/Woman in the Dunes/The Face
of Another)" (Criterion DVD)
4. v/a "Life, Too, Has Surface Noise: The Complete Dandelion Records Singles
Collection 1969-1972"
5. Blue Oyster Cult "Some Enchanted Evening: Deluxe Edition" [CD+DVD]
6. Wreckless Eric "Big Smash"
7. Judee Sill "Live In London: The BBC Recordings 1972-1973
8. Kevin Coyne & Siren "The Dandelion Years 1969-1972"
9. "If..." dir. by Lindsay Anderson (Criterion DVD)
10. Catherine Howe "What a Beautiful Place"
Melissa Grubbs
In no particular order
Blonde Redhead “23”
Liars “s/t”
Alcest "Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde"
Deerhunter “Cryptograms”
Pj Harvey “White Chalk”
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Chris Connelly “Episodes”
Bill Callahan “Woke on a Whaleheart”
Feist “Reminder”
Grinderman “s/t”
Pissed Jeans “Hope For Men”
Selda “s/t” reissue
Betty Davis reissues
Mannequin Men “Fresh Rot”
Radiohead “In Rainbows”
Sweet Cobra “Praise”
V/A “Now Again: Resound 7" boxset
V/A “East of Underground”
V/A “Homeschooled: Abc's of Kid Soul”
V/A “Eccentric Soul: Deep City Label”
Black Lips “Good Bad Not Ugly”
Om “Pilgrimage”
Witchcraft “Alchemist”
Neil Young “Live at Massey Hall”
Queens of the Stone Age “Era Vulgaris”
Common “Finding Forever” (well, about half of it)
Best week of shows ever!:
Neil Young
Sharon Jones
Enslaved
Cole Cooney
Top 10, mostly in order:
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
If you know anything about this album, you already know about its three parts, the foreign languages, blah blah blah. Fact is, this man clearly understands the smallest and largest details of musical composition and hasn't lost a step in his 40+ years of creating music. His voice sounds great and his brilliance is unrelenting. Find the picture of him in a field playing trumpet to a horse and tell me how anyone could not like this man.
Battles “Mirrored”
This was the first album of 2007 to really impress me. The musicianship is incredible and the production suits the music perfectly. There's a lot of fluidity and movement to this album without it buying into all the horrible dance stuff hipsters won't be caring about in a couple years.
Panda Bear “Person Pitch” Way better than the new Animal Collective and probably anything AC has ever done, this Panda Bear album was one of the more surprisingly good things about 2007. "Person Pitch" is totally unlike his previous album, for one in that it's overwhelmingly happy, and second in its use of loops and layering to create a really "big" sound. With never-ending Brian Wilson comparisons, this album came out at a perfect time for good spring/summer listening.
Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” & Shins “Wincing the Night Away”
Spoon and the Shins doing what they do best. These two bands were two of only a few mainstream indie bands to actually put out good albums this year. So much boring, disappointing music in an age where bands can't afford to be
boring or disappointing. These two albums are everything good pop music should be: instantly likeable, easy on the ears, and catchy as hell.
Do Make Say Think “You, You're A History In Rust”
I've always liked this band, and a lot of those Constellation post-rock build-and-build-and-explode kind of bands, but the whole thing is pretty formulaic, isn't it? Start slow, add more instruments, build, and finally swell. I get it. Wait, there's singing on this record?! Ok, you win DMST.
Group Inerane “Guitars From Agandez”
I don't have much to say about this record other than that it's nuts! The guitar playing is really incredible, it's totally uninhibited in a way that I don't think westerners are capable of, and it's described as "the now sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution." How could this record not be amazing?
Caribou “Andorra”
In truth, I never really paid much attention to this guy. It wasn't until this year, during a string of bad new releases (Rilo Kiley?), that I decided to put on "Andorra." I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. This album provides a good mix of 60's psychedelia with more contemporary electronic sound and structure. And "Melody Day" is a great single.
Jesu “Sun Down/Sun Rise”
Out of the numerous Jesu projects in 2007, this was easily my favorite. Everything Justin Broadrick has done under the Jesu moniker sounds pretty similar, but this is the most concise. Probably most comparable to "Silver," this EP provides a really spacious landscape without meandering. His vocals sound pretty redundant overall, but fortunately there isn't much singing on this one.
Alex Delivery “Star Destroyer”
A really good and overlooked debut from this Jagjaguwar band. I'm surprised more people weren't interested in these guys with Deerhunter and No Age and all those "experimental" washy fuzz-rock bands making such a big splash this year. Also reminiscent of Need New Body and even Can. A really strong debut well worth a listen.
Other good albums (in no order):
Menomena “Friend & Foe”
Bill Callahan “Woke On A Whaleheart”
Efterklang “Parades”
Tunng “Good Arrows”
Deerhunter “Fluorescent Grey” & “Cryptograms”
Stars of the Lid “And the Refinement Of Their Decline”
Castanets “In the Vines”
Cole Cooney (continued again)
LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
Shearwater “Palo Santo (reissue)”
Dungen “Tio Bitar”
Charles Taylor
Kaipa “Angling Feelings”
Beardfish “Sleeping In Traffic”
St Vincent “Marry Me”
New Pornographers “Challengers”
Marnie Stern “In Advance Of the Broken Arm”
Velvet Revolver “Libertad”
Baroness “Red Album”
The Dear Hunter “Act 2”
Sieges Even “Paramount”
Jon Spencer “Jukebox Explosion”
JAZZ
John Zorn “Six Litanies For Heliogabalus”
Chris Potter “Follow The Red Line”
Erik Friedlander “Block Ice And Propane”
Miles Davis “On The Corner Sessions”
William Parker “Corn Meal Dance”
REGGAE
I Roy “Gussie Presents”
Culture “Two Sevens Clash”
Dan Worland
Wilco “Sky Blue Sky”
Mannequin Men “Fresh Rot”
1900s “Cold & Kind”
Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”
Times New Viking “present The Paisley Reich”
Thurston Moore “Trees Outside The Academy”
Watchers “Vampire Driver”
Takeovers “Bad Football”
Les Savy Fav “Lets Stay Friends”
Eternals “Heavy International”
Magik Markers “Boss”
Kip Mccabe
(in no particular order)
Cornelius "Sensuous"
Feist "Reminder"
Battles "Mirrored"
Big Business "Here Come the Waterworks"
Cinematic Orchestra "Ma Fleur"
Shellac "Excellent Italian Greyhound"
Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocrypha"
Marnie Stern "In Advance of the Broken Arm"
Shannon Wright "Let in the Light"
Dungen "Tio Bitar"
Chris Robert
Group Inerane “Music of Niger”
Group Doueh “Guitar Music From the Western Sahara”
Alex Neilson & Richard Youngs “Electric Lotus”
Lambsbread “Stereo Mars”
UGK “Underground Kings”
Sir Richard Bishop “While My Guitar Violently Bleeds”
Robert Wyatt “Comicopera”
Rafael Roral “Space Solo 1”
Julie Mittens “April/June”
Baby Grandmothers “s/t” (reissue)
R. Kelly “Double Up”
Angleblood “s/t”
V/A “Life is a Problem”
live shows:
Tent City “live @ the smell, LA”
Lucky Dragons “live @ Che Cafe, San Diego”
Sarah Frier
1. Battles “Mirrored”
2. Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
3. Neil Young “Chrome Dreams II”
4. Les Savy Fav “Let’s Stay Friends”
5. Spank Rock “Fabriclive 33”
6. Thurston Moore “Trees Outside the Academy”
7. Common “Finding Forever”
8. Liars “s/t”
9. V/A “Home Schooled: ABC's of Kid Soul”
10. Stevie Nicks “Crystal Visions”
11.The Drive (especially album side Thursdays)
Michael Arnold
Black Lips "Good Bad Not Evil”
We All Together "The Singles"
Wild Billy Childish "Punk Rock at the British Legion Hall”
Eux Autres "Cold City"
Marnie Stern "In Advance of The Broken Arm"
Big Business "Here Come The Waterworks"
Bottomless Pit"Hammer of The Gods"
Demon's Claws “Satan's Little Pet Pig"
Ghostface Killah"Big Doe Rehab"
Caribou"Andorra"
Boston Chinks "s/t" (7")
Shapes & Sizes "Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner"
Master Ace "Take A Look Around (Deluxe Ed.)" (reissue)
Dungen "Tito Bitar"
Madlib "Vol. 3 &4/ Beat Konducta in India"
Times New Viking "Paisley Reich"
Capstan Shafts "Her Versus The Sad Cold Eventually"
Tough & Lovely "Teardrops"
Holy Fuck "LP"
Kanye West “Graduation"
Nervous Patterns "Nervous Patterns"
Deerhunter "Cryptograms
The Takeovers “Bad Football"
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TOP 30 BESTSELLERS OF 2007!!
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12/15/2007
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2007 was a great year for Reckless and a great year for music in general. Some of the releases were not only our top sellers for 2007 but some of the best sellers ever. Hopefully 2008 will bring us even better records.
1. Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (Merge)
2. Arcade Fire “Neon Bible” (Merge)
3. Wilco “Sky Blue Sky” (Elektra)
4. Shellac “Excellent Italian Greyhound”
(Touch and Go) *We should point out that the
vinyl outsold the CD on this one.
5. White Stripes “Icky Thump” (Warner Bros.)
6. National “Boxer” (Beggars Banquet)
7. Battles “Mirrored” (Warp)
8. MIA “Kala” (Interscope)
9. Andrew Bird “Armchair Apocrypha” (Fat Possum)
10. Feist “Reminder” (Interscope)
11. Bjork “Volta” (Elektra)
12. Lcd Soundsystem “Sound of Silver” (DFA)
13. Amy Winehouse “Back to Black” (Universal)
14. Deerhunter “Cryptograms” (Kranky)
15. Shins “Wincing the Night Away” (Sub Pop)
16. Modest Mouse “We Were Dead Before the Ship
Even Sank" (Epic)
17. Kanye West “Graduation” (Roc-a-Fella)
18. Panda Bear “Person Pitch” (Paw Tracks)
19. Iron & Wine “Shepherd’s Dog” (Sub Pop)
20. Blonde Redhead “23” (4AD)
21. Ponys “Turn the Lights Out” (Matador)
22. Interpol “Our Love to Admire” (Capitol)
23. Animal Collective “Strawberry Jam” (Domino)
25. Elliott Smith “New Moon” (Kill Rock Stars)
26. Ted Leo “Living with the Living”
(Touch and Go)
27. Peter Bjorn & John “Writer’s Block”
(Almost Gold)
28. Menomena “Friend & Foe” (Barsuk)
29. PJ Harvey “White Chalk” (Island)
30. Grinderman “s/t” (Anti)
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RECKLESS NOMINATED FOR A PLUG AWARD (AGAIN)!!!!
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12/14/2007
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Hello Everyone,
we are proud to announce that we have been nominated for a PLUG AWARD again. We are among the nominees in the BEST RECORD STORE catagory (suprise). We would be thrilled and humbled if you cast your vote for us. If you wish to do so go to
www.plugawards.com
In related news Wicker Park employee Ethan D\'ercole has been nominated in the BEST NEW BEARD catagory.
Thank you for continued love and support.
-Reckless
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In-Store Performance: U.S.S.A. (ex-MINISTRY/JESUS LIZARD)!!
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11/21/2007
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From our review of their new album \"Spoils\"
\"A supergroup with a few Chicago connections, U.S.S.A. is the new project of Paul Barker (ex-MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS) & Duane Denison (JESUS LIZARD, TOMAHAWK). These are the riffs that Denison has recorded since the band\'s demise & Barker\'s industrial roots definitely shine through on most songs especially on the heavily \'effected\' rhythm tracks. If you\'re a fan of either forementioned band, late 80\'s & early 90\'s industrial or some of the more accessible hard rocking contemporary bands like QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE then you should give this a try.\"
Free in-store
Wendesday Nov. 21st
5pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
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In-Store Performance: 1990s
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11/11/2007
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Glasgow\'s 1990s will grace the Broadway Reckless with their presence on Sunday November 11th at 5pm. The band takes cues from the likes of MODERN LOVERS, NEW YORK DOLLS, THE STROKES & VELVET UNDERGROUND & adds some of their own dancey elements to the mix for an all-around raucous din.
1990s
free in-store
sunday nov. 11th
5pm
reckless broadway
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In-Store Performance: CRACKER (acoustic)
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11/10/2007
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After 17 Years, 8 Albums, 4 Gold Records, 21 Countries and 8 Bass Players CRACKER is about to embark on their “Tornado Alley Tour ‘07” this fall with support act Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit. Prior to their Nov. 10th Cubby Bear show Cracker will be performing an intimate stripped-down acoustic performance at Reckless Records’ Broadway store earlier that day at 3:00pm on Sat. Nov. 10th.
Cracker, featuring co-founders David Lowery (vocals/ guitar – and also co-founder of the influential alt-rock band Camper Van Beethoven) and Johnny Hickman (lead guitar / vocals), along with bassist Sal Maida (Roxy Music / Sparks / Runaways) and drummer Frank Funaro (The Dictators / Joey Ramone / Del Lords) are out in support of their critically-acclaimed Greenland album.
Sat. Nov. 10 Tornado Alley Tour ’07 featuring CRACKER and Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 9:00pm at Cubby Bear, 1059 West Addison St., Chicago, IL 773.327.1662 ($17.50 / 21 & up)
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In-Store Performance: Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
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11/02/2007
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Chicago\'s own SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR will celebrate the release of their Bloodshot records debut with a free in-store performance on Friday November 2nd at the Milwaukee Ave. Reckless location. The band has expanded on their folky chamber pop sound with the help of some Bloodshot regulars including Sally Timms (MEKONS) and Nora O\'Connor amongst others. This should be a good one!
SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR
Free in-store
Friday November 2nd
Wicker Park
5pm
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In-Store Performance: Film School
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11/01/2007
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San Francisco's FILM SCHOOL will play a stripped down version of their dark-wave sound on Thursday November 1st at the Broadway Reckless. Fans of JOY DIVISION, INTERPOL & ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN should check these guys out.
FILM SCHOOL
Free in-store performance
Thursday November 1st
Reckless Records Broadway location
7:30
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In-Store Performance: UPDATE!!! WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM has moved to broadway!
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10/22/2007
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It's sort of fitting that the members of the amazing American black metal band WOLVES IN THE THRONE live in the woods. I guess that explains why they sound more like the original Norwegian bands (Emperor, Enslaved etc..) than other big U.S. names such as Xasthur or Leviathan. They'll be bringing their heavy but beautiful take on black metal to the BROADWAY (originally scheduled at Wicker Park) location on Monday October 22nd. Wear your corpse paint to this one.
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
free in-store
Monday October 22nd
3pm
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In-Store Performance: 1900s
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10/05/2007
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One of our favorite local bands THE 1900s will celebrate the release of their new album "Cold & Kind" with a special instore on Friday October 5th. Imagine BELLE & SEBASTIAN with dueling FLEETWOOD MAC esque female vocals complete with gorgeous harmonies. The band has promised something unique for this instore so don't miss it!
1900s
Free in-store
Friday October 5th
6pm
Reckless Records Milwaukee Ave location in Wicker Park
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In-Store Performance: Dillinger Four
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09/15/2007
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Dillinger 4
Saturday, September 15th
7 p.m.
ALL AGES!!! FREE!!!!
Wicker Park store
This long-running Minneapolis punk band has released three amazing full-lengths, a slew of 7-inches/compilation appearances, and have toured their asses of for years. They've played with every band ever, and if you don't love their catchy style, you're probably a communist.
Lately, though, they've been busy writing a new album and taking it easy (save for Paddy, who's been playing with a handful of other bands).
With a smattering of live appearances over the last year (most notably opening for Naked Raygun at the House of Blues a few months back), D4's Chicago gig at the Note is 21+ and costs money, so come check them out earlier in the night here at Reckless (which is all ages) and for free (which doesn't cost anything)!!!
They're playing at 7 sharp because they have to be across the street at the Note a little while after that. FREE!!!
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In-Store Performance: Clouds/ Sweet Cobra
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08/24/2007
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TWO HEAVY BANDS ONE AMAZING IN-STORE PERFORMANCE!!!
CLOUDS (featuring members of Cave-In)
SWEET COBRA
FRIDAY AUGUST, 24 @ RECKLESS RECORDS IN WICKER PARK 5PM.
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In-Store Performance: MIKA MIKO
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08/22/2007
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Don't miss this amazing instore performance from the Los Angeles group MIKA MIKO. Here's what we had to say about their most recent full length "C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.".
5 piece all girl punk band from the City of Angels
who write short, catchy songs in the vein of SLITS,
GERMS, X-RAY SPEX & RED KROSS. 13 songs, 20 minutes.
Now that's the way a punk rock lp should sound.
Wednesday, August 22nd
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
4pm.
FREE
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In-Store Performance: Andy Pratt
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07/27/2007
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Reckless is excited to announce that the legendary ANDY PRATT will
Be playing at the MILWAUKEE AVENUE location on FRIDAY, JULY 27th
At 6PM,
ANDY PRATT hails from Massachusettes and has been active & prolific
In music since the late ?60?s, his eponymous album for Columbia in 1973 stands shining high as one of THE great lost pop albums of all time showcasing ANDY?s stellar
Songwriting skills, up there with Emitt Rhodes, Todd Rundgren, Brian Wilson.
He went on to release subsequent excellent albums and continues to tour, we are honoured to have him here, be sure to come and check this unique event out!
Where: Reckless Records- Wicker Park
When:Friday, July 27 @6pm
FREE!!! ALL AGES!!!!
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In-Store Performance: Maria Taylor
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07/25/2007
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Saddle Creek recording artist Maria Taylor (also a member of AZURE RAY & NOW IT'S OVERHEAD) will bring her unique style of folk meets electronic pop to the Broadway Reckless location on Wednesday July 25th. Fans of CAT POWER and PJ HARVEY should check this out.
Maria Taylor
free instore
Wednesday July 25th
Reckless Records Broadway
3pm
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In-Store Performance: THE LIGHTS
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07/24/2007
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The Lights (tour-mates of BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT), from Brooklyn, NY are playing a Reckless at Broadway in-store on July, 24th at 5pm. They will have hand-assembled CDR's for sale that are only available from the band.
They are also playing a free show at the Empty Bottle on Monday, July 23rd at 9pm with SINGER (of TOWN & COUNTRY, LICHENS, BIRD SHOW, and U.S. MAPLE), CAIRO GANG (on the Blackest Rainbow), and OAKEATER (on Nihilist).
Where: Reckless on Broadway
When: July, 24th at 5pm
FREE!!! ALL AGES!!!
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In-Store Performance: Fucked Up
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07/13/2007
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What will be unleashed upon the masses? Don't miss them at Beat Kitchen the night before, because this performance is likely to be completely different. Neither event is to be missed!
Friday July 13th - 12pm noon
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SPOON TICKET GIVEAWAY!!!
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07/09/2007
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Whoahhh!!! Starting tomorrow, if you purchase the cd/lp by SPOON "Ga Ga Ga Ga GA" at any Reckless location, you will be eligible to enter to win a free pair of tickets to the SPOON show at Schubas on Friday July 13th. Just give us your name, email and phone number at the counter when you buy the cd or lp. Winners will be notified on Thursday and tickets will be available for pick up at the Broadway location. GOOD LUCK!!
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NEW PORNOGRAPHERS pre-order!!!
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06/28/2007
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Matador Records and Reckless are co-sponsoring a pre-order for the 2007 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS release "Challengers" that includes some exciting goodies. There are two different editions so please read below to decide which version is best for you. You can sign up at any of the 3 Reckless locations. All we need is your name and email address.
Standard edition CD $11.99 LP $12.99
*Full Album Stream
Listen to all of Challengers months ahead of release
Executive edition cd $14.99 lp $16.99
A very limited edition Treasury of New
Pornography available only to Executive members.
Includes three bonus CD-R discs with pre-printed
labels in the special digipak, included as part
of a deluxe box set package.
Disc One: B-Sides, Demos and Alternate Mixes
Disc Two: The New Pornographers "Live From The Future"
Disc Three: Videos, photos and artwork
(note: you will download all of this material
digitally as part of Buy Early Get Now and burn
it to the corresponding CD-R, so some-assembly is
required as some of these recordings haven't even
happened yet.)
*Advance notice and exclusive ticket buy links
for upcoming New Pornographers tours
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In-Store Performance: ALL SMILES (Jim from GRANDADDY!!!)
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05/20/2007
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We are please to announce an instore performance by ALL SMILES, the new project of GRANDADDY member JIm Fairchild. Here's what we had to say about the ALL SMILES debut CD:
"ALL SMILES is the new project for the offically
ex-GRANDADDY member Jim Fairchild. Fortunately for GRANDADDY fans, Mr. Fairchild hasn't altered his songwriting formula all that much. There's still that airy, power-pop
goes country vibe to his songs with other songs sounding like out-takes from a John Lennon album. Overall, this is an excellent pop album that should calm the fears of those of you that GRANDADDY would
disappear forever..."
ALL SMILES free in-store performance
Sunday May 20th
6pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park
1532 N. Milwauke Ave.
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In-Store Performance: JACK ROSE
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04/27/2007
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Jack Rose is a finger-style guitarist originally based out of Virginia. His style is heavily influenced by American folk & blues music and the wave of fingerstyle guitarists from the 1960's including JOHN FAHEY, ROBBIE BASHO & LEO KOTKE. You really have to see this guy live to believe how good he is. SERIOUSLY.
Friday April 27th
5:30
@ The Wicker Park Store
FREE
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In-Store Performance: All India Radio
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03/28/2007
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The atmospheric Australian indie rock trio ALL INDIA RADIO will play a free in-store at the Broadway location on Wednesday March 28th at 5pm. With lo-fi electronics and pretty much everything drenched in reverb, the band blends elements of bands like BOARDS OF CANADA & 90's shoegazer sounds such as SLOWDIVE with soundtrack elements influenced by ENNIO MORRICONE.
who? ALL INDIA RADIO
what? free-instore
where? Reckless Records on Broadway
when? March 28th, 5pm
why? Because they rock.
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In-Store Performance: Dr. Dog
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03/24/2007
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We are VERY excited to announce a special acoustic in-store performance from Philly's Dr. Dog. The band masterfully blends elements of sixties chamber pop ala THE BEATLES and BEACH BOYS with lazy indie rock that may remind you of AKRON/ FAMILY & DANIELSON. Don't miss this one!
What? DR. DOG acoustic in-store performance.
When? Saturday March 24th. 5pm.
Where? Reckless Records on Broadway.
What else? It's free.
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PONYS pre-order promotion (P.P.P!)
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03/03/2007
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We will be participating in a pre-order promotion through Matador Records celebrating the release of the Matador debut for Chicago's own THE PONYS. Very little effort is required of you the customer and you will get some free exclusive stuff.
Here's how it will work:
Come into either location and just give us your name and email address.
In a few weeks Matador will contact you with the instructions as to how you will receive your free stuff. Here's what you'll get:
-A stream of the album
-An exclusive B-side
-A download of a PONYS live performance (From Schubas
(1/12/07)
-A poster designed by Nathan Jerde of THE PONYS (available
while supplies last.)
That's not too difficult eh? So come by the store and sign up asap!
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In-Store Performance: Three Blue Teardrops
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02/10/2007
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This is an intersting one...legendary Chicago psychobilly kings the THREE BLUE TEARDROPS will be playing a rare in-store at the Milwaukee ave. Reckless on Saturday February 10th.
This three piece of guitar, up-right bass and drums were one of the originators of the American psychobilly sound way back in 1991.
THREE BLUE TEARDROPS
in-store
Saturday Feb. 10th
6pm
Reckless Records in Wicker Park.
FREE
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In-Store Performance: The Queers: CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!!!
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02/06/2007
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We are honored to be hosting pop punk legends THE QUEERS for an in-store on Tuesday February 6th at the Wicker Park Reckless Records store. This should be a good one so don't miss out.
THE QUEERS
Tuesday February 6th
Reckless Records in Wicker Park.
5PM.
FREE.
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SHINS RELEASE/ PING PONG PARTY!!!
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01/17/2007
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YO. On Monday January 22nd, Reckless Records is proud to host a release party for the new SHINS album "Wincing the Night Away" on Sub Pop Records at the Hideout. We will celebrate the release with some ping pong! (and hopefully some drinking.) We will be giving away a variety of prizes throughout the night and we'll be selling the album at midnight. So come on out and help us celebrate one of the biggest releases of 2007.
When? Monday January 22nd
Where? The Hideout: 1354 W Wabansia Ave, (773) 227-4433
What Time? 9pm-
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EMPLOYEE BEST OF 2006 LISTS
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01/05/2007
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Brett Grossman
1. Swan Lake "Beast Moans" (Jagjaguwar)
2. .tape "Paintings" (spa.RK)
3. Beirut "Gulag Orkestar" (Ba Da Bing)
4. The Sleepy Jackson "Personality (One Was A Spider, One Was Bird)"
(Astralwerks)
5. Mojave 3 "Puzzles Like You" (4ad)
6. Atone "un an" (Autres Directions in Music)
7. Band of Horses "Everything all the Time" (Subpop)
8. The Surf, The Sundried "The Surf, The Sundried (AttackNine)
9. Vetiver "To Find Me Gone" (Dicristina Stair)
10. Glissandro 70 "Glissandro 70" (Constellation)
11 J-live "Hear After" (Penalty)
12. Colleen et Les Boites a Musique "Colleen et Les Boites a Musique" (Leaf)
13. Melodium "There is something in the Universe" (Autres Directions in
Music)
14. Sufjan Stevens "Avalanche" Asthmatic Kitty
15. Bonnie Prince Billy "The Letting Go" (Drag City)
16. Thom Yorke "The Eraser" (xl)
17. Various Artsits "Peanut Butter Wolf presents Chrome Children (Stones
Throw)
18. Jim Noir "Tower of Love" Barsuk
19. Liars "Drum's Not Dead" (Mute)
20. Dr. Dog "Takers and Leavers" (Park the Car)
21. Shuta Hasunuma "Shuta Hasunuma" (Western Vinyl)
22. Guitar "Tokyo" (Onitor)
23. Frida Hyvonen "Until Death Comes" (Secretly Canadian)
24. Julie Sokolo "Something about Violins" (Western Vinyl)
25. Freescha "Head Warlock Double Stare" (Darla)
26. Georgia Anne Muldrow "Olesi: Fragments of an Earth" (Stones Throw)
27. Juana Molina "Son" (Domino)
28. Le Volume Courbe "I killed my best friend" (Honest Jons)
29. Wussy- "Funeral Dress" (Shake It)
30. Darkel "Darkel" (Astralwerks)
31. Neko Case "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" (Anti)
32. Sodastream "Reservations" (Hausmusik)
33. Boris "Pink" Southern Lord
34. Joana Newsom "Vs" (Drag City)
35. Mason Jennings "Boneclouds" (Epic)
36. Northern Picture Library "Postscript" (Ltm)
37. Boats "We Made it For You" (Moteer)
38. Ekhard Ehlers "Life without Fear" (Staubgold)
39. Ponies in the Surf "Ponies on Fire" (Asaurus)
40. Camera Obscura "Let's Get out of this Country" (Merge)
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Pete Becker
Jay Reatard "Blood Visions"
King Khan & the BBQ Show "What's for Dinner
Exploding Hearts "Shattered
Chad Van Gaalen "Skelliconnection
Badly Drawn Boy "Born in the UK"
Destruction Unit "Death to the Flesh"
Comets on Fire "Avatar"
Wire Reissues "Pink Flag", "Chairs Missing", "154"
Wipers "Is This Real" vinyl reissue
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Melissa Grubbs
Sibyelle Baier "Colour Green"
Bardo Pond "Ticket Crystals"
Chris Bell "I am the Cosmos" vinyl reissue
Boris "Pink"
Neko Case "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood."
Johnny Cash "American V: Hundred Highways"
Charalambides "Vintage Burden"
Chris Connelly box set
Circle "Sunrise" vinyl reissue
Clipse "Hell Hath No Fury"
Karen Dalton "In My Own Time" reissue
Danava "s/t"
Dead Moon "Echoes of the Past"
El Michels Affair 7"s
The Fix "At the Speed of Twisted Thought"
Fucked Up "Hidden World"
Ghostface "Fishscale"
Harvey Milk "Special Wishes"
Bert Jansch "Black Swan"
J Dilla "Donuts"
Jesu "Silver"
Josef K "Entomology"
Liars "Drum's Not Dead"
Magas "May I Meet My Accuser"
Mastodon "Blood Mountain"
Georgia Anne Muldrow "Olesi"
Om "Conference of the Birds"
Jay Reatard "Blood Visions"
Reminder "Continuum"
Six Organs of Admittance "Sun Awakens"
Sparklehorse "Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain"
Sunn O)))/Boris "Altar"
Scott Walker "Drift"
Wilderness "Vessel States"
Wipers "Is This Real" vinyl reissue
Witch "s/t"
Neil Young "Living with War"
v/a "Birmingham Sound: Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol. 1"
V/A Eccentric Soul: Deep City Label
v/a "Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal"
TOUCH & GO FESTIVAL
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James Baron
low skies > all the love i could find
white magic > dat rosa mel apibus
whitest boy alive > dreams
om > conference of birds
beach house > beach house
human television > look at who you're talking to
sonic youth > rather ripped
califone > roots n' crowns
bound stems > appreciation night
oxford collapse > remember the night parties
shuta hasunuma > shuta hasunuma
juana molina > son
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Charles Taylor
Motorpsycho: Black Hole/Blank Canvas
Paul Weller: Catch Flame!
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say
Karine Polward: Scribbled In Chalk
Jake Thackray: Jake In A Box
Robbie Basho: Venus In Cancer
Caetano Veloso: Ce
Chico Barque: Carioca
Marisa Monte: Infinito Particular
4th Street Orchestra: A Who Seh?
Tapper Zukie: Escape From Hell
Vandermark Five: A Discontinuous Line
Paul Lewis: Beethoven Piano Sonatas
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Kip Mccabe (in no particular order)
1. Meshuggah "Catch Thirty Th33"
2. Melvins "A Senile Animal"
3. Neko Case "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
4. Miwon "Pale Glitter"
5. Meshuggah "Nothing" Reissue
6. Slayer "Christ Illusion"
7. Yo La Tengo "I Am Not Afraid of You & I Will Beat Your Ass"
8. Feist "Open Season"
9. Juana Molina "Son"
10. Bonnie Prince Billy "The Letting Go"
11. Tortoise "Lazarus Taxon"
12. Extra Golden "Ok-Oyot System"
13. Lupe Fiasco "Food & Liquor"
14. Gnarls Barkley "St. Elsewhere"
15. Joanna Newsome "Ys"
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Erin Bassett
DECEMBERISTS. CRANE WIFE
CAT POWER. GREATEST
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE. HYMNS OF THE HOPELESS
THE EVENS. GET EVEN
TOM WAITS. ORPHANS
AD ASTRA PER APERA. CATAPULT CALYPSO
SUFJAN STEVES. AVALANCHE
LUPE FIASCO. FOOD AND LIQUOR
FLAMING LIPS. AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS
GNARLES BARKLEY. ST ELSEWHERE
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Mark Lux
Vincent Black Shadow S/T (Baltimore one)
Danava S/T
Mammatus S/t
Brightblack morning Light S/t
Kelly Stoltz 'Beneath the Branches'
Comets on Fire 'Avatar'
Indian Jewelry 'Invasive Exotics'
Battito 'Fetus' (Reissue)
Black Angels 'Passover'
Karen Dalton 'In My Own Time' (Reissue)
Wooden Shjips 'Shrinking Moon for you' 10"
+WShjips 'Dance california' 7"
Mucca Pazza 'A Little Marching Band'
Vetiver 'To Find Me Gone'
Greatest Show On Earth 'Horizons' (Reissue
Best Show I got to play in 2006
Headlining Suoni Per Popolo Fest in Montreal
on my Birthday w/ Mammatus & Residual Echoes
2 best shows I wish I had played
1. Mucca Pazza Cd release party @ Martyrs
2. Coughs @ Wire fest
Best event that validates owning 34 Hall & Oates lps
YACHT ROCK!
Best James Barron-ism of 2006
A $125,000 Ebay bid on Velvets acetate
Honorable Mention: All Adam Sonderberg Music
that I didn't hear (which is most of it)
Chris Connelly award for co-worker who looks
coolest on own lp in 2006: MAGAS
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James Deia
1 GHOSTFACE KILLAH- FISCHSCALE
2 MISSION OF BURMA- THE OBLITERATI
3 DANIELSON- SHIPS
4 BOB DYLAN- MODERN TIMES
5.SCOTT WALKER- THE DRIFT
6.OKKERVIL RIVER- OVERBOARD & DOWN EP
7.JOANNA NEWSOM-YS
8.THE EXPLODING HEARTS- SHATTERED
9.ONEIDA- HAPPY NEW YEAR
10.MASTODON- BLOOD MOUNTAIN
11.BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY- THE LETTING GO
REISSUES:
HSCALE DANIEL JOHNSTON- CONTINUED STORY/HI HOW ARE YOU? + YIP! JUMP
KAREN DALTON- IT'S SO HARD TO TELL WHO'S GOING TO LOVE YOU THE BEST
JOSEF K- ENTOMOLOGY
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Daniel Morris (in alphabetically order)
1. Califone - "Roots & Crowns"
2. Neko Case - "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
3. Cat Power - "The Greatest"
4. El Perro Del Mar - s/t
5. Electric Light Orchestra -
reissues: "No Answer"; "ELO II"; "On the Third Day";
"Face the Music"; "A New World Record"
6. Entrance - "Prayer of Death"
7. Fiery Furnaces - "Bitter Tea"
8. Fucked Up - "Hidden World"
9. The Grates - "Gravity Won't Get You High"
10. Howlin Rain - s/t
11. Kim Jung Mi - reissues: "Wind"; s/t
12. Midlake - "The Trials of Van Occupanther"
13. Joanna Newsom - "Ys"
14. Office - "Q & A"
15. v/a - "Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies from the Canyon"
16. Wooden Wand & the Sky High Band - "Second Attention"
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Cole Cooney
Joanna Newsom - Y's
Califone - Roots & Crowns
Rhymefest - Blue Collar
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Dr. Dog - Takers and Leavers EP
Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
Black Angels - Passover
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
Jesu - Silver EP
Hot Snakes - Thunder Down Under
Roots - Game Theory
Islands - Return to the Sea
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
POS - Audition
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Kevin O'Sullivan
Eef Barzeley - Bitter Honey
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Tortoise - Brave & the
Bold
Black Heart Procession - The Spell
Black Ox Orchestar - Nisht Azoy
Boris - Pink
Calexico - Garden Ruin
Johnny Cash - American V
Christine Carter - Electrice
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
Danava- s/t
Dr. Dog - Takers and Leavers ep
Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth...
Outkast - Idlewild
Russian Circles - Enter
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Sunn 0)))/Boris - Altar
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon
Xiu Xiu - Air Force
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Various Artists - New York Noise Vol. 3
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You...
Outkast - Idlewild
Scott Walker - The Drift
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Emily Elhaj
Enslaved "Ruun"
Brightblack Morning Light "s/t"
Freescha "Head Warlock Double Stare"
Georgia Anne Muldrow "Olesi: Fragments of an
Earth"
Soulwax "Nite Versions"
Ocean "Aeolian"
Pearls & Brass "Indian Tower"
Sunn O)))/ Boris "Altar"
Juvenile "Reality Check"
J Dilla "Shining"
Harvey Milk "Special Wishes"
V/A "Trip: Curated by Jarvis Cocker & Steve
Mackey"
Danava "s/t"
White Magic "Dat Rosa Mel Apibus"
Best Live Shows:
1. Pearls & Brass @ EB
2. Danava @ EB
3. Coughs & LSA
4. Sword
5. Jack Rose & Peter Walker & EB
6. Ghostface @ H.O.B.
7. Brightback Morning Light/ Lights @ EB
8. Smega @ EB
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Keith Beiersdorff
HOME- SEXTEEN
MAGAS- MAY I MEET MY ACCUSER
WITCH- S/T
CHRIS CONNELLY- BOX SET
SHOPPING- IMMEDIATE CAVE 7"
SUBMARINE RACES- S/T
EUGENE MIRMAN- EN GARDE SOCIETY
THE TOUCH & GO 25TH ANNIVERSARY/ HIDEOUT 10TH ANNIVERSARY BLOCK PARTY
BLACK BEAUTIES- CATCH A BEAT
ROBERT POLLARD- FROM A COMPOUND EYE
HEADACHE CITY- S/T
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Jason Verhagen
1.RUSSIAN CIRCLES "ENTER"
2.ZOMBI "SURFACE TO AIR"
3.TORTOISE "LAZURUS TAXON"
4.GLENN KOTCHE "MOBILE"
5.BOARDS OF CANADA "TRANS CANADA EXPRESS"
6.DON CABALLERO "WORLD CLASS LISTENING PROBLEM"
7.DYSRHYTHMIA "BARRIERS AND PASSAGES"
8.FRED ANDERSON "TIMELESS"
9.RATATAT "CLASSICS"
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Gar Brandt
1. Thermals-Body the Blood da Machine
2. Built To Spill-you in reverse
3. Califone- Crown&roots
4.Radio 4-Enemies Like This
5. Mastodon-Blood Mountain
6.Eccentric Soul:deep city label
7.yo La Tengo-I Am Not Afraid Of You & I will Beat Your Ass
8.Busy Signals S/T 7"
9.Danava S/T
10. Steve Ritchey's July 15th 2nd turn on the night shift @ WP
10.5 DEVO 2.0
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Chris Wilkus
Aloe Blacc "SHINE THROUGH"
Cam'Ron "KILLA SEASON"
Count BassD "ACT YOUR WAIST SIZE"
The Coup "PICK A BIGGER WEAPON"
Darc Mind "SYMPTOMATIC OF A GREATER ILL"
The Game "DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE"
Ghostface Killah "FISHSCALE"
Hi-Tek "HI-TEKNOLOGY 2: THE CHIP"
J Dilla "DONUTS"
J Dilla "THE SHINING"
Lupe Fiasco "FOOD & LIQUOR"
M1 of Dead Prez "CONFIDENTIAL"
Masta Killa "MADE IN BROOKLYN"
Motion Man featuring KutMasta Kurt "PABLITO'S WAY"
OutKast "IDLEWILD"
People Under the Stairs "STEPFATHER"
Rhymefest "BLUE COLLAR"
The Roots "GAME THEORY"
Skyzoo & 9th Wonder "CLOUD 9: THE 3 DAY HIGH"
Sleepy Brown "MR. BROWN"
BEST OF 2006 (NON-HIP-HOP)
Beach House "S/T"
Beirut "GULAG ORKESTAR"
Brightblack Morning Light "S/T"
Dub Tractor "HIDEOUT"
Emily Haines "KNIVES DON'T HAVE YOUR BACK"
Freescha "HEAD WARLOCK DOUBLE STARE"
Glissandro 70 "70"
Harvey Milk "SPECIAL WISHES"
Jessica Bailiff "FEELS LIKE HOME"
Juana Molina "SON"
Orchestra Baobab "A NIGHT AT THE BAOBAB"
Radio Dept. "PET GRIEF"
Tussle "TELESCOPE MIND"
White Magic "DAT ROSA MEL APIBUS"
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Nicolette Meyer
1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2. Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
3. The Black Angels - Passover <--- break out band
of the year!!!
4. Joanna Newsom - Ys
5. Dead Meadow - Dead Meadow (re-issue)
6. Boris - Pink
7. Vanishing Kids/Biography of Ferns split 7"
(on Failed Experiment)
8. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
(they live in teepees!!!)
9. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (the leaked, bootleg version)
10. Fucked Up "HIDDEN WORLD"
11. Sunn O)))/Boris split - Altar
12. The Sword - Age Of Winters
13. Headache City - Headache City
14. Darondo - Let My People Go (re-issue)
15. OOIOO - Taiga
16. Hollertronix #5
17. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
18. Witch - Witch
19. Lady Sovereign - Vertically Challenged EP
20. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
21. Peaches - Impeach My Bush
(the inside artwork alone stands as a best of)
22. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You...
23. Built To Spill - You In Reverse
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
25. Woodend Wand & the Sky High Band - Second Attention
Favorite Compilations:
*Dead Moon - Echoes of the Past
*Broken Flowers Soundtrack
*Plague Songs
*New York Noise vol. 3
*Songs In The Key Of Z
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Chris Connelly
TINY TIM-GOD BLESS TINY TIM
SCOTT WALKER-THE DRIFT
JOSEF K-ENTOMOLOGY
CAN-FLOW MOTION
BERT JANSCH-BLACK SWAN
TOWN & COUNTRY-UP ABOVE
JOAN OF ARC-EVENTUALLY ALL AT ONCE
CURRENT 93-BLACK SHIPS THAT ATE THE SKY
SCISSOR SISTORS-TA-DAH!
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Dylan Posa
Scott Walker - The Drift
Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
Squarepusher - Hello Everything
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Olesi: Fragments Of An Earth
About - Bongo
Oneida - Happy New Year
Xiu Xiu - Air Force
Midlake - Trials Of Van Occupanther
White Magic - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus
Zombi - Surface To Air
Isobel Campbell - Milk White Sheets
Devo 2.0 - s/t
Hella - Acoustics
Dylan Posa & Three Cheers For One Dead Man - Debut 7"
Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
Thom Yorke "eraser"
Glenn Kotche "mobile"
Jazkamer "metal music machine"
Jesu "Silver"
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Bryan Smith
Boris/Sunn O))) ? Altar
Built To Spill ? You In Reverse
Craft ? Fuck The Universe
Danava ? Danava
Extra Golden ? Ok-Oyot System
Fucked Up ? Hidden World
Joanna Newsom ? Ys
Juana Molina ? Son
Mastodon ? Blood Mountain
Scott Walker ? Drift
Re-Issues:
Code Of Honor ? Complete Studio Recordings 1982-1984
Fix ? At the Speed of Twisted Thought
Karen Dalton ? In My Own Time
Lake of Dracula ? Skeletal Remains
Motorhead ? Another Perfect Day 2CD
Negative Trend ? s/t 4 song e.p.
Pretenders ? s/t 2CD
This Heat ? Out of Cold Storage
Tortoise ? A Lazarus Taxon
Trouble ? Psalm 9 & Skull
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Matt Jencik
sibyelle baier "colour green"
chris bell "i am the cosmos" vin yl reissue
rhys chatam "die donnergotter"
craft "fuck the universe"
danava "s/t"
dead moon "echoes of the past"
dissection "storm of the light's bane" vinyl reissue
drudkh "blood in our wells"
enslaved "ruun"
harvey milk "special wishes"
heresi "psalm II: Infusco Ignis"
daniel higgs "ancestral songs"
jesu "silver"
leviathan "blind wound"
major stars "syntoptikon"
mastodon "blood mountain"
joanna newsom "ys"
om "conference of the birds"
jay reatard "blood visions"
ruins of beverast "unlock the shrine" lp
serena-maneesh s/t
striborg "embittered darkness/isle de morts"
velvet cacoon "genevieve"
wilderness "vessel states"
witch st
xasthur "sublimianl genocide"
thom yorke "eraser"
neil young "living with war"
neil young & crazy horse "live at the fillmore east)
best live shows:
brian jonestown massacre
dead meadow
bert jansch
liars
melvins
radiohead
sunn o)))
tom waits
touch & go fest
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Dave Hofer
1. Lawrence Arms, Oh! Calcutta! (Fat)
2. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (Re-Up)
3. Frightmare, Bringing Back the Bloodshed (Razorback)
4. Cretin, Freakery (Relapse)
5. Rager, 2006 demo (self-released)
6. The Muzzler, 2006 demo (self-released)
7. Grenade Vs. Freight Train, Structural Psychisos (Duckphone)
8. Lair of the Minotaur, The Ultimate Destroyer (Southern Lord)
9. The Steinways, Missed the Boat (Cold Feet)
10. Dim Mak, Knives of Ice (Willowtip)
11. Cannibal Corpse, Kill (Metal Blade)
12. Mr. Lif, Mo' Mega (Def Jux)
13. Kashmere Stage Band, Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 (Now Again/Fat Beats)
14. V/A, Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero Group
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Stephen Sowley
J Dilla-Donuts
Carla Bozulich-Evangelista
Pissed Jeans--Don't Need Smoke to Make Myself Disappear 7"
DC Snipers--Missile Sunset
Harvey Milk--Special Wishes
The Melvins--A Senile Animal
Xasthur--Subliminal Genoicde
Ghostface--Fishscale
Sonic Youth--Rather Ripped
Clipse--Hell Hath No Fury
Fucked Up--Hidden World
Enslaved--Ruun
Jazkammer--Metal Music Machine
Growing--Color Wheel
Matmos--The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth of The Beast
Scott Walker--Drift
Mission Of Burma--Obliteratti
Mika Miko--C.Y.S.L.A.B.F
Brightblack Morning Light--S/T
Fireball--S/t 12"
Reminder: Continuum
Live Heat:
Touch & Go 25th Anniversary--Hideout Chicago
Tom Waits--Chicago Theatre
Jack Rose--Empty Bottle, Chicago
Tortoise--Empty Bottle, Chicago
The Dicks/Pissed Jeans--North Six Brooklyn, NY
Chunklet 13th Anniversary--40 Watt Athens, GA.
Comedians Of Comedy--LSA, Chicago
Pissed Jeans/Binges--Nihilist Chicago
Sunn O)))/Boris--LSA Chicago
Oren Ambarchi--Reckless In-Store
Thrones--Reckless In-Store
Neil Michael Haggerty--Schuba's Chicago
Carla Bozulich--Schuba's Chicago
Everything All The Time:
Adult Swim
Yearling
The Best Show on WFMU
Sheer Magic
Kranky
Mayor Aspirin
Scalpels
Chris Corsano
Burning Star Core
The Entire Reckless Staff.
St. Viateur Bagel, Montreal
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Steve Ritchey
VA- GOOD GOD !: A GOSPEL FUNK HYMNAL (NUMERO GROUP)
VA- INNATURE (BARGE RECORDINGS)
VA- ELEGY BOX (LAST VISIBLE DOG)
JOANNA NEWSOM- YS (DRAG CITY)
ROBERT POLLARD- MOON (MERGE)
J DILLA- DONUTS (STONES THROW)
KAREN DALTON-IT'S SO HARD TO TELL WHO'S GONING TO LOVE YOU THE BEST
(MEGAPHONE & IN MY OWN TIME (A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC)
MAJOR STARS- SYNOPTIKON (TWISTED VILLAGE/ IMPORTANT RECORDS)
KUUPU- YOKEHRA (DEKODER)
ESPERS- II (DRAG CITY)
DEATH UNIT- ONLY DEATH IS CERTAIN (HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS)
PAUL FLARHERTY- WHIRL OF NOTHINGNESS (FAMILY VINEYARD)
FLAHERTY/ CORSANO- BELOVED MUSIC (FAMILY VINEYARD)
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN- THE MYLAR TANTRUM (3LOBED)
CARLA BOZULICH- EVANGELISTA (CONSTELLATION)
JOSEPHINE FOSTER- A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING (LOCUST)
RICHARD YOUNGS- SAPPHIE & ADVENT (BOTH ON JAGJAGUWAR)
PAUL METZGER- S/T ( MUTANT MUSIC), FOUR IMPROVISATIONS ON MODIFIED GUITAR &
BANJO (TREEHOUSE) & SPLIT LP W/ CHRIS CORSANO & BEN CHASNEY (RORATORIO)
WOLF EYES-HUMAN ANIMAL (SUB POP)
MAGAS- MAY I MEET MY ACCUSER (IMAGINARY CONFLICT)
COMETS ON FIRE- AVATAR (SUB POP)
BORIS- PINK (SOUTHERN LORD)
NINA NASTASIA- ON LEAVING (FAT CAT)
HOWLIN' RAIN- S/T (BIRDMAN)
GEOFF MULLEN- THIRTYSXTRLLNMNFSTNS (ENTSCHULDIGEN)
PLUS AMAZING SHOWS BY VASHTI BUNYAN, SMEGMA, JOANNA NEWSOM, TOM WAITS, CARLA
BOZULICH AND A BUNCH MORE
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courtland green
1. CEDRIC BROOKS "LIGHT OF SABA"
2. CHARALAMBIDES "VINTAGE BURDEN"
3. REMINDER "CONTINUUM"
3. SEBADOH III
4. BODUF SONGS "LION DEVOURS THE SUN"
5. BRUCE LANGHORNE "HIRED HAND" (SOUNDTRACK)
6. EL MICHELS AFFAIR "SHAOLIN SERIES VOL. 1 c.R.E.A.M. b/w GLACIERS OF
ICE" (7")
7. HOWLING HEX "1-2-3"
8. HOWLING HEX "NIGHTCLUB VERSION OF THE ETERNAL"
8. VA "GOOD GOD! A GOSPEL FUNK HYMNAL"
9. J DILLA "DONUTS"
10. VA "ECCENTRIC SOUL: DEEP CITY LABEL"
11. BLIGHT "DETROIT: DREAM IS DEAD"
12. BLACK MERDA "BLACK MERDA"
13. MINUTEMEN "WE JAM ECONO" (DVD)
14. GHOSTFACE KILLAH "FISHSCALE"
15. OPAL
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Chris Robert
major stars- synoptikon
coughs- secret passage
birchville cat motel- our love will destroy the world
flaherty/corsano- full bottle
josephine foster- a wolf in sheep's clothing
lambsbread- return to the harbor
smegma- live @ empty bottle
graveyards w/ spencer yeh- live @ delaware, ohio
various artists- messthetics greatest hits
soft machine- middle earth masters
charlambides- vintage burden
REENCARNACION "888 metal"
sandy bull "st. valentine's day"
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Dan Worland
TIMES NEW VIKING "Dig Yourself" Extreme lo-fi pop clamour. Kind of
like when GBV were underground & mysterious, except with girl singing.
SONIC YOUTH "Rather Ripped" Ding Dong the witch is dead! Jim O'Rourke
is out of the band & SY is no longer boring.
PLAGUE BRINGER "As The Ghosts Collect, The Corpses Rest" I cant keep
track of all the metal sub-genres, but I'm pretty sure these 2 Chicago
psychos have 3 or 4 of them mastered on this disc.
MAGAS "May I Meet My Accuser" Magas rules the electro-rock wasteland.
1900's "Plume Delivery" Comparisons to Belle & Sebastian abound, but
1900's are actually better, especially when the girls take over.
RYE COALITION "Chariots On Fire" itunes only EP features the handful
of good songs from the otherwise avoidable Curses full-length.
BONNIE PRINCE BILLY "The Letting Go" Because what the hell was with that
Tortoise thing?
LORD FYRE "Destruction At 2013" Whipped out solo joint from John Wilkes
Booze frontman.
YO LA TENGO "I Am Not Afraid Of You & I Will Beat Your Ass" Perhaps past
their prime, but this is better than the last album.
DETACHMENT KIT "+" Curiously self-released.
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Kim Ambriz
jesu - silver
reminder - continuum
tortoise - a lazarus taxon
boduf songs - lion devours the sun
sparklehorse - dreamt for light years...
six organs of admittance - sun awakens
georgia anne muldrow - olesi: fragments of an earth
charalambides - vintage burden
black merda - black merda (reissue)
eddie hazel - game, dames and guitar thangs (reissue)
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Jim Magas
1. MAGAS: May I Meet My Accuser (Imaginary Conflict/Wwilko)
2. LAKE OF DRACULA: Skeletal Remains (Savage Land)
3. DANAVA: s/t (Kemado)
4. WITCHCRAFT: Firewood (Rise Above)
5. LES GEORGES LENINGRAD: Sangue Puro (Tomlab)
6. THIS HEAT: Out of Cold Storage (ReR)
7. HARMONIA: Musik Von (Lilith) reissue
8. TROUBLE: Psalm 9 (Escapi Music) reissue
9. OKAMI (Capcom/Clover Studio) video game
10. CLIPSE: Hell Hath No Fury (Re-Up Records)
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Taylor Brode
Fucked Up Hidden World (Jade Tree/ Deranged)- Dear H/C Scene, Can we make
a collective New Years Resolution? Can we stop crucifying our peers when
they succeed at their craft? Can we finally stop calling people sell outs
because they sign to indie labels that have reputable distribution? Can
we all stop being punk fascists and learn to embrace each other and all
our differences? I mean isn't that why we all became "punks" in the first
place, cause we were different? Ok, ok I know i'm on a hippy tangent right
now. Forgive me, I am getting old and my horizons are broadening. Things
like street cred have become less important while actual song writing has
become more important. And speaking of song writing, this album slays in a
thousand different ways. I am ok with epic, progressive h/c music and I am
elated that this band is next leveling this entire genre. You should be
too.
Mika Miko C.Y.S.L.A.B.F (Kill Rock Stars/ PPM)- Kinda like if Kathleen
Hannah was a skate punk that occasionally cut loose and said things like
"fuck it guys, let's take some E and read each other's auras." These
ladies are my great white hope for the future o' feminist punk. What's
even more rad is that they never even have to reference feminism. I heard
they learned how to play by covering Crass songs. Their sense of punk
history however seems to extend far beyond the usual anarcho-political
fair, in fact if i had to guess I'd say at least one of them is the
illegitimate daughter of Ari Up. Coolest kids ever born post 1980.
Snowden Anti Anti (Jade Tree/ Stickfigure)- >- Like Interpol but without
all the posturing, eyeliner, and std's. Fill in the Postcard/ Rough
Trade/ Creation records roster artist's name here___ if you need a frame
of reference. This record deserves to be heard even though they are not
epically reinventing the wheel. It's catchy to the point of being
compelling, and it's really honest in kind of a humbling way.
Deftones Saturday Night Wrist (Maverick)- Chino Moreno et al. could record
themselves pulling bong hits and dropping nickels in a tin can and i would
think it was the best record of the year. However an epic "wtf" for "Pink
Cellphones" not getting cut from this record. Kinda no excuse for that
pile. And yes, i'm bummed i'm still this emo too.
The Black Heart Procession The Spell (Touch and Go)- This list is biased
and I am jaded, or maybe the other way around. Whateves. If you missed
this now is the time to ask for it for xmas. There are drums and rock
songs on this record so it may surprise you a bit.
Wilderness Vessel States (Jagjaguar)- This is my favorite band in the
entire universe. I am not exaggerating. I never exaggerate.
Daughters Hell Songs (Hyrdahead)- I think this might be the final nail in
the coffin of Load. Parts of this make the hair on the back of my
neckstand up. If Clive Barker was smart he would do a pro-bono feature
fulllength for this album. No fuck that, Gregg Araki should actually do
it.
Liars Drums Not Dead (Mute)- Ok, I kinda think this album wasn't as good
as They Were Wrong?. However, "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" is so
good that it parlays the record into one of the best albums of all time.Q:
can a single make an album? A: yes, it can. Side note: I do not condone
or endorse the purchasing of singles off Itunes (or any digital music
website) unless it is a Billboard Top 200 pop band. You should buy this
record cause the whole thing is worth listening to and owning.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones (Interscope)- Ok so I'm putting both these
bands on here?yeah yeah yeah "so trendy' you're thinking. But here's the
thing...Sometimes bands sell lots of records and have tons of fans because
they are actually good. (maybe 20% of the time even). The B side of this
album is completely charming. Not in a coherent, well structured, planned
way, but in a moments of each song could get stuck in your head for days
way. The A side-- not so memorable. Either way, Karen's gonna turn
allowing yourself to be vulnerable into a "do" for 2007.
Pissed Jeans I Don't Need Smoke To Make Myself Disappear (Sub Pop)-- Is
this the wrong speed? Does it matter? Could I love this band anymore?
Maybe. No. And no, respectively.
Mastodon Blood Mountain (Relapse)/ Daughters Hell Songs (Hydrahead)-
Thisis a tie because I have only heard part of the Mastodon record once
but it fucking blew my mind. Who knows though, there could have been like
some real clunkers there that I just haven't gotten a chance to hear yet.
For the most part though, I'm down for any band that can play all 16
subgenres of metal perfectly within one song while never sounding the
least bit
pretentious. As far as the creepy mustached substitute gym teacher squad
goes, if Clive Barker was smart he would do a pro-bono feature full length
Hell Songs. Wait, no fuck that, Gregg Araki should do it and Crispin
Glover's cast from "What Is It?'" should star in it. This record is light
years ahead of their last full length mostly because they no longer sound
like mini-Locusts, both the vocals and the song structures have traded
white-belt grindmo for nauseating weirdcore.
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Kevin Moser
Bardo Pond "ticket crystals"
Espers "II"
Scott Walker "the drift"
Major Stars "black road" 7"
Arthur Russell "another thought" (reissue)
Boduf Songs "lion devours the sun"
Danava "s/t"
J Dilla "donuts"
v/a "good god! gospel funk"
Broadcast "future crayon
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Billy Smith
SUNN/BORIS - ALTAR (SOUTHERN LORD)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - AMERICAN HARDCORE soundtrack (RHINO)
The Raconteurs ? Broken Boy Soldiers
Culture Kids (http://myspace.com/culturekidss)
EARTH - reissues (subpop)
The Fix - At the Speed of Twisted Thought (Touch and Go)
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
Steve Turner - New Wave Punk Asshole
Pearl Jam - s/t
Welcome - Sirs (comes out domestically in Feb 2007 on FatCat)
Amazing Stories season one DVD
Dungeons and Dragons complete animated series DVD
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In-Store Performance: Hidden Cameras: CANCELLED!!!
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12/11/2006
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Due to issues at the Canadian/US border, HIDDEN CAMERAS have cancelled their remaining tour dates. Sorry for the inconvience.
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In-Store Performance: DJ Spooky
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12/09/2006
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Paul Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid
will be displaying his turntable expertise (via his laptop) at the Wicker Park store on Saturday December 9th. His most recent release is IN FINE STYLE: DJ SPOOKY PRESENTS 50,000 VOLTS OF TROJAN RECORDS, a 2 disc set in which Mr. Spooky pays tribute to the legendary reggae label with his remixing skills. This should be a good one folks, so don't miss it!
DJ SPOOKY
Saturday December 9
Reckless Records, Wicker Park store.
5:30pm.
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In-Store Performance: Les Georges Leningrad
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12/07/2006
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Montreal dark-wave kids LES GEORGES LENINGRAD will make a stop at the Wicker Park store on Thursday December 7th. Here is our description of their latest record SANGUE PURO on Tomlab Records.
SANGUE PURO is the third album from the Montreal band LES GEORGES LENINGRAD. After a six minute instrumental opening track that sounds straight from the DAWN OF THE DEAD soundtrack, the band kicks into the analogue keyboard heavy dark new wave that the band has become tribal feel to them similar to the past few LIARS releases. Fans of their previous records, late seventies no-wave
and horror soundtracks will approve.
Thursday December 7th.
Wicker Park store.
5pm.
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In-Store Performance: Kid Koala
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11/21/2006
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Attention all turntablist fans! You do not want to miss this instore from Kid Koala, the amazing Canadian DJ/turntablist who has just released the amazing YOUR MOMS FAVORITE DJ on Ninja Tune.
Fans of DJ SHADOW, DIPLO, CUT CHEMIST etc.. take note!
Tuesday Nov. 21st
@ the Wicker Park store
Time: 5:30pm
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In-Store Performance: Third Border (ex-Destory All Monsters/ Sproton Layer)
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11/21/2006
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Ben Miller has been making noise since 1969 when he formed the psych-rock group SPROTON LAYER with his brother Roger Miller (of MISSION OF BURMA). In 1976 he joined the noise-punk group DESTROY ALL MONSTERS which would soon see the addition of Ron Asheton of THE STOOGES and Michael Davis of MC5. Miller has been busy throughout the eighties and nineties with other groups including THE SAME BAND, THE OTHER BAND and DIRTY OLD MAN RIVER. His most current project is THIRD BORDER, a group that plays psychedelic rock with similarities to sixties British rock, post-punk such as PERE UBU and GUIDED BY VOICES. He will be playing an unplugged set of THIRD BORDER songs. Be sure to check out their new album on Radial Records, SUN OF WATER, SEA OF LIGHT.
Tuesday November 21st
7pm
Reckless Records
Broadway store
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Reckless Nominated For Plug Award!!!
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11/16/2006
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Hey Web People,
Reckless has been nominated for a Plug Award.
We are up for indie record store of the year. The Plug Awards are an an annual independent music industry event/ show/ website. We didn't know what they were either but we hear it's a big deal. We are quite pleased to have been nominated and would love you all to death if you threw us some votes.
Go to www.plugawards.com and look in "Media Categories- General" to vote and see who we're up against (some worthy opponents) . Thanks for your continued love and support.
One Love,
RECKLESS
P.S. You can vote as many times as you'd like (I think) so (if you have nothing better to do) go crazy.
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In-Store Performance: Unique Chique/ End of the World
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11/10/2006
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UNIQUE CHIQUE are a promising young group from Chicago that
blend elements of bands like SEA AND CAKE and THE SMITHS
with the post-punk sensibilities of JAWBOX. Their debut full
length ETHICA is available now from Loose Tooth records.
The NYC group END OF THE WORLD have just released a new
album on the Chicago label Flameshovel records. At times the
band sounds similar to other NYC bands such as THE STROKES,
INTERPOL and THE FRENCH KICKS without really sounding like
any of them.
Friday Nov. 11th
Wicker Park store.
6pm .
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In-Store Performance: Electric Frankenstein
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10/31/2006
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Oh my gawd!!?? Can you imagine a better Halloween treat than this?? (except maybe a Mistfits or Samhain instore). This is gonna rule!
From the Electric Frankenstein website:
With their rock solid underground following firmly in tow, Electric Frankenstein has appealed to a broad spectrum of listeners. Incorporating punk rock, metal and especially good old fashioned Rock and Roll, EF has created a sound that is unparalleled and often looked upon in awe. These New Jersey stalwarts have had an unsurprisingly fearsome influence on modern music, paving the way for The Hives, The Datsuns, The Hellacopters, Backyard Babies, The D4, The White Stripes, and other new Rock bands.
Halloween
Wicker Park store
5pm.
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In-Store Performance: Pattern is Movement
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10/25/2006
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Description from the interweb:
"Pattern is Movement is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their music often features repeating patterns that show their influence from minimalism. They have been categorized by some reviewers as a math rock group, and compared to groups such as Don Caballero, Sunny Day Real Estate, Pinback."
Wednesday October 25, 2006 at the Broadway store.
6pm.
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In-Store Performance: Smoke or Fire
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10/22/2006
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mpshows.com presents smoke or fire.
"Smoke or Fire is the latest of gritty post-hardcore bands to emerge from the Southeast?s plentiful punk scene. Clearly influenced by predecessors like Hot Water Music and Avail, these young upstarts also blend in some additional elements of Americana with their hints of The Replacements and Springsteen. Smoke or Fire is fixin? to be a real treat from the land of Dixie and we at Fat couldn?t be happier to have snatched them up in time for their debut full length, Above The City."
sunday October 22nd.
5pm.
free.
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In-Store Performance: Viva Voce
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10/20/2006
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Viva Voce have always had a 90s college rock sort of thing going and they still do (a good thing in our eyes) with some similarities to YO LA TENGO, GALAXIE 500, the VELVET UNDERGROUND. This Portland husband and wife duo make no frills pop music with a bit of a psychedelic edge and they succeed with flying colors.
Wicker Park store
10/20/06
6pm
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PAVEMENT PROMOTION! Free stuff!
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10/18/2006
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Hello everyone...this may seem a little confusing but hear us out...Reckless is running a promotion with Matador Records in celebration of the deluxe reissue of Pavement's amazing "Wowee Zowee" album. Here's how it works:
-Go to either Reckless Records location.
-Give us $5 (cash only please), your name, email address and phone number.
Here's the info from Matador as to what you will receive:
"Wow Out"
Here are some answers to some frequently asked questions that will make your Wow Out experience that much better.
How Does Wow Out Work?
It's quite simple. When you pre-order "Wowee Zowee: Sordid
Sentinels Edition" from Reckless Records then two things will happen.
1. Upon confirming your order, we will send you an email with a
unique code and a directions on how to download the live show. This typically takes 2-3 days depending on when Matador receives the information from the retailer. The download will packaged in a zip file with each song from the April 24, 1994 show encoded in mp3 format (256kbps VBR). These will play on just about every computer and mp3 player we can imagine.
Come in soon, there is a limited amount of the 7"s & posters & Matador has expressed that they cannot guarantee that all orders will be filled.
2. On November 7th, you will be able to go to Reckless and pick up your copy of the deluxe, 2-CD edition of Wowee along with the 7" (Blackout / Extradition) and a folded poster.
That's not so hard eh? Yeah! Free Stuff!
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In-Store Performance: Tilly & the Wall
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10/11/2006
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Omaha indie kids TILLY AND THE WALL will be doing an instore at the Broadway location on Wednesday October 11th at 7pm.
Here's a snippet of our description for the excellent "Bottoms of Barrels" album.
"...sugary sweet pop full of female harmonies, elaborate instrumentation and the most succulent melodies heard in a long time; very much in vein with Aislers Set and Decemberists."
Wed. October 11th
Reckless Records on Broadway
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I "HEART" TORTOISE CONTEST!
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08/20/2006
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How are you? Oh that's great! We're fine too...no really we are...don't give us that look.
Moving on, RECKLESS RECORDSand THRILL JOCKEY records are pleased as punch to announce a contest to coincide with the release of the sprawling TORTOISE boxset "A Lazarus Taxon." Consisting of 3 cd's and 1 dvd, "A Lazarus Taxon" compiles lost singles, b-sides, compilation appearences, and the long out of print "Rhythm, Resolutions & Clusters" remix album (featuring remixes from: Rick Rizzo, Jim O'Rourke, Casey Rice, Steve Albini, John McEntire, Bundy K. Brown, and Mike Watt). If that weren't enough, you get a DVD featuring various live performances from over the years. videos and other goodies...
So what gives? Well, we're giving away one copy to one lucky person...not just any lucky person, but a lucky person who can explain in 500 words (give or take) "How Tortoise Changed My Life." The most creative and sincere will not only win the hearts of many, but this lavish and extremely limited box.
The catch? Well, you have to come into on of our stores (either 1532 N. Milwaukee Ave or 3161 N. Broadway)...we will not accept email entries, so make this one count. You have one week (i.e. the contest ends at 10pm on Saturday August 26th) to pour your heart out about one of the most dignifed groups of the past 20 years.
GOOD LUCK!!
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In-Store Performance: Carla Bozulich's "Evangelista"/Dead Science Double Header!!
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07/20/2006
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We are very pleased to announce that Reckless Records in Wicker Park will be host to a special instore performance by CARLA BOZULICH's "Evangelista" and DEAD SCIENCE.
Carla is a darling who has broken hearts with the likes of GERALDINE FIBBERS, SCARNELLA, and ETHYL MEATPLOW. She just released an album on Constellation Records entitled "Evangelista." Its a seething and emotionally rapturing album that (like her previous "Red Headed Stranger" interpretation) needs to be heard to be believed.
Dead Science strongly label themselves a pop band, and while we couldn't agree more, they're sound is a stark blend of pop with elements of free jazz and experimental flowing in and out, collapsing the contrsraints of "Pop" as we know it, only to create an entirely unique beast.
We are very excited to host this intimate performance and its sure to be one of our best...please come out!!
Carla Bozulich's "Evangelista"
Dead Science
Thursday July 20th
5:30 PM
Reckless Records
1532 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
all ages (doye).
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In-Store Performance: Carla Bozulich/Dead Science In-Store Canceled
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07/17/2006
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Due to reasons beyond our control Carla Bozulich and Dead Science have had to cancel their in-store performance for July 20th.
They will still be performing at Schubas on Friday July 21st and you should really go because both groups put on a stirring live performance.
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In-Store Performance: Jello Biafra
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07/03/2006
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Jello Biafra will be hanging out at the Broadway store on Monday, July 3rd around 4:30pm, before his spoken word performance next door at the Lakeview Theater. Come by and say hi, bring your ratty old Dead Kennedys t-shirt for him to sign, bring him cookies, whatever. (Probably not a good idea to ask him to sign your new Manifesto Records re-issue though!)
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In-Store Performance: Thrones
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05/28/2006
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Reckless Records is pleased to announce a rare in-store performance by former MELVINS/current HIGH ON FIRE bassist JOE PRESTON (aka THRONES).
He will perform a special afternoon set (post Brunch) before playing later that evening with Growing.
THRONES
Reckless Records Milwaukee (1532 N. Milwaukee Ave)
May 28, 2006
4 PM
FREE!!
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In-Store Performance: Murder By Death
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05/27/2006
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Murder By Death will be performing an Acoustic in-store performance hours before they take the stage at Chicago's METRO nightclub
MURDER BY DEATH
at RECKLESS RECORDS Broadway (3161 N. Broadway)
Saturday May 27, 2006
2PM
FREE!!
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In-Store Performance: Oren Ambarchi
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05/26/2006
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Reckless Records is very pleased/excited/jazzed to be host to a rare in-store performance from Australian experimental artist OREN AMBARCHI, on Friday May 26th at 5:30 PM.
Oren has released several albums on labels like TOUCH, SOUTHERN LORD, IDEA, STAUBGOLD and TZADIK to name a few...his albums are a unique take on guitar minimalism, focusing on low-end drone yet his sound is that of pristine tones and almost glacial layers of sound. It's soothing, gorgeous, and sometimes unnerving...his last release for Touch "Grapes From The Estate" was a gorgeous amalgamation of minimalism and (dare we say) post-rock shuffle...He is currently in the states touring with SUNN O))), but with Friday being the Sabbat he will NOT be performing at the Logan Square Auditorium and this will be his ONLY chicago performance, and certainly one not to be missed!
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In-Store Performance: Deadstring Brothers
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02/24/2006
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Bloodshot Records' Deadstring Brothers will be performing a free in-store at the Broadway location at 4:00 pm. There new record, Starving Winter Report, comes out soon. Read about it here:
http://bloodshotrecords.com/album/deadstringbrothers/198
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RECKLESS RECORDS BEST OF 2005
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01/02/2006
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Hello Reckless types,
I can not safely assume any real, old-timey style reason as to why it has been so long since my last email. I could chalk it up to many plausible explanations: school, the white sox, consuming almond fetish, Saul Bellow's death (and, seriously WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED that Don Adams would outlive Bob Denver by 23 days...and Nipsy Russel outlives both by a week!!!, seriously!!!). These things have consumed me, I guess. I sprawl hither and nither towards accepting that this was a weird year. Personally, one of my happiest and most stressed and yet somehow filled with a lot of sad and pre-sad things. I am not in the business of sociological explanations but our continual and unstated war, Taco Bell's betrayal of Dr. Pepper, Arrested Development's continual dominance of all things funny and the fact that growing older makes everything senselessly under and overstated at all times have made even fairytale-ish things seem obvious and absurdities seem acceptable.
Reckless Records has enjoyed almost all of your business this year. I take great personal pleasure dealing with all 20 of you who ever respond to my emails and the other 4 billion who silently still shop in the electronic and non-electronic world. Every year those employees for whom vulnerability is almost as important as thick skin, lay out their personal favorites for the rest of the non-music industry world to savor, judge and over-analyze and this year is no different so please enjoy all our picks, ask me as many questions as you wish and check out anything at our website for further descriptive stream-of-conscious help.
Our shops are opened until 10:00 pm tonight and until circa 4:00 on Christmas eve.
All regular hours begin again on Monday.
Buy gift certificates for your super on-edge boyfriend or girlfriend or isolated and nerve-wracking son and daughter
Sell us back all your crap after you get the ipod that he/she better get you
Look out for news about our Jan 10th best-of-the-year ping pong party at Schubas
Try to safely enjoy the next week.
Puppies.
Kitties
Chanukah on Christmas
Brett
Reckless Records Chicago and the Electronic Beyond
3161 N. Broadway 773-404-5080
1532 N. Milwaukee 773-235-3727
www.reckless.com
Ignore what you want, hate what you will
Brett
vaguely ordered but sort-of not)
1. Clientele "strange geometry" merge
2. Canyon Country "there's a forest in the fire" attack 9
3. Sufjan Stevens "come on feel the illinoise" asthmatic kitty
4. Destroyer "notorious lightning and other works" merge
5. Great Lakes Swimmers "great lake swimmer" misra
6. Fiona Apple "extraordinary machine" epic
7. Andrew Bird "mysterious production of eggs" righteous babe
8. Remote viewer "let your heart draw the line" city centre
9. New Pornographers "twin cinema" matador
10. The Occasional Keepers "beauty of the empty vessel" ltm
11. Love as Laughter "laughter's fifth" subpop
12. Kallikak Family "May 23rd, 2007" tell-all
13. Various Artists "childish music" staubgold
14. Akron/ Family "Akron/ Family" young god
15. White Stripes "get behind me satan" v2
16. Colleen "golden morning breaks" leaf
17. Lucksmiths "warmer corners" matinee
18. Keren Ann "nolita" blue note
19. Edan "beauty & beat" lewis
20. A Sides "hello hello" prison jazz
21. Animal Collective "feels" fat cat
22. Nils Okland "bris" rune grammofon
23. Devendra Banhart "cripple crow" xl
24. Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright "yann tiersen and shannon wright" ici d'ailleurs
25. Liam Singer "the empty heart of the chameleon" tell-all
26. Peggy Honeywell "faint humms" galaxia7
27. Parker and Lily "lows lows" warm electronic
28. M.I.A. "arular" xl
29. Fruit Bats "spelled in bones" subpop
30. catsinsinks.com
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Stephen
(in no order).
1. Six Organs of Admittance--School
Of The Flower (Plus the ozone
tearing live show at Empty Bottle).
2. Henry Grimes/Fred Anderson/Marshall Allen--Hothouse March 11.
3. Sunn O)))--Black One
4. We Jam Econo: The Story Of The Minutemen
5. Mike Jones--Still Tippin' 12"
6. Finally Getting to See SLINT perform "Washer" while the images of
snow flakes fell around the room.
7. Konono No. 1--Congotronics & the split w/ Dead C.
8. Tony Conrad--Behind a White Sheet, 11/3/05
Empty Bottle
9. Lightning Bolt--Hypermagic
Mountain
10. Earth--Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal Method
11. Amerie--One Thing 12"
12. High On Fire--Blessed Black Wings
13. Magik Markers--I Trust My Guitar, Etc.
14. Boduf Songs--S/T
15. Gang Gang Dance--God's Money
16. A-Frames--Black Forest
17. Danger Doom--Mouse & Mask (plus the inkling that the
Doom/Ghostface collaborations might be the best thing to happen to rap
since "36 Chambers")
18. 4 Shellac Shows In Chicago within the Course of a Month!
19. The Rediscovery of the Brazillian Post-Punk Scene ("Sexual Life Of
The Savages" compilation/ As Mercenarias anthology)
20. Whitehouse--11/5/05 Empty Bottle
21. The Re-Opening of Hot Dougs.
22. Ciara--Oh 12"
23. Boredoms--Logan Square Auditorium
5/21/05
24. Oren Ambrachi--Grapes From The Estate.
25. Scharpling & Wurster--Hippie Justice//Patton Oswalt-222' (tie)
26. Moondog--The Viking of Sixth Avenue
27. fm3's Buddah Machine
28. Oneida--The Wedding Album
29. Jan Jelinek--Kosmischer Pitch.
30. Taking Pictures--Unreleased S/T Album
31. Jesu--Jesu
32. Lau Nau--Kutarha
33. Dinosaur Jr. in all their slaying reunited glory
34. v/a- Tropicalia! Comp. on Soul Jazz
35. The Idea of the South, whilst trapped in the North.
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Dave
top 10 of 2005, no order.
1. Curl Up and Die - the one above all, the end of all that is
2. Between the Buried and Me - alaska
3. Defleshed - reclaim the beat
4. Slim Thug - already platinum
5. the Dream Is Dead - hail the new pawn
6. Misery Index - dissent
7. Clipse - we got it for cheap vol. 1 and 2 mixtapes
8. R. Kelly - trapped in the closet, all chapters
9. A Life Once Lost - hunter
10. Crowbar - life's blood for the downtrodden
top 6 worst things about 2005
1. still no new Clipse record
2. Defleshed breaking up
3. RIP dimebag
4. only two EP's, two LP's, and one live record from Bright Eyes
5. Judas Priest live
6. Big L still dead
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Matt Jencik
as mercenarias "beginning of the end of the world"
devendra banhart "cripple crow"
blut aus nord "work which transforms god"
comus "first utterance" reissue
dead meadow "feathers"
deathspell omega "kenose"
dungen reissues
dungen: best live band on the planet
edan "beauty & the beat"
elyse s/t reissue
enslaved "isa" (2004 release that bled into most of 2005 for me)
evens s/t
fuchsia s/t reissue
gris gris "for the season"
guided by voices "briefcase 2" abriged
roy harper
gary higgins "red hash"
randy holden "population II" vinyl reissue
jesu s/t
lurker of chalice
brian mcbride "when the detail lost its freedom"
kim jung mi "now" reissue
om "variations on a theme"
geraldo pino & the heart beats "afro soco soul live"
twilight
xasthur "nocturnal poisoning" vinyl reissue
witchcraft "firewood"
neil young "archive pathfinder" bootleg
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MAGAS TOP 10 of 2005:
NEW:
QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT: Swamp Tech/Electric Swamp (Tigerbeat6)
KAP BAMBINO: Neutral EP (Wwilko)
GENDERS: There's Something In the Treats (Tigerbeat6)
BLACK DICE: Broken Ear Record (DFA/Astralwerks)
ADULT.: Gimmie Trouble (Thrill Jockey)
GD LUXXE: Make (Tigerbeat6)
ELECTRONICAT: Voodoo Man (Disko B)
CANDEE HANK: Brandy Cramps (Wwilko)
SOUNDS OF THE INDIAN SNAKE CHARMER (Hanson)
EASY ACTION: Friends of Rock And Roll (Reptilian)
OLD:
VA: NO NEW YORK (Lilith)
CELTIC FROST: Morbid Tales (Earmark)
CELTIC FROST: To Mega Therion (Earmark)
ENNIO MORRICONE: Crime & Dissonance (Ipecac)
GEORGE BRIGMAN: Jungle Rot (Bona Fide)
GEORGE BRIGMAN: I Can Hear the Ants Dancin' (Bona Fide)
STOOGES: Funhouse (Rhino)
STOOGES: Stooges (Rhino)
ENNIO MORRICONE: Crime & Dissonance (Ipecac)
VA: Big Gundown: Reggae Inspired by Spaghetti Westerns (Earmark)
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Taylor Brode
top ten albums.....
in no particular order
Cass Mccombs "Prefection'" (Monitor)
Japanther "Master of Pigeons" (Menlopar)
Low "Great Destroyer" (Sub Pop)
Animal Collective "Feels" (Fat Cat)
The Accused "Oh Martha" (Condar)
Celebration "S/T" (4AD)
Dead Science "Frost Giant" (Absolutely Kosher)
Dead Meadow "Feathers" (Matador)
Devendra Banhart "Cripple Crow" (XL)
Nine Inch Nails "With Teeth" (Nothing)
top ten shows.....
also in no particular order
Wives/ This Moment in Black History/ Business Lady @ Cal's
Battletorn/ Wolf & Cub/ Raise the Red Lantern @ Needle House
Slint @ Park West
Mastodon/ Sweet Cobra @ Bottom Lounge
Kylesa/ Coliseum/ Torche @ Beat Kitchen
Danzig/ Mortiis @ HOB
Selfish/ Hellshock @ Ice Factory
Carbonas/ Pedestrians @ Beat Kitchen
Navies/ Scalpels/ Scalpers/ Ten Ton @ Needle House
Dungen @ the Bottle
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LUX-
In No particular order things of 2005:
Boris Sun Baked Snow Cave
White Rock 'Tar Pit'
Double Leopards 'Out of one....'
Robert Wyatt & Friends live 1974
Lurker Of Chalice S/T
Gris Gris 'For the Season'
Up Tight 'W/ Makoto'
Tar Pet 'Artist revealed is Taralie Dawn'
Endless Boogie 'White'
Vashti Bunyan 'Lookaftering'
Skullflower 'Orange Canyon Mind'
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Jon Brown
Lurker of Chalice - S/T
Sunn O))) - Black One
King Kong - directed by Peter Jackson
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 DVD
Thundercats - Season 1 DVD
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Animal Collective - Feels
Slint reunion
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Kim
a not-in-order-at-all list of releases that i can remember enjoying this year
books - lost and safe
lou barlow - emoh
jesu - jesu
marc hellner - marriages
growing - his return
badgerlore - stories for owls
akron/family - akron/family
brian mcbride - when the detail lost its freedom
oneida- the wedding
earth - hex: or the printing in the infernal method
lichens - psychic nature of being
six organs of admittance - school of the flower
moondog - viking of sixth avenue (reissue)
gary higgins - red hash (reissue)
danger doom - mouse and the mask
cult cargo: belize city boil up - various artists
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Kip's best of 2005 in no specific order with the exception of pick #1
1. Meshuggah "Catch Thirty Thr33"
2. Antony & the Johnsons "I am a Bird Now"
3. Low "The Great Destroyer"
4. Books "Lost & Safe"
5. Danger Doom "The Mouse & The Mask"
6. Pit Er Pat "Shakey"
7. Common "Be"
8. Four Tet "Everything Ecstatic"
9. Dungen -reissues
Best Video Games of 2005
1. GOD OF WAR
2. We Love Katamari
Highlights of 2005
1. Hockey...bout fuckin time
2. Slint -Parkwest
3. Low -Metro
Best TV
Arrested Development
Extras
The Shield
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Six Feet Under
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Chris W.
TOP 15 INDIES of 2005 (alphabetically)
Antony & the Johnsons "I Am a Bird Now"
Bochum Welt "Elan"
Books "Lost & Safe"
Brian Eno "Another Day On Earth"
Espers "The Weed Tree"
Field Music "s/t"
Flotation Toy Warning "Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck"
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie "Mysterious Skin (soundtrack)"
Jóhann Jóhannsson "Dis (soundtrack)"
Lump200 "Dizzyland"
Michael Andrews "Me and You and Everyone We Know (soundtrack)"
Mugison "Mugimama, Is this Monkey Music?"
Porn Sword Tobacco "Explains Freedom"
Seu Jorge "Life Aquatic Studio Sessions"
Songs of Green Pheasant "s/t"
TOP 15 HIP HOP of 2005 (alphabetically)
Common "Be"
Cool Calm Pete "Lost"
Danger Doom "Mouse and the Mask"
Dwight Trible & the Life Force Trio "Love Is the Answer"
Edan "Beauty & the Beat"
Emanon "Waiting Room"
Fatlip "The Loneliest Punk"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Koushik "Be With"
Little Brother "The Minstrel Show"
One.Be.Lo "S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M."
Percy Miracles aka Phonte "The Ladies Champ EP"
Platinum Pied Pipers "Triple P"
R. Kelly "TP.3 Reloaded"
Steve Spacek "Space Shift"
honorable mention: all releases by SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERS
12" Single of the year: Aloe Blacc "Want Me" __________________________________________________
Mike
Top Ten List - 2005
1. We Are Wolves - "Non-Stop"
2. As Mercenaries - "Beginning of the End of the World"
3. Various Artists - "The Sexual Lives of Savages"
4. Sybris - "Sybris"
5. Vanishing Kids - "The Selfish Mirror"
6. Angels of Light - "?Sing Other People"
7. Swervedriver - "Juggernaut Rides '89-'98 Anthology"
8. The Damage Manual - "Limited Edition"
9. The Narrator - "Such Triumph"
10. R.Kelly - "Trapped in the Closet"
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Jason:
10 good albums
1. David Axelrod "The Edge: 1966-1970" (EMI)
2. Various Artists "Night Train to Nashville" Vol.1&2 1945-1970 (Lost Highway)
3. Negativland "No Business" (Seeland)
4. Daniel Lanois "Belladonna" (Anti)
5. Ennio Morricone "Crime and Dissonance" (Ipecac)
6. Steve Reid "Spirit Walk" (Soul Jazz)
7. Chris Connelly "Live" (Self)
8. Moondog "Viking of 6th Avenue ." (Honest Jons)
9. Tristeza "a colores" (Good Looking)
10.Team America "Soundtrack" (Warner)
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Cortland
sweet 16 (no order)
1.Scharpling & Wurster- Hippy Justice
2.Primeridian- All Day NIghter
3. V.A.- Caltone Special
4. Konono No. 1- Congotronics
5. Revolutionaries- Earthquake Dub
6. Brian McBride- When The Detail Lost Its Freedom
7. Lichens -Psychic Nature Of Being
8. Ennio Morricone - Crime & Dissonance
9. V.A. -Midwest Funk
10. J.C. Davis -New Day
11. Smog- A River Aint Too Much To Love
12. V.A.- Loves A Real Thing
13. Marc Hellner- Marriages
14. Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane at Carnagie Hall
15. Six Organs Of Admittance- School of the Flower
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Holli
In no particular order...
1. andrew bird - mysterious production of eggs
2. sharon jones & the dap kings - naturally
3. super furry animals - lovekraft
4. elbow - leaders of the free world
5. common - be
6. devendra banhart - cripple crow
7. books - lost & safe
8. lightning bolt - hyper magic mountain
9.
gary higgins - red hash (reissue)
10. tim buckley - dream letter (i know it came out in
1990, but it's my favorite album this year.
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Bryan:
Albums of 1973 most played (by me) in 2005:
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Stooges - Raw Power
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny & Mutation
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music - Stranded
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Mott the Hoople - Mott
Sweet - Sweet
Pink Fairies - Kings of Oblivion
Nazareth - Razamanaz
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star
David Bowie - Alladin Sane
T.Rex - Tanx
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Faces - Ooh La La
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
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Daniel-
best record of 2005 that came out in 2004:
1a. dungen - "ta det lugnt"
top 10 of 2005:
1. r. kelly - tp3 reloaded"
2. fiery furnaces - "ep"
3. sufjan stevens - "illinois "
4. magnolia electric co. - "what comes after the blues"
5. skygreen leopards - "life & love in sparrow's meadow"
6. mannequin men - "showbiz witch"
7. witchcraft - "firewood"
8. tegan & sara - "so jealous"
9. of montreal - "the sunlandic twins"
10. v/a - "the third unheard: connecticut hip-hop 1979-1983"
11-20 (in alphabetical order):
angels of light - "sing other people"
devendra banhart - "cripple crow"
crooked fingers - "dignity & shame"
fruit bats - "spelled in bones"
lungfish - "feral hymns"
paul mccartney - "chaos & creation in the backyard"
new black - "time attack"
pit er pat - "shakey"
ween - "shinola vol. 1"
wolf parade - "apologies to the queen mary
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KEITH
in no particular order
All Night Fox-Howling Hex
Arrested Development-the television show
On Your Video 7"-Tyrades
Man Made-Teenage Fanclub
Shock of Being-Make Believe
Shinola-Ween
Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me & Bug (reissues)-Dinosaur Jr.
Celebration Castle- the Ponys
For the Season-Gris Gris
Such Triumph- The Narrator
The Electrifying Conclusion DVD-Guided By Voices
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Independent Pop of '05: Top 10 By Evan Stewart
10. Has a Good Home -by- Final Fantasy
Owen Pallett is better known for the string arrangement contributions for the Arcade Fire and the Hidden Cameras. Creative control can lead to an amazing orchestral pop tracks that even topple the talented Andrew Bird.
9. Twin Cinema -by- The New Pornographers
Yeap, they had 14 more for us, they are beyond heavenly. Wtf.
8. The Wedding -by- Oneida
This 'notorious' album has people praising or bashing it.. The facts: I haven't rocked harder to a stand alone hit as I do with "Lavender" Lastly, there is something for everyone in this collage of silk and filth.
7. Feels -by- Animal Collective
Why this was dubbed as their rock album is above me. Yeah kids it starts out pumped, and then ventures differently than "Sung Tongs" and it's light-years beyond "Here Comes an Indian" but these critters are sonically consistent even on a more accessible plane. This indie-tribal sustenance gets my feels revved.
6. A River Ain't Too Much to Love -by- Smog
Shadowed by the Supper's masterpiece status. However country noir never sounded so goddamn perfect.
5. Lost & Safe -by- The Books
Man, this one took awhile to love. But now we are in a long term relationship, I've become a better listener.
(Btw: Tomlab is on fire!)
4. "Git" -by- Skeletons and The Girl-Faced Boys
Universal fusion is spice that Skeletons cooks my ears with. Mostly electronic, but this album can be sold at whole foods. You can own it too, if you can handle an automatic overdose of bizarre vibrant soul.
3. Arular -by- M.I.A.
Wtf is she telling me?
You know I never open the lyric book for Arular, but I sing along anyways, and like everyone else does; I've been dancing and singing to this all year long.
2. In Case We Die -by- Architecture in Helsinki
Silly things are adorable, refreshing, bombastic, splendid, feverish in a sassy way, outstanding, terrific, comforting,
up hailing to the community, easy-hearted, hard to criticize, wondrous, and globally quintessential.
1. The Sunset Tree AND Come, Come to the Sunset Tree -by- The Mountain Goats
Without a doubt, no other album this year was rightfully loved by the people in my life and me. From 18 year old helpless hipster siblings to 40+ year old breast cancer survivors, The Sunset Tree major mass appeal, and will never receive it. John Darnielle's voice and lyrics doesn't escape your head, it will leave you speechless, awake and with an exposed curetted soul. Seriously! THEN he releases a LP spin-off of the album in his traditional unrefined style, with equally essential b-sides.
Honorable Mentions:
Howling Hex - You Can't Beat Tomorrow- front to back amazing, although I've only heard it once.
The Fruit Bats - Spelled in Bones- feel good album of the year, snag some vulva with this stuff.
Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary- this year's Arcade Fire, yes it is, sorry and congratulations.
XXL - Ciautistico!- a Xiu Xiu collaboration worth owning, thank god since La Foret shattered my gaydar.
The Standard - Albatross- unheralded "piano's gonna make you cry, bitch" band from Portland
Andrew Bird -?blah blah blah Eggs- it wore off but only after a good season of addiction.
Caribou - Milk of Human Kindness- does a body good.
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DAN
SORRY, BUT TRY AS I MIGHT, I CAN ONLY COME UP WITH 5
RECORDS THAT I REALLY LIKED FROM '05??.
CONSTANTINES - TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS
CROOKED FINGERS - DIGNITY & SHAME
RESPLENDENT - I AM FREE/AM I FREE?
SPOON - GIMME FICTION
THE JOHN WILKES BOOZE - TELESCOPIC EYES GLANCE THE FUTURE SICK
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GAR
RAKES-"RAKES"
ANTONY & THE JOHNSON'S-"I AM A BIRD NOW"
SPOON-"GIMME FICTION"
ONEIDA-"WEDDING"
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS-"NATURALLY"
FIERY FURNACES-"10 SONG EP"
FIERY FURNACES-"REHEARSING MY CHOIR"
HIGH ON FIRE- "OH BLESSED BLACK WINGS"
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE-"BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE"
"CULT CARGO BELIZE CITY BOIL UP"
MESHUGGAH-"CATCH THIRTY THR33"
BOOKS-"LOST & SAFE"
PREFUSE 73-"READS THE BOOKS"
REISSUES
XRAY SPEX-"ANTHOLOGY"
101ERS-"ELGIN AVENUE BREAKDOWN: REVISITED"
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CHRIS CONNELLY
1.ROBERT WYATT AND FRIENDS AT THE BLOOMSBURY THEATRE
2.ONEIDA-THE WEDDING
3.PAULA FRAZER-LEAVE THE SAD THINGS BEHIND
4.DAVID BOWIE-STAGE (REISSUE)
5.GANG GANG DANCE-GOD'S MONEY
6.101'ERS-ELGIN AVENUE BREAKDOWN
7.STOOGES-HEAVY LIQUID BOX SET
8.COMUS-SONG TO COMUS
9.KEVIN COYNE-A DAY IN CHICAGO
10.CHRIS CONNELLY-LOUNGE AX,BOTTLE,ELSEWHERE
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STEVE
new stuff (in no particular order)
Lau Nau- Kuutarha
Magik Markers- I Trust My Guitar Etc.
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
Sunburned Hand of the Man- Wedlock
Sunn O)))- Black One
Espers- Weed Tree
Angels of Light- Sing Other People
Josephine Foster- Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
Earth- Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
Smog- A River Ain't Too Much To Love
Rova:: Orkestrova- Electric Ascension
Jennifer Gentle- Valende
Lightning Bolt- Hypermagic Mountain
Double Leopards- Out of One, Through One
Single of the year
Major Stars- Black Road 7"
Music related book
Can't Stop, Won't Stop By Jeff Chang
Reissues (In no particular order)
Vashti Bunyan- Just Another Diamond Day
Gary Higgins- Red Hash
VA- Cult Cargo:Belize City Boil UP
Henry Flynt- Purified By The Fire
Stooges- S/T
Stooges- Funhouse
Fern Jones- Glory Road
Bob Dylan- Bootleg Series Vol. 7
V/A- American Primitive Vol. 2
Sunn 0)))- Grimm Robe Demos
Evie Sands- Any Way That You Want Me
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Matt Boomer
Eno and Cluster - Begegnungen I & II reissues
Flaming Lips - Fearless Freaks dir. by Bradley Beesley
Pigeon John - Sings the Blues
We Love Katamari
Ennio Morricone - Crime & Dissonance
Youth of the Beast (dir. by Seijun Suzuki)
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Chocolate Watch Band - Melts in Your Brain...Not on Your Wrist: Complete Recordings 1965-1967
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue
Prefuse 73 - Reads the Books
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Nicolette:
Here's my best of list, in the form of a top ten. Yeow!
1. Animal Collective - Feels
2. Boredoms - Seadrum/House of Sun
3. Angels of Light/Akron Family - Angels of Light/Akron Family
4. The Books - Lost and Safe
5. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
6. Danger Doom - The Mouse and The Mask
7. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
9. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
10. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
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Emily
Top 10 List in no particular order:
1. Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter Vol. 2
2. Broadcast ? Tender Buttons
3. Animal Collective - Feels
4. Devendra Banhart ? Cripple Crow
5. Dungen ? Ta Det Lung
6. Haitian Voodoo ? Spirits of Life (Soul Jazz)
7. Chrysler ? Failures and Sparks
8. Diplo ? Florida (with bonus DVD)
9. Pg. 99 ? Document #8
10. Nola Exposed ? (DVD-NC-17)
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CHARLES
rock:
dungen: tad det lugnt
magic numbers
HAL
super furry animals: love kraft
Colosseum II: Strange New Flesh (reissue)
Nickel Creek: Why Should The Fire Die?
world/folk:
milton nascimento: pieta
john tams: the reckoning
reggae:
prince fari: silver and gold
trojan dub rarities box set
jazz:
john zorn: electric masada
aaron alexander: midrash mish mosh
nguyen le: walking on the tiger's tail
metheny/coleman: song x reissue
jaga/jazzist; what we must
classical:
mcaslan: britten violin concerto
schermerhorn: villa-lobos complete bachianas brasileiras
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Top 10 lists - 2004
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01/01/2006
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Brett Grossman
1. Ac Newman ?slow wonder? (matador)
2. Vetiver ?vetiver? (di cristina)
3. Rogue Wave ?out of the shadow? (subpop)
4. Eluvium ?an accidental memory in the case of death? (temporary residence)
5. Lullatone ?little songs about raindrops? (audio dregs)
6. Sodastream ?a minor revival? (microindie)
7. Casino vs. Japan ?hitori + kaiso: 1998-2001? (attack nine)
8. Ponys ?laced with romance? (in the red)
9. Destroyer ?your blues? (merge)
10. M?s ?M?s? (brilliante)
11. Will Oldham ?seafarers music? (drag city)
12. Clientele ?ariadne? (acuarela)
13. Various Artists ?Radio India: Eternal Dream of Sound (Sublime Frequencies)
14. Ekkhard Ehlers ?Plays? (Staubgold)
15. Walkmen ?bows and arrows? (record collection)
16. Auburn Lull ?cast from the platform? (darla)
17. Harry Partch ?Harry Partch Collection vol.1 and 2? (new world)
18. Iron and Wine ?our endless numbered days? (subpop)
19. Papa M ?five? and ?six? (drag city)
20. Prince Po ?slickness?
21. SCTV vol.1 and vol.2 DVDs
22. Arrested Development season 1 DVD
23. Floorbirds ?the sea of language around us? (barcode press)
24. Wilco- ? a ghost is born? (nonesuch)
25. Growing- ?soul of the rainbow and harmony of light? (kranky)
Stephen Sowley
1. Madvillain?Madvillainy//MF Doom?MM?Food
2. Sunn O)))?White 2
3. Growing?Soul Of the Rainbow & Harmony of Light
4. Mastodon?Leviathan
5. TV On The Radio?Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
6. Melvins?Neither Here Nor There/ Pigs of The Roman Empire
7. 90 Day Men?Panda Park
8. Liars?They Were Wrong So We Drowned
9. Fennesz?Venice
10. Coco Rosie?La Mansion Mon Reverie
11. The EX--Turn
12. Tim Hecker?Mirages
13. Throbbing Gristle?TG + Box
14. Chris Connelly?Night Of Your Life/ Everyoned?Everyoned
15. Tom Waits?Real Gone
16. Albert Ayler?Holy Ghost Box
17. John Fahey?Great Santa Barbra Oil Slick
18. Joanna Newsom?Milk Eyed Mender
19. Beans?Shock City Maverick
20. Sonic Youth?Sonic Nurse
21. Devendra Banhart?Rejoicing In The Hands/ Nino Rojo
22. Jimmy Edgar?Access Rhythm/ Bounce Make Model
23. !!!?Louden Up Now
24. Radian?Juxtaposition
25. Fall?The Real New Fall LP
26. Mission Of Burma--OnOffOn
27. Coachwhips?Bangers Vs. Fuckers
28. V/A?Midwest Funk: Funk 45s from Tornado Alley
29. V/A?Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip-Hop
30. V/A?DFA Records Compilation #2
Finally, The ONE album Pitchfork was completely right about: Dungen?Ta Det Lungt
Melissa
-dungen "ta det lungt"
-hot snakes "audit in progress"
-gris gris "s.t."
-tom waits "real gone"
-rtx "transmaniacon"
-madvillain "madvillainy"
-mastodon "leviathan"
-nick cave "abattoir blues/lyre of orpheus"
-tv on the radio "desperate youth, blood thirsty babes"
-single minded pros "from now on"
-missy elliott/can mash up
-disco inferno reissues
-pavement "crooked rain" reissue
-brian wilson "smile"
-ataxia "automatic writing" (well, half of it)
-mf doom "mm food"
-shawnna "worth tha weight"
-liars "they were wrong so we drowned"
-sunn o))) "white 2"
-espers "s.t."
-wire dvd
Gar
(new releases in order of hearing them)
1. LIARS "THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM ON THE BROOM"
2. PAPA M "HOLE OF BURNING ALMS"
3. TV ON THE RADIO "DESPERATE YOUTH BLOOD THIRSTY BABES"
4. SWEET COBRA "PRAISE"
5. MASTADON "LEVIATHAN"
6. SOVIETTES "SOVIETES II"
7. ATARI STAR "PRAYER & PRETEND"
8. GASOLINE FIGHT "USELESS PIECE OF WEAPONRY"
9. FIERY FURNACES "BLUEBERRY BOAT"
10. CALIFONE "HERON KING BLUES"
Emily
(People making good music)
-Josephine Foster & the Supposed
-Plastic Crimewave Sound
-Comets on Fire
-The Coughs
-Panixville
-Electralane
-John Cale
-A-Frames
-RTX
-Whaler
-Born Heller
Keith
(my top 10. In no particular order)
-The Braves "Love and Mercy"
-Vee Dee "Further"
-Nick Cave "Abattior Blues/Lyre of Orpheus"
-Hot Snakes "Audit in Progress"
-Ponys "Laced with Romance"
-Liars "They Were Wrong So We Drowned"
-Soft Pink Truth "Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth"
-Reigning Sound "Too Much Guitar"
-Arrested Development DVD Season 1
-Cheap Trick "Essential Cheap Trick"
Dave
1.madvillain - madvilliany
2. deicide - scars of the crucifix
3. cannibal corpse - the wretched spawn
4. kanye west - the college dropout
5. brian wilson - smile6. pig destroyer - terrifyer
7. the killer - better judged by 12 than carried by 6
8. meshuggah - i
9. lamb of god - ashes of the wake
10. mastodon - leviathan
11. necrophagist - epitaph
12. anata - under a stone with no inscription
13. decapitated - the negation
14. single minded pros - from now on
15. tower of rome - all is lost, all is lost, all is yet to be found
Mike Johnson
-ARCADE FIRE - FUNERAL
SONIC YOUTH - SONIC NURSE
-KRUNCHIES - INTERROBANG (7")
-TOM WAITS - REAL GONE
-PONYS - LACED WITH ROMANCE
-SONNETS - MYSTERY GIRL (YEAH, I KNOW)
-NIRVANA - WITH THE LIGHTS OUT BOX SET
Ryan
1. pavement - crooked rain reissue
2. elliott smith - from a basement on the hill
3. iron & wine - our endless numbered days
4. jolie holland - escondida
5. arcade fire - funeral
6. decemberists - the tain
7. wilco - a ghost is born
8. modest mouse - good news for people who love bad news
9. kanye west - the college dropout
10. the narrator - youth city fire
11. animal collective - sung tongs
12. brian wilson - smile
13. jesse sykes & the sweet hereafter - oh, my girl
14. califone - heron king blues
15. where will you be on Christmas day compilation of early music.
James
In 2004, I listened to:
-Walkmen "Bows & Arrows"
-Dungen "Ta Det Lungst"
-Liars "They Were Wrong so We Drowned"
-Gris Gris "Gris Gris"
-Animal Collective "Sung Tongs"
-Vetiver "Vetiver"
-Jon Brion "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
-Growing "Soul of the Rainbow & Harmony of Light"
-Arcade Fire "Funeral"
-Modest Mouse "Good News for People Who Love Bad News"
-Wolf Parade "EP 2"
-Pavement "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins"
-Race "If You Can"
-Ted Leo "Shake the Sheets"
-Nirvana "With the Lights Out"
-Low Skies "I Have Been to Beautiful Places"
-Elliott Smith "From a Basement on a Hill"
-Wilco "A Ghost is Born"
-Iron & Wine "Our Endless Numbered Days"
-Xiu Xiu "Fabulous Muscles"
Matt Jencik
-ariel pink's haunted graffiti "doldrums"
-ataxia "automatic writing"
-disco infero "d.i. go pop" reissue
-dungen "ta det lungt"
-enslaved "vikingligr/ hordane's land" reissue
-john fahey "great santa barbara oil slick"
-gris gris "s/t"
-hot snakes "audit in progress"
-liars "they were wrong so we drowned"
-madvillain "madvillainy"
-mastodon "leviathan"
-joanna newsom "milk eyed mender"
-brian wilson "smile"
Dan Worland
-DEERHOOF - Milkman
-WILCO - A Ghost Is Born
-LES SAVY FAV - Inches
-DETACHMENT KIT - Of This Blood
-CALIFONE - Heron King Blues
-ETERNALS - Rawar Style
-CLYDE FEDERAL - Sensitive Skin/Please Be Real
-HOT SNAKES - Audit In Progress
-NEW BLACK - New Black
-MADVILLAIN ? Madvilainy
Jason
(here's the top 10 cds I listened to more than twice in 2004)
-tortoise "its all around you" (thrill jockey)
-bobby Conn "the Homeland" (thrill jockey)
-Moog "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (hollywood Records)
-Brown Bunny "Motion Picture Sountrack" (Japanese Import)
-Battles EP 1, 2, 3, (various labels, dim mak, monitor...)
-Nervous Cop "s/t" (5rc Records)
-Turing Machine "Zwei" (French Kiss)
-Textual "Highsight Sunglasses" (Stiff Slack)
-Claudia Quintet "I, Claudia" (cuneiform)
-McNeal & Niles "Re-issue" (chocolate Ind.)
Steve R.
NEW STUFF
1.devendra banhart-rejoicing in hands
2.joanna newsome- milk-eyed mender
3.John Wilkes Booze- Five pillars of Soul
4.liars- they were wrong so we drowned
5.Noxagt- Iron Point
6.Josephine Foster & the Supposed- all the leaves are gone
7.Animal Collective- sung tongs
8.comets on fire- blue cathedral
9.espers-s/t
10. wolf eyes- burned mind
OLD STUFF
1. Arthur Russell- World of Arthur Russell
2.henry flynt and the insurrections- I don't wanna
3. Albert Ayler- holy ghost
4.kenneth patchen- reads with jazz in canada
5.pavement crooked rain crooked rain
6. tyrannosaurus rex- reissues
7.john fahey- great san bernadino oil slick
8. arthur russell- world of echo
9.six organs of admittance- for octavio paz
10.ramon sender- worldfood
Connelly
1:JOHN CALE AT THE DOUBLE DOOR
2:COUNTRY ON THE CLICK-THE FALL
3:ROBERT WYATT-FREE WILL AND TESTAMENT
4:SCOTT WALKER-VIDEO ANTHOLOGY
5:SYDNEY & JACK BRISTOW
6:"MY MAMA NEVER TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK"-ANNETTE PEACOCK
7:V/A-"GLITTERBEST-20 PRE PUNK N' TERRACE STOMPERS"
8:ROGER MCGUINN "CARDIFF ROSE"
9:ART BEARS "HOPES & FEARS"
10:DAVID BOWIE LIVE IN MILWAUKEE
Mark Yoshi
-Adem-Homesongs
-Ty-Upwards (domestic)
-Branches ? Branches
-Animal Collective-sung tongs
-S-Puking and Crying
-Arcade Fire ? funeral
-Fiery furnaces - blueberry boat
-Killers -hot fuss
-Sonic Youth- sonic nurse
-Iron and Wine - our endless numbered days
-Dungen - ta det lugnt
-Blonde Redhead - misery is a butterfly
-Pinback - summer in abaddon
-Low Skies - I Have Been to Beautiful Places
-Kanye West - the College Dropout
-Vetiver - Vetiver
-Phoenix ?Alphabetical
Domenico + 2 - sincerely hot
-Devendra Banhart - rejoicing in the hands
-Electrelane - the power out
-Joanna Newsom -milk-eyed mender
-K-O S - joyful rebellion
-Walkmen - bows and arrows
-Sondre Lerche - two way monologue
-Juana Molina - Tres Cosas
-90daymen ? panda park
-outhud- streetdad
My top 10 Clearchannel favorites (also in no particular order):
Fabulous - "breathe"
Jadakiss - "why" (non-remix version)
Kanye West feat. Syleena Johnson (co-written by Lauryn Hill) - "all falls down"
Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti "wonderful"
Coheed and Cambria "A Favor House Atlantic"
Interpol "Narc"
Christina Milian "Dip it Low"
Usher and Alicia Keys "My Boo"
N.O.R.E. feat. Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gem Star & Big Mato "oye mi canto"
Jo-Jo "Baby It's You"
Evan
top eight albums i'm taking with me to Iraq when drafted, that are of 2004:
#8 Dungen: Ta Det Lught
#7 Tracy and the Plastics: Culture for Pigeon
#6 Antennas Erupt! : MAgical Energy
#5 The Lesser Birds of Paradise : String of Bees
#4 Midlake: Bamnan + Slivercork
#3 Animal Collective: Sung Tongs
#2 The Robot Ate Me: On Vacation
#1 Xiu Xiu: Fabulous Muscles
*and in that microsecond before my body dissolves into warm nuclear mist, i will wish i had taken "How To dismantle An Atomic Bomb" for reference. Then again, i would rather die w/ pride.
Billy
-SUNN O))) - WHITE 2
-WRANGLER BRUTES
-NIRVANA BOX
-GROWING - SOUL OF THE RAINBOW
-MASTODON - LEVIATHAN
-BOOKS LIE - compilation
-SILVER MT ZION - this is our punk rock
-HELLA - 2004? i dunno
....and the NIRVANA box again. why not ?
-PENTAGRAM - human hurricane
Taylor
Top 10 Shows i Saw This Year.......(in no particular order)
-Animal Collective w/ Black Dice- @ empty bottle
-Hit Me Back w/ Reaccion- @ the Needle House
-Wrangler Brutes- @ the Albion House
-Year Future- @ Fireside
-TV on the Radio- @ Metro
-Artimus Pyle w/ the Tyrades- @ El Colibri
-Fucked Up, Tras de Nada, Punch in the Face- @ El Colibri
Skinny Puppy- @ the Vic
-Arcade Fire- @ the bottle
-Non Fiktion Noise w/ No Slogan- house on 18th & Morgan
Top 10 Records That Weren't on That List.....(also in no particular order)
-Electrelane "Power Out"
-Xiu Xiu "Fabulous Muscles"
-Brian Jonestown Massacre "Tepid Peppermint Wonderland"
-Dungen "Ta Det Lugnt"Liars "
-They Were Wrong So We Drowned"
-Modest Mouse "Good News for People Who Love Bad News"
-90 Day Men "Panda Park"
-Devendra Banhart "Nino Rojo"
-Grimble Grumble "Leaves Leader"
-Elliot Smith "From a Basement on the Hill"
Chris Robert
(best of 2004, in no order)
-animal collective- sung tongs, but even better live @ empty bottle
-tower recordings- the galaxies' incredibly sensual transmission field of the...
-ariel pink- the doldrums & house arrest
-coughs- fright makes right
-michael yonkers- it's only yonkers
-aufgehoben- anno fauve
-bobby beausoleil- lucifer rising (soundtrack)
-gris gris- s/t
-liars- they were wrong so we drowned
-hall of fame- paradise now
-homosexuals- astral glamour
-bunnybrains- box the bunny
-henry flynt & the insurections- i don't wanna
-deerhoof- milkman
-urinals- negative capability
-wolf eyes & smegma- beast
-growing- soul of the rainbow & harmony of light
-black dice - 'creature comforts'
Mark Lux
-Gris Gris s/t
-Comets on Fire 'Blue Cathedral'
-Rogue Wave 'Out of the Shadow'
-tower Recordings 'Galaxies Incredible...'
-Hall of Fame 'Paradise Now'
-Califone 'Heron King Blues'
-Vibracathedral Orchestra (ECLIPSE)
-Josephine Foster & the Supposed 'All the Leaves are gone'
-Oneida 'Secret Wars'
-Samara Lubelski 'Fleeting Skies'
-Ghost 'Hypnotic Underworld'
-Growing 'Soul of the Rainbow'
-No Doctors 'Erp Saints (ep)'
Reissues:
Fleetwood Mac 'Tusk' & 'Rumours'
Bobby Beausoleil 'Lucifer Rising (soundtrack)'
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In-Store Performance: LADY SOVEREIGN-5:30 pm CANCELED (CLICK FOR MORE INFO)
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12/06/2005
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Hi Folks,
BAD NEWS. LADY SOVEREIGN CANCELED HER INSTORE TOMORROW. HER PEOPLE CALLED US AND SAID THAT THEY ARE HAVING "TECHNICAL ISSUES" (WHATEVER THAT MEANS) AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE IN-STORE. HUGE BUMMER. SORRY FOR THE HASSLE.
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In-Store Performance: Rogue Wave
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11/25/2005
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Sub Pop recording artists Rogue Wave will be honoring the coveted "Black Friday" In-Store slot
at 6pm, at Reckless Records in the fashionable Wicker Park neighborhood.
As always, this is all ages, however left over turkey-meals will not be allowed.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER, 25 @6pm
@Reckless Records Wicker Park
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In-Store Performance: Japanther
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11/16/2005
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HEY YOU!!!!
RECKLESS IS GONNA GIT RAWWWKED(THIS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16th at 7pm) LIKE IT AIN'T BEEN RAWWWKED IN QUITE SOME TIME. WHEN NONE OTHER THAN MELO PARK RECORDING ARTISTS JAPANTHER COME TO TOWN TO REAP RAWWWk 'N' ROLL HAVOC ON THE RECKLESS RECORDS ON BROADWAY!!! PREPARE TO BE RIPPED TO SHREDS BY THE RAZOR SHARP RAWWK CLAWS OF JAPANTHER!!! HOLY GOOD GOD THERE'S BEEN A RAWWWK MAULING !!!!!!!!!!!
again its at the BROADWAY LOCATION
WEDNESDAY NOV. 16TH at 7PM
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RIOT FEST 2005!!! PUNK ROCK!!! GOOD TIMES!!!
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11/04/2005
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Reckless Records is pleased to announce that we will be co-sponsoring Riot
Fest 2005 this year. Riot Fest is one of the largest punk festivals in
the US and features acts such as The Germs, The Misfits, Agent Orange, and
the Angry Samoans among others. The all-ages fest will be held at the
Congress Theatre on November 4th and 5th. To purchase tickets or find out
more information please visit http://www.riotfest2005.com or ask at
either Reckless location.
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In-Store Performance: Timeout Drawer
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10/14/2005
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"Chocolate Industries is pleased to announce its new addition to the roster -- The Timeout Drawer, a noisy guitar and synth driven rock band coming from the north side of Chicago. Long before linking up w/ Chocolate Ind., TTD have toured the country and have released two critically acclaimed albums on their own label, Someoddpilot. Now they have joined forces with the Choco crew, and Mr. Caural himself has contributed an amazing re-work of the title track to help celebrate a new direction for the label."
Timeout Drawer
all ages, free in-store performance
1532 N. Milwaukee
Reckless Records of Wicker Park
friday, 10/14 5:30PM
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In-Store Performance: Old time Relijun
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10/11/2005
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Old Time Relijun is a doing a free in-store performance at Reckless Records in Wicker Park. It will take place on Tuesday, October 11th @ 7PM, and is all ages. They are tour in support of their new full length, 2012, on K Records. The following night they will headline at the Bottle.
Old time Relijun
all ages, free in-store performance
1532 N. Milwaukee
Reckless Records of Wicker Park
tuesday, 10/11 7PM
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In-Store Performance: Ken Stringfellow & John Auer (of the Posies)
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10/07/2005
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Two members of the Posies, Ken Stringfellow and John Auer will do an in-store acoustic performance at the Wicker Park Reckless on October 7th. This is your chance to see them in a more intimate setting as later that night the Posies will headline a show at the Double Door.
Ken Stringfellow & John Auer (of the Posies)
all ages, free in-store performance
1532 N. Milwaukee
Reckless Records of Wicker Park
friday, 10/7 7PM
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In-Store Performance: LAU NAU AND ALL-STARS OF THE FINNISH FOLK UNDERGOUND
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09/19/2005
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Monday, September 19 at 5:30pm the Finnish psych-folk underground will be descending on RECKLESS IN WICKER PARK. You heard them on the radio (depending on what stations you listen to), you have seen them in the magazines (er um in the Wire) and you even read about them on the Pitchfork Media. Now see them up close and personal and for free here at Reckless Records. Starting things out there will be a solo performance by LAU NAU whose Locust Music debut, Kuutarha, is bound to beadorning best of 2005 lists like few other releases we have heard this year. Lau Nau will be followed by a (at least for now) nameless Finnish super-group (possibly including Lau Nau, Hertta Lussu Assa, Tomutonttu, Taikuri Tali and more). It should be a blast and a half, so start your week off right, come down to Reckless (WICKER PARK) and indulge in the weird sweet sounds of the Finnish underground.
LAU NAU and ALL-STARS OF THE FINNISH PSYCH-FOLK UNDERGROUND
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 @5:30pm
RECKLESS RECORDS- WICKER PARK
For more info (and maybe a free download or two) check out
www.locustmusic.com
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Reckless Records Labor Day Blowout Sale
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09/05/2005
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This summer has left us with too much product, and we have to purge our old ?NEW? titles. For one week, from Monday Sept. 5 to Sunday Sept. 11 the below will be on sale:
Any NEW title from 2004: 50% off
Any NEW Title from 2003: 60% off
Any NEW Title from 2002: 70% off
Any NEW Title from 2001: 80% off
Any NEW Title from 2000 and earlier: 90% off.
(SALE DOES NOT APPLY TO WEB/ONLINE PURCHASES, USED ITEMS, SPECIAL ORDERS, OR ITEMS ON HOLD)
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In-Store Performance: SUNDAY RUNNERS
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08/28/2005
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Sunday Runners
August 28th(sunday) @ reckless-wicker park 4pm
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In-Store Performance: The Orange Peels
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08/26/2005
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The Orange Peels will be playing an all-acoustic in-store at the 3161 N.Broadway store at 5:00 pm.
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NEW PORNOGRAPHERS LISTENING PARTY!!!!!!!!
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08/18/2005
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Hello Everyone,
Things are about to get real excitin? here in Reckless country. As Summer winds down things get a little cooler and the new releases get way hotter. Yes the late summer/ early fall new releases are nearly upon us. This season we have new stuff coming out by Khanate, Earth, Pit Er Pat, Portastatic, MBV, Animal Collective, Bjork, Flaming Lips, Devendra Banhart, Death Cab for Cutie, Lightning Bolt, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Cocorosie, Danger Doom, Food Wall, Broken Social Scene, and many more. Leading the way on the HOT NEW RELEASE front are Matador Records recording artists the NEW PORNOGRAPHERS whose new album ?Twin Cinema? comes out this Tuesday, August 23. We here at Reckless were so pumped about this one that we decided to celebrate its arrival on our racks with a LISTENING PARTY! This Monday, August 22 we?re going to the Hideout with our good buddies at the ONION to throw the craziest listening party the public has ever been privy to .The thing starts at 10pm, the good folks at the hideout will be serving cold drinks (that you have to pay for), we will be spinning and selling (a day early and at a special low price) the new New Pornographers record, the people from the onion will bring the hilarity, and everyone will have a blast. Be there or be nowhere. DRINKS! FUN! NEW PORNOGRAPHERS! ONION! RECKLESS! HIDEOUT! PRIZES?
One more time the party happens at the Hideout(1354 W. Wabansia) this Monday, August 22 at 10pm
For more info go to:
www.hideoutchicago.com
www.matadorrecords.com
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In-Store Performance: Xiu Xiu
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07/18/2005
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Free matinee performance at 1:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Four Tet
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07/15/2005
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Four Tet will be playing here at 5:30, for sure and absolutely.
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In-Store Performance: testers
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07/14/2005
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test test test
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Reckless Records of Chicago
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06/22/2005
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Hello and welcome to the Reckless Records of Chicago website. Despite continual failures to update the news of Reckless on-goings, in-stores, sales, and special events, we are still very much alive and operating in the electronic world. Perhaps because we focus with mind-blowing diligence on the physical store itself, this website may seem to be, at times, not current. But we are here, servicing and protecting you. Pretty soon we will be featuring our new Used arrivals on a daily basis so you can view the current stock as it expands and teases the stores? bins. Until then, you can use our data base to check on our entire stock, view our modestly genius and at times tepidly suspicious descriptions of music, check on in-store performances, sign up for our mailing lists and check in for various announcements such as sales, staff picks, literary roves about music, shows, and more. If you live in Chicago or are visiting please stop by in person for nothing compares to shopping at a real record store. We are incessantly buying used product of all genres and stocking new releases that you probably can?t find elsewhere. Bring us your collections, stock up on cheap cds, video games, vinyl, dvds, videos, magazines or just come in to soak up the atmosphere. Thanks.
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In-Store Performance: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
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04/22/2005
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HOT DAMN! There is yet another super-dope free in-store in the land of Reckless Records this week. This one will happen at the Reckless on Broadway on Friday (not Thursday as a couple of ads in the Reader and elsewhere stated) at 5pm. This one will feature none other than everyone's favorite ear-bleedin-hard-rockin Texans ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. So everybody get down there and prepare to have your minds and your eardrums totally blown! Whoa! Brutal!
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In-Store Performance: Josephine Foster
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04/19/2005
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Hey everyone,
Locust Music recording artist Josephine Foster will be playing an in-store at the Wicker Park Reckless on Tuesday April 19 at 6:30 pm, to celebrate the release of her incredible new album "Hazel Eyes...I Will Lead You." Come one, come all, a good time is bound to be had.
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In-Store Performance: MAHJONGG
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01/01/2005
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todaaay assuming that for you, today is Thursday the 29th at 5:30 pm.
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In-Store Performance: Bob Nanna/ Novi Split
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10/18/2004
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Monday at 6:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Magnolia Electric Co. Aka Songs: Ohia
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10/15/2004
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3:30 starting time at the Wickerpark store.
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In-Store Performance: Mekons release party in-store Sally Timms/Jon Langford
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09/28/2004
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We will be celebrated the releases of the new Mekons collection with an in-store from Sally Timms and Jon Langford on Tuesday 9-28 at the Broadway Reckless at 6:30 pm
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In-Store Performance: the Clogs
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09/26/2004
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The Clogs will be playing for free at the Wickerpark store on Sunday 9-26 at 3:00 pm.
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In-Store Performance: Action Action Action Action
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09/24/2004
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Playing at the Wickerpark Reckless for free on Yom Kippur eve at the Synagogue-friendly time of 5:00 pm on 9-24.
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In-Store Performance: High Water Marks
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09/22/2004
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Playing for free at Reckless at 3161 N.Broadway on Wednesday 9-22 at 6:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Zelienople
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09/18/2004
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Playing at 3161 N.Broadway for free on Saturday 9-18 at 3:00 pm
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Reckless Ping Pong Party II- Chris Mills
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09/02/2004
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Far from my own desk, in the cold-driven sweat of a September flu/cold/spike through my head kind of thing, I welcome you all, the Reckless individuals and higher forms, to my late night meltdown of upcoming events hosted by Us and We. I'm sorry, in advance, for just about anything I can manage to sensibly throw your way.
In chronological order of the soon to the sort-of far away:
1. Tomorrow, Thursday, the 2nd of September, Chris Mills with ex-Canyon "front man", Brandon Butler, will be playing a free in-store performance at the 3161 Broadway store at 6:00 pm. Chris Mills fits snuggly between the worlds of Wilco and the people who hate to be compared to Wilco and Robbie Fulks and the people who think that they don't like Robbie Fulks. He's influenced by pop and expresses that in a countryish/ folkish way that, I guess, because chicago gets pegged for some of the stupidest things in the world, we all should be happy is one of the non-stupid things that is a trait of our city: the involution of self-aware and un-ironic insurgent country with intent to not be like that. I don't know if that translates to me saying that I like Chris Mills, but I do. His newest release The Silver Line and some tour cd that he's selling while on...tour is available at the stores. Look at things here: http://www.chris-mills.com/ I'm not sure how the Canyon guys fits into his band but I'm still mad at Canyon for blowing off an in-store at Wickerpark because they didn't feel like it. I think I'll try the bucket of milk/blood/feta cheese-over-the-door trick on him. So yeah. I am really sick. I will say that a couple more times. Later that night, or this night, Chris Mills will be playing at Schubas: http://www.schubas.com in the almost incestuously Reckless-sponsored Justify your Existence show with the Onion. I must specify that this is the good kind of incest, the grape kind.
Next:
Monday, Labor Day, the 6th of September at 9:00 pm, we are mixing elements of Henry James, the Dalai Lama, the Lambdoid Cranial suture, fantasy football, music, innocence, the book you've been meaning to read and wall-to-wall Americana to bring to you our 2nd bi-random Ping Pong New Release Party. Along with Schubas and the Onion (again) and a beer company of some generic kind that most likely will have annoyingly pompous sale representatives in attendance that don't read these updates, we are ping-ponging (oh my god) off the success of the Astralwerks Ping Pong Party by repeating the experience. It is simple and it will be fun. Every random amount of days that will average out to almost 30, we will be lugging (in the probable rain) ping pong tables from the deep and candle-lit recesses of Reckless' back room into Schubas (3159 N. southport) where a tournament of post-rock, un-indulgent, self-committed, feigned non-capitalism ping pong will take place. We will offer you a chance to buy some of the newer and more exciting new releases of the last couple of weeks plus offer free things from any of the participating labels. Buy whatever you want---that makes no matter to me for last month's Ping Ponging was emphatically satisfying to a degree that maybe no other Reckless party has ever stirred in my soul (a soul that is now subtitled with Diet Dr.Pepper). The winner of the fiercely laid-back and almost chaotically fascinating tournament will get free things that will probably be decided on soon before the time of giving. And while you watch, cheer on your friends, envy your enemies, flirt with the Schubas staff (who appreciate your tips) you can listen to a mix of music from these releases, drink responsibly and democratically, take photos in the photo booth, try to dodge my wicked left-handed spin and learn quickly how to count to 11.
This Monday's new release Ping Pong party artists are:
Bjork, Paul Westerberg, Black Keys, John Cale, Medesky Martin & Wood, Clinic, Melvins, Mike Watt, Tara Jane O'Neal, Joan of Arc, Nora O'Connor, The Libertines, Guided By Voices, & Mouse on Mars. I know that we "actually" are giving away an autographed Paul Westerberg guitar but that sounds sort-of fishy and I wouldn't really trust that. But there'll be tons of stickers, posters and nonsense that will make your girl/boy/special friend proud.
You must be 21 years to attend for Schubas is a bar and it costs nothing to attend.
so now my flu has flown high into my head, my eyes are cemented shut with absolutely darling amounts of stuff that I have been sworn, by it, to not speak of. I am fading fast.
I will now allude to the following future and crucial Reckless events. This allusion will be more of a list than an allusion. And the list will be more of a sentence than a list...more of a feeling than a sentence, actually. Coming soon will be in-stores by Zelionople, the Cloggs, Action Action and a Sally Timms/Jon Langford Mekons release party in-store. Also, in a very sort-of related event, I wanted to mention that "on September 22nd Rock For Kids and the Metro/Smart Bar will host the second annual Music Mixer: a party with a charity auction of mix cds. Proceeds will fund Youth Jam, a program that brings music education to children living in homeless shelters". Both myself and fellow reckless employee, Chris Connelly will have mix cds in the auction. So if you're dying to hear my secretly thematic collage of influences you can attend the auction and bid the 4 shekels that my cd will probably go for.
Ask me questions, tell me lies, bring your custom Harley Davidson ping pong paddlesto the party, wonder aloud, tell me what your phone number spells, adopt a dog: http://www.furryfriendsfoundation.com/ ,read how the earth's magnetic fields are flipping: http://www.crystalinks.com/magnetics.html , invite me to never email you again, get an Ipod and sell us all your cds, read Proust, play Joust. Goodbye.
Brett
Reckless Records Chicago
3161 N.Broadway- 773-404-5080
1532 N.Milwaukee 773-235-3727
reckless.com
me and me only- 773-404-9588
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In-Store Performance: Chris Mills/ Brandon Butler (of Canyon)
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09/02/2004
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at 6:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Pedro The Lion
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06/29/2004
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6:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Jonathan Richman
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06/25/2004
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acappella in-store during the Lunching hour
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pedro the lion and pan american
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06/25/2004
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Hello reckless-on-the-lamb, eggs with my ham,
This will be quick and fanatically imposed on you. I'm thinking of going for a one paragraph update except for the rambly post-dog, pre-frog meandering that I am, due to maintenance of my brain, required to create. The main point, for those that have no need or time is that PEDRO THE LION is playing at the Broadway Reckless today at 6:00 pm. And that we are sponsoring the Kranky Record's Pan American release party later in the week.
1. I am the type to read meaning into things that are meaningless. I've tried to fight it but I can't, really. The tiring and complex system of transferring meaning from baseball realities onto hyperbolic superstitions (most regarding the wearing of gray and the almost obsessive non-wearing of sandals) is fun. Some things can not be figured out. There is some music that just seems good no matter how it is broken down and no matter how many times one's grandmother is mentioned in the lyrics. Pedro the Lion is good and he is good and we are super excited to have David Bazan and band at the Broadway reckless to play, I think, an acoustic set of songs from the new album on Jade Tree, "Achilles Heel", at 6:00 pm today, the 29th of June. Sure, at times one does not always root for the nice guy but this time you just should. It works and empathy will make you better. So come over today and watch or watch later for much more money with the chance of getting killed by second hand smoke at the Abbey Pub.
2. On the day after our sweet country's 228th birthday, on July 5th, Kranky Records will be presenting along with us, the people of Reckless, a Pan American release party at Sonotheque at 1444 W. Chicago (at N. Noble). The new Pan American album 'Quiet City' came out last week and will be played, stroked, appreciated and possibly, if the right crowd shows up, devoured. In addition to hearing the new album, those in attendance will be able to watch the full length music video for 'Quiet City' (shot and edited by Mark Nelson and Chicago visual artist Annie Feldmeier) on Sonotheque's supersize DVD displays. Things will be for sale, I assume, from the world of Kranky and Pan American/ Labradfordian, Mark Nelson will be Djing things for things who like things. I sort-of confess that I don't know when it starts but if you go to the Kranky website: http://www.brainwashed.com/kranky/ or call Sonetheque at 312-226-5232, I'm sure that someone more moon-lit than I can help you out.
Please email with any questions, historical comments, insecurities regarding calcium intake or anything at all. I'm very sorry that I am not into your velour jumpsuit and are you shopping at http://www.reckless.com ? and why not? Oh, and it's really hard to stop reading these: http://grouphug.us/
Brett
reckless records chicago of the united states
3161 N.Broadway
1532 N.Milwaukee
773-404-9588
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In-Store Performance: Algorithm
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06/18/2004
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6:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Dylan Rice
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06/12/2004
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2:00 pm
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In-Store Performance: Matt Pond PA
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06/11/2004
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6:30 pm
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So much it is Ridiculous
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06/11/2004
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Reckless ghosts, toasts (pieces of) and the most,
that'll be the last rhyme of the evening and the beginning of a sleep-drenched, rain-soaked, musically spoiled, altruistically questionable, heat-resented, sweetly-fearful, steel-willed, principle-fueled, self-mocked list of the billions and billions of things that I, in the name of all that can type faster than they can think, will be slopping down with, hopefully, received passion. This might be in two parts for I have things to say that have previously only been able to be expressed during the exploitation of claymation characters.
This is my outline for those with no time.
1. Matt Pond Pa in-store tomorrow Friday 6-11- 6:30 pm Milwaukee Ave.Store
a. joke (loosen up the crowd)
b. comment about how song, "new hampshire" shortens my quest for the Every State mix cd
c. $2 off cd thing
2. Dylan Rice in store saturday 6-12 - 2:00 pm Broadway store
a. riff on difference between men and women
b. make up something
3. Algorithm in-store Friday 18th 6:00 pm milwaukee ave. store
a. avoid admitting that I've never heard them
b. that story about the peanut butter sandwich (just kills me)
4. Schubas/ Double Door Live Discs for sale at Reckless
a. avoid things
b. be direct
5. Website back up and ready to be used by the lazy, the cerebral and the confined
a. promises
b. more promises
6. Allude to upcoming in-stores and promotions
a. Jonathan Richman 6-25 Milwaukee
1. stress that I'm not joking
2. stress other things
b. Pedro the Lion 6-29 at Broadway
1. no
2. shit
c. Pan American at Sonotheque mon.July 5th (reckless sponsored)
1. go Kranky
2. avoid Reggae jokes
d. dabble in the poorly worded hint that our big Summer Sale might be coming sometime soon
e. the Reputation, at some point, at some musical point
f. The Aluminum Group (because I like to mention them once in every email)
g. new !!! promotion
1. giving away !!! (obligatory "pronounced Chik Chik Chik") t-shirts with new record
1. we're out of them
2. anyway
2. giving away !!! balloons
1. we're out of them
2. anyway
7. List new releases that you should be buying, aware of, or feeling like I made up
8. gasping for air, I add, that we're selling at the Warped Tour this year: July 24 at some big arena
named after something.
9. conclude with at least one degrading Ronald Reagan joke, be vague, invite stalkers to make
missed connections with me, remember the thing I forgot, forget that I remembered, and leave
PART ONE: Remembrance of
First, I apologize. It's been almost a month since a Reckless update. I've done the cocoon thing. I am like that at times. But the summer is generally apologetic so I'll use its grandiose and forces of fluctuating temperatures and humidities to sincerely say that I'm sorry. I've read that Dostoyevsky's notes for Crime and Punishment were longer than the book itself. I plan to make my email, now, smaller than my outline. I dare myself. And Bingo is my name-O.
To the mass who care and at least a few who don't realize yet that they do:
1. Matt Pond Pa. New album "emblems" sounds like a record with guitars. "Pa" stands for Pennsylvania. It's one of 21 states I've been to. 21 is my favorite number. http://www.mattpondpa.com/ June 11 6:30 pm Milwaukee ave. not playing anywhere else.
2. Dylan Rice. new album "wandering eyes". not related to Damien Rice. sort-of sounds like Damien Rice which is a little weird. http://users.rcn.com/drice.enteract/index.html (features a rave review from Styx's bassist, Chuck Panozzo. June 12 - 2:00 pm Broadway Ave. Playing other places.
3. Algorithm. nothing out yet. part of the future Aesthetics records roster playing at their Showcase at the empty bottle on 06.19 w/ The Eternals, Kenneth James & dj's The Lions. They are using laptops. They're those types (and I can respect that). In-store is 6-18 at Milwaukee- 6:00 pm. http://www.aesthetics-usa.com/index.html
4. From now on, most artists that are willing to participate with eMusic, Schubas and/or the Double Door will be recording their shows (banter, mistakes, drunken rants and un-copywrited cover songs included) and letting Reckless sell them. Every monday will we be offering these cds for the week and weak prior. What they lack in packaging will be made up in future packaging. Some of the bands so far: Handsome Family, Okkervil River, Clearlake, Trs-80...and others that I can't remember. In a couple of days if you go onto the Reckless Website and type in 'Double Door" or 'Schubas" you can "see" all the titles. Should be a barrel of barrels.
5. And with a segue (about ten pounds) emblazoned in steel that I've now destroyed by calling it what it is, our website http://www.reckless.com is now back and operating in full functional capacity. Sorry for it down-ness and crippled-ness. It's back up and will soon be chuck (chock) full of new releases and all the things that, I promise, will make you happier and happier. If there are things that you'd like to be on our website, let me know. I promise you we will try to do them.
Part Two: Things to come
6. Ok, I'm not joking. Jonathan Richman is playing an acappella in-store at the Milwaukee Ave. store during the lunch hour of June 25th. More details to come. Pedro the Lion is playing at Broadway on 6-29 at 6:30 pm. We're sponsoring a Kranky Pan American show on July 5th at Sonotheque. There certainly isn't anything funny about reggae. The Reputation will be playing an in-store when something happens. The Aluminum Group are a band from Chicago. We're going to have a summer sale soon, details to follow and finally the new !!! (chik chik chik) album is out and god do I love the disco fueled irony that is unironically self referential to the past's disregard for the future. Touch and Go gave us lots of balloons and t-shirts to give away but the anxious indie-rock first day buyers gobbled them out. But I figured I'd point out what you missed.
7. And other things out that you should be aware of? Really, it's not like you're actually still reading this? are you? You?
PJ HARVEY-Uh Huh Her
SONIC YOUTH--Sonic Nurse
CHIK CHIK CHIK--Louden Up Now
VANDERMARK 5--Elements In Style
PAPER CHASE--God Bless Your Black Heart
RACHEL YAMAGATA--Happenstance
Vetiver "Vetiver" (my favorite thing right now)
BATTLES--EP C
Br. DANIELSON--Brother Is To A Son
BLACK EYES--Cough
WARMERS--Wanted: More
DNA--DNA On DNA
BAD RELIGION--Empire Strikes First
AC Newman--Slow Wonder (new pornographers)
THE FALL--50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong
Chris Connelly--Night Of Your Life
PEDRO THE LION--Achilles Heel
MORRISSEY--You Are The Quarry
MATT POND--Emblems
MADLIB--Remixes VOL. 2
V/A: LOVE PEACE & POETRY--MEXICAN PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC
TWO LONE SWORDSMEN--From the Double Gone Chapel
MISS KITTEN--I COM
New Year--End Is Near
Pit Er Pat--Babies Are Tired 12"
REISSUES:
Nina Nastasia--Dogs
V/A--30 seconds over DC
Robert Wyatt--Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt--Ruth is Stranger Than Richard
Brent Gutzeit--Drug Money
DVDS:
SCTV--NETWORK 90 VOL. 1 (5DVD SET)
SONIC YOUTH--CORPORATE GHOST VIDEOS 1992--2002
so, Yes, that's it. I decided to send this in one deeply heartfelt, omniscient and vaguely ridiculous email. And it was longer than the outline but if I were Isaac Bashevis Singer and you were a chicken with suicide pills, we'd all be happy now, wouldn't we? I can't do everything I promise.
Let me know if there's anything you need to know, force me to laugh, remind that you care about the new Wilco album coming out on June 22nd, offer me a chair for me desk at home (I'll pick it up), give me advice and just, for once, tell me how Reckless can make your prom day more special. All is how all will always be,
thanks
Brett
Reckless Records Chicago
3161 N.Broadway
1532 N.Milwaukee Ave
773-404-9588
brett@reckless.com
http://www.reckless.com
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In-Store Performance: Dan Sartain
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05/12/2004
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5:00 pm. His show got canceled at the Fireside so this is the only place he'll be playing in Chicago.
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In-Store Performance: The Hushdrops
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05/07/2004
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At Broadway at 6:30 pm
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In-Store Performance: Red Thread/ Pleasant Grove
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05/02/2004
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2:00 pm
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Magnetic Fields
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04/26/2004
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We (the people that are Reckless and Schubas and The Onion) are having a grand celebration for the new MAGNETIC FIELD'S release, "i" that comes out next week. On Monday, May 3rd, at approximately 9:00 pm or so, we are asking all Magnetic Fields type of people who are over 21 to collectively assemble at Schubas Tavern (3159 N.Southport) to do the following things:
1. listen to "i"
2. enjoy the company of other people who, either by accident or by will, share the common love of the Magnetic Fields
3. take advantage of the almost miraculous drink specials, kind staff and comfortable setting of Schubas
4. once drunk, defeated or upset that he/she is not there, join the karaoke band provided on stage to sing all your favorite Magnetic Fields songs. Maybe you can win her/him back, maybe you can impress, maybe the words to " I think I need a new heart" are unavoidable to your soul, maybe you're more of a "Wayward" person and "Suddenly there is a tidal wave" is what you need to express..All possibilities exist...The Chicago band, THE SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR, are, at this moment, practicing away to learn every request you could have. They will play, you will sing. So thank them as I have and will, buy their record, and come out and honor the Magnets.
a. if you're shy, just come and watch and admire.
b. it should be noted that karaoke songs sung in one's own voice are far more enjoyable than ones that are imitations of the original performer.That's just a mild suggestion.
c. We will be videotaping the event, with consent, and sending them the tape so they can enjoy our roast
d. the lyrics will be provided.
5. at midnight, "i" will be on sale (as all Magnetic Fields cds on Merge will be (the ones that you might have forgotten about, previously only had on promo cassette or broke in broken heartedness)). "i" which contains songs that all begin with the word "i" will be available the next day at both Reckless locations if for some reason, you forget to bring your cash to Schubas.
6. Through out the night we will try to be giving away special things but I wouldn't bank too much on that. Part of the consequent from moving from the pleasure that is always Merge Records to a major label is that not much promotional attention is spent on things like this. We're trying to come up with some things to give away. If it has to be peanut butter Oreos, it will be peanut butter Oreos.
So, if you weren't the type to get tickets to either of three sold-out shows at the Old Town School of Folk Music on 6.25-6.27 then this might be the closest you'll get to seeing them play. And this will be free and you can, unfortunately, smoke, and drink, heckle, applaud and be irresponsible before, during and after. The response from the few that already know about this has been a little overwhelming so try to get there early to reserve a space. He would have wanted you to do that.
b)
I separate this portion because.
Right before the Magnetic Fields party, on Monday, May 3rd as well, at 8:00 pm, we will be sponsoring (or assisting) with Schubas, the DVD viewing party for Ween's "live in Chicago" dvd that was recorded at the Vic Theater. After (or during) or really at any time at all, the Ween DVD will be for sale. I can not confess to knowing a single thing of interest about Ween. I'm sure there are worthwhile things to say about them but like Beck and, maybe perhaps, golf, I just am not the person to point them out. You just must understand. So come to Schubas, watch the DVD, buy it if you can. If you can't, spend your money on something else, like tips for the Schuba's staff. I'm just not sure. Oh, and The Onion are sponsoring this too. It's another recky/Oniy event.
questions: brett@reckless.com
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In-Store Performance: Joanna Newsom
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04/17/2004
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The Joanna Newsom instore is April 17th 2:00pm at the WickerPark store
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In-Store Performance: The Silent League
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04/17/2004
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set to play at 4:00 pm. An incredibly descriptive description (thus) will follow soon.
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In-Store Performance: Lesser Birds of Paradise
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04/10/2004
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performing at 3:30 pm.
See Chicago reader spot check:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/music/spotcheck.html#LESSER
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In-Store Performance: Sodastream/ Bevel
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04/08/2004
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Performing at 6:30 pm. See News::::::::::::
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In-Store Performance: Narrator
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04/03/2004
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Another late addition!
4pm, this Saturday (4/3/04)
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win a dream movie date with the 90 day men!!!!
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02/22/2004
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Reckless piglets, research consumers and con-men,
I am able to, with a free conscience, use the word "conscience" without meaning "conscious". Although this feat shouldn't impress you, it does for about 60-75% of the people I come in contact with. My faults, though, are like neon. The last few emails have suffered through an almost unholy neglect of proofreading, so I apologize for some glarbing misspellings and apparently, a couple of different drafts all tacked on to one. I hope the good graces of your life allow for my forgiveness or at least the ability not to care too much. This ability has been voiced or not voiced many times to me, almost continually, so I appreciate the negative care. I just want care.
Also, on the subject of forgiveness, I also extend two apologies out to the Reckless brethren, one to all those that attended the Belle & Sebastian party and found that we had no stock to sell and the other to those Superchunk devotees who, with the 45 minute advance warning, were unable to attend the movie screening. The bridal path to happiness, though, is soon near for I'm about to give you an 87 hour advance warning to our next event, the LIARS (mute) and 90 DAY MEN (southern) double release party at Sonotheque. This, you'd think, like the oddly euphemistic conversation I had with a classmate about "pop" and "soda" ( a conversation in which I either threatened to cook for him or committed real-estate fraud...it was very confusing) will be an event to speak of for ages. I say that because I want to. It is that kind of century so far.
Just in case you're sick of reading, this is what I'm going to say:
90 Day Men/Liars release party at Sonetheque on Mon.Feb23rd at 10:00 pm. Thanks
now that the weenies are gone:
So here are the details and read on for the winner of a garrulously and undeniably pleasurable contest will get a chance to see the movie of their choice with the 90 Day Men. I don't mean to drive this point home again, but (again) it's that kind of century?
The Liars are on Mute. Their new record, "They were wrong so we drowned" is released on Tuesday, the 24th. http://www.mute.com/liars/drowned.html Like the uncommitted, the Liars are strong and confident and in a way that I am not usually directed, I am directed to this record. My general comment about modern day indie bands is generally something like: "fine, get a singer, get a bass player and let's talk". This is My weakness. The Liars fit into things I don't usually fall far for frequently. There's something, though, about driving underneath Wacker Drive in Chicago, at about 70 miles per hour with no one else around thinking that at any point if a army of vampires were to pop out behind a beam or from a pothole that you could take them out, destroy their home base and get back in time to save the president's daughter that makes listening to the Liar's new record an amazing experience. Part Silver Apples, part Gang of Four (because nothing isn't), Part solo records from Wire members (dome in particular), Part Throbbing Gristle, like a reference to last year's models, Clinic, this record is subdued and powerful, like indie-rock sea chanties mixed with art installations from friends. It's always relapsing back into something that you can't tell if you like but you do so you do and it shall be liked. This is dark, perfect for killing vampires, but it's dark in a way that cymbals sound like weapons and distant melodies sound like war cries. Yeah, it's like admitting your sister is sexy to a friend or something. I feel weird but I can't deny that this record is pretty great. Does this sound like insults? If it does, I apologize for there is a surprising lack of sarcasm in this description. I'll save that for my trip to Detroit this weekend.
The 90 Day men with their new "Panda Park" release offer more than just local hero-ness and more than the usual "no, they're totally nice guys"-ness and more than the fact that they shop, work, date members of, build shelves for and are always in Reckless. They are about evolution. And I think they're about pizza. In Chicago, where form and style can often overshadow the simple things, like songs and the ability to smile, the 90 Day Men are a bit of oddity. This new record, as I'm listening to it right now, has given me goosebumps and has surprised me. It's worth stating, that like so many things that are unidentifiable, this record seems to draw from all around, there are some midwinter radiohead nods, some freaked out Tim Buckley heavy metal vocals, some Stevie Wonder fueled saw chords and then Bowie-esque dramas played out like Diamond Dogs and Cabaret on a piano. And, as if this could escape me, there's a panda on the cover. Not a panda bear but a panda. That's worth complementing. look here for more: http://www.southern.com/southern/band/NDAYM/28102
Oh yes, and what about these records, you ask with guarded negation and a rebellious need to have me get to the point. Reckless, Mute, The Onion (I think) and Southern (I think) are all getting together for a release. On Monday, Feb.23rd at 10:00 pm we are assembling at Sonotheque at 1444 W.Chicago to listen to a random but rugged mix of both records. At Midnight, both records go on sale (I believe on Vinyl and CD) for a dethroningly low price. Part of the miracle is that "dethroning" isn't a word but this night will offer many unbelievable verbs in past tense. I plan to be doing my part by baconing all night. Also at Midnight two things will happen: Rob Lowe from the 90 Day Men will be ....spinnin'...records. And we will reveal the winner of our contest and reward them with an allegorical coupon to see a movie (of their choice) with one or some members of the 90 Day Men. And because Brian from the 90 Day Men agreed to this without telling anyone else in the band, it will be probably be him and if the movie is something that I want to see, even I might go. Popcorn will probably be included and this will happen most likely in the next few days after Tuesday for they go on tour sometime right after that. You must be 21 to attend this party, it is free and drinking can be done. I am hoping for at least one reference to this party for a missed connection so please do your part.
And then in a hazy flashback scene, I now refer to the rules of the contest which, in actuality, I haven't revealed. Linear arenas are so obvious. {FLashback starts now}. So to win the contest, please email me your "GREATEST LIE ABOUT THE 90 DAY MEN". Do you get the tie in? Christian, at Reckless, thought of this and he is a great thinker and this is a great thought. Email them to me (brett@reckless.com) by 6:00 pm on Monday the 23rd and the best lie will be chosen by the band at the party. You must be present to accept your gift. {end flashback}
Also we will be giving away some exceptionally Equal (in all ways) Liars gifts. They're not local so they won't be there but we'll be extending Mutes charitable hand by offering you special prints made by the band as well as cds,lps and posters and all the normal things that normal people do while attending normal release parties very normally. Both releases will be available at both Reckless locations the next day and forever after and a more reasonably inflated price so we can pay for pizza parties on President's Day.
There can only be questions and I, in a steady glaze of eagerness, would like to answer them for you. If you wish something specific on me or for me, would like to never be heard from again or would like to never hear from me again or if you simply want a summary of just about anything I know or don't know about, I will be happy to answer.
Thanks
Brett
Reckless Records Chicago
3161 N.Broadway
1532 N.Broadway
www.reckless.com
773-404-9588
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holiday, the end, festivity
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12/31/2003
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Hello.
reckless cheer is to be had, to be leafed through, to be cut up into pieces by the grumpy, the dispirited, the oddly sorted and by me and the other lovers of holidays. and Hanukkah. And Lord of the Rings and Lost in Translation again, Da Ali G show, Klipspringers and the snow that will come soon. There's so much swarming around the brain at this time of the year that I have failed to keep in contact. But on this new years eve day, as I prepare for drunken drivers to slam into each other in front of my door and babies to be conceived out of mismatched mixtures of Vodka and scarves and lots of people saying things they don't mean and all of those Things I don't care about, the only thing that will really matter (after friend's new babies, gifts that seems right and & cheap sweaters at Target) will be what was releases came out this year. It's so hard to remember years anymore. They're all so similar and confusing. It always seems appropriate to mark time by minutes past since "Loveless" or "Bugsy Malone" was released. It's sort-of comforting which is the whole extent of the theme I am extended to you. Like, claymation christmas specials and gingerbread, my best-of lists speak their own language. As I go back to past years and look at my favorites, they bring back more vivid recollections than any pictures or badly scrawled note could possibly bring, which is why the new year bring out the nostalgia in me and most. So here's a toast to future nostalgia of today which will surely romanticize the time when that thing that will happen tonight happened and how you'd give anything to have those times happen again. Good luck and safe tidings from me and Reckless.
Here are the things we liked most about this year:
Brett (me)
1. Radiohead- Hail to the Thief (capitol)
2. Shins- Chutes too Narrow (subpop)
3. Mojave 3- Spoon & Rafter (beggars)
4. Fruit Bats- Mouthfuls (subpop)
5. Lullatone- Computer Recital (audio dregs)
6. Baxter Dury- Len Parrot?s Memorial Lift (roughtrade)
7. Cat Power- You are Free (matador)
8. Clientele- The Violet Hour (merge)
9. King Geedorah- Take me to your leader (big dada)
10. Papa M- One, Two, Three, Four eps (dragcity)
11. Cass Mccombs- A/ Not the Way (monitor)
12. Zephyrs- Year to a day (setanta)
13. Supersilent- 6 (rune grammofon)
14. New Pornographers- Electric Version (matador)
15. Party of Helicopters- Please Believe it (velocette)
16. Dipsomaniacs- Life you?re faking (face down)
17. Belle & Sebastian- Dear Catastrophe Waitress (roughtrade)
18. Bonnie Prince Billy- Master & Everyone (drag city)
19. Eluvium- Lambent Material (temporary residence)
20. Sleepy Jackson- Lovers (astralwerks)
21. Four-tet- Rounds (domino)
22. Schneider TM- 6 Peace E.P.(mute)
23. Sloan- Action Pact (bmg)
24. Carla Werner- Departure (warner)
25. Ulrich Schnauss- Strangley Isolated Place (towerblock)
26. Parsley Sound- Parasley Sounds (mowax)
27. The 88- Kind of Light (mootron)
28. Sufjan Stevens- Greetings from Michigan The Great Lakes State (sounds familyre)
29. M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (gooom)
30. Tyde- Twice (rough trade)
31. Toshack Highway- Magnetic Morning (Sonic Unyon)
32. Paula Frazer- Place where I know (Birdman)
33. Lucksmiths- Midweek Midmorning/ Little Distraction (matinee)
34. Various Artists- Acuarela Songs v.2 (acuarela)
35. Timbaland & Magoo- Under Construction Part II (Universal)
35. Jorma Whittaker- Jorma Whittaker (Secretly Canadian)
36. Felt Reissues on CD and DVD (cherry red)
37. David Shire- Conversation Soundtrack (intrada)
38. Winged Migration DVD (columbia)
39. The Muppet Show reissues on DVD (columbia)
40. Space Ghost Coast to Coast on DVD (warner)
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Kip
Neil Young- On the Beach (reissue)
Tv on the Radio- Young Liars ep
Prefuse 73- One Word Extinguisher
Books- Lemon of Pink
Johnny Cash- Unearthed Boxset
Radiohead- Hail to the Thief
Led Zeppelin- How the West was won
Speaking Canaries- Get out Alive- the Last type story
Dirty Three- She has no Strings attached
Outkast- Speakerboxxx
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Mark L.
Andrew Hill Passing Ships
Angels of Light Everything Is Good Here Please Come Home
Cass Mccombs A
Comets on Fire S/T
Dirty Three She Has No Strings Attached
Double Leopards Halve Maen
Jade Fly on Strangewings
Led Zeppelin How the West was won
Linda Perhacs Parrallelograms
Loudon Wainwright So damn Happy
Michael Yonkers Microminature Love
Modey Lemon Thunder & Lightning
Outkast SpeakerBoxx
Pentagram First Daze Here
Plastic CrimeWave Sound Flashing Open
Postal Service
Shins Chutes Too Narrow
Sleep Dopesmoker
Stark Reality
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Gwen
SMOG - SUPPER
LOOSE FUR - S/T
STROKES - ROOM ON FIRE
GOLDFRAPP - BLACK CHERRY
TV ON THE RADIO - YOUNG LIARS
CASS MCCOMBS - A
MISSY ELLIOTT - THIS IS NOT A TEST
POSTAL SERVICE - GIVE UP
CAT POWER - YOU ARE FREE
LED ZEPPELIN - HOW THE WEST WAS WON
OUTKAST - SPEAKERBOXXX
GRAND ULENA - GATEWAY TO DIGNITY
RADIOHEAD - HAIL TO THE THIEF
BETH GIBBONS - OUT OF SEASON
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Matt
in alphabetical order
nick cave "nocturama"
dirty three "she has no strings apollo"
missy elliott "pass the dutch"
jonny greenwood "bodysong"
karl hendricks trio "the jerks win again"
king geedorah "take me to your leader"
led zeppelin "how the west was won" cd & DVD
lungfish "love is love"
madvillain "money folder" 12"
mastodon "remission"
m83 "red seas & lost ghosts"
90 day men "too late or too dead"
outkast "speakerboxxx/love below"
party of helicopters "please believe it"
pentagram "vintage daze" reissuecanaries
radiohead "hail to the thief"
shins "chutes too narrow"
sleep "dopesmoker"
speaking canaries "get out alive: the last type story"
television "live at the old waldorf"
paul westerberg "come feel me tremble"
yeah yeah yeah's "maps" 7"
michael yonkers band "microminiature love" reissue
various artists "miami soul"
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Ryan
the Best of 2003 in Music
1. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
2. Cass McCombs - A
3. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
4. Cat Power - You Are Free
5. the Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
6. OutKast - Speakerboxx / the Love Below
7. Fruit Bats - Mouthfuls
8. GOODBYE, BABYLON (six disc boxset of early gospel music)
9. M. Ward - the Transfiguration of Vincent
10. Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me?
11. Johnny Cash - Unearthed (boxset of american recordings)
12. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
13. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
14. Iron & Wine - the Sea and the Rhythm e.p.
15. Smog ? Supper
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Taylor
TOP TEN LP'S:
1. Cass McCombs "A"
2. Party of Helicopters "Please Believe It"
3. Outkast "Speakerboxx/ The Love Below"
4. Brian Jonestown Massacre "And This Is Our Music"
5. Telescopes "As Approved By the Committee"
6. Lungfish "Love Is Love"
7. Pleasure Forever "Alter"
8. Plastic Crimewave "Flashing Open"
9. M83 "Red Seas & Lost Ghosts"
10. Bruce Springsteen "Essential Bruce Springsteen"
TOP SEVEN EP'S/7"S/Singles:
1. These Arms Are Snakes "This Is Meant to Hurt You" EP
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" 7"
3. Electrelane "On Parade" EP
4. Ponys "S/T" 7"
5. !!! "Me & Giuliani Down By the School Yard"
6. Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers" single
7. Souls She Said "Rub the Sleep Out" EP
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Tina
Tops for 2003 (in random order):
1. Dead Meadow -- Shivering King & Others
2. TV On the Radio -- Young Liars
3. Comets on Fire -- S/T
4. Devendra Banhart -- Oh Me Oh My
5. Broadcast -- Pendulum
6. Tyrades -- S/T
7. Pelican -- Australasia
8. Lungfish -- Love is Love
9. Missy Elliott -- This is not a test
10. Entrance -- Kingdom of Heaven must be taken by storm
11. Angels of Light & Devendra Banhart @ Schuba's
12. Civilized Age & Plastic Crimewave @ the Hideout
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Brian
TOP 10 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
TV ON THE RADIO - YOUNG LIARS
CAT POWER - YOU ARE FREE
OUTKAST - SPEAKERBOX/LOVE BELOW
RADIOHEAD - HAIL THE THIEF
FIERY FURNACES - GALLOWSBIRDS BARK
PANTHERS - LET'S GET SERIOUS
YOUNG PEOPLE - WAR PRAYERS
PINEBENDER- THE HIGH PRICE OF LIVING A SINGLE DREAM TOO LONG
JONATHAN COLECLOUGH - CASINO
PREFUSE 73 - ONE WORD EXTINGUISHER
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James
2003'S MENTIONABLES (in random order)
The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow"
The Constantines "Shine a Light"
American Analog Set "Promise of Love"
Cass McCombs "A"
Cat Power "You Are Free"
Califone "Quicksand/Cradlesnakes"
M. Ward "Transfiguration of Vincent"
Lucksmiths "Naturaliste"
Camera Obscura "Underachievers Please Try Hard"
Eliott Smith "Pretty (Ugly Before)"
Iron & Wine "The Sea & the Rhythm"
Broken Social Scene "You Forgot It In People"
Postal Service "Give Up"
Bonnie Prince Billy "Master & Everyone"
Clientele "Violet Hour"
Charlene "S/T"
Mojave 3 "Spoon & Rafter"
The Wrens "Meadowlands"
The Strokes "Room On Fire"
Aislers Set "How I Learned to Write Backwards"
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Mark Y.
1. the Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
overzealous praise: maybe not since the beatles has a group woven such interesting harmonies and melodies into the pop idiom.
2. T.V. and the Radio - Young Liars (Touch & Go)
i think i have listened to this 50,000 times.
3. Arab Strap - Mondays at the Hug and Pint (Matador)
critically underrated!@$!#
4. Juana Molina - Segundo (Domino)
5. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/the Love Below (LaFace)
6. Diverse - 1 a.m. (Chocolate Industries)
7. Four Tet - Rounds (Domino)
8. Books - The Lemon of Pink (Tomlab)
i only discovered the even better "thought for food" this year as well.
9. Fruit Bats - Mouthfuls (SubPop)
10. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (Matador)
11. Postal Service - Give Up (Sub Pop)
12. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - I Bet You Say That To All the Boys (Fashion Brigade)
13. Branches - (self titled demo)
i can't wait until this album comes out so we can see jeremy lemos' handiwork on some of the finest "indie rock" i've heard in years.
14. Head of Femur - Ringodon or Proctor (Greyday)
15. King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader (Big Daddy/Ninja Tune)
16. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State (Asthmatic Kitty)
17. The Firey Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark (Sanctuary)
Both sufjan and fiery furnaces are late additions but so rarely do i find myself NEEDING to own an album after the first time i hear it.
18. DJ Andy Smith - The Document II (Classic/Illicit)
19. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (Capitol) .
20. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (Warp)
best single - tie Andre 3000 - "Hey Ya" / Kelis - "Milkshake"
best b-side - Elliott Smith - "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity To Be Free"
best s/t - ?Lost in Translation?
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Sarah
albums
comets on fire s/t
japanther 'leatherwings'
m83 ''dead cities, red seas, & lost ghosts'
gossip 'movement'
michael yonkers band 'microminIature love' -reissue
brant bjork 'jalamanta' reissue
pelican 'australasia'
witches 'on parade'
iron & wine 'sea & the rhythm'
country teasers 'secret weapon revealed at last'
the fall ?country on the click?
7's
ponys 'i wanna fuck you +2'
electrelane 'on parade'
plastic crimewave sound 'great ceased'
functional blackouts '1900 get inside'
ponys 'wicked city'
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Chris R.
?Top Ten? of 2003 (in no particular order):
Eddie Gale (reissue): Black Rhythm Happening, Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music
Sightings: Absolutes
Young People: War Prayers
Spires That in the Sunset Rise: s/t
Kevin Drumm: Land of Lurches
Deerhoof: Apple o?
The Ex: improv show @ the empty bottle
Sleep: Dopesmoker
Essential Logic/Laura Logic (reissue): Fanfare in the Garden
Animal Collective: Here Comes the Indian
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Daniel L.B.
Postal Service / Give Up
Beulah / Yoko
Mono / One Step More and You Die
Brother Ali / Shadows on the Sun
The Jealous Sound / Kill Them With Kindness
Pernice Bros. / Yours, Mine & Ours
Cursive / The Ugly Organ
Non-Prophets / Hope
Four Tet / Rounds
M. Ward / Transfiguration of Vincent
TV on the Radio / Young Liars Ep
Hey Mercedes / Loses Control
American Analog Set / Promise of Love (first three songs only)
Explosions in the Sky / The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Beyonce f. Jay-Z / "Crazy in Love"
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Drew
1. COUNTRY TEASERS: secret weapon revealed at last
2. CHARIZMA & PEANUT BUTTER WOLF: big shots
3. KING GEEDORAH (MF DOOM): take me to your leader
4. BLACKBIRDS: blackbirds
5. THE FALL: this is the new fall album
6. LUNGFISH: love is love
7. SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE: s/t
8. BARDO POND: on the ellipse
9. MOGWAI: happy songs (big surprise)
10. WHITEHOUSE: bird seed
11. JOAN OF ARC: in rape fantasy and terror sex we trust
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Courtland
Top 15, no order
1. Daily Planet - Team Daily
2. Mad Villian - Money Folder 12"
3. Stark Reality - Now
4. Express Rising
5. JFA - We Know You Suck
6. Family Tree - Tree House Rock
7. King Geedorah _Take Me To Your Leader
8. Smog - Supper
9. Monsta Island Czars - Escape From Monsta Island
10. MIdwest Funk - Various
11. Mickey & The Soul Generation - Iron Leg
12. Town & Country - 5
13. Trad Gras Och Stenar - Mors Mors
14. Style Wars - DVD
15. Ethiopiques Vol. 13 : Ethiopian Grooves
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STEVE'S TOP 20
BARDO POND-on the ellipse
CHRISTIAN BRANDT & THE 100%-7"
MICHAEL YONKERS BAND-microminiture love
STARK REALITY-1969'
TRAD GRAS OCH STENAR-mors mors
MODEY LEMON-thunder & lightning
BRAIN DONOR-s/t
VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA-queen of guess
ED ASKEW-2nd unreleased LP
RABBIT RABBIT-split 7"
ESPERS-s/t
BRETT SMILEY-breathlessly brett
HEATHER LEIGH MURRAY-cautrot vocal recordings
MIMINOKOTO-2
V/A-velvet tinmine
COMETS ON FIRE-live on WFMU
V/A-Cherrystone's rocks
6 ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE-compathia
TESTORS-complete 1976-79
METAL URBAIN-anarchy in Paris
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Stephen
Top 20:
1. The Whip--Freelance Liason 7"
2. MF DOOM--Everything (King Gedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Madvilian 12",Yee Haw 12")
3. Growing--Skys Run Into the Sea
4. Express Rising--S/T LP
5. TV On The Radio--S/T EP
6. Devandra Banhart--Oh Me Oh MY...
7. Beans--Tomorrow Right Now
8. Cass McCombs--A
9. Carla Bozulich--Red Headed Stranger
10. Cat Power--You Are Free
11. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists--Hearts Of Oak
12. Loose Fur--S/T
13. Tim Hecker--Radio Amor
14. 90 Day Men--Too Late or Too Dead EP
15. Watchers--To The Rooftops
16. Black Eyes--S/T
17. Matmos--The West
18. Azita--Enantiodromia
19. Sunn O)))--White 1
20. Matthew Herbert Big Band--Goodbye Swingtime
Bonus 10 Shows
1. SUNN O)))--Empty Bottle
2. Mastodon--Fireside Bowl
3. Black Eyes/Scalpels--Swayze Compound
4. Shellac--De Kalb, IL.
5. Summer On Southport--Walkmen, 90 Day Men, Watchers, Boas, etc.
6. Oxes/Cass McCombs--Empty Bottle
7. Taking Pictures--Various Shows
8. Carla Bozulich/Nels Cline--Schubas
9. Outhud/Beans--Empty Bottle
10. The Fall/Tv On The Radio--Empty Bottle.
3 Re-Issues
1.Pentagram--First Daze Here
2. Parliament--Osmium
3. Sleep?Dopesmoker
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Gar
1.BOOKS "LEMON OF PINK"
2. WEAKERTHANS "RECONSTRUCTION SITE
3.BUZZCOCKS S/T
4.SLAYER WAAR AT THE WARFIELD DVSD
5. SUPERGRASS "LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS"
6.SOUL POSITION "8 MILLION STORTIES"
7. LUNGFISH "LOVE IS LOVE"
8. STRIKE ANYWHERE "EXIT ENGLISH"
9. GILLIAN WELCH "SOUL JOURNEY"
10. THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF FLAMING LIPS "TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE SATELLITE HEART"
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Dave
top 20 of 2003. no order.
-pelican: australasia
-he who corrupts: ten steps to success
-vital remains: dechristainize
-motion city soundtrack: i am the movie
-defleshed: royal straight flesh
-non prophets: hope
-misery index: retaliate
-elvis costello: trust (re-issue)
-every time i die: hot damn!
-the killer: where all my nightmares came true
-viktor vaughn (mf doom): vaudeville villain
-the lawrence arms: the greatest story ever told
-curl up and die: we may be through with the past...
-madvillain: money folder 12"
-neil young: on the beach (cd issue)
-kungfu rick: coming to an end
-sole: selling live water
-nedelle: republic of two
-sleep: dopesmoker
-the dream is dead: taking friendly fire
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Billy Sims
KYLIE- BODY LANGUAGE
BLUE SUNSHINE DVD/CD,
ROBERT WYATT- SOLAR FLARES
KRAFTWERK- TOUR DE FRANCE SOUNDTRACKS
ROBERT WYATT- CUCKOOLAND
BOWIE- REALITY
BOOKS- LEMON OF PINK,
ELVIS COSTELLO- IMPERIAL BEDROOM REISSUE
ELVIS COSTELLO- ARMED FORCES REISSUE
ELVIS COSTELLO- THIS YEARS MODEL REISSUE
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thanks for reading. Please email me with any questions, predictions or simple acts of kindness. I am Open All Night.
Brett
Reckless Records Chicago
3157 N.Broadway
1532 N.Milwaukee
773-404-9588
www.reckless.com
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