New releases for March 15, 2011. Would you like your vinyl releases included in the weekly list? Email us at nashville@thevinyldistrict.com and remember: Support your local RECORD STORE!
POP/ROCK/METAL
Adebisi Shank – This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank – Sargent House
Adebisi Shank will be playing 3 shows at this years SXSW. The official show will be the Sargent House & Rodriguez Lopez Productions show on Saturday, March 19th at Emo’s Annex. All Ages – Doors 7:15pm
The Berg Sans Nipple – Build With Erosion – Team Love Records
The Berg Sans Nipple has launched the beautiful changetheshape.com, where you can listen to some of “Build With Erosion” and check out some amazing artwork.
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Scandalous (2xLP) – Lost Highway
Tony Castles – No Service (12″ ep) – Famous Class
D. Watusi – Summer Nights 7″ – Nashville’s Dead
Darlings – Warma – Famous Class
From Famous Class: We’re releasing 2 EP’s this month, Tony Castles: No Service & Darlings: Warma on CD/Vinyl/Digital. These are our first nationally distributed records and we’re really excited to get them out into the world
Discharge – Apocalypse Now – Vile Art Records
The Dodos – No Color – French Kiss
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You – The End/Cooking Vinyl
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Eleventh Dream Day – Riot Now! – Thrill Jockey
Riot Now!, Eleventh Dream Day’s 10th album, is a call back to the urgency of 1988’s Prairie School Freakout, with a string of mostly first takes tracked in one session with few overdubs. Rick Rizzo, Janet Beveridge Bean, Douglas McCombs and Mark Greenberg revel in their own mixture of melodic mayhem.
Eternal Tapestry – Beyond the 4th Door – Thrill Jockey
LP version is pressed on three different colors of vinyl and includes a full artworked inner sleeve and free download coupon.
The Fleshtones – Brooklyn Sound Solution – Yep Roc
Forbidden Friends – Tiny Hands 7″ – Kill Rock Stars
Matthew Friedberger – Meet Me in Miramas – Thrill Jockey
Meet Me in Miramas is the second album in Matthew Friedberger’s 2011 Solos series. Meet Me in Miramas features Matt playing the guitar only (and singing, of course).
Heart – Dreamboat Annie (180 gram audiophile) – Friday Music
Heidecker & Wood
Heidecker & Wood – Starting From Nowhere – Little Record Company
Heidecker & Wood, is the songwriting and recording duo Tim Heidecker (co-creator of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”) and Davin Wood(composer on “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”) Their first release, Starting From Nowhere, consists of twelve songs written and recorded at Heidecker and Wood’s home studios over the course of two years, often with months passing between sessions. The recordings evoke the sounds of ‘70s soft rock (Eagles, Billy Joel, Doobie Brothers), singer-songwriters (Jackson Browne, Seals and Croft), and ace studio rock groups (Steely Dan, Queen).
Eric Johnson – AH VIA MUSICOM (180 gram audiophile) – Friday Music
J.Mascis – Several Shades of Why – Sub Pop
Mi Am I – Dolphins (12″ ep) – Thrill Jockey
Dolphins is a 12” vinyl only release limited to 750 copies with free download coupon and insert.
Mother Mother – Eureka – Last Gang Records
The Naked and Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You – Universal Republic
Noah and the Whale – Last Night On Earth – Mercury
Last Night on Earth is the third album from Noah and the Whale and is co-produced by Fink and Jason Lader [Julian Casablancas,The Mars Volta]
Owls – S/T (limited edition reissue, 550 copies) – Jade Tree
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Belong 7″ – Collective Records
The Pink Snowflakes – You Don’t Miss Your Planet 7″ – Burnside
Rilo Kiley – Take Offs and Landings (2xLP) – Barsuk
Available now on three sides of high-quality vinyl (with a special etching on the fourth side)!
Screeching Weasel – First World Manifest – Fat Wreck Chords
Not satisfied to rest on their laurels,Screeching Weasel recently reformed and completed their first new material in 11 years. Comprised of 14 tracks, First World Manifesto has all the hallmarks of an instant Weasel classic.
Snowblink – Long Live – Fire Records
D. Charles Speer – Arghiledes – Thrill Jockey
Arghiledes is a vinyl only release limited to 500 copies with a 4 page 8.5″ x 11″ insert and free download coupon.
Starfucker (STRFKR) – Reptilians – Polyvinyl
Warrior Soul – REISSUES – Livewire/Cargo
White vinyl versions of Last Decade Dead Century, Salutations from the Ghetto Nation and Drugs, God and the New Republic now available on Livewire/Cargo. Limited Edition of 500.
Withered Hand – Good News – Absolutely Kosher
AMERICANA/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers – Rare Bird Alert – Rounder
HIP HOP/RAP/R&B
Travis Barker – Give the Drummer Some – Interscope
Jules Chaz – Toppings – Wagon Repair
Wilson Pickett – The Best of Wilson Pickett (180 gram audiophile) – Friday Music
ELECTRONIC
Funkystepz – Fuller/Hurricane Riddim 12″ single – Hyperdub Records
Tape – Revelationes – Immune Recordings/Thrill Jockey
The Revelationes LP is co-released with Häpna in an edition of 1,000 copies worldwide and pressed on high-quality virgin vinyl at RTI with free MP3 download coupon.
