The fantastic folks at Light in the Attic Records are in the midst of their annual Light In The Attic Road Trip, hitting 58 record stores in 10 days and covering 3,000 miles from Seattle to Los Angeles and back.
Each day they post video highlights and the first two episodes just went live, along with a contest to win a seat in the van and $50 a day to spend on wax. Here are the latest two episodes.
Now for those of us on the East Coast who are unable to join the contest to win a seat in the van, well here’s something pretty damn cool! Head to the official Light In The Attic Facebook page and leave a comment on the cover photo telling LITA about your favorite record shop (make sure to tag the store, if you can) and you’ll be entered to win one of three $50 gift certificates to LightInTheAttic.net! The winners will be announced on Friday, October 5th, on LITA’s Facebook page.
And a huge congrats to Light in the Attic Records on their 10-year anniversary!
They have done some amazing things over a decade, including reissuing Rodriguez’s albums and finally making him a star in his home country, beautifully reviving Thin Lizzy’s out-of-print first LP, introduced the Black Angels to the world, unearthed the young magic of Donnie and Joe Emerson and countless other killer private presses, released some of the coolest compilation albums ever, and the list goes on and on. Big cheers to Matt and Josh and LITA!
Here’s some info on their upcoming 10-year anniversary shows…
Light In The Attic 10 Year Anniversary Concert (Los Angeles):
Friday, September 28, El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles
The first 200 people through the door at both shows get a free 45 single, and the merch stall will be a Light In The Attic record store – heaven for label completists.
RODRIGUEZ (Detroit)
SHIN JOONG HYUN (South Korea)
MICHAEL CHAPMAN (U.K.)
STEPHEN JOHN KALINICH (Los Angeles)
DJ SIPREANO (Vancouver)
Tickets available via this link.
Light In The Attic 10 Year Anniversary Concert (Seattle):
Friday, October 12, The Showbox at The Market, Seattle
The first 200 people through the door at both shows get a free 45 single, and the merch stall will be a Light In The Attic record store – heaven for label completists.
RODRIGUEZ (Detroit)
MICHAEL CHAPMAN (U.K.)
DONNIE & JOE EMERSON (Fruitland, WA – first Seattle appearance)
DJ SUSPENCE (Seattle)
Tickets available via this link.
