Welcome to the TVD Record Store Club–another free feature we’ve added to The TVD Record Store Locator App that relaunched refreshed and rebranded just today, October 30. While non-label based record clubs still tend to baffle us, we’re pilfering “record club” to point to a record store agenda that we’re assembling for your weekend now that new release vinyl lands in stores on Fridays—AND for the early part of the week coming when those mom and pops could use the foot traffic.
Every Thursday we’ll be tipping you off right here on The Vinyl District—and within the app at the Club tab—to releases of merit newly on store shelves that come with free stuff upon purchase. We’ll have in-store ticket giveaways you can win by simply waving the app, pricing incentives, contests, cool partner initiatives, and a host of surprises we’re looking forward to putting in your pocket on the regular.
To kick off our newly minted endeavor, in tandem with our launch partners Warner Music Group, we’re delighted to direct your attention to 3 slabs of bundled new wax in stores today from our friends at Third Man Records. A trove of swag has been sent to participating shops listed after the jump, and with app in hand, you’re but a car ride away to grab the records and posters and pins and what have you. (While supplies last!)
We’ve also got a brilliant promotion from our partners at SoundStageDirect for TVD app users and our friends at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC have a pair of tickets for you to catch The Districts on 11/2 by presenting the app at DC’s Som Records.
So, let’s get going, shall we?
Timmy’s Organism, Heartless Heathen | Timmy Vulgar, Detroit’s favorite son, and most ambitiously amphibious creative force doesn’t need much of an introduction to anyone familiar with subversive punk music over the past decade and a half.
He’s been such an irreplaceable figure in each of his musical endeavors since his emergence in such legendary acts such as the Epilieptix and Clone Defects back in the late 1990s, right up through his shape-shifting efforts in the mollusk-like Human Eye and the prog-soaked Reptile Forcefield, and straight into his latest nerve-numbing scatterbomb known simply as Timmy’s Organism. —Todd Killings, Hozac Recrds
How can Kurt Vile fans sleep at night knowing that this fucking guy is out there, ruling the universe? Seriously, Timmy Vulgar—punko-futuro from Epileptix, Clone Defects and Human Eye—makes everyone else look like a fucking joke. —Mitch Cardwell, Maximum Rock’n’Roll
Timmy’s Organism is the next logical step in a family of Michigan noise that includes the now defunct Pirhanas as well as Tentacle Lizardo, The Frustrations, Reptile Forcefield and even Tyvek. More stripped down and raw than anything Human Eye has done to date but no less intense. —Maurice Moore, Chicago Evensi
Wolf Eyes, I Am A Problem: Mind in Pieces | A true cornerstone in the proliferation of modern racket, Wolf Eyes was once aptly described as approximating a brawl between Negative Approach and Throbbing Gristle, i.e. heavy, abrasive, abstract and dyspeptic in attitude.
Signed to Sub Pop during a highly prolific run of sonic extremity, the trio has survived lineup changes and incrementally edged toward recognizable structure; 2015 brings their debut for Third Man. Easily assessed as the farthest they’ve travelled from unhyphenated noise, the stylistic developments of I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces still delineate a formidable beast; it’s out on LP and CD October 30.
It only takes a few seconds of I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces to adequately absorb the changes that have occurred subsequent to Baljo’s involvement. Specifically, the album begins with the tones of an electric piano, the instrument establishing a simple motif extending throughout opener “Catch the Rich Train.” Quickly surrounding it is all sorts of abstract business; horn wiggle, processed vocals, layers of electronics, and smatterings of synthetic rhythms and organic percussion.
Like punkers going wave and hardcore bands succumbing to the urge to headbang, noise practitioners embracing convention reliably indicate diminishing returns. Eschewing compromise or desperation, I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces is a wholly logical exception, presenting a very welcome turning of a musical corner. —Joseph Neff, The Vinyl District, 10/29/15
Video, The Entertainers | There’s no band that can lay claim to being the true best in the business, except VIDEO. Crawling from the musical wasteland that is Texas, their intentions are simple: they want to own the world. While the band features members of Bad Sports, Wiccans, Radioactivity, and the Wax Museums (just to name a few), VIDEO stands on its own as one of the most powerful and visceral bands active today.
Combining equal parts snotty punk, hard rock, and melodic dissonance, VIDEO are pioneers of their own subgenre, Hate Wave. Going well beyond the confines of paint by numbers punk, and generic, flaccid garage rock, VIDEO forges a new cult like movement.
So pay attention, consumers, and don’t miss out on the best thing going today. Long Live The New Faith, Long Live VIDEO.
ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO SEE THE DISTRICTS AT
THE 9:30 CLUB, 11/2!
Display the TVD Record Store Locator App at Washington, DC’s Som Records to win! The first to display the app will win the pair!
THE DISTRICTS AT THE 9:30 CLUB, 11/2
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
1-2-3-4 Go Records – SF & Oakland, CA
2nd Avenue Records – Portland, OR
Amoeba – SF, BK, LA
Aquarius – SF, CA
Arkansas Record Exchange – Little Rock, AR
Audioccult – Nyack, NY
Barely Bros – Minneapolis, MN
Birdland – Virginia Beach, VA
BK Music – Midlothian, PA
Bleecker Street Records – New York, NY
Boo Boo – San Luis, Obispo, CA
Bull City Records – Durham, NC
Cactus – Houston, TX
CD Central – Lexington, KY
Central Square – Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Cheap Thrills – Beckley, WV
Criminal Records – Atlanta, GA
Crooked Beat – Washington, DC
Culture Clash – Toldeo, OH
Daddy Kool Records – St Petersburg, FL
Darkside Records & Gallery – Poughkeepsie, NY
Dave’s – Chicago, IL
Dave’s Music Mine – Pittsburgh, PA
Decatur CD – Decatur, Georgia
Diabolical Records – SLC, UT
Dimple – Sacaramento area, CA
Disc Exchange – Knoxville, TN
Dyno Records – Brookfield, CT
Ear Candy – Missoula, MT
Earshot – Greenville, SC
Earshot – Winston-Salem, NC
East West Records – Orlando, FL
Easy Street – Seattle, WA
Electric Avenue Music – West Chester, PA
Electric Fetus – Minneapolis, MN
End of An Ear – Austin, TX
The End of All Music – Oxford, MS
Euclid Records – New Orleans, LA
Everyday Music – Portland, OR
Exile on Main Street – Branford, CT
Exile on Main St – Champaign, IL
Fingerprints – Long Beach, CA
Fond Object – Nashville, TN
Gallery of Sound (3 locations) – Pennsylvania
Garageland – Spokane, WA
Gerosa Records – Brookfield, CT
Good Records – Dallas, TX
Greenlight – Kalamazoo, MI
Gravity Records – Wilimington, NC
Graywhale – SLC, UT
Grimey’s – Nashville, TN
Groovacious – Cedar City, UT
The Groove – Nashville, TN
Guestroom Records – Louisville, KY
Guestroom – OKC
Hi Voltage Records – Tacoma, WA
Homer’s – Omaha, NE
The Hungry Ear – Honolulu, HI
Indy CD – Indianapolis, IN
Jack’s Music Shoppe – Red Bank, NJ
Jackpot – Portland, OR
Ka-Chunk Records – Annapolis, MD
Kiam Records – Nyack, NY
Lakeshore Record Exchange – Rochester, NY
Landlocked – Bloomington, IN
Last Vestige – Albany, NY
Laurie’s – Chicago, IL
The Long Ear – Coeur D’Alene, ID
Long In The Tooth – Philadelphia, PA
Looney Tunes – West Babylon, NY
Lost Weekend – Columbus, OH
Luna Music – Indianapolis, IN
Lunchbox Records – Charlotte, NC
M-Theory – San Diego, CA
Mad Platter – West Chester, PA
Magnolia T – Pussy – Columbus, OH
Main Street Music – Philadelphia, PA
Monster Music – Charleston, SC
Music Millennium – Portland, OR
Music Saves – Cleveland, OH
Neat Neat Neat – Ft. Wayne, IN
Norman’s Sound – New York, NY
Omega – Dayton, OH
Origami Vinyl – Hollywood, CA
Other Music – New York, NY
Oz Music – Tuscaloosa, AL
Park Ave CD – Orlando, FL
Permanent Records – Brooklyn, NY
Plaid Room Records – Loveland, OH
Plan 9 – Richmond, VA
Plan 9 – Charlottesville, VA
Princeton Record Exchange – Princeton, NJ
Pure Pop – Burlington, VT
Radio-Active Records – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Rainbow Books & Music – Newark, DE
Rainy Day – Olympia, WA
Randy’s Records – SLC, UT
Rasputin – Bay area, CA
Reckless Records – Chicago, IL
Records & Rarities – Washington, DC
Record Archive – Rochester, NY
Record Theatre (2 locations) – Buffalo, NY
The Record Exchange – Boise, ID
The Record Exchange – Silver Spring, MD
Rediscover Records – Elgin, IL
Repo Records – Philadelphia, PA
Rhino Records – Claremont, CA
Rolling Stone – Norridge, IL
Rough Trade – New York, NY
Schoolkids – Durham, NC
School Kids – Raleigh, NC
Scotti’s – Summit, NJ
Seasick Records – Birmingham, AL
Shake it – Cincinnati, OH
Shugah Records – Chicago, IL
Silver Platters – Seattle area, WA
Skip’s – Eugene, OR
Sonic Boom – Seattle, WA
The Sound Garden – Baltimore, MD
The Sound Garden – Syracuse, NY
Sound Cat Records – Pittsburgh, PA
Spoonful – Columbus, OH
Square Records – Akron, OH
Stinkweeds – Phoenix, AZ
Streetlight – Bay area
Strictly Discs – Madison, WI
Sweat Records – Miami, FL
T-Bones – Hattiesburg, MS
The Telegraph – New London, CT
Touch Vinyl – Los Angeles, CA
Tunes – Hoboken, NJ
Twist & Shout – Denver, CO
UHF – Royal Oaks, MI
Used Kids – Columbus, OH
Vintage Vinyl – Fords, NJ
Waiting Room – Normal, IL
Waterloo – Austin, TX
Wax N Facts – Atlanta, GA
Wazoo – Ann Arbor, MI
What Cheer Records – Providence, RI
Wild Honey Records – Knoxville, TN
Wuxtry – Athens, GA
Wuxtry – Decatur, GA
Young Ones – Kutztown, PA
Zia Records – Phoenix/Las Vegas
ZZZ – Des Moines, IA
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