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Vacationland Pictures

2011-03-06T13:28:00.009-05:00

Some pictures of the finished Vacationland packaging. Snazzy!

Vacationland Release Show - 3/3/11

2011-02-17T22:44:00.021-05:00

New Numbers are having a little party and show to celebrate the release of their latest jam, Vacationland. Vinyl and digital copies will be available along with an excellent line-up. Head over to the Rock Shop in Brooklyn for what is sure to be a good time.

New Numbers
Vacationland LP Release Show
Thursday March 3rd 2011
The Rock Shop
249 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11215
www.rockshopny.com

Featuring:
New Numbers
Sean Bones
The Heavenly States
The Octagon

8pm

New Numbers - Vacationland

2010-12-20T19:38:00.006-05:00

Peter McGouran / Polluted Eyeball sent me some pics last week of the New Numbers Vacationland sleeves he printed for us. They look amazing! We tip our collective hats to you Pete. This record doesn't come out until March so hopefully these pics will satisfy until then. Have a great holiday everyone!

Modey Lemon 7" on Terrascope

2010-08-17T16:11:00.002-04:00

The Wandering Eye 7" received some love from across the pond in the latest "Rumbles" section on the much respected and legendary Terrascope website. Check it out here!

Modey Lemon 7" on 7 Inches

2010-07-21T21:38:00.002-04:00

Jason Dean and his terrific 7 Inches blog posted a great review of the Wandering Eye 7". We're always excited when people recognize the effort that goes into the little details. Check it out here!

TANR Releases now at Redscroll Records

2010-07-21T17:16:00.007-04:00

If you reside in the tri-state area, you should be pleased to know that Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT is now carrying the following TANR releases (in limited numbers):

Kevin Devine - She Stayed As Steam
Modey Lemon - Wandering Eye
Brian Bonz - From Sumi To Japan
Elf Power - Venus & Mercury
Oneida - Heads Ain't Ready

Keep record stores alive and pay 'em a visit!

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Modey Lemon 7" on Speed Of The Pittsburgh Sound

2010-07-19T15:20:00.004-04:00

Another splendid review of the Wandering Eye 7" courtesy of the Speed Of The Pittsburgh Sound blog. But don't just take my word for it, check it our for yourself right here.

Modey Lemon 7" on Still Single

2010-07-13T15:19:00.003-04:00

The excellent Still Single blog, run by Doug Mosurock, gave a lovely review of our Wandering Eye 7" on their July 11th update. Check it out!

Modey Lemon 7" on OMG Vinyl

2010-06-23T21:12:00.005-04:00

The Wandering Eye 7" received quite a nice mention over on the OMG Vinyl blog. Check it out here.

Kevin Devine - She Stayed As Steam 12" / Record Of The Week

2010-06-19T21:01:00.016-04:00

The Kevin Devine - She Stayed As Steam 12" is here! Sort of. We had a box of about 60 copies sent 2-Day so we could get them to Kevin at his show in New Haven last night. So Kevin will have copies at his upcoming shows. The rest of the records don't arrive until Tuesday. And then they have to be numbered. So we'll have copies available on the site soon. Check out some pics below.

In related news the She Stayed As Steam 12" received honorable mention for the week of 6/16 on the Pirates Press "Record Of The Week" blog. Check it!

Lastly, we want to give a big warm hug to Jeremiah and Favorite Gentlemen for helping us out with the digital download for this record. Download? Yup, we're breaking our digital cherry on this one. Ewww.

Modey Lemon 7" available at Insound

2010-06-19T20:09:00.002-04:00

Indie superstore Insound is now carrying copies of the Wandering Eye 7". Check it out here.

Modey Lemon 7" available at Pauls CDs, Pgh

2010-06-15T18:16:00.004-04:00

Anyone in the Pittsburgh area looking to pick up a copy of the Modey Lemon - Wandering Eye 7" should head over to Pauls CDs. Cause they got 'em:

Paul's Compact Discs
4526 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Modey Lemon - Wandering Eye 7"

2010-05-25T21:33:00.007-04:00

Check out some pics of the new Wandering Eye 7" from Modey Lemon. Pretty snazzy!

From Sumi To Japan

2009-08-02T15:01:00.013-04:00

We're so psyched to have this finished! Finally! I can't say anything here that I haven't already mentioned over on the news section of our website. Below are some extended photos of From Sumi To Japan that show off all the nooks 'n crannies. Feast your eyes on the record that took us 6 months to complete.

See With Your Eyes Not With Your Hands

2008-10-29T12:44:00.004-04:00

The Demander test pressings arrived. They sound good and have been approved. We should have the final records in a few weeks. Cool...

The Record Fairy

2008-10-24T10:03:00.002-04:00

It's time again for the essential WFMU Record Fair! I look forward to this weekend every year. Where else can you rub elbows with hipsters, punk rock girls and super nerds all searching for their "holy grail". I know many collectors prefer the anonymity of Ebay but this is one record fair worth heading to the surface for. The only drawback to this event is the lovely whopper-like stench that takes the room by late Saturday afternoon. Maybe they'll have that Robert Wyatt record I'm looking for....

By the way, if you aren't already aware, you should check out LP Cover Lover. A great collection of obscure and bizarre record covers from the golden age of vinyl. And, they have a table at this year's record fair.

World's Largest Record Collection

2008-08-25T12:45:00.006-04:00

Sorta sad but awesome. Check it out.
View here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHLETTEfx4

http://www.thevine.com.au/tv/music/the-archive.aspx

Over the years Paul Mawhinney has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection. This is his story.

Elf Power - Venus and Mercury 10"

2008-08-06T09:18:00.001-04:00

The Elf Power records arrived last week and we numbered them over the weekend. We're really excited because they look and sound great! A nice end to a very long road. This was definitely the most difficult release, production-wise, that we’ve dealt with so far. It took much longer than we expected because the overseas pressing plant we use was inundated with orders due to an announcement that they were raising their prices. You can blame the current performance of the US dollar on that one. So, of course, every label who uses them was rushing to get their orders in before the price jump. Think "end of the world" panic. I don’t want to sound like we’re complaining too much but we have to talk about something on here...check out some pictures:

Heads Ain't Ready - Reviews

2008-07-21T15:32:00.002-04:00

• Doug Mosurock of Dusted Magazine has some nice things to say about "Heads Ain't Ready" in his latest Still Single column.
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/757

• Athens, GA cultural magazine Flagpole included a review of the "Heads Ain't Ready 7" in it's Singularity column. Check it out:
http://flagpole.com/Weekly/Singularity/Oneida.16Jul08

• Music blog Raven Sings The Blues has a nice little review of our Oneida 7" in their singles club column. Check it out here.

Elf Power Test Pressings!!!

2008-06-18T11:47:00.000-04:00

Finally...the Elf Power test pressings just came in. It's our first 10"! For those who care there are a total of 10 test pressings. We took a picture so it would last longer...

PS: Has anyone heard the new My Morning Jacket? Hate to be this guy but it sorta sucks. And speaking of sucking, we were talking about random crap this morning and long story short Clapton sucks too...he is not God. Check this out:

Oneida 7"

2008-05-27T14:09:00.002-04:00

We put together and hand numbered the Oneida records this past weekend, always a nerdy good time. The records came out great; we're psyched! Head over to our releases section and pick one up. We want to thank Amy Bracco for her penmanship skills. Her two's are legendary. Check out some pics:

Feist // Constantines

2008-04-16T09:05:00.000-04:00

Got into work this morning to find a package from Insound. My Feist and Constantines split 7" just showed up. They cover "Islands In The Stream" written by the Bee Gees and made famous by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. The B-side is a song called "Trans Canada". I have yet to listen to it because I just got it but so far...it's pretty sweet. Put out by Arts & Crafts on marble brown vinyl. Check it out.

School Of Seven Bells 7"

2008-04-15T19:56:00.000-04:00

I picked up the new School Of Seven Bells 7" at Other Music last week. Pressed on translucent green vinyl and brought to you by Seattle label Suicide Squeeze as part of their 2008 limited-edition 7" series. It features a brand new song called "Silent Grips" and a cover of Wire's "Used To" which the band has made their own. Both tracks continue down the ethereal pysch-rock path the band established on last years Face To Face In High Places EP (a noteworthy record itself...but that's another post) I was bummed when I originally found out that Benjamin Curtis had left Secret Machines but not anymore. Both tracks are currently streaming on their MySpace page so do yourself a favor and take a listen.

Elliot Smith Re-Issues // Part 1

2008-04-06T17:57:00.000-04:00

Over the past few years out of print Elliott Smith vinyl has sold for well over $100 on ebay, sometimes over $200 so of course it was time for re-issues. In comes Plain Recordings. They’ve done a bunch of re-issues lately. Anyway, the first two Elliott Smith re-issues are XO and Figure 8. I was very excited about these, especially if you ordered them through Aural Exploits because they had the exclusive numbered color vinyl editions. I was able to snag the regular black versions of XO and Figure 8 and a limited version of XO. I was too late for the limited Figure 8 (don’t worry, I paid triple the original price and got one on ebay). So I started with XO. Why? Because it’s one record as opposed to Figure 8’s two records and I was going to be cooking dinner shortly and didn’t want to constantly change sides. So I start with the black vinyl version because while color is cooler we all know it doesn’t sound as good. So I dropped the needle on it and I have to admit I was a little disappointed. There was a lot of surface noise. I didn’t let it get me too down though because this record is awesome. I’ll keep you updated on Figure 8...