fans of vinyl records and neutral milk hotel rejoice! jeff magnum recently self-released a vinyl only box set featuring their entire catalogue along with fifteen previously unreleased tracks. the box set includes the in the airplane over the sea and on avery island lps in new deluxe gatefold packaging, the everything is 10″ remastered with [...]

i’m really digging jessica jalbert’s debut album from the end of last year. if you are a fan of lo-fi indie rock with female vocals, ala the spinanes or early stars, then you will probably like it as well. you can listen to the album here or check out a couple tracks below. – ryan

i gathered a list of my favorite concerts from 2011. i hope to also put up a list of my favorite albums later in the week. archers of loaf & band of horses – sun, jul 24th – the earl broken social scene – thu, feb 10th – the buckhead theatre casiokids & strfkr – [...]

i’m really digging the new m83 double album hurry up, we’re dreaming! don’t miss their upcoming show at the the masquerade on halloween. – ryan

talk about a classic show! i just got back from seeing archers of loaf on their reunion tour at the earl!! what’s even better, the opening act birdsmell and freinds, turned out to be band of horses!!! how amazing is that? i guess ben bridwell has played under that name before, but seeing these two [...]

i had a blast at record store day 2011! i went to decatur cd, which worked out perfectly. they had all of the records i was looking for and lacked the long lines i would have dealt with at criminal records, where i went last year. there were live bands, free beer, community q bbq, [...]

don’t forget tomorrow is record store day! there will be lots of rare vinyl treats up for grabs, including items listed here. in atlanta, you can hit up criminal records and wax ‘n’ facts or wuxtry and decatur cd in decatur. see you there! – ryan

the recent pains of being pure at heart & twin shadow show at the earl was super fun! twin shadow was a killer opening act and nearly stole the show. their debut album forget is really solid, you should check it out if you haven’t already. the pains of being pure at heart was also [...]

the sebadoh reunion show last night at the earl was a blast from the past! they were touring in support of the bakesale and harmacy re-issues, so their setlist consisted of those albums and their singles. being that those are my two favorite albums of sebadoh, i was pleased as punch! on top of that, [...]

it’s been a long time since i headed to athens on a work night for a concert, but the reunion of godspeed you! black emperor was hard to pass up. i’m definitely glad i made the trek too, the show was epic! godspeed played for well over two hours and covered all of the hits [...]