Record Store Day

So today was the day. The one and only Record Store Day. I made it down to Wallingford for noon to get to Red Scroll Records...apparently people showed up at 845. I was able to grab a bunch of great limited edition Record Store Day vinyl, as well as a few other must haves. I also visited Phoenix Records in Litchfield. Both great shops, make sure you support your local music shops and artists! Check out what I got yo!!!!!

Record Store Day Item: Plants and Animals released their second full album, 'La La' a few days early on vinyl. They are a post classic rock group from the popular music area of Montreal, Canada. They mix jumpy pianos, steely brass, and classic rock guitar riffs to give you a very easy enjoyable listening experience.

Record Store Day Item: One of my favorite records of the decade Modest Mouse 'Moons and Antarcitca' is being reissued on vinyl for Record Store Day. It has been remastered using the band's preferred 2004 master, but it contains the original tracklisting, without the extras found on the expanded edition. It also features the original artwork and contains the locked groove found at the end of the first side.

 Record Store Day Item: LCD Soundsystem - Pow Pow 12'' Single - The new single from LCD's album 'This Is Happening'...it leaked on the internet the other day, no doubt it will be one of my dance albums for the summer to come...a great album!

 Record Store Day Item: A Surfer Blood/Holiday Shores split 7''. Surfer Blood's live version of "Take It Easy" features Marnie Stern. Both tracks are ferocious fuzzy indie rock songs

 Record Store Day Item: Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds 7'' Live @ Las Vegas. Two of the better tracks off of DMB's latest release 'Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King'. 'Lying in the Hands of God' is a beautiful diddy that really showcases the way Tim can layer with the acoustic guitar.

 Record Store Day Item: A split 7" of Daytrotter Session performances from The Antlers and White Rabbits. The Antlers released my favorite album of 2009 and the song 'Shiva' was one of my favorite tracks off that album. Daytrotter is also one of the best websites for finding striped down versions of my favorite groups

Record Store Day Item: Fucked Up Daytrotter 7'' - The single includes three songs from Fucked Up's Daytrotter Session "Magic Word" "David Comes to Life" as well as "Crooked Head" were the songs chosen. But the real selling point here is the cover art. Fucked Up picked 10 different record stores to honor, those record stores sent the band pictures, and now those pictures are 10 of the 11 single covers. There's also a generic cover.

Ducktails is the one-man psychedelic pop project of Matthew Mondanile, guitarest for Real Estate. The album cover and title are perfect. This album is tropical lo-fi, a soundtrack to growing up in the late 80's. Most of the tracks are instrumental that feature misty synths and drum machines. Not a record store day item, but a must have.

 The Morning Benders 'Big Echo' I shouldn't have to explain why I bought this. What a great album. It really feels like the first album by this band that works together as an entire album vs. a bunch of tracks just thrown together. 'Excuses' is one of my favorite tracks for 2010.