Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital & Back Again
By Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo
Foreword by Peter Buck of R.E.M.
Record Store Days illustrates the history and passion behind Record Store Day. The book features more than 150 photographs and is filled with reminiscences from musicians, music industry executives, record store owners and music fans from all across America.
Record Store Day is on Saturday April 17th, 2010. What are you most excited about? Stay tuned for ROIR’s Record Store Day picks!
Our very own A&R guy, Mr. Nick Cooper was featured in this month’s Music Connection magazine! Read his takes on ROIR’s past, present and future here (skip to page 23).
Our boys Dub Trio backed Matisyahu for 2 shows at the recent Vancouver Winter Olympics. If you weren’t lucky enough to make it to Van City, check out this vid to get in on the action. They even open it with some Dub Trio jams!
Dub Trio are backing Matisyahu in Australia and South America next month (lucky them!) Tour dates on their Myspace.
Want more Dub Trio? Check out our Dub Trio page for more downloads and videos.
23. “Too Many Creeps,” Bush Tetras, 1980
It’s natural, after living in an urban environment for a while, to begin to loathe humanity. These jaded, stylish post-punk babes wrote the ultimate angular anthem to blast as you hightail it upstate for a weekend spent with nobody.
Watch the video for “Too Many Creeps” below. You can find both the video and the song on the Bush Tetra’s latest album, Very Very Happy.
For the month of March, our New York Dolls album, Lipstick Killers, is $5 on Amazon MP3!
About Lipstick Killers:
This archive tape re-writes history. The Dolls, with original drummer Billy Murcia, were only four and a half months old when these nine tracks were cut in a Manhattan studio one night during the summer of 1972. “Lipstick Killers” captures the nascent Dolls at a fascinating and yet vulnerable juncture. Sylvain Sylvain and Johnny Thunders’ guitars perform a six-string demolition derby and big mouth David Johansen barks like an angry wounded dog. “Killer” Kane and Murcia beat the songs into a bloody pulp.”- David Fricke, Melody Maker
Woo wooooo! Watch out USA! Univox is coming to your town! They’re also bringing labelmates Bad Cop along with them for a few dates…
UNIVOX TOUR DATES:
Wed 3/3 – Now That’s Class, Cleveland, OH*
Thurs 3/4 – Woodchuck’s, Toledo, OH*
Fri 3/5 – Ottoman Empire, Chicago, IL*
Sat 3/6 – The Frequency, Madison, WI (with Grant Hart of Husker Du)*
Sun 3/7 – The Music House at Beloit College, St. Paul, MN
Mon 3/8 – Medusa, Minneapolis, MN*
Tues 3/9 – Ames Progressive, Ames, IA
Wed 3/10 – Cicero’s, St. Louis, MO
Fri 3/12 – Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
Sat 3/13 – The Rabbit Hole, Nashville, TN
Sun 3/14 – The Starlight House, Little Rock, AR
Fri 3/19 – Princess Theater, Columbus, MS
Sat 3/20 – Old Town Tavern, Sheffield, AL
Sun 3/21 – Blue Nile, Harrisonburg, VA
Fri 3/26 – Live set & Interview on WZMB, Greenville, NC
Sat 3/27 – Tipsy Teapot, Greenville, NC
Mon 3/29 – The Triple, Richmond, VA
Wed 3/31 – Velvet Lounge, Washington, DC
Bad Cop won’t be returning to Nashville right away… they’re making a couple stops in the Midwest first.
BAD COP ON TOUR
Sat 2/27 @ Passout Records, Brooklyn, NY (w/ Devil Eyes)
Wed 3/3 @ Now That’s Class, Cleveland, OH*
Thurs 3/4 @ Woodchuck’s, Toledo, OH*
Fri 3/5 @ Ottoman Empire, Chicago, IL*
Sat 3/6 @ The Frequency, Madison, WI* also w/ Grant Hart of Husker Du
on 3/8 @ Medusa, Minneapolis, MN*
