Reviews for The Vinyl District- Superchunk's "This Summer" b/w "Cruel Summer" and Pianosaurus' GROOVY NEIGHBORHOOD

Superchunk review here

Pianosaurus review here





Reviews for The Vinyl District- Cornershop's URBAN TURBAN, OFF!'s S/T and Daryl Hall's SACRED SONGS

Cornershop review here

OFF! review here

Daryl Hall review here



Live Review from the Vinyl District- Mike Watt with J Mascis, Murph and other special guests at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC 5/2/12

Watt & J throwing down. Photo by Nate S. Rhodes

live review here



Reviews from The Vinyl District- The Decemberists' WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR, Lambchop's MR. M and The Dambuilders' ENCENDEDOR



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for Lambchop review click here

for Dambuilders review click here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Imperial Teen's FEEL THE SOUND and The Beau Brummels' BRADLEY'S BARN

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Reviews for The Vinyl District - Of Montreal's PARALYTIC STALKS and Son of Bazerk's BAZERK BAZERK BAZERK

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The Chester Records picks of the week - I've already made a certain Negativland reference in a previous post, and to be frank, that really bums me out. (El Rego and Spectrals)

El Rego et Ses Commandos



people, it's here

Spectrals is Louis Jones

The Chester Records Picks of the Week - two musician/actors at the top of their game (Bonnie Prince Billy and Tom Waits)

Will Oldham

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Tom Waits

The Chester Records picks of the week - If this installment was a shitty FM-radio drive-time show it'd be called the Morning Zoo (Fruit Bats and Dinosaur Jr.)

Some cold-assed, huddled-up fruit bats

go here seekers of syllables

Never have I seen a dinosaur so happy while playing the bass.

The Chester Records picks of the week - San Fran, Beecher St. NW, a certain barbershop in Mayberry, R.F.D. (Girls and Egg Hunt)

Christopher Owens of Girls

you can find it here

the young Jeff Nelson



The Chester Records picks of the week - the considerable achievements of some estimable rock women (Wild Flag and The Raincoats)

Wild Flag

it's here

Raincoats circa '83 or thereabouts.