I am seeing people in the YouTube Vinyl Community posting videos where they share the 10 albums they listen to most from their record collection, and as spins is something I actually track through a custom field I added into my Discogs Collection, I figured I’d throw my list together as well.
Read More »The 10 Albums I Listen to Most on Vinyl
The other day, I covered my top 10 favorite 10+ minute long indie songs. Today, I want to give nod to ten more lengthy tracks that didn’t make the cut simply because they didn’t quite reach the ten-minute mark.
Read More »Top 10 Vinyl Indie Rock Songs Over 8 Minutes Long
Mirah’s debut LP, You Think It’s Like This But It’s Really Like This was originally released in the year 2000 by K records. Since then, Mirah has put together quite the catalog of releases including some where she’s joined by other artists like Thao Nguyen. In this post we’ll be taking a deeper look at her debut and unboxing the 20th Anniversary reissue from Double Double Whammy Records.
Read More »Mirah: You Think It’s Like This But It’s Really Like This (20th Anniversary Pressing on Silver Vinyl)
Phil Elverum quietly dropped a new short film on YouTube last week titled There’s No End, so I figured it… Read More »Microphones In 2020 + There’s No End Documentary
I spent more time dropping the needle in 2021 than ever before. In fact, I tracked it! I played close… Read More »My Top 10 Record Spins of 2021
Stranger Things was the ultimate pleasant surprise TV of 2016, in my opinion. Released with minimal marketing last fall, the… Read More »5 Must Have Albums for Fans of Stranger Things
Last year, Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie lost his wife to cancer, a scenario we all fear as we hit… Read More »Mount Eerie Releases Heartbreaking Video for “Ravens”
Phil Elverum’s penchant for the unconventional has always been a recognizable trait of his work. I would argue that all his work under the Mount Eerie moniker is unconventional; there are, however, times where it stands out even more. His latest release, a forthcoming one titled Pre-Human Ideas out on his P.W. Elverum and Sun imprint November 12, is one of those times.
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Phil Elverum is undoubtely my favorite local artist. Hailing from the town of Anacortes about 20 miles to the west of my Mount Vernon hometown (yes, the one affected by last week’s bridge collapse), Elverum is most recognized by two musical monikers: Mount Eerie and The Microphones.
Read More »Mount Eerie: Ancient Questions (Live in Bloomington)
I don’t know when the last time vinyl was played on KSVR, but by the state of the record players it may have been quite a while. I dropped by the studio mid day on Friday to make sure the turntables worked properly, then came home and put together a split show. The first half, Halloween-ish songs (even if only in name, some only by their haunting sound) followed by half a show of more dance-y, electronic and remix tracks.
Read More »Fense’s Radio Show: October 26, 2012
