Celtic Fest 2011! (Part 1)

Celtic Fest 2011 was great! We snapped pictures of lots of happy vinyl shoppers at the POPshop & Spazz Records booth!  

New stuff!

Salt & Peeper! 

This little peeper just wants to please. Turn his head to the right- his eyes change from blue to white and his beak dispenses salt; turn it left - his eyes turn black and of course his beak pours the pepper. 

Books Make Great Gifts!

Just one of the lovely children's books we carry:

Matthew Porter Calling All Animals Seattle-based artist Matthew Porter paints with acrylic on wood. His images are a piece of playful fun, child-like images of happy and curious animals. This book of collective nouns will delight young readers, as they discover that a group of squirrels is called a “scurry” and a group of pigs is called a “litter.” Matthew Porter’s unique art, painted on pinewood then sanded to a finish, depicts the animals perfectly as they stampeed across the pages.

Big Deal Limited Edition Clash Vinyl!!

In stock today!

Originally released in 1980. Reissued in 2011 by Drastic Plastic Records. This is the first time since it’s original release that it is available on 10” vinyl!! Limited edition of 5000.

A1. Capitol Radio One 
A2. The Prisoner 
A3. Pressure Drop 
A4. Cheat 
A5. City of the Dead 
A6. Time Is Tight

B1. Bankrobber/Robber Dub 
B2. Armagideon Time 
B3. Justice Tonight/Kick It Over

Featured Album: Gimme Gimme Gimme- Reinterpreting Black Flag

"Gimme Gimme Gimme is an interesting concept: take well-known and much loved noise punk gut blasts from the first five years of Black Flag’s existence (the most fondly thought of period, before Greg Ginn began thinking his music sounded better slower) and translate them into country, surf, blues, and other old timey genres that didn’t show much growth beyond the 1960s. Instead of getting some professional barroom minstrels or some university-trained Generation Y hipsters to do it, the producers of this project knocked on the doors of some SST-era indie figureheads — former band members Dez Cadena, Keith Morris, and Kira Roessler, punk bassist extraordinaire Mike Watt, and long lost Joe Biaza of Saccharine Trust fame. Oh, and for the uber ’80s college rock aficionados and Valley Girlenthusiasts, Peter Case shows up, too."
-Stereosubversion.com

New vinyl! Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

From Paste Magazine: "Hysterical opens undeniably strong. “Same Mistake” is a jam of epic proportions, complete with noticeable “The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth”-esque drums and guitar line, and the spacey guitars on first single “Hysterical” lend an otherworldy vibe to Ounsworth’s paranoid ramblings. The singer sounds clearer and on most of Hysterical’s other tracks, the fuzz and friction are vintage Clap Your Hands."

From Pretty Much Amazing: "A herald of jangly guitars comes stampeding over the hills and skids to a halt in front of you, breathlessly announcing the imminent arrival of royalty. Before you know what’s happening, there’s a terrific explosion of a dance beat, and synthesisers rain down from the sky, thudding into the wet ground around your feet...Hysterical is beautiful in its vulnerability. It may be anthemic and slick, but it never feels dishonest, instead sounding as if the band has finally decided which direction to take."

Come check out this and all our other new vinyl in!

Just in: Matryoshka Carafe!

You’ll wonder how you used to sleep without this sweet little lady by your side! The hand-blown glass Matryoshka carafe holds just the right amount of water for your late night thirst. Pop off her head for a cup & skip the trip to the kitchen.  Approximately 7" x 4"