If you can’t make it down to the shop tonight for our listening party, you can stream the album right here at 7pm. The album’s official release date is May 28th on XL Recordings.
STREAM SIGUR RÓS VALTARI TONIGHT!
SIGUR RÓS VALTARI LISTENING PARTY {5.17.12}
Phono Select is stoked to be participating in the Sigur Rós Valtari Hour in anticipation of the May 28th release of Sigur Rós’ new album Valtari on XL Records.
Come by our shop at 7PM on Thursday, May 17th to hear Valtari in it’s entirety or stream the album on our blog. We will also be raffling off a crazy Sigur Rós prize pack that includes an ultra-limited test pressing of Valtari, a copy of the limited edition Hvarf/Heim Record Store Day exclusive and a limited Valtari custom print. !!!
Any customer that pre-orders Valtari during the listening party will receive a limited Valtari custom print {Limited to 15!}
IT’S CASUAL {PLAYING LIVE IN SACTO 5.3.12}
Our Pal Eddie (the dude that sends us records from everybody’s favorite heavy label Southern Lord) has an incredibly rad band called It’s Casual. They play an awesome blend of Black Flag influenced hardcore, skate rock & metallic distortions that keeps the LA punk tradition alive and well in 2012.
Here’s what the LA Weekly had to say about them:
It’s Casual formed in 2001, the name inspired by a line in Cameron Crowe’s obscure follow-up to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, called The Wild Life. In it, a character played by the late Christopher Penn replies with “It’s casual” every time he is asked a question. Solis currently has a similar relationship with drummers — he’s between them. As far as a third member? “We kept trying to find a bassist, and they kept flaking,” Solis says.
The band’s sonic boom is amazing, considering there are only two of them. The secret to their sound is a unique pedal and mic’ing system. Solis’ guitar is actually wired to two amps for added punch. The results are so thunderous that fellow musicians have been known to come early to shows to watch him set up. (“There is a special formula with different pedals,” he explains of his sound. He’s trying to register it as intellectual property.)
It’s Casual is making their way up here on Thursday May 3rd to play at the Press Club with fellow Southern Californians Earlyman (who are releasing an Earlyman/It’s Casual split 7 on their label Demon Problems) and GrimTide, the new heavy project from the crew that once was The Whiskey Rebels.
Check it out:
It’s Casual was in the LA Times too!
Click here for Earlyman & info on the show
RECORD STORE DAY MADNESS
We had a great Record Store Day last weekend. Phono Select would like to thank the whole community for coming out and celebrating with us-it gets better every year! Here’s some photos our pal Rave Dave took throughout the day. If you took any photos and would like to share them with us, send us a line {nich at phonoselect dot com} and we’ll get em up! Thanks guys.
RECORD STORE DAY ’12 RELEASES
Here’s the final list for ALL of the releases that will be coming out tomorrow, April 21st aka Record Store Day. Phono definitely did not receive every piece of vinyl from this year (no store does! It’s like a treasure hunt, duh.) but we got a big portion of the releases.The right hand column shows the edition of the release. Doors open at 10:30am. No holds!
