Available now from Lunchbox Records:

Built from the remnants of South Carolina hardcore legends Assfactor 4, whose name still inspires hushed tones of reverence from those who saw them at their peak, along with Unherd & Tonka, SLED is the punk-metal monster caged over a decade of musical inactivity, fueled by beer and conviction to make itself known once more.

Guitarist Evil Dean and drummer Cuz – both ex-Assfactor 4 – enlisted bassist Curly from local death metal band Necrocide and the beast was born.

And like a thinking man might conclude, the beast on rampage for these nine cuts is a snarling, ravenous and frantic one. Reminding of their old band’s sprinting urgency, Evil Dean howls his words like they’re being torn from his gums; Cuz lunges into his beats, tightening time like a thumbscrew. Curly, the death metaller, pulls back on Cuz’s redline acceleration, dropping skull-stomping basslines and stretching the songs’ tension to the point of destruction.

The passion and energy and ferocity that drives SLED was never meant to be caged. A psychopath can only suppress his urges for so long.

You have two options. You either greet your evisceration with open arms, or you cower away, biting your fingernails to the quick and vainly hoping your fate doesn’t’ find you.

Too many bands get worn out in their age and start to play sad bastard woe-is-me music when they should be getting more pissed off. The folks in SLED are still pissed and still better than most bands half their age.

Records are all on various colored vinyl like Kudzu Green, Bacon Blue, Cakalak Gray, etc. Comes with MP3 download card. Plays at 45 rpm for maximum rockage.

SLED: Curly (bass), Evil Dean (guitar), Cuz (drums)

RIYL: Assfactor 4, C.O.C., Kylesa, Coliseum, Trap Them, good music

Tracklist

1. Commination

2. Creeper

3. Blood & Portents

4. Futurists

5. Metal Boy Band

6. Reflection Black

7. Hi-C Ody

8. Fiend Folio

9. Women & Children, Thirst

Order here:

SLED LP - $8.99

also available basement find rare related shit:

Assfactor 4 - S/T LP - $6.99
Assfactor 4 - Sometimes I Suck 7" - $4.99 - this is the rarely seen Auricle pressing.
Unherd - S/T LP - $9.99 - awesome pre-Assfactor 4 stuff from early '90s.

Package deal for only $25.00 - includes the new SLED LP, Assfactor 4 S/T LP, Unherd S/T LP, and Assfactor 4 "Sometimes I Suck" 7". Very few available!!!

Listen to some of the songs here.

this ships immediately. no lame pre-order b.s.

All of these titles are on sale until December 31st for $9.99. CD only.

Thanks to Bob at Cafe Central and the owners of the property at 1401 Central Ave. (Rudolph Moore Properties) they have agreed to stop booting cars on their property for now.

You can park in the red spaces marked on the map below:

don't park in front of here:

Hey - I've decided for the first time to actually participate in the capitalist phenomenon known as Black Friday! But I've decided to make it a Big Black Weekend! Unfortunately I couldn't get Big Black to play so we're just having a sale instead.

Everything in the store is going to be 10% off and anything that's been in the store more than a year is 25% off. Simple enough.

I have a bunch of new release stuff typed up, but I'll save that for next and keep this short. Also don't forget to visit our webstore.

Thanks for 4 years of support,
Scott

Hey - maybe you noticed but maybe you didn't. Anyway, I changed the news page to a blog site because it's easier for me to update and gives you all more info on one page. So if you don't want to click on the show list you can just glance at it, but there are links on the show page so you should go there anyhow. This way is easier to search and keep up to date with too, and if you want you can even use that fancy RSS feed stuff. This has been set up for a while but I don't think anyone knew about it and I've finally decided to give it a full-on try. So let me know what you think. I've added all of the updates from the old pages and from before we even had a real website from the Myspace page because no one seems to check Myspace anymore. So all the way from the beginning in 2005.

Holy crap, 2 stock updates in one month. It's a miracle, but we're trying to keep up with stuff and there are a ton of new releases coming out. If you don't see something on these list just ask, and if there is something coming out in the future just ask and we'll get it for you. Wouldn't you rather order from us than some crappy website that sends your records in giant boxes or charges more than we do anyway? We can ship it to you as well if you don't want to drive here. We'll ship pretty much anything to you for a $3.00 flat rate.

We also now have a Facebook page and a Twitter page.

Anyway, now to the more important stuff...the return of the 33 1/3 sale!

We had this last fall although it was the week Wachovia crumbled so not the best timing (oops!), but it was still really successful and no one really understood that I was celebrating my 33.3rd birthday anyway, so we're doing it again. We need to clear things out and you need cheap records, what a great trade! Tell all of your friends because this is short notice and if you snooze that's too bad. We don't do many sales anyway, but we appreciate your business and want to show you with this awesome sale.

EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 15% OFF!
- LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday 9-26-09 ONLY!

IN ADDITION ALL USED LPs, CDs, & DVDs ARE BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 15% off, which basically amounts to buy one get one free (or a combined 44% off of all used cds & dvds if you want to get exact). Hopefully that makes sense. It's a lot easier for us to ring it up that way.



Thanks again - lots more great stuff coming next week too like the new Avett Brothers on CD (LP is already out and waiting for you).



New stuff in stock for the last few weeks.
Online store coming soon! If you want to mailorder something, just send us an email with what you want!

We'll update as new stuff comes in, so check back. Prices can sometimes go up or down.

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New LPs:

Alice Donut - Ten Glorious Animals - new album - $12.99
Almighty Defenders - S/T - Black Lips, King Khan, & BBQ all in one band!!!! vinyl only release, includes MP3 download - $15.99
Amon Duul - Phallus Dei - - $25.99
Andrew WK - 55 Cadillac - instrumental solo piano concept album, limited to 750 copies - $21.99
Animal Collective - Danse Manatee - first time on vinyl, 180 gram DMM import pressing - $30.99
Animal Collective - Spirit They've Gone Spirit They've Vanished 2xLP - first time on vinyl, 180 gram DMM import pressing - $33.99
Antlers - Hospice - - $16.99
Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - includes MP3 download - $22.99
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty 2xLP - 180 gram remaster - $25.99
Big Pink - A Brief History of Love 2xLP + 12" - limited first pressing comes with a bonus 12" of a Gang Gang Dance remix, includes MP3 download - $18.99
Black Dice - Creature Comforts - back in print - $13.99
Blind Blake - Back Biting Bee Blues - import - $22.99
Blind Lemon Jefferson - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - import - $22.99
Bob Marley - African Herbsman - - $19.99
Burning Star Core - Bright Summer Day - - $15.99
Carter Family - I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - import - $22.99
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw and The Beasts - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Catalyst - Swallow Your Teeth - - $11.99
Coconut Records - Davy - Jason Schwartzman of Phantom Planet, now on vinyl - $19.99
Coconut Records - Nighttiming - Jason Schwartzman of Phantom Planet, now on vinyl - $17.99
Congos - Heart of the Congos - back in stock - $9.99
Dodos - TIme To Die - includes MP3 download - $15.99
Doors - LA Woman - 180 gram - $24.99
Ducktails - Landscapes - back in stock - $18.99
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity - colored vinyl - $17.99
Early Day Miners - The Treatment - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - S/T - - $13.99
Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill - back in stock - $17.99
Fugazi - The Argument - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Fugazi - End Hits - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Girls - Album - super catchy like Elvis Costello singing shoegaze pop, includes MP3 download - $13.99
Gong - Peel Sessions 2xLP - - $35.99
Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein - includes MP3 download - $14.99
Great Architect - LP - local free jazz LP limited to 200 - $9.99
Greg Cartwright - Live At The Circle A LP + 7" - leader of Reigning Sound live in Milwaukee - $15.99
Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - punk meets doo-wop, for fans of Captured Tracks releases - $11.99
Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight - back in print - $9.99
Jim O'Rourke - Visitor - new solo instrumental guitar album - $16.99
John Lee Hooker - Blues On Fire - - $19.99
John's Children - Smashed Blocked - Marc Bolan pre-T. Rex mod band - $23.99
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues - back in stock - $11.99
Kaospilot - Shadows - new album! - $11.99
LA's - S/T - back in stock - $16.99
Lake of Dracula - Skeletal Remains - odds and ends collection from no-wave supergroup of members of Flying Luttenbachers, U.S. Maple, Scissor Girls - $15.99
Lard - Last Temptation of Reid - back in print - $9.99
Le Loup - Family - includes MP3 download - $11.99
Lee Perry - Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread - back in stock - $9.99
Left Lane Cruiser - All You Can Eat - repress - $13.99
Lisa Germano - Magic Neighbor - includes CD - $15.99
Litany For the Whale - Dolres - - $9.99
Magic Wands - Magic Love & Dreams EP - Picture Disc - $13.99
Make-Up - Destination Love - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Mayyors - Deads EP - back in print - hype hype hype - $12.99
Mercyful Fate - Evil - picture disc - $19.99
MIJ - Yodeling Astrologer (Aka Color By Numbers) - - $18.99
Muddy Waters - Lost Tapes - - $20.99
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff - resissued on colored vinyl, includes MP3 download - $10.99
Mudhoney - S/T - resissued on colored vinyl, includes MP3 download - $13.99
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - resissued on colored vinyl, includes MP3 download - $13.99
Nation of Ulysses - Plays Pretty For Baby - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Neko Case - Canadian Amp - back in print - $14.99
Owen - New Leaves - - $13.99
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than the Stars - new EP on 3 formats - $7.99
Pearl Jam - Backspacer 2xLP - - $22.99
Pens - Hey Friend, What You Doing? - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg - colored vinyl - $14.99
Portishead - Dummy - import - $31.99
Q & Not U - Different Damage - remastered, includes MP3 download - $11.99
Q-Tip - Kamaal the Abstract - long lost album finally released - $16.99
Rachel Grimes (of Rachel's) - Book of Leaves - leader of Rachel's solo piano LP - $15.99
Rose Melberg - Homemade Ship - solo album by the leader of Go Sailor, Tiger Trap and The Softies - $11.99
Shangri-Las - Shangri-Las 2xLP - import - $39.99
Shitty Limits - Beware The Limits - - $8.99
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman - - $19.99
Skratchy Seal - Super Seal 3D - - $13.99
Sounds of Kaleidoscope - Heaven - - $14.99
Spider Bags - Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World - - $13.99
Stone Roses - Stone Roses - 20th anniversary 2xCD + DVD - $26.99
Strung Out - Agents Of The Underground - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Sun Ra - Sun Song - back in stock - $11.99
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2 - colored vinyl includes MP3 download - $14.99
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary 2xLP - remastered on colored vinyl includes MP3 download - $15.99
Teenage Bottlerocket - They Came From The Underground - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - includes MP3 download - $13.99
Tom Brosseau - Posthumous Success - - $12.99
Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead 2xLP - includes MP3 download - $16.99
Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone - back in stock - $14.99
Unrest - Imperial F.f.r.r. - reissue - $16.99
V/A - Porno Groove: Sound of the 70's - pink vinyl - $18.99
V/A - Ze 30: Ze Records Story 1979-2009 2xLP - - $21.99
V/A - D-Funk: Funk, Disco, And Boogie Grooves From Germany 1972-2002 2xLP - - $19.99
V/A - Last Kind Words 1926-1953 - compilation of early blues recordings back in stock - $13.99
V/A - Legends Of Benin 2xLP - compilation of Afro Beat recordings from 1969-1981 - $27.99
V/A - Rrr 1000 - 1000 Locked Grooves! - $24.99
V/A - Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk And Soul 1965-1975 2xLP - - $28.99
Volcano Choir - Unmap - Justin Vernon (BON IVER) plus COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES as his backing band. sparse and hypnotic, includes MP3 download - $12.99
White Shit - Sculpted Beef - Andy Coronado (Monorchid, Skull Kontrol, Wrangler Brutes) on guitar and concepts, along with Jared Warren (Karp, Big Business, Melvins) on vocals and Cody Willis (Murder City Devils, Big Business, Melvins) on drums and TITS on bass. As awesome as it sounds!!! - $9.99
Why - Eskimo Snow - - $13.99
Wilco - Summerteeth - 180 gram LP + CD - $25.99
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - - $19.99
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head & The Sky 2xLP - - $22.99

New CDs

A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses - - $13.99
Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi - Friendly Pants - legendary Japanese saxophonist plus rhythm section of drummer Chris Corsano (Paul Flaherty Duo, Bjork, Jandek) and acoustic bassist Darin Gray (On Fillmore, Grand Ulena, Brise Glace). Sakata was a member of the Yosuke Yamashita Trio from '72 to '79 who were by far the best Japanese free jazz group and Yamashita is one of my favorite pianists to this day. Recommended for fans of Pharoah Sanders - $11.99
Andy The Door Bum - Art Is Shit - local artist - $9.99
Bahimiron / Unchrist - Last of the Confederates - black metal - $7.99
Big Pink - A Brief History of Love - - $11.99
Big Star - Keep An Eye On The Sky - 4xCD box set - $59.99
Bo White Duo Select - S/T - new cd by Yardwork/Calabi Yau/Kinnikinnik dude Bo plus vibraphone and drums. - $2.99
Brand New - Daisy - - $13.99
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw and The Beasts - - $11.99
Crucifist - Demon Haunted World - - $12.99
Early Day Miners - The Treatment - - $11.99
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic - - $15.99
Feelies - Crazy Rhythms - reissue - $13.99
Feelies - Good Earth - reissue - $13.99
Fun - Aim & Ignite - - $12.99
Girls - Album - super catchy like Elvis Costello singing shoegaze pop - $11.99
Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein - - $12.99
Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - punk meets doo-wop, for fans of Captured Tracks releases - $11.99
Islands - Vapours - - $14.99
J. Tillman - Year In The Kingdom - new album from Fleet Foxes member - $11.99
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 - - $15.99
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 Remixes - - $13.99
Le Loup - Family - - $10.99
Magic Wands - Magic Love & Dreams EP - - $5.99
Megadeath - Endgame - - $15.99
Mum - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know - - $11.99
Muse - The Resistance - - $15.99
Muse - The Resistance - CD + DVD - $19.99
Nihill - Krach - - $14.99
Owen - New Leaves - - $10.99
Oxbow - Fuckfest - reissue - $12.99
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than the Stars - new EP on 3 formats - $7.99
Pearl Jam - Backspacer - indie store version in cool book style packaging - $15.99
Pens - Hey Friend, What You Doing? - - $12.99
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg - - $13.99
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract - - $13.99
Quieting Syrup - Sick Boy - ex-Pinebender - $10.99
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx pt. 2 - - $15.99
Rose Melberg - Homemade Ship - solo album by the leader of Go Sailor, Tiger Trap and The Softies - $11.99
Royal Bangs - Let It Beep - - $11.99
Rubik - Dada Bandits - - $10.99
Shitty Limits - Beware The Limits - on sale! - $4.99
Shudder To Think - Live From Home - - $13.99
Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure - - $12.99
Simon Joyner - Out Into Snow - - $13.99
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio - - $13.99
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio - - $13.99
Squarepusher - Solo Electric Bass 1 - - $13.99
Stone Roses - Stone Roses - 20th anniversary 2xCD + DVD - $26.99
Struck By Lightning - Serpents - ex-Mouth of the Architect - $13.99
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2 - remastered with 2 bonus tracks - $10.99
Thrice - Beggars - contains download with extra songs - $14.99
Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - - $11.99
Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead - - $11.99
Tyondai Braxton - Central Market - - $13.99
Volcano Choir - Unmap - Justin Vernon (BON IVER) plus COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES as his backing band. sparse and hypnotic - $11.99
Why - Eskimo Snow - - $13.99
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - - $13.99
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head & The Sky - - $14.99

New DVDs:

Beach Boys - Video Party - - $11.99
Belle & Sebastion - The Black Sessions - - $11.99
Elliott Smith - Pictures Of New York - - $11.99
Fugazi - 27 Songs - - $11.99
Kinks - TV-Concerts 1973-1977 - - $11.99
The Cure - In Orange - - $11.99
The Smiths - This Charming Matador - - $11.99
Zombies - Video Anthology - - $11.99

New 10"s:

Mum - Prophecies and Reversed Memories - - $13.99

New 7"s:

Aquarium - Performer - new single on Dischord - $4.99
Big Star - Feel - - $5.99
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait - limited import - $8.99
Kurt Vile - He's All Right - colored vinyl, limited - $4.99
Las Palabras - Mariposas - ex-El Guapo, Supersystem - $4.99
Magic Kids - Hey Boy - members of The Barbaras and Girls of the Gravitron - $4.99
Magnolia Electric Company - Rider, Shadow, Wolf - new limited single - $6.49
O Paon - S/T - - $6.99
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than the Stars - new EP on 3 formats - $4.49
Pigeon Religion - Scoprion Milk - new single on Parts Unknown - $4.99
Pizza - Midnight Creature Party - members of Pygmy Lush, includes MP3 download - $12.99
Pizza / Tideland - Split - members of Pg. 99, Pygmy Lush - $3.99
Shitty Limits - Here Are The Limits - - $3.99
Shitty Limits - Espionage - - $3.99
Velvet Underground - Singles 1966-1969 - 7x7" box set - $49.99

New Books and Magazines:

Mark Kemp - Dixie Lullaby - - $19.99
Maximum Rock'n'Roll - Issue #317 - the queer issue - $4.00
Razorcake - issue 52 - includes Coathangers interview by Charlotte's own Chris Peigler - $4.00

Well it has been quite a while but somehow we managed a new stock update for you. I don't mean to let these things slide, but typing all of this stinks and there's always a pile of used records calling my name asking to be priced. This is most of what's come in the last couple weeks from mid-August up until the first week of September.

We recently were picked as the BEST PLACE TO BUY CDS by Creative Loafing's critics. It should also be noted that we were mentioned as also the BEST PLACE TO BUY VINYL since for some reason they don't have a separate category for that one. Thanks to everyone who voted.

We received the test presses for our next release a week or so ago and it sounds great. It will be our first LP in a long time, this one by Columbia, SC band SLED. SLED is a hardcore band with ex-members of Assfactor 4, Unherd, and Tonka. If you know any of those bands, you should be stoked. If not, just trust us and check out their myspace page.

Be sure to check out our show list too. We don't have a ton coming up, but some really good ones including the LP release show by Great Architect, a Charlotte jazz/noise rock band.

New stuff in stock for the last few weeks.
If you want to mailorder something, just send us an email with what you want!

We'll update as new stuff comes in, so check back. Prices can sometimes go up or down.

Click here to join our email newsletter to get New Release updates.

New CDs:

Accused - Curse Of Martha - - $13.99
Action - Complete Punk Recordings - - $13.99
Adorno - Year One Limited Edition CD - - $6.99
Advent - Naked + Cold - - $9.99
Antlers - Hospice - - $11.99
At War - Infidel - on sale! - $9.99
Banner Pilot - Collapser - - $8.99
Black Crowes - Before The Frost - - $14.99
BLK JKS - After Robots - - $11.99
Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend - - $13.99
Broadway Calls - Good Views Bad News - - $11.99
Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx - The Bronx plays mariachi - $12.99
Bronzed Chorus - I'm The Spring - - $7.99
Cave Singers - Welcome Joy - - $11.99
Choir Of Young Believers - This Is For The White In Your Eyes + Burn The Flag 2xCD - - $11.99
Chuck Ragan - Gold Country - - $11.99
Circulatory System - Signal Morning - - $11.99
Clean - Mister Pop - - $12.99
Cold Cave - Cremations - - $15.99
David Daniell & Douglas McCombs - Sycamore - - $13.99
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - - $11.99
Diapsiquir - Pacta Daemoniarium - - $15.99
Drive By Truckers - Fine Print - - $15.99
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - S/T - - $12.99
Entrance Band - S/T - - $10.99
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires Special Edition CD + DVD - - $12.99
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band - - $12.99
Golden Silvers - True Romance - - $11.99
Grizzly Bear - Horn Of Plenty - 2xCD reissue - $13.99
Health - Get Color - - $10.99
Imogen Heap - Ellipse - - $11.99
Japandroids - Post-Nothing - - $11.99
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - - $11.99
Jim O'Rourke - Visitor - - $13.99
Julian - Plenti - - $13.99
Keelhaul - Keelhaul's Triumphant Return To Obscurity - - $13.99
Laudanum - Coronation - - $9.99
Legion of Two - Riffs - - $13.99
Lewd Acts - Black Eye Blues - - $12.99
Lightning Dust - Infinite Light - - $11.99
Liturgy - Renihilation - kvlt black metal - $9.99
Lokai - Transition - - $13.99
Malkuth - Sefirah Gevurah - - $13.99
Maserati - Passages - - $8.99
Monotonix - Where Were You When It Happened? - - $13.99
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem - - $13.99
Municipal Waste - Massive Agressive - - $14.99
Mute Math - Armistice - - $13.99
Nurses - Apple's Acres - - $11.99
Patton Oswalt - My Weakness Is Strong CD + DVD - - $13.99
Paul Burch - Still Your Man - - $13.99
Pictureplane - Dark Rift - - $10.99
Pissed Jeans - King Of Jeans - - $12.99
Polvo - In Prism - - $11.99
Pyramids - Through The Hourglass - - $8.99
Ramona Falls - Intuit - Sale! - $9.99
Reigning Sound - Love And Curses - - $12.99
Robert Pollard - Elephant Jokes - - $13.99
Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner - - $11.99
Sian Alice Group - Troubled, Shaken, Etc. - - $11.99
Six Organs Of Admittance - Luminous Night - - $12.99
Spider Bags - Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World - - $13.99
Taken By Trees - East of Eden - - $11.99
Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations - - $6.99
Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque - - $11.99
Tune-Yards - Bird-Brains - - $11.99
TV Ghost - Cold Fish - - $12.99
V/A - Come O Spirit! - hymns and spiritual songs by Damien Jurado, Dave Bazan, The Welcome Wagon, and more - $11.99
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - - $12.99
Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong - - $13.99
XX - S/T - Pitchfork's Best New Music! - $11.99
Yim Yames - Tribute To LP + CD - Jim James of My Morning Jackets plays George Harrison songs - $6.99
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - - $11.99
YOB - Great Cessation - - $12.99
Young And In The Way - Newborn - - $4.99

New DVDs


New LPs:

16 Horsepower - Secret South LP + DVD - - $15.99
24-Carat Black - Gone: The Promise Of Yesterday - reissue - $19.99
Air - Moon Safari - back in stock - $14.99
All Tiny Creatures - Segni - members of Bon Iver, Collection of Colonies of Bees - $10.99
Amanda Blank - I Love You - includes MP3 download - $17.99
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug - - $19.99
Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me 2xLP - - $15.99
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You - - $19.99
Bad Religion - How Could Hell Be Any Worse - reissue - $15.99
Banner Pilot - Collapser - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Benny Joy - Crash The Party-Benny Joy Story - - $12.99
Benny Joy - I'm Gonna Move-Benny Joy Story Vol. 3 - - $12.99
Benny Joy - Love Zone-Benny Joy Story Vol. 5 - - $12.99
Benny Joy - Rollin' To The Jukebox-Benny Joy Story Vol. 2 - - $12.99
Benny Joy - Wild Wild Lover-Benny Joy Vol. 4 - - $12.99
Big Star - Radio City - reissue - $13.99
Big Star - #1 Record - reissue - $13.99
Billy Bao - Dialectics of Shit - - $11.99
Black Crowes - Southern Harmony - 180 gram reissue - $17.99
BLK JKS - After Robots - includes MP3 download - $11.99
BLK JKS - Mystery (Osborne Remix) - - $6.99
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Dead Death, Death Dead - - $17.99
Breeders - Last Splash - - $16.99
Breeders - Pod - - $16.99
Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend - includes CD - $19.99
Brilliant Colors - S/T - - $14.99
Broadway Calls - Good Views Bad News - - $12.99
Bronzed Chorus - I'm The Spring - - $11.99
Brutal Knights - Total Rebellion - - $16.99
Cave Singers - Welcome Joy - - $15.99
Cha Cha Shaw - Kingdom Come - - $23.99
Chocolate Watchband - No Way Out - reissue - $19.99
Chocolate Watchband - Inner Mystique - reissue - $19.99
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks - reissue - $19.99
Coke Bust - Line In The Sand - back in stock - $10.99
Cold Cave - Love Comes Close - - $15.99
Crom - Cocaine Wars 1974-1989 - - $15.99
Cure - Into The Dark - The Early Cure 1979-1982 4xLP - - $84.99
Current 93 - Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain - - $19.99
David Daniell & Douglas McCombs - Sycamore - - $13.99
De Kift - Krakenhause - Dutch anarcho-punk from 1993 - $12.99
Death Before Dishonor - Better Ways To Die - - $14.99
Deceh - Deceh - - $19.99
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - - $11.99
Dialing In - Islamic Bomb - - $18.99
Direct Control - Farewell - - $15.99
Dum Dum Girls - S/T - back in stock - $13.99
Dysrhytmia - Psychic Maps - - $18.99
Entrance Band - S/T - - $17.99
Eternal Tapestry - Invisible Landscape - limited to 500 - $15.99
Explorers - Bermuda Telepaths - - $12.99
Face To Face - Don't Turn Away - back in stock - $10.99
Final - Reading All The Right Signals Wrong - - $13.99
Finally Punk - Casual Goths - includes CD - $13.99
Flipper - Fight (live) - - $16.99
Flipper - Love Comes Close - - $16.99
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori - - $24.99
Forbes/Young/Walter - S/T - Weasel Walter's new trio - crazy jazz - $9.99
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Glass Candy - Geto Boys - - $8.99
Golden Silvers - True Romance - includes MP3 download - $11.99
Hank Williams - The Unreleased Recordings - - $19.99
Health - Get Color - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh - Overloaded Ark 2xLP - - $18.99
Hex Dispensers - Winchester Mystery House - - $12.99
Hjerstop - Vi Ses I Helveda - - $9.99
In First Person/Storm The Bastille - Split - - $9.99
Inglorious Basterds - Soundtrack - - $25.99
Insomnio - Happiness Loneliness - - $9.99
Invasion - La Caza - - $15.99
Japandroids - Post-Nothing - - $12.99
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - reissue - $11.99
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - includes MP3 download - $13.99
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Beat Of Our Own Drum - includes CD - $13.99
Jello Biafra with The Melvins - Never Breathe What You Can't See - back in stock - $9.99
Jello Biafra with The Melvins - Sieg Howdy - back in stock - $9.99
Julian - Plenti - includes MP3 download - $15.99
Koushik - Rhythm Traxx V. 5 - - $14.99
Legion Of Two - Riffs 2xLP - - $17.99
Lightning Dust - Infinite Light - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Lokai - Transition - - $13.99
Madlib & Dudley Perkins - A Lil Light Instrumentals 2xLP - - $17.99
Mars Volta - Octahedron 2xLP - colored vinyl - $28.99
Mayfair Set - Young One - - $14.99
Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly - - $17.99
Meth Teeth - Everything Went Wrong - - $13.99
Mew - No More Stories - - $20.99
Minor Threat - Cashing In - great live set - $16.99
Miracle Condition - S/T - includes MP3 download, member of U.S. Maple - $13.99
Modest Mouse - No One's First And You're Next - compilation of 4 EP's, includes MP3 download - $17.99
Monotonix - Where Were You When It Happened? - - $15.99
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem 2xLP - - $21.99
My Disco - Paradise - - $13.99
Neil Landstrumm - Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP - - $17.99
Nudge - As Good As Gone - - $12.99
Nurses - Apple's Acres - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Octopus Project - Identification Parade - reissue - $12.99
Octopus Project - One Ten Hundred - reissue - $12.99
Passion Pit - Manners - - $21.99
Pete Yorn & Scarlette Johansson - Break Up - - $19.99
Pissed Jeans - King Of Jeans - - $12.99
Polvo - In Prism 2xLP - includes MP3 download - $21.99
Race - Exiles - limited to 220 - $11.99
Reigning Sound - Love And Curses - - $9.99
Robert Pollard - Elephant Jokes - - $15.99
Ruckus Roboticus - Remix Ep - - $8.99
RX Bandits - Manada 2xLP - - $26.99
Scott Hull - Requiem - guitar player in Pig Destroyer - $15.99
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us - includes MP3 download - $15.99
Sian Alice Group - Troubled, Shaken, Etc. - - $14.99
Sic Alps - A Long Way Around a Shortcut 2xLP - - $18.99
Six Organs Of Admittance - Luminous Night - - $14.99
Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come - finally repressed on 180 gram vinyl! - $24.99
Smiths - S/T - finally repressed on 180 gram vinyl! - $24.99
Smiths - Queen Is Dead - finally repressed on 180 gram vinyl! - $24.99
Smiths - Meat Is Murder - finally repressed on 180 gram vinyl! - $24.99
Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love - back in stock - $14.99
Social Unrest - Rat In A Maze - - $9.99
Soul Control - Cycles - - $14.99
Spoon - Got Nuffin - includes MP3 download - $8.99
Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Vol 2) 2xLP - back in stock - $18.99
Steven R. Smith - Cities - - $13.99
Stone Roses - S/T - - $19.99
Subhumans - Ep LP - - $16.99
Subhumans - Worlds Apart - - $16.99
Taken By Trees - East of Eden - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Teenage Cool Kids - Foreign Lands - 180 gram includes MP3 download - $11.99
Thee Oh Sees - Suck Blood - reissue - $12.99
Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque - includes MP3 download - $12.99
Tournament - Years Old - - $14.99
TV Ghost - Cold Fish - - $9.99
Undertow - Everything... 2xLP - discography - $19.99
V/A - A Orillas Del Magdelena - Columbia cumbia music - $12.99
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - - $12.99
Vivian Girls - Live On WFMU - - $17.99
Who Calls So Loud - S/T - - $9.99
Wiley And The Checkmates - We Call It Soul - includes CD - $13.99
Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong - - $18.99
Wooden Shjips - Contact - - $15.99
Woods - Play Live In The Woods - - $14.99
Woody Guthrie - Woody's Roots - - $19.99
Woody Guthrie - Woody The Agitator - - $19.99
Woody Guthrie - Greatest Hits - - $19.99
Woody Guthrie - Woody Cisco - - $13.99
Yacht - See Mystery Lights - - $15.99
Yim Yames - Tribute To LP + CD - Jim James of My Morning Jackets plays George Harrison songs - $13.99
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs 2xLP - includes MP3 download - $23.99

New 10"s:

Asobi Seksu - Transparence - includes MP3 download - $10.99
Bad Secrets - S/T 9" + CD - members of Breather Resist, Kodan Armada, Young Widows - $16.99
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace - - $9.99
Phoenix Bodies/Hewhocorrupts - Split - includes calendar - $15.99

New 7"s:

Antony & The Johnsons - Aeon - - $6.99
Avett Brothers - Slight Figure Of Speech - - $5.99
Big Pink - Dominoes - - $5.99
Bikini Kill - New Radio EP - reissue - $4.99
Born/Dead - 24 Hostages - 1st 7" reissue - $4.99
Bouncing Souls - 20th Anniversary: Vol. 3 - - $4.99
Coliseum - True Quiet - - $5.99
GG King - Drug Zoo - Carbonas singer's new thing - $5.99
Government Warning - Executed - - $4.49
Jeremy Jay - Breaking the Ice - - $3.99
Joey Casio - Debtor's Prism - - $3.99
King Kong - Bring It On - reissue - $4.99
Ladies - Hole Sailor - - $4.49
Mission Of Burma - Innermost - - $4.99
Nitad - Ge Oss Mer - - $4.49
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Come Saturday - - $3.99
Paint It Black - Surrender - - $5.99
Paint It Black - Amnesia - - $5.99
Pearl Jam - Fixer - colored vinyl - $6.99
Social Unrest - Making Room For Youth - - $4.99
Social Unrest - Social Unrest - - $4.99
Times New Viking - Move to California b/w City On - - $4.99
Tyvek - Mary Ellen Claims - reissue - $5.99
V/A - No Bullshit Vol. 4 - Logic Problem, Citizens Patrol, Anti You, Born Bad, Civic Progress, Insomnio - $4.49
Young Accuser - Unsound - - $4.99
Zoroaster / Alderbaran - Split - - $5.99

New Books and Magazines:

American Hardcore - - back in stock - $19.95
Anti-Matter Anthology - 1990s POst-Punk & Hardcore - back in stock - $15.00
Babycakes - Vegan, Gluten Free Recipes - cookbook (hardcover) - $24.00
Banksy - Wall & Piece (hardcover) - back in stock - $35.00
Banksy - Locations and Tours - - $20.00
Banksy - Bristol: Home Sweet Home - - $24.95
Bash The Rich - TRUE-LIFE CONFESSIONS OF AN ANARCHIST IN THE U.K. - - $18.00
Believer - #64 - Music issue - zine - $10.00
Brew Not Bombs - - zine - BIY - brew it yourself! - $3.50
Burning Fight - The Nineties Hardcore Revolution - back in stock - $18.00
Charles Bukowski - Burning In Water Drowning In Flames, You Get So Alone, Hollywood, Pulp - back in stock - $16.00
Clash - Original Clash Book (hardcover) - 384 pages. The unique story of the Clash, by the Clash. - $45.00
Cometbus - #52 - Spirit of St. Louis - zine - $3.00
Continuum 60 - Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & Lash - - $10.95
Continuum 62 - Wire - Pink Flag - - $10.95
Continuum 65 - Big Star - Radio City - - $10.95
DirtyPilot.com - One Year Rewind (hardcover) - - $19.95
Disposable - Skateboard Bible (hardcover) - new 2nd book about skateboard collecting/art. essential for any who ever skated. - $39.95
Doris - Anthology 1991 - 2001 - back in stock - $15.00
Dwelling Portably - 1980-1989 - Dwelling Portably zine has been crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence for nearly 30 years. Now here it is, in book form! - $8.00
Found: Requiem For A Paper Bag - - Celebrities and civilians tell stories of the best lost, tossed & found items from around the world. - $15.99
Giant Robot - #60 - art zine - $4.99
Henry Rollins - First Five - back in stock - $20.00
Henry Rollins - Get In the Van - Black Flag - back in stock - $20.00
Hi-Fructose - #12 - art zine - $6.95
Hole in the Rubber - Tall Tales of Stiff Spange - zine - $3.75
Hunter Thompson - Screwjack, Psychotic Reactions, Hell's Angels, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - back in stock - $15.00
Juxtapoz - #104 - art zine - $5.99
Love Song of Kermit the Frog - - comic/zine - $2.00
Minimalists - 20th Century Composers - back in stock - $12.95
Mojo - October 2009 - Beatles issue - $9.99
On Subbing - tales of working as an substitute education assistant in Portland's school system. - back in stock - $5.00
Our Band Could Be Your Life - - back in stock - $16.99
Pete Jordan - Dishwasher - back in stock - $13.95
Please Don't Feed The Bears - vegan cookbook - back in stock - $9.00
Sick - zine on illness - Sick collects peoples' experiences with illness to help establish a collective voice of those impacted within radical/ left/ DIY communities. - $6.00
Signal To Noise - Issue #55 - - $4.95
Sister of the Road - Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha - This vivid autobiography recounts one hell of a rugged woman's hard-living depression-era saga of misadventures with pimps, hopheads, murderers, yeggs, wobblies and anarchists. - $15.00
Wax Poetics - #36 - Brazil Issue - - $9.99
William S. Burroughs - Soft Machine, Wild Boys - back in stock - $12.00
Xtra Tuf - #5 - DIY zine about being a woman who fishes commercially for years. - $6.00

We can now order needles and cartridges for you. You need a replacement stylus for your new turntable that came with a crappy plastic needle? You need a new stylus for the turntable your grandpa gave you? We can order them for you, just bring us as much info as you can (turntable model, cartridge model, and preferably the actual needle) and we'll find the right one for you. We will have some pre-amps next week too.

Long time no update. Busy trying to actually have a life outside of working 7 days a week I guess. Anyhow of course the big news is that the new Grids 7" is finally out. We are having a record release show on June 12th at the Milestone with Yardwork and Tenspeed Trio. We are pleased to be putting out another record by another great local band. The records will be $4.00 at the show or in the store, but at the show you can get a special limited release cover. More info here.

Also a few other local bands are planning some vinyl release, so be on the lookout for stuff from Lowbrow, Great Architect, and I think a Black Congo LP in the next few months.

We have an in-store performance Saturday, June 13 with Richard Swift who is playing with the Fray at the Charlotte Boutique Amphitheater that night. Here is what Creative Loafing has to say about him:

The Fray blah-blah-blah, hit song on Lost blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-the American Coldplay-blah, etc. The only possible reasons for attending this show if you're not a weepy 16-year-old are to hear what the acoustics sound like at the new Uptown venue, or opener Richard Swift, who's been described as "Prince sitting in on the Plastic Ono Band sessions."

We are still trudging on here at the store. Tons of new release and great used stuff, but with me trying to keep up with everything I haven't typed up a new release list in quite a while. If you are ever wondering if we have something or will be getting it, just call or email us and will be glad to tell you if we have it or order it for you if we don't. We get lots of stuff each week and our prices are usually cheaper than other stores in town. And before you order stuff online check with us because we'll be more than glad to ship to you as well. And we'll ship your records in boxes meant for records, not some giant box like those idiots at Amazon. We actually care about vinyl here, which is also why we put sleeves on our used records and don't stick annoying price tags directly on the cover like other stores.

Anyway, stop by and say hi and buy some stuff or don't. - Scott