Record Store Day Is This Saturday, April 16th!
In case you haven't heard or read about this, this Saturday we'll be taking part in the fourth annual Record Store Day, which is actually being held across the globe. For some info on what it's all about -- although you can pretty much assume what its motivations are -- check out www.recordstoreday.com
WE WILL BE OPENING AT 10 A.M. SATURDAY
Last year was awesome and the enthusiasm for RSD seems to grow every year with even more tons of releases coming out that day that are limited this year. From the measly 10-20 releases the first year it has now ballooned into over 200 releases. We've participated every year and have tried to grow with it as well, although this is the first year that we've been the only shop in Charlotte taking part. This means we had to consider some things that before we wouldn't have even thought about, and it gives us a new opportunity to make new friends and customers with folks that normally would have gone to some other store across town before they got bought out by a corporation.
Now, what does this mean for you? Well, over the past week we've been receiving tons of freebie goodies to give away in honor of Record Store Day. If you stop by on Saturday, we'll have a bag full of free stuff for you. It's first-come, first-serve, so if we're out of them by the time you get here, we're sorry. So try to make it earlier rather than later. These includes free 7"s, CDs, posters, buttons, stickers, shirts, etc.
ALSO there are Record Store Day EXCLUSIVES for sale only at participating indie stores. These are almost all very limited in nature, and in many case we did NOT get that many or as many as we ordered, so be ready. There were way more labels participating this year so there are bound to be some things I didn't even know about as well. We're trying our best to get everything though, but sometimes things slip through the cracks and with this many releases we had to budget ourselves a bit as well. There are also a bunch of UK ONLY releases, such as the Radiohead 12". We WILL NOT have the UK releases and cannot get them. A lot of people keeping asking since there are some nice ones, but those are for UK stores only.
There is an extensive list of the releases coming out here. I encourage you to read it and maybe even print it out to make a checklist so you don't forget something in the excitement of it all.
PDF list of RSD releases:
From the RSD website:
"THEY’RE HERE! The thing a lot of you are looking forward to, of course, are the special pieces coming to your favorite record store on April 16. Here’s a list of them, one you can print out, check off and take to your local record store. We’re doing things a little differently this year, so you’ll see a few different categories here:
RECORD STORE DAY RELEASES These are titles that are only being released for this day. These are true Record Store Day Exclusives.
“WINDOWED” RELEASES These are titles that will only be available in record stores on Record Store Day, but will someday be available to other retailers down the line.
REGIONAL/SMALL RUN RELEASES These are titles that are being released only to a certain region of stores, or have such a small run or distribution that the majority of participating stores will not have access to them. We feel it’s important to include these releases and celebrate the spirit in which they are released.
And remember: LIMITED EDITION, BABY. A lot of these titles have limited runs. You may not get your hands on all the pieces you want. Your STORE may not get their hands on all the pieces they want. That’s the nature of limited releases. But that’s what makes them so exciting! "
You can also view the list as a webpage with pictures of the releases here.
To try to keep things more civil and manageable this year, we're going to have someone at the door so that 100 people don't try to cram in the store all at once. We are trying to make things run as smooth as possible and hopefully keep waiting to a minimum.
ALSO, we will be having a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to be drawn on Saturday night.
AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS...we're going to bring out as many posters (and trust us, we have billions of them) & whatever else we can find to give to you. It helps us, it helps you, it helps the world. Ok, maybe not the whole world. But we hope you'll enjoy what you can have.
The only requirement to get all this stuff is to stop by and buy something -- or, at the very least, look around and see if there's anything you want. We appreciate the year-round business that everyone in this community (and beyond) has brought us, year after year. Stop by on this new holiday and get a little something back.
AND most importantly, we are having a Record Store Day Sale. Or you can call it our 5.5 year anniversary sale. Anyhow, here's the deal:
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 15% OFF! - LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7"s, 10"s, books, stickers, patches, everything! Saturday only!
****Due to the limited nature of Record Store Day releases, however, those are not included in the sale.****
IN ADDITION ALL USED CDS & DVDS ARE BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! - This is combined with the 15% off.
And now for the stinky rules:
-Record Store Day items are limited to ONE PER CUSTOMER PER TITLE. I'm sorry if your cousin in Tuscaloosa doesn't have a record store nearby. We're looking out for locals first, and more importantly trying to discourage Ebay flippers.
-Please do not get mad at me if something is sold out or didn't come in. Several items have already been delayed or cancelled and several others I was never able to find. It's up to each store owner/buyer to order these things which means we have to hunt them down and also means we have to pay for them up front. Records are non-returnable which means this day is a stressful risk for us that usually works out. Also please realize that Lunchbox Records is run by one person 95% of the time. I try my hardest to order what regular customers buy and ask about first, then other items after that, but it's all a guessing game and I'm bound to guess wrong sometimes.
We will be having some bands play too, but a few things fell apart or were miscommunicated so it's just these two unless someone else offers in the next couple of days...
LIVE MUSIC BY (times are general targets):
SECRET HOSPITAL 7:30
SLED 6:30
See you Saturday!!
Now for my rant...(reprinted from year one of RSD for your convenience)
You're probably wondering what RECORD STORE DAY is anyway? I was at first too. But it's basically a revamped customer appreciation day where hopefully you the customer appreciates us as well and the fact that you live in or near a town that still has independent record stores. I personally don't like to buy things online, but lots of people do. But it's great to know that you can go to a store and browse and stumble on things you never would have thought of or heard of otherwise. You don't get too much of that online. We also do everything in our capabilities to sell you records as cheap as we can. This means buying direct whenever possible and searching for deals and unfortunately not bringing some stuff in because big labels like to give chain stores better deals than the little guy. Our prices for most things we stock are typically $2-$5 cheaper than the big store across town. We don't do sales often because we prefer to make it cheap all of the time. We stock tons of LPs and 7"s because we love the format and when I opened this store the other stores we're still busy trying to kill the format. I believe in independent music and labels and try to stock as much as I can which means a lot of lesser known indie, punk and metal titles.
I've been going to record stores since as long as I can remember, buying my first 7" in 1984 and getting into punk a couple years later. It wasn't until I moved to Atlanta that I had good stores that stocked underground releases and I've been addicted ever since. If I didn't love record stores I wouldn't own one. I'd go get a job that made a lot more money. People come in here a lot and tell me they love the store and it's great, and lots of out of town folks and bands do too. I really have no reference point on that anymore since I'm here seven days a week. There's only 2 other stores that sell vinyl in town, one is oldies oriented and the other banned me for life when I stopped working there and opened my own store. So I never get to go to any other stores and just try to make mine the one I would want to go to. I'm nowhere near that point yet and am working to improve it all of the time. I value people's suggestions and take them seriously, probably a little too seriously. But if you don't tell me what you want I can't read minds. The point of this being that I think the store is pretty good, and there are tons of folks that don't have a decent record store anywhere near them. So hopefully you'll support us. I realize the store isn't for everybody though.
We will continue to sell you lots of records we and you think are cool, and we will continue to have shows in the store as long as I can and bring awesome out of town bands to Charlotte. We are very thankful of those of you that have supported us for the last 5.5 years. And if you've never been here before, please come visit us.
-Scott
SLED LP available now........... Ex-Assfactor 4, Unherd, Tonka
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:
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.
Meth Mountain 7" out now!
New Stock Update, Best Of List, upcoming releases...
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
Label News
The GRIDS 7"s are almost here. We have the covers ready to go, and we got our first test press last week which had a little issue that will hopefully get fixed next week. But anyway we are planning an awesome release show at The Milestone on June 12th with Grids, Yardwork, Moenda, and Tenspeed. Oh yeah, the first 30 copies will come with special screened covers, and all copies will come with download coupons.
After that we should have the SLED LPs out pretty soon as well. Everything has been mastered and is ready. I just have to recoup all the money I spent on RSD first. If you don't know, SLED is from Columbia, SC and is 2 of the folks from Assfactor 4 and rocks accordingly.
One more special surprise after that - another LP! This will prove to be our busiest year as a label since 1995. Ha ha.
Calabi Yau "Elitist" 7" for sale....
Hey we now have for sale the newish Calabi Yau 7" "Elitist" on Lunchbox Records. This is Lunchbox 12 and the first release on the label in a long long time, not counting the Car Vs. Driver 2xCD on Stickfigure.
7"s are: $5.00 ppd in the U.S.
$3.99 in person at the store
$6.00 ppd in Canada
$9.00 ppd in Europe
send Paypal payments to: info@lunchboxrecords.com
Distros, labels contact for wholesale or trades. These will be available from Stickfigure soon, who is our distributor.
Calabi Yau are from Charlotte, NC and have been together for a couple years. They are currently working on a new LP/CD for release on Alone Records sometime in this millenium. I'm bad at descriptions but they are easily the most inspiring band anywhere near Charlotte. Some weird combination of an upbringing listening to too much of the Skin Graft catalog with a little D.C. post-punk rhythm and melody. I offered to help put this out since they are my friends and rule. If you like fucked up no-wave style punk/hardcore/indie/whatever check it out.
Myspace site - one song from the 7" is on here.
BAND SITE
bo: bass/guitar/voice
davey: drums
robin: guitar
They are currently booking a west coast tour (dates on myspace page) and have some open slots so if you can help out please email them:
calabiyau@hotmail.com
previous Calabi Yau discography:
Actuel EP - self-released 9 song cd-r, Apr.2006 - (out of print)
s/t - 8 song CD - DinDin Records, Jan.2005
God Shave Us All EP - self-released 4 song cd-r, Jul.2004 - (out of print)
previous Lunchbox Records discography:
LR 01 V/A-The View - An Atlanta Compilation 1984-1990 - 500 cassettes (out of print)
LR 01.5 Fiddlehead - Moneyman / Circles 7" (split with Wuxtry) (out of print)
LR 02 Wrong Answer (Zoo Breath) s/t 7" (out of print)
LR 03 V/A-Bag of Jakes Compilation 7" with Dirty, Fiddlehead, Figure, Oily-O (out of print)
LR 04 Car Vs. Driver s/t 7" (out of print)
LR 05 Scout / Freemasonry - split LP - about 20 left
LR 06 Car Vs. Driver "Deja Grateful" LP (out of print)
LR 07 Hal al Shedad / Inkwell split 7" (out of print)
LR 08 Car Vs. Driver "out of a silent sky" LP - a few left
LR 09 Fields Lay Fallow "One Hundred Years of High Rises" 6 song EP (out of print)
LR 10 Car Vs. Driver "Completeist" 2xCD discography (on Stickfigure)
LR 11 The store
