#NowPlaying #vinyl #punk #riotgrrrl
Margy Pepper “Golden Webs” (2012)

The other day I started listening to the bands I put on when I was booking shows in New Orleans under the name #NoMoreFiction between 2009 and about 2014.

Margy Pepper was one of my favorites. They were from Olympia, Washington and sound like they’re influenced by early Sleater-Kinney but definitely have their own style. It was two women playing guitar, one playing drums and they all three sang together sometimes in unison and sometimes in raw, cathartic harmonies.
https://margypepper.bandcamp.com/album/golden-webs

#NowPlaying #vinyl #punk #riotgrrrl
Margy Pepper “Golden Webs” (2012)

The other day I started listening to the bands I put on when I was booking shows in New Orleans under the name #NoMoreFiction between 2009 and about 2014.

Margy Pepper was one of my favorites. They were from Olympia, Washington and sound like they’re influenced by early Sleater-Kinney but definitely have their own style. It was two women playing guitar, one playing drums and they all three sang together sometimes in unison and sometimes in raw, cathartic harmonies.
https://margypepper.bandcamp.com/album/golden-webs

TOM WAITS
Mule Variations
2018 U.S. 2xLP reissue

A perfect spin for a Saturday afternoon in winter.

I’ve been wanting to listen to this again for a few weeks, as it is probably still my SECOND favorite Waits album behind Rain Dogs.
For Tom to have made a record THIS level of stellar some 26 years into his career was INSANE. Tom albums are always GOOD, but Mule Variations is amongst two or three of his all-time finest.

Big in Japan, Hold On, House Where Nobody Lives, Come On Up To The House… start to finish. A perfect balance of every kind of Tom. The beautiful heartfelt ballads, and the junkyard stomps.

And “What’s He Building?” is an all-time weirdo Waits tune.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #tomwaits #mulevariations #1990s #90s #90smusic

TOM WAITS
Mule Variations
2018 U.S. 2xLP reissue

A perfect spin for a Saturday afternoon in winter.

I’ve been wanting to listen to this again for a few weeks, as it is probably still my SECOND favorite Waits album behind Rain Dogs.
For Tom to have made a record THIS level of stellar some 26 years into his career was INSANE. Tom albums are always GOOD, but Mule Variations is amongst two or three of his all-time finest.

Big in Japan, Hold On, House Where Nobody Lives, Come On Up To The House… start to finish. A perfect balance of every kind of Tom. The beautiful heartfelt ballads, and the junkyard stomps.

And “What’s He Building?” is an all-time weirdo Waits tune.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #tomwaits #mulevariations #1990s #90s #90smusic

Kaleidoscope - "A Beacon From Mars" (1968)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPZD3YW453KrQJjleslpgtaEvuD8Mdd_k

#NowPlaying #Kaleidoscope #DavidLindley #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

Kaleidoscope - "A Beacon From Mars" (1968)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPZD3YW453KrQJjleslpgtaEvuD8Mdd_k

#NowPlaying #Kaleidoscope #DavidLindley #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

AFGHAN WHIGS
Congregation
2017 U.S. 2xLP reissue @ 45rpm

The only essential Whigs album I was missing, and I finally found it today!

I’ve never seen an original press, but this sounds so good on my system (cut at 45rpm), I don’t think I’ll ever need to bother.

Everybody calls Gentlemen the absolute Whigs masterpiece. They’re not wrong, as it is a stroke of #90s genius.
However, it always baffles me that few people hold Congregation in the same light.

It’s equally breathtaking, and the first REAL taste of how good the Whigs were.

Sub-Pop were on the brink of collapse when they made it, and the label couldn’t even pay the band’s studio bills.
Then NEVERMIND hit, & things were fine.
Didn’t matter.
The Whigs were off to Elektra after this.

I’m glad this reissue includes the hidden track “Miles Iz Ded” (it’s unlabelled), as it’s one of the great Whigs classics.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #theafghanwhigs #1990s #90smusic

AFGHAN WHIGS
Congregation
2017 U.S. 2xLP reissue @ 45rpm

The only essential Whigs album I was missing, and I finally found it today!

I’ve never seen an original press, but this sounds so good on my system (cut at 45rpm), I don’t think I’ll ever need to bother.

Everybody calls Gentlemen the absolute Whigs masterpiece. They’re not wrong, as it is a stroke of #90s genius.
However, it always baffles me that few people hold Congregation in the same light.

It’s equally breathtaking, and the first REAL taste of how good the Whigs were.

Sub-Pop were on the brink of collapse when they made it, and the label couldn’t even pay the band’s studio bills.
Then NEVERMIND hit, & things were fine.
Didn’t matter.
The Whigs were off to Elektra after this.

I’m glad this reissue includes the hidden track “Miles Iz Ded” (it’s unlabelled), as it’s one of the great Whigs classics.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #theafghanwhigs #1990s #90smusic

Snagged one (1) #Filofax from 1987, less common Wellington which as name suggests is made from a rubber type material rather than #vinyl / #leather - when I saw it was red and black I had to get it as it matches the colour of my car - and I wanted it to store my car maintenance log / petrol diary (I'm keeping my Winchester for other day to day notes and plans as its been with me since 1992 when I got it at a reduced price from some random shop in Reading)

It came with 2004/2005 diaries, old Tube/Underground map (still showing Surrey Quays as Surrey Docks and missing the DLR!) and a ratty set of dividers, and needed a bit of cleaning

#1980s #vintage #reuse

Snagged one (1) #Filofax from 1987, less common Wellington which as name suggests is made from a rubber type material rather than #vinyl / #leather - when I saw it was red and black I had to get it as it matches the colour of my car - and I wanted it to store my car maintenance log / petrol diary (I'm keeping my Winchester for other day to day notes and plans as its been with me since 1992 when I got it at a reduced price from some random shop in Reading)

It came with 2004/2005 diaries, old Tube/Underground map (still showing Surrey Quays as Surrey Docks and missing the DLR!) and a ratty set of dividers, and needed a bit of cleaning

#1980s #vintage #reuse

Il discone della sera:

Silver Apples – Contact (1969)

@vinylrecords

#vinyl #VinylRecords

The Durutti Column - "Another Setting" (1982)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjNNC_uWRzebOop9755Fax_Iizexgwq44

#NowPlaying #DuruttiColumn #ViniReilly #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

The Durutti Column - "Another Setting" (1982)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjNNC_uWRzebOop9755Fax_Iizexgwq44

#NowPlaying #DuruttiColumn #ViniReilly #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

#NowPlaying #punk #vinyl

The Rats s/t (2008, #MississippiRecords)

This is Fred & Toody Cole’s band from before #DeadMoon, a reissue of their 1980 debut album. It’s very scrappy, primal, urgent-sounding and it makes you want to dance. Fred & Toody’s joint vocals are endearing, as usual. I haven’t listened to this record in far too long.

MARK LANEGAN
Straight Songs Of Sorrow
2020 Europe 2xLP pressing

Mark’s swan song.
And a beautiful one at that.

As a lifelong fan of Mark’s, it’s hard to listen to “I Wouldn’t Want To Say” without getting emotional.

On December 14th, 2016, I travelled out to Los Angeles to the Teragram Ballroom to see The Afghan Whigs perform all of their album Black Love, as part of a series of benefit concerts for their ailing guitarist Dave Rosser, who was suffering from cancer (he’d later pass away).

Also performing at that show was Carina Round, Moby, and Mark Lanegan.
Mark was incredible. The place was pin quiet while he performed; he had the entire joint hypnotized. It was magical. I stood 3 feet in front of him the entire time, and I have the majority of that performance on video.
That was the last time I saw him.
It was a powerful and meaningful night I’ll never forget.
I miss him so much.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #marklanegan

🇮🇹 Sonic Jesus "Sonic Jesus" – 2016

Dense layers of fuzz, hypnotic repetition, and psych-soaked intensity that blur the line between melody and noise, pulling the listener into a hallucinatory drift...

#sonicjesus #psychedelicrock #shoegaze #experimentalrock #noise #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

I made this poster design as a bit of a protest over how streaming services have enshittified the entire experience of listening to music. Spurred by the disappearance of tracks from an Apple Music playlist, most likely due to a licensing issue between giant corporations. I know the artists would much rather I be listening to their songs, and paying them directly for the right to do so. #GraphicDesign, #OwnYourMusic, #vinyl, #music, #poster

#NowPlaying #punk #vinyl

The Rats s/t (2008, #MississippiRecords)

This is Fred & Toody Cole’s band from before #DeadMoon, a reissue of their 1980 debut album. It’s very scrappy, primal, urgent-sounding and it makes you want to dance. Fred & Toody’s joint vocals are endearing, as usual. I haven’t listened to this record in far too long.

MARK LANEGAN
Straight Songs Of Sorrow
2020 Europe 2xLP pressing

Mark’s swan song.
And a beautiful one at that.

As a lifelong fan of Mark’s, it’s hard to listen to “I Wouldn’t Want To Say” without getting emotional.

On December 14th, 2016, I travelled out to Los Angeles to the Teragram Ballroom to see The Afghan Whigs perform all of their album Black Love, as part of a series of benefit concerts for their ailing guitarist Dave Rosser, who was suffering from cancer (he’d later pass away).

Also performing at that show was Carina Round, Moby, and Mark Lanegan.
Mark was incredible. The place was pin quiet while he performed; he had the entire joint hypnotized. It was magical. I stood 3 feet in front of him the entire time, and I have the majority of that performance on video.
That was the last time I saw him.
It was a powerful and meaningful night I’ll never forget.
I miss him so much.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #marklanegan

🇮🇹 Sonic Jesus "Sonic Jesus" – 2016

Dense layers of fuzz, hypnotic repetition, and psych-soaked intensity that blur the line between melody and noise, pulling the listener into a hallucinatory drift...

#sonicjesus #psychedelicrock #shoegaze #experimentalrock #noise #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening