October 15, 2008

Customer Picks!

We are going to have a new biweekly feature on the Repo blog!
Every other week we will ask a beloved Repo customer to give us their Top 5 new releases.

Our premier list is written by one of our favorite customers, Peter, and it is quite an ambitious one.
Not only has he given us his top five new releases, but also a top 6 list of reissues and his current favorite album AND current favorite song!!




PETER'S PICKS

totally new:
1. Juana Molina - Un Día (Domino)
2. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
3. TV on the Radio - Dear Science (Geffen)
4. KatJonband - s/t (Carrot Top)
5. Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby - s/t (Stiff)

totally new reissues/comps:
1. Gavin Bryars - Hommages (LTM)
2. Rodriguez - Cold Fact (Light in the Attic)
3. Anne Briggs - s/t - (Water)
4. Blue Ash - No More, No Less (Collector's Choice)
5. Do-Wah-Diddy - Words and Music by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry (Ace)
6. Take Me to The River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977 (Kent)

and not new at all but I'm putting it down anyway because it is the best thing I've bought recently:
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman (Buddha)

and my current favorite song:
Joe Tex - I Wanna Be Free

and that is that.

Employee wizard drawings

October 1, 2008

PAVEMENT Brighten the Corners PRE-ORDER


BUY EARLY GET NOW #6
PAVEMENT BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS: NICENE CREEDENCE ED.

On November 18th Matador will be releasing the deluxe edition of Pavement's fourth album "Brighten the Corners" in the likeness of the other reissues: the CDs will come in an embossed and die-cut slipcase with a 62 page perfect bound book containing a lot of photos, ephemera, writings and more. But if you PRE-ORDER your copy now you will get all of these wonderful extras....

  • VINYL OF AN UNRELEASED LIVE SHOW
  • A POSTER
  • 2 FREE BONUS TRACKS
  • AN AUTOMATIC STREAM OF THE ALBUM
All that you have to do is stop buy the store and pay for your copy and we will send Matador your email (which, by the way, don't worry, will only be used for THIS PRE-ORDER) and they will send you some info about the release and your code to begin streaming the album and your bonus tracks. Then on release day, when everyone else who didn't pre-order is picking up their plain old copy you come and pick up all of your Pavement booty and make them jealous!

Feel free to email us with any questions and/or check out the "buy early get now" site. They have a really good FAQ page.