Staff Pick of the Week

Every week we here at Repo like to pick one record that we can all agree on as being the one thing we can't stop listening to. This week's pick is.....

High Tension Wires - Welcome New Machine
(Dirtnap)

High Tension Wires is Mike Wiebe (riverboat Gamblers), Mark Ryan (Marked Men, Mind Spiders), Chris Puliman (The Reds), Daniel Fried and Greg Rutherford (mostly if not all from Texas). So some pretty good names and they put out a pretty great album. This record has huge pop punk hooks with a nice harsh edge. Vocals sound like they're playing out of a crappy PA system and it's a nice texture to the songs. And of course the pounding rhythms the crux of this record. We loved Mark Ryans other project Mind Spiders for similar reasons though MS sounded more thought out whereas this is more visceral record. In the midst of what seems like some of the snoozers on this album HTW will throw in a chorus that makes you wanna pound your fist. And that's the real skill of these talented guys : making some noise that makes you wanna headbang. I wish more bands had this power.

Staff Pick of the Week

Every week we here at Repo like to pick one record that we can all agree on as being the one thing we can't stop listening to. This week's pick is.....

The Psychic Paramount - II
(No Quarter)

Six years since their last album (the blistering and crazy Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural) and the New York trio are back with II. Heavily intelligent, heavily complex and simply heavy. Well thought out structure and full shifting rhythms that keep you interested in what's coming next . The songs will seem bound for disaster, hopeless in its chaos, then an abrupt change in gears and into a new pounding rhythm that seems so controlled and driving and makes the chaos seem so intentional like a tease.



so cool.

Record Store Day 2011

Record Store Day 2011!

Another Record Store Day down. WOW. This one really took the cake. Thanks to everyone that was cool and nice during the manic panic that the day started on. Here is a list of all the things that we still have available, some things we only have one copy left others a few more.

Architecture in Helsinki - Places like this LP
Bad Brains - God of Love LP
Black Angels - Another Nice Pair LP
Black Angels - Phosgene Nightmare B-side collection LP
James Blake - S/T LP
Blitzen Trap - Maybe Baby 7"
Chemical Brothers - Hana OST LP
Brett Dennen - B side to the D side 7"
Busdriver - ATM 7"
DOM - Things Changes LP
Deerhoof/Xiu Xiu - Almost 7"
Gold Panda - Marriage LP
Steve Gunn/Ilyas Ahmed - Split 7"
Jimi Hendrix - Fire 7"
Micheal Jackson - Behind the Mask 7"
Javelin - 10"
Kings of Leon - Holy Roller Novocaine LP
Mates of State - Team Boo LP
Midlake - Am I Going Insane LP
My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na 7"
Norcal Values - Mitchell and Manley Guitar Solos LP
Opeth - The Throat of Winter 7"
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely 7"
Ozzy Ozbourne - Dairy of a Madman LP
Ozzy Ozbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz LP
Ozzy Ozbourne - Flying High Again 7"
Pearl Jam - VS LP
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy LP
Peter Bjorn and John - Dig a little Deeper 7"
Polvo - Celebrate the New Dark Age (Signed) LP
Prurient - Many Jewels Surround the Crown 7"
Ramones/Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair 7"
R.E.M. - THREE 7"
Rival Schools- Wring it Out 7"
Raphael Saadiq - Radio can't Jig anymore 7"
The Scientists - Frantic Romantic & shake 7"
Sktsaw - No one can Tell 7"
Trouble in Mind - 7"
Mute Records - Vorwarts LP

Also...
Flaming Lips - Heady Nuggs box set LP
Rancid - Let the dominoes fall Box set LP