THANK YOU HENRY ROLLINS & PEOPLE!

A big thank you to Mr. Rollins for coming in the store on Monday and doing the signing. Guy was a real champ. He started early, he stayed late, did a couple of hours of straight signing and took time out for anyone that wanted to ask him questions. Also dude was super nice. So once again Henry Rollins THANK YOU.

All Photos courtesy of Brian who's been friends with Repo for a long time. I'm gonna hug him at some point as payment.





Rollins with Dan


I nearly pee'd myself


Also a big thank you to everyone that came out to see him. You guys were fantastic. No one acted like a jerk and everyone was patient. You guys are the reason this was such a success so Mel, Dan and I want to say Thank You to everybody that came out.

THANKS GUYS!

Staff Pick of the Week and some extra info on the Rollins event

First things first. Concerning the Henry Rollins signing, if you are unable to attend this event (work ruins everything) you're in luck! We can hold a copy of his book and ask him to sign it for you! Just give us a call!



And also....

Every so often here at Repo we like to pick one record that we can all agree on as being the one thing we can't stop listening to. The one we pick today is.....

Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
(Sub pop)

We loved Dum Dum Girls first full length I Will Be and the follow up EP He Gets Me High was one of our staff picks a bit back. So it would have been a safe assumption that we were looking forward to this one but you would have been wrong. Too many times the sophomore release from promising bands are lack luster at best and leads to lack of interest from the general public. We feared this like finding out your dog has cancer, so we distance ourselves from it so it wouldn't hurt so bad when the dog dies. But we were TOTALLY WRONG! This record is like everything we loved about Dum Dum Girls made better. The vocals are brought a little bit more up front, though they're still washed out just enough to sound like the Dum Dum Girls. The singing in general has improved vastly. Tracks like "coming Down" and "In My Head" showcase some real talent vocally. They've also lost some of the garage rock spit for a more vulnerable feeling album, lots of songs about feeling lonely and loss. This adds some needed complexity to the Dum Dum appearance and it fits right in with their sound. And their willingness to clock a song past the five minute mark is nice without felling drawn out for no reason. Slightly slower tempo makes certain songs feel very dreamy, and that combined with lyrics about boys sorta makes you feel like you're a teenager again.

I would punch someone in the face just to be the guy that takes Dee Dee's jacket when she comes into a nice restaurant.

Henry Rollins is coming to Repo!

10/10/11

4PM

That's right. The man responsible for some of the great moments in punk rock is hanging out a Repo. Henry Rollins is coming to support his new book "Occupants" which is a collection of photographs he's taken in his travels from 2003-2010 and new writings. He'll be here signing and discussing his book. We're all pretty pumped to have him here and hope you all can come out and have some fun.

Few pictures exist that don't have him screaming or looking pissed.

Some News and a Staff Pick

It's been too long! Good to see ya, how ya been?

What's new with us? well, first off we have some bitter sweet news. Long time employee and dancer to the stars, Crystal, has sadly left us to pursue fame and fortune in NYC.

"Yeah, we got her!"

"Lets hang out with Crystal now that she's in the big apple"

"Yeah! CRYSTAL!"

So that means that those days of walking into the store and seeing her drawing a Heavy Metal Wizard are over, instead you'll be seeing more of this dude....

Also why not mention our Staff Pick of the Week? This weeks we love....

Wooden Shjips - West
(Thrill Jockey)

We've always loved Wooden Shjips. Everything they've done has been great and West is no exception. Starts off with Black Smoke Rise which a pounding space rocker that never manages to wear itself thin. Later on comes the track Home which has a 70's hard rock riff with backing organs and slightly tripped out vocals and every bit of it is hypnotizing. Then around the three minute mark it snaps you back with a solo. The whole album has that great relationship, you get really into whatever rhythm they set out early on and then when they change it up it's only to get crazy. You could argue that's just what Stoner Rock is and you'd be right but Wooden Shjips has always done it better than most and, with West, they've proven that again.

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.....

Black Lips - Arabia Mountian
(Vice)

The Black lips have been outta the public eye for awhile now and when they were, it wasn't pretty. From the spat with wavves front man Nathan Williams to whatever that thing was in India, it was lame press. And to top it all off they gave us 200 Million Thousand which was disappointing at best. But we've held out for The Black Lips, we knew they had the chops to pull off another Let it Bloom or Good bad, Not Evil. We were right. Arabia Mountain is an amazing album. Showcasing their established talents of catchy garage rock writing combining with the things they've been picking up through the years. Every song feels sharper and more thought out. The unnecessary production and stagnate writing style that plagued 200 million is done away with and it makes every instrument seem that much more important. That isn't to simply say they've totally disowned that album. Rather they took some of the ideas of 200 Million and made them better. The best example of this their ending track"You Keep On Running". A song that has a drug haze all around it but instead of going over the edge they keep it in check and create a haunting mantra to finish off this truly awesome album. Overall Arabia Mountain is catchy, well written and reaffirms the fact that a bunch a scummy kids can make a great record.



I saw you clapping your hands, don't deny.

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.....

Human Eye - They Came From The Sky
(Sacred Bones)

Terrorizing, howling and impossible to listen to only once Human Eyes gives us They Came From The Sky. Human Eye hails from Detroit and loves to make an impression. From their odd home brewed cover art to their must see live performances (including amazing home-made costumes) they really want you to pay attention. The vocals have that a Eddie and the hot rods going crazy type swagger. While the guitars range from pounding garage riffs to spacious psychedelic and then brief moments of noise. It's a crazy record but if you love Garage and want to see what direction it's going in then you haveto pick this up.



This is not from their new album but I couldn't find anything better.

Mel goes to Paris

This whole week we'll be without Mel. She's going to Paris of all places. So for the most of this week you'll be dealing with Dan or Joe, that's right it's dude week.

This is what Mel will experience in France:

I got this one after googling "The God Damn French"