Staff Pick

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...

Purling Hiss - Water on Mars

(Drag City)

     Purling Hiss is some straight up Philly rock.  Pretty much everything Mike Polizze has done has been great and now with the addition of Mike Sneeringer and Kiel Everett Water on Mars is some of his best work.  Most of PH's past albums sounded like they were in one room playing music while the mic was in another and that was a part of the flavor.  The gritty, dazed, smoked out flavor.  But now it seems they found out where the mic was.  With a lot of the lo-fi washed away the singing is so much more captivating.  So much so I found Myself singing along like it was a Dinosaur Jr. record. 

     WOM is a rock record with a lot of spit in it's eye and hearty charm.  Purling Hiss have the chops of serious bar rockers and the know how to write some top shelf hooks. 

Record Store Day List 2013 is Live!

Here it is, the moment we've all been waiting for - the official list for Record Store Day 2013 is now available! We'll be open bright and early at 10am sharp on April 20th to start the day, so hopefully we'll see you here!

Follow the link below to check out the list!

Record Store Day List 2013

Staff Pick:

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...

Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2

(Soul Jazz Records)

     Available right now at Repo Records is the brand new compilation from Soul Jazz, Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 - it's a two album set and we have both albums in stock, right now! Each record includes cuts of experimental German rock and electronic music  from 1971-1983, with bands like Can, Popul Vuh, A.R. & Machines, Amon Duul II, Neu!, Faust and Electric Sandwich. Come have a listen!

Staff Pick:

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...

The People's Temple - More for the Masses

(Hozac Records)

"Like a psilocybin trip in the woods. Awesome sounds traveling in and out of your lobes at 150 miles per hour. The wilderness around you is growing…breathing. This record is the soundtrack to your adventure. You can hear it somewhere off in the distance, drawing you in. It makes you want to move your feet, do awkward but funky things with your body. Michigan’s own People’s Temple has nailed down what seems to be the best trip you have ever had, and all you have to do is drop the needle.  They have turned back the dial, sharply carving out a block from the small tree of modern psych bands paying proper respects to their 1960s predecessors." (Ryan Yelencsics, Fuzz Drench)

These words above are all painfully true - this double-brotherly band from Lansing, MI has done it again (we had their debut LP Sons of Stone up here as a staff pick in 2011!) Get a proper preview of the album right below with these few songs, then come on out because we have copies of the album on hand!

Everybody Loves Free Stuff!

It's true, we all love to get something for nothing.  Well it just so happens that we have free stuff ALL OF THE TIME and right now is no different.  If you buy a copy of Pissed Jeans - Honeys or  Bleeding Rainbow - Yeah Right you get a FREE 7"! And if you buy the Foals new record Holy Fire you get a sweet Foals notebook.

"Free? FREE!"

Yes my friend, free.

Staff Pick:

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...

V/A - "The Velvet Underground & Nico" by Castle Face & Friends

(Castle Face Records)

     Released just before the new year in a modest edition of 1000, Castle Face Records delivered us this one of a kind compilation covering the entire classic album The Velvet Underground and Nico by the Velvet Underground. That edition was on banana yellow vinyl and quickly sold out, but never fear, Repo Records has got you covered. We still have copies of the album, which includes covers of these timeless tracks by Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, Ty Segall, Blasted Canyons, Burnt Ones, Warm Soda, Kelly Stoltz, the Fresh and Onlys, amongst others! These artists have re-imagined each track in their own special way, some of which we've left for you to preview below.

Staff Pick

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...

Andrew Bird - Hands of Glory

(Mom & Pop Music)

     It's almost lazy to make Andrew Bird our Staff Pick because he's already so beloved.  He has yet to do much, if anything, that people ended up hating.  He seems to be in that rare group of artist that can pretty much do what ever the hell they want and we'll like them for it (e.g. Ted Leo) OH, you don't believe me? Well watch this clip and look into my eyes and then tell me you don't like him more for it.  He's singing into the cold dead eyes of a puppet like they belonged to his own child!

     Last years Break It Yourself was a bit underwhelming and the only people that gushed over it were already fans.  With Hands of Glory he's at the top of his game and it's going to get him into brand new hands.

     The album starts off with a just a thumping bass and ends with beautiful string arrangements slowly disintegrating into nothing with everything in between feeling equally remarkable.  "Railroad Bill" is Andrew Bird channeling Jerry Jeff Walker to great effects and "Three White Horses" feels haunting and catchy.

    But to single out songs really does does the album a disservice.  This is an album best enjoyed all at once.  HOG is also pretty short with only 8 tracks.  It becomes an album that you can say to yourself after it's finished "Yeah, I'll listen to that again"