Staff Pick and War on Drugs free CD

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.....

? and the Mysterians - Action & 96 Tears
(Real Gone Music)

It's hard to say just how cool these dudes were. The eccentric lead singer "?" (he would eventually have his name legally changed to that), the groovy-er than thou attitude and the fact that these guys topped charts with a proto-garage sound that was a little stranger then what most were doing at the time. Oh, and all of this in 1966. With out this band I can only imagine what the Lyres or the Stranglers or even the Strange Boys would sound like.
So needless to say their records were pretty cool too. Somehow though (Legal problems?) they never managed to ever get officially reissued. Which was a bummer cause it made the records pricier and hard to find. Well here's the chance to pick up these records at a decent price and they sound great. I swear that if you by this record you will be 20% cooler.

ALSO

We're getting some copies of a recording session War On Drugs did for Bowlegs Music. It's amazing and so is everything war on drugs does and best of all IT'S FREE! If you buy any War On Drugs CD/LPs you get this jam for FREE

Don't forget: War On Drugs is playing the Union Transfer on the 17th. Be there or be square.

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.....

Psychic Teens - TEEN
(Golden Voyage)

Thank you Philadelphia! So many great bands are here in Philly and every time I come across a new one it makes me feel like I just ate an amazing slice of pizza.

The sound is a perfect pairing of the pounding psych stoner rock we love in Wooden Shjips and that Gothic-y rock sound of Bauhaus. Driving rhythm and waves of guitar make a perfect back drop to the vocals on this record. People will point out pretty fast that there is a sorta Ian Curtis sound there, but it's in a good way. Especially in songs where he extends his voice a little further like "Rose" or "Red". The rhythms these guys can come up with are fantastic in how unrelenting they can be. I've listened to these tracks a couple times today and I keep falling in love with these bass lines. An awesome band that I pumped to see what's going to come after this.



Check out their facebook for album samples. http://www.facebook.com/PsychicTeensNetwork

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 Unwed Teenage Mothers - Blonde Girls
(Play Pinball)

Featuring both members of Bass Drum of Death and various others bands on various songs. Some songs on this record are standard garage pop rockers and that's whatever but this record really shins when they allow themselves to do things slightly different. Adding a synth line or slowing down and adding an acoustic really have an impact, making for more capturing and engaging songs. Which is important on a sound that has been done so many times. Also this record is an EP. It's the same songs pressed on both sides because, according to the label, you'll need another side cause you are gonna "...burn out the first side with how much you'll play this"

Kurt Vile Outta Reach EP and Deluxe Smoke Rings

So the new Kurt Vile EP "So Outta Reach" is out and the Double disk version of "Smoke Rings for my Halo" which comes with the EP for only TEN BUCKS. The EP has an amazing cover of Bruce Springsteen's Downbound Train.

Repo gets a Twitter.

People, we've done it. We have a twitter and you should check it out. It'll be the coolest twitter, like, ever. Totally.

This is the future

Staff Pick(s)

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.....

...... Well I can't decide. Today two albums came in and both are pretty killer. So we'll just call this one a tie between....

J.C. Satan - Hell Death Samba
(slovenly)

French weird-o punkers J.C. Satan hits us again with their second album "Hell Death Samba" and after 2010's "Sick of Love" LP we couldn't wait for more. SOL was filled with moody stoned punk tunes and a splash of heavier rock songs for flavor. This time around it seems like they flipped the coin and made an album that was heavier more "live show" ready and catchier. They still have their classic Salvador Dali-esque lyrics ("This wasn't my room/That wasn't my house/I saw my cat flying through the sky.... This is my arm/that is my sword/against the darkness/like a superhero...) And not to forget the sound that we first loved them for there's still tracks that sound like they're coming from some pot head's strange dream. It's good stuff all around.

This song is not off "Hell Death Samba" but it's the same flavor as the album. Couldn't find anything off the new one.

Bare Wires - Cheap Perfume
(SouthPaw)

Forget about bobby

I sorta wanna say they sound like a T. Rex meets Iggy Pop. When I first heard the title track awhile back I was mildly impressed and never really thought more of it. We've listened to Bare Wires before and thought they were decent. But when the record came into the store and I got to listen to it on the store speakers I was shocked. It's fantastic. Mixing modern garage guitar with proto-punk styles creates a wonderful collection of songs that both manages to grab your attention and make perfect backdrop music to parties. They're not stepping on new ground but I'm still willing to bet that this will make a few "things you should listen to" lists.

Black Friday Releases & Sigur Ros Movie Tickets

This Black Friday, November 25th, is going to be an awesome day of releases. Sorta like a mini Record Store Day. And we don't want YOU to miss out. So here's what you do :

1) Read the list I have below of all the releases.

2) Decide on the one's you want. There are some great picks.

3) Contact us over the phone or E-mail and we'll order it for you!

4) Come in November 25th and pick up tunes. Rock out.

ALSO

Sigur Ros is doing a cool promotion for their new live album/DVD "INNI". If you are one of the first twenty people to pre-order the album in any of it's forms (CD/DVD-19.99 BLU RAY-22.99 or 3LP/DVD-26.99) you get FREE TICKETS to the screening of the film at the INTERNATIONAL HOUSE on DECEMBER 2nd. So you get to see the film in a theater instead of at home on a crappy TV like all the other chumps.

Here's the trailer. The whole film is going to be pretty cinematic.

BLACK FRIDAY RELEASES.

Sharon Jones-Soul Time! CD $14.99/LP $15.99

Boris-New Album CD $14.99/LP $24.99

Nick Lowe-Go Away Hound Dog 7" $7.99/10" $12.99(recorded as 78rpm)

Black Face-I Want to Kill You 7" $7.99 (Black Flag's Chuck Dukowski + Oxbow's Eugene Robinson = Black Face: a selective collective take on music as riot and Dukowski-era Black Flag. On tour Spring 2012.)

Fleshtones-I Can't Hide 7" $5.99

Los Straightjackets-Hark the Harald Angels Sing 7" $5.99

Tom Ze-Brazil Classics Vol. 4 -Best Of LP $19.99

Old Man Gloom-Christmas Eve I & II + 6+Live in NYC LP $20.99

Pyramids/Horseback-A Throne Without A King LP+7" $25.99/Cassette $9.99

Helms Alee-Weatherhead Cassette $9.99

Beatles-Singles Box Set 4X7" $49.99

Pink Floyd-The Wall Singles Box 4X7" $49.99

John Lennon-Imagine 40th Anniversary LP $59.99

Beastie Boys-Hot Sauce Commitee Vol 2 LP $63.99

Syd Barrett- Mick Rock: Syd Barrett - The Photographs of Mick Rock 7" box and photos-Featuring incredible, era defining images of Syd at his most enigmatic, taken by legendary photographer Mick Rock. The box also contains an exclusive 7” single ‘Octopus’ b/w ‘Golden Hair’ in a picture bag and on yellow heavyweight vinyl’. $39.99

Ryan Adams-Do I Wait 7" $2.99

Jimmy Cliff-Sacred Fire 12" $13.99

Fear-Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 7" $7.99

Matisyahu-Miracle 7" $3.99

Dream Theater-Metropolis PT2:Scenes 12" $29.99

Bob Dylan-Can You Please Crawl 7" $39.99

Kings Of Leon-Early Vinyl 4LP Box $139.99

Janis Joplin-Classic LP Collection 4LP Box $119.99

Janis Joplin-Move Over! 4X7" $39.99

Miles Davis-Miles Davis Quartet 10" $12.99

Nirvana-Nevermind-The Singles 10" Vinyl Set $59.99

Soundgarden-Live on I-5 10" $19.99

Pete Townshend-Quadrophenia Demos Vol 1 10" $19.99

Warren Hayes-Rivers Gonna Rise 12" $6.99

Iron & Wine: Morning Becomes Eclectic 12" $19.99

Black Keys-Lonely Boy 12" $10.99

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik 12" $34.99

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers-Kiss My Amps Live 12" $18.99

The Doors-LA Woman Singles Box 4X7" Box Set $49.99

Grateful Dead-Live Europe '72 Vol. 2 4LP $69.99

Pinback-Information Retrieved 7" $7.99

Wilco-Speak Into The Rose 10" $13.99

Justin Townes Earle-Slippin and Slidin' 7" $4.99

Phish-Party Time 12" $24.99

Phish-The White Tape CD $19.99

John Cale-Ep: Extra Playful CD $9.99

Crowded House-Intriguer Live: Start CD/DVD $24.99

Cory Chisel-Upstairs at United 12" $10.99

Brendan Benson-Upstairs at United 12" $10.99

Various Artists-Wheedle's Groove 7" Box $54.99

Chris Cornell-Songbook 2LP $34.99

Dr. Dog-Warrior Man 7" $5.99

Mr. Gasser and the Wei Hot Rod Hootenanny 12" $19.99

Mr. Gasser and the Wei Hot Rod Hootenany CD $16.99

Mr. Gasser and the Wei Rods N Ratfinks 12" $19.99

Mr. Gasser and the Wei Rods N Ratfinks CD $16.99

Mr. Gasser and the Wei Surfink! 12" $19.99

Mr. Gasser and the Wei Surfink! CD $16.99

Back-Wash Rhythm Band-The Golden Breed Soundtrack 12" $19.99

The Yardbirds-Ha Ha Said The Clown 7" $8.99

The Yardbirds-Ten Little Indians 7" $8.99

The Byrds-The Times They are 7" 8.99

The Byrds-Eight Miles 7" $8.99

Lovin' Spoonful-Alley Oop 7" $8.99

Misfits-The Devils Rain 12" $39.99

Rainbow-Long Live Rock N Roll 12" 29.99

Elf-S/T 12" $29.99

All That Remains-Some of the People 7" $4.99

Type O Negative 12" Vinyl Box $114.99

for more detailed info about the Black Friday releases go to www.recordstoreday.com