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....

Cold Showers - Love & Regret

(Dais Records)

     Love and Regret is an ambitious offering, combining elements of swirling post-punk with a bit of murky pop haze and a sinister industrial-electronic twist. It’s a rich and intoxicating sound, characterized heavily by Jonathan Weinberg’s brooding vocals, Chris King’s icy cool guitars, relentless drum thuds and dark, reverberating synth textures. The LP wields a few different styles, including dark dance floor burners (“So I Can Grow,” “BC,” “Seminary”) that seek to invigorate, while others like “I Don’t Mind,” “In Terms of Pleasure” and “New Dawn” have a lighter pop edge. (styrofoamdrone.com). Even though Love and Regret seemed to get a bit overshadowed by records from Ty Segall and Tame Impala coming out the same week, all of us at Repo still share a mutual love for it. Listen to the album below and come get one before they're gone!

Win tickets to see AC Newman on 10/25!!!

Hey! You can send us an e-mail at repo@reporecords.com to win a pair of tickets to see AC Newman at the First Unitarian Church on October 25th!

Do it for a chance for a free show! Doors open at 8:00pm and opening band Mynabirds will start at 8:30! See you there?

Third Man Records at Repo on 10/16

Coming on Tuesday, October 16th, THIRD MAN RECORDS "Rolling Record Store" will be at Repo Records from 11am til 2pm! They're making the stop on their way up to CMJ in New York City, so it would be wise to come check it out! They'll have some of their limited-edition releases from Third Man on top of some other goodies, but really the best way to find out what's available is to follow them on Twitter - @thirdmanrecords. You can get more info right from the Third Man Records website! See you on Tuesday!

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....

Dusted - Total Dust

(Polyvinyl)

     Remember Holy F**k? They're responsible for 2010's amazing electronica album Latin.  Well the band's been pretty busy since that record with constantly touring and it's been inside of that touring schedule that bandmate Brian Borcherdt developed a albums worth of songs that didn't fit into the Holy F**k sound scape. That's where we get Dusted's Total Dust.  10 songs filled with mornfully soft vocals, deceptively simple arragements of just a guitar and drums and with some pleasant production flourishes.  But in that simplicity there's some real power behind these songs.  Take "Property Lines" it starts off with just guitar and a Chad Van Gallen-esque falsetto and moving quickly into a exspansive build up that ends with a satisfying bigger sound.  Over all it's a pretty chill record to throw on when you just wanna relax, read a book or sit around and do nothing.

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....

 Liars - WIXIW

(Mute)

     The big thing here is that it's such a change from the things the Liars have done before and yet still without a doubt a Liars album.  Sister World (which was one of the best releases of 2010, just say'n) hinted at a more brooding Liars but did not prepare you for this.  It's pretty obvious that kraut rock and industrial ambiance (however you wanna define that) were on the menu when they were writing this.  Synth heavy on every track and wonderfully spacious.  Angus Andrew's vocals complement the newer, slower and less tradtional "rock'n'roll" sound.  Great percussion through out, keeping everything together and allowing the rest of the songs components to preform more experimentally.  Even though this is a pretty moody album it's pretty easy to hear the pop melodies through out which makes it pretty accessible to the uninitiated.  Check out this album if you like Liars and even if you don't cause this is something to be played again and again.

Record Store Day 2012 : The Aftermath

Sorry for the (very) late post about Record Store Day but I lost my laptop and I forgot the assignment and then my dog ate my homework, Etc..  We just want to say

THANKS EVERYBODY!

 I mean really, thank you all for your patience.  That line was pretty long in the beginning.

 Crystal appeared like a vision and disappeared just as fast

 Record Store Day Cookies!

the last of the "Vintage" Repo T-shirts

Repo would to send a special thank you to Cheers Elephant for playing at our store and in the sun while everyone else was comfortably in the shade.  These guys rocked the block and we loved it.

This was easily the best RSD we've had and it's all thanks to you guys! Everybody was really patience and everybody was super nice to one another.

From the Repo Crew

THANK YOU ALL 


Also a BIG THANK YOU to our photographer friend Jeffrey Sidelsky (Jeffsheak@hotmail.com) who was just stopping by to check out the scene when he was wrangled into taking photos for us.    All these pictures were taken by Jeffrey and if you're interested in his work for yourself drop him a line.

free prints on record store day