tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:28:26 +0000album reviewPSAtop fiveconcert reviewopinionIndieMGMTOf Montrealsongs you should have heard2008Animal CollectiveArt RockClimbing To New LowsDeerhoofOracular SpectacularPretty LightsSebastien GraingerTime To PretendVesselsWe (don't) Carefrom the vinyl binvinyl vision playlist3OH34ADAlignmentAlternative Hip-HopAndrew VanWyngardenAnimalAntony and the JohnsonsBishop AllenBostonChinese DemocracyDan DeaconDark Was the NightDear JohnDear ScienceDuskDylan GilbertElectric OwlsExperimentalFleet FoxesFlobotsGramercy ArmsGrrr...Guided by VoicesGuns N' RosesGus BlackHR of bad brainsHave Love Will TravelHeartcoreHere Come The SonicsHexin' Collection 2008Human RightsJangle popJon Brion EPKidsLady FingerLake EffectLand of TalkLittle JoyLondon's BurningLoney DearLove Is AllMagic Show EPMargot and The Nuclear So and So'sMath RockMatisyahuMerriweather Post PavillionMursMurs for PresidentMy Brightest DiamondMy Morning JacketNew YorkNick CarterNirvanaNot AnimalOffend MaggieOne Day As A LionPaperworkPaul McCartneyPavement revivalPost-RockRage Against The MachineRed Hot OrganizationRobert PollardRobyn HitchcockRoseland BallroomSebastien Grainger and the MountainsSkeletal LampingSmells Like Teen SpiritSome Are LakesTV On The RadioTeiturThe ClashThe Crawling DistanceThe DecemberistsThe FiremanThe Hazards of LoveThe ManagementThe Mars VoltaThe Quiet LifeThe SingerToday is Not the DayWantWhite Fields and Open DevicesWildbirds and PeacedrumsYeah Yeah YeahsZach De La Rochaaction paintersactivistbicycle tourcharity albumdecember 10downtempoelctronicaelectronicaevan greerfeature articlefolkglitchguilty pleasureshappy thanksgivinghip hophip-hopjingle bellslet downsmerry christmasmusic videosmyspace bandnoise rockopen for debatepre-releasepyschedelicreggaeriot folksocial justicetop tenunsignedunsigned bandvolcanowinter transition playlistWriters for the Vinyl Visions blog all hail from the Baltimore, Maryland area and are currently spread out along the east coast. The Vinyl Visions team thanks you for reading and welcomes you to contact us with promos, comments/suggestions, or questions at: vinylvisionsblog@gmail.com.http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Evan Sambuco)Blogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-6676803744265295723Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:35:00 +00002009-04-30T11:39:27.479-04:00action paintersAction Painters have released a new three-track EP titled "Lay That Cable". The first song, "Easy 2 Pretend" is a catchy introduction to the following two tracks, "456", and "Money Changes Everything". This three-song collection is upbeat, clever, and most importantly: danceable. The EP is different from the band's 2007 release of "Chubby Dancer", showing obvious growth both lyrically and http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/04/action-painters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-6399964810040656161Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:55:00 +00002009-04-05T21:03:15.660-04:00John Vanderslice’s new album, Romanian Names, will be released on May 19th (18th in the U.K.). The 12 songs were recorded in Vanderslice's home studio that he constructed in his basement. The result of this new approach to recording, in comparison with his previous albums, is a collection of tracks with a new sound all together. The track Fetal Horses was the first song recorded for the album, http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/04/john-vanderslice-upcoming-album-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-4577827748249431634Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-04-30T10:57:23.888-04:00Sebastien GraingerThe digital release of Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains has brought us a new song and video. It's a living, a new track recorded for this release, contrasts in sound to the previously recorded tracks on the album. The video for It's a Living was shot and directed by Sebastien. Both the album and this new track are available through the Saddle Creek Online Store, iTunes, emusic and other http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/04/sebastien-granger-new-track-and-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-6099391242562203371Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:18:00 +00002009-04-30T10:57:44.464-04:00PSAJust writing to let any readers know why we haven't posted recently. We took a couple week break in order to get schoolwork, as well as blogwork done. Expect to see many reviews and new music in April/May!http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/02/greetings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (webmaster)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-7333290581858104310Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-02-12T11:37:11.028-05:00album reviewGramercy ArmsGramercy Arms’ self titled album is without a doubt a must have for any true fan of indie rock. The band consists of musicians from the NY area that were formerly in groups such as Guided By Voices, Joan As Police Woman, Luna, and several others. Together, they create an excellent sound that’s not too indie but not too rock.On the album the first track "Automatic" is probably one of the best http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/02/gramercy-arms-self-titled-album.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-7976833609909129403Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:00:00 +00002009-02-06T13:00:00.435-05:00album reviewGuided by VoicesIndieJangle popRobert PollardThe Crawling DistanceLet me make this known: I owe a whole lot to Bob Pollard. Pollard was the long-time leader of Dayton, Ohio lo-fi kings Guided by Voices, the band that got me seriously into music and beyond the limits of the Top 40. And ever since 7th grade when I heard “I Am a Scientist” on a boom box in my teacher’s classroom, I’ve turned time and time again back to the music Pollard has created in his 25+ yearhttp://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/02/robert-pollard-crawling-distance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-2137848161076649564Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:00:00 +00002009-02-04T14:59:52.165-05:00album reviewDylan GilbertThe Quiet LifeDylan Gilbert's newest album The Quiet Life came rolling out in February 2008, almost a year ago. Music is nothing new to Dylan, a Charlotte, NC native who has been writing and performing since an early age. He has already released two full length albums including The Quiet Life, the first being The Artist &amp; The Scientist (Sept 2006), as well as an EP entitled Oh No Oh Now I Know (Dec 2005). http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/02/dylan-gilbert-quiet-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-4461262995073020000Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:48:00 +00002009-02-03T19:24:10.280-05:00album reviewDear JohnLoney DearNever judge a book by its cover, or an album by it's first song; the latter is something I learned while reviewing Loney Dear's fifth full-length album Dear John. Loney Dear is the musical project of Emil Svanängen, and the album Dear John, released January 27th to the US, is a culmination of genres, experimentation, and perfectionism.Having never heard anything of Loney Dear before this album, http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/02/loney-dear-dear-john.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (c.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-8593774242864209653Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:29:00 +00002009-02-02T02:01:29.511-05:00DuskLady FingerPSALady Finger's sophomore album is due out February 3rd, and we have a little preview for you. Check out their new track "Little Things" before it's released on Tuesday. The new album, entitled Dusk, was recorded once again with Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Minus the Bear, Isis), and can be pre-ordered here.Mp3: Lady Finger: Little ThingsLinks:Check out their website here.Upcoming Tour Dates:02.14.09 @ http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-lady-finger-album-february-3rd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-1777186486845015312Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:30:00 +00002009-02-02T12:10:01.151-05:00Animal CollectiveAntony and the JohnsonsDan DeaconFleet FoxesPaul McCartneysongs you should have heardThe Firemantop fiveIt's another installment of my series bringing you five terrific songs in desperate need of checking out. The first month of the new year has been a busy one, and even though we're in the dead of winter (especially us folks living in Boston) all the news in music seems to point to the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of spring album releases, tour announcement, and festival lineup http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/02/five-songs-you-should-have-heard-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat Reeves)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-721054608327973119Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-01-31T12:26:01.691-05:00album reviewArt Rocknoise rockPaperworkvolcano <!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/volcano-paperwork.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-8092949000514845365Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:28:00 +00002009-01-30T16:07:49.550-05:00album reviewJon Brion EPOf MontrealThis past Tuesday Of Montreal released their newest EP on Polyvinyl entitled Jon Brion Remixes. The EP consists of five tracks, two of which are remixes of "An Eluardian Instance" (renamed "First Time High"), and the other three are remixes of "Gallery Piece." These remixes were done by critically acclaimed producer Jon Brion, who has produced artists ranging from Spoon to Kanye West, and scoredhttp://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/of-montreal-jon-brion-ep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (webmaster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-5642740890071628867Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:07:00 +00002009-01-28T11:53:12.366-05:00album reviewGus BlackToday is Not the DaySinger-songwriter Gus Black released his fifth full length album, "Today Is not The Day," this past summer on Cheap Lullaby. The twelve track collection takes you through the aches of life: loneliness, homesickness, and betrayal. The album is introduced by the first track "Today Is Not The Day" in which Black sets the mood of low spirits through his lyrics, "let's go out tonight with drunken http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/gus-black-today-is-not-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-5183276838853372391Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:42:00 +00002009-02-01T02:08:07.012-05:004ADcharity albumDark Was the NightPSARed Hot OrganizationMark February 17th on your calendar. Seriously, I'm talking about giant red sharpies, highlighters, lots of stars and hearts and unicorns.Dark Was the Night, a two-disc (triple-vinyl, or digital download) goldmine of 32! exclusive recordings from a wide variety of indie darlings is set to hit the U.S. on February 17th. You're not going to want to waste a moment without it.What's even more amazinghttp://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/mark-your-calendars-dark-was-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (c.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-70923057317070036Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +00002009-01-30T15:20:46.657-05:00Bishop AllenGrrr...PSABrooklyn indie-pop band Bishop Allen plans to release their new album Grrr... on March 10th. Grrr... is the band's third LP, following The Broken String released in 2007. In support of their new album, Bishop Allen will be touring the States this March (including a stop at SXSW) and Europe in April. While little information about the upcoming album has been released, expect great things from http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/bishop-allens-grrr-set-to-release-march.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Sambuco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-2656969253580844459Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:44:00 +00002009-01-24T19:07:55.007-05:00My Brightest DiamondMy Morning JacketPSARobyn HitchcockThe DecemberistsThe Hazards of LoveToday the Decemberists revealed their album artwork for their "rock opera" set to drop March 24, The Hazards of Love. Following in the footsteps of other operatic albums (or movies in the case of The Who's Tommy) the album features several guest appearances from the likes of Robyn Hitchcock, My Brightest Diamond's Sharon Worden, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James.Also, check out their new http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/decemberists-reveal-album-artwork-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat Reeves)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-1073357026743860612Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:35:00 +00002009-01-22T23:43:20.394-05:00PSAYeah Yeah YeahsAccording to a news post on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs official website this morning, the band will be releasing a much-awaited album sometime in the spring of this year."Hey, what's it called?"Um, they left that to the raccoon: Check out their website for more info (http://site.yeahyeahyeahs.com/) and look for our review of the album this spring.http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-what-what-new-yeah-yeah-yeahs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat Reeves)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-5369500565915502578Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:11:00 +00002009-01-20T14:49:48.078-05:00album reviewTeiturThe SingerTeitur's debut album Poetry &amp; Aeroplanes has been a staple of mine for many years now, and after completely skipping his second album for fear of ruining the image I had created for him, hearing his third album was somewhat of a shock. Now, it's not that I mean that in a bad way; The Singer (an apt title, I think) certainly is a change of pace from the acoustic softness of Poetry &amp; http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/teitur-singer_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (c.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-3739971084636174677Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:16:00 +00002009-01-15T22:52:03.533-05:00activistbicycle tourevan greerfolkriot folksocial justice Twenty-three-year-old Evan Greer is rolling into the New Year with some big plans. Member of the Riot Folk! Collective, Greer has spent the past few years touring as an activist, and more recently, offering workshops on social justice. Greer and fellow Riot Folk! member Shannon Murray are about to embark on a 1200 mile plus tour around Florida on bikes, offering these workshops to anyone willinghttp://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/12/interview-with-evan-greer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-7707483640574939444Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:40:00 +00002009-01-22T00:50:39.505-05:00PSAWe've been having some issues with schedule conflicts here at Vinyl Visions for the past few weeks (as you may have noticed). We apologize for the lack of new posts and we can't thank all of our readers enough for coming and looking at what we've got to offer. With that said we're going to take get everything together and we'll resume posting on January 15th. We apologize for this but we need http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/little-bit-of-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeke Peyton)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-7091323097835442767Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:57:00 +00002009-01-12T22:50:28.459-05:002008music videostop fiveI Woke Up Today - Port O'Brien The high energy of the band mixed with some humor makes for a very pleasing and catchy video. The little girl adds a very expressive element to the video. Her reactions to the events occurring in the diorama coincide nicely with the music and make the video even more endearing. Overall the video is extremely cute and very well directed. Time To Pretend - MGMThttp://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/12/top-5-music-videos-of-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Casey McKenzie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-4693123991069854762Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:00:00 +00002009-01-16T14:08:42.642-05:002008let downstop fiveWe all know that ever so common feeling of anticipation, that feeling when your favorite band is going to put out that kick ass album you've been waiting to entice your ears with for ages. Well, that feeling is often met with an equally unsatisfying sense of disappointment when your favorite band hands you shit, and for $14.99 no less.Listed below are my five biggest let downs of the year. The http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/12/top-5-let-downs-of-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Sambuco)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-268111398271299832Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:30:00 +00002009-01-12T22:05:16.741-05:00jingle bellsmerry christmasFrom all of us here at Vinyl Visions, Merry Christmas!As our gift to you I've included David Bazan's rendition of "Jingle Bells," as I could not find it available elsewhere on the internet.David Bazan: Jingle Bellshttp://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (webmaster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-7793188651333747498Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:29:00 +00002009-01-16T14:09:18.028-05:00album reviewLand of TalkSome Are LakesIn an old church outside of Montreal, Land of Talk set up to record new songs for their October release Some are Lakes. This seemingly simple ten track album is actually an intricately weaved recollection of life's ups and downs. The album is a follow-up to a two year tour and the pick up and drop off several members, and the result is a strikingly sincere album that promotes honesty.Singer http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/12/land-of-talk-some-are-lakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714010668701995387.post-7648584452500923669Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:46:00 +00002009-01-30T15:26:19.691-05:00album reviewSebastien GraingerSebastien Grainger and the MountainsCanadian musician Sebastien Grainger is making his mark on the music industry with his new album. Former singer and drummer of Death From Above 1979 recently released his first full-length solo album in October 2008 on Saddle Creek Records titled Sebastien Grainger &amp; the Mountains.The album consists of twelve tracks that embrace the raw energy of a live show, making the listening experience http://vinyl-visions.blogspot.com/2008/12/sebastien-grainger-sebastien-grainger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jamie)0