USA-pressing!

Finally snatched a perfectly near mint first pressing of this album! Got the #4844 copy. Originally intended to be pressed only in 5000 copies in 1996, the pressing quantity changed to 10.000 and later on 20.000+. The highest number I've seen thus far though is #23032.

INCREDIBLE condition, all over.

Got me a brand new Rega RP1 (updated version of the classic P1) and a couple of awesome Dali Concept 2 speakers. Both turntable and speakers in high glossy white finish.

Here's a record I've had for some time, however I dunno if I've ever put it up here. Absolutely near mint!

The Foo's have really done their best to satisfy all record collectors out there. How about this; the standard cd edition (yes, the standard!) includes a 2" bit of the original master tape of the Wasting Light album, plus the vinyl edition keeps a high quality and plays at 45 rpm. Doesn't get any better than that. By the way, it was totally awesome watching them this tour with Wasting Light in the trunk.

Finally, Nova is finding her way back to the excellent and superb soundscape of her previous major albums Oyster and Siren. It's gonna be a smasher watching her this fall with the world's ever best Lisa !

New constellation by an old friend of mine which I used to play in Honey Made Opiate with back in the days. They really got something going here, hats off for these guys! Songs like Lost Song and Circles are the best tunes I heard from a demo band in like.... seven or eight years.






Click below to listen to Lost Song!







And don't forget to check out their page -  http://www.reverbnation.com/hav

Foo Fighters - Refshaleøen, Denmark, June 21st


After some delay, the Foo Fighters storm up on stage and break into the great Bridge Burning. The fact that Gaslight Anthem opened for these arena rockers is now totally abscent. Before Rope, Dave gets the 17.000 fans going:


"How long do you want us to play? Do you want us to play one hour? One hour and twenty-five minutes? One hour and twenty-six minutes? Do you want us to play two hours? Or how about this, we keep playing till they pull the fucking plug?!"


This speech is rapidly followed by their first hit single off of Wasting Light entitled Rope. A VERY unpredictable choice of song order, to say the least. The setlist though is very appealing overall, I think. It's easy to see that the songs from their debut album (released in 1995) doesn't fit in with this huge arena rock sound that these boys are possessing in 2011. Totally different bands there, no doubt. Nowadays they don't even play Big Me, and that's too bad for us hardcore fans, huh?

The evening has a magic touch indeed as the beautiful red evening sun goes down on the stage. At one point Grohl even exclaims: "Man, does the sun EVER go down around here!?".

The venue is located on Refshaleoen, a place that's pretty hard to approach. The scene itself is located on an old shipyard with two small hills pointing towards the stage, where the ones who didn't have the more exclusive inner circle tickets, were sitting. The old shipyard was totally packed with people. On both hills, in front of stage and all around it. Before rocketing into a Queen-cover Grohl goes:


"Light 'em up, I wanna see these fuckers where they areoooooh, there they are! Oh, I see you! You got the cheap seats. That's cool. What about you motherfuckers, on that hill over there? You guys are like... having a picknick and shit! That's cool.


The sound, this evening, is really good with the exception of Pat Smear's guitar that I think gets drowned in Dave's and Chris'. They perform an awesome version of Cold Day In The Sun with Taylor Hawkins singing. One of the best tunes of the evening! Also, Stacked Actors is amazing. Following the bass intro one might even think that it could well create a magnitude 8.5 on the Richter Scale.

A fenomenal concert that got really good reviews from various critics! The Foos are like a bottle of whine. They get better and better by each year.














Stacked Actors, Denmark 2011

Who said the cassette format is dead?

Might as well OD on Mark Kozelek, here. This is the beautiful black vinyl release of Sun Kil Moon's April from 2008, released on Mark's label Caldo Verde. Super rare and in EX+ condition! Look at those labels - Clean and pristine!

New song sounds very promising! Now, let's hope the new album doesn't become a new Strays. Keep your eyes wide open guys, the bomb entitled The Great Escape Artist will drop in August 2011.

His best album to date? This copy is mint, still sealed. Limited. Released in 2010 on Kozelek's Caldo Verde label in a toal ammount of 1000 copies worldwide, on white vinyl.

Rare advance promo of this 2003 masterpiece.

Super rare promo only release for a couple of indie labels, amongst them Caroline. Features Blue Öyster Cult, Hole, Primus, King Crimson, The Buzzcocks and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Super rare original 1994 release on DGC. Limited to 3000 copies only worldwide.


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Live from their 2008 US tour. 2CD set. Features the epic, grandoise and 16 minutes long Gossamer.