Sunday April 22, Bombino lands in Victoria – this is an amazing show not to be missed by fans of great guitar. Born near the desert town of Agadez, Omara “Bombino” Moctar was raised during an era of armed struggles for Tuareg independence and violent suppression by government forces. Bombino’s electrifying jams capture the spirit of resistance and rebellion while echoing with guitar riffs reminiscent of fellow Africans Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touré not to mention rock and blues icons such as Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page.
Already a superstar in the Tuareg community, with the release of Agadez on Cumbancha Discovery, Bombino’s stature as one of Africa’s hottest young guitarists is undeniable.
Bombino plays the Victoria Event Center on Sunday April 22 – we have tickets on sale. This will be a killer show, something that Victoria doesn’t get to see very often.
Sooooo excited for RSD2012 – last year’s spectacle was CRAAZY & we’re thinking that this year won’t be any different. As always, there will be a horde of exclusive 7“s, 12“s, LPs & other bits and bobs, so please, email us or Facebook us to let us know what you’d really like.
The quantities we receive do depend on our orders, so the sooner we know about special orders, the more likely we are to get what you’re after.
The finer details of the day itself are still developing, but we’ll keep you posted with all the special things we have planned ;)
Yessir! The end is nigh… so we thought we’d reveal what made our musical year worthwhile. In these internet-fueled times, tastes are so disparate & splintered, it’s always remarkable to see titles pop up on more than one list… it kind of galvanizes an album’s value amidst all the chatter.
So yeah, have a gander. We’ll post on our Facebook as well, please feel free to leave comments or your own lists!
Yes, the holiday season is completely upon us! This year was yet again another fruitful 12 months of music across a wide spectrum of genres & sounds… and we’ve got you covered, both on CD & vinyl.
This week marks the release of The Black Keys’ El Camino, easily one of the year’s most anticipated titles & sure to be a very popular Xmas gift (Note: the vinyl version of El Camino comes with a free CD copy of the album). On top of stuff like Adele, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes & Tom Waits (all available on CD & vinyl), there are tons of options for killer Xmas gifts this December.
SPECIALORDERS!
We can special order a LOT of stuff. We’ve expanded our inventory a great deal since our move to Fort St, but we still cannot stock everything. So please, don’t hesitate to ask us if you don’t see something on our shelf. We will look into special ordering you titles that we don’t have on hand.
April 17 is officially Record Store Day! Last year was a great success with a bunch of exclusive & cool releases on RSD & this year promises to be even crazier.
For details on RSD & cool artist quotes/interviews, wander over the RSD site …
Along with sweet exclusives & a crazy amount of new releases in general, there are a few nifty things we’ll be adding on to make Saturday radder than the raddest radness, such as…
LIMITEDPRIZEPACKS (including some of our sweet huge posters!) CHECKOUTTHEPRIZEPACKS The way the prize packs will work is on an “ask first” basis – basically, if there’s a prize pack that you want, ask us at the counter & if we’ve still got it, it’s yours! Obviously the idea here is to get down early!
AWESOMEINJECTION OF USEDVINYL
Not just a normal used lot, we’ll be putting out some sweet rare records, filling up some key artist sections & adding an extra 2 bins of “NEWARRIVALS”, giving you 3 bins of used LP glory to rummage around in.
(Fonal) CD & LP
Blossoming from the minds of two brothers from Finland, it seems this fragmented work of melodic semblance & textural melancholy includes the whole Scandinavian forest & its elves. With glitchy bursts, music box curdlings, Finnish spoken word & angelic ghost melodies, it sounds as though it was recorded over the ebb of a tide. “Kevätrumpu” grazes between wind chimes and a lo-fi dance party, with vocals that flirtatiously allude a Finnish Kate Bush. “Italialaisella Laivalla” & “Tyttö Tanssii” sound like they’re left to be sung by a man on a tree-stump on the last desperate night of summer. This is living in a Scandinavian forest inebriated with memories of all-night parties in Helsinki – it flickers like an eerie twilight whilst carrying a bag of magic raindrops.
