The Rekkid Store Report: Jan. 13
Riding a wave of hype, the Florida Space Coasts's Surfer Blood's debut is in stock on CD & LP. Plus new albums from Little Girls, OK Go, Dinowalrus, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Road OST), Black Diamond Heavies, Final Fantasy, Vampire Weekend, Laura Veirs, Polysics, Medication, a reissue of Ween's 'The Pod', Weezer (blue album rarities), Best of Seth (guy from Akron Family), Mayfair Set (Blank Dogs dude & Dum Dum Girls gal), Carl Simmons, a reissue of krautrock godfather Mobius' 'Tonspuren', and a waycool 5CD collection of British Psych obscurities entitled ‘The Perfumed Garden'.
Wax On: Midlake's Acts of Man 12" has got us all stirred up; two new songs from the upcoming album on 180g vinyl with download codes. Additionally, new 45s by Spoon, Rural Alberta Advantage, Felt Letters, Myelin Sheaths, Druid Perfume, Nerve City, Mess Folk, Ganglians, Sandwitches, Spectrals, Roman Soldiers (Blank Dogs guy), We Are Country Mice, Arthur Russel/Cant split; 12" action from Soft Pack, The Field (Gold Panda remix), Blind Man's Colour; Full-length LPs by Little Girls (180g), Vampire Weekend, Hot Cha Cha, Medication, Final Fantasy, Silk Flowers, Acoustic Family Creeps (AKA The Woods), Glass Rock, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Mayfair Set & Holopaw; reissues from X (Wild Gift, 180g), Uncle Tupelo (Anodyne), Woody Guthrie (Dust Bowl Ballads), Mazzy Star and our pal Unbunny (Black Strawberries, 180g).
Rockin' Our World since 2009? Surfer Blood, Black Cab, Maserati, Them Crooked Vultures (it's on right now), Mercury Rev's BBC Sessions, The Entrance Band, the imminent and incredible second effort from Low dude Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir, the upcoming debut albums from Common Loon and Painted Hills...
(Ed. note: We know this is a thinly-veiled, unpaid advertisement, but we really think local record stores are important to the C-U community, so consider spending your music moneys at Exile or Parasol.)
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Yeah, I’d agree that Transporter Room 3 is the worst house venue I’ve ever seen.
*slow. clap.* Still offering no threat of intelligence…. I know I said I thought you should just write this whole column yourself next year, Isaac, but now that you’ve gone and taken a “part deux” run at it, I’d like to modify my request: Best Music 2013,…
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Thanks! I’m looking forward to writing even more….
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I also got to visit Big Grove Tavern during the soft open and definitely enjoyed the pork belly the most of all the dishes I sampled. The cheesy grits and the vinegary pickled vegetables were a perfect compliment to the rich pork belly.
The Alan Partridge lookalike on the right in the first small photo has nothing to condescend to anyone about. AH HA!
Snell and the little Hitlers of the neighborhood association need to chill out. Legitimate businesses should have the freedom to exist without having to endure the slings and arrows of ignorant and misguided opposition.
Yeah, I’d agree that Transporter Room 3 is the worst house venue I’ve ever seen.
Food trucks are the start-up, small businesses of the future for those unable to afford real estate. No surprise, that merchants who pay rent, utilities, and maintenance on a property would despise the traveling competition. Or developers who build more empty retail spaces would want to close…
Not so much far-right Tea Party as a balanced, moderate viewpoint between letting businesses succeed and protecting society with reasonable regulations. In spite of what the city reps are saying, the interpretation of policy on this issue certainly has changed. Letting a business start up under one…
I think it’s neat that SP has turned rightward, now espousing a Tea Party-style frustration with government regulations & taxes.
This makes me so sad. (Happy to live in Urbana, though!) Crave Truck has been a GREAT addition to the food choices in C-U, and it’d be a travesty to chase them away. This town should be supporting small businesses. I’m glad to hear that they’ll still…
*slow. clap.* Still offering no threat of intelligence…. I know I said I thought you should just write this whole column yourself next year, Isaac, but now that you’ve gone and taken a “part deux” run at it, I’d like to modify my request: Best Music 2013,…
Actually, it’s kind of nice, the quiet. John Heoffleur’s engaging commentary/dialogue is sorely missed, however. In lieu of someone intelligent saying something, I’ve compiled a list of Honourable Mentions: BEST ROCK BAND: Take Care ::these gentlemen have four completely different sets at their disposal right now (which…
This weekend will mark the first appearance of Kayla Brown’s Fire Doll Candle booth at the Market. Check it: http://www.facebook.com/firedollcandles
And without bloodshed. Sounds like the Savoy trustees aren’t as narrow-minded as some of their whiny pants constituents. Do you think quack Snell is already planning an asinine counterattack or is he still laying low after those “threats” against his person?
Okay, almost 24 hours later and I finally got Issac’s Summer joke. I’m an idiot.
Swap the dog for a fire pit and it sounds like you’re writing about my back yard. Very nice.

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represent, Matt.