See With Your Eyes Not With Your Hands

The Demander test pressings arrived. They sound good and have been approved. We should have the final records in a few weeks. Cool...

The Record Fairy

It's time again for the essential WFMU Record Fair! I look forward to this weekend every year. Where else can you rub elbows with hipsters, punk rock girls and super nerds all searching for their "holy grail". I know many collectors prefer the anonymity of Ebay but this is one record fair worth heading to the surface for. The only drawback to this event is the lovely whopper-like stench that takes the room by late Saturday afternoon. Maybe they'll have that Robert Wyatt record I'm looking for....

By the way, if you aren't already aware, you should check out LP Cover Lover. A great collection of obscure and bizarre record covers from the golden age of vinyl. And, they have a table at this year's record fair.

World's Largest Record Collection

Sorta sad but awesome. Check it out.
View here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHLETTEfx4

http://www.thevine.com.au/tv/music/the-archive.aspx

Over the years Paul Mawhinney has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection. This is his story.

Elf Power - Venus and Mercury 10"

The Elf Power records arrived last week and we numbered them over the weekend. We're really excited because they look and sound great! A nice end to a very long road. This was definitely the most difficult release, production-wise, that we’ve dealt with so far. It took much longer than we expected because the overseas pressing plant we use was inundated with orders due to an announcement that they were raising their prices. You can blame the current performance of the US dollar on that one. So, of course, every label who uses them was rushing to get their orders in before the price jump. Think "end of the world" panic. I don’t want to sound like we’re complaining too much but we have to talk about something on here...check out some pictures:

Heads Ain't Ready - Reviews

• Doug Mosurock of Dusted Magazine has some nice things to say about "Heads Ain't Ready" in his latest Still Single column.
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/757

• Athens, GA cultural magazine Flagpole included a review of the "Heads Ain't Ready 7" in it's Singularity column. Check it out:
http://flagpole.com/Music/Singularity

• Music blog Raven Sings The Blues has a nice little review of our Oneida 7" in their singles club column. Check it out here.

Elf Power Test Pressings!!!

Finally...the Elf Power test pressings just came in. It's our first 10"! For those who care there are a total of 10 test pressings. We took a picture so it would last longer...


PS: Has anyone heard the new My Morning Jacket? Hate to be this guy but it sorta sucks. And speaking of sucking, we were talking about random crap this morning and long story short Clapton sucks too...he is not God. Check this out:

Oneida 7"

We put together and hand numbered the Oneida records this past weekend, always a nerdy good time. The records came out great; we're psyched! Head over to our releases section and pick one up. We want to thank Amy Bracco for her penmanship skills. Her two's are legendary. Check out some pics: