New York poet/diarist/lyricist/performer Jim Carroll died on September 11 2009 of a heart attack. He was 60. His 1980 album, “Catholic Boy,” has been hailed as a landmark punk record, and he became known for one of its songs, “People Who Died.”
The Smiths vinyl reissues in stock now!
August 22, 2009
The Smiths’ four studio albums, Meat Is Murder, The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come and The Queen Is Dead, are now available on 180 gram vinyl. Remastered by Frank Arkwright and supervised by Johnny Marr, the records include the original sleeves, labels, original inner sleeves and an MP3 download.
Guided By Voices “Suitcase 3″ coming in November!
August 6, 2009
Guided By Voices – Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
Release Date:November 03, 2009
Label:Guided By Voices, Inc.
Synopsis
Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now is due November 3 via Guided By Voices Inc. Like the previous two volumes, this one’s a four-disc set featuring 100 songs, many of them given corresponding fictional band names like Major Cockamamie and Bird Shit Mosaic. The material spans from the mid-90s to the present, with the fourth disc filled with impromptu acoustic Guided By Voices jams recorded by Pollard, Tobin Sprout, and Greg Demos during the band’s 1994-1995 peak.
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