The Modern Vinyl Podcast

Subscribe on iTunes We're back with episode 13 of The Modern Vinyl Podcast and this time it's highlighted by the debut full length album from Bleachers, Strange Desire. We have a roundtable discussion on the record, our second instance of this segment, and chat all about what makes the album a great pop record. Before that, we talk about Weezer's upcoming album and if it could possible be a mix of the blue album and Pinkerton, while then finishing out the night with a round of Pick Your Poison. Stick around to hear one of the greatest lines ever to appear in a Weezer song and for a quick chat about what bands I should see on Warped Tour. We'll be taking a week break after this podcast, but we'll be returning strong after the short hiatus. Sidenotes: — I talk about how Rivers Cuomo wrote an early album in a hotel under the highway. The actual story is that the band rented "a pad directly underneath the 405 freeway" and well, some strange things followed. Anyways, the entire story can be found here and is incredibly interesting. Not sure if he actually wrote an album "under the highway" but it's a part of their mythology. Timeline: 2:08, Weezer just dug their own grave 6:25, Can Weezer write lyrics like they used to? 9:50, We create the upcoming #hobocore genre (which apparently is a thing already?) 16:20, What the new album title could signify 17:20, Beginning of our Bleachers Strange Desire roundtable 22:08, Standout songs 33:49, Lowlights 44:50, Pick Your Poison (Weezer Edition) Can’t Stop Partying vs. Let It All Hang Out (and kinda vs. In The Mall) Music Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records Roundtable Music from "I Wanna Get Better," "Like A River Runs," "Wild Heart" & "I'm Ready To Move On" by Bleachers/RCA Records Where To Find Us @getcerebral /@chrislantinen /@notmichaelpaul

Subscribe on iTunes Despite the episode's title, we've got another fun installment of The Modern Vinyl Podcast, as we cover topics like the new Aaron West album and Urban Outfitter's reputation amongst record collectors. Stick around for music from Dads, Park and Vasudeva (one of the musical hauls I've been most proud of) and for our sap stories of concerts we've missed out on (where that title does come from). Upcoming episodes will cover the full length albums from Bleachers and Anberlin, along with what Weezer could be planning with their upcoming LP. Sidenotes: — I mention briefly that I've never really dug into Park's discography and the new EP would be a good starting point. That point remains, but man, I've been missing out on these guys. Catching up as we speak. — We mess around with the pronunciation of our final band, Vasudeva. But after official confirmation, it is "VA-SOO-DE-VA," so I did in fact "knock it out of the park" on my final try there. Apologies if we butchered it at all before that. — Also, I talk about the Sam Cooke contest we're running. Well, it's over now, but we had a great response to it so thank you. — I had the kinda funny response of "Asia" while trying to name off a place that doesn't really do too much with Record Store Day, but of course there are some areas of that huge continent that celebrate it. You can do an international search for RSD, here. Timeline: 2:27, Our thoughts on Aaron West 7:35, Beginning our talk on Urban Outfitters 12:12, Their marked up prices 17:43, Do we have to hate Urban Outfitters? 22:47, Dads — But 26:36, News Briefs (R.E.M., Bon Iver, Top 10 Records, Thrice) 40:45, Park — Lepus Fugam 45:04, Random Pull (Koji, Bomb The Music Industry, Hellogoodbye) 51:01, Reader Questions 54:50, We talk about the concerts we've missed and the "rough patches" that caused these miscues 57:40, Recommendations 1:06:26, Vasudeva — Stop Making Yourself Miserable Recommendations Mike — Sex Criminals / James Baldwin / S. Carey's Range Of Light James — Crying / Smalls / Less Than Zero / Stuck in Love Chris — Vacationer / Park Music Provided by 6131 Records / Bad Timing Records / Vasudeva Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records Where To Find Us @getcerebral /@chrislantinen /@notmichaelpaul Want to sponsor an episode? Our sponsorships are affordable to both big and small entities, whether you're a record label, vinyl retailer or just interested in vinyl records and what we have to say. You can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com for more information. You receive a couple mentions, including a full pitch at the beginning of the episode.

Subscribe on iTunes With The Native Sound approaching its 1-year anniversary, it was the perfect time for a chat with Julio Anta, friend of the site and the label's founder. Sporting releases from the likes of John Vanderslice and Koji, along with buzzworthy roster signees Miserable and Vow, the label is certainly on the upswing and you would be wise to keep an eye on them. We talk about the initial inspiration behind The Native Sound, the diversity Anta aims for in his roster and we also play three songs from the label catalog. Timeline: 4:30, Beginning of interview with Julio Anta of The Native Sound 9:05, The inspiration behind The Native Sound 15:46, The benefits of cassette tapes 19:16 — 22:58, Divino Niño — Bottle Demon 22:56, Diving deeper into The Native Sound's roster 27:40, There's more to "Drone" than you may realize 34:38 — 37:32, Vow — Planks 38:00, How approaching artists has changed throughout Year 1 39:45, The label's goals 41:45, Soundsupply drop 43:12, Recommendations 48:16, Miserable — Bell Jar Music Provided by The Native Sound Stream their catalog at Bandcamp and purchase vinyl at their webstore Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records Where To Find Us @chrislantinen Want to sponsor an episode? Our sponsorships are affordable to both big and small entities, whether you're a record label, vinyl retailer or just interested in vinyl records and what we have to say. You can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com for more information. You receive a couple mentions, including a full pitch at the beginning of the episode.

Subscribe on iTunes We're in the double digits! And for the tenth episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast we're talking primarily about the Best of 2014 at the mid-year mark. We talk best albums, vinyl packaging and most disappointing music, while also touching on what we're heavily anticipating for the last half. Stick around for some reader questions throughout the podcast and a round of "Pick Your Poison" which I'm hoping will eventually turn into a heated bloodbath between the three of us. And yes, there's three of us now as we quite enjoy when Mike stops by (you previously heard him on the Hebrews roundtable). We're hoping he sticks around! Coming up next, we'll have our episode with The Native Sound's label head Julio Anta. Timeline: 1:46, Beginning of Mid-Year Picks/Top 5 Albums 6:35, Chris finally turns off his fan (sorry!) 9:00, Extended talk on The Hotelier 13:55, Most Disappointing Releases 23:45, Best Vinyl Packaging 26:43, First Round of Reader Questions 34:00, Most Anticipated for Last Half of 2014 47:05, Second Round of Reader Questions 50:45, News Roundup 54:00, Random Pull 57: 15, Game Time: Pick Your Poison One Step Closer vs. In The End (Linkin Park) 1:09:00, Recommendations Notes: — We talk about how Manchester Orchestra lost a drummer at some point and that drummer's name is Jeremiah Edmond. He is indeed the head of Favorite Gentlemen. — The Hotelier did sign to Mightier Than Sword Records at one point, when they called themselves The Hotel Year. And Mightier Than Sword is now defunct. — My timeline for Linkin Park/System of a Down/POD is way off. I know this. — The Ghostbusters issue I mention at the end of the episode....just wait for episode 11 to put the pieces together. Where To Find Us @getcerebral/@chrislantinen/@notmichaelpaul Want to sponsor an episode? Our sponsorships are affordable to both big and small entities, whether you're a record label, vinyl retailer or just interested in vinyl records and what we have to say. You can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com for more information. You receive a couple mentions, including a full pitch at the beginning of the episode.

Subscribe on iTunes The Modern Vinyl Podcast is back with its ninth episode and its first of the "Mixtape" variety. Furthering our commitment to the music portion of the music industry, we've got 10 tracks for you guys today, along with a summer theme and tons of talk about the featured artists. Links to each of the tracks are available within the timeline and if you like what you hear, go ahead and support the artists by buying some vinyl, tapes or just by picking up the digital version. Coming up in the future, we've got one of our standard episodes, in which we'll talk about our picks for the best of 2014 (so far) and I'll also be doing an interview episode with Julio Anta, the man behind The Native Sound. So sorry about the couple week break, but we've got some great stuff coming up. And we both really believe in this mixtape format (as a little bit of a change up), so hopefully you guys will enjoy. Theme: From James Cassar: This is Modern Vinyl’s crack at creating a musical version of a day at the beach when you’re probably supposed to be doing something, somewhere else that many deem more important. But, that’s not what you necessarily think — you’re on the sand with your closest friends, some drinks, and transition from the surf to the city and back again as the light and the cityscape around you changes to accompany your day away from your responsibilities, because hey, you might not get many of those. Timeline: 3:29 — 7:10, Balue — Charming Flow (Buy) 9:42 — 12:52, Milky White — Soft Grunge House Show After Party (Buy) 14:33 — 19:56, V I S — Static in The Air (Buy) 22:35 — 24:47, Basketball Shorts — Peter Venkman (Buy) 27:20 — 29:15, Speak Low if You Speak Love — Art School (Buy) 30:18 — 33:24, Jon Autry — I Know (Buy) 34:06 — 37:50, The Wildskins — Running (Watch Video) 40:08 — 42:38, Northbound — Lucky Sentimental (Buy) 43:40 — 47:18, V I S — Unprepared (Buy) 49:08 — 53:39, Balue — West Coast Bros (Buy) Music Provided by Bitter Melody Records, Fleeting Youth Records, Usonian, Northbound, Speak Low if You Speak Love and V I S. Where To Find Us @getcerebral / @chrislantinen Want to sponsor an episode? Our sponsorships are affordable to both big and small entities, whether you’re a record label, vinyl retailer or just interested in vinyl records and what we have to say. You can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com for more information. You receive a couple mentions, including a full pitch at the beginning of the episode.

Subscribe on iTunes The eighth episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is a dandy, as we talk about the new album from Say Anything, Hebrews. James Cassar and Modern Vinyl contributor Michael Escanuelas join me in the roundtable, as we discuss if the "no guitar" experiment works, where Max Bemis is at in his songwriting career and if it was really necessary to yell swastika so many times. Stick around for the first edition of "Top of The Top 5," which has us listing off our favorite Say Anything songs (vote below); for some talk on the Blink 182 splatter series; and for when we dig into the Reader Mailbox. We did have some sound issues this time around and I apologize for that. We're gonna really work on eliminating that background noise next time around, while some Skype "beeps" and "boops" get in there toward the end. Again, apologies. Timeline: 3:12, What Have We Been Listening To? 8:32 — 11:31, Three Man Cannon — Patiently 11:32 — 35:35, Roundtable Discussion on Hebrews 35:36 — 37:36, The Weaks — How To Put An Audience To Sleep In Under Two Minutes 38:05, Top of The Top 5 (Say Anything Songs) 46:00, News Roundup 48:00, Random Pull 51:10, Reader Mailbox 58:25, Ma Jolie — Cannonball Top of The Top 5 Who picked out the best Top 5 list of Say Anything songs? Let us know and as a reminder, here's our lists. And yes, I've already voted for myself. Chris 5. Less Cute 4. The Futile 3. Skinny Mean Man 2. Admit It!!! 1. Belt James 5. The Church Channel (ft. Hayley Williams) 4. Judas Decapitation 3. It’s A Metaphor, Fool 2. Admit It!!! 1. I Want to Know Your Plans [poll id="8"] Music Provided by Lame-O Records Stream their catalog at Bandcamp and purchase vinyl at their webstore Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records Roundtable Music from "Hebrews," by Say Anything/Equal Vision Records Where To Find Us @getcerebral/@chrislantinen/@notmichaelpaul Want to sponsor an episode? Our sponsorships are affordable to both big and small entities, whether you're a record label, vinyl retailer or just interested in vinyl records and what we have to say. You can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com for more information. You receive a couple mentions, including a full pitch at the beginning of the episode.

Subscribe on iTunes For our seventh episode, we talked with Jeffrey Silverstein and Chris Muccioli of Singles Club, a really interesting 7" subscription series that impressed me both with their choice of artists and with their digital journal component, which you can actually check out for free, here. The club is limited to 250 members and for $65, you get the four 7" records, a box to house them in, a pin, a 45 converter and the digital download of both the music and journal. The interactive nature of the stories, along with what I consider some damn talented writing, made me want to go after these guys for an interview. We chat about all the angles to Singles Club, including why they actually funded themselves as a publishing project and about how they selected this first batch of artists. On top of that, we also have a song from each of the four artists they're featuring in the series this year, with two of those songs actually being the A-side of the corresponding 7" record. Stick around for some great music (very proud that we were able to feature all these artists) and my introduction where I talk about moving my record collection. Timeline: 6:23, Beginning of interview with Jeffrey and Chris 24:07 — 27:50, Daniel Bachman — Coming Home 38:02 — 42:35, Small Sur — Wild Geese 57:33 — 1:01:20, Woodsman — In The End, Remember When 1:01:21 — Conclusion, Wisdom Tooth — Foul Fellow Fox Music Provided by Singles Club, Woodsman and Wisdom Tooth Subscribe to Singles Club Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records Want to sponsor an episode? Our sponsorships are affordable to both big and small entities, whether you're a record label, vinyl retailer or just interested in vinyl records and what we have to say. You can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com for more information. You receive a couple mentions, including a full pitch at the beginning of the episode.

Subscribe on iTunes The Modern Vinyl podcast is back for its sixth episode, where we tackle the second half of our summer preview. This time around, we're hitting on major releases from the likes of Anberlin and Bleachers, while filling in the gaps with smaller bands like Field Mouse (who the music comes from this week) and Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties, the new side project from The Wonder Years' Dan Campbell. We also take some reader questions, talk about what we've been listening to recently and pull something random out of our collections. Timeline: 2:57, What We've Been Listening To Lately Tiny Moving Parts — This Couch is Long and Full Of Friendship (Buy) Frameworks — Loom (Buy) The Menzingers — Rented World/On The Impossible Past (Buy) Weatherbox — Flies In All Directions (Buy) Various Artists — Drinking Buddies OST (Buy) 11:00, Summer Preview Part Deux Anberlin — Lowborn (Buy) June 23rd/Tooth and Nail Records Stream "Stranger Ways" Vacationer — Relief (Buy) June 24th/Downtown Records Stream "The Wild Life" Allison Weiss — Remember When (Buy) July 22nd/No Sleep Records Stream "Giving Up" Field Mouse — Hold Still Life (To Be On Sale Through Topshelf) July 22nd/Topshelf Records 27:25 — 31:08, Field Mouse — Glass 31:18, Summer Preview Part Deux Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties — We Don't Have Each Other (Buy) July 8th/Hopeless Records Stream "You Ain't No Saint" Dikembe — Mediumship (Buy) August/Tiny Engines Stream "Hood Rat Messiah" Sundials (Signing Announcement) Summer/Topshelf Records We might have said they were releasing a full length this summer, but it's an EP Little Big League/Ovlov — 7" Split (Buy) August/Tiny Engines Stream a couple songs from the split Bleachers — Strange Desire (Not On Sale Yet) July 15th/RCA Records Stream "I Wanna Get Better" 47:45, Random Pull 51:33, Reader Questions 59:41, Field Mouse — Tomorrow Is Yesterday Where To Find Us @getcerebral/@chrislantinen Music Provided by Field Mouse Pick up their new full length album this summer through Topshelf Records Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records

Subscribe on iTunes The Modern Vinyl Podcast is back for episode number 5, as I talked with Their Wedding about their upcoming EP, titled Wine. The EP, to be released through True Grit Records on June 3rd, is a big step forward for the indie rock three-piece, now transformed into a full time gig for the three talented members, all of which I had the pleasure of speaking with. We chat about the inspiration behind many of the new tracks, while we also have the exclusive premiere of "Move," along with "Military Child." But most importantly, we find out why frontman Mike Escanuelas has such a big Fall Out Boy vinyl collection. You can pre-order the Wine EP on a couple different vinyl variants, here. Here's the breakdown for episode 4: Timeline: 3:15, Beginning of Their Wedding interview 14:54, "Military Child" Stream 25:53, "Move" Exclusive Stream 34:45, We play of round of "Pick Your Poison" while debating the merits of a couple overplayed hit singles Notes: Here's a few links for Their Wedding if you want to check them out further Facebook Twitter Soundcloud True Grit Records Wanna play our new game "Pick Your Poison"? Here are the rules: List off two musical items, both of which are at least disliked in musical circles. You are to choose one of those songs or albums to keep in musical history and one to trash forever. In other words, which could you live with more? Music Provided by Their Wedding Pick up their 12" record at True Grit Records Intro and Outro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records Want to Sponsor The Modern Vinyl Podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast. You can check out our first few episodes, which were sponsored by Enjoy The Ride as an example.

Subscribe on iTunes The Modern Vinyl podcast is back for its fourth episode and its first of the "mini" variety. We wanted to talk about the issues regarding "band approved" vinyl, in relation to issues with Cartel, Mars Volta and Straylight Run vinyl pressings. Hopefully, this will be our final word on the issue for a while, as I'm pretty burnt out on the whole ethical quandary. Important issue regardless. As always, please subscribe to us on iTunes and help continue the podcast for many, many episodes to come. Here's the breakdown for episode 4: Timeline: 0:00, Discussion on band approval and vinyl pressings 16:00, Reader Question 19:00, Pick Your Poison (Game!) Notes: You can check out Enjoy The Ride's statement on the Cartel pressing, here, and you can see the band's statement, here. You can also read our piece on the word "Bootleg" and The Mars Volta, here. Wanna play our new game "Pick Your Poison"? Here are the rules: List off two musical items, both of which are at least disliked in musical circles. You are to choose one of those songs or albums to keep in musical history and one to trash forever. In other words, which could you live with more? Want to Sponsor The Modern Vinyl Podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast. You can check out our first few episodes, which were sponsored by Enjoy The Ride as an example.

Subscribe on iTunes The Modern Vinyl podcast is back for its third episode, with a discussion of the first couple months of summer and what exactly that will bring music-wise. We talk about releases from Coldplay, Conor Oberst and Say Anything, among many others. Stick around from some great music from Del Paxton, along with talk about James' love life and what reader questions we get into this week. Here's the breakdown for episode 3: Sponsored By: Enjoy The Ride Records Pick up their brand new vinyl pressings of Reel Big Fish's Turn The Radio Off and Cartel's Chroma, along with previous vinyl releases ETR Twitter ETR Facebook ETR Instagram Notes: During the recording of the podcast, the tweets started to trickle out regarding the Cartel Chroma vinyl pressing controversy involving Enjoy The Ride Records. There really wasn't much information available at that time, which is why we didn't talk about it. We still don't really know what happened, as it's more of a "he said, she said" type of situation at this point. In other words, that's why we didn't touch on it this episode. I left "Boyhood" out of my most anticipated summer movie list. It very much belongs on there and you should check out the story behind the film. Whipped Cream & Other Delights. The photo speaks for itself. Timeline: Summer Music Preview: Part 1 Coldplay — Ghost Stories (Buy) May 20th/Atlantic Records Conor Oberst — Upside Down Mountain (Buy) May 20th/Nonesuch Records Tigers Jaw — Charmer (Buy) June 3rd/Run For Cover Records Fucked Up — Glass Boys (Buy) June 3/Matador Records Say Anything — Hebrews (Buy) June 10th/Equal Vision Records Candy Hearts — All The Ways You Let Me Down (Buy) June 10th/Violently Happy Records Jack White — Lazarreto (Buy) June 10th/Third Man Records Parquet Courts — Sunbathing Animals (Buy) June 10th/Mom + Pop Cerebral Ballzy — Jaded and Faded (Buy) June 17th/Cult Records Del Paxton — October Weekly News Roundup Releases for May 20th Reader Mailbox Del Paxton — Motion Sick Trivia Dr. Lintgen, the man who could identify the various orchestral pieces by touching the grooves of a record first performed the trick at a party in 1977 after being challenged to try it by friends. Music Provided by Del Paxton Pick up their 12" record at Secret Audio Club Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records

Subscribe on iTunes The Modern Vinyl podcast is back for its second episode and this week we're talking about the rising prices of soundtrack releases, along with tackling some weekly news highlights and taking reader questions. Stick around for me possibly mispronouncing some things and for the story about how I picked up Jimmy Eat World's Futures for $20. Here's the breakdown for episode 2: Sponsored By: Enjoy The Ride Records Pick up their brand new pressing of Jonny Craig's Find What You Love and Let It Kill You, along with vinyl releases of Something Corporate's North, NK's Basement Tapes and Good Charlotte's self-titled album, among many others. And use promo code "modernvinyl" to get a free koozie with your order of an LP. ETR Twitter ETR Facebook ETR Instagram Timeline: 4:23, The Rising Prices of Soundtracks 9:10, Jurassic Park and Mondo 13:08 — 17:41 Of Us Giants — Take It Home 17:41, Weekly News Wrapup (Sum 41, Tigers Jaw, Chiodos, The Early November, Bad Timing Records, Brand New) 34:00, Weekly Releases 35:31, Random Pull 38:02, Reader Questions (Submit to @modernvinyl using the hashtag, #AskMV) 53:24, Of Us Giants — Nova Scotia Corrections The upcoming Dolly Parton album is her 42nd full length. Trivia James talks about how Chiodos was originally named "The Chiodos Brothers," which could be called a tribute to the creators of Killer Klowns From Outer Space, long considered one of the greatest cinematic disasters of all time. Music Provided by Of Us Giants Pick up their album at Ronald Records Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records

Subscribe on iTunes Chris here: In honor of Record Store Day and the immense amount of support offered up by the MV readers (seriously, we broke every traffic record we had this past week), we're proud to unveil  "The MV Podcast," another new feature I hope can be part of our continuing push to make Modern Vinyl a true music destination for music fans all over the web. We've achieved some pretty great growth throughout 2014 and because of that support, I felt like we could finally take this on and put the resources toward a quality product. That being said, we're still working into a groove here, so stick with us while me and James (my co-host) iron out a few of the details. Expect different guests, interviews, music from all kinds of awesome labels and what I'm sure will be an evolving format in the future. Anyways, thank you so much for the support and here's the breakdown for the first episode: 00:54, Record Store Day 2014 Talk 5:57, Why The Hate for Record Store Day? 13:38, James Reviews His RSD Pickups 16:04 — 20:20, Bloodpheasant — The Drought 20:20, Mystery Box Reveal (Winner to be chosen Monday) 25:44, Weekly News Wrapup 33:09, Reader Questions (Submit to @modernvinyl using the hashtag, #AskMV) 52:01, Bloodpheasant — Failure Music Provided by Tor Johnson Records and Bloodpheasant Intro Music from "Here Comes The Night Time," by Arcade Fire/Merge Records