RecordStoreDay 2014 – Update 3: 7″s

After the 10″s – it’s the 7 “s – all 16 of them. To save space, I’ve photoed them in batches – with any coloured vinyl removed from the sleeve. Each record is listed as: artist – track a/ track b, (vinyl colour), and [limited to]

Set 1:

Bombay Bicycle Club – To The Bone/ Reign Down (black) [500]
Catfish and the Bottlemen – Kathleen (white) [500]
CHVRCHES – We Sink/ It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay (green) [500]
Circa Waves – Stuck In My Teeth/ 100 Strangers (yellow) [550]

Set 2:

Coldplay – Midnight/ etched seals (black) [?]
Damon Albarn – Hollow Ponds/ Lonely Press Play (black) [?]
David Bowie – Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide/ Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide Ziggy Mix (picture) [2,500]
Kodaline – Coming Up/ All I Want with RTE Concert Orchestra (white) [500]

Close up of Coldplay etching:

Set 3:

Kings of Leon – Wait for Me/ Don’t Matter (gold*) [2,000]
Maximo Park – Random Regrets/ On The Sly (red marble) [500]
Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea/ I Hate Myself and Want to Die (black) [6,000]
Paul Weller – Brand New/ Laneslide (black) [500]

Set 4:

Public Service Broadcasting – Elfstedentocht Pt1/ Pt2 (white) [1,000]
Suede – Let Go/ Heroin (black) [1,000]
The Strypes – Hard to Say No/ So They Say/ I Don’t Want to Know/ Still Gonna Drive You Home (black) [1,000]
Twin Atlantic – Heart & Soul (white) [1,000]

The Great Escape 2013 – My Master Plan

So, I have listened to nearly all of the bands/ artists playing this years Great Escape festival in Brighton, UK (May 16th, 17th and 18th) and thought I would share my running order (in some cases, running will be required to get from Venue to Venue). For those who are interested, those in Bold are my top picks – and I will be doing everything possible to see them.

Thursday 16th:

• Birkwin Jersey, 12pm @ The Brighthelm Centre
• Soul Sister Dance Revolution, 1pm @ The Queen’s Hotel
• Honeyblood, 2.30pm @ The Dome Studio
• Blaudzun, 3pm @ Komedia
• Holy Esque, 3.30pm @ The Dome Studio
• Big Wave Riders, 5pm @ The Festival Hub
• Glitches, 7pm @ The Festival Hub
• Tom Odell, 7.30pm @ The Warren
• Of Rust & Bones, 8pm @ The Festival Hub (back up band: Dancing Years, 8.15pm @ Prince Albert)
• Kodaline, 8.45pm @ The Dome Concert Hall
• Everything Everything, 10pm @ The Dome Concert Hall
• On An On, 12am @ Coalition
• No Ceremony///, 12.45am @ Coalition
• The Other Tribe, 1.45am @ Coalition

Friday 17th:

• Fatherson, 12.30pm @ The Dome Studio
• Kodaline (again!), 2.45pm @ Audio
• Alarm Bells, 3.30pm @ The Dome Studio
• Your Favourite Enemies, 6.15pm @ Concorde2
• Arcane Roots, 7pm @ Concorde2
• The Naturals, 7.45pm @ Above Audio
• Story Books, 8.45pm @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
• To Kill A King, 9.45pm @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
• Swim Deep, 11.15pm @ The Corn Exchange (bub: Fatherson, 11pm @ Prince Albert)
• Klaxons, 12.15am @ The Corn Exchange (bub: The Hounds Below, 12am @ Green Door Store)
• Seasfire, 1.30am @ Coalition

Saturday 18th:

• Dan Croll, 12.30pm @ Komedia
• Great Cynics, 1.30pm @ The Hope
• Husky Rescue, 2.15pm @ Komedia Studio Bar
• Eliza & The Bear, 2.30pm @ The Haunt
• Deap Valley, 3pm @ The Festival Hub
• Kins, 3.30pm @ Green Door Store
• The Beards, 4pm @ The Festival Hub
• Parlour, 6.30pm @ Audio
• Of Rust & Bone, 7.30pm @ Brighton Museum, Pavilion Gardens
• Little Green Cars, 8.30pm @ The Warren(bub: Glitches, 8.45pm @ The Fishbowl OR The Strypes, 8.30pm @ Dome Studio)
• Tall Ships, 9.15pm @ Concorde2
• CHVRCHES, 9.45pm @Digital (bub: The 1975, 10.15pm @ The Old Ship Paganini)
• Tres.B, 10.30pm @ The Warren
• The Strypes, 11.30pm @ The Warren
• Holy Esque (again!), 12.45am @ The Blind Tiger Club

RecordStoreDay 2013 Update 2

So another night, and another update from the enormous RSD13 haul.

First up is the nice UK/US Biffy Clyro releases of “Modern Magic Formula”and “Black Chandelier” on clear splattered vinyl

Then it’s time for two of the RCA Victor branded signed releases for Kodaline and Dry The River (I am missing the Everything Everything release – boo)

Then on to some 12″ singles from Dutch Uncles, The Joy Formidable, the Grouplove/ Frightened Rabbit split that features the Manchester Orchestra and then the two Jamie xx edits of The xx’s Sunset and Reconsider (presented in a normal die cut xx white sleeve but with a metallic looking wrap around inner sleeve)

Then, it’s the turn of the Recover EP from CHVRCHES on orange translucent vinyl – it’s so nice I took a photo of it being spun

Now for the last item of this update – and the newest in the entire haul – only being picked up on Monday night – the Soundgarden King Animal Demos EP – unfortunately not on pink vinyl like the US fans, but instead on boring black

Kodaline 2×7″ EP – Signed

First of 3 updates is the new Kodaline 2×7″ EP “High Hopes”. An excellent set, featuring their amazing cover of arguably the best LCD Soundsystem track “All My Friends”.

And it is signed too 😀