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...When I heard the New York band’s eponymous 2004 LP in the summer of 2006, it sounded positively Californian, except edgier than the Beach Boys and possibly more harmonic than The Mamas and the Papas. I was ashamed to be two years late in my discovery, yet at the same time, excited—I figured that their second album was imminent...
...record the stunning debut of Swan Lake, started a band with his girlfriend, released their album, and managed to maintain the same lineup for more than one Destroyer release. These accomplishments make “Trouble in Dreams,” Destroyer’s polished eighth full-length LP, all the more impressive. “Destroyer’s Rubies,” the group’s critically lauded 2006 release, is one of the finest rock albums of the last five years. Each song was a painstakingly crafted wonder, sounding at once grandiose and sparse. Verses...
...habit of building LPs around a couple of good songs and devoting the rest of the space to uninspired filler tracks. They seem to prefer making long, mediocre records when they could create succinct, exciting ones. So when a band recording an EP decides to extend it to an LP, it’s usually for the worse—unless, it seems, that band is the Dirtbombs. Originally conceived as a five-song EP, new full-length album “We Have You Surrounded” reaches the stratospheric standard that the Dirtbombs have set for themselves over...
...part of our business, but there is enough there for me to take someone and have half their time devoted to making vinyl a real business," says John Esposito, president and CEO of WEA Corp., the U.S. distribution company of Warner Music Group, which posted a 30% increase in LP sales last year. In October, Amazon.com introduced a vinyl-only store and increased its selection to 150,000 titles across 20 genres. Its biggest sellers? Alternative rock, followed by classic rock albums. "I'm not saying vinyl will become a mainstream format, just like gourmet eating is not going...
...technology, albums known as picture discs come with an image of the band or artist printed on the vinyl. "People who are used to CDs see the artwork and the colored vinyl, and they think it's really cool," says Jordan Yates, 15, a Nashville-based vinyl enthusiast. Some LP releases even come with bonus tracks not on the CD version, giving customers added value...