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On April 27, Galaxy CDs and Title Fight Productions played host to one of our favorite artists – Into It. Over It. (aka Evan Weiss). Evan is one of the best storytellers we’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting and his gift for breaking down and explaining little bits of life is perfectly suited for his songwriting and performing profession. Check out his 12 Towns album below and view all photos of the show after the jump.
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On April 1, Hawthorne Heights kicked off their Stripped Down To The Bone tour at Galaxy CDs. We’ve got pictures and videos from that night right here. All Hawthorne Heights photos and video by Evan Prunty. Belle Histoire, Yankee Go Home, and the Orphan the Poet photos by Jared Bowers and Lydia Pennington. Mark Rose video by Joel Rospert.
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Record Store Day 2012 has been a bumpy ride for me so far. There was a lot of speculation at the start of it, and I found some “complete” lists online that got me excited for what turned out to be international releases that won’t be available at my local store. Then I combed the official list and saw that there were still a decent number of titles that I’m going to seek out.
Each year there are a few titles I absolutely have to grab, and then several that I’ll get on a gamble. The only must have this year is the Deerhoof/of Montreal split; it’s a Deerhoof instrumental with Kevin Barnes singing his lyrics. I’m an of Montreal junkie, so that’s the first thing I’ll try to grab. After that, there’s a few that I’ll go for but won’t be disappointed if I miss. I really liked the Miles Davis 10″ from the Black Friday event because it sounds great and it looks beautiful, so I’m going to try for the Forever Miles 12″. I’ll also check for the Arcade Fire remixes, but I’d rather have something unreleased from them, so that might be a record that I cut if the budget gets tight. If I can find the STRFKR Heaven’s Youth release that will be great too.
I also like to gamble a little bit on RSD, especially with 45s, since the price is usually right and even if I’m not in love with the music at the end of it, I’ve got a pretty little collectable package. I gambled with the Black Angels’s Another Nice Pair last year and it got played a lot. I did the same with Yeasayer’s Endblood. This year, I’m looking for the St. Vincent 7″, because I like what I’ve heard of her but don’t own anything. There’s an M83 7″ that I’ll check out as well. Jukebox the Ghost has a regional release that would be interesting to find, but I’m not hoping high since I don’t know where they’re releasing it.
In the complete gamble corner, there’s the Smuggler’s Way zine/flexi disc collection from Domino records. It sounds like a cool package, with interesting art and 5 colored flexidiscs (those flimsy records that came packaged in magazines and cereal boxes before CDs were around). The track from Real Estate I’ve heard could sell the whole thing for me.
Then there’s also the debut of Preteen Zenith, Tim DeLaughter‘s new band. I liked his work with Tripping Daisy, and it sounds promising from what I’ve heard.
Salina Underground and Southpaw Prints (with support from The Lonely House) present
RECORD STORE DAY EVE
Brian Olive, with special guests The Sweep and The Chance Brothers (CD release)
Northside Tavern
4163 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223
8 pm door / 9 pm show
FREE, ages 21+
(in order of opening times)
Shake It Records
4156 Hamilton Avenue (45223)
Twitter: @shakeitrecords
Open 9 am
Exclusive: Wussy – Funeral Dress, Limited Edition LP
Bring canned good donations for Churches Active in Northside to receive 10% off purchases.
5 pm: Bad Veins in-store (CD release)
7 pm: Walk the Moon in-store
Everybody’s Records
6106 Montgomery Rd (45213)
Open 11 am
Gift certificate giveaways.
1 – 6 pm: In-store appearances by Newport Secret Six, Jack Logan and the Midnight Riders, Strange Tunge, The Cla-Zels and Playfully Yours.
Mole’s Record Exchange
111 Calhoun St (45219)
Open 11:30 am
Another Part of the Forest
1333 Main St (45202)
Open 12:00 pm
No Record Store Day merchandise – used vinyl only.
Galaxy CDs (no longer a record store)
Art & Music show – 6:00PM
Auto Defiance (of Nashville) and the Galaxy will be working together to raise money for a local charity, to be named soon. We will be featuring music, and art, this night to cap off all of your Record Store Day shopping!
Also on this show are Galaxy stalwarts Somebody’s Something! We’ll be featuring the art of the students from Options Academy, as well as from Christy Conrad! An end of Record Store Day party!
Omega Music
318 E 5th St (45402)
Open 9 am
Local flavor: Starving in the Belly of the Whale – “The Almond Tree” vinyl EP
Screenprinting demo by Basho. $10 / $15 RSD exclusive t-shirts.
Will stay open until “whenever.” The longer you shop, the longer they’ll keep the lights on.
12 – 10 pm: In-stores by R. Ring, Buffalo Killers, Me and Mountains, M. Ross Perkins, Astrofang, Rebel Set, Mitch Mitchell’s Terrifying Experience (former guitarist for Guided by Voices), Raging Masons, Back Stabbath (tribute band) and Ruckus Roboticus.
CD Central
377 South Limestone St (40508)
Twitter: @CDCentral
Open 10 am
Chance to win Forecastle tickets.
Taco truck serving lunch!
12 pm: In-stores by Oh My Me, Those Crosstown Rivals, Joan Shelley and Satellite Giant
Underground Sounds
2003 Highland Ave (40204)
Twitter: @USoundsKY
Street party and in-store performances TBA.
If you have an event happening related to Record Store Day in the area and don’t see it listed here, email lonelyhousealicia[at]gmail.com to add it!
On March 21st, the super rad dudes of Legend Has It came to town with a bunch of other super rad dudes (Too Late The Hero). It was about as high energy as you can get – the blown circuit breaker and burnt out surge protector being proof enough, I think. Everyone had a great time, so we’re going to do it all over again. Legend Has It will be back at Galaxy on Monday, June 18th promoting their new record Escape from Vacationland, and we couldn’t be more stoked about it. Check out two brand new tracks below, as well as the Facebook event page for the show. If you like what you hear, be sure to purchase the tracks, then the album when it drops on May 15th, and hit that beautiful “JOIN” button and come hang out at Galaxy with them on June 18th.
In case you’re not hooked up with us on Facebook or Twitter or you missed the noise yesterday, we’ve got some more news! The Into It. Over It./Hidden Hospitals/Mixtapes show that was originally scheduled to be held in Covington on 4/27 has moved to Galaxy in Hamilton!
Evan Weiss, who is Into It. Over It., is a good buddy of ours at TLH and we’re really stoked to have him play on our turf.
Joining him at the Galaxy show will be The Story Changes (from Dayton, another band we also love), Heartbreak Kid, Tall Tales (from Cincinnati & Louisville), and The Sound Museum (Cincinnati).
RSVP to the Facebook Event here, buy tickets here, check out some tunes from IIOI and Hidden Hospitals below, and GET EXCITED.
We haven’t quite come down from the high that was last night’s Stripped Down To The Bone Tour, but we kind of like it that way. So to keep up the momentum, we figured we’d announce another pretty awesome show.
On Friday, May 4 – Galaxy and The Lonely House, in cooperation with Title Fight Productions, will be playing host to No Sleep Records‘ Xerxes and Mixtapes. BAM! That’s what’s up.
If you’re not yet acquainted with either of these acts, we’re going to help you out with that. Stream Xerxes’ 2012 release Our Home Is A Deathbed and Mixtapes’ “I Accept That” from 2011′s Companions below:
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Take One Car, post-rockers from upstate New York, made the last stop of their tour at Galaxy CDs on March 18. They put on an awesome show, though it had been a tiring week of driving in their van, with a stop at SXSW. Joining them at the March 18 show was Sam Banta & The Fantastics (Cincinnati), The Kemps (Indianapolis), Frontier Folk Nebraska (Covington, KY), and Army Coach (Cincinnati).
Full set of photos by Jared Bowers and Lydia Pennington after the jump: Continue reading
The awesome guys in My Name Is Drew (who are from Delaware) have just posted a video about the first part of their tour, which included a stop at Galaxy CDs for the show last Saturday with The Rebuilt Machine. The Lonely House’s Jared Bowers makes a cameo as well. An awesome time was had by all, and Jared noted, “I’ve never seen the bands at a show be so into each other’s sets. It was a blast.”
We’re looking forward to seeing My Name Is Drew again, but in the meantime, check out their tour video for some secondhand fun:
One of us at TLH, James Brooks, caught Mansions, Young Statues, and A Great Big Pile of Leaves at the Vernon Club in Louisville, KY last Friday and was able to get some video of the show. Check out Mansions’ “Blackest Sky” and Young Statues’ “Bumble Bee” below:
