Ryan Adams - The Love Is Hell Mystery

Way back in February Lost Highway issued a press release that highlighted details of their upcoming 10th anniversary vinyl reissue project on limited edition clear vinyl. It was to kick-off with the re-releases of Ryan Adam's critically acclaimed LP Gold and the T-Bone Burnett produced Soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou. 

It was further reported by Vinyl Hounds and others (as it was confirmed on Lost Highway's website) that Ryan's 2004 double 10" EP, Love is Hell, was also to be celebrated with a clear vinyl reissue on September 13th, 2011. Well, the anticipation has been killing me recently so, I went back to Lost Highway's website to check on the release status only to discover the EP has mysteriously vanished from the list of anniversary reissues! No, it's not listed as "delayed"; not listed as "rescheduled"; not even listed as "cancelled" - just gone.

I always feared this was too good to be true. Can anyone shed a little light on this little shocker? Please comment.

Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire, And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Pre-order!

As if you didn't know this was coming! Jump on this now! And get the flexi, you know you need it.

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First Cut From Ryan Adams Forthcoming LP, Ashes & Fire!

 

The first single from Ryan Adams’ upcoming album, Ashes & Fire, due on October 11th, is now available for streaming. I have embedded it below for your convenience. Titled “Lucky Now,” it's a tender song that is classic Ryan Adams. This one is good, folks, and should have you panting for more.

Ryan Adams - Lucky Now by theaudioperv

Tom Waits, Bad As Me Teaser now up for Maximum Teasing!

Last week, it was reported that Tom Waits hinted to have something up his sleeve. This came with word of a new single called "Bad As Me" and even hopes of a new studio album. Well, Waits has revealed it all.

As a pre-order page on iTunes confirms, Waits will release the new studio album Bad As Me on October 25 via Anti-. This will mark his first proper full-length since 2004's Real Gone. Pre-order the 180g LP at the Tom Waits Webstore.

Details are still sketchy but, you can see a thumbnail of the album cover on iTunes, where you can buy the album's title track. Check out the record's tracklist after the jump.

In Honor of Joe Strummer's Birthday This Weekend - A Vinyl Rip Repost!

Gone but still an inspiration to millions...

The Beatles, nuff said.

Some Great Video Profiles of Some Wonderful Independent Record Shops...

I was so impressed with these profile pieces that I just had to share them here. These features, courtesy of the Ackerman McQueen Agency's Vinyl Vision Series, showcase independent crate digging hotspots such as Grimeys in Nashville, Good Records in Dallas, and many others. Feel free to explore their website to see them all or check out a few of my favorites below.

See them after the jump...

Gregory Alan Isakov - That Sea, The Gambler Ltd. Ed. Exclusive! Highly Recommended!

The pre-order for this Gregory Alan Isakov LP is now live at the Shopradiocast/Suburban Home webstore. This release, which was originally issued before "The Empty Northern Hemisphere", is limited to 500 copies on black vinyl and will only be available through Suburban Home (250) or from Gregory himself (250) while on tour.

It’s a beautiful album featuring 11 tracks of folk perfection. If you love Northern Hemisphere, you will love this album. “While some music fans might not consider themselves fans of “folk,” they still bow at the alters of Jeff Tweedy, Andrew Bird and Jolie Holland. And now you can add Isakov to that list.”

Stream "That Sea, The Gambler" below...

Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing Vinyl Presale is Live, Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl only 150!

Only 150 copies available! Well, make that 149 (I already ordered one for myself!). Here's your chance to own "American Goldwing" pressed on gorgeous white vinyl (also available on standard black vinyl). All pre-orders will receive access to a stream of the entire album beginning on August 16. Snag a copy here! Check out the title track below...

Joe Henry - Watch the Trailer for the Forthcoming LP, Reverie!

Get to know him. Seriously. Do it.

Producer and Grammy-winning musician Joe Henry is releasing Reverie on October 11 via Anti- Records. If you're digging on the acoustic stylings of A.A. Bondy, Bon Iver, and the like, well then Joe's your guy.

“This album speaks about time. The great river that reminds us we are buoyant after all, as its moving current lifts us by the chin and just off of the balls of our feet, while we strain to dig our toes into the sandy ground,” Joe says. “I am not convinced that any song exists without some knowing nod in its direction. And so with Reverie I am nodding, then –to time, but also to all the love, hope, despair, and revelation that stands naked inside its weather."

NPR recently premiered Reverie’s “Odetta” on All Songs Considered. It’s a somewhat spiritual track that embraces the subject of mortality and refers to political folk singer Odetta. Listen here.

Watch the premiere of the trailer for Reverie, and check out the track listing, below.

Reverie Track Listing:

Heaven’s Escape

Odetta

After The War

Sticks & Stones

Grand Street

Dark Tears

Strung

Tomorrow Is October

Piano Furnace

Deathbed Version

Room At Arles

Eyes Out For You

Unspeakable

The World And All I Know

Jagjaguwar To Reissue Dinosaur Jr.'s First Three LPs on Vinyl!

Who's stoked? Me is! Here are the details as lifted from Jagjaguwar's website...

By now you know the story: J Mascis, Lou Barlow, & Patrick “Murph” Murphy, meet in Amherst, MA. J, Lou & Murph start a band. Said band goes on to rip through the musical landscape and prove to be the genesis of the “alternative rock” archetype.

Over the last 25+ years, Dinosaur Jr. have influenced a countless number of bands, both peers and protégés, by wailing their classic union of melodic bass, seething drums, virtuosic guitar shredding and listless vocal delivery through the iconic Marshall stacks.

Jagjaguwar is honored to reissue the band’s first three albums on vinyl, Dinosaur, You’re Living All Over Me and Bug, on October 4th, 2011. Originally released on the venerable Homestead and SST labels in the 1980’s, the reissues stay true to form and include the cardinal track lists.

Dinosaur Jr. recently completed a sold-out tour playing Bug in its entirety, and the acclaimed 33 1/3 book series by Continuum released Nick Attfield’s book about You’re Living All Over Me this summer.

See full track listings after the jump...

Fat Possum $10 Summer Sale! Y'all Go Nuts! I did.

A shit-ton of LPs for only $10 each! Also includes new releases and pre-orders! This sale won't be available long so, don't hesitate, people! Click on the fat possum.