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As the former lava-lunged lynchpin of the phenomenal Sleater-Kinney, hearing Corin Tucker describe her solo debut as “a middle-aged mom record” full of songs originally destined for the Twilight OST didn’t half put the frighteners up us.
Luckily, 1000 Years is neither boring nor bloodless. Comparisons to SK will doubtless arise, but the production here is sparser, with more focus on intricate oddities like the Americana swoop of ‘It’s Always Summer’, the Wild Beasts-y clatter that starts imposing on ‘Half A World Away’ and even a borderline-mawkish piano ballad. Predictable types may yell “reunite the band!” Until they get their way, 1000 Years is the perfect stopgap. — NME
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From the “holy crap, can we really offer a deal that sweet?” department comes this: Purchase Anberlin‘s new CD Dark is the Way. Light is a Place for $9.99 at The Record Exchange, and we’ll give you a FREE TICKET to the band’s Oct. 13 show at The Knitting Factory.
Now, do some quick math on this one: A ticket at the door is $18 and doesn’t come with a CD. At The Record Exchange, you get the CD and a ticket for under 10 bucks. (You can also buy the deluxe edition CD or vinyl LP, which cost a little bit more than $9.99, and still get a free ticket.)
Naturally, this is a “while supplies last” sort of thing, so you better hurry before the free goodies are gone daddy gone.
Blitzen Trapper will visit The Record Exchange for an in-store performance at 6:30 p.m. (NOTE NEW TIME) Wednesday, Oct. 20. As always, this Record Exchange in-store event is free and all ages.
Later that night, Blitzen Trapper will perform at The Knitting Factory, and if you buy Blitzen Trapper’s new album Destroyer of the Void at the in-store (on sale for $11.99), you’ll get a FREE TICKET (while supplies last) to the Knitting Factory show courtesy of your friends at The Record Exchange and The Knitting Factory! We also have some cool Blitzen Trapper koozies to give away with purchase, too.
Blitzen Trapper is based in Portland, Oregon. There are six of them in the band and they’ve been together since 2000. Over the course of their four full-length albums to date, including their revelatory 2008 Sub Pop release Furr, front man Eric Earley’s considerable poetic talents and his band’s hard-earned chops have gained them a growing international audience.
The band’s continuing exploration of American music that spans from the ‘60s folk movement to the country sounds of the ’70s, to the pop balladry and prog rock of the ’80s has earned it notice ranging from Rolling Stone magazine to late-night network television to Yo Gabba Gabba, among a great many others.
In January 2009 and again in January 2010, Earley and a few of his bandmates entered the attic studio of lauded Portland musician and studio engineer Mike Coykendall (Bright Eyes, M Ward, She & Him) to work on what would become Destroyer of the Void. And the resulting new album takes Blitzen Trapper further than ever before, building on the band’s seamless marriage of the familiar and the fantastic to, literally, create an otherworldly experience.