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HOOTS & HELLMOUTH “The Holy Open Secret” LP 180 gram vinyl signed copy

Philadelphia-based Hoots & Hellmouth creates new music for old souls. Their second full-length effort, The Holy Open Secret, on MAD Dragon Records (Ryko/WEA) and continues to blaze a trail forward in the name of progressive revival. Rob Berliner, Andrew Gray and Sean Hoots return as the core trio of string slingers and harmonious vocalizers, co-producing in collaboration with Bill Moriarty (Dr. Dog, Man Man) at Philadelphia s American Diamond Studio. The results speak for themselves in tones ranging from the triumphant to the dulcet.

We received 27 copies all of which were signed by the band and most of them have interesting things written on each one. That is very cool. We also received a signed test pressing that one lucky person will get. You can enter to win by purchasing a copy of this album. Good luck.

TIGERS JAW “S/T” LP 180 gram black vinyl

Scranton Pennsylvania’s Tigers Jaw blend your favorite elements of indie rock, emo, and pop punk. Pick up their first full length, originally released on CD by Prison Jazz Records in 2008, on vinyl for the first time. 400 pressed on 180 gram black vinyl and hand numbered with screened covers done by the band.

I would like to add that these guys are great. Be sure to pick up the 7″ by Tiny Engines when you pick up this album; we should have vinyl in late September. Pre-orders will be entered to win a test pressing. Good luck.

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GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV “This Empty Northern Hemisphere” LP brown vinyl

Friends, we are excited to announce the pre-order for the vinyl for Gregory Alan Isakov’s brilliant album, “This Empty Northern Hemisphere”. Gregory self-released the album on CD and digitally and since helping him out with distribution and loving his album, we suggested helping co-release the vinyl. The record has been drawing praise from all over getting comparisons to Rocky Votolato, Iron and Wine, Nick Drake, and Bob Dylan. Gregory has toured with Brandi Carlile (who sings on over half of the album), Indigo Girls (who are huge fans of Gregory), and soon will be touring with Ani Difranco. I can’t recommend this album enough.

Please listen to the streaming player we have set up for “This Empty Northern Hemisphere”. Let us know what you think. The LP pressing will be out of an edition of 500 copies split equally between Gregory and Suburban Home. The vinyl will come with a digital download coupon. Greg will be playing an LP release party on Saturday, October 17th at the Bluebird Theater.

We expect to receive the vinyl by the end of September. Pre-orders will be entered for a chance to win a test pressing.

Stream/Share “This Empty Northern Hemisphere”. Enjoy.

Ralph just posted in our Under the Influence Series 2 Streaming Player, the tracks for the Kevin Seconds / Kepi Ghoulie Under the Influence 7″. Please take a listen and while you are at it, check out the Joey Cape/Mike Hale Under the Influence tracks which are on the same player. Kevin Seconds and Kepi Ghoulie both recorded T. Rex covers, Kevin Seconds is covering “Rabbit Fighter” and Kepi Ghoulie is covering “Hot Love”. We hope you dig the tracks. This is Under the Influence #12; #’s 10, 11, and 12 are in production right now; we are expecting test pressings any time now. If you haven’t pre-ordered them yet, I highly recommend you do so sooner than later.

While we are on the topic of the Under the Influence series, here is the streaming player for Volumes 1 through 10. Enjoy. Know that sooner than later, we hope to release volumes 1 through 10 as a full length on CD and very limited double LP. Stay tuned.

Keep up on the Under the Influence series at this link.

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Suburban Home Pick 10 for $50 Sale +10 FREE CDs (CDs, Pint Glasses)

Suburban Home Pick 5 for $25 Sale + 5 FREE CDs (CDs, Vinyl, Pint Glasses)

You may or may not have previously purchased one of our Pick 5 or Pick 10 sales before, but regardless of having done so before, I encourage you to take advantage of the already great deal with a bonus offer. For a limited time, you can purchase the Pick 5 for $25 sale and get 5 Bonus CDs of our choice for free or the Pick 10 for $50 sale and get 10 bonus CDs for free! The way the deal works is you can pretty much pick from any available Suburban Home CDs, available Suburban Home pint glasses, select Suburban Home/Vinyl Collective LPs, and Shotgunators. Pick any 5 for $25, any 10 for $50 and help us out by clearing out space in our warehouse. That ends up breaking down to $2.50 an item with either deal.

Stock up on Drag the River CDs, Ferret vinyl, Pint Glasses, or a combination of a little of everything. We at Suburban Home do not believe in spending $15 for a CD in a mall store or big box retailer and if enough people took advantage of these types of deals through us, it could be enough to keep things going well. If just 100 people took advantage of these deals, we could clear out a couple thousand CDs!

We recently added The Takers “Taker Easy” CD, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground “S/t” CD, and the Jon Snodgrass/Cory Branan LP to the pick 5 and pick 10 sales.

LANDLORD “S/T” 7″ pink mixed color vinyl
LANDLORD “S/T” 7″ yellow mixed color vinyl
LANDLORD “S/T” 7″ purple mixed color vinyl
LANDLORD “S/T” 7″ random mixed color vinyl

7″ E.P. of 4 new songs from Bloomington, IL.’s LANDLORD! A Fuzzed-out, super poppy blend of pop-punk,grunge & indie rock, think Dinosaur Jr. Members of: The Door-Keys, Defiance,Ohio & Giant Bags of Weed.

511 ON MIXED COLOR VINYL – The Yellow, Purple, and Random Mixed are all VC exclusives that were pressed in really small numbers. Get these pronto if you are interested.

And those curious, these have already shipped to us along with the Brass 7″.

Dave from Fireworks and Dave (tour manager of the Swellers, did merch for Set Your Goals) (8-26-09) – I left early yesterday and while I was gone, Dave and Dave stopped by the office to pick up some records and shoot the shit. Fireworks are on tour with Polar Bear Club, Set Your Goals, and Four Year Strong. Dave #2 (w/ the beard) had come here before while on tour with the Swellers and was in town doing merch for Set Your Goals. He brought Dave #1 (w/o beard) with him who is out on tour with his band Fireworks. Andy said both dudes were super nice; hopefully I will be around the next time you guys come visit. Dave #2, bring Pareamore over to the office next time you are in town!

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NOISE BY NUMBERS “Single Series Volume 43″ 7″
STYMIE “Single Series Volume 42″ 7″
SLOANE PETERSON “Single Series Volume 41″ 7″

I can’t say it often enough; this is such an amazing 7″ series. Talk about D.I.Y. methods to produce records, this series was done in such a smart manner. The records are on black vinyl, the covers remain the same except for a rubber stamp mentioning the artist and the number in the series. And Alex from Art of the Underground has a knack for finding incredible bands before most people have any clue about them. Take for example #41,#42, and #43 which includes what I think is the first release by Noise By Numbers a great new Chicago band with Danny Vapid. I am not familiar with Stymie or Sloane Peterson, but from the descriptions fans of Screeching Weasel, the LIllingtons, and Toys that Kill will love these records. We only got 10 of each and only 350 of each were pressed.

Thanks AOTU for having us involved with these records.