Well, it took about 20 years to get this repress out, but it is finally out. If you pre-ordered a copy, your copy was sent out today. You will receive a copy numbered between 1 and 100 out of 300. Austin Lucas will have copies at SXSW but not at the Nine Bullets party. His copies are 101 to 200. The last 100 will be sent to various distributors and Elmer at Hometown will end up with some, too.

The jackets were printed by Dustin Garret and they turned out amazing. The vinyl is black unlike the photo suggests. The lighting makes the vinyl look almost orange-ish brown.

If you want one of the 1 through 100 copies, we have a few left in the store.

We just got in some really great records. Take a look at the photos. We got in more than 100 copies of the Matt Pryor so make sure you get one before the copies we do have are gone. If you want one of our Brendan/Joe coffee mugs, we only have 2 more for sale in our store. This week, we will also be receiving copies of the Austin Lucas “Somebody Loves You” LP with silk-screened jackets and more than likely the Yesterday’s Ring “Chaser” vinyl. Expect these orders to ship out right away.

Yes, these took forever, but I am very very excited to say that they are done and they look and sound amazing. If you didn’t pre-order this 10″ and you are considering doing so, understand that only 300 were pressed on red vinyl. If you want to give the songs a listen, here is a full album stream:

Meant to post the photo of the shirts earlier this week, but here you go. I think they turned out pretty nice. If you got one, they should be on their way to you. If you haven’t ordered one, do so soon; they will be gone before you know it.

SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS Mix Tape Volume 2 “Greetings From The Left Coast” CD (5 Copies for FREE)

We got in the booklets for Suburban Home Records Mix Tape Volume 2, “Greetings From the Left Coast” and they turned out really, really nice. This time around, we went with a 4 panel folder which features the cover art you see above on the front, the track listing on the back, and when you open up the folder, there is a really good interview with Micah Schnabel. Micah answers questions about putting out a solo album, some of the songs on his upcoming album, and Two Cow Garage’s future. If you didn’t already know, this Mix Tape was inspired by our releasing Micah’s album, “When the Stage Light Goes Dim” and features 2 songs from his record, a live Two Cow Garage cover of the Beatles, a song from Two Cow’s latest album, Jon Snodgrass’ song with Two Cow, and a bunch of Suburban Home and non-Suburban Home tracks that we thought would fit well with a Micah inspired Mix Tape. 20 tracks in all.

If you pre-ordered the Mix Tape, we will be sending 5 to you this week. If you haven’t pre-ordered the Mix Tape, you can order it now. We don’t have many left after the pre-orders are sent so make sure you pick one up this week. We send 5 to each person with the idea that each recipient keeps one mix tape and gives 4 to friends. We appreciate the help in spreading the music we love. Thank you.

Did you pick up a copy of our first mix tape? What did you think? Did you find any new artists that caught your ear? For our 3rd Mix Tape, Look Mexico selected the songs with us adding a few Suburban Home tracks to the mix. Expect news on that one soon.

Thanks to Brandon and Andy for being such excellent hand models. I think the guys have a bright future in hand modeling.

It’s great when everything comes together. This week, we received the vinyl and yesterday, the silk-screened jackets for Look Mexico’s first single on Suburban Home, “You Stay. I Go. No Following”. To give you an idea of how nice this all came together, moments after we received the parcel containing the silk-screened jackets, Seabron walked in the door as I was dreading hand-numbering 300 jackets. I mentioned my displeasure in hand-numbering so many jackets and she offered up her services which works best in everyone’s interest as her hand-writing is so much better than mine. Just so everyone knows, I bought her lunch today for her hard work (Noodle bowls at New Saigon, that shit was good)

I sometimes feel like the boy who cried wolf when I say that you need to buy certain records before they go out of print, but mark my words. This 7″ is extremely limited and after I send 50 copies of blue and 50 copies of black vinyl to Look Mexico, I really won’t have many more of either color. Between mailorder, distributors, and copies we plan to hold on, there will only be a handful of copies left. Get this now or pay someone else’s prices on them.

By the way, I want to thank Dustin Garret for his continual hard work on printing our jackets. He is such a bad ass and if you are looking for precision silk-screening at affordable prices, he is your man. These will begin shipping on Monday.

Cheap Girls and Scotty Bell (2-8-10) – I reached out to Cheap Girls to see if they wanted to stop by the office before their Denver date with Drag the River and they said sure thing. They stopped in around 6pm and my offer of beer was welcomed by the Michigan 3 piece. Scotty Bell of Bermuda Mohawk is on tour with Cheap Girls helping tour manage and sell merch. Ian from Cheap Girls works at a liquor store that specializes in craft beer so we nerded out over beer. We actually took a really cool picture of the guys holding their records in front of our “Is This Good For the Company” sign, but someone in the office (not saying who) deleted it. Oh well. Not only are Cheap Girls a spectacular band, they are all good folks. We talked about music, the midwest, Paper and Plastick, and touring with Drag the River. I am really excited that both bands are touring together. The Denver date was absolutely amazing. Cheap Girls completely rocked it and while watching them, I thought about how they really need to tour with Ninja Gun as both bands are kindred spirits. If you see Cheap Girls on this next tour, ask Ian about how drunk he got in Denver. I take some of the blame as I fed him beer before their set and introduced him to Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey right after Jon Snodgrass gave him a shot. Let’s just say that he lost his phone at the end of the night, someone gave it to me because my number was one of the last ones called, and we ended up having to track him down to get him the phone. Good times were had. Thanks guys for rocking Denver and being so damn cool. Looking forward to the next time.