tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52944852206456897722024-03-13T05:23:41.165-07:00Missing Link RecordsMike Mannixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422688665905756431noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-82481446689457463862012-06-28T17:44:00.000-07:002012-06-28T17:44:28.065-07:00MISSING LINK'S GOT YOUR SUMMER COVEREDYou probably thought we ditched our computers, seeing as our last entry was when we were only just starting to watch season 1 of Designing Women on DVD. Now we've finished our obsession with the Sugarbaker Women and it's time to get back on track. Actually, we had a computer meltdown here at Missing Link and have only just begun to have reliable computer access again, we're sorry for leaving you for awhile but baby, we're back.<p>
<b>AFROBEAT AIRWAVES</b><p>
Come shake a tailfeather for this special night of boiling hot Afrobeat. Featuring solo sets by Matt n' Adam, the madness of King Maxwell, but our special surprise is the addition of our guest dj. All the way from the island of Wales, we are lucky to be hosting a longtime U.K. cratedigger and dj, Mr. Ian Pope. Traveling up the coast with his wife, he's agreed to stop off and play a set with us. Tickets are at the door and are five dollars, show starts at 9pm.<p>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/145502172240314/150428978414300/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity">JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE</a><p>
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Ok everybody, our 3rd annual American Roots celebration is set for July 7th and we're gearing up for a big one. Not only are we excited to have the wonderful folks from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Humboldt-Hot-Dogs/197495736940347">HUMBOLDT HOT DOGS</a> coming to feed y'all but this year, we're renting a giant fan so we don't sweat ourselves silly! Tickets are on sale now at Missing Link Records for $10, with $12 tickets available at the door. Beer will be there if you've got your IDs handy and, as we mentioned, there will be food right out front. We're lighting this candle at 8pm, with doors at around 7:30, so take a nap if you have to, because you wont want to miss a minute of the fun. Here is peek at this year's line up...<p>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/missinglinkrecords">COUNTRY MOUSE, CITY MOUSE</a><p>
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You've boogied down at Soul Night to the sounds of Missing Link Records' owners Adam Pokorski & Matt Jackson, now watch as they set the turntables to 78 and blast you with a set of old fashioned dance music. "If you ain't right, get right." <p>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-No-Good-Redwood-Ramblers/292626675506">THE NO GOOD REDWOOD RAMBLERS</a><p>
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Formed in the fogs of Humboldt County in the spring of 2008, the No Good Redwood Ramblers came together as a ragtag musicians with a common love of the jug. Along with captivating local audiences, their cover of 'The Storms are on the Ocean' has been featured on the compilation album <a href="http://cartertributetape.bandcamp.com/track/the-storms-are-on-the-ocean">"America Salutes the Carter Family."</a><p>
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<a href="http://theblackberrybushes.com/">THE BLACKBERRY BUSHES STRINGBAND</a><p>
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The Blackberry Bushes are a Contemporary Stringband from the rain-drenched forests of Olympia, Washington. They take a bluegrass instrumentation, draw from the deep roots of American folk music and add influences from Bluegrass, Appalachian old-time, Indie Rock, jazz, and pop.<p>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sourmashhugband">SOUR MASH HUG BAND</a><p>
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A mix of old-time, gypsy, bluegrass, jazz, Irish and ragtime, this eclectic, acoustic dance band plays everything from Appalachian Hymns to Harlem Swing. After blowing the doors clean off Humboldt audiences at this year's Summer Arts Festival, their driving back up from Oakland just to serve you all a second taste.
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<a href="http://wainwrightbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/a-wainwright-brothers-ep">THE WAINWRIGHT BROTHERS</a><p>
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Growing up listening to Tom Waits, Hank Williams Sr., and the Avett Brothers, these ambitious youngsters combine the best of the old and new to make bonafide foot stomping roots music with a flurry of beards, howling harmonies, and raucous, break-neck banjo licks.<p>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Fairfield/264871751428">FRANK FAIRFIELD</a><p>
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He's been called "a one-man folk revival" by NPR but 26 year old Frank Fairfield seems to buck that notion, instead seeing himself simply as curator of the rich history of American popular music. Playing fiddle, banjo, guitar, as well as his signature foot stomp, this young man can make even the staunchest arm-crossing audience members begin to hoop and holler.<p>
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MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-19444781180083375352012-03-27T22:31:00.014-07:002012-03-30T20:35:45.159-07:00IT'S ALMOST YOUR BIRTHDAY MISSING LINKOooh chile it's almost April and things are heatin' up as the shop prepares to turn another year older (CUE APPLAUSE).<br />We've been riding the crest of a wave what with the whirlwind of Soul Night, Seun Kuti, Frank Fairfield AND Orgone, only to discover the goatload of things we have planned for April staring us right in the face! Expect us to be checking in ALOT over the coming weeks to tell you all about in-stores, music events and what we'll have planned for Record Store Day 5. Since we opened the doors what seems so long ago we've been your town stop for Record Store Day shenanigans. Expect us to keep it up the tradition again this year, pouring over all the emails and lists, whittling out the useless re-issues and fake rarities in order to bringing you a spit shined silver platter this April 21st. For starters though, here's a taste of what's to come for us here at Missing Link.<br /> <br />RABBIT FOOT DUO - INSTORE APRIL 3RD 7PM<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rNETYNakYQ0/T3K6G5oH1OI/AAAAAAAAAbg/3qSDD6H1AU8/s1600/pickhead.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rNETYNakYQ0/T3K6G5oH1OI/AAAAAAAAAbg/3qSDD6H1AU8/s200/pickhead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724842704052409570" /></a><br />We've started planning on this year's Jefferson State Old TIme Revue and that means the roots and country records have creeped back into our listening piles again and we find the fiddles and banjoes fighting the horns and strings for airplay. In an effort to promote this battle for musical concentration, we've invited the Rabbit Foot Duo to come down all the way from the far off city of Portland to entertain you. Friends of Arcata's latest musical transplant Corey Goldman (who together with Colin Vance make up Arcata's newest variation on the Smothers Brothers), the team of Sally Jablonsky and Lynne Piper are formerly of the Rabbit Foot Stringband started back in 2009. Now on their own, the two multi-instrumentalists sing hamonies while performing old country songs, traditional folk songs, bluegrass standards & their own original material. Take a listen by clicking <a href="http://rabbitfootduo.com/?page_id=13">HERE.</a><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">BEACH BALL AT ATL - APRIL 7TH</span><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/161987_348075755231200_178370886_n.jpg><br />A benefit for Friends of the Dunes & Humboldt Surfrider, join us after Arts Alive the first Saturday in April for the 2nd annual Beach Ball. We're packing up a set full of classic soul, RnB and surf goodies alongside DJ Red and Humboldt's own Grass Band. It's a chance for us to pull out some of the more garage-y dance numbers in our crates and we can't wait. With door prizes, a light show and enough room for those of you who might have been skunked out of our last Soul Night, the Beach Ball is $10 in advance and $15 at the door and starts at 7pm. TIckets are available right here at the shop!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A NOTE TO OUR SOUL NIGHT FANS</span><br /><img src=http://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/e/estacio_records/20090824/20090824114506.jpg><br />Speaking of those who got skunked out of this month's Soul Night, we'd like to apologize to you for not being able to get in, we wish everyone could fit inside and dance with us but it isn't physically possible. So when the sold out sign comes up, please don't ask one of the managers, or the performers to try and sneak you in or work some kind of door magic, at that point there isn't anything they can do. The next soul night will be April 20th....yes that 420...and yes we probably will break out the fog machine. <br /><br />Also, we've been listening to feedback from the community & the venue and we've hit an impass. Each night seems to be selling out earlier and more and more people are getting turned away. We love doing Soul Night at HUMBREWS and, until we learn magic, the room won't get any bigger. So, we're going to be printing advance tickets to ensure that those of you who can't get there at 9 for one reason or another won't have to worry so much. That being said, the other suggestion has been to raise the door price by a few dollars in an attempt to deter some of incoming crowd. These dollars, we've all decided, would go towards making more elaborate door prizes, light shows, james brown masks/fans and other ante-upping ideas but of course, we're hesitant to ask anyone for more money to come see our five asses geek out onstage. Seeing as this is just as much your party as it is ours, we thought we'd open the discussion up and ask you all what you think. Would you fret at paying more knowing that advance tickets would stay at the five funky dollars? Is the $5 price tag an indivisible part of what makes this party so special? Would you pay a little more if it might increase the chances of spots left at the door? Do you think it would work? Inquiring minds want to know...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">APRIL 28th AT HSU</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OHZ82PF9CCM/T3KuKO_N5eI/AAAAAAAAAbU/qKwGmTG5J8U/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OHZ82PF9CCM/T3KuKO_N5eI/AAAAAAAAAbU/qKwGmTG5J8U/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724829567186494946" /></a><br />Man oh man are we excited for this show, we even washed our hoodies so we wouldn't look like slobs in from of the Turn Keys (Waterhouse's band). April 28th at the Depot will be the amazing Nick Waterhouse. Many of you have already had us harangue you about listening to this guy's music and even some of you went out and found the 45 but please EVERYBODY get out and catch this show. Beyond the fact that it's five dollars, it's also free for students meaning it might very well might sell out before you can get there, just like Charles Bradley did. Don't miss your chance to witness live and in stereophonic sound the power of rock saxophone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">RECORD STORE DAY - SO IT BEGINS</span><br /><object height="100" width="210"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://recordstoreday.com/templates/Store/pretty_new/swf/countdown.swf" /><br /><param name="quality" value="high" /><br /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /><param name="shuffle" value="true" /> <embed src="http://recordstoreday.com/templates/Store/pretty_new/swf/countdown.swf" width="210" height="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain"></embed><br /></object><br />This is our first little alert about <i>the day the will not speak its name</i> just to tell you a few reminders of the rules.<br />1. <span style="font-style:italic;">NOT ALL STORES WILL GET WHAT THEY ORDER</span><br /> We all order the same time from the same guys and some ancient Babylonian goddess gets to decide who will receive the Phish Box sets. <br />2. <span style="font-style:italic;">WE CANNOT RESERVE ANYTHING FOR YOU</span><br /> All items are put out that morning and are first come first serve, we also encourage you to limit the amount of an item you grab to 2 in order to give everyone a chance to get something.<br />3. <span style="font-style:italic;">WE DON'T CARE WHAT THE WEBSITE SAYS</span><br /> We ARE a participating store for record store day, have been since we opened, but that does not mean that since we are listed on some website that we are definitely getting a title you are hoping for (no store can say that with certainty until orders are shipped), or any of the promotional material that they might be listing (that is unless you ponied up the dough and did the right dance in front of the volcano).<br />4. <span style="font-style:italic;">WE OFFER SPECIAL RELEASES & LIMITED STUFF ALL YEAR LONG</span><br />As our friends at Aquarius Records in San Francisco pointed out, you can come down to your local record store ANY day of the year and find some amazing rare and limited stuff in our bins...and you don't even have to wait for the third week of April to do it.<br /><br />CHARLES BRADLEY HELPS US <i>RE</i>-DISCOVER NIRVANA<br /><img src=http://omgdelicious.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/460637-charles-bradley-and-menahan-street-band-in-the-australian-outback-exclusive-photos-621x322-290x290.jpg><br />Coming soon from the fine folks at Daptone, the cover that made you wet during the sound checks of their last tour, Mister Bradley and the Menehan Street Band originally took on this tune for a SPIN magazine tribute to the Seattle giants and the cover shone so brilliantly that it had to be pressed on wax like lightning has to be trapped in a jar.<br /><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19411851&show_artwork=true"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates,<br />--Matt n' Adam.</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-51826040148029317722011-11-08T15:50:00.001-08:002011-11-08T19:18:09.939-08:00Come Pound Our Fresh Pavement.<span style="font-weight:bold;">WE HAVE OUR STREET BACK</span><br />O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Construction has finally finished up out front and we are ecstatic about being able to once again lollygag out front smoking cigarettes. Come down and check out the result of two months of heinous construction.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SOUL NIGHT AT HUMBREWS</span><br />A <span style="font-style:italic;">ginormous </span>thanks to all 152 of you who came out to support the Missing Link's Got Soul Night. We had an amazing time and can't wait to do it all over again. To the people who asked us for a copy of our set...sorry but honestly, we don't remember since everything was done on the fly. Come on back for our next night, tentatively set for the Saturday after Thanksgiving featuring JAYMORG - King Maxwell - MANTEASE & MATT n ADAM, what a perfect way to work off that extra helping of yams.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />SOULED OUT AT BLONDIE'S</span><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/318408_2505604729853_1545072038_2548382_479442584_n.jpg><br />If you missed your chance to dance to the soul at Humbews, either because you weren't 21 or you had to work, get yourself a second shot at Blondie's this November 11th. Hosted by DJ Spaceman Spliff, and featuring JAYMORG, Adam n' Matt, we'll be setting the wheels in motion for this all-ages fandango around 9pm. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">P.S. there is beer <br />P.S.S. you must pay for said beer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">INSTORE WITH THE DAPPER CADAVERS</span><br />Check out their page by clicking <a href="http://thedappercadavers.bandcamp.com/">here</a>.<br />November 26th join us for an evening of traditional bluegrass, old time and original songwriting with Portland's The Dapper Cadavers.<br />The Dapper Cadavers consists of Hazel Rickard on vocals, guitar, and banjo, Tom Fenollosa on upright bass, Kyle Butz, on guitar and banjo, and Will Munger on fiddle, and perform a classic mix of American folk and dance genres highlighted by the original songwriting of lead vocalist and Arcata native, Hazel. After five years of recording and performing in the United States and having just returned from a summer touring in Europe, They now excitedly return to the West Coast in support of our most recent EP, "Regarde," recorded in A Coruña, Spain, in June of this year. The show starts at 5:00pm and as always is all ages and no cover.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19058204"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19058204" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />MISSING LINK PRESENTS "SHUT THE F@#K UP: <br />an evening with frank fairfield"</span><br /><img src=http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/6a00d8341c630a53ef0115722475e9970b-800wi.jpg><br />So the last few times Frank has come to town we always end up hearing bellyaching the whole rest of the week about how loud the crowd was, the feedback issues or just that the crowd was slightly too bro-ish. To address these elitist concerns we're tickled pink to be hosting a night with Frank here at the shop. This will be a not-to-be-missed, all-ages, suggested donation show with limited room. The catch is you have to shut the f#$k up and let Frank do his thing or you will be asked to leave. Starting at 7:30 on either November 15th or 17th, you can call to get more info or hold your reservations at 707-826-0590.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BRIAN WOIDA PREPARES FOR UPCOMING SHOW!</span><br />Over the last year or so, local artist barista and DJ Brian Woida has been making record nerds everywhere jealous with his art. His record album photos has gone from prints to tapestries and even skateboards, so what's the logical next step? start making your own covers. At the end of November, First Street Gallery in Eureka will be hosting Brian's latest work featuring album covers he re-created using his own photos. Each record is a laborious work of art, created with painstaking detail, and comes packaged with a screened artist statement plus a randomly selected poster showing other works from the collection. According to Brian, there will be an original copy as well as two prints of each album scattered within the installation, people are encouraged to dig through them all in search of the one they're after but since the records are sealed you'll need a careful eye to tell the prints from the original. Check out his photo album <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.203212633056579.52162.100001035320056&type=3">here.</a><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/259861_205114696199706_100001035320056_586239_1804689_n.jpg><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251168_203213943056448_100001035320056_575744_5771032_n.jpg><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/299950_252749094769599_100001035320056_746504_929364355_n.jpg><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />SHARON JONES TO RELEASE "SOUL TIME" FOR BLACK FRIDAY</span><br /><img src=http://kobason.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sahron_jones_and_th_661328a.jpg?w=357&h=358><br />Why has Black Friday suddenly become a reason for limited vinyl releases? We don't rightly know but like you we're wringing our hands towards the sky and cursing whomever came up with this alt-record store day event. We have to admit though, one good thing coming of this is a new(ish) release from Sharon Jones and her super team of musicians. Soul Time is a kind of rare comp. featuring tracks from singles, compilations and bonus tracks from online vendors. While only one of the songs seems to be completely new, for those who've bought all the other studio albums this is a great collection you could only previously enjoy by being a diehard completist.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23706603"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23706603" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="50%"></embed> </object> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />EL REGO, BENIN'S GODFATHER OF FUNK.</span><br /><img src=http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/e/elrego~~~~~_elrego~~~_101b.jpg><br />It seems like every order that comes in, there's one record that just sweeps in and dominates our turntable for at least a week and this week it is, without a doubt, El Rego. Brought to us by Frank Gossner of Voodoo Funk via the always fabulous Daptone Records, El Rego is packed full of painfully deep, beautifully slow brain melting funk. First heard by us on Analog Africa's 2008 compilation African Scream Contest, Benin's Theophile Do Rego looms large among the lost giants of the West African funk scene. Filled with fatback bass lines and James brown style " Unghhs" and "Ahhs." This record is not to be slept on. On top of being an unstoppable collection of funk, this Lp comes with a bonus download AND a 45 single to play on the go!<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27084642"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27084642" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">RADIO MOSCOW - "THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ"</span><br /><img src=http://www.newreleasesnow.com/art/Radio-Moscow--The-Great-Escape-Of-Leslie-Magnafuzz.jpg><br />The joyous return of our friendly neighborhood power trio! Written during their stay on the West Coast and recorded down at Prairie Sun, Leslie Magnafuzz is the kind of vicious guitar madness that can only be written while taking psychedelics in an A-frame in the woods and shows again why Radio Moscow's been one of Alive Record's top selling bands for the last two years.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21728947"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21728947" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PATTON OSWALT - "FINEST HOUR"</span><br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61vob%2BAHknL._SL500_AA300_.jpg><br />Another gut busting offering from one of America's greatest living funnymen. For hardcore Patton fans, this album, taken from a live show in Seattle, contains some material you've heard before (such as his rant on the way his parent's raised him or how he got out of his last parking ticket) but along with this comes a slew of hilarious new bits that will have you saying "I want ALL the ham" for weeks.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23757877"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23757877" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NOW THE ANSWER TO THE POPULAR QUESTION "WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Matt:</span> <br />I can always tell it's about to be winter when I'm digging through my record stacks and suddenly wonder where those Elliott Smith LPs got to. The weather goes grey and with it, men everywhere swim upstream to rediscover the sad bastard music of their past. For me, that means time to pull out my long red underwear and three albums that have always paired well with coffee and cold mornings.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Pavement "Slanted & Enchanted"</span><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Pavement - Zurich Is Stained .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//files.droplr.com/files/9318372/EwKbz.06%20Zurich%20Is%20Stained.mp3"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=10180961&song=Zurich+Is+Stained">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sam Amidon "All Is Well"</span><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16071261"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16071261" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><p><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Elliott Smith "From A Basement on a Hill"</span><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Elliott Smith - Shooting Star .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//luluinwater.com/wp-content/music/Shooting-Star-es.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=6118362&song=Shooting+Star">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">ADAM:</span><br />As a parent of a 17 month old monster, repetition is key. Every morning I start my day with side one of Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three's latest "Middle of Everywhere." <span style="font-style:italic;">Fuck you Raffi, my kid has taste!</span> When I get to choose what I listen to i always turn to some other fall weather favorites.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16693425"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16693425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><p><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Riley Pucket "Evening Mail"-</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">A compilation of rare 78 sides from Gid Tanners blind ugly guitar player.</span><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Riley Puckett - Ragged But Right .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//juneberry78s.com/sounds/c411-01.mp3"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=11720099&song=Ragged+But+Right">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Earth " Bees Made Honey in the Lions Head"-</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">Droney Americana perfect for staring out the window and watching the leaves fall.</span><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Earth - Omens and Portents I: The Driver .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//www.crucialblastshop.net/audio/earth_beemadehoney_OmensandPortentsITheDriver.mp3"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=11185984&song=Omens+and+Portents+I%3A+The+Driver">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br />That's it, what with all the concrete in the air, we're still trying to get fully back in the saddle. Prepare for alot of new posts coming up as the year gets closer to closing out and the end-of-the-year lists begin to get tallied from music nerds everywhere but until then,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates<br />--Matt n Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-36096889569527340192011-10-19T15:09:00.000-07:002011-10-19T15:55:06.867-07:00Come Out and Show Support For Missing LinkWell it look like they're only a few short weeks away from being done with construction of our new sidewalks and not a moment too soon. We'd like to thank all our diehard customers who have braved the snaking construction, lack of parking and sudden dust storms to continue shopping at the store. As a token of thanks (and as fundraiser during these sidewalk-less times), we'll be hosting a vinyl only night showcasing some of the knowledgeable music heads who can often be found lounging on our couch. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zryyAG9O16M/Tp9P50cEYHI/AAAAAAAAAac/4-uWddPgBpc/s1600/IMG_1738.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor;pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zryyAG9O16M/Tp9P50cEYHI/AAAAAAAAAac/4-uWddPgBpc/s320/IMG_1738.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665334711002882162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Erc73N2Tv98/Tp9QKRrFpDI/AAAAAAAAAao/SRgyJC_KM-I/s1600/IMG_1737.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor;pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Erc73N2Tv98/Tp9QKRrFpDI/AAAAAAAAAao/SRgyJC_KM-I/s320/IMG_1737.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665334993728414770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kS74mL6QVmc/Tp9Q09bVmCI/AAAAAAAAAa0/TuYONBH-5qE/s1600/IMG_1736.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kS74mL6QVmc/Tp9Q09bVmCI/AAAAAAAAAa0/TuYONBH-5qE/s320/IMG_1736.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665335727028017186" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MISSING LINK's GOT SOUL</span><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/276859_298461926846016_449691717_n.jpg><br />Join us at Humbrews this Thursday at 9pm for an all vinyl soul party featuring DJs Jason Morgan, Mantease, King Maxwell, and yours truly, Matt n' Adam. For a simple $5 you can come out and get sweaty while showing your support for Missing Link. If we get some heads then the folks at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=298461926846016">HUMBREWS</a> might just make this a once a month thing so put down your fiskars, get a ride down the hill, put on a clean pair of pants and join us, won't you?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BLOCK PARTY STYLE STREET OPENING</span><br />Halloween is going to be even more disturbing this year as the official H st opening will kick off at 4:20 with a ribbon cutting, Samba band explosion and plenty of candy for chillins big and small. As if that wasn't reason enough to come check out the newly finished street how about Pacific Paradise having their anniversary? Still on the fence, how about Henry dressed as a Bigfoot?<br /><br />That's All for Now everyone, until next time<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates,<br />Matt n' Adam </span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-87504290989939780772011-09-01T14:46:00.000-07:002011-09-05T20:24:34.659-07:00The sidewalks are getting skinny but our racks are getting fat.<span style="font-weight:bold;">A NOTE TO OUR CUSTOMERS</span><br />So you may have already noticed the construction trucks mounting H St. Over the course of the next 2 months, Arcata will be getting a sidewalk style facelift. What this means is that our streets from 11th to the plaza will be ripped up and our existing sidewalks reduced to about 18 inches, while they work to extend the sidewalks and create a single lane road towards the plaza. WE ASSURE YOU WE ARE OPEN throughout construction and though the street may be dusty, we do believe that when the dust settles you're going to be pleasantly surprised at how nice it will look...or we'll take to city hall wielding flaming torches like in the good old days. Also bear with us as the blog takes on a bit of construction as well, we figured after two years and some change it was time.<br /><br />This month we had to have a long talk with ourselves about trying something new. Ever since Pickathon, the only records we've been playing are Clifford Hayes, Darby & Tarlton, Charlie Poole and other gems you can't just stroll on in and pick up anytime. To our customers who've asked us 'what's this?' only to discover the record in question was some relic from our private stash...we're sorry. As penance, we decided to each search out something new, as well as something we've had around the store, and give you our 2 cents about a few records you can actually buy. First though, we would be remiss in our duties if we didn't hep you to some of the events coming up in our own little hamlet.<br /><a href="http://www.arcatatheater.com/2011/la-dolce-video-missing-link-records-presents-african-film-and-dance-night-with-sublime-frequences-dj-mantease-woida/"><br />SUBLIME FREQUENCIES @ ARCATA THEATRE LOUNGE</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OGv0wW-5HB0/TmWJndxjvYI/AAAAAAAAAaU/m5D8YheGMzQ/s1600/290386_273860465964567_100000218461271_1312598_3614610_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OGv0wW-5HB0/TmWJndxjvYI/AAAAAAAAAaU/m5D8YheGMzQ/s200/290386_273860465964567_100000218461271_1312598_3614610_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649072618706550146" /></a><br />When La Dolce Video called us about helping making this event really happen, first we cleaned up the puddle of pee, then in our best Rudy Ray Moore voice replied, "hell yes." Get your chance to meet Hisham Mayet, videographer of the amazing DVD series put out by Sublime Frequencies. When not traveling all over the world filming amazing musicians, apparently he likes to travel all over the coast. Come join La Dolce Video, Missing Link Records, DJ Mantease and Sublime Frequencies for two films, a Q&A session and a world dance party! Films and Q&A are all ages and the afterdoings (10pm) are +21. Admission is $5 and doors open at 7pm. <br /><br /><a href="http://ginatuzzi.com/home.html">MAMA ROUX + BITCHDOCTOR @ ARTS ARCATA</a><br />This month we're honored to have our walls gussied up by HSU alumni and 3 year champion of the Pawtucket County Fair Tractor Pull, Ms. Gina Tuzzi. Now residing in the uber-hip land of the Bay, she's kindly agreed to venture back to the old oak tree for a show she's calling, "MaMa Roux: New Art & Old Gris-Gris." Oh but wait, as if the incredible arts wasn't enough, we're makin' an all out sandwich! Starting at 6, The mighty Bitchdoctor takes the invisible stage. If you haven't already caught this trio of fine young lads, they serve up the kind of simple yet refreshing garage rock that this town needed. Afterwards, let the funky cutoffs of DJ Mantease teach you how to booty clap in a short set of soul stomp, dedicated to the MaMa herself.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thealibi.com/shows.htm"><br />THE PACK A.D. SEPT.12TH @ THE ALIBI</a><br />Two hard rockin' women combine to form Canada's greatest living garage duo. After first rocking the Alibi about four years ago, they find themselves unable to further ignore Humboldt County's siren song...plus, they emailed Ian. If you didn't catch them the first time around, make sure not to miss this so in another four years you can brag about being at the last one, when Arcata was cool. <br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18908489"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18908489" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://allah-las.com/">THE ALLAH-LAs</a><br /><img src=http://www.parttimemusic.com/photos/articlephotos/1002/Allah_Las_I.jpg><br />Remember how awesome it was when bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Go, Greenhorns and The Rosewood Thieves were making that jangly throwback rock? After what has seemed like a pretty long drought, a light rain begins to fall in the form of San Francisco's The Allah-Las. A big thanks to the folks at Aquarium Drunkard for turning us onto this one, we're definitely going to try and catch them the next time we're in the bay.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11105037"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11105037" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><a href="http://www.nickwaterhouse.com/"><br />NICK WATERHOUSE</a><br /><img src=http://host.openinteractivegroup.com/~lar/larwp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nickw.jpg><br />L.A. Weekly described this 24 year old Huntington Beach native as, 'The young man who makes old R&B". Nick Waterhouse is the New Breed - An R&B fanatic who combines an uncanny old-school sensibility with a charged, contemporary style. You know we are suckers for this type of stuff. He only has a couple of expensive self released 7"s and an EP out at the moment, but you best believe we are on the hunt to bring some into the store (we even emailed the guy already). We'll keep you posted!<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F7596948"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F7596948" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5190312"></param> <param name="allowscriphttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giftaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5190312" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.starvingweirdos.com/">STARVING WIERDOS</a><br />With their latest "Rolled in the Midst of Never-Ceasing Currents Flowing Without a Rest Forever Onward"...( damn say that three times fast!), local floor core stalwarts The Starving Wierdos step it up a notch. Crushed rap-tempo beats echo and tumble over knocking percussion, high pitched wails and the distant rattle of electrical ghosts create a mass of drone. Total mind-fuck bliss type stuff here, featuring a beautifully screen printed photo of Gregg DeVaney's Great Grandmother in front of her Topanga Canyon homestead. This is a one time pressing of 350 on Bo'Weavil records. Don't sleep on this one they won't last long.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thevermillionsands">VERMILLION SANDS</a><br /><img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3641276670_4d378d1eb8.jpg><br />Things you should know about the Vermillion Sands...<br />1) They are from Treviso Italy (so that explains the accent).<br />2) Their stuff is damn hard to get in stock.<br />3) If we had to make a 'sounds like' list we'd say Fabienne DelSol or early Holly Golightly.<br /><object width="420" height="345"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCir7fN06FQ?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCir7fN06FQ?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="345" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br />Ever since we stumbled upon the 45 Fat Possum put out by these guys a few years ago, we've kept our peepers peeled for any releases other they might send stateside. Finally after a long wait, we got ahold of their 12" EP. With a simple photo on the cover and no real listing on the back, it's been sitting on the shelf waiting for someone to discover this awesome band. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />OTHER NEW RELEASES</span><br />Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "MIRROR TRAFFIC"<br />Primus "GREEN NAUGHAHYDE" 9/13<br />Beirut "THE RIP TIDE"<br /><br /><a href="http://pickathon.com/">OK, THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL MENTION PICKATHON...</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.naturalbeardy.com">BEARDY SESSIONS</a><br />Our new friends over at Natural Beardy have compiled a whole bunch of candid recordings from all over the festival. If you didn't make it this year, then sit back and enjoy a little of what the weekend was like.<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28090907?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/28090907">Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - All for the Sake of Day.</a></p><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28413370?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/28413370">Charlie Parr - Mastodon.</a></p><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27996257?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27996257">Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - Walk Your Way Out of This Town.</a></p><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27646050?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27646050">Joy Kills Sorrow - Reservations.</a></p><br /><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/missinglinkrecordings">OH BUT THERE'S MORE...</a><br />we the stout-hearted staff of Fort Dave also manned our portable recorder through three days of liquor and doobs, managing to capture a few of our more memorable moments this time around.<br /><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/missinglinkrecordings">THE WILDERS ON THE WOODS STAGE</a><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22687018"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22687018" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/missinglinkrecordings">ADAM 'LIGHTNIN' HOSKINS, RYAN KOENIG AND BETSEE ELLIS!</a><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22686399"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22686399" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/missinglinkrecordings">THE WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS &'CHURCHMOUSE' KOENIG</a><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21339521"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21339521" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/missinglinkrecordings">RAY WYLIE HUBBARD</a><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21365552"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21365552" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><br />With the summer weather holding steady, expect us to be keeping the afro-jams and soul collections on both the racks and the turntable. C'mon by and we'll tell you all about them.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates,<br />--Matt n' Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-89105893031408342932011-08-10T14:57:00.000-07:002011-08-12T08:46:12.767-07:00We want to go back to Pickathon!<img src=http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pickathon-2011.jpg>
<br />After another glorious Pickathon, we return to the shop with our craws stuffed full of new music to tell you about. Sure we had our brains melted by Lee Fields & The Expression and we got tears in our eyes when Mavis Staples hit the stage but there sure was a whole hell of alot of magical moments on the stage and we thought now would be the perfect time to share some of them with you.
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<br /><a href="http://dockellisband.com/fr_home.cfm">Dock Ellis Band</a>
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<br />Named for the infamous baseball player who pitched a no-hitter on acid, we were clued into this amazing band by the boys of Pokey LaFarge & South City 3. A mix of honkey tonk and humor, Jesse and his talented band almost seem like the country Spike Jones. Coming from the Show Me state and beloved by every Missourian musician we met last weekend, download their free live album on their website and make sure not to miss the soon-to-be nationwide hit 'I Cheated on you with your Mom.'
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<br /><a href="http://raywylie.com/">Ray Wylie Hubbard</a>
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<br />Pickathon kicked off this year with a name we've heard before but never checked out his records. Like a dirty version of Guy Clark, Mr. Hubbard is a true Texas country star. Led by Ray's 17 year old son on blazing lead guitar, the band brought a perfect blend of country blues and honky tonk to the Woods stage. Henry went nuclear, we were pleased. Pickathon started strong!
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<br /><a href="http://www.eilenjewell.com/home.cfm">Eileen Jewell, Queen of the Minor Key</a>
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<br />Before the festival we had checked out many of the acts and truth be told, we were unsure whether or not this self professed 'Queen of the Minor Key' would be able to keep her crown during the live shows. Let us be the first to eat our doubts. Eileen Jewell and her AMAZING backup band really showed their stuff, tossin' rocking tunes into the crowd the way big breasted women throw t-shirts at a NASCAR rally. But Missing Link, you say, that doesn't discribe the music at all, and we would answer, "have you listened to their version of 'Shakin' All Over' yet?"
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<br /><a href="http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/whitey-morgan-and-78s">Whitey Morgan & The 78's</a>
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<br />This last January we first heard about the awesome honkey-tonk hutzpah put out by Whitey Morgan and the 78's and ever since then it hasn't been far from our record players. Many of you have already had us jam a copy into your hands and tell you 'just buy this' but since it has been awhile, we thought a little reminder might be in order. While picking up our jaws during the show, we were struck by 2 things: 1)Whitey looks like Ian from the Alibi's long lost twin brother and 2)This is what Country is supposed to sound like. We definitely agree with the qoute from their website, "they haven't re-invented the wheel they just picked it up and started it rolling all over again." In terms of today's country bands, these Michigan based boys could mop the floor with their gussied-up competition.
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<br /><a href="http://thewilders.us/">The Wilders</a>
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<br />Another set of folks from Missouri, The Wilders have been going strong since 1996. Featuring Lush's home girl Betsee Ellis slaying it on fiddle, these fine folks are light years ahead of the competition, performing their own songs and Kansas City standards with a rock n' roll edge. This year they put out a whole new album of original material that's Pure Ozark Mountain craziness at its finest. As lush would say "SHOW ME!!!!"
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<br /><a href="http://www.grupofantasma.com/\">Groupo Fantasma</a>
<br />Another surprise act of this years' lineup was hipshakers Grupo Fantasma. 11 funky Tejanos banded together on a quest to shake every hip in the lower 48. Even people walking by these guys on the main stage found their converse hitting the ground in time with the cumbia beat. Let us be the first to say that 'Burnin' Down the House' may have been written by the Talking Heads but was meant to be played by Grupo Fantasma.
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<br /><a href="http://sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=Brownout">Brownout</a>
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<br />A side project of the afore mentioned Grupo Fantasmo, We were stunned when we heard the fuzz tone dirty funk coming out of the barn at about 1:00 in the morning. Brownout can be called Grupo Fantasma's psychedelic Latin funk little brother, a more-than-just side project of that regularly backs Prince Simply said "Damn!" Do yourself a favor and find these guys out on the road, you won't be disapointed.
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<br /><a href="http://hillcountryrecords.com/artistlc.html">LC Ulmer</a>
<br />If you've never heard an 80 year old bluesman play the guitar behind his back, then you haven't lived. L.C. Ulmer may not be the most famous of the Mississippi bluesers but just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean diddly squat. With that dirty, slightly out of tune style, L.C. Ulmer doesn't just harken back to the delta blues, he is the delta blues. After his show L.C. saw a man loading in a fold up bass. "the hell is that?" he asked. "That's a standup bass that folds into intself" a fellow musician replied. "Damn," L.C. said while mopping his brown, "they done made EVERYTHING there is to make."
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<br /><a href="http://www.naturalbeardy.com/">NATURAL BEARDY</a>
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<br />Along our Pickathon adventures, Matt had the good fortune to meet the guy behind one of our favorite music blogs 'Natural Beardy.' Since first reading the blog two years ago, we've found alot of great acts as well as recordings from some of our favorite roots bands today. Along with his photographer Emily, Dylan roamed the fest with a recorder, getting some amazing videos of the bands playing this year. Make sure to keep an eye out on the blog for the release of these sessions and check out the past entries to discover something new yourself.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SWEATSHIRTS</span>
<br />Finally we've got new sweatshirts on the way! Featuring the design of our contest winner Derek Diorio, these t-shirts and hoodies are a one time only, limited run, meaning once they're gone, they're gone. As always, we'd like to thank <a href="http://www.blackjackhumboldt.com/">Blackjack </a>for their amazing work printing our gear.
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<br /><a href="http://www.pokeylafarge.net/2011/07/mojo-reviews-middle-of-everywhere/">MOJO SHOWS ST. LOUIS SOME LOVE</a>
<br />By now everyone knows we've have a big ole man crush on these four boys for three years now but with the release of their second album as a band, it seems the rest of the country is starting to share our feelings. Coming in this September's issue of MOJO magazine, check out the review of "Middle of Everywhere."
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">!!DON'T MISS THESE SHOWS!!</span>
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<br />This Tuesday the 16th, don't forget to get your behind out to the jambalaya in Arcata for the stylings of Frank Fairfield. Like the salmon Frank returns each year to remind us that American pop music is more like Darling Corey than Hit Me Baby One More Time (wait, did we just date ourselves?)
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<br />Also, Saturday at the Alibi make sure to catch The Pine Hill Haints from Alabama. Led by a former Quadrajet, we haven't missed a chance to see them hit town for about four years or so and we don't intend on starting now.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THAT'S ALL FOLKS...</span>
<br />That's it for now, we've got so many boxes of used lps to go through that we kinda put new stuff on the back burner but rest assured, we'll be throwing some new tunes for your summer out by our next entry. Before we go, we'd just like to thank everyone who makes Pickathon such a great time, all the bands, volunteers, bookers and most of all The Pendarvis family for hosting the weekend.
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates,
<br />--matt n' adam.</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-7257621329069783632011-07-09T12:28:00.000-07:002011-07-18T18:18:14.667-07:002 posts, 1 month.We've closing in on less than a week until our hootenanny and I think we've just about smoked every pack of Pall Mall's Arcata Liqours has. Our pre-sale tickets are down to the last 15, so grab them fast. Adam and Matt's mothers will be there so everyone on their best behavior. Summer is in effect here in Humboldt and it seems every time the same thing happens, just when we get in a new order of stuff and start to tell you about our favorites, the horde descends and we're left with just one or two of them left. Worry not though, we've got another order coming in to re-stock our summer jam picks and there's still alot of awesome stuff we've stuffed into our newly expanded CD section.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">GHOSTFUNK</span><br /><img src=http://www.boingboing.net/images/_wp-content_uploads_2011_07_ghostfunk_cover_web1.jpg><br />Aw man, this here is a release so good, we wish we could pay for it. Available as a free download, this masterpiece released this year from Max Tannone is a <a href="http://www.maxtannone.com/projects/ghostfunk/">free download</a> on his website. Here is a small description of Mr. Tannone from his website. "Max burst onto the scene in early 2009 with “Jaydiohead”, combining the sounds of rap king Jay-Z and British rockers Radiohead. Catching the ears of MTV, NBC, hundreds of blogs, music news sites, and vinyl bootleggers, the project had Jay-Z himself even tweeting “There are 3 or 4 real gems on Jaydiohead.” After listening to this ten times in a row, we finally had to say thank you Brian Woida for finding this one.<br /><object height="285" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F930599&show_artwork=false&show_comments=false&color=ff0005&show_playcount=false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="285" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F930599&show_artwork=false&show_comments=false&color=ff0005&show_playcount=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/maxtannone/sets/ghostfunk">Ghostfunk</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/maxtannone">Max Tannone</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD "We Are The Champions"</span><br /><img src=http://digboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jeff-the-Brotherhood-We-Are-The-Champions-2011-300x300.jpg><br />Last year, Jeff the Brotherhood came out of nowhere. After playing a life changing in store at our old spot, we loaded up on merch. and "Heavy Days" wound up one of our top 5 records of the year. It was seriously like some kind of modern-day Seabiscuit story. Recently, Rolling Stone named this one of the up and coming bands to look out for. What they didn't realize was that these guys already have a 5 awesome albums, a slew of limited splits and even their own label with other rad artists as well. Then again, we all know nothing is ever <span style="font-style:italic;">really </span>discovered musically until Jack White catches on. <br /><object width="150" height="142"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WXAbhlb--H4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WXAbhlb--H4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="150" height="142" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">IKEBE SHAKEDOWN</span><br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ixZQCyacL._SL500_AA300_.jpg><br />This is another one of those, 'you don't like it, bring it back' albums, we tore through all 10 of our first batch in 24 hours. Based out of Brooklyn, which has seemingly become the center of cinematic soul, this amazing seven piece was named after their favorite Nigerian boogie record. Congas, Horns, fuck man this one almost had me thinking this was some kind of Daptone/Truth & Soul/Ubiquity supergroup. Right now we're waiting for our companies to re-stock but they should be back this week and until then we still have the CD. <br /><object width="150" height="142"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6bcuQeae0Dk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6bcuQeae0Dk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="150" height="142" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEXT STOP SOWETO VOL 3</span><br /><img src=http://www.nextstopsoweto-3.com/img/cover.jpg><br />Though not a brand new release, the 3rd volume in the incredible Soweto trilogy goes deep into the mines of South African jazz to compile a collection of what they call, "Giants, Ministers and Makers." Taken from the years 63-78, this double LP set is nothing to scoff at. As our friend King Maxwell might say, this is some real adult shit. <br /><object width="330" height="217"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4nOFG82yFRA?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4nOFG82yFRA?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="217" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CIAN NUGENT "Doubles"</span><br /><img src=http://static.boomkat.com/images/448544/333.jpg><br />Last post, we mentioned how we were gonna clue you into a new emerging genre Adam's calling 'Apocalyptic Appalachia.' In the vein of such American Primitve legends such as Fahey, Basho,and Sandy Bull, Cian, takes his roots in Pre-war blues, Appalachian folk, and Irish traditional music and flips it into something much darker and completely his own. We first got clued into this guy a few years ago by Anthony of Goat Eater Arts, but up until now his stuff was nearly impossible to find. Now finally easily available from the great folks at VHF records, his latest full length "Doubles" showcases this major talent in an audacious setting of two side-long epics. Cian has ample technique, but the virtuosity here is all in service of the mood and the build up. His guitar has a darker, more intimate sound than many current players, without the brittle ring common to fingerstyle. The emergence of a deep drone after 15 minutes shakes up the track, like a swarm of bees spilling out of the speakers. There is not much better on those foggy early Humboldt morning than a fine cup of coffee and "Doubles" on the stereo<br /><object width="330" height="217"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7FNtWkz8Jog?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7FNtWkz8Jog?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="217" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />AND SPEAKING OF DOUBLES, HAVE YOU TRIED THE NEW CART ON THE PLAZA "QUEENIES DOUBLES?" WE HERE AT MISSING LINK ARE NOW RABIDLY ADDICTED TO THESE DELICIOUS TRINIDAD STREET TACOS. BRAVO TO JADA BRATMAN FOR SERVING THIS TOWN AN AWESOME NEW OPTION FOR THE POPULAR QUESTION "I'M HUNGRY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT AREN'T I SICK OF THIS WEEK?"<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">RISQUE BLUES "Big 10 Inch"</span><br /><img src=http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/e2c3014c73fc78b8780f2b8c13f9b1ab/3131502.jpg><br />Here at Missing Link we got a big ole soft spot for old tunes about drug, sex and various other illicit activities and this here is right up our alley. Originally released as a 5 CD collection, the individual volumes have been coming back in small stock so we struck quickly and got in a few volumes for our fans. <br /><object width="150" height="142"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rws_7mLTqj8?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rws_7mLTqj8?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="150" height="142" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">UPCOMING SHOWS</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />BUFFALO KILLERS AT JAMBALAYA</span><br /><img src=http://www.bompstore.com/media/10/a20791e131061c732fb4dc_m.jpg><br />Coming to the Jambalaya August 2nd, the return of the Buffalo Killers to Humboldt County. Many of you probably remember how they and the Ravens blew the doors clean off of Large Peter's Pizza Emporium a few years back. Their country psych rock style has been expanding since their last release and with a new album dropping that very day, this show promises to be epic.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PINE HILL HAINTS AT THE ALIBI</span><br /><img src=http://ugpmusic.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/images-1.jpg?w=258&h=258><br />One of our favorite country bands around today, the Haints have been droppin' jaws around these parts for a few years now. We were lucky enough to have them play in our old shop and are keeping our fingers crossed that they'll be able to make another appearance at our new digs. Regardless, don't miss them as they rip roar their way through the Alibi August 13th. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE JULY 23RD</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uRdZhHH_d3U/ThjLE9cvFqI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/lAKVxnyDWKI/s1600/JEFFSHIRT_2011_FLAMEY%25232.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uRdZhHH_d3U/ThjLE9cvFqI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/lAKVxnyDWKI/s200/JEFFSHIRT_2011_FLAMEY%25232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627471020474439330" /></a><br />Just a few more weeks until the big hootenanny, make sure to come grab your tickets here at the shop before pre-sale tickets are gone. We've recently heard an advance copy of the new album by our headliners Pokey LaFarge & The South City 3 on <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/11/137678233/first-listen-pokey-lafarge-and-the-south-city-three-middle-of-everywhere">NPR</a> and man oh man, this is going to be good.<br /><br /><br />Keep an eye out, we'll be posting one more time this month as we prepare ourselves for our yearly pilgrimage to Pickathon. We'll be closed from Aug. 4th and re-open the afternoon of Aug. 9th and if you should see us wandering around Pickathon, visit our camp (Fort Dave) across from the Woods Stage and shoot the shit with us.<br /><br />keep diggin' those crates,<br />--matt n' adamMissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-3576686193898549702011-06-24T16:59:00.000-07:002011-07-02T14:02:57.326-07:00Celebratin' AmericaThe fourth of July is upon us and we're dusting off the lawn chairs to catch the fireworks. What fireworks you may ask? Arcata may not have the money for fireworks but best believe that over off Alliance Rd, Garyfest will be blowing your eyelids clean off and up into the AC/DC filled sky. Before that though, come see our new delivery of Peruvian, Persian and French delicacies and ask us about the awesome events coming up soon.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237869436225982">PIRATE RADIO DANCE PARTY BENEFIT starring DJ MANTEASE</a> <br />Saturday July 3rd, start your weekend pre-game party off right with a night of butt shakin' and prize winnin' with your local <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humboldtfreeradio">Pirate Radio Station</a>. As a benefit to increase their broadcasting range, Humboldt's own Free Radio Alliance will be hosting a shindig at the Arcata Alibi, starting at 10pm, with tons of prizes donated by local businesses, and the amazing DJ Mantease (Brian Woida) spinning tons of Funk, Soul, Cumbia and Afro-Beat to stir the beast within you. Even if you're just looking for something to do, come see what your local Pirate Radio Station is all about all for a measly 3 bucks!<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198724396812482">JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE</a><br /><a target='_blank' href='http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/unledlp.jpg/'><img src='http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6115/unledlp.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br />Well its just about time to strap in for another full day of fun and music. July 23rd come on down to the Arcata Playhouse for our 2nd annual Jefferson State Old Time Revue. Sponsored by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bang-Bang-VintageConsignment/172254499496965?v=info&sk=info">BANG BANG</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/amptskateshop">AMPT</a> and <a href="http://savagehenrymagazine.com/">SAVAGE HENRY</a>, it'll be an all-ages, family friendly explosion of music going from 5 'till midnight. This year we're excited to welcome back some old friends as well as wave hello to some new ones. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-No-Good-Redwood-Ramblers/292626675506">NO GOOD REDWOOD RAMBLERS</a><br /><object width="330" height="277"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5F-Dk_UYRC0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5F-Dk_UYRC0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="277" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.stripedpigstringband.com/">STRIPED PIG STRING BAND</a><br /><object width="330" height="277"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s12P7-_4pFw?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s12P7-_4pFw?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="277" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107051336017135">THE UNIDENTIFIED STRING BAND</a><br /><object width="330" height="217"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0lM6qbBCEk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0lM6qbBCEk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="217" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.lanarebel.com/">MISS LANA REBEL</a><br /><object width="330" height="277"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fPtsz1SttW4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fPtsz1SttW4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="277" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.thebrotherscomatose.com/">THE BROTHERS COMATOSE</a><br /><object width="330" height="217"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G9rbeluKycU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G9rbeluKycU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="217" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.pokeylafarge.net/">POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY 3</a><br /><object width="330" height="217"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/seKAfbWFWCM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/seKAfbWFWCM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="217" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />Doors will open at 4:30, show starts at 5pm and tickets are on sale now at the shop ($20 in advance $25 at the door). We'll have pulled pork and cake pops if you're hungry and beer to slake your thirst should you be over 21. BANG BANG will be there with their Costume & Curio Corner, Savage Henry will be podcasting live! and <a href="http://humboldtfreeradio.org/">Pirate Radio</a> has graciously offered some of their amazing DJs to staff the event! This will be a night to remember so make sure you're there with us, or you know maybe you'd rather watch Atlanta Braves v Cincinnati Reds, your call.<br /> <br /><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://rawpowermagazine.blogspot.com/2011/06/chronique-decheman-gardener-st-2011.html&ei=cFQOTuv7As3biALbvOD4DQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djerome%2Bdecheman%2Bsoledad%2Bbrothers%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D2on%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D622%26prmd%3Divnso">DECHEMAN & THE GARDENER</a><br /><img src=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xNyRFhnNm9U/TgcIQ8mLDQI/AAAAAAAABos/EVlTR-t2Xuo/s1600/decheman1.jpg><br />Without a doubt this is one of our top five records of this year. Sounding like a Psychedelic Bossanova Freakout, veteran rocker Decheman and his young Gardener have created an album that is so good, we had them shipped all the way from France rather than miss out on this 300 copy run of LPs. Organ, Flute, harmonica and guitar collide with the drums to create that kind of original throwback sound so many musicians have tried unsuccessfully to capture. We don't know if it's the relaxed climate, the warm sound of the home recording, or maybe it's the rosé but whatever the cause, these two frenchies have succeeded in recording just the kind of rump shaker this U.S. of A needed for the summer. As we mentioned, copies of this are limited so grab one while you can, and check out the back where our own little Mattjackson got his first album mention! Thanks to Yannick and the fine folks at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=291354895906">Kizmiaz Records</a> for putting out an album we wholeheartedly believe everyone should hear. <br /><object height="81" width="50%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18170571%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-PibCA&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18170571%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-PibCA&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">!!CHECK THEM OUT LIVE!!</span><br /><object width="330" height="217"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mRjLA_gxiFI?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mRjLA_gxiFI?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="217" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PORNO GROOVE</span><br /><img src=http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/original-soundtrack-porno-groove-the-4839001.jpg?w=300&h=300><br />Two weeks ago, our friends at Secret Stash gave us the sad news that this amazing LP has gone out of print. We were just about to gnash our teeth over selling our copies when we discovered a box tucked behind the desk of another of our distributors! Fantasy Entertainment, one of the top producers of porno during the 70's and 80's, in a dramatic turn of events, apparently recorded more awesome music for porno than they did porno itself! 30 reels of unreleased music, along with the music from their blockbusters, was discovered by the former CEO's son Mort Rosen and after lengthy legal battles over the rights, Secret Stash was able to release 2 volumes of material from awesome action films like <span style="font-style:italic;">Grateful Head</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Ride Me Like a Wave</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Beaver Hunter.</span><br /><object width="330" height="277"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKB4S1Vf3oY?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKB4S1Vf3oY?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="277" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.watertowerbucketboys.com/">WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS "Meet Me Where The Crow Don't Fly"</a><br /><img src=http://images.cdbaby.name/w/a/watertowerbucketboys.jpg><br />Our favorite Portlandians have returned with an EP to keep your thirst up for their modern Americana sound. If you came out to their last show at the Arcata Playhouse or maybe caught them at the barn dance then you saw just how these boys can transition seamlessly between original material, traditional standards like Cumberland Gap or even a Misfit's cover. Showcasing the songwriting skills of each of the band's core members, this EP shows the continuing evolution of a band that is helping to carry traditional American music into the future.<br /><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMDk*NzAyMTMyNzkmcHQ9MTMwOTQ3MDIxOTMyMSZwPTI3MDgxJmQ9cHJvX3BsYXllcl9maXJzdF9nZW4mZz*xJm89/ZWZiMDllMzJlMDgxNDk2YmE3ZWEzNGUyM2I1OTVhYjMmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="180" height="150"><param name="movie" value="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/40/pro_widget.swf?id=artist_142593&posted_by=&skin_id=PWAS1002&border_color=000000&auto_play=false&shuffle=false&song_ids=8587458"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param><param name="quality" value="best"></param><embed src="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/40/pro_widget.swf?id=artist_142593&posted_by=&skin_id=PWAS1002&border_color=000000&auto_play=false&shuffle=false&song_ids=8587458" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowNetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="opaque" quality="best" width="180" height="150"></embed></object><br/><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://www.reverbnation.com/widgets/trk/40/artist_142593//t.gif" /><br /><br />Enjoy your 4th of July everyone and when we come back for another post, Adam will tell you all about the two new genres of Music he's discovered: Apocalyptic Appalachia and Swing Diskoteka so stay tuned kiddies and, as always,<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates<br />--Matt n' Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-43550086358294268372011-06-16T14:43:00.000-07:002011-06-20T09:47:58.273-07:00The Busy SeasonAh Oysterfest, when the plaza explodes with fake tits & chin straps all stuffed to overflowing with overpriced shellfish and tiny cups of beer. We've broken out the army helmets, sharpened a box of projectile 45s and dug a trench in the used Classical section. If you need a parlay, just wave a white flag first so we don't send a razor sharp Johnny Tillotson your way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEW STUFF</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO <span style="font-style:italic;">"1st Album"</span></span><br /><img src="http://static.boomkat.com/images/442674/333.jpg" /><br />Just in time for the warm weather comes another shake your moneymaker release. Released on the heels of their first album in 20 years and part 1 of Analog Africa's new Dance Series, the hypnotic sounds of Orchestra Poly Rythmo return with their first release from 1973. Originally recorded twice because of feedback from a keyboard amp, the originals have been lovingly restored so that two of the four tracks on this album have never hit the light of day.<br /><br />YUCK "s/t"<br /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mfq1h5e1MkM/TW29fC5P3NI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/zfFSXPOk3ds/s320/Yuck-320x320.jpg" /><br />Recently, we had a visit from some of our uber music nerd friends who live in Seattle and while looking through our 7" we were told to stock this new album from the UK band Yuck. Released on Fat Possum records, they've been compared to Dinosaur Jr or Sonic Youth. Seeing as we love Fat Possum and our friends have turned us on to countless bands over the years, both good and bad, we threw some on the order. 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This limited 2-LP set, recorded straight from the original masters, comes lovingly wrapped in a heavy duty full-color gatefold package filled with bands photos and extensive liner notes from Stuart Ellis of <a com="" img="" gifhref="www.radiodiffusion.net">Radiodiffusion Internasionaal</a>, who spent the greater part of the last ten years tracking down these musicians and compiling this awesome new comp.<br /><iframe width="330" height="217" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JBVd9gE5dpA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />ROB "Funk Rob Way"<br /><img src="http://static.boomkat.com/images/442705/333.jpg" /><br />Analog Africa have released a new series in their collection called "Limited Dance Editions." Their objective: "to release African and tropical records (in strictly limited editions) which concentrate on single artists that have had an impact on the label in a way or another." Along with the first Orchestra Poly-Rythmo, Funky Rob Way is the musical story of Rob "Roy" Raindorf, one of the most enigmatic artists to ever come out of Ghana. Trained on the piano at a music school in Cotonou, Benin, Raindorf played with acts like Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and the Black Santiagos before returning to Ghana to begin his own career. This, as well as his second release, featuring the backing power of an immense traveling army band called 'Mag-2.'<object height="81" width="50%"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14729166&"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14729166&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="50%"></embed></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/analog-africa/just-one-more-time">Just One More Time - ROB</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/analog-africa">Analog Africa</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"RAVE ON BUDDY HOLLY"</span> JUNE 28TH</span><br />End of this month will see what hopes to be an awesome compilation of Buddy Holly tunes from acts like My Morning Jacket, CeeLo Green, Modest Mouse, The Black Keys, The Detroit Cobras and more. It won't be all roses though as they're also joined by acts like Kid Rock, She & Him, Karen Elson and The Strokes' Julian Casablancas. Here's a sneak peak with the amazing rendition of "Not Fade Away" by Florence & The Machine.<br /><iframe width="330" height="217" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JlE1C8_DtSo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE <span style="font-style:italic;">"Middle of Everywhere"</span> JULY 19TH</span><br /><img src="http://unionmusicstore.com/uploads/pokey-lafarge-and-the-south-city-three-middle-of-everywhere.jpg" /><br />Another one of our favorite group of musicians today, these boys have been dear to our hearts since it was just one well dressed scrawny guy yellin' beat move shake. After being named best new act at last year's Newport Folk Festival by SPIN magazine, setting the UK on fire, being booked for this year's Pickathon as well as recording a single for Jack White's Third Man Records, The South City 3 and Pokey come runnin' with a new album full of their trademarked 'Riverboat Soul' sound. We can't say enough about how good this music is but we can tell you that it comes with our "you don't like it we'll buy it back" guarantee.<br /><iframe width="330" height="217" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mjuo6mgeqC4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />NEW RADIO MOSCOW COMING SOON</span><br />After sequestering themselves at a mysterious little shack in the hills of Red Bluff, the Alive Records Power Trio is finally returning with a new album. Back from their U.S. tour and planning a big Summer excursion in Europe, these stony former Humboldtians are prepping their third album for release. Check out the video below for a peak at a recent live show where they try out a possible new tune from the album.<br /><iframe width="330" height="217" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L0yunxljljY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />NEW FRANK FAIRFIELD ROCKS OUR COLLECTIVE WORLD</span><br />It's been almost a week now since we opened our copies of the new Frank Fairfield album and it shows no signs of being kicked off the #1 spot. We've said it over and over again, this guy is awesome. We sold 15 copies the first week, which for our sleepy hamlet is a pretty awesome thing. This week only, you can check out a short film about Frank filmed in collaboration with IFC, Dust-to-Digital and KEXP Seattle.<br /><object id="flashObj" width="340" height="270" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=994986582001&playerID=88218671001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAAAn_zM~,B6LaFUvNnt2RhwK5cjOvZ4hHQyd5XXC9&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true"><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com"><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=994986582001&playerID=88218671001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAAAn_zM~,B6LaFUvNnt2RhwK5cjOvZ4hHQyd5XXC9&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="340" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /><br />We'd write more, but it's time for us to break out the broom and shoo the drunk from our front porch.<br /><br />keep diggin' those crates.<br />--Matt n' Adam.MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-60846708777097179032011-05-03T13:19:00.000-07:002011-05-19T16:52:55.707-07:00Upcoming StuffIt's another amazing sunny day here in Humboldt County but don't let it surprise you, the rapture is coming. You only have until May 21st to finish those post-apocalyptic comp. tapes to play at your end of the world party. Remember when the looting starts on the 22nd, we've always treated you with respect...also, Maynard is trained to go for the throat. Since sunny days in Humboldt mean everyone heads for the beach, the forest, or the river, we're spending our leisurely afternoon at the shop compiling a list of things we've discovered about our dying world from behind our little counter these last two years.<br />* Visa is Metal<br />* Agility is directly correlated to body hair<br />* There is NOBODY sadder than Andy, the saddest Hobo in town.<br />* The secret to turning around the slow economy is to "phase out the pipes that look like wieners."<br />* Dubstep is alot like helium, but more effective at killing braincells.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />!!NEW STUFF!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEW BEASTIE BOYS</span><br /><img src=http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Beastie-Boys-Hot-Sauce-Committee-Part-Two-300x300.jpg><br />So we've been fielding alot of calls from customers wondering what's up with the new Beastie Boys album and so we thought we'd take a minute to sit right there and tell you how we became the store where the shopkeepers care. Despite releasing the cd version of "Hot Sauce Committee Part 2" on the 3rd of May, turntable enthusiasts will have to wait until June 21st until we get our shot at the album. The album, originally intended as a 2-part'er, has been restructured after the band discovered that Adam Yauch had developed cancer in his salivary glands. Here's their newest video entitled, "Make Some Noise."<br /><iframe width="300" height="200" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WdgLMslbDuY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FRANK FAIRFIELD <span style="font-style:italic;">"Out on the Open West"</span> May 31st</span><br /><img src=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_vrmqi-FoE/TbnZ76YmOYI/AAAAAAAAAgA/iW1SPslYZeY/s320/92.jpg?width=200><br />Frank Fairfield is a genuine musician. Strip away all the interviews about his 78 collection and articles praising his "old soul" and there remains an awkward yet talented young man who enjoys a pair of slacks. After wearing a hole in not one but two copies of his first release, we're chomping at the bit to get our hands on this new one. Complete with original songs and guest appearances by Blind Boy Paxton, The Petrojvic Brothers and more, "Out on the Open West" shows just how far this man has come as an interpreter of Popular American songs. Enjoy the link to preview a track early, or click below to see a short video highlighting some of what Frank is about. <a href="http://dodge77.com/playlist/Frank%20Fairfield%20-%20Poor%20Old%20Lance.mp3">FRANK FAIRFIELD "POOR OLD LANCE" </a><br /><iframe width="300" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eCnaxeE8BcU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CHARLIE PARR <span style="font-style:italic;">"When the Devil Goes Blind"</span> OUT NOW</span><br /><img src=http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2010-12/1292417692_59zxu1.jpg><br />From Austin, Minnesota comes Charlie Parr. With nine full length albums and countless collaborations under his belt, as usual we are a little late to the game. Damn have we been missing out. One part banjo wizard, one part 12 string slinger, and one part slide master, Charlie's songs do justice to that old sound with out simply aping old recordings. With a gravel voice and lightning fast hands he could be from an earlier time, but lie's firmly in the present. Do yourself a favor and pick up his latest "When the Devil Goes Blind", Adam has been annoying Jackie with this one on repeat for at least the last three weeks.<br /><iframe width="300" height="200" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yS4APQ14Ht8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MICHI SARMIENTO <span style="font-style:italic;">"Y Su Combo Bravo"</span> OUT NOW</span><br /><img src=http://halcyonline.com/wp-content/uploads/Michi_Sarmiento_y_su_Combo_Bravo-Aqui_Los_Bravos-The_Best_of_1967-77_b.jpg><br />Already this album is in the running for our summertime soundtrack. Soundway Records supplies us with another collection of killer Cumbia. Even if you can't dance, this double LP will make your inner ass shake and move and while you may not understand all the words, this record will endow you with the three things a bum from Trinidad told us make up the secrets of life, "makin' shakin' and gyratin'"<br /><iframe width="300" height="200" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/saMcX4nSr-M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><iframe width="300" height="200" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UzuPEzpuNP8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI <span style="font-style:italic;">"From Africa with Fury: Rise"</span> OUT NOW</span><br /><img src=http://exystence.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/seun_kuti-from_africa_with_fury_rise-300x300.jpg><br />Appearing at this year's Reggae On The River, the son of legendary performer Fela Kuti hits us with a double 12" with 8 tracks in all. After hearing the amazing drumming, infectious choruses and blazing horns on this one, we think you'll agree that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Pick up a copy so you'll know how amazing it will be to see these guys at this year's Reggae on the River.<br /><iframe width="300" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XveuI-Z_Igk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DENNIS COFFEY <span style="font-style:italic;">"Self Titled"</span> OUT NOW</span><br /><img src=http://static.boomkat.com/images/430973/333.jpg><br />Thank you Strut Records for another killer release to kick off our summer! A double LP featuring amazing guests like Mick Collins (The Dirtbombs) and Rachel Nagy (The Detroit Cobras) covering Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You," Fanny Franklin (Orgone) singing Wilson Pickett’s "Don’t Knock My Love" and Lisa Kekaula (The Bellrays) taking on 100 Proof's "Somebody’s Been Sleeping." If you aren't already familiar, this man is a former member of the Motown legends The Funk Brothers and helped create the theme to one of our favorite films, "Black Belt Jones." As the weather heats up, this collection of killer tunes are just the thing to blast on your way to the river. Check out one of our favorite tracks, "Miss Millie," backed up by the amazing funk purveyors, Kings Go Forth.<br /><iframe width="300" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv6wDI0m9Ls" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />MAN MAN <span style="font-style:italic;">"Life Fantastic"</span> OUT NOW</span><br /><img src=http://www.pinpointmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Man-Man-Life-Fantastic-300x300.jpg><br />Frantic yet poetic, Man Man and their catchy harmonized howlings have always had a place on our CD racks. After being slightly disappointed in their last album, the plucky Pennsylvanian four piece returns with their Viking-vaudeville sound for another go. This new album has a bit of MGMT added in with their unique sound and although their albums never quite capture the live performances, this new album is another great addition to the upcoming summer.<br /><iframe width="300" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fdS1MvmKvkI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">!!COMICS!!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ULTIMATE X-MEN</span><br /><img src=http://www.dynamicforces.com/images/ultxmenultxollectionbk1.jpg><br />So, admittedly I'm an X-geek. Though many titles caught my attention while I was growing up, it was bald headed Chuck and the gang that never failed to take my $2.75 every month. That being said, I consider myself fairly skeptical at the different veins and directions the stories have taken nowadays. Most X-titles confuse the hell out of me now and force me to spend time on wikipedia before re-reading them in order to understand a storyline that, in the end, doesn't even interest me. Ultimate X-Men however is not just another X-title. With the 'Ultimate' series, Marvel has offered creators a chance to re-write history and shape a different path without relying on the "What If" prefix. More than just a cheap rehashing for cash, these novels re develop the characters, offering glimpses into possibilities many Marvel readers have written countless letters to see. My only complaint with the series is that the art switches in a few of the later issues to a far too cartoony style that overly emphasizes the real-life-kids aspect that this 'Ultimate' series seems to keep as its backbone, which sometimes threatens to turn action into the Wonder Years. -Matt<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />!!EVENTS!!</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />FLAMING LIPS & PRIMUS</span><br />We just got tickets for this year's <a href="http://www.harmonyfestival.com/">Harmony Festival</a> here at the shop and we were uber surprised to see the headliners. Happening June 10-12 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, start checking the Co-op board now for your ride bro. <a href="http://www.harmonyfestival.com/lineup-schedule-2011.html">Tickets </a>are on sale here in all shapes and sizes ranging from weekend passes to single all day or night admission.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />HUMBOLDT FOLKLIFE SOCIETY'S FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL</span><br />Happening July 16th through the 23rd, The Humboldt Folklife Society are presenting another jam packed week of Roots music! This year will even feature a Country Music night at the Dell Arte Theater and a jazz night co-sponsored by the Redwood Jazz Alliance. Tons of amazing local talent will be out for this family friendly week of events so check out more while visiting their website by clicking <a href="http://www.humboldtfolklife.org/index.html#festival">HERE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE</span><br /><img src=https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/187905_198724396812482_6709303_n.jpg><br />July 23rd will be hopping! After you've had fun all day at the closing of the Folklife Festival, come join us at the Arcata Playhouse for the 2nd of our Festivals promoting country, bluegrass & old time music. Featuring an expanding lineup of talented musicians from all over the country, we're getting everything together for a real barn burner this year. Beer and Food will be sold onsite as well as a costume corner from new local business BANG BANG. Below you'll find links to the Facebook page, as well as some of this year's musicians.<br />* <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198724396812482">facebook</a><br />* <a href="http://www.thebrotherscomatose.com/">The Brothers Comatose</a><br />* <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/misslanarebel">Lana Rebel</a><br />* <a href="http://www.pokeylafarge.net/">Pokey LaFarge & The South City 3</a><br />* <a href="http://www.stripedpigstringband.com/">Striped Pig Stringband</a><br />* <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0lM6qbBCEk">The Unidentified String Band</a><br />* <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-No-Good-Redwood-Ramblers/292626675506#!/pages/The-No-Good-Redwood-Ramblers/292626675506?sk=app_2405167945">The No Good Redwood Ramblers</a><br /><br />That's all for now, make sure to stop by and say hello when you're in town.<br /><br />keep diggin' those crates<br />-- Matt n AdamMissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-31396096308588916562011-04-27T14:05:00.001-07:002011-04-28T19:05:44.352-07:00April Comes and Goes<span style="font-weight:bold;">POST RECORD STORE DAY</span><br /><img src=http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5625223028_5589af973a_m.jpg><br /><img src=http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5624707747_6956a31413_m.jpg><br /><img src=http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5596220123_014371cb13_m.jpg><br /><img src=http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5626298413_52321f7f0d_m.jpg><br />Another Record Store Day has come and gone and we all survived. Down here at the shop we were happy to see that everyone seemed to find most of what they were looking for and to those who got skunked we apologize but as we've all heard over and over again, we ordered it all and we got what we got. The crowd was soothed by the sounds of DJ Mantease and as our friends at Aquarius Records reminded everyone, we stock limited and hard to find shit EVERYDAY, not just in April. That being said, we had a blast checking out everyone's purchases and trying to answer questions, can't wait for next year.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />NUMERO'S GOLDEN TICKET</span><br /><img src=http://numerogroup.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/golden-tape-2.jpg?w=420&h=291><br />Reason number 5,723 we love these guys. After Record Store Day ended, news came out that 10 of the 300 cassettes released for Record Store Day were gold colored. The lucky winners of the golden tickets receive an even more limited 45 as a special Record Store Day gift! Featured on <a href="http://numerogroup.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/golden-tape-2-found/">Numero Group's blog</a>, check out the photo of our lucky customer Jonathan Webster, who won himself an uber rare Reverb Lmt. 45!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />REGGAE ON THE RIVER TICKETS</span><br /><img src=http://www.reggaeville.com/typo3temp/pics/829a555060.jpg><br />Get a firm grip on your seats before reading this next part, we're going to <a href="http://reggaeontheriver.com/">Reggae on the River</a>. Now on sale at the shop, tickets to this year's event are only 95 bucks and the lineup includes Seun Kuti and Africa 80!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />ArtsArcata WITH JEFF JENSEN</span><br /><img src=http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.157183786.jpg><br />Come see us May 13th for Arts Arcata with this month's artist/musician Jeff Jensen. Our walls will be filled with Jeff's woodcuts and our store will be filled with the sounds of him and his band-mates The No Good Redwood Ramblers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FREE COMIC BOOK DAY</span><br /><img src=http://semantink.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/FBCD-logo.jpg><br />May 7th marks the yearly Free Comic Book Day! and since the big boys won't let us play in their sandbox without spending $1,000, we're throwing our own party. Come check us out the first Saturday in May and we'll have comic book buttons courtesy of Daisy Drygoods, on-sale graphic novels for the snagging as well as a box full of free comics at the counter. Anyone who walks through the door is encouraged to grab a free issue. Make sure to visit <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107221222640776">Northcoast Roleplaying</a> for official Comic Book Day stuff and when you're done, head over to the kid's table where we'll be flinging spoonfuls of casserole and prostrating ourselves before a stone idol of Jack Kirby.<br /><img src=http://images.cloud.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/0807/09/1_a2a5df3eaa30b7aa6b769a2bd354ee02.jpg><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />!NEW STUFF!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ODDFUTURE</span><br /><img src=http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/ODD-FUTURE.jpg><br />Oddfuturewolfgangkillthemall. Where to start with these guys? A Hip Hop collective out of L.A. featuring leader Tyler, The Creator and members Earl Sweatshirt (quite possibly our favorite rap moniker of all time), Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Mike G, singer Frank Ocean, producers Left Brain, Syd tha Kyd (who is also the group's engineer) and the Super 3 and other non-musical members. Crazy ass skate kids who's live shows bring to mind the energy of early Bad Brains or other D.C. hardcore bands. With a gravel tongued swagger we haven't seen since early Wu-Tang releases, Tyler is set to drop his debut album Goblin sometime this May. While we could do without the F bombs...and we don't mean Fuck, this is some next level shit that west coast hip hop desperately needs. Check out the self released video for his single "Yonkers"<br /><iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ps_Gc1N7-PY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">HOLLY GOLIGHTLY & THE BROKEOFFS "No Help Coming"</span><br /><img src=http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2011/04/28/no_help_coming_holly_golightly_and_the_brokeoffs.jpg?1303986528><br />We're not gonna lie, we have a big ole' crush on Ms. Holly and love pretty much everything she does. Hell, Adam even danced his first wedding dance to a Holly song. This new album, on brown swirl vinyl, is a shot in the arm of blues, country and rock that promises to take over our record player for at least the rest of this week. While not straying too far from the last couple of releases she's done with her man Lawyer Dave they switch it up enough to make it interesting. Even throwing in a cover of a Wavy Gravy song "L.S.D. made a wreck of me". WE LOVE HOLLY GOLIGHTLY!!<br /><iframe width="200" height="180" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Rq54Wj0xdqc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO "The Cotonou Club"</span><br /><img src=http://spectrumculture.com/assets/cotonou.jpg><br />Their first album in twenty years, recorded on all analog equipment in Paris, hail the latest album from musical legends Orchestre Poly-Rythmo. Released on Strut Records, this heavy double Lp sees not only revamping of old material but new songs and guest spots by Angelique Kidjo and Franz Ferdinand!<br /><iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XGdbhAFy0MI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">LEFT LANE CRUISER "All You Can Eat"</span><br /><img src=https://www.auralexploits.com/ebay_images/lp/LeftLaneCruiser_AllYouCanEat_1.jpg><br />This was a staple of the tour van during Radio Moscow's last European tour. A mix of honky-tonk, hard rock and slide guitar influenced by Mississippi bluesmen, Left Lane Cruiser stays in the vein along with duos like Hillstomp and Doo Rag but puts the pedal to the metal when the goin' gets loud. Their new album, released in March of this year on Alive, was partially recorded by labelmate John Wesley Myers, of The Black Diamond Heavies.<br /><iframe width="200" height="180" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6212t7TvsSA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />THE ROCK A TEENS "Woo Hoo"</span><br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cv-MhAW9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg><br />Uncovered on one of Adam's digging trips, the story behind this band is a sad and all too repeated tale in musical history. These boys wrote a hit number called Woo-Hoo, were threatened with a plagiarism lawsuit from another artist so they sold the rights to their producer for pennies. What they didn't know was that their producer had already brokered a deal to sell the song to Roulette for a tidy profit. The band recorded one album after the single's success but then faded into obscurity. This is the song from Kill Bill that launched the 30 second fascination with the 5678's...but better.<br /><iframe width="200" height="180" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2cLsFtGE8zU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">LOCAL COMIC!</span><br />We're excited to highlight a local comic in our blog this month! Created by local Brother and Sister Team , Coin-Op is printed right here in town by Bug Press. The layout is grabbing, the colors vibrant and the stories a sort of comic strip meets ZAPP, with art that brings to mind the work of R. Crumb and Moscoso. Come check it out, as each issue is published in a limited run.<br /><br />That's all for now everyone, we've got lots of records to price and sweatshirts to take to the printer. Don't forget to come out and catch Frank Fairfield at the Jambalaya May 10th and until then, catch you next time.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates<br />--Matt n Adam.</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-8507684131542101702011-04-03T00:13:00.000-07:002011-04-06T11:05:13.761-07:00We've hit the terrible two!HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU OLD SO AND SO<br /><img src=http://quatchiwatch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/quatchipinbirthday.jpg><br />April 1st marks our second year anniversary here at the store and we're celebrating the birthday the way any parent of a two year old would, by foam wrapping everything in preparation for the storm to come. Already our heads are spinning from three awesome and completely different in-stores this week plus the incredible submissions from the art contest and the shop shows no sign of stopping for a nap anytime soon. We'd like to thank all our customers, supporters, friends & family and most importantly, the hobo who regularly cleans out our ashtray for us...we couldn't do this without you. Seriously though, we really couldn't be doing this job we love so very much without all of you who buy records, come to the shows, bring us your used music, or even just tell your friends about us, thank you for being a part of our dream.<br /><br />KITTY, DAISY & LEWIS<br /><img src=http://images.contactmusic.com/images/press/kitty-daisy-and-lewis-announce-new-lp-smoking-in-heaven.jpg><br />There are those moments here at the shop where we're reminded how much we don't know about music hitting the scene and this, dear readers, is one of those times. Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, the three children of Graeme Durham, (owner of The Exchange, a British mastering studio known for recent albums like "the XX" and "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"), have been releasing singles since all the way back in 2005. Their music, which incorporates elements of Western Swing, R&B, Sun-era rock n' roll and even Hawaiian, is like something you'd expect coming out of an old Victrola on Sunday nights. Though they've toured with bands like Coldplay and Jools Holland, the band is true to their sound, collecting all vintage equipment with which to record not only cds and lps but limited runs of 78s as well. Their new album comes out May 30th and we're hoping it will get US release at the same time. Until then, we'll have their other album in stock in cd.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cm-koG5RHPM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />TV ON THE RADIO "Nine Types of Light" April 22<br /><img src=http://nodata.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/TV-On-The-Radio-Nine-Types-of-Light-320x320.jpg><br />After letting down most of their original fans with "Dear Science," TVOTR are back at it again. Billed as an album/movie, "Nine Types of Light" will release right before Record Store Day. Personally, we were big fans before that last album and this one sounds like another push in the direction "Dear Science" took, (like a bad RHCP from the mid 2000's), but hey what do we know. We'd love to show you the full trailer for the release but it's only on itunes and we don't even know what pinging it to you means. Instead, here's a mini trailer and a song from the album.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oMi6NVd6_aI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="250" height="218" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qp5y3GioGTU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /> <br />THE MOUNTAIN GOATS "All Eternals Deck" OUT NOW<br /><img src=http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the-mountain-goats-all-eternals-deck-300x300.jpg><br />It's the Mountain Goats. Anything we say about this album doesn't really matter, we're biased and we buy anything John Darnielle does and worry about if it's any good later.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="250" height="218" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZOVhMbjy18I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />FLEET FOXES "Helplessness Blues" May 3<br /><img src=http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fleet-foxes-helplessness-blues-300x300.jpg><br />Ok, here it is. We've all been here before. Last year Fleet Foxes kicked ass and took names with Sun Giant and their self titled release. On the heels of this comes their second full length album. Will it win people over as much as the first? Truthfully we've only listened to one track pre-release date and while it sounded more Simon and Garfunkle than the CSN sound their last album seemed to have, there was similar orchestrations with lyrics that were a manifesto beating at the walls of the its construct (in other words, he's got a lot to say in each line).<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="250" height="218" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6mR8Z-gmK1g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />PANDA BEAR "Tomboy" April 12<br /><img src=http://theaudioperv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pandabearalbumcover-300x300.jpg><br />Now we know all of you are sleeping at night with your Animal Collective tickets clutched tightly in your hands, but April 12th will also mark the release of Panda Bear's next full length album. If you've been some of the lucky few snagging copies of the singles as they've come out, or you just listened to a track online, you know that this is a slightly new direction since the last album. Personally, we like what we've heard so far and can't wait. Also, be on the lookout for the 7"/t-shirt he's releasing for RSD, we ordered it and let's all hope they come in. And if Panda Bear is reading this, how about coming by to promote your album when you're in town?<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="250" height="171" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8SNJ7vMIfGU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />RECORD STORE DAY<br /><object height="100" width="210"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://recordstoreday.com/templates/Store/pretty_new/swf/countdown.swf" /><br /><param name="quality" value="high" /><br /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><br /><param name="shuffle" value="true" /> <embed src="http://recordstoreday.com/templates/Store/pretty_new/swf/countdown.swf" width="210" height="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain"></embed><br /></object><br />Speaking of Record Store Day, they've finally put up a list you can download with your choices for this year. We've ordered a metric shit ton of stuff and we're lighting candles at Conway's portrait in hopes that it all shows up. Regardless of what happens, it will be a stomping good time as DJ Brian Woida spins his funky ass off. <br /><a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases">CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST</a><br /><br />THE SUITCASE JUNKET<br /><img src=http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/71058_264202791849_7049075_n.jpg><br />billed as a "whistling, throat-singing, slide guitar playing one-man-band," this native of Vermont comes all the way to the west coast promoting his new album. Tuesday, April 5th come check out the all ages show, starting at 5pm.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i6NTlrE7HNk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />See You Tuesday.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Keep diggin' those crates<br />--matt n' adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-32721809577574786602011-03-10T15:31:00.001-08:002011-03-10T18:33:58.295-08:00Contest Results!**CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS FOR LARGER PHOTOS**<br /><br />RECORD DRAWING<br />We'd like to thank everyone who entered both the drawing and contest but as Sean Connery once said in a horrible spanish accent, "there can be only one." First the drawing was picked by Lord Henry the Duke of Paducah himself. All tickets were swirled into the Vader Helmet and the youngster was dangled overhead to pick out the winner. Congratulations to Alexa Roitman, who walks away with a picture lp of George Clinton!!<br /><br />DESIGN CONTEST<br />This was truly a tough call, we got some amazing submissions and spent a long time trying to figure out who to choose. In the end we're proud to announce Derek Diorio as our winner. Check out the amazing design below and keep your eye out for the hoodies 'cuz once they're gone, they're gone.<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img826.imageshack.us/i/dsc09117h.jpg/'><img src='http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4751/dsc09117h.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />But that's not all kiddies, at the end of the night we had to name a runner up based on how cool the design was. So since the hoodie can only be one person, we'll be releasing a set of Missing Link Records Postcards designed by Brian Woida! Everyone's favorite local moustache put together a set of cards based on his incredible lp prints and we're pickle tickled to have them in the store soon! Can't show you all of them of course, but here is a sneak peak at one of them...<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img851.imageshack.us/i/scan2.jpg/'><img src='http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/7610/scan2.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />ARTSARCATA<br />Oddly enough, our contest winner is also our artist for this month's artsArcata! Come check out some of the hubbub here this friday night, we'll be open 'till 9 with our artist on hand for the beginning of the evening. Here's a sneak peak at some of the work.<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img853.imageshack.us/i/dsc09107.jpg/'><img src='http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2119/dsc09107.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img852.imageshack.us/i/dsc09110.jpg/'><img src='http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/9931/dsc09110.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />RECORD STORE DAY<br />We've got the first listing of record store day stuff and it looks pretty good. We're up day and night pre-booking new titles but here are a few we're hoping to have come in (remember, no store is guaranteed to get what they ordered).<br /><br />Flaming Lips - Heady Nugs Box Set<br />13th Floor Elevators 7"<br />Suggie Otis Psychedelic Classics<br />Fleet Foxes 7"<br />Panda Bear 7" plus T-shirt<br />Off! - live at Generation<br />more to come...<br /><br />That's all for now, a short but sweet one this time but stayed tuned for lots more goings-on this month!<br /><br />keep diggin' those crates<br />--Matt n' Adam.MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-45680855068229339212011-03-02T22:14:00.001-08:002011-03-03T09:11:46.361-08:00New Lost City Rambler visits store, pets cat.We had our bar set pretty high this last week. Musician, filmmaker and photographer John Cohen has been on tour premiering his newest film, "Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy Kentucky." and, thanks to a collaboration between Adam and Craig from the Dust Busters, John agreed to come and screen the film in our little shop. We apologize in advance to the folks who couldn't come that we're bragging but there was VERY limited space for the evening and truthfully word-of-mouth filled the list up faster than we anticipated. We slid away the racks, piled in the chairs and set up Matt's enormous old television and poof! "Missing Link Theater."<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AgSBTzN8KN4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Alongside the film was a special show with John and The Dust Busters. If you haven't already heard us talking about how amazing these guys are then let us say it again, these three are walking, talking, singing, strumming tune machines. Banjo, fiddle, guitar, jew's harp (can we say that?), spoons, banjolin, no instrument was spared. To sum it up, the night was a foot stomping treat that we'll never, ever forget. After all, it isn't everyday you get the honor of meeting someone who has influenced both your love of music and the way you see it, much less take them through your local Co-Op looking for breakfast.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5sld5e5a7x8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br />The whole thing was a hootenanny and now our New Lost City Ramblers lps are never going to leave the turntable. To the fifty-four people (and one hobo) who were there, thank you for donating freely and having such a good time. To the hobo we have this to say: you can keep that jar of baby food buddy and hell, if you're reading this, we'll buy you another one.<br />(We should also note that if you're looking for more music like this, Eli from the Dust Busters runs <a href="http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/">Down Home Radio Show</a>, where you can find all sorts of 78 recordings, interviews with new artists and videos of performances from Brooklyn's own Jalopy Theater. We really recommend you give it a listen) <br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6Xi5kOvU3bw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THAT OLE NEW BOOTY</span><br />This crazy weather has us listening to all sorts of different shit as we go from sprinkling to sunny, to gloomy to hailing to double rainbow, all in the time it takes Charlie Sheen to polish of an eight ball. With all the new tunes on our stereo, we felt selfish just keeping them to ourselves, so here you go.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">EARTH <span style="font-style:italic;">"Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1"</span></span><br /><img src=http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/angelsdemons300.jpg><br />Our favorite stoner lullabye music releases another album to nod your head too. If you caught the band when they played at Nocturnum in Eureka last year then you already heard a taste of what this new album has to offer. K Records own Karl Blau has taken over on bass, replacing longtime member Don McGreevy and the organ and horns of Steve Moore have been swapped for cello of Lori Goldston. Goldston, who performed a brief solo set during their performance, has proven to add an equally tasteful addition to the music. This is not a new <span style="font-style:italic;">Earth</span>, but a fresh take.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="200" height="143" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wgyu-g17xuI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />THE DUSTBUSTERS with JOHN COHEN <span style="font-style:italic;">"Prohibition is a Failure"</span></span><br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SSBdmitOL._SL500_AA280_.jpg><br />How badly do you need this album? We dunno, how badly does Justin Beiber need a haircut? Musical legend John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers) and Brooklyn's own purveyors of old time, the Dust Busters, come together for nine traditional tunes that will leave your finger sore from hitting the play button over and over again. We could waste time typing all the musical nuances of this album but let's just put it on the glass, you don't like this, bring it back (we're that sure of this one).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DEMONS CLAWS <span style="font-style:italic;">"The Defrosting Of..."</span></span><br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61anrdH6k%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg><br />Originally named the defrosting of Walt Disney, then abbreviated for legal reasons, this 3rd album from Canadian rockers is a countryfied jangle popping loose at the seams. What more do you need to know?<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="200" height="143" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CIrsEv7V6RU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />BLACK MIRROR <span style="font-style:italic;">"Reflections in Global Music"</span></span><br /><img src=http://freemusicarchive.org/file/images/albums/Ian_Nagoski_-_Black_Mirror_Reflections_In_Global_Musics_1915-1955_-_2009113012711667.jpg?width=290&height=290><br />24 tracks from Bali, Burma, Cameroon, China, England, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Java, Laos, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia all newly transferred and mastered from 78s. 18 of these tracks appear on disc for the first time and all but one has never been reissued in the U.S. before.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />DRIVE BY TRUCKERS <span style="font-style:italic;">"Go-Go Boots"</span></span><br /><img src=http://www.mp3crank.com/cover-album/Drive-By-Truckers-Go-Go-Boots-300x265.jpg><br />On last year’s The Big To-Do, the Drive-By Truckers, partly energized by the move to a new record label, released a barnstorming album that rocked as hard as any of their early releases, but also had a maturity to pull off some great narratives and whiskey-teared ballads. On this year’s Go-Go Boots, the statements aren’t nearly as boisterous, the mood is more consistent, and the characters that occupy the songs are more fleshed out. - <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/508">Sean McCarthy</a><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="200" height="143" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kvJ-lWOZMYg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />ART OF FIELD RECORDING</span><br /><img src=http://dust-digital.com/images/320/dtd-07/aofr-sampler.jpg><br />The husband and wife team of Margo and Art Rosenbaum have spent decades collecting field recordings of 'traditional' music. This cd is a sampling of music from the two later-to-be released box sets from the Rosenbaums. The sampler CD was released in conjunction with an exhibition of Art's paintings and drawings at the Georgia Museum of Art.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BOOTY TO KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR<br /><br />WHITEY MORGAN & THE 78's</span><br /><img src=http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/whitey-morgan-and-the-78s-300x293.jpg><br />Adam's latest score, a double shot of honkey-tonk and outlaw country that sounds as if it was an unreleased album from someone like Waylon or Jerry Reed. This second full length from the band is top notch and sold out already this week. The bad news is that there were only 500 of the lp pressed but the good news is the cd is still available! Keep an eye out for the next shipment.<br /><a href="http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/resources/mp3_whitey_iaintdrunk.mp3">CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "I AIN'T DRUNK"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">IVORY COAST SOUL</span><br /><img src=http://images.hhv.de/catalog/old_detail/00217/217982.jpg><br />Another obscure french label joins the re-issue ranks as Hot Casa Records releases a two lp set that promises to be the next big thing for all you Soundway and Analog Africa fans. 13 rare tracks of Afro-funk, soul and disco fusions recorded in Abidjan, former capital of the Ivory Coast, between 1972 and 1982. We're working on grabbing a big box of these so drop us a line if you want one held for your turntable.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="200" height="143" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qqho_vZgU-o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />JOHN COHEN <span style="font-style:italic;">"The Legacy of Roscoe Holcomb"</span></span><br /><img src=http://elderly.com/images/videos/998/SHAN-DVD621.jpg><br />If you missed your chance to buy one at the show, like we did, or you just haven't seen it yet, now's your chance! Compiled from footage that wasn't used for Cohen's previous film about Holcomb, "That High Lonesome Sound," along with additional footage shot at that time, this is a great addition to the DVD rack. Plus it also includes Cohen's first feature on Holcomb, "That High Lonesome Sound." A film not a movie, Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy Kentucky also contains bonus features where the art of quilting is compared to the art of banjo picking.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />COMIC BOOKS</span><br /><img src=http://media.insidepulse.com/zones/comicsnexus/uploads/2010/06/GL-SecretOrigin.jpg><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN LANTERN SECRET ORIGINS</span><br />As a longtime lantern fan, picking this up I thought to myself, "this is a story so I could repeat this story backwards and forward, this will offer NO surprises." What I discovered, to my joy, was an indepth look at why ole Abin Sur was headed towards Earth in the first place. Old school Lantern fans will be stoked at the new take on story as well as all the in-depth knowledge, new fans ought to find themselves dropped into a well drawn lesson on how the whole Green Lantern things actually works. A hardcover edition with a twenty dollar tag, we've sliced this lovable puppy down to 12.99<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />MONDAY MARCH 25TH MARISSA ANDERSON</span><br />We mentioned earlier on the blog that Mississippi Records had told us to check out their new Lp coming out by Marissa Anderson. Some of you may recognize Ms Anderson from her earlier projects, such as the Dolly Ranchers (maybe some of you older Arcata residents remember seeing them at the Milk Barn). Her new album, a collection of 12 improvisational pieces for lap steel and slide, is, to quote Adam, "John Fahey-ish" and we're damn excited she wanted to come play here. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more on this soon.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />RECORD STORE DAY</span><br /><img src=http://vivoscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ozzy_2011_Record_Store_Day_Ambassador_02-11.jpg><br />The calls are coming in and it's time to remind you all that these limited releases are VERY TOUGH for independent stores to get in beyond a few copies. We all do what we can but with the little we're given, so this record store day if your store didn't get something or ran out, don't give 'em any guff, they worked hard. Here is what we do have to say about the upcoming shitfit that will be record store day.<br />1. We cannot guarantee ANYONE to get a copy of the PHISH 45. We're ordering as many as we can and what we get is what we'll get. First come, first served, April 16th.<br />2. Record Store Day hasn't really released any official lists of what's coming, you'll know as we do, trust us. There is talk of a download full of french bands to commemorate this year, however.<br />3. We do know there will be a KILLER release from Numero Group limited to 1000 LP, 1000 CD and 300 Cassettes! All unreleased, all drool worthy.<br />4. We'll open at 11:30 as always, with no preferential treatment on who gets what, and a limit of one of each title per customer.<br />5. Seriously, stop askin' about the PHISH.<br /><br />Ok cats and kittens, it's been one looong month for only 28 days and now we're gonna go take a nap and dream about how awesome Jefferson State Old Time Revue is going to be this year. If you need to buy anything just leave the money on the counter, take change when applicable. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />keep diggin' those crates,<br />--Matt n' Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-32975949909497413062011-01-30T19:26:00.000-08:002011-02-10T20:22:48.578-08:00Won't You Be Our T. Valentine?February has some big things in store for us here at the shop. A handful of in-store performances, some awesome new stuff, and a giant box of killer used lps we've just got in promise to keep everyone on their toes during this, the shortest month of the year.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />STORE EVENTS</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">*click thumbnail for larger version of poster*<br /></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />BLACK VELVET EXPLOSION - FEB 11TH</span><br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img707.imageshack.us/i/artsfeb.jpg/'><img src='http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3706/artsfeb.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br />If you've stopped by the shop lately, you've seen our amazing new tribute to our lord Conway, painted on black velvet by former local boy Chris Henry. February ArtsArcata we'll be hanging a whole slew of new black velvet paintings featuring celebrities like William Shatner, Dwight Yoakam, The baby from Eraserhead and more! Come enjoy the evening as we rock out to Alannah Myles on repeat.<br /> <br /><a href="www.watertowerbucketboys.com"><span style="font-weight:bold;">WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS vs ABE LINCOLN</span></a><span style="font-weight:bold;"> - FEB 12TH</span><br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img543.imageshack.us/i/bucketg.jpg/'><img src='http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8423/bucketg.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br />They've wowed you at the barn dances and they strutted their stuff behind the crooked jades at the playhouse last month, this month see these fun-lovin' boys from Portland tear hell through the shop. With fake bears and stove top hats, they'll be playing an entire set of Abe Lincoln inspired tunes but don't say anything 'cuz we told 'em they were coming by for a free lunch. If'n you can't make the afternoon show, catch them later at <a href="http://www.humboldtbrews.com/index.php">HumBrews</a> with Hillstomp for 10 bucks (9:30pm).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.riotfolk.org/?m=brennasahatjian"><span style="font-weight:bold;">TANSY & TARWEED</span> </a><span style="font-weight:bold;">AND</span> <a href="http://astickandastone.com/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">A STICK & A STONE</span></a><span style="font-weight:bold;"> - FEB 15TH.</span><br />Noted for her unique guitar style, Brenna plays original folk tunes involving guitar, cello, and piano. She recently helped form Tansy and Tarweed, a anarcha-folk doom jazz quartet based in Portland, OR. A Stick and A Stone has been described as having “elements such as classical instrumentation, punk-infused chamber tones, and supernatural vocals, teamed with multi-disciplinary performances."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">GUYS ON GUITARS - FEB 23RD</span><br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img257.imageshack.us/i/guysw.jpg/'><img src='http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6480/guysw.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br />Former Broken Hearts guitarist / solo musician Zak McLongstreet returns to town for a visit and will be playing an instore set alongside Colin Begell from Strix Vega and Phil of TLSNBE in a show we affectionately call, "gUys wIth gUItArs." We'll be starting things about 5 p.m. so stop by and grab some floor.<br /><br /><img src=http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/161938_104645495009_4397317_n.jpg><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/7come11">7COME11</a> at JAMBALAYA - FEB 4TH (DAMN)<br />A well wishing promoter dropped off a 45 of these guys for us at the store and after a four album long Conway Twitty session we threw it on to see what a song titled "dollar store" sounded like. What we got was a pleasant surprise in the form of bluesy guitar funky organ and on point drums, creating a vocal-less groove that reminded us a bit of artists like Quintron or Decheman and the Gardener. This self proclaimed "Hammond Organ Trio" just played the Jambalaya and before you weep too much at missing the show, they seem to hail from Santa Cruz so make sure you catch it next time, we know we'll be there.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE TICKET FANDANGO</span><br /><img 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/>So we've had a metric shit ton of folks heading into the store wondering about where to buy their tickets. To these folks we'd like to say we're trying our best to bring in as many event tickets as we can with our new location but bear with us as we wait for the tickets roll in and in the coming weeks if you see some we're missing, please let us know. That being said, no we will not be selling tickets for the Animal Collective shows up here.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEW FEBRUARY STUFF</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CAVE SINGERS "No Witch" - FEB 22ND</span><br /><img src=http://www.mp3crank.com/cover-album/The-Cave-Singers-No-Witch-300x300.jpg><br />So we got an early copy of the new cave singers album to peruse and from the moment we hit play we were sold. Horns, handclaps and an organ are just a few new things added to the same awesome equation the Cave Singers mapped out with Invitation Songs way back in 2007.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="200" height="180" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t3nzDVF1dEY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEW MOGWAI "Hardcore will Never Die but You Will" - FEB 15TH</span><br /><img src=http://www.sweetslyrics.com/poze/Mogwai%20-%20Hardcore%20Will%20Never%20Die,%20But%20You%20Will.jpg><br />Mogwai have always seemed to have a much better sense of humor than most of their peers. While most of the bands that sound like them opt for either brooding, austere soundscapes or breathtakingly ethereal musical collages, the Scottish five-piece have a knack for poking fun at everything from the silliness of the genre they’re often lumped into to the stagnancy of much of today’s music by toying around with dynamics and silence to shake things up aurally. -Möhammad Choudhery<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="200" height="142" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aQr9UYN1JbA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A HAWK AND A HACKSAW "Cervantine" - FEB 15TH</span><br /><img src=http://www.balkana.ru/images/users/balkana/A_Hawk_And_A_Hacksaw_-_Cervantine.jpg><br />With each album this group seems to shed their history as indie rock gypsyphiles and secure their legacy as modern purveyors of a European musical legacy. <br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aYjfBZxhUzU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DAN MELCHIOR "Assemblage Blues" - FEB 15TH</span><br /><img src=http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/dan_melchior_assemblage_blues.jpg><br />Let's just be honest, we love Dan Melchior. We buy nearly everything this fuzz rocker has ever put out and we only say nearly because he seems to release a new 45 every month. This month shows another new lp and while we weren't able to offer you a sneak peak track, this description from the label just about sums it up.<br />"As Dan Melchior continues to kick the Medway gutbucket to the curb, he is also willfully absorbing all manner've underground cankerous crud along the way. For those endeared to wallet chains and crisp, cuffed jeans, this has been tantamount to heresy. But for thems what's embraced the sounds of "the new Dan," said aberrations are as welcome to caustic ears as a cold beer is to a set've parched lips. And while last year's Visionary Pangs LP (released with Das Menace on the S-S label) was a grower and a half, Assemblage Blues snuffs it as if it were no more'n a sneeze in the wind." "This here LP seemingly vibes from such left field Blighty heavies as Instant Automatons and L. Voag as well as the dark side of Alex Chilton (think Dusted in Memphis) and the 3:00 A.M. shudder of Prominent Disturbance. Within the canon of the Siltbreeze label, Melchior's magnificent malarkey on Assemblage Blues has secured him a spot somewhere between The Shadow Ring and Jim Shepard. The pone don't sizzle much hotter than there. And the sneezin' is nil."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SOMETHING FROM OUR PICKS BOARDS</span><br /><br /><img src=http://bp0.blogger.com/_7zKtDPMZ7xw/R5fL-UwePUI/AAAAAAAAAe0/oVFJ3NJpd0I/s320/Johnny+Lunchbreak.bmp><br />--Matts' picks this week include a little something we found while making our giant Numero Group order last month, and truthfully we forgot about it to what with all the Syl Johnson, Mighty Mike and Brotherman on Cassette but forget all that right now and let me tell you about Johnny Lunchbreak. For less than two years, Johnny Luchbreak wowed the musical scene of Hartford Connecticut circa before disappearing into obscurity and leaving behind a small legacy of unreleased demos. Though they never recorded an album, this demo collection is an infectious garage/funk/blues/pop monster that has moments of Jefferson Airplane, Bill Fay and The Modern Lovers even though they were attempting a Stones/Bee Gees thing. All in all this is a story old as time: start out playing for fun, get serious, find success elusive, then call it quits in frustration when you realize that feeding your child is more important than playing bars in Vernon for pitchers of beer. <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/files.posterous.com/skirts/yQamgbkX8uA3v4mvTxq25JLa81nbwAzHhq1NksiDW3zPbtWyKWLXtxvOlYjo/07_Amazing_Pain.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJFZAE65UYRT34AOQ&Expires=1297308669&Signature=n3qXS196OQDPruTFAJbDL2k2YfU%3D">CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE TRACK<br /></a><br /><br /><img src=http://stream.cdandlp.net/superflyrecords/catalogue/The_Lions-Jungle_Struttin.jpg><br />--Adam's picks this month are a bit more contemporary. The Lions are the result of an impromptu 2006 recording session by members of Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Rhythm Roots All-Stars, Orgone, Sound Directions, Plant Life, Poetics and Macy Gray, at Orgone's Killion Studios, in Los Angeles. Released on the oh so loved Ubiquity Records, Jungle Struttin' is a collection of ten originals and one cover that has been hailed as "a modern old school reggae album."<br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> The Lions - jungle struttin' .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//earitnow.com/uploads/mp3s/thelions/03-the_lions-jungle_struttin.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=4295306&song=jungle+struttin%27">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">COMIC BOOKS</span><br /><img src=http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/14/14482.jpg><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">UMBRELLA ACADEMY</span><br />A book so good, you'll hate yourself for enjoying it. The reason behind this self-loathing? The writing talent behind this amazing book is none of other than Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance. Just to wet your appetite, here's how it begins...<br />" It was the same year "Tusslin' Tom" Gurney knocked out the space-squid from Rigel X-9. It happened at 9:38 p.m. It came from an atomic flying elbow...forty three extraordinary children were born to mostly single women, who had shown no signs of pregnancy, in seemingly random locations around the world." Now how do you NOT want to read about that? With an amazing story, talking monkeys and layouts that have the feel of a Wes Anderson movie this book is an ever-lovin' steal at three bucks off the cover price!<br /><br />A DOWNLOADABLE GIFT FOR YOU<br /><img src=http://www.frockclothing.com/images/music/wudos_band.jpg><br />WUDOS BAND<br />Two Staten Island giants collide in a mash up of mythical proportions. Created by Wu-affiliate Cloud Kicker Original and Emilio Sparks and produced by Tekst, of the Higher Concept (who have previously produced or engineered for members of the Wu), right now it only exists on the web and faded blankets along Canal St. but given the buzz around this release we should all keep our fingers crossed. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.frockclothing.com/images/music/wudos_band.jpg">CLICK HERE</a></span><br /><br />Don't forget the design contest ends this month, as well as the George Clinton picture lp raffle. Feel free to stop by to drop a valentine in the boxes taped to our desks... we have a sneaky feeling Henry's going to win.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQkohmCrGY"><img src=http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dre200/e262/e2629254ziy.jpg></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates</span><br />--Matt n' AdamMissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-7423148026788793972011-01-24T16:59:00.000-08:002011-01-25T13:29:07.979-08:00How the hell is January almost over?Garyfest 2011 day 24, a glorious day here at the shop as a whole slew of new orders roll through the door and some things we never thought would ever materialize! Between R. Crumb's "Hot Women" collection, Thee Vicars, Nigeria70, it's amazing we can even manage to throw things into the racks instead of our hold piles. What's our secret for keeping our racks and your racks stuffed? ordering more than one. Each new order we each make a tough choice of what one record to keep for our own collections and this week it's a tie between falling in love with your own choice and coveting thy neighbors'<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MATT's PICK</span><br /><img src=http://www.theartsdesk.com/images/stories/angola_soundtrack.jpg><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Angola Soundtrack</span><br />"Angolan music is truly unique and stands on its own as a sound that can only be found in that part of the world...superbly melodic, highly danceable, hypnotic, raw, quintessentially beautiful - and totally addictive. From the nine Analog Africa releases thus far, 'Angola Soundtrack' has been the most difficult to create." --taken from the <a href="http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html">Analog Africa blog </a><br /><object height="81" width="50%"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6472417&"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6472417&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ADAM's PICK</span><br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61nPLPo%2BGvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Mighty Mike Lenaburg</span><br />Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg chronicles Phoenix, Arizona’s off-”Funky Broadway” scene that happened while Dyke and his Blazers were setting national charts on fire in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s. Covering Tejano psych, flute funk, both horny soul and horny kid soul, cackling R&B, deep ballads, and fist-fight doo-wop." --taken from the <a href="http://http://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=00264">Numero Group website</a>.<br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Lon Rogers & the Soul Blenders - My Girl Is A Soul Girl .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="145" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//bankrobbermusic.com/mp3/BRMOCTJAMS/11MightyMikeLenaburg.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="8"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=38558&song=My+Girl+Is+A+Soul+Girl">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OTHER NEW TITLES</span><br />The Decemberists "The King is Dead"<br />Ebo Taylor "Love and Death"<br />Analog Africa "Afro Beat Airways"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">COMING JANUARY 25TH</span><br />Iron & Wine "Kiss Each Other Clean"<br />Deerhoof "Vs Evil"<br />Carolina Chocolate Drops "Luminescent Orchestrii"<br />Monotonix "Not Yet"<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />COMING FEBRUARY 15TH</span><br />A Hawk & A Hacksaw "Cervantine" <br />Mogwai "Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will"<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />NUMERO EXPLOSION</span><br /><img src=http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs740.ash1/163280_492134306995_70366651995_6570888_5122232_n.jpg><br />Our giant order is in from Chicago and we spent the day building our Tower of Numero! and if the legends are correct, all 39 pieces combined build a tower of Babel to musical heaven. I know we're super excitable about everything we stock around here but we can't say this enough times, "there isn't a bad Numero Group release." Anything you buy from these guys is a hit as far as we're concerned, be it obscure Psych-Folk from 70's Illinois, the soundtrack to a never released blacksplotation movie or a label that died because their president ran off with the cash, it's more than a record it's a lesson in music history.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />GRAPHIC NOVEL</span><br />(Although I'm usually reviewing our rack for the blog, this one is such a favorite of Adam's that I had to ask he write the review for <span style="font-style:italic;">Marvels</span>, the graphic novel that got him reading comics again. --Matt)<br /><br /><img src=http://www.zianet.com/comic-booksuperstore/marvel/marvels.jpg><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Marvels</span><br />What goes through the mind of the average Joe when superhuman freaks smash the shit out of your city. Told from a humble reporters point of view, this story is full of real emotion, fear, hate, love and wonder. The type of things we would all experience if you were to look up in the sky and see The Human Torch(a man engulfed in flames) trading blows with Prince Namor (the ruler of the supposed mythical Atlanteans). Drawn by one of our favorite artists Alex Ross, this book ended a ten year comic drought for me, and is a must read for any comic nerd lapsed or otherwise.<br /><br />(With a price tag of twenty bucks, we here at Missing Link think you should only have to pay 15...take that comic code.)<br /><br />More to come in the next week or two, make sure to stop by the shop and snap up one of our new bumper stickers featuring our new slogan <br /><img src=http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs900.ash1/180841_489735536995_70366651995_6545356_4444154_s.jpg><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates</span><br />--Matt n' AdamMissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-23019059717172720042010-12-21T16:02:00.000-08:002011-01-15T12:52:57.792-08:002011: hitting the ground running.<span style="font-weight:bold;">SHOP NEWS</span><br />We're steadily unpacking everything in our new spot and finding boxes of records we've been meaning to put out, as well as show posters that will be for sale on our walls. Our thanks to everyone who came in for the in-store featuring Ms. Lana Rebel and friends, there will be many more to come. Our next in store will be Feb. 12th with the Water Tower Bucket Boys! <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DESIGN CONTEST</span><br />Click below to view a larger version of our design contest flier with all the rules and regulations. Our judge and artistic director Lush Newton has talked us into extending the deadline until the end of February so get movin' and take your place as the designer of our latest sweatshirt!<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img718.imageshack.us/i/design2c.jpg/'><img src='http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4786/design2c.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />RECORD CONTEST</span><br />Also extended into the month of February, our record raffle. For a fee of $4 get yourself a ticket and be entered to win a limited picture disk LP of George Clinton in Alpaca chaps! All proceeds go towards some serious medical bills and there's no limit to entry so feel free to stuff the box. Click below to view the lp in its glory!<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img689.imageshack.us/i/r6132501202342693.jpg/'><img src='http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/542/r6132501202342693.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PORTLANDIA</span> <br />Adam happened upon this trailer the other day which begs the question, how do you know when your scene is over? January 21st "Saturday Night Live" cast member Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag member Carrie Brownstein will bring you their take on the place everyone moves from Arcata to...for a few months. Watch the first episode now by clicking below and watching the first episode courtesy of HULU. <br /><object width="480" height="270"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/8rSUR0H1EI3qCUmWphzRkA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/8rSUR0H1EI3qCUmWphzRkA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="270" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SONGS FROM OUR BRAIN</span><br />We decided to do something a bit different this month and focus on songs that have gotten lodged deep within our brain lately. Nothing's worse for your friends and family than being drug along for the ride during a case of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4332771.stm">brain itch,</a> so we decided to share ours with you to give them some relief.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />M.I.A. "Bad Girls"</span><br />Part of her new downloadable mix tape "<a href="http://vickileekx.com/">Vicki Leekx</a>," this track is Paper Planes 2.0. Featuring haunting bazaar synth and a pounding, syncopated beat, courtesy of Timbalands' protégé Danja, Mi.I.A. has delivered another track that furrows deep into your brain. As one reviewer encapsulated it, "the memorable semi-nonsensical phrases repeated until they become absurdly and transcendentally powerful," are what cement this and other M.I.A. hits' addictive nature. The rest of the album is admittedly a bit spotty, with few other moments standing up to this monster of a track but as local music nerd King Maxwell pointed out, you have to remember this is an east coast mix tape and a free one at that.<br /><object height="81" width="50%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8951372"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8951372" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Panda Bear "You Can Count on Me"</span><br />Limited to a mere 3000 copies, it's a pretty sure bet most of us missed the new tracks put out this year by Animal Collective's own Panda Bear. So far four tracks have been released on two seven inches and after listening on repeat for days, our ears are already salivating for more. Some tracks have that classic Panda Bear sound that made such an instant hit but also there's a bit of something new in there as well, something that shows a positive evolution in this 33 year old musicians' solo work. Expect the full length out this April but until then, here's a taste.<br /><object height="81" width="50%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6011931"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6011931" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Cazwell "All Over Your Face"</span><br />12 months of Cazwell still hasn't tarnished our love for this thong rockin' gay rapper from Massachusetts. Between releasing his own string of hits and producing Amanda Lapour's first album, it seems Cazwell hasn't found time to release his second full length, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_My_Mouth">Watch My Mouth</a>," on LP just yet but the 12'' of our favorite track is still available if you hunt. <br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Cazwell - All Over Your Face .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="145" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//dirtypoodle.com/mp3s/AllOverYourFace.mp3"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=3340731&song=All+Over+Your+Face">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Michael Hurley Unholy Modal Rounders "Slurf Song"</span><br />After hearing a cover of this song during our in-store with Lana Rebel, it burned our ears until we finally tracked down where we'd heard it before. From an album recorded over the course of three days back in 1975, Peter Stampfel, Michael Hurley, Jeff Fredrick and a crew of others recorded a lighthearted bit of silly songcrafting that follows your every whistle.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UZA7OT3Ib5I?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UZA7OT3Ib5I?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">GRAPHIC NOVEL</span><br /><img src=http://www.dccomics.com/media/product/1/6/1606_400x600.jpg><br />This month we're excited to highlight a series that's so good, we wish we could get alzheimers so we could read it again for the first time. The premise is this: characters from all our favorite bedtime stories flee their homelands, driven out by an evil oppressor, and wind up refugees, hidden in the heart of New York City. Volume one showcases hardboiled detective Bigby Wolf attempting to unravel the mystery of who killed Snow White's sister, Rose Red. Each of the first three storylines try and exemplify a different genre: the first is a murder mystery, the next a conspiracy thriller, and then a caper story. For nine years now the series has evolved and transformed characters and classic legends alike, producing numerous spin offs and winning 12 Eisner awards, all the while keeping me just as hooked as when I used to watch "Six Feet Under." Pick up any of the first four volumes at the shop, or get em all for ten bucks off the combined cover price!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">NEW TITLES ARE A-COMIN'</span><br />Iron & Wine "Kiss Each Other Clean"</span><br />Coming out at the end of January, another release from Indie beard Sam Bean!<br /><a href="http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Iron-Wine-Tree-By-The-River.mp3">Tree By The River</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Marisa Anderson "The Golden Hour"</span><br />We had a few folks from Mississippi records come by and check out our store over the holidays. We spoke of how much we enjoy their cassette comps. and were told, "if you like our re-releases, wait till you check out Marisa Anderson." Her new album, released this month on Mississippi, features 12 improvisations for guitar and lap steel.<br /><object data="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=1295022566/size=grande/bgcol=050000/linkcol=ece309//" type="text/html" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=1295022566/size=grande/bgcol=050000/linkcol=ece309//"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#050000"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><object data="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=1295022566/size=grande/bgcol=050000/linkcol=ece309//" type="text/html" width="300" height="100"></object></object><br /><br /><br />That's all for now folks, stay tuned for updates on new releases, restocks of our year end favorites and a schedule of this year's ArtsArcata madness!<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">keep diggin' those crates.<br />--Matt n' Adam.</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-22078412365870382862010-12-11T16:21:00.000-08:002010-12-14T19:22:19.113-08:00Enter The New StoreWell we opened the doors, and while we may not have all the nails hammered down but we do have a killer stock of records, cds and graphic novels to come out swinging. Don't forget us this holiday season, as you do the shopping for the music nerd on your list, we've got gift certificates, new Missing Link gear and a slew of sale items for this Festivus. First though, let's talk about some new stuff that just came in the doors this month.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Extra Lens (John Darnielle & Franklin Bruno)</span><br /><img src=http://www.altpress.com/images/sized/images/uploads/album_covers/reviews_TheExtraLensU-220x220.jpg><br />"For a band that’s been around, on and off, for almost 20 years, The Extra Lens has kept a pretty low profile. Then again, “low profile” is pretty much the best way to sum up Undercard, the band’s second full-length, and its first since 2002’s Martial Arts Weekend. Originally known as The Extra Glenns, the duo of The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and Nothing Painted Blue’s Franklin Bruno sounds exactly like a mix of those two projects, but where Martial Arts was more of a slapdash, punk-folk affair, Undercard peddles in a more mature, assured—though no less skeletal—kind of songcraft. With an acoustic-plus-distortion-plus-piano approach that recalls Billy Bragg’s early work..." -Jason Heller (The Onion A/V Club).<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GH23QiXjC8U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GH23QiXjC8U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Psychedelic Aliens "Psycho African Beat"</span><br /><img src=http://psychemusic.org/cd/psychedelic_aliens_CD.jpg><br />We've been waiting a looong time for this one to hit wax. Sometimes known as The Magic Aliens or just the Aliens, the three short years these amazing musicians were together produced eight of the funkiest afro-psych tracks of their time. It took Frank Gossner, of Voodoofunk.com, an amazing 4 years, 9 visits to Ghana, and dozens of newspaper advertisements to track all 24 minutes of this music and serve it up to the salivating record dork community. Full of fuzzed out guitar and farfisa, one of the awesome things we discovered about this LP is that it's just as fun on 33 as it is on 45!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sfNGsdU9GDI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sfNGsdU9GDI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">South Memphis String Band "Home Sweet Home"</span><br /><img src=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XCNU1M6O9g/S10cuM6eu7I/AAAAAAAAB6Q/eQG7HBKTo1I/s400/south+memphis.jpg><br />Luther Dickinson (from the North Mississippi Allstars), Alvin Youngblood Hart (the great modern bluesman) and Jimbo Mathus (of the Squirrel Nut Zippers), three talented musicians with a love for old time music, who've teamed up to create a trio of palpable proportions. They ve been called a regional rorots music supergroup by some reviewers but the alliance of Dickinson, Hart and Mathus is more like three good friends attempting to preserve and revive the great jugband/stringband traditions of the deep south.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i-_4QfOAYc8?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i-_4QfOAYc8?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Orgone "Cali Fever"</span><br /><img src=http://c2so.reverbnation.com/data_public/artist/image/47/474801/small/Orgone_Cali_Fever_1274559915_1274559964.png?1><br />A new release from one of what we consider to be a majorly understated band of today. Hailing from the capital of Southern California, the members of Orgone have been up to Humboldt a handful of times now with less of a local response than we'd expect from such a killer funk band. With a lightning percussion section and the classic wah'd out guitar backing a strong female lead vocal, this band could turn a into a dancefloor. With their latest release, Cali Fever, the band expands into a more world beat feel, creating a sound similar to bands like The Daktaris or El Michels Affair.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DnxqCKPRvcg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DnxqCKPRvcg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />UNCLE MATT's SOUL CORNER</span><br />A new section for the store is Uncle Matt's Soul Corner, where you'll find cd versions of the amazing soul that hasn't reached wax yet. We devote so much attention to our beloved wax (such as the few copies of Tear-Stained Soul we just found on LP), that we thought the CD-minded should get some of our love and affection too. This week, we're turning our attention to a release that costs a whopping 55 smackers for the vinyl-minded but costs your compact disk budget a mere dollars, <span style="font-style:italic;">"The Northern Soul Story Vol.4 - Wigan Casino."</span><br /><img src=http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/medium/AMOV_156___69594__07202010103423-8365.jpg><br />A nightclub in Lancashire England, from 73-81 Wigan Casino was one of the premiere spots for northern soul music and was voted the World's Best Venue in 1978 by Billboard Magazine,beating New York's Studio 54. The Club closed December 6th 1981, the final night of Wigan Casino, the crowd refused to leave, so according to the DJ, to "break this spell of hysteria" he picked a 7" at random from his box and played that. This final Wigan Casino song became one of the most famous northern soul songs of all time, Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)".<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwvpeYiQwss?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwvpeYiQwss?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MISSHAPEN BUT STILL COOL</span><br />Another of our new sections, these are cds that were to oddly sized to fit in the racks but still deserve all the attention their uniformally shaped brothers and sisters do. This month it's a killer lesson in music history from the guys at Honest Jons, <span style="font-style:italic;">Living is Hard: West African Music in Britain,927-29</span>.<br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51myKJEkdbL._SL500_SL160_.jpg><br />Made in London, these recordings were issued originally by the Zonophone record label. The first West African Zonophone recordings date from 1922, when the Reverend J. J. Ransome-Kuti — Fela’s grandfather — traveled from Nigeria to Britain, to record Christian hymns in Yoruba. The tracks on this release are all over the map, with guitar/vocal pieces, drum ensembles, bizarre growled vocal performances and large ensemble piece. The folks over at Honest Jons have worked hard to make this an album that musically portrays a snapshot in time, with as little left out as possible and we here at Missing Link tend to think they did a damn fine job. Not an album that will overtake you upon first listening, this is more like one of those musical history lessons that, over time, become some of your most treasures comp. gems. Click below for a sample.<br />George Williams Aingo - <a href="http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/george_williams_aingo-akuko_nu_banto.mp3">Akkuo Nu Banto</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">GRAPHIC NOVELS</span><br />With the new store, we're expanding our graphic novel section with alot more new and used stuff for the superhero inclined. This month's feature is Batman: Secrets, drawn and written by Mr. Sam Kieth. The artist behind some of the largest and most grizzled looking incarnations of Marvel heroes, as well as the highly successful book/tv show The Maxx, turns his attention to the Dark Knight and the Joker in dark story about childhood trauma and media exploitation. <br /><img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zFUIfcmwL.jpg><br />When Joker convinces a parole board to let him back on the streets, he resumes his old life, only to have a confrontation with Batman misleadingly captured on film and sold to the tabloids. Making the most of this, the Joker attempts to turn the public on Batman with the help of his unconventional new sidekick. Written shortly after the Killing Joke, this has a concentration on the whole Joker/Batman, Holmes/Moriarty situation but focuses more on the two's confrontation of their inability to exist without the other to validate their own existence...woah, heavy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEW SWEATSHIRTS AND STICKERS</span><br />The new Missing Link sweatshirts are coming in this week! Featuring our brand spanking new address on the back, these zip up hoodies come in Black or Blue and have our logo on the back, drawn by Lush Newton (voted Humboldt County's Best Artist 2010)! Also coming soon are the new bumper stickers featuring the phrase "iBUYVINYL" for only a buck! Also, as we keep moving into our new home, expect to see wooly bigfoot socks, gnome socks, missing link slipmats and more!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DESIGN COMPETITION</span><br />As part of the celebration around our new store we're going to do a limited run of sweatshirts featuring designs from our favorite artists and we'd like to include you in on the deal too! If you have a Bigfoot/Record design that you want to hand in, we'll be taking online submissions until the end of January and announcing the winner February 1st. The lucky winner will walk away with a seventy-five dollar gift certificate to Missing Link, a special version of their artistic apparel and a hand picked gift from Adam and Matt.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PARLIAMENT lp AUCTION</span><br />Recently, a good customer of ours found herself injured and faced with some fun medical bills. Since we all know money doesn't grow on trees...yet, we here at the shop are doing a little something in the holiday spirit. Through the end of January we'll be holding a raffle to auction of a Parliament Motorbootyaffair picture LP. These little beauties are becoming harder and harder to find plus, let's face it, who doesn't need George Clinton in Alpaca chaps, water-skiing behind two dolphins? To enter, just buy a raffle ticket for 5.00 and drop it in the bucket with your name, number and email. All proceeds go towards this Arcatan's medical expenses, (for privacy sake we're not saying who but trust us we ain't lyin'). The first week in February we'll draw the winner out and post it on the blog, as well as call that person immediately. Out of town entries count as well, if you want to use paypal, so don't feel shy Jeff Myers or Mike Mannix.<br /><img src=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/265650227_068c8d8d4e.jpg?v=0><br /><br />That be all for now music lubbers, make sure to stop by and see our new digs, pet the cat and make goo-goo noises at Henry. So, until then,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Keep diggin' those crates<br />--Matt n Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-53158049992272860842010-11-16T18:22:00.000-08:002010-11-17T13:59:23.164-08:00Movin' Daze<span style="font-weight:bold;">We're Getting Some New Digs.<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><img src=http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3601/newspot.png><br />After two years in our beloved cubbyhole, we're excited and sad to announce that starting this December, you can visit Missing Link Records at our new location 1073 H St, between DTA and Pacific Paradise, as we undertake the mission of revamping one of Arcata's longtime oddities. If you lived here at any point in the last thirteen years you've probably peeked in the window of One Man's Treasure and wondered what the hell is he selling in there? Lording in the back of the dimly lit, seldom open interior like a character from some unreleased Tom Waits song, the owner would have endless debates about whether or not to sell you the item in your hand. Sometimes out loud, these deliberations more often then not seemed to be confined to his own head, nothing to break the silence but the mumblings of an interior monologue spilling over like coffee from an overfilled cup, as you backed slowly towards the door. To sum it up, we've got some big shoes to fill.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">NEW STUFF IN STOCK<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />The Secret Sisters</span><br /><img src=http://www.songs-lyrics.net/covers/the-secret-sisters---the-secret-sisters.jpg><br />So, if you actually pay attention to our blog you've already heard us mention the Secret Sisters already and if not, then scroll down and get some education before reading on...ready...ok. Produced by the man who put together the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack, their pure, sweet tones were the sort that takes you back to artists like Patsy Cline, The Corn Sisters and the Carter Family. Personally, I had forgotten women even sounded like this anymore. <br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p2QKWePyS7w?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p2QKWePyS7w?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Radio Phnom Penh</span><br /><img src=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/477965.jpg><br />"This brain-melting concoction of Radio transmissions is a combination of AM/FM samples from the airwaves of Phnom Penh. The older, classic Pop/Rock FM cuts are ALL re-mixed versions while the newer forms/other styles of Cambodian music collected here are not. All AM recordings are from the Original masters. Regardless of the debate between “original” and “re-mix”, this is the most diverse assortment of Cambodian musical treasures you’ve NEVER heard. Flowing from traditional to Modern, from rock and pop to folk and hybrid, all excerpts are as unique as the best of what’s been presented by other compilations of late. And it’s sequenced here in the spirit of how it was captured: as radio programming designed to immediately transport you into the heart of Cambodia’s Capital" (excerpt taken from Sublime Frequencies website).<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/txa-NJxT1Os?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/txa-NJxT1Os?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Veal Kmao Khiev Kjey by Pan Ron<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dara Puspita</span><br /><img src=http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/assets/itemZoom/2/00011762_20100428121841.JPG><br />"Dara Puspita (Flower Girls) was arguably the world’s greatest all-female garage rock band. The reason you’ve probably never heard of them was that they came from Indonesia where they were extremely popular during the 1960s. Their career spanned from 1965 until 1973 including 3 years (1969-1971) living and touring in Europe. The four albums recorded by the original members between 1966 and 1968 (the material represented on this CD) is one of the great chapters of 1960s popular music history never to be reissued, let alone recognized beyond a few tuned-in souls and adventurous record collectors in the Western world" (excerpt taken from Sublime Frequencies website).<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bMkHC5k7HJM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bMkHC5k7HJM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pearls & Brass</span><br />so make fun of me for being behind the times if you want...I'll gladly take the heat for not knowing about this band before they got a chance to break up. Hailing from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, Pears & Brass has that power trio, stoner jam quality that reminded me of a cross between The Hitch and Radio Moscow. Even though they seem to have already called it quits, they still have two pretty rad albums you can jam out to.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtFwZlS0YTk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtFwZlS0YTk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />END OF THE YEAR<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br />With December right on the horizon it's time again for all music fanatics to start writing their end of the year best of's. We here at Missing Link are encouraging our shoppers to write their lists with links to the bands and send them up to this blog via the comments section. With any luck, we might all find one of those 2010 gems we missed but most likely we'll all find reasons to argue with the validity of each others' choices...either way it'll be fun.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br /><img src=http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7Vl7aDuKqWYF3M:http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs625.snc3/27541_70366651995_5732_n.jpg&t=1><br />jefferson state festival is already shaping into a bigger hootenanny than last year's candlelit inception. With an incredible lineup confirmed, a local Viking brewing up our refreshments and the playhouse ready to let us loose yet again, the three heads of Jefferson State have begun putting together volunteer lists, railroad lanterns and plenty of baked goods. Here's a sneak peek at the lineup for this year.<br /><a href="www.myspace.com/pokeylafarge">Pokey Lafarge & The South City Three</a><br /><a href="www.myspace.com/frankfairfield">Frank Fairfield</a><br /><a href="www.myspace.com/dustbustersmusic">The Dust Busters</a><br /><a href="www.myspace.com/watertowerbucketboys">Water Tower Bucket Boys</a><br /><a href="www.myspace.com/stripedpigstringband">Striped Pig Stringband</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenogoodredwoodramblers">No-Good Redwood Ramblers</a><br />and MC/storyteller extraordinaire <a href="http://www.jeffdemark.com/">Jeff DeMark</a>.<br /><br />-- COMING JULY 2011 --<br /><br />That's it for now kids, as always the music biz slows down in December as people start calculating end of the year favorites and the big guys start re-recording another Christmas album. That doesn't mean, however, that you can't find some of the best re-issues and re-releases sitting on our racks. Come in, sit down, and let us tell you about them.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Keep diggin those crates,</span><br />--Matt n' Adam.MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-80846776948148273362010-10-06T15:25:00.000-07:002010-10-08T18:05:29.739-07:00Post Hardly Strictly Reports.After spending the weekend immersed in music and sweaty hipster kids in furry hats, here's a little listing of some acts you may not know about yet as well as a report on some of the highlights from this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. Those of you who have gone before know this is a huge weekend of free music that takes a certain amount of guerilla guile in order to make the most of. Yours truly was up at 6:30 each morning just to secure spots close to the stage for a show that didn't start until noon. Despite the throngs of people and poorly leashed dogs, Hardly Strictly offers folks a chance to be exposed to new music, as well as see musical legends that may not be with us in the years to come...if you can get past sharing your tarp with a family of five. <br /><br />The Punch Brothers<br />Who knew that the Punch Brothers' true calling was as backup band for T-Bone Burnett? Backing up the great T-Bone Burnett, these guys worked on providing a driving backbone to everyone who took the stage, becoming the true stars of Hardly Strictly's friday night lineup. Backing up everyone from Elvis Costello doing 1920's rock & roll to a pair of giggling girls from Alabama covering Johny Cash, they even managed to let fly some scorching numbers of their own, all in the span of an hour and fifteen minutes. Leaving an entire meadow of people to process what they'd just seen.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/roh5LtAYOVA?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/roh5LtAYOVA?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Secret Sisters<br />The two giggling girls mentioned earlier were The Secret Sisters, a new act signed by Burnett on his label Beladroit Records. Sisters from Northern Alabama, Laura and Lydia Rogers possess pure, sweet voices and some serious talent bringing them out of the chapel and into the recording studio. Alongside Burnett, the Secret Sisters had their first single, a cover of Johnny Cash's "Big River," released on Jack White's Third Man Records. The Rogers' own grandfather and his brothers traveled as The Happy Valley Boys, and today the girls are the opening act for their father's bluegrass band. Produced by David Cobb, their album was recorded using only vintage equipment, to capture the girls' classic sound.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iv83BELkZxg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iv83BELkZxg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Carolina Chocolate Drops<br />If you shop with us or read our updates, you know we think pretty highly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Their tireless efforts to keep early American roots musci alive have given us some amazing records to listen to, as well as hope for the future of music. The three of them took the stage on Saturday, the main stage mind you, to a sea of people who had been told this was an act not to miss...and it was true. They played fiddles and jugs, they buckdanced, they brought out quills and bones and fife and drum, rolling through old tunes with an honest reverence matched with youthful exuberance and the aged Banjo stage crowd ate it up. The end of their set showed the wide range this group can draw from, flipping from their song Genuine Negro Jig (an original written by the Snowden Family), into a cover of Blu Cantrell's hit 'Em Up Style. Another wonderful thing was their merch, handmade tiny jugs, created by an American potter and though small, still playable wherever you might be.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rYV_huvbhu0?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rYV_huvbhu0?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6G2igMxfxS4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6G2igMxfxS4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Skip Gorman<br />Halfway into Saturday, the crowded masses had turned my mood sour. Unable to continue moving everywhere at the pace of a shuffling inmate, we retreated to the lonesome sounds of a man in leather chaps. Skip Gorman is an incredible fountain of knowledge on the subject of cowboy songs and trail ballads, a former Rounder Records recording artist, Gorman echoes the songs sung by countless cowhands with a true and steadfast emotion that fills the silence between songs.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iqqEsutixis?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iqqEsutixis?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys<br />What's that you say, you'd like a little something for the Jewish Cowboy in all of us? Well, as luck would have it we have something to fit your bill. Calling their music a mix of Klezmer and Bluegrass (also known on the internet as Jewgrass), this band was a surprise hit at the Porch stage. Watching them, you wonder why you've never seen a Barndance/Bar Mitzvah. <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2IPYKhtS96M?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2IPYKhtS96M?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Holly Golightly & Lawyer Dave<br />One of those not-to-be-missed acts of the weekend, Holly Golightly is a musical legend. The often sour, always sassy former Headcoatee has definitely secured herself as a purveyor of porch inspired country and blues. Alongside Lawyer Dave, the multi-instrumental wizard, Holly's songs of broken hearts and empty bottles matched perfectly alongside Dave's dirty slide guitar and gravely southern drawl. Oddly enough, this was their first gig before opening for Railroad Earth at the Fillmore that night, and never before have I debated so hard about going to the Fillmore simply for an opener. But what brought these two to Hardly Strictly was their music's ability to reflect back to simpler times in a more rural America. When asked if she thought her music allowed her to escape the modern world, she replied, "I don't think I'm escaping it, I'm just ignoring it." <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cfmXejiagGk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cfmXejiagGk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />MarchFourth Marching Band<br />Who doesn't love the sound of a marching band? From the Hot 8 Brass Band to the Dirty Dozen, the idea of what a Marching Band is has broken clean out of the box. MarchFourth takes this even further, adding an electric bassist, stilt walkers and flag twirlers to the lineup to create an impressive and almost imposing mob. The name derives from the date of the band's creation, March 4, 2003, Fat Tuesday. Since then, they have performed with Fleetwood Mac, No Doubt, KISS, Blink 182, Galactic, The Neville Brothers, Antibalas and Pink Martini. What's best is that after playing their morning set, they worked their way into the crowd, performing impromptu sets for everyone who may not have shown up early enough to be properly blown away.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_LO1GMu2-s?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_LO1GMu2-s?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uB-hYYVvyqw?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uB-hYYVvyqw?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Sharon Jones<br />The high point of the festival, at least to yours truly, was undoubtedly Ms Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. I don't think I've ever seen a band who brought such an A game to a free show, especially after being on the road since April. When she danced everything from the Camel Walk to the Tighten Up, we shucked and moved. When she broke into "Mama don't like my man," we all broke out into tears and when she was told she had 10 more minutes she exclaimed, "looks like I got 15 more minutes y'all so let's speed this up." I don't think I'll ever miss another chance to see this phenomenally tight band in action. Below is a quick melange of songs from the night's performance...that's right, I said melange. (try not to cry when she starts the last song, I dare you).<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eDLcHK8VFMY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eDLcHK8VFMY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Of course this is only a brief overview of an immense weekend but sometimes the cliff notes are enough eh? We'll be stocking a bunch of stuff from all of theses bands in case you might have found some new favorites while reading today, so stop on by. Also, next month will see some great Reggae and Afro-Jazz hit the racks as well as some great shows. Tune in on Oct. 12th starting at 10, to KHSU to hear Radio Moscow live on the air with Mike Sargeant!!! <br /><br />Things are REALLY cookin' now for next year's JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE set for July 2011 so keep checking this out for more updates. Just to give you a little thrill, check out one of the groups who are going to come old-time your doors clean off.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Till Next Time, Keep Diggin In Those Crates,<br />--Matt n Adam </span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-3133944096219604402010-09-20T14:53:00.000-07:002010-09-22T13:51:33.574-07:00New Stuff and Comin' Soons.UPCOMING NIGHTS FOR OUTING<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble</span><br /><img src=http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs453.snc4/50455_151666791524471_4496_n.jpg><br />This killer show is just around the corner! You've heard the word on the street, you've picked up the whispers in BRIO and you've seen the entry on our blog but jot down Sept. 24th in your i-whatever and tweet yourself a reminder that not only will DJ Mantease charm your pants right off with his heavy afro-lps but Lagos Roots will drive your pantless ass right to the dance floor. This killer ensemble features original members of Africa 70 and Sonny Okonous band, (we assure you, that's good). JAMBALAYA $10<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Water Tower Bucket Boys</span><br /><img src=http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/126/l_74fd0a669c0e444a87df06cf4fe3a5c8.jpg><br /><im src=http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/104/m_87cd07ec56c44331bd6904796183ca9e.jpg> Coming to Six Rivers Brewery Sept. 24th & The Striped Pig Barndance Sept. 25th! It's your two chances to check out The Water Tower Bucket Boys, an amazing group of musicians hailing from Oregon and recently back from their UK tour. We've mentioned them in our blog before and we're tellin' ya now to mark your calender for a great, roots-y good time. SIX RIVERS BREWERY $? / ARCATA VETS HALL $7<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Chris Potter's Underground</span><br /><img 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/>Redwood Jazz Alliance's Michael Eldridge warns all of you out there, miss this show and you'll be kicking yourself the next day. The Detroit Free Press calls him simply "the most compelling saxophonist of his generation." He's "[o]ne of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet," (says DownBeat Magazine). Underground, his quartet, has spent the last five years, injecting Potter's sensibility with 45cc's of funk. September 24th @ FULKERSON HALL $15, TIX ON SALE AT THE STORE.<br /><br />NEW GOODIES <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Been Here All My Days (selections from the George Mitchell Collection)</span><br /><img src=http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/z/zzbeenhereallmydaysse_101b.jpg><br />Once again, Mississippi Records brings forth the American blues and roots like Lazarus from the tomb. This collection highlight the best songs from a 45 collection that was limited to a mere 300 copies (one of which resides in Adam's "not for mortal hands" section of his records). Originally put out by the fabulous Bruce Watson (of Fat Possum Records), this box set offered heavy hitters like Furry Lewis, J.B. Lenoir, Buddy Moss, RL Burnside and Joe Callicot (just to name a few). Just some of the best bluesmen doing what the good lord intended. If you didn't have the cash to snap this up when it came out, Mississippi offers this abridges, slightly more affordable, version.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Black Angels "Phosphene Dream"</span><br /><img src=http://www.dailyrindblog.com/images/theblackangels_telephone><br />Ok Ok, quit asking for this on Lp my babies. After some diggin, it turns out our fair Angels have signed over to a <a href="http://www.examiner.com/music-industry-in-national/the-blue-horizon-records-label-is-reactivated-by-the-orchard-and-the-warner-music-group">newly re-vamped label</a> run by the douche bag from SIRE records and the douche bag from <a href="http://www.theorchard.com/">the Orchard</a>. In classic douche-baggery, this gatefold LP with download code, only got sent out in small shipments to the large distributors . We're making the smaller rounds to try and scare up some copies so rest assured, as soon as we get our dirty little fingers on them, you'll be the first to know. Until then, there's still the cd and it IS worth taking a listen to.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sk8ef1OPNs4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sk8ef1OPNs4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Meilleurs Souvenirs de La 1ere Biennale Artistique et Culturelle de La Jeunesse 1970</span><br /><img src=http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/o/orchestrere_lesmeille_101b.jpg><br />Another release from ole Mississippi Records, "Magical Mali music from the start of the 70s. – played by a haunting group who mix swirling guitars, languid rhythms, and some really offbeat horns...a refracted version of better-known African modes of the time" <span style="font-style:italic;">--Dusty Groove.<br /><br />NEW FINDS<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Lately we've been feeling like sending out the feelers for any new bands that might just strike our fancy. Now mind you, we're not getting tired of sitting on the re-issue couch, far from it. We consider it, an exploration to re-assure ourselves that within the pile of pitchfork-approved, NME-embraced, hipster beards, there still lies hope for the future of music...call us melodramatic.</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Frankie Rose and The Outs "Candy" </span><br /><img src=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HA9GJq5eMXw/TFTppkVNKoI/AAAAAAAACXM/8TFaa_VJNA8/s1600/frankie+rose.jpg><br />The first of our new bands to check out is this New York based quartet, who just released a new album on Slumberland Records (which has put out albums in the past by bands like Stereolab and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart). Beneath a thick layer of echo beats the heart of a symphonic and psychedelic lion (damn, I should work for Bigalow Tea). Running a range from spacey and melodic to driving and orchestral, <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/16/frankie-rose-and-the-outs-album/">Spinner </a>said it best, "What's not to love about <a href="http://www.myspace.com/saintoftherose">Frankie Rose and the Outs</a>? They smile big, wear little black dresses and remind us what the Cramps and Ramones saw in '50s and '60s pop music."<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XrHRf4HhC3U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XrHRf4HhC3U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Archie Bronson Outfit "Coconut"</span><br /><img src=http://new.assets.thequietus.com/images/articles/3412/Archie_Bronson_Outfit_-_main_shot_1260546487_crop_420x350.jpg><br />Another segment in our latest quest to discover new meat, <a href="www.myspace.com/archiebronsonoutfit">Archie Bronson</a> already had a hit with their 2006 album, Derdang Derdang, that somehow skipped our radar. A heavy hitting British power trio, their new album comes straight from UK based, Domino Records. Archie Bronson and the boys go a bit more New Order on this one, making for a driving collection of songs...perfect for driving.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/chmaBWe7oqI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/chmaBWe7oqI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Keepaway "Baby Style"</span><br /><img src=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_47jOe5Yjgn4/S5VQFlaPBwI/AAAAAAAAD7w/Jz9h8eRDFlc/s400/keepaway.jpg><br />More Brooklyn based goodness, in the vein of Animal Collective or Duck Tales. An echo ridden tropical paradise for sunny mornings and house cleaning days. Suckling from the Brain Wilson teat as many of today's bands, <a href="www.myspace.com/keepaway">Keepaway </a>may not be something new but it is something fun to listen to. <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cH-v4m0clbM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cH-v4m0clbM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Jeff The Brotherhood "Heavy Days"</span><br /><img src=http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2009/11/jeff-the-brotherhood-video-u-got.jpg><br />Well we warned you that you'd be sorry if you missed the in-store with <a href="www.myspace.com/jakeandjamin">JTB</a>. After rocking the walls of our tiny store, their newest album hasn't left our record player in over a week. A mix of Devo and Queens of the Stone Age, strummed through three guitar strings and amplified by two giant stacks. Just the thing for the last few remaining days of sunny weather around here, you can pick up the latest release (with online download) or their long out of print Suicide Squeeze 45 on glow in the dark vinyl, here at the store.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I9wmFRSVAKw?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I9wmFRSVAKw?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Till next time, keep diggin' in those crates.<br />--Matt n Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-31046078340812738722010-09-01T13:31:00.000-07:002010-09-06T16:00:22.794-07:00September in Humboldt County<span style="font-weight:bold;">LINK WINS BEST OF HUMBOLDT</span><br /><br />Thanks to our hardcore and attractive fans who voted us best store in Humboldt County! After less than two years in business, you can't imagine how excited we are that our tiny hobbit hole, with no signage after it closes, could be called the area's best store. This one is dedicated to anyone that's ever walked into a record store and uttered the phrase, "they still make records?"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">UPCOMING SHOWS</span><br /><br />JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD<br /> Coming south from Portland, Jeff The Brother hood has agreed to stop off and play an in-store here at Missing Link. Come check it out, all ages donations are encouraged as gas ain't free. check em out beforehand by clicking <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jakeandjamin">here</a>.<br /><br />BIG BOI<br />Right on the heels of his latest release, the son of Chico Dusty is playing Wednesday 22 September 2010 at the Arcata Community Center. Tickets are a pricey $50 General, $40 HSU students, odd considering he's at the Regency Ballroom in S.F. the next night for $31 (and that's ticketmaster price).<br /><br />DEAD PREZ<br />Nocturnum continues bringing big shows to the area with this hum-dinger September 9th! We know this one is short notice but don't miss your chance to see these confrontational legends of the hip hop world. Tickets are $25 and on sale now here at the store.<br /><br />LAGOS ROOTS ENSEMBLE<br />Jah only knows how we're getting such an amazing show here at our local Jambalaya. Made up of famous members of the Lagos afrobeat scene, these guys are guaranteed to get stuck in your head. This is one show we've been looking forward to for months now. For the measly price of ten dollars you can boogy down to the sounds of Lagos Roots as well as DJ Mantease aka Mr Brian Woida.<br /><br />RADIO MOSCOW<br />Playing at the Alibi for the Arcata Pub Crawl. You have to check out this power trio from Alive Records before they set off on another North American tour. Acolytes of the seventies psych-rock genre, their style blends that sound with blues to create a psychedelic explosion.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />NEW STUFF</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />YOB "The Great Cessation"</span><br />Southern Lord proudly presents the 2LP, deluxe vinyl version of The Great Cessation, the 2009 album from Yob, the reunited cosmic doom metal band. Founded in 1996 in Eugene, OR, the band developed a reputation as the heaviest doom metal three-piece ever (alongside the legendary Sleep). In 2006, vocalist/guitarist Mike Schedit announced the group's split after just three albums. After a three-year hiatus that included member's involvement in the band Middian, Yob launched a triumphant return with this stellar release.<br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Yob - The Great Cessation .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//crucialblastshop.net/audio/Yob_great_GreatCessation.mp3"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=5864441&song=The+Great+Cessation">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Thee Oh Sees "Warm Slime"</span><br />Warm Slime, the eleventh full-length album from S.F. Rocker John Dwyer, is arguably his best work to date. An album split into two halves, the first is dedicated to the fourteen minute long title track with six shorter songs on the B-side that almost feels like an EP in itself. <br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Thee Oh Sees - I Was Denied .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//www.rollogrady.org/media/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/02-i-was-denied.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=7301883&song=I+Was+Denied">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Black Prairie "Feast of the Hunter's Moon</span><br />If you know us, you know we're suckers for dark, twangy American music. Black Prairie's new album, "Feast of the Hunter's Moon" is exactly that. The band is made up of a few members of the Decemberists, (don't hate us but we've never really found much merit in their albums) so when we saw them take the stage late friday night at this year's Pickathon, we wondered what we were in for. Western-style fiddle, Appalachian banjo, accordion that borders between french carnival and zydeco, and a general sense of creepy country lanes and haunted marshlands make this a dark, twangy first album worth checking out. 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Andre 3000, George Clinton, Too Short, Raekwon, Yelawolf, Guggi Mane and more lend their voices to Big Boi's first solo outing. A much more refined and worked on release, 'Son of Chico Dusty' shows the evolution of a talented musician from half of a sensational duo to an artist in his own right. a number of funny skits were recorded to play between songs on the album, including a skit describing a sex move called "the David Blaine," where "you're making love to someone from behind, then have a friend take over and you run to a window and wave at your partner"<br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Big Boi - Shutterbug Ft. Cutty .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//daydreamstationmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/05-big_boi-shutterbug_ft._cutty_produced_by_scott_storch_co-produced_by_big_boi.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=8097830&song=Shutterbug+Ft.+Cutty">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Palenque Palenque! "Champeta Criolla & Afro-Roots in Columbia 1975-91"</span><br />A killer collection of champeta work from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Soundway have done a great job of introducing us to this unique genre. Thanks not only to a wicked selection of tunes, but also a full complement of notes and photos they really open up your minds to this really unique hybrid style of music. The sound is unique, plenty of heavy rhythms and percussion at the bottom with echoes of more familiar Colombian music but often with a more full-on approach to rhythm. Plenty of heavy, driving Afro rhythms and some occasional Caribbean touches in terms of production, make things trippy at just the right points! Three Lps of new territory just waiting to be discovered<br /><object height="136" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F184730&"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="136" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F184730&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Saigon Rock and Soul"</span><br />An impressive collection of late 60s & early 70s recordings put together by the ever amazing Sublime Frequencies label! With tracks ranging from the raw & garagey to more soulful, psychedelic and funky, this set is a total knockout. There are songs of war, anti-Viet Cong songs, songs from the point of view of the jealous girlfriends of soldiers, all done with raucous psychedelic & funk rock arrangements. HEAR SAMPLES BY CLICKING BELOW:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Bich Loan and CBC Band</span>, <a href="http://www.brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/bich_loan-con_tim_va_nuroc_mat.mp3">"Con Tim Và Nuróc Mat"</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Lê Thu</span>, <a href="http://www.brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/le_thu-sao_bien.mp3">"Sao Bien"</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Phurong Tâm</span>, <a href="http://www.brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/phurong_tam-dem_huyen_dieu.mp3">"Dêm Huyên Diêu"</a><br /><br /><br /><br />There's plenty more coming down the pike as we roll on so feel free to stop by and let us bend your ear. Until then...<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Keep diggin' those crates.<br />--Matt n Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-76300703547965512582010-07-12T14:28:00.000-07:002010-08-12T17:03:01.239-07:00Post Pickathon Excitement.<span style="font-weight:bold;">JEFFERSON STATE</span><br /><br />A huge thanks to everyone who attended the 1st annual JEFFERSON STATE OLD TIME REVUE. Despite losing power at the start of the 2nd band, things were amazing! Candle-lit good times for everyone! Now that the ball is rolling, expect more things on the horizon from The Jefferson State Group. If you missed the chance to snag a t-shirt, we'll still have a few for sale at the shop<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEW RELEASES</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Bo Carter "Banana in Your Fruit Basket"</span><br />The old black blues equivilant of Weird Al, Bo Carter was one of the infamous Chatmon Brothers, who claim to be related to Charlie Patton. A master of the double entendre, Carter wrote hits such as "warm my weiner," "ants in my pants" and "my pencil won't write no more." Two thumbs up!!<br><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> Bo Carter - Please Warm My Weiner .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//blogfiles.wfmu.org/LG/Smut/Bo_Carter_-_Please_Warm_My_Weiner.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=214486&song=Please+Warm+My+Weiner">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" SRC="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Budos Bad "III"</span><br />Back with a third dose of their upbeat soul, the Budos Band succeeds in putting out a third album that doesn't tweak their winning recipe but doesn't leave you wondering when they'll grow as a group either. Those who have followed the career of this amazing Daptone Records supergroup, expect more of the same dynamic horns smooth bass and incredible organ solos. Plus, the joy of not having to say, "this would be awesome if only they'd stop singing."<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EMrClcrmteI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EMrClcrmteI?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Carolina Chocolate Drops "Genuine Negro Jig"</span><br />Back with their second release, this amazing three piece continues to amaze audiences with the way they re-create classic American music. Quickly becoming figureheads within the new roots movement, the Chocolate Drops have been booked for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (woo hoo!).<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XbcqGjeNz7w?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XbcqGjeNz7w?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Souljazz Orchestra "Rising Sun"<br />A scorching album for the rare sunny moments of our Humboldt County summer. Despite being comprised entirely of Canadians, and released on a British label. Amazingly, there is no guitar player, so you should expect none of the wailing shred that is standard in other bands playing afro-rhythm. The absence of guitar chords and arpeggios produce a cleaner horn-based sound without the compliment of guitar distortion, creating an overall effect is more choral...and they're Canucks to boot. <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xBaRUwU6SXg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xBaRUwU6SXg?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PICKATHON</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Dust Busters</span><br />Probably the favorite of this years bands at Pickathon, the Dust Busters impressed us not only wqith the amount of old time songs they can perform at the drop of a hat, but with the amount of mushrooms they can eat and STILL perform in front of a large audience. Three young Brooklynites, their first release underlines a point we heard their fiddle player Craig tell some passer by, "we play old time, NOT bluegrass." Despite their young age, one of their members (Eli) is not only the purveyor of the on-line podcast "Down Home Radio Show," but the Brooklyn Folk Festival as well. Proof positive that when they say that tune was written in 1905, they have the 78 to prove it.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/28LKX29YRB0?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/28LKX29YRB0?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Blind Boy Paxton</span><br />Young Jeron "Blind Boy" Paxton was one of the acts we most wanted to catch at this year's Pickathon. A native of Watts, Ca and a frequent collaborator with musicians like Frank Fairfield, Dom Flemons and C.W. Stoneking, Paxton is another of these young men playing the repertoire of classic American music (including Coon Songs). After witnessing both his solo set and his workshop with Frank Fairfield we're convinced that Blind or not, the boy plays one hell of a piano. Combined with Frank Fairfield, the duo make up a modern day, bi-racial Abbot and Costello, playing off of each other as the country bumpkin and the awkward, uptight straight man.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ce9KncOoc5g?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ce9KncOoc5g?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Water Tower Bucket Boys<br />We've had the fine fortune to hang out with Cory from the Bucket Boys and been blown away with both the talent this group of early twenties Oregonians exudes and the sincerity with which they approach music. These guys played gigs all the way up to the festival, played Pickathon Friday, left for a nearby gig on Saturday, then returned to play the festival again, then wake up early to start their UK tour...whew! When they get back on US soil, they'll be heading to Arcata for the Barn Dance with Striped Pig this September, don't miss it!!<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ICG5IjzOrw4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ICG5IjzOrw4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Eugene Jeans</span><br />The real star of this year's Pickathon was Tim from <a href="http://www.bizfind.us/38/71580/eugene-jeans-vintage-outlet/eugene.aspx">Eugene Jeans</a>. A washboard player and man about town, Tim and his family run one of the coolest vintage shops in the state of Oregon. A longtime fan of American music and old novelty 78's, Tim amazed everyone with his party-related stamina and the kid-who-got-his-nose-stolen stare he was locked in while playing the main stage...man I guess the guy selling mushroom chocolates did better business than we thought.<br /><img src=http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4886814120_9c988c73d9.jpg><br /><br />Well there's our once a month entry to the blogosphere. If you're on 8th and J, stop by, leave your butt-print on the couch, smoke a cigarette and hear all about how Matt shared an ipod with Bonny Prince Billy.<br /><br />Keep diggin' those crates<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">--Adam n' Matt</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-70723658330394213812010-05-18T14:14:00.000-07:002010-06-12T14:49:15.067-07:00These guys never update their stupid blog...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Henry!!!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs658.snc3/32505_126759167357332_100000697480918_175099_7375330_s.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs658.snc3/32505_126759167357332_100000697480918_175099_7375330_s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We welcome into the store our first employee, Henry William Pokorski. Weighing in at 5lbs and only a few weeks old but he's already established Earthless and Townes Van Zandt as some of his picks this month. A hearty round of applause to the happy family.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jefferson State Old Time Review...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs625.snc3/27541_70366651995_5732_n.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 280px;" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs625.snc3/27541_70366651995_5732_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coming July 3rd to The Arcata Playhouse, an all day event of Cryptozoological proportions. Featuring some of the finest Old Timey and Bluegrass musicians around today, the J.S.O.T.R. promises to be a day to remember. Food will be onsite thanks to the folks over at Luke's Joint and even though the event s all ages, beer and wine will be available with ID. Doors open at 4pm and music goes until around midnight. Here's a sneak peak at the lineup, but first a giant thanks to Lush Newton for providing some incredible artwork for the poster (coming soon).<br /></p><p><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-Vintners-Daughters/198729422639"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Vintners' Daughters</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hellboundglory"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hellbound Glory</span></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/stripedpigstringband">Striped Pig Stringband</a></span><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/theblackberrybushes"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Blackberry Bushes</span></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/theeblairstmugwumps">The Blair St. Mugwumps</a></span><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/pokeylafarge"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pokey LaFarge & The South City 3</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And Now, Here's Some New Loot We've Pulled Into The Store Lately...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Soviet Funk Volumes 1 & 2</span><br />Recorded in Abakan, the capital city of Khakassia between 1971 and 1976 by Pavel Sysoyev. Sysoyev was an employee of the USSR TV and Radio Broadcast Committee. He ran a recording studio intended to create content solely for the government media entity. Late at nigh however, he brought in his friends and ran late night recording sessions when no one else was around. Somehow, this small group of classically trained musicians was able to forge a funky sound all their own.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ZH_l6IjfTo&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ZH_l6IjfTo&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p><br />"Welcome Home..." A Woodsist Compilation</p></span>Our friend Mark Shikuma aply described this record as, "the Nuggets Comp of our generation." Displaing the bands signed to the Woodsist Records label, this LP is a treasure trove of music. Most of the bands on the record have already cemented themselves in the stable of performers creating a sort of modern day jam music feeling, laying out songs that center not on the words or structure, but rather on the energy at that time. In addition, a handful of covers have been included, with songs originally by The Cure, Erol Dunkley and The Grateful Dead. Here's a video for the last band on side B "Ducktails."<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WrMNowUuAv0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WrMNowUuAv0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Petrojvic Blasting Company</span><br />Recorded by two brothers, accompanied by their cousin and a cast of guests, this limited to 500 release is a mixture of the Balkan inspired gypsy style that has spawned bands like Beirut and the ragtime meets big band sound of The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Based out of Los Angeles, this thick, handcrafted LP comes with the CD inside, gratis.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wj-IlH8bFVc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wj-IlH8bFVc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Kings Go Forth</span><br />Ok, by all rights someone should yell at us for sleeping on the job April 20th when this album dropped but to err is human, this album? divine. Sounding like some lost treasure from the past, this new Milwaukee 9 piece only just put out their first 7" inch in 2010 (sold out, even before it was released!).<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hR3TvMJQcUc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hR3TvMJQcUc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Woody Pines</span><br />Performing at this years' Pick-A-Thon festival in Oregon, Woody Pines is perhaps best known for touring with a full sized piano. Pines music is not only a reflection of classic old time music but also of the future of the genre, mixing in horns and modern arrangements to mold a new image of the style. Still breaking into the mainstream of musc listeners, he is already a staple at country and bluegrass festivals all over the country.<br><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ecrY7xkC--k&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ecrY7xkC--k&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On A Side Note...</span><br /><br />Local artist extraordinaire Jesse Weidel has painted us up a portrait of Missing Links' patron saint, Conway Twitty! Our daily prayer to Conway is part of what holds the shop together, and being a like minded Twitty afficianado, Jesse has created an amazing homage to the Pacer-owning man who once said he would take the love you're givin'.<p><img src=http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs657.snc3/32484_1396431145750_1081376147_1129732_6887092_n.jpg><br /></p><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">As always, we'll send another update in six months, or when we run out of episodes of Deadliest Catch to watch. <br /><br />Keep Diggin--<br />Adam n Matt<br /></span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294485220645689772.post-66452656201459298452010-04-23T15:29:00.000-07:002010-04-26T18:07:50.270-07:00The Post Record Store Day Cleanup.Well we survived another morning of people eying us like wolves while we smoke our pre-opening cigarettes. Boy were we surprised to find a line to the sidewalk an hour before we opened the door! Thanks to everyone for making it another bang smash success, especially to King Maxwell and Ghostwriter for providing our Record Store Day soundtrack. Our apologies if you didn't get your hands on that special release you were looking for but, as fellow vinyl purveyors Aquiarius Records said, we have special hard to find releases everyday. Next year look for bigger and better things from us as we continue to celebrate independent record stores!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Stuff</span></span><br /><br />Why oh why do we get lost in re-issue land? Seems whenever we're asked to give our newest favorite records, the list is populated with Nigerian, Cuban, and Deep South re-issues rather than the next up and coming indie band. So we, the folks at Missing Link, have given up fighting the current. Fuck it, re-issue is king and we are grabbing a palm frond and making sure the king stays cool. In the spirit of this, here are some of our favorite new re-issues to be coming soon to the shop, courtesy of our new friends over at Forced Exposure!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/648799821420086568/Whitefield_Brothers/Earthology">Whitefield Brothers - Earthology</a><br /><a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/937030197521722652/The_Dayton_Sidewinders/Let%27s_Go_Down_To_Funksville">The Dayton Sidewinders - Let's Go Down To Funksville</a><br /><a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/3314930802726555201/Various_Artists/California_Funk">California Funk (45s from the Sunshine State)</a><br /><a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/72339069015034698/Soundtrack/Shake_Sauvage:_French_Soundtracks_1968-73">Shake Sauvage (French Soundtracks 1968-73)</a><br />and finally, a track by Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro<br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" id="lalaSongEmbed" width="220" height="70"><param name="movie" value="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="flashvars" value="songLalaId=3314930813867970977&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong.50345%4054521"><embed id="lalaSongEmbed" name="lalaSongEmbed" src="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" width="220" height="70" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="songLalaId=3314930813867970977&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong.50345%4054521"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 9px; margin-top: 2px;"><a href="http://www.lala.com/song/3314930813867970977" title="Yellow Soul Force - Mountain Mocha Kilimajaro" target="_blank">Yellow Soul Force - Mountain M...</a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upcoming Events</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DJ CHi CHi MOn APRIL 26TH</span><br />What happens when a mad scientist combines a stack of Nigerian 45's with a 1970's Paul Rubens? DJ Chi Chi Mon. Your favorite Brio barista is trading the espresso machine for two turntables and a collection of hot and spicy funk tunes from countries you've never even heard of. Afterward, catch Portland Psych-rockers Droni Mitchell all for only two bucks. Jambalaya starting at 9pm.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 3rd @ Jambalaya --</span><br />Celebrate the return of Radio Moscow to Humboldt county after a grueling three month EU/US tour. They're back and they brought you a gift from their travels...New York rockers Naam!! Yes the newly signed TeePee Records band is finishing up their US tour with little old Humboldt. You've heard us talk about how much we love Naam and now is your chance to share a moment with your friendly neighborhood record nerds for 3 measly bucks. So mark your calenders for what promises to be a head banging, beard tossin' good time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">July at Arcata Playhouse</span><br />Whispers and rumors abound of a new old timey festival this summer and we can neither confirm or deny these rumors...If we were to confirm them however, we'd say that we can't sleep thinking of another Frank Fairfield/Pokey LaFarge duet. Stay Tuned.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Soundclash</span><br />What is a soundclash you ask? (so did we) Head over to Jambalaya on May 31st to find out. See your local record nerds team up and battle off in a call and response tag team cage match that may even be to the death. Featuring local LP addicts DJ's Jefe and nHate as team Shattered Skull. Facing off with Shattered Skull will be team AKA DOOM featuring the combined might of DJs Paul Maul and Jim Jones. Only $1 to watch four grown men fight over who has the coolest record collection...worth it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Woods in Arcata -- JUNE 2010</span><br />We've been given a heads up that the only indie band from last year we thought was worth a damn is heading up our way. Listen close, Woods will be an awesome show. I know some of you might not feel comfortable going to an indie show that isn't at the Green House, but slap on an extra bracelet and your ironically large glasses (the ones without the lenses) and come to where we'll be getting our minds blown by these young men.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">High on Fire-- Friday May 7th</span><br />Just when you thought it was safe to stay in for the weekend, Nocturnum continues to turn up the heat! Without so much as a breath between the amazing Earth/Wolves in the Throne Room concert, these guys are bringing hard rockin High On Fire back with Priestess, Black Cobra, and Bison B.C. Tickets are on sale now at our shop, so come on down and ask us all the reasons you should go...if'n you got an hour that is.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Downloads</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">City Center</span><br />Our last in store was an unexpected treat for us here at Missing Link. One of the stable of Panache Booking, City Center made us think of Panda Bear when we first heard them and left us with no comparisons when they packed up and headed off to watch Chappelle show all night long. I don't know what else to say but download their in store set and hear for yourselves what you missed. <a href="http://citycenternyc.blogspot.com/2010/04/eureka.html">DOWNLOAD LINK<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agent Double-O-Soul</span><br />Maybe you've heard that our local Pirate Radio us back up and running strong. 99.9 Humboldt Free Radio Alliance is going Wednesdays through Mondays from 3-5 until late night, tune in to catch the odd and crazy mix of music unlike anything your radio has heard before. Recently a 99.9 dj brought in a recording of one of their shows for us to hand out and so faithful reader, for your downloading pleasure here is a mix of classic 60's soul hits from Agent Double O Soul. <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32ALCXVU">DOWNLOAD LINK</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Well that's all for this update, keep coming by for the latest updates, or find us on facebook, twitter or whatever social networking crap you like to use...'course, we'd rather you just come in and plop down on the couch but your icouch works too.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">--Matt n Adam</span>MissingLinkRecordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065956947371447238noreply@blogger.com0