December 2011
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Really nice view of how a vinyl record is made!
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Cool video showing how a vinyl record is made!
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Petco coming to Carytown
Petco, huh? Not terribly local.
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Pet-supply retailer Petco will open a store in the Carytown Place development […] Petco leased 10,800 square feet of space in the development and joins grocer Fresh Market, which is taking 19,949 square feet of space. The two new stores are expected to open sometime next year.
Carytown is already home to 2 local pet-related businesses: Dogma Grooming...
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Sounds of RVA: 2011 Year in Review →
Check out soundsofrva’s extremely comprehensive list of Richmond’s talent from 2011! So many bands…such a little city…so amazing!
soundsofrva:
Whew, it’s been a fully-packed 2011 with our share of good and bad music. In looking back, it’s amazing that so much variety can come from such a small city, relatively. If I seem to have forgotten someone or something mentioned...
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Evan Dando is still awesome. →
Check out the new Lemonheads “Best of” 2 CD set when you get a chance or Hotel Sessions — all acoustic demos of old Lemonheads songs. Evan Dando is still awesome.
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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack →
Can’t afford the entire 6 LP version of the soundtrack on vinyl? Yeah…it’s understandable. Well, to tide you over while you save up your allowance — here’s the link to the 6 free tracks you can download legally. So good!
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Things to look forward to... →
New albums from Fiona Apple, Mazzy Star, Tool, U2, Three Six Mafia and Blanche in 2012? Should be an interesting year. And maybe just maybe (fingers crossed) we’ll finally hear that new album from Dr. Dre, too.
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Anthony Hamilton's Back to Love →
It’s pretty good as it turns out…and it’s getting good reviews all over the place!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/anthony-hamilton-back-to-love,66800/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/12/album-review-anthony-hamiltons-back-to-love.html
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AV Club says no "important" albums of 2011 →
They might be right…there were tons of great albums, but did anything really completely change the face of music?
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New Black Girls — Hell yes!!!
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Black Girls - “Low”
Merry Christmas from Black Girls! As a special treat to fans, they have released another sneak preview from their upcoming album. Enjoy!
Don’t forget to spend your NYE with Black Girls @ Balliceaux (FREE!)
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Best Cover Songs of 2011 →
Here are Paste Magazine’s submissions…we think they left out all of Eef Barzelay’s covers this year (including all of those Journey covers!) but that’s okay…these are all pretty cool, too.
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Dubstep Roundup →
Worth a listen…Vol. 27. — and if you like this, follow @JoelAlbers on twitter for more dubstep mixes and updates.
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El Camino →
We sold so many copies of this all weekend…Black Keys vs. Adele’s “21” for favorite holiday gift? Or were people just shopping for themselves, we wondered?
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Nate dropped by Plan 9 in Carytown the other day…but it just wasn’t the same as the days he used to set up in front of our store and rock out. We miss those days!
soundsofrva:
Support Gull’s quest to Africa, which will be a project focused on street music around the world.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/838772288/street-muse-project
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Get your Swayze on this Saturday
Carytown rules. Enough said.
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This Saturday’s Midnight Movie at the Byrd is Point Break:
An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers.
Original Article
What came first, the music or the stupidity? →
Just kidding…we’re going to keep on listening to our pop and hip-hop, thanks! But, it is pretty fascinating!
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Asobi Seksu fashion →
Ever wonder where Yuki gets some of those amazing dresses? Wonder no longer! Caycee Black is responsible.
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Bass is the new black. →
What do you get when you add 2 bass players + 1 drummer + some awesome? Check out Kid is Qual if you haven’t heard them yet…a fuzzy, bass-driven dance band from RVA. They completely rocked Ghost of Pop 7 on Saturday night…sorry if you missed it! Go see them soon!
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