We Take A Look At Some Of The Great New Music Out Now & Coming Out Soon We have an ever growing wall of promotional CDs sent to us by different labels for in-store play. We try to give them all a good “once over” but sometimes they’ll get lost in the shuffle, so we wanted […]
With The Benefit Of Hindsight, Here Are Five Albums From 2016 We Never Talked About, But Should Have
We’re a couple of weeks into 2017, and the sentiment of moving forward is still hanging strong in the air, but as we’ve discussed before on this blog, music doesn’t really work that way! At least really awesome music doesn’t. Fans of music are not confined to passing trends and the “hot new thing.” We […]
DON’T PANIC! We’ve put a lot of thought into the perfect gifts for the music lovers in your life and we are ready to help you round out your holiday shopping with some awesome gifts that will help either convince or confirm your position as the coolest friend/relative/co-worker/spouse EVER! MUSIC! Of course we have a […]
We don’t like it any more than you do, but the Friday after Thanksgiving has become the tradition for holiday shopping, and as one of your neighborhood local shopping destinations, we feel it is our duty to offer an alternative to the madness of malls and big box stores. Stinkweeds works hard to keep your […]
In an effort to reflect on the wonderful things that were created this year, we are hard at work putting together our list of favorite albums that were released in 2016! You can expect a list that is vibrant and colorful, full of light and darkness, ideas new and old, and representative of the vast array […]
This Halloween, we consider the tunes that may not have intended to be the stuff of horror movies, but somehow get under our skin. Music is best when it is evocative, and what feelings are more fun to bubble up than the scary ones. These are just a few that do the trick for us. […]
This Saturday, we are celebrating our 4th annual Cassette Store Day! You can scoff and moan all you want about the resurgence of cassettes, but there’s a finer point to the rise in popularity of this finicky format, and that point is PEOPLE LOVE MUSIC! They are going to get it however they can! As our […]
As we enter into the seasonal limbo that is somewhere between the summer and fall, we reflect on the space between changes. The summer opens its arms to anthems of good times and the fall embraces the cozier fireplace fare. For us Phoenicians, the heat may linger for a few months, leaving us with only […]
Chris Staples – Golden Age [Barsuk] I usually don’t go for nostalgia or reminiscing. I’m not interested in what could have been or what was, but when I listen to Golden Age, which is a deep reflection of the past, I can’t help but think that, gun to my head, this is the nostalgia album […]
It’s been a great year for music. As we roll into the second half of 2016, we’ll keep sharing some of the best albums that roll past our radar. Thanks for reading and listening! Andy Shauf – The Party [Anti-] You’ll get no complaints out of me regarding the growing trend towards “smooth” music. Born […]