I have high hopes for 2016. The past few years seemed to be a mix of explorations of new sounds and ideas and an underlying apathy, brought on by the uninspired trend of digital convenience. But with the past few years of vinyl growing in popularity and bringing on a renaissance of active music listening, music […]
It’s pretty early in the year, so we obviously haven’t gotten a big haul of 2016 releases, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start out the year enjoying some of the albums we might have overlooked in 2015! I do know the next couple of weeks will see some really stellar new releases, so you can […]
The holidays are a strange and unusual time of year. Full grown trees are chopped down, only to be brought inside and decorated. Adults can show up for work, dressed as giant elves and be rewarded for this behavior. We collectively grow a fondness for English food and beverages, with strange pairings of ingredients, like drinks […]
This has been a year full of change for us. More than any other year, we’ve seen so many new faces. Good music seems to be pouring out in a constant flow. Since we’re such a tiny store, we’ve had to make a lot of adjustments with these changes. It’s very important to us to keep […]
I feel a change in the air. Working at Stinkweeds, we have become sensitive to the ebb and flow of musical ideas and trends. Of course, music is constantly evolving and devolving. Both, the evolution and the devolution are crucial to these dramatic shifts. Influence from the music of the past is equally as important as […]
Helvetia – Dromomania (Joyful Noise) Jason Albertini of Helvetia was an early installation of the Northwestern sound of the 90s and 2000s, having played with Northern California bands like Duster, recording with Xiu Xiu and Dinosaur Jr.’s Mike Johnson, and more recently playing bass with Built to Spill. I think this is why it’s so […]
Here is the third installment of “Alphabetized Into Obscurity – A Journey Into the Unknown.” It’s no challenge for us to find some awesome unknowns tucked throughout the store. So once more, we’ve picked five records in the hopes of finding a hidden treasure and perhaps inspire you to journey into the unknown corners of your local record store, […]
As we look out our windows and imagine a crisp, cold breeze in the dim light of fall, only to sigh in disappointment as we walk out our door and feel the all too familiar heat, we grow impatient for our favorite time of year. For Phoenicians, songs of summer love and summer days are […]
Here a just a few of the titles currently getting a lot of play in our shop. This is by no means everything we’re listening to. It’s been a great couple of weeks and we’re having a rough time picking our favorites. I’m sure you’ll see the others in a later post. Ought – Sun Coming Up The […]
Congratulations to Shelby Johnson, the winner of our Beach House Depression Cherry review contest! All of the reviews submitted were delightful and entertaining to read but unfortunately, we could only pick one winner. Shelby’s review stood out as very intimate and heartfelt. She managed to describe the finer points of the album in a very non-literal, yet […]