October 2009
14 posts
matt pond PA - Halloween
It’s both a trick...
Happy Halloween!
Spooky, scary…
Halloween is one of everybody’s favorite holidays here at Polyvinyl. Case in point: it’s barely even afternoon and we’ve already listened to “Monster Mash” twice.
We even got a surprise visit from Pee Wee Herman (even though he looks suspiciously like Danielle):
I didn’t dress up (lame, I know), but I did paint pumpkins with my...
CMJ: A Picture Perfect Night
As if I wasn’t already bummed enough that I had to miss what was apparently an insane CMJ showcase (including Owen performing as Oasis — what?? — and our publicist Seth crowd surfing — double what??) Andy finally recovered enough from the night to send me these stellar pictures he shot. Take a look!
Cale Parks
Owen (or should I say, Liam Gallagher)
Japandroids
CMJ 2009
Seth and Andy are flying cross-country tomorrow morning for the Polyvinyl CMJ Showcase in NYC. I know Andy is stoked to see Cale Parks and all our other great bands playing the festival, including James Husband, Headlights, Owen (featuring Mike playing an electric guitar while backed by a full band) and Japandroids.
If you’re going to be in the city that never sleeps this weekend, be sure...
(Not) A Listless Wednesday Afternoon
This list turned out to be a lot harder than I originally thought it would be — there were a lot of close contenders and I had to rule out 7”s and EPs just to even begin to narrow it done.
My 5 Favorite Polyvinyl Album Covers
5. Owen - At Home With Owen
4. Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! - Volcano, I’m Still Excited!!
3. Audible - Sky Signal
2. Mates of State -...
A Weekend In The (Windy) City
Drove up to Chicago this weekend to watch Japandroids play the second of two headlining shows there. It’s been a long time since I watched a concert at 3 in the afternoon, but Schubas was packed and even though the band had just played to a sold out crowd a mere 15 hours before, the music sounded great.
Afterwards, my girlfriend and I headed about a mile down the road to Reckless Records,...
Permagrin: The Music Of Justin Veatch
feelinggood:
I first heard of The Ivoryton Piano Factory (Justin Veatch) when Owen (Mike Kinsella) posted a cover of the song ‘ESRT Page 14’ on his Myspace page. I am a huge fan of Owen and I really enjoyed that cover, so I went to the Myspace page for The Ivoryton Piano Factory. I enjoyed the songs posted there, but I was sad to learn that Justin had passed away. The album ‘Permagrin: The...
Aloha - Boys in the Bathtub (from Here Comes...
T.G.I.F.
On today’s checklist:
- Start packing pre-orders for James Husband and of Montreal reissues. Also have to design the 10% off E-Store coupon we’re throwing in all the orders.
- Figure out how to fit five 40lb boxes of Japandroids t-shirts into my 2-door Pontiac so I can give them to the band at their show in Chicago tomorrow.
- Finish working on the rough draft of the bio for the new...
Don't Mind If I Do
Tim Kinsella (Joan of Arc) was hard at work over the summer asking old friends and bandmates to record songs for what we at PV have been calling “Association Pt.2” (in reference to this 2x7”).
Tim had a better idea and wants to title it Don’t Mind Control. The album’s still in the beginning stages of production, but expect a limited edition CD and a 2xLP sometime...
Lisztomania
Music lists seem to be everywhere all of the time.
Just this past week, Pitchfork ranked of Montreal’s Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? at #63 on its Top 200 albums of the 2000s. And before that Japandroids’ “Young Hearts Spark Fire” landed at #8 on Spin’s 20 Best Summer Songs of 2009.
Since I like lists, too, I decided to make a few of my own — starting...
She Left Her Heart In San Francisco
After Andy finally got a taste of Champaign-Urbana during Pygmalion Fest, Danielle took her first trip out to the Golden Gate City last Thursday to visit Seth and the PV West crew.
After four days of sun, shopping and spirits I know she can’t wait to go back — especially since today in Chambana it’s 57 degrees and raining with no beaches in sight.
