LWA Blog — vinyl

And we're back with Record of the Week. This time, the Randomizer gives us Spiritualized's 2001 epic, Let it Come Down. This 2021 reissue is what's on my turntable. I've seen a lot of discourse regarding this copy (as well as the other Spiritualized reissues), but we're not going to get into that, we're strictly about the music here. This album comes after 1997's Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space, which is where I first discovered Spiritualized. The first time I saw them was when they toured for Let it Come Down. Simply mesmerizing. And same vibes each...

Welcome to Record of the Week. This week, the Randomizer delivers an early-90s classic (1991 to be exact), Sarah McLachlan's second album, Solace. When this popped up this morning, I somehow had it in my brain that I recently did a Sarah McLachlan post but I don't see anything; so, here we are. This 2017 Music on Vinyl reissue is the copy that's on my turntable. This is a very good pressing, btw, if you're looking to pick one up. This album, man. I got a ton of miles with this one. I remember first seeing the video for Into...

Hello and welcome back to Record of the Week. This week, the Randomizer gives us one of the first big albums to be released in the lockdown era, Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters. The copy on my turntable is the purple Vinyl Me Please edition. This album came out in April of 2020, when we all pretty much realized we weren't going to be leaving the house too often. There were a few things I remember surrounding the album. When it was announced, it was a very welcome distraction. Something to look forward to as we were confined to our...

Welcome back to ROTW, this is the Easter edition. Brought to you by the Randomizer, today's record is Phoebe Bridgers' 2017 debut, Stranger in the Alps. This is the copy I'll be listening to today, a 2019 reissue on a gorgeous shade of purple vinyl. For me, it was like one minute she wasn't there and the next, she had arrived as a fully formed artist. And everyone seemed to be talking about her. I listened a bit and liked what I heard. I picked up this album and pretty much fell in love. I then learned she had been...

Welcome back to ROTW. We may have taken last week off, but we're still here. This week, the Randomizer is giving us Dead Feathers' 2019 debut album, All is Lost. This is the copy that you can see on the turntable. First off, I need to get this into rotation more, it's a really fucking good album. It's got kind of a 60s psych rock stoner blues vibe, which I have to say is not my preferred genre(s). But sometimes good music just transcends all those labels, and who needs all that shit anyways. If it moves you, then who cares?...