• David
• 24 Apr, 2023

Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial (2016)

Picture this scenario; “let’s have a look around this vehicle, pick the nearest object and use it to name our band”.

• • #carseatheadrest

• David
• 23 Apr, 2023

Cloudboy - Down at the end of the Garden (2001)

My second and only other RSD purchase was this little gem from Dunedin’s, now long-defunct, Cloudboy. While I didn’t know anything about this record, or the musicians involved, it was a record they were running out of around the country very quickly.

• • #cloudboy

• David
• 22 Apr, 2023

David Menke/Lionel Liminana - Thatcher's Not Dead (2023)

Soundtrack from the Guillaume Podrovnik Documentary. It’s Record Store Day (RSD). Translation = an overhypered, completely contrived day to celebrate the market-induced scarcity and fleecing of fully suspecting vinyl buying punters.

• • #davidmenke
  • #lionelliminana

• David
• 21 Apr, 2023

Jen Cloher - I am the River, the River is Me (2023)

A lovely first listen to Australian singer, Jen Cloher this evening. This beautiful recording took me completely by surprise. Folky, gritty, poppy, and at time crunchy rock.

• • #jencloher

• David
• 20 Apr, 2023

The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977)

Wow! This is one of the most stunning sounding records I’ve heard in a long time. Not just production-wise, it’s a musical masterpeice.

• David
• 18 Apr, 2023

Chris's Session - Apr 23

The themes were: The letter S , The letter U, The letter L

• • #chrisssession
  • #cowboyjunkies
  • #blackberrysmoke
  • #theband

• David
• 15 Apr, 2023

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)

Coming up to it’s second decade, this incendiary debut album from London-based Quartet, Bloc Party, is refreshingly “rock”. No fancy keyboards or unnessecary embellishments, this is just a slam of guitars, bass and drums and some vitriolic vocals from Kele Okereke.

• • #blocparty

• David
• 13 Apr, 2023

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizzard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava (2022)

By my count, this is record number 20 (since 2012) for this Melbourne sextet. The truly amazing thing is, and I take the reviewers’ word for it, they all sound different.

• • #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard

• David
• 12 Apr, 2023

Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly pf a Mountain (2006)

While not prolific, averaging 3 to 4 years between records, Mark Linkous is consistent in his greatness. There’s never a note wasted on all of his records.

• • #sparklehorse

• David
• 11 Apr, 2023

The Stranglers - Feline (1983)

The Stranglers were always outliers, probably before the term was even in the common vernacular. Their first two records were right in the thick of the punk ethos but strangely dissimilar to anything else.

• • #thestranglers