Updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Upcoming In-Store Events
In-stores are all free and all ages, always. Come rock with us. 

MOON TAXI - Tuesday, February 7th @ 6PM
Moon Taxi have a brand new studio album dropping next Tuesday, Feb. 7.  It's called "Cabaret" and it was recorded right here in Nashville at Alex The Great (where Yo La Tengo, Gomez, Be Your Own Pet and many others have laid down tracks and where Grimey's has its warehouse space!) The new album shows the band stretching out and trying any ideas that interest them. Moon Taxi is known for their epic live shows and intense fans. Inspired by artists who push the envelope, such as minimalist composer Phillip Glass, Director Quentin Tarintino, and bands like The Beatles and Radiohead; they don't fit easily into any box, especially the so-called jam band scene. "Cabaret" should expand their following considerably. Join us for a stripped-down acoustic performance on the day their new album hits.
Moon Taxi's website
 
SONS OF FATHERS - Thursday, February 9th @ 6PM
Sons Of Fathers are David Beck and Paul Cauthen. They came together when each was working on a solo project in San Marcos, Texas. Originally called Beck & Cauthen, the group received a letter from the legal representatives of Beck (yep the Odelay guy). They already had a song called "Sons Of Fathers" and decided to use that as the new group name as it referenced the whole band, not just a duo, with the addition of Regan Schmidt on guitar and lap steel and Dees Stribling on drums. With a soaring, rootsy sound Sons Of Fathers have been compared to The Avett Brothers, The Byrds and The Everly Brothers with an infusion of Texas Grease.
Sons Of Fathers' website

Girl Scouts - Saturday, February 18th @ 4:30PM
Our Screaming Females in-store just got a whole lot sweeter! Literally. The Girl Scouts will join us at 4:30 to peddle their delicious cookies. So get here a little early to stock up and meet some of the cutest, sweetest girls you'll ever meet before you get your face melted by Screaming Females!

SCREAMING FEMALES - Saturday, February 18th @ 5PM
New Brunswick, New Jersey-based power rock juggernaut Screaming Females are a band close to our heart. They not only rock like the mofos they are but they get it. They're currently working on a new album called "Ugly" - their 5th - due out in April, but they want to take it to the people first and gauge reaction. In this day and age, you're supposed to give away a free track via the internets, right? Well, Screaming Females don't play that. They are preparing a 7" single with a couple of the new tunes and they're hitting the road for a few weeks playing at record stores. The only way you'll be able to get this new music prior to April's full album release is to attend one of these in-stores and buy the 7" in person. Why are they doing this, you ask? Drummer Jarrett D says in his email "because we thought it would be fun." We're pleased and honored to be asked to be a part of this in-store tour and we're determined to make it fun for you too. This is a free show and will do down on a Saturday afternoon during our weekly "beer:30" party so free beer to all 21 and over! Please come rock with us.
Screaming Females website

HEARTLESS BASTARDS - Saturday, March 3rd @ 3PM
Austin TX-based rockers Heartless Bastards have a new album, their first for Partisan Records, out on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. It's called "Arrow" and it's their most eclectic and energetic set yet. Produced by Jim Eno (Spoon drummer and producer of Black Joe Lewis), "Arrow" showcases the expanded 4-piece line-up and a batch of singer/guitarist/songwriter Erika Wennerstrom's finest tunes yet, mining such influences as spaghetti western film scores, Seventies soul, psychedelia, funk, blues, glam, and mudhole-stomping hard rock. Heartless Bastards will be in town playing at Mercy Lounge and we've got 'em rockin' the record store earlier in the afternoon at 3pm. It's an early beer:30!
Heartless Bastards' website

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Stuff You Can Win!
Here's the latest enter-to-win goodies at the Grimey's. Just come down to the store and throw your name into the hat. You can't win if you don't enter.

• Lovedrug - Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Lovedrug at 12th & Porter on one of the four nights of their residency. Their new album, "Wild Blood," streets on March 6th, and during their residency Lovedrug will focus on material from each of their releases, with their final show dedicated to their new album. 
• Moe - Win a pair of tickets to see Moe. at the Cannery Ballroom on Feb. 17th.
• Puscifer - Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Puscifer at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Jackson Hall on Tuesday, February, 28th.
• Andrew Bird - Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Andrew Bird at The Ryman on March 19th.
• Snow Patrol - Win a free pair of tickets to see Snow Patrol at The Ryman on April 3rd.
• St. Vincent - Enter to win a free pair of tickets to see St. Vincent at The Cannery Ballroom on May 21st!

John Hiatt "Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns" Super Prize Pack!
We've got a super awesome prize pack here for John Hiatt fans! You could win a free Denon turntable ($499 value!), plus a vinyl copy of Hiatt's latest album "Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns" to play on it and a deluxe, limited edition CD/DVD version of the album as well.  All you have to do is come into the store and register to win!  Here's what you get:
 
1- DENON DP-300F TURNTABLE retail value $499
1 -LIMITED EDTION 180 GRAM HI-RES AUDIOFILE VINYL
1- LIMITED EDTION DELUXE CD/DVD



Free Stuff!
This stuff is just plain FREE, with purchase naturally & while supplies last. 

• Leonard Cohen - Free lithograph w/ purchase of "Old Ideas" on CD or Limited LP
• Lana Del Rey - Free 7" (Video Games remix, Blue Jeans remix) w/ purchase of "Born to Die" on CD
• Gotye - Free 7" (Somebody That I Used to Know, Bronte) w/ purchase of "Making Mirrors" on CD or LP 
• Hospitality - Free postcard set w/ purchase of "Hospitality" on CD or LP
• Imperial Teen - Free postcard w/ purchase of "Feel the Sound" on CD or LP 
• Nada Surf - "The Dulcitone Files" acoustic CD EP free w/ purchase of "The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy" on vinyl or CD.
• Moe. - Free signed lithograph w/ purchase of "What Happened To The La Las" on vinyl, CD or deluxe CD.
• The Little Willies - Free lithograph w/ purchase of "For The Good Times" on LP or CD.
• MURS - Free Bluroc magazine w/ purchase of Murs' "Love & Rockets 1: The Transformation" on LP or CD.
• Jonsi - Free lithograph with purchase of the "We Bought A Zoo" soundtrack on CD.
• Daptone, Bloodshot, New West, Brushfire & Anti- CD Samplers! We've got some sweet samplers from these great indie labels and they're yours for the asking (that means just ask and we'll hook you up)
• Brushfire Records Sampler - Free sampler CD from Brushfire Records w/purchase of "This Warm December Vol. 2" collection on vinyl or CD, or w/ purchase of any Brushfire release.
• Patrick Stump - Free 7" with purchase of 'Soul Punk' on CD.

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Hitting The Racks
Here's your weekly rundown of the new releases hitting the racks at Grimey's:
 
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas CD/LP+CD (Columbia) 
Cohen's first new album in 8 years. Old Ideas poetically addresses some of the most profound questions of human existence including love, sexuality, loss and death. Many of the tracks have been worked on for years and it was produced with Patrick Leonard, Anjani Thomas, Ed Sanders, and Dino Soldo. Vinyl includes a copy of the CD and has already been deleted. When they're gone, they're real gone.

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die CD (Interscope) 
Del Rey calls herself the "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" and defines her genre as "Hollywood pop/ sadcore" a dramatic new loop for pop music. Her debut features the hit singles "Blue Jeans" and "Video Games." 
 
Gotye - Making Mirrors CD/2xLP (Universal) 
Belgian-Aussie artist Gotye (Wally de Backer) delivers a great art-pop album that delves into dub, Detroit-era Motown soul, stadium-sized politi-pop, synth-folk and world music. 
 
Hospitality - Hospitality CD/LP (Merge) 
The angular, intricate, and intelligent compositions of Hospitality signal a sophisticated new pop voice. Singer Amber Papini's idiosyncratic songwriting coupled with the band's rich arrangements on their self-titled debut is recommended for fans of Camera Obscura and Twin Sister. 
 
Imperial Teen - Feel The Sound CD/LP (Merge) 
ELO-like symphonic pop has become a touchstone for everyone from Justice to Cut Copy in recent years, but this makes it manifest through live instrumentation that possesses a Krautrock level of intuitive synchronicity and a desert island jukebox's sense of fun.

Virgin Forest - Easy Way Out CD/LP (Partisan) 
"Brooklyn's Virgin Forest is stick-to-your-ribs indie rock courtesy of 80% of Phosphorescent, fueled on Townes Van Zandt and heavy metal thunder. Their sophomore album (and first for Partisan), Easy Way Out mines similar Neil Youngish territory as Phospho, but is more Ragged Glory than Gold Rush, the restraint jettisoned over for some unrestrained rockers." -- Village Voice

Metallica - Beyond Magnetic CDEP (WB) 
Four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions.

Ringo Starr - Ringo 2012 CD/CD+DVD (Hip-O) 
Ringo Starr's 17th solo studio record -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a bonus DVD featuring commentary and performance footage.

Del McCoury - Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe CD (McCoury Music) 
The Del McCoury Band's tribute to Bill Monroe.

Tony Rice - The Bill Monroe Collection CD (Rounder) 
A collection of Bill Monroe covers that Bluegrass musician Tony Rice recorded over a 15-year span with various musicians. 
 
Mike Doughty - The Question Jar Show 2xCD (Snackbar) 
For The Question Jar Show, Mike Doughty's audience wrote notes on scraps of paper, and put them in a jar on stage. Doughty and his droll, eccentric sidekick and cello player, Andrew "Scrap" Livingston, answered them between songs. When not answering questions, Doughty and Scrap played stripped down, rhythmically intense, and haunting version of Doughty's best songs.

Ruthie Foster - Let It Burn CD (Blue Corn Music) 
Soulful vocalist Ruthie Fosters latest work is a deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers ranging from Adele to Los Lobos, and from The Black Keys to Johnny Cash. 
 
The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies CD (Odd Future) 
An Odd Future (OFWGKTA) side project featuring Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martians.

Jamie Woon - Mirror Writing CD (Verve) 
New from the dubstep producer and singer/songwriter featuring production by Burial.   
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Out Of Frequency CD (BMG Chrysalis) 
Danish pop group serves a symphonic collision of big pop hooks, soaring horn sections, retro-synth flourishes, and epic beats. Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV CD/LP (Drag City) New project from Jennifer Herrema (RTX).

Neal Morgan - In The Yard CD (Neal Morgan/Drag City) 
The second drum and voice album from Neal Morgan (Joanna Newsom/Bill Callahan). In The Yard finds the writer at the drum kit considering home, wandering his neighborhood to know and become known, calling out villains from his youth, swimming on tour, reaching out to loved ones and paying homage to the painter Philip Guston.

Doug Jerebine - Is Jesse Harper LP (Drag City) 
The late '60s were ripe with altered senses, and sensory induced -- and inducing -- guitar heroes taking their instruments to newfound sonic freedom. Is Jesse Harper is a perfectly realized testament from that era, a record that bubbles psychedelically with shuffling beats and active bass, ultimately defined by a fuzzy haze of dripping guitar leads backdropped against strident and arpeggiated riffs, chords, and slabs of rhythm.

Terry Riley - Aleph 2xCD (Tzadik) 
Double-CD solo performance for just intonation keyboard. A modern classic from the godfather of minimalism.

John Zorn - Mount Analogue CD (Tzadik) 
The latest volume in Zorn's mystic series features Cyro Baptista's fabulous quartet Banquet Of The Spirits augmented by the brilliant Kenny Wollesen on vibes.

Lilacs & Champagne - Lilacs & Champagne CD/LP (Mexican Summer) 
Members of Grails and Om, who have also played with Jandek, Damo Suzuki and Stephen Malkmus.

Buxton - Nothing Here Seems Strange CD/LP (New West) 
Buxton is a five piece folk-rock ensemble from Houston, TX.

The Pines - Dark So Gold CD (Red House) 
A distinct blend of dark, atmospheric indie-rock, folk and blues. 
 
Canyons - Keep Your Dreams CD (Modular) 
Canyons is a psych-dance duo from Australia.   
 
Alcest - Les Voyages de L'âme CD (Prophecy) 
Third album from the French shoegaze/atmospheric black metal band. "Alcest's most accessible work to date doesn't sacrifice the brilliant musicianship that the band has demonstrated over their past two recordings." -- Pop Matters 
 
Blue Hawaii - Blooming Summer CD (Arbutus) 
Featuring lead singer of Braids. "The beauty of this, the perfect care with which this album was crafted, transmits more pain and hurt and anger and sadness." -- Coke Machine Glow 
 
The Jealous Sound - A Gentle Reminder CD (Militia Group) 
New album from the recently reunited indie/emo outfit. 
 
Liberteer - Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees CD (Relapse) 
Scathing anarcho-grind with triumphant passages and stirring riffs.

Soja - Strength To Survive CD/LP (ATO) 
New from the D.C.-based reggae act. 
 
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Country CD (Controlled Substance) 
Country is a mix of the NY-based jam/reggae band's most popular songs performed with an acoustic backbone as well as never before recorded material. 
 
Candy Dulfer - Crazy CD (Razor & Tie) 
A hot and sweet confection of jazz, funk, R&B, soul, pop, techno and more. 
 
Compilations, Best Of's & Sundry Collections...

Various Artists - The Total Groovy 4xCD (Drag City) 
Four-disc box set contains the Groovy Records four titles: Pete Shelley's (Buzzcocks) Sky Yen, Free Agents' 3.33, Sally Smmit (Sally Timms) & Her Musicians' Hangahar, and the compilation Strange Men In Sheds With Spanners.   
 
Poison Idea - Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years CD (Southern Lord) 
29 tracks from the band's earliest days. Included are the previously unreleased Boner's Kitchen demo (1981), Darby Crash Rides Again demo (1982), uncut live-on-the-air set from the 1983 KBOO radio benefit, and outtakes from the Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes recording session.   
 
Zeena Parkins - Double Dupe Down CD (Tzadik) 
This special compilation brings together the keyboardist/harpist/composer's best compositions written for film. 
 
Vinyl...

Gene Ammons - Blue Gene [Reissue/1958] LP (Fantasy) 
1958 release by saxophonist Gene Ammons with trumpeter Idrees Sulieman, baritonist Pepper Adams, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Doug Watkins, drummer Art Taylor and Ray Barretto on congas.

Magnetic Fields - Andrew In Drag 7"+MP3 (Merge) 
A-side taken from the upcoming Love UnderTthe Sea (due March 2012). B-side, "When Next in Love I Fall," is a non-album track.

Sic Alps - Vedley 7" (Drag City) 
Weaving like a fighter, floating not drunken but like a butterfly in a vat of sweet brine, Sic Alps bring you 23 of the nearest misses we've heard recently, each one lopped off, all strung out together, with one filtered through another, sighted shadowy through worn fabric, trapdoors leading to yet another, and another, where Sic Alps have conceived of an everything must go-go sale, a non-stop shaking fit of smears, blears, blues and ballads in medley form - no, what it is, is "Vedley."   
 
Damon & Naomi/Ghost - Damon & Naomi/Ghost LP+7" (Drag City) 
It was back in 1995 that Damon Krukowski andNaomi Yang first met Ghost. They felt an immediate kinship and soon plans were afoot to collaborate in some way -- but it wasn't until 2000 that they encountered Masaki Batoh and Michio Kurihara in the studio.

Ladytron - Witching Hour [2005] LP (Nettwerk) 
First time available on vinyl. Infectious synth-pop raging with unbridled energy.

Robert Ellis - Photographs LP (New West) 
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. The New York Times recently proclaimed that Ellis sounds "equally inspired by Jackson Browne and George Jones."

Lonely Forest - Arrows LP (Trans) Released in 2011 on CD - now available on vinyl. On Chris Walla's (Death Cab For Cutie) Trans Records label.

Black Cobra - Invernal LP (Southern Lord) Released in 2011 on CD, the punk/hardcore-fueled sludge metal band's latest is now available on vinyl. 
 
DVDs...

Queen - Days Of Our Lives DVD/Blu-ray (Eagle Vision) Features brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), Days Of Our Lives a compelling story of the band told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty. 221 minutes.   

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10% DISCOUNT on Preloved Merchandise EVERY Monday!
To paraphrase Booker T. & The MG's, Times Is Tight. We know. We're feeling it too. So to help you out and, hopefully, to help us out, we'd like to try a new concept - the weekly discount. We're going to start by offering a 10% discount on ALL PRELOVED MERCHANDISE (i.e. used stuff) every Monday from open to close. Come in on Mondays and everything in the store that's preloved (ahem, used) will be 10% OFF, every Monday (excluding dollar LPs and CDs under $5). If this works, we may apply the concept to other items on other days.

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The Indie Underground Hour on WRLT w/ Doyle from Grimey's New & Preloved Music
Saturdays from 7-8pm CST on WRLT/Lightning 100, Nashville's Progressive Radio, www.lightning100.com

Here's the playlist for January 28th:

Craig Finn - When No One's Watching (Full Eyes, Vagrant)
Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames - Old L.A. (New Multitudes, Rounder)
Jim White - Infinite Mind (Where It Hits You, Yep Roc)
Laura Gibson - Skin, Warming Skin (La Grande, Barsuk)
Graffiti6 - Free (Free EP, Capitol)
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Major (Out Of Frequency, BMG)
Jessie Baylin - Hurry Hurry (Little Spark, Blonde Rat/Thirty Tigers)
Kathleen Edwards - Empty Threat (Voyageur, Zoe/Rounder)
The Soul Rebels - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This (Unlock Your Mind, Rounder)
Shawn Lee's Incredible Tabla Band - Apache (Tabla Rock, Ubiquity)
Trailer Trash Tracys - You Wish You Were Red (Ester, Domino)
Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless (Attack On Memory, Carpark Records)
Portugal. The Man - Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) (In The Mountain In The Cloud, Atlantic) 

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Tickets, We Have Advance Tickets!
Grimey's offers advance tickets to shows. Ticket sales are CASH ONLY. Check the tickets list now online at the Grimey's website.

What's Happening This Week at The BASEMENT?
Check this week's schedule at the Basement's website.

MUSIC ON THE TV
What's rockin' on the toob this week? Check New Music Tip Sheet for more info. Shows marked with an asterisk (*) are re-runs. Also including some live radio appearances. Check listings below for details.

Tuesday January 31
Bjork @ The Colbert Report @ Comedy Central
Ringo Starr @ Ferguson, CBS
Imelda May @ Leno, NBC
Girls' Generation @ Letterman, CBS
Angels & Airwaves @ Kimmel, ABC
J. Cole @ Fallon, NBC
The Horrors @ Daly, NBC
Wednesday February 1
Florence + The Machine & Lykke Li @ Austin City Limits, WNPT Channel 8 (11pm)
Ringo Starr @ Conan, TBS
Gotye @ Kimmel, ABC
The Airborne Toxic Event @ Letterman, CBS
Evanescence @ Leno, NBC
All American Rejects @ Fallon, NBC
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Daly, NBC
Thursday February 2
Lana Del Rey @ Letterman, CBS
Blake Shelton @ Leno, NBC
Nas @ Fallon, NBC
Evanescence @ Conan, TBS
Korn @ Kimmel, ABC
White Denim @ Daly, NBC
Friday February 3
Fitz & The Tantrums @ Fallon, NBC
Ziggy Marley @ Letterman, CBS
Bush @ Leno, NBC
M83 @ Daly, NBC
Saturday February 4
Bon Iver @ SNL, NBC
Monday February 6
Shelby Lynne @ KCRW (1:15 PM CST)
Die Antwoord @ Letterman, CBS
LL Cool J @ Kimmel, ABC
Ziggy Marley & fun. @ Daly, NBC*

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G.I.F.T. U.P.
Grimey's Incredibly Fantastic Trade-in of Unwanted Presents (or GIFT-UP) Program*
In case you didn't know, we do this goofy thing where we will trade you a
happy Grimey's Gift Certificate for one of the crappy ones you got for
whatever occasion from some unknowing, but well-meaning, relative or friend.
We actually do this gift card exchange thing all through the year because we
don't stop caring about you once December ends, but I only bring it up now
because it's, you know, that time of year when people are in a gift-giving
frenzy but are short on time/energy/ideas, etc. While Grimey's can't do
anything about that sweater with reindeers on it or that smelly candle in
the shape of an evergreen or those tins of stale nougat, we can help with
those unwanted corporate gift cards*.

If you've received some corporate gift cards* that you don't want, stop by
the store and we'll take them and turn them into something you can use -- a
GRIMEY'S GIFT CERTIFICATE. (One of our awesome gift certs will be issued for an amount equal to the current value of the competitor's gift card upon
verification.) Just bring your unwanted gift card to the front counter
before you start shopping, and we'll have a Grimey's gift cert (or store
credit) waiting for you when you're ready to check out. Primarily we're talking about Best Buy, Target, Walmart and Amazon gift cards. If you're not sure if yours will qualify just call or email us for more details.

* Yes, of course, there's a catch or three. (1a) The gift card must be from
a chain competitor -- we don't trade on other indie stores' gift cards
because we encourage you to support them too. (1b) Sorry, but we cannot
accept gift cards from any retailer that has announced going out of
business. Also, the chain competitor must at least sell recorded music in
physical formats. So we won't except iTunes gift cards(seriously?). (2) The
gift card's value must be verifiable via phone or the internet. That means
that we can only accept a competitor's gift card if it has an 800-number or
website where the value of the card can be confirmed -- see the back of your
card if you're not sure. (3) The competitor's gift card must not expire for
at least 6 months from the date of exchange. That's it.