It's shaping up to be another killer
year for great music, with new releases coming from
Tori Amos,
Cat Power, Black Mountain, Stephen
Malkmus,
Magnetic Fields, Drive-By Truckers, The
Whigs, Xiu
Xiu, Mars Volta, Hot Chip, Shelby Lynne (Dusty
Springfield covers!), Ray Davies, kd lang,
Jack
Johnson, Gotan Project,
DeVotchKa,
Daniel Lanois, The Breeders and
many more-
all
within the first few months of the year!
As for live music in Tampa Bay, it might be hard to
beat the upcoming Sharon Jones and The Dap-
Kings
show at Skipper's January 22nd, and, knowing this,
we hustled up a pair of tickets to give away courtesy of
our
friends at WMNF! Just
send us your name, a phone
number
and put *SOUL* in the subject line of an email to
contest@vinylfevertampa.com and we'll pick a
winner.
To the right of this missive, as
voted by you, the Vinyl Fever customer, are some of
our
best-selling CDs from 2007. Great job,
peoples- you got good taste! Let's rock on into 2008,
shall we?
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GIFT UP!
We Accept Chain Competitors' Gift Certificates and Cards
Remember the Gift Card Exchange Program we ran
last year? Well, by
popular demand it's still going! So, say Aunt
Betty Boop over in
Plant
City
ain't hip to the Vinyl Fever, and she buys you a
Best Buy
gift
card but they don't sell Sharon Jones & The Dap-
Kings on
vinyl, so you're wishing she gave you a Vinyl Fever gift certificate instead. Well,
you can pretend she did &
bring
it in & we'll trade you out for the same amount!
Its easy & painless- here are the guidelines:
1) The gift card must be from a chain
competitor - we don't trade on other indie shops
because we want you to support them, too. The chain
competitors that we will trade on include Best Buy,
Target, Circuit City, Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc. Hit
us up on a good day and we'll even take Staples!
2) The gift card value must be verifiable via phone
or
internet. That means the card must have an 800-
number or website on the back.
3) It must not expire within 6 months from the
date of
exchange.
Cool? Cool!
Buy One Here for the New Year
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Listening Post Features for January
Come in and lean on us
Patrick Watson - Close To Paradise
Combining elements of cinematic, melodic post rock
with electronic flourishes, Canada's Patrick Watson
has quickly gained fans both among the public and in
the notoriously jaded music business. The group,
named for its front man and chief songwriter, has
gained exposure on television through two separate
song placements on Grey's Anatomy as well as a
widely-seen video on You Tube ("The Great Escape"
has been seen over 430,000 times). The widely
acclaimed album is currently tearing up the charts in
Europe and Scandinavia, and has reached gold
status in Canada. This is unashamedly
melodic alternative rock.
Ana Popovic - Still Making History
Breakthrough release produced by Grammy Award
winning producer John Porter and featuring the
blazing fretboard work by Yugoslavian born vocalist /
guitarist Ana Popovic, whose skills on the guitar often
draws comparison to the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
The Hives - The Black and White Album
The Hives are back with The Black and White Album!
Featuring the hits "Tick Tick Boom," Won't Be Long"
and "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. (We Rule The World)" and
recorded around the world with a cast of
producers including Dennis Herring, Pharrell Williams
and Jacknife Lee.
Eulogies -
Eulogies
"Eulogies simmers with emotion and brims with
understated hooks, registering nearest the sensible
introspection of Wheat's Hope and Adams, Nada
Surf's The Weight is a Gift, or Death Cab for Cutie's
Transatlanticism." - Pitchfork
Various Artists - Causes 1-Waxploitation
100% of the
proceeds will go
to three non-profit organizations: Doctors Without
Borders, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam
America.
Waxploitation launches its inaugural Causes
album
series with Causes 1 which includes exclusive and
rare tracks donated by Animal Collective,
The Black
Keys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes,
Cornelius, The Cure,
David Sylvian, Death Cab for Cutie, (International)
Noise Conspiracy, The Shins remixed by Clint
Mansell, Spoon, Teargas & Plateglass, Thievery
Corporation and Travis.
Doctors Without Borders
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*NEW MUSIC NOW* AT VINYLFEVERTAMPA.COM
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE: SIA
You know SIA, you love SIA. She's cheeky,
has one of the most unique voices in alternative
music today, and has been featured regularly on
previous releases by Zero 7. She even had that huge
song "Breathe Me" from her previous solo album
featured in the finale of the HBO series Six Feet
Under. Now she is releasing a new CD on January 8,
called SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL
PROBLEMS.
Check out a few tracks in our pop-up jukebox at
vinylfevertampa
.com.
Sample MP3s, audio / video streams, and e-cards by
clicking on the NEW MUSIC NOW banner at
vinylfevertampa
.com. Featuring:
RED FEATURE: KELLER WILLIAMS - his new
CD, 12,
coming Dec 18;
FONTANA FEATURE : KISS - get more info on
the 4-
DVD KISSOLOGY 3, out 12/18;
CAROLINE FEATURE: PANDA BEAR - Listen
to "Comfy in Nautica" from PERSON PITCH;
WHITE STRIPES: Enjoy a couple of vids from
ICKY
THUMP;
MATT COSTA: Listen to "Mr. Pitiful" from
UNFAMILAIR
FACES, coming January 22;
SHELBY LYNNE: Sample a few tracks from
JUST A
LITTLE LOVIN', due 1/29;
THE MARS VOLTA: Watch the first vid from
THE
BADLAM IN GOLIATH, also due 1/29;
EELS: January 15= ESSENTIAL EELS VOL1,
and
USELESS TRINKETS;
NICK DRAKE: Watch "Pink Moon" from the
recently
reissued FRUIT TREE BOX SET
NO MORE KINGS: Look & listen to "Sweep
the Leg"
from the self-titled release;
TOOL: Get the details on the trippy
VICARIOUS DVD,
due 12/18
Sia Later
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TAMPA
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RADIOHEAD: IN RAINBOWS
Yeah, that's right- airfare, accommodations and
tickets
to see the legendary Band drummer/ vocalist, with his
band, at his home! Have you heard about the 
The Vera Violets have a new CD and they'll be
playin' it for us LIVE! C'mon by and hear the Vera
Violets' lush, sweet, psychedelia, after hours, at ~ 9:30
Friday night, January 18th. You know this band is
serious- they have a 
1-6-1924 - 