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HEY! Thanks so much for all of the continued support dearest readers and customers! y’all rule.
Here’s the thing, as some may know, PenPals decided to up & move to Brooklyn, NY recently. We’re finally getting all settled (personally) but the store is behind. Not behind in terms of stocked records/cassette tapes, behind in having them listed on here. All the good new ones though, we have them! so yeah, just get in touch via fun@penpalsmusic.com and we’ll make it happen!
On to more exciting news! We’ve teamed up with a cool bar and bands to bring Manhattan, NY an unofficial CMJ PARTY. so here are the deets & flyers for you to feast upon. should be a “real cool time.”
Ding Dong Lounge 929 Columbus b/t 105 & 106
8pm sharp on 10/20 w/ $8 in hand for door girl
AUDACITY
Plateaus
Punks on mars
Tropical Popsicle
+ DJ John Mitchell
also, the site is in the midst of revamping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We now have some cassettes from Brooklyn’s Whoa Whoa! Neat, huh?
They released a cassette version of Xray Eyeballs debut! And particularly striking a chord with us is the Teen Witch EP. It’s the latest from Caroline of the bay area band Splinters!
TEEN WITCH – I Don’t Mind by WHOA WHOA
The titles we are offering:
[Whoa 002] Teen Witch – S/t
[Whoa 003] Naked Pictures – Don’t Lose Your Dinosaur
[Whoa 004] Night Manager – S/t
[Whoa 005] Xray Eyeballs – Not Nothing
We have so many records that haven’t been spoken for on the BLOG! Before listing some favorites, here are two tracks we got on repeat!
The Men – Bataille by sacredbones
(thanks KEVIN)
Peoples Temple ‘Sons of Stone’ by HOZAC RECORDS
And then here are some records that came out recently that we are IN to!
Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread LP
Mickey – Rock’n Roll Dreamer LP
Happy Thoughts – S/t LP
Reatards – Teenage Hate / Fuck Elvis Here’s The Reatards 2xLP
Woods – Sun And Shade LP
The Men – Leave Home LP
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – Gorilla Rose LP
Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania 2xLP
Girls Names – Dead To Me LP
People’s Temple – Sons Of Stone LP
Crystal Stilts – In Love With Oblivion LP
Kleenex/Liliput – S/t 4xLP!!!
Dirty Beaches – No Fun 7″
PenPals is going to be out a couple weeks on vacation! Stopping first in NYC for Popfest and then Barcelona for Primavera Sound! We are very excited! The only sad thing is that we’ll have to close the shop for a bit. On May 30th things will be back to up and running as usual. Feel free to put in orders but just know they won’t ship until then. Oh and if you’re going to be at either of these festivals, send us a note!
Bonus: We will have cool PenPals buttons!
A great day is quickly approaching! We hope you all have a great one!
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get our hands on the crazy exclusive vinyl being released this year but to make up for this fact, we’re having a SALE! Fun!
Enter RSD_TAKE20 at checkout for 20% off whatever your heart desires this Saturday!
We have you covered with the update on the sounds that will treat your ears right! With brand new records from Woodsist, Hunx & his Punx, Obits, The Night Marchers, and In the Red, spirits are high around PenPals headquarters! Oh yeah, and we got a new Tyvek 7″ import!
Hunx & His Punx – Too Young To Be In Love [Hardly Art]
Hunx has gone girl group! Recorded in the same studio that Ronnie Spector once graced. For fans of that, Ramones, Nobunny, etc. Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams is even among the punkettes!
Hunx & His Punx – Lovers Lane
Hunx & His Punx – Too Young To Be In Love
Spectre Folk – Blackest Medicine Vol. 2 [Woodsist]
Spectre Folk – The Blackest Medicine
Uv Race – Homo [In the Red]
Uv Race – Inner North
Uv Race – Low
Night Marchers – Thar She Blows B/w All The Hits [Swami]
Obits – Moody, Standard and Poor [Sub Pop]
Obits – You Gotta Lose
Obits – Shift Operator
Tyvek – Time Change/Inter City Walks [Les Disques Steak]
We have many new great pieces of vinyl in the shop right now! This may be a lot to digest!
This all came out on 3/15:
Brave Irene – S/t [Slumberland]
Dana Jewell – Wants [Underwater Peoples]
Gun Outfit – High Places [Make A Mess]
J Mascis – Several Shades of Why [Sub Pop]
Melted Toys – Washed & Dried [Underwater Peoples]
Pink Playground – Sunny Skies [Zoo Music]
Robert Scott – Ends Run Together [Flying Nun]
Oh and for good measure, here are some other recent gems!
Colleen Green – Green One [Hardly Art]
Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High [Sub Pop]
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo [Matador]
Pheromoans – It Still Rankles [Convulsive]
V/a – Under The Covers Vol. 2 – A Tribute To Paul Collins, Peter Case And Jack Lee (of The Nerves) [Volar]
Jackpot Records of Portland, Oregon recently gave very kind reissue treatment to the third and final LP from Dutch garage punks The Outsiders. You may have seen them before on the Nuggets compilation expanded box set.
Jackpot says:
“CQ” spans R&B, spacey experimental numbers, folk rock and a revved-up kind of punk that pre-dates the angular moodiness of what would become the no wave/post punk sound a decade later. This unpredictable stylistic approach, when coupled with across-the-board amazing songs, make this one of the masterpiec-es of late 60′s psychedelic garage rock, and a cornerstone album of the genre.
It rules!
We are of the opinion that you cannot go wrong with these two new releases!
Dirty Beaches – Badlands [Zoo Music]
Davila 666 – Tan Bajo [In the Red]
First favorite song on the album!!!
Davila 666 – “Obsesionao” by AwkwardSound
Boys and girls we have some killer singles in from super cool Parisian label PLASTIC SPOONS!! Including…out of print ones from favorites Flight and the Fresh & Onlys! Not to mention HoZac bands Rayon Beach and Mess Folk. Check out the nice artwork, sample some tracks, and get on these before they are gone!!
The Fresh & Onlys – Vanishing Cream
Flight – Ghosts
