Category Archives: Recommendations

Vinyl O’ Vinyl Record Swap @ The Deerpile

When: Sunday, September 30, from noon through 3pm Where: The Deerpile (above City O City, 206 E 13th, Denver) What: Vendors, including Growler Records, Wax Trax and more, will have tables set up with used records, new records, tapes, zines, … Continue reading

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Hang out with Growler this weekend! Overcasters! Afro-Punk! Sunday In-Store!

Gathering of the Clouds Festival Denver band The Overcasters have put together the best album release party ever.  Three days of local bands and DJs performing at City Hall.  And, Growler Records will be table-ing.  Kick ass! Thursday, Feb 23 … Continue reading

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Holy shit n’ piss, Growler Records has Neurosis reissues!

For those of you who are already fans of Neurosis then you know how big of a deal it is that Relapse Records has repressed 2 albums on vinyl.  Original pressings of any Neurosis album is hard to come by … Continue reading

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What a great weekend coming up at Growler Records!

The Mid-Winter Punk Film Fest has turned out quite well so far.  Somewhere between 20 and 25 folks showed up last week to watch “Downtown ’81.”  We had hot apple cider in a crock pot and fresh popcorn on the … Continue reading

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Some new vinyl highlights for the week!

Hey y’all!  Every week new things arrive in carefully packed boxes.  I can hardly keep up on updating the blog about them.  So, I’ve decided to go the somewhat lazier route and post a few highlights.  These are the things … Continue reading

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Record review: Wolves in the Throne Room “Celestial Lineage”

I’m reposting a review of this record from my friend Sascha because it’s well-written, and complementary of an album I also like.  You should check their blog out after reading this review, and stream their weekly radio show outta Asheville: http://www.ashevillefm.org/signals-fill-the-void … Continue reading

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What’s new this week: part 1b – highlights

Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the making of Bitter Tears covers the story of Mr. Cash making his album meant to further the voices of Native people in the US.  1964, and someone as famous as Johnny Cash could … Continue reading

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What’s new this week: part 1 – books, movies and slingshots!

A big order from AK Press has arrived! Do you know what this means? Primarily, it means that the 2012 Slingshot organizers are here. They come small or large, at $6 or $12 respectively. Secondly, I have several punk documentaries … Continue reading

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On why I love doing research.

Back in the good ol’ days of college I loved doing research and hated writing papers. Card catalogs, yes. Creepy basement rooms full of untouched journals on obscure topics, yes. Contemplative stillness, yes! And the trend continues in my life. … Continue reading

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Thou “Summit”

Thou has become almost-legends in the stoner-metal-sludge-doom genre.  Formed in ’05 in Baton Rouge, they have put out more than a dozen releases on almost as many labels, always with spectacular artwork and usually in limited pressing.  Their shit sells … Continue reading

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