Vinyl record pressing reviews and nothing else
Vinyl record pressing reviews and nothing else 
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Reviewed by Jon Rogers on May 9, 2012
Mega-heavy psych rockers Three Man Band (Knoxville) team up with power-garage trio Apache Dropout (Bloomington) for a very solid split 7" on GloryHole Records. Both songs are great additions to each band's catalog, the vinyl pressing is very attractive, and...
overall ranking: 4.10
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on May 3, 2012
Truly awesome 2010 reissue of this unclassifiable almost-pop record from 1980. The Soft Boys, featuring the unbridled talents of a young Robyn Hitchcock, were a powerful force of artsy rock and roll during the punk era, and "Underwater Moonlight"...
overall ranking: 4.30
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on May 2, 2012
One of many strong releases from San Francisco retro-garage heroes, Thee Oh Sees, "Warm Slime" is a short, sweet, and noisy journey into some of the band's most psychedelic and accessible work. Just good old rock and roll music with...
overall ranking: 4.10
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on April 20, 2012
Recent 7" EP by Apache Dropout, a great garage/psych trio with plenty of rabid energy and mind-numbing rock riffs. Something like the Stooges or Velvet Underground re-imagined for the modern era of popular music. In other words, it rocks and...
overall ranking: 4.00
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on April 19, 2012
Debut 7" from Vacation Club - released in 2011 by GloryHole Records. Fuzzy and snotty lo-fi with a punk attitude. Side A's "Gettin' Man" is a great warped-pop song, like Motown on acid. Comes with download code, sticker, great artwork....
overall ranking: 4.10
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on April 18, 2012
One of the greatest rock bands of the last three decades, Guided By Voices, reunites in their "classic" early 90s lineup to give the world their new album, Let's Go Eat The Factory. At once a coherent statement of their...
overall ranking: 3.90
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on April 16, 2012
Second album by San Francisco's MERCH, the musical alias of songwriter Joe Medina and his collaborators. "This Betrayal Will Be Our End" is an extremely emotional break-up album that plumbs the depths of personal misery and human suffering in a...
overall ranking: 3.65
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on April 10, 2012
2008 reissue of the classic 1977 debut LP by this explosive mod/punk trio, led by the now-legendary Paul Weller. Excellent pressing on heavyweight virgin vinyl, strong sound quality, BUT sadly missing an entire song from the original album ("Changed...
overall ranking: 3.20
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on March 30, 2012
Breezy and nostalgic indie rockers Real Estate move up to the big leagues on their first Domino release, and the polished sound suits them well. Some excellent understated songwriting and crystal-clear production help to make this possibly the finest Real...
overall ranking: 4.25
Reviewed by Jon Rogers on March 29, 2012
2010 repressing of one of the best and weirdest records ever made, 1985's This Nation's Saving Grace by art-rock bizarros The Fall. This edition is a regretfully minimal and thin repressing that is very inferior to other pressings. This record...
overall ranking: 2.70