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Ah, the holiday season. Is there a better time to round up the family and head to a record store? We think not.

In fact, because it’s the absolute right time to support your local mom and pop, brick and mortar record shops, we invited Those Darlins’ Nikki Kvarnes to hit up one of our locals, Som Records for a bit of a record rummage, and wouldn’t you know it, her Mom’s along for the ride for one of the warmer pieces we’ve shot to date. (I mean, that Gwar shoot last year? Not the most fuzzy.)

Those Darlins have a new LP on store shelves, Blur the Line, and you can catch the band on tour through December into the new year. For now though, let’s join Nikki and Mom at Som in DC.

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So yes, you’ve heard it before—last February we launched our most ambitious undertaking yet, TVD500—a recurring competition where we and our esteemed partners, Infrasonic Mastering, Furnace MFG, and Dorado Music Packaging mastered, pressed, designed, printed, packaged, and delivered 500 copies of a winning 7″ single—on us.

The winner of our competition, chosen by our celebrity panel of judges, was Sillyboy, the Athenian (as in Greek) tour de force whose full LP Nature of Things has quickly become a favorite.

His winning single, “Supply Chain” is TVD Records’ very first release and Sillyboy’s first foray into US markets. Well, those 7″ singles of “Supply Chain” are presently in hand—and we’ve got a bunch to giveaway.

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Press Play is our Monday morning recap of the new tracks received last week—provided here to inform your vinyl purchasing power. Click, preview, download.

Hectorina – Orchard Breath
Kathryn Ostenberg – Hold On (Josh Money Remix)
Chrome Sparks – Lookin At Me
Tegan & Sara – Closer (Stubbs Remix)
Pontiak – Innocence
Imagine Dragons x Moguai x Michael Calfan – Demons [Disco Fries Bootleg]
Lorde – Royals (Epic Empire Remix)
Mount Pressmore – Trampoline
Ghost Beach – Moon Over Japan
The Harmonica Lewinskies – Jesus Christ is Just Rock and Roll

TVD SINGLE OF THE WEEK:
Dutch Barn – Steal Your Jokes

Marissa Nadler – Half as Much
Kairos – That Which Does Not
The Black and White Years – Strange Figurines
Soul Glimpse – In the Dawn of Day
UNMAP – ABC (Hierarchy Of The Alphabet)
Trivial Shields – Stiches
Marley Carroll – Speed Reader
VICTORY – Soothing Me So (Yalls Remix)
Trails and Ways – Lost (Frank Ocean Cover)
K-MAC – Badman Ting

3 more FREE TRACKS after the jump!

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We’re off for Thanksgiving and will return on Monday, 12/2.

Why not catch up on some of the interviews you might have missed, or our LP reviews, live reviews, or if it’s a podcast you’re craving we have 2—from Manchester, UK or from the winding hills of Lauren Canyon.

And if you are up to date, fire up TVD’s Record Store Locator App and visit your local mom and pop retailer! Odds are you’ll find one of us right next to you.

We’ve gone on a First Date, this past October they played one of our CMJ parties, and today we’re delighted to debut Sharkmuffin’s hard charger, “Soft Landing.”

Sharkmuffin’s latest EP, “1097,” was named after the Jersey Shore summer home bassist Natalie Kirch lost at sea during Hurricane Sandy. “1097″‘s final track, “Soft Landing” is the calm after the storm that “TEN TEN,” the song before it, embodies.

“1097″ will be released on as a limited edition, multi-colored, oil-spillesque 7″ pressing courtesy of Dazzleships Records on December 11th at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn, NY.

You can pre-order the record here.

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Press Play is our Monday morning recap of the new tracks received last week—provided here to inform your vinyl purchasing power. Click, listen, download.

Juniore – Dans Le Noir
Gildas Season’s Greeting Mix – MiniMix By Jerry Bouthier
Peter Walker – Pretty Bird
The Deltahorse feat. TJ Eckleberg – Hey Yuri
Jon and the Jones – Firebreather
AM Aesthetic – We Caught Fire
Jeremy and The Harlequins – Cam Girl
Lushlife – Toynbee Suite
Trentalange – Same Illusion
The Julie Ruin – Right Home (YACHT Remix)

TVD SINGLE OF THE WEEK:
The Casket Girls – Same Side

Shannon and the Clams – Into a Dream
Nyteowl – Get In It
Dutch Barn – Steal Your Jokes
U.S. Royalty – Into The Thicket
Ha Ha Tonka – Colorful Kids
Kristin Hoffmann – Let Go (Rise of Troy Remix)
Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do (Psymbionic Remix)
Jess Williamson – Native State
Blancmange – Feel Me (Remixed by Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye)
Bowerbirds – Seven Wonders

15 more FREE TRACKS after the jump!

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We’re delighted to debut Space Fight’s “Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’?” video from their brand new full length, All Systems Wait out now on the Glasstone Records imprint. And we’ve got a record rummage with the band’s Spencer Miles.
—Ed.

U2 – Achtung Baby, War | U2 is the band that made me want to be a musician. I got Achtung Baby on cassette for my 12th birthday. When that first chord on “Zoo Station” hit, my mind was blown. I immediately wanted to be a rock guitarist. When I got War on vinyl later that year for 25¢ at a garage sale, I must have played it a thousand times, trying to absorb those unbelievable punk-influenced guitar tones.

Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy | Everyone had their High School Zeppelin phase. I had an obsession. The bass lines on Houses of the Holy, especially “The Song Remains the Same,” are otherworldly. I didn’t know who James Jamerson was yet, but John Paul Jones was my first favorite bassist, and his playing resonated with me deeply, so I started the switch from guitar to bass.

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