On February 19th we launched our most ambitious undertaking yet—TVD500, the recurring competition where we will, along with our esteemed partners Infrasonic Mastering, Furnace MFG, and Dorado Music Packaging, master, press, design, print, package, and deliver 500 copies of a winning 7″ single—on us. We put out the call for any individual artist or band, […]
Main Street Music, Siren Records, and AKA Music are all hosting special in-store performances to help celebrate vinyl collectors’ holy day. This Saturday marks the annual gathering of record collectors across the globe to celebrate all things vinyl. It will mark the holiday’s 6th anniversary since its creation in 2007. Record stores in countries around […]
On February 19th we launched our most ambitious undertaking yet—TVD500, the recurring competition where, along with our esteemed partners Infrasonic Mastering, Furnace MFG, and Dorado Music Packaging, we will master, press, design, print, package, and deliver 500 copies of your winning 7″ single—on us. We’ve put out the call for any individual artist or band, working in […]
On February 19th we launched our most ambitious undertaking yet—TVD500, the recurring competition where, along with our esteemed partners Infrasonic Mastering, Furnace MFG, and Dorado Music Packaging, we will master, press, design, print, package, and deliver 500 copies of your winning 7″ single—on us. We’ve put out the call for any individual artist or band, working in […]
It’s a popular refrain around here when talking to newer and often established acts, “We’d love to put this out on vinyl, but the funds just aren’t there.” In fact, it’s SO common that we decided to do something about it. Introducing TVD500—the recurring competition where TVD and our esteemed partners will master, press, design, print, […]
“Vinyl has always been really important in Blood Red Shoes. When we started the band, the first thing we did was release a string of self-recorded limited 7″s, and since then we’ve made sure every release has a vinyl version.” “In fact increasingly, we’re not even doing a CD version, just a download and vinyl […]
It is said that when a night moves slow, the slow keep moving. Okay, by it I mean me, I said it, but wouldn’t it be brilliant if we all enjoyed one long slow dance… together? Yes, so let’s run all over DC this long weekend to find someone to slow dance with, starting tonight! Friday, […]
Over lunch where we feasted on German food, I chatted with DC’s Gordon Withers who has in his 5 years in DC made a name for himself as a highly respected solo cellist. He is also the cellist and guitarist for Baltimore band, Office of Future Plans signed to Dischord Records, and headed by J Robbins. We talked of his band […]
There are different types of bands in this broad and musical world. There are bands that play stadiums. There are bands that play festivals. And then there are bands that play intimate shows. They play because they want to make eye contact and emotionally connect with you. The Dig is one of the latter bands. Their […]
If you’re in the mid-South area and you don’t live under a rock, you’ll know that Bonnaroo is this upcoming weekend. The 3-day festival occurs throughout 700 acres and brings in over 150 performances on 10+ stages. The giganterous Tennessee monster party is about to kick off, and there’s a lot of information to digest, […]
The end of the so-called “winter that wasn’t” will soon be upon us, as February has come and gone, and the month of March is now here. However, there’s way more to celebrate than just the impending arrival of the spring season. Check out the shows TVD will be giving away free tickets to this […]
The Lonely Forest had one of our favorite releases last year with Arrows, and with Arrows’ debut on vinyl just this past Tuesday, we’ve invited the band to hang out with us all week in a celebration of what we tend to call in these parts a “crowning achievement.” We’ve been talking records all week with the guys […]
They had one of our favorite releases last year in Arrows, toured incessantly in 2011 including outings with Death Cab For Cutie, The Joy Formidable, Two Door Cinema Club, and Minus the Bear, and are set to hit the road again supporting Portugal. The Man this coming Spring. But that’s not what brings Washington state’s […]
It’s our weekly Twitter #MusicMonday recap of the tracks from last week that the folks in the press offices and PR agencies want you to be hearing. We post you decide. Death Songs – Water In The Eyes Of Man Dead Icons – Folding Aces Arrange – Streams / At Night School of Seven Bells – The Night […]
Donned in a black button down, black pants, tangled locks, and blue Gibson, lead singer and guitarist for the Foo Fighters Dave Grohl confessed, “[this is] the first time I’ve sold out the arena in my hometown,” to an at-capacity crowd last Friday at the Verizon Center—located just miles from the DC suburbs where he grew […]
