Click on the picture above for more details on one of the best albums of this year.

New Drama just hit our shelves.

There is a new song posted on the Unwed Sailor myspace, called Gila, and I must say, is incredibly gorgeous. Combing the minimal-shoegazeness of Early Day Miners (who have done a split together) with dark and brooding sounds of The Black Heart Procession.
There is a good chance that we will be doing a show [...]

It’s no secret that Relative is fairly smitten by TotR’s Return to Cookie Mountian, some of the staff have already proclaimed it to be in their top ten of the year. We have posters to give away to anyone who buys the record from us, and if you’ve already bought it from us and want [...]

We just got a box from our peeps over at Stones Throw and what did it contain? Chrome Children Fan Club 45’s! We have Chrome Children on sale for $14.98$9.98 and everyone who buys the CD/DVD gets the 45 with it for free!
Supplies are limited, so don’t be caught sleeping!
For more information on Chrome Children, [...]

I saw on the Fader blog that Stella Season 1 is being released on DVD Sept 12. This date was last week so that means we will have to wait until Friday to get it since we were not on the up and up. After talking with Michael Showalter when he was here [...]

Pulled from asthmatickitty.com :
Forget the 50 States. Christmas is a bigger concept. As some of you may or may not know, for the past few years, as a holiday tradition, Sufjan has embarked on an extraordinary experiment to record an annual Christmas EP. It started in 2001, the year of Epiphanies, and continued onward (skipping [...]

We just slit open a box and what was inside? New Relative Cards.
And they are, as you can see, so choice. Braided and I will be working in the lab, looking at schematics, experimenting with increased benefits, data strapulation, and sending out a special announcement in the next few days with our results of those [...]

I do! I do!
We just got a big ole order from the kind folks at Ebullition, so our racks are chock full of some of the new hardcore and metal records out right now.
Check it out…
Blank Stare, White Hell Third Party 7″
Badass Boston Hardcore along the lines of Cut the Shit, Haymaker, etc.
Angry, but far [...]

The cross-continental collaboration Extra Golden has been mentioned by a few Relative members and spins heavily on the record store’s stereo. Everytime I experience the smooth baseline, clear-cut guitar rhythms and soft vocals, I desire to spread the love of Extra Golden. The band formed around doctoral research in Kenya and is a combination [...]

Basement Jaxx proves problematic to the indie ear that does not dismiss them outright. “Rooty” and “Kish Kash” are two of the best releases of the new millennium for anybody who values pop and eclecticism. “Rooty,” along with Andre 3000’s “The Love Below,” is among the finest of fake Prince albums, both easily [...]

This is one of the hottest pieces of vinyl I have ever seen.

I always thought, Relative Theory’s first food piece was going to be “Burgers and Beats” or “Techno Tater-Tots” both by Jamie Petro. I leave for one night and this is what happens. -J Dub

Their home base is in New York City and their staff creates assignments for each issue around a specific theme like Portraiture or Creating Home. They then send those assignments to friends and artists around the world. Recording their responses allows them to illustrate the diversity and commonality of the human experience. [...]

Sometimes the fun in shopping of records is the mystery. Buying things you’ve only heard good things about, or just picking up a record based on a description, suggestion. Even just because you like the cover. That mystery of first putting it on, and finding out whether it was “money well spent’ and when if [...]

Originally from Mexico City and Buenos Aires respectively, Vicente García Landa and Matias Bieniaszewski met through a record-shop owning older brother — coming together to form One Second Bridge and in doing so bringing their loves of pop, electronica, shoegaze and delicate psychedelia together in a crucible of audio rightness.

Besides the new releases coming out this Tuesday, there are quite a few things finally being released on vinyl. We will have these trickling in throughtout the week, so take a look after the jump and see what you need on your shelf.

These are the best selling CD’s for the month of June.

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