Large Professor (production on this track) keeps that MJ “Human Nature” beat at the center here and honestly any beat with that at the center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Nature_%28Michael_Jackson_song%29#Sampling ) has my positive at tention. NAS’s “Illmatic” is a top contender for best hip-hop album ever (I will not postulate any further than that, but it’s one that I never get sick of). This is the last song off that and it always leaves me wanting more (which at that point – and this is true – I usually go to 9th Wonder’s “God’s Stepson” and am satiated). (Rick)

We hope that someday ROBOTS AND EMPIRE get back together for at least one more show. This 4-piece post-hardcore outfit from Poughkeepsie, NY, used to play CT about once every six weeks for years, bringing out everyone’s inner groove-mosher. I would lose my mind when they played. Check out the other projects the members have going on now, Living Laser & Winterlong. Both bands will have new records out soon!

Com Truise captures that late 80’s future aesthetic (portrayed future from that time) in this short thriller. Put on your sunglasses because there is a lot of neon grafx going ’round this elektro traxxx.

Last month, hugely influential band, The Stooges announced that they were working on new material for the first time since 2007’s, “The Weirdness”. This week, we got restocked on a bunch of older Stooges titles. Check out this documentary short on one of the most important bands in rock history.

HTRK – “Bendin'” from Ghostly International on Vimeo.

HTRK and Tropic of Cancer have a split coming from Ghostly International soon. I’m looking very much forward to it. Can’t get enough of the slow melancholic reverberations. (Rick)

A friend of mine traded in a copy of American Nightmare’s “The Sun Isn’t Getting Any Brighter” 7″ yesterday and it made me think about all the times I saw them in the early 2000’s. Exploding out of the booming Boston straightedge scene, the y took aggressive hardcore to new heights, by fusing hard mosh parts with darker introspective lyrics. Deathwish Inc. will be releasing a documentary about the bands recent reunion shows. Check out the trailer.

Tomorrow night, the post-hardcore band Texas is the Reason will be performing for the first time since their 2006 reunion as the headliner of night 1 of Revelation Records 25th Anniversary Fest in New York City. TITR to me, is one of the most important “emo” bands of the 90’s. Check out what the band has to say about playing together again in this short documentary video.

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We recently got some of these in (on CD and LP) from ITALIANS DO IT BETTER; CHROMATICS third album of fuzzy dreamy disco pop goodness.

We just cracked open a box filled with Xibalba – “Hasta La Muerte” LPs. Crushingly heavy beatdown mosh parts, low growled vocals, these guys are pulling off a style of music that is all but dead in 2012. Southern Lord Records has really nailed it with this one. Check out this video where they party, mosh, & do some apartment couch-wrestling. Also note the “Kuato Lives” and “Warriors” tags.

Got the Aphex Twin reissues of the “Richard D. James” album and “… I Care Because You Do” LPs. This song’s not on those but is arguably his most iconic video (directed by Chris Cunningham). This song was also covered by The Dillinger Esca pe Plan with Mike Patton (of course, I 100% prefer the original). Creepy and not so subtle (though at the time when Digital Hardcore Recordings was at their peak this comes off as completely minimal) face grabbing (get it?) electronic music. (Rick)

Recently, Safety Meeting Records dropped off copies of the newly pressed & extremely limited (95 copies!) LP version of Crooked Hook’s self-titled album. Originally released six years ago only as a CD, this 3-piece played a blend of psyched elic garage rock with deep stonery riffs. This was a band I was aware of at the time, but didn’t truly appreciate until now. Check out this live video of them playing at Bar. If anyone has any better quality videos, let me know! (Josh)

In just two weeks, Chain Of Strength will be hitting the stage for two nights in New York as part of the Revelation Records 25th Anniversary showcase. Chain… was my favorite of the youth crew era Rev bands, so it’s a pretty big deal for me to be able to see them live. Here’s a video of them playing a secret show a couple weeks ago in CA.

We got some used Iron Maiden vinyl in last night. Among them was the 12″ single for “Aces High” still sealed. Maiden stuff is worth picking up for the iconic album imagery alone (seriously, if you find even beat-to-crap copies that would never play and they’re only a few dollars – still pick them up!), but beyond all that everyone knows, they just plain shred.

Yes! I was really hoping this would get the video treatment at exactly this time of the four year cycle. Killer Mike’s “R.A.P. Music” is completely bonkers (this is a good thing) throughout, but man, this track kills it on many levels. Fun true short story: our landlord once gave us some business advice that basically just went like, “Don’t talk about religion or politics.” Well, there goes about 90% (this is not a real stat) of our inventory. (Rick)

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Danny Brown is playing in CT very soon (23rd at Toad’s Place). The XXX album came out last year as a free download and then later as a CD and then on Record Store Day as an LP+7″. This video is a fun rap romp dealing with some not fun ideas (of being grown up).

We were on a serious soundtrack kick a little while ago and thanks to Death Waltz Recording Company that streak is not ending anytime soon. The latest one we’ve got in stock is the soundtrack to the film who’s trailer is below. Pretty perfect for the season too.

Just over a year ago this won a contest to be the official video for this J Dilla The J Dilla Foundation OFFICIAL J DILLA track. Donuts has had a couple re-releases in the past some years and for good reason. One of (if not the top of the crop) best examples of a strictly hip-hop beat album (I liken it to grindcore – it gets its message across and moves on). So solid. (Rick)

World renowned singer/songwriter & animal rights activist Morrissey (formerly of The Smiths, Slaughter & The Dogs) will be performing October 6th at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. I’m really excited for this show. (Josh)

The new Dinosaur Jr album has been in steady rotation since we got it in a few days back. This video is really fun (done by the Funny Or Die camp). Slacking grunge with an upbeat vibe at its heart.

Barstow at Brass City Records 3 from The Sin in Grey on Vimeo.

The third release put out by Redscroll Records was a split 7″ by Barstow & A Days Refrain. A Days Refrain had releases on Robotic Empire & Alone Records, making them a little more well known. Barstow on the other hand was a CT gem that didn ‘t venture far from home. To make the covers for this record, we snuck into a Manhattan office building after hours, copied, cut & folded everything taking a break only for pizza. It was a blast. If you’re a fan of bands like Small Brown Bike, you’ll probably dig this band a lot. Here they are playing in Brass City Records in Waterbury.

A couple fellows from Grails (among other projects) are behind Lilacs & Champagne = some great funk prog-scape (soundtrack music with vocals). This video fits the mood quite well.