LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy

Not to get all cheesy on you guys, but frankly we just couldn’t be happier this dude is finally making some news again. After the recent news via Facebook (James Murphy loves the kids!) that there will indeed be a tour and new LCD record in the the near future, comes word that LCD will cover Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou” for Record Store Day Vinyl Saturday this November 7 (with a full release on November 24). Full list of stores here. Us+dancing shoes=ready. (Via: Daily Swarm)

[Photo by Wendy Lynch]

Modest Mouse had planned on shelling out a new 7″ single with two new songs for Record Store Day this past April, but it never happened. The anticipated 7″ is now ready for release, however, and will finally be come out on May 26.
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The Singles Collection is contributor Jason Jackowiak’s weekly column focusing on rare and essential 7″ releases. We gladly accept all types of 7″ for consideration.

As is our want, we’ve flipped the script here at The Singles Collection and in the spirit of timeliness, this week we’ll be featuring seven-inches that were exclusive to last Saturday’s Record Store Day (our newest all Sacred Bones feature will now run next week). Now, some of you may be listening to these as you read this, others may have unfortunately been shut out, while other still may have no idea these singles, or Record Store Day for that matter, even existed. At any rate, we’re only scratching the surface of the exclusive platters that were available on the 18th (for a full list, go here), and we hear some stores may even still have stock on some of these titles, so if anything strikes your fancy, best get a googlin’.
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Record Store Day is upon us tomorrow, which means you should be heading to your local record store — stop the bit torrenting for one day — and indulging in some vinyl, sweet cover art and amazing tunes. But instead of all the new records coming out in celebration of the day, we think you should try to find these eight records that will impress any music nerd.
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Slayer will be offering up some new thrash for your cash for the first time since 2006 in celebration of the third annual Record Store Day April 18. The 7-inch single, “Psychopathy Red”, will come in the form of blood-red vinyl and won’t last long — only 5,000 copies are being distributed worldwide.
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