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Go check out Ryan’s Smashing Life to download a new track that they recorded at The Grinding Tapes House in November. It’s a fantastic cover of Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country”.

Also, you may know that The Points North are currently touring Australia. Check out this video from their first night Down Under!

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We are very excited to announce that Vinegar Socks’ self-titled debut album is now available in CD and mp3 format our store. Vinegar Socks are establishing themselves as one of the most important indie projects in Italy with their sophisticated and lyrical music that draws from a number of musical forms, including Irish folk, gypsy, and punk. This album is a fully-embellished work of stunning beauty. Check it out!

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Here is an excellent unreleased cover of the Magnetic Fields’ “Come Back from San Francisco” by Grinding Tapes artist The Points North:

And for those of you looking to compare, here is the original by Stephin Merritt & co. from 1999’s 69 Love Songs:

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Friends! We have two new releases available in our store! Please check them out and enjoy!

The Points North: I Saw Across the Sound vinyl and mp3
The Points North’s debut full-length is their most mature musical statement yet. This provocative and engaging album captures perfectly the stunning precision and thoughtful understatement of their live performances during 2008 and 2009. These quiet New England anthems are perhaps more at home in 1909 than 2009, but you won’t find a better folk album this year.

Slowest Runner: The Flophouse Session CD
Slowest Runner’s debut album is a live performance from their Band in Boston session on May 23rd, 2009. Named after the Band in Boston podcast itself, The Flophouse Session delivers on the abundant promise of the band’s jaw-dropping live performance. On The Flophouse Session, Slowest Runner combine guitar, bass, drums, piano, violin, cello, tape loops, and heavily-distorted vocals to create beautifully-dramatic movie score music that frequently reaches blistering intensity.

We are also pleased to offer a new product in our store called the Grinding Tapes Subscription! For just $10 you will get three rare and exclusive mp3s from Grinding Tapes-related artists each month starting in October 2009 and ending in March 2010. That’s six months and 18 total songs! At the end of the six months, you’ll receive a special exclusive CD with all 18 songs in classic Grinding Tapes packaging. Check it out!

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Hi everyone! We are very excited about the Grinding Tapes showcase that is happening at The Middle East tonight! Here are the bands on the bill, all of which were hand-selected by Grinding Tapes:

Manners
The Points North
tiny mtns (Elijah Wyman)
Dreamtigers

Here are all the details:

Sunday, August 23, 2009, 8pm
The Middle East Upstairs
472 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA
$9, 18+

He truly hope to see you there!

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We finished printing the tracklisting for Slowest Runner’s Flophouse Session EP.  Check it out:

Next up, we’re going to glue the jackets and print the CDs.  The band selected these nice orange CDs, which we’ll print with the text, “The skies darken.  The sea swells.  And the good ship Tecora sleeps silent on the ocean floor.”

Our little robot guy is super-excited.

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Yesterday was the first day of printing Slowest Runner’s Flophouse Session EP.  The session was recorded live by our friends over at Band in Boston Podcast.  Check out this video that we took of the recycled jackets drying at the Grinding Tapes House.

The cover art was illustrated by our good friend and super-great artist, William Collins.

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Thanks so much to everyone who made it out last night to our nearly-sold-out show at Club Passim!  Here are some videos for those of you who missed it.

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