the great pumpkin

Tonight there are several amazing shows, but I’m really looking forward to seeing Woods and Ducktails play at a place like the Bell House (not to mention Dungen! get tickets here!).  If you happen to have a ticket stub from Animal Collective in Prospect Park the word is you get $5 off admission.

This is one of those shows where I’m hoping to pick up a couple records that I have been meaning to get for quite a while.

Record #1

The Ducktails split 7″ with Julian Lynch that the wonderful Underwater Peoples put out:

I hope most of you reading this are familiar with Underwater Peoples by now…they were the first ones to bring us a record by Real Estate, and this is their second piece of vinyl.  Just as the Real Estate 7″ came with a CD of the tracks…this release also has a bonus, but this time it is a DVD of Richard Law’s portrait art.  Underwater Peeps were nice enough to post two of the tracks from the 7″ in video from (which I assume are coming from the DVD!):

Ducktails- “Parasailing”

although Julian Lynch isn’t playing tonight…his tracks on this record are rad.

Julian Lynch- “Garden 2″

Buy this Ducktails/Julian Lynch split 7″/DVD combo from Underwater Peoples here!

On top this wonderful Ducktails’ 7″ Matt Mondanile is on a role with his second LP this year…this one is out on Olde English Spelling Bee!

Record #2

The new Ducktails LP is titled Landscapes.  I haven’t heard the LP, but this song happens to be on it:

Ducktails- “Landrunner”

I always forget how crazy that video is until I re-watch it, and the song is awesome…so if that is any indication of what to expect we should all be snagging this LP as well.  I really can’t get enough of this surfy psychedelica, and it seems to be what Ducktails does best.  Olde English Spelling Bee seems to do pretty limited releases so this one might not be around too long.

Buy Ducktails’ Landscapes here.

On the topic of limited re-leases Woods has out a 4 song “bootleg” out.

Record #3

This record is titled Acoustic Family Creeps (Play Live In the Woods), which I’ve come to think is a collaboration between Woodsist and Captured Tracks (not sure?).

This record isn’t very common on the internets…but you can get it at Woods shows and Academy Annex in Brooklyn, or try Florida is Dying (or email Captured Tracks or Woodsist?).  It seems to be going for about $12-$15 for the four songs, but people seem to be raving about it (which is expected these days…Woods have been putting out great records one after another).

This last one will be a game time decision for me, but the Ducktails records should be coming back to my house for sure.

Recently Ray Concepcion put together this compilation video of Woods playing at the Whitney.  It’s a pretty rad video, and is making me really excited for the show tonight (thanks to ChocolateBobka for the tip on this one):

Woods- “Rain On”

Ahhh now all I have to do is wait a couple more hours.  Hope to see you there, and if you are make sure to grab some vinyl…records should be plentiful.

If you aren’t going to this show tonight, you should think about hitting up the Underwater Peoples monster Late Summer Showcase at Market Hotel featuring Real Estate, Air Waves, Ducktails, and Beach Fossils, Family Portrait, Pill Wonder, Andrew Cedermark, Dana Jewell, Liam the Younger, Fluffy Lumbers, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, Frat Dad, Big Troubles, and DJ Etienne.  More to come on this as it gets a little closer…meaning next week.

End Notes:

• Although I will not be buying these records via mail order they are definitly This Week In Mail Order worthy!
• More on Ducktails here.
• More on Woods here.

Tags: Captured Tracks, Ducktails, Dungen, Julian Lynch, Matt Mondanile, Olde English Spelling Bee, The Bell House, Underwater Peoples Records, Woods, Woodsist Records