Graded on a Curve: New in Stores for December 2021, Part One
Part one of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for December 2021. NEW RELEASE PICKS: Beauty Pill, “Instant Night” (Northern Spy) The title track of...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for December 2021, Part Two
Part two of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for December 2021. Part one is here. NEW RELEASE PICKS: Duane Pitre, Omniscient Voices (Important)...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: The Best of 2021’s Box Sets
As 2021 draws to a close, the best of the year lists have been ramping up. Unlike in (some) years previous, this rundown of the best box sets and expanded releases could’ve been much longer (doubled,...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: The Best of 2021’s Reissues, Part One
Shifting attention from the big box sets and multi-LP releases toward (mostly) scaled-down reissues and archival material only expands the pool of worthiness. This list, thematically paired and then...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: The Best of 2021’s Reissues, Part Two
For part two of 2021’s best reissues the tide turns toward releases of an expansive, often jazzy nature, and with a double dose of punk bite in the mix. 5. Mujician, 10 10 10 (Cuneiform) + Paul...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: The Best of 2021’s New Releases, Part One
As we head into the Best List home stretch with a shift of focus onto the new, it bears repeating that the sheer number of potential candidates for inclusion was even larger than it was for the box...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: The Best of 2021’s New Releases, Part Two
As we arrive at the final tippy-top ten of the Best New Releases of 2021, it easy to envision the scroll-downs and the scrunched-up frowns: “hey, where is _____?” Please understand that the fave in...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for January 2022, Part One
Part one of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for January 2022. NEW RELEASE PICKS: Stefan Schönegg, Enso: Strukturen (impakt Köln) This is the...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for January 2022, Part Two
Part two of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for January 2022. Part one is here. NEW RELEASE PICK: Tony Malaby’s Sabino, The Cave of Winds...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for January 2022, Part Three
Part three of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for January 2022. Part one is here and part two is here. NEW RELEASE PICKS: The Whitmore Sisters,...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for January 2022, Part Four
Part four of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for January 2022. Part one is here, part two is here, and part three is here. NEW RELEASE PICKS:...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for February 2022, Part One
Part one of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for February 2022. NEW RELEASE PICKS: Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio, The Bottom (Cuneiform) Washington,...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for February 2022, Part Two
Part two of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for February 2022. Part one is here. NEW RELEASE PICKS: Joy Guidry, Radical Acceptance (Whited...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for February 2022, Part Three
Part three of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for February 2022. Part one is here and part two is here. NEW RELEASE PICKS: Pan•American, The...
View ArticleGraded on a Curve: New in Stores for February 2022, Part Four
Part four of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for February 2022. Part one is here, part two is here, and part three is here. NEW RELEASE PICK:...
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