Sound Check: July

Loving our new beats:

• Golden Smog - if you love Wilco, you'll love Golden Smog as Jeff Tweedy is on half the vocals. Listen to "I Can."

• Discovery - if you love Vampire Weekend & Ra Ra Riot, give this mini-collaboration a shot. It's good times electronica. Digging, "So Insane.

• Alice Smith - we love rediscovering an oldie from the arsenal - and we've been boogieing around to "Woodstock" all month long!

Sound Check: June

It may be sweltering outside, but inside were staying cool and listening to these fine tracks:

• Mos Def - This fab album came out just a few weeks ago and it's already getting tons of play. We can't get "Quiet Dog" out of our heads!

• Q-Tip - Who doesn't love Q-Tip?? Well, if you don't already from his Tribe Called Quest days, give one listen to "Won't Trade" and you'll be an instant fan.

• The Easy Beats - A bit of a throwback with this Aussie 60's band but we're loving the surf tunes!

Sound Check: May

Busting moves in the shop to:
Coconut Records - Why didn't we know about this band earlier??? Nighttiming is AMAZING.
The Morning Benders - Another goodie. Try A Grain of Salt or Patient Patient.
Bob Dylan - So he just came out with a CD, but our current tune of choice? Nettie Moore - found on his 2006 album, Modern Times.
Get Rockin People!

Sound Check

So we've been busy unpacking, steaming and hanging lots of new fabulous things - including yummy new lotions, perfumes and more! Here's what we've been working to:

Vampire Weekend - love Mansard Roof and A-Punk!
Bon Iver - Skinny Love rocks!!
Etta James - def getting tix to her June concert here with Al Green!

Now that the Caroling is Over....

Every year I look forward to Dean Martin's toasty Christmas tunes - particularly Let it Snow - and the Drifter's good ol' version of White Christmas, but by the third day of listening to the "Holly" station on XM, we're about one plum pudding away from a Yuletide meltdown.
We've been pretty stoked since December 26th rolled around.

Here's a list of what we are listening to now!
Fleet Foxes
Ruby Suns
Band of Bees
Buena Vista Social Club
Nina Simone