Buying a bunch of records on the webstore? Good on you! Better also snag a Captured Tracks or a Flying Nun tote bag for transport. Available in the webstore now for $8 a pop. Thin, sleek carrier totes that hold approximately 10 records. http://capturedtracks.com/catalog/_merch/
We asked Sonny to share a few of his favorite songs at the moment. He wrote a little bit about why he chose each song. Enjoy! The Leaves – Just A Memory …like a high school crush in a JD Salinger story. The dreamy girl who’s way out of your league looks at you once Continue Reading
Today, Wild Nothing’s new EP ‘Empty Estate’ is official out! Stream the release below and check out new tour dates this fall with Local Natives. Sat-Jun-08 New York, NY Governor’s Ball Music Festival Mon-Jun-10 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery Tue-Jun-11 Charlottesville, VA The Southern Wed-Jun-12 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 Thu-Jun-13 Athens, GA 40 Watt Thu-Jun-13-16 Continue Reading
Take a minute to peer through all the new CT Picks that arrived in the warehouse today… Lots of reggae, reissues and a few restocks. // ANDY, HORACE ‘HORACE ANDY’S DUB BOX: RARE DUBS’ LP (180 GRAM VINYL) http://capturedtracks.com/catalog/ct-picks/andy-horace-horace-andys-dub-box-rare-dubs-lp-180-gram-vinyl/ // BOOTHE, KEN ‘A MAN & HIS HITS’ LP http://capturedtracks.com/catalog/ct-picks/boothe-ken-a-man-his-hits-lp/ // DREAD, SAMMY ‘ROAD BLOCK’ LP Continue Reading
‘Tides End’ is the second MINKS album, but you could say it’s a world away from the first. Moving out of New York City to try and cure a bout of writer’s block, frontman/songwriter Sonny Kilfoyle wound up in the East End of Long Island. Surrounded by water on three sides, it’s the same place Continue Reading
It has been two years since By the Hedge and even longer since the single “Funeral Song” first hit airwaves. Today, Tides End, MINKS’ second album, was announced, out August 6, 2013. Pitchfork broke the band’s silence with a double-premiere. Listen below to “Everything’s Fine” and “Painted Indian” Pre-order ‘Tides End’ here: goo.gl/BYHth Buy the Continue Reading
This is Volume Two of the enthusiastically-received Captured Tracks repackaging of The Cleaners from Venus. This part of the collection covers a 3-year period between 1983 and 1985 for the Brit Lo-fi combo, now being described as ‘D.I.Y Beatles.’ While the rest of the 1980s rock world had immersed itself in epic and often empty Continue Reading
For the purpose of an eventual Captured Tracks physical store in NYC, we are now aggressively buying used records. We are willing to travel in the greater Tri-State/New England area for large collections. We are also open to enlisting buyers from overseas in the UK, Continental Europe, Japan, South America and elsewhere to purchase usable Continue Reading
We just got in a ton of really hard to find reissues from Europe. A lot of this stuff is out of print, some of it we are the only webstore in the ‘States to carry. There’s loads of post-punk, punk and coldwave reissues from all kinds of European labels. It’s a little pricey, but Continue Reading
This is going to be a very busy summer for releases… Soft Metals just announced their upcoming LP ‘Lenses’ (out July 16th). Taking bits of influence from early-’70s synth innovators Chris Carter and Klaus Schulze, Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall have taken the direction of this record, to the dancefloor. You can stream the first Continue Reading
