Ned Lannamann is a writer, editor, and journalist based in Portland, Oregon, where he was Music Editor and Senior Editor for the Portland Mercury. His writing has also appeared in Willamette Week and Seattle's The Stranger.
Vinyl Reviews
The Vinylphyle edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico, and a worthy reissue of Fire of God’s Love. We’ve got two vinyl reviews for you today, including our first look at the ballyhooed Vinylphyle series, and a loving reissue of a gentle, inspirational oddity. The Velvet Underground &
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Welcome back to our ongoing series of previews for Record Store Day’s upcoming Black Friday event, taking place on Friday, November 28. We’re getting near the end, folks, and unfortunately that means today’s pickings are on the slim side. With a dollop of interesting electronic releases to
Vinyl Reviews
1985’s Songs from the Big Chair gets a 2-LP vinyl reissue. Songs from the Big Chair is one of those albums that you can’t examine too closely or it falls to pieces. By all metrics, it shouldn’t work. The 1985 album is a deliberately plotted, swing-for-the-fences effort
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We spin vinyl copies of the new ENZyclopedia Volumes One & Two, Swimming by Moonlight, and Sire Session 1979. Today we’ve got reviews of three new archival releases that came out on vinyl. First up is the 3-LP set that collects the early work of New Zealand band Split
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Many, many new vinyl re-releases to get to this week, but first we just want to shout out the excellent reporting by Zach Schonfeld, whose piece “Who Got Screwed When Vinyl Me, Please Went Bust?” is up over at Stereogum and is a must-read for anyone interested in vinyl or
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The 50th anniversary reissue of Horses includes an all-analog cut of Smith’s 1975 debut and a second LP of outtakes. Few debuts are as striking and complete a statement of purpose as Horses, the first full-length from Patti Smith, released on Arista Records precisely 50 years and two days
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Today’s the big fish in our continuing coverage of Record Store Day’s upcoming Black Friday event—because today we’re covering all the classic rock, pop, and folk reissues that are coming to independent record stores on Friday, November 28. These are all the big acts from the
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Bill Fay and Time of the Last Persecution are back on vinyl, plus three from the psychobilly originators. We’ve got two reviews today to kick off your week. First up are the two incredible albums Bill Fay recorded in the early ’70s, newly reissued by UK’s Proper Records.
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Record Store Day’s Black Friday is swiftly approaching—it’s Friday, November 28, in case you forgot—and our preview coverage of all the worthwhile releases is swelling like a tick. And we haven’t even gotten to the classic rock stuff yet. Today we're looking at
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We’ll jump right in to today’s rundown of reissues and archival releases, as there’s a lot to get to. Two things, quickly: Today’s vinyl hubbub is about an event taking place this afternoon in New York City with Analogue Productions’ Chad Kassem and Tracking Angle’s
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Our Black Friday preview continues with a look at all of the punk, new wave, and post-punk discs coming out on November 28. These are among the most anticipated releases on the roster, with historic performances by legendary bands, represses of all-time classic albums, and rare recordings unheard by even
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We’ve got a record review today for the last of our Rocktober titles: the Rhino Reserve edition of Warren Zevon’s 1978 album Excitable Boy. Before we get to that, this morning’s big vinyl news is that Universal Music has just entered the premium all-analog arena with a