May is stacked with anniversaries for David Bazan albums we love, & we gotta give a special nod to Blanco turning 10 today. Thoughtful, heavy, honest, and just what we need every time we come back to it.🤍 Stream it where you listen & pick up a copy on vinyl at our link 💙✨
Giveaway time💙 We’re giving away a Strange Negotiations test pressing to one lucky winner ahead of next week’s Aqua Blue vinyl release of the album! All you have to do to enter is like & comment on this post with your favorite David Bazan or Pedro the Lion song. We’ll also accept Lo Tom & Headphones songs - no wrong answers🎶
The contest is open world-wide, non-US residents will be asked to cover shipping if they win. We’ll be picking one lucky winner on release day - May 22nd! Good luck🍀
We’re celebrating 15 years of David Bazan’s Strange Negotiations - originally released May 24, 2011 - with a limited edition aqua blue vinyl💙 Pre-order your copy at the link, or find it at a record store near you on May 22nd! 🎶
Happy 10th anniversary to Ra Ra Riot’s ‘Need Your Light’ 🎉 A decade in & these songs are still stuck in our heads & have us singing along 🎶 LP’s are back in stock at our link while they last✨
Death Cab for Cutie’s beloved debut LP ‘Something About Airplanes’ is back in stock & available at record stores tomorrow, March 13th!
Originally released in 1998, the album captures the band’s earliest days in Bellingham WA. Nearly three decades later, Something About Airplanes remains a treasured starting point for fans — an atmospheric, homespun debut that helped launch one of the Pacific Northwest’s most enduring indie bands.
This new black-vinyl pressing is packaged with the original spot-color printed die-cut jacket design with a boat-and-water-ripples lyrics insert✨ Hit the link to find it at an Indie Record Store near you 🎶
@katersfreund is reminding you that @mapsnatlases will be appearing live, in person, in concert, this summer, in June.
June 13 Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
June 15 Austin, TX - Mohawk
June 16 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
June 17 Dallas, TX - Granada
June 19 Denver, CO - Summit
June 20 Salt Lake City, UT - The Metro
June 22 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
June 23 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
June 25 Berkeley, CA - UC Theatre
June 26 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
June 27 Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco
June 28 San Diego, CA - The Observatory
Cheers to 10 years of Nada Surf’s ‘You Know Who You Are’🎶🎉 This LP is always finding its way back to our turntables🩵 Pick up a copy at our link & watch the “Cold To See Clear” video, directed by our good friend @spencergentz ✨
We are booking more Undertow House Shows for late May early June in PNW and some other western states !
Check out the list of cities below and reach out if you live nearby and would like to host the show! They make it super simple to get involved.
“O’ my Sweet Hereafter, I’m coming home to you” 🖤
May 23 : Everett WA
May 24 : Seattle WA
May 25 : Vashon Island WA
May 27 : Coeur d’Alene ID
May 28 : Missoula MT
May 29 : Boise ID
May 30 : Moscow ID
May 31 : Spokane WA
June 01 : Ellensburg / Wenatchee / Leavenworth
WA
June 02 : North Bend / Issaquah WA
June 03 : Anacortes WA
Large living rooms, churches, record stores, and studios are fantastic for these shows. Check the link in the bio to learn more and sign up!🖤
Link proper in our bio! Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
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Happy 20th anniversary to Rocky Votolato’s Barsuk debut, Makers – a record that’s meant so much to so many over the years. This beautiful album has a new look – pressed on black & blue vinyl w/ white splatter – and is available now in stores & at our shop. Find it at our link, along with the Expanded Edition, featuring illuminating outtakes & album demos, streaming where you listen. After 20 years these songs are hitting us even harder than when we first heard them.
If you’re lucky enough to be joining us at one of Rocky’s two sold-out @tractortavern shows in Seattle this weekend, we’ll see you there!
Here’s to Makers, then and now 💙🎶
📸 by the great @art_aprilvotolato
Giveaway time! We’re giving away a test pressing of Rocky Votolato’s Makers to one lucky winner 🍀✨ Just like & comment on this post with your favorite song from Makers for your chance to win 💙 We’ll be picking a winner on Thursday, 1/22. Contest is open to everyone! Non-US residents will need to cover shipping if they win.
In the meantime, follow our link & pre-save the Makers (Expanded Edition), hear the new single, and find a record store near you - where you can pick up a copy on black & blue vinyl w/ white swirl on 1/23 🎶
Makers turns 20 💙
Rocky Votolato’s anniversary LP on beautiful black & blue vinyl w/ white splatter is out 1/23 — in stores, online, and available at the Tractor shows 🎶
