Red Cat Records: An artist-owned and operated record store

After long last, Joanna Newsom new album is now available.  Have One On Me is a 3CD or 3LP set, and seems loosely based on current and past heartbreak.  Unlike Y’s, this album is very stripped down in instrumentation, but still as crazily complex as any of her last offerings.  The horn/voice unison lines are awesome, and she seems to have taken her voice to a new level, all aquiver and breathy.  Great (triple) album.

3CD Box- $23.99

3LP Box-  $29.99

Also just in-

Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago  CD and LP

Midlake - The Courage of Others LP

Woodhands - Remorsecapade  CD and LP

GiGi - Maintenant  CD and LP

Yukon Blonde - S/T  LP

Thee Silver Mount Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales  CD and 2X10″

Tindersticks - Falling Down a Mountain

Here at the store we just got more USB Turntables back in stock & also plenty of new releases by:

Kings Of Leon, Deerhunter, The Buttless Chaps, Department Of Eagles, Antony & The Jonsons, Lucinda Williams, Bison, Mother Mother, TV On The Radio, Clutch, Thievery Corporation, Alias, The Organ, Ben Folds, Jill Barber, Brightback Morning Light, MURS, Brian Wilson, Monkey, Cold War Kids, Rae Spoon, Juana Molina, Wovenhand, Mercury Rev, Tindersticks, The Neins Circa & many more !

Also a big restock of popular Trikont Label releases are back in stock… American Yodelling, In Prison, Cheatin’ Soul, Black & Proud Soul Of The Black Panther Era & many more titles on display for you to check out.

Check out the new feature listening station as well with featured titles from these labels, Soul Jazz, The Numero Group & Black Hen Music.

Cheers

Red Cat Records

Last week I phoned A&B sound for a customer and talked to a very unpleasant and seemingly ruffled human. I guess he had good reason to be. One week later and A&B is closing their last 2 stores in Vancouver. So gone are A&B, Sam the Record Man and Tower records in the States. An extremely competitive market, changing formats, and increased customer awareness seem to be too much for the larger stores to handle. A look at the Music business sees a major shift from big labels to many smaller independent labels- why? The obvious answer- better music- is true, but people would likely not be able to find out about these under-promoted and under-funded bands without the global and instant access that the internet has given us.

Thank you, the internet.

But the net can only go so far. Our experience shows that people want respect and community- maybe the bigger stores had a harder time providing that. And I think that small businesses are generally far more interesting and fun in any case. A look out the window on Main street sees all sorts of fancy new colors and independent shops- the attitude on the street is one of excitement and change.

Long Live The Indies!

LL

Here is a link to the A&B story…

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=18a50f42-50f9-4888-be22-455bf095271e

Thanks to everyone for braving the questionable Red Cat A/C for a great performance by Vancougar in celebration of the just released “Canadian Tuxedo” out now on Mint Records. Make sure to pick up a copy on either cd or vinyl, and here are a few photos of the show taken by Adam P.W. Smith.

 Mail order is now up and running and we can now accept paypal through the shopping cart. We going to be uploading new releases each week, and key releases from our store catalog as time permits. Make sure to check back regularly for updates of our new releases. If there is anything you do not see remember we can do special orders! 

Thanks
Red Cat