Gillian Welch Listening Party

Just like we did last Saturday with Bon Iver, this Saturday, we'll be celebrating a new album. This one's from the lovely and talented and takes-too-long-to-put-out-records-ed Gillian Welch, and it's called The Harrow & The Harvest. We'll be playing it all day, so you should stop by to have a listen and pre-order it. Speaking of which, if you pre-order (or just straight up buy it on Tuesday), we'll give you goodies! We have some posters, some 12X12 inch flats, some postcards and some other stuff. Fun stuff. Gillian Welch stuff. Stuff you want. So yeah, stop by Saturday, enjoy the album with us and take home some freebies. Here's to listening parties!

Bon Iver Listening Party

Bon Iver Listening Party
This Saturday, June 18, we'll be partying Bon Iver style. No, that doesn't mean we'll be exiling ourselves in a Wisconsin cabin (Plane tickets are expensive!), nor will Kanye West be hanging out at the store (He canceled at the last minute). Rather, in honor of the new Bon Iver album coming Tuesday, the rather aptly-titled Bon Iver, we'll be playing the record all day, selling a special 12" vinyl bonus release, handing out posters and more. It's gonna be fun. If you haven't read it yet, you should check out the Bon Iver feature in the new Rolling Stone (Zach Galifianakis cover); it's pretty darn great.

Wilco photos

On Tuesday, as many of you know, we had a little Wilco shindig. Well, we're happy to announce that it went above and beyond our own admittedly-large expectations. It was pretty funny, actually. The party started at 6pm, and literally up until about 5:58pm or so, everything was normal. There were several people in the store perusing away and we'd started playing Sky Blue Sky a little early just for funsies. Then the clock clicked over into the new hour, and just like magic, there was a line out the door. Unbelievable. It was pretty real there for a while, and the beer and pizza kept running out, but in the end, all was well. Thanks to everyone who came! Hopefully we can do something like this again very soon. In the midst of all the craziness, we didn't find time to give away all the great stuff we promised in the email. Don't worry, though, as that will happen soon. Winners will be announced on the blog and in the email. We'll also call, so watch that phone! And now, some photos. Enjoy...

You'd think Jeff Tweedy and Co. were actually in the store, judging from how packed it was for a while.

Decatur CD legend, Wilco fan and soon-to-be poet legend, Melissa, expressed some serious love for the vinyl edition of the album. So did a few other folks, as we sold out by the end of the evening.
The parking lot got a little ridiculous. Not pictured here is the back of the store, where the dumpster had two three cars layered in front of it. Silly people...

Nothing like having a little crowd out in front of the store to attract more party goers. As we think it's particularly purty, this one will be going up on the MySpace.

By night's end, Kerry and Eliot were sick and tired of the word "Wilco." It's cool, though: We let them rest and now they're OK with those five letters again.

Meanwhile, Austin spent a lot of time looking concerned and/or angry. Rest assured, though, he was having a great time.

Michael Bublé was our bouncer for the evening, throwing out all riff raff, trouble makers and ne'er-do-wells as they tried to infiltrate our gathering. Unfortunately, as we're a truly ungrateful lot, we mocked him with a sign. Nothing personal, Bublé, ol' chum!

Wilco release Tuesday!

Pardon us as we forsake our usual Monday night blog post title, but tomorrow's a very special new release Tuesday. Firstly, the new Wilco album, Sky Blue Sky, will finally be hitting DCD's shelves. In honor of this occasion, we're having the aforementioned listening party complete with free beer and pizza (click link for info, natch), and we hope to see you all here for the event. It's going to be heaps and piles and mounds and, um, lots of fun. However, several other awesome artists are also releasing new music tomorrow, so have a look and start making a mental shopping list:

Wilco (after 6pm, you get a t-shirt with purchase while supplies last!)
Dungen
The Avett Brothers (after 6pm, you get an autographed poster with puchase while supplies last!)
Rufus Wainwright
Guided By Voices (live two-disc)
Linkin Park
Ian Hunter
Mogwai (soundtrack)
Dolores O'Riordan
Pink Martini
Bruce Robison
Shrek the Third (soundtrack)
Joe Strummer
Townes Van Zandt (four classic reissues)
Gretchen Wilson
The Exies
Megadeth
Beach Boys (best of)

See you tomorrow!

Wilco listening party on May 15th!

Check out that above picture, folks. That's our beautiful 5X5 on the outside wall. More than that, it's the beautiful cover of the new Wilco album, Sky Blue Sky, which comes out on May 15th. In celebration of this occasion (and around these parts, a new Wilco album certainly is an occasion), our good friends at WEA/Nonesuch are fronting the bill for a post-work listening party complete with pizza and beer! That's right, starting at 6pm, we'll put on Sky Blue Sky, bust out a huge batch of interesting, high-gravity beer (for the 21 and up crowd, natch) and offer up a pile of pies from Little Azio next door. It's going to be a blast, and we'll keep it going as long as people are hanging out, so make sure to stop by and get your share of the goodies. The album is great (check it out on one of our listening stations if you haven't already), and the pizza and beer will be of the highest order as well. Also, if you've got a pre-order, make sure you stop by after 6pm to claim it. We'll see you then...