Hot, uncensored listening station action!

(Above: Not our listening station.)

Yeah, so maybe we have been bludgeoning you all over the head a little bit about our new listening stations, but our enthusiasm is warranted. After all, they give each and every one of you the opportunity to listen to over 30 albums in their ENTIRETY and at your complete LEISURE. Indeed, it's an all-caps kind of awesome, and we're happy to provide it for you. However, some of you surely haven't had a chance with the listening stations just yet, so here's a handy-dandy list of what's on each of them:

The "rock/indie/whatever" station:
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Don't forget about the upcoming party!)
Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living With the Living
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971

The "adult alternative/laid back" station:
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Rodrigo y Gabriela - s/t
Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Lucinda Williams - West
Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
Corinne Bailey Rae - s/t
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Patti Smith - Twelve
v/a - A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Bjork, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, k.d. lang, Annie Lennox, Sarah McLachlan, Brad Mehldau, Prince, Sufjan Stevens, James Taylor, Caetano Veloso, Cassandra Wilson)

The "local/regional/Georgia" station:
v/a - How Low Can You Go? Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941)
v/a - Desperate Man Blues (soundtrack)
v/a - Art of Field Recording
v/a - I Belong to this Band: Eighty-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings
(The above four are brought to you by our pals at excellent local label, Dust-to-Digital.)
National Grain - s/t
Sodajerk - Sodajerk 2
Silver Lakes - The Great Pretenders
Nicole Chillemi - Mention of You
Blake Guthrie and Getaway Car - Til I Reach the Light
Rising Appalachia - Scale Down
Modern Skirts - Catalogue of Generous Men

Whoa, buddy. Now that's a lot of music. You can thank us later for taking care of your plans for the whole weekend. You could literally spend an entire day working your way through all this stuff, though we suggest that you tackle it in smaller, repeated visits. That said, we'll see you soon...

New release Tuesday (3/20/07) + other stuff!

Phew. We have a ton to tell you, so let's get started, shall we? As you can see above, our listening stations are fully stocked and ready for, well, listening. With 16 CDs per station and three stations total, you can do the math and realize there is a ton of stuff for your ears to feast on. Two of the stations carry a mix of new and upcoming stuff that we like, and the third station is dedicated solely to local artists. All of it's great, though, so come in soon when you have some time on your hands. This has been a long-overdue project for the store, and we're very excited to have it up and running now.

We've also got some dandy giveaways to tell you about. Check 'em out, asterisk style:

* Sign up to win an autographed copy of Lucinda Williams' latest, West. We have the sign-up box right near the cash register.

* Want to see Snow Patrol at the Gwinett Arena on Wednesday? Well, hurry up if so, as we've got four tickets to give to whomever wants them. This goes to the first person who calls or shows up and asks. Good luck.

* Uncle Earl and Crooked Still are playing at Eddie's Attic on Thursday, and we've got half price ($5) tickets for sale. Stop by to get yours.

* Lately, we've been playing the heck out of Neil Young's latest live offering (that's the incredible-sounding one from Massey Hall for those of you keeping score at home), and now we have some lithographs to give to anyone who buys a copy.

Incidentally, tomorrow is also an awfully strong release day. Check out just a few of the great artists releasing new albums on Tuesday:

Andrew Bird
Dierks Bentley (DVD)
Cibo Matto (best)
Daath
The Decemberists (DVD)
El-P
Bela Fleck (best)
Hail Social
I'm From Barcelona (domestic version w/ bonus tracks)
LCD Soundsystem
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Locust
Low
Jesse Malin
Stephen Marley
Modest Mouse
Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard/Ray Price
Panda Bear
Ponys
Ricky Skaggs/Bruce Hornsby
Joss Stone
The Zincs

We've got several of the above-mentioned albums on the new listening stations, and even more that we're happy to hand to you to listen to the old-fashioned way on our three CD players. Hope to see you soon!