In the 10 years since Brooklyn label Sacred Bones Records was founded, it’s gone from a tiny operation based out of the basement of Academy Records to an internationally-renowned purveyor of unique sounds. In addition to avant-garde takes on garage rock from the likes of The Men, the ethereal dark...
Update 4/21/17: Real Gone has launched official pre-orders. They’ve got the clear with green splatter (limited to 1,500), along with a pretty cool “black eyepatch” variant (limited to 200). John Carpenter and Shirley Walker’s Escape From L.A. score is coming to vinyl for the first...
Perfect LP is a feature in which the Modern Vinyl writers take on the tall task of summarizing an artist or band’s career in an LP sized selection of tracks. Bypassing what was the single, what was the “hit” and what fans call for throughout shows, it’s time to decide what makes up the Perfect...
John Carpenter’s upcoming full length, Lost Themes II, is now up for pre-order at its label home of Sacred Bones. The deluxe edition (limited to 500) is on coke bottle and opaque green swirl wax, with “alternate screen-printed wrap-around sleeve, poster, wax-sealed.” They also have...
Update 2/1/16: Newbury has their exclusive up for sale, on “Raspberry Pink & Emerald Green Swirl” vinyl. It’s limited to 500. Through a listing over at Transmission (UK retailer), it has been revealed that John Carpenter will return with another solo record, Lost Themes II. The album,...
Dark Star, the 1980 film from John Carpenter, will have its score released onto vinyl, according to a listing at Amazon. This is the soundtrack’s first U.S. pressing since 1980 and first worldwide since 1989. The soundtrack, which features “Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue Excerpts”...
