Nostalgia Rocks On
Author: AF Duncan
November 8th, 2005
American Laundromat Records and Face Down Records announced the 12/1/05 release of their anthology High School Reunion: A Tribute to Those Great 80s Films, which features good, aging-hipster artists like Frank Black, Matthew Sweet, Kristen Hersh, and John Strohm covering good, aging-hipster songs like “Repo Man,” “American Girl,” “Wave of Mutilation,” and “Somebody’s Baby,” respectively. Comp will also feature Lori McKenna, The Dresden Dolls, AM, Nova Social, and the always-popular more.
More info on the American Laundromat and Face Down sites.
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3 Responses to “Nostalgia Rocks On”
November 8th, 2005 at 11:14 am
I knew I heard about this CD from somewhere…
http://4colorreview.com/2005/05/31/indie-label-gets-sweet-for-their-80s-cd/
;)
Andrew, are you planning on getting it?
November 8th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
Ha ha! Crap. This is how web marketing works at its best, I guess.
Dunno if I’m going to get it or not. These kinds of things unfortunately usually are better in theory than they are in practice…but it’s probably worth a spin, I figure. It’s such a fun idea. You picking it up?
November 8th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
I might. Laundromat is cutting a break for people who subscribe to their e-newletter ($10 + s&h).
You’re right about the concept being better in theory. I’ve heard the samples of most of their songs and most of them just do the standard cover of the songs. Only a couple of them actually try to rearrange them. But, I dig most of the songs and the samples did sound pretty good. If you want the discount link, let me know.