May 2012

This has been a wild month, but I found some time yesterday to walk down to Phonoselect in midtown to pick up a couple records. Hands down my favorite record shop that I've ever been to and it happens to be a few blocks from my apartment. My picks for the month are Strike Anywhere - Exit English and American Nightmare - 4 Song Demo 7". Strike Anywhere is one of my favorite punk bands of all time and I love every release of theirs, but Exit English is definitely my favorite. Probably because it's the first one I ever heard. As for American Nightmare, I pretty much try to pick up everything I see from them so that was an easy choice. Also, not a new record but I wanted to mention The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl LP. I played this earlier this morning in honor of my sister Catie that passed away on the 13th. The Beach Boys is a band that we both love and always had in common. In My Room is the first track on side B and is not only my favorite Beach Boys jams but also one of my favorite songs and probably one of the best songs ever written. Rest in peace Catie, hearing a Beach Boys song at any time or place will be a different experience now and for the rest of my life.