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• Will Trouble In Mind save rock n' roll?!

  by Zach B. April 7, 2010
  I just got the latest batch of 7" singles from Chicago's Trouble In Mind label at Random Old Records HQ, and they are kicking all kinds of ass right now. I wrote a review of the discs from Hollows, Mean Jeans, and Liminanas and made the bold proclamation that they are the best label going right now ...
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• The Strange Boys' "Be Brave" is the best LP of 2010

  by Zach B. March 23, 2010
  Oh yeah, you say?! How can you say an album is the best of the year when it's barely a quarter over with? Simple. The new album by Austin's Strange Boys is an instant classic of garage rock n' roll that everyone needs to get with haste. I wrote a bunch of words about it over at the Random Old Record...

• Random Old Records Podcast #17 is out now!!

  by Zach B. March 11, 2010
  Yes, yes, YES! The new episode of Random Old Records Podcast has been compiled, slaved over, thrown together, and uploaded for your listening pleasure! The sun has been shining overtime in the Queen City, the snow has melted, and I for one have been seriously inspired!Episode #17 kicks off with some...

• Random Old Records Podcast #16 is out NOW!

  by Zach B. February 11, 2010
  It's been snowing like crazy here in Cincinnati the last few days, so it's fitting that episode #16 of Random Old Records podcast is the Winter Blues Edition. It doesn't have any REAL blues music to speak of, but is crammed full of cold weather melancholy from Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, T. Rex, D...

• Epic Leaving Trains blog!

  by Zach B. January 19, 2010
  Yes indeedy, check out the Random Old Records blog for a lengthy dissection of the music of Falling James Moreland and the Leaving Trains, who might just be the best band you ain't never heard! There's mp3s and vids, plus more references to Japanese refugees, Zoogz Rift, Camelot Records, and drag qu...

• Random Old Records Podcast #15 is out NOW!

  by Zach B. January 13, 2010
  Yep, Episode #15 of Random Old Records podcast is out now and ready for your streaming and downloading pleasure. This one spotlights the work of unheralded '80s post-punkers Redd Kross and the Leaving Trains, plus a steaming set of classic '80s hair metal from the likes of Cinderella, Ratt, Hanoi Ro...

• The Top 10 Albums of 2009

  by Zach B. December 21, 2009
  My personal list of the top 10 albums of 2009 is up NOW on the Random Old Records blog. Hex Dispensers, Hunx & His Punx, the Willowz, and more! 2009 was a pretty awful year for music, but I was still able to find some serious jams. 100% Animal Collective free! Check it out. http://randomoldreco...

• Random Old Records Podcast #14 is out now!

  by Zach B. December 11, 2009
  Yep, the latest and greatest episode of my podcast, Random Old Records, is out now and ready for your downloading and streaming pleasure. This one is all '90s punk rock, all the time! Almost an hour of music from the decade that brought us Gilman St., riot grrrl, and Lookout Records, featuring 29 pr...

• Random Old Records Podcast #13 is out now!

  by Zach B. November 11, 2009
  Yep, the unlucky 13th episode of Random Old Records Podcast is out now for your streaming and downloading pleasure! This is the Nuggets from the 90s edition and features damn near an hour of forgotten and obscure Buzz Bin wannabes from the last golden age of music. Remember names like Archers Of Loa...

• Random Old Records Free Fall Mixtape!

  by Zach B. October 24, 2009
  So yeah, yesterday was an awful, cold, rainy Fall Friday, so I decided to do something about it! Sitting in my cube, I put together a thirteen track mix loaded with blissed-out, mellow psychedelic pop. Download it and check out the sounds of Caravan, The Koobas, Fields, The Moorpark Intersection, an...
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