The Return of the Challenge Thread - December 2019

Day 12 - Local Artist

There are a handful of notable artists from Madison: Garbage, Killdozer, Bongzilla, Rainer Maria, Zola Jesus (kinda). Nothing I own on vinyl, though.

Zooming out, no one’s done more for the Wisconsin music scene than Justin Vernon. Still, I think the quintessential WI band for me will always be:

Violent Femmes

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Day 11 ~ full moon

沼泽 （ZhaoZe） ~ 1911

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The cover of this album has four stages of the moon, and this album has four movements to replicate those stages. This is a fantastic post rock album coming out of Guangzhou, China, using one of my favorite instruments, the guqin. Fans of instrumental post rock should give their albums a listen.
 
Day 13 - Lucky 13 / Friday The 13th
Play an album that you were lucky to find or got an unexpected great deal on; or related to Friday The 13th.

Kelela - Take Me Apart

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Bought this on a whim from a sale that Rough Trade had a year ago. This 2xLP Rough Trade edition on neon orange vinyl was $5.00 (+$3.89 shipping).
 
Day 12: Staying local

I've played a bunch of different records for this challenge theme over the months, as recently I've tried to prioritize buying records from local artists. Don't think I've gone in this direction before, though.

Just a handful of blocks from my apartment, there's a music store called Long & McQuade. In the '60s (and earlier), the building was a restaurant called the Concord Tavern that hosted live music. One of their most famous guests were a rambunctious southern singer named Ronnie Hawkins and his primarily southern Ontarian backing band, the Hawks, who later spun off on their own and became perhaps the greatest Canadian group ever, the Band. It would probably be more appropriate to play their last proper studio album, Northern Lights - Southern Cross, as its closer, "Rags & Bones", was inspired by the sights and sounds of Robbie Robertson's childhood in the Annex neighbourhood, but this will also do.

The Band - The Band

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Day 13 - Friday 13th
Ive picked up a few bargains from local charity warehouse before they caught on to popularity of vinyl. Leonard Cohen, Whitney Housten, Sade, The Pogues all for 50p
But this one was a nice find, because the vinyl had not a crackle or pop....and still 50pimage.jpg
 
Day #3 - Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain (2019 Fatbeats Deluxe Reissue)

I'm a sucker for nice and shiny packaging - particularly a mirror effect, the stock is great on the sleeve and the color is a perfect match.
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Day 13: Friday The 13th

I was hoping to have the new release of Part 6 - but it didn't come. So I'm going with the one I've listened to the least.

Harry Manfredini ‎– Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Waxwork Records ‎– WW13.5, 2018

Cut by Anne-Marie Suenram

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