BEST OF 2009!

Vivian Girls, “Everything Goes Wrong”

Second full length of catchy wonders from this all-girl Brooklyn trio. As beguiling as their namesake’s adventures.

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King Khan & BBQ Show, “Invisible Girl”

Another amazing set from this garage-pop outfit who are on an unstoppable roll. Raw, loose and Canadian.

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Woods, “Songs Of Shame”

Mesmerizing fourth full length of sparse psychedelics and out-of-time forest pop. Ventures further into the void and doesn’t necessarily come back.

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Girls, “Album”

San Francisco outfit’s solid debut of gorgeous youth anthems. Wine soaked and shot through with sunshine.

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The XX, “XX”

Wistfully melancholic debut from this fast rising London crew. These bulletproof tunes have taken them all over the world. Features the anthemic hit “Crystalised”.

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Sonic Youth, “The Eternal”

Astounding new work from this venerable act registers in the vicinity of their best. Inexplicably raises the watermark on an already illustrious career.

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Kurt Vile, “Childish Prodigy”

Unbelievably hypnotic full length from Philadelphia wunderkind and friends. Powered by the centerpiece / mission statement “Freak Train”.

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Yo La Tengo, “Popular Songs”

Another solid full length of exploratory pop from this dependable outfit. This twelfth full length outing amalgamates everything beloved about the eleven prior.

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Black Heart Procession, “Six”

Legendary baroque folk-pop group return with their darkest and most emotionally resonant album yet.

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Starfucker, “Jupiter”

Portland youth dance floor revolutionaries come from all angles to deliver again. A fresh soundtrack for a Friday night out.

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Monks, “Black Monk Time”

Widely influential and legendary garage uniqueness, definitively re-issued. This 1966 underground classic has resonated in the hearts and songs of countless followers.

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Serge Gainsbourg, “Historie de Melody Nelson”

Gorgeous re-issue of the notorious 1971 concept album. Serge Gainsbourg at his most creative, inspiring and epic Frenchness.

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JANDEK AND THURSTON MOORE.

Jackpot Records is super pumped to announce that on Thursday, April 29th we will be presenting a one-time only show with JANDEK AND THURSTON MOORE. Gasp!

Yes, you TOTALLY read that correctly.

In what could be one of the few possible upgrades in both rarity and uniqueness to a live Jandek performance, Thurston Moore will join the legendary Texas recluse for a one-time, on stage collaboration.

Jackpot Records is proud to facilitate this aligning of the planets at the Hollywood Theatre as they did for one of Jandek’s earliest live shows nearly four years ago. That show, also curated by Jackpot Records, sold out and was released on CD to widespread acclaim as the album “Portland Thursday“. The subsequent years have only enhanced clamor and interest in this true outsider musician.

Thurston Moore, front man for Sonic Youth and aficionado of all things reasonably unique, is a dream collaborator, ramping up the possibilities for what this night could bring. This show, like the musicians themselves, is here only once and then gone forever.

Jandek + Thurston Moore. Just let it sink in.
When it’s done sinking in, click here to purchase tickets, which are now on sale.

GIGANTIC, A BIG BIG LOVE.

Observe, the Pixies Minotaur Limited Edition box set* in its natural habitat. Shhh. No sudden movements. It might see you. It’s sheer size alone could crush you in one fell swoop. Minotaur doesn’t like to play nice. Come, observe from afar and see its 5 full-length studio albums on LP an CD, posters, signed large format project art book, it’s smaller project art sibling book, it’s live DVD/Blu-Ray never before released 1991 performance and it’s music videos live in its native environment.

Be cautious, be quiet, then tame the beast and take it home with you.

(*Jake not included.)