Blind Tiger Record Club co-founders David W. Williams and Greg Hays host panel discussions on albums released on vinyl. Guest panelists include artists, producers, songwriters, managers, booking agents, entertainment attorneys, and other music industry veterans that are passionate about music and the creation of music. Each episode digs into a new release, reissue, or influential album from the guest panelist perspective. Listen and leave with stories and new perspectives on albums you have heard, and hopefully new music to explore or rediscover. B.T.R.C. champions music from all genres and believes vinyl is king.
Songs of Innocence was announced and released as a major Apple event September 9th, 2014. It was the bands 13th album and in many ways represented the end of the compact disc as the preferred method of physical delivery for music. Although the CD had been in decline for several years, when, arguably, the biggest band in the world released exclusively digitally, it became the symbolic nail in the coffin. The release with Apple made the record available at no charge to over 500 million iTunes customers in one day. Apple CEO Tim Cooke touted it as the largest release of all time. It wouldn't be released in physical form (vinyl as well) until October 14th, 2014.
I first heard Brandi Carlile live October 16, 2006 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. I had discovered her self titled debut roughly a year earlier when it first released and I was immediately hooked. Her vocals were haunting and deceptively powerful. The harmonies she created with twin collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth were something special. At that performance, Brandi was opening for Shawn Colvin. After all, it was her first record. Shawn was great. I have always been a fan and she did not disappoint, but for me; I was there to see the opener. It was all about Brandi and she blew me away. Huge, powerful vocals always held back so they don't loose their punch. Just a great show.
Beginning in March, our Members will have the option to choose from our newest genre Jazz, Soul & Blues for their Monthly Subscription Box. Just hit the drop-down menu in your account for your genre preference, and select "Soul, Jazz, & Blues" in order to receive the Record of the Month in your March Box. We've already loaded the Record Store with several awesome titles, including color variant, imports, new stock and old reissues! Stay tuned for the announcement of our first R&B/Soul/Jazz selection in the next week!
B.T.R.C. is excited to see a local band make our Record of the Month pick for February. Moon taxi is from Nashville, TN and formed while all the members were students at Belmont University in 2006. They floated around Nashville finishing school and putting out four independent studio records (Melodica, Cabaret, Mountains Beaches Cities, and Daybreaker) before signing with RCA Records in 2017. They only signed in September, so Let The Record Play is the bands first label backed release.
Many of us at B.T.R.C. have always been fans of The Gaslight Anthem. They have bounced around the indie scene for years. While getting some critical buzz, they never seemed to really break through as a commercial success even though they consistently skated around the edges. In spite of little to no radio success, the band kept touring hard and growing their fan base, which kept drawing the attention of both critics and labels. In 2011, the band signed with Mercury Records and released their fourth record; Handwritten. This album did produce the bands biggest radio milestone with the track "45". This is still the bands most recognizable song to date in the US. It went #22 Billboard Rock, #11 Billboard Alternative, and #20 on Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The album also debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. That's the bands highest position to date.
BTRC is proud to announce the addition of our Collector's Series! We're bringing our members the best in boxed sets, complete album collections, and special bundles that we'll curate along the way! You can find the Collector's Series under the Record Store tab on the B.T.R.C. website!
This is Van William's debut solo album. He was the front man for the band Port O'Brien, so he has recorded before, but nothing at this level. This album only dropped January 19th, but we have a feeling that this might be one of the strongest Singer Songwriter albums to release this year. In addition to "Revolution", the album is full of potential radio singles. "Never Had Enough of You" is a great representation of William's style on this album. It has a dark and brooding verse that swells into a huge chorus with layered vocals. "Cosmic Sign" has a layered effect on the verse that harkens back to Elliot Smith yet unravels on the chorus.
We are a vinyl record subscription box service. All of our vinyl are new/sealed, full-length 12" records from artists of today. Many are double albums, 180 gram, and in some cases, color-variant and hard-to-find imports. We post each month's curated choice on our home page. You'll also find them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. No surprises, no music you don't like, no accidental duplicates. You'll always know what you're getting ahead of time.Albums are hand-picked from a selection of hundreds of titles. New 180 gram vinyl from your favorite artists of today. Each vinyl you'll receive is a full-length album, and in many cases are double albums.
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