Event: Cartouche Records Showcase At Daytrotter July 9th
Devin Frank's Vanishing Blues Band
JE Sunde
Chrash
Brooks Strause
Live at Daytrotter!
Saturday, July 9th 2016
Ages: 19 +
Doors: 7 PM
Music: 8 PM
Event: Record Store Day 2016 Details & RSD Release List
Join Ragged Records for Record Store Day, April 16th 2016! As always Ragged will have the best selection of RSD titles this side of the Mississippi and beyond. We order nearly every title and as much as we can get of each title.
We open promptly at 9:00 AM.
Get in line early to get the best chance at getting everything on your list.
The RSD list: http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
Early bird customers will receive free goody bags filled with free RSD stuff and local businesses including Analog Arcade Bar, Daytrotter, Dam View Inn, Rock Island Brewing Company.
In addition to the RSD releases, we will have 20% off all used merchandise including LP's, CD's and vintage audio equipment.
Trash Can Annie Vintage Clothing (located next to Ragged Records) will have 50% off all used clothing and jewelry.
As always with RSD,
-No titles can be held --NO EXCEPTIONS.
-Only 1 of each title per person-- NO EXCEPTIONS.
Live music starts at 9:00 AM
The Surf Zombies - 9:00 AM
Sister Wife- 10:00 AM
Brody Maag Hits - 11:00 AM
Archeress - 12:00 PM
The Dawn (Tribute to David Bowie) - 1:00 PM
Sister Missile - 2:00 PM
The Blacklights - 3:00 PM
Listen: Afro Beat Reissue Playlist
At Ragged we have a great selection of Afro Beat and world music reissues. It's a great way to discover new sounds from the past that you might not ever have been able to get your hands on. Included on the playlist below is a song from legendary Afro Beat musician/activist Fela Kuti and a great mini documentary on the mysterious Nigerian synthesizer guru William Onyeabor. All of William's records have recently been reissued on David Byrne's Luka Bop label and are in stock at the shop. We also carry records from great reissue labels like Light In The Attic, Now And Again, Awesome Tapes From Africa and Finders Keepers.
PHOTOS: URGE OVERKILL OCTOBER 29TH AT RIBCO
A couple of weeks ago Chicago rock icons Urge Overkill graced the RIBCO stage for a Moeller Mondays event. driftlessdave.com was there to snap some photos of the legendary rockers in full swing and with a couple of shots of them recording their Daytrotter session.
PHOTOS: WAX MOTH OCTOBER 17TH AT BLACKHAWK ROOM
Last week Quad City Power Violence Punks Wax Moth ripped up the stage at Blackhawk Room with Peoria's Larks Tounge and Iowa City's Aseethe. Our friend Tony Logan was there to take some photos. Below is a link to stream Wax Moth's album "Spiracle" that was recorded by John Hopkins at Minstrel Recording.
LIMITED CASSETTE STORE DAY RELEASES AT RAGGED
October 17th is Cassette Store Day and we will be getting in a VERY limited supply of some very cool punk, indie and metal titles to celebrate the occasion. If you dig tapes you should pop on in before these are gone, they might not last long. Some of these releases are limited to only 200 copies! Here is a list of the tapes we will be recieving and some words from the Cassette Store Day website below.
Alex G - Beach Music
Down I, II, II
Free Kitten - Sentimental Education
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - S/T
Strfkr - Reptilians
Motorhead - Bad Magic
Method Man - Meth Lab
Chris Walla - Tape Loops
"Cassette Store Day is back this autumn on October 17th with a day of global celebrations and more international partners than ever before. Founded by UK indie labels Suplex Cassettes, Kissability, and Sexbeat in 2013, last year’s Cassette Store Day saw prolific tape lovers Burger Records at the helm of US releases and events. This year they are joined by Rice is Nice in Australia, Arch Hill in New Zealand, andMansions and Millions in Germany. Co-founder Jen Long of Kissability said, “Cassette tapes aren’t just a format, they’re a culture, and cassette culture is as much about collaboration as doing it yourself. This year we’ve gone even further to try and include as many tape fans around the world. We want as many people as possible to be able to get involved and put out a tape, put on a gig or event, or get hold of that release they really want.” Burger Records add, “The snowball that is Cassette Store Day rolls into 2015 bigger, better and badder than ever before!!! When we’re done spreading the good word of our fave format no one will ever ask “why cassettes?” again!!! BURGER BELIEVE THAT!!!” Applications to be a part of Cassette Store Day will open for events, shops, and labels on July 11th and close on September 1st. It will be free to list your store or event, with a small admin fee of £5 (or relative amount outside the UK) for labels looking to list an official release. This year labels will also be able to sell their releases online on Cassette Store Day instead of having to wait a week after. Jen Long explained, “While we still want as many stores as possible involved, we felt there was too much burden on understaffed shops to order from the release list and smaller labels were being left out. We also felt that fans in more remote areas were excluded from the celebrations if they didn’t have a store in their area. Hopefully this way we can include everyone for the best Cassette Store Day yet.”
PHOTOS: RAGGEDTROTTER SHOWCASE AUGUST 28th & 29th
This year marked the first Raggedtrotter showcase as a part of River Roots Live and we couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. Amazing performances from Barry Phipps, J.E. Sunde, Lissie, Liza Anne, Tow3ers, Jaaws and locals Mountain Swallower, Erin Moore, Centaur Noir and more. The fine folks at Festival Footprints wrote a great review and provided us the photos below. Photographs by Tim Gillman.
LISTEN: KING GIZZARD AND THE WIZARD LIZARD DAYTROTTER SESSION
The fine folks at Daytrotter just unleashed a session from Melbourne's own King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. Starting up in 2010 the 7 piece band has released a whopping two EP's and six LP's on their own label Flightless. 2014's "I'm In Your Mind Fuzz" stuck out in an over sea of neo psych garage bands. The Wizards are on tour in the U.S. right now in support of their upcoming release "Paper Mache' Dream Ballon" with a release date of November 13th on Heavenly Records. Swing by the shop and pick up a copy of "I'm In Your Mind Fuzz".
EVENT: CARTOUCHE RECORDS PRESENTS BROOKS STRAUSE RECORD RELEASE SHOW WITH BEDROOM SHRINE & US MODE
The owner of Ragged Records, Bob Herrington, started a record label Cartouche Records last year which released a solo album from Daredevil Christopher Wright's J.E. Sunde and a full length from Quad Cities own Bedroom Shrine. The first release of 2015 will be Brooks Strause's new album "The Chymical Wedding Of Brookes Strause" was produced and recorded by Daytrotter engineer Pat Stolley and includes a handful of Quad City and Iowa City musicians.
Free limited edition signed and numbered print of the original illustration by Brooks Strause that was the inspiration for the album cover with paid admission.
LP is pressed on blue marble vinyl and limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Vinyl pre-orders also include 14 page lyric chapbook and limited edition signed & numbered print of the original illustration by Brooks Strause that was the inspiration for the cover. Vinyl includes digital download.
Rozz Tox 2108 3rd ave. Rock Island Il.
Doors open at 8:00PM, show at 9:00PM