Picks of the Record Store Day litter, plus schedule of in-store performances

April 17, 2014 at 10:31PM
Can you smell the vinyl in this photo from Treehouse Records? The Lyndale Avenue store is one of more than a dozen stocking up for Saturday's Record Store Day.
Can you smell the vinyl in this photo from Treehouse Records? The Lyndale Avenue store is one of more than a dozen stocking up for Saturday's Record Store Day. (TOM WALLACE/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

We asked some local record retailers to pick three favorites from the special Record Store Day releases they will have in stock Saturday.

HYMIE'S

3820 E. Lake St., Mpls. • picks by Laura Hoenack

Cake, "Vinyl Box Set." Eight-LP, 175-gram colored vinyl.

The Litter, "Action Woman b/w Legal Matter." 7-inch reissue.

Brian Jonestown Massacre/Magic Castles split 12-inch on "gray splattered" vinyl.

Hymie's RSD Block Party: Two stages, free, all ages, 14 bands starting with Brian Laidlaw (11 a.m.) and including the Ericksons (1 p.m.), Chastity Brown (2), Pennyroyal (3:30), Ben Weaver (4), Black Diet (5), Martin Devaney (also 5), the Cactus Blossoms (6), Southside Desire (7) and Brian Just Band (8).

TREEHOUSE RECORDS

2557 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls. • picks by Dan Cote

Spoon, "Loveways" (12-inch). Getting a vinyl release for the very first time.

"Dunedin Double 2x12," various artists. Reissue of the influential compilation from New Zealand.

Songs: Ohia, "Journey On — Collected Singles" (7-inch box set).

In-store set: Lee Baines (5 p.m.).

ECLIPSE RECORDS

381 N. Wabasha St., St. Paul • picks by Martin Devaney

Drive By Truckers, "Dragon Pants" (10-inch). Outtakes from the band's new album.

R.E.M., "MTV Unplugged" (box).

Dinosaur Jr., 7-inch box set with a book, issued by Numero Group.

In-store sets: DJ sets from Martin Dosh, Jake Rudh, Jason Nagel and more,

FIFTH ELEMENT

2411 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls. • picks by Kevin Beacham

Oliver Hart (Eyedea's alias), "The Many Faces of Oliver Hart." Etched vinyl.

"Dust & Grooves" (book).

Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" (double-LP vinyl).

In-store sets: Lizzo, Dem Atlas, DJ Stage One, Ecid, more (times TBA).

ELECTRIC FETUS

2000 3rd Av. S., Mpls.

In-store sets: Two Harbors (11 a.m.), the Premiums (1 p.m.), Portage (2), Middle Class Rut (3), Sonny Knight & the Lakers (4), K. Raydio & Psymun (5).

MORE RSD STORES

• Cheapo (St. Paul, Mpls., Blaine)

• Down in the Valley (Golden Valley, Crystal, Maple Grove)

• Electric Fetus (Duluth, St. Cloud)

• Tune Town (Mankato)

• Extreme Noise, Know Name, Roadrunner (all Mpls.)

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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