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New Release Music | Friday the 18th of November
Wanna keep up with what’s new, what’s hot, what’s freshly pressed... but can’t stand soulless Top 40 singles? The Muses gotcha covered. Each week, we sift through the world’s newest releases and pick ones we like - and you’ll like too. The good shit - hold the Beiber. Here's what's out this week:→ Sleigh Bells : JESSICA [...]
Dig this: We now sell turntables and accessories. Oh yeah!
By now, you’ve read my ultimate Christmas Gift guide (right? Riiiiiight?), so you’re ready, rearing and ridiculously excited to get people presents they’ll actually LOVE.And everybody - every damn body - wants, loves and hopes for a turntable.Probably even YOU! (Hey, are you seeing those gratuitously shiny specimens up there? *dribble*)If you or your loved ones [...]
Tori's Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide: Part 1
I know, I know... it's still spring. But we need to talk about Christmas Shopping.We both know you haven't always been the most organised elf. But this year's your chance to change all that and finally live up to mum's epic expectations.Wanna know how to finally be the best gift-giver in your unit?Simple. Break it [...]
Cool Collector: Mitch from Brisbane.
Each month, we chat to someone with a passion for collecting: vinyl, CDs, DVDs, blu-ray, dust... or any other type of physical media. We love what they’re about, and you will too! Be awe-struck, be jealous, or just be inspired with new ideas for your own cool collections. This month, we meet Mitch: vinyl enthusiast [...]
Highlights from our vinyl pop up shop + birthday week
Last week was Mental As Anything. Did you get that vibe from the tsunami of sale emails and excitable event reminders from us?!It was our birthday week y’see. 48 years in business! And five years of trading online. To celebrate, we went nuts with bargains here on the website for five days in a row, ending [...]
Why you should judge a record by its cover; 2 weeks with 2,000 records
Given it's our e-Birthday this month and we turn 5 (online), we're having our second pop-up this Saturday at The Jade! We recently came into a tonne of amazing secondhand records (titles and gradings are excellent!) so I had the task of going through every single one and checking 'em out to make sure they're up [...]
Get excited: Crowded House announce full back catalogue DLX re-issues on Vinyl and CD
Thirty years ago, in 1986, Crowded House released their first album, and we all fell madly in love. After almost two million units sold (more than 26-times platinum), 16 top-fifty singles and five #1 albums in our country, it seems a crowded love affair will stand the test of time. The Crowded House 30-year celebration kicks off [...]
Revolver: A monochrome walk towards the sunshine {50 year anniversary}
We can't believe it. Jak Housden is writing for The Muses! If you don't know him by name, then you'll certainly recognise him by ear. Jak's guitar stylings have inevitably tickled your eardrums via the Badloves and the Whitlams - not to mention his own solo projects, prolific producing and every conceivable musical skill and cameo under the sun. He's [...]
Album Spotlight: ‘The Names’ by Baio
Hayden Burke shines the spotlight on BAIO's independent solo debut.Chris Baio is commonly known as the Bass Guitarist for hit N.Y. based indie super-group, Vampire Weekend. More recently, Baio was hard at work away from Weekend, working on his first solo record, ‘The Names’.Now, I am a massive Vampire Weekend fan, like…huge. I can’t exactly [...]
Violent Femmes new album, Australian Tour
Aussies will be treated to Limited Edition Australian Exclusive GREEN vinyl and a national tour when Violent Femmes launch their first album in 16 years, ‘WE CAN DO ANYTHING’, on March 4th.