Did people really think that The Arcade Fire could really come in at #1? And I knew they wouldn’t do as many units as the The Shins– never underestimate the power of having Sir Braffsalot backing you up.

Michael noted that Mary Timony’s new record for KRS, titled The Shapes We Make, will be out May 8th. Also, Paperrad is putting together a video for her. She’s just wrapping up a brief March tour right now, with two remaining dates (both with The Twilight Sad):

3/21 - Raleigh, NC - King’s Lounge
3/23 - Washington, DC - Black Cat

Dudes, what up the fuck?? I haven’t had a Catbird Records order come through in like 4 days! Don’t you want me to suffer the pain of slogging down to the Chinatown Post Office every afternoon? I mean, I’d put our CBR releases “On Sale,” except the prices are all, as always, already set as low as they can go. Anyway, here’s a reminder of what we still have in print:

Fulton Lights - s/t Limited Edition
A. Goldman’s latest towering anti-paean to The City. 2-disc set; 10-track album + 4 song bonus disc. Letterpressed case, with individual song card inserts. Edition of 150. $10.

::: Fulton Lights - Fire In The Palm Of My Hand :::
::: Fulton Lights - Thank God For The Evening News :::

Forest Fire - Psychic Love Star EP
Homegrown hymns for those with no religion. 6 tracks. Hand-screened case. Edition of 200. $4. I’ve got about 20 copies left.

::: Forest Fire - Psychic Love Star :::

Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts - Blue Birds Blood
Beautiful and fragile and lovely uneasy listening. 12 tracks. Jewel case. $8. Christ, I’ve even still got copies of the 3-song bonus disc in hand-screened sleeve left! Frankly, I’m *ASTOUNDED* that so few copies of this have been sold– this is, in point of fact, one of my favorite albums of the year.

::: Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts - Penny Falls :::

Pet Politics - The Spring EP
Bedroom pop from the velvety underground of Gothenburg, Sweden. 4 tracks. Hand-screened case. Edition of 200. $3. About 20 copies are left.

::: Pet Politics - Sunday Morning :::

Maestro Echoplex - Last Night I Saw God On The Dancefloor
Source of one of my favorite songs of the last 10 years (”My Eyes Are Disconnected…”). 7 tracks. Letterpressed case. $6.

::: Maestro Echoplex - My Eyes Are Disconnected From My Head Is Disconnected From My Body :::

I’m just sayin’… if you bought every single one of our in-print releases, it’d net you 5 CDs, plus 2 bonus CDs. And most of them are in lovingly hand-screened packaging. And it would only cost you a grand total of $31 + s/h.

Listen, I don’t normally make play “salesman” like this, but, man, I gotta make room for future releases in the Catbird stockroom, you know?