Yep Roc is having an insane sale right now, with vinyl LPs (which also include free digital downloads) priced at freakin’ $4.99. This includes releases by Robyn Hitchcock, Bob Mould, The Go-Betweens, and Dolorean (including his newest (2007) record, the criminally overlooked/underrated You Can’t Win. Trivia: that cover photo? It’s by Gus Van Sant.)

In other vinyl news, the long-delayed Blackout Beach (Carey Mercer) - Claxxon’s Lament lathe-cut single is finally in-stock over at Soft Abuse. It’s an edition of 60 (not a typo).

If you’re in the Boston/Cambridge/Somerville area, you’ll want to swing by P.A.’s Lounge tomorrow. It’s the release show for our old friend Brian Michael Roff’s new project, The Underpainting. Said the Gramophone wrote a nice piece about the project, and about the gently unfolding titular track awhile back. The Underpainting album, which will be the second Catbird Special Projects (CSP) release (jointly released with TW Walsh’s Tower Of Song label), won’t be available from CBR for a bit yet, but the band will have some copies available for sale at the show tomorrow.

And, hey Germany (and ultimately, England (oh, and Moscow)): go out and see Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin!

SSLYBY European Summer Tour:
21.05.2007 Köln (DE), Gebäude 9 (w/ Irving)
22.05.2007 Schorndorf (DE), Manufaktur
23.05.2007 München (DE), Sunny Red
24.05.2007 Karlsruhe (DE), Jubez
25.05.2007 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof (w/ Plus/Minus)
26.05.2007 Kleinreifling (AT), Seewiesenfest
27.05.2007 Wien (AT), Chelsea
29.05.2007 Nürnberg (DE), K4
30.05.2007 Hamburg (DE), Molotow
31.05.2007 Bremen (DE), Römer
01.06.2007 Berlin (DE), Magnet Club
02.06.2007 Neustrelitz (DE), Immergut Festival
03.06.2007 Münster (DE), Gleis 22
04.06.2007 Amsterdam (NL), Paradiso
06.06.2007 Newcastle (UK), Head Of Steam
07.06.2007 Liverpool (UK), Korova
08.06.2007 London (UK), Bardens Boudoir
09.06.2007 Exeter (UK), Cavern
10.06.2007 London (UK), Water Rats (w/ The Thermals)
11.06.2007 Brighton (UK), The Hope
28.07.2007 Moscow (RU), Afisha Picnic Festival