If you head on over to Pitchfork, you'll find yourself confronted with a comprehensive, and somewhat intimidating, list of all the releases due tomorrow for the now-annual international celebration of the independent record store. It's hard not to admire the obvious enthusiasm that surrounds the campaign, one which is obviously worth getting behind; were it not for the pressures of having a dissertation due in on Monday, I would definitely have ventured out to Piccadilly Records and picked a few things up. The highlights are numerous: the split single featuring new songs by The Thermals and The Cribs that I have previously mentioned; a dirty as hell new track from Crystal Castles; a collaboration between Hot Chip and Bonnie Prince Billy; the first new release from The Get Up Kids since 2004 (featuring "Your Petty Pretty Things," which they performed for their Daytrotter Session); and a DVD of John Darnielle performing 2009s The Life of the World to Come in its entirety, directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom). Oh, and a new Beach House song...
...you know, the more I look at that list, the more I wonder whether I should just bite the bullet and get out of bed early as hell, buy a few 7"s and then get back on the work as quickly as possible.
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