It’ like OPP, but it’s been OOP for a long time. The limited run of A Boy and His Tortoise S/T debut has been out of print for a long time, and probably will stay that way. Luckily, Boy, aka Mike Allan from Volta Sound has let us post it for download. It’s super cheap [...]

The newest collection of songs from the most prolific slash and burn songsmith in cleveland, rubella, is entitled Stalker Rock. It is now available at the VGR Store for download ($2), or get a load of the amazing artwork by David Goblyn and order the hand sewn vinyl case ($4). Here’s a little description written [...]

The first single, Pillsnbeers, is available to purchase from the Van Gogh Round Store for only $3. Includes the album version of Pillsnbeers as well as the Space Cadet High Score Remix and the non-album track Loaner. You can now purchase the first Aluminum Anemone single Pillsnbeers at the Van Gogh Round Store. It’s only $3 and [...]

The debut album by VGR/Davenport’s Aluminum Anemone is set to be released this week. It’s heavy on bass, drums, and synths, but it still retains the droney rock feel of it’s members’ other two bands The Volta Sound and Dreadful Yawns. Check out some free tunes here, and then go buy the album from the [...]

The fifth Dreadful Yawns album, Picnic, is set to be a co-release with Exit Stencil Recordings. ESR has released the two previous Yawns records (2007′s Rest and 2008′s Take Shape) and have agree to give the Yawns’ new one the vinyl treatment, along side the CD version which will be sent to the shelves, via [...]

The folks here at VGR just saw our first copy of the completed Good Touch Bad Touch debut! Color us impressed. It looks beautiful. More importantly it sounds like a dream. Recorded and mixed entirely at the Davenport Collective in Cleveland, it is a little slice of mid-western pop rock heaven. Take the vocal harmonies [...]

VGR is currently negotiating with Exit Stencil Recordings to release the brand new Dreadful Yawns album Picnic. It will be 10 songs and clocks in just over the 40 minute mark. The follow up to 2008′s Take Shape, Picnic is a completely different beast. It’s more lo-fi, but the songs have a richness and warmth [...]

We’ve taken a nap for while. We’ve been working for over a year to get the VGR World HQ up and running and we are finally done! So now what? Well, for starters, we’ve been busting ass, popping pills, and drinking beer in order to get this site up to full operating strength. Very soon [...]