Lake Inferior Album Release Tomorrow! At Local 506 w/ The Honored Guests and Gift Horse

FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO LOCAL 506!

Call 919.495.2312 between 8 and 10pm tomorrow (Thursday) and we’ll arrange to ahve you picked up at one of three locations:

1) ATM machines by Davis Library, UNC

2) Caribou Coffee

3) Weaver St Market

Remember, there’s no rain in outer space or inside Local 506!  Show starts with Athens-based Gift Horse at 9pm, followed by The Honored Guests at 10pm.

FREE ALBUM WITH PAID ADMISSION!

Video: My Boy Rascal 9.25.09 at Jack Sprat

For those of you that missed MBR’s 9.25.09 show at Jack Sprat, you missed out on a great performance.  The show featured a handful of new tunes, which are being given the final tweaks in Vinyl Records’ recording studio right now, plus a great Kings of Leon cover, as sung by MBR contributer Colin Iwanski.  All video shot and edited by Tiffany Dixon.

Lake Inferior // Pegasaur 10″ // 11.12.09

click the image above to pre-order Lake Inferior Pegasaur 10” w/ digital download (Street Date: Nov 12, 2009) pre-order here Lake Inferior’s latest release takes listeners aboard the SS Pegasaur for a celestial and psychoactive journey through the nether-regions of outer space.Pegasaur finds the band delving into swells of electric guitars and washed-out synthesizers, filled with burbling poly-rhythmic delight. The record is equal parts swirling dance atmospheres (“Addressing Parents”) and 8-bit Star Fox soundtrack (“Gepeddo”). Limited to 420 copies worldwide, Lake Inferior’s Pegasaur is set to take off in T-minus 11.12.09 seconds. For a promotional copy of the album, please contact vinylrecordsunc@gmail.com Preview “Gepeddo” and “Addressing Parents” at lakeinferior.com Booking / Press / Management Vinyl Records UNC c / o Tripp Gobble vinylrecordsunc@gmail.com

Lexicon @ The Library Oct 10, 9pm

From www.vrprsnts.com:

Lexicon “Undeniable” music video here

South Raleigh born and raised, UNC-Chapel Hill-based rapper Lexiconmeshes southern-fried beats with boastful and overtly sexual lyrics to create over-the-top songs that are as much confessions of carnal frustration and fantasy as they are aggressive, egotistical declarations of his own virtuosity.

Over the course of the past year he has become one of the most, if not simply the most, controversial musicians on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.  With song titles as blatantly suggestive as “F*** Yo Mans” and “Butterscotch,” the controversy surrounding UNC’s most prolific and versatile hip-hop act is certainly warranted. However, Lexicon claims that the content of his songs does not stray from the now-seemingly innocuous R&B and Rock & Roll hits of the 1950s. When defending his explicit works it’s simple: Lex references Howlin’ Wolf and Elvis Presley, proclaiming, “They talked about sex—why can’t I?”

And why can’t he? In the present day, college rappers are unfairly pigeonholed into insincere social consciousness and pseudo-intellectualism, and the artist who doesn’t fit the mold is automatically labeled a “wannabe mainstreamer.” Lexicon vehemently challenges this bias, and his success has been striking.

Having already headlined at Chapel Hill’s renownedLocal 506 (a feat virtually unheard of for a UNC rapper), as well performing Main Stage at UNC’s Fall Fest (an annual event attended by thousands of undergraduates), Lex has built a strong following both inside and outside the University community.

Considering his ever-increasing momentum and popularity, Vinyl Records would like to give you a chance to revisit some of Lexicon’s best work from the past year in VR Presents: “Lexicon: The Classics”. The four songs compiled here first appeared on Lexicon’s mixtapes, Edna, and I Am NC, but have been reworked in a way that truly shows the artist coming into his own: each is tighter and far sexier than it’s original. This man wants your attention, and he more than deserves it.

So download Lexicon: The Classics, here, and check out his next show at 9pm Saturday, October 10th at The Library, featuring South Park affiliateBang Bang Tang. The show is free for ages 21+.

For more Lexicon, be sure to check out his myspace, and be on the lookout for his new album Nwachukwu due out on itunes in the next few weeks.

My Boy Rascal Friday (Sept 25) at Jack Sprat

New Lexicon Mixtape

UNC’s very own hip-hop phenomenon, Lexicon, recently dropped another mixtape that we think you should check out. Vinyl Records is currently working with Lexicon on a special project you’ll be hearing more about soon.

Download the mixtape, Cecil: The Preview, here: ttp://www.zshare.net/download/6526336759e9664a/

Lake Inferior @ Upper Ashe House This Saturday Raleigh, NC

Vinyl Records artist at the Cradle Sept 9th

Vinyl Records UNC artist Lafcadio Shot Back, are scheduled to play a benefit show raising money to fight MS at the Cat’s Cradle this coming Wednesday, September 9th. Its going to be a night of country and folk inspired toe-tappin’ and heel stompin’, with a great chance to hear some newer songs from Lafcadio. Also be on the lookout soon for some video footage from their recent gig at Local 506 playing at the CD-release party of The Whiskey Smugglers.

The benefit show has a suggested donation of $5, here’s the info

-Adam Sherwood

Aminal, Dive, & 5 Questions

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Over on the Daily Tar Heel site, Diversions editor Jordan Lawrence has a great interview with Vinyl cohorts Aminal. The relationship between Vinyl, students, and the Chapel Hill music community is a complex one, but Patrick, Cameron, and Jordan do a great job, probably the best we’ve seen so far, at breaking it down. Take this example:

Diversions: You guys are working with Vinyl for the VR Presents. What are your thoughts on it in the light of the pretty constant disconnect between students and the local music scene?

Patrick O’Neil: I think that Vinyl records represents something that is sponsored by the University, much in the way that the radio station was maybe ten years ago, that is reaching out to the community and trying to involve people in Chapel Hill and what this town has to offer, which is a vibrant music scene and arts scene. Their purpose is clear, and they’re doing a good job.

Cameron Weeks: It’s a bunch of students that actually have their heads into the music scene and like the bands that are playing around town and are trying to get the word out to students to get them more involved. There’s so much good music in this town, you can just go out and see it.

Vinyl is sponsoring Aminal’s show at the Cave on Saturday, August 29th. Rat Jackson and Pistolero will also be performing.

Photo Daily Tar Heel

Vinyl Records Weekend Shows

Lake Inferior - Friday night at Jack Sprat/ Aminal - Saturday night at the Cave