If you can judge a book by how well-thumbed it is, the copy passed from Resident to Resident, sporting a cover with more wrinkles than a well bathed shar pei, must have been at the centre of a romantic epic.

This book is attention-absorbingly brilliant. Fellow record shop staffer Joel documents the carnivalesque experiences of the Brian Jonestown Massacre in a beautiful, hilarious, and transfixing stream-of-consciousness style from a drug-addled mind, slyly slipping grand notions of the universe into stories of clip-clopping shoes, or bin-diving for burgers.

You needn’t be au fait with BJM to dig this as, by the time you flip that final page, you’ll be tracking their records down, streaming Dig!, and snagging tickets for their February tour (see link at the end!)

Just watch out for flying tambourines if you’re near the front...

Every year, to celebrate all the excellent artists on their extensive roster, our good pals down the road at Republic Of Music put together one of these compilations for us.

The sampler features a selection of tracks from some of our fave albums of 2024. As always, we feel honoured to be able to showcase them for you on this 2CD set. 

***available in store and added to orders of annual titles whilst stocks last***