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LITA Staff Selections: May 2024
Welcome to our first ever monthly staff selections, where we share some of our favorite albums available at LITA this month! Get ready to groove, reflect, and maybe even discover your new favorite tunes as our team shares their top picks, straight from the heart. Lydia Hyslop: Johnnie Frierson - Have You Been Good To Yourself On the surface, these seven songs are of the Christian persuasion, but you don't have to be a Bible-thumper to catch their drift. Johnnie Frierson was working through some real sh*t when he home-recorded this cassette, and that's something we can all relate to! His...
Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound of Shin Joong Hyun
By Kevin “Sipreano” Howes Shin Joong Hyun’s tale is personal, spiritual, and deep, not only reflecting the full spectrum of human emotions but also reverberating with echoes of sound, some beautiful and life-giving, others restless and ungovernable. Writer Kevin “Sipreano” Howes sheds light on the legacy of Shin Joong Hyun, the godfather of Korean rock, below in an excerpt from his liner notes accompanying Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-74. Now, Mr. Shin, as we call him, started his extensive musical career way back in the mid-1950s, performing for US troops still stationed in...
RSD 2024: Light in the Attic's Record Store, Seattle
What started as a tiny shop in our old Ballard warehouse in 2013 is now a full-fledged, 7-year-old brick-and-mortar (est. 2016) uniquely located in downtown Seattle's KEXP Gathering Space. The shop carries Light in the Attic releases, of course, but did you know that we also carry thousands of additional distributed releases, used records, and merch? We also sell albums specially hand-picked by KEXP DJs. Most recently, we collaborated with KEXP's Diana Ratsamee (Eastern Echoes) to launch a curated Eastern Echoes bin in the shop. Stop by and see us next time you're in Seattle or follow us on Instagram! Address: 472 1st Ave N, Seattle Hours: Weekends:...
Liner Notes: A Tribute To Lou Reed with Bill Bentley
It goes without saying that the legendary Lou Reed was a true rock ’n’ roll pioneer. From The Velvet Underground’s debut in 1967 all the way through the end of his days, Reed sang truth from his heart. He lived life to the limit—and then some. On this episode of Light in the Attic's Liner Notes, we sit down with album producer Bill Bentley to talk about our new release, The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed. Bentley, who was Reed's publicist and friend, shares his personal stories and insights into the making of this compilation. The...
Vinyl Pimp and The Joy of Digging
VINYL PIMP AND THE JOY OF DIGGINGBy Victoria Holt Every record collector knows the feeling–you’ve wandered into an intriguing record store, and just as you’re getting settled into a nice fat stack, with rows upon rows of boxes to sift through, you realize with an unpleasant jolt that they shut in half an hour. Then it’s the rapid fire prioritization process: Which genre is most coveted on your list? Which section feels doable in the time you have left? Do you need time to check for quality issues at the listening station? How will you whittle down your finds to...