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Pacific Northwest isolation mixed with wide-eyed ambition, a strong sense of family and the gift of music proved to be quite the combination for teenage brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Originally released in 1979, Dreamin' Wild is the sonic vision of the talented Emerson boys, recorded in a family built home studio in rural Washington State. Situated in the unlikely blink-and-you-missed-it town of Fruitland and far removed from the late 1970s punk movement and the larger disco boom, Donnie and Joe tilled their own musical soil, channeling bedroom pop jams, raw funk, and yacht rock. Spurred on their high school's...

By Wyndham Wallace Photo courtesy of Mark Pickerel Without Wyndham Wallace, Lee Hazlewood’s long time European manager and friend, it’s possible that we never would’ve had the opportunity to present to you: Lee Hazlewood - The LHI Years 1968-1971: Singles, Nudes and Backsides. The comp marks the first of many in our intensive Hazlewood series, covering material from not only Lee but also other artists on LHI - remastered from the original tapes - along with Lee’s output for other labels and the films of Torbjörn Axelman. Below Wyndham reflects upon Lee’s massive body of work. Compiled from his releases...

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...

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...

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:...