Wow, we couldn’t possibly be more excited about this new giveaway.  Temporary Residence is offering one of our readers a test pressing of Grails’ new album, “Deep Politics” (read about it below).  Enter to win the test pressing by leaving a comment for this post.  Only comment once, we will be checking for duplicate entries.  [...]

If you’ve read this site for awhile, you probably know we are absolutely in love with Grails.  They are one of the bands that led us to much of the music we’re into today.  They’ve got a brand new album up for preorder and it sounds awesome so far.  Their approach is still otherworldly, constantly [...]

Sorry guys, we don’t always exactly breaks the news over here at OMGV. Usually not that big of a deal but when it’s a band we’ve championed as hard as Grails… for shame! These two long out-of-print albums from one of the best bands in existence today are now available to order on the vinyl [...]

The long-awaited, much appreciated comprehensive vinyl pressing of the first three Black Tar Prophecies Volumes plus the brand new Black Tar Prophecies IV LP – all available right now from Important Records mailorder. BTP I-III certainly holds a special place in my heart as one of the first albums to introduce me to the “heavy [...]

We don’t usually post news just for the sake of posting news, but Grails is one of those bands that we pretty much freak out every time they even update their Myspace. Which they have just done recently to share some news about the latest installment of the Black Tar Prophecies, also known as some [...]

Ok, a huge Important Records email came in, so I’ll try to compress this into a post, but it might be hard.  If you are confused, just ask us in the comments.  Due to various reasons, Important has a bunch of previously out-of-print titles available, plus some new “handmade” editions of records with screenprinted covers.  [...]

This may quite possibly be the best album to come out this year. Folks were a bit dubious on how this new arrangement would work out with Emil on the skins. To my ears, this new arrangement is working out fantastically. There’s bound to be some haters trying to convince you that this album is [...]

Important Records is offering up a smattering of their vinyl releases in a “mailorder only” holiday sale. A few choice picks include the much lauded debut LP from A Place To Bury Strangers for $8 and Grails “Take Refuge In Clean Living” for $10 (if you don’t already own this album, then why are you [...]