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The New Record Newsletter for November 30th (if you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re going to be shooting these out every Wednesday). 
A new post filled with intro by Bill talking about 00:02:59 Records (which Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem is a fan of) & Sugar Hill Records, a new editorial piece by Alex, a playlist from Alex as well, Just Added tracks featuring Nick 13, a Deep Cut by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and tons of more stuff. You know, the usual. 
The New Records Newsletter
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Make sure you’re following us on any or all sites. Whenever we have new tunes, great news and awesome contests, we post it all on there. 

My Editorial in this week’s newsletter for The New Record featuring my Brother, El Big Jim ( one of his latest posts were about sopes so consider yourself warned if you’re currently hungry). 
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It’s  that time of year again when everyone is assembling their Top Albums of  the Year list. It’s such a great time to snoop around people’s list and  see if they are either cool or lame. Right? I know you’re not supposed  to judge a book by it’s cover, but if one of your friends, who you hold  high regards for musically, adds the new Selena Gomez record as their  top favorites, is it acceptable to criticize him/her? Some might say  that it’s absolutely okay… but it’s not.
My brother, Jimmy, grew up listening to Top 40  radio throughout his teenage and adult life. Rick Dees in the Morning on  KISS FM was all we heard in the morning because it was his “get ready  for school/work” music (we shared a room for a long time). So knowing  what my brother’s musical taste was, I never hesitated to raid his 150  CD Case Logic wallet (wow, remember those?) to see what I might be  missing out on…you know, just in case?  In being your  standard nosey little brother, low and behold I made a huge discovery.  The kind of discovery that if measured musically, it could be considered  a gold mine now for me. If it wasn’t for my brother, I would have never  got into Outkast or The Red Hot Chili Peppers which later led me to  find my favorite artist of ALL TIME, John Frusciante.
So you see, never be ashamed of what you listen to  and what music defines you. Some people may not approve of some of your  choices or give you a hard time but it’s who you are. You can’t help but  let music do to you what it’s meant to do: make you enjoy it. Always be  willing to open up and let people know what you’re jamming to because  you never know what kind of gem you’re going to introduce someone to.
In a world where we’re ambushed with greed at least share music…legally, of course.

Share your musical tastes by submitting your Top Records of 2011 as well as your New Record playlists on twitter - @thenewrecord
-Alex

thenewrecord:

The New Record Newsletter for November 30th (if you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re going to be shooting these out every Wednesday). 

A new post filled with intro by Bill talking about 00:02:59 Records (which Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem is a fan of) & Sugar Hill Records, a new editorial piece by Alex, a playlist from Alex as well, Just Added tracks featuring Nick 13, a Deep Cut by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and tons of more stuff. You know, the usual. 

The New Records Newsletter

The New Record on Facebook - Twitter - Tumblr

Make sure you’re following us on any or all sites. Whenever we have new tunes, great news and awesome contests, we post it all on there. 

My Editorial in this week’s newsletter for The New Record featuring my Brother, El Big Jim ( one of his latest posts were about sopes so consider yourself warned if you’re currently hungry). 

——

It’s that time of year again when everyone is assembling their Top Albums of the Year list. It’s such a great time to snoop around people’s list and see if they are either cool or lame. Right? I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but if one of your friends, who you hold high regards for musically, adds the new Selena Gomez record as their top favorites, is it acceptable to criticize him/her? Some might say that it’s absolutely okay… but it’s not.

My brother, Jimmy, grew up listening to Top 40 radio throughout his teenage and adult life. Rick Dees in the Morning on KISS FM was all we heard in the morning because it was his “get ready for school/work” music (we shared a room for a long time). So knowing what my brother’s musical taste was, I never hesitated to raid his 150 CD Case Logic wallet (wow, remember those?) to see what I might be missing out on…you know, just in case?  In being your standard nosey little brother, low and behold I made a huge discovery. The kind of discovery that if measured musically, it could be considered a gold mine now for me. If it wasn’t for my brother, I would have never got into Outkast or The Red Hot Chili Peppers which later led me to find my favorite artist of ALL TIME, John Frusciante.

So you see, never be ashamed of what you listen to and what music defines you. Some people may not approve of some of your choices or give you a hard time but it’s who you are. You can’t help but let music do to you what it’s meant to do: make you enjoy it. Always be willing to open up and let people know what you’re jamming to because you never know what kind of gem you’re going to introduce someone to.

In a world where we’re ambushed with greed at least share music…legally, of course.

Share your musical tastes by submitting your Top Records of 2011 as well as your New Record playlists on twitter - @thenewrecord

-Alex