On Monday the 22nd of June, Avalanche Glasgow will be hosting an exclusive Dead Weather instore! Dead Weather is, for those of you that don't know, a new project featuring members of the White Stripes, Raconteurs and The Kills. Indie Rock Supergroup, anyone? No wonder their UK tour is totally sold out!



We invite you all to join us for this unique event. The concert is scheduled to begin at 9pm, entry is FREE. We'll cram in as many folks as we can, so be sure and get here nice and early to guarantee yourself a space. We might even provide you with some nibbles and refreshments!

The folks at Nokia and From The Basement TV will be setting up a couple of big screens, and we will be streaming this exclusive Dead Weather concert as it happens, direct to our shop! Our speakers will be fully prepared to crank out the tunes as loud as possible, giving you the most realistic "concert" experience we possibly can.

Also, this special event means that on monday 22nd of june, we'll be open until around 10pm, giving you an extra 4 hours of shopping time! Come on down, bring your friends and get ready for something special.

Yes, the rumours are true. We will - if everything goes to plan - have some very, very special late-night action for you on Monday 22nd June at Avalanche Glasgow.

Here's a little hint... more info very soon.

Mercury-Nominated indie-folk newcomer Alessi's Ark will be performing an acoustic set exclusively at Avalanche Glasgow this coming Saturday 9th May at 5pm prompt.

As new single "Over The Hill" displays, Alessi's Arc not only offer the warmth of Joni Mitchell and the intimacy of Sandy Denny, they also have some wonderful tunes too!

Be sure to get yourself in nice and early, this one is sure to be busy! Alessi's Arc will be performing a half-hour acoustic set from 5pm, leaving you plenty of time afterwards to get yourself the debut album, and also the limited edition 7" single of "Over the Hill", both of which are on sale now!

Alesse's Arc : Over The Hill Video:

Here's another great chance to support your friendly local independent record shop and score yourself some great exclusive booty at the same time...

We at Avalanche Glasgow have a limited supply of some beautiful prints produced to accompany the release of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's new album 'Beware' and the brand new PJ Harvey & John Parish album 'A Woman A Man Walked By'.

Both are on deluxe heavy card stock and show the artwork from the respective album, with the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy prints being numbered to boot!

Supplies of both are strictly limited and are available exclusively for free when you purchase the albums in question on either CD or vinyl. So hurry down to grab not just some great new music (both albums are excellent by the way) but some wonderful wall decor as well, while stocks last.

Buy Early Get Now! It's the future... now!
What does it mean? Well, allow me to explain..

Starting March 24th, if you pre-order the new Sonic Youth album "The Eternal" from Avalanche Glasgow, you will get a voucher. This voucher can be redeemed at buyearlygetnow.com and by doing so, will allow you access to a high quality digital stream of the new Sonic Youth album in advance of it's physical release on June 8th.

So far, so good. Well, here's the really cool bit. On June 8th, when you come in to collect your pre-ordered album (remembering to bring your voucher of course!), you will receive an exclusive limited edition live LP recorded at Battery Park on July 4th 2008, and a free poster! You will also receive further exclusive free mp3 downloads via the Buy Early Get Now website! The only way to get his live LP is via the Buy Early Get Now service, and it will not be available via online retailers anywhere!

CD pre-orders cost £21, with Vinyl pre-orders costing £28. Your free Live Album comes on vinyl, regardless of your chosen pre-order format, so if you love Sonic Youth and you ain't got a record player, now is the time to invest in your future happiness!

Ok folks, we've got a couple of updates for you to enjoy.

First off, we've added a page for the forthcoming Record Store Day on Saturday April 18th. This celebration of all things Musical Retail, we shall be offering up a selection of musical celebrations and discounts on classic albums.

We also found a video someone shot at our Laura Marling instore that took place not too long ago. Click here to check out the video! And our resident photographer has a captured a few stills during the recent visit of recent guests The Brother Louis Collective, which you can find here.

HOT NEWS! Coming on March 16th "Beware", the new album from Will Oldham, a.k.a Bonnie "Prince" Billy. For a limited period, we will be offering his back catalogue titles at a discounted price. You know, like we always do, but even cheaper!

Fans of numbers and words should enjoy this preview of the tracklisting:

1. Beware Your Only Friend
2. You Can't Hurt Me Now
3. My Life's Work
4. Death Final
5. Heart's Arms
6. You Don't Love Me
7. You Are Lost
8. I Won't Ask Again
9. I Don't Belong to Anyone
10. There Is Something I Have To Say
11. I Am Goodbye
12. Without Work, You Have Nothing
13. Afraid Ain’t Me



Satisfied? You definitely will be! Oldham's recent releases have been consistently brilliant, and this new record promises to plumb the depths of darkness and frailty in ways that only Oldham can pull off. In fact, it's been described as "longer and stronger, and more grandiose". Sounds good to us!

Oh, and those lovely folks at Domino Records have set up a wee mini-site for this album, which you can find here:

http://www.dominorecordco.com/bonnieprincebilly

While you're eagerly anticipating the news on our prospective upcoming instores, here's a wee catch up on the various musical visitors we've had since the Moby DJ extravaganza, just to whet your appetite...

Roses Kings Castles

Back in September we had a visit from Roses Kings Castles, a.k.a. Adam Ficek, the drummer in one certain Babyshambles band, playing some acoustic tunes from his self-titled debut album.



Laura Marling

Just a few days later we were graced with the presence of indie songstress Laura Marling to celebrate the launch of her 7'' single 'Night Terror', who serenaded the crowds and signed copies of the record.



Broken Records

To close out the year Edinburgh indie-folksters Broken Records dropped by one Sunday afternoon for a full-band set, complete with double bass, trumpet and accordion accompaniment. Now signed to 4AD, with an album forthcoming later this year, this was a great chance to catch them in such intimate surroundings.



Ross Clark

For 2009, we kicked off with an acoustic appearance from local singer-songwriter Ross Clark, who, after a couple of successful EPs and regular live appearances in Glasgow and beyond, has just self-released his debut solo album 'You Brought Evil'.



We're certainly looking forward to maintaining our busy schedule of instore gigs and appearances during 2009, with some interesting guests already in the works...

All photos by our resident photographer, Alex Woodward of Crimson Glow Photography

Hey folks, we're just getting things up to speed round here after a hectic xmas period. As you may notice, we've started a couple of new pages : one for staff picks, one for our video blog.

So far, so self explanitory. Be sure to check out our new Photo Gallery too, which we will be updating on a regular basis, due to the rather high number of instore performances we have scheduled!

More about those tomorrow!