LISTEN: NOTHING SHOCKING PODCAST
Jeff Pezzati from Naked Raygun & Big Black
EVENT: RECORD STORE DAY 2018
Join Ragged Records for Record Store Day 2018!. As always Ragged will have the best selection of RSD titles this side of the Mississippi and beyond. We order nearly every title and as much as we can get of each title. This year there are over 400 official titles and many unofficial special releases.
We open promptly at 9:00 AM.
Get in line early to get the best chance at getting everything on your list.
The RSD list: http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
Early bird customers will receive goodie bags filled with free RSD stuff.
This year Ragged Records & Trash Can Annie will be hosting the art opening “Rad Women of Music”, a series of portraits by Jon Burns. 20 framed original drawings will be sold depicting important women in music with 25% of the proceeds going to “Girls Rock! Iowa City. http://www.girlsrockiowacity.org/
In addition to the RSD releases, we will have 20% off all used merchandise including LP's, CD's and vintage audio equipment.
Trash Can Annie Vintage Clothing (located next to Ragged Records) will have 50% off all used clothing and jewelry.
-No RSD titles can be held --NO EXCEPTIONS.
-Only 1 of each RSD title per person-- NO EXCEPTIONS.
Live music starts at 9:00 AM
9:00 AM – Full Charged (QC instrumental dub Reggae)
10:00 AM – Punkett (QC punk/emo)
11:00 AM – TV Moms (Minneapolis riffin grunge punk)
12:00 PM – Umbra and The Volcan Siege (Chicago psych)
1:00 PM – Ninetimes (QC indie folk/slowcore)
2:00 PM - TBA
3:00 PM – Chris Dunn (QC singer/songwriter/folk )
4:00 PM – Short Horn (QC post hardcore)
More information HERE on our FB page.
Ragged Records, 418 East 2nd St. Davenport Iowa 52801, for more info 563-324-3579
NEW RELEASES: DAVID BOWIE REISSUES
We've been waiting for this era of Bowie records to be reissued for quite some time now. RHINO did an incredible job on these remasters with the art work and the audio. Don't miss your opportunity to own some the most important and influential records of the 20th century.
EVENT: WAX ON WAX OFF AT WAKE BREWING
WAX ON WAX OFF
OPEN TURNTABLES EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Ragged Records and Wake Brewing are teaming up to bring you open turntables every Wednesday night. Each night will feature a genre specific tone. The idea is to share deep cuts to new tracks you have discovered with like minded people.
Each person that wants to be a part of this will get 20 minutes to share their wax with all of us. Ragged Records will also have $3 records for sale each week at Wake with all proceeds going to promote these events. So come out and enjoy $2 off all Wake Brews! This weekly event is going to be a fun social party dedicated to all of us who are vinyl junkies and those who just want to hear some great tunes.
NEW RELEASES: FEBRUARY
EVENT: BITCHIN BAJAS & IDPYRAMID AT ROZZ TOX
Drag City's Bitchin Bajas will be performing this Friday with Quad Cities own Idpyramid. Baja's new album "Baja Fresh" made it to our 2017 Staff Pick List. So to prepare the world for this event of epic proportions we are putting together a video playlist of electronic artists that have inspired both groups at what they do.
EVENT: MUNICIPAL WASTE LIVE AT RIBCO FEBRUARY 18th
Ragged Records and RIBCO are teaming up to bring you thrash warlords Municipal Waste February 18th and its ALL AGES! Also performing will be Iowa City's In The Mouth Of Radness and QC's Crater. Doors open at 6 Show stars at 7pm.
Advance Tickets only $12 avaialble online at midwestix.com
Hard tickets available at Ragged Records, CoOp Records and RIBCO.
LISTEN: NOTHING SHOCKING PODCAST
BRAIN MANTIA
Listen to the new Nothing Shocking Podcast episode featuring an interview with Brain Mantia who is an incredible drummer that has played with countless acts including Primus, Godflesh, Tom Waits, Guns & Roses, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell...Just to name a few! LISTEN HERE.
NEW RELEASES: JANUARY
Check out the list for January's New Releases! Some goodies coming out including a reissue of The Gist which is the singer of Young Marble Giants ska/reggae influenced project. Link to the list here.
LIST: RAGGED RECORDS 2017 STAFF PICKS
Another great year of music has flown by already. This list is not a top ten list but rather a list of albums that we enjoyed and played quite a bit in the shop and stocked on our Staff Picks shelf here in the store. We hope that you seek out some of these tasty new releases and reissues for years of enjoyment!
NEW RELEASES: NOVEMBER
New Releases for November are here, we have new albums from Tennis, Sondre Lerche and Numero Group's amazing Husker Du box set that is already out of print, so act fast!
EVENT: BLACK FRIDAY RECORD DAY 2017
Ragged Records is once again participating in Black Friday Record Store Day and as usual Ragged will obtain as many of the RSD releases as we can get our hands on.
List of BFRSD titles for 2017: http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
Ragged Records and Trash Can Annie Vintage Clothing will have 20% off all used and vintage items.
LIve music all day starting at 9:00AM from:
9 am - Class of '82 ('80s new wave/pop)
10 am - The One Night Standards (crushing reverb & speed for the drag set)
11 am - Foxholes (post spunk)
12 pm - Konrad (scientific folk rock)
1 pm - E Alo (beautifully splended electronic)
2 pm - Genesis (performed by The Dawn)
3 pm - Aging (weirdo garage punkers)
4 pm - 7th Hour (blues rock)
Come hang at the afterparty presented by All Senses: Ryley Walker & Bill Mackay w/Sun Shrine Black Friday at Rozz Tox
NEW RELEASES: OCTOBER
Check out the list for October's new vinyl releases. Lots of great new titles and some amazing reissues as well. Full list here.
EVENT: ALL SENSES FESTIVAL 2017
All Senses Festival is literally a feast for the senses. It is a collaboration of several ongoing local artistic endeavors combined under one umbrella: music, poetry, film, local craft beer & food along with an antique/arts fair. The Festival incorporates multiple venues on both sides of the Mississippi River. All Senses is a four day event taking place at The Figge Art Museum and Rozz Tox. Head over to allsensesfestival.com for ticket information.
LISTEN: NOTHING SHOCKING PODCAST
Angel's Frank Dimino sits down with Eric and the rest of the Nothing Shocking podcast crew to bring you an up close conversation with one of America's top prog rock frontman. Listen below.
Rhino Records "Summer Of Love" Vinyl Reissues
Rhino Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of The Cultural Phenomenon With Several Vinyl Re-Issues, Plus New Compilations From Grateful Dead, The Monkees, and more!
Event: Ragged Records RSD 2017
Join Ragged Records for Record Store Day 2017! As always Ragged will have the best selection of RSD titles this side of the Mississippi and beyond. We order nearly every title and as much as we can get of each title and will open promptly at 9:00 am. Get in line early to get the best chance at getting everything on your list. Early bird customers will receive goodie bags filled with free RSD stuff, in addition to the RSD releases, we will have 20% off all used merchandise including LP's, CD's and vintage audio equipment. Trash Can Annie Vintage Clothing (located next to Ragged Records) will have 50% off all used clothing and jewelry.
The RSD list: http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
As always with RSD no titles can be held --NO EXCEPTIONS.
Only 1 of each title per person-- NO EXCEPTIONS.
LIVE MUSIC STARTS AT 9 AM
9:00 AM - speaking of secrets (QC's Indie pop)
10:00 AM - Dead Forms (QC's, Heavy melodic rock ala Failure)
11:00 AM - The Right Now (Chicago Soul) https://www.therightnow.com/
12:00 PM - Bill MacKay (Chicago guitarist/composer) New album on May 5th on Drag City Records. https://billmackay.com/
1:00 PM - Archeress (QC's heavy shoegaze)
2:00 PM - Haunter (Iowa City Ambient/Noise/Drone)
3:00 PM - Dog Hairs (QC's Experimental/Ambient )
4:00 PM - inasmuch (QCs Emo/punk)
LISTEN: NOTHING SHOCKING PODCAST & RAGGED STAFF PICKS
Check out this interview with keyboard wizard Derek Hilland on the Nothing Shocking Podcast. Derek has played with a lot of classic rock and heavy metal bands over the years including White Snake and Iron Butterfly. Give it a listen below.
LIST: RAGGED RECORDS STAFF PICKS
Here is a little taste of some records that we are really digging over here at the shop so far this year. A few reissues including the album Pops De Vanguardia by the Paraguay psych weirdos Jodi and a solo album from Wally Tax who was in the Dutch group garage band The Outsiders. Wally's solo album "Love In" is a great mix of Leonard Cohen and dark hippy folk on bad acid.
Event: Grandfather Confusion Ragged Records In-Store
Ragged Records and Trash Can Annie Vintage Clothing will be hosting the kick off for Saturday's Daytrotter Downs 2017. Starting at 10:00 AM Grandfather Confusion (solo set), will be performing live.
Come in an sign up to win a Daytrotter letter jacket and Daytrotter Growler from Growler Werks. You must be present to win.
After Grandfather Confuision you can walk a block to Abernathy's and catch Liv Carrow at 11:00 AM.
One hour later and a few more blocks and Pulsing will be performing live at Analog Arcade Bar and at 1:00 PM Xavy Rusan will be doing a set at The Full Kit.
All of this leads up to Daytrotter Downs 2017 festival starting at The Redstone Room @ River Music Experience and Daytrotter at 2:00 PM.
List: Ragged Records Favorite Albums Of 2016
2016 has been quite the bummer of a year for all kinds of reasons. We've seen some of the most well respected and talented musicians of our time pass away this cold and dark year BUT we here at Ragged have observed an insurgence of incredible new music. So 2016 hasn't been all that bad, I guess. Anyway here is a list of new releases, soundtracks, compilations and reissues that we have enjoyed, in no particular order, this year. We hope that you enjoy these titles as much as we did and don't forget to check out the Spotify Playlist below.
