ALL I CAN SAY (Blind Melon / Shannon Hoon) Documentary Streaming Rental!

We are glad to participate in the streaming of the new ALL I CAN SAY (BLIND MELON / SHANNON HOON) documentary! Click the link below to rent it from us!!!

Shannon Hoon, lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, filmed himself from 1990-95 with a Hi8 video camera, recording up until a few hours before his sudden death at the age of 28. His camera was a diary and his closest confidant. In the hundreds of hours of footage, Hoon meticulously documented his life – his family, his creative process, his television, his band’s rise to fame and his struggle with addiction. He filmed his daughter’s birth, and archived the politics and culture of the 90’s, an era right before the internet changed the world. Created with his own footage, voice and music, this intimate autobiography is a prescient exploration of experience and memory in the age of video. It is also Shannon Hoon’s last work, completed 23 years after his death.

You can rent a streaming link and watch the trailer here:

https://allicansay.vhx.tv/checkout/vertical-house-records-presents-all-i-can-say/purchase

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Other Music Documentary & Vinyl Nation Documentary Streaming Rental!

This Saturday would have been Record Store Day and while we are bummed we can’t see all of your beautiful faces we still wanted to celebrate with you somehow! We are participating in the digital release of two documentaries about vinyl and record stores and the community they create worldwide and on a local level! We will be posting links to two movies “Other Music NYC Documentary” and “Vinyl Nation” that you can rent for a small price. Percentages of all rental sales support us and the filmmakers! The info and trailers to both films are listed below. Both documentary links will be posted Friday and will be available for a short amount of time for your viewing pleasure. 

Other Music Documentary:
Other Music was an influential and uncompromising New York City record store that was vital to the city’s early 2000s indie music scene. But when the store is forced to close its doors due to rent increases, the homogenization of urban culture, and the shift from CDs to downloadable and streaming music, a cultural landmark is lost. Through vibrant storytelling, the documentary captures the record store’s vital role in the musical and cultural life of the city, and highlights the artists whose careers it helped launch including Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, William Basinski, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sharon Van Etten, Yo La Tengo and TV On The Radio.

Watch The Trailer here: https://vimeo.com/394019069

Purchase your viewing ticket here!

Vinyl Nation Documentary:
Vinyl Nation is a deep dig into the crates of the vinyl record resurgence to discover what an old technology says about our relationship to music and each other in a divided time in America.

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/406015222

Purchase your viewing ticket here!

The online screening will be available starting 12 midnight Eastern Sat. April 18 until 11:59 PM Pacific Sun. April 19. We will email ticket purchasers directly via Brown Paper Tickets with the screening URL and password on Fri. April 17. All proceeds will go to Vertical House Records! 

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12/20: Chili Cook-Off & Holiday Party (6-9pm, Free)

It’s time for our (SEVENTH) annual chili cook off and holiday party! Bring a chili to enter if you wanna win prizes! Otherwise just come help us eat all the chili and enjoy some tunes from DJ Kip! It’s all free!

Basic chili toppings will be provided along with utensils and bowls. Feel free to BYOB if you are of age.

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11/29: Record Store Day Black Friday (12-6pm)

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29
Record Store Day Black Friday
12-6pm
Free Admission

The list of Record Store Day Black Friday limited edition releases is online HERE! As always we will be closed Thanksgiving and open on Black Friday from 12-6pm!

Record Store Day titles are first come first serve and there are no holds or pre-sales on those specific titles! We suggest arriving early to get a good spot in line because it is one of our busiest days of the year! Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instragram accounts for pictures of some of the releases that will be available! Have a great Thanksgiving and we will see you soon Huntsville!

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Saturday June 1st: ROCK N’ FLOW YOGA (10-11:15am, $15)

SATURDAY JUNE 1ST

Rock N’ Flow Yoga with Casey Bakula from Your Yoga

Less talk more rock and flow!

This class is designed to have fun and feel great! Together we’ll rock and flow your yoga practice to a whole new level. Combining breath, asana, and sweet tunes, we’ll flow through creative, fun and energetic sequences, exploring different poses and variations along the way. Be ready for an experience that will challenge you in the best way and maximize your yoga practice and all it has to offer!

10am – 11:15am
Admission $15

Attendees will receive 10% off from any store purchase all day Saturday!

At Vertical House Records
2211 Seminole Drive, RR#9
Huntsville, AL 35805

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RECORD STORE DAY & GRAND (RE)OPENING CELEBRATION!

RECORD STORE DAY & GRAND (RE)OPENING CELEBRATION!

Saturday April 13th (12-6ish, FREE)

Come join us on Saturday April 13th for our first Record Store Day in our new location at Lowe Mill (Railroad Room #9). There are tons of great limited edition releases coming out this year! Record Store Day releases are first come, first serve. Only one copy of each title per customer. No holds or pre-sales. We suggest arriving early to get a good spot in line because it is our busiest day of the year! Check out the list of Record Store Day releases here! Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instragram accounts for pictures of some of the releases that will be available! Free Record Store Day goodie bags (while supplies last)!

Green Pea Press will be here screenprinting shirts and record totes of a new Vertical House Records design by Huntsville artist Dustin Timbrook! Purchase one from them or bring your own item to have screenprinted!

Sugar Belle Bakery will also be here serving up delicious coffee and cupcakes!

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4/18: Nox Boys, Nate & The Nightmares, Bad Hops (8pm, $7)

THURSDAY APRIL 18

NOX BOYS (Pittsburgh, Pa)
http://www.noxboys.com/

The band, straight out of Blawnox, PA, debuted in 2014 with their self-titled album on record label Get Hip. Their record company’s co-owner, Gregg Kostelich of the Cynics, knew he had a formidable group of garage band enthusiasts who were ready to create a unique style of their own. He was right.

The Nox Boys have built quite a reputation in western PA, but their reach doesn’t end there. They’ve opened for notable bands such as Mudhoney, FIDLAR, Twin Peaks, The Black Lips, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Cynics, and many more. The Nox Boys reached a milestone in 2015, opening for Benjamin Booker on Three Rivers Arts Festival’s main stage in Pittsburgh, PA. They have received quite a bit of airplay on Little Stephen’s Underground Garage (SIRIUS XM), Burger Records Rock “N” Roll Radio Show, college radio, and mainstream radio stations in the Pittsburgh area such as WYEP, WDVE, THE X, and more.

Their sophomore effort will be coming out this year on legendary Garage rock label Get Hip Records.

NATE & THE NIGHTMARES (Athens, Ga)
https://natethenightmares.bandcamp.com

Some may know him as the mild-mannered clerk at Wuxtry Records in Athens, GA, others may remember him as the drummer for now-defunct pervert pop band CARS CAN BE BLUE, but the only way to truly know the cauldron of lust, hate & bitterness that seethes within the anguished depths of Nate Mitchell’s eternally tortured soul is to listen to his band: NATE & the NIGHTMARES (user discretion is advised)

BAD HOPS (Birmingham, Al)
https://earthlibraries.com/album/foul-ball

Bad Hops is a three-piece rock band that popped up in Birmingham in the summer of 2018. Featuring members of Holy Youth and The Glory Fires, Bad Hops writes and rips through quick tunes influenced by mid-70s New York punk and a bunch of other stuff with loud guitars. The band cut several tracks in the studio in fall 2018, and they’ll release the first two singles from those sessions with Earth Libraries in February 2019.

At Vertical House Records
Admission $7
All Ages
8pm

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3/28: Thelma and the Sleaze, Thunderkrotch @ Vertical House Records (8pm, $6, All Ages)

THURSDAY MARCH 28TH:

https://thelmaandthesleaze.bandcamp.com/

Thelma and the Sleaze (Nashville, TN / on BURGER RECORDS / Last Hurrah Records)

http://thelmaandthesleaze.com
https://thelmaandthesleaze.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/thelmaandthesleazeofficial

Thunderkrotch (Huntsville, AL)

Live at Vertical House Records

8pm
Admission $6
All Ages!

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THELMA AND THE SLEAZE VIDEOS/PRESS:

RESPECT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tecdwy8iDo

SECRETARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t76VsZnkEZY

HIGH CLASS WOMAN
http://youtu.be/RCFEHTu7qK4

MARIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ6B6D9_1c0

SUMMER FUN
http://youtu.be/hw51x2zBBvA

TOO TOUGH
http://youtu.be/tiyNUHUbPYo

No Country For Nashville 2018
http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2018/06/16/dont-miss-the-coathangers-w-thelma-and-the-sleaze-tonight-the-basement/

Miami New Times 2018
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/thelma-and-the-sleaze-at-las-rosas-march-31-10190440

Premeir Guitar Magazine
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24205-staff-picks-best-guitar-performance

She Shreds Magazine Showcase
http://sheshredsmag.com/2016-namm-showcase-cherry-glazerr-thelma-and-the-sleaze-gothic-tropic-lisa-bella-donna/

Interview w/ Please Kill Me
https://pleasekillme.com/thelma-and-the-sleaze/

November 2016 LADYGUNN photos and interview
http://ladygunn.com/music/thelma-the-sleaze

March 2016 PALM BEACH NEW TIMES:
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/raunchy-punk-rock-girls-thelma-and-the-sleaze-just-wanna-have-fun-7629284

MAY 2016 NPR WORLD CAFE:
http://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2016/06/13/481878652/nashville-sessions-thelma-and-the-sleaze

HOUSTON PRESS:
http://www.houstonpress.com/music/thelma-and-the-sleaze-aint-here-to-play-nice-6512422

CREATIVE LOAFING ATLANTA
http://www.clatl.com/music/article/13087326/thelma-and-the-sleaze-bring-lowbrow-highoctane-rock-to-smiths

CARBONDALE NIGHTLIFE:
http://www.carbondalerocks.com/node/127032

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THUNDERKROTCH VIDEOS:

FUKTITUTIONALIZED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-W10bDUfZU

MEZMERATOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUiIR7uD_M

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2/15: 6th Annual Chili Cook-off with DJ Hug, DJ Sammy, The Invisible Teardrops @ Vertical House Records (6pm, Free)

It’s that time of the year again! We are hosting our 6th Annual Chili Cookoff on Friday February 15th! The event is FREE to attend and FREE to enter the contest! Winners will be rewarded handsomely with prizes from VHR and other Huntsville businesses!

*Basic chili toppings and utensils will be supplied. Feel free to bring your favorite adult beverage as well!

Music by DJ Hug, DJ Sammy and The Invisible Teardrop (Record Release Show)

Free Admission!
6pm

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New Year, New Location!

We are SO THRILLED to announce that we’ve moved into our new location at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment! Our store is now located at Railroad Room #9 (just down the sidewalk from our old location). It is easiest to get to from the water tower parking lot off of Seminole Drive. While we are still getting settled in and getting the walls decorated, we already love it so much and we hope you will too! Stop by and check it out – we’d love to hear your thoughts! We’ve got 3,000 square feet full of music and stereo equipment just waiting for you to take home! Now that we have the extra space, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for some exciting in-store performances (and other cool events that we will be hosting) here and on our Instagram and Facebook pages! Keep it #hsvasfck y’all!

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