It’s almost that time again. Record Store Day 2011 is just around the corner, taking place in most independent record stores on April 16th. I’ve seen quite a few announcements already about exclusives, and plan to share more as the date gets closer, starting with what Sub Pop Records is doing. And boy, are they really doing some cool things. Here is the rundown.

Sub Pop Record Store Day Exclusive Releases
Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues b/w Grown Ocean 12” SP920 (limited edition of 3000)
Lower Dens Deer Knives b/w Tangiers 7” SP927 (limited edition of 1000)
Blitzen Trapper Maybe Baby b/w Soul Singer 7” SP929 (limited edition of 1500)

Record Store Day Sampler
Terminal Sales Vol. 4: Please to Enjoy CD SP932
Sub Pop would like to gift you. Housed in an embossed, die cut case, the sampler contains 18 art prints with information about each of the artists and a folded poster.

1. Daniel Martin Moore “Dark Road” From the album In the Cool of the Day (SP860), available Jan. 2011
2. Aurelio “Tio Sam” From the album Laru Beya (NXA002), available on Next Ambiance Jan. 2011
3. The Twilight Singers “On the Corner” From the album Dynamite Steps (SP844), available Feb. 2011
4. Mogwai “Slight Domestic” From the “Mexican Grand Prix” 7” single on Rock Action Records, available Feb. 2011
5. Papercuts “Do What You Will” From the album Fading Parade (SP885), available Feb. 2011
6. Dum Dum Girls “Wrong Feels Right” From the He Gets Me High EP (SP917), available March 2011
7. J Mascis “Not Enough” From the album Several Shades of Why (SP859), available March 2011
8. Obits “You Gotta Lose” From the album Moody, Standard and Poor (SP857) available March 2011
9. Low “Try to Sleep” From the album C’mon (SP905), available April 2011
10. The Head and the Heart “No One to Let You Down” Previously unreleased. The album The Head and the Heart (SP915) is available for Record Store Day, April 16, 2011
11. Blitzen Trapper “Maybe Baby” From the “Maybe Baby” 7” single (SP929), available for Record Store Day, April 16, 2011
12. Lower Dens “Deer Knives” From the “Deer Knives” 7” single (SP927), available for Record Store Day, April 16, 2011
13. Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues” From the album Helplessness Blues (SP888), available May 2011
14. Chad VanGaalen “Peace on the Rise” From the album Diaper Island (SP871), available May 2011
15. Shabazz Palaces “lost foundling” This Shabazz Palaces track is not from the Black Up (SP900), available May 2011
16. Memoryhouse “Sleep Patterns” From The Years EP (SP925), available at some as-yet-undetermined point in 2011
17. Mister Heavenly “Mister Heavenly” From the as-yet-untitled Mister Heavenly debut album (SP926), available August 2011, probably the fall.
18. Niki and the Dove “The Fox” From “The Fox” 12” single (SP930), available June 2011
19. Blouse “Shadow” From the “Shadow” 7″ single (Sp939), available at some as-yet-undetermined point in 2011.

Record Store Day Instores
The Head and the Heart
Sonic Boom (Ballard), Seattle, WA 3pm (acoustic)
Easy Street (Queen Anne), Seattle, WA 7pm (full band)

Low
Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN 3pm

Obits
Generation Records, New York, NY time TBC.

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