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We need more records: What’s In My Bag? Tortoise Purchasing Earthless Live at Roadburn

Posted on Friday, November 13th, 2009

Bassist Doug McCombs and drummer John Herndon of Tortoise were caught shopping at Amoeba Records lately and bared the contents of their shopping bags for Amoeba’s film crew. Interestingly, both band members separately purchased the vinyl edition of Earthless’ Live at Roadburn.

“I bought this live record because they were on my mind, because we’re playing a show with them tomorrow,” says McCombs. “Earthless kind of reminds me of Jimi Hendrix playing with the Wipers.”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqKkPHXGxEg

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We need more records: What's In My Bag? Scott Carlson – bassplayer Repulsion and Cathedral

Posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

What’s in My Bag? Artists share some of their recent discoveries from the Amoeba racks. Warning: it’s enough to induce a serious case of record collection envy! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKmgN_cEou8 Scott Carlson is best known as the singer and bass player for the band Repulsion, from Flint, Michigan. Repulsion is one of ...read more

We need more records: What's in My Bag? Guy Pinhas – bassplayer The Obsessed and Goatsnake

Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009

What’s in My Bag? Artists share some of their recent discoveries from the Amoeba racks. Warning: it’s enough to induce a serious case of record collection envy! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCV9dFd4SkE Guy Pinhas is a Paris-born bass player who, according to Dave Grohl, is “gnarly” and has played in “one of the greatest ...read more