Plugd Purchases

Ou est (Cate) Le Bon bon? C’est ici!

To clue yourself in on what this series of posts is about click here.

I’m a bit behind on a my consumer posts so I’ll get my record store day acquisitions up here over the next couple of days. Until then, here are the last couple of records that I got my paws on from Plugd in Cork. When was the last time you popped into your local shop and what did you pick up? Please feel free to share in the comments section.

I asked for a recommendation and a recommendation is what I received in the wonderful sway and vigour of Cate Le Bon’s Mug Museum. The third record from the Welsh singer completely evaded my record radar upon release at the tail-end of 2013 but wrongs have been righted and I am loving nothing better than spinning this one from start to finish right now. Can the extraordinary be subtle? Apparently so.

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An insatiable hunger for Quilt’s second record Held In Splenour led me to my local audio feeding ground a little prematurely. You see the album came out in January in the U.S. but the release date was scheduled a little later for Ireland and the U.K. It has since hit record shelves but I did manage to comfort myself by grabbing a copy of the Boston foursome’s debut album which is well worth a listen, especially the breezy opener ‘Young Gold’.

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– Plugd Records is situated on the 1st floor of the Triskel Arts Centre on Tobin Street, Cork (Ireland) 
– For a recap on some previous Plugd Purchases click here

Want to share your own musical purchases? Feel free to comment below. Otherwise try check out your local independent record stores whenever you can. If in the Republic of Ireland such an opportunity can be explored at:

• Plugd Records (Cork) – www.facebook.com/plugd (Located on 1st floor of Triskel Arts Centre on Tobin Street – behind Soho off Grand Parade)
• Art For Blind (Cork) – www.artforblind.com (Located in Cork Community Print Shop – Lower Oliver Plunkett Street)
• Records & Relics (Cork) – www.facebook.com/RecordsandRelics (Located at 14 Lancaster Quay)
• Music Zone (Cork) – twitter.com/MusicZoneDC (Located in Douglas Court Shopping Centre, Douglas)
• Tower Records (Dublin) – www.towerrecords.ie (6-8 Wicklow Street – just off Grafton Street)
• The Secret Book & Record Store (Dublin) – www.facebook.com/The-Secret-Book-and-Record-Store (Located at 15A Wicklow St, Dublin)
• Freebird Records (Dublin) – elastic-witch.tumblr.com (15A Wicklow St, Dublin 2)
• Wingnut Records (Dublin) – www.facebook.com/wingnutrecords (Located in Musicmaker on Exchequer Street)
• Sound Cellar (Dublin) – www.freewebs.com/soundcellar (Located at 47 Nassau St Dublin 2)
• The R.A.G.E. (Dublin) – theragedublin.tumblr.com (Located at 16b Fade St Dublin 2)
• Wingnut Records (Galway) – www.facebook.com/wingnutrecords (Located in The Bell, Book and Candle at Small Crane)
• Rollercoaster Records (Kilkenny) – www.facebook.com/wingnutrecords (Located in The Bell, Book and Candle at Small Crane)
• Wingnut Records (Limerick) – www.facebook.com/wingnutrecordslimerick (Located in Moviedrome, Henry Street)
• Wingnut Records (Waterford) – www.facebook.com/wingnutrecords (Located in Hard Times, 2 Peter Street – just at the entrance to City Square)
• Ben O’Neill Music Shop (Waterford) – www.benoneilldungarvan.com/ (Located in 19 O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford)
• Wingnut Records Athlone (Westmeath) – www.facebook.com/wingnutathlone (Located within The Sound Factory)
• Southeast Records (Wexford) – www.facebook.com/southeastrecordsireland (facing Uncle Sam’s fast food shop)