Protomartyr & 11 other indie acts in fancy flexi-disc series

By Mike McGonigal

Dec 18, 2014 at 1:36 pm

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Record nerds rejoice! You can now hear some of your favorite music on the world’s shittiest sounding format – that’s right, it’s a subscription service for exclusive, cool music released on friggin flexidiscs. This is the fourth year that the label Joyful Noise has offered a flexi series. Local heroes Protomartyr join a roster of alt-rock heroes including Lee Ranaldo, Oneida, Deerhoof, and Cloud Nothings.

At $5 per month, it’s not super pricey to join. The VIP version, however, isn’t cheap. At $22 per month, you get a fancy, silkscreened box, plus a separate new release from the label each month.

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Mike McGonigal

Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...