Best of 2023 - Vince's List

January 2, 2024

There were soooo many great records this year….it was hard to boil it down to 20. These were the records I kept coming back to each and every week. The albums on this list represent growth. Records like Life Under the Gun, Black Radical Love, and A New Tomorrow all document a newish bands both shifting & perfecting the sound of earlier EPs. While Desolation’s Flower, Hellmode & Metta World Peace show artists still evolving after releasing previously amazing records. But overall, it was Cheap Grills for me. Sincere Engineer is breathing new life into (typically male-dominated) orgcore and I’m here for it.

Happy 2024! These were my favorite records of 2023.

-vh

LPs

1. Sincere Engineer - Cheap Grills

2. Fiddlehead - Death Is Nothing To Us

3. Envision - The Gods That Build Tomorrow

4. Ragana - Desolation's Flower

5. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

6. Move BHC - Black Radical Love

7. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit

8. Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode

9. Ice Spice - Like...?

10. Magnitude - Of Days Renewed

11. Zulu - A New Tomorrow

12. Sunami - s/t (LP)

13. Scalp - Black Tar

14. Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss

15. Soft Kill - Metta World Peace

16. Dying Wish - Symptoms of Survival

17. Sunrot - The Unfailing Rope

18. Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - Obsession Destruction

19. Pulsatile Tinnitus - The Finer Art of Heartwork

20. Ethereal Tomb - When The Rivers Dry

EPs

1. XweaponX / World of Pleasure - Weapon of Pleasure

2. Scowl - Psychic Dance Routine

3. Blood Incantation - Luminescent Bridge

4. Stateside - It's What We Do

5. Dead Heat - Endless Torment

Vinyl & Vintage Sale @ The Salt Shed (5/27-5/28)

May 18, 2023

Hey there!

Ready to see us in person? We will be selling some newly priced vinyl at the SummerSalt Market at the Salt Shed. The Salt Shed is a bomb-ass venue in Chicago and we are so excited to be apart of their 2nd market. There will be many other vendors and food options. Come swing by over the long weekend.

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems LP

January 30, 2023

One of 2022’s best albums is finally available on vinyl!!!

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

This album should need no introduction. If you haven’t heard it yet…please do yourself a favor & check it out. We got a limited amount of Gold Nugget & White vinyl copies. Available now in our Discogs shop. Or you can email us directly info@stillerecords.com to grab a copy.

Year in Review 2022 - Amanda’s List

January 7, 2023

We have past the point of saying happy new year (per Larry David) so it is about time that I get my year in review list out. The end of year list brings me much joy as I get to relive the first time I heard or skipped through an album. This year there were some solid albums put out and even more great albums that could have used an edit of 3-4 songs. It feels as if we are back in the days of filling a double cd. There is just no need for that anymore. With the vinyl resurgence and ability to stream anything - why put out long albums? Like do you think every song is worthy - unafraid to cut something? I don’t get it. My most valuable assets in my life are my time and attention. When an album gets so deep into the time spent listening to it that you cannot remember how it started - I feel like my time is wasted. A short, concise album or even a longer album that can hold you attention and feel like a valuable use of time - that is for me. XWEAPONX pulls a hard number 2 for me this year - probably my most listened to album and clocks in around 8 minutes. Raw emotion, rage, power and a message - A fucking men. Each of CLOAKROOM’s albums gets better and better. It is my winter music and Dissolution Wave is about 37 minutes or so but completely immersive and visceral. Their mix of doomy stoner metal and shoegaze gets me every time. The album hits hard on the global catastrophe and getting through it with what we know - survival and well music. It’s the parallel story that I need to listen through to get through some days. Here’s to a brighter 2023 - hoping that you get to spend your time and attention on those things that fulfill you in life. I know changes are a’ coming for me in that department.

Be well, eat well, & enjoy. XOXO, a

1:CLOAKROOM - Dissolution Wave

2:XWEAPONX - WeaponX Demo

3:MARTHA - Please Don't Take Me Back

4:THICK - Happy Now

5:AUTHOR & PUNISHER - Kruller

6:BEYONCÉ - Renaissance

7:COME TO GRIEF - When the World Dies

8:SHOOTING DAGGERS - Athames

9:ENACT - s/t

10:NINE OF SWORDS - Beyond the Swords

11:WHITE LUNG - Premonition

12:M!R!M - Time Traitor

13:SOFT KILL - Canary Yellow

14:RLYR - s/t

15:KENDRICK LAMAR - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

16:END IT - Unpleasant Living

17:SOUL GLO - Diaspora Problems

18:BLOOD INCANTATION - Timewave Zero

19:BODY FARM - Living Hell

20:STANDARDS - Fruit Town