Crossroads of America Records Starts Monthly Subscription Series

Laminar Excursion Monthly beats a grocery store gift card any day.

I have never been the recipient of a Jam of the Month subscription, but judging by Clark Griswold's reaction in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation I don't think I would enjoy it that much.  Receiving a monthly subscription to anything as a Christmas gift can be a hit or miss gift and often times you're left with something that you care little about that you will continue to get for a year.  It's like the bad gift that won't die.  Crossroads of America Records wants to change that.  In collaboration with Flannelgraph Records, the Indiana-based label is starting a monthly subscription series called Laminar Excursion Monthly.  Every month Crossroads will send you two 3" mini-CDs each with 20 minutes of new or unreleased material from artists on both labels with a nice box to store them all in once the subscription series is complete.  Many musicians have contributed to the series including J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes), Metavari, Alexander the Great, Frank Schweikhardt, husband&wife, and Damien Jurado.  What makes this an even more appealing gift is that it's exclusive.  Only 100 subscriptions will be sold in total.  A yearly subscription is $45 if purchased before January 1st and after that becomes $50 if any subscriptions are left.  40 minutes of music for twelve months for under $50?  Sign me up.  Subscriptions can be purchased here but hurry up, they're selling out fast.

Posted by Amy Dittmeier on Dec 10, 2009 @ 8:00 am


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