Topshelf Records

In a time when official websites mean less and less, it's really refreshing to see the work put into the new Top Shelf Records site. I am not familiar with the roster of the label but I love their mission statement that informed their creation:

When writing about a song or album, the convention is to use the present tense. A piece of music, although representative of and influenced by the era in which it was created, is ultimately always experienced in ~the present~. It's with this innocuous little thought nugget that we bring you the newest version of our humble home on the www.

The idea that new music has to be recently released is cumbersome. I can't tell you the number of roadblocks I've encountered with yk Records in trying to get attention on an album or song that is simply discarded because it's "already out." Music having been previously out in the world has no bearing on its enjoyment or its share-ability.

I'll refrain from a longform rant on our collective social desire for "the next thing" - and just say, please click around this site. Give it a deep dive. Listen to some "new" music. And give a big round of applause to Kevin Duquette for the hard work.