EM Stores OPEN:

1313 W Burnside* Portland

1931 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland

115 E Magnolia Bellingham WA

Stores are open 11 a.m - 6 p.m. daily unless conditions change.

Seattle location permanently closed. Thanks for the memories.

Covid rules apply. MASKS ONCE AGAIN REQUIRED!!

If you have CDs, LPs or DVDs to sell please PHONE FIRST for new guidelines on what we will accept.

Burnside 503-274-0961

Sandy Blvd. 503-239-7610

Bellingham 360-676-1404

Thank you!

*Please note BURNSIDE location HAS NOT MOVED OR CLOSED! We have downsized and now occupy only the WEST SIDE of the building's storefront. YES we still have CDs, DVDs and vinyl...!! It's all together in one lovely space at 1313 W Burnside.

EM Current Bestsellers
1. The War On Drugs--I Don't Live Here Anymore
2. Kid Cudi--Man on the Moon III
3. Kids See Ghosts--Kids See Ghosts
4. Daft Punk--Random Access Memories
5. Radiohead--Kid A Mnesia
6. Notorious B.I.G.--Ready To Die
7. The Weeknd--The Highlights
8. Elliott Smith--Either Or
9. Original Soundtrack--Licorice Pizza
10. Courtney Barnett--Things Take Time Take Time

Mastodon -- Hushed and Grim

Culling from experience, the new Mastodon album takes a journey through the stages of death and grief--the opener on Hushed and Grim charts a progressive trek through the moment of death itself as Brann Dailor's naked lyrics reveal, "Oh, my dear/The damage is done here/I disappear/A love with no anchor/In the depths of the sea...." The music crisscrosses early Kansas-esque prog (think Leftoverture) with the brutal power riffing heaviness and clattering drum kit pummel of Alice in Chains. "The Crux" intros with an Eastern mode before careening into buzzing post- and prog metal with guitars that simultaneously evoke the sounds of Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade and Opeth's Ghost Reveries. "Sickle and Peace" is just a tad softer with an unusually rootsy prog metal vibe that gives way to a punishing riff in the chorus and clean, cascading vocal harmonies from bassist Troy Sanders and guitarist Hinds. While Hushed and Grim tracks the stages of grief, it also reflects on the soul's journey after death. Musically, Mastodon illuminate the emotional heft of their subject matter in gorgeously architected compositions rendered with abundant creativity, massive power, and searing honesty. ~Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

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