Times are good for vinyl. The format was all but dead until some desperate independent record store owners in Baltimore invented Record Store Day in 2008. Since then we’ve seen double-digit increases in
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Record Store Day, the annual celebration of all things vinyl and the indie record store’s biggest day, is coming up as usual on the third Saturday in April. Here’s a partial list of
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…Our Lady Peace. Record Store Day is on the horizon–Saturday, April 23–and as has become practice, organizers have named an artist to position of RSD Ambassador. Raine Maida had this to say: “We’ve
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The first Record Store Day of 2023 will take place on the customary third Saturday in April. On the 22nd, record stores around the planet will celebrate the glories of vinyl. Sometime in
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I know, I know. We’re only halfway through September and people are already talking about Christmas shopping. But if we’re going to do the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day properly, some
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We’ve already got several Record Store Days each year. There’s also Bandcamp Fridays. There’s Cassette Store Day. And now, next Friday (September 16) will bring Band Shirt Day. Modeled after both Record Store
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As you read this, I’m somewhere between Singapore and Toronto connecting through Doha. I have no idea what time it is. I’m not even sure that I’m filing music news for April 21,
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Don’t do this. At least not the first part. But please do check out music news for February 21, 2022. Wait: Record store day is harming the music industry? Pepsi will no longer
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In a sure sign of spring, the organizers of Record Store Day have issued the full list of releases that will be available in North America come the big day on April 23rd.
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If you’re the kind of person who loves to root around in record shops, a new 12-part documentary entitled Behind the Counter is about to debut in the UK. It tours through stores
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For the last several months, vinyl records have spiked in price as supply chain shortages get worse. Everything has been disrupted: manufacture of the lacquer discs need to press records, raw polyvinyl chloride,
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