Random music news for Wednesday, June 24, 2020
New survey from ‘Murica: Americans would rather give up sex and Netflix instead of their pickups. Moving on to music
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Record Stores
Random music news for Wednesday, May 27, 2020
This might cheer you up: The Knight Rider theme performed on eight cellos by the same person. Now that you’re
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Great nostalgia: What it used to be like in record stores
This is what it used to be like shopping for music in actual stores. Vibe.com goes deep into this lost
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Random music news for Saturday, April 4, 2020
No, it’s not your imagination. You may have seen robins earlier than usual. Let’s move to music news for April
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CDs, vinyl, and record stores are under COVID-19 stress. Can they survive?
In my world (albeit a very small one), record stores perform an essential service. But in the interests of crushing
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Record retailers are being hammered by the coronavirus
If you’re running a record store, you’re feeling a little desperate between (a) Record Store Day being postponed until at
Read moreMontreal record stores are getting hit with big fines. Their crime? Staying open after 5pm on weekends.
They do things differently in Quebec. All rental leases in the province are up July 1. It wasn’t all that
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Canada’s oldest record store set to close by the end of the year.
When Wilson and Lee first opened for business in Oshawa, the Great War had only ended five years earlier. Radio
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Random music news for Thursday, March 7, 2019
Go home, winter. You’re drunk. Time for a look at music news for March 7, 2019. The Prodigy’s Keith Flint
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Yes, people are still opening record stores in Canada
One of the biggest music retail stories of the past year has been the ascent of Sunrise Records and their
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Weekly Survey: What was your most memorable record store experience?
After a period where it looked like the record store was headed for extinction, indie shops have made a comeback,
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