With Record Store Day 2018 fast approaching, we’ve connected with four record store owners from the USA and Japan to ask them about what makes Record Store Day such a special occasion to their record stores. The answers are enlightening in different ways, and they also show how creative record stores around the world get […]
The Black Friday edition of Record Store Day gives those of us not moved to queue for hours for a new TV, iPhone, refrigerator, (or whatever it is people buy on Black Friday) something to look forward to. While it’s a more low-key event than it’s April counterpart, there’s still plenty of great releases to […]
Record Store Day. Some of us braved the crowds, some of us avoided it – and ordered online, and some of us were at a record fair. Some of us were after special RSD releases, but most of us ended up purchasing items from our wantlist or releases we came across we didn’t even know we […]
Another Record Store Day is upon us. Depending on how empty or full your glass of life is, this reality can represent many things for people. Some will experience visions of beautiful and gloriously colored vinyl re-issues, washing over consumers like a warm 180 gram blanket of joy. For others, it’s a horrific shit-show of […]
Record Store Day is coming up quickly! The initiative started in 2007 to celebrate independent record stores, and by now has become a bit controversial due to all the special (and limited) releases that are issued for this day. This means that you will probably have to queue up to get into your favorite record store, only to […]
