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Record Store Day: What To Expect, What To Find
Tomorrow is Record Store Day. Get pumped. Here’s a good idea of what the local stores will be carrying:
PAVEMENT: LIVE IN GERMANY LP SONIC YOUTH/JAY REATARD SPLIT 7 SONIC YOUTH/BECK SPLIT 7″ ARTHUR RUSSELL: LOVE IS OVERTAKING ME 2LP CAMERA OBSCURA: FRENCH NAVY 7″ ELVIS PERKINS: LORRAINE, LOOKOUT 7″ BLACK KIDS: WIZARD OF AHHS 10″ BOB DYLAN: DREAMING FROM YOU 7″ BRANDI CARLILE: DOWNPOUR 7″ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: WHAT LOVE CAN DO 7″ DEPECHE MODE: WRONG 7″ JANES ADDICTION: MOUNTAIN SONG 7″ JENNY LEWIS & ELVIS COSTELLO 7″ JESUS LIZARD: INCH 7″ SINGLE BOX SET LEONARD COHEN 7″ MC5: 7″ MY MORNING JACKET: LIVE 10″ NEW ORDER: TEMPTATION 7″ SLAYER: PSYCHOPATHY RED 7″ SUBLIME: SUPERSTAR PUNANI 7″ SMITHS 7″ STOOGES 7″ VARIOUS ARTISTS: THIS LP CRASHES HARD DRIVES WILCO: ASHES OF AMERICAN FLAGS DVD WHISKEYTOWN 7″ YEAH YEAH YEAHS: IT’S BLITZ LP GUIDED BY VOICE: HOLD ON HOPE 10″ BEN HARPER: SHIMMER & SHINE 10″
The Vinyl District has been partnering with the Industry on this one. We’re just riding shotgun. Here’s a breakdown of what some of the local stores are doing (we will be adding to this list throughout the day):
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Record Store Day: Do Hipsters Hate iTunes?
This Saturday, hipsters nationwide will saddle up their fixie riders and head down to their local vinyl outlet for Record Store Day. The holiday, created two years ago by a coalition of well-connected romantics (presumably while smoking a peach hookah and watching Empire Records), celebrates the culture of indie record emporia in the face of encroachment from “corporate behemoths.” In order to participate, a store must be a “physical retailer whose product line consists of at least 50 percent music retail, whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70 percent located in the state of operation.”
