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April 23, 2012
Why I Gave Up On Record Store Day
Last week a ton of stories about Record Store Day percolated through blogs—Feistodon! The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends! St. Vincent! Beach House! Holy crap, you gotta get on line at 8 a.m. to get the best picks! On Friday, when I got an email from a store that contained both a list of records ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
KILL YR COMPUTER
Bands show record shops some love
Music
September 28, 2011
R.E.M.'s Reckoning
The band closes the book on their legacy
Voice Choices
August 10, 2011
Stephen Malkmus
The band closes the book on their legacy
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August 10, 2011
Stephen Malkmus
The band closes the book on their legacy
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June 8, 2011
Dom
The band closes the book on their legacy
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May 4, 2011
Q & A: Chunklet's Henry Owings On The Indie Cred Test, Not Being A Hipster, And Paying Tribute To Jerry Fuchs
Ian ConeThe 100 Biggest Assholes in Rock Issue, The Shit List Issue, The Overrated, The Rock Bible--Chunklet mastermind Henry Owings redefined the 'zine aesthetic with his deliciously wisecracking, ass-chewing tongue, dumping on everyone and their mother while taking a little bit of time to e ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Pinback
Ian ConeThe 100 Biggest Assholes in Rock Issue, The Shit List Issue, The Overrated, The Rock Bible--Chunklet mastermind Henry Owings redefined the 'zine aesthetic with his deliciously wisecracking, ass-chewing tongue, dumping on everyone and their mother while taking a little bit of time to e ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Record Store Day: How Shops, Labels, Fans, And Those Annoying Resellers Benefit
If you can snag this, congratulations, you've won. Saturday marks the fifth annual Record Store Day, the celebration of all things indie, vinyl, and limited edition-slash-noble ploy to get customers through the doors of the music stores still standing in the spring of 2011. It's basically the ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
VINYL MANIA
Pick a record shop and have a party
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August 18, 2010
NYC Record Store/Hip-Hop Mecca Fat Beats Is Closing
"The slogan is it's the 'Last Stop for Hip Hop," a Fat Beats employee told us last year. "But now it literally is. All the other ones closed down." From XXL now comes word that Fat Beats itself will do the same, shuttering both its New York and L.A. locations. (They'll continue on at fatbeats.com ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 8, 2010
CALLING ALL IMUSIC NERDS
Vinyl will not go gentle into that good night
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May 17, 2010
Old Tower Records Space on East 4th Finally Has A New Tenant: Equinox Gym
And thus, the pasty record clerks and furtive customers of the old Tower Records space on East 4th give way inevitably to the musclebound men and women who beat them up in high school. That vacated storefront on the corner of Lafayette--home, variously, to Halloween costume pop-up shops and h ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Justin Bieber Tops MGMT, Plus An Analysis Of The Best-Selling (Well, Maybe) Record Store Day Singles
This week's album chart has in its first two positions the two biggest stories in pop music last week. Once again, the pole position was assumed by Canadian teenager Justin Bieber, whose first full-length, My World 2.0, sold 92,000 copies--only the second time this year that the No. 1 album h ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Presenting The Ultimate Record Store Day Guide: See Some Music, Buy Some Music, Or Make Your Own
It's that special time of the year again: Record Store Day, which is like Teacher Appreciation Day for independent record stores. Saturday, to celebrate their tenacity, among other things, record stores around the city are holding performances, releasing exclusives, and offering once-in-a-blu ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 13, 2010
THE DAY THE MUSIC LIVED
Mp3s take a hike!
Blogs
April 12, 2010
NPR Takes on Williamsburg, and Very Important Things Are Revealed
Subversive culture thermometer NPR has uncovered a trend over the weekend, and boy oh boy, is it subversive, all covered in ironic mustaches and plaid! In the grand and cringe-worthy tradition of old people talking about young people as if they know what young people are actually doing, and ... More >>
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January 25, 2010
Video: Spoon's Britt Daniel Does "Written In Reverse" At Sound Fix
I am somewhat obsessed with this song, magnificently unhinged highlight of Spoon's new Transference, delivered here solo acoustic, which robs the tune of its volatile bounce but allows you to focus on Daniels' nonetheless still magnificently unhinged voice. Primal screaming in record stores is on ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Next Up For the Vacated Tower Records Store on East 4th Street? A Tower Records-Themed Art Show!
The vacated Tower Records store on East 4th Street has been a symbol of the decline and fall of music retailing in NYC since the day it closed, back in 2006. Since then the space has hosted flea markets, Halloween stores, and any number of other temporary enterprises. The store's newest tenan ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 12, 2010
CHAIN GANG
Tower Records lives again, sort of
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January 12, 2010
THE TWILIGHT HOUR
Don't forget your cardigan
Blogs
November 17, 2009
Subway Restaurant Will Happily Vend Sandwiches Out of Your Defunct Record Shop
This work permit would fit nicely next to the FBI logo on future CDsWhat happens to record stores in the great hereafter? They become Subway Restaurants, of course. (Unless they become discount Nordstroms, or whatever the former 4th Street Tower Records is when it's not a Halloween costume sh ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
The Mountain Goats Announce Tour Dates, Hit NYC in December
A week after the Mountain Goats revealed the name (The Life of the World to Come), release date (10/06/09), and theme (biblical) of the follow-up to last year's excellent Heretic Pride, the band has posted a slew of tour dates. John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, and Jon Wurster come to New York on ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
News Roundup: The Walkmen, Green Day, Jay Reatard
--The Walkman have announced a fall tour. The band, still supporting last year's massive You and Me, will play the already-announced Guggenheim August 14 as part of the It Came from Brooklyn series and then play a stacked double-bill with Dinosaur Jr. in Central Park on August 16. The rest o ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
Farewell, Virgin Megastore
photo via Jeff Baum Yesterday was the final day of business for Union Square's Virgin Megastore, where random in-stores and greatest hits albums you didn't even know existed provided a convenient meeting place for friends on the way to the movies, or Irving Plaza. The Times quotes a former employee ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2009
The Top 10 Records That Sold Last Week at Other Music in the East Village
In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that actually sold in the last week at a store near you. Photo of Tak ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 13, 2009
A Camp
In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that actually sold in the last week at a store near you. Photo of Tak ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 15, 2009
Alexi Murdoch
In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that actually sold in the last week at a store near you. Photo of Tak ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 15, 2008
JUST SAY NO TO ITUNES
A special day to visit your lonely record-store pals
Blogs
April 10, 2008
Updated: Record Store Day Saturday, April 19 Now With Deerhunter Vs Grizzly Bear DJ Hour
A special day to visit your lonely record-store pals
Blogs
July 5, 2007
Universal Records Fucks Up Bad
A special day to visit your lonely record-store pals
Music
December 19, 2006
R.I.P. 2006
Jazz notables who passed away this year
Blogs
October 10, 2006
Good Riddance, Tower Records
Jazz notables who passed away this year
Music
March 21, 2006
So Sick
Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody
Music
February 14, 2006
Music
Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody
Music
May 24, 2005
One More Cup of CD for the Road
Starbucks boldly markets its mild music blend
Music
October 19, 2004
Store Wars
Indies battle chains over product as industry kicks John Doe
Music
May 25, 2004
Sick and Mortar
Real record stores open, close, move, struggle, and thrive
Music
October 7, 2003
A Void Named Sued
Driving independent retailers, and you, out of business

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