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03/09/2010 12:50 AM
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Vinyl record sales rising as 'old fashioned albums enjoy a renaissance' (Daily Telegraph)
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Vinyl records and cassette tapes have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, as more music fans ignore CDs and digital downloads, official sale figures suggest.
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03/08/2010 11:34 AM
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Contests : The FILTER Magazine Essential Vinyl Collection Giveaway! (Filter Magazine)
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FILTER Magazine and Full Sail University want you to Enter the Essential Vinyl Collection Giveaway and indulge in the music junkie's healthiest habit - vinyl! One lucky winner will recieve a Crosley Archive Portable USB Turntable and the following must-have titles for any record collection, hand-picked by FILTER's editors: Featured Albums: Animal Collective , Merriweather Post Pavilion A Tribe ...
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03/09/2010 03:32 PM
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Neu! Catalog Collected in Vinyl Box Set (Pitchfork)
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Photo by Anton Corbijn Michael Rother and the late Klaus Dinger formed the Düsseldorf duo Neu! in 1971, after both musicians left Kraftwerk. Over the next few years, they perfected a minimal, hypnotic pulse-groove that went on to have a seismic effect on krautrock and all the stuff that would be influenced by krautrock-- which is to say, a lot of stuff. (Take a look at the tracklist for this ...
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03/09/2010 12:58 PM
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Track of the Day: LA Beatsmiths' Pure Vinyl Craftsmanship (SF Weekly Blogs)
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The newly-released Secondhand Sureshots emanates pure creative energy, joining together the efforts of LA radio station Dublab, eclectic hip-hop label Stones Throw , and some of Southern...
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03/07/2010 10:15 AM
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Vinyl sales squeeze downloads (The Sun)
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SALES of vinyl records and cassettes are soaring as music fans turn on downloads
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03/07/2010 04:50 AM
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Thrice Tour and Extremely Limited Edition Vinyl (antiMUSIC)
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A top story from this week. Vagrant Records announces that a second pressing of Thrice's latest studio album, Beggars (09/09), will be available on vinyl beginning today
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03/10/2010 01:29 AM
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For sale: Former grisly crime scene (Suburban Journals)
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The home with yellow vinyl siding and red shutters sits at 126 Kenwood Lane, a dead-end avenue off St. Louis Street in Collinsville. A green clover leaf with "Happy St. Patrick's Day" hangs on the front door. Through the back, looking over the marble patio and beyond the huge brick barbecue pit, children play during recess at nearby Jefferson Elementary School.
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03/09/2010 12:17 PM
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Dan Deacon to Release Remix EP (Pitchfork)
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Last year, Dan Deacon released the heady album Bromst , a departure from the day-glo raveups he'd made in the past. And next month, a new EP will include remixes of a few tracks from Bromst . On April 19, the British label Amazing Sounds will release the extremely limited Woof Woof EP -- just 500 vinyl copies are being pressed up worldwide. Hudson Mohawke 's squiggly remix of the title track is ...
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03/09/2010 01:12 PM
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Owen Pallett's Heartland Stays At #1 For Seventh Week (ChartAttack.com)
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Here's an expression that lost its cultural impact with a change in technology: the current campus radio charts are skipping like a scratched record! When vinyl skips, it jumps back a groove and plays the same section over and over again. That's how the recent charts have felt.
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03/09/2010 11:38 PM
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Tacos in the Morning? That’s the Routine in Austin (New York Times)
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When it comes to breakfast tacos, which are stuffed with fillings like eggs and bacon, Austin, Tex., trumps all other American cities.
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