Kims Video

Kim's Video movie rental library acquired by Alamo Drafthouse for Downtown NYC location

Alamo Drafthouse has acquired Kim’s Video’s massive 55,000 title video collection and will make them available to rent…

Real Estate playing outside former NYC record stores before Rough Trade in-store

”We wanted to tour our favorite record stores,” Real Estate write, ”but 3 of them don’t exist anymore, so we’ll be playing outside of their old locations. It’s THE OUTSTORE THING.”

Kim's Video & Music closing its 1st Ave location

Just as the glow of Record Store Day is wearing off comes sad news (via EV Grieve) from EV mainstay Kim’s Video & Music:As great as #RSD2014 was (thank you all…

how was #RSD13? (pics from Kim's, Other Music + more)

So how did you fare on Record Store Day 2013? I was surprised that I found most of my big wants, including Ty Segall‘s Ty Rex 2 (found at Academy Annex in Williamsburg), the Trouble in Mind four-way split and Stephen-Malkmus-plays-Can 12″ (acquired at Cake Shop), the first two Orange Juice albums (Turntable Lab) and Pulp‘s “After You” 12″ (Co-Op 87 at midnight)…

your guide to Record Store Day 2012

This Saturday (4/21) marks the 5th annual Record Store Day, and with it comes another chance to procure your favorite band’s most exclusive (or oddest) musical releases yet…

Kim's opening @ 8 on Record Store Day, hosting instores too

WE WILL OPEN AT 8AM! 10AM – DJ MUSH1 (WNYU TUNNEL ONE REGGAE SHOW) 12PM – NEW AFTERNOON SHOW DJS (WNYU) 3PM – X-RAY EYEBALLS DJ SET (OJ) 4PM – PRINCE RAMA DJ SET (TARAKA) 5PM – MIKE WEXLER (MEXICAN SUMMER) 6PM – WOODSMAN (MEXICAN SUMMER/LEFSE/FIRE TALK) THIS SATURDAY APRIL 21ST IS RECORD STORE DAY WHICH MEANS TONS OF EXCLUSIVE, ULTRA LIMITED RELEASES THAT WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS…

Mondo Kim's & Etherea Records, RIP

the new Kim’s on 1st Ave (via Vanishing New York) Etherea on Avenue A (via Stupefaction)”Pretty soon, Other Music is going to be the only record store left in Manhattan…