Record Stores

Bandcamp opening an actual record store in Oakland

The Bandcamp brick-and-mortar store, which will also be a performance space, opens February 1.

The ARChive of Contemporary Music's 2018 Holiday Record & CD Sale starts this weekend

This is the ARC’s largest Holiday Sale ever, with more than 10,000 items in every genre imaginable. There’s also a Dance Party featuring DJ sets from Laurie Anderson, Jellybean Benitez, Fred Schneider, Hank Shocklee and more.

Bleecker Bob has died

Bleecker Bob’s Golden Oldies was one of the most iconic record stores in NYC, with Bob’s brusk tone being as well known as the shop’s selection of vintage vinyl. Bowie, Robert Plant, Frank Zappa and others were regular customers, and Bob’s was famously a plot point in a 1993 episode of ’Seinfeld.’

Rough Trade opened a pop-up in a Fort Greene barbershop

The pop-up is inside the Persons of Interest barbershop and will be open daily through the holidays.

Brooklyn Flea Record Fair announces Fall 2018 date, vendor lineup

The Brooklyn Flea Record Fair returns for its fall 2018 edition on September 22 at East River State Park, right next to Smorgasburg…

Amoeba Records LA moving, hoping to sell weed (like the Berkeley store)

Amoeba Records’ Los Angeles outlet will be moving from its current 6400 Sunset Blvd location, which it has occupied since 2001, to a new space the retailer says will be ”within blocks” of where it is now…and they’re seeking a marijuana dispensary permit for it.

Numero Group pop-up store in Brooklyn this weekend (right by WFMU Record Fair)

As they’ve done the past few years, Chicago-based reissues label The Numero Group have taken a pop-up store on the road, and it’s in Brooklyn as we speak…

25 Record Store Day 2018 exclusive releases we'd actually like to own

Record Store Day is Saturday (4/21) and the list of exclusive titles available can be overwhelming to pour through, even for record collector nerds. There’s a lot of chaff amongst the sonic wheat but here are 25 RSD18 exclusives that we’ll be on the lookout for on Saturday.

NYC's Mainline Records closed in December after only a few months open

we hardly knew ya. After just a few months open — it had taken over the old Disc-O-Rama space — West Village store Mainline Records quiestly closed at the end of December…
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