Academy Records
It's Record Store Day - Watch St. Vincent kick it off at Rough Trade (pics, video)
Watch St. Vincent make a brief appearance as Record Store Day Ambassador at Rough Trade, to kick off their afternoon of free performances and DJs. Check out pictures from the scene at other record stores today, too.
Stonewall LP sells for over $14,000 on eBay
In 2012, famous record collector (and frontman for NYC band Endless Boogie) Paul Major wrote an article titled “The Case of the $5000 LP.” The subject was his own copy of “his prized Stonewall LP, which is priced at around $5000…
hundreds of LPs dumped outside old Academy Annex location
When Academy Annex moved from its N. 6th St location to its new digs in Greenpoint, there was a lot of inventory to move. Not all of it made it, apparently…
Academy Records Annex's new location opens this weekend
Academy Records was one of the 50 vendors at last weekend’s Brooklyn Flea Record Fair at Smorgasburg. While that was happening, a few blocks away Academy Records Annex was packing up the last few boxes from its N…
Williamsburg's Earwax Records moved; Academy Annex moving to Greenpoint ++ more on Captured Tracks store
Rising rents in Williamsburg is shifting around the neighborhood’s retail landscape. Sound Fix closed on Record Store Day and, a few weeks ago, Earwax left its longtime home of Bedford & N…
They Might Be Giants released 'Nanobots,' playing NYC in-store next week (streams, updated dates)
As mentioned, Brooklyn indie legends They Might Be Giants released their 16th album, Nanobots, about a month ago and you can stream the whole thing via Spotify, and check out a video to single “Icky,” below…
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks @ Acadamy Records (pics)
A set of pictures from the first of two NYC instores yesterday (8/25) continues below…
Stephen Malkmus playing 2 NYC instores & other dates
Malkmus @ Siren Fest 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen)
Stephen Malkmus is playing two free acoustic in-stores on August 25 in NYC before he & The Jicks go on tour in support of their upcoming LP Mirror Traffic, due out August 23 via Matador…
a guide to Record Store Day 2011 (NYC in-stores, Regina Spektor @ Other Music, a big metal vinyl contest & more)
Record Store Day 2011 is Saturday (4/16)! Shops will be flooded with limited/rare releases from tons of notables (watch a video below of some of the stuff), and they will hopefully make lots of money…
