Some are open by appointment only, and others are taking temperatures at the door.
Many are bemoaning Record Store Day, but local store owners still say it’s a good thing.
Happy Record Store Day, vinyl nerds! Here’s how local record stores are celebrating.
Graphic designer (and former Crooked Beat employee) Holly Tegeler Collier has updated a map of the D.C. record stores in time for Record Store Day.
The shopping madness that follows Thanksgiving Day is a boon for some, a bummer for others. It offers not-to-be-missed price reductions on much needed consumer goods, or represents just one more indication of our society’s inevitable downfall. There are always alternatives, though. Here are a few.
In honor of retail holiday Record Store Day, this Saturday, Three Stars is once again dedicating the month of April to interviewing the people behind local record labels. Our first conversation is with Chris Berry and Sean Gray. Their record collections don’t reflect one sound or genre and neither do the releases that they’ve put out on their imprint, Fan Death Records. In fact, Gray and Berry talked to us at such length that we’re doing something unprecedented for Three Stars: printing their interview in two parts. In today’s first installment: thoughts on college radio during their tenure at WMUC, the role of their third label head and why DNA Test Fest is taking a break this year.
In a vain attempt to maintain my teetering level of street cred with the kids, here I am, ensuring that you, wonderful DCist reader, are properly informed about today’s Record Store Day. The occasion’s official website, The Vinyl District, and City Paper’s Arts Desk all have the info you need to plot out a proper cash-dropping long-playing-acquisition course, should you possess the means. Today’s festivities will be capped by a concert (7 p.m., $10, all…
Poster by El Jefe Design The Vinyl District and Fort Reno are joining forces for a benefit show at St. Stephen’s Church a week from Saturday. Olivia Mancini, Paul Michel, Tone, and New Rock Church of Fire will play on April 17 for Record Store Day — a holiday that sees all record worshipers make a pilgrimage to their local houses of vinyl. Tickets for the all-ages, booze-free show go for $10 and all…
