The annual, massive list of Record Store Day releases has arrived. The event, which recently named Post Malone as the 2025 ambassador, takes place at indie record shops on April 12. The list, which includes over 300 titles, includes an official release of Post Malone’s Nirvana covers, which he performed …
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Post Malone was bestowed the title of Record Store Day Ambassador for 2025. The singer has previously collaborated with the annual event, contributing “White Iverson”/”Too Young” 12-inch single in 2016. “What an honor, can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025,” said Malone in a …
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With his Instagram posts of old Thrasher magazine covers, flyers of seminal post-hardcore group Jawbox, and pictures with Neko Case, Matt Jencik is not your stereotypical Taylor Swift target. The 50-year-old, long-haired, bespectacled longtime buyer for Chicago’s legendary Reckless Records admits he’d probably be listening to Van Halen at home. …
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Record Store Day 2024 falls on Saturday, April 20 this year. It’s one day off from being the perfect Freaky Friday parallel for Olivia Rodrigo and Noah Kahan, who are planning the release of a 7-inch vinyl featuring their respective covers of each other’s songs. In October 2023, Rodrigo tried …
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Paramore had fans nervous when they recently canceled shows and took down their website, but fear not: The newly independent band announced Saturday that they’re still together and this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors. “After a long career in the music industry we have decided to announce that… we are …
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Olivia Rodrigo will celebrate Record Store Day’s Black Friday by gathering the four “secret” songs from her new album Guts on an exclusive vinyl out Nov. 24. For the release of Guts: The Secret Tracks, Rodrigo has teamed with Jack White’s Third Man Records to press the four songs — …
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Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser will release a new EP on Record Store Day, her first new music in 13 years. Fraser is releasing the five-song EP under the moniker Sun’s Signature, her duo project with partner Damon Reece (who has drummed for Massive Attack and Spiritualized, among others). The self-titled …
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Exclusive releases from Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, U2, Kacey Musgraves, and the Rolling Stones headline this year’s Record Store Day, invading independent shops nationwide on April 23. Swift — who serves as this year’s Record Store Day Global Ambassador — has a pair of releases planned: In addition to her …
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Taylor Swift, Julien Baker, Laura Jane Grace, and more will appear on a special Record Store Day compilation, Portraits of Her, that will benefit We Are Moving the Needle, a nonprofit supporting female recording professionals, such as audio engineers and producers. The 16-track limited release was spearheaded by Vans and …
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Taylor Swift, who has long supported independent music shops and vinyl culture, will serve as Record Store Day Ambassador for this year’s event, set to take place on April 23. The artist is the event’s first global ambassador. Over the years, the singer-songwriter has put out special releases for both …
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