If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Target is offering up a pint-sized new way for music lovers to get their tunes, with a new collection of mini LPs. Part of the appropriately-named Tiny Vinyl …
Read More »Vinyl 4 U: Urban Outfitters Releases Exclusive Charli XCX Records, From 'Brat' to 'Sucker'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Brat summer was one for the books. Even though the lights have come up and it might’ve come to an end, vinyl-collecting Charli XCX fans can now luckily …
Read More »No Second-Guessing These Second Pressings: 10 Must-Have Vinyl Records to Buy Right Now
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There is no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than perusing your local record store. That pulse-quickening feeling when you finally find the vinyl you’ve been searching …
Read More »How 'Tax Scam' Albums Became Holy Grails for Collectors
One of the most intriguing and little-known corners of the music industry’s vast, seedy underbelly centers around a bunch of rare records released between 1976 and 1978 for one purpose only: scamming the IRS. During this two-year period, a mix of crafty and bumbling crooks took advantage of a tax …
Read More »The Last Sam Goody Stores Are Closing
Sam Goody, one of the record store giants from the golden age of physical media, may finally shutter its last remaining brick-and-mortar stores. The chain was one of the most prominent music, video, and entertainment retailers for much of the 20th century, becoming a staple in malls and shopping centers …
Read More »A-Trak, Dam-Funk, Kid Koala Share Vinyl Collections for New Book
Vinyl heads from all over the world will share and discuss their record collections in the new book, Dust & Grooves Volume 2: Further Adventures in Record Collecting, set to arrive Oct. 15. The new tome comes from photographer and publisher Eilon Paz, who released the first Dust & Grooves …
Read More »The Democrats Are Winning the Record Store Battle
Argue all you want about last night’s contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. But there’s no debating the fact that the Democrats are fiercely ahead in an equally important battle: the crate-digging wars. Early Tuesday afternoon, hours before the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, a woman walked …
Read More »Billie Eilish and Coldplay Want to Make Vinyl Greener, But What Does That Even Mean?
Everyone already knows vinyl is back. In 2023, people bought more vinyl LPs than CDs for the first time in 35 years, and even the bins of your local independent record store are likely stuffed with new releases from the world’s biggest pop stars. But the remarkable resurgence of this …
Read More »Vinyl in the Sun: Inside the First Solar-Powered Record Pressing Plant in the U.S.
At the crossroads of an intense creative period and a personal tragedy, Dave Newell found himself stuck with an idea he couldn’t shake: What if he opened a record pressing plant? This was back in 2021. Newell was grieving the death of his father, pondering what the next few decades …
Read More »The Best Turntables Under $100 for Anyone Who's Starting a Vinyl Collection
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Building a beginner vinyl setup may seem like an overwhelming, complicated, and pricey task at first. But that couldn’t be further from the truth — today’s budget-friendly record …
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