Tag: Record Store Day

Johnny Marr: Blame landlords — not just the Internet — for the demise of record stores

On this holiest of holy days — Record Store Day, of course — Johnny Marr took to Facebook to lament the ongoing loss of record stores, calling them “a very important kind of shop,” and blaming greedy landlords for pricing music more and more retailers “out of their premises and livelihoods, and our culture.”

Pixies sneak surprise 7-inch into Record Store Day release of 'Indie Cindy'

Pixies sneak surprise 7-inch into Record Store Day release of ‘Indie Cindy’

The Pixies’ forthcoming album Indie Cindy collects the 12 new songs the band released over the past year via a series of three EPs, but fans who buy the pre-release vinyl edition of the album today at participating Record Store Day retailers are in for a surprise: a 13th new song, “Women of War.”

Premiere: Mazzy Star debuts video for new Record Store Day single ‘I'm Less Here’

Premiere: Mazzy Star debuts video for new Record Store Day single ‘I’m Less Here’

The 2014 installment of Record Store Day finally is upon us, and one of the scores of acts participating in this year’s extravaganza is the recently reunited Mazzy Star, who today release a limited-edition “Coke-bottle” clear vinyl 7-inch featuring two previously unreleased tracks: “I’m Less Here” and “Things.”

Joy Division's debut EP 'An Ideal for Living' to be reissued on Record Store Day

Joy Division’s debut EP ‘An Ideal for Living’ to be reissued on Record Store Day

The full U.S. and U.K. releases lists for Record Store Day are due to be released today, but bands and labels continue to offer sneak peaks of what’s coming, the latest of which is this morning’s announcement that Joy Division’s 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living will be reissued on vinyl.

Premiere: Jona Lewie tells story of 'Kitchen at Parties' for new Stiff Records 7-inch box set

Premiere: Jona Lewie tells story of ‘Kitchen at Parties’ for new Stiff Records 7-inch box set

Among the vinyl exclusives earmarked for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event next month is this beauty: Ten Big Stiffs, a box set compiling 10 recreations of Stiff Records 7-inches — nine classics by the likes of The Plasmatics, Kirsty MacColl, Desmond Dekker and The Untouchables.

The Replacements' 'All Shook Down' to get first U.S. vinyl release on Black Friday

The Replacements’ ‘All Shook Down’ to get first U.S. vinyl release on Black Friday

Record Store Day’s Black Friday spinoff is still a good three months away, but we’re getting our first hint of what’s to come: Namely the first-ever U.S. vinyl release of The Replacements’ final album, 1990’s All Shook Down. As Modern Vinyl points out, Org Music has announced a pair of Black Friday pressings.