records

10 albums from the 2000s that have no skippable tracks

There’s no shortage of perfect alternative songs from the 2000s. But can the same thing really be said about albums? You know what we’re talking about. It’s why we often opted to spend our $10 iTunes gift cards on assorted singles rather than full records. After all, why take up any fraction of that precious […]

These 13 emo albums are the perfect soundtrack to your college years

Writer/director Judd Apatow accurately summed up college when he said: “College is the reward for surviving high school.” It’s true. The college experience proffers unprecedented freedom and a constant buzz of wonder—alive in every cup of ramen noodles and late-night study group. You may have left your teen angst in high school, but you’ve only […]

You can own a 'Star Wars' record with Baby Yoda pressed on the vinyl

Today is Star Wars Day and Disney is revealing a new vinyl record fans are going to be stoked to get their hands on sporting a giant image of The Child (otherwise known as Baby Yoda). For May the 4th, Disney is offering fans the chance to get their hands on a vinyl record with The Mandalorian theme on it […]

10 things every music lover is looking forward to after staying at home

While we’ve all been practicing social distancing, we can’t help but daydream about all of the things we’re looking forward to doing once we’re able to go out. Because we’re music obsessed by nature, many of the activities we’re looking forward to doing involve music.  To spark some inspiration for you, we’ve rounded up 10 things […]

twenty one pilots just set a new Spotify streaming record with 'Blurryface'

There have been several chart milestones twenty one pilots have set the bar for and they’re achieving yet another as the first and only musical group to have every song on an album reach over 100 million streams on Spotify. On April 22, the band’s track “Not Today” finally hit the goal marking their 28th overall song to […]

Pirates Press founder celebrates 15 years of pressing records

As the founder of Pirates Press, the largest broker of vinyl in the world, owner Eric “Skippy” Mueller’s introduction to record collecting taps into the zeitgeist of a post-depression United States where kids began amassing comic books, baseball cards and tiny plastic military figurines that would later be gamified in value.  Since the rapid rise […]

Bandcamp to launch game-changing vinyl pressing service

Streaming service Bandcamp has recently announced that they are launching an all-new in-house vinyl pressing service for bands who use their platform. According to Pitchfork, the new development gives bands and artists the option to crowdfund for vinyl releases. Then, if the band covers the minimum costs of making the records, Bandcamp will press the […]

Billie Eilish surpasses Cardi B for another huge chart record

Billie Eilish is celebrating taking the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart with her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Not to mention that, she is also the first musician born in the 2000s to do so. Now, she broken another huge chart record that further proves she […]

Billie Eilish breaks chart record as youngest female solo artist

It seems like all everyone’s been talking about lately is Billie Eilish and her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? And apparently, that’s paying off for the 17-year-old musician. Eilish is now the youngest female solo act in UK chart history to debut at No. 1 on the Official UK […]

You can drink this black metal record made from coffee

What goes better with black metal than black coffee? Now, you can uniquely combine both activities. That’s right — listen to your metal and drink it, too! An ad agency has made functional records pressed from coffee. And the black metal on the discs apparently matches the robust darkness of the brew. Read more: Starbucks […]

This guy uses vinyl records to make one-of-a-kind Bluetooth speakers

[Photo credit: UncommonGoods] Why settle for an ordinary bluetooth speaker when you can have a one-of-a-kind vinyl record speaker? You can truly celebrate music by listening to your digital collection through a vinyl-made, bluetooth speaker. Read more: A punk band’s album was accidentally pressed onto Kendrick Lamar vinyl Creator Jeff Davis partnered with UncommonGoods to create a unique bluetooth speaker, […]

CDs won't be sold at Best Buy anymore, and Target may be next

[Photo by: Natalie Perea/Unsplash] Starting this July, Best Buy will no longer sell CDs, and Target may be next after enforcing new stipulations on album sales. Read more: Vinyl album sales increased 14 percent this Record Store Day Best Buy is only making $40 million annually from CD sales, which has been steadily declining over […]

You voted: These are the 26 best album covers, ever

Album artwork is important. It draws the viewer’s eye to the cover and tells the story of the album without words. Whether it be a photograph or an illustration, each record cover is unique and worth looking at as a genuine piece of art. You weighed in on Twitter, and the results are in. These […]

Oreo cookie vinyl records are a thing you didn't know you needed

[Photo by: Dimension Plus/Vimeo] The latest in the “making weird objects into vinyl records” trend has surfaced: Oreo cookies. As reported by Digital Music News, the technology now exists to bake songs into cookies, and we're not sure how to feel. Read more: A punk band’s album was accidentally pressed onto Beyoncé ‘Lemonade’ vinyl You remember […]

The Internet Archive is an easy, new way to listen to your grandparents’ fave music

If you’ve wanted to listen to your parents or grandparents’ favorite music, there’s an easier way to do just that.  The Internet Archive’s new project, the Great 78 Project, is set to preserve 78 rpm records for you to listen to online. Read more: There’s a company that’ll press your ashes into a vinyl record At […]

This 'Crate Diggers' record fair is a vinyl lover’s dream

[Photo by: Crate Diggers] Discogs has announced that their Crate Diggers event, which includes a record fair and after party, will be going on a world tour! See if they'll be hitting up a city near you below! Read more: Rapture Records creates playable record using a tortilla—watch Crate Diggers is an event that includes a […]

10 metal records to keep an ear out for during the rest of 2017

Well, we’re only a quarter of the way through the year, and there are already so many great metal records that make 2017 a great year to be a metalhead. Here are a few more metal albums to keep an ear out for in 2017. Best start scrounging up that spare change for the vinyl […]

Rapture Records creates playable record using a tortilla—watch

How the idea to create a musical tortilla was ever come up with beats me, but it might be one of the coolest things you'll see on the internet today.  Read more: Canadian politicians receive cease-and-desist after using the Nine Inch Nails logo Rapture Records etched a tortilla with a laser cutter to create a playable […]

Brazilian man has amassed “several million” vinyl records

The New York Times Magazine has ran a profile of Zero Freitas, a 62-year-old businessman from Brazil who owns a São Paulo bus line and has amassed a colossal record collection. Freitas’ collection is estimated to be somewhere around three million LPs and 45s, with many of them being “bargain-bin rejects that had been thoroughly […]

8 things people do that make record collectors (and record store employees) crazy

Photo taken at Music Saves in Cleveland. It’s safe to assume anybody who has been entrenched in any kind of specific music subculture (from pop-punk to hardcore to death metal to sheer painful abrasive noise and beyond), has a significant collection of vinyl records—or painfully covets all those people who actually do. Yeah, yeah, we […]
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