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With Father’s Day just around the corner, some of us are still struggling to find that perfect gift. Time is ticking, so for all those music-loving dads out there, we’ve compiled a list of gifts that are sure to be a hit. Whether you’re on a budget or willing to splurge on your loved one, […]

It’s been nearly five years since Adam Lazzara, John Nolan, Anthony Green and Ben Homola took to privately closing out their summer tour stops with improvised, instrument-less displays of their far-reaching creative talents. Now, the Taking Back Sunday, Circa Survive, and Grouplove supergroup, Fuckin Whatever, are actively collaborating for the first time ever. It seems a strange twist of fate that a collective first […]

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 […]

Vinyl has had quite the resurgence over the past decade or so, and it appears that the comeback is more than just a trend. While it was clear vinyl sales have spiked in recent years, it appears to be more than we all realized. Used records are purchased just as much (if not more than) […]

[Photo by: IKEA Today/Instagram] Ubiquitous furniture and homewares giant IKEA is reportedly releasing its own record player as part of a collaboration with Swedish electronics concern Teenage Engineering. See what else the stylish collab has in store below. Read more: Record Store Day announces 2018 date The group of music-focused products from the companies is […]

[Photo by: My Bloody Valentine/Instagram] Looks like the lucky listeners who got in on the first round of My Bloody Valentine's vinyl reissue preorders for their 1988 debut Isn't Anything received a special surprise in the mail—a bonus, alternate pressing of the record. Read more: My Bloody Valentine plot first show in 4 years As […]

[Photo by: feminagoradialicious/Instagram] First, there was the Oreo cookie vinyl. Now a chocolate vinyl record? We're hungry—and hoping to listen to our favorite tunes in the coolest way. Read more: There’s a company that’ll press your ashes into a vinyl record As Digital Music News reports, French artist Julia Drouhin made a vinyl record out of chocolate—and it can play actual music. […]

[Photos by: Jorgen Angel, Discogs] Tourists are money… but so are record collectors, right? Maybe that's why this rare Sex Pistols vinyl single of “God Save The Queen” went for nearly $15,000 on Discogs—one of the site's most expensive sales of 2017. Read more: Riot Fest tried getting the Sex Pistols to reunite Discogs has […]

As a complete and total music nerd, I am enslaved by my music collection. Yes, I have a digital library with over 37,000 songs I keep on my computer (RIP my hard drive), but my attachment to digitized music pales in comparison to the infatuation I have for my record collection. I’ll admit I’m a […]

There’s no denying the satisfaction of listening to a record spinning on a turntable, but occasionally a once-smooth track becomes riddled with scratches and warping. Maybe it already was messed up when you picked it up for a buck at the thrift store, or maybe a clumsy friend bumped the turntable needle on accident and […]