Record Stores Follow Black Friday with Small Business Saturday Exclusives, Sales and Events

[UPDATED] The team and growing network of indie stores behind Record Store Day are celebrating both Black Friday and Small Business Saturday this weekend with an extensive array of exclusive. Continue reading

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Today Is Record Store Day – Stop Reading This Right Now And Go Buy Something

Today, Saturday April 21, 2018 is the 10th annual Record Store Day, both in the US and UK.  It's a day to celebrate and support indie music and the eclectic. Continue reading

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Led Zeppelin Embraces Record Store Day With New Release

You may want to get in line early this Record Store Day.  In advance of Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary celebration, slated to commence this September, the band will wet fan’s. Continue reading

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A Look At Music’s Future Inspired By A Cheap Vietnamese Restaurant In Berlin [Bas Grameyer]

Here Bas Grasmayer explains how his recent experience in listening to a Vietnamese singer covering Western pop songs reshaped the way he thinks of music's future, and how we could. Continue reading

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Saturday Is Record Store Day – GO BUY SOMETHING

Saturday 4/22 is the 10th Record Store Day, with hundreds of independent record stores celebrating a resurgence that most thought would never happen. Thanks to vinyl, survival skills and loyal. Continue reading

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Billboard, Nielsen Finally Add Streaming To 19 Genre Album Charts

Nielsen Entertainment and Billboard announced they will be shifting 19 genre album charts from sales-based to consumption-based charts that blend album sales, track equivalent sales and streaming equivalent plays. The. Continue reading

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Indie Music Store Top 100, Top Debuts, Vinyl Sales Charts For Week Ending 11/4/2016

This weekly indie music store sales charts come from The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), a collective of 50 independently owned record stores in 25 states across the U.S. 

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Smokin’! Amoeba Gets License To Sell Weed Alongside Music

In what looks to be an ideal marketing pairing, Berkeley CA based record store Amoeba Music will soon be complimenting its traditional musical offerings with marijuana, hopefully helping to keep. Continue reading

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Deadlines For Record Store Day 2016

Record Store Day is arguably the most important day on the indie music calendar. Participation is a part of many music marketing plans; and the deadlines and dues dates have just been announced.  Here. Continue reading

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Indie Music Retailers Launch “Vinyl Tuesdays”

[UPDATED] Vinyl has helped  to revive the otherwise struggling independent record store sector. Now indie music retailers are taking the promotion of vinyl beyond their annual Record Store Day with. Continue reading

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