Preliminary results from Record Store Day 2025 confirmed that it was the largest and most successful yet in the annual event’s 18 year history. The number of participating stores on April 12 ...

You may have heard of Record Store Day and Independent Bookstore Day, but a new event drawing attention to a different kind ...

The rebirth and growth of record stores beyond Record Store Day has already begun. Rough Trade recently tripled the size of their store in New York City’s Rockefeller Center, and Waterloo Records was ...

Vintage shops tend to come and go rapidly, but you can start by checking out the “vintage” tab of our “Shop Local” section.

Record Store Day 2025 (April 12) has come and gone and as always, I have spent the last few days watching videos of music fans’ hauls. Many have said that this year’s releases were some of the ...

Vintage enthusiasts collect more than just old clothes — they curate unique finds while cultivating meaningful relationships ...

Evanston record store Animal Records usually opens at noon every day. But on Saturday, it opened at 8 a.m. for Record Store Day. For some customers, RSD began outside the store at 6:30 p.m. the ...

The Record Room is closing after 13 years in Phoenix with plans to reopen a week later in Carlsbad, Calfornia. Here's what ...

The announcement was made on April 14, two days after National Record Store Day, during which independent record shops are celebrated and special deals, programs and events are offered.

Independent Bookstore Day began as California Bookstore Day in 2013, as a take on Record Store Day, according to Samantha Schoech in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Schoech wrote that it was a ...

Much like Record Store Day, Free Comic Book Day celebrates independent retailers — albeit those that focus on the sequential art form — and has taken place almost every year since 2002.

Check out our guide about how to set up a turntable. And with all the fresh, limited-edition vinyl recently unleashed for Record Store Day 2025, local record shops are officially the coolest ...