PHOTOS: RICHIE DOWNS | “It’s my most anthemic love song,” Fiona Grey tells us of her new single and video “Crush” which we’re delighted to premiere at TVD today. It’s at turns both celebratory and reflective—with a chorus that’s certain to find a recurring home in your head.
“This song has always taken me back to the nostalgia of falling in love while on the road. I started dating my tour manager two weeks into a North American tour. Since then, we’ve traveled the world together, from backpacking Thailand to van-living through the Pacific northwest. The sense of adventure of falling in love is the core emotion I felt while writing it.”
“It all started in a ‘92 Chevy van. I was about to hit the road on my first headline North American tour. There’s nothing like being on the road and playing shows every night. There’s a part of me that feels invincible and more connected with who I am—I feel safe in the unpredictability. I asked my really good friend to be the tour manager. I flew the band to Chicago and the two of us drove the van from LA to Chicago to start the adventure. Five weeks of shows and one old van.
My dad is a touring musician and he always says, “you’ll discover what’s wrong with your van in the first two days.” Well, it took us five hours for the van to break down on the side of the road. Our love story started sleeping in the parking lot of an auto repair shop. The tour I’d been dreaming of was off to an adventurous start and hilariously… I loved every moment of it.
US | Manufacturers Struggle to Keep Pace With Vinyl Record Demand: Demand for record albums continues to soar in the United States, and the manufacturing base is having to reinvent itself to meet demand. The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit annual growth, manufacturers are rapidly rebuilding an industry to keep pace with sales that reached $1 billion last year. Dozens of record-pressing factories have been built to try to meet demand in North America—and 
Rowsley, UK | ‘Irreplaceable’ vinyl records sold at Rowsley car boot by mistake: A woman has said she is “horrified” after a relative accidentally sold 16 of her sentimental vinyl records for less than £1 each at a car boot sale. Rohan Mellor said the albums she had inherited were being stored by a relative while she moved house. They were sold in Rowsley, Derbyshire, on Sunday, the day after she and her husband got back from their honeymoon. Mrs Mellor said they were first press albums from the early 1960s to late 1970s, and were “irreplaceable”. They included albums by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie, AC/DC, The Clash, and The Who. The 26-year-old said the relative storing them had recently had a bereavement and accidentally mixed her records up with items she was clearing out. The vinyl records had been collected by Mrs Mellor’s father and uncle, and after her uncle died a few years ago her father gave them to her and her sister. She said she was 
Whenever OFF! undertakes a tour there’s undoubtedly a smattering of older heads reliably if reluctantly finding themselves getting a little misty around the eye sockets when the band pencils in “Jeffrey Lee Pierce” for the set list. Deservedly so, for that song, all 1:21 of it, is a tribute to an important if undersung rock contributor, and not by a fan but from a close friend. Indeed, the intro to the cut on Live at the 9:30 Club finds Keith Morris steeped in emotion, his preamble roughly as long as the track itself.
Nash, however, has often focused on the future and shows no signs of slowing down. While he’s excited about this new live release, he’s also recently published 
Asheville, NC | Local record-shop entrepreneurs discuss the wild world of vinyl: Like a good Shakespearean drama, vinyl records have gone from royalty to pariah and back to the throne over the past half-century. According to the Record Industry Association of America, vinyl sales have grown for 15 consecutive years, with 2021 revenues increasing by 61% to $1 billion. In a music-rich city like Asheville, it’s only fitting that multiple businesses specializing in wax have become fixtures around town. Since 2004, Harvest Records in West Asheville has set the standard for record stores, carrying vinyl from its inception, despite CDs initially carrying the bulk of its sales. “I’m honestly not sure how much thoughtful intention was put into it,” says co-owner Mark Capon, who notes that he and co-owner Matt Schnable simply followed their instincts and interest. “We’ve always just passively fostered it, I suppose. We never sat in an office and thought, ‘
TikTok releases first album of viral hits: Some of the biggest viral hits on TikTok have been given the full orchestral treatment and will get 
