Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles record store Chapter One reopens in new location: The new space in the city’s Arts District opened its doors last Saturday, May 17th. Los Angeles record store Chapter One Records has a new home. Located in the city’s Arts District on S Anderson St., the store opened the doors to its new space with a soft launch last Saturday, May 17th. The opening party featured music from locals Max Coletto, Jackson Algeo and SPEK—Hazy and HUdL went back-to-back. The shop stocks a range of vinyl with a particular eye towards house, minimal, techno and electro. ….Open by appointment and for in-store events, the space originally launched during the pandemic. Speaking to Resident Advisor, organisers said the shop has since grown into “a creative project that allow[s] us to network with the community and dive deeper into artists on vinyl and the craft of collecting.”
Chilliwack, CA | New records store coming to Chilliwack, hiring employees: A Canada-wide records store selling records and other physical media plans to open a new location in Chilliwack in 2025. According to an email of confirmation from the company itself, Sunrise Records will be coming to the Cottonwood Centre Mall in the coming months. “Hi Mike, we are coming to Chilliwack in the coming months. Any confirmation and updates/timeline can be found on our Facebook or Instagram pages,” Sunrise Records wrote in an email. Mark Davis, general manager of PCI Warrington, the company entrusted with leasing space at Cottonwood, told Fraser Valley Today in an email Monday morning that Sunrise Records will open in the vacant space next to Shoe Company. In the “About Us” section of its website, Sunrise Records says it is a proud Canadian record store chain that was founded in Toronto in 1977.
Hastings, UK | Remembering the lost record shops of Hastings: Hastings had some amazing independent record shops that have now long since gone and I am old enough to remember them all. This was in the days when CD’s still belonged to the world of science fiction and there was no internet, never mind streaming services. It was the golden age of black vinyl platters, gate fold sleeves with iconic artwork. Cassette tapes were seen as quite advanced technology, even if you did have to use a pencil to stop them unspooling. In the late 70’s and 1980’s most casual music fans locally were buying their records from Woolworths in Hastings, but those with more serious tastes, would head to shops like Disc Jockey, Stylus, The Record Shop or Masons Music. These were more than shops. They were entry points to music culture.
Conway, AR | Full Moon Records, Crash Cast Podcast reveal lineup for 2025 Full Moon Fest: Recently Full Moon Records and photographer Kurt Lunsford, co-founder of the Crash Cast Podcast, have been revealing the lineup for the 2025 Full Moon Fest. The festival will run from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday July 19, and features a lineup of up-and-coming artists from central Arkansas and surrounding areas. Little Rock-based Go For Gold has gained national acclaim with their catchy pop punk, including the song “Let Me Go,” which has been streamed over a million times on Spotify. Jonesboro’s Tiny Towns has played several sold out shows around the central Arkansas area following the release of their debut full length Deadweight in 2018. Full Moon Records’ owner said that the purpose of the event is to support and uplift the local music community.
Marquette, MI | Vinyl, trivia, and community: Geoff and Jon’s Record Show returns to Marquette Memorial Day weekend: A conversation with organizer Jon Teichman. If you’re looking to fill a gap in your music collection, you may want to head to the second floor of the Ore Dock Brewing Company this Memorial Day weekend. Geoff and Jon’s Record Show returns May 22–25, offering a four-day celebration of music, media, and community organized by the NMU Vinyl Record Club and longtime collectors Geoff Walker and Jon Teichman. “This is our twelfth year,” said Teichman, who recently stopped by Public Radio 90’s studios. “It’s a four-day, 50-plus-hour odyssey—vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes, eight tracks, t-shirts, posters, stickers, postcards… a little bit of everything for everybody.” More than just a marketplace, the event has evolved into a multimedia experience.
Audio-Technica Reveals Stunning New Transparent AT-LPA2 Vinyl Turntable: With a blend of stunning contemporary aesthetics and the promise of excellent sonic performance, the new fully manual AT-LPA2 turntable has been announced by Audio-Technica and draws on the brand’s successful AT-LP2022 model for inspiration. Made from high-density transparent acrylic, the AT-LPA2 has been precision-assembled to provide vinyl listeners with something extraordinary to look at and listen to. Designed for vinyl lovers who love both form and function, the AT-LPA2 has a striking 30mm transparent and high-density acrylic chassis as well as a 20mm acrylic platter. The unique construction looks impressive, but Audio-Technica also says acrylic provides exceptional resonance control, minimizing unwanted vibrations for clearer playback.
Record Bars Are the Perfect Way to Stylishly Showcase Your Vinyl Collection—Here’s Where to Locate Them and How: Move over bookshelf wealth, there’s a new status symbol in town. Over the years, we have seen varied concepts of media become collectibles, but only a few have achieved a level of acclaim that sets a trend in motion. Most notably, books have reigned supreme, but it appears that 2025 is the year of vinyl. Unmatched in its ability to lend to the ambiance and musically brighten a room, vinyl is truly making its way back into the stratosphere of well-designed homes. And no longer is vinyl storage something to camouflage. In fact, it’s now time to show it off in the form of record bars. Think of it as a curated listening bar located in the heart of your home. And with how meticulously we curate our playlists, it’s important to show just as much attention to the arrangement of record bars. How? Let’s find out.
The B-52s’ Fred Schneider on current vibe of the band, and his obsession with record collecting: Schneider chatted about his life in music and record collecting. …The B-52s had other hits and dance party records that energized the early Eighties, but after the untimely death of Ricky Wilson, they withdrew for several years before roaring back with Cosmic Thing. “Love Shack” was everything: dance, rock, disco. Nobody was talking about the New Wave anymore, but everybody was movin’, everybody was groovin’ at the Love Shack. “Folks linin’ up outside just to get down!” shouted Schneider, and he still does, as the surviving B-52s have taken the party on the road with 45 years of amazing performances. …I got to tell Schneider that I was at the Armadillo as he chatted with me about his life in music and record collecting. That’s right: He’s a collector, just like us.
Darren Mueller’s ‘At The Vanguard Of Vinyl’ Explores How LPs Reshaped Jazz And Black Modernity In The 1950s: In At the Vanguard of Vinyl, Darren Mueller examines how the advent of the long-playing record (LP) in 1948 revolutionized the recording and production of jazz in the 1950s. The LP’s increased fidelity and playback capacity allowed lengthy compositions and extended improvisations to fit onto a single record, ushering in a period of artistic exploration. Despite these innovations, LP production became another site of negotiating the uneven power relations of a heavily segregated music industry. Exploring how musicians, producers, and other industry professionals navigated these dynamics, Mueller contends that the practice of making LPs significantly changed how jazz was created, heard, and understood in the 1950s and beyond.
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